He stood in Zane's room, near the bed. Mai stood beside him, while Zane was on the bed. Kai looked from Mai, to Zane, to Mai and back to Zane. Zane slowly sat up on the bed, looking between them.
"Is something wrong?" Zane asked.
"No. Nothing's wrong," Mai said. "Just, can you hold still while I check you over."
Mai moved towards Zane, only for him to push her away and stand up.
"I am in no need to be looked at," he told her. "I simply needed a break."
Mai looked to Kai, as she sat on the ground. Kai looked at her, then to Zane.
"I think I'll go and let you two figure this out," Kai said.
He slowly began backing away, towards the door. Then he stopped, seeing Mai getting to her feet. Zane turned to face her, watching her every move.
"Zane, you know that you can tell me if something's wrong," Mai said calmly.
"I said nothing is wrong," Zane frowned. "Now back off!"
Zane shoved her down again, turning as Kai dashed from the room. Mai jumped up, barely avoiding Zane as she ran to Kai. They ran down the hallway, terrified as Zane chased after them.
"We have to get contact with the others!" Kai told Mai.
"To the control room,' Mai told him.
He nodded, sliding around the corner as a blast of ice shattered against the wall.
"Is he trying to kill us!" Kai screamed.
"Only freeze us," Mai told him. "But if my calculations are correct, only one of us will escape."
"That's going to be you," Kai told her. "Find the others, and hurry."
"I can't leave you alone," Mai insisted. "He's my brother."
"He's my teammate," Kai retorted. "I know him, better than you. I've live with him for years. Find the others."
"But-" Mai started.
"Go!" Kai cried.
Mai nodded, turning and dashing out the door. Kai spun around, seeing Zane glaring at him. Zane's red eyes taunting him, teasing him. Terrifying him. Kai ducked as a blast of ice flew over him.
"You're a fool!" Zane shouted. "You know you'll lose! You should have ran!"
"It's a sacrifice I'm willing to take," Kai replied. "But you won't take me down easily."
"Then a fight it'll be," Zane growled.
He jumped at Kai. Kai barely had a second to dodge the attack before Zane somersaulted on the ground and jumped to his feet. Kai spun around, jumping to avoid a low kick, then ducking to avoid a punch. He rolled out of the way to avoid Zane's grasp. He jumped to his feet, launching a fireball at the nindroid. Zane extinguished the flame and blasted Kai with his ice. Kai barely avoided the first blast, but the second one caught his hand. Kai gasped, his hand frozen in a layer of ice.
"Not so tough against me now, are you?' Zane smirked.
Kai's hand erupted in flames, melting the ice. Then he launched the fireball at Zane. He dodged it and frozen Kai's feet against the ground. Kai panicked, trying to get out of it. Before he realized what was happening, Zane had grabbed him by his shirt.
"Enough talk," Zane said, tauntingly. "Time to leave."
Zane flung Kai into the wall. The ice around Kai's feet shattered into many shards, clattering to the ground. Kai fell to the ground, unconscious. Zane moved over to him, lifting him onto his shoulder and carrying him away from the Temple.
Mai ran inside, Lloyd, Nya, and Jay close behind her. The place looked calm and neat for a fight scene. All except for the few scorch marks and ice shards around the room. Nya hugged Jay tightly, looking around the room.
"They aren't here," Mai said.
"What happened exactly?" Lloyd asked her.
"Yeah," Jay agreed.
"I felt a virus in the temple, something evil," Mai told them. "I found Kai in Zane's room, and Zane updating his system. Then he woke and was acting abnormal, then attacked us. Kai told me to go and find help, and clearly it didn't take long for him to be subdued."
"Can you tell where they went?" Nya asked.
"No," Mai sighed. "And Zane's signal isn't visible, so I can't track it."
"What do we do?"Jay asked.
"We need everyone back here, ASAP," Lloyd asked. "Cole, Dash, Zack, Nicki, Roy, everyone."
"We don't know where Tylor, Stan and June went, though," Mai interrupted.
"We get who we can," Lloyd turned to her. "Mai, you go and find Nicki and Roy. Jay, Nya, go get Cole, Dash and Zack from the Resort. We're cutting their vacation short."
They all nodded and ran off in different directions. Lloyd sighed, walking into the control room.
"Please be safe, Kai," he said. "And let this all end. Once and for all."
Kai woke in the dark, a major headache hitting him full on. He didn't remember what happened, or how he got there. Heck! He didn't even know the "there" was. He looked around the dark room, seeing a dim light shining through what looked like a doorway. He tried to move, but felt something around his wrists. He gave a small tug to find they were chained to the wall. There were more chains around his ankles. He tried to look down at his hands, but then realize there were chains attached to his neck. If he moved in the wrong way, it could seriously hurt him. Or worse.
"Look who's finally woken up," a voice boomed around him.
Kai flinched, looking around for the source of the voice. He couldn't find it anywhere. Then again, he could hardly see anything.
"Don't worry," the voice told him. "You won't be alone much longer."
Then he remembered what had happened. Who was talking to him. How he got where he was. All of it. He had been kidnapped. He was being held hostage. By his own brother. What had happened to him? What had caused this corruption?
Kai jumped as things around him moved. He looked around, seeing his surrounding changing, he was moving upwards. Then he was blinded by light, causing him to squint to see. He stopped moving and finally was able to adjust to the light. He saw he was in what looked like Borg Tower. Actually, it was Borg Tower. Why was he here of all places?
Then he noticed two nindroids talking. Zane was one of them, and General Cryptor was the other one. Kai's jaw dropped, seeing the nindroid general alive before him. They both turned and walked over towards him, still talking.
"Fire ninja," Cryptor said. "A pleasure to see you again."
Kai growled, glaring at the nindroid general.
"Don't be like that, Kai," Zane said, faking a pout. "We're going to have a fun time, together."
"What happened to you?" Kai asked him.
Zane frowned, looking at Kai.
"I'm where I belong," Zane smirked. "With my people. An army of nindroids, with General Cryptor as my second in command. I am the leader, Kai. So be careful with what you say to me."
Kai's face softened into an expression of sorrow. Zane truly was gone now. He was alone.
"Will he work for the plans?" Zane asked Cryptor. "Or will we have to retrieve one of the other two on the list."
"We'll see what we can get from him once everything is set up," Cryptor told Zane. "Only then can we tell."
Kai looked between the two nindroids, confused.
"If not, we could always turn him into one of our own," Cryptor said.
"You can do that," Zane asked, almost excitedly.
"We turned that old man, Wu before," Cryptor shrugged. "It's not too hard."
Now Kai was furious. He attempted to jump at Cryptor, unable to reach him with the restraints on him. He choked on the chains around his neck, having to back away to breath again.
"You will never learn, will you?' Zane shook his head.
Kai panted, glaring at him. Zane tapped a button on his arm, smirking as he looked back up at Kai. Then Kai felt it. Electricity shocking him relentlessly, from the chains restraining him. Kai let out a scream of pain, falling to his knees. Once it stopped, Kai was panting, gasping for air. He shook, barely able to stay on his hands and knees. The only things stopping him from collapsing was the chains on his neck risking him suffocating if he did.
Kai noticed Zane moving around him, then felt the tension on his neck release and he finally relaxed and toppled to the ground in pain. His breathing was finally under control, and he looked up as the chains on his neck were attached to the ground behind him. The ones on his ankles were attached to the same placed, holding him in a kneeling position. Meanwhile, Cryptor chains his hands at his sides, allowing him some movement.
"That should hold you," Zane said. "Now, be a good boy and don't try to attack us again."
"I can't promise I won't try," Kai glared.
More bolts of electricity jolted Kai, causing him to scream. He fell backwards, his thighs and calfs touching in an uncomfortable position. He couldn't move, nor sit back up with the chains limiting his options. Zane pushed him back up onto his knees.
"Do you understand what will happen now if you disobey?" Zane snapped.
Kai nodded, weak and tired.
"Next time, I won't be so generous and will leave you like that," Zane told him. "Now stay put."
"Not like a have a choice," Kai muttered.
"What was that?" Zane asked, tauntingly.
"I said fine," Kai said slightly louder.
"Thought so," Zane smirked as he and Cryptor left Kai alone.