A/N: Don't read unless you read "Taking My Brother's Place" or you might get a little lost.

Chapter 1: A way back

Jayleene lay on her bunk alone as she thought of what day it was…Jay's birthday. She was completely silent, even mute to her niece, Justice and nephew, Dexter when they ran into the room, laughing and playing. It had been over four years and she was now twenty one, but the pain of a deceased brother hurt as badly as it did four years prior.

She found herself only to talk to…Well…Herself on this day. Everyone else was completely shut out. She would cry but produce no sound, it was unusual for a Walker to be silent but when one of them was gone…

"You okay?" Kai asked, walking into the room.

Jayleene shook her head.

He frowned and slid next to her on her bunk. She moved closer to him and allowed him to wrap his arms around her in an embrace. "You know you're killing yourself with this silence thing." Jayleene remained silent with tears running down her face. Her hair spread around his chest and she never bothered to change out of her pajamas, a white shirt and electric blue shorts. She clutched her grandmother's sapphire pendant close to her heart and the same went for her bracelet that provided sight which she no longer needed, but still wore.

"Jayleene…C'mon talk to me…" Kai shook her lightly. Jayleene shook her head once again. "Please?" when there was no answer, he sighed but continued to hold his girlfriend close to him. The twenty two year old kissed her forehead. "Do you wanna' play a video game or something?"

Another silent no. "You can't lie here all day."

This time she looked up at him before nodding. Jayleene loosened his grip on her body and stood. She put on her grandmother's pendant and her brother's bracelet before starting to change.

Kai sat patiently trying to figure out what her next move what'd be. After she was in her ninja suit, she walked over to him, kissed his lips lightly and then left the room. The red ninja followed her.

Jayleene whipped around and put a hand in front of Kai's face. "Don't follow me. I want to be alone." Were the only words she let slip out of her mouth. The lack of speech for the day had cracked her voice slightly.

Kai remained still as his girlfriend climbed down the anchor of the ship with her brother's nun-chucks in her grip.

Jayleene walked onto the streets of Ninjago City, keeping her silence. Where was she going anyway? She had no idea; she just needed to be alone. "If you want someone back in your life! Buy this potion!" an old woman shouted as hundreds of busy people ignored her. The old woman was waving a bottle of purple liquid in her hand. That caught Jayleene's attention.

Back at the Bounty…

Dexter was like his mom. Trouble. The four year old made noise and drew on the walls. While Justice was calm like her dad, she meditated next to Zane while Angel tried to contain her son. "A little help, Zane!" Angel growled.

The nindroid was deep in meditation…Until his wife hit him with a book to snap him out of it. "Yes, Angelina?"

"He's your son too, don't be an ass and help me!" Angel then looked to both her children, pouting. "Mommy said a bad word…"

Dexter smiled. "Mommy has to put a nickel in the swear jar!"

Justice sighed and walked over to her brother. She opened his chest door and flipped off his power switch. The male twin's eyes closed and he fell into his mother's arms. "Justice, you know you shouldn't turn off your brother's power switch, that's a mean thing to do!" Angel said to her daughter.

"Sorry, mommy, but Dexter made me angry; he messed up my meditating with daddy." Justice frowned.

Zane touched the little girl's shoulders. "Once we reboot your brother, you must apologize."

Justice nodded and saw the red ninja enter the room. "Hi, Uncle Kai,"

Kai looked up. "Huh? Oh…Hey, Justice,"

The female android/human sat next to her uncle on the couch. "I sense something is wrong."

"What's up with you?" Angel asked as Zane flipped Dexter's power switch back on.

Dexter's eyes opened once again and he tackled his sister to the floor. "You turned me off, meanie!" he growled, opening the case on his sister's arm. He flipped off her sight switch and she only smirked.

"Daddy taught me how to fight without seeing!" she swung open the door on her brother's chest.

She flipped off his mobility and he froze, falling over. "Stop it you two!" Zane snapped. He turned Justice's vision back on and the same went for Dexter. "Time out for the both of you," the nindroid dragged the two children out of the room.

Angel shook her head and turned back to Kai. "Jayleene's gone silent again." He sighed.

"Oh, it's her brother's birthday already?"

"Yeah…" he nodded. "But this year it's gotten a bit worse."

"How so?"

Kai shrugged. "I dunno'…She just seems…Darker than usual."

With Jayleene…

Jayleene remained silent while the old woman spoke to her. "Interested, honey? It'll bring anyone back into your life like that." Her voice was sly but somehow sweet. "Say…a dead relative? If you visit their grave and pour this over the spot where they lay, they'll come back to life for a day." Jayleene frowned. She would want him back for more than a day… "But if you want them back permanently you have to sacrifice yourself as a servant to pure evil, but let's not get into that." The old woman waved that part off.

"Every drop provides the person twenty four hours of life and since this bottle is nice and big…You'll get at least a month." Jayleene nodded slowly, but suspiciously. "Sadly when the bottle's done, you can't get them back any other way."

Not wanting to break her silent vow again, Jayleene used sign language, not sure that the woman would understand. "Do you have more than one bottle?" she asked, using different hand gestures.

"No honey, I do not. But, I'll give you this potion for say…a few strands of that pretty hair…?" the old woman reached out to touch Jayleene's light brown hair. Jayleene backed away and used a few hand gestures. "What do you want with my hair?" the blue ninja was starting to think the hag was some sort of witch or sorcerer.

"I simply want it so I can add it to my collection." The woman gestured to a creepy jar of different color hair. "It'd be nice to have someone give me their hair willingly."

Jayleene bit her lip, thinking for a moment. She could have Jay back…But not for more than a month, still…If she sacrificed herself…No, that wouldn't be right, but she wanted her brother back. Finally she decided, she'd get her brother back for a month, but would just let him go afterwards. Jayleene began to use her hands to talk again. "Fine, but you can only take a little of my hair, but not too much in exchange for the potion."

The old woman nodded and pulled out a pair of scissors. Jayleene took them hesitantly and cut off a bit of her hair. She handed it over and it was exchanged for the bottle. Jayleene walked off with the potion at hand, she wouldn't tell the others…Yet.

A/N: First chapter. Done! Tell me what you think!