After meeting up with Linda, Ali, Nicki, Roy and Zack, the group trekked south, leaving the city and heading towards Hiroshi's Labyrinth. Cole carried the limp Kai in his arms, walking with Tylor on his left and Stan on his right. Nicki, Roy and Zack trailed behind him, June bringing up the rear. Linda and Ali spoke softly between each other, casting worried glances back at Kai and Cole every once and awhile. Cole glanced down at Kai in his arms, feeling like the fire ninja's condition was partially his fault. He couldn't help but feel like he could have done something, anything, differently to have saved him from his condition.

"You couldn't do anything any differently than you did," Ali turned to Cole.

Cole frowned, the remembered she could read his mind.

"Thinking about how all this could have turned out, and seeing where you were before this, this is possibly the best outcome of all the outcomes," she continued. "We'll save him, we just need time and a safe distance between us and the enemy."

"June, is this the place?" Linda asked.

"It is, yes," June nodded, making her way to the front of the group.

Cole frowned, then looked up. High above them, in the leafy canopy of the labyrinth, he could make out a cleverly camouflaged treehouse.

"Stan, Tylor, could you two come up with me and help get the stretcher lowered for Kai?" June asked.

The two boys nodded, following June towards a rope ladder hanging from the tree.

"I'm going to go up too," Linda said softly to her sister. "I'll start preparing everything for when Kai gets up. Can you help watch down here?"

"Of course," Ali nodded.

Cole watched Linda turn and follow June, Tylor and Stan up the ladder. His gaze averted from Linda to Ali as she approached him.

"Let's set him down so I can get a better look at him," Ali told Cole.

With her help, Cole was able to gently set Kai on the forest floor, allowing Ali to study his condition.

"Any idea what happened to him?" Ali asked Cole.

"All I know is that he now has the Golden Powers in him," Cole sighed. "I dozed off for a little while before the others found us, so something else could have happened to him while I was out."

Ali sighed, looking Kai up and down. She reached for the belt around the waist of his gi, and started untying it.

"Can we trust your sister?" Cole asked.

Ali paused, looking up at Cole. She bit her lip, trying to find an answer. Her eyes glanced down at Kai again.

"Did he trust her?" Ali asked, looking at Kai.

"Yeah, he did," Cole sighed. "I didn't want to believe she had changed, but she's been helping us against the Overlord for a while."

"Then I say we trust her," Ali nodded. "She might have been against us, but people can change."

Cole nodded, knowing that was true. He looked up, seeing Stan and Tylor jumping down from the stretcher. Ali glanced over her shoulder as Cole lifted Kai up. They walked over to stretcher as Ali got Zack, Nicki and Roy started up the ladder. Cole set Kai on the stretcher, helping Tylor strap him down to it.

"You stay there," Stan told him. "Jump ride up with him. I'll climb."

Cole nodded, taking hold of the cords holding the stretcher.

"Lift away!" Tylor shouted.

Cole nearly fell backwards as the stretcher started upwards. He held on as they ascended towards the treehouse above them. Cole looked down at Kai, only to see the red ninja's amber eyes slowly peek open at him.

"He's awake," Cole sighed with relief.

"Where are we?" Kai muttered.

"Just hold on, Firecracker," Tylor told him.

Kai looked around as the reached the treehouse. June pulled back a lever to stop the gears from turning and stop the stretcher from rising. Stan and Linda pulled the stretcher over and onto the floor, allowing Cole to step off. When Cole stepped away, Kai seemed to go into a panic attack.

"Kai, you need to calm down!" Linda cried. "You are going to hurt yourself."

Cole pushed himself next to Linda, hearing Kai hyperventilating. Cole took Kai's hand, and immediately felt a tight, almost bone breaking squeeze on it.

"Cole, you need to backup," Ali said, running over to them.

"I can't," Cole responded. "He won't let go of me."

"Kai, let go of him," Linda cried out. "For goodness sake, we're trying to help you."

Cole then realized Kai was staring at him. Cole looked at Kai, and saw that he was terrified.

"I'm not leaving, Kai," Cole whispered. "I'm going to be right here with you. We just need to move you somewhere more comfortable. Ok?"

Kai's breathing slowly returned to normal as his grasp released Cole. Immediately after, Tylor and Stan were carrying Kai over to a small bed with multiple tables around it. They carefully moved Kai onto it, then backed away to allow Cole to move next to Kai. Cole was startled when Kai's first move was to grab Cole's hand and hold him tightly.

"He's awake now," Ali sighed.

"Why weren't you waking up, Kai?" Linda asked, worried. "No one could wake you."

"I don't know," Kai muttered.

Ali pulled Kai's top off, looking at him. As she was examining his arm, she spotted something that worried her.

"Linda, look at this," she told her sister.

Linda moved to Ali's side, and looked at what she had found. Linda looked up at Ali.

"Was he?" Linda muttered.

"June, we might have a major issue on our hands," Ali called out. "We'll need all hands on deck. Roy, keep Nicki and Zack away from us and out of the way."
"What's going on?" Cole asked.

"Kai's been injected with something," Ali answered. "Until we know what that something is, we won't know what type of danger Kai might be in."

Cole glanced down at Kai, seeing how frightened he was.

"Cole, I need you to come and mix this," June called out.

"I'll be right here, Ok?" Cole whispered to Kai. "Everything is going to be Ok."
Kai nodded, allowing Cole to free his hand and run to June's side. She passed him a small bowl and he began stirring the contents without a question. June was working on a bunch of other things while Tylor flipped through a book. Cole turned as June took the bowl from him, added a couple things, and told him to keep mixing it. He did just that, but turned to glance at Kai. His eyes were furrowed shut, clearly in pain as Ali pulled a syringe from his arm. She capped it and handed it to her sister, who started a test with it.

"Cole, I need the bowl back," June said, taking the bowl from him again.

"Cole, come over here," Ali called out.

Cole ran over to Ali's side, seeing her watching Kai. Cole turned to look at Kai, and saw he was out cold. Again.