After putting Cole to bed, the rest of the ninja went up to the bridge again.

"He's not safe here." Kai said.

Lloyd nodded, "With the state that he's in, and the city, he's vunerable to anyone."

Jay thought for a moment, until he was positive a literal lightbulb light above his head, "But what if he wasn't in the city?"

They raised an eyebrow at him.

"Com'on, guys! Remember the last bad-good-bad-good guy we met? We sent him to the jungle! If we convince him, we may be able to persuade him to help look after Cole, if we send him to the jungle!"

You know," Lloyd started, "that idea isn't half bad."

"Yeah, this is a great idea and all, but, one minor problem." Kai said.

They looked at him expectantly.

"Do go on." Nya said.

"We have to get to the jungle in the most discreet way. But to get to the jungle, you have to go through the city, and I doubt a flying ship is discreet."

Zane spoke, "Perhaps we could put him in a cage, take our spare campers truck and get him through the city that way? It would seem that we were locking him up."

"Yeah, but wouldn't the people feel threatened if he was awake?" Nya asked.

"Well, we could tell Cole what's going on, then Zane could sedate him. We had to do it soon anyway."

This plan seemed to be the most suitable one, so they all agreed.

*****

Once Cole had woken up, Zane had once again moved him to the bridge to explain the situation.

Zane was asking him health related questions while they walked to their destination.

"Have you been feeling dizzy lately?"

Cole nodded.

"Does it hurt to do anything in particular?"

Cole nodded and stated, "To breathe and to speak." He wobbled while walking.

Zane stood infront of Cole and held his shoulders, to steady him.

"I can't do much about the breathing problem, but if it pains you to speak, don't do it, okay?"

Cole nodded.

Zane continued to ask simple questions while he supported Cole to the bridge.

He was sat down in the chair again -which hadn't moved since last night.

The others soon arrived and greeted them.

"So, Cole, we decided that you're not safe here." Kai said.

Cole raised an eyebrow at them.

"What do you mean?" Cole went into a coughing fit immediatly after.

He couldn't breathe. He was going to die. Oh, god he was going to die.

"Cole! Listen, you have to just breathe, okay?" Zane told him. When Cole found he couldn't, the ice ninja sent Jay to get an oxegen mask from the first aid kit.

Zane was speaking to Cole and telling him to keep breathing when Jay came back.

The ice ninja took it from Jay then put it on Cole.

Eventually, the coughing slowly stopped, and the earth ninja could now breathe easier with the mask on.

They first had Zane check Cole's vitals before they explained the plan, how they would put him in a cage, sedate him, and pretend to take him to Kryptarium Prision or whatever but take him to the jungle instead.

"But... what... what should I do if I need to defend myself?" Cole asked, taking in deep breaths to test the oxegen mask.

Lloyd bit his lip, "Well, remember my father? At the moment, he's in the jungle, and it took some persuading, but he's decided to help look after you while you're there."

Cole's widened, "You are kidding right?"

The rest shook their heads in sync.

"Okay, when do I have to leave?"

"As soon as you're ready." Zane told him.

Cole nodded. "I'm ready."

"Nya, do you think you could grab a syringe of Ketamine for me?"

The water ninja went to the infirmary to get it.

Zane rubbed Cole's back and said to him, "It's a concious sedation, meaning you may feel drowsy, however you will still be awake, but you may fall asleep. It is also likely that you will have no awareness of what's going on around you, and little memory of what happened."

Cole nodded.

Jay and Zane directed Cole to the cage and leaned him against the bars.

Nya handed Zane the syringe and the nindroid went into the cage and kneeled beside the earth ninja.

"This will only pinch, are you ready?"

"Yes."

Zane injected the sedation and walked out the cage.

"Sorry, Cole." Jay said, and shut the cage.

Lloyd walked outside where they were.

The green ninja saw a drowsy-looking Cole in the cage and Zane with an empty syringe.

"Let's go to the jungle then."

This drive was going to be smooth sailing.

*****

The drive wasn't smooth at all.

Kai had volenteered to sit next to the cage incase Cole needed help. The had a large cover over the cage to keep him and Cole from being seen.

Kai had tried to make conversation with the earth ninja, but Cole's words were all slurred, and speaking was taking away his energy.

They had been stopped a couple of times by civillians and police officers, who were demanding to see what they were hiding.

They lifted the cover off and told them that they were taking Cole somewhere far away where he couldn't hurt anyone, then they covered them back up.

The traffic lights were hacked by some people who wanted to start the biggest traffic jam in the world, so that caused a few problems.

And finally, Cole had almost blew their cover. The ninja couldn't blame him though, like Zane had said earlier, the earth ninja had no idea what was going on around him.

And when they got to the jungle, Garmadon was nowhere to be seen.

****
"This is fine! We were going to stay with Cole until the sedation wore off, anyway!" Jay screamed in panic.

The ninja were at the rendezvous point and Garmadon was still missing.

The earth ninja had reached a level of awareness by now, but was still drowsy.

"Maybe, he got the time wrong?" He slurred.

Cole was still trying to figure out what exactly was going on, as he was still sedated.

Zane chuckled quietly at the earth ninja's attempt to understand the situation.

"Not quite, my friend, not quite."

"If you're telling me, I have to help this weakling, I will kill you in your sleep." The ninja whipped around to see Garmadon walking towards them.

"He was sedated, it won't last for long." Nya explained.

"Well, obviously he is weakened from all those injuries, and he must have trouble breathing, hence the oxegen mask." The dark lord continued, "I will take care of him, but you must stay until this... 'sedat-ched' has passed."

His son walked up to him, "We were going to do that anyway, and we have one more request."

"Tell me what you must, ninja."

"Meet here every week so we can check up on Cole." Garmadon bowed his head, indicating that he had agreed.

"Hmm, if that is what I must do, then I will do it."

*****

After five hours of talking, the sedation had worn off and the rest of the ninja could leave.

"See you soon, guys."

He was met with replies of, "Same to you", "Try not to die" and "Here, here".

Zane turned to Cole before he left.

"Unless you are eating, drinking, or taking medication, do not take off your oxegen mask."

Cole nodded.

"Farewell for now, brother."

"Same to you."

As Zane left, Cole turned to Garmadon.

"Come mortal, we must move."