Hey there Fanfictioners! Only a few of you actually guessed correctly why Zane was saying some words louder. You'll find out in this chapter.

This chapter was updated waaay quicker than I expected. I know it's short, sorry.

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Chapter Four: A Bird's Eye View

(No POV)

A band of worn-down teenagers walk across the sandy desert. They were lead by a boy with brown hair wearing blue. Behind him walked two people dressed in red: a boy and a girl. In the very back was a boy in black carrying a strange feminine robot in his arms. It was obvious they lost something. Their shoulders sagged in defeat as they dragged their feet in the thick sand. The wind blew their hair into their tear-stained faces. They all know they've done something terribly wrong.

In the distance lies a seemingly abandoned junkyard. The boy in blue sighs sadly.

"I didn't want to ever come back here . . ." he says.

"But it's the best place to go," protests the boy in black.

"I agree with Cole," the girl says. "Here we can repair Pixal."

"When did I say we weren't going?" Jay shoots back. Kai sighs, kicking a rock.

"This is seriously hopeless," he groans. "We have no idea where Zane is, Pixal's broken, and we're in the middle of nowhere."

"Excuse me, but my parents live out here!" Jay cuts in. The junkyard was beginning to get closer. For the remainder of the journey they walk in silence. Jay approaches the entrance and walks inside. The others follow behind him as he walks up to the green trailer. He raps on the door with his knuckles and waits for an answer. The door swings open to reveal an older lady.

"JAY!" she squeals, pulling her son into a tight hug. "How are you? Are you still dating that nice girl? What's with the new outfit? Made any new inventions? How's you're job? When-"

"Mom. Mom. Mom," says Jay slowly. "We don't have time for those questions right now. One of our friends is hurt and we need your help to repair her."

"Repair her?" says a voice from behind Jay's mother. "Edna, what's goin' on?"

"Her name's Pixal," Cole cuts in, stepping forward. "She's hurt." Ed raises his eyebrows.

"You have a robot friend? How interesting!" he exclaims. The Ninja look at each other and swallow.

"Well, we used to have two but . . ." Kai's voice cuts off. Jay looks down at his feet in sorrow.

"He was captured by our enemies." Cole finishes Kai's sentence, his voice full of sadness.

"Oh my, that heartbreaking," Edna sniffs. "Are you afraid you'll never rescue him?"

"Well, we-" Nya's statement was cut off by a loud noise.

THWACK!

"What was that?" exclaims Kai. Ed walks up to the window.

"Oh, this poor bird crashed into the window. It's fairly large and-"

"A large bird?" interrupts Edna. "There's never any big birds out here. I mean-"

"A bird?" This time it was Edna who was interrupted as Jay realized what could be going on. "Is it a falcon?!"

"Yes . . ." says Ed slowly. The Ninja and Nya rush to inside the trailer to the window. The Falcon sits on the now open window sill. It squawks and flies inside. Perching on a table, it ruffles it's feathers. It's eyes glow, and then sound comes filtering out from an unseen speaker. Static cuts through the transmission, and finally the recording begins. Voices too quiet to hear come through the speaker. Suddenly, one voice rings out loud from the unheard conversation.

"Borg Industries." Silence follows until the voice comes in again.

"A super weapon? . . . super weapon!"

"That's Zane!" exclaims Kai.

"All elements. . . . access into the highest security systems . . . destroy it. . ."

Everyone holds their breath, hoping for more. What could Zane possibly be talking about?

Suddenly, another louder, gruffer voice comes out of the recording.

"UNIT 34520835-G! HOW DARE YOU TELL OUR PRISONER OUR PLANS!"

"He's in trouble!" exclaims Jay worriedly.

" . . . .WORSE THAN DEATH!?"

Everyone shuts their eyes again, waiting for more. But no more comes. The recording cuts short.

" . . ." Everyone is speechless. Zane was in extreme danger. They all knew that if they couldn't help him, he might die. Everything seemed hopeless.

"If only Lloyd was here . . ." says Kai solemnly. Nya sighs.

"Edna, can I talk to you about something?"

"Sure thing, dear," she replies. Nya leads her outside behind a pile of tires. The young samurai takes a deep breath.

"Have you ever heard of a 'Perfect Match' machine?" Edna raises an eyebrow.

"I have. Why?"

"Well, I . . ." Nya lowers her voice into a whisper. "I tried it and . . . I'm not sure if the results are right or not . . ."

"Who didja get?" Edna asks worriedly. With all her heart she hopes her son isn't listening. By the sound of this, it seemed that he might be in a position to get his heart broken . . .

"Cole."

One word.

One name.

One breath.

One second.

That's all it took.

Two gasps.

Two screams.

Two battle cries.

Two blades.

She knew she'd made a mistake saying anything.

Three hearts.

Three people.

Three choices.

Three pools of blood.

And so the Cole/Nya/Jay begins. In case you didn't understand what I meant by three choices, the three choices Nya has are:

~Jay~

~Cole~

~No one~

Oh, and yes, they're will be a cliffhanger every chapter (probably). Mwahahahahahah!

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