Authors Notes: Please do not think any of this is shipping. Well except for Jaya. I don't mind shipping in all its forms. Its just not in use here. Keep reading :D

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Twisted Cogs:

Shadows

Chapter 10

Gotcha

"Ow…" Jay ran his fingers through his hair. Bits of rock fell from it hitting the ground around him. He looked up seeing the steep incline they had just tumbled down. He and Cole had to have tumbled a good 25 feet into the cavern they were in at that moment. Cole...thats right they had both fell in. Jay looked around finding Cole laying on the ground. His shirt had been ripped down one side and their was blood coming from a gash on his forehead.

"Cole!" Jay limped toward his friend trying to roll him over. "Cole your as heavy as a bear." He grunted. Cole finally rolled onto his back with some effort. Cole moaned pulling Jay to him and he turned onto his side.

"Okay your alive…" He said shoving Coles arm from off him. "You and Kai just like to cuddle don't you." He said and looked around the room. Their was a loud crashing noise. "Come on Cole we gotta get out of here!" He gasped hearing something else. Jay stood up looking around as if he were a meerkat looking for a snake. And a Snake was just what he saw.

"Cole get up!" Jay yelled. Cole jumped at the sound of his friend. He saw the giant snake and allowed for Jay to pull him along down one of the corridors.

"You okay Jay?" Cole asked. Jay nodded his head and looked around. He wasn't to sure just where they were or where they were going.

"I'll be okay if we get out of here alive." Jay said and looked back and forth down one of the large corridors in the labyrinth. He closed his eyes and tried to think about where they were going.

"What now?" Cole asked. Jay shook his head.

"One of the main rules about mazes is to stay to the outside. I don't even know if this is the outside or the inside. But I'm going...and its better then where we were which is being chased by a huge snake." Jay said his anxiety getting to him, and he was starting to yell. Cole grabbed Jay and ran down another way. "And you know where we're going?"

"Not a clue. But its better then where we were."

"Hey thats what I just said." Jay threw his arms up in the air.

"Yes and I'm agreeing with you short sheet. Now if you don't mind...we're ninja...be quiet." Cole whispered and pushed Jay a little further up onto his shoulders.

After a little while Cole put Jay down and looked at his phone. It as busted. Jay looked at his. It was busted up too. Actually it was in pieces. He sighed and looked up at Cole.

"We're stuck...aren't we?" He asked and Cole shook his head and pulled out a marker he used on his CDs. He started to mark arrows on the wall to point to where they had gone. At least they can insure that they weren't going to go down the same way. They started to walk.

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Echo sat on the bed looking down at the lightning shapes on it. He couldn't sleep at all. Nya had curled up on the other side of the bed telling the concubines that she was taking over Jays bedroom because she was mourning him. Which was actually true but she was also very sad and just wanted to stay in a room where it still smelled like him. Echo was so tired, but missed his brother so much. He hadn't been away from his brother for this long before. Zane had always been by his side since his creation. The first thing he touched upon activation was his brother. He curled up into a ball and silently let the tears slide down his cheeks. He buried his face into the pillow and let go.

Nya heard Echos quiet sobs as she was crying herself. She felt staying in the room might help her ease the pain but it was just making things worse. She turned and scooted toward Echo. Her arm going around the young nindroid. Nya felt her fingers being entwined with his. He was a good friend. A very kind person, and someone she always looked up to in school. She honestly hoped that they found Zane. For his sake. Both of them felt comfort in each other. Not in a love sort of way, but a kindred sort of respect. They fell asleep that way. With Echos chin on Nyas and his hand in hers.

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"Zane...Zane!" Pixals voice echoed over the link. Zane jumped as he heard her.

"Wassamatter Pixal?" Zane asked groggily looking around the prison.

"We gotta get out of here." Pixal whispered.

"Why are you whispering...your in my head…" Zane asked. Pixal stumbled over her words for a second.

"Irrelevant!" She yelled. "Come on we need to get out and its night! Everyone will be asleep!" She said. Zane just nodded his head and looked around the room and then at his wrist. A buzz saw came out of his wrist and began to cut the chain.

"Perfect!" Pixal said.

"So are you." Zane said watching the holoform of Pixal blush. The chains fell to the floor and Zane stood up stretching as he went. He wobbled and fell to his knees.

"Your ice power is gone. You might be a little weak Zane. but please we must push forward." Pixal said. He shuddered as he looked around the room and over to the door. She slowly peaked out and ran down the hallway. "Are you sure you know where we're going?"

"Haven't a clue." Zane said

"Left just here." Zane walked into the room and looked around. It looked like a huge machine room. His eyes locked onto something. His mouth already watering. He took a sip of it and smiled taking a deep swallow of the oil. He was completely empty of anything and he was so hungry. Their wasn't anything but the oil, but he didn't care. He just had the deep desire to train the whole shelf full of its oil. Even though he knew perfectly well his tank and body could only house one and a half quarts of oil. His brother was only a quart. Finally he stood back against the wall and wiped his mouth on his sleeve.

"I apologize I don't know what came over me." He said looking at two quarts. He was definitely full now.

"You were starving Zane. Theirs no harm in this not even…"

Zane didn't hear the rest of what was being said. He felt the shock to his system and he went down.

"Zane!" Pixals words were all he heard before his optics flickered and went out.

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Jay was still walking, but he was pretty sure he kept falling asleep. He bumped into something soft. He turned and looked up to see Cole looking over his shoulder at him. He was tired, their was no hiding it and the night before they didn't have a lot of sleep to begin with. Cole slid down to wall and motioned for Jay to do the same thing. Jay sat down and curled up on the floor. He felt Cole pull him to him. The room was incredibly cold and he could feel and hear Jays body shaking. His teeth were chattering. The poor kid was freezing cold.

"Could be wrong but maybe they're freezing us." Jay said feeling just how warm Cole was. He subconsciously burrowed deeper into his chest. Cole just smiled and sighed.

"I know...just try to get some sleep Jay."

"What if they come in the night?" At least he assumed it was night.

"Dude...I don't think this place has been touched in some years." He said. Jay nodded and took a deep breath and started to relax.

"Night Cole."

"Night Jay." He looked down to make sure his little brother was falling asleep before he too started to fall asleep.