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Recap/Summary (I have been gone for a pretty long time): Kai and Clouse battle and Kai lost. Clouse put her in some kind of numbing sleep using his magic and Chen gives the remaining elemental masters an ultimatum, saying that if they don't turn themselves in, he will kill Kai.

Kai is slowly losing herself in the spell. Lloyd and Griffin have met up with Nya, Cole and Jay. Zane is free and has just helped free the other trapped Elemental masters.

Neuro P.O.V

Our footsteps echoed off the walls, making an unnerving unrepeatable sound that seemed to keep everyone trapped in its inescapable web, almost like a spider.

I shivered, nerves finally getting the best of me. I NEED to get out of here. While I've never been claustrophobic, I do hate enclosed spaces and these tunnels sure count as a enclosed space. I clenched my hands into fists and tried to make my breathing go back to normal. It wasn't long after when I finally realized that was easier said than done.

When a cold, unexpected hand suddenly touched my back, I jumped and spun around, moving into my fighting stance. It was an adjustment, not being able to read everyone else minds and know where they were at all times. I had forgotten how limited just five sense could be.

Zane stood there, hands out in an "I surrender" kind of way. "Sorry, we did not mean to scare you"

"No, it's okay. I overreacted."

"I-" Zane started to say but a shout farther down the hall cut him off. Immediately as if he had been waiting for this, Zane took off running full speed towards the noise. I was right on his heels and everyone who had been around us soon followed.

There was a fight going on Shadow, Karloff, Toxicita, Camille and several non-elemental masters were all fighting against 4 strangers each holding their own against multiple attackers, despite one being an elderly man. I was about to just into the fray too when Zane shouted "Nya, Cole, Jay, Sensei. STOP"

The 4 attackers all froze and turned to look in our direction. I turned to look at the Nin-droid too "You know these people.

Zane nodded before addressing everybody else in our group "Everybody, I would like you to meet the black and blue Ninja, our teacher and Kai's older sister " Immediately everyone who had started to back away came rushing forward to meet the newcomers and those involved in the fight started apologizing for attacking them out of the blue like that.

Nya came rushing at Zane "Zane. We've missed you. Nothing was the same after you left."

"I have felt missing for you too"

Nya gave him a funny look "Thanks, I guess"

"Do you know where Lloyd and Kai are" Zane asked her.

"Lloyd's with us. Griffin, too or Speedy as Kai calls him. Kai, as far as I know she's still in Chen's clutches"

"Griffin is with you. Can I see him? Is he okay. "

"Yeah, he's fine. Well as fine as he can be after what happened. Did . . . Did either of you collapse a while ago, when Kai was taken from us maybe."

"Yeah, all of the elemental masters did. In morning for our lost element. "

"SHE'S NOT DEAD" Nya yelled, for the first time getting angry. "MY SISTER IS NOT DEAD" her word echoed through the cavern silencing all other conversations and making everyone look at us "SHE CAN'T BE. She just can't be. She promised me. She promised me that she wasn't going to die. "She looked at me with so much force that I felt like she had shoved me "SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE. We're going to find her and everything will be fine"

"Of course. I'm sorry for upsetting you"

She glared at me before turning around and heading towards Jay, who was still stunned into silence.

"We're moving out people. We're going to find my sister soon"

Kai's point of view

I retreated into the depths of my mind soon after the numbness reached my head, in order to keep what little sanity I had left.

I replayed over an over the good times, trying to ignore the numbness I felt. I found that my memories of emotions are just actually stronger than the ones I feel now.

It was a nice change of pace, to remember happy moments, when everyone was safe and not in danger of losing their mind. I miss those days, not as much as I should but I felt more for those day than I did for anything else. My favorite thing to remember was those moments with Lloyd or Cole.

I loved the feeling of safety that Lloyd gave me but Cole always made me laugh. Sometimes that just what you needed. Someone to make you laugh.

I remember the first time I meet that idiot in black. He attacked me while I was getting ready for bed. I remember him grabbing by the back for my extra-large t-shirt and him throwing me against my bedroom wall. I know it was him because he picked me up effortlessly. Like I weighted nothing. I may not be chubby but I'm no pixie either and Jay and Zane aren't the strongest Ninja's in the world so it had to be him.

I repaid him in kind by, I kicking him in the groin. A low blow, I know but it seemed like a good idea at the time. At the time, I was struggling to breathe and to fight. I felt like I had broken something.

I especially remembered how he complained when Sensei finally got us to stop fighting and told him that there was going to be a girl on the team.

They all were complaining as if it was the worst thing in the world. Cole, in particular complained that I would just slow him down, so to prove that I wouldn't and to get them to stop complaining, I knocked his feet out from under him, grabbed him by the arm as he was falling and flipped him into Jay and Zane, knocking them all to the ground before calmly siting on the monastery steps myself and asking them if they were done with this crap.

I had to work twice as hard as everyone else to gain my brothers respect. They all wanted to protect me and that gets annoying real quick. I was strong and they didn't recognize that about me. Only Lloyd treated me with the respect that I felt I deserved. I loved him for that. It was what drew me to him in the first place

I'm not saying that my brothers didn't respect me but I always felt like there was a part of them that doubted if I could do it. They were always asking if I need help with even the simplest of thing and they would always try to take the most dangerous parts of the mission. I didn't realize that at first but after a while it began to dawn on me that I was always taking the easy jobs and they were always the ones who were putting their lives on the line.

After I realized that I started volunteering for the hard jobs and I could tell that that really scared my bro's. They often said that I was in over my head and that I didn't need to do this. This was another reason why I didn't want to tell them about Chen's invitation. I knew that they would try to stop me. It bothered me that I didn't feel like I could trust them with this but not enough for me to call and tell them about Chen.

I wonder when things started to get like this. With all of us divided. All ways fighting. Even me and Lloyd. We never fight but this Island. It brings out the worst in people. The worst in me.

When I get out of mess, I was going to work on being a better sister. After I break Chen's nose. And get back Zane and save everyone else and . . .

There's so much that I want to do and not enough time.

I wish that life was easy and that problems were simple. That's the only way that this ends up good for everyone.

Zane's P.O.V.

My eyes scanned over our group, doing a quick head count to make sure that no one had gotten lost.

Zane, stop worrying. Everything is fine.

'Is Kai here' I asked tiredly

No

'Then everything's not fine. Pixel, it might never be fine again if we lose her'

Zane. I don't know what to tell you except, we will find her and she will be okay.

'Thanks, Pixel. I need that'

Anytime

I was so caught up in my conversation with Pixel that I ran straight into Cole who was walking in front of me.

"Oh, sorry"

"No problem. I could actually use your help with something. There's a room up ahead. An old storage facility. It's big enough to hold all of us"

"Are we stopping already" I asked

"Have too. We have some wounded who can't go on any longer. Neuro just told me that they need to rest or they could be in serious trouble. I need you to gather everyone up and tell them the plan, they trust you."

"Okay" One by one, I went around to everyone telling them the situation and that we were going to rest for a bit. No one had the energy to complain and I didn't blame them. We had walked through the night to get here. Everyone was tired and hungry.

Once everyone was notified, I headed over to Cole and Shadow to ask about the food and water situation. Some of these people need the some now.

"So may I ask how we are with food and water" Both looked at me once before sighing and watching as people filed quickly into the storage room. "We have enough for everyone to have one more meal but that's it." Cole said "Darn it, I thought the supplies we brought would last longer but were running through it pretty fast."

"At least you had supplies. We didn't have anything before you came along. The bandages and medicine you brought saved several lives in the last hour alone." Shadow sighed.

"We need to end this fast, not just for Kai's sake but for everyone here too." I said

"Right. So all we need to do is storm Chen's castle and take him down. Sounds simple enough." Cole declared.

"Yeah, You and what army " Shadow scoffed

"This one" A new voice said. Lloyd walked up and crossed his arms. "We need to finish this, now. I'll do whatever it takes to stop Chen"

"Lloyd, let's not act hasty"

He shot Cole a disgusted look" Weren't you the one just saying "let's go take out Chen" What happened."

"Nothing, I'm just saying that Kai wouldn't want you too-"

"Don't talk about her like's she's dead. She's not. I can feel. I knows she's not dead. She's just . . . far away and getting farther away every day. She needs me now. So I'm doing this with or without you"

I sighed "Lloyd, you can't do this alone."

"Watch me" He hissed, turning to the opposite end of the tunnel.

"Lloyd, I'm sorry" Cole said

"For what"

"For this" He pulled his fist back and slammed it into the side of Lloyd's face. Lloyd crumpled like he was made out of paper and was being thrown away. (Get it. You crumple paper before you throw it away. You get it)

I looked down at the small form of our biggest hope of getting out of here "Was that really necessary, Cole"

"Yes, yes it was"

"Well okay then" Shadow said "Help me drag him inside. I'm too tired to do it on my own"

'Does no one care that he just knocked out the green Ninja and our brother'

No apparently not.

'This is going to get ugly fast once Lloyd wakes up. They're going to start fighting'

They can't fight

'I know this is not the time for this. We need to band together, not turn on each other'

I was actually thinking that if they were going to fight, we need time to sell tickets

'Pixel' I groaned

Never mind, then. It's obvious who would win if they fought

'Cole' I thought simply

Lloyd pixel stated, at the same time as me

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

I do not see the logic behind your choice. Lloyd is the green Ninja. Of course he would win. There's no doubt about that

'Cole is my brother. I know him better than anyone else, except maybe Kai. I know what he could do and what he's capable of. He is more than a match for Lloyd. Didn't you see how easy he took down the green Ninja just a minute ago?'

In a fair fight, the green Ninja would obviously win.

'I disagree. I think that Cole would win.'

Well, we'll see it soon enough, now won't we. Once Lloyd wakes up

Somehow I wasn't looking forward to the confrontation.