Panicked and rushed noise filled the docks as the people of Ninjago struggled to shove their luggage onto the boats. It was close to chaos; there seemed to be too little boats to fit everything, so everybody had to leave one bag behind. They had to get more supplies on the other island.

Cole feels a muscled arm around his slumped shoulders, and when he turns, he sees the troubled face of Nya.

Jay still hadn't turned up. He's been missing for over twenty-four hours now, and the Mayor thinks he may already be dead. But Nya, Kai or Cole refused to believe that. They could never accept that their friend was dead, and they were positive he was out there. But not knowing exactly where discouraged the three friends.

Suddenly, an unexplainable tingling sensation ran up Kai's spine, making him almost shiver. But then his senses reacted, and a female voice rang in his ears.

Mysteriously, this is not the first time this happened, so Kai was not at all startled or frightened. However, he was confused. What did the voice have to say this time? And why now, when they were about to prepare to board the boats?

"Darling," the mysterious voice says. "The woods...go to the woods..."

"What?" Kai asks, snapping the attention of both Cole and Nya. Ignoring their confused stares, Kai continues to listen to the voice.

"He's in the woods...he needs you...he needs you all..." she says, and Kai feels a head rush, signaling whoever was just in his mind had left. After collecting himself, Kai stands and walks to the woods.

"Kai!" Cole calls. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Jay," Kai replies, as if it's the most natural thing. "Are you coming?"

Cole smiles in reply, and begins to follow until Nya drags him down by his arm. "Wait," she says. "We need you to stay here."

The young boy's smile disappears instantly. "What? Why?" he asks with a whine. "I'll be okay! I can handle myself!"

"I know you can," Nya tells him calmly. "But Kai and I need you to stay here and cover for us. If we don't come back soon, don't come after us. Got it?" After a moment of pouting, Cole nods.

Not wasting any time, Nya jumps up and runs toward Kai, and followed him into the woods.

They had to find Jay before it was too late.

Jay still sat at the bottom of the bear trap, barely alive.

He had been bleeding for the past twenty-four or so hours, and consciousness had been seeping from his body with every passing minute; Jay was losing blood that only either a doctor or the medicine Gamot could fix now, and neither were anywhere nearby. So far, Jay was doomed to a fate of a shortened destiny, and he wasn't sure if he's accepted that yet.

But he doesn't have much of a choice anyway.

Tears form again, swimming down his cheek slowly, like rain on a window. He had so many regrets and unfulfilled wishes, like climbing the tallest tree in Ninjago, driving his first car, hang gliding, and cliff diving.

But most of all, he had wished to kiss Nya, and he had dreamt of it since the moment he met her. Jay regretted greatly not finding the courage to tell her how he feels. And now he was about to die, and she wasn't even interested in him more than as a friend.

The slow-moving tears quickly turn into sobs as Jay realizes exactly what he's gotten himself into. And for the first time, there really is no way out. If only he hadn't been so foolish. If only he had thought more carefully instead of letting a fantastic thought cloud his judgement.

If only he wasn't about to die.

Jay feels his body beginning to slack and breathing slowing. He could feel his life force draining from him, and there was nothing he could do about it. He was foolish, and he wouldn't be sitting here, dying at the bottom of a pit he got himself stuck in, and alone, if he wasn't.

Jay leans his head back, reluctantly accepting his fate. Perhaps in the next life he could do better, and maybe not be so foolish to cause his own death.

He closes his eyes, and feels his figure being lifted up. It felt like a force had wrapped itself around his waist and was pulling him out of the hole, out of his body.

"Jay! Jay, wake up! Please!"

"Jay! Jay, please wake up! You gotta wake up!" Nya yelled at Jay's body. She shook his figure again as soon as Kai laid him in the dirt. He had already given up hope and was already tearing up at the loss of his best friend. Nya was crying too, but refused to give up on Jay. She could never accept he was gone, even if he really was.

But it was getting harder to convince herself Jay was still alive; it was obvious the cut on his arm was infected, and he had suffered a lot of blood loss. His appearance was also troubling; his skin was very pale, and his eyes simply refused to even flutter. He felt limp in her arms.

Beginning to panic, Nya rushes off into the woods; at this point, there was only one thing that could save Jay.

She comes to a screeching halt when she sees it; the bush that produces Gamot. Little was left, but Nya knew it was just enough to help him. But she really had to hurry.

Nya sprinted back to where Kai and Jay were, and wasted no time in ripping up the Gamot leaves and almost shoving them into Jay's mouth. Then, grabbing the top of his head and the bottom of his chin, Nya made him chew it. Through all of this, Kai watched his sister vigorously trying to save his life with an uncertain and heartbroken look. Jay was gone, Nya was just unable to handle it.

Once Nya saw that the Gamot was chewed up, she picked up a sharp stick and presses it firmly into Jay's abdomen, about six inches above his belly button. Sure enough, a wave in Jay's throat appears, signaling the trick had worked and made him swallow the medicine. A wave of relief washed over Nya.

Suddenly, a gasp fills the air as Jay's eyes fly open, and he coughs exceedingly, but he was alive. Kai could barely believe what he had just witnessed; he had been so sure that Jay had been dead!

To Jay himself, he felt spectacular. He suddenly had so much energy and adrenaline that he felt he could run around Ninjago without ever getting tired. He felt alive, and until now, it had seemed so mediocre because he never paid any attention to it.

Suddenly, everything around him seemed all the more beautiful; the bare trees were now spectacular, and the dirt he was laying on felt like clouds. And when Jay glanced at Nya, he felt himself fall in love all over again.

Her black hair shined brighter than before, and her brown eyes showed more beauty and tenderness than a butterfly. She was so alluring, Jay thought he was going to faint again.

Kai snapped him out of his trance by extending a hand to him. Jay smiles and takes it, and when he stands up once again, he slightly wobbles since he lost a lot of blood. But luckily, the Gamot, which Jay could tell one of the siblings made him eat, was now in his body. And if any of them learned anything in health class, Gamot has the ability to produce blood cells.

In fact, Jay was feeling it beginning to work. It was a miracle such a thing like Gamot existed.

As the three make their way through the woods, an unsettling thought occurs to Jay. "Um, where's Cole?"

"He's back at the docks waiting for us," Kai answers.

But Nya was worried. She had been so concentrated on Jay that she hadn't realized how long she and Kai spent away. All she could hope now was that somebody is going to hold the boats for them, but she greatly doubted it.

As Jay watched Nya walk, he pondered whether this was the best time to do it; finally telling Nya exactly how he felt, but he didn't prefer her big brother standing right there. He knew he had to; if not now, when? On the Dark Island? When would Jay even have the time to think about that? There'd be school, and other things to worry about. And without the ring...

"Stop."

A horizontally extended arm halted Jay and Nya from going any further. Kai stares at the scene before him with disbelief, and he feels an empty pit in his stomach, growing to the size of a melon.

They were at the docks, exactly where he and Nya were not two hours ago. But now it was dead silent, and both open and closed suitcases lay askew everywhere.

Most importantly, the boats were gone.

"Hey," Jay says, looking around. "Where is everybody?"

"Th-they're gone," Nya chokes out. Jay's face pales, almost looking like he had when he was unconsciousness.

"...then where's Cole?" he asks. "Where is my brother?"

But neither Kai or Nya had the heart to tell Jay where he was; on the boats, probably already several miles offshore. But although Cole is gone, it wasn't the most important thing at the moment.

What was the most crucial detail and the fact in the matter was they were left behind. And they were alone.

And there was nothing they could do about it.