Kai stood up and clapped his hands together, grinning down at his handiwork. "Okay, test it now."
Reaching out a hand, Cole gently plucked the wire. "Yeah, that should do it. It'll hold."
"It'll hold right up until the Serpentine's truck hits it," Kai said brightly.
Cole laughed a little. "Right on. Ready to head home?"
"I think so. We've got everything in place, right?" Kai asked.
"Right. The trip wire's set up, the nails are set up, even the oil-covered tarp's set up," Cole agreed. "We didn't get to use the bomb, but it's good to save it for an emergency. So yeah, I think this is a great set-up. We can head home."
They took off, banking west-southwest. As they flew in contented silence, Kai reviewed the set-up in his head, holding his chin high. It was true, they had a great set-up. Lloyd, Nya, and Jay wouldn't have been able to do any better, he'd bet.
...Well, they probably could be better, actually. But that was because Lloyd had a mind for strategy and Nya and Jay were geeks about engineering and stuff. So really, it was even more impressive Kai and Cole had done all they had, because neither of them was really that into this kind of thing. Lloyd, Nya, Jay, and Zane would be proud when they got back.
Kai hoped they got back soon. There had to have been enough time to rescue Zane by now. Kai was almost sure of it. He made himself be almost sure of it, because otherwise the images that invaded his brain were too much: Zane running from Serpentine, Zane cringing away from needles, Zane unconscious on a lab table as whitecoats loomed over him with terrible tools in hand.
Shaking his head hard, Kai forced his brain onto better thoughts, thoughts of Zane being rescued, thoughts of the others returning home, thoughts of all of them being together again. Happier now, Kai headed home.