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Cole opened his eyes. He didn't remember falling asleep, but he didn't mind waking up next to Alex either. He smiled and kissed the side of her head. "Alex?"
"Yeah?" Alex asked. From her tone he could tell she'd cut off her emotions for a while, not that he blamed her.
"Come on, let's go see what's for breakfast," Cole said.
Alex shook her head. "I'm not that..."—her stomach growled—"hungry...uh..."
Cole stood up and held his hand out. "Yeah right," he said. He helped Alex up and they walked into the dining room, taking a seat at the table. The others were already up and Misako was making breakfast.
"So we need some leads on where Joey is," Jay said.
"He came here last nigt," Lucas said. "He was questioning himself on his choices...but I couldn't get him to fix Lloyd. He didn't know how."
"So we teach him how," Alex said determinedly. "He's the only one that can reverse it."
"Wait, just so we have it out of the way, we're off the scroll right?" Kai asked.
Alex thought for a moment. Her expression changed completely. "No, it's following along, just not how I wrote it," she said. "Julic knows what he's doing."
"Okay, so is there anyway to prevent what's happening or change it?" Zane asked.
Zoey's eyes turned white. She straightened and stared ahead. A moment later her eyes turned back to normal and she took a deep breath. "Blue Bell, we go there next," she said.
"What's happening in Blue Bell?" Nya asked.
"A girl...hostage...she looks like..." Zoey turned to Alex.
Alex gasped. "Zela! We have to go now!" She stood up, feeling light headed suddenly and collapsing back into her seat.
"Uh, how about we go and you stay here," Kai said. "You still need to recover from whatever happened back at Torch Fire Mountain."
"I'm fine," Alex insisted.
"Please, Alex," Misako said, putting the food down on the table. "Just stay here. Let the others handle it and you help Nya and I find a way around what you wrote."
Alex sighed and nodded. "Fine," she gave in. "I'll stay, but please get Zela and make sure she's safe."
"We will, Alex," Cole assured her. "I promise."
Joey and Julic appeared behind Zela's house. "Are you sure about this?" Joey asked. "Zela has never been a complete jerk like Alex. In fact, she's the exact opposite."
"But that's why we need her," Julic said. "She'll be experiencing a power surge soon. It's in the scroll. 'The second twin fell to her knees while the others continued. Her entire body turned silver and she vanished, freed from their search.'"
"Twin?" Joey questioned.
"You didn't notice the resemblance?" Julic asked. "She's got to be the one since the first twin makes it through and Alex wrote it."
"It could be Kai and Nya," Joey pointed out. "They're twins."
"Except Nya has no powers and never will," Julic argued. "Stop defying me and do as you're told!"
Joey frowned. "I'm not helping you kidnap the one person who cared for me."
Julic's hand began glowing and he grabbed Joey's arm, making him wince in pain. "You will help me," he growled. "Take me inside and then you can return back to our base."
Joey nodded and snapped his fingers. They disappeared and reappeared inside. Julic let go off him and the magic user vanished again. He shook his head and walked over to the kitchen, peering into the living room.
Zela was sorting papers into a few folders. She moved one piece of paper, accidently giving herself a paper cut. "Ouch," she mumbled. She stood up and started towards the kitchen, staring at the cut. Suddenly a small light appeared over it and it vanished. Her eyes widened. "How–" She felt a surge go through her and she dropped to her knees. A scar on her elbow vanished along with one on her forehead.
Julic walked out. "A healing power surge. That explains how you escape," he said.
"Escape?" Zela questioned. She stood up. "Who are you?"
Julic grabbed her wrist. She pulled up her other one to hit him and he grabbed it. A dark light traveled from his arms to Zela's. A moment later it vanished and Zela collapsed. Julic smiled. "Now to draw in the ninja."
Alex studied the scroll, sitting on the floor next to the couch. She didn't know much about magic, but she figured they had a limited amount of time before the effects were irreversible. So she read the scroll over and over, looking for different clues about where Julic would strike and why he targeted Zela. She stopped at the part about twins and remembered what Zela said. All this time she thought the twins were Kai and Nya, but now she understood his thinking.
"Did you find something?" Nya asked.
Alex nodded. "Yeah, we're at the part about the twins." Since Nya couldn't read the ancient language, Misako had translated the scroll while they were on the rescue mission.
Nya looked at it and hummed to herself for a moment. "Zoey said Zela looked like you. So Julic must've thought the same thing. But why wouldn't he consider me and Kai?"
"Maybe because he can see powers. I wrote it describing a power surge," Alex pointed out. "Zela must have some form of powers that she recently discovered."
Nya nodded. "Okay so the next part. 'The group finally reached the source of what was drawing them in. One of them, the most determined, placed his hand on the door. He pushed it open and a gas poured out knocking them unconscious. When they awoke, only the one who opened the door and his closetest brother were uninjured. The others were cut up and could hardly move.'"
"The most determind...it could be Cole," Alex said nervously.
"Or Kai," Nya said.
"And their closest brother?" Misako asked, sitting down across from the two.
"Zane," Alex and Nya said together.
"We have to find a way to warn them," Alex said.
"I'll go," Nya volenteered. "My samurai suit is finished now."
"Still sorry."
"Still okay."
"All right, Nya go. Alex and I will look at what's next in case you couldn't get there in time," Misako said. "Better safe than sorry."
Nya nodded and headed for the roof.
Alex stood up and stretched for a moment, picking up her scroll while Misako grabbed the translated one. "After they're caught...'The two checked the room for an exit by didn't find one. They were trapped. Though they were unaware of the chaos they unleashed outside.' I remember what the chaos was, but I didn't write it down. I just ended it with, 'They never escaped and the world outside fell into darkness, as Fate wanted.'"
"What was the chaos?" Misako asked.
Alex stared down. "A dark creature that was in the Underworld in my dreams. I never saw or heard it, but somehow I knew it was there. I drew a picture in my journal."
"From when you went to..."
"Mom! We don't speak of it!" Alex snapped, worried someone over heard. "It's in my bag upstairs."
She started over to the stairs when Joey appeared in front or her. Before she could react, he covered her mouth and they appeared in her room. "Shush," he growled. "I don't give a crap what happens to you, but Julic went after Zela. I need your help."
"My help?!" Alex yelled in a whisper. "I can't even do Spinjitzu thanks to you and Julic! You killed my brother! You want me to help you?!"
"Alex, this is for Zela," Joey said. "Forget what I did and think about her!"
Alex clenched her fists and fought back tears. "I will never forget about what you did," she said. She turned and grabbed her bag. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm trying to save my friends. You wanna help? Make yourself useful and reverse what you did on Lloyd. A curse doesn't define your destiny. You do." She turned and left the room, leaving Joey to think over what she said.
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