AUTHOR'S NOTES: Ok guys, I am afraid that were are approaching the end of this book. I was planning on the next chapter being the last but I was hoping to get a Halloween Special in before that, however, when it comes down to it I have no idea what to put down for a Halloween chapter, I'm afraid I have come down with the dreaded Writer's Block! So I need your help, I do have some ideas for a Halloween chapter but I was hoping if you guys had some suggestions for me!

Thank you for taking the time to read this note, now on with the story!

Chapter 17: Caged

Once again another full moon was upon Ninjago City and the pack was walking on eggshells. After what's happened during the last full moons, with Nya, Lloyd and Jay stranded on an island and with Kai and Cole being arrested everyone was waiting for something else to go wrong. Hopefully, the third time around would go smoothly for once. It was so tense that even Dr. Julien was locking the tunnel from his house into the forest, meaning the boys couldn't transform and ran into the forest.

Kai was dreading it.

After he nearly lost it in the police holding cell, the others had been helping him with his claustrophobia but he didn't think he was ready to spend an entire full-moon locked up.

"Misako's freaking out about tonight." Nya suddenly said as they walked down the hall, shocking her brother out of his thoughts.

"After the past two full moons, can you really blame her?" Cole asked.

"Mom says we've got to be there by five," Lloyd told Morro and Nya as they were staying with him during the full moon.

"So does Zane's dad." Kai sighed.

"That's hours till moonrise!" Morro cried, he had been hoping to get some last-minute running before he was locked away.

"Yeah, well, we don't want to take any chances this time." Jay reminded as Zane and Pixel approached them.

"Hi!" The human smiled, her arm looped around Zane's. "My father's out tonight so I was thinking we could go see a movie?"

"I'm sorry Pix, but me, Cole, and Kai's got some studying to catch up on." Nya lied.

"My Mom's making a big dinner tonight and is expecting Morro and me to be there," Lloyd said and Morro nodded in agreement.

"My Dad's not feeling well, sorry." Jay excused.

"Zane?" Pixel asked weakly and gave her boyfriend her best puppy dog eyes. Zane quickly looked away and desperately tried to come up with an excuse but he failed to find one.

"S-Sure Pixel... where else would I be?" He chuckled nervously, trying to avoid the glares the others were giving him.

"Great! I'm just going to return this book to the library and will talk about what to see." She smiled before she gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked away. As soon as she was out of sight, the others boxed in Zane before he could escape.

"You do know the cinema doesn't allow dogs?" Jay exclaimed.

"I panicked." He defended. "The only thing I could think of was, 'Sorry, we will be locked in the basement turning into wolves'."

"You should probably work on your excuses." Kai groaned.

"I can't just make up lies on the spot." He pouted just as Pixel returned.

"Listen, Zane was just saying how he can't make it tonight." Morro suddenly said before anyone could even blink. Pixel was taken aback by this while the others, mainly Zane, sent the lone wolf death glares.

"Why?" She asked and Zane gulped.

"Because... I just remembered... I have to stay in and... help Father with... curtains." He blushed while Kai and Jay attempted to hold in their laughter, getting slaps to the back of the heads from Nya.

"Curtains?" She asked in disbelief, clearly not believing her boyfriend.

"He is really into crafts all of a sudden." Zane quickly added. "I said I would hold them while he...sews."

"Can't he do it another time?"

"He's got a deadline, I'm so sorry."

"Oh, OK." Pixel sighed before the bell suddenly rang and she speed-walked away from the group and Zane felt the guilt crushing his heart.

"See? You can do it." Morro smiled, but no one else was...

As soon as school was finished, everyone said their goodbyes for the night and went their separate ways. Kai and Zane all piled into Cole's car and drove straight to Zane's house just as it reached 5 pm. Grabbing their overnight things, the teens ran into the house and shut the door just as Dr. Juilen came out of the kitchen, carrying the bags of meat for downstairs.

"Finally." He sighed when he saw his son and his friends.

"We're early." Cole frowned at the man's tone.

"Just."

"We came straight from school," Zane explained. "It just seemed to take longer."

"I know; too much to see, too much to smell." Kai drooled as he reached for some of the meat, only to get his hand smacked away by Dr. Julien.

"Wash your hands first." The old man chastised. Kai grumbled as Julien walked away and Cole and Zane laughed at his expense. Zane then left to see if his father needed help, leaving Kai and Cole alone. Once he was sure they were alone, Kai pulled Cole closer.

"You know, we don't have to do this." He suddenly said.

"What?"

"Stay here." He replied and Cole just rolled his eyes. "I don't care how our parents try and justify this, it's still a cage, it's still unnatural!"

"We all agreed, we promised everyone." He reminded the hothead. "I thought you were OK with that."

"Yeah, that was when the wolf seemed a long way away." He admitted. "Now, that room feels half the size it normally does."

"I know what you mean."

"It was fun the last full moon, out there, all of us together."

"It was... It was a rush." Cole confessed. "It was..."

"It was right." Kai finished. "Outside in a pack is where we belong."

"The only reason we transformed outside last time is that we ran out of time." Coe reminded him. "Our parents won't let that happen again."

"They can't stop us if we don't let them."

"Kai, I won't go against them," Cole stated and Kai growled.

"So, for the rest of our lives, we'll just spend the one night we should we running wild, locked up?" He snapped.

"No!" He argued. "This is only until our parents are confident that it's safe again to let us run wild in the forest during a full moon and until then we stay." He insisted before walking away. Kai watched him leave before growling in frustration. As soon as he had calmed down, he went down to the basement where the others were already waiting.

Dr. Julien was just locking the door to the tunnel as he stepped inside.

"Don't worry." He smiled when he saw the nervous look on Kai's face. "No-one can get in and we're not getting out."

"We are going nowhere, until we've got fingers again, obviously." Zane smiled.

"Great! You've done a really good job." Cole grinned.

"It's very...secure," Kai mumbled, breaking into a cold sweat. Cole noticed this, but choose not to say anything...

Pixel sighed as she sat alone at her usual spot at the cafe, bored out of her skull as she read a book. She would have gone beast hunting but she had promised Zane she would stop. She didn't believe a word Zane said about helping his dad with cushions but she also knew Zane wouldn't tell her what was wrong. She could only hope that with time he would trust her enough to tell her what was going on. She knew the others were in on it but they weren't telling her anything either.

She was so wrapped up in her own little world that she failed to see Dareth walking over to her.

He was carrying a small video camera.

"Oh, Dareth!" She cried when she finally noticed him. "What are you doing?"

"My pops found this old camera in the attic so I wanted to try it out." He shrugged with a big grin on his face. "What's up with you?"

"Nothing." She sighed. "It's just I wanted to go to the movies with the others and they all completely blew me off, even Zane gave me some stupid excuse; what is it with everyone today?"

"Must be the full moon." Dareth joked but winced when he saw the pained and embarrassed look on her face. "Sorry."

"It's fine." She sighed and returned to reading her book.

"What you doing now then?"

"Well, I was planning on going to a metallurgy exhibit later tonight." She replied. "Fancy coming to the exhibition with me?" She asked and he pulled a face. "What's wrong? Don't you find it interesting?"

"What's so interesting about it?" He asked. "That they took what looks like the most boring words in the English language and made them into a sentence?"

"Well, I've always been fascinated by this stuff." She replied. "It's just the beast in the forest took up most of my brain."

"Now you're free to really get your nerd on?"

"Exactly." She smiled. "I wasted all that time on the beast when I could have been charting the development of metallurgy during the 19th century." She said and Dareth just rolled his eyes. Just then a tall, strange-looking man walked into the cafe and his eyes scanned the area. He was unnaturally pale with bright brown eyes, bald, and a small black beard and mustache. He wore a smart black suit complete with a tall top hat and a pegged leg.

"Is one of you named Pixel Borg?" He asked and Pixel nervously raised her hand. He smiled and walked over to her and Dareth. "My name's Iron Baron, I've come a long way to find you."

"Thanks." She gulped, a little freaked out. "This is Dareth." She introduced but the man brushed her friend off.

"We're short on daylight, so I'll come straight to the point; the beast is in my sights and you're the girl to help me find it." He smirked much to the two teens' utter shock. "I've been monitoring your blog for the last six months, your findings are pretty compelling."

"Why didn't you leave any comments?" She frowned, becoming more suspicious.

"And open up myself to replies from fools with no brains and even less imagination?" He scoffed.

"I know exactly what you mean." She muttered thinking back to everyone who mocked her and didn't believe her, including her own boyfriend.

"I'm searching the woods tonight and I need an expert; what do you say?" Baron asked and Pixel thought about it. Sure she had promised Zane she would stop all this monster hunting, but he wasn't here. He never had to know.

"Tell me more." She insisted and Baron smirked.

"12 years ago, I was the kid no-one believed, I saw something too, an animal, a creature, really." He explained. "I was walking where I'd walked 100 times before and that day, there it was; before I could get a good look, the monster attacked me and ran away, took my leg with it, I've never seen anything like it before or since." He growled, unconsciously rubbing his pegged leg as he remembered the pain that the monster had caused.

"You never saw it again?" She asked, feeling very bad for the man, and he shook his head.

"For a while, I tried to convince other people I'd seen it, too, I don't need to tell you how that went." He laughed bitterly. "My parents practically measured me for my own straitjacket; I know how it feels when the people you rely on most don't believe you."

"Have you seen other things? Other creatures?" Dareth asked, but yet again he was ignored.

"There's more out there than even you and I know about," Baron stated as Pixel listened in fascination. "So, Pixel, if you would do me the honor of being my guide, tonight, I will find your beast for you."

"I would be delighted." She smiled and within the next hour, Pixel, Iron Baron, and Dareth were driving through the dark forest, looking for the best place to spot the beast. Dareth had insisted on coming along, refusing to let Pixel go away with a strange man into the depths of the forest at night, where no one could hear you scream. He had his camera at the ready, just in case Baron tried something and they needed evidence to report to the police.

As they drove, Baron had introduced them to his niece, Faith Hunter.

Faith had the same unnaturally pale skin tone as her uncle with cold black eyes and long black hair tied back in a ponytail and she had a large scar-like tattoo over her left eye. She was wearing a dark brown leather jumpsuit with a necklace made up of large teeth from hunted predators. While Baron, Pixel, and Dareth were in Dareth's car, Faith was driving a truck right behind them. Dareth gulped as he nervously looked at the three beast hunters, hoping that Pixel knew what she was doing...

It wouldn't be long before the moon rose and while Zane and Dr. Julien were putting the final touches down in the basement, Kai and Cole were waiting upstairs, counting down every dreaded second. Kai was sat on the couch, playing video games on his phone while Cole was pacing around the living room, biting at his fingernails anxiously. He didn't tell Kai but he was also fearing spending the night locked up. Neither he nor Kai had spent a full moon locked up before.

Ever since their first transformations, they had always transformed here and spent the night running free in wild.

Cole thought he'd be fine with this, but now he was going crazy. His inner wolf needed to be free, not locked in a cage.

"What are you doing?" Kai finally asked, even though he knew the answer.

"I don't know, I can't stand still." Cole groaned just as Dr. Julien and Zane returned from the basement with satisfied smiles.

"OK, the water's in bowls, wolf snacks are in place and all the doors and windows are locked," Zane explained. "No-one's getting in or out tonight." He added and noticed the disheartened expressions on Kai and Cole's faces. "You two OK?"

"Yeah, just a bit twitchy," Cole mumbled.

"If there's something going on you better tell us now, we're running out of time." Dr. Juilen said, pointing to the clock. The two shared a look before Kai sighed and stood up.

"Why are we doing this? Didn't we have a great time last full moon?" He asked and the father and son looked away.

"You know why not, it's not safe for us out there at the moment." Dr. Julien replied. "Remember when you two and your family transformed so close to the city?"

"We were fine!" Cole insisted.

"No, you were lucky!" Zane snapped. "What if you'd got shot at by a farmer? Or you'd walked into a poacher's trap?"

"All it takes is one person to spot us and then they'll hunt us down, it's what they do." Dr. Julien explained sadly. "Tell me you boys understand that." He pleaded.

"I do." Cole sighed in defeat.

"Me, too," Kai mumbled as he sat back down.

"Good, that's the end of it." Zane sighed in relief. Before anyone could say anything else, Dr. Juilen's phone buzzed, signally it was time for the moon to rise and for them to be in the basement. As they walked down the stairs, Kai and Cole shared a look, it wasn't glare or a scowl, it was just a look.

"Our first time spending the entire night inside, I feel like I should make a speech." Dr. Juilen joked as they stepped into the basement.

"You had better make it quick if you don't want to end it growling." Zane laughed along with his father.

"Come on you two, the moon won't wait." Dr. Julein chuckled when he saw Cole and Kai nervously standing in the doorway. Zane turned to them and saw the sad, almost apologetic looks on both boys' faces.

"Cole? Kai?"

"I'm sorry," Cole said and suddenly shut and locked the basement door with Zane and Dr. Juilen inside. The father and son banged on the heavy door, demanding to be let out, as Cole removed the key and placed it on the floor.

"Are you sure about this?" Kai asked.

"No, so hurry before I lose my nerve." He admitted and with that, the two of them ran back upstairs, out the house, and into the forest just as the moon started rising in the inky sky. They soon arrived at a deep part in the forest, somewhere safe to transform, and not a second too soon. Before they even had a chance to catch their breath, both boys suddenly gasped as their bodies changed. It was over after a few moments. They shook off whatever loose clothing was still on their wolf bodies and stretched their muscles.

They were about to run into the forest when their noses caught something strange.

Something... delicious...

The group of beast hunters drove deep into the forest until Iron Baron ordered Faith to stop the truck at Pixel's instruction. Upon realizing that he had a camera, Baron hired Dareth to film their hunt, promising to give him a good check for his work, providing he did a good job that is. Once they stepped out of the truck, Faith went around the back while Pixel pulled out a map to show Baron.

"A few weeks ago, the beast was circling the area." She explained and pointed to the spot where they currently were. "Farm animals and pets were going missing so I tracked it to this area."

"It's between two farms, prime hunting ground, good job." He complimented and she blushed slightly. No one had ever encouraged her beast hunting work before, not even her own father.

"Anything I can do to help?" Dareth asked.

"Go do your job," Baron replied cold. Both Pixel and Dareth frowned at his tone but didn't say anything as Dareth got in position and started filming.

"So, Iron Baron, tell us what's going on." He said in an uninterested tone.

"This is Pixel Borg." The man said and she awkwardly waved to the camera. "Pixel is on the trail of a creature known locally as The Beast, she's brought us to the exact spot where we stand the best chance of seeing it; the full moon is about to rise and the creatures of the night are coming out to play."

"Very poetic." Faith commented as she pulled a large, metal box out the back of the truck.

"What is that?" Pixel asked.

"A secure container, harmless but inescapable," Baron smirked. "We're going to catch The Beast." He told them and Pixel and Dareth's mouths fell open in shock.

"I didn't bring you here so you could catch it." Pixel glared.

"This is for our safety." Faith snapped, but a look from Baron shut her up.

"Indeed, you said The Beast is killing animals; it could easily turn on us if it isn't contained." He quickly explained.

"Then you're going to let it go?" She asked.

"I'm not in the business of caging wild animals, no matter how unusual." He reassured. "We put it in here to get a closer look, that's all."

"That's cool with me, that thing has some serious fangs." Dareth shuddered, remembering when he and Pixel had gone looking for the beast a few months ago.

"I'm sorry." Pixel sighed. "It's just... it just got real all of a sudden."

"That's why I'm here, Ms. Borg; to show the world The Beast is real." He smiled and with that Faith got to work. She set up the cage and pulled out a large chunk of meat they had bought from a nearby butcher. She carefully placed in on a large stump nearby and motioned for Dareth to start filming. Knowing that it would be best not to anger her or her uncle, the wannabe camera did his new job.

Baron got into position and cleared his throat just as Dareth started filming

"Do you know what's great about science? Eventually, it can achieve pretty much anything; just put in the hours in the lab and you can make all sorts of things happen." He grinned and pulled out what looked like a silver gun attached to a canister. "This is bait, a scent engineered at a cellular level to attract the predatory olfactory system." He explained and sprayed some white smoke stuff onto the meat.

"Wow," Pixel muttered as the thick, misty substance blew into the cold Autumn night.

"It will spread and if there is a supernatural carnivore out there, it is going to come running," Baron smirked proudly as Dareth finished filming and they all took cover near the truck, waiting for the beast to appear. They were all hiding there for about ten minutes until they all heard movement up ahead. Smirking, Baron signaled to Faith and she handed him a rifle.

"What are you doing?!" Pixel hissed.

"It's a tranquilizer gun, perfectly harmless." He reassured. "Vets use them all the time."

"Will it hurt it?" Pixel asked.

"No, it'll put it out for a few minutes; everyone, stay quiet." He whispered and aimed the gun. Everyone was frozen, too scared to even breathe when Baron shot a dart and Pixel let out a small gasp as a quiet thud was heard. Before anyone could move, Iron Baron quickly reloaded the gun and took aim again.

"Did you miss it?" Dareth asked in confusion.

"No, there are two of them."

"Two beasts?" Pixel gasped. The gun fired again and another thud was heard. Pixel was about to go over to them but was grabbed by the older hunter.

"They might not be fully under yet." He said. "Let me and Faith get them into the container, safety first." He grinned and he and Faith walked over to where the creatures were shot, Faith dragging the container with her.

"The others are going to be mad they missed this." Dareth laughed as he readied his camera. "Are you OK?" He asked when he saw Pixel was shaking.

"Is this actually happening?" She muttered in shock.

"Yeah, believe it."

"I don't think I can." She whimpered. "What if I wake up?"

"OK, come on," Baron called over to them and the two teens ran over to their two hunters as fast as they could. Swallowing in the lump in her throat, Pixel slowly looked into the crate and she was speechless at what she saw. Fast asleep inside the crate were two wolves. One was a large, completely black wolf and the other was a smaller, dark brown.

They were both curled up together, completely oblivious to what was happening.

"Are they...?" Dareth gasped.

"They're wolves, all this time it was wolves." Pixel finished in shock. "My beast isn't a beast at all."

"How can there be wolves here? They've been extinct in this country for years." Dareth frowned.

"Maybe people just think they died out, maybe they've been here all the time, surviving without anyone knowing." She muttered, unable to take her eyes of the furry animals inside the crate. Baron and Faith turned to Dareth, expecting him to start filming. Unfortunately, he was in as much shock as Pixel. Seeing this, Faith snatched the camera from him and pointed it to her proud uncle.

Sleeping animals were a lot easier to film than angry snarling ones.

"Turns out The Beast wasn't a beast at all," Baron said. "Thought to be extinct in this country, these two wolves have survived, their existence a secret for years until I found them." He smirked and Dareth and Pixel shared a look. Just then they heard the sound of panting and light snarling. They looked into the crate and saw the two wolves were starting to wake up.

They were still drugged, however, and it seemed they didn't properly realize where they were.

"They're waking up, you should let them go now." Pixel said to the two hunters.

"Why would I do that?" Baron laughed as he and Faith closed the container. By now the wolves were fully awake and they were snarling and scratching at the walls, trying to escape. "I'm not going to leave them for someone else to find, am I?"

"So you're keeping them?" Dareth asked in disgust. "As some sort of trophy?"

"For now." He shrugged as he and Faith lifted the crate up and started carrying it back to the waiting truck. "Then I'll sell them off to a zoo or something."

"Why? There are thousands of other wolves in the world!" She exclaimed.

"Not like these, plucky survivors where wolves have been extinct for hundreds of years." He chuckled as they placed the crate in the back of the truck.

"Did you not hear?" Dareth glared as he snatched his camera back. "They're wolves! Not space wolves or zombie wolves! Just regular wolves and this is their home!"

"So go and write a song about it." Faith snapped in impatience.

"Thanks for your help, I couldn't have done it without you." He smirked and the two teens looked away in shame. "The hunt's over and it's way past your bedtime."

"What is wrong with you? You're obsessed!" Pixel roared.

"Yeah, and that means a lot coming from her." Dareth nodded.

"Say goodbye to the puppies, they're going to their new home now." Baron jeered as he and Faith walked to the front of the truck. "Faith, check the map, let's figure a way out of this place and away from these children and then go back and secure the crate." He said. While they were discussing the map, Pixel moved to the back of the truck.

She looked through the air gap in the large crate.

The two wolves were panting and looking at her with desperate, pleading golden eyes. It was like these animals were asking her for help like they knew she cared about them. Before she could do anything, however, Faith was pushing her away from the crate as her uncle tied the crate to the truck. He turned around and smirked at the two teenagers.

"If you're that desperate to save something go sponsor a panda." He laughed before he and Faith climbed into the truck and drove off with the wolves, leaving the teens alone in the forest...

Inside the crate, Cole and Kai were absolutely terrified. They should have listened to the others, now they were trapped and about to be kept as pets by some psychopathic hunters. They had tried everything they could to get out of the strong crate but it was hopeless. They were trapped. The two of them could only curl up in defeat as they whimpered in despair, waiting for the inevitable to happen.

Unbeknownst to them, a rescue was coming.

After they had gotten over their shock, Dareth and Pixel had gotten into Dareth's car and were driving down a hidden road through the forest. Not too many people know about it, but it was a good shortcut. They had to stop Baron before he took the wolves away. Pixel now saw him for the monster he was. Iron Baron and his niece were glory hunters who only wanted fame and they didn't care what they destroyed to get it.

Baron had taken two beautiful wolves out of their natural habitat to make himself look good and make money and Pixel was not going to let that happen.

Baron laughed like a kid on Christmas as he and Faith drove to the city. These wolves were going to make him rich. Before his rich fantasy could grow, however, Faith suddenly slammed on the breaks. He was about to shout at her, but then he saw Pixel Borg standing alone in the middle of the road with a determined glare stuck on her face.

The hunter rolled his eyes and he and Faith got out of the truck to confront her.

"I'm not moving until you let the wolves go." Pixel stated firmly as she trembled slightly.

"Didn't Mommy and Daddy teach you that we can't always get what we want?" Baron mocked.

"They taught me to stand up for what's right."

"Then they did a much better job than my parents." He sneered. "Go home and make them dinner to say thanks."

"You said you were just like me." She said, tears welling up in her green eyes. "I should have known you were too good to be true."

"Are all teenage girls like this, or just the crazy ones?" He asked his niece who was glaring daggers at Pixel.

"I'm glad I'm not like you." Pixel spat.

"Kid, if your plan was to appeal to my better nature, it won't work." He shrugged. "I don't have one."

"Yeah, that was Plan A." She admitted before smirking. "Plan B was to keep you two talking long enough for Dareth to sneak around the back of your truck and let the wolves go." She smiled as the smug look on Baron's face instantly vanished and he turned around to see Dareth standing by the truck, holing up the camera and waving at them.

"Award-winning footage, Iron Baron; think you might be thinning a bit at the back though." Dareth laughed as he deleted all the footage from the night. Cursing loudly, the two hunters ran around to the back of the truck and roared in rage when he saw the crate was wide open and empty. He looked out into the dark forest that surrounded them and saw nothing.

The wolves were long gone.

They turned back around and saw Pixel and Dareth stand there, proud smiles on their faces.

"You've slowed me down, that's all." Baron spat venomously as he and Faith climbed back into the truck. "I've got the bait, and I'll be back for your wolves." He added before they drove off back to the city.

"He is right about the bait." Pixel sighed after a moment of silence.

"Yeah, I mean wolves can't resist it." Dareth agreed. "Although... since I've got it, it's probably no use to him." He smirked and pulled out the device Iron Baron had used to attract the wolves.

"Very stealthy." Pixel laughed.

"Thank you very much." He bowed before throwing the device into the trees, where they hoped it would be lost forever. "This is for all the wolves out there, howl it with me now!" He called and they both howled into the night...

Soon the cold morning sun rose and the full moon disappeared for another month. As soon as they had returned to their human form, Cole and Kai wandered through the forest, naked, until they finally found their clothes on the ground where they left them. As they got dressed they couldn't stop thinking about what had happened that night.

They remembered the scent, then it went dark.

When they woke up they saw that man with Pixel and Dareth. He and the woman he was with smelled bad. They had been trapped then released by Dareth while Pixel kept the hunters distracted. They probably owed Pixel and Dareth their lives and they couldn't even thank them. Kai blushed slightly as his mind drifted to his time with Cole in that box.

Even though it was absolutely terrifying, he somewhat felt safe because Cole was there with him.

Just like when they were locked in that prison cell. Soon both werewolves were dressed and were standing in front of Zane's house, trying to gather enough courage to face the music.

"What are we gonna tell our parents?" Kai asked nervously, knowing that when his parents and Nya found out they would kill him.

"The truth," Cole replied.

"Why?"

"Because he could come back! They've got a right to know."

"We're in so much trouble, I think when my parents hear this they might actually eat me alive." Kai groaned.

"When my Dad hears about this I'll be grounded for the next 50 years or so." Cole agreed.

"You could leave them in the den till they promise not to punish you." Kai playfully suggested, smiling when he got a chuckle out of the larger teen. "You sure you don't want to split the blame?" He asked.

"Positive." Cole smiled

"Right, let's get this over with." He sighed and they walked into the house together, hoping the others would go easy on them...