I'm back y'all! How're you all doing? Anyway, recap time!

Previously on "Help her!"

Skylor explained her backstory to the ninja and co., after they found out who tried to kill her. Yeah that's it.

So now what? You'll find out pretty soon. Also, I released a new one-shot today called Scars, so go read that if you want to. I might actually make that a one-shot collection, so be prepared for that. Anyway, enough of this, onto the next chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter 8

"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!" Jay exclaims, causing Nya to roll her eyes at her boyfriend. "What do you mean, 'that's Steven'?!" Your ex boyfriend tried to kill us?!"

"Basically, yeah." Skylor responds bluntly. Jay's mouth drops. Kai re-enters the room from the kitchen carrying a tray of mugs.

"It doesn't matter who the guy was," he says as he passes out coffees, teas and hot chocolates to the ones who asked for them, "but who the girl is. Why does your adopted sister want to kill you so bad?" All eyes shoot to Skylor, and she sighs lightly.

"My father would make us fight each other on a daily basis, much like he would with your father," she motions to Lloyd, "and Clouse years beforehand. Every time, I was stronger, faster, smarter, and every time Claire would lose. He would time us, and if we reached ten minutes of pure fighting, he would call a tie, announcing that we were finally equals. But that day never came. I would always prevail, and Claire would be... beaten. He wanted her to be my equal, if not better than me, and Claire just wanted to defeat me in combat. She became hungry for power, for victory, and would ambush me as I walked around the island. Even then, with no preparations, I would twist the situation to my advantage, making me victorious. She could never win. I was afraid of meeting the same punishment as she did, so I never stopped training myself. She became even more bloodthirsty, and that drove her past her breaking point. That's why she tried to kill me. Why she still tries." The others in the room are silent, and Skylor bows her head. She's exhausted, and just wants to go back to bed, never to wake up again. "Even now, she's probably plotting her next attack, plotting my demise."

"Well, we won't let that happen!" Kai nearly shouts from the other side of the room. Everyone cries out in agreement even as the front doors of the monastery's courtyard are blown open, though not by wind. Red lights spiral across the walls, ceiling and floor as sirens wail like crying children, alarming the ninja as to the break-in. Skylor leads the charge into the courtyard, and they all burst out of the door of the monastery to find Claire and Steven, still masked, standing there. Steven leans against the smouldering doorframe, silent as the tiger stalking its prey. Claire stands by the painted mural and examines the pictures carefully.

"Oh wow!" Claire exclaims as she looks at the images. "Will you look at that! Skylor, I can't find you anywhere on here. Maybe you're not as important as we all thought." Steven laughs, the sound distorted through his mask, almost as if he is trying to remind the ninja of the times of lying and deceit they've been through - Nya refusing to tell anyone of her secret alter ego, Jay not admitting that he was bitten by a Fangpyre, Kai's 'betrayal' during the Tournament of Element, Skylor spying on the ninja for Chen at the same time, and now this. We've been through some sh— Thoughts are interrupted by Master Wu and Misako climbing the steps to the building, blind to the intruders. Immediately, the ninja pull their weapons and some leap over their enemies to cover their mentor from attacks.

"Well done, ninja." Claire taunts from her place by the mural wall, "you've boxed us in." She slowly, sarcastically, claps her hands, annoying almost everyone in the vicinity. Nya growls like an animal from by the door, and Claire's eyes flick to the other girl before Lloyd summons a giant ball of glowing green energy. Her eyes then shoot to the youngest member of the team, her eyebrows raising in mock disbelief. "You'd attack an unarmed woman?" The ninja try not to falter, but a few unconsciously go to lower their weapons slowly. Claire chuckles and rips a dagger from a pocket on her arm as she throws herself at Cole, who, alongside Kai, Zane, Jay and Lloyd, tries to fight back. Steven then launches himself over the fray towards Skylor, but Nya jumps inbetween them, unsheathing a gleaming sword. Steven copies her, and the noises of swordfighting can be heard from miles around, tearing through the empty air like scissors through paper. Skylor slides into the fight, aiding the girl ninja. She pulls a borrowed black katana from her back and slices at the armoured man who assisted in her attempted murder. The blade glances over the shining plates over Steven's arms and shoulders, and he turns after pushing Nya back, swinging his own sword at Skylor. The girl in amber barely jumps backwards in time to avoid getting her legs amputated, before she realises how to harm the guy under the gleaming black armour. Reaching out to Nya's mind with her own, using Neuro's elemental power, Skylor tells Nya to aim for the slitted gaps in the boy's armour, like the ones on his arms, legs and chest. Nya doesn't have time to respond before the connection is severed, and Skylor lunges towards her ex, her blade reflecting a grey mirror image of the bright midday sun back into the sky. Right now, I'd love to have the Sword of Sanctuary in my hand... While Steven parries Skylor's blow, Nya sticks her own silver blade into one of the gaps on the male's armour over his left arm, and she feels the blade pierce skin. In response, Steven yells out from pain and shock, flinging Skylor back and aiming another blow to Nya's head. She ducks just in time, barely dodging the point of the sword. She flings her katana up a second time, aiming for the head. It hits his mask, sending it flying upwards and over the wall of the monastery's yard. His face is finally revealed. The first thing Nya notices about him is the large, dark burn scar across the right side is his face. It looks as if he came into direct contact with a flame, and Nya wonders how one could be so stupid as to stick their head in an open fire. She then pays attention to the rest of his features. His nose if crooked slightly, and is currently bleeding a bit, crimson blood dripping from his nostrils and covering his skin, streaming down onto his thin lips. His eyes are green, and gleam at the girls as he backs away until he and Claire make contact, literally covering the other's back. His hair is dark brown, and shines in the sunlight pouring down onto the fight. He is tall, with pale skin, and Nya guesses that he doesn't get out much. Why would you if you were a part of Chen's army and were plotting to kill someone in broad daylight? The thought is sarcastic, and Nya tries to push it to the back of her head. The man grins, showing teeth that have been sharpened to an abnormal point, giving him the look of a brown wolf that has been sleep-deprived. His eyes have dark shadows beneath them, helping the image to convey itself. His laugh, without the mask, is deep and strange, with high and low notes thrown in at odd intervals. He sounds insane, and his appearance doesn't do him any justice. The ninja slowly step in, narrowing the distance between the two sides, and Steven laughs harder, Claire's chuckle joining his. His back, once again, lights up, and the man soars into the air before coming full circle and grabbing Claire's left wrist. As she lifts off the ground, Claire tries to reach out to grab Skylor by the arm to pull her away, but Nya leaps in front of her, being caught by the neck. She hits out at Claire, even as they rise into the air, and Jay yells Nya's name, copied by Kai, Skylor, Cole, Lloyd and Zane. PIXAL, on the other hand, remains silent but summons her Samurai X mech to her side. It appears, and PIXAL leaps into it... just as Nya is dropped over the edge of the mountain face. Jay runs through the doorway out of the courtyard, screaming. Kai, Zane, Lloyd and Cole follow him, and Skylor pulls herself over the wall as Nya topples past the lip of the mountain drop. The older girl can see Nya's dark fingertips against the grey rock, and Skylor drops down to the ground to grab the younger girl. She's too late, however, and Nya lets go, unable to hold on any longer. Jay leaps over the edge, and Kai jumps, grabbing his ankles. Lloyd throws himself over, copying Kai. He is followed by Zane and, finally, Cole as they grasp the ankles of the one in front of them. Skylor watches in shock and fear as Cole nearly falls off the edge too, but his feet stay plastered against the rock face. He pulls his brothers-by-bond back up, and Skylor holds her breath. Finally, a melancholy Kai appears over the rock again, followed by a sobbing Jay, but no Nya. Skylor gasps. She's gone.

That's right, it's finishing here! Haha!

Don't worry, I'll have a new chapter out soon, but this one was longer than I expected and it's now really early and I have a long day tomorrow. Well, really, I have a long day in eight hours, but ya know, I sacrifice a lot to write these. And by a lot, I mean a lot of hours of sleep. Oh well, your average teen only needs 8 hours right? I had eight hours until I need to get up (more or less) so that's fine. Anyway, yeah that's that. I'm only releasing one chapter now, cos yeah, I'm tired and... yeah just read what I said before and that's your reason. So I'll see you guys in about 24 hours, when I'm meant to be sleeping but in reality I'm just writing and posting fan fictions!

Yes, Chen was an abusive father in this fanfiction, so if you're not ready for him to be portrayed as an even worse person, prepare yourself, cos I'm not stopping now!

Chen was abusive - change my mind if you can!

See you guys when I next upload.

LunaPikazard. Over and out.