Lloyd waited outside for Jay and Nya. Kai saw this and walked out to join him.
"What are you doing out here?" Kai asked him.
"Jay and Nya wanted to show me their invention," Lloyd replied. "Well, more like I asked to see it and they told me to wait out here."
"Do you think they'll mind if I wait with you?" Kai asked. "I've been curious what it is."
"We don't mind," Jay called out.
Lloyd and Kai spun around, seeing Jay and Nya flying over head of them.
"What the heck!" Kai cried. "Where did you come from!?"
"We went out the back door, flew around and came here," Jay replied.
"Are those jetpacks!?" Lloyd cried.
"Cool, right," Jay smiled.
Nya landed in front of her brother, smiling.
"Want to go for a ride?" she asked him.
"I don't know," Kai said, hesitant.
"Kai!" Lloyd cried out.
Kai barely had time to react before Jay had grabbed him and carried him into the air. Kai screamed, kicking his legs.
"Whoa! Calm down," Jay laughed. "I got you."
Kai was hyperventilating as Nya carried Lloyd up beside him.
"What's with you?" Nya asked her brother. "Normally you're fine with heights."
"It's not that," Kai said, shakily.
"What is it then?" Lloyd asked.
"The last time I was like this was when-" Kai started.
"Cole kidnapped you," Jay's face fell. "I remember now. This is how he held me when you and I were trying to escape and I was caught."
"Yeah," Kai replied. "Except he was mad at me for trying to run and was dragging me back to captivity."
"Sorry, Kai," Nya said. "I didn't know."
Jay landed with Kai, hearing him sigh with relief. Jay looked at the straps on his jetpack as Kai watched Nya and Lloyd fly around above them. Lloyd was cheering and laughing the whole time.
"If I tighten this, loosen that," Kai turned, hearing Jay mumbling things.
Kai walked over to Jay, seeing him making a couple adjustments to the straps.
"I'll be right back," Jay called over his shoulder as he ran into the Temple. He came back moments later with a couple pieces in his hands. He attached them to a bunch of the straps before pulling it back on.
"Kai, want to help me test this?" Jay asked.
"Um, what?" Kai asked.
"I just want to see if the straps are long enough," Jay replied, almost mischievously.
Kai shrugged, walking over to him. Kai listened to Jay as he attached the second set of straps to himself, buckling himself in, standing in front of Jay. Lloyd and Nya had stopped to watch, both seeing Jay's plan.
"They fit," Kai told Jay.
"Good," Jay smirked. "Now hold on."
Kai was about to ask what he meant when they shot into the sky. Kai screamed as Jay held onto him.
"Put me down!" Kai skreeched.
Nya and Lloyd could only laughed.
"You aren't going to fall," Jay told him. "I promise."
Jay wrapped his arms around Kai's abdomen, holding him to make him feel safer. Kai gripped Jay tightly, petrified.
"Where to?" Nya asked.
"The ground," Kai said, shakily.
"How about that resort Cole is at?" Lloyd smirked. "We can give them a little surprise visit."
"Sorry, Lloyd," Jay sighed. "I love the idea, but these can only go so far. We wouldn't make it there."
"Can we go home?" Kai asked.
"How about Ninjago City?" Nya asked, ignoring her brother.
"Sure," Lloyd replied.
"Sounds good to me," Jay smiled.
"I want down!" Kai cried like a little kid.
Nya laughed, looking at her brother.
"Would you feel better with me?" she asked.
"I would feel better on the ground!" Kai snapped.
"Let him down, Jay," Lloyd sighed.
Jay nodded, landed on the ground. Kai hastily unbuckled himself before moving away from Jay.
"Don't ever trick me like that again," Kai glared.
"There's the hothead," Nya laughed.
"Shut up," Kai moaned.
Kai turned and stormed inside. Lloyd and Nya landed beside Jay, watching. They shrugged it off, Lloyd buckling in with Jay before they took off again for Ninjago City.
The Temple was silent. Lloyd, Jay and Nya had left and about an hour had passed since then. Nicki and Roy had gone out for a little while to have some alone time while Ali took Janelle to go and see Skylor. That left Kai, Zane and Mai alone in the Temple.
Zane wandered into the gaming room to find Kai playing games by himself.
"What are you playing?" Zane asked.
"Call of Duty," Kai said.
He hammered away at the controlled, concentrating on the game.
"Man down!" Kai called into the headset. "Storm is down! I need cover!"
"Well, you seem busy," Zane sighed. "Let me know when you're finished and we can play a round together."
"Yeah, sure, whatever," Kai said, playing little to no attention to what Zane said.
Zane sighed, turning and leaving. He walked into his room and something popped up on his screen. It said new update available for download.
"What's this?" he questioned.
He ran a quick scan of it and found nothing wrong with it. He shrugged, falling onto his bed before shutting off to update.
"Alright, we did it," Kai cheered.
"Thanks for the save," Storm said into the headset.
"Spark for MVP!" Luck added in the headset.
"Totally," Poppy said. "How many kills did you get, like 100!"
"Seriously, why do we have to play with your sister, Geo?" Storm asked.
"I can't help it?' Geo cried. "She sets up the server so we can all play together."
"He has a point," Kai said.
"Who's side are you on, Spark?" Luck asked.
"Geo and Poppy's," Kai replied.
"Ug," Storm groaned.
"I'm out," Luck said. "Who wants to meet at the cafe later?"
"I'm in," Storm said.
"Count me in," Geo said.
"I'll be there," Poppy said.
"What about you, Spark?" Storm asked. "Finally available or you have something on."
"Sorry, stuck at my place," Kai sighed.
"Why are you stuck there?" Luck asked. "We could pick you up?"
"Good luck with that," Kai muttered. "Anyways, I got in trouble last time I went out and nearly brought a mob of fans home."
"What are you, some hero?" Storm asked.
"I mean, he save your butt," Geo taunted.
"Shut up," Storm retorted.
"You did walk into that one," Luck commented.
"You are not helping!" Storm cried.
"You guys have fun," Kai said. "I've got to sign out. Have some things to do before dinner."
"Alright, night Spark," Storm said.
An echo of byes filled Kai's ears as he signed out and shut the console off. He got to his feet, stretching before walking out of the gaming room. He wandered around the Temple, looking for Zane.
"Zane?" he called out.
He pushed open Zane's door and saw him on his bed, shut off.
"Must be doing something," Kai shrugged.
"Kai! Have you seen Zane?" Mai asked, running down the hall to him.
"He's in his room," Kai replied. "Why?"
"I've tracked a virus in the Temple, and I'm worried he has it," Mai said, panicked.
Kai watched Mai rush into his room, running to her brother's side.
"What's wrong?" Kai asked. "Wouldn't Zane's system have detected it?"
"Not if it was coded properly," Mai sighed. "If it was included in something else, it is extremely likely his system missed it and it could affect him."
"Ok," Kai said, now more nervous. "What type of virus?"
"Powering on," Zane's voice said as his eyes flickered to life.
"I don't know," Mai whispered to Kai. "But something with evil. I can sense it."
Kai looked from Mai, to Zane, to Mai and back to Zane. Zane slowly sat up on the bed, looking between them.
"Is something wrong?" Zane asked.
"No. Nothing's wrong," Mai said. "Just, can you hold still while I check you over."
Mai moved towards Zane, only for him to push her away and stand up.
"I am in no need to be looked at," he told her. "I simply needed a break."
Mai looked to Kai, as she sat on the ground. Kai looked at her, then to Zane.
"I think I'll go and let you two figure this out," Kai said.
He slowly began backing away, towards the door. Then he stopped, seeing Mai getting to her feet. Zane turned to face her, watching her every move.
"Zane, you know that you can tell me if something's wrong," Mai said calmly.
"I said nothing is wrong," Zane frowned. "Now back off!"
Zane shoved her down again. He spun to face Kai as he turned and ran out of the room. Mai scrambled to her feet, chasing after him. She barely missing Zane's hand that was trying to grab her before she ran out, catching up to Kai with Zane close behind. The Zane with red eyes.
This is the last chapter. I will try to update Unforgivable before I leave but as of next Sunday(not tomorrow) I will be away at camp until I start school. I will try to keep updates regular on the weekends when school goes back in and the odd chapter throughout the week, but other than that, Change in the Enemy will have a couple week break before the next book will be out. Sorry for the Cliffhanger but it will be worth it. I least I think it will be.
Expect an upload for Unforgivable soon, but until then, see you later!
Sweetheart114