I just want to say, Dasher girl, you are on the right track with something, but just the wrong person. Don't get mad at me. Enjoy this chapter!

Everyone acted really quickly to Kai's loss of conscious. Within minutes, they had a heart rate monitor on him, an oxygen mask, and an IV in his arm. Cole stared at Kai, worried for his teammate. The two of them were the only ninja that remained to try and stop not only the Overlord, but rescue the rest of their team from his grasp. To Cole, he was too worried about anything to notice anything off about himself.

"Cole, I need to know something," Ali said, snapping the earth ninja from his thoughts.

Cole turned to Ali, seeing her worried.

"Do you feel anything? Like headache, soreness, anything like that?" Ali asked him.

"Now that you mention it, I do feel a bit light headed," Cole muttered.

Ali turned, looking at her sister. Linda looked up from Kai after Cole's answer.

"Could easily be dehydration," Linda shrugged. "But there is the chance that it's something else."
"Cole, is it alright with you if we examine you too, just to be safe?" Ali asked him.

"I guess," Cole shrugged.

All he knew is that he didn't want to end up in Kai's position. Ali took Cole to the bed next to Kai's, allowing Cole to sit on it. Of course, Cole figured Ali would be looking for some sort of spot where something was injected into him like in Kai, so he pulled his top off.

"Hopefully it's like Linda said and it's only-" Ali cut herself off with an irritated sigh.

"What?" Cole asked.

"Cole, I need you to just hold on for me," Ali whispered.

She turned to the rest of the group, saying double hit on Cole. Cole looked down at his arm, confused until he saw two different injection sites. His heart skipped a beat as he looked up at Ali.

"Just keep calm, we're going to handle this," Ali told him.

Cole nodded as June came to his side.

"If he was given a double dosage, it could be having a different effect on him," June said.

"Also remember Kai is weakened because of the Golden Powers, so it would have been easier to give him a smaller dose and get away with it," Linda added.

"Right, that might do it," Ali muttered. "We might not have much time, we have to get to work now."

"What's going to happen?" Cole asked, worried.

"I cannot say for certain, Cole," Ali replied. "We'll have to wait and see, but if we don't do anything now, it won't be good."
Cole gulped, feeling someone drawing blood from him. He watched everyone working around him, seeing how they were worried about him. Then Cole heard Ali and Linda talking quietly.

"It's the same thing in both of them," Linda muttered. "It's just reacting differently in Kai."

"What is it doing differently then?" Ali asked.

"I don't know entirely," Linda sighed. "It's most likely the different dosages causing different effects. The extra cells from the serum is spreading evenly in Kai, but grouping together in Cole. It's so bizarre."

"But could it possibly be building itself up against Cole, then attack him?" Ali asked.

"It's quite possible," Linda muttered. "And if it does happen, we might only have minutes to react before we lose him."

Cole gulped at that statement. Then his attention turned to June.

"I want you to lie down for me, Ok," June said.

Cole listened, slowly lying back on the bed. He turned over as Ali quickly dashed from Linda's side to him, seeming terrified. She was calling things out, then turning to watch Cole carefully.

"What's going on?" Cole asked, frightened.

"I just need you to breath, OK Cole," Ali said. "Just keep breathing."

Cole nodded, still unsure of what was happening to him. He felt fine, but apparently something bad was about to happen to him. What that was, he wasn't sure.

"Alright, IV is started with the healing remedy I gave Kai," June said. "Let's just hope it works before it's too late.

That's when everything struck Cole. Hard.

Nicki and Roy were on the upper floor of the treehouse, keeping Zack distracted and out of the way of everything going on. Zack had found a comic book and was reading it to himself while Nicki and Roy watched for any nindroids, which they doubted there would be any near them at that moment.

"Do you think Kai will be alright?" Nicki asked Roy quietly.

"The others will do everything to help him recover from whatever this is," Roy answered. "He should be fine. It's Cole I'm worried about."

"Why are you worried about him?" Nicki asked. "He seemed fine before."
Roy shook his head, understanding that Nicki wouldn't quite understand his thoughts right away.

"Cole was trapped like Kai was," Roy explained. "It's rather likely that they've done something to him too. And it could be much worse that anything that they did to Kai. Especially seeing that the Overlord wants Kai alive, but Cole would be exposable now."

Nicki nodded, flinching. If Cole would be exposable, the Overlord could easily have killed him. Or be killing him without anyone knowing.

"Hopefully the others clue into that before it's too late for-" Roy started.

A scream echoed around them, causing them to all jump. Zack was quick to his feet, wanting to know what was happening.

"What's going on?" Zack asked.

"It's being taken care of, Zack," Roy quickly replied. "We don't need to worry about it."

"Are you sure?" Zack asked, looking between Nicki and Roy.

"Positive," Nicki nodded.

Zack shrugged, going back to the comic book.

"At least, I hope," Roy muttered to Nicki.

Nicki nodded, turning away from Zack and looking around the forest. Hopefully the others would be able to save them and they were about to lose the only two remaining ninja.

Kai woke up, his heart pounding after he heard a loud, ear splitting scream. He frantically looked around as Tylor moved to his side.

"Breath, Kai. Breath," he said. "Calm down."

Kai managed to relax and slow his breathing as he looked around. He then noticed everyone gathered around another bed, which had someone on it. He looked up at Tylor, seeing him casting glances over at the other bed. Then Linda ran over to him.

"Kai, are you Ok?" she asked.

"Yeah, I feel fine," Kai nodded. "Why? What's happening?"

Linda didn't respond. But Ali's cries answered that for him.

"Cole, you need to wake up!" Ali cried. "Cole, come on. Wake up!"
As soon as Linda pulled the IV from Kai's arm, He was to his feet and running to Cole's side. He looked terrified as Cole was struggling to breath and his heart rate dropped rapidly.

"We're losing him!" June called out.

At that moment, it was like everything slowed down for Kai. He watched Cole's chest slowly rise and fall, shaking as it did so. He was pale and sweating while his heart rate continued to drop and slow. Then, everything stopped. His chest stopped rising, he stopped breathing. And worst of all. The heart monitor went flat.