HI, I AM BACK WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER, HOPE YOU ENJOY.
~ZANE~
It had been six hours since Kai stormed off, and he hasn't come back. Lloyd, Nya, and Skylar were talking about how he had been acting where he might have gone. So, I decided to go look for Kai.
I walked outside and began talking to P.I.X.E.L, "P.I.X.E.L, can you run a scan over the city for Kai?"
"Affirmative, it will take a few minutes," She replied and began the scan.
I wonder where he ran off to. I hope he didn't do anything stupid...
"I found him," P.I.X.E.L showed me a mapped area of where she found Kai's signature, but to my surprise, he was right in the middle of the massive energy cloud.
"We need to get to him, who knows how long it's been since he went down there!" I ran and summoned my elemental dragon, rushing to Kai.
I sent out the falcon to notify Lloyd and the others, I hope he's alright...
When I finally reached Kai deep in the tunnels he was unconscious, "Take your own advice Kai, and don't go down here again."
I headed back to everyone with Kai on the back of my dragon. Everyone was waiting outside for our arrival in case Kai wasn't alright, and from the looks of things, he wasn't.
"What happened to him!?" Almost everyone yelled once they saw him. Cole and Lloyd got Kai down and brought him inside and sat him down.
"I had P.I.X.E.L run a scan on him but, it seems he may have been down there for longer than he needed," I sighed, I grabbed the cord and plugged it into me and showed the scan of what happened to Kai.
"What is that?" Maya, his mother, asked in worry.
"It seems some of the energy has somehow entered Kai's body," I stated.
Nya seemed like she was going to faint at the sight of this, "Brother no..."
"Why would he do that anyway? Did he not tell us not to go into the energy?" Cold said.
"No, you're right Cole, he did," Jay replied.
Lloyd spoke up, "Zane can you and P.I.X.E.L can you get Prof. Borg? When Kai wakes up we have no idea if he'll be alright."
"Right, I'll go and see her right now," With that, I left.
~KAI - a Few hours later~
I was finally waking up after what seemed like an eternity. My vision was clearing and my body slowly began to ache again, Great...
I could see the others around me, some of them had gone off somewhere from what I could tell. Mainly Lloyd, Nya, Skylar, and my parents were there. When my vision and hearing fully came back I could see Nya, tears running down her cheeks, "Brother, you're finally awake!" Nya hugged me and I jolted a bit since I was in pain.
"Nya, can you not... Everything hurts," I breathed heavily.
"Sorry," She sighed.
"Kai, why would you do that, of all things?" My father asked me.
What... What was he talking about? What did I do?
"I'm sorry... but what exactly happened to me?" I said honestly confused.
Everyone was shocked, Lloyd spoke up, "You're body absorbed the dark energy being released from the rift that opened under the city."
My eyes widened, "That's what caused me to faint?"
He nodded.
"For now we can't have you do anything that might put a strain on you," Lloyd said, "I'm sorry Kai."
"It's fine, this was my fault..." I sighed.
After I said that Skylar and Neuro walked in.
"Alright, what did we miss?" Skylar asked then noticing me, "Kai, you're awake, what a relief..."
"Wait, how long was he out?" Neuro asked.
"Around a day," Nya answered.
"I was out for a day?" I placed my hand on my head and looked at the ground, "What was I thinking..."
"That doesn't matter, what does is that you're okay," My mother stated.
"For now..." I heard Neuro mutter under his breath.
Did he see inside my head or something, Skylar and Neuro both seem to be worried.
I sighed, "Yeah... I need some rest."
"Skylar and Neuro stay here with Kai, for now, everyone else come with me," Lloyd instructed and the others left.
"Alright, Neuro. What did you mean?" I asked him, "You too Skylar, you were the two who seemed more worried than everyone else."
"You're not okay, that energy... It..." Skylar paused.
"That energy is corrupting your mind, Kai," Neuro said bluntly, "Or at least, that's the conclusion we got after we saw your thoughts."
"But you don't remember them, do you?" Skylar asked me.
"No... No, I don't, and what are you even talking about?" I was confused and agitated, "Corrupting my mind, C'mon! You'd think I'd know if I had certain thoughts as you say I've had!"
"Kai, I know you're upset right now, but you just don't understand..." Skylar walked closer to me, "Please Kai, don't do anything reckless again..."
I watched as Skylar looked me in the eyes and I sighed and turned away, "I still don't get how you think the energy is corrupting me."
"Why can't you just believe us?! You know we wouldn't wish this for you!" Skylar cried.
I looked at her then Neuro, "If I'm being honest... I don't want to see myself turn to the dark, I don't want to believe it."
Skylar looked up at me. "Do the others know about this?" I asked.
"No, only Lloyd," Neuro stated, "I know what you're going to say, and yes, it's going to stay that way."
I sighed in relief, "What does Lloyd think of this?"
"He wishes to tell the others but he doesn't want to make them worry," Skylar said, "But it's important you rest for now."
"It pains me to ask this but, is it even a possibility for this to change the physical attributes of someone?" I swallowed.
They looked at each other then Neuro replied, "From what we say it could be possible, I wouldn't worry about that though..."
"Yeah, you're right..." I sighed.
I got up and went for a walk until I got word that Lloyd and the others were back.
"Kai, everything alright?" Jay asked me.
"Yeah," I told him.
"Are you sure, you seem pale, are you sick or something?" Cold asked.
~COLE~
"Maybe... I'm not sure-" Kai began to fall forward and I caught him.
"Yeah, you need rest," Said Jay.
Jay and I walked Kai over to sit him down and Lloyd walked over to us, "Is he alright?"
"I'm fine... I just got light headed all the sudden," Kai muttered between breaths.
I looked at Lloyd and he had worry written all over his face, more than the rest of us, but I didn't ask why. "I think he's sick," I stated.
"It could be because of the way his body is reacting to the energy," Misako joined the conversation.
"That would make sense," Jay added.
Lloyd was still lost in his thoughts. "Lloyd, are you alright?" I asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine..." Lloyd sighed, "Just worried about Kai, we don't know how to remove the energy from his body... What if we-"
I put my hand on Lloyd's shoulder, "Don't, we will find a way to get it out of his body."
"Thanks, Cole," Lloyd smiled.
Nya and their parents walked over to Kai and the rest of left them alone.
~LLOYD~
I walked over to Neuro and Skylar and they were talking, "Excuse me guys, can you check up on Kai for a moment? I feel bad asking but he seems to be sick..."
"No, it's no problem... We're worried about him too," Skylar replied while Neuro almost instantly looked into Kai's mind.
I looked back at Kai for a moment. Until I head Neuro fall to his knees, "Gah... ah..." He was breathing heavily.
"Neuro!" Skylar yelled.
Cole and Jay ran over here while my mother and the others were over by Kai.
Skylar helped Neuro up and his eyes were dead set on Kai, "Lloyd..."
"Yeah?" I said.
"Can I talk to you outside? Skylar too," Neuro asked.
"Yeah, of course," We walked outside was Neuro was going to explain what he saw, or felt, from the looks of it.
~NEURO~
"When I Looked inside Kai's head I almost felt as if my mind was being crushed... although not for long I couldn't think because of it..." I sighed, "Kai is in pain, I fear it won't be long until he collapses."
"This is bad..." Lloyd worried, "You told Kai right?"
"Yes, you want to tell the others about Kai, don't you?" Skylar asked.
"I do, or at least Kai's parents. It seems they should know, they have the right to know," Lloyd explained.
"You're right," Neuro replied as he called the two out here.
"What is it, Lloyd?" Maya asked him.
"Kai, his mind is being corrupted by the energy..." Lloyd explained.
"No way, is he going to be okay?" Maya worried.
"We have no way to tell at the moment," I spoke up, "Unfortunately I might be unable to view into Kai's mind from now on."
Ray began to join in, "Is something wrong?"
"You could say that," I explained, "I felt a deep pain when I last viewed his thoughts not too long ago. He's going to collapse soon."
"This isn't good..." Ray placed his hand on his chin, "We need to keep an eye on him..."
"Ray... What if-" Maya hugged her husband.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Kai will return to us..." Ray reassured her.
"Maya, whatever happens to Kai, I'm sure when this all over everything will be fine," Lloyd stated.
I'm not sure about him right now...
~JAY~
I was talking to Cole about why Lloyd and the others went outside leaving Nya and Us back here.
"What do you think is going on with Kai?" I asked him.
"I'm not sure..." Cole answered, "But-"
*THUD*
"Kai!!!" Nya yelled. We both turned around to see Kai on the ground.
Nya went over to help her brother up but he snarled, "Don't touch me!"
ALRIGHT, PEOPLE, I DECIDED TO WRITE THIS SO LOL XD