Nya fidgetted and squirmed in her chains, hoping to find a weak point in them. When she was unable to, she started looking around for something to break them off with.
"I have to get to Kai," she muttered. "He needs my help."
Nya froze, hearing voices outside.
"The master of Lightning?"
"Zane?" Nya muttered to herself.
She listened to the voice.
"Yes, I can see what you are implying."
There was a pause.
"Yes, of course. He's already weakened and exhausted so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle."
"What is he talking about?" Nya questioned to herself.
"Of course, I'll get him and bring him up to you."
Nya frowned, hearing the metal keys jingling near her. A door opened near her, and then a faint metal clinking.
"Are you sure you don't have everything with you?"
Nya listened, hearing a door close followed by the echo of footsteps outside her door.
"The parts should be there- Alright, that's good."
"Parts?" Nya questioned.
"Alright, I'll have him there in a couple minutes. Make sure everything is accounted for. We don't want to be halfway done and be missing something."
Nya listened as the footsteps walked away. As they did, she saw something slip under the door to her feet. She kicked it next to her hand to find it was a paperclip.
"Stop moving before I knock you out again," Zane threatened.
"Poor Jay," Nya sighed.
She listened as the footsteps disappeared, signaling that Zane was gone with Jay.
"I hope he'll be Ok," Nya muttered. "But I have to find Kai. He's more important at the moment."
Nya took the paperclip, unwound it and started fiddling with her chains. Eventually, she had unlocked them all and was free from the chains.
"Now for the door," Nya grinned.
As she walked up to the door, it swung open.
"What is with all the racket in here?" a droid asked.
Nya acted on instinct, swung a foot out and knocked the droid down. In seconds, she was on top of it, pulling open the main panel and ripping out a handful of wires. The droid sparked for a moment as Nya climbed off it and watched it's eyes go dull.
"That was close," she muttered.
She looked up at the open door, hoping there wasn't another droid there. Luckily, there wasn't any in sight. She pulled the deactivated droid away from the door, propping it up against a wall before slipping out the door. She closed it behind her and turning. She did one last glance around the hallway before dashing for the elevator.
"Come on," she muttered to herself.
The door opened and she ran in. She scanned the stolen card.
"Crap, what level was Kai on," she muttered to herself.
She made a quick decision and pressed 54. She yelped as the elevator shot upwards, not used to the speed it travelled at. She waited anxiously for the elevator to open, hoping it was the right floor and there wasn't anyone waiting for her. As the elevator door opened, she let out a sigh of relief, seeing the correct floor cleared of any droids to stop her. She stepped out of the elevator, her heart skipping a beat as she remembered that Jay might be in trouble too. She realized it had surprisingly been over an hour since Zane took him. She winced, hoping he was Ok as she made her way to Kai.
She looked into the chamber, seeing Kai in a peaceful sleep in the chamber. His eyes were closed as he breathed softly into the oxygen mask over his mouth. She could see her brother's chest faintly rising and falling under the thin blanket over his body. She had no idea if he was strapped down underneath of it. She guessed he was since he was asleep on his back, and he normally slept on his stomach.
"Let's do this quick," she muttered to herself.
She swiped the card and unlocked the chamber. She pulled it open and ripped the blanket off of her brother's limp body. She found three straps holding him down. She went straight for the one over his chest, unbuckling it and the shaking her brother.
"Kai, wake up," she cried to him. "Please, you need to wake up."
Nya watched her brother's foggy eyes slowly blink open, looking at her.
"Nya?" he questioned.
Nya sighed in relief as her brother started coming to his senses. She quickly turned to the straps over his legs and started to unbuckle them.
"What's going on?" Kai asked, looking around with a confused look.
"I'm getting you out of here," she told him. "We need to get you as far away from here as we can."
"How did you escape?" Kai asked.
Nya finished with the straps and reached up to pull the mask off of Kai's face. She set the mask on the bed as Kai shakily climbed to his feet.
"Zane came and took Jay, and a paperclip happened to slip under the door," Nya told him. "I used that to break off the chains, then I had to knock a droid out and locked him in my cell. Then I came here to get you."
Nya ran to the elevator, calling it. She turned as her brother walked towards her.
"Now we need to find Jay before they can do anything to him," Nya told Kai.
"What happened to getting me out of here?" Kai asked.
"We can go once I know where Jay is," Nya said.
"Right here."
Nya turned and stumbled backwards. The elevator door was opened, and her stomach twisted. She bumped into her brother, who caught her from falling.
"What did they do to you?" Kai cried.
"Do you not like the upgrades?" Zane asked, a devilish smirk on his face. "O.V. and I worked hard on him."
"How could you! To your own brother!" Nya snapped.
Jay and Zane stepped out of the elevator, towards the siblings. Nya's eyes darted between the two ninja she once helped. Her eyes stopped on Jay, looking at him with pain in her eyes. His legs were covered in sheets of metal, as well as his right arm. His right shoulder had a metal panel on it, running down his chest and covering his abdomen and back. But what really hurt Nya, was seeing the metal earpiece over his right ear, digging into his skull.
"Nya, what do we do?" Kai asked, snapping his sister from her thoughts.
Nya looked over her shoulder at her brother, then back at the two blocking their only escape. Other than-
"This way," Nya said.
She blasted water at Zane and Jay, knocking them into the elevator door. She grabbed her brother's hand and dragging him towards the window.
"Blast it," Nya urged him.
"Are you crazy!" Kai cried.
"Just do it!" Nya shouted at Kai.
Nya spun around, forming to water spheres in her hands as Zane and Jay approached the two siblings. Kai looked at his hands, worried something might go wrong with the two extra elemental powers flowing through his veins. He took a deep breath, raising his hands and pointing them at the window.
"Anytime now would be good," Nya muttered to him.
"I know, I know," Kai muttered.
He felt a surge of energy as his fire powers blasted from his hands, shattering the window and sending him tumbling into an unsuspecting Zane and Jay. Kai jumped up, not questioning what had just occurred. His sister meanwhile, started at him with wide eyes.
"I thought we were in a hurry," Kai told her.
Nya snapped out of her daze, and turned to her brother.
"Let's see what else I can do," Kai grinned.
Nya yelped as her brother pulled pulled her close and ran at the shattered window. Nya looked back as Jay and Zane climbed to their feet.
"Don't let them get away!" Zane shouted.
Jay darted after them, and Nya turned to watch as both her and her brother fly out the window. Nya's eyes widened as she turned and dug her face into her brother's chest. She clung to him, unable to escape him to create her energy dragon. Also, she was too terrified to concentrate enough to focus on her dragon.
In seconds, she went from falling to flying. She looked down, seeing her brother's elemental dragon below them. He looked over his shoulder and grinned at her. Freedom at last!
