Quick heads up, I know that I'm technically on holidays (March Break! Yeah!) but I am going to be rather busy with family being out. This might be the last time you hear of me for a while, so I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Kai woke up, everything that had just happened to him flooding back to him. He quickly looked around, finding himself locked in a cell, his wrists chained to the wall behind him. He pulled on them, hoping to find a weak point and break free, even though he knew the chances of that were very slim to none. Kai sighed heavily, knowing he was trapped. He still had a chance if-

"Kai, are you awake?"

Cole was free. Which he wasn't.

"Yeah," Kai replied.

He didn't know how he had managed to miss Cole on his first glance of the room.

"It's over, isn't it," Kai sighed. "As if we even had a chance to begin with."

"Kai, come on, don't give up yet," Cole said. "We have to think. There must be a way out of here."

"You weren't the one that was captured and held here for months," Kai glared. "You weren't the one that was punished and tortured every time they tried to escape. You don't realize how heavily guarded this place is, Cole. And now our friends are pitted against us, and that will only make it harder for us to escape."

Cole looked away from Kai, knowing he was right. Maybe this would be the end for them and Ninjago as they knew it.

Both boys looked up as the door to the cell opened.

"Look who came to visit," the Overlord grinned, standing in the doorway. "The two remaining ninja."

"Like we had a chance," Cole spat.

"Oh, and it appears to be a day early," the Overlord sighed. "Such a shame that I'll have to wait another day for the Golden Powers."

Kai gulped as the Overlord walked towards him. He lifted Kai's chin with his hand, smirking at him.

"That won't stop all my other plans for you two, though," he taunted. "Like creating the powers in you."

"You won't get away with this," Cole glared.

"Who's going to stop me?" the Overlord turned to Cole, smirking. "Surely not either of you."

Cole went silent, glancing away from the Overlord.

"Little Lightning and Water will be down to fetch you when Ice is done with the preparations," the Overlord smirked. "Until I see you two again."

The Overlord turned and left the two in silence. The door closed as he walked away. Kai waited until he could hardly hear his footsteps before sinking to the floor in tears. He had his legs pulled up to his chest with his arms tightly around them, crying softly in a ball.

"Wow, you didn't last long," Cole muttered.

Kai went silent, remaining in the ball.

"You don't know what he put me through, Cole," Kai responded.

His voice was muffled, but Cole could hear the fear and pain behind it. He looked up, staring at the door.

"You don't know what he did to me, to Jay," Kai shook his head. "The nightmares that still haunt my dreams about everything he's done. Even Jay could hardly sleep with them, but he managed to."

"What are we going to do now?" Cole sighed.

"Better yet, what can we even do?" Kai turned to Cole.

Cole looked to Kai.

"Are we giving up?" Cole asked.

"No, we aren't," Kai replied. "But until we can see some sort of way to solve this, I think we might have to let evil win. Even if it's for a while."

"You might be right," Cole sighed. "Even though I hate to admit it, but giving into the Overlord might be our only option at the moment."

They both went silent, looking up at the door as footsteps echoed around them.

"This is going to be so exciting," Jay's voice echoed around them.

"I can't wait for this," Nya's replied. "And I will finally be with my brother again."

Kai and Cole looked at each other.

"Stay strong, Kai," Cole whispered. "For both of us."

Kai nodded. They both looked up as the door opened, Jay and Nya walking into the cell.

"Well, looks like you're coming with us," Jay smiled.

Kai watched as Nya unchained him and held his arm tightly. When he looked over to Cole, he was cuff by Jay, who nodded to Nya. Kai let his sister lead him out of the cell, hearing Cole and Jay following them. After several minutes of silence, they arrived in another room where they found the Overlord and Zane waiting for them.

"You know where to put them," Zane nodded.

Kai glanced at Cole as he was brought into the chamber he was locked in once before. He was pushed into the chamber and turned around as it was locked shut. He watched Cole from across the room being strapped down. Jay turned away from the earth ninja and walked towards Zane.

"Are the holding Chambers ready?" Jay asked.

"Affirmative," Zane nodded. "Everything is ready."

Cole and Kai looked at each other, waiting for them to start. They turned to looked at Zane who was at the controls. He smiled, hand on the lever as they looked at him. He pull the lever, and the process started. Kai turned back to Cole, seeing the earth ninja struggling and growing weak as his powers were stolen from him. Kai watched as the energy swirled around him in the chamber. He watched as the other three elements he had started flowing from him, swirling around and mixing together. He looked up to see everyone else watching with amazement, even Cole. He watched the four elements swirl into one golden ray, and flow into him.

"The golden powers," the Overlord grinned.

Kai looked up as Cole was unstrapped from his chair and pulled to his feet. Kai turned back to his sister when she opened the door. The Overlord reached in a grabbed his arm, pulling him out. Kai stumbled, keeping his head down to avoid eye contact with anyone.

"What are we doing with him?" Zane asked.

Kai looked up quickly, seeing he was referring to Cole.

"Bring him with us," the Overlord replied. "We'll contain him until everything is ready to continue with him."

Cole gulped, feeling Zane pulling him away. They walked into the elevator and Zane forced him into the corner. Cole turned around to look at Zane seconds before Kai ran into him.

"You OK?" Cole whispered to him.

"I've been better," Kai muttered back.

Nya and Jay walked in with Zane, and left the Overlord in the main room. The elevator started moving down, and Kai turned back to Cole.

"What's going to happen now?" Cole asked him.

"We're just getting locked up again," Kai sighed. "At least this way is more comfortable than a cell."

The elevator stopped and the door flew open. Zane walked out while Jay and Nya grabbed Kai and Cole. Kai and Cole were lead into the room, where they saw the beds with glass covers over them. Cole glanced at Kai, terrified. To Cole, Kai seemed calm about everything going on. Then Cole realized this had probably happened to him once before. If he wasn't panicked, they should be fine for the time being.

"Kai, you should know what to do," Zane said.

Zane opened the cover of one of the beds. Nya released her brother, handing him over to Zane before turning to Cole and Jay, taking them to the one next to Kai. Cole watched her open the cover before turning to Cole. She motioned to the bed.

"Just lie down, Cole."

Cole quickly turned to his right, seeing Zane strapping Kai down on the bed. Cole felt a small shove behind him, and landed on the bed. Jay rolled him onto his back and held him down. Cole didn't struggle against Jay, allowing Nya to strap him down. Instead, Cole turned and watched as Zane locked Kai in the chamber. Kai was silent, but watching Cole. Cole looked away from Kai was Jay placed an oxygen mask over his face. He closed the chamber, locking Cole inside.

"Alright, we're all good here," Nya turned to Zane.

"Then we go report to Master," Zane nodded. "You two stay put."

Cole and Kai watched the others leave. Cole waited for them to be in the elevator before speaking.

"What now?" he asked Kai.

"What do you want to do?" Kai turned to him. "We have a while before anyone comes back."

"So we're just going to sit here?" Cole questioned.

"Just trust me, we'll be out of here sooner than you realize," Kai smirked.

"What aren't you telling me?" Cole frowned.

"You'll see," Kai smiled, turning away. "You'll see."

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