Voila! Chapter 3! One more left.

DISLAIMER: Duh! I don't own Di-Gata. I do, however, own a blinged-out-iPod!

WORD COUNT: 952

Malco held Kara fast under one arm, tossing Adam into a cell with the other hand. Her former friend grunted as he hit the floor. "Have I not demonstrated my loyalty to you?!" he yelled. The energy bars fired up, trapping him. Kara couldn't help but feel just a tiny bit sorry for him. Just a tiny bit.

"You betrayed your friends," Nazmul commented from his place in front of the cell, "I admire that. But if you had the nerve to turn on them, betraying me would be nothing." Kara had to admit that as much as she hated him, Nazmul had a point. "No, you will meet your fate tomorrow."

He and Malco turned to leave, Kara along with them. As they passed the next cell, Kara saw Brackus, looking far worse for wear, sitting inside. "You're making a big mistake!" Adam shouted as the door slammed shut.

An hour later, Kara walked at the back of a line of acolytes in Nazmul's keep, disguised in one of their cloaks and praying that no one noticed that she was shorter than the rest of them by more than a foot. She was relatively surprised at how easy it had been to escape from Flinch. All it took was a few fake tears, courtesy of years of practice, and she'd lured him over to where she was tied up. As soon as he'd leaned in, she'd bit him hard on the nose and held him until he released her. Now she just had to find a way out. She saw Malco charging past her towards her former prison. No doubt the entire fortress would soon be on alert, looking for her. She had to escape and find her friends, and quick. Luckily, Adam had forgotten to take her Stones, and Nazmul's goons hadn't thought to search her. She still had them in her pocket.

She slipped away from the line and hid in the shadows by the wall. She wondered if there was some sort of secret exit around here. A slight rustling drew her attention to a quiet figure wrapped in a hooded cloak, someone she hadn't even noticed before. He – she, maybe? Who knew? – didn't speak, but merely began advancing towards her. "No!" she whimpered, backing away. Suddenly she remembered she still had her Stones. She could fight; she could take this person, whoever they were. "I'm not going down without a fight!" she announced, throwing off the acolyte cape.

"I don't think that will be necessary." The voice was unmistakable. The figure pulled off his hood, revealing his face – Adam. Not the person she wanted to see right now.

"Adam!" Obviously expecting praise, or at least a thank-you, Adam was a little surprised when she ran up and punched him in the gut. She would rather hit his face, but she was far too short for that. With every hit, she let out some of her anger towards the guy who'd lied to his friends and betrayed them, and then did the same to his own father.

After the second punch Adam grabbed her hands as she swung at him again. "Hey! Whoa! Wait a second! I'm the good guy here!"

This, Kara found impossible to believe. Did he honestly think she'd actually fall for that again? "Oh, are you?" She pulled her arms away from him. "Why did you steal the Pure Stones and kidnap me, then?"

"Look, that's a long story. Can we do this later?"

"No! We! Can't!" Kara wanted answers, and she was going to get them.

Adam looked from side to side to check that no one had spotted them. "Okay. You guys needed the Ogama Pure Stone. Nazmul had it, so I stole your Stones to try to get into his good books, but he locked me up, so I escaped, and stole the Pure Stones back, and then raced here to save you. Satisfied?" Without waiting for an answer, he grabbed her arm and began dragging her down the hall, obviously in a hurry. "Okay, let's go!"

Kara wasn't ready to go yet. She pulled herself free of him again. "No! That still doesn't explain why you kidnapped me."

Adam released an exasperated sigh. He pulled the Nova Stone out of his pocket and showed it to her. "Brim modified the Nova Stone so it could destroy Nazmul. But Nazmul needs to be in a real body. So, I was planning on letting him possess you, and then hit him with it. Bam! He's history!" He smiled, obviously pleased with the 'brilliance' of his plan.

What?! Adam didn't seriously think she'd be happy with that, did he?! Of course, she wasn't all that surprised with most of the plan. He always played mind games that always ended badly because of some detail he overlooked. Including this one: "Whoa, whoa, wait a second! You were going to let him possess me?"

"Yeah, but then Brackus tells me it could kill the host. So I'm like: 'Whoa, hold on! Kill?! That's not good!' So I rush up, save you, and bam, here we are!" Once again he pulled on her arm. "Now, can we go?"

Kara was somewhat satisfied, but there was one last thing she wanted. She stood her ground, with the help of her power boots, and used the leverage to flip him over. "Don't ever do that again!" she threatened before walking in the direction Adam had been trying to pull her.

"Girls. Yeesh." But he got up and followed her anyway.