A/N: Hello! Yikes! Final chapter for this book. I think I have a name for the third book…. Anyways! Let's see here… umm. Can't think of anything to say…mainly because I kind of want to get this chapter done so that I can work on our favorite ninja ditching school *freezes suddenly as it occurs to me that RandomDragon was reading this…* Pretend I didn't say that! I mean…I have to save them from the serpentine?

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Except for any OC name drops that might happen!

Chapter Thirteen: Wait…impromptu worked, but neatly planned out didn't?!

I wondered if anyone would stop me from attempting to swim across the ocean to get back to Ninjago to save the citizens. They probably would with my hydrophobia. Honestly, I know how to swim, I just don't like water. Standing up, I started to head out to attempt the swim across the water, when a hand landed on my shoulder. "Kai…we do not need you to accidently drown in a frantic attempt to get back to Ninjago to save lives."

Rolling my eyes, I turned around to face Zane. "Fine, but we need to get there somehow." The words were barely out of my mouth when Falcon suddenly turned up, screeching loudly about something. Puzzled, we gathered around Sensei watching the robotic bird fly in circles.

Sensei scratched the back of his head in confusion, staring at the bird. "If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that he was trying to show us something important."

With that we stared at each other for five seconds, before bolting for it. A yelp escaped Dr. Julian as he tried to keep up with us. "Hey! What's the rush!?"

Lloyd spun around to look at him, a grin crossing his face. "Falcon helps us by leading us to something or somewhere that can help us in the long run. For example my tree fortress from back when I was evil, your old lab where you built Zane, the umm, Destiny Bounty. I think you get the idea now."

I tuned the conversation out as I followed Falcon to who knows where.

…

"Wait! Why did Falcon lead us back to the Temple of Light?" Cole questioned as he bent over to touch his hands to his knees, panting slightly.

Confused, Sensei shook his head, scanning the walls to see if he had missed something of importance. "I have no idea why he led us back here. Perchance there is something written on the walls that can help us?"

I walked through the large marble room, my footsteps thudding loudly against the floor as we scanned each wall for something that can help us. That was when I noticed a painting on the wall that looked like something Min would draw. It was of us slipping our elemental blades into the temples pillars. Puzzled I ran my finger over it, trying to figure things out. "Hey guys! This is a painting of us slipping our elemental blades into the pillars! Think that's important?"

Nods all around as they quickly spread out to look at each pillar. Jay stepped up to the one that he stood next to when we got our blades, squinting at the pillar. "Hey! This one has a slot in it and the symbol for lightning!"

Cole quickly moved to look at the pillar he had stood in front of eyeing it carefully. "Same here! Only the symbol is for earth!"

Zane and I glanced to each other before hurrying over to the pillars we had stood in front of earlier. Pulling out our elemental blades we looked to each other, mentally counting down to zero before shoving our blades into the slots. Immediately the floor opened up and something large and gold rose up to gleam in the sunlight. Well, it would have gleamed if it hadn't been rusty from old age. Sensei stepped forward, awe and recognition in his eyes. "Father's Golden Mech that he used to fight the Overlord the first time around."

Dr. Julian frowned as he eyed the rust bucket. "I fear that eons of discard have left it unusable. Pointless really to go through all this trouble to find it."

Sensei tapped his staff against the floor, a small crease appearing on his forehead as worry began to nag at him. "Perhaps if Lloyd can use his elemental powers to power it up?"

Lloyd nodded his head, and then climbed up into the mech's control booth. He barely settled down into his seat, when the machine rumbled to life, returning back into its former glory. Grinning Jay cupped his hands together around his mouth. "Hey! Lloyd! How does your leg feel now!?"

Lloyd laughed as he lifted the mech's leg up shaking it. "Feels better. Hold on…I think this thing can fly…" A minute later the mech lifted up off the floor half an inch.

I folded my arms as I leaned against a pillar. "Great. One of us can get to Ninjago." The words had barely left me when there was an earth-shaking roar from outside.

Turning around, we headed outside to find the UltraDragon settling down on the ground right outside the temple. Sensei placed his hand on my shoulder, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Looks like we all have a ride back to Ninjago."

…

I stumbled slightly; mortified that Jay was just hit in the face with a blob of Dark Matter. We were trying to help Lloyd climb up the tower to the Overlord, who has now regained his old form. Of course that just means that we had a whole bunch of problems thrown our way. Not only was Nya infected, but only Dareth and Misako were the only ones in all of Ninjago besides us that weren't infected. And Misako can't help us since she is locked inside of a large cage at the bottom of the tower. Cole quickly pulled me back, stopping Jay from punching me in the face. "Go! I'll stay behind and deal with him! Just get Lloyd up to the Overlord!"

Swallowing hard, we hurried up the tower, trusting that Dareth had the stone army occupied. I touched the side of the tower, only to watch it with round eyes as the wall slowly crumbled away from where my hand rested. Yanking it back, I hurried to catch up with Zane and Lloyd, worried about what that meant.

Zane glanced back to see what was taking me so long, and suddenly paled. Leaping forward, he pulled me back behind him. Puzzled by his actions, I turned around to see that Jay and Cole had caught up with us, both of them now being evil. Zane pulled out his shruikens, determination gleaming in his eyes. "Go! I am quite capable of holding our corrupted brothers back!"

Swallowing hard, we charged off leaving him alone to face our two teammates. Lloyd limped up ahead of me, moving quickly. Suddenly a low cracking sound reached my ears. Startled, I looked down to see that the step I was standing on was giving away from beneath me. "Lloyd! Help!"

Lloyd spun around and quickly grabbed my hand, just as several steps behind me and the one I was standing on gave way. The acidic smell of smoke filled our nostrils as we scrambled backwards. Heart thudding from my near plummet to my death, I looked up to see that Zane now had been evilized and was glaring at us, with Jay and Cole standing on either side of him. Lloyd placed a hand on my shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly. "Come on Kai. They can't get to us from over there. They're trapped now."

I clenched my fist, worry dancing in my eyes. "Yeah, but we're trapped too. And the overlord is trapped with us."

Lloyd smirked, a half laugh escaping him. "Not entirely sure he's trapped though. What with those wings of his. Come on. We have to defeat him now."

I nodded in agreement, glancing back at the yawning gap between us and our friends. "What do you think happened back there?"

Lloyd dropped his hand so as to grasp my arm, his fingers digging into my arm. "I honestly think that what happened is what you learned when you went into the past. As our friends turn evil, you become more and more unbalanced. That's why it smells like smoke. You're not balanced anymore."

I gulped at that, but continued walking on towards the final battle.

…

I flinched as the Overlord laughed at Lloyd, then opened his mouth wide and swallowed the kid. A cry of horror escaped me even as the ground around me crumbled away from beneath me. Just as I thought I was going to fall to my death, again, a bright golden light surged out of the Overlord, causing him to explode. A large gold dragon surged forward, snatching me up and tossing me onto its back, where someone wearing a gold ninja gi was sitting. Shifting, I glanced back down in time to see a large wave of light slamming forth into the darkness, purging the darkness out of Ninjago.

"Seriously? We make two perfectly good thought out plan…and it takes us doing an impromptu one to save the day!?" I yelled as I watched the tower crumble into nothing, and the citizens of Ninjago return to normal.

"I know right? Also…Kai? Can you not yell in my ears?" The gold ninja asked in Lloyd's voice.

Freezing, I turned to stare at him, shock slipping into my voice. "Lloyd? That you?"

Twisting around, the gold ninja turned to face me, a pair of familiar green eyes peering out towards me. "Yeah…no idea what happened back there. I just threw everything I had into my powers and next thing I know, well. I was rescuing you from your out of control powers again. You really need to invest into a parachute."

We landed right then, next to the UltraDragon. Dr. Julian was hugging Zane, while Nya stood by Jay and his parents. Cole was talking animatedly to Lou about something…I think I heard him mention something about dancing? Sensei was over by where Misako's cage used to be, helping her back up to her feet. As the dragon disappeared, dropping us to the ground, Nya rushed over and tackled me.

"Kai! You're ok!" Nya then burst into tears burying her head into my shoulder.

Uncertain on what to do, I lifted my hand up and patted her on the head. "It's ok…um. Lloyd? Help?"

"Kai, Lloyd ain't here." "Sorry, but she's your sister."

Everyone froze, before turning to stare at Lloyd. Lloyd smiled sheepishly, before pulling his new hood off. "Hi guys. I know, new look. Sorry."

Misako and Sensei quickly pulled him to them, hugging their relative tightly. I chuckled as I watched them interact wondering if everyone was going to expect Nya and I to act like that more often now that they knew we were siblings. I hope not. We've been acting like we do back home the entire time. Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't figured it out on their own.

"What's going on? What did I miss?" Garmadon's voice suddenly sliced through the air.

Startled, we spun around to find Garmadon stumbling out of the wreckage of the tower. Of course that wasn't the only thing that we noticed. We also noticed that he had been purified from the evil in his blood. Sensei walked over and quickly hugged his brother. "It's good to have you back brother."

Confused, Garmadon looked down and very quickly noticed that he was normal again. Something that he hasn't been since he was very young. Tears of joy streamed down his face as he quickly pulled his wife and son into an embrace. Wrapping her arms around him, Misako buried her face into his shoulder, sobbing quietly. Garmadon gently stroked her hair, a warm smile on his face. "It's good to be back."

Jay tilted his head to the side, his facial expression giving his intentions away. Walking over, I quickly nudged him. "Leave them alone Jay. We can dogpile them later."

Jay sighed as he turned around to face me, the rest of our friends quickly joining us. Cole shoved his hands into his pockets as he glances back at the happy reunion taking place. "Well, I had quite an adventure with you guys."

Zane frowned as he reached up and stroked Falcon. "Do you think we will have more adventures coming up in our lives?"

Cole nodded, hope dancing in his eyes. "I hope so. I don't think I have any skills for any other life."

Jay quickly shook his head. "No, I am sure we can find a way to use our skills in other careers."

I had to agree with Jay on this one. Tilting my head up, I allowed a small smile to cross my face. "I agree with Jay. Some of our lessons we learned were for everyday life." Hums of acknowledgement rippled forth as we stood quietly, observing the beauty of the now peaceful country of Ninjago. Placing my chin on top of Nya's hair, I smiled confidently. "Besides. Danger could arise in the form of a new enemy, or the Overlord could come back. Making it so that Ninjago still needs us, as ninja."

Silence fell as we looked upon the destroyed, and yet beautiful, city, smiles dancing on our faces. With my sister and brothers next to me, there wasn't anything that we couldn't do.

A/N: Done! Hmm, everyone now knows that Kai and Nya are siblings. Also now we know what happens when Kai is unbalanced…and Lloyd joined Jay in teasing Kai about needing a parachute. Then again he nearly fell to his death like twice during the final battle. I'll see you all later, in the next book! Which will either be Back in my days: Book 3: Protecting the Green Ninja or, Back in my days: Book 3: Battling the Virus or maybe something completely different. I can't really decide which one to use.

SkyTalon