"Tell us," Kai urged her.

"You might not like it," Linda warned.

"If it could be in our future, it would be better if we knew," Cole told her.

"Alright," Linda sighed. "Tylor, Stan, June, you might want to listen in."

June walked over and sat across from Kai, while Tylor and Stan continued to work on the fire.

"So, what will happen if we're caught?" Kai asked.

Linda sighed.

"From what we know, the Overlord wants the Golden Powers," Linda said. "All that's left to do is combine the element of earth with the other three. So he would start by taking your power, Cole, and giving it to Kai."

Cole glanced as Kai shifted uncomfortably.

"The powers would come together to create the Golden Power, but it would take an enormous amount of energy and render Kai defenseless against anyone who attacks him."

"That's not what happened with Lloyd the first time," Cole frowned.

"Lloyd was also the grandson of the First Spinjitzu Master," Linda said softly. "The power belonged to him, and he was born to be able to handle the strength of it."

"It won't kill me, will it?" Kai asked.

"I don't believe so," Linda sighed. "But I cannot be certain. I have never encountered this situation before."

Kai gulped, shifting uncomfortably on the ground.

"We won't let it get to that," Cole cut in. "He will never get us."

"Actually, the likelihood of all of us being able to remain away from his clutches and get your friends back is very small," June muttered.

"Not helping," Cole hissed at her.

"I'm only trying to help," June replied.

"More like freak us out," Cole muttered.

June glared at him, and Linda placed a soothing hand on the shaking Kai's leg. He looked up at her.

"What would happen after the powers are created in me?" Kai whimpered.

"Well, one of two things," Linda sighed. "He could either take the powers the same way he did with Lloyd. That would be extracting them with a machine."

"Would it be painful?" Cole asked.

"In the state Kai would be in, it would be almost relaxing for him," Linda replied.

"What's the other option?" June asked.

As Linda went to reply, a portal appeared in the room. They all jumped to their feet, forming a protective wall between the portal and the ninja. June pulled out her bow, loading it and aiming it at the portal. A scream echoed from it, and a little boy appeared. He moaned, pushing himself up.

"Zack?" Cole questioned.

Zack looked up, terrified. Then he realized who called him and he relaxed. He jumped up and ran to Cole, hugging him.

"Cole," he muttered into Cole's shirt. "You're safe."

"What happened?" Cole asked the young child. "How did you get here?"

"Where did that portal come from?" Kai questioned.

"I don't know," Zack shook his head. "The last thing I remember was Ali throwing me out a window. Now I'm here."

"Was he with the Overlord?" Linda asked, sounding worried.

Zack nodded, nervous. Linda glanced between Kai and Cole, seeing them concerned.

"This isn't good, not good at all," she muttered.

"What's going on?" Kai asked.

"If the Overlord placed a tracker on him, he could have droids on their way here at this very minute," Linda said.

June pushed Cole aside, kneeling before the young boy.

"Were you asleep at any point while the Overlord had you?" June asked.

"Yeah," Zack muttered.

"Did you feel weird when you woke up?" June asked him.

"No," Zack shook his head. "I felt fine. Only Dash was acting weird."

"Dash?" Linda questioned.

"Yeah," Zack turned to her. "Aqua eyes, dark purple hair."

"Master of Dark Magic," Linda muttered.

"What?" Kai questioned.

"You said Dash was acting weird," Linda kneeled before Zack. "In what way?"

"She wasn't acting normal," Zack shook his head. "She was speaking monotonically, and staring into space without moving. The they took her into another room, and she didn't even fight back."

"This isn't good," Linda muttered.

"What did they do to her?" Cole asked Linda.

"It's the only logical explanation," Linda sighed. "I just don't want to believe it."

"Tell me," Cole pleaded her. "You need to tell us. Tell me."

Linda bit her lip, then spun around and looked at Cole. Kai was frightened next to Zack.

"He's controlling her," Linda muttered.

"She didn't look evil," Zack frowned. "Why are you saying she's being controlled?"

"Not evil," Linda shook her head. "With her powers, someone could control her mind. She wouldn't be able to understand what was happening to her, she would be in a trance like state."

"That sounds like the way she was," Zack pointed out.

"Then I'm almost certain someone was controlling her," Linda nodded.

"What could they do if she was being controlled?" Cole asked.

"Access her powers, like they would to safe Zack," Linda replied.

"Are they on our side then?" Kai asked.

"We cannot be sure," Linda sighed. "Unless we know who they are, we might never know."

Zack walked over to the bag Kai had brought with him from the cabin, and looked in it.

"This is Dash's bag," he frowned.

"So you're just going to move on like that?" Stan frowned.

"No, she was terrified when she couldn't find it while we were packing up at the cabin," Zack told them. "It must have something important in it if she was this worried."

"It is possible she would have a spellbook in it," Linda muttered.

"Should we look?" Tylor asked.

"Dash said she didn't know about the magic she had when Ali told her," Cole cut in. "I doubt she would have-"

Cole trailed off, watching Linda pull an old book from the bag. She looked up at Cole, shocked. The expression on his face showed that he was just as shocked.

"Why didn't she say anything?" Cole muttered.

"She didn't want to."

Everyone screamed, jumping at the voice. Linda fumbled and dropped the book before scrambling away from it.

"What the heck is that thing!" Linda shouted.

"I'm not a thing!" the book shouted.

"Do you know Dash?" Zack asked.

"You bet I do," the book spat. "I've taught her everything she knows."

"Who are you?" Cole asked. "I mean, what are you?"

"All you need to know is that my name is Booker," the book replied.

"Whatever that thing is, I don't like it," Kai muttered.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who said that?" Booker hissed.

Zack picked up the book and turned it so it could see Kai.

"You," Booker glared.

"What did I do?" Kai whimpered.

"A thing! Is that all I am to you? A thing?" Booker snapped.

"Don't ruffle your pages, dude," Tylor jokes.

"He should know better than to call me, a Magic book, a thing!" Booker snapped.

"How would he know?" Cole asked. "He doesn't know anything about this type of thing."

"What are you talking about?" Booker questioned. "Now you're confusing me."

"Ok, we all need to back up for a second here," June cut in. "Everything's happening so quickly, and I can't keep up."

"What I'm getting from this is that Dash control's magic and never told us, we have her book that apparently can talk and has an attitude issue," Linda started.

"Hey!" Booker snapped.

"And now, Booker is claiming Kai knows something about magic," Linda frowned.

"Exactly," June cried out. "That's where you lost me!"

"Can you explain more?" Zack asked.

"Can you take me over to him?" Booker asked.

"Who?" Zack questioned.

"Fireboy over there," Booker replied.

"Don't bring him to me," Kai moaned.

Zack ignored Kai, picking up Booker and bringing him to the red ninja. Kai was hesitant, then reached to take the book from Zack. His fingers slipped over the cover before he wrapped his hands around the book. A wave of exhaustion and dizziness hit Kai almost instantly.

"Kai, what's wrong?" Cole ran to his friend.

Kai's vision blurred as he stared at the book. He swayed slightly before his eyes closed and he collapsed on his side.

Voices rang in his head, images and colour flashed before his eyes. He didn't know what was happening anymore. Then everything calmed and went black. Then an image formed. On the Bounty, with Ali holding Lloyd while he, Nya and Zane looked around.

"I mean he's gone, stupid!" Lloyd snapped at him.

The image swirled to a forest. Lloyd kneeled over him, a pained look on his face.

"I'm not abandoning you," he said softly. "I don't want to be left alone. Never again, Kai."

The scene changed, darkening to a dimly lit room. Cole sat beside him, a set dragon wings on his back.

"Kirra?" Cole replied, puzzled. "I guess you know her by her other name. Dash, I think."

"Dash isn't her real name?" Kai questioned.

"No, it never has been," Cole replied.

The image swirled again, showing a quick image of the ground hundreds of feet below him for a moment before changing again. A stone hit Nicki and she collapse, no words said from the images flashing before him. Then he found himself in a darkened room again, with Lloyd in front of him, chained to a wall.

"I'm sorry I couldn't stop any of this," Kai mumbled.

"What?" Lloyd asked, confused.

"Lloyd, it's me," Kai then said. "I'm under my own control again."

The imaged swirled into a house, where his sister and Jay were kissing with passion in front of him, Lloyd and a group of girls he didn't recognize. It lasted a couple seconds before changing yet again. This time, he was in Zane's room.

"Zane, you know that you can tell me if something's wrong," Mai said calmly.

"I said nothing is wrong," Zane frowned. "Now back off!"

The red eyes stood out in the darkness, the red eyes from Zane. His mind went fuzzy for several moments before clearing to Lloyd being frozen. The words that echoed in his mind.

"You killed him," Lloyd said softly. "You killed everyone."

The line that forever haunted him. The pain, anger, confusion and sorrow in his voice as he said it. And the look of betrayal in his eyes. The emerald eyes that stared at Kai. The image swirled again before he could say anything. Golden dust surrounded him as he looked around. The images flashed before him, unconscious Cole, frightened Jay, terrified Nya, Nadakhan. It stopped with them on a cliffside, Nya in front of him.

"How can you say that!" Nya shouted at her brother. "How can you say that about your own teammate!"

The tears streaming from her cheeks.

"Nya, understand what you're saying here," Kai spoke.

The pain in her eyes.

"No! I can't lose him!" Nya cried.

The shattering of hearts as Kai's world darkened. Three voices echoed in his head.

"I don't want to be left alone, not again."

Lloyd.

"I just want everything back to normal again. Like it was before."

Nya.

"I wish we never met you!"

Cole.

He was the cause of everything. After all this time, he was the reason. The reason everything was happening.

Kai woke with Linda and Cole leaning over him. The worried expressions on their faces showed that something had happened to him. Linda dabbed a damp cloth on his face, pulling away when his eyes opened.

"Are you alright?" Cole spoke up.

"What happened?" Kai asked.

"You fainted," Linda replied.

"He had a memory," Booker commented. "He knows the secret."

"What is he talking about?" Cole asked.

Kai looked at the earth ninja. He was trying to figure out how to tell him what had just happened, but he didn't have a clue himself. All he knew was that Lloyd was right all along. Something had happened that none of them remembered. Something big.