Dr Raa's facility
The underground part of the facility was accessed by a rickety old elevator which would have seemed more suited to an old hotel from a horror movie. The lift on its downward journey would occasionally bump onto the walls surrounding it.
Once the doors were opened it was revealed to be a large dark cavernous room; a cave in previous years but now with medium sized tunnels leading to and from it.
The middle of the cave had a multitude of generators lined up, they were all connected in close proximity to a makeshift cage similar to a tesla coil but bigger….much bigger.
The cage was made almost entirely of copper and had a large spherical metal electrode positioned on top which was meant to transfer any energy away into the waiting empty generators. Inside of the makeshift cage were 4 restraints made from leather and copper which meant that whoever was put in here wouldn't be escaping quickly.
The aim of this crude machine, according to Pythor, was to produce high voltage energy from low currents, something that would power the serpentine tombs for years to come. All that was needed was a certain blue ninja and then the show could begin.
"Well…well…well Slithraa, you have done usss proud" Skales said as he smiled at one of his most loyal warriors "I love what you've done with the place" as Skales eyed the generators with awe.
"I admit, it wasn't easy sssir trying to maintain this façade, the hospital hours were long and tedioussss".
"Yes I can imagine...where is the prisoner" Skales asked seeming completely disinterested in Slithraa's difficulty.
"He is upstairs sleeping…the other ninja are too" Slithraa laughed, "They came to rescue him so we knocked them out with gas".
"Ahh excellent so our plan is working just as we hoped it would".
"Yes sir…I hope I have served you well" Slithraa added before he turned around to assist with the transportation of the sleeping ninja.
"These three ninja need taking to Pythors's lair, he has setup some shackles on the wall, take them now before they wake up" Slithraa said quietly to his snake brethren who followed his orders without question.
"This means we won't need to set any traps" Skales hissed gleefully as he turned to his side and noticed the Anacondrai general slithering towards him.
"Pythor!" Skales said happily as his partner in crime joined them "it's time, we need to get this started".
The group of serpentine worked together to bring down the blue ninja, taking care not to injure him as they strapped him into the cage. He was still under the effects of a general anaesthetic so he hung in his restraints painfully even though he was oblivious. The other ninja were bound and brought downstairs before being taken on a short journey to the serpentine tomb. Once there the snakes had been told to secure all 3 ninja to the wall of Pythor's cave with the vengestone cuffs he had recently acquired.
It didn't take long for the ninja to wake up completely once they were in the serpentine tomb, the air was stale but at least it wasn't tainted with gas. They were all coming round to their new surroundings and when they opened their eyes they knew Jay was in danger.
"W…what happened?...Cole are you ok" Kai asked feeling nervous, the feelings of nausea still fresh in his throat.
"Y…Yeah,I'm fine….where are we?...Lloyd you ok?"
"Yeah, just tired" Lloyd said as he attempted to stifle a long loud yawn.
"I'm scared…..scared for Jay, scared for us" Lloyd stammered as he struggled against the restraints that were digging into his wrists.
"Hey err guys, this looks familiar…I think this is a serpentine tomb if I'm not mistaken" Kai said as he studied the cave and various markings he could see.
"But what do they want with Jay?" Kai asked, feeling annoyed at Sensei Wu who should have divulged more information before he left.
"I….I don't know ok! but I think we'll find out soon enough" Cole stated as he pointed with his head towards the middle of the room, "look there in the middle is another set of restraints….but there's only 3 of us down here...OH GOD NO…...I think I know what they are planning to do", as soon as Cole said those words the colour drained from his face and he proceeded to vomit onto the floor as fear threatened to overtake him.
"No no no….. they couldn't , they wouldn't surely" Cole said aloud to himself panicking again as sweat starting to bead on his head.
"Cole, what's wrong? What do you know that…."Kai trailed off as the realisation hit him too and he fought harder than ever to escape.
"Look we need to calm down guys...struggling wont help but we need to reserve our energy...I have a feeling we'll need it" Lloyd stated calmly.
Cole then thought of a way to get out of this situation without Jay or themselves being harmed "Hey listen up guys….can you remember earlier Jay and Zane created the trackers…well we can use them to communicate!...just….need to activate….it" Cole said as he used his chin to press the device causing it to activate.
"Zane, come in Zane, do you copy?, This is Cole we need urgent assistance".
Cole waited for a response and luckily there was one albeit a crackled and distorted one.
"h-han…Cole…that you?"
"Ah the depth we're at must be affecting the signal…hopefully they'll move the Bounty closer to our signal now" Lloyd said.
"C….. in Cole…..is that you?".
"That was definitely Nya", Kai said feeling hopeful.
"Th…..signal…weak….moving…..your location, We'll be there….50 minutes" Zane said with a crackle.
"Well at least we can kinda understand what they said now" Lloyd stated again.
The minutes passed and the ninja were growing tired, Kai tried to keep the morale up and spoke about the night club…taunting Cole with the fact that he missed out on some good dance tunes.
"Where did you go anyway?…one minute you were at the club and the next you'd gone" Kai asked with a puzzled expression.
"Omg, were you really that drunk Kai?,it was only last night bro…besides I told you…..didn't I?...no come to think of it...I told Zane that I wouldn't be home".
"I bumped into Rose...literally...at the club, she's the one that told me about it….y'know back in the hospital?".
"I don't remember last night all too well Cole, except the fact Jay bailed on me with a hot chick and you just disappeared leaving me and tinman alone" Kai said as he shuffled uncomfortably in his restraints.
"Remind me again, what did she look like?"
"Who?" Cole asked looking puzzled.
"Err…Rose!"
"Why do you need to know?….you're not planning on stealing her are ya?"
"No Cole, that's your trick" Kai laughed nervously and bit his lip although he knew that was actually what he'd tried to do with Nya.
"FINE, She's got blue eyes, red-ish coloured hair, she has freckles, luscious lips, long legs, ample..." He stopped mid-sentence…too much information he thought…and blushed as he turned away. His thoughts now taken up as an image of Rose came into his mind. He shook his head, he couldn't think about that now he needed to focus and he needed to get his team out of here.
"Sheesh Cole, wow get a room with your thoughts will ya" Lloyd interjected
"Sorry Lloyd, but Kai asked" Cole replied as he shrugged his aching shoulders.
All three ninja turned their heads when they heard a shriek of pain, that they knew to be from Jay.
"Oh god, come on Zane please" Kai said as had his fingers crossed hoping that the Bounty would just magically appear in the room and whisk them away. Maybe then we could fight evenly and not be a part of this outnumbered dirty tactic that the snakes are currently using he thought.
30 minutes earlier
Back in the facility generator room Jay had been strapped into the machine, his arms and legs cuffed tightly to avoid escape. Slithraa pulled the lever and the whole room lit up. The machine began buzzing while electrical currents were being generated from the cage. A multitude of different colours could be seen bouncing off the cage and the generators were connected to it. Each machine was filling up quickly and one after another a green light would switch on signifying a full and charged generator.
30 minutes had passed and there were only 3 empty generators left. The blue ninja was beginning to stir, his pained sleep was filled with nightmares of blood being taken, strong nurses and an evil plan. He groggily opened his eyes and immediately realised he was in trouble. He subconsciously tried to move his arms and then his legs and looked around only to realise he was strapped in and wasn't going anywhere.
The panic in him slowly rising even though he was feeling sleepy but this sleepy feeling was getting worse he couldn't fall asleep again...he didn't dare to...for some reason.
He was feeling constant pulses of energy being taken from him but couldn't understand why then he remembered back to the snake doctor and his eyes suddenly registered his situation, he pulled against his restraints and shouted loudly at his captors, the serpentine just stood by watching him and started laughing.
He was beginning to feel pain as if something was being ripped from within his core. My element...y-you can't he thought as he screwed his eyes tight and bucked against the increasing pain he was fighting.
"I h-hate you, I hate you all" Jay screamed in agony as he felt electrical currents attacking his skin, his element almost gone. The pain he felt was similar to that which his enemies would feel, the only difference was this was a constant and worsening pain...not enough to kill him but enough to cause intense pain.
"Come on Skales this is getting boring, can't you just turn up the machine so it can go faster?" Pythor asked as he rolled his eyes.
"Yes, yes, yes ok, Slithraa I need you to hurry this up...we haven't got all day".
"Yess sir, I'll get right on it" Slithraa added as he span around and turned the dial to speed up the electrical current. The cage began to spark uncontrollably as it took the last electricity it could find and the prisoner within the cage began to cry out in unbearable pain, with a final scream all his power had gone having been ripped from him painfully.
Then everything was finished the generators were full and Jay had nothing left to give, he was weak and could barely stand. The serpentine left him there for a few minutes whilst they checked all generators were full and only then did they let him out of the cage. They didn't care for this prisoner so they unshackled him and let him fall to the floor where he hit the ground hard.
"Take him to my lair, we haven't finished with him yet" Pythor said as he eyed the blue ninja who was evidently still alive.