When Zane's vision returned he was no longer by the dear bone. In fact he was no longer in the forest. He was in a large city. He looked around. Ninjago City. He'd never been here before but he'd heard of it. It had technology in it similar to what Jay strived to make. Most technology had not hit the part on Ninjago the ninjas lived in, though people were getting new things as timed passed. Zane suspected it would not be long.
'Why am I thinking about this?' Zane scolded himself. I need to find out how I got here and how to get back to the others.
He picked a direction and started walking. With lack of a river like he usually used, he let his instincts guide him. His abilities as a seer made them strong. Sure enough before long he found the others.
They were huddled and they weren't in their usual uniforms. They were in clothes you'd see any average person wear. They had grim expressions and were talking in hushed tones as if planning something.
Zane beamed. They must have been looking for him.
"Hey guys I'm right here!" he shouted running up to them.
But his friends did not appear to hear him. Zane was confused. He had spoken quite loudly.
"Hello?" he tried again.
Still nothing. Zane reached out to Cole who was closest to him. He intended to tap his shoulder but his hand went right through him.
Zane stepped back in shock. What was going on? Was all this a dream? It was the only explanation Zane could think of. But why were his friends looking so down hearted.
Zane decided to listen in.
"I don't want to admit it any more than the rest of you," said Jay, "But it's not Zane anymore. Whatever happened to him has turned him against us and everything he once stood for. We have to fight him like we would any other enemy, whether that enemy be lord Garmadon or the skeletons or…"
Zane stopped listening to Jay's rambling for a moment. Something had turned him against his fellow ninjas? Zane now hoped that this was a dream and not a vision.
"Jay we can't just attack him like that. He's our brother." Cole cut him off.
"I hate to say it but I agree with Jay. Zane isn't Zane anymore. I don't know why, but he isn't," said Kai.
"Exactly," said Cole. "We don't know why. Maybe if we find out why we can find a way to bring back the Zane we know and love."
"Doing that still means beating him though," said Kai, "We'd have to subdue him somehow."
"Anyone got a plan?" Jay asked.
Before anyone could answer beam of ice hit the center of the triangle the three ninjas made. Zane looked up and saw himself hopping from window to window attempting to freeze solid everyone in sight with beams of ice from his shurikans.
Zane stared in shock. Why on Ninjago would he do such a thing? What had these people done to him? He looked to his fellow ninjas. They had their own golden weapons out. Now I know I'm dreaming Zane thought. Not only would Zane never do this but whenever the ninjas fought in his dreams they did so with the golden weapons.
Kai and Cole leapt up towards the white ninja they attempted to knock him off his balance with the flats of their blades. But the evil Zane dodged and the weapons clashed together.
The evil Zane laded in front of Jay.
"NINJAAAGO!" Jay spun into a tornado of lightning nearing nabbing the evil Zane up in it. The evil Zane flipped out of the way and froze Jay in mid spin.
The others leapt down and Kai managed to defrost Jay with a tornado of fire. Jay's outfit was soaked but he was unharmed.
The evil Zane then fled the area.
"GR! Lost him!" Kai said angrily.
Zane's mind buzzed with questions. Why had the ninjas not been in uniform this whole time? Why had his dream self suddenly turned against his team?
The other three ninjas left upon seeing Nya beckon them. Zane was about to follow when he paused. He shouldn't go that way. Something would mess up if he did. He should follow his evil self. He sensed it.
Without hesitating, he ran in the direction his evil self had gone.