Not much time has passed. It was the afternoon and most of the elemental masters were still pretty tense. They had no plan and they still didn't know how to get the emperor off his throne. "Again, not exactly useful." Mystaké said in a low tone after rejecting another one of the master of lightening's ideas. Nya chuckled. "Aw come on. You would have known that it wouldn't work. We can't just sneak inside of there with no defence" she remarked. Jay scratched the back of his head. "Heh, I guess I just watch too many Fritz Donnagan films. "

Lloyd stepped up. "Well maybe we can- " he was soon cut off by Mystaké turning the small TV the resistance had. All eyes looked at her then at the TV. "What? I'm curious to what they're up to. " she admitted sheepishly. The others laughed and gathered around the small TV. it was true, they were curious themselves on how well the S.O.G are keeping up and they know for a fact that Ultra Violet might spoil one of their plans in public. "Ultra Hunt? " Misako asked weirdly. "I mean what kind of name is that? " she couldn't help but suppress a small giggle. The old woman turned up the volume and the infamous crazy general was seen, holding a few stick figures. One of herself and the other of what seems to be Ninjago's mailman.

Ultra Violet played chase with the stick figures, whilst letting out a few chuckles. The resistance already got the hint that the mailman was next on the hunting list. "The mailman doesn't deliver. So find him and return to sender! " she spoke into the mic loudly. a S.O.G guard that was helping with holding the camera passed her a bag full of cash. Ultra smiled and took it. "Today's jackpot could be yours " she waved the bag in front of the camera, hopefully tempting others to try and find this guy. For all Ultra knows, no one could resist cash. Lloyd winced slightly as he saw the bag of cash. "This is insane. Money to hunt someone? " he pointed out. Kai nodded. "Sick right? I'm not even sure if the people of Ninjago would be interested in cash at this time. Garmadon is back and is wrecking Ninjago city completely! " he exclaimed. Karloff stepped up. "You're more concerned about that? Karloff is tired of hearing her voice everyday. Just blabbering about finding some random people around city " he crossed his arms. Mystaké was about to turn the TV off until they heard a familiar voice come on.

"Ultra Violet! The emperor wants you to get rid of Mr. E's- " Harumi opened the door to the recording studio and her jaw dropped. Ultra Violet bit her lip and stared at the camera. "Uh looks like we have some uh..."she stopped to face the second in command. "Quiet one, cant you see I'm busy? " she gave a nervous look and pointed at the camera. Harumi didn't seem bothered. " You are not refusing. This is an order. But if you'd like to play stubborn-" she pulled the familiar purple Oni mask into view. Ultra Violet gasped and clung onto her chair. "No no no! Not the recording studio please! " she soon hid behind the chair. Harumi smirked and still put on the mask. The artifact hissed while it was being put on, surely because it was reacting to it's user once again. "For the last time. The emperor wants you to clean up his parts upstairs. Do it. Your stupid show can wait. " she told the girl in her intimidating voice.

The resistance started laughing from where they were. "Oh so that's why Harumi is considered as the second in command. I'll admit, if this wasn't a punk motorcycle gang, she'd make a good leader. " Nya admitted. But Lloyd was just too surprised to say anything about it. Harumi would actually threaten someone to do something? she's not afraid to pull out that mask just for an order? Yet he thought Harumi still had good inside of her, but this thing that just happened, started decreasing the hope he had for her. "Hopefully she doesn't do anything that hurts Ultra Violet. Yes I know they're the enemy but still. " the green ninja told everyone. The five ninja all looked down. "I guess? "

"Ok ok ok fine! Just give me a minute. " Ultra Violet got up from her spot and looked at the camera then back at Harumi. "Can I just  finish today's episode? " she asked the second in command. Harumi rolled her eyes beneath the mask. That's when a shadow was shown on the walls. A helmet, four arms....the resistance all gasped when seeing who it was. "It's your father isn't it? " Karloff asked the green ninja. He nodded silently as he was intrigued  to know what was gonna happen next. As the recognizable emperor came into view, he growled at the sight of Harumi with the mask on.
"Harumi! No masks in the base! " he tapped her shoulder then walked pass her. The white haired girl immediately took off the mask and blushed in embarrassment. "Y-Yes emperor Garmadon! " she called behind him. Harumi narrowed her eyebrows and glared Ultra. "I swear what ever you do, delete that footage right now. " she demanded.

At this moment, Ultra Violet knew she messed up. "Apologies Quiet one, but every footage of Ultra Hunt is live. " she explained to her whilst pointing at the red light that was above them. Harumi's eye twitched a little. She was clearly angered by this whole thing. She grabbed her dagger out of her belt and aimed it at Ultra Violet before swiftly throwing it in her direction. Out of all the generals had, Ultra Violet is the one with the worst react time. The purple coded girl was too busy panicking and stressing that she didn't see the blade coming in her direction. The dagger's blade cut through her bandana and the handle clung onto the remaining fabric, chocking her slightly and caused her to fall down. She dropped the mic as she tried to get the dagger off the ground. It looked like it was really dug fix into the floor. With that, Harumi left the room, her stomping footsteps were audible at every movement she made.

Ultra Violet gestured the S.O.G guards to help her get the weapon out. Ultra Violet was just glad that Harumi didn't aim for the center of her bandana, because that's where her neck was located. Once she was back up, she grabbed the mic and pointed at the picture of the mailman. "Like I was saying folks. Find him and the bag of cash will be yours! See you next time on Ultra Hunt! " she waved before walking towards the exit. "I'm taking a break guys. " she frowned. The two guards knew that it was time for them to stop recording. "Commercial break right? " one guy asked. The other one just shrugged and stopped recording. From there, all screens was replaced with a brief commercial about a tea shop.

Lloyd narrowed his eyebrows. "Guys, I think I may have just the plan to hopefully weaken my father's fist and himself too." The green ninja smiled, determined. Kai, Zane and Nya turned their heads in his direction immediately. "What is it?" they asked. Lloyd took a deep breath. "I was thinking of maybe sending a message out to all of Ninjago city? " he scratched the back of his head whilst trying not to bite his lip. Kai crossed his arms. "Alright. How?" He got straight to the point. Before Lloyd could answer, Zane cut him off. "If I'm not mistaken, Ultra Violet did say that there's a recording studio by Borg tower. " the nindroid recalled. Nya snapped her fingers.

"Bingo. We should head there then. " she attempted to walk out the door and make her way to Borg Tower. But Lloyd grabbed her wrist. "Wait, we need to decide on who's going." He turned to face everyone. Shade and paleman raised their hands. "We could be proven useful there. " they tried to convince him. Skylor walked in their conversation bubble too. "It's always useful to have the master of absorption with you guys."She smiled. Lloyd nodded. "Alright you guys are all going. I was thinking of Neuro and Turner too? " he stopped to face his team. "Sorry Ninja, but do you mind staying behind? We promise we'll make it quick." he apologized. Kai was the first to retort. "What? But it's too dangerous! You need us! " he tried but it only came to no avail. "We promise we'll make it quick." The green ninja said.

That made Nya smile. "Oh it's alright Lloyd. It leaves me more time to work on this thing right here." She tapped on the hard metal vehicle that is in work of progress. Lloyd raised an eyebrow. "It seems bigger than your regular builds. But it looks cramped, we'll be sitting ducks in there! " he pointed out. Skylor looked at it. "It's a work in progress, she'll be ready." She assured.

That's when Neuro and Turner walked back inside. "We heard our names?" The master of speed said swiftly. The green ninja smiled. "Ok here's the plan." He started to repeat the whole strategy over again.
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A few minutes after explaining the plan, Turner, Dareth and Neuro were back outside. The brown ninja smiled giddily. "Ooh I've got one! " he cheered. His friends looked at him and smiled. "Alright, go for it! ". The brown dressed man stood up on a wooden crater and squinted his eye slightly, putting his other hand over it as if it was a telescope. "I spy with my brown eye, something that is....purple! " he bounced up and faced them to only find their clueless frontages. Neuro searched around the city, his black eyes trying to track down this mysterious purple item he was talking about. "Uh...I don't see any purple. " the master of the mind stated. Or maybe he just missed an important object just laying around. This game is rather simple but at the same time complicated. What if the object he was referring to was on the ground? The sky? Attached to a wall? Dareth just waited, trying not to spoil to what object he was talking about, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep giggling at their wrong guesses. "Seriously dude, there's nothing purple anywhere! " Turner said as a matter of fact. But the brown ninja groaned in disappointment. "The colossi! Duh! " he pointed at the rather huge Oni titan patrolling the streets of Ninjago. The elemental masters both gulped. "Yeah...let's take a break" they both said before going back inside. They definitely felt a little bit uneasy about that. Inside, they were stressing a little about how they're gonna defeat this thing. Again, the question remains,

Would lives be lost?

~~~

"Alright resistance, lets head out. " Lloyd gestured all of them to follow him out the door. However, Mystaké noticed a slight hint of concern on the blonde boy's frontage. She knows that this city depended on him like always and couldn't help but feel sympathy for Lloyd. That's why she walked over to him and shook her head. "I don't think now's the time for you to head out with the resistance. " the old woman tells him. Rather flustered and confused about this, the green ninja's eyes widened. "Huh? Why's that? I feel like we're ready! " he tried to act as tough and intimidating that he could but the woman simply didn't buy it. She knows what was wrong with him and wanted to ask him about it. "You're tense, its written all over your blackened eyes. " she brought her hand to his cheek and poked it gently. The green ninja winced and that caused him to bite his lip slightly. How did she know? Yes, this lady was mysterious but is she some kind of fortune teller? or she drank some tea that gave her extra knowledge? He shivered in place.

"What? Me tense? No, not now. " he lied. But Mystaké cut right through his white lies and crossed her arms. "Trust me Lloyd Garmadon, going into battle with a tense mood is not so well. "She reminded him then blinked. At this point. Lloyd was even more confused. "Ok ok fine, yes im still unsure about all this...what if....what if I fail? my friends, the city...it doesn't help that Harumi is no longer by my side anymore and my father.." he tried his best not to frown although he started feeling the currents of sadness flooding him. Mystaké put her arm around the young boy. "At least you still have your mother. Misako is truly a big support right? " she smiled faintly. Even though he wanted to make a point, he nodded at his own turn. He wanted Mystaké to understand that he was in a vulnerable state. Losing his loved one to the great devourer that day. He knows that Harumi is still alive in the flesh, but the girl he met, the girl who used to help the unfortunate ones on the ramparts of Ninjago, the girl he fell in love with, she died the day the great devourer came to take over. The remains of her were only vengeance, deception and mostly hatred. Now his father, being back too, it hurt him more than ever. Not being able to fully receive a hug from him. Oh how he missed his father.

"I just feel like as being the powerless green ninja, I can't truly save the people from my father and Harumi's grasp. " he explained what was really bothering him to the old woman. Mystaké only cut him off before he said something else. "Now listen here young Lloyd Garmadon. It doesn't take powers to be the ultimate green ninja. You just need your own voice. Lead this resistance to victory and save the ones that wants to be saved. " she said before walking back to her own corner of the decent looking garbage depot. The green ninja didn't have much time to think since Skylor went up to him to ask him about their departure towards Borg tower. "Ready to leave? " she asked.

Lloyd shook his head.

"Give me an hour to rethink the plan" he lied. In reality, he just wanted to take Mystaké's advice to calm down. He could already imagine the outcomes if he tensed up during the live recordings. He would just stutter and even stay silent in front of the camera. Rethinking about his poor choices made by him so far. After an hour of wait, Lloyd knew that waiting for his tension to decrease was one of the best choices he's made so far.