A/n: Sorry this chapter is so late today, but my swim team had a late meeting. Anyways, here's the next chapter and thanks for your reviews! Also, sorry, but I'm really bad at writing fight scenes.

"Should we fight?" Kai asked.

"Wait. Morro is with them. I thought he turned good just before he died." Lloyd said, confused.

"Maybe they're forcing him to help them?" Jay suggested.

"It's possible. But, I think we should fight. If we win, we can question them about PIXAL and the others." Zane said.

"Then let's do it." Kai said.

They stepped off of the Bounty and, within minutes, they were battling the newly resurrected villains. Kai was fighting Chen, Lloyd and Morro were fighting, Zane and Cryptor faught, and Jay was doing his best to fight both Kozu and The Overlord.

"Kai, how have you been?" Chen laughed.

"I've been better." Kai answered.

"Well, I can fix that." Chen said, punching him to the floor.

"So, what's with the necklace?" Lloyd asked, slamming Morro into the Bounty's side. Morro glanced down at the lime green crystal that hung from a chain around his neck. The others had similar ones, but different colors.

"You'll be angry if I tell you." He said.

"Try me." Lloyd ordered.

"It's your girlfriend, Hurumi's life force." Morro said simply.

"What?" Lloyd asked, stopping.

"When The Magician, Cole, kidnapped her and the others, we took their life forces so we could come back to the living realm." Morro said.

"Wait, Cole's The Magician?" Lloyd asked, "That makes so much sense. He and The Magician were never in the same place at once, and he's been acting strange lately."

"Cole's The Magician?!" Kai shouted, "Oh, when we get done here, I am going to-"

"No!" Morro interrupted, "I had to possess him. It's not his fault." Morro said.

"You can possess a ghost?" Lloyd asked.

"Yes, in a way. It's kind of like hacking his brain. He won't remember doing it. Because he's a ghost, I used the connection he had to the Departed Realm to manipulate him. Anytime he killed someone, I had him leave them on a boulder. It was meant to be a hint for you, because he's the master of earth." Morro told him, "But, listen. Don't hurt me too bad, because Hurumi will get caught in the cross-fire."

"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.

"What you do to me, you do to your girlfriend." The Overlord snarled at Jay.

"Then, that means…" Lloyd started, then he saw Zane pull out a sword and move towards Cryptor. "Zane, don't!" He shouted. But it was too late. Zane had already stabbed Cryptor in the stomach. However, instead of showing that he was in pain, he started cackling.

"Where. Is. PIXAL?!" He screamed in Cryptor's face.

"Whoa. Zane's going dark." Kai said unhelpfully.

"Zane, you just stabbed her!" Lloyd yelled.

"What?" Zane asked, "Lloyd, this Cryptor. Not PIXAL. Do you need me to check your eyes?"

"No, look at his purple necklace!" Lloyd yelled, "It's her life force! If you hurt Cryptor, you hurt PIXAL, too!"

Zane looked at Cryptor, and pulled out his sword. Sure enough, there wasn't as much as a scratch on him. Zane had just stabbed the love of his life, via Cryptor.

"Oh, no." He said.

"We can't fight!" Lloyd yelled, "We have to retreat!"

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Nya became painfully aware that The Overlord was fighting someone as soon as she felt something hard hit her head. Though, there was nothing in her tank. That's how she realized she was linked to him.

"Well, that's just great." Nya said, "Whatever happens to them will happen to us."

"Then, they had better not do anything stupid." Skylar said from behind Hurumi's tank.

"But, they're probably going to fight the ninja. And our friends don't know they're hurting us!" Hurumi said.

"They can be pretty ruthless while fighting." Skylar agreed.

"I know." Nya answered, "Let's just hope they figure it out soon. I don't know how many more bangs to the head I can take."

"At least you're doing better than Skylar." Hurumi said, "She's in the worst shape out of all of us."

It was true. Kai may not have hurt Skylar very bad, but her health was dropping nonetheless. She could barely walk, not that she needed to in her tiny tank, and whenever she ate, she threw it back up. That made for a lot of tank cleanings.

Suddenly, PIXAL gasped, and winced in pain. Nya looked over at her. She was now sitting on the floor and looking terrible, with the wires in her stomach showing and sparks flying everywhere. Her artificial blood, which actually looked very real, spilled out into the tank. Nya realized what must have happened.

"Did Zane stab you?" She asked.

"Yes." PIXAL winced, "But, I will be fine."

"Not if I can't repair you soon." Nya said, "It's a miracle you're still functioning right now."

"I take it back." Hurumi said, looking at the large hole in her robotic friend's stomach, "PIXAL is in the worst shape."

Suddenly, the fighting seemed to stop. At least, Nya no longer felt as if someone was throwing her across the room.

"We must get out of here as soon as possible." Misako, who was sporting a black eye, said.

"But how will we do that?" Skylar asked.

"PIXAL?" Misako asked, "do you think you can hack into the tank control systems?"

"It is…Possible." PIXAL said. She closed her eyes, and they could hear electronic beeping coming from her tank. "Yes." PIXAL said as there was a click of a lock, and tanks rose from the floor, freeing them.

"Great job, PIX!" Nya said, racing over to bandage her friend's wound. She took out her ninja mask, and ripped it so it would make something similar to a bandage. She wrapped the fabric around PIXAL's stomach, and tied it. "There." She said, "That should work until we find something better."

"Great." Misako said, "Now, how do we get out of here before they come back?"

"The only exit I saw was over there." Hurumi said, pointing to the door where the villains had left.

"Okay. Let's go." Nya said, helping PIXAL to her feet. Misako did the same with Skylar, and Hurumi led them to the door.

PIXAL had a lot of trouble walking, and was clearly trying to act like she wasn't in any pain. Nya took note of that, and followed Hurumi. However, as soon as she opened the door, Cryptor was standing there.

"Well, hello, there." He smirked, "I was just coming up here to check that none of you were badly injured." Cryptor looked at PIXAL, who glared. "Sorry about that, by the way." He said.

"I'm guessing we have to go back in our tanks now?" Skylar asked.

"Actually, you'll be getting your own quarters." Cryptor told her.

"Quarters?" Hurumi said.

"Yes. After all, you'll a need a place to prepare for the Gala." Cryptor said.

"The Gala?" Nya scoffed.

"The Day of the Departed Gala." Cryptor said, "It's the biggest event in the realm. Which means, we need some 'special' guests. And who better than the ninja' half-alive girlfriends?"

PIXAL looked annoyed. Nya guessed she would've rolled her eyes, if not for the pain of her wound.

"Your appearances will be very important." Cryptor said, "So, I suggest you prepare. Because it's tonight."

A/n: So, they're going to the Gala, huh? How will that turn out? Have a great rest of your week and I'll see you Monday!