In the bounty, the ninja went somewhere safe from Lord Garmadon for few days. For few days, Zane been taking care his two brothers since the incident. Lloyd help Zane also. There are in a new location far away from Ninjago City where the snakes hide for now on. They hid near Birchwood forest. The ninjas are inside their room. Jay was the first to wake up.
Zane sat quietly, he sat where Jay is sitting on Zane's bed. He use medical for Jay's head bruise. Zane also use medical for Cole body. Mostly on his torso, when he saw Kai repeatedly punch Cole torso. He learn the medical attention from Nya if anything bad happens when Nya went off somewhere. Zane use cloth patch and gently land on Jay bruise. Jay wince and have a conversation with the ice ninja.
"So that's what knock me out! Skales would pay for that!" Jay gritted his teeth. Zane loom over Cole, still out, resting on his bed. Jay loom over Cole's bed where he rest. Jay shook his head.
"Poor Cole. I should have save him on time but Skales! Oh man I will get my hands on 'scales'." Jay chuckled "Or I could get Dareth arm and throw him to Skales-" Zane interrupt "Jay, that's horrible for Dareth. He's our friend." Jay smirk to Zane "I know. But Kai, I can't believe what happen to him." Zane nodded, agreeing with his brother.
"There's something bothering me. The time you were out, I saw something small on Lord Garmadon's hand." Zane said. Jay wondered "Oh really? Which hand? The top row?" Jay laugh a bit. He was saying that his top row of his 4 arms, he can't reach his back pocket. Zane was puzzle. "It was on his left one on bottom." Jay rolled his eyes. "It was a joke, Zane."
Jay look around and someone is missing. "Where's Lloyd?" "He's in the dinning room, pouting." Zane replied. "He's upset about Lord Garmadon. Should I get him then?"
"If he want. Besides, I need time to be alone if my parents said something to me." Jay said. Zane stood up from his bed where Jay is resting. "Don't go anywhere, get some rest, you will get a headache if you move." The nindroid replied. Jay nodded "Okay." He sank his head on the pillow. See Zane left the room. Jay loom to Cole's bed again, where he rest. Motionless. I wonder how long I was out. Jay thought.
Zane enter the dinning room, where Lloyd put his head on the table, arms cover the view of his face. Zane walk up to see Lloyd. Lloyd speak adamantly to someone coming up to him.
"Go away please." Lloyd said. Zane stood in silent. Lloyd lift his head to see the ice ninja. "Oh, sorry to be rude Zane. I-" "You don't need to apology." Zane said sharply "Mind if you come to the room with us to talk about? And I wanted to ask you something, how does Kai-"
Lloyd interrupt "Oh, him. I'll get him later for that." Zane look at him confuse. "Alright, I'll come. I do need to see if Jay and Cole were awake." Lloyd said. "They are my friends. I never had good friends like you guys."
Zane nodded "Come, Jay was the first to awake." Lloyd nodded. He stood up from the dinning table and tail Zane to their bedroom.
Zane enter the room with Lloyd. Jay show a weak smile. "Hey squirt, hope you feel better." Lloyd was in shock what his dad and the snakes done to his friends. "Never been better." Lloyd replied. Lloyd sat down on Zane's bed where Jay rest for now. Zane walk slowly to Jay, near his bed. Jay speak to the little green ninja.
"Hey Lloyd, how did-"Suddenly, the conversation stop when they heard a moan from Cole. The ninjas gasped, Zane and Lloyd got up from Jay's side and walk up to Cole, who suddenly waking up. "Look, Cole's waking up." Lloyd said.
Cole heard the familiar voice, he tries to open his eyes. Still down, he force himself. He blink a few times, still blurry. He blink and open his eyes and see Zane and Lloyd stood in front his bed and Jay look at him worried. Cole gasped and cough. Still feel pain being squeezed and unconscious.
"...What...*cough* What happen? Where's Kai?" Cole said. Zane sat on Cole's bed, sat where his body was not on leaving an open space for him to sit.
"Brother, we did not save Kai, you and Jay been out for few days." Zane said a soft tone. Cole eyes widen and got halfway using his elbows on the bed for support "Few days!? What-" "Calm down, it was a tough battle. I finish put some ointment on your chest, torso, and your throat where Skalidor and Kai hurt you." Zane appease his brother. Cole reach his hand and rub gently around his chest and mostly his torso. It ache and wince a little. Zane put his hand on the team leader shoulder and gently put him down the bed.
"You need some rest, Cole." Zane said. Cole nodded and look at Lloyd. "Hey Lloyd, why didn't you stop Kai?" Jay interrupt. "Hey I was going to say that to Lloyd!" Cole said calm to him "Well I was out. Not my fault."
"Well we got to find Kai soon." Cole replied to his brothers. "We can't sit in ducts all day." The ninjas nodded. "We need to fins a way what's causing Kai behavior." Cole look at Lloyd in a serious way that the team leader need to know.
"Lloyd, tell us what happen so we can get some clues. I wanted to know how he escape from you, for my concern." Cole said. Lloyd look at an eye of their team leader.
"Okay, you want to hear what happen?" The ninjas nodded, they wanted to know how or what happen to Lloyd even though he supposed to keep an eye on Kai. Or tell them if Kai escape. Lloyd sat near Jay. "Okay here how it goes..."
Lloyd's P.O.V
When Cole command me to keep an eye on Kai, I nodded. I had to listen to the team leader order. While I follow Cole to the bedroom, he place Kai on the bed softly. Cole come up to me "Lloyd, be careful." "I know, I know. I'm not supposed to leave the bounty and I have to train." I said. Cole nodded and left to the control room.
While Cole left, I stare at Kai. I slowly rose up to him. I look around and spotted a pencil. I curiously get a pencil (replica of a stick) and start poking Kai. "Heh he won't hurt me when he's out." I chuckled.
When I heard you guys on the deck, I followed and see you guys going down the metal chain that is attach an anchor. It was above the Dojo. Then I saw Jay slip through the metal chains and hit on ads sign and pipes and landed on the Dojo roof. I fell to the floor, Laughing to death. I was choking by my tears when I saw you fell.
(Jay: HEY! I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING!) (Cole: "Sorry, I forgot to tell you." Cole thought not to bring up Zane name.) (Jay: WHAT!? YOU KNEW!?) (Zane: Uhh let Lloyd finish his story.)
While I try to regain my control, I start training in the deck. I dodge the dummy, but the dummy behind me slam me. I rose up and I start talking to myself "You dare to attack the green ninja?" I use my high kick on the dummy. But I miss and hit my face on to the floor. I was hurt, but that doesn't slow me down. Glad I'm a kid that has a lot of energy.
I got bored training, so I went to the control room to play some video games. I got bored again, and got hungry so I went to the refrigerator. I see Chocolate Cake... So I ate it.
(Cole: You ate MY CAKE!?) (Lloyd: Well you should write your name on a sticky note next time.) (Cole: My cake...)
While I was devouring the cake, I put away the plate. Suddenly, I heard a thrash noise from the room. I said "Kai is in there." I ran to the front door of the room. I open the door in a centimeter. I peek through and see Kai is standing looming down. I only see Kai's back, not his front. I saw Kai arm twitched like a muscle cramp. Then I saw Kai's arm twisting and making snapping noise. I was about to puke when I see that. I step back to go on my Ultra dragon, until I step on a weak board on the floor causing a noise. I froze and loom back to the door. It was silent. My eyes were glue on the door. I was shaken in terror. The door slam wide open, Kai stood there glaring at me. He has dark aura around him. I scream and fled to the deck. He trotted behind my tail.
When I went to the deck, I look back and Kai didn't follow me. I sighed. Once I turn my whole body around and hit something hard and my hands on this object. I froze, I saw red everywhere. Red clothing belongs to Kai. I look up, Kai was in front of me. He lift me by my collar, I got terrified. I look at Kai's eye. I notice how...Dull it is. No pupils.
Kai toss me into the chest. Locking me inside. I scream "Hey! Kai don't do that to me! Do it on Jay!" (Jay: HEY WHY ME? I'M NOT THAT SHORT LIKE YOU!) I peek through the hole of the lock. I see Kai get his sword and put it to his back. He jump out of the bounty, leaving me inside.
I sat there and see Kai left the bounty from the chains. I hope he didn't fall like Jay did. I chuckled. (Jay: Don't forget, I'll get you Lloyd for this.) I sat here and I try to use some metal wires inside the chest with me and try to open the chest inside out. I use to tweak it, it bent. Darn my Earth power of the green ninja.
I shake the chest continuously. It's Useless! "I need to warn the ninjas. Kai escape but, he look weird." I thought. Suddenly, the bounty noise, causing an earthquake on the ship and it shake. I look through the hole "Ultra dragon!" I said.
I call him "Here boy! Help me, I'm stuck in this chest! Don't ask why."
I heard a crunching noise and he got me free. He free me by using his foot on the chest left side. The right, he use his teeth to rip out carefully because I was inside. I got near my dragon and petted Rocky "Thanks boy. Kai escape from the bounty. And something wrong with Kai. Something not right, the ninjas are in trouble! We gotta go boy!"
I leap on my dragon, he spread the wings and jump off the bounty. "We need to find them, man they didn't tell me where they went. Well we gotta find them at least. Hurry boy!" I said. We fled to Ninjago City as soon as we can.
I encounter Zane's falcon into the air and it show me something. I follow the falcon and it lead me to you guys. I look at the falcon, it shook the head and fly away. I wonder where it went. Eventually, I came to see. I saw my dad and all of you being injured. Except Zane, he's standing up and the only one. Glad he's okay, but the rest, I see them unconscious. I couldn't stand there, so I thrash the party.
End of Lloyd P.O.V
"So that's what happen!" Cole said. "Haha. You scream like a girl, Lloyd." Jay chuckled. Lloyd gaze at Jay in silence. Cole break the silence "Well we know why you were little late to warn us about Kai. Though, I still don't remember how we got here. How did we win... Or lost." Cole said.
Zane fill the information to the earth ninja "I'll make it curtail, brother. You pass out-" "Yeah, I remember that part." "Yes, it was lost hope. But Lloyd came to save us on time. I take Jay to the Ultra dragon. I tried to come to you. But Kai held on your collar." "Huh," "Yes, he drop you and battle me. I use your scythe for the last blow. I knock Kai out in process. I came up to you while you were out. I lifted you to the Ultra dragon. The next thing I see, Kai got up when Lord Garmadon command him to. We have lost the battle."
Cole eyes widen when he heard Kai just rose up "Wait, he just woke up?" Zane nodded. "Oh and I saw Lord Garmadon clutch on a small object. I can't identify the object. It is small, covered in cloth, and it look exactly like Kai." Zane respond to his leader.
Cole thought of this 'Small, cloth, and look like Kai'. Then it hit him. Cole face change in fear. He rose up from his bed and look directly at Zane crystal blue eyes. He hesitated for Zane to put him down his bed, Zane stop and let him rose up. Jay and Lloyd look at Cole worried "What is it Cole? Why are you afraid?"
It was silence. For few minutes the leader speak out, the ninjas gasped and Zane learn and got to his system. They all look at each other "Voodoo Doll." Cole said. "Lord Garmadon have one."
"A Voodoo what?" Jay howled. "You heard what I said." Cole replied to the lightning ninja. Zane interrupt. "Cole, what is a Voodoo doll?"
Cole look to Zane and replied his answer. "I read this once when I was little. A Voodoo doll which 'Voo' means you and 'doo' which do what the doll do. It need a sample of clothing or anything. And it has dark magic. It all make sense!"
Jay interrupt "What? What make sense? "
Zane remember something when Cole said 'clothing' "That's right! Few nights ago, a serpentine attack Kai. He, in progress rip out Kai's clothing." Cole said something after that. "And when we took a little visit to Lord Garmadon..." Zane respond after Cole "I felt a strange dark presence when we reach to Lord Garmadon..." "And Lloyd said he saw Kai was surrounded by aura." Finish the sentence, the room got silent.
Cole break the silence. "Lord Garmadon got Kai. But why just him? If his mega weapon wish all of us a doll..." Lloyd replied to the earth ninja "Maybe he just want one, or he make a mistake during his wish." "Either way, we need to save Kai. Remember this, the doll share a same pain with Kai, so we need to be careful. If the doll gets destroyed or crush..." Cole said then silent.
Jay break the silent "Well, how can we get this 'doll' from Lord Garmadon 'four hands'?" Jay reach his both hands and put up index finger and middle finger and squinting them. Making look like in a sarcastic way. "What should we do, fearless leader?" Jay said.
Cole look up to his team. "Don't worry. We will decipher this and save Kai. If he mess with our family member, he mess with all of us. Were a team, and I'll do this right. We failed the last time because of me." Zane stop him by speaking to him directly to Cole's eye.
"No, it's not your fault." Zane calmly confess to his leader. Cole speak to his fellow brothers. "I'll deal with Lord Garmadon. Nobody, I mean nobody mess with our family." Cole said.
The ninjas nodded "Here, here!" Jay agreed. "Alright, after we get some rest, we'll head out!" Cole said. "And Lloyd, I say, Thanks for rescuing us on time." Lloyd nodded "See? Don't you guys need me." He smirk.
Jay use his arm and grab Lloyd neck and wrapped around it, other hand in fist and start rubbing Lloyd head repeatedly. "Hey, Ow! What did you do that?" "This, for laughing at me falling and rather you inside the chest, you prefer me huh?" Jay smirk evilly. Lloyd squirm. Then Jay let go. He replied to the little green ninja.
"If you try to get down without using Ultra dragon, you see how I feel, kiddo." Jay said. Lloyd scowled.
Cole whisper to Zane "I would do the same thing to Lloyd for eating my cake. But he's on your bed other side of the room and I can't move as much." Cole chuckled. Zane replied "Whatever what pleased you, brother."