Kai POV:

Cold. Everything is cold. Why can't I see anything?

More feeling returns to my hands. I push myself up, realizing now that I'm on snowy ground. It's cold and wet, and my teeth begin to chatter. I try to stand up, but suddenly a sharp pain forces me to my knees. I grip my shoulder, gritting my teeth.

Why is there blood on my hand? I reach to the back of my left shoulder again and feel a cold stone edge attached to a broken shaft of wood. More blood is on my hand.

Then I remember. Watch out, Kai, Zane's voice resonates in my head. Those arrows are vengestone. They could render your powers unusable. That must have been what pushed me down the cliff. The snow must have cushioned my fall.

I force myself up, but the pain in my shoulder is barely bearable. Alone. Cold. Injured. No powers. How could this get any worse?

A faint roar comes from the snowy forest around me. Ok, of course it can be worse. I recognize the sound. Treehorns. My eyes dart to the trees. Any of them could be legs of the large beasts.

It sounded close. I need to keep moving. I pull my hood over my face to keep myself warmer. If I'm going to survive this, I need to find people soon.

Zane POV:

I really wish PIXAL wasn't in my head all the time. Then maybe she could tell them what's going on. I can't even talk. Jay's behind me, working on the problem, but how can I tell anyone anything?

"Zane," PIXAL says. This is the first time she's spoken since Kai's fall. "Write."

That one word almost causes me to slap myself in the face. How did I not think of it sooner? I'm a Nindroid, for crying out loud. Correction, I'm an idiot.

I hear Jay protesting as I pull away from him and run through the waves of people to the bottom of the ship. I run in, grab a piece of paper and an ink pen, and run back up before anyone can say "ice".

Kai fell, I scribble down, the first time being too messy to be legible. Jay glances over my shoulder and reads the message. "What?" he freaks out, taking the paper. I take it back from his hands to write more.

An arrow hit him, I continue to write. He fell down a cliff. He's in Birchwood.

The rest of the ninja have crowded around me now. I hear Nya begin to sob when she reads what I've written. Jay pulls her into a hug, letting her cry into his gi.

"Was he killed by the arrow?" Cole asks. Always Cole, to clarify things. I reply on the paper, he was still alive when he fell. There's a chance he's alive.

"It's alright, Nya," Jay whispers into his girlfriend's ear. "We'll find him, I promise."

"Jay's right," Lloyd agrees. "Ninja will never be forgotten. Kai's strong. We'll find him."

We're coming to save you, Kai.

Sorry these have been some short chapters. I will try harder to make them longer as this story progresses. Let me know what you guys think, and I hope you are excited about my new story coming up soon: Not About Numbers. The main characters will be our favorite ninjas' kids, full of twists and turns. Enjoy this for now!