The group only made it a block before a cage fell on them. Well, almost all of them. Ali had thrown Kai out of harm's way only seconds before they became trapped.
"Run!" Ali shouted at him.
"What about you guys?" Kai cried.
"We'll be fine!" June shouted at him. "Get out of here!"
Kai nodded, turning and running. Jay watched Kai disappear, constantly yelling at himself. The others all in the cage with him stumbled as it lifted off the ground, towards the sky. Jay looked up as they were pulled into the ship. The droids took aim at all of them as they opened the cage.
"You failed me."
Jay looked up at the Overlord, seeing the fury and disappointment on his face.
"I'll get him back, Master," Jay bowed.
"What are you talking about, Jay?" Ali turned to him.
All the droids turned to her, causing her to freeze up. Jay turned back to Ali, smiling at her.
"You are all so pathetic," Jay shook his head. "You really think I would help you?"
Jay laughed, causing the others to all exchange worried looks. Jay stepped out of the cage, and to the Overlord's side as his eyes went from blue to red.
"I was never helping you," Jay mocked. "I was only following orders, which happened to be working for your pathetic needs. If you hadn't thrown Kai like you had, everything would have gone perfectly too."
"Jay," Ali sighed. "I thought we had you back."
"You never had me in the first place," Jay spat.
"That is quite enough, Lightning," the Overlord said. "You and I must discuss other matters in private."
Jay nodded, stepping away from the cage.
"Return us to base," the Overlord ordered the pilot. "Have these four locked away and heavily guarded at all times."
The droids nodded, keeping their guns aimed. Jay turned and followed the Overlord out of the room, into a different one.
"Did you manage to plant the device?" he asked.
"Yes, I did," Jay nodded.
"Did you activate it?"
"No, Master," Jay sighed. "I didn't have the time to."
Jay jumped, the Overlord smacking him across the face.
"That is no excuse!" he snapped at Jay. "I gave you direct orders, and you failed multiple ones."
"I will fix my mistakes, Master," Jay told him.
"You better, or the consequences will be far worse than ever before," the Overlord hissed. "Now, get going."
Jay nodded. He stepped towards a door and pulled it open. He looked down at the streets flying past below him.
"Don't fail me again," the Overlord warned.
Jay nodded. Then he jumped. Jay closed his eyes, feeling the adrenaline rush as he plummeted towards the ground. He opened his eyes as he flipped in the air and landed in a dark black jet.
"Where to, Lightning?" the pilot asked.
"Hiroshi's Labyrinth," Jay answered.
He walked up to a rack of weapons, picking up a sword and a couple daggered.
"And watch for a man in a golden outfit," Jay added. "We need him alive."
"Ten-four," the pilot answered.
Jay turned, looking out the window on the jet plane. A glare was plastered on his face as he watched the city turn into hills of sand.
"You won't get away this time," Jay muttered. "Or any other time."
"He's come back!" Nicki cried out.
Everyone ran to the edge of the treehouse, seeing Kai pulling himself up the ladder. Linda saw him, and instantly knew something was wrong. She turned and ran to look over the ledge for anyone else.
"What's wrong, Linda?" Roy asked.
"The others aren't with him," Linda turned to them. "He's all alone."
Nya and Zane pulled Kai up onto the floor of the treehouse, allowing him a moment to catch his breath before slowly pushing himself to his feet.
"What happened?" Nya asked him.
"Where is everyone else?" Zane asked him.
"We were attacked," Kai explained. "Jay broke me out, but we were followed. Ali, June, Tylor and Stan found us and helped us, but the Overlord was right on our tail. He has them again."
Zane and Nya exchanged worried looks before looking back at the others. They all were worried.
"How did you escape?" Linda asked.
"Ali threw me," Kai sighed. "She told me to run and that they'd be fine."
Nya helped her brother to his feet, then hugged him.
"I'm so happy your safe," she whispered to him.
"We won't be safe for long," Linda sighed.
"What do you mean?" Zane asked.
Linda walked up to Kai, shaking her head. Kai looked to her, then felt a pinch in his arm. He flinch, then looked up to see Linda had a small device in her hands.
"What is it?" Nya asked.
"A tracker," Linda sighed. "Luckily, it's not activated yet. Otherwise, you could have lead the Overlord and all of his men straight to us."
They all tensed up as a rumbling echoed around them.
"I don't think they would have needed it anyways," Roy muttered.
"Was that a-" Nya cringed.
"Jet plane," Nicki finished Nya's thought. "And a big one."
"What do we do?" Zack asked.
A thump caused all of them to look upwards, to the lookout point on the tree house. They all stumbled backwards, terrified and shocked. The intruder pulled a sword out before jumping down to their level. He landed on one knees, laughing at them. He slowly stood before them, playing with the sword in his hands. He brought one to his head, keeping his gaze down.
"I've got all of them," he said. "Sending my location and requesting backup."
He dropped his sword to his side, tilting his head to the side as he looked up at the terrified group before them. They watched as four more droids dropped down behind him, each holding guns that aimed at them.
"Missed me?" he taunted.