Tylor, Stan and Ali gripped each other tightly as June swerved her dragon out of the way of yet another rocket.
"There is nowhere to land!" June shouted.
"Get us close and we'll have to jump!" Ali told her.
"Wait, we're just going to jump into the army of nindroids that are armed and dangerous without any weapons?" Tylor shouted. "Are you insane?"
"We need to get to Kai!" Ali told him. "What other choice do we have."
"How about one that won't cost us our lives!" Stan shouted.
"I'm with them on this on," June told Ali over her shoulder. "Do you have a death wish or something?"
Ali moaned in irritation. She looked around, wondering if there was any other option that wouldn't cost them time. Rooftops were a no, so are the streets around the tower. Unless they jumped and tried to land somewhere on the building, they had no chance of being near the tower.
"I can't keep us here much longer," June warned Ali. "Make up your mind or we're going to fall and go splat on the ground."
"Fine, we'll go find somewhere else to land," Ali snapped.
June quickly sent the dragon upwards and above the clouds. Ali sighed, watching the tower slowly get smaller and smaller as they flew away. She was beginning to lose hope that Kai would even be there to save when they got there.
Kai slowly opened his eyes, his head pounding with a massive headache. He slowly looked up, they jumped and screamed. Only the sound of the scream came out muffled from the cloth over his mouth. Kai looked at himself, seeing he was chained up and trapped.
"It's only you and me," the Overlord smirked at him from Lloyd's body.
Kai shook his head, hoping he was only having a nightmare and would wake up from it any seconds now. Only he wasn't, and he knew it.
"Don't worry, little ninja," the Overlord whispered. "This will all be over soon."
The Overlord turned away from him, laughing. Kai's eyes turned to see Jay, watching the Overlord carefully. Only Kai saw that Jay was tied up to.
"Oh, little blue Jay over here was freed from your blast," the Overlord turned back to find Kai looking at Jay. "He was trying to get you out of there before I came and took both of you."
"Zane, Cole and Nya will save us and stop you," Jay spat.
"Their both worthless," the Overlord hissed. "They were nothing until I made them into something. Now that they don't have my help, they stand no chance against me."
"You didn't hurt Cole," Jay glared. "You hardly touched him before he broke free."
"You don't know, do you?" the Overlord grinned.
"Know what?" Jay asked, looking over at Kai.
Kai glanced down, realizing that the Overlord was going to tell him. Jay was going to be heartbroken, and Kai would be on his own.
"He's dead, Jay," the Overlord smirked. "You killed him."
"Liar!" Jay snapped.
"It was you, Jay," the Overlord smirked. "You know what you did, you just want to deny it."
"I didn't do anything," Jay cried out. "I didn't hurt him."
"Oh, but you did," the Overlord grinned. "Even Kai knows it was you."
Jay looked at Kai, seeing the red ninja avoiding eye contact.
"Kai, is he?" Jay gulped.
Kai blinked his eyes, holding back tears as a couple escaped and slipped down his cheeks.
"No," Jay muttered.
Jay bit his lip, looking at Kai. The Overlord lifted Jay's chin, looking him in the eyes.
"Not only that, but you lead me straight to him," the Overlord grinned, pointing at Kai. "Ninjago's downfall his all your fault."
Jay glanced at Kai before dropping his head to the floor. Kai shook his head, trying to tell Jay that none of this was his fault. Kai knew the Overlord was only trying to weaken Jay to attack him and turn him again. Kai let out muffled cries, hoping to get Jay to look up at him. Kai watched the Overlord pull a wire out of a computer, and inserting it into a chip he had imbedded into Jay's head above his ear. Jay flinched, looking up.
"Five minutes, and you'll be gone," the Overlord smirked before turning to Kai. "I'll give you time to say your goodbyes before he'll join that Master of Earth."
The Overlord pulled the cloth off Kai's mouth.
"You won't get away with this," Kai growled.
The overlord laughed, walking out of the room. Kai glanced over at Jay, seeing him twitching and swaying.
"What is he doing to you?" Kai asked, leaning towards Jay.
"Erasing me," Jay muttered. "Before he turned me, he put a chip in my head. It gives hi-im access to anything. It's how he controlled me, how he controlled Nya. What he was planning on doing with Cole and Lloyd. How he was going to kill us off, one by one, without anyone knowing."
Kai pulled on the chains, hoping to reach Jay and pulled the wire out of him.
"We need to get that off of you," Kai said.
"How?" Jay whimpered.
Kai calmed himself, knowing how. He closed his eyes, focusing on his magic. He pictured a key, and then felt the chains fall off him.
"How did you do that?" Jay gasped.
"I'll explain later," Kai told him.
Kai ran up to Jay, pulling the wire from him. Jay flinched, then moaned.
"Are you going to be Ok?" Kai asked, pulling the chains off his brother.
"Yeah," Jay sighed. "I'll be fine."
"We need to get out of here," Kai said, looking around.
"How?" Jay asked, slowly standing up. "All the exits will be heavily guarded, especially with you here."
Kai looked up, and smiled.
"How are you with climbing?" Kai asked Jay.
Jay gave Kai a confused look, then saw what he was looking at.
"I like what you're thinking," Jay smiled. "Let's do it."
Jay ran to Kai, jumping and kicking off the wall and grabbing hold of the vent. He pulled it open before crawling in. He turned and pulled Kai up before they started crawling through the vents.
"This way," Jay whispered.
Jay turned left, checking behind him to make sure Kai was alright.
"What exactly happened to Cole?" Jay asked quietly.
"Oh," Kai breathed.
"Did I actually," Jay started to ask.
"No, it wasn't your fault, Jay," Kai said. "No one will ever blame you for what he did."
"Are you sure?" Jay asked, looking at Kai.
"Positive," Kai smiled at him.
Jay turned back, then they heard a faint alarm around them.
"They know we're missing," Jay whispered. "We need to get out of here."
Jay picked up his pace, and Kai followed him. Kai glanced behind them, making sure they weren't being followed. They he ran into Jay.
"This is the way out," Jay whispered. "But there are nindroids everywhere."
"Maybe there's another way," Kai said.
"Nope," Jay sighed. "This is the only option, unless you want to fight our way out of here."
"What do we do then?" Kai asked.
Jay turned, taking a deep breath.
"Get ready to run," he said. "Run like your life depends on it because it will."