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Chapter nine

Kai POV

I ran ahead, making sure no monsters were prowling around. Secretly, I wanted the-the thing that hurt Zane to come back. I wanted to kill it. I wanted revenge. I refused to look at my weakened brother, barely able to walk on his own. I had never seen him like this. Titanium is one of the the strongest metals on earth. Only obsidian or diamond could break it. Even in his first form, he was strong, able to move away from the threat before any fatal injuries were inflicted. But being here, in this dark, horrible place, for nearly two weeks, alone? I was surprised that he was still alive. Not for long. A voice inside me whispered.

"Shut up!" I hissed.

"What?" Cole asked from behind me. "A monster?"

"No." I muttered. "It's safe." I ran around a corner, leading the way back to the warehouse. I heard Zane cough something. It sounded like 'coming.' I turned around.

"Zane?"

"It." He groaned, barely conscious. "Coming."

"I-I don't understand." I stammered.

"It's okay." Cole said, giving me a look. "Let's keep moving."

"It. Coming." It sounded like it hurt to talk. I turned the corner, my fists on fire. The warehouse was in sight.

"We're almost there." I gasped, relieved. Zane might be safe. Soon we were outside the large metal doors, without any sign of danger. I pushed through, and Nya ran to me and hugged me.

"Finally!" She cried. "You were gone for so long I was getting worried!" Then she gasped when Cole and Jay walked in, Zane between them. Nya's eyes filled with tears. She's a tough girl, but when it comes to friends and family...well…

She ran over to him, pulling off her ninja hood and pressing it to his stomach to stop the blood. Cole and Jay set him down. He looked up at Nya, alarmed.

"Nya." He rasped. "Coming."

"Zane, what? I'm sorry, I-I don't understand." Jay ran into the mirror and came out a few seconds later with Lloyd. Lloyd gasped and ran over to Zane. He kneeled next to him in shock.

"We-we need to get him through the portal." He ordered, his voice shaky. I nodded and grabbed his arm, but Zane yelled in pain. I jerked away.

"C-coming." He said, distressed. "Here." Nya touched him gently, but then the wall behind me exploded. I spun around, already on my feet. What i saw- I couldn't describe it. Then I realized what Zane was trying to say. He was trying to warn us. It. Coming. Here. It was coming, and now it was here.

Lloyd POV

I kicked the pebbles on the ground, frustrated and impatient. I'm the green ninja, for heaven's sake! Out of everyone, I should be the one to go in. It's not my fault I found the gateway to The Alternate! In fact, I was the one to actually find it! If it wasn't for me, they would have no idea where Zane was! I gave an angry half-sigh, half-groan, leaning against the wall. Suddenly, Jay burst through the mirror, his eyes wide.

"Jay!" I cried, relieved.

"We found him!" He yelled, grabbing my arm and pulling me through the mirror. I shivered at the cold air that surrounded me as soon as the silvery substance of the mirror was behind me. I looked around in awe, and then my eyes rested on Nya, Cole, and Kai on the far side of the room, leaning over something. Or someone… Zane. I ran over to them. His condition was unbearable. Blood soaked his clothes, wounds were everywhere.

"We-we need to get him through the portal." My voice was shaky, even to me. Kai tried to grab his arm, but he cried out. I winced.

"Coming." He spoke, his voice cracking. "H-here." Suddenly the wall behind Kai shattered, splinters and wood boards flying everywhere. Cole shielded Zane, and blocked large pieces of wood from hitting him. Zane's breathing was quick and short. Then it came through. It was huge, and probably is going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life. It had large white fangs, and was a purplish black color. It's eyes were red. It kept changing and morphing, into a different shape, so it's features were blurred and always shifting. It had gleaming claws, they were an evil dark purple. It roared at us, and we all froze. Jay stooped down to pick up a piece of metal that had flown in front of him. He held it up like a shield. The monster growled and it's eyes fixed on Cole, or more like who was behind Cole. I glared at it, moving forward. It roared again and swiped at me. I flipped away and it clawed at Jay. He held up his shield and it was shredded like tissue paper.

"Aw, come on!" He whined, jumping away. One of the monsters' tentacles grabbed Kai and lifted him into the air. Kai struggled, but was trapped.

"DEJA VU!" He screamed, while the monster lifted him closer. "SERIOUS DEJA VU! TOO MUCH! AUGH! A LITTLE HELP PLEASE!?" Lol episode:The titanium ninja. XD

Cole shot sharp stones at it, but it simply growled as the rocks ricocheted. I gathered myself and created a small energy ball, growing bigger by the second. I blasted it at the monster, and it roared and stumbled backwards, but otherwise seemed unhurt. Jay shot lightning at its head, to what looked like it's head, but it swiped at him and missed him by a hair.

"It's indestructible!" I yelled.

"AUGH! It's got to have a weak spot somewhere!" Jay argued. Nya ran around behind it and flipped onto its back. It reared up and threw her off. She landed hard, bleeding. Cole ran over to her.

"Are you okay?" I yelled at them. Nya nodded, wincing. I summoned another energy ball but this time missed. The monster swiped it's claws at me, but I dodged, and it hit Jay. He screamed in pain.

"Jay!" Cole yelled. He ran over to him.

"I'm...okay." He growled. His arm had a deep cut in it.

"How are we supposed to defeat this thing?" I yelled. We were getting tired, losing energy. Jay had a cut on his forehead, Cole had bruises already forming on the side of his face, Nya was bleeding, Kai's leg had been cut. I had a scrape on my shoulder.

"S-stomach." Someone coughed from behind me. I turned around and looked at Zane, who was on his hands and knees. His strange silver blood dripped on the ground. "It's stomach." He repeated.

"Guys!" I shouted, dodging the monster's tentacles. "Go for its stomach!"

I really hope this works.

Kai POV sorry sorry I had to do this ug I've done him too much.

"Go for it's stomach!" Lloyd yelled at us. I stared at him in shock.

"And how are we supposed to do that?!" I shouted back. "We can't even see where it's stomach is!"

"Just...go under it!" I nodded, annoyed, and ducked under one of it's legs. I stabbed my sword upward, but before it could reach it, one of the tentacles flung me out into the open. Before I could move, its claws scratched my chest. I screamed and fell to my knees. It burned. I crawled away from the fight and stood up. It wasn't to deep. I'd be fine, as long as I got some medical treatment later. Jay was having trouble with three tentacles, so I ran over and cut one in half. Jay dealt with the other two.

"It's like we're fighting 100 different monsters at once!" Jay cried. I nodded, ignoring his exaggeration and focusing on the fight. Cole and Lloyd were fighting back to back, while Nya tried to get under the monster. Suddenly, a white streak flashed at the edge of my vision, and a block of ice formed around the monsters' foot. I turned and stared at Zane, who was on the ground, but shooting ice at the monster, freezing it. It roared, and broke free, only to be encased again. I ran over to Zane, whose eyelids were drooping. More blood poured on the stone floor.

"Stop it!" I cried, panicking. "You-You're wasting your energy!" He ignored me. His head dropped.

"STOP!" I screamed. He did, collapsing. "You have to save your energy! You can make it!"

"It's-it's too...late." He murmured.

"No!" I yelled. "No, it's not!"

"Kai, I just wanted to…" Suddenly the monster roared from behind me. I turned around, and time seemed to slow down. The monster reached out at me, swiping with its razor-sharp claws, coming to kill me, for sure. I couldn't move. Lloyd screamed, but it sounded distant. I was going to die. Then Zane was there, taking the blow, protecting me, pushing me out of the way. Time returned to normal, and Zane flew across the warehouse.

Zane POV

It was too much. The pain. I had been in enough already, but this one had really done it. It had torn too many wires. I had lost too much blood. I couldn't hear anything as I flew across the warehouse and hit the wall. Kai was screaming, I think. I don't know, it-it was fuzzy. Then he was leaning over me, my head in his lap. It hurt so much, I couldn't bear it. It will be over soon. I reassured myself. Kai was mouthing something. My name.

"Zane!" He screamed, shaking me.

"K-Kai." I coughed.

"No, no, no. This can't be happening. What did you do?" He tore off my shirt. I could tell from his expression that it was unfixable, not possible to survive from. "Why did you do that!? Dammit, Zane!" He was crying now, tears pouring down his cheeks.

"I-it had to be...this way. I-I couldnt let you die...and it was too late for me anyway. Don't cry. It will be okay." It hurt to talk, but he needed to know.

"Please, Zane." He pleaded, hugging me. "Don't go. You don't have to go."

"It's n-not a bad way...to die." I whispered. I hated it. I hated his expression. I hated him feeling sad. "Protecting y-you."

"No. No. No. Please. No. Zane." He cried.

"I will always be with you. T-tell them that. And...I love you Kai." He didn't say anything, only looked into my eyes, his full of tears. I saw a moth land on my hand. It had pretty brown markings, like a tigers, along the edges of it's wings. The rest of it was gray, but different shades. When the light shone through it, it looked like it was gleaming like the moon. I looked at Kai, his firey amber eyes, his spiked brown hair. "G-goodbye." The last thing I saw was the beautiful moth flapping its tiger-striped wings. Then I sank into the quiet, painless, darkness.

Kai POV

His eyes grew dim. I was in shock. I didn't understand what was happening. My nindroid? Dead? It wasn't possible. No. It was. Because it was happening now. And it was my fault. More tears came from my eyes like a waterfall, but I didn't care. I stared in shock at the beautiful silver moth that had landed on Zane's blood-soaked hand. It crawled onto mine. I stared at it for a minute, then crumpled it in my hand and cried. My fault.

Nya POV

The monster gave one final roar and collapsed into itself, turning into dust. On me.

"Uh!" I laughed, climbing out of the massive pile of black sand. I did it! I killed it! "Gross!" Jay grinned at me and helped me out.

"Let's get out of here!" I looked around for my brother, and when I spotted him, at the other end of the warehouse, my smile melted off my face like snow in the springtime. No… I ran over to him; he was kneeling over Zane, who was bloody and unmoving. I realized he was crying. He never cries. He was hugging Zane close to his chest, his arms around his shoulders. Zane's eyes were open but dim and empty. I let out a sob, and Kai looked up at me, his cheeks wet and getting wetter. I fell to my knees, letting Kai wrap his arms around me. I buried my face in his shoulder.

"My fault." Kai sobbed. "My fault." I didn't respond, only let the tears come. It's not your fault Kai. If I hadn't let him take over that first night, none of this would have happened. It's my fault.

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