"You can't outrun me Alex; even in your dreams." Garmadon's voice rang in my ears as something lifted me in the air, my arms pinned to my sides.
"You don't scare me, Garmadon!" I shouted, struggling in the grip, which only tightened.
"Weren't you ever taught that lying is wrong?" He sneered.
"Let. Me. GO!"
I sat up, drenched in cold sweat. I had been "home" for only a month, but constantly had nightmares.
"Another nightmare?" Nya asked. The two of us had become closer, and apparently we both had dreams, mine being nightmares while Nya had the good dreams. When it was nighttime, I envied her.
"Yeah." I sighed.
"What was this one about?" Seeing as it was Saturday, my mom didn't really care about how late we stayed up.
"Garmadon." I muttered.
"Again?" Nya asked. I just nodded.
"You dream?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
"Yeah. This one was with Kai again. It wasn't anything special, we were just talking." Nya sighed. "I wish I could go home." I remember how terrified Nya was when she first had the dreams. After I explained the whole thing to Nya, she just wanted to know more about Ninjago.
"Well, you bring your communicator?"
"Of course." She said, digging through her bag and pulling out the amber-colored device.
"You have a message." I said, pointing at Kai's button, which was softly glowing. Nya was able to get rid of the static that was on my communicator, and make it so that if someone tried to message either one of us, their button would glow. Nya pressed the lit button, and I could hear the light static that played out for a minute, kinda like how a phone rings.
"Hey, Nya." Kai said. I laid on my stomach, looking over Nya's shoulder. "What's up?"
"You tried to talk to me earlier." She said.
"I did?" Kai asked, yawning and rubbing his eye.
"Yeah."
"Oh. Well, I don't remember why. Call you in the morning." The small screen went black.
"Somebody's tired." Nya said, putting her communicator back in her backpack.
"Seems that way." I said, yawning.
"I was talking about you."
"No I'm *yawn* not." I said.
"Alex, it's two in the morning." Nya said. "I'm tired, you're tired, go to sleep."
"But... I don't want another nightmare." I muttered.
"Just... try not to think about it."
"Pfft, that's easy." I said, my voice laced with sarcasm. I laid down on the bed. "Night."
"Same." Nya replied. After about five minutes, I could tell that she was asleep. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, but was woken up when my cell phone started ringing. I grabbed the phone off of my nightstand.
"What?" I asked, sighing.
"Did you hear what's happening?!" Natalie shouted.
"No, and I'm pretty sure I won't be hearing out of my right ear anymore either."
"The police said that you disappeared! They're trying to find you!"
"Natalie, stop joking." I said, laughing dryly.
"I'm not joking! They're looking for Nya, too!" I felt myself pale.
"How... how did you hear about this?"
"The police were at my door a few minutes ago. And Spring called me."
"Thanks." I hung up the phone, laying on my stomach again and poking Nya's cheek. "Nya. Nya, you need to get up."
"Huh? Why?" Nya asked, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "What's going on?"
"I'll explain later." I said, glancing at my window. Thank God it's summer. "We have to go."
"Where?" I had opened my window and was removing the screen.
"Anywhere but here!" I grabbed my Ninjago jacket and a pair of jeans off of the top of my dresser and shoved it into my backpack. Nya grabbed her backpack and walked over to me at the window. Nya's jacket was the same as mine, but instead of the star on the wrist, Nya had the same symbol that was on her dress on the show.
I jumped out the window, glad that my room was on the first floor. I went straight to my backyard, holding Nya's wrist in a death-grip.
"What're we doing?" Nya asked.
"Running away." I said plainly. "We are running away, Nya."
"Why?" I sighed, pausing from climbing over the fence.
"The police are coming after us because they remember me dying and they don't remember you ever existing." I said, climbing over the fence and landing on the grass behind my yard. A few yards away, there was a forest.
"Oh God..." Nya said, following me over the fence.
"You should probably call Kai, let him know what's going on." The two of us continued to walk into the forest as Nya was talking to Kai. I tried to not listen in on their conversation, but it was kinda hard when Kai was screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Nya, you need to come home RIGHT NOW!"
"Kai, I've told you, I can't."
"Well, you need to find a way to get home!" Sighing, I walked over to Nya.
"Kai, listen." I said, even though he couldn't see me because I was standing a couple feet away from Nya. "We're trying to get home, so just calm down."
"Hey, are you talking to Nya and Alex?" I heard Jay ask.
"Yeah." Kai said. "Go back to sleep."
"Hell no!" I walked over to Nya, looking over her shoulder at the small screen. I saw Jay trying to push Kai's head to the side, and trying to grab Kai's communicator at the same time. Kai groaned, moving his wrist to the side so Jay would stop trying to snap his neck. They were still in the tunnels. "Hi, Nya. Hey Alex."
"'Sup." I said, waving slightly. "So, Nya and I are on the run from the police... and I'm very glad that it's still summer."
"WHAT?!" They both yelled at once. Then I could hear Cole shouting at the both of them.
"Would you two shuddup already?!" Cole yelled. "I'm trying to sleep!"
"NO!" Jay and Kai yelled in unison.
"Well at least tell me who you're talking to." Cole said, his voice not as loud as before.
"Nya and Alex." Jay replied. I heard heavy footsteps running closer to Jay and Kai, and then Cole trying to push Kai's head to the side.
"God damn you two! Stop trying to snap my neck, will you?!" Kai yelled, again moving his wrist and sending death glares to Jay and Cole.
"Guys, we're still here." Nya said. All three boys turned back to look at us. Kai sighed.
"Just... be careful, will you? I don't want my sister getting hurt." He said.
"I know." Nya sighed.
"I hope you can get home soon."
"I do to. Talk to you later?"
"Yeah. Bye." Nya didn't press the button, and I could hear Jay talking.
"Did Zane sleep through that?"
"Yeah." Cole said. Then the screen went black. I sighed, looking at Nya.
"We- we should probably find somewhere to sleep." I said, walking further into the forest.
"Yeah..." I looked around, trying to find somewhere to sleep. I saw a tree that would be able to hide the two of us, just in case of a police officer or someone would come looking for us. I turned the gears on my boots, and the spikes came out. Then I dug through my back, pulling out my gloves and pulling them on. I walked over to the tree, climbing it and trying to find a branch that would hide me, and support my weight. I saw one higher up in the tree, and looked down at my feet as I climbed so I wouldn't fall.
"I'm- up." I looked at Nya, who had somehow beat me to the branch. "I hate you." I searched for a branch again, finding one lower down on the tree. Taking off my gloves, I shoved them into my backpack and pulled on the thinner layer of my jacket. I retracted the spikes in my boots, then hanging my backpack on a branch near my head.
Leaning up against the trunk of the tree, I looked at the ring on my finger, barely able to see it in the pale morning light. Dropping my hands in my lap, I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. Trust me, not as easy as it would sound.
So... even though I've had the first three chapters in a notebook since November, I had a lot of revising to do. Ugh. Well, I might not be able to get a chapter up before school starts again, but I'll try. CameronNinjaDragons, signing off.