{Location: Aquila's back over Pearl haven}(Willow's POV)

Admit it, Aquila taunts as Katara holds on to me. You missed Lloyd.

"Land ho!" Nya distracts me from my thoughts and points down. A small collection of huts surrounded a small city.

"Just as my leg fell asleep. Wonderful." Katara sighs as I take us down to land.

"Alright ladies." Nya flips off her energy dragon as we land near a small hut. "Let's find our selves a nutjob."

"SHHH!" A little girl pokes her head out of the hut window. She looks almost identical to Kit. Except she has sea green eyes and frown on her face. "If she hears you, she'll get me."

"Does she have blonde hair and skimpy armor?" I slide off Aquila.

I'm not sensing Jezzie anywhere. Aquila raises her wings and accidentally hits Katara in the face.

"I think your dragon holds a small grudge." Katara gets off and holds her nose.

"Who are you so scared of?" Nya asks and puts on her hood.

Maybe it was my old spy skills playing me but I feel hairs on the back of my neck raise. I finger my sword nervously as happy giggles come from the girl. "What's so funny?"

"I'm sorry." The little girl cracks herself up as she flashes purple and becomes a grown woman with fiery red hair. "I just couldn't help myself."

"Skylor?" Nya asks and takes her hood off.

"In the flesh." Skylor smiles proudly as she walks out. She wears shorts with a red blouse shirt and a light thin red hoodie.

"Who's Skylor?" Katara crosses her arms in a small huff.

"Skylor's a friend. We actually met before Chen's island." I smile and stop fingering my sword.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Nya frowns.

"Yup. And Willow is a darn good noodle slinger." Skylor smiles calmly.

"Does that mean I get a raise?" I feel a smile trying to creep on my face.

"You're not that good. Come inside, I have more than enough noodles for everyone." Skylor walks back in her hut as we follow.

"Nice space." Nya comments as the room is covered in orange and red.

"Thanks, so what brings you girls to Pearl?" Skylor pulls out a few more bowls and scoops noodles in for each of us. Between me and Nya, we cover about ninety percent of the story.

"I see." Skylor picks up her chopsticks and noodles slips into her mouth.

I attempt to do the same but my noodles end up falling back into the bowl. I've live in Ninjago for almost a decade, why can't I eat with stupid chopsticks?

"That's not how you do it. Watch and learn." Katara smirks and tries. She manages to only pick up the broth.

"Oh yeah. I learned all right." I smirk.

"So what are you doing in Pearl?" Nya holds down giggles.

"I'm actually on break. Office work isn't as amazing as it sounds." Skylor frowns. There is more to her story but she didn't want to talk about it.

But do I try and worm it out of her..that didn't work so well last time. "Well, thanks for lunch but we need to get looking." I pass my bowl to Nya as water comes from the faucet and washes the dishes.

"Let me help. I know the streets and I'm bored out of my mind." Skylor relaxes as the water dose the dishes.

"I don't see the problem with another hand." Nya shrugs.

"As long as you don't get in our way." Katara sighs like Skylor is useless wight. Geez..was how I acted when I first met the ninja? Then again, I had better reason to.

"Anyplace, in particular, we should start looking at?" I actually want this mission to be over. I am impatient to get back to Lloyd.

"Along the beach is a small abandoned boatyard. The sailors around here claim that a cursed power lays in its depths." Skylor twirls with loose strands of her ponytail.

"That sounds like the sort of place Jezzie actually would hang out in." Katara's eyes dart everywhere when Jezzie comes up, "She's got a thing for creepy places."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" I get out of my seat as Skylor runs to her room to change.

[An hour later]

"I'm sick of waiting," I grumble as I walk on creaky wooden boards. I have my glow bow out as Skylor leads the pack with Nya on our six.

"Careful, that is Jezzie's favor tactic, getting us to reveal ourselves." Katara hush whispers. Despite that, I feel on edge as for some reason, this port is completely covered in clouds, cutting of the natural day light.

"She should come out and fight," Nya grumbles as the water churns a bit below our feet.

"This is the last ship." Skylor points to a small rowboat.

"The power of a million souls of darkness is hiding in a deadbeat's row boat?" Katara questions as Nya rocks the boat.

"Speaking of which, any item what we're actually looking for?" Nya as she pulls off the sheet. Nothing but oras and beer bottles are in the haul.

"No idea. We only know about this because of legends, myths and rumors." I answer as my thoughts wander off.

"Like the Overlord was?" Skylor asks as she fingers the dagger at her belt. Then I see it, a flash of purple under the murky water.

"Did you see that?" I look for it again.

"See what?" Katara folds her arms. If a fight came, Katara was ready, she wore a red battle skirt with a long sleeved shirt with silvery shoulder guards.

"I thought I saw something there," I point to where the shining had happened. "When Skylor mentioned the Overlord."

"I see it." Nya looks where my hand is pointing as the flashing happens again.

"It's underwater?" Skylor looks as well.

"And me without a swimsuit." Katara huffs with an eye roll.

"Well, we found the item. Now how do we keep it away from Jezzie?" I bite my lip as my thought linger to possible traps.

"How about you give it to me?" A kid with bright orange hair and braces naps my attention. I think he is dressed late for Day of the Departed with the black armor get up. "I've got just the place for it."

"Get lost kid." Skylor frowns as the kid pulls out what looks like a laser gun.

"Nope. I have a job to do for my sweetheart." The kid pulls the trigger and a tiny flag comes out of the barrel. "Wrong one." The kid drops the gun and searches his pockets.

"Ok then." Katara raises an eyebrow.

"Here's the plan, Nya and I will hold the water up while one of you grab the thing." Skylor twists her hair in her fingers as she dishes out the plan, "Once we got it we can put it somewhere safe."

"Only problem. We can't move it unless one of us is secretly evil." I rolled my eyes, then noticed Katara's poster.

"You ok?" Nya askes.

"I'm fine. I'll pick up the thing." Katara takes a deep breath.

"Here it is." The kid holds up a gun and pulls the trigger. Instead of a flag, a bullet comes charging at us.

"WHOA!" I shreck as everyone moves.

"Put the gun down. We don't want trouble." Skylor sounds like she is talking to a kitten.

"But I do." A woman walks off the ship closest to the kid, she has purple eyes, long blonde hair that in a ponytail leading into a braid and revealing armor.

"Jezzie." I growl and hold my bow up.

"White Rose. I'd say it's lovely to see you again but it isn't. I see you brought a ninja with you. And is that Katara?" Jezzie pulls out her bow staff. "You must be desperate."

"Jezebel." Katara coldly lets small licks of fire touch the wood below us.

"We have a job to do. I'll hold her off." I fire my first shot at her shoulder, she tilts right with a smirk on her face.

"Always a working girl," Skylor smirks as she uses the power of gravity to lift Katara down into the water hole Nya makes.

"Quiet so Skylor Janus Chen." Jezzie smiles as the kid keeps firing at us. I evade as I kick up a loose wooden board that catchs most of the bullets.

"H-how?" Skylor bites her lips as she tries to focus.

"Do I know your full name? I'm a mind reader. And I can see that you have a heavy secret that you carry in you."

"NEW PROBLEM!" Katara yells as I fired an arrow at the kid's gun and knock it out of his hands. I flip over to see Katara next to a black suit of armor and is trying to pick it up. "I CAN'T MOVE IT!"

"A secret that if Kai knew, he'd never look at you the same." Jezzie curles her words as the kid tries to punch me. I sidestep and knock him out cold. I then quickly inspect one of the bullets in the barrel, Darn it. Venstone. I recognize the bronzey medal.

"Shut up." Skylor switches to the power of shadow and teleports behind Jezzie and attempts a chock.

"It's also the reason why you chose noodles over him." Jezzie anticipates and grabs her by the neck. "And the reason that you can't ever be with him."

"Put her down." I hold an arrow at her back. I growl as Katara keeps trying.

"Whatever you say, White Rose." Jezzie lets Skylor drop.

"I CAN'T MOVE IT!" Katara screams as I get a hard kick to the side of my right knee. Apparently, the kid isn't knocked out. As he stands up and comes in for another shot.

"Of course you can't." Jezzie jumps in the water and swims to the armor.

Stop her, Nya. I mentally scream as Skylor gets up. I twist over to see that Nya's been shot, a small hole is apparent on her shoulder as I realize, the bullet is still in her muscles.

"The reason being, you're vain to think you're that dark." I hear a hard smack on some skin as Jezzie lifts a heavy piece of medal. Jezzie jumps up to the surface and faces us with a grin on her face. She straps on the armor as she glowed purple. "And now I'll destroy you." Jezzie's hands fill with dark magic and fires at me.

"Wonderful." Skylor growls and lifts Katara back up to us.

"It's four on two. You'll lose." Nya holds her right shoulder as the water funnel disappears.

"I'll die for you, my sweet." The kid tries to get to Jezzie.

"Thanks. But I don't need a boy's help." Jezzie snaps her fingers as the kid shakes his head. Then he notices the fight and hides in a boat.

"Now it's four on one. That wasn't a smart move." I switch to my sword.

"Oh Willow, you never think big enough." Jezzie holds her hands up and two jagged black and purple sword appear. With impossible speed, she turns around and slices at Katara and Nya. Lucky they step back before becoming susici, but there is still some blood dripping onto the wood.

"I've had enough." Skylor holds her hands up and fire ignites as I charge in with an upward strike.

"No." Jezzie intercepts my attack and twists my sword out of my hand then kicks my sword towards Nya. "You really haven't." Jezzie swings up and down so much I lost count of the number of cuts I now have after she hits triple digits. "I've got a lot more planned. And perhaps I need a strong man to help me. I'm sure Lloyd would oblige." Jezzie kicks me down.

Nya gets up, pulls out a knife and attempts to cut Jezzie at the knees. Jezzie jumps and slides the tips of her blades along Nya's shoulders. "Or Jay. My, how deep your feelings go for him."

"Leave the boys out of this." Katara gets up and holds a fireball in her hand, she, however, has a busted lip and black eye. Jezzie twists left and slices downward, knocking the fireball into a ship.

"Oh. Somebody's got a crush." Jezzie sing-songs that sentence as Skylor fires at her. Jezzie doesn't catch that on and got a bit of fire in her hair. "Rude." Jezzie pats it out.

"You want a fight? Bring it." Skylor gets down as her hands light up with more fire. "I've faced the Elemental Masters. You won't last when we fight."

"Why should I fight when I can destroy you with a few words?" Jezzie drops her left sword and a gun appears in her hand. "You couldn't bring yourself to Kai." Jezzie charges as Skylor throws fire. Then shoots ice.

"Shut up," Skylor shouts as the wood catches fire.

"Oh, but you will want to hear this." Jezzie spins right and knocks Skylor's knives out of her hands. As she does, she manages to cut the top side of Skylor's forearms. "Your mother was never there. All you had was a daddy and lots of money." Skylor moans as Jezzie oozes poison in her voice. By all Tyalle's suns, I hated that women. "And all you wanted was to make daddy proud. But nothing you did changed how he felt about you...or what he did."

"No." Skylor backs up into a yacht, fear quivers in her voice as Jezzie holds a gun to her shoulder.

"Yes. Tell me does this feel familiar?" Jezzie drops her other sword and smacks Skylor across the check. "No? How about this?" Jezzie holds Skylor by the neck again but moves the gun down towards her left thigh. BANG!

Skylor whimpers in pain as Jezzie drops the gun and digs her finger in the gun hole.

"I'll take that as a yes." Jezzie twists her finger in deeper. Pushing the bullet too. "Remember what Daddy said to you? I know you do. He said it almost every Tuesday morning." Jezzie pulls her finger out and starts writing something on Skylor's forehead. "Get over it."

"Leave her alone." I get to my knees as Jezzie finishes her work. I let magic flow onto my hands and place my palms on the grainy wood. White light flows to Nya and Katara as I feel like dropping from the blood loss.

"I'm done with this toy anyway." Jezzie lets Skylor go and copies me. A wave of purple overcomes my white and make me feel like throwing up. "And only a few more things to get to complete my set. But then again," Jezzie summons a purple ax, "You are destined to defeat me." Jezzie smirks as she walks over to me as I lay there like a helpless fish.

"You shall not pass." A silver and blue Samurai lands in between us and sidekicks Jezzie. I hear a crack as the Samurai pull out some sharp boomerang.

"Who are you?" Jezzie holds her shoulder as her ax disappears.

"I am Samurai X." The Samurai attacked her with two more kicks. "Now, do you want to face my fists or my sword first?"

"Another day then." Jezzie cackles as she runs off the dock.

"Come back you coward." The Samurai chases her as Jezzie gets on her square thingie and flies west.

"You ok?" Skylor walks over to me, pressing blood out of my wounds as my eyes blur in and out. But I can see the bloody word, 'Abused,' written on her forehead.

"I'll get there." I roll onto my stomach as Nya and Katara mound in pain. "Can you bring me to them?"

Skylor liftes me by my shoulders and drags me to Nya as splinters get in my pants. I let light white cover the heavier damage done to Nya. She still looks black and blue as she gets up and pulls over Katara. I do the same for Katara but she too looks horrible.

"We should get back to the bounty." Nya huffs as Aquila lands on the land part of the dock. "Is that true?" Nya points to Skylor's forehead.

"Yes." Skylor hands me off to Nya and Katara, they hold me up in between them but look ready to drop. "It's not something I like to talk about." Skylor puts her weight on her right leg and tries to pull the bullet out.

"No one should have a horrible father. I know that from experience." Katara smiles weakly as we walk back to my dragon.

"Sometimes the best way to resolve a problem is talking about it. And we have plenty of ears here for listing." Nya smiles as blackness edge around my eyesight.

Skylor starts crying as we walk to Aquila. We set up a small fire on the beach as Skylor attempts to get the blood off her face with her tears and tells us little of the bloody label, "And now I can't help but feel that way around a lot of people." Skylor cries as the moon rises. "Especially around boys."

"Chen made you think that all boys are like that. They aren't. Kai isn't." Nya huffs and looks angry from the story.

"Don't let the past cloud your present. I learned that the hard way." Katara pokes at the fire with her bear hands, keeping it alive.

"Thank you, girls. I think I know what I want to do now." Skylor has a tiny smile creep onto her face. "I'd like to pay back Jezzie but I do need to take care of somethings first."

Speaking of witch, Aquila huffs and speaks to all of us, We should get back to the team. Jezzie is most likely heading to the boys right now.

The idea of Jezzie taking over any one of them again, even Kai, burns me up a little inside, "If she lays one slimy finger on any of them..I'll." I try to get up and gets hit by a dizzy spell.

"Easy Willow. Jezzie took a lot out of us." Katara steadies me.

"Give us a call when you're ready. Right now we have some sweet payback to get to." Nya gives Skylor a hug and jumps on Aquila as Katara lifts me up slowly.

"Good luck." Skylor smiles and waves.

"I'll call and give 'em that bad news." I pick my phone out of my pocket as Katara finds a small spike as Nya holds to Aquila's biggest.

Understand this, this is the only time I'll let you steer me. Aquila snickers as she lifts up and flies into the night.

"Hey, Misako, can you put us on speaker phone?" I hear a click answer the phone and a considered motherly voice says, 'Hello.'