Captured!

First author's note! Yay! I just wanted to thank you guys for all the great reviews-I didn't expect one, let alone 14!(= Thank you all tons! BTW, Ayuki Karpy, your stories are amazing!

Zane was ice. He was rarely ever surprised, even when the guys tried to scare him for a week last month, let alone in complete and total shock. But he was certainly in that situation right now. Part-god? Was Pythor crazy? Zane had a sixth-sense, yes, but he certainly wasn't PART-GOD! Pythor had obviously gone off the deep-end-all the Serpentine were looking at him like he was insane as well. Zane shook his head, immediately hiding his emotions-a bit too late of course. Pythor was smiling like Zane had given him a fang blade.

"You...are...crazy. I'm no more part god than you are sane." Pythor rolled his eyes, but Zane caught a look of bewilderment in them. He wondered what about...

"Why would I lie to you about this? What possible advantage could it give me?" Pythor questioned the boy, eyebrows raised. Zane had to admit, he had a point. Even Pythor knew not trick Zane with lies about his team, or 'twisted truths'-Zane wouldn't respond to them. So, could he, this once, be...no! It was impossible!

"Uh, if you haven't noticed, I'm an orphan.(Going with thought that Zane knows he's a robot, but snake don't, or so the ninja think, and the ninja don't want a big reveal) Again, Pythor rolled his eyes.

"Yes, because, your father was a god!" Zane stared at Pythor cynically. "Listen, boy, the father you remember from your time as a child was a robot, like yourself, and-" the temperature dropped about 15 degrees in two seconds. Pythor's head whipped around, and he looked about for a few seconds before his head snapped to Zane. The shock on his face was the most a human could muster, and it wasn't nearly the shock Zane felt. How...how...does he...know...I'm a...ROBOT?

Kai, Cole, Jay, and Nya rushed around the control room of Destiny's Bounty. They were hours away from Osobouros-the snakes had had over a day's heads start.

"Kai, can't the engines go any faster?" asked Jay worriedly. Kai clapped him on the shoulder, smiling. He was still so thrilled about finding Zane. Finally, he'd helped out, and felt normal for the first time since the tomb.

"I've got 'em on full, buddy. Don't worry. We'll get him back." Cole walked up to them and nodded.

"And we're ALSO gonna make them pay for kidnapping him in the first place.' Cole growled. Jay and Kai nodded decidedly, scowling at the thought of their brother in trouble.

"Okay guys, we've got an all-night ride to Osobouros. We should be arriving at around 7:00 in the morning." Nya stated, coming over to the guys with some papers piled up in her arms.

"And we are gonna spend the night coming up with a sneak-attack plan to save him." stated Jay. The guys nodded vigorously, to which Nya shook her head and dumped the papers on the table.

"You have half the night. Zane will stay in Osobouros if you have an amazing plan to save him, but you're to tired to carry it out." Nya smartly argued. The guys reluctantly promised, and Nya went to the helm to steer the ship. Kai and the others started preparing at once, and once again on the Bounty, hope was in the air.

Sensei Wu sat quite still, meditating with the Seeing Smokes. He had been sitting for half-an-hour before it came to him. A cavern-blood-a scream-and then, the very air glowed with frost and light. The room seemed to turn-Zane! But he was not the Zane Sensei knew-he was floating in the ruins of what looked to be an army, glowing with ice and light, a look of pure horror on his face and in his eyes, staring down at a body in his arms, that seemed to be dressed in black-Cole?-the vision was gone as soon as it began. Sensei stood, shocked. Had that been Zane, and...Cole? Oh, the gods forbid it...

Pythor stared at the boy, shivering. As his shock faded and he struggled to get a hold on his emotions, the temperature faded to normal, and it seemed a shroud of darkness was lifted from the room, like they had missed it growing darker, but now that the light was back, they saw. He was in a level of shock himself-how had the boy done it so suddenly, so...shock did odd things to people-or machines, he supposed. Trying to regain some control of the moment, he stared at the boy again, and realized he was breathing heavily.

"Well...that was Exhibit A." Zane stared at him, not saying a word. A thought crossed Pythor's mind-Don't open a can of worms you can't close, Pythor. The worms might not be to nice. Looking down at the boy, into his eyes, he had the oddest feeling he'd already opened it.

Chapter 4 done! Sorry they're all rather short, but this is my first one, so I'm just getting into the groove. Just in case anyone was wondering, Cole, Jay, Nya, and Sensei Wu will get more coverage in the next few chapters, and about Lloyd, he's still the Serpentine's prisoner. He'll show up to, don't worry!(= Thanks again for all the great reviews!