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Chapter One: Letters

(United States of America) (Jay's POV)

I don't think Nya's dead.

Well, at least that's what Kai says. He said that if you're far away from someone and they die, it's like a punch in the heart. He said he felt it when his parents had died.

I haven't felt it. He said he hadn't either.

So, I don't think she's dead. I feel the same way about Lloyd.

But they haven't been writing back lately. I've been really worried about them, but we can't leave America until we finish up our job.

Two years.

They haven't written in two years. We've been gone for four.

From what I last heard from Lloyd, Nya hadn't been doing too well. He didn't go into specifics, but I felt like things were bad there.

I think things are even worse now.

Kai's been restless. Cole's pacing again. Zane's been more quiet than ever. Misako is with Sensei Wu, and he is trying to comfort her. She can't calm down.

We're going back today. We made it to our flight at 6:00 AM, and we have about two days left.

Another thing that's been contributing to our fear? The tapes. The USA promised they'd keep an eye on Ninjago while we were gone, but they lost contact with Cyrus Borg two years ago, which had been about the time Nya and Lloyd stopped writing. The other reason we didn't go back was because they had managed to get their hands on a street camera which had caught Nya and Lloyd on tape. It looked like they had been evacuating the city.

It's too quiet up here. Cole looks like he's about to puke. Kai is stressing. Zane looks nervous.

I feel nervous and scared more than anything. I miss Nya so much, all I want is to hold her in my arms and know she's safe.

"Ninja," Sensei Wu says, voice a little more serious than usual. "I know this is going to be hard, coming back to Ninjago, but it's for the best. We must find Lloyd and Nya. I sense something...terrible has happened to them."

Misako buries her head in his chest. He brings an arm up to comfort her.

I don't even bother to hide the tears falling down my cheeks. We shouldn't of left.

Burying my faces into my palms, I feel three other hands on my back.

"We're going to find them," Cole says. "and we're going to find the truth. No matter how painful it might turn out, we'll be by your side."

I can't control the tears. "Yeah-bu-but what if something bad happened?! What if she's hurt...or suffering or in pain..." The thought is too much to bear.

"She-they're strong, Jay."

Their attempts to comfort me don't help.

(Somewhere in Ninjago) (Lloyd's POV)

"Nya," says Ronin, "there's a plane about two days out. Looks like it's headed towards Ninjago."

She turns around. She's in a tight black dress that's a little short, but sexy.

"Really?" She asks.

"Mmm-hmm. What should we do?"

"We can't be caught by them." Skylar says, wearing a knee-length magenta dress. It's also tight on her.

"Agreed."

"Anyone know what we should do?" Ronin asks.

"They may not stop trying to track us down until they have proof that A) we're dead or B) we're not in Ninjago anymore." I say, standing up and adjusting my fedora.

I no longer call myself the Green Ninja. I'm so out of that phase.

I'm just Lloyd now.

"Okay, then let's split up," Nya says, fingering her .44 pistol.

"Okay. But where?"

"We should each 'live' in a sector."

And with that, we start making plans.