Ninjago The Next Generation

Chapter 6

Dianna

Dianna was in history with Reese. She couldn't help but think about the way Ray and Maya smirked when she sat next to Reese. Did they know something she didn't? The bell suddenly rings for lunch, and Dianna starts to head to the lunchroom, but is stopped by Reese.

"We all eat outside if you want to join." he told her. "Let me grab my things and i'll join you." Reese nodded and once Dianna had gathered all of her school supplies they headed outside. They soon arrived where they met. "Hey Dianna!" Jade waved. Dianna flashed her a small smile then sat down and ate her lunch.

She never really knew what friendship was like, because she has never had friends before. The only relationships she has are with her mom and dad. Dianna was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a squeal. The rest of the teens were fighting with their elemental powers.

She watched the water come towards her and moved aside fastly, leaving the rest of the teens stunned. "We didn't know you were that fast."

"If you were that fast maybe you could've caught the water." said a very soaked Ray. Everyone started laughing and fighting some more. For once Dianna felt like she belonged.

Once everybody calmed down they sat down in a circle. "Who all got an A on their math test?" Maya asked. Adrian, Ray, Axel, Jade and Dianna all raised their hands. "I suck at math." Maya said. "Don't worry, i do too." Kirby commented, patting Maya's back. The bell suddenly rings. "Shoot, we're going to be tardy!" Maya yelled, jumping up and running to the school. Everyone went their own ways to their own classes.

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"Okay girls, the reason I called you all here on this wonderful afternoon is girltalk!" Maya squealed. "What are we going to talk about?" Jade asks. "Our crushes of course!" Everyone blushed at the thought that they were about to reveal their crushes.

"I'll go first, since I wanted this talk. I really like Kirby." Ray quickly handed Jade a 5 dollar bill. "Did you guys really place a bet on me?" she almost screamed. Everyone burst into laughter. "I'll go next." Dianna says. "I like Reese." The other girls exchanged glances. "Okay, I feel like i'm missing something."

"I wanna tell her the story!" Ray yells. "The other day the whole group had a sleepover and we played truth or dare. Reese asked for truth and we asked who his crush is... and he said it was you!"

Dianna blushed furiously. "So that's what the smirks and looks are about." the other girls nod. "Okay, who do you like Ray?" Dianna asked. "Okay, don't tell the others this but I actually have a big crush on Dunky, I just don't act like it. He's really funny and kind of cute." The girls stared in shock. "Well that was unexpected." Jade said. 

"Okay, it's your turn Jade." Jade looked up at Maya. "I have a big crush on Adrian." Maya smiled. "He likes you back!" Jade blushed a deep red. "That's enough girl talk, I'm going home." Jade said as she and the others left.

As Dianna walked out of the room so noticed Adrian jump out from behind the door and rush to his room. She decided she wouldn't tell Jade that he heard their talk.

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All of the teens got to training the next day, only to find the adults talking, looking very serious. "We have a problem." Lloyd says. "The Overlord has stone warriors. Yesterday they took a few citizens hostage. They want to transform them into some sort of strong undefeatable humans." Kirby jumped up. "Like Steve Rogers in the comic books?" he asked. Everybody glared at Kirby. "Actually, quite like that, but supervillains. Anyway, we have located them and are hoping to save the citizens. And we want you to tag along. Stone warriors can be a pain. But it will be good training."

All of the teens eye each other. "Well, what are we waiting for?" Reese asked. "Let's do this."

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Dianna was sitting in the back of the semi that was their cover. They looked like normal workers, just transferring merchandise from one place to another.

Dianna was quite nervous, she was part of the next gen of ninja who are expected to protect Ninjago. Isn't that quite a bit of pressure?

Reese walked through the truck and sat down next to Dianna. She shot him a quick smile then waited to arrive. "Remember, work together. Stay together. Help each other, if someone gets hurt help them." Lloyd reminded everyone. Dianna gave a slight nod, and waited for further instructions.

"We're here." Lloyd says. Everyone sneakily exits the truck. "I thought you said we were there." Ray said, confused. They were surrounded by trees. "We don't want to blow our cover. So we will walk the ½ of a mile we have left." The teens groaned. "Dianna, do you want to quickly get a perimeter?" Lloyd asked and Dianna nodded. Dianna runs through the forest, avoiding trees and branches.

"There's nobody outside of the base." she told Lloyd. "All of us adults will go in through the top. Reese, Jade, Adrian and Dianna, you go through the Northern entrance. Kirby, Maya, Ray and Axel, you go through the Southern entrance. We will all meet in the middle where we suspect the hostages are being held. Good luck."

The group split up, Dianna just behind Reese, who had taken the lead. They were moving a bit to slow for her taste, but there isn't much that she could do about it. They crawled through some bushes and past trees, until Reese got them lost. Jade slapped his arm, "Idiot! Why didn't you have Dianna lead us, she knows where to go!" She pointed out.

Reese's face went pink of embarrassment, "My brain wasn't working! I'm sorry!" Dianna ran back through the trees and found the base once again. "This way!" she announced. The 4 teenagers crawled back through the trees and bushes to find the base, with 2 stone warriors outside. "So now they come out." Dianna grumbles. "Okay guys, we want to be as stealthy as possible, we don't want the whole base on alert." she said, looking specifically at Reese.

"I got this one." Jade told them as she made a small force field hit the stone warriors, instantly knocking them out cold. She slowly opened the door and poked her head in. "ts clear!" she whispered, motioning for the others to follow.

"The middle through that open hallway, but I don't see the others yet. Should we wait?" The teens exchanged looks and silently agreed to wait. A few minutes later they heard somebody enter.

"Is everybody okay?" a voice asked, and many mumbles were soon heard. "That sounds like my dad." Jade whispered. "Lloyd? Could it be you after all of these years?" A woman's voice asked. "Akita?" Lloyd spoke again. "I thought, I thought I lost you." he mumbled.

Jade jumped up and ran into the area Lloyd was, the other 3 teens following soon after. "Dad, who is this?"