Updated November 20th
The dreadful sound of chains clashing together filled his eardrums, pushing him to the maximum level of irritation, well he was already at that level about an hour ago, or was it two? He couldn't remember when or how he got where he was. His head hurt too much to try and think, a migraine was coming upon him, definitely made things worse, if they could get any worse.
One thing for sure, he was in a vehicle, a moving vehicle. His body moved with a sharp turn, his body smashed into the side door, then they went over a pothole, double head bang, literally.
He opened his eyes long enough for a glimpse of what he was in and what made his neck hurt. A reinforced Jeep, judging from all the steel plated windows and doors, it's what he is currently in.
A heavy, thick, black leather bag was rested on his neck, connected with a vengstone chain in the front. He guessed the bag was filled with several lead balls, from his experience, lead balls were used the most to cause strain and exhaustion. His neck ached badly, probably gonna be extremely sore later, whenever he gets out of his situation, if he gets out of this. Every once in a while he felt a much stronger force and it felt as if his bones were under a large amount of pressure, felt as if they were being crushed.
At the very back of the leather bag, another chain was connected, most likely vengstone, it traveled down along his back. It stopped at his waist then split into four chains, each connecting to each of his ankles and his wrists, a little too tightly for his own comfort.
The man groaned as he felt an electric shock at the back of his neck. It felt like a sting at first, but then it began to hurt more and more. There was some sort of electric needle sticking into his neck, not allowing him to lean back, or to fall asleep, which he tried every second, but it didn't work.
In the vehicle, there were four men, two beside him and someone in the driver's seat and one in the passenger seat. The man squinted to see more detail. They were definitely armed, each had a rifle and extra mags. The soldier to his right had a shotgun, looked deadly. They were all equipped with different pouches, walkie talkies and many more objects.
One of them looked to him and started to reach into his pouch, he took out a small tan rag and proceeded to wipe blood that had drizzled down onto the man's cheek and chin. The soldier nodded to the man and then returned the rag to his pouch.
He tried to talk but his mouth was parched, he hadn't drank anything for a couple of hours, he knew that.
His did his best to look at the condition he was in at the moment. He had various bruises and cuts all over him. A warm substance began to drizzled back down his lip and onto his chin, his nose or a cut was still bleeding from whatever had happened.
The man closed his eyes and did his best to think of the events that lead to this. They were on the bounty, no, they were in the temple, yes. The airjitzu temple, their new headquarters or training center.
XX
Kai stood his room, folding his clothes, what he and the others did on saturday, laundry day was an important day for them. They would no longer have to train in the same stinky clothes. Although it wasn't that bad, Cole and Kai were the only ones who became really sweaty during intense training days.
He had five pairs of training clothes, excluding his gi. They had to be washed weekly, mainly because of the odor that it would give off and it was Wu's rule.
He folded them each neatly and placed them in their appropriate drawers, his dresser was next to his bed.
"All done...Finally-" A faint, but sudden noise echoed through the halls and into the rooms, sounded like glass shattering.
Kai slowly walked to his door and peaked out, he stared down both ways of the hall, he saw nothing."Hello?"
No answer. He shrugged and figured that it must have been Jay messing around with his tools and the AC, it had some issues and he had been working on it the previous day, just about the whole day.
He left his door cracked and went back to straightening his bed up. He hummed a quiet tune to keep himself company.
A few minutes flew by and he was done with picking up his room.
Kai placed his basket on the floor and slid it across his wooden floor, it stopped in its normal spot, just outside his bathroom. It was small, had a toilet and a shower, but it worked for him.
Suddenly, his door flew open and a figure rushed in, they shut the door quickly, but quietly. Kai spun around in an instant, he eyed the man and sighed, getting out of a defensive stance.
"Cole, don't do that, can't you just knock-" He was interrupted by his friend.
Cole put his finger to his lips."Shhh." He moved his back up against the door and listened carefully.
"What are you doing?" Kai asked in a whisper, he looked around and then went to Cole.
"Sh! People broke into the temple, and they are definitely not friendly in any way. "
Kai rose an eyebrow and reached for the door and listened."What about the others?"
"I don't know, but I was in the kitchen when I heard the glass shatter. I walked around and eventually found three people dressed in full black enter through a window in the gaming room. I believe Jay, Zane, and Nya are out working on the bounty as of now, I don't know about Lloyd or Wu. They are armed with guns, which makes it worse."
Kai shuffled to his closet and rummage through it quickly and came back out with a wooden bat and one of his spare set of swords."If we need to, we have to fight to get out. We could see who wins, guns or melee." He smirked slightly to himself.
Cole grabbed the bat with his right hand and used his right to keep a firm hold onto the door as he started to crack it a bit, so they could get a look of what was happening. He peaked out and saw that the mysterious men were checking each room, more had definitely entered, Cole was almost certain that there was more coming.
He pushed the door shut as quietly as he could, the voices of the men could be heard coming closer and closer.
"We can't get out this way, we will be shot at an instant if we look like we are going to rush them." He walked away from the door and went to one side of Kai's bed and looked out the window. He studied the surroundings, no threat was to be seen, but they had to move fast.
He unlocked the window and pushed it up, it slid up easily and quietly.
Kai nodded and hopped up onto the window seal, he peaked out and saw some options they had. Go on the ground and make it to the Bounty, or go to the roof and get to the Bounty." Follow me, get up to the roof." Kai strapped his swords onto his back and began to use whatever he could get a good grip on to climb.
Cole hopped onto the window seal and grabbed onto the wooden beams Kai had grabbed a hold of, before he started to climb, he used the bat to push the window shut, quietly, then he began to climb.
Kai grabbed the edge of the roof and lifted himself up. He stood up in a crouch stance and made his way to the front yard. He gazed down, there were definitely a lot more people than he expected. The whole lawn was littered with the intruders, all armed and dressed in black.
His eyes traveled to where there was a grouped huddled around two people. Kai squinted to see who, but when one of them moved he saw that Zane and Lloyd were being chained up.
"Oh no." Kai murmured. He saw some blood going down Lloyd's right side of his face, he had a few scratches from what he could see, along with his shirt torn in the back. Kai shook his head and shuffled back over to Cole, who was just now getting over the edge of the roof.
"They have Zane and Lloyd. Not sure about my sister or Jay." The both of them went to the edge, but stayed back a bit incase someone was to look up for some random reason.
Kai scanned the Bounty, the deck was littered with people, there was no way that Jay and Nya were on there, they would have been found by now.
"Lloyd and Zane must have been doing some work in the Bounty, the other two must be somewhere in the temple." Cole stated. He turned and shuffled on down the roof, looking for a different way down."We can't go back to your room, chances are they are searching it right now."
Kai turned and followed Cole, both slowly and carefully walking the edge of the roof. Cole stopped and placed his bat at an angle where it wouldn't roll off of the edge. He began to climb down, getting a hold of whatever helped him stay steady. Kai stayed at the top to keep watch while Cole looked for a safe way in.
Cole stopped at the shattered window, gaming room, the one the intruders entered through. He grabbed the top of the window and lifted his lower half into the room, doing his best to avoid the sharp glass pointing out from the sides of the frame.
He landed on the floor, silently. Glass shards covered the floor, good thing his was wearing shoes. He stuck his head out the window and looked up at Kai.
"It's clear, throw my bad down first before you come down." Kai nodded and did as told, dropping the bat in Cole's hands then proceeded to climb down to join him.
Cole turned around and began to get a good look at what they did to the room. The closet was open and nearly everything had been through out of it onto the floor, pillows, blankets, and couch cushions were tossed around.
The game consoles and games were scattered about along with the controllers. The door was wide open.
Kai made it down and made his way into the room, same as Cole did.
Cole glared at the door, he pictured it as one of the intruders."The rekted everything as if they were searching for something specific. If they are looking for us, why did they have to throw everything around, it's not like we are going to be hiding in the smallest crawl space."
Kai shook his head, he was furious and very much confused. He clenched his fists tightly at his sides, which Cole noticed. His friend definitely not having this.
"Kai I understand you are angry, but please do not do anything stupid right now, I need you, okay?" Both looked straight into the eyes of one another. Kai nodded slightly, just enough for Cole to know that he understands.
"Okay, good." Cole moved to the door and examined their surroundings outside of the room. No one was in sight, all his saw was trashed hallways." They might of been searching for secret weapons so we won't be able to defend ourselves."
Cole moved slowly out of the door, when they heard a sudden noise. Both froze, sounded like someone fell up against a wall, or was slammed into it. He started back into the room, but Kai stopped him and slipped past him, looking back at him as he started to walk down the hall.
"That could've been them." Cole's eyes widened and followed.
Kai came to an opening, their little entrance to the temple. No one seemed to be guarding it at the moment, or taking an interest to come inside.
"Hear that?" Cole stayed in place and waited for the sound to come again, it did, but louder."Voices, I think we should-"
Kai shushed him and peaked around the corner again, this time he looked up the stairs. The soldiers were assisting a man, that happened to be Jay, behind him, Nya was being cuffed and chained to be taken out of the temple.
"Oh no." Cole whispered as he got a look.
Kai glared daggers at them, so many questions so many answers that could be given, why was this happening to them, and how."We can't stay here we have to-"
"Hey! Look, the other two!" A voiced shouted from the outside. Both Cole and Kai's head turned straight to the door, panic rising in them.
"Seriously?" Cole said drawing his bat, ready to fight."Guess we are doing this the hard way."
The two charged towards the intruders as they did the same to them, neither side showing signs of fear, or even hesitation, just confidence in both sides, which seemed off.
Jay looked up at the fight, he groaned and shook his head at them, the only thing he could do, his body hurt badly. If he and Nya couldn't hold their own against them, Cole and Kai are surely to be next in being taken captive. They might give a better fight, but their intruders had experience in fighting such powerful beings.
Jay and Nya were quickly escorted out of the temple, to get them restrained and to make sure they wouldn't give an attempt to get away and help their friends get away.
Kai was good at disarming enemies, in fact it was one of his best traits, being able to take away your foes weapon quickly is a great advantage in a fight, especially when gun are involved. He knew his way around them, obviously he could take it away quickly, but emptying the mag of bullets was easy for him as well. He then used the empty gun as a projectile, throwing them or using it as a bat sometimes or a rock to aid him and Cole in the fight.
In fact anything around them was useful in the fight.
From behind, Kai was kicked in the back, felt like a steel toed boot, he surely was gonna have a mark later. Kai spun around, grabbing the nearest limb of the man, his left arm to be precise. He gave a jab to his gut then reached for his other arm as he spun him around, then Kai proceeded to bend the arms backwards until he heard a crack and an ear piercing scream.
He let go, only to be shoved into a wall, another had jumped onto him, but this time he was more skilled.
Cole was also struggling, even with the bat, which had actually cracked at the handle. He swung one last time over the back of one of the men, it splintered and broke in two.
"Oh boy." He said as he dropped the spiked handle and jumped up, coming down with his elbow going into the crook of the man's neck, a deadly blow that could potentially kill a man, or just severely harm them, giving them intense pain in the neck forever.
Kai growled ferociously as he was hit in the jaw with steel coated knuckle gloves, a cheating way of fighting this man had. He kicked him back and flipped him onto the ground. He stepped onto his back and lit his hands on fire, then placed both hands on the back of black jacket the man was wearing. He burned a hole through the coat and whatever vest he was wearing, soon the fire made its way onto bare skin, burning it and making it red and slightly bloody. It was definitely going to scab up later.
Cole jumped behind a door, slammed it in the face of the oncoming men, making them tumble into one another, tripping over each other like dominoes in a line. He locked the door, but it was no use. The intruders quickly recovered and broke through the windows on the side of the doors, more glass shattered throughout the temple, they were getting another in.
"They are gonna surround us!" Kai hissed as he made an attempt run to the nearest room. He was met with the masked men, slowly they began backing up the two into a small circle
There was no way out, unless they kept fighting, and they did, only engaging in combat with those who were close. Kai grabbed a picture frame, slipped the picture out and slammed the glass into one mans face, glass flew in every direction.
"Enough!" A voiced shouted, nearly echoing to the outside. It startled everyone, both masters stopped and looked up to where the voice came. A man, unmasked stood at the railing, staring down at them, with a rifle in hand."Let's settle this the easy way."
Cole shook his head. His hair was in his way, it was wet from sweating."Not until you explain to us what you are doing in our quarters, this is trespassing. Along with assault on innocent civilians."
"I wouldn't call you a civilian, master of earth." The man stated smirking. He definitely some sort of military person, his hair was cut short, but he did seem to have a beard growing. Not much else could be told about him, considering he was dressed up to his neck, Cole couldn't see his eye color either.
"Why are you doing this?" Cole asked, Kai taking his side, but he kept himself on high alert, just in case someone tried to do something stupid.
The man looked up at the ceiling and then back down to the two, his smirk never faded, neither did the bad vibes he gave off."You will see." He raised the rifle and pointed it at Cole.
"Wait!" Cole raised his hands up in defence and as a sign for mercy, but he shoot anyway. Instead of feeling an intense amount of pain and felt a tingling feeling. Cole opened his eyes and looked around, on his arm there was a dark sticking out of it.
He looked up confused, but soon realized that he had been tranquilized when he felt the sudden urge to shut his eyes and sleep. He staggered backwards a bit before falling helplessly onto the wooden floor.
Kai looked up and moved one foot forward before being shot as well, in the neck. He felt the same tingling feeling."You're gonna pay...for this." He latched onto the door handle for support, but it was no use. He fell onto his back, barely awake, but soon everything faded into darkness.
XX
Kai's head hurt even worse from running throughout the whole memory. There were so many things he could have done differently, he and Cole could've done differently. They should've been the ones to get away, contact some help and get the others to safety, but no, they went by their own rules of never leaving another ninja behind, which was something they all refused to break, and it was shown then, but it was a mistake.
Yet they barely even used their powers, they have dragons they could of summoned, anything really… They just weren't thinking correctly in the heated moment, perhaps this will be a lesson, not only for Cole and Kai, but for the others as well.
Kai flinched when he felt a sharp pain shoot through his entire body, starting from his neck, where most of the pain was centered at due to the bag resting on him, filled with those lead balls.
"We are here." Someone said. Kai felt the vehicle come to a slow stop. They waited a couple of minutes before exiting the car and waiting for further instructions.
He heard talking, but couldn't make out what was being said other than hearing someone say something about a bracelet and getting him out of the car.
One man opened his door wide and leaned in, using a key from his belt to unlock all the chains, from his wrists, ankles, and even the one that was connected to the back of the bag. He attached the keys back to his belt and lifted up the leather bag, he unhooked it from the front to get it out of the car easier.
It landed with a loud thump and clink on the concrete, it blew dust out from the edges, flying around everywhere until it finally rested back onto the ground.
Kai felt the instant relief of the bag finally gone, he felt so light, as if he could just jump up and fly away. He knew he was going to be sore later, but that didn't matter right now, all he cared about is that he was alive and that dreadful bag was gone now, and hopefully forever.
The man reached back in to retrieve Kai. He carefully turned Kai so his back was to him, then his slipped his own arms under Kai's and began to pulled him out of the vehicle.
Kai felt his back pop from that. No only he gave a very weak groan of pain, he was too sore to be moved at the moment, but at least he got to feel the cool and open air.
As he was dragged out of the vehicle, another man came up and assisted his comrade. They both lifted Kai up so he stood up on his feet, another came up and bent down to Kai's ankle. He lifted the pant leg up and pulled a bracelet out of his pouch and clipped it around his leg, it came with a very sharp needle that poked at his skin for a second.
He flinched and attempted to open his eyes, he did, just very little. The sun was bothering him.
"Take him to a cell along with the others." He heard someone say, his heart sank.
He was being taken to a cold cell with bars and probably not a comfortable bed, he already hurt enough and learned his lesson, what more pain did he need to go through. He quickly looked around and the sight he saw hurt him.
The others we also being taken out of their separate vehicles, something must have happened while he was tranquilized at the temple because from what he could see, while he was squinting, Jay was limping badly, or unless he was limping already when he saw him in the temple, being taken out to be restrained.
That was all he saw before disappearing out of his friends sight, he was taken into the large building.
Everything was kinda fuzzy for a moment or two before Kai's eyes got adjusted to the dim lights that hung overhead, some were flickering or they were burnt out, seemed a little low for such a big building.
It was definitely cold when they reached the cells, chills ran all around Kai's aching body. It was also eerie, like a horror movie. As they passed some cells he could see figures either standing or sitting up against a wall, their heads down, as if they made a mistake or felt bad for themselves.
Kai was stopped at a cell. One of the men escorting him let him go and reached for his keys to unlock the cell door. It opened and clashed with the stone wall, creating an eerie echo throughout the rest of the cells. They took him into the cell and set him on a bed.
It was squishy, actually it was kinda high quality. He had a blanket and a pillow with a pillow case, seemed like a generous prison.
The two left the cell and locked it before heading out again.
Kai sighed and looked around his cell awkwardly. There was a toilet and sink. A toilet in an open area was not anything Kai liked, he likes his privacy, just as much as anyone else. A little toilet paper roll holder was imbedded into the wall next to it.
But the sink.
His thoughts drifted away when he realized he could really speak because he was so thirsty, his throat was parched, badly, water sounded delightful. The only problem was getting over there, it was on the opposite side of the cell. He felt too tired to move a muscle.
He was determined to get water, he needed it now that it was all he was thinking about.
Kai looked around and decided to try and stand. He scooted to the edge of the bed and somewhat began to stand, yet he had his hands placed on the bed to aid him. He felt something crack again in his back, it actually felt good though.
He took a deep breath and prayed that his legs weren't going to give way. He pushed himself up, with whatever strength he had left, and stumbled backwards a bit. He panicked and latched onto the cell bars to steady himself. He gazed at the sink, he wanted water. Slowly, he let go and started to take baby steps to the sink, it only took a few, well more than a few, but he did get there.
Kai sighed with relief as he turned on the sink and washed his face, he felt a sting, probably from a cut on his face, it didn't matter to him. He used his hands to make a bowl and filled it up with water and began to drink out of it. It's amazing how the cool refreshing feeling of the water is all you could want for a moment.
When he was done he used the bars as support again, his legs felt like jelly for some reason, couldn't exactly figure out the reason why. He walked over to the bed and sat himself down, it was a comfy bed.
"I should get some sleep...Something tells me I won't like what is next for me." Kai mumbled to himself. He slowly laid back onto the bed and wrapped the blanket around his body, hugging it. It only took him a few minutes before he was fast asleep, waiting for the next day.