Chapter 10: Gone

The ninja had been moving for hours now and there was still no sign of Zane or Sensei.

"Are we any closer?" asked Kai, growing more impatient.

Jay looked at his tracker and his eyes lit up.

"Yes!" he exclaimed, "They should be very close,"

"Then we better be quiet," whispered Cole.

The other ninja nodded and continued. Suddenly Jay made an abrupt stop, Nya's samurai almost crashing into him.

"He stopped," Jay said, "Land now, he is below us,"

Jay and Nya joined the others on the floor and they all turned the vehicles back into weapons. Jay led the way again and the group of 5 slowly made their way to Sensei and Zane.

"Okay, he should be right-" began Jay.

He was cut off by a loud clanging sound. It was a cage. The ninja were trapped.

"Oh please, A cage can't stop us!" said Kai, overly confident, "Tornado of creation?"

"The Cage is a little small for that," noted Cole.

"Hold it," said Alex, earning everybody eyes, "before we actually escape shouldn't we think of why we were captured,"

"Well OBVIOUSLY because we were INTERFERING with Sensei's, or should I say Garmadon's, plans!" said Jay.

"True, but," started Alex.

Suddenly the cage was lifted.

"Okay, that was weird," said Cole.

"The trapper must have been REALLY dumb I mean c'mon!" said Jay, "He had us in his clutches! US! THE MOST POWERFUL AND INTELLIGENT NINJA OF THEM ALL and he just lifted the cage! I mean-"

"CAN IT MOTOR MOUTH," yelled Kai.

"Hey, that's my nickname for him!" complained Cole.

"Well excuuuse me," said Jay, "I guess some people can't take pure intelligence when they see it!"

"STOP IT!" shouted Cole, getting between the two, "Let's just get to Zane!"

"Okey-dokey," said Jay as he pulled up the tracker, "He should be riiight-"

Jay stopped mid-sentence and his face fell.

"Right where?" asked Alex, getting worried.

Jay stayed silent. His face fell even more and his eyes widened.

"Jay," said Cole, his voice trying not to get squeaky, "Where is he,"

Jay started trembling. He muttered something.

"What?" asked Kai.

"H-he's n-not here!" exclaimed Jay, tears coming to his eyes.

Alex's eye's widened.

"You don't think he was...was...dismantled?" said Nya, the last word coming out as a squeak,"

"Straighten up," said Kai, his voice fierce, "Trembling won't do anything! Jay and Nya can fix him or something!"

Jay wiped his tears and nodded. He led the way to Sensei instead of Zane because Zane's dot wasn't there.