Cold was the night, as the ninja sneaked through the vast land of trees towards the Toxibrai base. Jay was enjoying the wind against his face as he swung from tree to tree. "Man! It feels fresh out here, must be all the Christmas in the air, eh?" Jay chuckled.

Cole rolled his eyes, "Christmas is tomorrow."

"Whatever, it's still pretty chilly," Jay replied, landing on his next tree, "cause its December and all."

Zane sighed, he did enjoy this winter weather, but all that was on his mind right now was finding Kai. He'd had enough of the Toxibrai and their evil schemes, he didn't want any of his friends to suffer what he had gone through. Andrea went ahead, leading the way, Lily and the others right behind her. After many long moments of trees and swinging, Andrea came to a stop.

Jay nearly fell out of his tree, it was Cole who caught him. "I gotcha, buddy," he whispered. Jay climbed up, "Whew."

Andrea looked out from her post, her eyes narrowing at the facility in the distance. "We're here," she uttered.

The place was surrounded by a few Serpentine; half regular, half Toxibrai. Lily eyed the scene carefully, "They've got every part of the entrance or exit blocked, it will seem almost impossible for anyone to get in."

"Great," Jay uttered, "that killed my happy mood."

Zane looked around for any entrance they could take, he then spotted the torn roof at the top. "The roof has been torn apart, as if something big had escaped," he pointed out.

Cole noticed, "Yeah, it kind of does. What do you think made it?"

"I'm more concerned of how it'll help us get inside, great eye, Zane," Andrea told. Jay put a finger to his chin in wonder, "Uh, one question? How do we get past them?"

He pointed towards the guards, "I doubt they'll just let us simply, climb up the roof and find Kai and escape with our lives."

"Jay has a point," Cole admitted. Andrea pondered, "Hmm..."

Zane then spotted that some of the guards were going to sleep, "The guards seem to be showing signs of tediousness." Lily looked back at Zane and nodded, "We go towards the left, where those guards are. Then we should be able to go inside."

"Alright guys, stay awake, we're about to rescue Kai," Andrea announced.

Lasha and Spitta stood firmly at their posts, their weapons tied to their belts in case any trouble stumbled along. But, much to their dismay, nothing ever came along, which made it more hard and more boring for them to do their jobs. "Ugh, this ssssucks," Spitta spat, irritated by the lack of excitement. Lasha yawned, "Tell me about it."

Spitta and Lasha stood quietly, glancing at the grass and the trees, even some of the other guards. Lasha sighs, "What hassss become of us, Spitta? We've been controlled by the Toxibrai ever ssssince, and now we're nothing but they're slsssaves."

"Yeah," Spitta replied, sad.

"We used to do awesssssome things before, like defeating the ninja, getting beaten by the ninja-"

"Breaking up love between the ninja? Do you remember those dayssss?" Spitta stated, grinning. Lasha chuckled, "Yeah, thosssse were the dayssss..."

Again, there was silence, until Lasha broke it with a yawn, "Well, I'm tired...I should probably lie down for a nap, don't you think?"

Spitta was concerned, "B-But, Lasha? What if they catch us sleeping on the job?" Lasha shrugged, "Spitta, I'm bored, and my head issss heavy. I want to go to bed."

"I-If ssssomeone ssneaks b-by?" Spitta stammered. Lasha rolled his eyes, "You assssk too much. Spitta, have you ssseen anyone out this night?"

Spitta shook his head, "No..."

"Then itsss not our fault for sssleeping. We're bored, they'll have to deal with it," Lasha stated, letting sleep overcome him. Spitta sighed and gave in as well, soon snoring into the night. I wouldn't blame them, even if the ninja did get past them and onto the roof, they were bored.

Andrea silently dropped into the facility, looking through her hood to see the darkened base of the Toxibrai, and the Serpentine. The place was black, dark, and really hard to see in. If it wasn't for her dragon sight, she wouldn't be able to see. Lily, Zane, Cole and Jay followed in suit, using their advanced vision to see in the dark. Andrea scanned the hallways, the bottom floor, almost everywhere, but she couldn't remember where the prison chambers were located.

Luckily, her sister Lily had great memory, for she found the location in no time flat. "Over here!" she whispered, beckoning them to the left side of the base. All of them headed her way, staring up at the big door leading to underground. "Huh, why didn't we get a deja vu sensation when we passed this one?" Jay asked.

"Don't know, but we do know Kai is somewhere down there, so we cant be setting off any alarms this time," Andrea replied.

"How do we do that?" Cole asked.

"One of us has to stay behind and look out for danger," Zane explained.

Everyone immediately looked at Jay, the lightning ninja was surprised. "Why me?!" he whispered.

"'Cause, motormouth, you're the one with good hearing and good eyes. Stay sharp, we'll come back," Cole replied, patting Jay's shoulder.

Jay humphed and held the door open, the rest running inside straight away. "Sure, leave me behind, I was the one who was worried..."

The lightning ninja's eyes soon caught on a sketchy looking snake, probably a Toxibrai member, heading into a room with an odd device. "Hm?" he pondered.

Lily looked around the place, shuddering at coming back here. She hated this place, and never would she think about coming back here again. But, if it's to save Kai, she would have to bear it. Zane sensed her distress, he tapped her shoulder, "You alright, Lily?"

"What? Oh, yes, of course," Lily replied, continuing to walk. Zane frowned, unable to believe her, "Are you sure."

Lily nodded, "Yes, totally sure. Why do you ask?"

"I thought you'd be more shaken up about this place than I would," Zane admitted, surprising Lily. She turned to him for a brief second and then continued facing forward.

Andrea looked all around, checking every cell, every corner. Zane found nothing, not even a clue. Lily checked the walls, which were pure dirt, "I wonder how one could even sustain a prison under here."

Cole came across a cell with broken bars, and anything left of the door or cage was singed or melted. "Guys? I think I might have found something," he announced.

They ran over, Zane analyzed the wreckage, "Someone must have melted the bars."

"Kai?" Andrea suggested. Lily rolled her eyes, "Of course it was him! Do we know anyone who could or would do such a thing?"

Cole pounded on the bars, "It couldn't have been him. These are the same bars used to keep us prisoner when we were all kept at the Storm Farms. They're practically indestructible except to brute force."

"That's exactly how they broke," spoke a voice.

Everyone became alert at once, taking out their weapons. Andrea was the first to demand, "Who's there?"

There was silence, then the voice spoke again, "Is...is that who I think it is?"

Andrea held her weapon firm, her Kunai Daggers in her hand, gripping them tight. "Who are you?" she asked.

The man revealed himself, right next to the broken cell, everyone was shocked to see Lord Garmadon. Andrea was speechless, Lily only scowled, "You."

Garmadon humphed, "I didn't expect a nice greeting, I'd admit that."

"What are you doing here?" Cole asked, disgust in his voice. Garmadon shrugged, "If I had known, why should I tell you?"

"Because you're trapped and have no weapons on you, so I suggest you start explaining," Lily demanded. Garmadon narrowed his eyes at Lily, "Do I know you?"

"Oh, come on, you couldn't have forgotten about her, or her," Cole stated, pointing to Andrea and Lily, "we all fought you at the Fire Temple. Big, angry swarm of dragons? Hello?"

"Save your bells, ninja of earth. None of them ring, so I can only remember so little. But, I do know my students when I see them," Garmadon gestured towards Andrea.

Andrea lowered her gaze, the others looking at her, "I...I no longer am your student, nor are you my teacher. You have turned on me."

Garmadon laughed, "You never change, but just to clarify...it was you who have turned on me."

"That's a lie!" Andrea yelled, her tone filled with emotion. Garmadon chuckled, "Of course, dear. Of course."

Zane crossed his arms, "Are you going to explain yourself or keep stalling? You said those bars were in fact destroyed with brute force. Well, who exactly broke them, then?"

Garmadon hesitated for a moment, remembering, "Well, it's kind of hard to explain..."

"Just tell us," Cole demanded, tapping his foot, "we haven't got all day." Garmadon eyed him, "I expected impatience from the ninja of fire, not the ninja of earth,"

Lily's eyes shone, "You've seen Kai?"

"Yes, I have. But he didn't exactly act the same way as the last time we met," Garmadon exclaimed.

"How so?" Zane asked.

"Well, he seemed more vile," Garmadon replied. Lily seemed confused, "I don't...understand?"

Garmadon scowled, "Understand? You don't understand the first thing about villainy, or what evil is thinking. How do you understand that? Are are you simply so ignorant you cant?"

"You little-" Lily growled, her palms emitting ghastly flames. Andrea stopped her, putting down her hand, "I'll handle this."

Lily's flames died out, she crossed her arms, still upset. Andrea walked over to the bars, staring her former teacher in the eyes. "I did not come down here to be scolded, or stalled. I want to find my brother, and if you don't help, you might as well be writing your will." Garmadon didn't speak, Andrea continued, "Now, tell us. What happened to my brother?"

Jay moved quietly through the facility, keeping to the shadows as he avoided any guard that came his way. People might wonder how he hid in the dark with a a dark blue robe, but he managed. He was sneaky that way. Jay continued along the way he saw the Serpentine head, finally reaching the exact room. The lightning ninja cursed silently as he saw he needed to input a code, "Dammit!" Then he noticed the letter and number keys, the code required five letters. Jay glanced around, making sure no one was watching him break in. He punched in the letters he thought would appeal best to the Toxibrai: T-O-X-I-C.

"Access Granted"

Jay beamed and hurriedly rushed inside, and was amazed at the sight. Every part of the room was lined with technical computers; maps were on every screen.

"Alright," Garmadon began, "I will talk. You're brother was kidnapped by the Toxibrai, and he was injected with a dangerous syrum, one of the ingredients being my blood."

"What the heck?" Cole questioned, a bit confused and disgusted. Andrea, however knew why, "Your blood contains the Great Devourer's venom."

Garmadon nodded, "Correct, and by doing that, they've made an even bigger problem. Kai's inner flame has no become unstable, which gave him the strength to escape."

All of them glanced towards the bars, they're eyes widening. "Kai...he did that?" Cole asked, shocked.

"Of course he did, do you know anyone else who would do such a thing?" Garmadon questioned, parodying Lily's words. Andrea still couldn't believe it, "You're saying that my brother was infected by your blood, the Devourer's venom, and because of that he's gotten more dangerous."

"Not just my blood, there was a second ingredient, the Toxibrai's own blood," Garmadon admitted. Zane's eyes widened, "That's...that's not good."

Garmadon agreed, "No, of course its not, and now that it has been done, it shouldn't take long before the world goes up into flames!"

Lily stared, "What?"

"My god, don't you ninja know anything? Kai's instability is going to cause the worlds end!" Garmadon declared.

Andrea couldn't believe it, she looked at the others in disbelief, "We have to find Kai...now."

The entire base rang with alarms, Andrea nearly fell from the sound. Cole grabbed Garmadon by the collar, "Alright, tell us where Kai went, and I wont punch you."

"I don't know where he is!" Garmadon shrieked.

Andrea pushed Cole away, "Forget it! We have to leave, now!" Cole, Zane and Lily rushed towards the entrance, Andrea following, looking back once to see her teacher. Garmadon only grinned from afar. She shook her head and joined her friends.

Cole reached the door, he couldn't believe it, "Of course he did." Jay had placed a large rock to hold the door, to make sure the alarm didn't sound before he could check out the suspicious room. Andrea slapped her forehead, "Perfect. Well, lets just try to escape, should that be too hard?"

They close the door behind them, Zane looked down below towards the marching Serpentine, "Uh, we have company."

Warriors surrounded them, Andrea only stood her ground, "Everyone! Give them all you've got! We have to escape no matter what!" The warriors charged and so did our heroes. Both lashed at one another, attacking left to right, right to left, you get the point. The ninja were actually winning, but they still couldn't keep up for long. More and more warriors soon began to revive and come back. "Oh boy, we're in trouble," Cole uttered.

"Run! Go! We have to get out!" Andrea demanded. The warriors pursued them as they made their getaway, which gave Jay enough time to sneak out with a suspicious device tucked in his robes, without being seen. They finally reached the roof, jumping off and accidentally hitting Lasha and Spitta on the head as they land. "OW!" both cried, holding their heads.

Fortunately, the rooftop had enough leverage to knock out a few warriors, while some were still itching to fight. But by that time, the ninja were already gone.

"We left Jay back there! How could we?!" Cole shrieked, as he ran.

"He left us!" Lily yelled.

"It is true, he could have landed us recaptured," Zane replied.

"I don't care!" Cole yelled, running, "we have to go back!"

Andrea had to agree with him, she was about to turn when Jay himself came running towards them, waving his arms, screaming, "GUYS! GUYS!"

They instantly stop, catching their breaths, watching him approach. He huffed and grinned, "Heh, I almost thought you were going to leave me for a s-"

Cole punched his arm, Jay yelped. "That was for leaving us!" Cole yelled. Lily and Zane glanced at each other, thinking Wasn't he just concerned for him?

Jay held his arm, glaring at Cole, "Thank you, Cole. I appreciate you looking out for me."

Andrea crossed her arms, "You could have landed us all in the Serpentine dungeons, again." Jay shrugged, "Yeah, yeah. I know, but it was worth it..."

"Worth what? Our lives?" Zane asked, a bit disbelieved.

Jay shook his head, "No, its worth this."

He took out the device, which resembled an old tablet. A map was on the screen, a blinking red dot flashing on one of the locations. Andrea took it in her hands, eyeing it carefully, "Jay...you've just saved us a whole lot of trouble."

Meanwhile, far out north, Toxine was staring at her own tracker device, staring at the blinking red dot on that one spot on the map. "Girls, we get up in the morning, and head for WildWood Forest...he's close," she hissed.