Chapter Nineteen: Gone

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All of the elemental masters, other than the ninja, had been discharged from the hospital and went home. Kai was going to be released later that day and the other ninja and his sister were getting him ready to leave. There was not much to pack up-just some medicine the doctors had given them for Kai and extra bandages.

The ninja of fire was still clingy to his sister and would not put very much trust, if any at all, in the other ninja. Zane had decided that it was then safe to give Kai his memories back and he pulled out the metal device from his back pocket when the doctor came into the room.

"And how are you doing today, Kai?"

"Fine, my leg is feeling better," said Kai quietly as he was sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Good, in about ten days you'll have to come back to get your stitches removed. Just try and stay off your leg as much as you can, okay?"

"Alright," was Kai's reply.

"Oh," the doctor said when he saw Zane holding the brain washing device and took it from the nindroid. "We certainly don't want this harming anyone else."

Before the ninja could protest, the doctor smashed the device on the floor, picked it up, threw away the debris, and went on his merry way.

"No," Nya said digging the broken device out of the garbage. "No no no no, this can't be happening. It's really broken."

The triangular device was cracked in different places and the mechanics in the inside were all out of place or crushed.

"Jay, can you fix it?" Nya asked.

After taking a look at it, he said, "I'm sorry, I can't. I've never seen anything like this."

Nya ripped the device out of Jay's hand and threw it in the garbage, very frustrated. In defeat, she then sat down by her big brother and put her arm over his shoulder.

"Now what do we do?" Lloyd asked.

"Don't worry," Cole said, "we will get Kai's full memory back, but first, we leave this hospital."

With a slight limp from the protective boot he had to wear, Kai and the others left the hospital for the Bounty parked outside.

"You remember the Bounty, Kai?" said Jay.

Still refusing to get over three feet away from his sister's side, Kai said, "No, not at all."

"Maybe he will remember Sensei," Lydia said.

"Maybe . . ."

Sensei Wu was on the deck ready to greet everyone.

"I am glad we are all back together and that you are well again, Kai," the sensei said, but when he didn't get a response from the red ninja, he sensed something was off. "Did Kai not receive his memories back yet?"

"We had a bit of an . . . incident, and long story short, the device was broken," Cole said.

"What about Neuro?" Lydia said. "Can't he fix him like he did Lloyd and the others?"

"I don't know, but we can try," Zane said.

Wu remarked how it was getting late and they would go to Neuro first thing in the morning. Nya objected to this at first but soon agreed. Refusing to sleep with the other ninja, Kai slept on the floor in Nya's room and Lydia moved back to the spare room. He quickly fell asleep but woke up in the middle of the night, needing to go to the bathroom. Kai opened the door as quietly as he could and stood out in the hallway when it hit him-he had no idea where the bathroom was.

"I'll just have to look for it," Kai thought.

He tiptoed as best he could down a short hall and looked around some more but every door was shut. Slowly turning the door handle, Kai peered into the first door he came across but it was just the kitchen. He tried this again but only found Wu's bedroom. Again and again he searched but with no luck. By now, poor Kai felt like he was going to pee his pants, but on the last door, he finally found it-the bathroom. He could practically hear angels singing in the background when he opened the door.

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In the morning, just like Wu had said, they arrived at Neuro's house; he lived right in the heart of Ninjago City. Sensei knocked on his apartment's door and a sleepy looking Neuro answered it.

"I'm sorry to bother you this early but-" Wu began.

"You want me to give Kai his memories back because the device was broken," Neuro said.

"Yes, may we come in?" Wu asked.

The master of the mind opened the door completely and motioned for everyone to enter.

"Please," Neuro began, "make yourself at home."

All of the ninja, Nya, and Wu crammed on a small couch while Neuro took to a chair.

"I do not know if I am capable of fully returning his memories without the device's initial help, but I can try."

"What's he going to do to me?" Kai nervously asked.

"It's okay, Kai," Nya said to calm him. "He's going to help and he won't hurt you, I promise."

Placing his index and middle fingers on his temples, Neuro closed his eyes in an attempt to help Kai. The fire master also closed his eyes to help. Everyone sat in complete silence, hoping their brother's memory would be restored. In time, Neuro opened his eyes again and removed his hands from his head.

"I'm sorry but I cannot help your friend. He has had his memory wiped twice; maybe if it had been once I could have helped, but there's nothing I can do."

"But then how do we get his memory back?" Lloyd asked.

"I don't know," Neuro said. "Perhaps they will come back with time but I think they're gone."

"Gone? So we're stuck with paranoid Kai forever?" said Jay.

"Hey," Kai said, "don't I even get a say in this matter, I mean, it is my memory we're talking about. I'll try my best to do whatever I normally do and be who you want me to be, but I'm sorry if I let you down though."

"No matter what happens you won't let us down. We will always support you," Lloyd said.

"Now let us go back home," said Zane.

Hello again, everybody! I'm back with another chapter so please review and feel free to use constructive criticism:D If you're looking for something else to read, check out my new story about the ninja getting sick. I can't remember the title (I'm going to change it because I am not too fond of the title) but you will know it when you see it.

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