The ninja, the ones who chose to sleep under the stars last night, were grumbling to themselves as they shook and rolled their sleeping bags up. Lloyd, although he didn't want to admit it, had actually enjoyed these past few days of team bonding.

Even despite the day turning ominous with the riptide, it still hadn't darkened his mood. "Who's turn is it to make breakfast then?" He said trying to start a conversation with anyone who was awake enough to listen.

"I reckon Zane's already on it, he slept aboard last night, remember?" Cole said as he pulled his hoodie over his exposed pectorals, scooping his sleeping bag under his arm, setting a fast pace toward the dry docked ship.

"I'm famished anyway, see you on board yeah?" He had walked off at a fast pace before Lloyd or Kai even had a chance to say anything. "Slowpokes hehe." He mumbled giving a mock salute as he turned to see them.

They didn't miss the stomach rumbling sounds that followed his swift departure, nor the smells that seemed to waft across the small expanse of beach from their current location to the ramp of the Bounty.

Cole looked behind himself, he wanted to see Jay before he woke, unless he was already awake, he hadn't thought of that, he was there when Zane had used the last of the sedative, god knows how long that would take to wear off.

Cole chuckled to himself, Jay would likely be a delirious zombie for the next three days at a guess, which meant that he would be restricted to the Bounty and under the duress of Wu and Misako.

He could cope with that, Cole didn't want to see those same visions again, he hated seeing him in such pain without being able to do a damned thing about it. Yesterday was no exception, he watched helplessly from the beachfront as both Zane and Jay were washed out and then he remembered the look of relief on Zane's face when he dived into the sea to get both of them out.

He only thought how risky that manoeuvre was after Zane told him that there was a shark nearby. Jay was happy at least, his smile even though hidden by a swathe of wet auburn hair was still shining through.

"Morning Misako, Sensei." He said giving a polite nod of his head to both elders.

His nose was still guiding him, he could tell what was being cooked before he even saw it, and it was a battle of self-control as to what to do first. This instance, his stomach won the battle and he stopped by the kitchen to see what was on offer.

A stack of chocolate chip pancakes was being prepared by none other than Zane, Cole wasn't surprised in the slightest, he was the best in the kitchen by far.

He looked to be deep in conversation, his head tilted to the side as he was communicating with someone on his mobile device. Cole noted that his tone was professional, when wasn't it? He always spoke like that, unless his humour switch was activated. "Yes Mr Borg, we will be enroute within the next two hours. I estimate the travel time should be approximately two hours, give or take tail winds."

"Yes, and we can discuss that once we arrive."

"Because it will be beneficial to finding out about the device that was used."

Cole noted that his brother was getting a little flustered, he watched as Zane poked at the last pancake, ready to flip it when it became less sticky. "I see, well they did manage to find pieces of the original device when they left the cavern."

He flipped the pancake over and placed the spatula down. "Mr Borg, I believe it was broken, we retrieved the parts we found and they were given to PIXAL only two weeks ago."

Zane shook his head in annoyance. "We gave the only pieces we found, we delivered them to your offices within a few days of the incident in question."

"Yes, but you were researching the properties of the device, matching serial numbers to blue prints and mechanised adaptations?" Cole could have sworn he saw Zane's lip twitching.

"Indeed, so they are lost?" He tipped the pan, none too gently and the remaining pancakes flopped onto the plate.

"Well, then it was a good idea of mine that I scanned them into my data banks before sending them." His tone had risen considerably,

Cole had never seen Zane 'lose it', the only major fall out was when Zane had literally just got up and left but that was a few years ago. This was slightly different, he could tell the nindroid was flustered and he was doing his best to remain calm.

"We will be there as agreed, thank you. And I will pass on your well wishes."

"Thank you." He ended the call but remained tight lipped about the content.

Cole wasn't really sure what to think to the one sided conversation or the parts he had heard. Zane still had his back to him, he seemed to be busying himself with cleaning up. "Zane?"

He still hadn't turned to face his brother, he placed another pot of coffee on and proceeded to fill some jugs with fruit juice and water. He stopped eventually, as if he could feel Cole waiting for an answer. "They lost the only evidence we had found."

He turned to face Cole and his titanium faced expression was difficult to read. More so because he was a nindroid but it seemed to Cole that Zane was actually angry, for a change. "What do you mean, lost?"

"As it sounds." He replied nonchalantly. "The particles of the broken electro-magnetic field generator, EMFG for an abreviation."

Cole frowned "But we handed those in, directly. We gave them to Borg himself and liaised with him and PIXAL about the origins."

Zane nodded. "We did, and the results were mostly inconclusive, however they did provide some answers."

"So what does that mean now?"

"It means that we need to watch our selves more closely because we correctly deduced that the weapon was potentially meant for me, unfortunately it hit Jay."

Cole bit into his pancake, once he had drizzled a plentiful amount of fudge sauce over it. "It's nothing new though is it, I mean we've faced similar. This is just another adventure."

"I guess, you are right to a certain extent, but this is relative unknown territory. We, for one, do not know what the serpentine are planning and the reason that they are infiltrating such large organisations."

"Like Borg you mean?"

"Exactly, is it a coincidence that the only pieces we had had mysteriously disappeared?" Zane returned to what he was doing. "The food is going cold, you must eat." He said quietly and put on a fake smile as Kai, Lloyd and Nya walked on through with their respective sleeping bags.

He loaded a plate with a few pancakes and a tumbler of water. "I will be taking it to Jay, unless you would prefer to assist him with eating?"

Cole shot up off his chair, he didn't need any further encouragement, he took the plate and tumbler as quickly as he could without spilling a drop.