Chaos rained down on them. The Serpentine did all they could, but had to protect their young from the nindroids. They were ambushed, as if someone had given away their location.
"Watch out!"
Lloyd jumped over a nindroid that was flung at him. He pulled a little girl to her feet and rushed her over to her family.
"Follow the Serpentine," Lloyd said. "They'll take you to safety. Hurry."
Lloyd spun around, seeing that she was the last one. Now he just had to deal with the nindroids. He looked for somewhere to help then ran into battle. He went back to back with Dash, who was the most open at the moment.
"What do we do?" Dash asked. "We're out numbered."
"Everyone!" Lloyd called out. "Spin and run!"
Lloyd grabbed Dash tightly around the waist. She yelped as Lloyd broke out into his spinjitzu tornado. He noticed Jay, Nya and Ali grabbing Mai, Nicki, Roy and Zack, spinning in their tornados. They made it to the door and ran out as fast as they could. Lloyd hung to the back of the group, making sure everyone was accounted for as they ran. Then something wrapped around Lloyd's ankles, pulling them together and causing him to fall. He yelped and landed with a thump. Everyone else skidded to a stop, turning to look at him.
"Lloyd!" Jay cried.
"I'm fine," Lloyd said.
He found a coil around his ankles and pulled at it, trying to free himself. Then it shocked him. He yelped.
"I don't think you'll be getting that off anytime soon," a voice laughed.
"No," Lloyd breathed.
Lloyd looked up as Kai yanked him up.
"What did they do to him!?" Nya cried.
Kai shoved Lloyd into two nindroids beside him. They grabbed Lloyd before he fell and held him there.
"Kai, snap out of it!" Lloyd cried. "We're on the same side!"
"Liar," Kai muttered. "You all betrayed me and left me to die!"
"We never did anything of the sort!" Ali snapped.
"Oh, don't act innocent, Ali," Kai snapped.
"Just let Lloyd go!" Ali told him.
"He stays," Kai glared. "Now, you can all turn and leave, have the biggest defeat of your lives and come with me, or simply surrender now."
"Just go," Lloyd said. "I'll be fine."
"You should listen to him," Kai smirked.
Jay turned and lead the others away. Ali looked from them, to Lloyd and back.
"Sorry Lloyd," she muttered and ran after them.
Kai laughed, causing Lloyd to tense. He looked to Kai, seeing the technology covering him, controlling him. Kai smirked at Lloyd then turned away without saying a word. He was dragged along and pulled out into the streets. He could see all the frightened people stopping and staring at him, their hope dropped instantly. He kept his head down, hiding the defeat on his face.
"Please! Leave her alone," someone was begged.
Lloyd looked up, seeing a little girl in the nindroids grasp.
"Return to your home, lady," a nindroid said. "She is under arrest for stealing."
"She didn't steal anything," the lady insisted.
Lloyd struggled in the nindroids grasp until he managed to pull an arm free. He launched an energy ball at the nindroid. The girl shrieked as the nindroid collapsed. Her mother grabbed her hand and ran off with her daughter.
"After them!" Kai commanded the nindroid.
He watched the nindroid scramble to its feet and run off after them. He then whipped around to Lloyd, who was back in the nindroids grasp.
"You just have to be the big hero," Kai rolled his eyes.
He turned and walked off. Lloyd was dragged behind them, straight towards Borg Tower. The doors opened and Kai lead him inside. Lloyd tensed once he was brought inside. He looked around the lobby, seeing the place was now shelved with weapons of all sorts for the nindroids. He looked up when Kai approached him. He took one of Lloyd's hands and then linked it to the other one with a set of shackles. The nindroids turned and left, leaving Lloyd alone with Kai.
"Let's go," Kai said.
He grabbed Lloyd's arm and lead him further inside. Lloyd passed a couple nindroids who were patrolling the area, who watched him as they passed by. Kai stopped and typed a code into a door lock. The door opened and he pushed Lloyd inside.
"Stay in there," Kai told him.
Lloyd spun around as the door slammed shut, locking in place. He walked up to it, trying to see if there was a way to open it. As soon as he touched it, it shocked him. Lloyd jumped backwards.
"Alright, the door is electrified," he told himself.
He looked around for another way out, but couldn't see one. He sighed, giving up. He sat across from the door, leaning against the wall. His mind kept drifting towards what everyone else was doing. He constantly worried that they weren't safe and needed him. He told himself they could manage, but it still couldn't calm his nerves.
"He's in there," he heard Kai on the other side of the door.
He looked up as Kai opened the door. He stepped aside as Zane walked in.
"We'll, look who came to visit," Zane taunted him. "How was the journey?"
"What do you want?" Lloyd muttered.
He looked away, hanging his head in his arms so he didn't have to look at Zane or Kai. Zane frowned, kneeling before Lloyd. He reached out and grabbed Lloyd's shackles, pulling him forwards. Lloyd yelped as fell forwards towards Zane.
"You don't act like that to me," Zane growled. "You understand me?"
"And if I don't?" Lloyd asked.
"I'm surprised at you, Lloyd," Zane backed away. He turned his back on Lloyd, walking towards the door. "The green ninja should be more generous that I'm not killing you here and now."
"I know you want something from me," Lloyd told him. "Just tell me what you want."
"How do you know I wanted you for something?" Zane asked. He turned and looked at Lloyd over his shoulder.
"When Kai kidnapped me, he watched the others leave," Lloyd said.
"Shut up," Kai snapped at him.
Zane's head snapped towards Kai, who backed into the shadows.
"You aren't allowed to speak out of turn," Zane said. "Nor, can you give orders. You know the consequences, Kai."
"Sorry, Master," Kai bowed his head.
"Continue Lloyd," Zane said.
"Kai told the other ninja on the team that they could stay, surrender or run away," Lloyd said.
"You had to option to get the other ninja, but you let them get away," Zane yelled at Kai.
"You said you only wanted him," Kai muttered.
"I said if you can only get one, get him!" Zane snapped. "If you could catch them all, the you were suppose to get them all!"
Kai sank into the corner, looking scared.
"You'll get your punishment for failure to follow orders later," Zane told him.
Kai nodded, not speaking.
"As for you," Zane turned to Lloyd. "Get up."
Lloyd slowly climbed to his feet, Zane watching his every move. Zane walked over and grabbed his arm tightly, pulling him towards the door. He turned to look at Kai, who followed him out the door.
"While I deal with him, you are to report to Cryptor for you punishment," Zane said. "Now, go."
Kai nodded and walked off in another direction. Lloyd walked with Zane, a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach about this. He just hoped he could find a way out of this, and sooner rather than later.
