During the journey to Pulverize Peak Town:
Jay shared a room with Kai, although there was a white curtain(sheet) that hung between them to serve as a divider, as they laid on the bunk bed that was cut in half to make two beds. Kai's arms were wrapped in casts after healing ointment was first applied to them. The healing ointment helped to numb most of the pain, although Kai still needed to rest so that his arms could heal quicker. Jay had to have his spazzing arm tied down to the bed so that it wouldn't reach his face, and occasionally, Andrex would tap Jay's leg to see if he could feel anything.
"Man, you still don't feel anything?" Andrex asked, after smacking Jay's leg with a stick that he found.
"No, but watching you whip my leg wasn't pleasant," Jay said, with a frown, as Andrex just smiled sheepishly.
"It's taking awhile for that venom to wear off," Stephen said, as he looked over at Jay from behind the white curtain, since he was watching over Kai.
"Venom... Nya! I need to see if she's okay!" Jay said, as he tried to move off of the bed.
However, Andrex held onto his shoulder and said, "Dude, you can't get up. Your tied to the bed first of all, and secondly your leg is still paralyzed."
"No! I have to see if she's okay!" Jay said, as he tried to move his paralyzed leg.
Jay's arm started moving more frantically, as he tried to move his paralyzed leg. Andrex tried to hold Jay's spazzing arm down, as he kept telling him to calm down. Stephen just signed, and then he turned back to Kai.
"Are you okay man? You haven't spoken much more than a few words," Stephen asked, as Kai was looking down at his two arms that were in two slings, sadly.
"... Stephen, can you check on Nya for me?" Kai asked, as he looked up at Stephen.
"Sure man. I'll be right back," Stephen said, as he started walking out of the room.
"Oh come on! He can leave!" Jay said in frustration.
"You can't move bro!" Andrex said in irritation.
"UGH!" Jay said, as he laid back on his bed and looked up at the ceiling.
Andrex let go of Jay's arm and shoulder, as he stood back and leaned against the wall that was adjacent to the bed, and he too looked up at the ceiling. During that time, Jay and Andrex didn't noticed that someone else had left the room.
Stephen walked across the hallway, and he took a quick glance into the first room, which was where Cole was staying. Cole was laying on a bed in the center of the room, while an IV drip with Wolf Tear's water stood near the right side of the bed, with a small tube attached from it to his arm. Cole was unconscious on the bed, with a white blanket over half of his body, and Stephen noticed that other people were in the room. He saw Bronze leaning against the wall that was near the IV drip, guarding and regulating it, and on the other side of the bed was Christa, who was sitting close by Cole and stroking his head. Stephen was slowly walking by, and as he watched how Christa gently stroked Cole's head with sadness in her eyes and a quivering lip, his eyes started to water. He quickened his pace and rubbed his eyes, as Stephen continued on his way to Nya's room.
After Stephen walked by, another person came after him and stood next to Cole's room. He looked at Cole and he noticed that Christa was beside him. Kai looked at Cole and Christa in relief to see that they were still alive, and sadness since Cole was still unconscious and Christa had a few bruises on her arms and tear stains on her face. Kai looked at them for a moment longer, and then he continued on his way down the hall, trying to stay close by but far enough from Stephen so that he wouldn't notice him.
Stephen walked by another room that had a closed door with a sign that said, "Surgery in Progress."
He knew that the Cynoichi was the one who was in there, and he let out a sign since he wondered if she was doing okay. Then he continued down the hallway, and he saw some of the Serpentine standing outside of a particular room.
Kai walked near the closed door, as he placed his ear near it to see if he heard anything. He heard mumbling, and then he was able to hear whoever was in the room more clearly, as he recognized the voices:
"Swab. Serum. Pat Down. Ointment." -Sensei Reine
"Piece B." -Malentha
"Serum. Pat Down. Ointment." -Sensei Reine
"Piece C." -Malentha
"Serum. Pat Down. Ointment." -Sensei Reine
"Piece D." -Malentha
"Serum. Pat Down. Ointment." -Sensei Reine
"Close. Wrap." -Anaca
"Do you think she will pull through?" -Malentha
"Time will tell. We've done what we could. Now she needs to wake up on her own." Sensei Reine
"She's a strong girl. I'm sure she'll make it." -Malentha
"... I hope she does..." -Sensei Reine
"Aw come on Reine. Don't start tearing up now. She'll make it." -Malentha
"I know. -Sniffle- It's hard to see her like that." -Sensei Reine
"Yeah... I know that feeling." -Malentha
Kai moved his head away from the door, as he looked downward wistfully, and then he continued down the hallway. He quickly moved towards a room that was before Nya's room where the Serpentine were so that Stephen wouldn't see him. He stood near the doorway so that he could listen in onto how Nya was doing, although he didn't realize that two people were already in the room that he was in.
"Kai?"
Kai immediately turned around to see who was in the room, and he saw Lloyd and Raven along with the Platinum weapons on a table in front of them as they sat on a sofa.
"What the- What are you two doing in here?" Kai asked in more of a whisper.
"We were trying to see if there was a way to get our powers unlocked with the Platinum weapons," Raven replied.
"But it isn't working at all. My dad just stepped out because Terrin needed to ask him something," Lloyd added.
"What are you doing here Kai?" Raven asked.
Kai signed and said, "I couldn't wait any longer to see how everyone else was doing. I needed to know what's going on."
"But your supposed to be resting. You could hurt yourself or delay your own recovery," Lloyd said.
"I know, but I had to take the chance... I already saw Cole, and Christa... and I heard that Auria's surgery was just finished," Kai said, as he looked away from Lloyd and Raven, and they looked down.
"I should have seen this coming. That dream I had warned me that you guys would be surrounded by darkness but... I thought because you guys had your Full Potentials and that we trained together... I messed up," Lloyd said, as he placed his hand on his head.
"Lloyd, don't blame yourself like this. No one would have thought that this was ever going to happen," Raven said, as she gently placed her hand on his shoulder, and the other on his hand.
"She's right. The only one to blame for this is Darkness," Kai said.
Lloyd looked up and breathed out. Then he said,
"Your right. Both of you. Darkness is the one who's at fault. He has to be stopped."
Raven nodded, as did Kai. Then Kai heard talking from the other room, as he brought his head closer to the door to listen. Raven and Lloyd stood silent as well.
"Her condition isn't very good. The poison is fast acting to weaken the body, but slow in it's termination of the person so that they could suffer. Darkness really wanted to make sure whoever was bit would perish slowly. That freaking... Anyway, I believe I found the solution to this deadly venom... my own," King Terrin said from the other room.
"Your own venom?" Sensei Garmadon questioned from within the same room.
"Yes. You see, I am immune to every other venom that exist as well as Raven since she is my daughter. There are a few occasions were I gave my wife some of my venom and she temporary became immune. I'm sure that if I give Nya some of my venom, it will be able to fight off and protect her from the deadly poison, and even save her life," Terrin replied.
"That would work perfectly, but are you sure it would work now? It's not too late?" Garmadon asked.
"As long as if she's alive it's not," Terrin replied, and added, "But I need your help to extract my venom and quickly put it into the IV. Will you help me?"
"Yes, I'll help. Let's get right to work," Garmadon said.
Kai stepped away from the door and signed in relief.
"Thank goodness. Terrin found a way to save her," Kai said, and Raven and Lloyd also signed in relief.
Then Kai asked them, "Hey, have you two seen Flare? I haven't seen her since she brought me to my room."
Lloyd and Raven looked towards one another, and then they looked back at Kai with uncertainty.
"What is it? Did something happen to her?" Kai asked in concern.
"She's... um... she needed time to be alone," Raven answered.
"Where is she?" Kai asked.
"Well, Kai... -Sign- She's on deck," Raven replied.
"Thanks Raven. I'll head there next," Kai said, as he looked outside and saw that Stephen hadn't stepped out of Nya's room yet, and the Serpentine weren't looking towards him.
"Be careful Kai. Flare is a little... emotional now," Raven warned, as Kai nodded and then he quickly and quietly exited the room.
"I hope he'll be okay. He shouldn't be walking around like that," Raven said to Lloyd.
"Eh, he'll be alright. Besides, Kai is way too stubborn to stay still anyway," Lloyd assured Raven, and she nodded.
Outside on Deck:
Flare stood on the lower deck near the stern of the ship. She was looking ahead of where the Bounty was heading to under a starry night sky. Her hair was blowing softly in the wind, as a few tears were also blowing away from her face in the wind. She was able to sense how the others were doing within the Bounty, and she could sense that Auria, Nya, and Cole were in bad conditions, Jay and Kai were stable although they were still worn out from their wounds, and Christa was bruised and fatigued although she was slowly getting better. Flare couldn't help but tear up from also sensing the distress and sadness from her Sensei, as well as from the others.
As she wiped away some of her tears and returned to sensing beyond the Bounty, just in case if they were being followed, she didn't notice that Kai stepped on deck and that he was walking towards her.
"Flare," Kai called out to her softly, as Flare quickly turned towards him.
"Kai," Flare said softly, as he stood before her.
"What are you doing up here Kai? You should be resting," Flare asked.
"I wanted to know how everyone was doing, and I wanted to see you too," Kai replied.
"Why me? The others are the ones you should worry about more," Flare asked, more sternly.
"I am worried about them, but I care about you too you know. I love you," Kai replied.
Flare looked away from Kai and closed her eyes, but she couldn't hold back the feeling that was slicing through her heart. She quickly looked up at him and said,
"But if I would have acted earlier, you guys wouldn't have gotten hurt so bad! It's my fault! My mind wasn't focused! I should have worried about you guys first! If I did, then you, Jay, and Nya wouldn't be as messed up as you are now! Then maybe we could have went to help the others and Cole and Auria wouldn't be as messed up either!"
Kai was surprised by how guilty Flare felt for everyone's conditions. Flare clutched her head with her hand and continued,
"How could I have let this happen?! You guys needed me and I let you get hurt so badly before I snapped out of it! I should be in that hospital bed! I would prefer to have died than to let ANY of you have to suffer like you are now-"
Flare immediately stopped talking and looked straight at Kai, who stood right in front of her with his left hand placed firmly on the side of her face. She saw empathy, surprise, and determination in his eyes. Then Kai said,
"Flare. Don't think like that. You did enough to stop those Lizarians from killing us, and getting us out of Ninjago City alive. You shouldn't dwell on what you could have done. First off, you can't undo what has already happened, and secondly, who knows what would have happened. We could have been worse off than we are now. Especially if I lost you..."
Flare's eyes widened when she saw tears rolling down Kai's cheeks. As Kai continued to speak, more tears were rolling down his cheeks but his expression stood strong;
"For us to be safe and for you to die... I don't know if I would have stood another moment breathing without you. I don't know if I would have died in that moment from my heart breaking in half knowing that you were gone forever. We don't know what is going to happen next, and even when things have already happened, we have to eventually pick ourselves up and try to keep moving forward for the sake of the ones who are alive and for those who aren't. I care about every one of our friends; the guys, the kunoichi, our teachers, our allies, and especially Nya and you. Your all family to me, and your the only ones me and Nya have."
Kai pressed his forehead against Flare's forehead, and he continued,
"So don't ever say that you prefer to die! You still saved us. Auria's surgery was finished and soon she may wake up, Cole is getting treatment and Christa is with him, Zane is getting patched up by his father, Nya is getting King Terrin's venom so that she won't die, Jay is still talking and he's going to be okay soon, Raven and Lloyd are back with us, our Senseis are alive, and I'm actually moving my arm! We're all still alive! We're all still here. So don't ever feel like you failed. Look at the bright side of this situation. It's better than it could have been."
Kai smiled as tears continued to fall down his cheeks, which made Flare smile as well with tears falling down her cheeks too.
"Kai. Your right. Your so right... Who would have thought a stubborn, hot-headed guy like you would have helped me like this," Flare said.
"And who would have thought that a tough, fiery lady like you would need my help like this," Kai said.
Both of them chuckled, and then they took a moment to stare into each others' eyes lovingly. Then Flare pulled back as she sensed a familiar presence that was watching them.
"Kai... oh man," Flare said, as she looked passed his shoulder and saw someone standing a couple of feet away with their hands on their hips.
Kai turned around, and then his eyes widened when he saw Queen Malentha looking at them with half-closed eyelids and a raised eyebrow.
"Uh! Q-Queen Malentha-" Kai said, but was cut off by the queen herself.
"Don't bother to explain fire boy. I heard enough," Malentha said, as she was slowly walking towards them with clenched fists and the same expression.
Kai looked at Flare with wide eyes, as she just shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
"So you love my daughter huh?!" Malentha asked, as she looked at Kai with furrowed eyebrows and clenched teeth.
Kai cringed back from Malentha and replied, "Y-Yes I do. I love Flare."
Malentha snorted, and then she turned towards Flare and asked, "Flare, Do you love this fool?!"
Flare looked at her mother and nodded.
"I do ma," Flare replied with sincerity.
Malentha crossed her arms and closed her eyes as she thought about it. Then she turned towards Kai and looked as though she was going to karate chop his shoulder. Kai stiffened and covered his face as Flare's eyes widened at the sudden movement. Then Kai looked at Malentha in shock when he realized that she had only placed her hand on his shoulder, as he lowered his arm. Malentha smiled and said,
"Well isn't this nice. My daughter has found a guy she loves and who loves her too. I probably would have back-smacked you before, but seeing how beautifully you were helping my child from her dilemma, well, I have second thoughts about it. You are a pretty fine man so far, former vampire boy."
Kai laughed a little and rubbed the back of his head, as Flare breathed out in relief that her mother didn't strangle him.
"But my eyes will be watching you like a hawk dear fire boy," Malentha said, as she took her hand off Kai's shoulder and started walking back towards the entrance into the Bounty.
Then Malentha stood just in front of the entrance, turned around towards Kai and Flare, and added,
"LIKE A HAWK!"
Flare and Kai gulped as they nodded towards Malentha, and then she turned and entered the Bounty.
"-Sign in Relief- Well, that went better than I thought it would have been," Kai said.
"Yeah. I really thought she was going to karate-chop you for that moment," Flare said, as she and Kai snickered at the thought.
"You sneaky NINJA DUDE! You think you can just SNEAK AWAY and I WON'T FIND YOU!" A voice called from above, as Flare and Kai looked up to see Stephen swinging towards them on a rope.
"Oh MAN!" Kai yelled out, as he started running towards the Bounty entrance as Stephen landed on the floor.
"You won't get away so easy MAN!" Stephen yelled out, as he started chasing after Kai.
Flare just shook her head, and then she started laughing as she followed the guys into the Bounty.
'There is a bright side to things huh...' Flare thought.