"The Anachondrai Tomb? Why would they be there?"
"I don't know. But Zane must be there."
"Lloyd, you know as well as I do that they aren't foolish to leave their GPS on. It could be a trap. They want us to find them."
Lloyd sighed."I just . . . We need to get them back. This is the best lead we have on finding them, and I'm going to go whether it's a trap or not."
"Well, if you say so. I just don-"
What happened next went by so fast, Lloyd only found out what happened until after. Griffin was knocked down before he could finish his sentence. As Lloyd turned, his face met a flat metal object. He fell down, nose bleeding, vision blurring. He mustered all the strength he could to turn his head towards his attacker. He concentrated as hard as he could to form at least a spark. Nothing happened. His attacker bent down and their face came into vision. He didn't know what or who he was looking at. Their face was black, with two red dots. He felt a prick in his neck as cold liquid was injected into his veins.
He tried to fight against the drowsiness, trying not to give up. His body started to go numb and - despite his efforts - he spiraled into unconsciousness
~•~•~
Skylor had no sense of direction. She tried to wriggle across the floor as well as she could with her ankles and wrists bound aimlessly. The former Master of Amber tried her best to ignore her shoulder, whcih was screaming at her in pain. She grunted as her head hit yet another rock in the ground. This carried on for several hours. By this time the wound in her shoulder had opened and was bleeding all over her white shirt. Her knees were scarped and bloody. But then she heard him shouting. He cried out for help. Skylor couldn't bear to hear it, but now she knew where she as heading. More hours went past as she crawled across the rocky ground, using his voice as a guide. She shuffled closer and her foot caught on a pebble. The sound of the stone rolling across the floor echoed throughout the chamber.
"Who's there? Zane?"
"Cole, it's me, Skylor," she replied.
"Wh- what?"
"I'm Skylor," she repeated, a little louder this time.
"Thank the First Spinjitzu Master you're okay! Is Zane . . ." He didn't finish.
"I . . . don't know. They left me in one of the Serpentine tombs. I've just been crawling across the floor aimlessly for hours. But I found you now. When . . . When did you get kidnapped?"
Cole briefly filled her in, but Skylor had a feeling he wasn't telling her everything. He said Zane went back to the hospital for her, but everybody else fell behind. It wasn't something he would do. Skylor decided not to ask Cole now, but to confront Zane after they got him back. "How are we going to get out of here?" Skylor said out loud. "These vengestone chains won't break."
"I have a short dagger inside my gi shirt. I can't reach it with my hands tied above my head. Can you try and get it?"
"I-I can try," she stammered. She was thankful for the darkness, because she could feel her face flushing at the thought of putting her hands inside of his gi. Not that she liked him like that. They had a platonic relationship, and she was not interested in their relationship going past friends.
Skylor brought her hands under her feet, so they were now in front of her. She shifted into a sitting position by Cole's feet, which were dangling about a foot from the ground. With some effort she managed to stand on her feet, and ended up not falling over, despite her feet not being used in several hours. She unbuttoned Cole's gi, still blushing and reached inside with her hands. Her fingers wrapped around a small metal object, and she brought the dagger out.
She started by cutting the chains on her wrists, which took a few minutes since the vengestone was almost too thick for the dull blade. Once they were cut, she started working on her ankles, and then reached up to free Cole from the chains that held him above the ground. As the shackles broke, Cole crumpled to the ground, and had to use Skylor to pull himself up onto his feet. "Thanks," he whispered.
"Now, to get out of here.
~•~•~
The sound of shouting traveled down the corridors outside the room. Nya unsheathed her katana, ready for anybody to kick down the door and try to attack. She desperately wanted to go out and see what was happening, but she couldn't leave Jay and Kai alone. Kai was awake by now, but he had a concussion and if Nya left he wouldn't be able to defend himself, let alone Jay. She had to stay for them.
Kai groaned and Nya shot him a glare, effectively telling him to quiet down before anybody realised they were in here. She had her trust in Lloyd and the others. They needed to handle this fight.
When the door opened, she charged forward, aiming for the chest. But she stopped. The tip of her blade stopped an inch from the intruder's breast. When she looked up she couldn't believe her eyes. Kai squeaked behind her. She had to be hallucinating. Yes, that was it. She had already been knocked out or drugged, and she was seeing things. She was seeing things that couldn't possibly be true. She was just dreaming. It wasn't real. Because in the doorway stood someone Nya had never seen in fifteen years. The woman who Nya believed to be dead all these years.
It was Maya Smith, Master of Water. Her mother.
I have a lot of things planned for the next couple chapters and I can't wait to share it with you guys! Of course, I need to start writing it. It will be ready in a week or two, so do not fret! (I know I have a bad reputation of keeping up the schedule of weekly updates, but I will try my best.)
skylor chan: Next chapter might revolve around what happened on the Bounty, so do not worry, my friend!