"That's weird, feels like something's dragging the mech down." Lloyd remarked as he and his new companion Akita made their way to the Forsaken palace. "I'm not picking up anything on the radar, Akita you think you can smell anything?"

Reverting into her wolf form, she managed to pick up the scent of a stowaway. "In there, but it seems to have your scent. Whoever's in there anyways. Did anyone else accompany you on your quest to find your friend? Ah! I see a patch of blue in there."

"Ack!! Okay okay, no need to pull at my gi there ya three tailed wolf thing!" Jay squeaked, stumbling out of the boot and falling face first into a snowbank. "Hey Lloyd? I know I wanted to stay behind and all but I just.. Well.. As Wu would say, there's something I haven't told you about."

"Now's not a good time Jay, Zane's pissed off enough as is freezing this entire realm with the scroll." Lloyd grumbled. "Why did you think stowing yourself was the best option when you could have just got my attention the moment you saw me? I don't have enough food for everyone on this escapade."

Taking a deep sigh, the lightning ninja sat at the foot of the mech and began to explain. "Well the thing is, Zane told me about some weird visions he had when this whole thing started. He told me all about how he saw Aspheera going up to the monastery, then her banishing him here and finally something about a giant ice dragon freezing us all. I didn't take him seriously and now he's become some power mad tyrant..I f I had just listened to him none of us would be here right now.. Kai wouldn't have lost his powers and those Pyro Vipers wouldn't have gotten loose and those scrolls would have stayed hidden at least a little while longer."

"Well then... It would have been useful to know, since his visions never lead us astray before. I wonder what causes them, since he says he doesn't dream often if at all." Their thoughts were stopped short as a familiar roar thundered overhead. "Ack! Ummm, maybe it's just a local Never Realm ice bunny that just so happens to sound menacing?.. Aw who am I kidding? RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!"

Zane swooped down to the large mech, ready to tear it apart piece by piece. As he charged he couldn't help but sense something off about the green clad ninja, he looked human yet had the scent of a dragon. "But he looks human, yet he feel like me.." He thought, he wanted to know more about this odd newcomer. Lloyd meanwhile saw this as a one way ticket to the Ice Emperor's palace.

"Hey you big oaf!! Can't hit a moving target?"

"Shh!! Lloyd you're gonna make it mad!" Jay shushed, trying to cover up his younger friend's mouth as he continued to launch a barrage of taunts at the large, imposing dragon. In a flash the green ninja was caught in the talons of the mighty beast. "AAAAHHAHAHH!! We gotta go after it!! No wait, he'll probably be expecting that! Uhhhh... You wait here Miss Akita, I gotta go round up the others!"

"Others? How many newcomers arrived all in one day?" Akita thought as she took shelter at a nearby cave. "I do hope this Zane can be reasoned with, he has already caused so much damage to this land."

Back at the palace, Vex seemed awfully pleased with himself. "What's this? The fabled green ninja himself? It seems like they found themselves trapped here as well, oh it's a pity they don't realize a dragon can pass through realms. They can only go through to the nearest one available but it is better than nothing at all, once he's dealt with I'll take Boreal and we can get out of this frozen wasteland!"