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6

I reached into my pocket, and pulled out a silk, light cloth. "Shroud of Shadows" I whispered to it, throwing the Shroud of Shadows over myself. I became invisible to anyone outside the Shroud.

I sprinted down the hall, grinning that the guards might think that there's a ghost is Chase's palace and run to their rooms screaming like little girls. What babies.

Rounding a corner, I nearly slammed into the one that had been carrying Kim. Sucking in a sharp breath, and immediately regretting it, I covered my mouth with my hand and flattened myself against the wall. The guard didn't seem to notice, and kept walking along, its companions trailing behind it.

What the…never mind.

I started sprinting down the hall again, feeling the Shroud trailing behind me. After what seemed like forever, I reached the dungeon door, threw it open, and sprinted down the stairs, taking three at a time.

The door shut behind me, throwing me into a pit of darkness that seemed to have no end. I nearly tripped on one stair, catching myself just in time. "I think I'm gonna have to lose the Shroud" I whispered to myself. I pulled the Shroud off of me, feeling exposed.

I ran down the stairs again, only slowly this time, and eventually reached the bottom.

I was faced with a long corridor that led to a dead end. The corridor was lined with cells with steel iron bars. In one of the last few, there was a small glimmer, like a fire, coming from it.

I ran down the corridor, my heart caught in my throat, a big lump that made me want to choke. But I didn't. All that mattered was that I reach Kim.

The hallway seemed to get longer, and longer the farther I ran down it. The fire began to flicker out, growing dimmer, and dimmer, until eventually, it burned out all together. "Kim?" I called into the inky blackness.

I ran harder toward the cell.

Suddenly, there was a shriek of pain, coming from Kimiko's cell, and I shouted "Kim!" only to fall right through the floor. I felt myself falling, and I flailed my arms around me, desperately trying to find something to grab on to.

"Raimundo…" Omi's voice whispered in my ear.

I turned my head, only to find nothing there except blackness. "Raimundo…"Clay's voice said in my other ear. When I turned my head in that direction, there was nothing. Suddenly, I was surrounded by light, and I felt my wrists and ankles with sharp steel. I worked my wrists and ankles hard, but I couldn't budge the steel.

My feet and arms started to move involuntarily. Looking up, I saw Wuya holding a wooden cross that the steel was attached to, and she was making my feet and arms move. Chase was in the background, morphed into a dragon, his amber eyes glowing evilly as he laughed in evil pleasure.

My mouth was duct taped, so I couldn't cry out.

And just like that, I was falling again through the cold, unending inky blackness. I screamed, falling farther, and farther, through the blackness.

And then I woke up.

I clutched my chest, feeling my heart thumping a million times a second. Cold sweat dripped down my forehead, and my back was soaked too. I was breathing extremely hard, and my chest rose and fell with each breath I took.

I wiped the sweat off of my forehead. It was just a dream…it was only a dream.

It was a dream!!

Did that mean that Kim wasn't in the dungeon, sleeping safely in the Xiaolin Temple?!

I jumped out of bead, Ninja Fred falling to the floor. "Sorry Ninja Fred" I whispered to him, gently putting him back on my bed (yes, I said bed. At Chase's palace, we have beds instead of mats).

I bolted out of the room, grabbing the Shroud of Shadows from the coat hanger that stood by the door, quietly shutting the door behind me.

I slipped on the Shroud, and again found myself sprinting down the hallway. Only this time, the dungeon door was closer to my bedroom (isn't that a little ironic?).

A few guards walked past me, but I didn't care. I avoided them.

I reached the dungeon door and found two guards standing outside the entrance. Crap! Thinking quickly, I sneaked up to the guards and grabbed one of their clubs that sat beside them. I chucked it as hard as I could down the hallway, praying that they were too stupid to notice it had been thrown from my direction.

The club made a big loud bang when it collided with a wall, and the guards immediately ran down the hallway to investigate the noise.

I threw open the door, and quietly shut it behind me, running down the steps and taking off the Shroud.

It was dark in the dungeon, the same inky blackness as in my dream. It was also cold, and stunk of death and despair.

I reached the landing and ran down the long corridor, seeing the dim fire at the end of the hall. Kim was still here! But I had to talk to her…I had to tell her the truth. I skidded to a halt outside her cell and whispered "Kim!"

Kimiko looked up, her clear blue eyes threatening to drill a hole in me. She glared at me, her face fixed into a hostile stare. "What do you want traitor?" she spat.

I flinched at her words. She'd never spoken this bitterly to me before, not even when I'd made fun of her weight (which you should never ever do to Kim. I learned that the hard way. My arm still hurts…).

"Kim, there's something you need to understand!" I whispered urgently. "I-oh hang on!" I pulled out a black orb out of my pocket and whispered "Smoke Shadow" to it. I slipped through the bars of her cell, facing her directly.

"Kim, I didn't want to betray you guys!" I insisted, seizing her hand and holding it in mine. "I swear I didn't! But Wuya and Chase-" Kimiko yanked her hand out of my grip. "Don't touch me!" she hissed. "I don't want your traitor germs all over me!"

I exhaled slowly. How could I make her believe me?

"Kimiko Tohomiko, please listen to me" I begged. "I didn't do all this because I'm a traitor! I swear! I…" I swallowed, trying to get all the emotion out of my voice so that Kim knew I was being serious. "I did it to protect you."

Kim gave me that 'wth' look. "How the heck is stealing our wu, kidnapping me, and betraying your friends and honor protecting me?" she demanded.

"Kimiko, please, you have to believe me!" I insisted. "I didn't want to do this! But Wuya and Chase threatened to kill you if I didn't join them!" Kimiko's eyes softened, but didn't lose the hard blaze. "Prove it!" she hissed.

I closed my eyes. I really hadn't wanted it to come to this.

"Fine" I muttered, shoving a wu into Kim's hands. "You want proof? Take a look into my mind."

Kimiko stared at the shiny gold wu, her eyes widening. "How did you-?" she started. "Never mind that" I urged, thrusting the wu harder into her hands. "I want to prove that I didn't do this because of you guys or anything. Please, just do it."

Kim pursed her lips, but whispered to the wu "Memory Enhancer" and she turned into a kind of gold smoke and disappeared into my ear.

Okay, that was…odd…0.0 Don't worry, it won't seem odd in the next Chappie. :) You'll understand it then…I hope…xD

Now, I won't be on until either Saturday or Sunday, because I'm going to see my Aunt for Fourth of July, and I'm staying the night there. So, I hope to come back to plenty of review…hint hint. :)

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