Hey everybody, here's the next chapter where we learn what Zuko's master plan is. And in this chapter we finally get something from Jay's point of view. And, just to be sure it sticks, Lloyd is still a little kid during this book series. Okay, now that we have that taken care of, lets get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ninjago because, well you know why ;)
Chapter 3
A gory revenge
(Zane's pov)
I woke up the next morning to find that everything was rather quiet, which was strange since the bounty always had quite a lot of activity in the morning. Come to think of it, is anyone even here? I quickly got out of bed and checked, only to find that my brothers were not in their beds. Where is everyone and how come no one awakened me?
Perhaps if I investigated a bit more I might be able to find the answer. I quickly walked down the hall to find that Kai, Cole, and Nya were standing in front of the kitchen, they appeared to be discussing something that seemed rather urgent.
"Where do think he went?", Kai asked.
"I don't know, but we have to find out soon, otherwise something terrible might happen.", Cole said with deep concern.
I was wondering what they were talking about, so I felt as if it was best to intervene. "What is it that you are all talking about?" They all quickly turned towards me with surprised looks on their faces.
"Zane! We didn't notice that you woke up.", Kai said with a hint of bewilderment.
"It is quite alright, now what is it that you are all so worried about?"
Kai, Cole, and Nya exchanged worried looks before Kai said, "Jay's gone missing."
I was in shock, why would Jay suddenly disappear?
"Perhaps he merely decided to go for a walk."
"Before breakfast?", Cole asked with a hint of doubt.
"Guys", Nya interrupted. "I know Jay, and he wouldn't just leave without telling anyone. Something terrible must have happened to him."
"Perhaps if we investigate, we might be able to find the answers to Jay's disappearance.", I said.
We all decided to check the room I shared with my brothers, since that was the last place we saw Jay. We frantically searched everywhere until I found a scrap of paper in Jay's bed. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the paper had writing on it. "Guys, I think I might have found something!" They all quickly gathered around me as I read the note out loud.
Hey guys!
I hope you don't mind, but I decided to go visit my parents house for a little while. My dad
said he needed help with a few things. After all, I am a master inventor! I should be back
sometime next week, so i'll see you guys later.
From Jay
This note seemed rather suspicious. The writing style seemed like something Jay would say, but it was not written in Jay's handwriting. The others seemed rather relieved about the note though, so I decided to not worry them for now, but if Jay did not write this, then who did?
(Kai's pov)
I'm glad to hear that Jay's okay, but Zane didn't seem to look as relieved as we did. I'm probably just over thinking things, I mean this is Zane, you never really know what he's thinking. Now that everything was fine, we went to have breakfast, which I cooked.
While we sat down Sensei suddenly came into the room and said, "Where is Jay? Shouldn't he be joining us?"
"It is alright Sensei, Jay left a note saying that he is visiting his parents.", Zane assured him.
"Hmmm.", Sensei said while stroking his beard. "I see, well hopefully he comes back soon." Why is Sensei acting as if he doesn't believe that's whats really going on? Oh well, he is Sensei, sometimes it's best not to question.
During breakfast Cole acted completely lifeless as usual. Seriously, what is wrong with this guy? He's really starting to freak me out. Trying to talk to him doesn't help, well all tried it, but he would just give all of us a small smile and say everything was fine. It's starting to get so frustrating!
I really wish Jay was here so he could help us, but he left to visit his parents. Still though, why would Jay leave when one of us needed help? It's true that he can be kinda...loopy, but that doesn't mean he would just leave. Well, he did say his dad needed help, so I guess that means he's fine. I just hope he comes back soon so he can help us fix this mess.
(Jay's pov)
I slowly started waking up and felt as if something was wrong. My bed suddenly felt cold and hard, the room suddenly smelled damp and musty, and is it just me, or is the room darker? After I woke up, I looked around and saw that I was in a cage!
The cage seemed big enough to fit two people inside, the room looked like some kind of dungeon. Their were bones scattered everywhere with dried up blood smeared all over the walls. Where was I!? Who brought me here!? I started to panic when I heard a familiar demonic voice right next to me, "Hello Jay."
I turned and saw that Zuko was standing right there with an evil grin on his face. I turned and tried to run, but I ended up running straight into the bars. Ugh, I forgot i'm locked up in a cage.
"Now Jay, you know that it is useless to try and run."
"How did you even drag me in here without waking me up?", I asked him out of curiousity.
"That is simple Jay, it was easy after I used this.", he said while dragging out a bottle of chloroform.
Wait a minute, he drugged me! That explains why I was so tired, but why did Zuko bring me here? What was he planning?
"What do you want with me?", I asked him out of fear.
Zuko chuckled and said, "Why Jay, I brought you here because you are a vital part in my plans.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have some business to attend to.", he said before leaving.
I noticed that he dropped what looked like a piece of paper. I was able to reach through the bars and grab it, I quickly looked at it and gasped in horror. It was a bunch of drawings of all of us, but these drawings looked terrifying!
I was basically chained up against the wall by my hands, but all the skin on my stomach was lying on the ground, leaving my intestines hanging out. The top of Kai's head had been scalped, leaving a bunch of pink stuff mixed with blood oozing out. Cole's bodiless head was lying on the floor with blood dripping out of the stump, a terrified look was planted on his face.
Zane's body was hanging from a hook, the sharp end was protruding out of his stomach, I knew he was dead in the drawing. Nya, oh god Nya, her lifeless body was lying on the ground with her eyeballs gouged out, she had stitches all over her body, i'm guessing he somehow preserved her body. I can only imagine what he's planning on doing.
I dropped the paper and started trembling. It all makes sense now, he was planning on skinning me alive and using my skin as some kind of rug or something, he wants to scalp Kai's head so he can wear it like some sick head gear, he want's to use Cole's head as his own personal trophy, he's gonna use Zane's body as some kind of decoration, and I can only imagine what he wants Nya's body for, along with her eyeballs.
Oh man, I hope the guys find out where I am soon. If they don't I am so hooped.
Ooooh, talk about your messed up kind of revenge. I decided to finally make Sensei Wu have an appearance, but I have a hard time working with him, so just bare with me here. But will the others find out what really happened? If so, will they find him in time? Remember to R and R everybody ;)
