(Cole's POV)

I wait for the others to leave before getting up - I don't want them to hear me fall again. And if one thing's certain, it's that that's gonna happen a lot.

*thud* Yup. There you go already. I wince as I pull myself off the stone floor and slowly make my way to the cave wall. At first I didn't want to lean on it, for fear of it being too unstable, but it's not as if I'm going to get anywhere otherwise.

It takes me at least an hour to get to a fork in the cave. I'm about to randomly choose the one on the right when I here voices echoing not far down the passage.

"I'm telling you, Lizaru, the ninja pests were here! Shouldn't we raise the alarm?"

"If they were here, then where are they now, Chokun? We still have the girl! Why worry Pythor over anything else?"

Serpentine! And they're heading this way. I manage to duck into the left tunnel just as they come out of the passage. Not that I'm afraid of those losers, but I probably couldn't fight a fly with this leg. I hold my breath until they're out of earshot, then switch into the tunnel they came out of. It might mean more serpentine entanglements, but it also might mean finding Nya, or a way out of this hole.

(Zane's POV)

It has been almost three hours since I first began to search for an exit, but all I have managed to do is get lost. Completely, hopelessly lost.

I really have managed to get myself into a mess. I would call to the others, but even if I could, I must be miles away from our original location by now - unless I've turned in circles. I don't know what I was thinking in the first place. Why would I believe even for a second that, blind and mute, I could navigate these Serpentine-infested caves alone?

Speaking of which - something just moved to my left. I finger my shurikens, though throwing them without any way to aim probably won't do me much good...

Meanwhile, something or someone continues to move my way, and with no way to hide my only option is to try to fight.

(Jay's POV)

Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh MAN.

There are at least 50 Serpentine here. I don't know where the heck they came from, I just stop paying attention to where I'm going for one moment and BAM. Surrounded.

Their mouths are moving, I think they're talking about me but I can't even focus on what they're saying any more. Not now, brain...

But then the 50 snakes turn to thousands turn to millions and I can't feel myself breathing anymore. The panic attack is starting in full force and I'm gasping for air, knowing I have to do something but having no idea what and I'm doomed, I'm doomed, I'm doomed...

I've already lost and none of them has even raised a sword.

(Kai's POV)

I can't keep walking like this. I don't know how long it's been since I talked to the others, by my best guess it's some time late at night. At this point I couldn't care less - it's just a matter of how much longer it takes me to starve to death. I haven't found a single sign of life. At this point I'd be happy to see so much as a lousy snake.

I stumble into the wall for what must be the millionth time in the past hour. My head is hurting worse and worse, but it's not like I can just stop walking.

Maybe I can. Maybe now's the part where I just stop, where I just give up and face the consequences of my stupid actions.

I hope the others get out alright.

I hope they find Nya.

Nya . . .

I get up. No matter what, I need to keep moving. I need to find my baby sister.

I know, cliffies are cliche - I tried to stagger the endings from least to most dramatic. Sorry Zane's not very in character this chapter, I couldn't really think of anything, you know, Zane-ish for him to say. He's not usually a hard character to write for me.

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Sorry this chapter took so long. Until next time... OMG SEASON 4 WHAT NOW?!

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