A/N: So, sorry for the long wait; I've finally lost my writers block (Please don't come back!) and I'm giving you this chapter ;) Just pointing out, these go in no specific order, in case anyone was wondering xD Please R&R and most of all enjoy (Although I'm not forcing you to enjoy it)

It was stupid, irrational, unbelievable; he was a dare-devil!

And he was scared of heights. No, not scared, terrified, utterly shit-scared, petrified, frozen-with-fear-scared, blood-draining-from-face-scared, heart-hammering-on-chest-scared; well, you get the idea, he was scared of heights. What's more is he was terrified that his friends would discover the truth. He wouldn't be a dare-devil, he'd be a wimp; they'd laugh in his face.

No, that couldn't happen. They couldn't laugh at him.

Not Maya, she's always so kind and sweet, always with that mischievous twinkle in her eyes when she's scheming, would she really laugh at him? She'd be disappointed, that's for sure. Would she still want to be friends with him? Probably not; who would want to be friends with a wannabe dare-devil who blubbers like a baby when faced with heights? Not Maya for sure. Not strong, level-headed, fearless Maya.

Or Boomer, he's always a joker, he'd laugh. He's not a sensitive to people's feelings as Maya... Would he laugh? They'd been friends since forever, but that doesn't rule out the fact that he could still laugh in his face, without caring at all.

So, now here he was, stuck in a dilemma that he simply couldn't escape from. It had started out fine. The trio of nine-year-old's were bored, had no training for the day and the most productive activity they had done so far was making a half-hearted attempt to clean the X-Scaper. Then Maya had the brilliant idea to go on a walk; after motherly pressuring the boys to lather on sun-cream and don hats, they were off, walking through the forest.

Halfway through they realised this was starting to be a bad idea. The clouds that had been on the horizon had closed in much faster than Boomer had assured; seeing as though he was the expert on weather after living on his farm. He somehow then convinced them it was safe to continue, and they were foolish enough to trust him.

It was made obvious that they should have turned around when they could when Maya found that the tree they had use to cross to the opposite bank had been washed away by the violent current, leaving them stranded on the wrong side of the river, with the rain beginning to beat down. Luckily she managed to backtrack to a rope bridge.

And that was how Ky found himself desperately gripping onto the flimsy rope barriers, being battered by the wind at a height of what seemed like 50 foot above a raging river, screaming his head off.

"Ky! KY!" Maya shouted, shuffling along the rope and screaming when she nearly slipped off. "Are you okay?" Her ochre eyes lit up when a flash of lightning forked across the sky, closely followed by a deafening clasp of thunder, drowning out the last part of her sentence.

Meanwhile, Boomer was nearly thrown over the rope and was barely recovering before being repeatedly thrown around like a rag doll.

To answer Maya's question, he just shook his head, squeezing his eyes tightly shut and releasing another terrified scream when the bridge rocked too violently for his liking. "What's wrong?" The wind pushed the smaller, lithe girl into the shaking ebony-haired boy, who screamed in response, clutching her tightly against his body and gripping the rope until his knuckles turned white.

He could feel the tears involuntarily begin to slip down his face and turned his head away to hide them. He knew his body was shaking, and with Maya being so close he knew she could feel it. "I'm... Oh God, I'm scared of freaking heights, okay? Go on, laugh!" His shame and confusion deepened when neither Maya or Boomer complied. "Just do it, already! It's embarrassing enough, just get it over with!"

"Oh, Ky." Maya breathed softly, resting a gentle, comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. "It's okay, we're not going to laugh." She gave him a gentle squeeze before her hand travelled down his arm to his hand. "I promise you, we'll make it to the other side. Just keep hold of my hand."

Maya always kept her promises.

Fifteen-year-old Boomer looked over at his friends and was certain his stomach back-flipped. All the colour had drained from his face, his hands had become clammy and his heart was hammering in his chest. He thought his heart might explode out of his chest, and that thought was making him sick. He was sure he was going to burst into tears when he heard Maya scream again, and Ky give a yell as he just managed to keep hold of her. He felt useless. "Guy's!" He shouted. "Hold on!"

His eyes travelled along the river and was relieved not to find the always ever helpfully placed waterfall, but instead convenient rapids which could pose just as much threat. Maya was desperately clinging onto one of the many rocks rising out of the water; Ky practically crushing her against it in a valiant attempt to prevent her from slipping away.

Boomer couldn't believe this was happening. The X-Scaper just flipped out. Maya was navigating, she wasn't seated and was throw violently to the side. All the controls malfunctioned, and the doors opened. In a bid to save her, Ky launched himself forward, catching her hand in his own. Boomer thought they were safe and sighed with relief.

He couldn't have been more wrong.

The X-Scaper nose-dived, and his two companions were falling,

falling,

falling.

The next thing he knew, he was awaking to Maya's screams only to find them no where near the vicinity of the now crashed X-Scaper.

Now he found himself staring helplessly at his friends, water curling up at his toes, sinking into the pit of fear that had accumulated itself in what was once his heart. "Boomer!" Maya screamed as the current roared on, determined to pry her away from Ky's grasp. "Help us! Please!"

"You've gotta do something!" Ky added, fear evident in his voice. "I can't hang on much longer! She's slipping, Boomer, hurry!" Boomer's eyes widened, he felt like he was frozen to the spot, only another terrified scream from Maya, caused by the river nearly washing her away, managed to jolt him out of his trance. "Boomer!" Ky shouted, much more desperately this time.

He racked his brains for an idea, then something hit him. Rope. "HOLD ON!" Boomer instructed, turning on his heels and racing back to the X-Scaper. He smacked his head on the door but ignored the pain, instead focused himself on rifling through the mess. "Come on, come on! You're here somewhere." He threw some shoes out of his way and pushed cereal to the side-not really caring if it spilt- lobbed some clothes over his shoulder and moved a couple of plates and china mugs. "Where the hell are you?" He muttered to himself.

He raced over to the control panel and looked under there; nothing. "What the hell!" He exclaimed, racing over and desperately pulling things out of the cupboards until he uncovered it, stuffed right at the back. "Thank you sweet Jesus!"

He slung the rope over his shoulder and proceeded to race around like a headless chicken screaming incomprehensible gibberish. "I'vegottherope! I'vegotthefreakinggoddamrope!"

He finally found the river and quickly secured the rope around the nearest tree to the bank, before throwing the coiled rope at Maya and Ky. After three attempts he realised this wasn't working, the rope hit just short and was swept away by the current.

"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me!" Boomer cursed, allowing a variety of colourful language to worm it's way out of his mouth while he used a bow knot to tie the rope around his chest. He stared at the water for a moment, taking a deep breathe to control himself, before closing his eyes and jumping in, beginning to power towards his friends. The current was strong, but he fought it and managed to reach the rock. "C'mon!" Boomer instructed, holding out a hand to them.

"Take Maya first!" Ky pleaded, pushing her into his arms before she could protest. Boomer struck out towards the bank, an arm around Maya's waist, pulling her through the water with him while she cursed at Ky.

She clambered up the bank, standing there shivering, watching with fearful eyes as he swam back to Ky. "Hold on, buddy! Almost there!" He reached out and grabbed his friend, pulling him towards the bank. They were only just up the bank when a body threw themselves at them, squealing.

"Ohhhh, I knew you could do it, Boomer! Thank you!" Maya exclaimed, making him realise that she was the one practically strangling himself and Ky with the hug. Of course, who else would it be?

"Yeah, you did great Boom!" Ky praised, multi-tasking between wringing out his tee-shirt and studying Maya for any injuries she may have. "You saved us!" His face turned slightly graver as he took a small glance at Maya. "You were so close to being washed away..."

"I'm okay; thanks to the both of you." Maya replied, wringing the water out of her hair and shooting them a grateful smile.

Boomer looked at both of his friends, before smiling happily. "I should be thanking you," This being said, made both Maya and Ky stare at him in confusion. "I think... I don't think I'm scared of water any more! Or at least, not as much as I was before."

And they all smiled.

Maya backed up, rearing up to her full height, all three and a half foot of it, but no matter how much she tried to hide her fear she was still the small, scared ten-year-old she had been five minutes ago. She shivered as a gust of chilly December wind bore through her thin layer of clothing, chilling her to the bone.

She gave a small whimper as the figure stepped forward, advancing forward ever so slowly, like it was a cat playing with it's food. Only this cat enjoyed seeing it's dinner squirm as it paused, it's malicious eyes shining with glee, as it slowly came forward again. "S-stay b-back!" Maya instructed, trying to sound as terrifying as possible, but the whole point was shattered with her adorably sweet voice which sounded less frightening than a butterfly.

The figure gave a gravelly chuckle, tilting their head, eyes still focused on the small child before them. "Don't worry child, I won't hurt you." Maya gave another small whimper, retreating a couple of steps and quickly glancing around for a saviour to miraculously appear and whisk her away from the danger.

She saw no-one.

"Come here, child. I can help you. You will not be harmed, I promise."

Maya gulped, but managed to stay strong. "No!" She replied, surprised by the firmness in her voice. "Leave me alone! I... I know about you, Boaddai said you got thrown out from... f-from the Redakai; you're... you're evil and you... you have to stay away from me! Y-you hear? Stay away!"

The man chuckled again, his orange eyes glowing as he approached. "Boaddai taught you a lot of things, hmm?" Maya watched him warily, looking around for a escape route. "So you know who I am?" She shrank away in fear as he reached out towards her. The figure smirked. "I'll take that as a yes."

Then, she bolted. Ducking away from him and sprinting away as fast as she could, screaming her head off and yelling for help. She was searching for Boaddai, or even Conner; she knew he'd help her, but most of all she was searching for escape.

Then, she screamed. The figure was ahead of her, waiting. She skidded to a halt and attempted to change direction, but a lavender hand had already locked itself around her arm. "No!" Maya shouted, struggling helplessly in his grasp. "No, let me go! Let me go!" She only just fought off the tears that automatically sprang to her eyes as she attempted to wriggle out of the man's grip.

"Calm yourself." He instructed, but Maya continued to kick out and struggle.

A few tears escaped and streamed down her small, now pale face and dropping onto the ground. The streaks of moonlight peeked out from behind the sad grey clouds, other than that, the area was shrouded in foreboding shadows. Maya continued to scream and struggle and genuinely be a pain, which caused the figure to clamp a rough hand over her mouth, muffling her pleas.

An enraged roar came from above. For a split second Maya saw a figure flying through the air towards them; the next thing she knew Lokar had been tackled to the ground by an ebony haired boy of ten years. He then reared up and grabbed Maya's hand, screaming something that sounded vaguely like 'go, go, go' but was too fast for her to understand.

"Ky!" Maya squealed in awe as they sprinted away. "You just rugby tacked Lokar!"

Ky panted slightly, a small smile adorning his face. "Yeah, I guess I did."

"You just saved me!"

His smile widened. "Yeah... I did, didn't I?" Maya really wanted to hug her best friend, but knew that this moment definitely wasn't the time to; instead, she stayed by Ky's side and kept to his pace, unwilling to abandon him after he'd just rescued her.

Ky put on the brakes, almost slipping over as he stopped. "No way!" He exclaimed, shielding Maya with an outstretched arm, and slowly backing away, forcing her to do the same. In front of them was none other then Lokar. "You just... You just... freaking... TELEPORTED!"

Maya clutched Ky's arm tightly, fear coursing through her body; they hadn't escaped, he was just allowing them to think that, he was messing with them. "Ky," Maya whispered, her voice shaking slightly. "Ky, I'm scared."

He gently reached down and took her hand in his own. She could feel his body shaking, but the warmth from his hand comforted her; it was reassuring, she felt suddenly protected, as if they had a whole army beside them. But it was only her, and Ky, and the warmth of his hand. "I promised you, I will never let anything happen to you. I intend to keep that promise."

It turned out; Ky was excellent at keeping promises too.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Since the show focused on the trio being teens we don't really know much about their pasts, anything could have happened so I thought this chapter would be adorable; having all three scared of something, but always over coming that fear with the help of thier friends. I don't own anything, just the plot.

~ Azure