I'm not dead! Right now, life is busy for me with the holidays and all that, but I am also writing an original novel I hope to publish, I can't post anything here for the risk of it getting stolen. I have also been charged with writing a script to a short 30 min. Movie for my family, so I'm loosing it. I'm also having a hard time with friends at school, also if I kinda just vanish assume either my novel is calling, my script needs to be finished, or I'm depressed and writing angst. I will do my best to update most of my stories before I do this.
Although, there is some good news, I am not going on a complete hiatus, i will still update, hopefully about once a week to every two weeks.
Oh, and a quick disclaimer, Skylor is dead in this story. In the crystal cavern scene, the snake spell took her life, and she died in Kai's arms.
Kai growled in anger as Chen and his stupid snakes slithered off, leaving the master of fire and former master of amber alone in the shimmering caves, the crystal-encrusted walls, though beautiful, only made him more upset. Chen was willing to put Skylor though so much for his own power, and he didn't even care if it killed her.
"Skylor, let's get out of-" He started, turning around, and stopping mid-sentience. When the master of amber entered his gaze, tears sprung into his eyes. Blood poured from her mouth, and her scarlet hair was messy, in some places missing in clumps, as if someone has pulled it out. Her green eyes were dull, and had turned a shade of silver.
She was dying.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Kai cried running over to her. He put two shaking fingers on her pulse- it was still there, but slow and irregular. He did his best to hold in a sob.
"K-k-Kai?" She grit our, shifting painfully, a hand on her ribs. Kai tensed, he moved her hand- gasping, her hands felt as if the bones had been reduced to powder. He put his hands onto her chest to do CPR, but instantly removed them- her ribcage was destroyed.
"Skylor, hold on, I'm gonna get you Misako and she'll have healing tea alright? Just hold on," Kai Said, trying to figure out how to pick Skylor up without injuring her further.
Skylor seemed uninterested, her lips staying firmly shut. He stared at her eyes, the life fading from them. For a fleeting moment, Kai saw them light up.
"Mother?" The master of amber whispered staring past Kai.
Kai knew what was happening, she saw the spirit of a lost loved one, ready to lead her to the departed realm.
"No! No! Don't take her! No! I love her, don't you understand, without her I'm alone!" He cried out, but there was no reply. He stared at Skylor, desperate to do something. He felt tears slip out of his eyes as his lover breathed her last, her once-green eyes fluttering closed.
Kai grabbed her body shaking it, trying to wake her, to believe she was only unconscious, But he knew the truth. Those eyes, once full of joy and love and even wisdom of someone who had been through far too much for her age would never open again. He sobbed he found it hard to draw breaths, his chest hurting in a way only heartbreak can make one hurt. It felt like his lungs were on fire, and his heart was shattered into millions of pieces. He collapsed onto the ground, curling into a ball. He heard screaming, was that him? He screamed until he felt his sister's hand on his shoulder.
"Kai?" She Said warily, "we need to get back to the mainland and stop chen."
"Why? Skylor's dead Nya, I don't want to live in a world without her!" He Yelled, And his sister staggered back in surprise.
"Kai. Please don't do anything you'll retreat," She Whispered. Kai let out a growl, before he felt his sister heave him to his feet.
"Let's get out of here."
Kai awoke from his flashback, he was in the room he shared with the other ninja, it was still dark out. Falling back onto his bed, he turned his head to see Ana alarm clock displaying the time 5:00 AM. He sighed, when he awoke this early in the day he'd never be able to fall back asleep. He wondered why whenever he fell asleep his brain would play that nightmarish memory to him. He still remembered the master of amber's agonized screams as her powers were carelessly stolen, because of those those two idiots reading the spell, it hadn't only stripped her of her powers, but her very living essence. He hadn't been able to bring himself to attend her funeral, he just locked himself in the bathroom and cried.
"Up early, hothead?" Teased Cole, from the doorway, his face was smeared with frosting and Kai guessed that the master of earth had gotten into the cake again.
"Yeah, I had a nightmare." Kai Said, sitting up and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. He slid his feet into a pair of reds, fuzzy slippers.
"Was it about Skylor?" Cole Asked gingerly.
Kai's only response was a curt nod.
"I know how you feel. When I lost my mom, nothing was ok," Cole Said, sitting down next to his friend.
"Thank's brother." Kai Said. Cole gazed out a window into the woods nearby where they had docked.
"What do you see?" Kai Asked.
"I thought I saw something move- never mind, why don't we get a head start on training?"
Please note that this is not lava.