(The episode begins at the Monastery of Spinjitzu with Wu meditating. He hears the ninja arguing offscreen)
Kai: My turn! Uh, it's my turn!
Cole: Oh, you want a little more? Take this!
Jay: Yeah? How about a little of this?
Kai: Monkey paw to the head!
Cole: Ninja, roll!
(Wu goes to the video game room only to find that none of the ninja are there.)
Jay: Dragon punch!
(Wu goes to the training compound and is shocked to see that the ninja are actually training. Jay is deflecting arrows with his weapon, Cole is practicing on the dummies. Kai is practicing his Spinjitzu, Elizabeth is reading her spell book, and Zane is meditating.)
Kai: Ninja, go!
(Zane suddenly gets up from his meditation process and disturbs the other ninja. He starts by jumping in front of Jay.)
Jay: Hey! Huh?
(He steals Cole's weapon for the dummy test.)
Cole: Hey! What?
Zane: Ninja, go! (His Spinjitzu freezes the whole compound, causing Kai to slip.)
Kai: Woah, oof.
(The ice hits Elizabeth's book and it's covered in ice.)
Elizabeth: (Scoffs.) Come on, Zane. I was reading that!
Zane: Oh, my apologies Elizabeth. I'm sorry for disturbing you.
Elizabeth: (Sighs.) Guess it was time for me to stop reading anyways.
(Kai, Jay and Cole regroup.)
Kai: This roof isn't big enough for the four of us.
Cole: Correction: This roof isn't big enough for him.
(Elizabeth approaches the three boys.)
Jay: It's like he's in his own world. (Raising his voice.) I BET HE CAN'T EVEN HEAR US!
(Wu approaches the three disturbed ninja.)
Kai: Sensei, Zane's... weird.
Wu: What is weird? Someone who is different or someone who is different than you?
Cole: No, Sensei. He's "weird" weird.
(Cole's flashback shows Zane entering the bathroom despite Cole doing some private business.)
Cole: (Embarrassed.) Do you mind?!
(Jay's flashback shows him, Nya, and Zane watching a sad romantic movie.)
Man: (On TV) Goodbye, my darling.
(Zane starts laughing. Jay and Nya look angry.)
(Kai's flashback shows him going to the fridge, but he finds Zane inside) [In an alternate version, he finds a note inside Zane had left]
Kai: Ahh! Holy bologna!
Zane: I'm sorry. I consumed the last of the deli meat. Cheese?
(Elizabeth's flashback shows Zane opening the fridge and she getting out of the shower. As he looks up he sees Elizabeth only wearing a towel.)
Zane & Elizabeth: (Scream.)
(Elizabeth grabs a blanket from the couch to cover herself.)
Zane: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Elizabeth: That's it Zane! You just barge in here! You don't knock!
Zane: I'm sorry.
Elizabeth: You have no respect for anybody's privacy.
Zane: Um, Lizzie! Elizabeth!
Elizabeth: (Irritated.) No you wait this is ridiculous! I'd expect this from the other guys but not you!
Zane: (Stammers.) U-uh, can I say this one thing?!
Elizabeth: (Angry.) What?! What?!
Zane: That is a relatively open weave and I can still see your... chest.
Elizabeth: (Groans and leaves angry.)
Zane: Sorry again!
(Flashbacks end.)
Jay: Wait a minute! He actually saw your chest?!
Kai & Cole: (Groans.) Lucky!
Jay: (Curious.) Can we see?!
Elizabeth: (Growls)
Jay: (Scared.) Sorry!
Kai: We like the guy. He's really smart. He's just... (Sighs) a little off sometimes.
Wu: Zane is a brother and brothers are often different. I should know.
(The Postman arrives the Monastery with the ninja's mail.)
Kai, Jay, and Cole: Mail! (They all run excitedly to the door.)
Postman: (Pants.) Let's see. A letter from Jay's parents. (Jay grabs the mail.) Kai has a fan letter. (Kai grabs the mail.) Oh, something from Cole's father. (Cole grabs the mail.)
Cole: What, no package? I'm expecting something from Creatures, Beasts, and Beyond .
Postman: No. Nothing from... uh-uh. Here it is! (He hands a box to Cole.)
Cole: Ha! Rocky's gonna love this!
(Zane walks sadly.)
Jay: Hey, Zane. How come you never hear anything from your parents?
Zane: I don't remember my parents. I've been an orphan all my life.
Kai: You mean you've never had a home?
(Zane just shakes his head timidly.)
Jay: Hey Lizzie, have you ever gotten anything from your parents?
Elizabeth: I've never had any.
Kai: Oh, uh, who raised you?
Elizabeth: No one, I was dropped off at the orphanage when I was a baby.
Cole: Do you miss them?
Elizabeth: You can't miss what you never had.
Wu: The Monastery is your home now.
Elizabeth: (Sad sigh.) Whatever you say, Master. (She gets up and leaves for the Monastery doors.)
(Zane sadly walks away. Cole is seen at the Dragon cabinets where his package is revealed to be meat.)
Cole: Liver and toads, Rocky. Your favorite. (He feeds his Dragon.) Mm-hmm.
(Skales sees this and shows one of his fellow Hypnobrai scouts.)
Rattla: I can't believe you hypnotized one of the ninja. Does the General know?
Skales: Of course not. He's been put under the control of Lloyd. But I plan to use it for my best interest.
(Slithraa approaches Skales.)
Slithraa: Everyone works while you two slack. As my second-in-command, I expect more from you, Skales.
Skales: Yes, General. General, you know I am most loyal to you, but I must question this childish agenda. The ninja have stolen our staff yet you instruct your army to make this playhouse for Lloyd? Snakes don't belong in trees.
Slithraa: You know better than to question my judgement, Skales. I'll pretend you didn't ask.
Lloyd: Hey! If we plan to rule Ninjago from here, this elevator needs to have a trapped door! I want more booby traps!
Slithraa: As you wish, young Garmadon.
Skales: (Displeased.) As you wish, General. (Skales walks away.)
(Back in the Monastery, the ninja are at the dinner table waiting for dinner.)
Jay: Mmm. Oh, I love it when it's Zane's night to cook.
Cole: Hey. I didn't hear any complains about my duck chowder last night.
Elizabeth: That's because it glued our mouths shut.
Kai: You really thought Jay was speechless all throughout dinner?
Jay: Yeah. Please don't make that again.
(Zane enters the dining room wearing a pink apron with flowers while holding some turkey.)
Zane: Dinner is served.
(Everyone except for Elizabeth started laughing.)
Zane: What's so funny?
Nya: Zane. You're wearing a... Even I wouldn't wear that.
Zane: You laugh because I take steps to ensure I'm clean after cooking?
Kai: Haha! No! We laugh because you came out wearing that ridiculous outfit!
Zane: I guess we don't share the same sense of humor.
Cole: Well, how about this?
(He throws a plate full of shrimp on Kai's face.)
Elizabeth: (Laughs.) Now that's funny.
(Everyone stares at Elizabeth.)
Elizabeth: (Look at them.) What?
Nya: We've just never seen you smile.
Cole: Or laugh.
Elizabeth: Yeah... well... Don't get used to it.
Cole: How could you not find that funny? (Master Wu pours soup onto Cole's head.) Ah!
Wu: (To Zane and Cole.) Now you are brothers.
(A food fight erupts, but this still confuses Zane.)
Nya: He looked so cute in it.
(Later, Zane is shown to be taking out the trash when a Falcon appears on a nearby tree. The Falcon is copying every one of Zane's moves. It eventually flies. Zane decides to follow it, but he is stopped by Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: And where do you think you're going?
Zane: I have found a Falcon.
Elizabeth: (Skeptical:) Uh-huh.
(The Falcon appears and sits on Zane's arm)
Elizabeth: Ok, sorry I doubted you. Want to lead the way?
(The Falcon leads Elizabeth and Zane to Lloyd's treehouse fortress, heavily guarded by the Serpentine.)
Lloyd: If I see a girl who isn't the Scarlet Ninja, I'm gonna go ballistic.
Zane: (Looks at Elizabeth with his eyebrow raised.)
Elizabeth: What? Can't help it that i'm more like-able than you guys.
(The Falcon signifies to Zane and Elizabeth that he found what they needed to find.)
Zane: Thank you, my mysterious friend.
Elizabeth: Let's get back so we can tell the others.
(Elizabeth and Zane leave back for the Monastery)
(The following day, Zane is shown to lead his team towards the fortress.)
Kai: I don't even think Zane and Lizzie know where they're going. (To Zane and Elizabeth.) Uh, tell us again how you stumbled upon Lloyd's secret headquarters?
Elizabeth: We followed a bird.
Jay: Why did you follow a bird?
Zane: Because it danced.
Jay: Oh...okay. Was it a cuckoo bird?
(Everyone except Zane and Elizabeth laugh.)
Elizabeth: They mean the bird, Zane.
Zane: Of course not. Everyone knows cuckoo birds are not indigenous to these forests.
(The ninja and Elizabeth are stunned by the fact and follow Zane to the tree house.)
Lloyd: (Off-screen.) Watch it! No, bigger! Come on, we don't have all day! It's not time for a lunch break.
Cole: Holy cannoli, Frosty and Lizzie were right!
Elizabeth: What, did you think we were wrong?
Cole: Uh...no... I just...
(Jay laughs while Kai interrupts)
Kai: We can't let that brat and those snakes get a foothold of Ninjago. We gotta destroy that thing before it becomes operational.
Jay: Whoa! Are you sure? It looks like a pretty cool tree house. There's a ropes course... Ooh, a tree swing!
Cole: Hey! Remember who's team you're on. Alright, guys. What do we do?
Elizabeth: It looks like the entire place is being supported by those three trees. Once those ties are severed, the whole is gonna fall like a house of cards.
Zane: But why would one make a house of cards? Such construction would be careless.
Elizabeth: (Smacks her head.)
Kai: (Whispering.) Oh, brother.
Cole: Travel in shadows, boys.
Elizabeth: (Clears her throat.)
Cole: (Laughs in embarrassment.) And girl.
(The ninja sneak up as Kai severs a rope and uses it to swing into the tree house. Cole and Elizabeth use the elevator while Zane and Jay climb up a tree. Jay loses balance.)
Zane: Gotcha.
(The four ninja are now near Lloyd.)
Lloyd: (Chuckles.) It's almost finished. Soon, my fortress will be complete. You! Hold up that sign for me!
(A Hypnobrai soldier holds up a sign that says "No girls or ninja." Lloyd tests a booby trap on him to see if it works. It works and sends the soldier crashing to the floor.)
Lloyd: Booby trap!
(The ninja get to the top of the tree house and reach for the poles.)
Jay: Ninja, go! (He uses Spinjitzu to sever the first rope.)
Zane: Ninja, go! (He uses Spinjitzu to sever the second rope.)
(The tree house stumbles and sends everyone flying off onto the ground. Upon looking for the reason why the tree house stumbled, Lloyd spots Kai on top of the tree house.)
Lloyd: I said no ninja! Attack!
Skales: Everyone! Retreat!
(The Hypnobrai start leaving the treehouse.)
Kai: Cole! Lizzie! Wait till we're off the treehouse, then cut the line. (Cole and Elizabeth nod in agreement.)
Skales: (Pointing at Cole.) You! You will obey my every command.
Cole: (Under the hypnosis.) I will obey your every command.
Jay: Where's Cole and Lizzie?
Kai: This whole place is coming down!
Elizabeth: (See the guys still on the treehouse still.) Oh no! Guys! Cole! Come on we gotta-Ah! H-hey! What are you doing?! Cole...?
(Elizabeth gets tied up in rope.)
Elizabeth: Are you kidding me?!
Cole: (Under the hypnosis.) No one goes anywhere until you deal with me!
Kai: What's gotten into him?
Zane: He's under their control.
Jay: Yeah, well he better snap out of it quick because this whole place looks like it's about to go down!
(Elizabeth uses her powers to break herself free and uses her powers to land in front of the guys.)
Lloyd: Don't go. We have to protect my treehouse fortress.
Skales: Your treehouse? It's about time we did this!
Lloyd: Did what? (He uses one of Lloyd's boobytraps to trap Lloyd in a cage.)
Skales: Now, to get the staff!
(Cole still has the ninja cornered.)
Jay: Okay, now come on. Friends don't hit friends. (Cole kicks Jay on the jaw.) Ow, okay. I-I-I-I'm gonna ignore that.
Kai: What're we supposed to do? If I use my Sword, this place will turn up into flames faster than a tinder box.
Zane: Isn't the anti venom in the staff?
Elizabeth: (Creates a forcefield to protect herself.) Yeah, but the staff is back at the Monastery.
(Cole knocks Kai off the top, but Zane saves him.)
Zane: Jay! Use your Lightning! Try to shock him out of his trance!
Jay: Oh, sorry, Cole, but this is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me.
(He shocks Cole, but only makes him angrier. Cole knocks Jay off of the tree house.)
Kai, Elizabeth, and Zane: Jay!
(Jay manages to catch one of the ropes, but the tree house continues to collapse.)
Jay: That is a serious safety hazard!
(Cole stomps to Elizabeth and she backflips away from his blow)
Elizabeth: Cole, please! I know you're still in there! You have to fight!
(Elizabeth dodges another blow.)
Kai: Whoa. Lizzie is surprisingly handling herself well.
Jay: But she can't dodge his attacks forever.
Zane: She might be scared to use her powers, that's why she's trying to dodge him because she doesn't want to hurt him.
(Cole strikes at Elizabeth with his scythe but Elizabeth catches it and is trying to hold on but Cole is stronger.)
Jay, Kai, and Zane: Cole! Nooooo!
(Cole headbuts her, causing Elizabeth to cry out and he strikes her with his scythe and she is knocked to the ground.)
(Cole goes on to try and sever the last rope with his teammates still on the rooftop.)
Kai: No, Cole! Don't!
Zane: No! No, Cole! No!
(Cole suddenly snaps out of the trance when the Sacred Flute is being played by Wu as he and Nya go collect the ninja using Flame.)
Cole: Huh? Where-where am I? What are we doing?
Nya: We're getting outta here because this whole place is coming down! (Cole hops on the Dragon. Kai, Jay, and Zane follow suit.)
Kai: That flute!
Jay: It cancels their powers!
Wu: It's as old as the Serpentine themselves.
Nya: (Looks at Elizabeth.) Lizzie, you're bleeding!
(The ninja and Wu looked at Elizabeth with concern.)
Elizabeth: (Feels her head, she sees blood running through her hands.) Forget about me! We must hurry! The Monastery is unguarded!
Wu: Elizabeth is right! Quickly!
(By the time the ninja return to the Monastery, it was burnt down some of it still covered by the flames.)
Kai: We're too late. Those snakes.
(The other three Dragons cry for help.)
Cole: Rocky! (He quickly releases the Dragons to gain some fresh air.)
Kai: Our home.
Zane: Shard! Put this out!
(Shard freezes the burning flames.)
Zane: The training equipment, gone.
Jay: Our video games, gone!
Wu: They stole their staff back.
Cole: What do we do now?
Elizabeth: Oh, no. (Runs away into the Monastery's rubble)
Cole: Lizzie, wait!
(Kai's sorrow quickly turns to anger as he turns to Zane.)
Kai: If you and Lizzie hadn't followed that silly bird, none of this would've happened!
Wu: Kai...
Jay: No, Sensei, he's right! (to Zane) Because of you, my high score has been deleted!
Zane: This is a teaching moment. We must learn from this.
Cole: A "teaching moment"? What's wrong with you? Don't you get it?! EVERYTHING IS GONE!
Wu: Enough! (the three ninja turn to look at Wu) We are all at fault. Zane is your brother. Apologize at once.
(The three ninja change emotion and turn around to apologize to Zane.)
Kai: I'm sorry, Zane, I... (Zane has disappeared.)
Jay: Zane?
(Zane is shown flying away on his Dragon.)
(Elizabeth is searching through the rubble for something. The ninja walked up to her.)
Nya: Lizzie, what are you doing?
Elizabeth: (Doesn't look up.) Searching.
Kai: For what?
Elizabeth: (Sighs.) There's a box full of letters that were sent to me from my birth parents, but I never opened them. I just kept it with me!
Cole: (Offers.) We'll help you look.
(Everyone keeps looking for the box underneath the rubble until Jay finds it.)
Jay: (Holds up the box.) I found it.
Elizabeth: (Takes the box from Jay and opens it.) No, no, no, no.
(Every single letter was burned up from the fire.)
Elizabeth: (Cries.)
Kai: Lizzie, I'm so sorry.
Elizabeth: (Shakily.) It's all gone.
(Meanwhile, Lloyd and the Hypnobrai return to the Hypnobrai Tomb with Lloyd tied up.)
Lloyd: Do something, General. You're still under my command, right?
Slithraa: Enough! I am the General! You will return my staff at once!
Skales: No.
Slithraa: You dare challenge my command?!
Hypnobrai: (Chanting.) Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit!
Skales: I guess we'll have to fight for it... in the Slither Pit!
(The Hypnobrai cheer as Skales and Slithraa prepare for the fight.)
Mezmo: Winner gets the staff and leads the tribe! You know the rules. There are none, but in the Slither Pit, whatever I say goes. Alright, fight!
(The fight is evenly fair on the first round. Lloyd spots a map and plans to take it without any of the Serpentine noticing.)
Mezmo: Two weapons! (He lowers a weapons rack containing weapons made of ice. Slithraa takes a pick-axe and a shield while Skales takes two katanas. Slithraa throws the pick-axe at Skales, but Skales dodges it.)
Mezmo: Side winder! (The arena is tilted and the two snakes start sliding. Lloyd manages to steal the map.)
Lloyd: Go, General! Go!
(Slithraa tries to hypnotise Skales, but Skales kicks him to stop the hypnosis. Skales then does a move that dizzies Slithraa and then kicks him on the ground.)
Rattla: He used Fang-Kwon-Do!
Lloyd: (Worried.) Get up! Get up!
(Slithraa doesn't get up, giving the victory to Skales.)
Mezmo: We have a winner!
(Skales gains a tail and General markings while Slithraa degrades to Warrior markings and his tail is replaced with legs.)
Hypnobrai: (Chanting.) Skales! Skales! Skales! Skales! Skales! Skales! Skales! Skales!
Skales: You will be loyal to me now!
Slithraa: I will do as you command.
Skales: (To Lloyd.) You! Leave and never return! (Lloyd gasps in response.)
(The ninja are sitting on the Mountains of Impossible Height, trying to gain their spirits.)
(Elizabeth now has her head bandaged after the fight at the tree house.)
Kai: Wh-what are we eating again?
Cole: Mud newt. Not bad for something that lives underground.
Jay: (Disgusted.) What? (He spits out the piece he was eating before throwing away his portion. He then throws a rock into a can.) Yeah! A new high s-sc-score!
Cole: (Tries to give the Mud Newt but fails) You've got to eat Lizzie.
Elizabeth: (Sad.) I'm too depressed to eat.
Wu: Remember, we must be thankful for what we still have.
Cole: What do we have? Our home is gone.
Kai: You know, I don't miss our home. What I really miss is Zane.
Jay: Yeah. I miss Zane.
Nya: Zane?
Jay: Yeah, Zane. You know. White Ninja. The smart, strange one.
Elizabeth: No. (Points ahead.) Zane!
All: Zane!
(They all run to Zane.)
Jay: (Sighs in relief.) Zane. We're so sorry for everything we've said. We're a team and that means we're all responsible.
Zane: You don't need to apologize to me.
Kai: But what about all those awful things we said? Isn't that why you left?
Zane: Of course not. I saw the Falcon again and I followed him.
Elizabeth: That's our Zane.
(They all hug Zane.)
Nya: We're happy to have you back.
Zane: Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?
(Everyone except for Elizabeth and Zane start laughing.)
Wu: Yes, Zane. We would love for you to make dinner.
Zane: But I already made it. Come. I want to show you what I've found. I think you will all be pleased.
(They all follow Zane to the Sea of Sand.)
Zane: I can't explain it, but I feel a strange connection with the Falcon. I think he's trying to help show us the path we need to take.
(Zane shows them the Destiny's Bounty.)
Zane: Our new home.
(Everyone is surprised by this revelation.)
Jay: Do I smell pie?
Zane: Cobbler berry. Oh, and I made myrtle berry and apple and—
(Kai, Jay, Cole and Nya race to the Bounty.)
Wu: I'm proud of you, Zane. One day, I promise. We will find yours and Elizabeth's family.
Zane: But I've already found them.
Elizabeth: (Smiles.) Yeah, and they're not so bad to be around.
Wu: I feel there's more to you than meets the eye. There's something special about you, Zane.
Zane: Sensei, will I become the Green Ninja?
Elizabeth: (Deadpanned.) Seriously? I thought you were the mature one.
Wu: It's too early to tell, but if it's in your path, you'll know. Come now. It would be a shame to let them to eat all that pie.
(The episode ends with Wu, Nya, and the ninja enjoying dinner and another food fight while Lloyd having been exiled by the Hybnobrai is wondering about aimlessly by himself.)