It was a few hours before Billy was able to move again. He rose from his meditative position in the center of the floor. There was a small beeping noise originating from behind him. The Power Chamber was still in complete darkness as he moved around the illuminated console. He pressed a few buttons and a message began to play. The sound of a woman's voiced filled the room.

"Billy, I hope this message reaches you safely. We haven't heard from you in a while and the guys are getting restless. Tommy wanted to ditch his final exams and go bust down the Command Center's doors to check how you're doing. Jason, Adam, and Rocky had to calm him down. I hope you're doing well. But if you don't contact us in the next few days I might let Tommy go up there," said Kimberly

Billy responded with a brief message explaining that he had taken on a student and would be training him. Kimberly and the others were happy to hear that he was alright and that they would visit soon as he was settled back down again.

As soon as Billy had finished talking to Kimberly a new sensation filled his chest. He quickly summoned Rogan in response.

"Someone is calling us to the astral plane," said the wolf telepathically.

Rogan began to extend his aura engulfing Billy in a wall of pure blue energy. Suddenly he was facing Maya and her wolf spirit Verick. The young woman looked slightly relieved when Billy and Rogan appeared. Verick on the other hand become more alert, her ears and tail were at attention.

"We didn't think either of you'd be able to hear our calls. We've been trying to reach you for a half a day now," said Maya as she made her way closer to Billy. "Something was preventing us from reaching you."

Billy explained to Maya what happened in the Power Chamber and the events that shortly proceeded it since their last communication. He made sure not to leave anything out.

"Have you found anything new about the howling we heard a few days ago?" asked Billy.

Maya took a few steps to Verick and caressed the topped of her head.

"Verick and I have only been able to locate a few bits of information from this plane, but we have come to the conclusion that the source is on Earth. Since we cannot be there quickly enough to help I guess you'll have to continue the search on your own. If you need anything please don't hesitate to summon us," said Maya as she made her way back through the void she originated out of.

"Maya, have you sensed it recently?" asked Billy.

"No, but I don't think it will be long before it makes its presence known again," she said as she disappeared back into the void.

Rogan released Billy from his aura and made his way around the room. He left a lingering blue energy in his wake. Meanwhile Billy began to boot up the Power Chamber's systems once more. As the room came back to life Rogan returned and sat at Billy's feet.

"What wrong Rogan?" asked Billy as he placed his palm on top of the wolf's head.

Billy could begin to see images from outside the Command Center. His vision extended to past the nearby mountains to the silhouette of a man on a green hill in the moonlight. As the man turned to face them his body transformed into a wolf like human with yellow eyes. Quickly Billy's hand retracted from Rogan's head.

"He's calling to us," said Rogan as he closed his eyes and leand his head back.

"I know... but? Robert!"

Billy began to streak across the room calibrating all the instruments on the Wind Ninja Academy. It only took the computer a few seconds to begin displaying the tranquil school. He pinpointed Robert training out in the open field in front of the school. Billy exhaled a sigh of relief. He had not gone through the same ordeal as he had. If the vision Rogan and he had shared was true then it would only be a matter of days before they would cross the mysterious man again.

RJ was in the middle of his afternoon training with Sensei Watanabe. He had been drilling him for two days now. But he had learned a lot. The small choirs and irritating tasks he had been doing had led him to learn new skills to manage his animal spirit. He was practicing calling on Geki without the other students noticing when he felt another presence surround him.

Robert made his way back to Ninja Ops where he took a meditative position in the center of the room. Geki quickly appeared behind him lending him his energy to make the transition to the other plane.

Before Robert stood a man dressed in white linen. His face was covered by a silver helmet. Behind him a giant red moon filled the night sky. Geki then stepped between them growling angrily at the man. From the shadows a silver wolf appeared circling the man in white.

"Who are you?" asked Robert through Geki's growls.

A faint whisper came from the man, as if he was too weak to talk. The only word RJ could hear was "Shayla". Out of nowhere a third wolf appeared. Its coat was as black as night with yellow glowing eyes. It easily dwarfed Geki and the silver wolf. Without warning it attacked the silver wolf and pinned it to the floor. A crescent wave of energy then impacted the floor next to the man.

The energy around RJ was beginning to become distorted, but before the image vanished he saw a man dressed in black pick the man in white up and toss him to the side. The wolf's cry for help would go unanswered.

Cam found RJ sprawled on the floor panting for air. Sweat drenched his clothes as Cam helped him up.

"What happened?" asked Cam as he fetched a cup of water from his desk.

"I don't really know. I was training outside when I sensed something. I tried to meditate on it and I was pulled into this other world. Not sure really what I saw," said RJ as he gulped down the water and asked for more.

"What you experienced was an astral dream. It is when you reach such a high level of meditation that you can transcend this world and travel to others. Not many can achieve such a state," said Sensei Watanabe at the surprise of the two young men.

"Billy's better at controlling where he's going than I am," said RJ quietly.

"I'm sure your master has had years of training on the subject, now if I do remember correctly I thought you were suppose to be mowing the grass outside by zen garden," said Sensei sternly at RJ.

"Of course Sensei, I apologize for ignoring my duties," said RJ as he stood from the floor and made his way outside.

As he walked up the stairs he summoned Geki once more.

"Geki, can you send a message to Billy without me?" asked RJ

The wolf nodded simply without saying a word.

"Tell him he needs to come back immedietly. He needs to know what's happened. I'm sure he can make more sense out of it than Sensei can."

As soon as RJ was finished the wolf howled loudly and dashed passed him up the stairs. Later on there would be gossip from the ninja students of a purple wolf lurking the forest.