"Hello? Anyone here?" Skylor checked her texts to make sure she hadn't arrived early. Nope. Kai told her to come to the monastery at seven with food. It was five past and she couldn't find anyone. She wandered into the kitchen, where Misako was cleaning the counters.

"Hello, Skylor. Thank you for bringing dinner," Misako said.

"You're welcome. Where is everyone?" Skylor placed the bags of food on the table.

"Wu is meditating. Everyone else is in Cole's room. They've been in there all day. I guess it's their way of coping."

"Still no change?"

"No. Misako quickly brought Skylor up to speed. Skylor had questions, but Misako couldn't answer most of them, so she went looking for the rest of the ninja. Like Misako said, everyone was in Cole's room. She looked around. She never would have guessed Cole was a neat freak, based on the lack of dust, the neatly made bed, and everything was more or less in its place.

The ninja were sitting on the ground in the middle of the room. Zane was flipping through a photo album, Nya was on her laptop, Kai was rummaging through Cole's desk, Lloyd was looking through the books on the shelf, and Jay was on the phone telling his mother that the wedding that was supposed to happen in two weeks was postponed until further notice. Skylor cleared her throat.

"Skylor!" Kai jumped up and went over to her.

"Hey. I brought you guys some dinner."

"Thank you."

"Misako told me a little bit about Cole, and I have some questions."

"We all do," Lloyd said.

"I've been reading old newspaper and magazine articles, and I can't find much on Morgen. Though Lou apparently was a horrible, abusive husband and father, Morgen left him, he bribed the judge for custody of Cole, Anna was his mistress, but they did have the wedding of the century, except it was awful because multiple people ended up in the hospital, including Lou and Anna, Anna was cruel to Cole and beat him, she cheated on Lou several times, Lou cheated on her several times, I lost track of how many times she was supposedly pregnant, and this source claims Cole is not even Lou's child," Nya said, rubbing her forehead.

"Wow. I know divorce isn't common, and the media likes to stretch the truth, but wow," Skylor said.

"It's because he's a Burtchenelli," Jay said, hanging up the phone.

"Burtchenelli? Like the helicopter pilot who died a few years ago?"

"Huh?"

"Yeah. I remember the name because in my eleven-year-old mind, I thought everyone was saying, 'Burnt Cannoli.' I thought that was the name of the pilot who died, and I even asked my dad why someone would name their daughter Burnt, since it didn't make any sense to me."

"Yeah, he's a Burtchenelli. And get this: his real mother is still alive!" Jay plopped down on the bed.

"Misako told me, but that's crazy. Does Cole know?"

"We don't know what he knows," Lloyd admitted.

"That's nothing. Would you have guessed Cole was a military brat?" Kai held up some dog tags for her to see.

"Seriously?"

"Yes. There are several pictures of Cole, Lou, and Anna in here where Anna is in her uniform," Zane said. Skylor took the book from him to see for herself

One of the first pictures was of Anna and a one-year-old Cole. Anna was in her uniform. The following pictures had various combinations of Anna, Lou, and Cole, and Anna was always in one of her military uniforms. The next set of pictures was of Lou and Anna's wedding. After the wedding, Cole almost always had at least one black eye and a cast on some part of his body. They soon got to pictures of the family moving to a new house. Anna stopped wearing her uniforms, and Cole didn't have any more black eyes or broken bones. There was a picture of a very unhappy Cole dressed in a suit that had red sequins on the lapel, a red sequin cummerbund, and a red bowtie.

"What in the world is this?" Skylor asked, trying not to laugh.

The next picture was of Cole in the hospital with a broken arm, a broken nose, and looking like he could kill his dad, who was presumably behind the camera. Anna was next to him, dressed up slightly, holding his good hand, and looking exhausted and slightly annoyed.

"We think that was when Lou made Cole do the Triple Tiger Sashay. Cole told us he fell, but he didn't say he ended up in the hospital," Kai explained to Skylor.

From there, the pictures changed to Anna and Cole sitting in a helicopter when he was slightly older. Cole looked extremely excited, and Anna was smiling and watching Cole. There were some pictures of Anna working at a desk. After Cole's thirteenth birthday, the pictures stopped. There were five or six pages left blank at the end of the album. Skylor handed the album back to Zane.

"Look at this." Lloyd held up some DVDs that had been hidden behind some books on the top shelf. One was labeled "Lou Confession," another had "PYND Air Show" written on it, and the third one said, "Wedding Highlights." They quickly popped the "Lou Confession" DVD into the player on Nya's laptop.

"Maybe this will give us some insight into Morgen," Lloyd hoped as everyone gathered around to watch.

Lou was standing in a dimly lit room against an off-white wall. He was dressed up, but he looked tired and annoyed.

"Alright, Lou, why are we in the hospital at three in the morning?" Anna asked from behind the camera.

"Cole had a recital this afternoon…" Lou sighed.

"Yes. And what did you do?"

"I… suggested to the group that they should add in some flare… and attempt the Triple Tiger Sashay," Lou mumbled. He looked like he wanted the floor to eat him.

"Suggested or forced?" Anna asked.

"Uh… I feel like I need a lawyer present. Can I call your brother?"

"No. What happened as a result of Cole attempting this incredibly dangerous move?"

"… He fell into the orchestra pit and landed on the snare drum." Lou was clearly uncomfortable as he answered the questions.

"And what are his injuries?"

"He broke his arm, broke his nose, cracked two ribs, sprained his ankle, and he has a concussion."

"Yes. So, Lou, what will you never, ever do again?"

"I will never suggest he do a difficult and possibly dangerous stunt like that again."

"What do you say?"

"I'm sorry, Cole." Lou looked off camera, presumably to where Cole was.

"And?"

"And?" Lou looked confused. They could only imagine what Anna was doing behind the camera.

"… You were right, Anna, I was wrong," Lou said through gritted teeth. The camera panned over to where a seven-year-old Cole sat in a hospital bed, looking incredibly annoyed.

"There. Feel better?" Anna asked.

"Not really," Cole said.

"Aww. What if I say you never have to take another dance class in your life?"

"A little bit." Cole looked pathetically at her.

"Good. Get some rest now, lad. You'll feel better in the morning."

The video ended. The ninja looked at each other.

"That was it?" Jay asked.

"How are we supposed to find out anything about Morgen? It's like she disappeared off the face of the planet." Nya huffed.

"We don't. We storm the cave, capture her, and make her tell us what she did to Cole so we can fix him," Kai said.

"We need a plan, Kai." Lloyd crossed his arms. He caught sight of Skylor and stared at her for a while.

"Uh, Lloyd? You're kind of making me uncomfortable," Skylor said after a moment.

"You absorb other people's powers. You have all of our powers, right? Including Cole's powers?"

"Yes?" Skylor looked at Kai, who seemed just as confused as she was.

"Morgen wants Cole's power. You copied Cole's power. What if we make Morgen think Cole gave his power to Skylor?"

"You want to use my girlfriend as bait?" Kai demanded.

"Do you have a better idea?" Lloyd asked.

"… No."

"Skylor?" Everyone looked at her.

"Yeah, there's just one problem: I have no idea how to use Cole's power."