Hey guys! It's been a while, hasn't it? Welcome to the final chapter of this story. I hope this wraps it up nicely, because I'm not planning on a sequel. I have a new story to torture Zane with once I clear up enough room on my list of writing. Don't forget to R&R, and enjoy!

What just happened? All that Kai could register was some mumbling by Zane and other Zane, and suddenly, they were both on the ground. The confusing part happened next. A large boom and a cloud of smoke pointed towards an explosion, but neither of them had any bombs.

"Everyone... ok..?" He coughed through the think cloud of dust. He heard faint murmurs of confirmation, which were muffled because his ears were still ringing.

A gasp from Jay drew Kai's attention to the two Zanes, and his mouth fell agape at the sight.

Their Zane was horrible. Gashes all over his body were pouring smoke, and his wings were spread out. His right arm was hanging on by some wires, but not much else, and his power source was... shattered. Glass shards littered the ground around him, and the blue hue had been sucked out of his eyes, leaving a dull gray in its place.

The other Zane wasn't too much better, except there was no smoke surrounding him.

They were truly... dead.

Jay immediately ran to their former friend's side, picking over the damage. There's no way he could repair this, not with this much gone. Just as he was about to shut the hatch he was looking in, a chip caught his eye. He plucked it out of the drive, and looked it over. The label was scratched off, but that was really the only damage done. If this is what he thought it was...

"Please be what I think you are..." Jay clutched it tightly.

"Jay? What is it?" Cole asked sadly, his voice think with smoke.

"I think I may have found his memory chip," Jay smiled, and turned back to the team. He had some work to do.

6 Months Later

"This should do it," Jay placed the last gear in place, nodded to Nya, who was equally as exhausted as he was.

"Jay, what if it doesn't work?" She asked nervously. Jay thought for a second, then shook his head.

"Then we live with the regret forever. Ready to flip the metaphorical coin?" Jay placed a hand on the power switch, and motioned to Nya to do the same. She took a deep breath, and pulled, Jay following suit.

Whirs and clicks filled the room as they looked nervously towards their creation. Slowly but surely, he sat up, and glanced around the room.

"Jay? Nya?" His eyes widened. "How did you-"

"Zane!" Jay cried, and flung himself onto his friend, crushing him in a hug. "You've been dead for six months now, Nya and I tried our best to build you a new body off of your father's blueprints."

Nya embraced her friend as well, but Zane stiffened.

"What's wrong?" Jay asked in concern.

"You don't hate me?" Zane ran his new hands down his thighs nervously, and Jay grimaced.

"Well, we all have mixed feelings. I wouldn't have built this body if I wanted you gone, right?" Jay nervously chuckled, and Zane's gaze dropped.

"It's Kai, isn't it?" The Nindroid asked, and Nya nodded. "How do the others feel?"

"Lloyd's indifferent, and Cole still has hope that you're a good person on the inside," Jay took Zane's hand in his own, and led him out of the room.

"Wait, Zane. Something we forgot to tell you," Nya paused, and braced herself for his reaction. "You don't have any ice powers. Your power source held it all. When you blew it up, it took your elemental abilities with it."

"Oh," The Former Ice Ninja felt a knot growing in his stomach, although he knew it was just his nerves. Now he had to face Kai with the knowledge that he couldn't even be a part of the team anymore? Not that they would want him back on anyway.

Jay knocked on the game room door, and the Fire Ninja swung it open, his lips twisted into a victorious smirk.

"Cole? Lloyd? You guys too. I have a surprise for you guys," Jay gulped as the door became crowed with two more defeated ninja. "You know how I said Nya and I were working on a gift for my folks? Well, we lied. You remember. I found Zane's memory chip after he faced off with Other Zane. We rebuilt him."

He stepped aside, and Zane was frozen like a deer in headlights. Nobody said anything for what seemed like a few hours. Suddenly, Kai's expression changed from confident to fury as he stormed into the hallway, grabbed Zane's arm, and pulled him into his room.

"Kai, I-" Zane began, scared of the rage plastered across The Fire Ninja's face.

"No. I'm not going to listen to you blabber on about how sorry you are. I'm not going to listen to you try to justify yourself. You're a horrible person and just looking at you makes me mad, but I can't say I don't feel a bit sorry for you," Kai sighed, sitting on his bed.

"Listen, Zane. I'd like to think that everything could return to the way it was with sunshine and rainbows and all that, but I can still recall that entire scenario with your copy very clearly, and that means everyone else can too. We just don't trust you anymore. Just because Jay and Nya rebuilt you doesn't mean that we forgive you."

"I don't blame you. I don't blame any of you for hating me. I tortured and killed people, all the while trying to convince myself that it didn't matter. That since it wasn't my home, none of the things I did mattered. It wasn't until I had to admit what I had done to you all that I realized that my actions were very much real. And if it's what you wish, I will march right up to Kryptarium Prison and rot away for the rest of my life," Zane could feel tears welling up in the back of his eyes, and fought to keep them out. He must have been doing a bad job, because Kai's expression softened the tiniest bit.

"No! You're not going to that place. You're going to stay here and suffer while we figure out what to do with you. Personally, I think you got what you deserved when you blew up with Other Zane back then. So, because I can see that you're obviously on the verge of tears and the others will probably bust in here any moment because they think I'm holding a knife to your neck, let's go outside. I'm sure they'll try to reason with me, so just know that even though I might be a bit nicer, I will still never forgive you for what you did. Got it?"

Zane nodded weakly. Kai opened the door, and walked out, Zane trailing behind him.

"We heard a lot of muffled mixed emotions. The good news is, Zane's still alive. The bad news? He's a serial murderer who's going to have to be convicted for something. But, however stupid it may sound, I don't want to throw him into Kryptarium. It just feels wrong," Jay frowned, and everyone nodded.

"Zane, we're gonna have to ask you to leave so we can talk," Cole turned to the White Ninja, who slid into the game room. Once he was curled up in a beanbag, he fell asleep, nightmares of the other world haunting him in his rest.

"Zane?" Lloyd knocked. He had been sent to retrieve the Nindroid so he could receive the verdict. He knocked harder after receiving no answer. Still nothing. He sighed and opened the door anyway, only to find him sleeping.

"Zane, wake up," Lloyd shook him, and he bolted awake, eyes wide in fear of something. "You ok?"

Zane nodded hesitantly, rubbing his hand over the place where he had so realistically felt a knife plunging into his skin moments before.

"Alright, get ready Zane," Lloyd led him down the halls, unnerved by Zane's unusual quietness.

He reached the door, and let Zane in first, shutting the door behind him. Lloyd took a seat next to Kai, who was wearing a grim expression.

It'll be ok. Lloyd told himself. There's nothing to be afraid of.

He hoped he didn't look as nervous as he felt.

Zane stood, staring at the wooden boards beneath him. His fingers twitched as he wound them around themselves, trying to avoid thinking about the five piercing gazes glaring into him.

"Zane, we're not going to sentence you to death or anything, lighten up," Jay said, a smile playing on his lips, and Zane looked up curiously.

"But Kai-"

"Nevermind Kai. The point is, he's the only one here that wanted a really harsh punishment. Unluckily for you, we had to give him some of that to satiate his thirst for blood, and... Zane, I'm kidding! Jeez," Jay stopped himself when Zane's complexion drained and his eyes widened.

"Look, we miss you. The old you. Which is why, expect for my brother, none of us could bring ourselves to really hurt you. But Jay's not kidding about the verdict being harsher than we would've liked. We also had to factor in that you have no more elemental powers, which means you couldn't really be part of the boy's club anyway," Nya backed up Jay, who had slunk back in his chair after Zane had relaxed.

"I'm just going to cut to the chase because I can't stand seeing you like this. You're done," Cole crossed his arms, proud of himself for getting it over with. But pride turned to confusion when everyone glared at him.

"You had to put it like that? Really?" Nya grumbled, and Jay mumbled under his breath, putting his head in his hands.

"Oh," Cole realized what he had said. "I didn't mean it like that! You're not going to die," He reassured the White Ninja, who was staring in terrified shock at the Ninja Leader. "You're just off the team. You're sentenced to house arrest. Kai wanted to ship you back to Birchwood Forest, but we wouldn't let him. So you're stuck here, I'm afraid," Cole gulped.

The team could only stare when Zane started to laugh.

"There's nothing funny about this! We just told you that you're stuck inside for the rest of your life! Why are you laughing?" Kai asked, exasperated.

"Because I forgot how good it felt not to have people tripping over their feet to serve you every time you speak! Of course I'm heartbroken that I'll never see the outside world again, and that I'm basically imprisoned, but even though Kai might want me thrown into a pit of lava, I'm still alive, aren't I? I may never be trusted again, but at least I'm kind of happy again," Zane, although he felt a pit of sadness dwelling inside him, was smiling like an idiot.

Jay broke the stunned silence by rushing over and wrapping Zane in another bear hug. "You also have to cook for us. Did I mention that?" He chuckled, and let Zane go.

"It's almost five. I guess I better get started then," Zane grinned, and rushed off, Jay in hot pursuit.

"What do you think Sensei's going to say when he gets back?" Nya asked, and the others shrugged.

"Honestly? I don't care. I'm going to go and chat with Frosty while he cooks. Care to join?" Lloyd extended a hand to Kai, who shook his head.

"Kai, you're going to need to accept it eventually. Just because you didn't have a bullet driven through his head doesn't mean it doesn't him. He can never leave the Destiny's Bounty. He's stuck practically being our maid forever. You're going to have to realize that you can't stay mad at him until the sun explodes," The Green Ninja frowned, and left, Cole trailing behind.

The two siblings were now left, and Nya sighed.

"I wanted him to come home as much as you did. That's why I helped Jay rebuild him. I missed him. I was hoping you would at least give him a chance. You know I heard some of what you said to him when you two were alone? I know you hate him. But, please, give him a chance?" Nya squeezed his hand as she left as well. Kai stood in the center of the room, running a hand through his hair.

"Well, Frosty? Looks like you won them over. Good for you. But sadly, I'm not so easily swayed." Kai said aloud, feeling fiery anger build up in his fingers. Suddenly, it dissipated.

"Oh, who am I kidding? They're right. I missed seeing you around. But that doesn't mean you're on my good side yet," Kai chuckled to himself as he left to join the others. Murderer or no murderer, he couldn't stay mad at Frosty forever. Especially after seeing how Zane had talked about what he had done when he had pulled him into his room.

Laughter could be heard from the kitchen as he approached. He sheepishly ducked in, and Lloyd smiled knowingly next to him. He looked upward at Zane, who's eyes seemed to shine as he talked and laughed with his former team. Zane turned away for a second to pull something out of the over. After testing the temperature, he went to coat the food with a thin layer of ice to cool it, but nothing happened.

He saw the quick pang of hurt and sadness on his face before he turned back to the others to comment on a joke Jay made. No one else seemed to notice.

That's gotta be hard. Kai grimaced. There was a lot of work to do if he ever wanted to feel remotely close to the Nindroid once more, but he was sure that they would manage somehow.

Ninja or no ninja, we're not done with you just yet. Kai smiled as the team laughed. They were finally whole again.