This chappie is a early birthday present for bigtimedreamer101 :P Go check out her story, guys. And just chat with her too, she's awesome. (She the kind of person who stays up until midnight watching a Ninjago marathon with you when you go to her house XD)
I'm sorry I took so long to update, I had to rewrite this three times :/
Astrid16: Since you can't PM, I'll respond to you here :)
It's fine, I've been busy too XD
Yes, Nya is being ridiculous again. However, I will say that she's not as bad as she is in the show. The whole "Like I'll ever tell!" ...Seriously?
Hmm, well, Cole's plan will be revealed this chapter, don't you worry.
Thanks so much! Those are two I always get mixed up . . .
It's fine! Yours is still one of the longest :P
Just curious, is it okay if I use the nickname "Pix" for Pixal? I'm pretty sure you used in True Grit, and I didn't want to steal it from you . . .
I'm not the happiest with how Kai's POV turned out, but Jay's . . . YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HATE ME!
Chapter 10: Giving Up
(Kai's POV)
My eyes open shakily as I finally regain conciseness. My whole body hurts, and I feel completely defeated. But I need to get out of here. I can't be here anymore. I've got to escape. I feel so helpless, and I HATE feeling helpless.
The door slides open again, and the shadowy figure in the entrance seems to loom over me.
"Do what you want," I groan. "I'm helpless."
"Really?" His voice seems to put ice over my heart. "I thought you were one to never give up, Kai."
"Cut the crap, Zane," I growl. "Just get it over with already."
"Why should I?" Zane smiles evilly. "I like watching you suffer."
I strain against the chains, struggling as I clamber to my feet.
"You are such a-"
"Oh hush, Kai." The smile on Zane's face only gets wider. "I preferred the helpless begging."
I shut my eyes in concentration, imagining a ball of fire in my hands. It's been so long since I've controlled fire with my bare hands. But I've got to try.
I've got to try to melt Zane's icy heart.
Using all my strength, I shove both my hands towards Zane. Hot flames shoot from my palms towards him. My eyes snap open and I grit my teeth together in concentration.
Zane jumps back, his eyes flashing. I realize that my flames are never going to reach him.
Quickly I blast the dying flames into my chains, trying to burn them off. I can feel my power draining as I press my last bit of strength into breaking the chains.
Then, in one very anti-climatic moment, the fire burns out.
I collapse to the ground, defeated. I can taste blood in my mouth once again, and I can hear Zane's evil laughter above me.
"Oh Kai . . . your attempts are merely tiring yourself."
"I give up," I whisper, spitting up blood.
"Did you forget?" A familiar voice says. "A Ninja never quits!"
Zane gasps as a gloved hand is slapped over his mouth, preventing him from speaking.
"I'm sorry, Zane, but I've to do this!" With his other hand the figure freezes Zane's feet to the floor.
"Lloyd?" I gasp, struggling against my bonds. "How the heck did you get here?"
"Long story," he says offhandedly. "Now, are we gonna get out of here or not?"
"First of all, I'm kinda stuck," I reply, rolling my eyes.
"I gotcha," Lloyd says with a grin, and he shoots fire at the chains. He keeps shooting until the flames have finally melted the cuffs on the end of the chains.
"Freedom!" I gasp, rubbing circulation back into my wrists.
"Not really," Lloyd mumbles.
"Anyways, the second thing is, what are we going to do about him?" I nod towards the Green Ninja's hostage.
"You want him out of here, right?" Lloyd raises an eyebrow.
"Well, duh." I groan as if my statement was the most obvious thing in the world. "But how are we supposed to get him out? And how are we supposed to turn him good again?"
"Who knows?" Lloyd sighs and shrugs his shoulders. Zane squirms in Lloyd's grip, attempting to get free. Lloyd only holds onto him tighter, not wanting him to get away.
"If you use your ninja mask as bonds you could let go of him." Lloyd decides to listen to my suggestion, and removes his mask to gag our robotic brother. Soon he's joined me in the cell, facing Zane. I gasp as I finally get a good look at him.
"You're a mess!" I exclaim, eying the blood and bruises.
"So are you," Lloyd replies, grinning. I can't help but to smile back. It feels good to have at least one of my brothers back at my side.
"So where are the others?" Lloyd asks.
"Not here," I sigh, hanging my head. "They're at Ed n' Edna's."
"You sure?" Lloyd looks at me skeptically. "Because one of the messenger Nindroids downstairs was talking about 'the great surrender'. I'm assuming that wasn't you?"
"No." I shake my head. "But who the hell would of surrendered?"
"No clue," Lloyd mutters.
"Maybe Pixal was a traitor," I say suddenly, shivering at the thought. "Though I doubt it."
"Who's Pixal?" Lloyd asks, looking confused.
"Zane's little crush," I smirk, looking straight at Zane. The Nindroid doesn't even flinch. I sigh. Well, THAT didn't work. There's got to be some way to get the old Zane back.
"I guess we could just leave Zane here," Lloyd sighs. "We'll come back and get him after we reboot the system."
"And destroy the secret weapon," I add, pulling Zane towards my broken chains.
"What secret weapon?" Lloyd asks, frowning.
"I don't really know . . ." I confess as I chain Zane to the wall. "It was part of a recording we heard."
"That worries me," Lloyd sighs, biting his lip.
"It doesn't matter right now, though, we need to get out of here," I say, completing my task.
"Sorry, Zane," Lloyd sighs as we exit the cell. "We'll see you soon."
We quickly leave the cell, the door closing behind us.
"Okay . . ." I saw looking around. "Now what?"
"Well . . ." Lloyd begins as we round a corner. "We're kind of hopeless and-" He cuts himself off with a loud gasp. His violet eyes go wide as he stares out the window. A huge grin spreads across my face at the sight.
"Lloyd . . . I think we've got a chance."
(Jay's POV)
I hate Cole so much right now.
The Nindroids knocked us out, threw us in individual cells, and chained us to the wall. The walls are pure metal, and the door is nonexistent. It's one of those things where the door is like part of the wall.
I seriously can't believe that Cole would betray us like that! I mean, I get it that he's desperate, but . . .
The door slides open to reveal a familiar face- Pixal. Her eyes, however, are blood red. I gulp.
"H-Hi Pixal," I say shakily. She puts a finger to her lips. "Huh? What is it?" I ask.
"Just shush!" she whispers, coming forward towards me. She cuts my bonds with a strange metal cutter. I fall to the ground, hard. Ouch. I've probably broken something. Okay, never mind, I'm exaggerating a little bit . . . Actually, I think I'm totally fine . . .
"How are you-?"
"I messed with my own controls," she whispers. "I snuck away from you guys when Cole surrendered us over. I messed with my controls until my eyes turned red. Then I convinced the Nindroids that I was on their side."
"Good work," I grin. "So, where are they keeping Nya?"
"Don't worry about her," she says. "She's doing something for me. And Cole's next door."
"No," I say firmly, "we're not letting Cole free. He betrayed us!" My voice rises in pitch from anger.
"Shush!" Pixal gasps, sounding panicky. "We must not be found."
"Yeah, yeah, that would be bad," I say quickly. "We could be thrown in jail again! Or tortured! Or killed! Oh my Spinjitzu whyyyy I'm scared now! This isn't fair!" Pixal gives me a look. I gulp and fall silent. It's time to shut up now.
Pixal pulls a radio thing from her kimono and holds it up to her mouth.
"Deactivate the detention block security cameras," she says softly.
"I'm on it," a familiar voice responds. I gasp, and lean over to talk into the radio.
"Nya?!" I say excitedly. I hear her laughter through the speaker as she answers me.
"Hi Jay."
"You're . . . alive!" I laugh, joy flooding through me.
"Of course I am, silly!" I can practically hear her smiling, if that is even possible.
"We will be with you after we pick up Cole," Pixal says.
"..." Static is our only answer.
"Nya?" I say worriedly.
"Don't worry about Cole." I breathe a sigh of relief at the sound of her voice.
"Oh my Overlord I-" Then her words sink in, and I stop myself short. "Wait, what?"
"You heard me. Leave Cole." Nya's voice is firm, and no-nonsense. "He's a traitor."
"You don't trust him?" I say, my voice rising in excitement.
"No, I don't," Nya replies. "But it still doesn't mean I'm dating you again. I still need some time to-" Nya's voice suddenly cuts off, followed by a stream of static.
"Nya?!" I cry. "Nya? NYA?!" Pixal slaps one of her white hands over my mouth in an attempt to silence me.
"We must hurry," she whispers. "Nya could be in danger!" Together we silently exit the cell, and Pixal closes it behind me.
I follow her to the cell next door, keeping my footsteps light and silent. She taps in the code to open the door, and then takes a step inside. Suddenly, something rockets out of the room and hits Pixal in the face. I gasp, ready to scream, but I bite down on my lip instead. I can't alert the Nindroids about us, that would be bad.
"Pixal! Oh my Overlord, I'm so sorry!" I look down at the figure on the floor. His face is covered with sweat. Dried blood is caked up on his cheek from where I cut him, creating a thin, rusty red line.
That's when I lose it.
"YOU TRAITOR!" I scream, grabbing Cole by the front of his kimono.
"Jay! Stop!" he cries, his voice sounding strangled.
"No! You've betrayed us! I thought we were still a team! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"
"Jay!" Pixal gasps. "Be quiet!"
"No!" I growl. "I'm going to give this effing traitor what he deserves!"
"Jay! Please!" Cole sounds like a wounded animal begging for a hunter's forgiveness. Unfortunately for him, I'm not going to give it. I'm the hunter, and he's my prey. My gun is loaded, and I'm gonna shoot.
"I didn't mean to hurt Pixal," he chokes out. "I was trying to kick down the door."
"Likely story!" I snarl. "Then how come you SURRENDERED US!?"
"It was the best option!" Cole cries. "Now we can rescue Kai and Zane! But we've got to work together! We've got to be a team again!"
I look at Pixal, who's stood up by now. She smiles in encouragement, waiting for me to let Cole go.
"No," I say firmly, dropping Cole to the floor as hard as I can.
"What did you say?" he gasps, coughing as he tries to coax air back into his lungs.
"I said no! You've lost my trust! You go on your own path by yourself! Have fun getting killed, because we have no chance of surviving this battle! We've already lost!" I breathe in and out slowly, attempting to regain my composure. "C'mon Pixal." The android makes no attempt to move. "Pixal," I say, a warning tone in my voice.
"I am so sorry, Jay," she says softly. "But I have to try to save Zane. He has helped me before, so I must return the favor."
"He's evil now!" I snap. "There's no chance for him!" Pixal doesn't answer as she slowly helps Cole to his feet.
"Thanks," he sighs, looking up at her.
"Pixal . . ." I say quietly. "I'm doing this to help you."
"Goodbye, Jay." Her voice is soft. Together, she and Cole walk down the hall.
I can feel tears brim in my eyes as I realize the terrible truth; I'm alone. I'm completely and totally alone. No Sensei. No Zane. No Kai. No Cole. No Pixal. No Nya.
"Intruder spotted." I whirl around to face a large group of Nindroids.
"A ninja never quits . . ." Kai's voice echoes in my head. I'm sorry, Kai . . .
"Goodbye, guys," I whisper. I close my eyes and spread my arms out. In my mind I see a million different pictures of everything I've done. Flashes of my life. My ups, my downs, my successes, my failures. It will end now.
This is the end of Jay Walker.
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