You guys asked for it! So here is the second chap of Inside The Black!

Warning: Blood, lots of it. If you are a soft natured person, I would recommend you skip. Don't be like me and take it as a challenge and regret it later on.

Disclaimer: No but you guys are excited for the New Legacy Shorts? I didn't see Jay, Zane, Cole and Lloyd at all in the trailer though... Wonder if they'll feature about the pilot season or from before Kai and Nya joined the team. I sure as hell would love if they do.


Shot 18: Inside The Black (Part 2)

It had been tough and the battle left them with scars that time won't be enough to heal

But in the end, balance had been restored.

Good had once again triumph over evil, making the ninja victorious of a fight where hope was repeatedly lost.

However, none of the ninjas were celebrating.

And they weren't about to do so any time soon

They only thing they would most likely be doing is a funeral

But since they had yet to find the body, they still foolishly hope that the earth master would be found alive, no matter how improbable that was.

Thanks to Zane's memory data, they were able to approximately relocate where Cole had fallen

The search party composing of Jay, Zane, Kai and Nya were sent to search for the earth master once they were deemed fit enough. Lloyd, on the other hand, was ordered to stay and rest up after his temporary death experience.

Since Cole had fell while the Bounty was moving, it would take a lot of time to find the raven. The mess the Oni left behind certainly wasn't helping and that wasn't counting the possibility of the black ninja crashing inside a building.

The team shared a brief determined look and nod, before they each split into separate ways, in hopes to reach the earth master before it was too late.


Despite Kai's prayers to spare his sister, it was Nya that found the earth master. Her horrified scream could be heard from miles, even if the town hadn't been so awfully silent.

The ninja all dropped what they were doing and rushed to Nya's location, Kai cursing to himself all the while. Nya was already blaming herself bad enough, this would only devastate her! Argh, he knew he shouldn't have let her come!

The sight that greeted them upon arriving threatened to make their hurried breakfast show up. The place presented before them looked like a scene cut was out from some R rated gory, horror movie.

No... This was way worst...

Blood.

A great amount.

Everywhere.

Suffocating them

The red liquid was splattered across the surrounding walls and broken furniture. The ground wasn't any better, it was the opposite. It was covered with varied puddles of the crimson fluid along with trails, as if someone who was profusely bleeding had been dragged around (which, seeing their situation, their imagination could be speaking the truth).

Nya was crouched on the floor, careless of the blood soaking up her suit as she sobbed uncontrollably. Most of her cries were muffled by her hands covering her mouth, but her body still shook violently. The cause of her obvious distress laid a few meters ahead, in a corner.

They had all prepared themselves to find the corpse of a friend, but never in this state. Compare to the horrendous state of the earth master's body, the room was nothing but a birthday party aftermath.

The red ninja's legs give up causing him to fell onto his knees, shocked to his core and paralyzed by it. His surrounding blurred together and he could only see the mutilated body of his brother in all but blood. He distantly heard Jay throw up and despite the fact that the redhead was barely 2 feet away from him, Kai could barely hear him. Even Zane had bile raising up his throat even if that should have been physically impossible.

This couldn't be real

They must be dreaming

It's just a horrible nightmare

Please, just be a horrible nightmare

...

The world was such a cruel place

No matter how much they pleaded, wished, hoped or prayed, it wasn't changing this reality

Zane was the only one that was able to force himself to move, although he tremble with every step. The closer he came, the worst Cole looked and despite how much he wanted to, he couldn't just stop. The dead eyes of his brother bore into him and will surely hunt him, all of them, for the rest of their existence. He approached the inhumanly mutilated body and got to experience one of the rare moments Zane was grateful to be a nindroid.

Had he been human he would have missed the slight tensing of Cole's entire body as well as the twitch of his finger. As improbable as it was, these indicated only one thing. And when the ice ninja gently pressed 2 fingers on the unresponsive raven's neck, their was no doubt.

"Cole is still alive"


Haha, now you guys have to wait forever to know what horrors I made Cole victim of. Sorry I didn't write much btw, but I've been pretty busy lately. Which remain me, I'll be very busy as from Saturday, so don't expect much from me, k? I'll try to make my stories worth reading though, bare with me, alright?

Now thanking those that reviewed cause you guys just make my day with them

To NinjagoLover61-9: So does your reviews ;D Thanks for putting up with me

To HyberbolB: Okay DOTD may not be the best around but to the point it shouldn't be watched? That's too far, sure it could have been better, but still! (I don't hate it either...) It's for the whole book... at least the things I remembered XD Yeah I know, I'm pretty damn cool XD I'm gla you like my work and I hope you're doing fine as well. Have a nice week!

To myself: You're impossible... '-_-

To Red: You are waaaaaaaay nicer and thanks for understanding. ...I can't see my bear... :') Stop apologizing for making me happy or I swear I'll slap you. Yes, I would love seeing the bears. Also, I like your stories, so you good at song fics too

To Kitten: Heh, what can I say? I love Morro and glad to hear it.

To Wind: WHY ARE SUCH AN ANGEL BABE?! You're way more incredible and I love you!

To Guess (All four review is you, right?):1) I've never watch Treasure Planet so I'm clueless about what you're talking about and I didn't quite understand the sentence either... 2) Hahah, I totally agree with you about the bug part but sweety, if you dislike reading about death, you could have skipped it. I put a warning on top 3) No it's not their fault but I honestly don't think it'll be offensive to them. Afterall, bastard is most commonly used to describe an jerk. Plus, it's not like I was trying to offend them or anything. 4) Again, if you don't like it, there was a warning on top, so just skip.