Skylor woke to the sound of shouting. It came from somewhere down the corridor. Then it was followed by screaming. That got her attention. She sat up slowly, still wincing from the throb in her shoulder. Then there was the sound of doors being slammed and shelves being knocked over. What was happening? She started to panic. She saw people running past her room, glancing behind them as if something were chasing banging got closer and closer.
She slowly rolled out of the bed and hid on the floor underneath it, trying to ignore the pain in her shoulder. She heard footsteps approaching and as she held her breath, she saw the feet of two people enter the room and pause in the doorway. Skylor waited for a minute, then two. Just when she thought they would leave, the bed was pulled away and she screamed as she saw a shelf fall towards her.
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Zane was too late. He arrived at the hospital, running through the front doors. He ran straight in, up the stairs, down the corridor. He knew how to get to Skylor's room after his many visits. He kept running, but when he saw the open door, he already knew. He burst in, taking in the scene before him.
The bed was flipped over. The shelves and all the items on them were scattered on the floor. The mirror on the wall was shattered. The 'get well soon' cards he and many others had gotten her were ripped to shreds. Zane had never felt so useless in all his life. He looked out the window and saw police forces gathering outside. Zane decided he should leave before they came and saw the mess. They may even accuse him of it.
Zane used the fire exit and ended up in a small alleyway. He leaned against the wall and collapsed on the floor. He hugged his knees up to his chest and cried. He didn't know how long he was there. He could've been there for one minute or two hours. When he finally got up, he saw two figures standing at the end. He didn't need to see their faces to know who they were.
He charged towards them, forming ice in his hands. He threw a ball towards them, one hitting Clouse in the chest. Lydia dodged the other and suddenly appeared behind Lydia. She pushed him to the ground and Zane tried to kick her. He missed again and then he felt a kick in the side of his head. His vision started to blur.
"You let your emotions control you," Lydia said, smiling. "We will help you control them."
Zane tried to open his mouth to speak, but she pressed her boot onto his throat. He squeaked, clawing at her shoe. Then he felt Clouse ripping open the panel in his chest. He felt buttons being pressed and levers being switched. Lydia had now removed her boot from his throat, but Zane was already starting to spasm. He couldn't muster enough strength to even say anything.
As his vision started to fade, he saw Clouse and Lydia being knocked aside by a blurred object. He slowly managed to turn his head to see bright figures running towards him. He blacked out before he could see their faces.
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Cole, Lloyd, Kai, Griffin, Gravis and Karloff had gone to the hospital while the others went to the Bounty to get healed up. When they found Skylor's room in its state without Skylor or Zane, they had travelled in the area around to try to find either of them. They found Clouse and Lydia standing over Zane, who was shaking and sparking. Karloff ran straight towards them, shouting "Leave Metal Man alone!", while Cole and Kai ran to Zane. The others chased them away, leaving the three ninjas (is that the plural?) in the alley.
Kai was leaning over Zane, crying and muttering "sorry" to him over and over again. Cole studied Zane's control panel. He wasn't Nya or Jay, but he knew that they weren't trying to kill Zane. It looked more like they were trying to control him in a way. . .
Before Cole could think of an answer Zane kicked his legs up, almost knocking Cole out. The three of them got up and Zane instantly froze Cole's legs. "Zane? What are you doing? We are your brothers!"
Zane ignored Cole and turned to Kai. He threw balls of ice at him, but Kai instantly melted them with his fire. They carried on fighting and Cole's legs started to grow number and number. He punched at the ice, but just as he freed himself, another blast of ice knocked him to the wall, pinned him to it in a blanket of ice.
Kai tried to melt the ice on Cole but Zane wacked him in the back of the head with a pipe he must have found on the floor. Kai crumpled to the ground without a sound and lay there. Cole shouted for Kai to wake up, but the red ninja stayed quiet. Then he turned to Zane.
"This isn't you, Zane! You have to help us! If you care so much about Skylor, then help me out. I'm your brother. I'm your friend!"
Zane leaned in close next to Cole's ear. "Not anymore."
I am so so so so so sorry for the long wait. I lost interest in the fandom and I lost all motivation to write. But recently I started getting back into it, and got more ideas for stories that I can write. I really am sorry that you guys waited so long, especially since there are some of you who seem to really enjoy this story. I am also sorry for lying every chapter when i say the next chapter will be up the next week. APOLOGIES!
RandomDragon: Thank you! I will start writing ideas down for that new story soon.
skylor chan: Sorry for keeping you waiting! I'm still very happy that you enjoy this story.
