So, just a quick reminder that this story is more like a transition story between Spark of Life and what would have been Book 4(I'm not telling you the name so I don't reveal anything to come). With that said, enjoy the chapter!

It had been a couple days since Kai had come back, and he had grown distant with everyone. He mostly stayed in his room with Jay, who only Lloyd and Nya had seen since he had been back. Lloyd had been busy, helping Ali with the new baby, to the point where he hardly had time for anything else.

Cole and Dash had taken Zack on a vacation from everything, so he could rest and heal. They had gone to a resort off the coast for Ninjago City, a popular one at that, for a week. June, Stan and Tylor had also left their own ways, yet again with the action dying down.

This left Nya and Zane, in the Temple, having it mostly to themselves. Nya checked in constantly on her brother, seeing about helping Jay. Every time, Kai turned her away.

Zane mostly helped Nya when she was working in the workshop. They worked on the vehicles, upgrading them and repairing the odd thing. Other than that, he spent most of his time training or cooking. That, and talking with his sister.

Then something happened that morning that was out of the ordinary. After Zane had taken Mai, Lloyd and Ali breakfast, he return to the kitchen to clean the dishes. There, he found a surprise waiting for him. All the dishes were cleared from the table, stacked beside the sink. The sink was filled with warm, bubbly water, and the drying rack half full with clean dishes. Standing in front of said sink, was a certain redhead, arms elbow deep in the soapy water.

"If you wanted to help, you could just ask," Zane laughed.

Jay jumped, spinning around and sending droplets of water and soap spraying everywhere. Jay tensed up, staring at Zane. He walked up beside the tensed ninja, placing a relaxed hand on his shoulder. Jay looked up at him, being the shortest ninja. Zane gave him a friendly smile as he grabbed a dish towel.

"You can wash and I will dry," Zane smiled. "Are you good with that?"

"Yeah," Jay mumbled, nodding.

Zane took a plate and began drying it from the dish rack, placing in back in the cupboard where it belonged. Then, the biggest surprise yet, Jay spoke.

"What happened?" Jay asked. "Like, to cause me to lose my memory."

Zane froze, not expecting that question. He shifted uncomfortably before sighing and turning to Jay.

"What all do you remember?" Zane asked him.

"Meeting you, Kai and Cole for the first time," Jay said quietly. "That's really all I remember."

"Well, you know you can trust us then," Zane said, trying to lean away from the actual question.

Jay nodded, turning back to the sink. There was a couple moments of silent before Jay spoke again.

"I remember you as a normal human, and now you are a robot," he said. "How?"

Zane sighed. He figured Jay would ask him if he got the courage to. Zane sighed and placed another plate in the cupboard before moving beside Jay.

"You used to call me a nindroid, and still do," Zane smiled, reflecting on those days. "I have always been a "nindroid", I have just, changed, a little bit."

"Oh," Jay mumbled.

Then Jay moaned, stumbling. Zane caught him as he passed out in Zane's arms. Zane, panicked, shouted out for help.

Meanwhile, Jay was reliving a memory. Several actually. First was in the tree house where Zane discovered he was a robot. Then, although it was only voices in blackness, he lived through Zane's death again. Then, the one that truly would matter.

Shoved forwards in an orange prisoners outfit, he was put in front of a convayor belt of food.

"Work," a voice ordered him.

"It's not work if you love what you do," he heard his own voice reply. "With the power of positive thinking-"

He stopped short of his sentence, hearing someone else.

"Psst, Jay."

Jay turned, seeing two familiar faces.

"Cole!? Zane!? Is that you?" Jay shouted in a whispered, shocked and amazed. "Awe, you look amazing!"

"Not so loud!" Cole snapped in a hushed tone. "They think we escaped and don't know we're here."

"Why would you come back?" Jay asked.

"'Cause we're breaking everyone out," Cole smirked.

"Correction," Zane said. "We're building our way out."

Zane pointed towards a tarp, which covered a large object.

"They think we're fixing the Noodle machine," Cole explained. "But we're fixing a Roto Jet."

"A Roto jet? But aren't we underground?" Jay asked.

"That's what I've been saying!" Cole moaned.

"What happened to the positive thinking?" the man working on the machine asked, his thick accent making it a little harder to understand his words.

Jay's eyes snapped open, finding himself in his room, or better yet, Kai's room. He could hear two worried voices.

"What did you tell him?!" one snapped in a hushed tone.

"I only told him about the nindroid thing, then this happened," the second retorted.

"You aren't suppose to tell him anything!" the first cried.

"How was I supposed to know?" the second snapped back. "You never tell us anything, let alone come out of this freaking room!"

"What's going on?" Jay spoke up.

He saw Kai and Zane near the door, arguing. They both jumped at Jay's voice, turning to see him now sitting upright on the bed.

"Are you alright?" Kai asked, quickly averting the attention off of Jay's question.

"Yeah, I just got some memories back," Jay rubbed his head.

"Flashbacks," Zane commented.

"What?" Jay questioned.

"Flashbacks," Zane repeated. "Every time someone mentions something important in the past, like me being a robot for example, it triggers a flashback, allowing him to reclaim the memory, or memories, that involve it."

"Huh?" Kai said, confused.

Zane let out a long, annoy and irritated sigh. Then he spoke again.

"He is reliving his past in small portions," Zane said, matter-of-factly. "When you mention something involving a key event in his past, it triggers the memory. Therefore, returning it to him. Understand?"

"Yes," Kai moaned, irritated.

"I think I get it," Jay said quietly.

"Wait, so if we help him, just by mentioning certain things, he will remember?" Kai asked.

"I believe so," Zane nodded. "Not only things, but people, names, places or events in history can help."

"Alright," Kai nodded.

Kai turned to Jay, who sat on his bed, looking slightly confused. Kai chuckled, sitting next to his friend on the bed.

"Wanna get some rest, buddy?" Kai asked playfully.

"That sounds nice," Jay smiled.

"Alright, I'll come check on you soon," Kai smiled.

He playfully messed up Jay's hair before climbing off the bed. Jay snuggled up in the covers and drifted off to sleep. Zane and Kai snuck out of the room in silence. As the door clicked shut, Kai turned to Zane.

"You could have asked us for help, you know," Zane said quietly.

"I didn't even know what was happening or how to do any of this," Kai replied.

Kai looked down at the ground, feeling ashamed for not asking for help. Zane placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and Kai looked up. Zane smiled at the red ninja.

"Now you do," Zane told him. "And you also know that everyone is here to help."

Kai smiled at the nindroid. They hugged, Kai finally feeling at home after so long.

"Now, let's call a meeting with what team is still here and talk this out with everyone," Zane told him.

"Can you do the talking?" Kai asked as they walked down the hall.

"Alright," Zane laughed. "But you can tell everyone what to do."

Kai nodded in agreement as the two walked off to gather everyone for a meeting.