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(Zane's POV)

I was silent got a minute. How do these humans know my name? I shook my head and looked at them angrily. "How do you know my name? And let me go this instant!" I shouted in anger.

"Zane, how are you alive? We saw you sacrifice yourself 20 years ago!" The one in red shouted. I looked at him confused. "I know nothing of what you are talking about! I am only 10 years old! Now let me go!"

"Zane, we aren't going to let you go. We are going to take you home." The one in blue said on the verge of tears. I looked at them in fear. "NO! Do not take me to your home! I have my own home! How do any of you know my NAME?!" I shouted in frustration. "Zane, we're your friends. We trained together, ate together, even saved Ninjago together." The one holding me said. "I have no friends! I don't know any of you! And for the last time, LET ME GO!" I said as I continued to struggle in their grasp. I must get home quickly. My friends and family will be worried sick about me.

(Lloyd's POV)

We were all shocked beyond belief. Zane was alive but he was now a snow leopard hybrid. I could tell one thing about this Zane. He was scared and very upset. And if I now any kind of animal, human, or hybrid, if they are scared they could be trouble for us.

"Zane, why did you steal the food and medicine for the village?" I asked calmly. "That is none of your business! Leave me alone! Let me go!" He shouted. Zane continued to struggle in my grasp. He was getting harder and harder to hold. I looked at the others confused on what to do and desperate for one of them to take him from my hands. Then finally Cole, who was much stronger than me, took Zane from my hands. "Come here kid. We are taking you back to our home." Cole said. Then Zane looked at him desperate. "NO! Please, I have to get home! My friends will be worried about me. My family will be worried about me." Zane pleaded.

"Zane, are there other hybrids hiding with you?" Jay asked as he got closer. But that was a mistake because as soon as Jay got in Zane's face, he scratched him with his claws. "OW!" I ran to see of Jay was all right and thankfully he was. Jay wasn't bleeding. It was just a minor scratch. "Zane, why did you do that?" Kai shouted.

"You threated me and got in my personal space! I was merely defending myself!" Zane shouted. I was watching struggle more and more but it was getting slower and weaker. 'Zane must be wearing himself out. Makes sense. He ran from us not too long ago and has been fighting to get away ever since. But still what is Zane hiding? If there really other hybrids with him then why aren't the older ones getting the food and medicine? Maybe they are younger than Zane or maybe is it something bigger?' I was trapped in my thoughts will Jay tapped me on the shoulder. He pointed at Zane was had finally passed out in Cole's grasp.

"Finally, he fell asleep. Let's take him home and show him to Sensei Wu." Kai said. We all nodded in agreement and one at a time we all took turns holding him in our arms.

(Kai's POV)

When we got back to our hotel room, I kept pinching myself to see if this was a dream and after about an hour I finally realized that it wasn't. Zane is alive and a 10-year-old snow leopard hybrid. But how? Zane was a robot so how could have he been reborn. Maybe Zane was more human than we thought.

"So, now what? We still haven't figured out why Zane is a thief. Zane won't tell us anything." I told the others. "I don't think that should be our main concern Kai. Didn't any of you notice how light Zane was? It is like Zane barely eats. When we get home, we need to feed him and help him trust humans. Because it was clear that he doesn't trust humans." Lloyd. "Lloyd, I don't think this Zane trusts anybody. Think about it, all Zane wanted to do was to go home. There must be something there that needs our help as well." Cole said. We all nodded in agreement but first we knew that we needed to help Zane. Zane will probably not talk to us until he truly feels safe. After an hour or so, we finally finished packing our things to go home. But first I needed to contact my sister, while the others left to talk to mayor about or success of catching the thief.

"Nya, it's Kai."

"Kai, did you guys already finish? That was fast. I guess it was just an ordinary thief." Nya said. "In a way, we are bringing him back home." I told her. "YOU ARE DOING WHAT?!" Nya shouted. I swear I can feel her anger in the room. "Nya, the thief is just a kid. A hybrid kid, a snow leopard kid. We all felt that he needed to come back with us." I said trying so hard not to reveal that we found Zane.

"Oh, well, alright then. Did you guys find out why he stole all that food and medicine?" Nya asked. "No, he refused to tell us." I told her. "I guess he doesn't trust humans." Nya said sadly. "Yeah, we kinda figured that out the hard way. He is asleep right now. He wore himself out. We should be back by late tonight or early tomorrow morning. I will see you then. Oh, can you get a small room ready for him?"

"Yeah, I will get Skye and Kayla on it. I will help them as well as Skylor. We will see you boys later." Then she hung up. I let the breath I was holding go. I turned around to check on Zane, he was still sleeping peacefully. I have so many questions that I will probably never get answers to. How is Zane alive? How was he reborn? Why a hybrid and what is he hiding? The others went to the mayor's office to let him know that we caught the thief and we were going to head home. After an hour, the others finally came back. "We back Kai. The mayor was more than pleased that we caught Zane. Course we didn't tell him that we knew him and that it was a kid or a hybrid." Jay said while entering the hotel room. "Great, I already packed everything and we should be good to go. So, who is holding Zane first?" I asked. We all looked at each other. We knew that if Zane woke up on the way back he would probably try to scratch us again. Finally, after a few moments of debating, Lloyd offered to carry Zane first.

Several Hours Later

(Jay's POV)

It was very early in the morning and we all walked in our home very quietly making sure not to wake anyone up. Surprisingly enough, Zane stayed asleep the entire way home. He must have been so tired and exhausted. Since I was holding him, I placed him in the guest room that my nieces, wife, and sister in law worked on. Meanwhile the others closed and locked the windows so Zane couldn't escape in the middle of the night.

"Is the room secure?" I asked quietly hoping to not wake Zane up. They all nodded. "Good, let's get to bed and tell the others what or rather who we found in the morning." They all nodded in agreement and we all went to bed but first we closed and locked the door so Zane couldn't escape into the other rooms.

I will leave it at that. Next chapter, Nya and Wu see that Zane is back. How will they react? Find out next time. Don't forget to fav, follow, review. Guests can comment as well. No reviews will be deleted.