Could Cole be killed? Will Romulus look for him? Will Cole find the cure before Romulus finds him? Lots of questions, not many answers... Yet (MWAHAHAHAHAHA) *Ahem* I'm glad loads of you are enjoying the story!

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Read on...

Cole's POV:

I walked down the steep incline towards the warmly lit town. Very few people were up and about, well it was around 5:00am. I walked in with my hood pulled low over my face, almost blocking out my vision all together, but no one gave me a second glance. I walked into the centre of the small village, admiring the oldness of it all, the fact that it still seemed a few years behind everyone else, cut off. They still lit the cobbled streets with oil lamps and I didn't see a single car. In the centre of the town was a tall oak tree; it towered above everything, easily the tallest thing within a few miles. I stood, gawking at the tree, shocked by the fact that it could have lived tens, hundreds or maybe even thousands of years!

I had been looking around the village for a while, the sun had risen and I had taken down my hood, letting the warm rays of the sun hit my face. I sucked in a breath of air. It was really refreshing, much cleaner.

I turned in a full circle, no doubt looking a bit unusual but it was the only way I could take in the full beauty of the small town.

Something caught my eye.

I turned again, but slower this time. Standing in the shadow of an alley was a man, at least I assumed he was a 'he'. When he saw me looking, he turned and walked off in the opposite direction. That's unusual, I thought. I didn't have time to think about it too much, I had to follow that person.

Lloyd's POV:

Romulus paced around frantically. Muttering to himself and wringing his hands. He had been doing that for the past hour. Zane walked up to him, "Romulus, my friend. Why don't you sit down?" He recommended.

"No... no, I'm fine." Romulus answered.

I got up from where I sat, at the side of the training room. I walked over to the werewolf and the nindroid and joined the conversation. "How much danger is Cole in?" I questioned, not wanting the answer. "Unless we find him soon, a lot of danger. Why can't we just go and hunt for him?" Romulus asked.

"Because, if Cole can be killed by whatever seems to be guarding the cure, then we don't stand a chance. The probability of our survival would diminish by approximately 5.481% if we went searching for him, waiting is the one thing no one wants to do but it's the safest way to go about this conundrum." Zane concluded.

Romulus looked really confused, then he turned to me. "Could you maybe, possibly, dumb it down for me?" He asked.

"Zane said: If we go looking for Cole we could be killed, so it's safer to stay here and wait until Misako has a lock on his location." I summarised.

As if on cue Misako came into the training room waving a piece of paper, "I have a lock on Cole's location"

Romulus turned to Misako this time, "How in Ninjago did you do that?" He asked with a dumbfounded look.

"I locked onto his MP3 player signal." Misako answered.

Now it was my turn to look confused. "Cole has an MP3 player? No fair!" I whined.

My mom ignored my moaning and spoke directly to Romulus.

"The location doesn't make any sense. Cole is at a place where nothing is."

Romulus, Zane and I exchanged looks, "Where nothing is?" Zane questioned in his usual emotionless voice. Romulus walked up to Misako, "Could I see the map and the location?"

Misako handed him the map that she held in her hand, Romulus took the map and held it out in front of himself, looking over it.

"Oh, that would make sense!," He turned to us with a worried but also pleased expression. "I know where to find Cole, but we must hurry!"

I sighed, thankful for the action that was about to come about.

By the time I had left the training hall, Romulus was already at the door, looking restless. My brothers and I joined him.

"Let's go and find Cole," Romulus said as he left the monastery with haste. Muttering to himself. He was sure no one heard, but I did.

He said: 'Before it's too late.'