Ninjago: Heart of the Storm (Slow Editing) (Re-Write)

Chapter Eleven: Old Friends & New Enemies

The sun had started to rise to from the horizon and the faint silver of the moon could hardly be seen in the morning sky. The Destiny's Bounty could be seen sailing through the sky and was outlined by the sunlight.
Everyone at the table engaged in some amount of different conversations, some more than others. Nya talked about some of the ideas she had for upgrades to the Bounty. Kai talked about some cool new moves he wanted to try out in their next battle. Audra could be seen talking to Skylor about her past travels. Meanwhile, Jay spoke about a weird dream he had last night that involved a snake comedian hosting a circus. The other Elemental Masters soon joined in the others' conversations amongst the Ninja.
Once everyone finished eating and everything was put away, the group made their way upstairs to the bridge. It took a minute for Zane to pull up some programs onto the main screen, but once everything was ready and everyone was settled Lloyd began the meeting. They had received an urgent message from Pixal that explained their new enemy and her gang (aka the Wind Chasers) to them. They had also received information about where Hecate and the Wind Chasers are located.
"Zane, have you located where this old garbage depot is located at?" Lloyd asked Zane.
Lloyd's question caused everyone to look at the nindroid, who looked calm as ever. "Affirmative. Thanks to Ninia's information, I was able to locate the old garbage depot."
Everyone watched as the screen transformed into a cleaner copy of Ninia's map, revealing the outskirts of the city and the old garbage depot that's at the western outskirts of the city.
"Looks like we found it," spoke up Kai. "But how are we going to take them on?"
"The Wind Chasers usually put their business up around night hours," Audra told everyone.
"Make sense considering you're the Master of Wind," said Jay.
Audra rolled her eyes at his jab. Her eyes rested on the old garbage depot that's at the western outskirts of the city. "I know for a fact we have to fight them under the cover of night."
"And take them by surprise." Lloyd's green eyes locked with Audra's blue eyes. "But we must fight together and get ready for the fight ahead." He gazed at his family. "Alright everyone, Ninja Go!" Lloyd and the others cheered in unison before running out of the bridge to get ready.
The city was somewhat quiet as night fell upon the New Ninjago City. The stars may be hard to spot in the dark sky, but only the moon could be seen shining in the night sky. Many of the city people have returned to their respective homes and the city has started to quiet down for the night.
But driving through the emptied streets was the dark gray trucks that Ninia had spotted a few months ago. Though, watching from the top of buildings and hiding themselves in the shadows was the Ninjas and the Elemental Masters. With the combination of the Elemental Masters, they decided to call themselves the Elemental Resistance. All of them were each wearing their respective Gi that was given to them by Master Wu to help them with their mission at hand.
The Elemental Masters have been teamed up with each other: Kai has been partnered up with Skylor, Ash, and Gravis. Cole has been partnered up with Neuro, Mr. Pale, and Chamille. Zane has been partnered up with Jay, Nya, Jacob, and Karlof. Lastly, Lloyd has been partnered up with Audra, Shade, and Griffin. They were each scattered across the city's western suburbs, keeping a keen eye out for any suspicious activity of the reported trucks.
Lloyd was watching the vehicles and people come to and fro. He soon turned to see his three friends joining his side. They may be separated due to both Shade and Griffin, but Cole couldn't help himself from being drawn to the Elemental Master of Wind.
The girl's long, wavy light golden caramel hair was in a partial braid, and seemed to glow like melted gold and seemed to be flowing like the sea. He also caught glimpses of her face as they continued to rotate their positions. Her expression was very focused, and her blue eyes held a determined look in them as she stared out into the distance in front of her. Lloyd couldn't help, but subconsciously smile to himself.
"Um... Guys?" Griffin's voice snapped Lloyd out of his thoughts regarding Audra. "Is that the truck we're looking for?"
Lloyd cursed himself for getting distracted again and followed Griffin's gaze at the mentioned truck. Audra narrowed her eyes, she became tense when she suddenly noticed that the truck driver was a shifty bloke with a familiar purple snake symbol on his jacket.
"Yes, it is," confirmed Audra.
"We'll better alert the others," Lloyd said.
"But who's going to tail it to the old garbage depot?" asked Shade.
Audra felt her stomach drop as she watched the truck started to drive away. However, not a second later, an idea popped into her head. Was it stupid? Maybe. Was it reckless? Definitely. But the Silver Ninja could not just stand by idly while Ninjago was at stake. The only catch? That she would be risking everything. When Erika had become the Elemental Master of Wind, she had made an oath to do whatever in her power she could to protect Ninjago. The Elemental Resistance would need as much help as they could get, and the Silver Ninja's idea was closing faster than she wished.
Audra then quickly pulled off her hood and mask as she turned to face the Green Ninja. Over the last few days, Lloyd had become the most important person in her life. He had saved her in more ways than one, and there would never be enough words for her to explain to him just how much he meant to her. However, she had to speak quickly. If things went wrong there was one thing she wanted to make sure the Silver Ninja never forgot. Lloyd turned his gaze to the Silver Ninja as he felt her grab his hand. He hadn't noticed her taking off her mask, but that look in her eyes. Why did she seemed so sad and so determined?
"Go and find the others," Audra said to them. "I'll track down this lunatic."
Before Lloyd could even process what was happening, Audra slipped her hand away and used the wind to carefully fly onto the truck. The stunned and yet worried trio watched as Audra flew above the truck and continued following the truck out of the suburbs.
Audra flew by herself through the moonlit night, heading for the old garbage depot. Except for the swooshing and flapping of her wings, she made no noise. Audra kept looking down to see the truck that she was tracking was there.
But when the truck came to a stop at a red light, Audra landed on it without a sound. She quickly revealed the tracker that she had secretly took from Lloyd when she was holding hands with him. She placed it onto the truck like a person would do for a sticker. She soon lowered her head and tapped it to alert the small tracker, which started flashing on and off.
Once she felt the truck started to move at the sight of the green light, Audra soon flew after the tracked truck yet again while keeping herself hidden in the shadows.

Back at the Destiny's Bounty, Pixal and the three adults were surprised to hear a beeping sound coming from the screen. Pixal looked at the screen, feeling surprised and impressed that somebody had actually placed the tracker on one of the Wind Chaser's trucks.
"Someone has managed to place the tracker on one of the Wind Chaser's trucks," spoke up Pixal.
"Contact the Elemental Resistance," Master Wu said. "And send them the coordinates of the tracker."
Pixal nodded. "On it."
At that, Pixal had contacted the Elemental Resistance and sent them the coordinates of the tracked Wind Chaser's truck in their locations. The battle between the Elemental Resistance versus the Wind Chssers is about to begin.