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It's now a week since Zane disappeared. Inside the new house that Cole and Eleanor bought awhile back, Cole is currently sitting on the couch as he watched the heavy thunderstorm outside from the safety of the living room in the dark of the night.

"Cole?" Eleanor walked into the room, wearing her favorite comfy pajamas. "Are you ok?" She asked as she sat next to him.

"I guess." He answered with a sigh.

"Why are you siting in the dark?" She asked gently. "Watching the storm?"

"Just thinking."

She gently slid her arms through his and rested the side of her head on his shoulder. "About Zane?" She guessed.

Cole just sighed heavily. "Yeah. This is the second time he's done this to us."

"That shows how great he is at being a Ninja." Eleanor then winced when a loud boom of thunder hit, followed by a bolt of lightning that made the room eerie as the house rattled.

Lilly's crying is soon heard from down the hall.

"I'll get her." Cole said as he moved, just as one of their cell phones rang.

"And I'll get that." Eleanor followed him off the couch.

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After sometime, Cole's Elemental Dragon soon landed in the courtyard of the Monastery of Spinjitzu. Eleanor slid off, then Cole leaped off and the two ran into the building.

The two met up with Jay, who was waiting for them. "What's the emergancy?" Cole asked, he and Eleanor were both drenched from the storm that was still taking place.

"Why did you guys have to live in the suburbs of the city?" Jay rounded, hands on his hips and an annoyed look on his face.

"Jay, stop clowning around and just tell us." Eleanor said, getting annoyed. They had to leave Lilly at home, thankfully Cole's father had been staying with them for awhile, so they left him a note in the kitchen next to the coffee pot.

"Master Wu just got back from talking with Aspheera."

Master Wu suddenly appeared behind Jay. "And I need to talk with everyone." The elder replied, scaring Jay. "Both of you get into dry clothing and meet everyone in the halls."

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After getting into their dry Ninja gis. Cole and Eleanor walked out into the hall, meeting up with their friends.

"Ok, Master Wu." Kai started, arms folded. "What's going on?"

Master Wu had his back to them, then he spun around. "Zane's alive!" He announced.

"What!?"

"Where!?"

"How!?"

"Quiet. All of you. Listen! I spoke to Aspheera at Kryptarium Prison." Wu told them. "She did not destroy Zane. She banished him to a distant realm."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Kai questioned his friends. "We gotta go after him!"

"Yeah!" Lloyd turns to his uncle. "What realm?"

"The Never Realm." He said gravely.

"Huh?" Both Kai and Eleanor are confused.

"The … what?" Lloyd asked.

"The Never Realm?" Nya asked.

"I've never heard of it." Cole said.

"There are few who have." He turns to hurry down the hallway, the Ninja are close behind him.

"Wait!" Lloyd called as they tried to catch up. "What's the Never Realm?"

"According to legend, it is the most distant and remote of all realms. My father only spoke of it to me once." Wu said as he stopped in his tracks, causing the Ninja to bump into him and into each other. "In warning." He starts to walk again. "He told me of all the real of creation. It was the one I should never visit. He told me it was a cold and dangerous place. He forbade it."

"Uh, 'forbade' as in absolutely never, ever?" Jay asked, trying to clarify.

"Why?" Kai asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" Cole asked.

"I don't know." Wu answered. "He went there only once and said he nearly couldn't find his way home. He said it was unlike the other realms. He warned me that others would not be as fortunate."

Wu walked into his room, the Ninja follow him.

"Well that's just great." Jay said. "Creepy and vague."

Wu walks over to a cabinet and grabs a box. "I will use Aspheera's staff to find Zane. It banished him there. It will work for me too." He opens it to reveal two pouches. "Once I have found him, I will use the Traveler's Tea to bring us both home."

"You mean all of us." Lloyd corrected. "Because we're going with you."

"Yeah!" William nods.

"Absolutely not!" Wu yelled. "I cannot allow it. What happened to him is my fault and mine alone. It is my responsibility."

"Hey, no way!" Kai argued.

"We're not sitting this one out!" Cole also argued.

"Zane's our brother!"

"Enough!" Wu snapped the box closed. "I will not risk any other lives! My foolishness has already caused enough damage. My decision is final!"

Lloyd started to protest, then pauses as an idea comes to him. "Ok. We understand, Master. But … this feels a little rushed. Maybe you should just, you know, sleep on it. For a night. And come up with a game plan." He suggested.

"A game plan?" Wu questioned.

"Yeah, you know, prepare. Think it all out." His nephew explained.

"Um, yeah." Jay quickly got the idea of where Lloyd was going. "Exactly! You're the one always telling us not to rush into stuff. Right?"

Wu sighed as he placed the box down. "Very well. I will meditate on it."

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While Kai, Cole and Eleanor left to go check on their respective daughters, Lloyd and Jay left to go talk to their respective girlfriends. William is siting on the steps that lead up to the mountain. The storm had finished and the night sky is now calm.

Nya walked up to him. "Will?" She sat down next to him. "I think I owe you."

He said nothing, but nodded.

Nya pressed her lips together, looking down. "I'm sorry. I guess I was too busy following the guys with being lazy."

"And you let your brother scare me off." He told her. "I was just playing around with that comment."

Nya shook her head. "I didn't know he scared you." She admits. "I'm sorry."

He didn't seemed convinced. "Sure." He stood up and turned. "Whatever you say." He walks back towards the Monastery, Nya watching him sadly.

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Later, and back at the Monastery. The Ninja meet up in the game room, and Lloyd went to sneak through the building.

After a little bit, Lloyd returned after two failed attempts, the first fail he brought back a sandwich and the other one getting attacked by Wu's chicken. Now the team is in the elevator and heading down to the hanger.

"Did you get it this time?" Cole asked.

Lloyd reached into a pocket of his go, pulling out a pouch. "Got it."

"Great. We have our return ticket." Eleanor said.

"I wonder why Wu was so adamant about going alone." William wondered. "Sure the Never Realm sounds creepy, but how bad could it be?"

"Beats me." Lloyd replied. "Come on! Let's get the staff."

Nya turns to place her hand on a panel for it to scan her hand, allowing the elevator to move. She turns to PIXAL. "What about the tracking device?"

PIXAL holds it out. "Right here." She hands it to Nya.

"What's it keyed to?" The water Ninja asked.

"The mech. Assuming Zane is still with it and it's within a 500-mile radius, you will see it on this display."

Nya looks at the device a few moments, before she put it in her bag.

"Master Wu's going to be pretty upset if he wakes up and finds us gone." Jay mentions.

"But he is upset." Lloyd said as the elevator door opens. "He's not thinking rationally."

"Yeah, he'll understand." Cole said he starts to turn around.

Jay turns and recoils. "Gah!"

The Ninja turn in shock to see Wu, who's standing in the path, holding the Scroll Of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

"Master Wu!" Kai exclaimed.

The power of creation flows through Wu's body, the Ninja walked towards him.

"How'd you get down here?" Lloyd asked in shock. "Y-you were just upstairs."

"Give me the Traveler's Tea, Nephew."

"I can't do that, it's for your own good, Uncle."

"That's for me to judge. Give me the Traveler's Tea!"

"We stand a better chance at finding Zane and you know it. There are more of us, and we're younger, and stronger and."-

"GIVE ME THE TEA!"

"You're holding the Forbidden Scroll, master. Why don't you put it down?"

"You disobey me!?"

"I'm sorry." Lloyd apologized. "But … yes."

Wu yelled in anger and the Ninja and hits the ground with the staff, causing Cole and Kai to fall back. He tries hitting Lloyd, but the latter blocks the staff with his sword. Wu knocks Lloyd's sword out of his hand. He tries to hit Lloyd again but misses. Lloyd throws the tea at Kai and he catches it. Wu tries hitting him as well but misses. Wu knocks it out of his hand, and Kai kicks up into the air. Everyone runs after it. Wu spins towards the tea, but Nya jumps in front of him, catching it. "Give me the tea, Nya."

Nya holds the pouch closer. "No, Master Wu." She jumps away as Master Wu comes at her again.

"The tea is not the answer." Wu as he tried to use his staff to take it from her, but she chucks it across the room, William uses his power to send a gust of wind at the pouch and Jay catches it as he slides across the floor.

"Uncle, please!" Lloyd yelled as Wu leaps at Jay, slamming his staff and Jay dodges the attack.

"Yeah, come on. Let's not fight about this." Jay tosses the tea at Cole, who swings his hammer at the tea towards Lloyd.

"Yeah, Wu … try to understand."

Lloyd catches the pouch, but shouts in surprise as Wu charges at him. "Gah!" He cries as Wu knocks him down. "Ahh!" He picks himself up. "It's the scroll, Master Wu!" He reaches behind him for a shuriken. "Don't you see what it."-

"I will not risk anyone else's life! Now do as I command, and give me the Traveler's Tea!"

"Master, I'm really sorry about this, but you're not giving us any choice." Lloyd said.

Jay pulls out a rope and gets ready.

"Get him!" Lloyd orders, throwing the shrunken at the scroll to knock it out of Wu's hand. Jay tosses the rope over Wu's head to Cole and together they wrap the tope around Wu and gag him.

"Ohhh boy!" Jay said once they realize what they just did.

"Did we just tie up our own master?" Kai asked in shock as Wu struggled and tried to talk through the gag.

"At least we know we're back in shape." Cole tried to think positive. "Last time was just embarrassing."

"Humph." William folds his arms. "It was embarrassing to watch!"

"I agree." Eleanor nodded.

"Ok, you two." Lloyd told them. "We get it." He turns his attention back to Wu. "We didn't have a choice. I'm sorry, Master Wu, but you're not thinking very clearly. Just like you were before Zane disappeared, and that's just making it worse." He picks up the scroll and tosses it to PIXAL. "PIX, I need you to do the honors. Everyone else, on the Bounty."

Eleanor and PIXAL hug. "I promise, we're going to bring Zane back home."

"I know you will, sister." PIXAL smiles, then it fades. "But please, you come back home too."

"I will." With that Eleanor turns and hurries towards the Land Bounty.

PIXAL turns to Lloyd. "Please hurry. I do not wish to hold this any longer then necessary. It feels … strange."

The blonde nods at her, he turns back to Wu. "I'm really sorry about this, Uncle Wu. I hope one day you can forgive me." He apologizes. "We'll be back with Zane, I promise." He turns and makes a break for the Land Bounty.

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Lloyd enters the Land Bounty and takes his seat next to Nya, putting his seatbelt on.

"Locked and loaded!"

"PIXAL, do you copy?" Nya asked into the radio.

"I read you. Are you ready?"

Lloyd tuns to face his friends. "Anyone having second thoughts? It's now or never."

"Next stop, the Never Realm!" Jay exclaimed.

"What are we waiting for?" Cole asked.

"Let's get this show on the road!" Kai exclaimed.

"Into the unknown." Eleanor added.

"Yeah! Let's ride!" William finished.

Nya turns back around to face the front. "We're ready."

"Here we go."

A blinding light soon filled the windshield of the Land Bounty, and it soon disappears.