(Kai POV)

I must have banged my head against the tile too hard, because after Lloyd surrendered, I couldn't remember anything. I found myself chained up against a wall with Cole and Jay on my left and Lloyd and Zane on my right. Everyone else was either sleeping or unconscious and that worried me. We were in a large room with little light and a large machine was in the center of the room. I wanted so much to yell or be able to tap on Cole's shoulder, but I couldn't. I felt totally immobile and helpless.

Hope build up inside of me when I heard a low groan from Cole on my right. He slowly lifted his head and opened his eyes. "Wha- what happened?", he asked painfully with squinted eyes. I opened my mouth to speak, but no sound came out. I was mute. "Kai? Are you okay?", Cole asked tilting his head. I shook my head, looking at the floor. Not only was it my neck that was hurting, but it hurt to think that this could be our last day together, or even our last day alive.

"We'll get out of this...we'll find a way", Cole said also looking down at the dirty cement floor. I sighed, thinking of possible escape routes with no luck.

(No POV)

One by one, everyone else began to wake up and everyone wondering where they were and what was going on. "What's going to happen to us?", Jay asked in a panicking tone.

"Only time will tell.", Zane replied staring directly at the machine in front of them. "Do you know what it is?", Cole asked following Zane's gaze.

"I don't know."

Everyone sat in silence, in fear, in thought. No one knew what terrible awaited them, or even if they would make it out alive. It boggled their minds how this new villain worked. Previous enemies would attempt to take over ninjago city, but this enemy wanted them, not the city. It frightened them even more to wonder why that was.

"Ah, you're awake.", a deep voice said. It didn't belong to anyone they met before, yet it gave them shivers. A man dressed in a suit and tie walked out from the shadows and grinned. He certainly didn't look like a threat to them, but something about him seemed frightening. "I thought you five were better than that.", he said walking closer to them. Most of them wouldn't look at him, but Kai stared straight into his dark eyes and wasn't afraid. The man looked at Kai and smirked, bending down so they were both at the same level. "You're a feisty one aren't you?"

Kai growled in his face. He wish he could talk so he could really give him a piece of his mind. The man stood up and mumbled something into his watch before walking away towards the machine. Within seconds, about twenty men in black rushed out of the darkness, each with a blade in their hands. "Take the red on first", said the man, and three men in black rushed to Kai. One man untied him and the other two tried to lift him to his feet, bit Kai faught. He thrusted his elbows and kicked his legs, trying to get free. "Keep fighting!", Lloyd shouted.

Another assassin came over to him with a metal stick in his hand and he stood in front of Kai. The boss nodded his head and the assassin let loose, batting Kai's stomach with the rod. Kai gasped and fell to his knees, allowing the two men to grab him by his arms and drag him to the machine. They dragged him inside the machine and dropped him still gasping for breath. They walked out and closed the door before standing beside their leader.

"I do apologize for this my good man.", the man said before pressing the button. Kai looked up just in time to see the machine start up and he began bang at the glass. What seemed like tiny fireflies circled around him. Kai groaned and yelled in pain as the machine continued to whirr. The pain soon became unbearable and Kai began to punch and scratch at the glass and floor. "Kai!", Cole yelled. He felt useless not being able to save his friend. It hurt him and the rest of the team.

Five minutes later, the machine finally stopped and the "fireflies" went away, revealing Kai laying motionless on the machine floor. His skin was pale, his eyes were closed and he looked almost...dead.