Lloyd stood outside the place he just escaped from. Dash and Zack were at his side as the door opened. Kai was carried out and set on the ground outside the doors. Linda looked at Lloyd from the doorway as Kyle stood near Kai.

"Lloyd, step towards me," Linda said. "Kyle will take your arms and you'll come with us. Kai, Dash and Zack will be free to go."

"Lloyd, are you sure you want to do this?" Dash asked.

"Yes," Lloyd replied, taking a deep breath. "Just get Kai to the others and help him. Please."

Lloyd stepped towards Kyle, who grabbed his arm. Kai moved, looking up at Lloyd.

"Lloyd," Kai murmured.

Lloyd pulled free from Kyle, kneeling beside Kai.

"It's alright, Kai," Lloyd whispered. "You'll be back with the others in no time. You'll be fine."

"What about you?" Kai asked.

"I'll see you again, Kai," Lloyd said. "I promise."

A small smile appeared on Kai's face as Lloyd stood up. Kyle lead him towards Linda.

"Now, leave you two," Linda glared at Dash and Zack. "Never come back."

The door closed behind Lloyd, locking and trapping him inside.

"Welcome back, green ninja," Linda said. "I'm glad you took up my offer."

Lloyd looked down, avoiding eye contact with Linda.

"I only agreed to save lives," Lloyd muttered.

"My what a brave boy we have here," Linda mocked.

Linda stepped in front of Lloyd, lifting his ching to look him in the eyes.

"You know what's going to happen now, right?" Linda grinned at him.

Lloyd averted his eyes, looking down at the ground. He was pushed forwards into the room Dash and he escaped from. Kyle lifted Lloyd, lying him down on the metal bed to restrain him again. Lloyd looked up, seeing Linda approaching him. She attached several wires to Lloyd before running her fingers through his hair.

"Such a sweet, innocent mind you have," Linda smiled at him. "Too bad you knew too much about me for it to be safe."

Lloyd looked away from her.

"Kyle, I'll call you back in when the procedure is complete," Linda said.

Kyle nodded, leaving the room. Linda moved beside Lloyd, into his view.

"Now, I want you to talk," Linda said.

"What do you want?" Lloyd muttered.

"First, let's start with how you know who I am," Linda said.

"Why should I be telling you that?" Lloyd asked.

"You might as well, seeing that either way, you won't remember telling me," Linda taunted.

Lloyd gulped, taking a shaky breath.

"I honestly don't know," Lloyd sighed. "All I know is that at one point, Ali and I were married with a child, then I was here. None of the other ninja believed me that she existed, or anything that happened actually did happen. Now, I'm stuck in a place where I don't know what to believe."

"It happened," Linda said.

"What?" Lloyd looked at her.

"I thought that was the reason," Linda smiled at him. "My sister and you defeated me, as well as those ninja friends of yours. I watched your lives continue as a spirit, seeing how happy you two were. I was jealous, I'll admit that. I saw your friends each turn, your robotic friend freeze you solid."

"It was real?" Lloyd asked.

"Of course it was," Linda looked at Lloyd.

"Then why don't the others remember everything?" Lloyd asked.

"Of course you wouldn't know," Linda shook her head. "Then again, you were frozen when it happened, so that could explain why you remember everything."

"Please, just tell me," Lloyd begged.

"A wish," Linda grinned. "A wish that you and Ali never met."

Lloyd's eyes widened, everything suddenly making sense.

"Cole caught you and Kai back in the tomb of the first spinjitzu master," Linda told him. "You never found Ali, never became my enemy, and didn't face several battles and enemies in this life. At least, that's what the others think."

Lloyd sat in silence, starting to understand everything. The missing pieces of the puzzle were being put together, finally making sense to him.

"Oh, and one final thing," Linda looked at Lloyd. "Where's Ali?"

"I don't know," Lloyd sighed.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Linda cried.

"I don't know," Lloyd repeated. "You said it yourself, we never met."

The door opened, but neither Lloyd nor Linda turned to look.

"Kyle, I told you to wait until I called you," Linda muttered.

There was an eerie silence following Linda's voice.

"Kyle, out!" Linda snapped.

Silence.

"Get out!" Linda snapped.

She spun around, only to watch Kyle's unconscious figure fall to the ground. The girl's face grinned at Linda, almost menacingly.

"Hello, sister."


"Come on, let's get him inside," Cole said, running outside to meet with Dash and Zack.

Cole heard Kai moan. Cole lifted him up, running inside the Temple with the weakened fire ninja. He ran upstairs and into the infirmary, where the others all waited.

"Kai!" Nya cried.

Jay held Nya back from running to her brother. Cole laid Kai on a bed, looking to Sensei Wu on the others side.

"Zane, we need to extract the poisons from him, quickly," Sensei said.

Zane ran over, looking Kai up and down.

"There's no way he can survive this on his own," Zane shook his head.

"So what do we do?" Jay asked.

"I don't know," Zane sighed. "If I can replicate the serum that kept him alive, we can continue to give it to him while we heal him and clear his system. But I don't have much time."

"Just do something," Nya pleaded.

Zane nodded. He took a sample of the serum from the bag and began studying it. Sensei look at his other students.

"I would suggest you all go and try to find this Ali again," Sensei told them.
"Why?" Cole asked.

"She is clearly important, and might be use to us in the future with Lloyd in the enemy's hands," Sensei told them. "Now, hurry."

They all nodded, running off. Zane walked over to Sensei, holding a list of materials.

"Sensei, can you find me these?" Zane asked, handing him the list. "It's a very simple mixture, but I need these ingredients to replicate it."

"I know where to get them, I'll be back soon, Zane," Sensei replied. "Keep Kai as stable as you can."

"He only has a couple hour on what he has, so hurry," Zane said.

Sensei disappeared out the door, leaving Zane alone with Kai. Zane walked up to Kai, brushing his fingers through Kai's hair. To his surprise, Kai moaned and shifted. His eyes slowly opened, looking around.

"Where am I?" Kai whimpered.

"You're at home, Kai," Zane replied quietly.

"Zane?" Kai questioned.
"It's me," Zane smiled. "You'll be alright. We'll have you fixed up soon."

Kai nodded, his weakness and exhaustion showing through. He groaned, his hands creating fists as his eyes closed tightly.

"It all hurts," Kai moaned.

Zane didn't know how to respond. He didn't know if he could tell Kai the truth or not, or what it would do to him if he knew what was happening.

"Just rest, buddy," Zane sighed. "It'll be all over soon, I promise."

Kai drifted off to sleep again rather quickly. Zane sighed, knowing it would be over soon, but he wasn't sure if it would be the result of him being healed and saved, or of him dying