Jay glanced around in interest as Lloyd showed him around the Bounty. Well, they were at least exploring it together. "This has to be the control room!" Lloyd pointed out at a large room. Wu was drinking tea and greeted the two non-ninja members.

Lloyd gazed up at Wu with guilt. "I sorry the snakes burned the Monastery down!" he cried. "I-I didn't know they had that on their…" Lloyd mumbled, clearly thinking of what word to use. Did he not apologize, yet!? "Bucket list?" Jay suggested.

Lloyd nodded. "Yes!" he replied. "I didn't expect that to be on their bucket list!" Lloyd gaze Jay a thankful gaze. "I'm so sorry uncle!"

Wu nodded thoughtfully. "And I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for you during those hard times." Wu's gaze was soft as he eyed his nephew.

Lloyd nodded, accepting his apology in return. "I can repay my troubles!" Lloyd claimed. "After all, I'm the Green Ninja!"

Jay raised a brow. I don't think that title was for repaying your thievery, he thought. "I think you have a destiny much greater than being the ninja's underaged mercenary," he told Lloyd.

Lloyd chuckled at that. "I'm no mercenary," he retorted. "I'm Ninjago's future savior!" He puffed out his chest and crossed his arms. "I'm ready for anything!"

Wu smiled softly and stood up. "It seems like the ninja should be home soon," he told Lloyd and Jay. Jay and Lloyd nodded and followed Wu outside to wait for their teammates.

…

"Awww," Past Jay complained. "Do we have to go back?" Jay was quite aware that his past self was not very fond of his family ties. It's not like he's adopted, Jay thought. He's surely not adopted!

Kai and Cole rolled their eyes. "Your parents are awesome," Kai claimed. "I'm jealous!" Cole and Kai exclaimed at the same time. The two ninja were very hyped and seemed to be encouraging Past Jay for another visit tomorrow.

"I wouldn't mind seeing if they have a couple parts for tinkering," Nya told Past Jay with a warm smirk at him. "Maybe Blue can join in as well!"

Jay glanced at his past self. How would I be able to keep up with a bunch of well-trained ninja? "Are we going to walk for a long while?"

Nya guilty nodded. "It's worth meeting his parents, though!" She glanced at Past Jay to see him looking thoughtful. "Alright Nya." Past Jay replied. Jay knew about how smitten his past self was with Kai's brave and talented sister. Wait, Jay thought. Am I smitten with her as well!?

…

Jay laid in a makeshift bed, not far from where Lloyd was asleep. I can't be in love with her, Jay thought. I can't interfere with my past through Nya! Another thought came up in Jay's head, this one being almost foreign and unknown to him. She's too good for the both of us, Jay thought. Jay wasn't sure where his thought came from because Nya was perfectly fine with Past Jay. They weren't dating yet, but she definitely returned Past Jay's affections.

He rolled over and after more pondering, he decided to let his Past Self have her. He pulled up his blankets and fell asleep.

…

"My parents are never quiet!" Past Jay cried, quite panicked. "We have to find them!" With that, Past Jay bounded into the junkyard.

Jay sighed tagging behind as he recalled his morning. First, Nya had awoken him excitedly and Jay had nearly jumped. Secondly, he ended up having to walk through an old desert with the ninja and Wu, leaving Lloyd alone. Thirdly, he felt lucky to be without some sort of heat-stroke. And forth? Jay felt the nostalgia bubbling inside of him. This place seems familiar…

Jay peeked into the junkyard and was surprised with how homey it looked. This place is heartwarming in a scary way, Jay thought.

Past Jay squeaked with surprise when he opened a random porta potty. "Ma! Dad!" Past Jay pulled the elderly couple out of the knocked down portable bathroom. "Are you okay!?"

Jay cast a glance at Zane and he returned the look. We both don't understand family, he thought. I should really confide in him.

Past Jay gasped when he took his parents' gags off. "W-what happened?" he stammered. "Y-you have fangs!"

Wu ran up to the scene quickly for his age. "The bite of a Fangpyre," he murmured. "But how?" Lloyd didn't free any more tribes, so someone else must have been stupid.

Jay gasped as a hideous two-headed red snake with a staff appeared on top of the RV where his past self's parents lived. He was accompanied by a Hypnobrai that looked nothing like the last general he saw. This one had an eye that was scarred closed and an incredibly furious face. "Skales?"

Everyone but Zane was suspicious. "He burned our home down," Zane inquired. "Did he not?" Zane had a respectfully calm voice and posture.

Jay nodded. "H-he attacked me before my escape and I may have smashed a lamp on his face." Jay was curious as to why Skales was suddenly the new general.

Zane nodded. "That explains the scar." He pointed up at Skales' eye which was closed up by scars.

Skales hissed in defiance. "Again," he hissed at Jay. "How did you know my name!?" He carefully balanced his hand on his staff and glared menacingly. The other snake general was waiting for a chance to speak carefully fiddling with his staff.

Jay shrugged. "It just came to me at the time," he honestly replied. "I have amnesia and therefore cannot remember much of my past and how I knew your name. It was one of the few things that randomly came up and stuck, I guess."

One of the red snakes heads looked agitated. "You guess!?" he bellowed. "You have harmed my friend with irreparable scars and you guess that is his name!?" The other head gazed at the first with annoyance. "The human is right about his name, though," he hissed. The first head shook itself. "The human hurt Skales!" he snarled. "Do you know what an issue it would be for him to fight on his own!? He can't even fully hypnotize anymore! All he does is immobilized by half-body hypnosis!" The second head nodded grimly. "You do have point," he sighed. "But Skales decided to burn a home down. The human had every right to defend himself."

Jay watched as the red serpentine slowly came to an agreement. "Skales," they decided. "We will leave with a truce to the humans and the Hypnobrai." They grabbed their staff and approached Past Jay's parents. Past Jay protectively hovered around his parents and gawked when the snake cured his parents. "We do not wish to inflict harm without a dire cause," he murmured. "Even if your ancestors locked us up underground for thirty-four years."

The red snake wasted no time in leaving and Jay felt like something was wrong. "How are we going to get home, so I can work on that mechanism?" Past Jay asked.

Wu nodded at Past Jay's question. "Your golden weapons are also vehicles," He replied pointing at the Nunchucks of Lightning.

Kai gawked at his sword. "What am I supposed to do?" he retorted. "Ride it like a broomstick!?"

Wu shook his head. "Channel your elements and find out," he told them. Kai excitedly turned his sword into a motorcycle of fire. "Sweet!"

Past Jay offered Nya a ride back on his new jet and Jay gasped. I saw this in my vision by the Caves of Despair! But it's not exact...