Hey everybody, here's the second part of the last chapter where we learn where Zane went.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ninjago because, well you know why ;)

Chapter 9

The rescue part 2

(Kai's pov)

Cole and I were cautiously walking even further into Zuko's lair, knowing that at any moment Zuko would try to get the jump on us. As we kept going it started getting darker, but we couldn't turn back without finding Zane. I'm still a bit worried about Nya, what if Zuko came back and found her? Maybe I shouldn't have left her there by herself.

I was starting to think about going back, but Cole snapped me out of my thoughts. "Stay close, Zuko could be lurking in the shadows, so we have to be alert."

As if I didn't already know that, both of us were already holding our elemental blades just in case anything happened. We kept walking for a few minutes when I noticed that out of the corner of my eye, I saw what looked like movement in the shadows. I turned to look and that's when I saw Zuko crouched down, waving his tail back and forth like a cat.

"Cole!"

Cole quickly turned to me with a surprised look on his face, and that's when Zuko jumped out of the shadows and lunged at us. He was almost on us, when I saw a knife that seemed to appear out of nowhere come flying at Zuko and pinned him to the wall by his front leg.

"No! I was so close to being rid of you ninjas!.", Zuko swore while struggling to get free.

Me and Cole just stood there, confused. "Um, can someone explain to me what just happened?", I asked.

"I may be able to answer that question.", said a mysterious voice.

Wait a minute, that voice, could it be? We both looked where the sound came from, and both of us saw Zane step out of the shadows.

"Zane!", both of us shouted while running over to him.

"We thought Zuko got you! What happened?", Cole asked, sounding surprised.

"Well, while all of us were in front of Jay's cage I sensed that Zuko lurking somewhere in this room. I knew that since Zuko was able to evade our sight by lurking in the shadows the best way to stop him was to do the same. Doing so, I was able to find Zuko and follow him without fear of being caught." Zane explained.

"It's good that you came along when you did, but where did you get that knife?", I asked, curious.

"Do you remember when we were in the other room?", Zane asked.

"How could we forget?", Cole commented, sounding bitter.

"While we were looking around for clues, I decided to grab one of the tools on the table. I thought would be of use."

That answers where Zane went, but I don't think that knife is gonna hold Zuko for much longer. I guess Cole was thinking the same thing because he said, "It's good to have you back Zane, but I think we'd better grab Jay and get out of here before Zuko's able to free himself."

Zane nodded and said, "Alright, but we must hurry."

After that, we quickly ran back to where we left Jay and Nya, I just hope they're still okay.

(Zane's pov)

It did not take long for us to find our way back to Jay's cage, just by looking at him I could tell he was very sick. We may need to send Jay to the hospital, I fear that his condition may be life threatening. Cole was able to pry the door of the cage off using his earth-like strength. After the door was off, Nya immediately ran over to Jay.

"Jay, are you alright?", she asked while hugging him.

"To be honest, my chest feels like it's being crushed. So, yeah, no big deal.", Jay said while forcing a weak laugh.

"Can you get up?", I asked, concerned.

Jay tried to get up, but apparently he was too weak from sickness and hunger, he collapsed and said, "No."

"It's okay, we can help you.", Cole assured Jay while entering the cage.

Kai and I also entered the cage while Cole and Nya tried hoisting Jay up by having his arms wrapped around their shoulders. After we managed to make Jay stand up we proceeded to go back the way we came as fast as we could.

After we made our way underneath the city, we were finally able to find a way out. As we stood there out on the street, I noticed that it was nighttime. Apparently we were down there far longer I thought. The streets were dark, with only streetlamps to help make things seem visible.

"What should we do now? Jay's sick and I don't think we'll be able to make it back home at this pace.", Kai indicated.

"That's a good point, we can't just drag Jay all the way back to the bounty. I mean, look at him! Jay looks like he could pass out at any second.", Cole exclaimed with with deep worry for our brother.

"I believe our best option is to escort Jay to the hospital, it is much closer than the bounty, and they can provide Jay with faster medical attention.", I told them.

"Great idea Zane.", Nya praised me. She then turned to Jay and said in a comforting tone of voice, "Don't worry Jay, you'll get help as soon as we make it to the hospital."

We were soon interrupted by an all too familiar voice, "None of you are going anywhere!"

We quickly turned around and saw that Zuko was standing in front of us with a rather angry expression on his face.

Ooooo cliffhanger! Anyway, sorry that this chapter was so short and not as good as the other chapters, but I originally had a lot of stuff planned for this chapter, but it was way too long and I had to end up saving it for the next chapter. So until then, i'm gonna have to leave you guys with a cliffhanger, sorry about that :/