(A/N: You get this a bit early, since I'm still recovering from my broken toe and have a week off work)


"My land was once peaceful and pristine. But that changed decades ago, when the Ice Emperor imposed his will and corruption upon us and destroyed my people. Now there is no one left to defy him... but I believe one day, someone will stand up against him. I believe heroes still exist."


In a realm covered in snow, a portal appears in the sky before the Land Bounty comes out. The Ninja were inside, yelling as the Land Bounty lands on a hill and started going down before hitting a nearby rock, gets knocked into the air and spins, losing one of the sails as a result.


Inside, the Ninja were trying their best to keep still as the stuff inside, including the sack, were moving about. Outside, the Land Bounty soon lands somewhere, losing the last sail as a result. Inside, all of the items were on the ceiling as the Land Bounty turned out to be upside down with everyone still in their seats by their seatbelts and arms helplessly dangling up. "Everyone... okay?" Lloyd asked.

They start to groan. "Great." Cole replied. "Now I know how my socks feel in the dryer."

"Still a little dizzy." Blake said.

"I think I swallowed my teeth." Kai said.

"I can feel blood in my brain." Gewuji said.

They all soon unclip their seatbelts to drop down to the ceiling, but when Jay falls, he unintentionally knocks Kai and Gewuji down. "I'm not liking this realm so far." Jay said as he sat up.

"Me..." Kai grunts. "Neither."

"Why couldn't we have landed on something soft?" Gewuji asked, getting up.

Nya comes up to the console and presses a button, to look at their location, only to hear beeping. "We're off the map." She tells them. "Coordinates unknown."

"Looks like we made it." Cole replied.

"From what Master Wu said, getting here isn't the hard part. It's getting home."

"Where's the Traveler's Tea?" Geoff asked, looking around.

"Right here." Blake replied, picking the sack up.

"Good." Lloyd said as Gewuji picks up the tracking device. "Whatever happens, don't-" Rumbling soon occurred, shaking the entire vehicle.

"What was that?" Jay asked as Lloyd heads over to the front.

He looks through the windscreen to discover that the Land Bounty was close to going over a cliff. "Oh, no."

"What?" Jay starts to approach. "What is it?"

Lloyd quickly turned around. "No, don't!"

But it was too late, as the Land Bounty started to tip over. "We have to get out of here!" Nya yelled. "Now!" Geoff comes up to the door and presses a nearby button to open it before they all ran for it.


Outside, the Ninja quickly started to run out and manage to get away before Jay quickly turned around to see Blake about to jump as the Land Bounty goes over completely, and Blake manages to jump off, but wasn't able to reach the edge on time, and was about to fall, but Jay quickly grabs him by his prosthetic arm. "Blake, hang on!" He yelled.

Blake looks down to see the Land Bounty disappearing in the cold mist before looking back up at the others while Jay struggled to pull him up. "Blake, give me your other hand!" Cole said as he came up next to Jay and held his hand out.

"I can't!" Blake replied. "I have the tea in it!"

"Your prosthetic won't last!" Jay said, noticing its almost loosening grip.

Lloyd soon sighed as he knelt down. "Blake, you've got to let it go." He said.

"What?" They all ask.

"What is the best choice? Drop the tea and save yourself, or don't drop the tea and fall?"

Blake looks at the sack for a bit before glowering. "DAMN IT!" He yelled before letting go of the sack, and watches it fall into the mist before raising his hand to grab hold of Cole's hand. They both start to pull Blake up as Lloyd and Gewuji grab hold of him by his gi to help pull him up as he turned to the cliff, completely nettled. "Oh, shit!"

The others look down the cliff, completely shocked with Jay scoffing. "Worst parking spot ever." He said.

"I thought for a sec we were goners." Cole replied.

"Well, now we're stuck on a mountain in the middle of a blizzard with no vehicle, no supplies, and no way back!"

Kai then turned to Blake. "How could you drop the Traveler's Tea?" He asked.

"I nearly fell down the cliff!" Blake replied, angered. "Lloyd told me to let it go. Did you want me gone, too?"

"Guys!" Lloyd yelled. "This is not helping! Blake's right. I told him to drop the tea so that we could save him."

"Yeah, but still, if one is to blame, all is to blame." Kai replied, glaring at Blake.

"No!" He yelled. "All the blame should be put on me! I had the tea in my hand! I should've thrown it to you guys! Yes, it is my ****ing fault! Happy now, Kai Asher?!" He backs away to spread his arms as it started to snow. "Go ahead. Punch me. Punch me in the face! Let it all out!" Kai just stands where he was, thinking about what to do. "PUNCH ME, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

The others soon came up to him before Kai, who had formed a fist, could have the chance to hit him. "Blake, it wasn't your fault." Gewuji replied.

"We didn't want to lose anyone else." Geoff said.

"These things happen." Jay said.

"Like what?!" Blake asked. "We've lost the only way out of this realm. AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"

"Blake, please calm down." Lloyd replied.

"Shut up! Those words aren't gonna get us back once we find Zane. My girlfriend's baby will pop out at some point, and I'll never be there to see it. I should've saved the tea instead." He walks away, kicking a stone aside, in anger.

"Can you believe him?" Kai asked.

"Actually, he's sort of right." Geoff replied as Blake went to sit on a bigger stone. "He'll never get to see his kid if we don't find any way to get home. You just made his situation worse and he's in a stroppy mood. You should've been more comforting."

"Best that we leave him alone for a little." Lloyd said before turning to Gewuji. "Gewuji, anything on the tracker?"

She gets it out to look at it, only to hear static. "Nothing." She replied. "No signal."

"No, of course not." Jay sarcastically said. "That would be too easy. That would give us hope."

"So what do we do?" Cole asked.

"We need to get off this mountain before we all freeze to death." Lloyd replied.

Nya turns to Blake, who was breathing heavily, and comes up to him. "Blake." She said.

"I heard." He replied, a little calmer before getting up.

"If you want to talk about it-"

"Nothing to talk about." He glares over at Kai. "Guess I truly am the new Mr. Blame-It-All-On-Me." He starts to head back to the others as Nya watched him before moving to catch up.

The Ninja, having their hoods on, start moving down the path to try and get down the mountain, managing to reach some stones before passing by them, coming across a small ravine and jump over it, getting caught in some harsh winds until they eventually come up a slope where they take off their hoods and see a forest. "Finally!" Jay said. They start to head down into the forest.


Inside the forest, the Ninja slowly move along, shivering from the cold as they had their arms together, except for Blake, who simply walked along, slowly. "I'm so cold." Cole said while shivering.

Kai tries to ignite his hand, but only smoke comes out. "If I still had my powers..." He said while shivering. "I could whip us a fire."

"It's not your fault." Lloyd replied, shivering.

"Not even resisting the environment can help me." Geoff said as he passed by, shivering. Growling was soon heard as they all look behind them to see some wolves. Geoff started to whimper as he backed away.

"Run!" They quickly turn around to start running as the wolves start to chase them. Nya and Blake vault over a fallen tree trunk while Kai, Cole and Gewuji somersault over it, Lloyd and Jay step on it to resume running, but Geoff soon tripped.

"Geoff!" Blake yelled as he came up to him and helps him up as the wolves start to catch up. "Keep going!" They resume running.

They all run along the forest as fast as they could with the wolves still after them, only for Lloyd to crash into a tree and fall back. The others quickly stop and turn around. "Lloyd!" Jay and Gewuji yell as they all came up to him, and Jay and Gewuji help him up. They all turn to see the wolves had caught up with Geoff whimpering as he hides behind Blake, out of fear.

The wolves growl at them before noticing something and back away. "Why aren't they attacking?" Cole asked.

"I don't know." Jay replied.

"That's really creepy." Gewuji said.

The wolves soon take off as Geoff soon came out from behind Blake. "Are they gone?" He asked.

"For now." Lloyd replied. "Let's go before they come back." They resume walking, unaware that the thing the wolves saw was one of their own, in a tree encased in ice.


Eventually, everyone made it to a village, only to come to a complete halt and gasp at what they were seeing. There were many ice blocks around, people encased inside of them. "What happened to them?" Kai asked.

"Whoa." Nya said.

They slowly start to spread out to check up on them as Gewuji came up to one and puts an ear to it before becoming shocked. "I can hear a heartbeat." She said.

Geoff looks at one with his Sand Sight. "Yeah." He replied. "Looks like they've been frozen."

Cole tries to break one with his Earth Punch, but it doesn't work. "Frozen by what?" He asked as he deactivated his Earth Punch and rubs his arm.

They start to come back together as beeping was soon heard as Gewuji gets out the tracker and looks at it. "Lloyd, I just picked up a faint signal." She said, coming up to him. "From the mech!"

"Where?"

Gewuji looks at the tracker before pointing right. "That way. Due east."

"What about all these people?" Jay asked. "We can't just leave them like this. They're still alive!"

"There's nothing we can do for them now." Blake replied, putting his prosthetic hand on his shoulder. "We don't even know what happened."

"We have to keep moving." Geoff said as he deactivated his Sand Sight. "It'll be dark soon."

"We can come back and help them when we figure out what happened." Nya said. Jay then started to head in the direction Gewuji pointed out, followed by the head in the direction Gewuji pointed out, followed by the others.


(A/N: The moment Blake was held by Jay before letting go of the tea was based off a cutscene in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and I thought I would have Kai make Blake more frustrated than he already was, and doesn't even know Cirrus already gave birth to her baby. Should he have gone for the punch?