(Kai's POV)
I ran through the empty sewer as fast as my legs could carry me. If Skales Jr was down here I would find him. Thirty minutes later I came to the tunnel that led to the tomb. When I entered I noticed the whole room looked darker than the last time I was there. Everywhere I looked was purple-black, including the lights. The green river that had once cut through the room was flooded and gray. On the bright side it looked like Cole had left the place alone after the attack.
"Skales Jr, are you in here?" I called out, but I didn't get an answer. "Kid?"
Walking further into the room I noticed how much darker the room really became, there were shadows everywhere. The young Hypnobrai really picked a good hiding spot. I kept my ears open of any sound other than the constant dripping of water.
Where is he? "Skales Jr?" There was no answer.
I sighed and turned to leave but stopped when I heard something that I hadn't before, crying. Following the sound I found myself in one of the bigger houses in the cave.
"Skales Jr?" I asked again.
"K-Kai?" he said softly through his tears.
I breathed a sigh of relief. "You had me a little worried there. Why didn't you reply earlier?"
"I...I thought you were still mad at me." He hid his face in his arms.
"What? I'm not mad." Is that why he ran off?
He lifted up his head a little. "B-but at the parade you said-"
"You scared me, I shouldn't have yelled and I'm sorry I did." I stated and sat next to him. "That was a pretty hotheaded thing to do."
Skales Jr hesitated before replying softly. "I just don't want my dad hurt."
"I understand but that was still risky." I said
"I know." He looked at the ground
"How about we go back to the dojo then we can think of a plan with Nya and Jay. Ok?"
"You mean it?"
"Well yeah, I wasn't going to do nothing." I laughed.
He smiled widely and gave me a tight hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"No problem, kid." I stated and returned the hug before standing up. "I think we should head back, my sister is probably getting worried."
"I'm sorry for worrying you guys."
"Just don't do it again." He nodded. "Ok, l-" I stopped talking when I heard something behind me, I pulled out my sword and turned around.
"Is something wrong Kai?" Skales Jr asked softly.
"Stay behind me." I stated then went back to the emptiness in front of me. "Who's there?"
Zane walked through the entrance. "I am surprised you didn't notice I followed."
Great, just what I need. "What do you want?"
"I am here to repay you for earlier." he said. "You left quite a mess."
I need to stall for time until I think of a plan. "Where's Cole? Isn't he normally with you?"
"Unfortunately, he couldn't be here. That Serpentine apparently packs a punch." he motioned towards Skales Jr.
I had to stop myself from laughing. I need to remember to give the kid a high-five later. "Let's make this quick ok? It's getting late."
"I couldn't agree more." Zane pulled out his sword and charged.
"Stay over here ok?" I told Skales Jr and he nodded.
With that I ran at Zane, managing to singe his outfit as I passed him. We fought back and forth. I aimed fire at him, he'd miss and fire ice at me, which I dodged.
"Kai help!" Skales Jr yelled as her tried to pull away from Zane but was trapped by the arm around his throat.
"Let him go, Zane. He has nothing to do with this." I said.
"You have a choice Kai." He stated "Continue attacking and risk hitting your little friend or, give up and come with me."
I can't let him get hurt but I can't let Zane get away with this.
"Tick tock." Zane said and tightened his hold on Skales Jr, even making some ice appear. The little Hypnobrai looked pleadingly at me.
That's it! "I said, let him go!" I wasn't able to stop before my hands shot up and a beam of light knocked Zane off his feet with the Hypnobrai. "Oh no, Skales Jr are you ok!?" I asked running over to him, he still was shivering from the frost but didn't look like he had any scratches.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied then looked to the side and his eyes widened in shock. "What's happening?"
I turned and saw a purple cloud disappear leaving Zane on the ground. Did it work? "Stay here." I told him and walked over to where the other Ninja lay.
His clothes changed back to white and he didn't show any traces of the dark matter. I tapped him with my foot but he was still unconscious.
"I might need your help carrying him to the dojo." I said, lifting the ninjdroid so I could put his arm over my shoulder.
"He's coming with us?" Skales Jr asked nervously.
"I'm pretty sure that blast of light got rid of the evil, so we should be good."
"If you say so." He replied again and grabbed Zane's other arm. "He's heavy!"
I laughed a little. "Well he is made of metal. Come on, let's get out of here."
Getting him out of the tunnels was pretty hard but after that dragging him to the dojo was easy enough. Skales Jr didn't talk the whole trip and Zane was still knocked-out. Nya and Jay were really surprised to see Zane, they suggested putting him in the living room so we could keep an eye on him. Once that was done we went to the training room to talk things over. I told them what happened to lead up to Zane being with us now and that we needed to find a way to help the serpentine under the Overlord's control, especially Skales.
"I'm sure we can think of something." Nya said. "In the meantime we should all get some rest."
"But what about Zane?" Skales Jr asked.
"Nya and I can watch him." Jay stated. "With everything going on you guys need a break."
I was going to object but was interrupted by a yawn. "Fine you two win. Come on Skales Jr, I'll tuck you in." He nodded and followed me to his room.
"Do you really think you can save them?" he asked, laying down in bed and I put the covers over him.
"Well yeah. I'm pretty sure we can."
"Are you going to do the same thing you did to Zane, with the blast of light?"
I rubbed the back of my neck. "I'm not even sure how I do that. It's only the second time it happened."
"Ok." he nodded. "I trust you, goodnight Kai."
"Good night Skales Jr." I walked out of the room. What am I going to to?
A/N: Thanks for the patience everyone, I'm sorry it took so long. I've had a ton of school work going on and haven't had time to sit down and type anything. I hope the chapter was worth the wait. Please review and have a wonderful break!