Sorry for not writing or replying. I was grounded for a while. I'm back now and I'll try to write more frequently. I did see one comment that seemed surprised about Cole's death. Please don't be offended by it, I just do these plot twists and stuff to make the story more interesting so please don't get mad at me or anything. Enjoy!

(Kai's POV)

I couldn't help looking back at Cole's lifeless body as we began to walk back downstairs. Memories of our earth ninja began to flash in my head as another tear ran down my face. It was just too hard to accept that he was actually gone and he wasn't going to come back. I followed Zane shamefully down the stairs back to the first floor, wondering how the others would react to Cole's death.

"I can't do this anymore Zane." I said angrily. I clenched my fists and stood still. Zane looked back at me.

"I know, but we have to keep trying to- "

"No!" I cut him off. "I'll kill the assassins that took our friend!" fire burned in my eyes. My sadness and sorrow, in an instant, turned into anger and rage. I wanted revenge.

"Kai, no!" Zane shouted. "That's not who we are! I'm just as upset as you are, but it's not right to kill someone. Even if our friend was killed first."

I closed my eyes in attempt to keep sudden tears from covering my face again. No matter how hard I tried, it was as if that rip in my chest would never go away. Anger couldn't take it away, escaping here couldn't take it away, even crying my heart out couldn't help me at this point. It was hurting me. The feeling, in a way, made we want to just rip my heart from my chest. I didn't want that pain in me anymore, but I couldn't help it. I simply sat myself on the step, covered my face in my arms and sobbed.

(Zane's POV)

Watching Kai suffer, pained me inside. He was being surrounded by darkness, a wound that may never get healed. I slowly walked back up to him and sat beside him on the step.

"Hey, it's alright." I embraced him tightly as he cried. "We'll get through this together. One step at a time."

"No...no, I don't think I can do this anymore!" Kai groaned. I couldn't process how to answer that. The most I could think of was to keep comforting him and let him be.

(Jay's POV)

My back ached. We had been searching for that Goddamn key all day! We had probably got through about 97 rooms already and found nothing. I was getting seriously aggravated yet, I was happy that we hadn't been found by an assassin yet after going through nearly more than half of the building.

"How many more rooms to look in?" I asked lloyd who was sitting beside me on the wall of room 39.

"Well, I really don't know anymore." He sighed. "I expected for everyone to meet up since floor 4 so we would have searched the building equally, but I haven't seen them since we split up."

"Do you think we should go look for them?" I asked rubbing my tired eyes. He nodded before standing up. I yawned before standing also.

"Okay come on, they shouldn't be that far." Lloyd said as he started to the the stairs. I slowly followed.

(Zane's POV)

I could hear footsteps as I was wrapped in an embrace with Kai. I pulled out my shurikens of ice expecting for another assassin to be making his way to the sound of Kai sniffing and crying.

"Kai, SH!" I whispered as I stood up. The sound was getting closer now. I raised my arms, ready to throw. It wasn't long before the victim was before me and I throw both shurikens at full force. I stopped dead in my tracks and gasped in horror as I realized that the assassins, weren't at all assassins.

How was that so far guys? tell me what you think! I'll see you guys next time. (DUN DUN DAAAAA)