{Location: Destiny's Bounty} (Morro's POV)

"THEY SAY," I'm squeezed out of the mic between Nya and Pixal. We got a karaoke machine after winning our battle. We loudly sing as Seliel pouts in a corner, "GO SLOW. And everything just stands so still."

I don't quite know this part, I kinda mumble over it.

Seliel pulls out her phone, looking concerned, "Turn the music down."

Katara pause the music, "What's wrong? We won."

"No." Seliel puts the phone on speaker, "AJ, go ahead."

AJ has a black eye and covering herself in a blanket, "I was interrogating Harumi. She wouldn't say anything. Then the wall fell behind me. I was knocked to the ground, stuck under the table. It was some guy. Harumi didn't like it until she got an idea. They dragged me to my locker, stealing my disguise kit then taking off."

My mouth starts getting dry. How's this possible? He can't be back. The ceremony was interrupted. I step off the karaoke stand, "What did he look like? Garmadon?"

"No. I've seen enough pictures to know Garmadon's face. This guy though, he was just as powerful but he had-"

"Jet black hair, grey eyes, 6 foot 1', Wearstler's frame, white skin and let me guess he was carrying a two-sided ax?" He can't be back. If he is, he won't stay long. I'll make sure of it.

AJ nods slowly.

Skylor huffs, "Since when could you read minds?"

"Where'd they go?" I almost take Seliel's phone as my hands shake, "AJ. Please."

"I heard something about Krptarium prison. That's where the rest of the sons of garmadon are being held." AJ tries getting up only to grimace in pain, "I'd join you but my leg is rather broken right now."

"It's fine," Seliel pulls the phone away, "We'll take care of it." She hangs up before staring at me, "Anything you want to spill?"

I glance at Kit, nodding my head towards the door.

Sensei catches on, "Kit, I believe that Mistaké wanted to visit with you. Here's some bus money."

Kit frowns as she takes the money, "But I want to help."

"Kit," I hold my arms, "Please."

She grumbles down the hall, leaving the door open.

"So, who is this guy?" Katara starts cleaning up the karaoke mics.

I stitch together a plan in my mind as I lean against the wall, "A man by the name of Kenneth Greymen."

"You mean Kenneth the hunter, an infamous criminal mastermind that started the thieves' ring circus?" Pixal sighs as this job just never stops, "He died long before the serpentine war. How do you know him?"

"I met him once." I hide my hands as I dig my nails into the wood, "And once was all I needed. He was the person who discovered the realm crystal. He set up similar crime circus in the other 16 realms other than some realm with animal warriors, the cursed realm, and the departed realm." I can't help but look at Katara, "When I was looking for the first spinjuzu master's tomb, I spent some time as traveling entertainment. We crossed paths and when he wasn't looking, I broke into his room. Thinking that he had money to make my journey longer. I found something else," just stay with the lighter stuff. I just need enough to scare them, not everything, "He hunted enlightened fays. He cut off their wings only to display them like trophies."

Nya covers her mouth, "Did you get caught?"

"Yeah. He let me go. He was looking for his son."

Pixal touches her forehead, "A boy placed in the original circus, Hunter Kenneth. He was the only one ever to complete disappear from the circus. Why was Kenneth looking for him?"

"He wanted to kill him. Something about fearing his children's lust for power. I don't know." That's enough. Time to stop there.

Sensei raises an eyebrow, "Speck. Buried truth often weights one down."

I sigh, finding the floorboards interesting, "He was looking for me." I blink out these weird wet things coming from my eyes, "I was Hunter Kenneth."

Skylor's jaw drops to the floor, "You're his son?"

"No," I stand up, looking her dead in the eye, "We share blood but I do not love him. Luckily, he never knew he was descended from wind. I've got just the thing to bring him down. Just let me go put on deodorant." I head out to the hallway.

Katara shakes her head, "You didn't put any on?"

Quick as a whip, I close and lock them in.

"What are you doing?" Nya pounds the wood.

"I know him better." I look at Katara's angry face, "If you get out of here and I'm not back. Promise me you'll run. Or realm jump. Or anything-"

"Turbion," Katara's hair flickers as I ready my motorcycle, "You shouldn't do this alone."

I rev my engine as I fly off the Bounty. I land, I'm gonna need all my strength. I break the speed limits, cutting corners all in the need to get to that prison first, "But I have to."

"Nice try," Skylor appears on a mini screen between my bike handles, "Your bike is a two-way radio and camera."

Seliel pushes her way on, "Morro, stop being an idiot and-"

I punch the screen. Smashing it as I'm 90 miles away.

"You can't get rid of us that easily. Your earpiece dum-dumb."

I rip it out, throwing it onto the highway.

I skid to a stop as the warden and guards run away into the night. I lean my bike against the wall as I pull up my mask. I quickly tip-toe in 'till I'm in the middle of the prison. Spotlights flash on me as I grip my staff, "Haven't we met before?" Harumi's voice echoes in the prison, "You know what would have made my job easier? You telling me you're not related to Lord Garmadon."

"Havn't you read a history book? It's painfully obvious." I look around at the empty cells. No prisoners, no sons of garmadon. "Surrender and I-"

"Surrender," Heavy breathing echoes from behind me. Freezing me in fear. He walks past me, holding his arms behind his back as he looks down on me. Kenneth the hunter. He's got a sloppy job of black make up in trying to look like Garmadon, "Makes the hunt less fun."

My staff drops to the ground. Just before the anger and the hate pump into my bloodstream. I spinjutzu into him, not moving him back an inch.

He looks just like me, just older and much less sympathetic, "You call this a fight my summoner?"

I stop to throw a kick. I clip his head, smearing his black paint on my shoe, I snarl as my fangs and claws pop out, "This isn't your home anymore. You don't belong in- AGH!"

He blasts me back with some kind of purple ray. His hands fill with it as I flip up to the next floor, "The ceremony was done incorrectly. Now I wield the power of Lord Garmadon." He shoots, destroying a cell. I flip and roll my way through as I look for an opening, "No ninja can stop me."

I jump up, shouting as my wind blows him back to the wall. I land, gripping my staff before swinging towards his head, "I'm not just a ninja!"

He catches it, pulls it away before bearing his ax in it, "I know. I've hunted werewolves before. They're not as fun." He kicks out my leg as I try blowing him back, "I've hunted much more powerful enlightened wind fays then you." He grabs me in a chock, raising me up as Harumi cheers, "But there was one I couldn't catch."

I kick his chin, he drops me, I tackle him, half pinning him down. I throw punches and scratches but nothing. Nothing fazes him. I claw off his hood, jet black hair, "Your son."

Harumi comes back as he blasts my face, destroying my mask, "HE is YOUR SON! Kill him! KILL HIM AND take your rightful place as EMPEROR!"

Kenneth picks me up again, looking at my green hair strip, "You are not my son." He throws me into the wall before pounding my body back in. Repeatedly, "My son is a liar, a thief, a ruthless man and a true warrior." He holds a ball of purple energy in his hand, "Not a filthy ninja." He spins me around, throwing me through concrete walls.

I land on the sand, a 1000% weaker and unable to move.

Kenneth jumps down, pressing his knuckles down onto my bruised chest, "I always finish my hunt. But not before playing with them." He walks away as I black out.

{Location: Mistaké's tea shop in New Ninjago city} [Hours later]

Everything hurts. I moan as I feel a wet rag on my head.

"HE'S AWAKE!" Kit screams while patting my head, "You've got a new nickname, by the way, circus ninja."

"Where am I? OW!"

Sensei hits the top of my head as Misaké walks in, "That's for going alone."

"I'm sorry." I slowly get up, "I thought I could deal with the situation." I look up, only seeing these three, "Where's everyone else?"

Kit sits crisscross on the floor as Misaké gives me a cup of healing tea, "Kenneth made this huge Oni stone monster thing. About this big," she reaches up, bearly showing it's true hight, "he and the sons of garmadon are trying to get the city to surrender."

"Do they need me," I winch as I try standing on my feet.

Misaké pushes me back, "I gave them one of my special teas to go." She smiles mischievously before taking Sensei staff and smacking me, "That was thinking you could face your father alone."

"Ow, I get it." I rub my head.

She gives it back before holding my chin and looking me in the eyes, "It's worse then I thought." She backs off as the ground shakes, "The fight with your father and his new powers has damaged your elemental one."

I try making a tiny breeze only for nothing to come. I bite my lower lip, "Will...will it return?"

"I do not know."

The door slams open, Kenneth and Harumi in her mask walk in. Kenneth starts blasting the doorway, "Not if I have anything to say about it."

Run. I get off the table, balling my fists.

"Time to for a new hunt." He smiles while looking at Kit, "Hello little one. Would you like a more powerful father?"

Kit sticks her tongue out before time freezing them, "Suck it."

Sensei spinjutzu into them, beating them up as he has time, "Morro, get Kit out of here. If he gets her, he'll know the future. Protect her."

I scoop her up, running up the stairs to a roof access, "Where did you hear that?"

Kit wiggles her way out, running beside me, "Picked it up." She jumps to the next roof as we start running out of roofs to run.

"AHHH!" Harumi by some miracle catches us, she swipes at Kit's calf, "You're not-"

I stomp on her mask, probably breaking her nose. I hold Kit again as her leg bleeds, "How'd you catch up?"

"Haha," she gets up, flexing her sharp fingernails, "The power of the mask is greater then you think. I'm invincible, stronger, faster-"

Kit holds her in a slow time bubble, "More talkative."

"Good one," I kick Harumi off as Kit winces, "She's going to be back soon." I look at Kit's leg, wolf claw prints. I change into my wolf form, "Get on," Kit nods as Harumi is already climbing back up. I take off running, able to jump further. "Once you're safe, we'll take care of that."

"GET!" Harumi is already closing in, "BACK!"

I sharply turn the corner, Climbing up a collapsed radio tower to another building. Kit cries into my fur as I look for another path. Dead end. I change back, holding her as I back up to the edge. Below's the monorail line but no cart.

Harumi jumps up, holding a knife.

"Kit," I half turn around, protecting her, "What does your sword say?"

"She monologues but we jump off when the train comes. I'll let you know when. Just stall."

Harumi pulls off her mask, "All Emperor Garmadon wants is the child. Give her over."

"Never. And he isn't Garmadon." I hold up a weak fist, trying to bluff my way through this, "You think that just because you have Kenneth and a big scary monster and a biker gang behind you, you'll win? Never. I'll fight you, protect my friends and win. Ninja never quit.

"Ninja don't last forever." She steps closer as clouds shift over the moon, "But hunters do. In one form or another. Join us, you may not be a nephew of garmadon by blood, but you can still be a son of garma...son of g-" she holds her head while falling to her knees. The moon's silver glow shines as she screams, "GAH!" She starts scratching at her shoulder until she pulls the bandage off, showing faint silver in her veins, "What's happing to me?!"

"My bite," I touch my mouth. What'd I do? "I bit you before the ceremony. You're changing has begun. That's why you were able to claw Kit."

She looks up, her eyes looking gold rather than brown, "So," she pats around for the mask, putting it on while still shacking for her change, "It'd be easier to kill you then."

Kit tugs on my shirt, "3."

I back up more as Harumi bearly can get to her feet, "Why didn't I see it sooner. Human by day and wolf by moonlit night. The jade princess. You're the jaded wolf. Seliel's going to destroy you."

"2."

Harumi kicks her knife away, "What are you talking about?"

"You'll know. Soon enough." I grab Kit as she says 3. We land on top of the monorail cart. Kit crying from her claw.

She holds it, "Why does it hurt?!"

I rip off part of my sleeve, tightly wrapping it around her leg, "Because it was sharp. It should be better in about a week or two."

"Wish Willow was here." Kit pulls out her sword, "LOOK OUT!"

Harumi jumps onto the cart, "Miss me?"

I jump back, kicking her under the chin, "No, not really."

She steadies herself as Kit dances around. Harumi trips over herself, trying to hurry up her changing, "Where do you think you can go? Where can you run to? You have no escape."

The Bounty hovers alongside the cart. Pixal's steering as Seliel, Nya and Skylor wave from the port side.

I smile at my luck, "Get closer." I fight Harumi until she's hanging off the edge. I grab Kit, "I'm going to throw you then I'll be right over. Ok?"

Kit nods while putting her sword back on, "Ok."

Seliel has her arms open, "Pixal get closer."

I throw Kit, she bearly makes it, climbing on. She cups her hands, "BEHIND YOU!"

Before I can move, Harumi's gripping the back of my hair, throwing a knee into my back. She yanks me to my knees as the Bounty has to swerve around skyscrapers.

The huge rock monster Kit was telling me about grabs the Bounty.

She wasn't kidding, it's taller than a skyscraper.

"NO," I struggle against Harumi's newfound strength, "I have to protect them. I promised."

The girls scatter to the command deck, no sign of Katara's fire.

"Watch," Harumi pulls tighter as I chop under her arm. Letting my hair go.

I ready to jump, to smack that thing with any strength I have until Harumi claws at me.

In one swift move, the Bounty is crushed.

No.

No, no, no.

I'm breathless as Harumi cackles. I fall on my knees. I couldn't save them. They're dead. They're dead I did nothing. What could I do?

Harumi pulls her mask off, her face showing some whiskers, "Do you see how it feels now? This is how I felt when my parents were killed. This is how the people of Stixxs felt when you destroyed their homes."

I shake as my tears fall into the river below.

"Yes, let your anger, your pettiness consume you again. Just like it did me."

I wipe the tears from my face, snarling with bared teeth, "No. I won't become you. I'm not going back to that. I'm going to fight you. I'll fight on. Without my friends or my brothers or my powers. I am going to fight on because I never quit."

She holds out her claws before putting her mask on again, "Sounds like you're going to be a thorn in my side. Mabey I should end this now."

I shake my head as Katara steers a canoe below me, "Oh this isn't the end. Just another beginning." I jump off, diving into the river. I cough out water as Misako, Sensei and Katara help me in.