Chapter 7


"I called you all over because we all had the same dream, right?" Lloyd looked from Kai to Zane. They both had blank stares. "Or, something very similar… Zane?"

The droid looked at Lloyd and then began to speak: "That is correct. Each of us had a dream that was related to Jay and somewhat connected to Cole." He paused. "My dream was of Jay abandoning me; he destroyed me whole because he had made a new friend…" They all knew who that was.

"I dreamed that Cole had accidentally killed Jay; yeah right, like it was an accident!" Kai rolled his eyes and pointed at Lloyd. He confessed he had the same dream too.

"But, why would we have dreams about Cole and Jay? There's a message in our dreams, something about Cole being bad. Is that a good thing, or bad thing?" Lloyd tapped his chin and stared at Zane, thinking hard.

Kai slammed his fist against the table. "It means we have to kill him! Obviously, we wouldn't be getting similar dreams coincidentally! We all got them because someone is trying to tell us something, they want us to kill Cole."

Zane arched a brow. "But, why? What harm does he done?"

Kai turned to Zane and grabbed his shoulders. "Your dream will come true! Your life will end if you don't stop Cole!" Kai was determined to get rid of Cole. He absolutely hated him – that stank.

"Kai's right," Lloyd added in. He stood up and paced around the room. "Tonight, we strike. Kill Cole, but first, we need to lure him here. Who's in?" Lloyd raised an arm. Kai's hand shot up like a meteor. They looked at Zane. The droid sighed and raised his arm along with them.


When Zane got back to the booth, he caught a glimpse of purple. Zane shook his head, he must've been dreaming. "Pixal," he said softly. Where did that word come from?

Suddenly, Jay popped out from the side and hugged Zane. "Glad you're back! I was wondering where you were, I mean, you left early early in the morning." Zane, however, wasn't listening. He kept staring at the droid that was standing there. "Oh, this is Pixal, by the way," Jay added, dragging Zane over to the finished female droid.

Zane opened his mouth in awe. "Is this for me?"

Jay nodded. "So you won't be alone." Zane stared at the droid. Jay built something for him, he really cared for Zane. Was he really going to tear him apart when he made friends with Cole? Zane considered the thought; tonight, he was going to make up his mind and decide whether he was going or not. "You okay, buddy?" Zane nodded.

"Jay, out of curiosity, once you are to make friends with Cole – well, if – will you take me apart?" He asked the inventor. Jay stared at Zane wide eyed and shocked.

"I would never tear you apart, Zane! You're a part of my family! I built you as my very first friend, and that's what you are… I'd never let you go."

Jay traveled behind Pixal and fidgeted with something. Instantly, Pixal turned on, opening her eyes. Zane was entranced by them; they were a bright beady green, and they stared at Zane filling his droid heart with purity. "Someone's in love," Jay whistled and stepped over to the side.

The droid walked forward.

"I am Pixal," the female droid told him. "And you are, Zane, a droid like me." Zane nodded. "What does Zane stand for?"

Zane thought for a minute. He was built to protect and befriend Jay. So, he said: "I stand for peace, freedom, and –"

"She means your name, tin head!" Jay elbowed Zane as the droid gazed down.

"I guess I am just, Zane." For a short moment, they stared into each other's eyes, reflecting off of them both.

"Okay! That's enough… for now, how about you head down to the village and grab us something to eat?" Jay asked, "I was talking to Pixal," he cleared his throat and slowly backed away.

Pixal's eyes lit up. "Of course."

Once Pixal left, Jay turned to look at Zane. "So what do you think of her?" Zane didn't answer; his mind was still set on Pixal. He felt like they were made for each other. "Hello, tin head?" Jay snapped his fingers in front of Zane's face.

Zane snapped out of thought and slowly said, "Yes, she is a great addition for me."


"Where have you been?" Nya stood up and embraced her brother in a hug, Kai didn't hug back, he just stood there like a doll. "What are you thinking?" she asked her brother. Kai didn't reply either; he pushed Nya aside and began to work on an unfinished sword. "Sorry, am I doing something wrong?" She put her hands on her hips.

Kai wiped the sweat off his face. "I'm fine, Nya. Just thinking of some things…"

"Like what?"

"Nothing, its fine…" Kai kept his eyes on the metal and hammer. "I was at Lloyd's," he spoke up, answering Nya's very first question. Nya's eyes widened. "He called us over for a quick meeting," Kai took the sword out from the burning pot and blew on it, "Me and Zane."

"What was the meeting called for?"

Her brother hesitated, "its fine, you don't need to worry about what we were talking about." Kai set the finished sword to hang and cool off while he stepped over by a sink.

"Why don't you ever tell me anything!? I thought… We're… we can trust each other! Just tell me, Kai," she begged.

"You'll ruin our plan, Nya."

"What plan? What are you three up too?"

Finally, Kai gave in. "We planned to destroy Cole tonight!" He watched in fear as his sister took a step back.

"Destroy… as in… kill?" Kai nodded very slowly. "Why would you do that? Why would you want to kill someone!?" she cried and paced back and forth. Her brother was going insane.

Suddenly, something pinned her shoulders and she was forced to face Kai. "Listen, sis, we all had a dream… I had a dream he would kill Jay. I don't want that to happen to Jay for real… and in order to prevent that from happening, we all agreed to stop Cole… forever."

Nya's eyes began to swell. "I never knew my own brother had the heart to kill someone… who else knows about this?"

Kai stared wide eyed at Nya. Was she going to rat out on them, or help?

"I'm not letting you do this! That dream could be a set up by someone else! Maybe a coincidence, maybe even just a fake because you were scared!" Kai tensed. "Scared that Cole would do more harm, scared that he would take us away from you!" Kai gazed down to the floor.

Nya could've been right.

"I have to fix things," he finally said. "Our conversation ends here."


Nya took Jay's hand. "He wants to kill… Cole?" Nya nodded.

"We have to stop him! He never told me who he was doing it with, but even by the looks of it, I think I know just who."

Zane stood by the side, eavesdropping on their little talk. Please do not say my name, he thought to himself and turned around, gazing into Pixal's emerald eyes.

"Lloyd," she said. Zane waited for her to continue, but she left it there.

"Why would Lloyd…" Jay's voice drifted off.

"You and me, together." Nya stared into Jay's eyes, hoping he would say yes.

Jay nodded.

The droid gave a heavy sigh and walked towards Pixal. "I overheard they were going to stop someone?" she asked Zane.

"Two, actually," Zane said with confidence. He had made up his mind. As Jay and Nya walked out of their little talk zone, they ran into the two droids.

"Love birds," Nya cooed.

Jay arched a brow. "Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?" Zane nodded.

"And I want to help."


Cole paced around the room, trying to find an escape route. This place had to have one, why wouldn't it? He neared the front doors and saw the two guards, standing by each end. How to make them move? If only he had his powers…

"Going somewhere?" a voice chuckled behind him. Cole turned around to face Dust. "You are never going to escape this place, Cole. You're trapped; the only way you'll ever be set free is if you learn why I am keeping you here," Dust gave him a wide grin.

"I already know why! I just won't do it! Now let me out!" He growled at the sorcerer. Dust smirked. "You're always this way… never playing fair. I hate this life!" Cole pulled at the ends of his hair and kicked at the air.

"And you were always how I remembered you," Dust snapped his fingers and something clicked inside of Cole. He stopped and his hands fell to his sides.

Cole rubbed the side of an arm. "I'm sorry…" he apologized again.

Dust just glared at him. "Good, now back to your room." He ordered and watched from the corner of his eye as Cole walked slowly towards his room. "Now, for a little more fun," he chanted and floated over to an empty room. All that sat in it was a post about up to his waist.

He formed a cloud of smoke and looked into it.

His first victim – Kai.

"Go find Lloyd, tell him to lure Cole in with a meeting… tell Cole that you all want to try and be friends, make up for everything," he spoke, putting words into Kai's head. He watched as the blacksmith twitched, then smirked.

The blacksmith peered around the room, making sure it was empty and fled his stall.


When Kai had finished delivering the message, he and Lloyd wrote it out. "Great, now we just have to get it to him somehow."

Lloyd's eyes lit up. "I have an idea how…" he walked Kai down to the library and pulled out a box. It was empty inside. "This box, it gives anything I put in it to whomever I ask to send it to." Lloyd pulled off the lid and seated the sealed envelope in the middle.

He put the cover back on and told it to deliver the mail to Dust. When he took the cover off again, the letter was gone.

"Wow," Kai said, awed about such box.


A knock on the door awoke Cole from his nap. "Come in," he groaned. The door opened Dust stepped in. Cole groaned even louder. "Not you…"

"I'm not here to scare you right now… I have this," he handed Cole a white envelope. Cole snatched it from Dust and sat up, reading it out loud.

Once he finished, he cocked his head at Dust and raised a brow. "Is this some kind of joke?" Dust stared expressionless, back at him. Cole peered down at the last sentences. "They want me to be their friend?"

Dust shrugged. "Oh, it could be a joke; I would go if I were you."

Cole stared at the letter, his mind swimming with thoughts. "Haven't you always wanted to make new friends, be part of a group… a family perhaps?"

Something in Cole clicked. "How did you know about that?"

Dust whisked out a small sheet of paper. "I found something…"

Cole ran up and ripped it out of Dust's hand. "I..."

"No, no, no, it's completely fine. Dinner will be ready in a few minutes," he added and stalked out of the room.

Cole stared at the letter…


Kai glanced at the clock. "He should be here any minute," he told Lloyd. "But, where's Zane? Shouldn't he be here soon?"

Lloyd shook it off, "Just be patient. Once Cole arrives, we can strike…"

"Lloyd? Kai?" a voice echoed from afar calling their names.

"Shh, it's him…"

As Cole came into view, Lloyd tied the katana around his waist. "Oh, Cole! Glad you could make it!" He greeted the teen.

"Lloyd… get ready –"

"Stop!"

"Now who?" Kai groaned, and kept his sword low enough.

Jay, Nya, Zane, and Pixal stepped out from behind Cole. "Did you bring them with you!?" Kai asked Cole. Cole shook his head.

"We can't let you do this!" Nya snapped at Kai and Lloyd, she pulled out her own swords. Jay pulled out a pair of nun chucks from the blacksmith's shop, while Zane pulled out a pair of shurikanes.

Kai growled. "Lloyd! Take care of them! I'll get, Cole!" Cole stood there, unaware at what was going on. Nya threw him a sword.

"Cole, defend yourself!" Cole nodded and clashed his sword against Kai.

Kill him!

A voice shouted in Kai's head. Kai bared his teeth at Cole and pushed down on Cole. "Give it up! I've seen what you can do! And you need… to… go!"

Cole couldn't hold back against Kai. He fell to his knees but kept the sword up in front of him.

"Cole!" Jay yelled and charged at Kai with his nun chucks.

Kai drew his sword back.


Woo, this chapter was long! And I finally finished typing it while watching the new MLP episode! So excited today because I'm gonna go see PITCH PERFECT 2! I could've watched it yesterday but I had a Track meet! YAY!

I also updated a one shot, if u haven't read it yet...

R&R