I'm sorry once more for the late update, but I've been updating my other stories in order again, with the most recent updates being the one I updated the longest ago, so I am kinda updating stories in an order, so... yeah.
So now, here's the new chapter of "Help Her!".
At first, this would have been the final chapter in my mind, but I'm so grateful to all of you that it isn't. And also, my notes and plans overflowed, so yeah.
Anyway...
CHAPTER TWENTY!
Kai is frozen as he stares in shock at the girl in front of him. Chamille. She had been at the Tournament of Elements two and a half years ago. They had all lost contact from her after that. Even Toxikita, her best friend. Skylor had said that she had thrown her lot in with the ninjas' enemies, but Kai never suspected that they would find her here. Yet here she is, standing before him, a look of pure hatred and malice on her face, aiming her steely gaze at Skylor. Kai feels something flare up inside his chest, and his hands ignite with the flame he had been gifted with at birth, burning bright with fury. Before he can move, however, Chamille flings herself towards Skylor, striking her hard in the chest. Skylor can't avoid the move, and she is thrown backwards towards the doorway. Chamille doesn't stop herself while she's ahead, and she jumps closer to the Master of Amber again, even as Steven leaps towards Kai, who sends fire blazing through the air to defend himself and Skylor, who pushes herself up behind him. Skylor barely avoids Chamille's next attack.
"I've got her, you take Steven!" She yells over her shoulder to Kai as she flips onto the other side of the room, a snarl on her face as she whips around to face the Master of Form again. Chamille grins evilly even as Skylor fires ice in her direction, attempting to freeze her solid. Chamille dodges the blow, and the ice slams into the wall behind her, resulting in a loud smashing noise. A giant crack appears in the dirt wall, and the entire room shakes from the impact, the cries and shouts of other people echoing in the mud corridors. Skylor bites her lip as the sounds of pounding feet running through the passageways meets her ears.
"Kai!" She shouts across the room. "We've got company!" The Master of Fire frowns as he throws more flames through the air towards his opponent. Steven ducks and the fire extinguished itself against the wall. That's when the idea hits him.
"Skylor!" He calls back, and the Master of Amber kicks Chamille backwards, turning her head towards Kai with a curious expression on her face. "You need to bring this place down!" Skylor's eyebrows shoot up questioningly, and Kai flips to her side, while Chamille dodges another blow. "You need to fire some ice or Earth or something at these walls, bring the ceiling down. Hopefully it'll crush them and maybe even bring the floor down with it, giving us an escape route!" Skylor nods, a grin on her face that Kai wouldn't have liked to see in his direction two and a half years ago.
The Master of Fire runs towards the doorway, igniting the flames on his hands once more. Skylor soon joins him, standing strong by his side.
"You know Steven," She says, and Steven meets her gaze, anger in his eyes. "I always knew your pride would be your fall!" With that, she summons earth to her fingers, sending it flying towards the far wall of the room. The two ninja hear the mud crack and split even as the roof collapses. Steven and Chamille give one more shout each before being crushed beneath the dirt, and Kai grabs Skylor's hand, dragging her away from the scene. The two race through the corridors, retracing their steps the best they can, trying their hardest to avoid any of the Traitors in the passages.
After a few minutes and several close calls, they emerge back in the large pit, heading at full speed for the ladder back up to Zane and Pixal. The nindroids run towards them, Pixal shouting into her headpiece. Skylor, Kai and Zane all barely hear her voice over the crackling static of the lines. Jay and Nya soon burst out of the corridors, followed closely by Cole. The three hurry up the ladder, pulling themselves up onto the pathway above.
"Where is Lloyd?!" Zane yells the second the others reach the top, and they all exchange horrified looks.
"Guys!" A voice, tiny in the commotion, barely touches their ears, flying through the dusty air towards them. Skylor and Kai throw quick glances over the side of the path, hardly spotting the little, green, dust-covered figure sprinting towards the ladder, trying its hardest to not be caught. Lloyd races up the ladder, and Kai and Jay grab his hands to speed him up the second he is within their reach. The ninja team turn and race towards the exit passageway, tearing through the dust and dirt.
Within ten minutes, the team, minus Pixal, climb into the Earth Driller, Cole in the driver's seat. Pixal soars overhead in her mech, ripping through the air towards the Mountains of Impossible Heights. Cole steps on the gas, and the Driller flies out of the alleyway, heading back to the monastery, mere inches behind the airborne Samurai X.
Lloyd grins in the backseat, his eyes narrow.
A/N: so that was the new chapter! I hope you all enjoyed this, and that it wasn't too short. I had wished to write a bit more, but that's all for tonight.
See you all soon!
Bye everyone!
-LunaPikazard
