It was just a normal day, Zane was making breakfast, Jay and Lloyd were playing video games, and Cole was training with Nya, working on her water powers. Kai, was nowhere to be found though when mealtime came around. Nya ran to his room, but he wasn't there.

"Hey, you guys," Nya said, poking her head into the game room. "Have you seen Kai?"

"No," Jay replied, his eyes glued to the screen.

"I honestly thought he was sleeping in," Lloyd added, not looking away from the screen.

"He's not in his bed though," Nya said.

The game paused, both Jay and Lloyd turning and looking at Nya.

"What do you mean he's not in his room?" Lloyd asked.

"I mean I went to wake him up, since breakfast is soon," Nya explained. "But when I looked in his room, he wasn't there."

"He's got to be somewhere," Jay said, getting up. "We'll help look for him."

Lloyd nodded. "I'll go ask Sensei if he has any idea where Kai is."

Lloyd ran off towards Sensei Wu's room while Nya ran off to find Cole and Jay went to check all the bedrooms. Nya ran into the training room, finding the training dummy knocked over and Cole's eyes glued to a corner, his weapon drawn. Nya looked and saw a man dressed in a black cloak, still as stone.

"What the heck!" Nya cried out.

She jumped back, away from him and grabbed a katana off the wall. Cole held his scythe close, ready to attack.

"How did he get in past the security system?" Cole asked Nya.

"I don't know, but you need to get out of here," she told the stranger.

The man never moved. Nya watched him closely for any movement. After several minutes in silence, the man shifted, his hand slipping under his cloak.

"Don't move," Cole shouted.

The man froze, his hand grasped around a small glass bottle hidden from the ninja's sight. Cole steadied himself to attack, but he whipped the bottle out at the last second. It shattered on the ground, a bright purple gas filling the room. The door burst open, Lloyd, Jay and Zane running into the room.

"What is going on!" Zane yelled.

Nya and Cole were coughing, inhaling the gas. Then Lloyd and Jay started coughing, Lloyd stumbling and falling into Zane. No one knew what was going on, nor where the mysterious man went. Then, one by one, the ninja all collapsed on the ground, asleep.

Sensei walked into Steep Wisdom, Kai at his side. They had been living in the small shop for almost a month and everyone was adjusting nicely. They had gone out to run a few errands early in the morning and for Sensei to take Kai for a private training session. They walked into the kitchen and smelt burnt food. Kai walked over to the stove, finding charred bacon in a pan.

"Wasn't it Zane's turn to cook?" Kai asked Sensei, scraping the burnt meat into the garbage.

"Indeed," Sensei said.

"Well, something's wrong then," Kai told him. He placed the pan onto a cool burner and turned the other one off. "Zane never burns his food. I wonder where they are."

"Why don't you go and look for them?" Sensei suggested. "I will prepare breakfast."

"Alright, Sensei," Kai replied, walking off.

He checked all the ninja's bedrooms, finding no signs of anyone being there. His bed was the only one unmade. He quickly made it, then continued to search for the missing ninja. He check in the back yard, the pond and the waterfall flowing nicely. He found no footprints in the sand around the water so returned inside. He peeked into the gaming room, finding a game left on pause.

"This is so strange," Kai said to himself. "They never just leave stuff like this. I wonder what happened."

He walked down to the only room he hadn't checked. The training room. He tried to open the door, but it won't budge. Zane was unconscious on the other side of the door, holding it shut. Kai pushed on it, using all his strength to push it open enough that he could slip through. His eyes went wide, seeing all the others on the ground, unconscious.

"Sensei! I need you to come here now!" Kai cried out.

He started to drag Zane away from the door, propping Lloyd up against a training dummy. He leaned Zane against another one, then ran to his sister's side. Sensei walked in, seeing all his other students on the floor.

"Kai, what happened?" Sensei asked.
"I don't know," Kai said, shaking his head in disbelief. "I found them in here like this."

He stroked Nya's black hair, hoping she would wake and remember what happened to them. His warm fingers ran down her soft cheeks, and her eyes fluttered open. A moan came out, but not her voice.

"Nya," Kai whispered.

He noticed her eyes weren't their normal aqua colour, but a dark chocolate brown.

"What happened?"

Kai dropped Nya, startled.

"That hurt man. Why did you do that? And What's with calling me Nya?"

Kai's eyes were wide with shock and horror.

"What is going on?" Kai asked, turning to Sensei.

Sensei walked over to Nya, lifting her chin. He looked deep into her eyes, confused.

"Who is this?" Sensei asked.
"How do you not recognize me, Sensei? It's me, Cole."

Kai laughed. "Come on, sis. You can stop with the Cole impersonation."

"What are you talking about?"

Nya looked at herself, then screamed, everyone else jumping awake and out of their skin.

"What the heck, Nya!?" Zane yelled.

"I'm not Nya!" Cole cried at them. "I swear. I'm Cole."

"Why am I looking at myself?" Kai heard his sister say.

He turned to Cole's body, who had his sister's aqua blue eyes.

"Nya?" Kai questioned.

"Kai!" Nya cried, in Cole's body.

She/he ran and hugged Kai tightly, but Kai just looked at Sensei confused.

"Sensei," Kai said. "What the heck happened to them?"

"Good question," Lloyd said. "But an even better one is WHY THE HECK AM I SUDDENLY ZANE!?"
"I don't know," Zane replied, in Jay's body. "This doesn't make any sense to me."

Everyone turned to Jay, who was shaking in Lloyd's body. His eyes were closed tightly and he murmured things to himself.

"Jay?" Lloyd whispered. "Are you alright?"

Jay's eyes then flew open, wide with fear, his leg tucked up to his chest as he shook. Nya walked over to him.

"I'll call Misako," Sensei said. "Maybe she'll know what's going on."

"Good idea," Lloyd said. "I want this to end and soon."

Sensei walked off, leaving the ninja alone. Nya pushed Jay's now blonde hair out of his eyes. They still had their dark blue colour to them, which shimmered in the light.

"Take deep breaths," Nya told him. "I'm sure whatever this is, we can reverse it."

Jay nodded, biting his lip.

"Do any of you remember what happened?" Kai asked, being the only one in his own body.

"Not really," Cole replied.

"Not a clue," Jay said.

"Nope," Nya said.

"Surprisingly, no," Zane said.

"PIXAL," Lloyd shouted, sounding irritated. "Could you stop talking for one minute so I can hear what Kai is asking!? Please!?"

Everyone looked at him confused.

"Sorry," Lloyd said, looking ashamed. "Zane, I don't know how you can do this. It's so confusing."

"I'm just as lost as anyone else, Lloyd," Zane said. "I'm to used to actually being human."

"Alright, um…" Lloyd went silent. "Alright, can you do that PIXAL?"

Kai cocked his head. Then a hologram appeared from Lloyd's eyes, which was a bright emerald green.

"Can't see!" Lloyd cried out, stumbling back.

Kai caught him.

"Just hold still a minute," he told Lloyd.

Lloyd tightened a hand around Kai's arm as they watched a video play. It showed the gas spraying everywhere and all the ninja passing out. Then the man sneaking out the window. The hologram disappeared and Lloyd shook his head.

"Let's try not to do that again," he said. "Not fun."

Zane laughed. "You get used to it after a while. Trust me."

"Well, at least he has a better sense of humor," Jay sighed.

"That man, in the dark cloak did this to you guys," Kai said. "In the video, he snuck out the window."

"Well, maybe we can catch him," Cole suggested.

"And then what?" Kai asked. "We don't even know if your powers went with you guys or if you even have any power."

"That's a good question," Nya said.

Cole looked at his hands. "Let's try it out then."

Kai turned, walking towards Cole.

"Maybe we should wait until Sensei is back with…"

Kai was cut off when he was sent flying backwards. He spit out water and looked at Cole, who looked at him shocked.

"Did you just?" Nya started, speechless.

Cole looked at Nya.

"We don't have our own elements," Cole said. "We have the elements of the person whose body we're in."