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Kai woke up, hearing the faint whispers of the others around him. They made it to a small cave underground, which they called their base. Much to his dismay, they did make Kai sleep in a cage. Even though he refused, they had convinced him he would be safer in it than if he was free. Especially since the cage was attached to the cave floor. At least with these people, Kai had agreed to the circumstances and wasn't forced into it.

"Do you think Master will be happy that we found him?" Kai heard Tylor ask.

Kai looked up, seeing Tylor and Stan near the entrance to their hideout. He remembered that June went out to find their Master.

"They're coming, I can hear them," Stan replied. "They aren't too far away."

Kai listened as the two boys continued talking quietly, and picked up on two different voices. Two familiar voices.

"He's in here with the boys," June said.

Kai watched June slip into the cave, and another person followed. Kai stared at the second person, slowly backing into the cage with terror.

"Right here," June pointed at him.

The other person walked up to him, and kneeled before the cage, looking at him.

"I guess I've hurt you before, then," she muttered.

"What?" Kai questioned.

"I know now, that I've done some horrible things to multiple people, including you," she whispered. "I don't remember it, but I regret it. I'm sorry, but I want to help you against the Overlord."

Kai looked at her, hearing a different, friendlier person than before. She was different, a changed person.

"Can you forgive me?" she asked.

"On two conditions," Kai said.

"Alright," she nodded, listening.

"One. You let me out of this cage," Kai said. "And two, you promise to help me get the others back."

"Deal," she smiled.

She opened the cage, and helped Kai out of it and to his feet. Kai noticed that June, Tylor and Stan had all tensed up, looking near the entrance of the cave.

"Someone's coming," June whispered.

"What do we do, Linda?" Tylor turned to the girl next to Kai.

She glanced at Kai, seeing that he was frightened. She motioned to the cage, and remembering what he was told the night before, he jumped in and locked it shut. Linda walked towards the entrance, past the rest of the group.

"Tylor, stand guard and keep Kai safe," she ordered. "Stan, June, hunt for this trespasser. If an ally, bring them back, if a foe, do not engage without backup. Understand?"

June and Stan nodded, following Linda out of the cave. Tylor ran to Kai, sliding down onto his knees next to the cage.

June pulled her bow out from the tree where it was hidden, slinging her quiver over her shoulder. She looked up, seeing Stan halfway up to tree.

"Linda, heads up," Stan called down.

Linda caught a bag as it fell next to her. She attached it to her belt before looking up to catch a katana. Stan landed beside her, carrying a katana for himself. Both of them pulled half masks over their mouths and noses.

"June, take the northern area," Linda pointed north for the cave. "Stan, take the Southwest area. I'll cover everything else. Signal when you find anyone. If they're armed, do not engage."
June and Stan nodded before turning and starting in their assigned directions. June was quick to swing herself into the trees above her, able to see more around her. She silently jumped from branch to branch, surveying the area as she moved further and further from their shelter. She was beginning to think that their alarm was false and no one was around them when she made it near the edge of their alarm zone.

She sighed, sliding an arrow back in the quiver with the others. As she turned to head back towards her base, a small movement caught her eye. She turned to get a closer look at the source, and saw a person. She pulled the arrow out again, loading it in her bow. She aimed in their direction, waiting for a clear shot. She knew the figure was getting closer to her, and she didn't know if they were armed. All she knew was that they were alone.

With no second thoughts, she fired the arrow at the first chance she got. When they came into her view, she saw it was a young boy, dressed in dark colours with black hair like Tylor's. She released the arrow, sending it flying through the air and into the tree right next to the boy, right beside his shoulder. He looked around, frightened. June quickly pulled another arrow, loading and aiming before the boy could recover. As he turned to run, she shot another arrow which caught the sleeve of his shirt, pinning it against the tree. He pulled on his sleeve, attempting to free himself. June reloaded a third arrow, and aimed at his other arm. With one swift motion, both his arms were pinned, trapping him against two trees. June nodded with satisfactory, knowing he wasn't going anywhere. She pulled a whistle from a side pouch on her quiver and blew three short blasts into it. The boy looked up into the trees when she did that, and she jumped down, landing in front of him. She quickly pulled another arrow, loaded her bow and aimed at him.

"One wrong move and this arrow will go right through you, kid," June frowned.

He didn't move, didn't speak, only stared at the arrow that was currently aimed at his chest. He gulped as Linda and Stan ran in from different directions to join them.

"What do you want with me?" he cried out.

"I think he sees us as the bad guys," Stan muttered.

"Are you with the Overlord?" June asked him.

"I'm wanted by him, but not with him," the boy replied. "He just took my friends."

"Cole," Linda muttered.

The boy's eyes fluttered to her as she pulled her mask down.

"Linda!" he shouted. "Wha-bu-how-huh?"

Linda shook her head, almost laughing to herself. She walked up to Cole, pulling him free from the arrows.

"Your friend had the same reaction," she chuckled. "You want to come see him?"

"Who? Are you with the Overlord?" Cole asked. "Are you taking me to him?"

"Whoa, never in a million years would we help that crazy weirdo," June muttered.

"Then who is with you?" Cole asked.

"Come see," Linda smiled softly.

Linda turned and started walking away. Cole ran after her, Stan and June following close behind the two. Cole's heart pounded, feeling as if he might be walking into a trap, and that they were going to turn him over for some sort of cash reward. Then he saw an opening leading to an underground cave. Linda jumped into it, followed by June.
"After you," Stan motioned.

Cole gulped, then jumped down. He landed on his feet, looking around.
"Cole!"

Cole looked up as a set of arms wrapped around his waist. He looked down to see Kai hugging him tightly.

"Kai, you're safe," Cole grinned, returning the hug.
"But the last time I saw you, you were with the rest of the ninja group that remained," Tylor frowned. "What happened to them?"
Kai looked at Cole, horrified.
"What happened to my sister?" Kai cried out. "Is she Ok? Is she hurt?"
"We were ambushed," Cole sighed. "Zane and Jay found us and took them. Ali and I were about to get away, but Jay found us so she held him off while I ran."

"You two are all that's left then," June sighed.

"They are the most important of everyone, though," Linda added. "If the Overlord gets both of them, everything we've done would have been pointless."
Kai flinched at the thought of the Overlord having both of them, and Cole rested a comforting hand on the red ninja's shoulder.

"We won't let that happen," Cole nodded firmly at Kai. "We've got each other's backs, and all of yours."

"But what do we do now?" Kai asked.

"We'll rest for now," Linda said. "I'll figure something out. June, do you want to get a fire going?"

June nodded, walking to a corner were there was a stack of firewood. Kai took Cole by the hand, and lead him towards the cage. Kai let Cole go before crawling in himself.

"What are you doing?" Cole asked.

"It makes me feel safe," Kai replied.

Cole sat next to Kai, outside of the cage and nodded. Kai was silent for several moments, then spoke softly.

"What do you think will happen if we get caught?" Kai asked.

Cole was silent, thinking about the question. It was a bit sudden, but he had been questioning the same thing for a while now.

"I don't know," Cole sighed. "I just don't want to think about it."
"Do you really want to know what will happen?"

Kai and Cole looked up, seeing Linda looking down at them.

"You know?" Kai asked.

"Not for certain," Linda replied, sitting next to Cole. "But going off of past events, I can give you my best guess to what will happen. But that question is, do you want to know?"
Cole and Kai exchanged glances before nodding. They knew they might regret this decision, but they wanted to know what they might be getting into.