Kai POV: I landed hard on bumpy ground and watched the portal close quickly after I fell through. Great, so that way out is a no-go. Okay, all I have to do is find another way out. "Could you please get off me?" Someone demanded. Apparently the ground wasn't bumpy. I had landed on the Shadow King. "Oh sure. I'll do that." I said. Then took my time before I was off. He stood up as well and brushed off dust off his slightly-torn robes. "So, how has your day been so far?" I asked, sarcastically. "This is no time for humor, Master of Fire. We have no way back." He said. "There's always a way." "Not this time. Because not only did Renata betray me. But she, most likely, took control of the Sands." He sounded bitter. Probably because he lost control over her. "I really don't care about her right now. All I need is to get out. So, bye." And I left him. After walking a few feet he scurried after me. We walked down the tunnel when it clearly moved and we were suddenly facing three lion-like monsters. One of them launched at me, but I rolled out of the way in time. The two others also charged, but collided with the first. Then they got up and charged again. Luckily I still had the knife from before. I ducked under the first and sliced it's belly. That caused it to roar in pain and crash into the wall. The second swiped it's claws downward, but rolled out of the way. I shoved the knife into it's shoulder and it roared loudly. The third backed off after watching this and they all ran off, whimpering. I sighed and heard clapping, it was the Shadow King and he was right where he was when the monsters first appeared. "That was an excellent performance, Master of Fire." he said, smirking. "Please, just stop calling me that. And why did you not do anything?" I asked, completely ticked off. "I am a king. Others fight for me." I turned my back to him and said, "Not anymore. You've been dethroned." I heard him growl at me. I didn't get a chance to enjoy annoying him. A fourth lion-like burst out of the shadows and ran into me. It pinned me to the ground and tried to bite off my head. I managed to keep it off, but not much else. And Shadow King was just watching this happen. Great, this is how I go out. By the mouth of an angry monster. Suddenly I saw two katanas that were attached together land deep in its side. It roared, clawed it out, and ran off. I sighed in relief and looked at whoever threw the swords. It was a woman with long honey brown hair and sharp amber eyes. She was wearing a slightly torn and dirty crimson red ninja uniform. She walked over, picked up her weapon, and said, "Guessing that you're the Shadow King's new plaything." "Sort of." she held out her hand to help me up. I took it and she said, "What do you mean?" "It appears you were correct about Renata being selfish, Master of Storms." Shadow King said, finally doing something. The woman reacted to him by grabbing him, throwing him over her shoulder, putting one of the sword blades to his throat, and said, "What the hell do you want?" "Relax. It's not like I have any reason to hurt you." he said, with a little nervousness in his voice. "You didn't have to put us in the Sands either, but here we are." "This is fun to watch." I said, leaning against the wall. "Glad you're having fun. Name's Sunami, by the way." she said, not taking her eyes off the Shadow King. "Kai. Nice to meet you. Though I wish it was under different circumstances, honestly." "Fair. Now Shamus, answer my question. What the hell do you want?" "To get out of here and make Renata pay for betraying me." he sounded even more bitter than before. "It doesn't surprise me that she did. It always seemed like she would pull a power play, one way or another." Sunami said, then got off him. Not before basically kneeing him in the stomach. He gasped in pain and glared at her. She ignored him and faced me. She asked, "So, I'm guessing that Sensei Wu recruited you, right?" "Yep. Are you a ninja too?" "Yeah, but I was taken captive by the skeleton army and traded to this clown." she said, gesturing to Shamus. He continued to glare at her, but said nothing. Guess he really didn't care at this point. That or he didn't want to get kneed again. "Do you have any idea on how to get out?" I asked. "My best guess is a hidden entrance where they let the monsters in. But this place is constantly changing, so I can't get close." she said, crossing her arms. "I'm glad to know that feature works." Shamus said, finally talking instead of moaning. She glared at him and the air turned darker around her. And I could hear some quiet rumbling. Guess that explains why Shamus called her the Master of Storms. "Well, now we might have a chance." I said. She raised an eyebrow and said, "Why?" "Because we have the Shadow King himself with us." I responded, pointing at him. "And why would I help you?" He said, standing back up. "We are going to get out of here, with or without your help. Question is, do you really want to wait around for those lion monsters to pick you off?" she said. He thought about it and said, "Well I do want to see how well you can fight together." That is definitely code for 'I'm a huge coward who is too proud to admit it.'