Jay pulled open Zane chest compartment and flipped the power switch. He watched as his eyes flickered to life.

"What happened?" Zane asked.

Jay turned and pointed to Nya and Cole, who were now standing, slightly shaken behind him. Around them, shatter fragments of glass littered the floor.

"Where's Kai?" Nya asked.

"We need to go find him," Cole added.

"Right," Zane nodded.

Jay climbed to his feet, running after the others. Cole lead the way, turning a corner and pulling open a door. As soon as he did, smoke filled the hallway. They all coughed while Zane jumped to the front and shot a bit of ice into the room. The smoke died down and they ran in. They froze once they were inside the door, seeing the scene before them. Lloyd was crumpled in the corner, his hands and arms covering his face. There were mangled metal figures of droids scattered through the room, as well as shards of glass. A smoky machine stood in the middle of the room. Zane walked to the machine to examine it as Nya and Cole ran to help Lloyd. Jay stood in the doorway, silent.

"Are you Ok, Lloyd?" Cole asked.

Lloyd looked up, coughing as he nodded. Nya and Cole helped the blonde teen to his feet, only for him to run passed them, through the rubble and fall to his knees. Everyone saw what he landed by, or rather who.

"No," Nya muttered.

Lloyd brushed all the glass and rubble off of him. He pull the brunette into his arms and carried him towards the others.

"Is he-" Cole whispered.

"Not quite," Lloyd shook his head. "But we have to do something before he is."

Lloyd laid him on the ground as everyone surrounded him.

"What do we do?" Zane asked. "We can't give him powers, he has them all."

"You need to take them back," Lloyd said.

"How?" Cole asked.

"Place your hands on him, and I'll do the rest," Lloyd told them.

They nodded. Zane kneeled near his feet, Jay at his head and Cole near his chest. Lloyd stood in front of Cole with Zane and Jay by his sides. He took a deep breath, using all the energy he had left. The others watched a golden sphere rise from Kai, and Kai gasped for air. That was the only sign of life from him. They all watched the orb of energy divide into four, white, black, blue and red. They returned to their respective owners as Kai shifted. Nya quickly moved to her brother's side.

"Kai?" she whispered.

Kai slowly opened his eyes, looking around. His eyes landed on his sister, and he smiled. They quickly pulled each other in for a hug. The others all smiled.

"Glad to see you're OK, Kai," Lloyd smiled, patting Kai on the back.

"What about the Overlord?" Cole asked.

"I do not sense his presence here," Zane answered. "I believe he is truly gone."

The others all cheered. Kai smiled, and turned to see Jay looking miserable. He frowned.

"Is something wrong, Jay?" Kai asked.

Jay looked at him startled for a moment. He shook his head.

"Is think something is," Cole commented. "You are never this quiet. What's on your mind?"

Jay bit his lip. He jumped when a blue light flashed on him, and he turned to see Zane was scanning him.

"It seems like when he was captured, there was damage done to his vocal chords," Zane stated. "He cannot speak."

Jay flinched, looking away.

"I get why you didn't say anything, but you could have tried to tell us another way," Cole told him.

Jay sighed, looking up. Kai gave him a sympathetic smile, and Jay returned it.

"Is there anything we can do for him?" Nya asked.

"I can possibly create a device that will allow him to communicate with us," Zane said.

"I can help," Nya added.

"Alright, what should we do now?" Lloyd asked.

"The others!" Kai cried.

Everyone watched Kai spring up and race off. They soon figured out who he was talking about and chased off after him.

By the next morning, it was like nothing ever happened. The ninja were back to living happily in the Airjitzu Temple, with Ali and Dash as their new guests, and roommates. Tylor, June, Stan and Linda had gone off in their little group to continue their lives like they had been before. Peace returned to the land, and the ninja were going to enjoy it. At least, the best they could. Especially since Cole was helping Dash plan Zack funeral.

Zane and Nya were working on something to give Jay his voice back, while Kai and Lloyd did all they could too keep the blue ninja comfortable. Zane requested that the blue ninja remain in the infirmary until he was healed, and to his disappointment, Lloyd agreed with him. He then found himself locked away to the lone room, away from his brothers and sisters. Kai and Lloyd would visit him with food and games, keeping his mind occupied while Zane and Nya worked on fixing his voice.

It was like that for several days for Jay. Kai and Lloyd's visits, Zane and Nya running tests, all with no signs of Cole. Jay went almost a week without any signs of his earth ninja brother. Then, he finally came.

"How's the sparkstarter been lately?" Cole joked, walking into the infirmary.

Jay rolled his eyes, a goofy smile on his face at Cole's comment as he returned his attention to his comic book.

"Guess what Zane told me today," Cole grinned.

Jay looked up as Cole sat at the foot of his bed. He shrugged.

"He told me that he and Nya would be done the voice simulator," Cole smiled.

Jay grinned, looking the happiest Cole had seen him since he walked in. Cole returned the smile, only for their moment to be broken by Zane and Nya walking in.

"Alright, we're finished," Zane smiled.

"So, where is it?" Cole asked, figuring that's what Jay was thinking.

Zane held out his hand, showing a small black device. Jay frowned and looked up at Zane, then to Nya who stood behind him. He looked to Cole, then back to Zane. He wanted so badly to ask how it worked, but couldn't say a word.

"What's wrong, Jay?" Nya frowned.

Jay pointed to the device and made a couple motions with his fingers.

"You want to know how it works?" Cole asked.

Jay nodded.

"Well, we have to put it in your throat," Zane explained. "It's a simple procedure that-"

Zane stopped, seeing that Jay was utterly terrified.

"It won't hurt, Jay," Nya assured him. "I promise."

Jay looked at her and nodded.

"When are you planning on doing this?" Cole asked.

"Now, if that's alright," Zane said.

Jay glanced at Cole, and reached for his hand. Cole quickly took it, squeezing it and smiling at Jay. Jay turned and nodded to Zane.

Kai and Lloyd silently slipped into the infirmary later that day, seeing Jay sleeping on his bed. Kai smiled and followed Lloyd silently to his bed. Jay could hear them coming and peeked open an eyes at them.

"I can hear you guys, ya know," Jay moaned.

"You can talk again!" Kai cheered.

"I would like to sleep to, but I can see that won't be happening any time soon," Jay grumbled.

Jay sat up on his bed, looking around. Kai sat on the end of his bed while Lloyd sat adjacent to Kai.

"How do you feel?" Kai asked.

"Exhausted," Jay answered.

"Aren't we all," Lloyd joked.

Jay chuckled.

"There's that signature Jay grin," Kai mocked.

Jay shook his head as his grin grew.

"Say, Cole's making dinner tonight," Kai started. "Want to go out and see how the city is recovering?"

"Whoa, am I suddenly allowed to leave this place?" Jay asked.

"Yeah," Lloyd nodded.

Jay jumped off the bed, jumping and celebrating with his fists in the air. Kai and Lloyd burst out from laughter and Ali walked in. She paused in the doorway, looking up with a confused look, and shook her head.

"You three are something else," she snickered.

"Ali!" Lloyd cheered.

Lloyd jumped off them bed, running to the Princess. The two hugged.

"Looks like Nya and I aren't going to be the only couple in the Temple anymore," Jay joked.
"You're forgetting Cole and Dash," Kai pointed out.
"No way, Cole's got a girlfriend?" Jay cried out.
"Ha! He's speechless! Called it! Nya! Get the dress!"

They all burst out laughing at Dash's comment from the kitchen downstairs. Cole walked upstairs to the infirmary, grumbling.

"What's his deal?" Jay asked.

The others all shrugged before Cole walked passed again, wearing a bright purple princess dress. The others couldn't contain their laughter any longer and collapsed to the floor.

"Why though?" Lloyd choked out.

"It was a dumb bet," Cole muttered.

"Cole, you better get down here so I can get a picture for chirp!" Dash shouted.

Cole quickly ran in another direction with Dash close behind before a door slammed shut.

"Everything is back to normal," Kai sighed. "Man, I missed these days when we could just sit back, relax, and have some fun."

"Let's make them last while we can," Lloyd grinned.
"Who left the stove on!" Zane cried.
"Cole did it!" everyone shouted.

"You guys are just horrible!" Cole snapped from another room.

They laughed again. They walked out and headed for the kitchen. The ninja had been through rough times, but survived and were now settling down again with new friends. Victory was theirs.

I am now proud to announce the end of the 8 Story Series of A Change in the Enemy to be COMPLETE! That's right, it's over, done, finito. I hope everyone enjoyed it, because I know I enjoyed writing it. I'm just having a hard time believing I've been doing this story for over a year!

As for future uploads, I have a couple stories started that I just want to finish. This includes Ninjago and Nexo Knights stories. They just might need a while seeing I still need to decide where to go with them. For all I know, it might be a couple days, or a couple weeks before I upload again. Hopefully it won't be too long.

WARNING! CRAZINESS AHEAD!

Anyways, this story was a big adventure for me, and a lot of fun.

Kai: Wasn't this only supposed to be 6 stories before.

Who let you in!?

Jay: You left the door open

No I didn't-*turns and sees the door knocked down* COLE!

Cole: Wasn't me

Then who?

Lloyd: Oops?

OK, I have had enough of this! I'm out!

Kai: Zane! Stop her from leaving

Zane: On it *Freezes my feet to the ground*

Gah! Why are you doing this to me!

Kai: Because you can't leave!

And why not? Who's to say I can't break out and kick your butts

Lloyd: We have a surprise for you

Oh, a surprise! I love surprises! As long as it's not

Chen: Hello Sweetheart114

DANG IT!

Cole: Quick, lock them in a closet with a camera!

Don't you dare! *Breaks the ice and runs*

Lloyd: After her! *Runs out after me with the other ninja*

Chen: Craziness. That is all this place ever is.

*Video cuts to backstage*

This is seriously bad. I mean bad! Dash and Ali are against me too. My own OC is against me!

Ali: I think I hear her over here!

Crap! Hopefully I get out of this alive.

Lloyd: Found her!

RUN for your freaking lives! And see you later!

Everyone: BYE!