Chapter 25: "What Do You Want?"
Kai's POV
We all woke up and went to eat. We decided to let the girls sleep in, considering it was only eight A.M. I went outside and punched some dummies, before noticing the girls had a window that looked out on the deck. "Great, Cindy's probably gonna come out and show me hot to 'do it right'." I thought. After a few more minutes I looked back at the window. "She's should be up by now..." I thought as I went inside. "Hey, where's the girls?" I asked. The others looked up from their game. "I don't know" Cole said. "I'll go check on them." I went to the girls' room and knocked. After a few minutes I went inside, only to find no one there. A note was on Haley's bed. I picked it up. "Uh, guys?!" I called. The others ran in. I showed them the note. "What does it say?" Zane asked, worry in his voice. I read it to them.
Dear ninja,
We have captured your girlfriends. (Lloyd snickered a bit at this part) They shall not return until Skalidor and Ashley have been healed. If they fail to cure them, we shall make sure to give these girls a slow and painful death.
Truly and dearly, Skales Hypnobrai.
I growled darkly. "They think they can just take them?!" I roared, clutching the paper. "Kai, calm down." Cole said. "No! I won't 'calm down'! They took Cindy and Nya! How could you tell me to calm down?!" "Kai! They took Haley and Grace too," Cole began. "Don't you think we're upset too?!" I sighed. "I know, but I can't help it..." "I know you're upset, but we have to stay calm." I nodded. "Well, let's get going!" Lloyd shouted.
Haley's POV
I yawned and tried to stretch my arms, only to find I couldn't move my arms. I opened my eyes and saw that my wrists and ankles were tied together. I looked to see the sis, Grace and Nya tied up as well. Cindy was closet to me so I nudged her with my elbow. "Five more minutes..." she groaned. I mentally face-palmed. "Cindy, wake up!" I hissed. "Noooo!" "Kai asked you out!" she sat up. "He did?!" "Nope." "I hate you! Wait, we're tied up!" I rolled my eyes. "Oh really? I thought we were dead!" The others woke up from our bickering. "Ugh, where are we?" Grace asked. "I think we're in Oroubours." Nya answered. "Oroubours? As in, the city of snakes?!" she nodded. Before we could say anything else, a tall snake with blue scales, a yellow and white pattern on his stomach, and swirling red eyes. "I ssssee you have awaken." he said. Cindy glared at him. "Ya, now what do you want?" "We have two Sssserpintine ssssick with a deadly poisssson. We need you to heal them." he looked me straight in the eye. "Um, sorry to say but my experimenting days are over." "Think I could help?" we all looked at Grace. "I'm sssorry... but I don't believe you can help." "I'm the Water Ninja. I have healing powers." "Well, I guessss. But if you fail, we ssshall have to kill you." we all looked at him. "What kinda psychopath are you?!" I nudged Cindy, hard. "We'll try our best, but we can't work with our hands tied up." I nodded at the ropes with my chin. "Fine, but don't have any funny thoughtssss." He cut the ropes and I stood up. "Now, where's the victims?" the others looked at me. "What?" "Well, for now we jussst need you to take care of Sssskalidor." I nodded and we followed him. The black snake was tossing in his sleep. A young female snake was dabbing his head with a wet cloth. I sat next to her as Grace inspected him. "Sssso, what'sss your name?" "Haley. You?" "I'm Emily, that'ssss my dad." she pointed to him. I looked at her with pity. "Oh, I'm sorry." she looked at her hands. "Ya, he thinks I'm still three." "What happened?" "Mom and I went to the tea sssshop. Mysssstake dropped some Tomorrow'ssss Tea." "Oh..." I kinda just put my hand on my wrist. "What'ssss wrong." "Well, I was captured to heal your dad. But, my experimenting days are through." she looked at me, her black eyes seemed as though they were looking right into my soul. "It seems as though it bothers you to talk about it." I nodded. "Then I won't ask." I smiled at her.
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