[Q] Nexus 6 Stock recovery issue topic

So I'm restoring my old Nexus 6 that is being sent back for RMA and I encountered an issue. I have flashed things so many times I should remember how to fix this, but I haven't encountered it since my Nexus 7. I flashed all of the images and wiped the userdata as per the usual order. Everything boots fine until I lock the BL. When I re-locked the BL and restart the phone it goes to wipe its self and encrypt. The issue is that the stock recovery which it boots into during this process just has a android with a hexagonal floating blue orb in his chest and sits there for what seems like indefinitely. Its been sitting like that for a hour or so now and when I check what its doing using the "hold power press and release vol up" it says formatting data. I also tried booting into the stock recovery via the BL menu and its doing the same thing. I tried both 5.0 and 5.01 images with the same result. The last time I did this I didn't encounter this issue. I just want to make sure it boots normally so I can send it back in. If I unlock the BL it boots just fine after I format userdata and cache, but it won't go past the above mentioned state when I lock it.