William frowns as Nya pulls him by the hand, hoping Kai wasn't listening or nearby as they round a buildng. "What's going on Nya?" He asked.

"I want to talk to you." She turns to him, letting go of his hand.

"Ok." He said slowly.

"Will, you're boyfriend number 3 for me. After two failed relationships. I didn't want anything to be screwed up." She explained. "But I'm the one who screwed it up." A tear slid down her cheek. "And I'm really sorry I let my brother scare you off."

He sighed. "Nya." William took her hand. "If Kai really scared me off, I wouldn't be standing here now. I just didn't want to go to the Monastery and see all that laziness."

"Is that why?"

"Last time I went to the monastery, Cole and Jay were in the middle of a heated argument as they tried to out do each others high score in a video game." He explained. "I think Kai was visiting Skylor that day." He added as an after thought. "Cause I didn't see him."

"I don't understand then." Nya frowned. "Are we on or off?"

"I don't know." He admitted. "I still need to think about things."

Before the conversation could continue, the village children past them, scared and crying.

"Wait!" Cole calls after them. "It's ok, look, it's not real, it's just a story!" He waves an Aspheera puppet, it breaks and he chases after the kids. "It's just paper! I drew them!" He yelled after them, but the kids were long gone.

Cole threw the broken puppet down just as Kai and Jay walk up to him.

"What did you tell them, Cole?" Kai asked.

"Nothing! I was just telling them about Zane and Aspheera, and how she blasted him into the Never Realm." Cole answered.

"You think that story is appropriate for little kids?" Nya asked as she and William walk up to them.

"Do you tell those kinds of stories to Lily?" Jay added with his own question.

"Of course not!" Cole folds his arms. "Eleanor has control of the bedtime stories. She's better at it then me."

Suddenly, Uthaug is heard yelling. "Look! Over here! Come quick!"

The Ninja, Sorla and several other Ice Fishers ran over to see what was happening.

"What is it?" Boma asked, the Ninja gasp when Uthaug hands Kai a piece of ripped green cloth from Lloyd's gi.

"Lloyd!" Kai gasps.

"Where did you find these!?" Cole demanded when Uthaug gives him a piece of ripped yellow cloth from Eleanor's gi.

"Cole, calm down." Jay said placing a hand on his shoulder as he tried to calm his best friend.

"In the snow, on the other side of the forest. There were signs of fighting and an avalanche." Uthaug answered.

Cole instantly started moving, making his way towards the entrance.

"Cole!" Jay cried, running after him. Kai, Nya and William ran after Jay, who jumped on Cole's back, making the Earth Ninja stumble.

"Jay, get off!" Cole yelled as he stumbled around, as Jay somehow stayed on his back.

"Cole, what do you think you're doing?" Kai asked.

"I'm going after my wife and friend." The black Ninja answered, finally able to get Jay off him. "No matter what it takes!" He started towards the entrance again, but Jay leaps for him, grabbing his leg.

"Cole, don't!"

"Why the hell not?!" The Earth Ninja demanded hotly. "Let go of me Jay!" He yelled hotly.

Jay quickly let him go and zipped off to hid behind William.

"You can't go out there Cole." Kai told him.

"Watch me!" Cole turned and started to leave once again, but was stopped when he a hand grabbed his arm, Cole swung around with a fist. Kai easily caught the fist.

"We can't just run off to find them." The fire Ninja said. "We don't know where they're at."

Cole glared at him, lowering his arm. "How the hell can you say that?" He demanded. "What if that was Nya out there instead, you would be doing the same damn thing as me! Or what if it was Skylor?!"

"Cole, please calm down." Nya said. "We can't do anything from here." She walked up to stand by Kai. "And we don't even know where they are. This realm is still new to us."

Cole only growled, he huffed and stormed off into the village, Jay still hiding behind William as they watch him.

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Eleanor, Lloyd and the wolf are currently following the tracker's signal. To pass the time, Lloyd decided to talk to the wolf about everything, and it turned into a big rant of his life story.

Eleanor put plugs into her ears during the middle of the rant and followed her friend. After sometime of walking, she bumped into Lloyd when he suddenly stopped.

"Lloyd!" She complained, pulling out her ear plugs.

"Sorry." He turns to her. "Look!" He smiles as the tracker is beeping louder.

"The mech!" Eleanor smiled. "We're close!"

"This way!" Lloyd took off, Eleanor and the wolf close behind him. They ran into a fog bank and slowed when they couldn't see anything.

"We're getting close!" Lloyd said, the wolf was beginning to whine and bark at something.

Both Ninja turn to the wolf. "What's the matter?" Eleanor asked.

"Red. We gotta go this way." Lloyd said. "You coming or not?"

Red barks warily and and sits down stubbornly.

"Lloyd, I think she wants us to follow." Eleanor said with a frown.

Sighing, Lloyd nods and the two follow the wolf.

The three kept walking farther into the fog, until they heard a crunch from under Red's feet, the two Ninja continued on, Red starting barking to get their attention.

The Ninja turn. "What's wrong Red?" Eleanor asked as they walk over to the wolf as the animal growled at some bones."Um, Lloyd." Eleanor started nervously. "Please tell me, we're not in a graveyard."

Suddenly a shadow flew overhead, scaring both Ninja. "What was that?" Lloyd asked, immediately and Eleanor were on high alert.

A giant eagle dove down through the sky, screeching as it dives at them.

"Run!" Lloyd yells, snatching Eleanor's hand as the bird dives at them again.

The three run off till they find some columns to hide behind. The eagle flew past them before turning back around for another attack.

As the big bird headed for Eleanor, he knocked into some rocks above Red's column, and they tumbled down, nearing crushing the wolf.

"Red!" Lloyd used his power to shoot the rocks into tiny pebbles, saving the animal. "You alright?" He asked as he ran over to the wolf.

Eleanor screamed as the big bird came back for another attack.

Lloyd runs over to her, snatching her hand and the three run off as fast as they could, till the bird pounded his talons onto the snowy ground, causing the two humans to fall over, the big tried to peck at them, but the two Ninja quickly got back to their feet to run away, but the bird was faster. Grabbing Eleanor's backpack with it's beak and pulled backwards.

"LLOYD!"

The eagle shook Eleanor like a chew toy.

"Ellie!" Lloyd yelled, gaining Red's attention.

The eagle began to fly back into the air, Red ran up a very high slope and jumped off, landing on the eagle's face. Jumping on the bird until he dropped Eleanor. Then Red jumped and landed on a couple rock columns to catch Eleanor just in time.

The eagle came back and chased Red for it's meal, but luckily Red was getting faster, Lloyd quickly followed.

"There! A cave!" Lloyd yells, pointing.

The eagle swoops down, knocking Eleanor off Red. Scrambling to her feet, she quickly followed Lloyd and the wolf into the cave.

"Ellie!" Lloyd yells, standing by the entrance, Red next to him as she barks.

Eleanor leaps into the cave, the bird screeches angrily, Lloyd grabs Eleanor and pulls her back away from the entrance and they watch as the big eagle flies off.

Both Lloyd and Eleanor sigh in relief as they're now safe for now. But suddenly the tracker is heard by only static.

"Great!" Eleanor sighed. "That bird brain must've broken it!"

Red started growl and bark at something in a big shadow. Lloyd and Eleanor turn around.

"What's there, Red?" Lloyd asked.

In a corner of the cave, is a giant looking thing, making Eleanor gasp and quickly grabbing Lloyd's arm.

"Whoa are you?" The green Ninja asked.

Nothing happened.

"Show yourself!" Lloyd added, then charged up an energy ball, the two Ninja look up to see the mech.

"The Titan Mech!" Eleanor cried with a smile.

Lloyd laughed as he lowered his arm. "It's ok." He told Red, placing a hand on the wolf's nose. "This is what we've been looking for. This is it!"

Eleanor quickly hops on to the mech and look inside. "Zane!" She frowned as the cockpit is empty. "Zane?" She turns slightly. "Lloyd, where is he?"

"I."- Lloyd trails off as he looks around, and sees what looks like a TV monitor. Shooting an energy ball into the air for light, he hurries over to some jumper cables. "Ellie, over here!"

Leaping down, Eleanor hurries over to his side as Lloyd connects everything up to a power box, soon a video of Zane appears on the screen.

Eleanor gasps, her hands flying to her mouth.

"Greetings, friend." Zane's recording began. "If you have found this recording, then I am no longer here. My name is Zane. I am a stranger in this land trying to find my way home." The recording sighs. "It is difficult to keep track of the days in this place. It feels like I've been here a long time. But I refuse to give up hope." The monitor starts to fizz into static.

"No! No, no, no!" Lloyd grabs the power box and shakes it, Zane's recording returns.

"The mech's processing unit is damaged. I may be able to fix it, but it requires running a diagnostic. I will attempt to connect myself to the mech's processor." Static starts to take effect again. "As long as the cable is not disconnected, I should be okay." More static starts to ruin the recording.

Lloyd pounds on the machine. "Come on!"

Zane's image comes back. "But if anything goes wrong, if this should be found one day … please relay this message. This is the last recording of Zane. Master Of Ice, son of Dr. Julien, student of Master Wu. I was built to protect those who cannot protect themselves. I have tried to fulfill this purpose. I have no regrets. I have the best friends anyone could ask for. PIXAL, I love you. Farewell." The recording goes out in static.

"Zane." Eleanor chokes, tears sliding down her cheeks. She turns to walk over to the far end of the cave. "PIXAL, I'm sorry." She whispers. "Looks like we're not bringing Zane home."

Lloyd wipes his eyes, he turns and walks over to the mech. He turns and walks towards Eleanor. "Ellie, come on. He knelt down in front of her. "We have a mech to fix up."

She shook her head. "No." She replied. "You're on your own this time Lloyd."

"But."- He trailed off when she turns away. "Ok." He stands up. "Then I'll get the mech working again."

"Knock yourself out!" Eleanor pulls her knees up to her chest as she hugs her legs.

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