Chapter Six:
Nya watched horrified as her brother, love of her life, and her parents' murderer fought each other in the small clearing. She was so busy watching to make sure that Kai and Jay didn't get hurt; she didn't notice Coronzo's henchmen sneaking up on her until it was too late. Nya yelped in surprise as the rough Galatians seized her from behind, their iron grip impossible for her to break out of.
Before she could yell for help, there was a loud bang similar to a gun going off, followed by a loud splash as something, or someone, fell into the nearby river….
Coronzo sprinted forward, catching up with his henchmen. "Good, you have the treasure of Archia…now let's get back to the ship, and leave this disgusting primitive planet behind."
Nya twisted in her captors grasps, trying to break free even as they carried her farther away from her family and friends…and closer to a life she truthfully feared now. A few minutes later, Nya slumped down as she tried to catch her breath, even as a much larger, fancier spaceship than her own rose into view. Coronzo stood to the side as he waited for another Galatian, this time female, to open the door for him. Sweeping into the room, he walked to the cockpit, his henchmen right behind him. Once the door to the cockpit was closed behind them, one of the henchmen sat her down in one of the two plush seats in there. Grabbing the buckle, the Galatian buckled her in.
Fuming, Nya crossed her arms tightly against her chest as she stuck her nose in the air. "Libère-moi immédiatement! Je suis la princesse Nya Adelaide Smith, de la maison honorable de Smith!" Nya felt slightly weird pulling the royal card after so many years where her title didn't mean anything to anyone, besides her brother.
Coronzo sat down in the other plush seat, buckling himself in smugly. "I know that already. I would not be forcing you to marry me if you weren't….wait. Your middle name is Adelaide?" Nya groaned as she buried her head into her hands. "What's your brother's middle name then? Acel?"
Nya rolled her eyes skyward. "Of course not. And if you think I will tell it to you, I am afraid you are mistaken…"
~Back with Kai~
Kai shifted his weight, suddenly glad that his career as a ninja has made him basically immune to being queasy at the sight of injuries. Kicking out with his legs, he swam back to shore, dragging a luckily still alive Jay with him. Grabbing a nearby root from a tree, he hauled both of them out of the freezing water. Collapsing onto the ground next to Jay, Kai looked over at his blue-clad friend, wincing at the sight of sticky red blood oozing out of his shoulder.
"Sure, let's promise to keep Jay…then not stop him tackling someone with a dragun! Honestly, what were you thinking Kai Toronto Smith! You know that some draguns are poisonous! Idiot…complete and utter idiot…"
"Kai? You're yelling at yourself… wait… that thing he had could have been poisonous!?" Jay screeched suddenly, interrupting Kai's self-lecture.
Kai stared at him for five seconds, before pulling out his cell phone. "Yeah…I'm calling Zane to get you help. Where's Nya?" Kai glanced around as he pressed the power button to turn the cell on, looking for his little sister.
~Back with Zane~
"As anyone seen Jay and Nya since they left?" Zane asked as he corrected Shade's footing.
"No…actually now that I'm thinking about it, I haven't seen Kai since then either." Skylor spoke up from where she was trying to follow Cole's instructions.
Cole frowned, worry creasing his brow. "He's probably with them. He hasn't exactly let Jay out of his sight since he overheard him talking to Nya about himself…did anyone follow that?"
"Yes. Kai hasn't let Jay out of his sight since Jay overheard him talking to Nya about Jay. Maybe someone should call them. It's getting late." Lloyd retorted back, worry creasing his brow as he wondered where his best friend could possibly be.
"I will go call Jay's cell number." Zane pulled out his cell, quickly punching in the speed dial for Jay. Silence fell for five seconds, before Zane pulled the phone away from his ear and punched in a different speed dial. This was repeated once more before he turned to face them. "None of them are answering. Jay's and Kai's both went to voicemail immediately, and Nya's claims she is out of reach. I have a very bad feeling about this."
Without another word, all of the ninjas, and elemental masters bolted for it…
~Back with Kai~
Kai wanted to throw his cell phone away. If it weren't the fact he knew his friends could possibly fix it, he would have tossed it already. Crouching next to Jay, he pressed his fingers on the pressure points necessary for slowing the blood flow around his wound. Jay winced as he arched his back away from him, a hiss escaping him.
"Sorry Jay…" Kai bit his bottom lip as worry found its way back into the forefront of his mind. If that dragun was poisoned…then Jay only had a few hours left to live unless they got help for him right now. Just then his thoughts were interrupted by the crackling of leaves. Someone was nearby! "Aidez-moi! Mon ami est blessé et peut-être empoisonné ... J'aurais vraiment dû l'empêcher de rejoindre le combat."
"Kai?! That you?" Skylor's beautiful voice called out suddenly, flooding Kai with hope.
"Skylor! Coronzo hurt Jay! We need to get him to a hospitable!" Kai cried out, ignoring Jay's mutter about how negative he sounded a minute ago.
A minute later all of the elemental masters were hovering over the emergency personal who were taking notes of the crime scene. Griffin slipped past the police, staring intently at Jay. "Soo, is Kai telling the truth or did he do it because we're getting to close to the truth?"
"Kai told the truth…by the way, after what happened I am going to presume that Coronzo has a lying habit." Jay bluntly announced.
Kai arched his eyebrow upwards as he stared at him. "What did you think we were saying about Coronzo this entire time?"
Zane crossed his arms as he looked straight at him. "You were speaking in a different language… we have no idea what you were saying."
"Oh…. we were basically saying that he is a power-hungry murderer, that lies about who killed his victims." Kai rubbed his arm as he turned bright red with embarrassment.
The paramedic straightened suddenly, announcing that he wanted to get Jay to a hospitable to properly get his injury looked at.
…
Kai paced restlessly around the waiting room, worry twisting in his stomach. Whipping around, he stared out of the large window to the city far below. Skylor walked over to stand next to him, her hand resting on his back. "I did not know you ninjas had an entire floor in the hospitable just for yourselves."
"Yeah… everyone wants to hear about the battles we won, and how we helped improve Ninjago. No one is interested in hearing about the injuries we suffered while saving their way of life." Turning back around, I glanced over at the elevator at the end of the hall. "Shouldn't the police be back with news about Nya by now?"
No sooner had the words left my mouth, than the elevator door binged open. Police Officer Nick Nickolas stepped out of the elevator. After scanning the more crowded than usual waiting room, he located Kai and nervously approached him. "Kai? Um, not sure how to explain this to you…but we couldn't find your sister. Her toolbox was next to the spaceship, that I still don't know how no one noticed it, but she wasn't there. Any chance she went back to your HQ?"
Zane shook his head as he walked over to join the conversation. "Not possible. If she had returned back to the Temple we would have noticed her…that and when you try calling her number, it tells you that she is out of reach."
A mutter of Coronzo escaped Kai, before a stream of his native tongue escaped him as he threw an impressive tantrum.
A/N: Done! Um… yeah. I think the ninjas are going to outer space soon. Fun. Also…we're almost done with this story.
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