Lloyd is taken to the tea shop. "Oh. I c—There's—He's too-He's too much. I can't—please." Lloyd rambled while laying down on the table
"Hurry. He's burning up." Jay rushed Mystake
"You cannot hurry tea. Only have patience to get it right. It is ready." Mystake replied
"Is it going to make him better?" Cole asked from the opposite end of the table as me. He hasn't spoken to me since I've got back
"It will heal his wounds, but..."
"But what?" Nya questioned
Kai groans. "There's always a but."
"It comes with a price." Mystake told
"Whatever it is, we will pay it." Zane stated
"I will take no coin for this. I speak of a price for you and your friend. Each of you must lay your hand upon him. The tea will focus your Elemental Powers to save him. But it may use up all the power you have left." Mystake informed
"Are you telling me to save him, we could lose our power?" Jay questioned
"Perhaps. Perhaps not." She nodded and I put my hand on Lloyd without hesitation. "Do it."
The rest of the group follows me, except Kai. "Wait! You don't just jump into decisions like this. I mean—"
"You're just worried about yourself." Cole responded glaring
"Maybe I am. But you saw how powerful Lord Garmadon was. Without our Elemental Powers, what chance do we have?" Kai asked
"The decision needs to be unanimous. I will give up my power to save Lloyd." Zane told
"Me too." Jay added
"It's not even a choice." Cole replied as Kai moves over also placing his hand on him. Mystake gives him the tea. "Now we wait." After a while, Kai sees he still has his Fire.
"So at least we have our powers." Nya brought up
"Yeah. But is it enough?" Kai asked I moved away from the siblings over to mine. I watched as his face tensed up. "I'm sorry Lloyd, this all my fault." I whisper extending my hand to feel him burning up. Then I blew a cold breeze on his forehead seeing some relief in his expression.
"He will get through this. He's a tough kid." Cole said approaching me for the first time
"I know he will. But what about us? You can't pretend you didn't basically break up with me." I mention backing away from Lloyd
"And you can't pretend you didn't make a master plan with Lloyd to go see your crazy father." Cole pointed out
"I did what I thought was right. Obviously I see now it wasn't." I shot back
"We wouldn't even be here if you just listened to me. You- Ugh! You never listen." Cole ridiculed me
There was a long pause before I got the words out. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry isn't good enough this time." Cole said walking away to talk with Jay. I turned around to see Mystake she was extending a small tea bag to me
"Just a little something. I've already given one to your friend Jay, but I know you need some too." Mystake laughs
I politely take the bag nodding.
"For your time of need. Remember, to go." She recited
I just nodded again, I wasn't in the mood for her messages. I just got dumped, I could care less about tea. The shop rumbles.
"What is that?" Cole asked and we go outside and see everyone running. Kai stops someone. "What is it? What happened?"
"If you see it, run!" He runs away.
"What could do that?" Jay questioned
"Only a being of great size." Zane replied, we see a building fall.
"Come on!" Kai yelled
"What about Lloyd?" Nya countered
"Looks like it's just us six." Cole replied
P.I.X.A.L. flies in on her mech. "Don't forget me."
"You guys go. I'll keep watch over him." Nya answered, I walked up to her. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah just go." Nya nodded
I sprint through the streets with the rest of the ninja. We climb up a building see the monster. It was like a million rocks stuck together by purple energy.
"We need to stop it before anyone is hurt." Zane ordered we followed as he went through the streets
Rain started pouring down as we hopped along roof tops. Then stopped when we saw the thing engaging with the police force
"Sweet Garmageddon!" Jay exclaimed
"W-what happened?" The commissioner stuttered as the monster lifted its foot up ready to crush him
"I believe you mean what happens next?" Harumi corrected
"Kneel! Or I will raze your city back into the dust from which it came." Garmadon threatened
"Not so fast!" Kai yelled crossing his arms
"Not so fast? That's our big entrance? You used that ages ago. After all these battles, all this time, you couldn't come up with something better?" Jay spazzed
"Look, I'm sorry if I'm distracted by that giant walking thing!" Kai argued
"Uh, guys. I think he heard you." Cole commented as it turned around to attack us, I didn't move out of the way in time, and started plummeting to the ground. "Not good!" I scream as I feel someone grab my foot and pull me to safety.
I look up seeing Cole. "Thanks." I mutter softly for him to just nod and say. "Be more careful."
I watch him leave then scoff crossing my arms."I am careful."
***
The ninja hide from the Colossus.
"We're no match for it." Zane spoke up
"Of all the big things we've fought, this is the biggest!" Jay freaked out
"We need the Bounty!" Cole defended and we all began running to it
***
"I have Wu. Can any of you hear me? Where is everyone?" Lloyd asked through bounty speakers
"We hear you loud and clear!" Kai replied smiling as we arrive on the Bounty. Seeing Wu and him on a tram
"Jump!" I yell
"It's too far!" Lloyd yelled back
"Get us closer!" Jay shouted
"She's as close as I can get her!" Zane responded
"Careful!" Kai criticized
"Are you actually doubting my ability to closely approximate the true value of our surroundings? I'm a Nindroid." Zane stated with frustration
Harumi jumps onto the tram with him. "Give me the child. The Emperor wants his brother."
"Lloyd, jump! You can make it!" Kai shouted as Lloyd jumps but Harumi grabs him. He throws Wu to us.
"Catch him!" Lloyd called to us
"What? No!" Cole yelled and he reached out to him. Zane steers away from them to avoid crashing into a building.
"We have to go back." I say running to Zane
"I'll circle around." Zane nodded but suddenly something grabbed onto the airship. It was my fathers stupid rock monster
"Hands off, you big oaf! We just had her repaired!" Jay yelled
"What do we do?" Kai asked pacing around
"I don't know!" Cole defended holding Wu carefully
"I can't break free from its hold!" Zane yelled
"We have to go!" Wu cried
"What do you think we're trying to do?" I ask facing him panicky
"We have to go!" He cried again now pulling my hair
"To go. For when your time of need, tea to go." Jay gasps and pulls out a bag. "I think this is why she gave us this!"
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Kai screamed as he opens the bag.
"Go!" Wu smiled as sparkly stars spun around us
"Go where?" Cole asked him
"I feel funny." Jay commented
"What's happening?" I questioned as we are suddenly lifted up everything went dark. After a few moments my eyes fluttered open setting on the orange sky.
"Traveler's Tea." Zane breathed
"Looks like we're no longer in Ninjago." Cole noted
"Then where are we?" Jay asked as we see Dragons fly by.
"Back where it all began. The Realm of Oni and Dragons." I say in shock
***
Kai manages to find foil under the Bounty's debris. "Foil. I found foil! Ah! Yes! We have foil!"
Zane grunts as he sets up a radio. "Okay. Let's see if it works."
"Say we're lucky enough to reach someone in Ninjago. After everything that's happened, is there even a home to go back to?" Cole asked
"One way to find out. Here goes nothing." Kai replied to hear only static
"And that sounds like nothing." I commented
"Unh! We're never getting home!" Kai stormed off
"So it doesn't work. I'm telling you guys, I've been feeling so much better now that I've accepted our situation. This is our new home." Jay smiled
"You don't sound like yourself, Jay." Cole noted
"I'm just saying you don't have to freak out about it. Heh. It could be worse." Jay replied cooly
"Worse? Worse!? A strange tea lady just marooned us in the Realm of Oni and Dragon. A realm, mind you, we know nothing about, with no hope of getting home, and no clue as to what else is out there!" Kai spazzed
"Uh, Oni and Dragons, duh?" Jay smiled extending his arms out
"Sure, Jay. We've all seen Dragons. But aren't you the least bit concerned about coming across an Oni?" Cole asked making me shift uncomfortably I still haven't told the others besides Cole
"Except that they like to destroy, and that Y/n is a quarter and Master Wu is part one." Zane informed
"And I mean not all full blood Oni are like that..." I smile trailing off to receive a look from Kai, my smile faded and I nodded letting him know I would shut up
"I'm hungry." Wu complained
"Sorry, Master, but I thought we told you. We're rationing our food." Cole replied walking down to him
Master Wu had grown up to a toddler now it was still weird seeing him age up so fast. "Hmm. Perhaps there is some useful guidance you could impart on us in this difficult time?" Zane asked
"Master Wu?" Cole repeated
"I'm hungry." Was all he said
Jay laughs. "Ah, man."
"You not freaking out is freaking me out!" Kai yelled holding his hands on his head
"Kai, baby, it's much easier coping with life's problems when you let go of hope. Whoo-hoo! Hey, turn up that music. That's my butter and jam. Yeah-ha!" Jay danced around the sand
"Yeah-ah!" Cole agreed then turned to us. "He's totally lost it."
"Nope. I've totally found it." Jay sighed out relaxing on the ground
"Still hungry." Wu said loudly
"We all are." Kai replied glaring
"Be patient. He's a growing boy. At his excelled growth rate, we'll have our old Master soon enough." Zane explained
"We're low on food, Master. How about you go out and find some?" Kai asked
"I don't wanna." He groaned
"Now, Master, don't put off till tomorrow what can be done today." I lectured him
"Pfft, ha. That's rich. Now we're giving him lessons he taught us. Haha." Jay laughed
"Will you...will you come with me?" Wu questioned turning to me and Cole
"Uh, I don't know what about you go with just Cole." I say
"No I want both of you." Wu protested making me sigh. "Okay, you guys fix the radio. We'll go see what food we can scrounge up." I ordered the rest of them walking with Cole.
"Come on little Master." Cole guided him
"Why do you call me that?" He asked
"Uh...Habit, I guess." Cole shrugged, a little taken aback by the question
We began trekking through the realm it was just one giant desert. "It feels like we've been walking forever." Wu lagged behind
"Yeah, well, ninja never quit." Cole taught
"I'm not a ninja." Wu countered
"Ah, ha. One day, you will be." Cole spoke as we hear a Dragon and see food. "It's okay. I used to be scared of them too. But Dragons are our friends." Cole comes out of hiding and approaches it. "Hi, little fella! Whatcha eating? Mmm, looks delicious." The Dragon gets into a stance. "Oh, oh, oh. It's okay, we just wanna share."
I kept Wu behind me, cursing at Cole under my breath. "Cole come back." I pestered as the mom dragon appeared.
She immediately started chasing us, throwing thunder at us.
"It's a Lightning Dragon!" Wu yelled
"I can see that!" Cole yelled back as I dodged a bolt
"You said they were our friends!" Wu shouted
"He was wrong!" I snap then spot a cave. "We'll take cover. Uh, uh, in there!" I order, They ran in the cave and Cole blocks the entrance before I get in.
"Oh come on!" I groan pounding the wall before continuing to run
***
Safe to say I barely got away from the dragon. And it seems I returned to camp before them. "Where's Wu and Cole?" Kai asked
"Long story." I sigh out collapsing on the ground in exhaustion. "But they are okay."
"You don't look well Y/n." Zane said walking over to me. "Running a diagnostic check." There was a pause before he gave the results. "Dehydrated, along with high amounts of stress, anger, and anxiety."
"Sounds amount right." I smile, shaking my head as Kai helps me to my feet. "Let's get you some water."
I immediately take the water bottle he gave me, almost drinking it all. "Woah slow down." Kai commented as I set he bottle down.
"Now want to tell me what happened?" Kai asked
"Chased by a lighting dragon." I shrug as Kai eyes widened.
"Left for dead by my ex-boyfriend, but hey it's okay." I say laughing to myself
"Uh-huh." Kai breathed out nervously
"What- wait- hehe." Jay laughed. "You and Cole broke up?"
I nodded taking another drink from my water bottle. "That is surprising." Zane added
"It's whatever." I reply
"Your increased heart rate right now would say otherwise." Zane countered
"That's from all my running." I lied dismissing him
Zane didn't say anything he just continued messing with the radio. Kai however sat down beside me. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"There's nothing to talk about, I didn't listen to him. So he broke up with me." I reply not making eye contact with Kai
"I'm sure Cole didn't mean it." Kai dismissed
"No he did." I state
"Well if he did, Cole will realize his mistake." Kai spoke
"Cole didn't do anything wrong. It's my mistake to fix."
"Then, I know you will make things right." Kai acknowledged
***
Kai holds up a torch as Zane fixes the radio. "No sign of Cole. Or Wu for that matter." We both then looked to Jay who was messing with some wood. Kai decided to speak up. "So, whatcha doin', Jay?"
"It's my new video game console. I built it myself." He plays his "game" on a piece of wood. "Ugh. Eh."
"Uh-huh. Is it working?" I ask hopeful to Zane
"It's working!" Zane smiled
"Really? Jay, do you believe it?" Kai jumped up happily
"Ain't no video game console with unlimited plays." Jay replied as we all shook our heads to each other
"You hear that?" Kai asked
"In place—" we heard on the radio
"Is it a message?" Jay asked running over
"—On my count. Have mark? Waylay."
"It doesn't sound like it's coming from Ninjago. It's possible we've intercepted a transmission originating from this island." Zane informed
"Who do you think it is? Oni?" Jay asked
"Mark too. Waylay. Waylay now."
"Who's Mark?" I ask
"And what's a waylay?" Kai added
"A mark is another way of saying target. And a waylay is an ambush." Zane explained
"Ambush?" I whisper thinking for a moment. "They're talking about us. We gotta get out of here!" I yell
"Where?" Jay asked as we start running to see lights
"Anywhere. Run!" Kai yelled
"Where are they?" I questioned running through the desert
"I don't have a visual." Zane informed as he was suddenly snatched up with chains
"Zane!" Jay yelled as he was snatched up
"Not good." I mutter grabbing Kai's hand to pull him away but I was tugged back with Kai once he was snatched up.
"No!" I shout once chains surround me
***
A blindfold was placed on my eyes. "Ooh, are we playing hide and seek?" Jay asked as someone pushed me on my knees
"Careful!" Zane yelled and they remove our blindfolds
"Lost...are we?" A man with yellow teeth and a top hat asked as everyone starts laughing at us.