(A/N: And now, onto the Munce path)


After a daring escape from the Skull Sorcerer, Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff end up separated from Kai, Zane, Cole, Gewuji and Blake, and their only hope to seeing them again was to follow the Munce back to their home cave. Walking along the tunnel along with the Munce, Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff were following Murt, who held a crystal to light up their path, as did Nya and Geoff. Soon, they stop briefly before continuing on. "I wonder what happened to the others." Lloyd said as he and the others stay behind.

"Yeah, I hope they're safe." Nya replied.

"I guess, for now, we'll have to follow these guys whoever they're going."

"The others will be okay." Jay said. "Don't worry."

"I always worry for Gewuji." Geoff replied, looking down the path they took. "Well, she's a big girl. She can handle herself."

Jay, Nya and Geoff continue on as Lloyd turned down the path himself. "I hope so." He said to himself before moving to catch up with the others. The moment they caught up to Murt and the others, they were facing a lot of tunnel entrances before Murt mumbled a confused noise. "Everything okay? Why'd we stop?"

Murt turns to him. "Murt not remember the way." He replied.

"What?" Jay asked. "I thought you knew these tunnels like the back of your hand."

Murt looks at his left hand, confused. "Uh..." Jay slaps his forehead out of humiliation as Murt turned back to the tunnel entrances. "Is one of these." He points out to random entrances. "Either this way, or this way, or this way."

"Yeah, um, we figured it was one of them, Murt, but we kinda need to know which one." Lloyd said.

He soon turned around to point to the path they came from. "How about this way?"

They all look at it. "That's the way we just came."

"Oh, great." Jay sarcastically said.

"We got ourselves another Cole." Geoff sarcastically replied, referring to Murt.

"Mole?" Murt asked.

"Uh, no. Cole. C-O-L-E. Repeat that."

Murt puts a hand to his chin. "C-O-L-E."

"Yes, and that spells..."

Murt lowers his hand and smiles. "Mole."

Geoff scoffs and rolls his eyes out of annoyance. "Why do I even bother?"

"Now we're gonna get lost down here, we're never gonna see the sun again, we're all gonna-"

"It's this way, guys!" Nya cuts her husband off.

They all came over to see her kneeling down at something in the dirt. "How do you know?"

"I can see footprints in the dirt."

"Oh, nice work, Nya." Geoff said.

"See, I told you it would be fine!" Jay replied before Murt heads down the path and Jay follows him. Lloyd, Nya and Geoff secretly look at each other, unamused before they and the other Munce follow them.


They follow the path down the tunnel, until they came across something that makes Jay and Nya gasp out of amazement. It looked like a castle with green glowing crystals everywhere. "Wow!" Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff said in amazement as Nya and Geoff drop their crystals while Murt puts his to the side.

They start to move ahead to the castle before two Munce guards in front of the doors ran toward Murt and cross their poleaxes in front of him. "Halt!" One of them said.

"Who goes there?" The other Munce guard asked.

Murt looks around, confused. "Where?" He asked.

"There!" The guard points out to them.

Lloyd puts a hand on Murt's shoulder. "He means you, Murt." He whispered.

"Oh." Murt replied upon realising. "Murt goes there."

The Munce guards were soon surprised. "Murt?" The first Munce guard asked. "Son of Murt?" Murt nods.

"You escaped from the Skull Sorcerer?" The other Munce guard asked. "How?" Murt moves aside to show Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff behind him. Jay nervously waves at them. The guards raise their axes and move aside for Murt and the four Ninja to advance toward the doors.