"Minerva, please open the door."

"How about no?"

Cyrus let out a hardened sigh as he was positioned outside of the girl's door. Unfortunetly, she was very stubborn, and Cyrus knew that it was going to take a lot of effort to make her come out again. Mina was on the other end of the door, pacing as her mind raced of everything she knew. A song played on the radio that illustrated her anger quite nicely, inspiring her to make a mess of everything while her vision swam in darkness.

"The only effective way we can communicate is if you open the door." Cyrus informed her, attempting to coax her. There was no answer and he wouldn't get one any time soon- and Cyrus knew it well. She wasn't his daughter after all.

"Alright then." Cyrus then said, feeling a bit crestfallen, "If that's how things are going to be Minerva- I understand. Kai would have done everything he could to protect you, and I felt confident that you would have done the same..."

Cyrus turned his wheelchair around and started leave.

"Perhaps I was wrong." Cyrus mumbled before pushing his wheelchair away.

On the other end, Mina pressed her forehead against the door. She knew Cyrus was right, and the idea hurt her more than her past.

"I'm sorry..." Mina mumbled as she slowly started to sink to the ground.

. . .

She made sure no one was around before activating the Time Window again. From there, she watched as the orb of light make the right connections so she could see the red ninja again. Kai, as his name was, and she watched him as he made about his life without realization that someone in the future was glaring at him with intent.

Unknown to her, Alice came into the room and put an assuring hand on her shoulder. It was safe to say that Mina jumped several inches off the ground as she craned her neck up to look at her friend.

"You scared the brick out of me Alice!" Mina told her friend with a stern anger.

"I apologize for provoking such a fright that you felt the need to use profane words." Alice then said, sounding apologetic enough, "But you are in a distress that normally calls for the comfort of friends."

Mina looked the android over as if she suddenly decided to speak another language.

"I don't need anyone right now." Mina told Alice calmly with a death glare. Alice looked back at Mina with a confused little look before turning her attention to the Time Window.

"Two weeks." Alice said. "They have been missing for two weeks and you feel... remorse?"

"Alice, you wouldn't understand. Can you please just leave me alone?"

"You think he lied to you. You think he abandoned you and left Mr. Borg to do the dirty work for him. You think you need answers but you have no idea where to look. I know and understand a lot more than what you think I do Mina, and it is because we are friends- knowing each other's problems and seeking solutions are what friends do."

Mina gave Alice a rather surprised look.

"I will stay." Alice told Mina in an affirming tone. To prove her point, Alice sat next to Mina and waited for a rebuttal of refusal- but it didn't come. Instead, Mina gave her friend a rather ambiguous look.

"Thank you." Mina softly admitted. Alice's face beamed at the acceptance.

. . .

Present Day

. . .

"No, it can't be true!" Jay wailed. "There's no way I'm going to be bald by the time I'm forty!"

"The cards have predicted so, therefore it will happen." Neuro said calmly.

"Pfft, whatever." Jay then said with a flick of his wrist, "I knew the Master of the Mind wasn't the Master of Predicting the Future."

"Then why did you ask?" Neuro teased. Jay cringed- that... was a fair question...

"I believe your prediction Neuro." Skylor told Neuro, giving Jay a defiant smile.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey! Didn't your father ever tell you that the peanut gallery is silent?!" Jay spat.

"Until they find a weapon." Skylor shot back with a chuckle. Next to her, Cole, Kai, and Lloyd chuckled a bit as well- Zane took a moment to process the idea of the joking torment, then let out a small laughter as well. Jay shot them all a rather hard look.

"Would one of you like to go next?" Jay asked in an angered tone. "I'd like to see what baloney Neuro can come up for you guys!"

"It's not baloney if you believe it." Neuro told Jay.

"I didn't say I believe it!" Jay thundered.

"Then I suggest working on not getting so stressed over something you do not believe in." Neuro said, "If you keep it up, you may not have any hair by the time you're thirty."

"I'll go next." Lloyd said, pushing Jay out of his seat before the blue ninja attacked Neuro.

"Ah, the legendary Green Ninja." Neuro mused as if accepting a challenge. "Where do you want be to view?"

"Surprise me." Lloyd said with an unsuspecting smile.

Neuro raised an eyebrow but accepting the request. The Master of Mind then closed his eyes and concentrated.

"I see... a hidden stress." Neuro told Lloyd. "I do not understand why- you have a very healthy relationship with your friends. No... it's not your friends, the stress lies with your family. The inherited responsibility... the burdens of your parents' mistakes... you feel as if they could pass on to you. Again, I do not understand why, you are not seeking a partner- even when one sparks your interest."

"Wait," Kai butt in, "Lloyd has a crush on someone?"

"Bet it's that cute waitress we met the other day." Jay added.

"I told you guys, I didn't find her attractive." Lloyd said in a effort to defend himself although his cheeks had started to flush red. It was from embarrassment, but that didn't stop his friends from thinking otherwise.

"Sure you didn't buddy." Cole teased.

"You guys don't listen very well, do you?" Skylor asked, not sure whether to be amused or annoyed. "You're the only idiots I know of that at the mere mention of thinking about a romantic relationship is equal to getting married the next day."

"I'm sorry Miss Skylor, but the interwebs would like to have a chat with you." Jay replied with a smirk. Before Skylor could give a rebuttal, the earth started to shake faintly and a light from outside glowed brighter than the lights indoors.

"What the...?"

Out of instinct and curiosity, Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane walked over to the light. When they were close, the light started to brighten and brighten until the five ninja had to cover their eyes from the harsh light. Slowly the light started to die out enough that the five could uncover their eyes. But something was different.

"Anyone else feel sick?" Cole moaned as everyone looked around.

"Maybe it was from all that cake you ate." Jay joked. "Told you it went bad."

"I do not think bad cake is what you need to be concerned about right now." Zane told them. Cole and Jay turned around to find that, instead of Skylor, Neuro, and a small handful of other Elemental Masters at the small pizzeria, a group of children in the middle of a birthday party stared back at them.

"I have a feeling we are no longer in the Ninjago we know." Zane said as they started to back away from the angry looking party kids.

"Get them!" the kid with the birthday crown on shouted. Without another warning, the ninja ran for their lives.