Sensei Wu POV

Following behind Cole, Garmadon and I were walking. "Brother, I felt a disturbance in the Spinjitzu balance." I told him. "As did I." He replied. We stopped and waited in silence as Nya pulled a remote control out from her pocket and pressed a few buttons.

Soon, the Bounty was hovering over us with the loading platform dropping down towards us. The instant the platform hit the ground, I felt a throb in my head, and I put my hands to my head. Garmadon did the same next to me.

I felt a tug in my heart, like a rope, and I turned to where it was pulling me. "I need to go investigate." I whispered to Garmadon. "Watch the rest and I will return soon." He nodded and followed the rest of the team onto the platform. I turned back towards the way we came, and with a sigh, returned to the site where a historic moment had occurred not long ago.

P.I.X.A.L. POV

While I was on the ground, I felt like Zane was right here next to me, so close to me... but I remembered he wasn't. He was gone. Unless... no. But maybe if...yes! It could work! I had to at least try!

Zane POV

I awoke once again, but this time, I noticed my hand was translucent with a green tint. I started to panic, wondering what had happened to me. I examined myself to find that my whole body was in fact green and translucent. Was I perhaps a ghost? That would make sense, right? I died, and now my wishing to go back and see my family had made me a ghost, instead of staying in the Realm Above. But, if I had almost forgotten them, how did I come back? Maybe my subconscious has brought me back? That sounded right, right?

I started to calm down when I started to think about if I could now go back and forth between the Realm Above and Ninjago. I wondered if I could go anywhere I wanted...That thought alone had me thinking about P.I.X.A.L. and my wish to see her again. Now that I knew basically what would happen, I prepared myself for it.

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I started when I landed on the ground, hard. I picked myself up and once again saw her.

P.I.X.A.L. POV

I grabbed another piece of metal and threw it in the growing pile behind me. I almost had enough! I grabbed yet another piece, ran back over to the table, and checked the blueprints. Yes, that's enough. I was giddy with excitement! If this worked, Zane would be back! He could hold me in his arms again, and I could hold him too...

I shook myself out of my daydreaming, and the computer started buzzing. I ran over and Zane's face came up on all the screens in the whole room! I wanted to cry, and I fell to my knees.

Zane POV

I decided to go see the computer, and when I got near it, it sucked me into it. When I got inside, I was staring out from behind a glass screen, and I reasoned that I was actually inside the computer! I looked out and noticed P.I.X.A.L. looking over at it and coming over, confused. Wait, now that I was a ghost, I could possess things right? What if I tried to show her that it was me by using the computer? I grew excited and thought about projecting my face onto the screen.

She gasped and I knew that it had worked. I walked out of the box-like computer and stood beside her. She was now staring at a black screen, with her hands over her mouth, and she fell to her knees. I wondered if, like possessing and realm-jumping, if I had other capabilities. Maybe I could be seen! I focused all my energy into making myself visible, and suddenly P.I.X.A.L. turned her head and saw me.

"Z-Zane?" She whispered with a hint of disbelief in her voice. "My heart." I whispered back. I stepped forward and got down on my knees, embracing her on the cold tile. I didn't feel the cold though, because all I felt was her arms around me and her head on my shoulder. Her body was shaking, and I realized that she was sobbing. She didn't cry, but I could tell she was beyond that now.

I squeezed her tight, not wanting to lose her again. "My love. I will never leave you again." I told her softly. "Please don't. It hurts me too much." She whimpered back. We stayed that way for a long time, reveling in the fact that we were together again, finally. Whether I was a ghost, nindroid, or human. It didn't matter.

P.I.X.A.L. POV

He was here. The love of my life was back, and I couldn't even think about anything else. He stepped forwards and reached toward me, hugging me tenderly. I fell into his shoulder and hugged him, never wanting to let go. We whispered words of love to each other, back and forth. We then sat in blissful silence, not wanting to let go for fear of losing the other again.

After a long while, I heard footsteps coming from down the hall. I sniffed and got up reluctantly to go check it out, Zane behind me in a defensive stance. I cracked the door open and peered outside. Down the hall, I saw Sensei Wu with wide his rice hat and his bamboo staff click-click-clicking on the floor as he walked towards me with his head down. I motioned to Zane to come see.

He looked out and when he saw Sensei*, he relaxed and moved back. Sensei came up to the door and saw me standing there. His eyes were full of sadness. "Hello." He greeted me. "May I come in, P.I.X.A.L.?" "Of course, Sensei." I waved him into the dimly-lit room. "I-" His eyes settled on Zane, and he stopped short. "Hello Sensei." Zane grinned as he spoke. "Did I miss anything while I was gone?"

Zane POV

Sensei's eyes filled with joyful tears and he ran forward to the new White Ninja. "My child, are you alright?" He tried to touch my face, but his hands fell through. "Oh, right." He took a step backward and I reached up to touch my own face. I could feel it, and P.I.X.A.L. could, but why not Sensei? Oh, well. I'd worry about that later. I bent down to hug my mentor, and while my arms didn't go through his body, his arms went through mine. I drew back and stared down at my hands.

P.I.X.A.L. spoke with a shaky voice. "Uh- I had that all ready for you, Zane," she pointed to a heap of metal in the corner, "but I guess we won't need it anymore." She chuckled nervously and scratched the back of her neck.

"What was it?" I asked, going over and examining it. A piece of discarded blueprint paper caught my eye. I picked it up and looked over it. It was a blueprint of... me!

Seeing this took me back to the Birchwood Forest where I first learned who I REALLY was. P.I.X.A.L. bit her lip and replied, "Oh, um... I was trying to see if perhaps by reloading and applying the right hardware and metals if I could maybe... bring you back to life. But you're here now, so I don't really need to." Her compassion and determination to see that I was okay warmed the inside of me.

"My love, I was always here. I was just trying to come back home. I visited Father and discovered many things, but the greatest thing I discovered was how much I love my family." I grasped her hands in mine and brought her in for a tender kiss. Her eyes got huge as mine closed, and I heard Sensei harrumph and cough disapprovingly a few steps away. I didn't mind though. I pulled her closer and deepened the kiss, just a little. A moan emanated from her and I let go, albeit regretfully.

I smiled gently and pulled away, being met when I opened my eyes with a big smile from P.I.X.A.L. I heard a faint yell from outside the window and we all turned around to where it was coming from, me accidentally flickering out of sight in fear. I saw a flash of red and black and there stood my brothers! I flicked back in as they were saying "Sensei, we found-" When they caught sight of me, they stopped. Jaws dropped. Stares. "Hello," I said with a smile. "Kai, Cole. I'm back."

Cole POV

I think I was in shock. Could it really be him? My brother? I slowly drew the face panel out of my back pocket and walked slowly towards Zane, not believing it. I looked down at the panel, then at his face. The metal plate where it had fallen off was still exposed, and I wanted to place the panel back on his face to see it whole again. He closed his eyes and then reached out to hug both of us. As he did so, I noticed that he wasn't exactly his normal self anymore. He had turned into a... ghost?! {*Cough soon-to-be-you-Cole cough*}

His arms settled on my back, but mine went through his. He let go and moved to hug Kai. When Kai couldn't touch him either, his face scrunched up and then lit up like he had an idea. He jerked away and asked, "Pixal, is the metal you had still here?"

"Yes, over there." She pointed behind her. "Okay, hold on a minute while I try something." He stepped over to the metal body Pixal had constructed for him earlier and laid his hand on it. He closed,p his eyes like he was concentrating, flickered, and then stepped into the machine, disappearing as he stepped into it.

The body came to life with a soft whirr and the head lifted up. It was now tinted green, and it smiled. "It worked!" He cried.

"Zane? Are you in there?" Kai asked.

"Yes! Now I can possess things and I don't have to be a full ghost now either!" He yelled, ecstatically. I ran towards his new body and hugged it. I was followed by everyone else in the room, and then we backed away, except for me. I set reached to put the panel from his old on his face in his hands. He straightened up and grazed the piece with his new fingers.

With a sad smile, he gave it back. "Keep it," he whispered to me, "you need it."

Straightening up, he turned to Sensei as he heard "Well, I believe we should head back and celebrate with the rest of the team." Sensei Wu told us with a smile.

I laughed and said, "Oh yeah, almost forgot about them!" I led my friends back to the ship and waited for the others.

~ Le time skip of about 15 minutes ~

Nya POV

As I climbed on the loading platform of the Bounty with Jay, he was the quietest I had ever seen him. I scooted closer to him and leaned my head on his shoulder, glad that I was a little bit shorter than him. He sniffled and put his head on mine. I reached my arms around him and gently squeezed, and he did the same to me. We rocked back and forth slowly, not needing words until we reached the deck where we parted. As I turned around, my mouth dropped open in shock.

Shiny metal greeted me in place of my old friend, but he was there nonetheless. Jay rushed past me with a cry of joy and threw his arms around his brother while I shook myself back into reality.

"Zane? Are you really here?" I laugh-cried at him.

"Yes, it's me Nya." He replied with a smile. "Where are Lloyd and Garmadon?" He asked me as Jay finally let go and joined Cole and Kai.

"They were looking for Sensei, but I'll let them know we're all here now," I told him, going up to the control room and sending out an SOS message to Lloyd and Garmadon telling them to meet at the ship immediately.

Less than 2 minutes later, they were on the deck staring at Zane. "Wha-" Lloyd sputtered, surprise etched across his face. Garmadon and Wu were conferring in low voices near the cabin door, but that was fine. "Let's celebrate! Then you can tell us how you got back from the dead." Kai yelled at us, striding towards the dining room with Cole behind him licking his lips in anticipation of chocolate cake and ice cream. Well, I was just glad Zane made it back safe and sound. After all, he IS our brother, teammate, and friend forever!

*Cole is 6'3, Zane is 6'2, Kai and Pixal are 5'11, Nya is 5'9, Lloyd and Jay are 5'8, Senseis are 5'7.