Hey, readers. I'm releasing this chapter a while after the last one because it was so hard to get right. Enjoy!

October, 2006

Beijing Airport

A few hours after the occurrences of the last chapter...

Zana was scanning the screen for their flight number. Rome, Sydney, Stockholm, Abu Dhabi, Lahore, Riyadh, Cairo, Lima, Santiago, Auckland, Shanghai, Bangkok, Manila, Seoul, Tokyo...aha!

"Mom! Zai! I see it!" she called out. Her mother and twin brother walked over.

"Look!" she told them. "The sixteenth one down. Mumbai. At gate E14." Yasmine picked up her bag.

"Let's go."

Zana sat in her seat on the plane. Because they were in a hurry, she, her brother, and her mother were all in separate areas of the plane. Nobody had taken the seat next to her yet. She was just about to get up and ask Zai if he wanted to sit with her when a tall, blond-haired man sat next to her.

"Hello." he greeted her. He had a slight Australian accent.

"Hello." she replied. Across the aisle, a woman and a boy sat down. The boy looked just like the man, with the same wavy blond hair.

"Is that your son?" she asked the man. He nodded.

"Would you like to sit with him?" he asked, "I'm sure that this flight would be more enjoyable for both of you if you had someone your own ages to talk to."

That was unusual question. "Sure, I guess, if he wants to." she replied slowly.

"Good. I'll ask him." the man leaned over the aisle and whispered something to his son. He looked anxious. His son whispered something back. His dad said something. His son nodded, and got up. He stood in the aisle while his father took his seat. He sat down next to Zana, who was growing more uncomfortable with the situation. The boy sat down next to Zana.

"Hey." he said. He had a similar accent to his father's.

"Hi. I'm Zana." she replied.

"I'm Kaha. "

"That's a cool name." Zana replied. "Is it Hawaiian?"

"You speak Hawaiian?" Kaha asked, his green eyes glittering with interest.

"Kind of, I live in Hawaii." Zana replied.

"Cool." Kaha leaned closer. "I've always wanted to go there."

"It is pretty cool." agreed Zana.

"So, what do you plan to do in India?" Kaha was just being friendly, not nosy.

"Oh...visiting family." Zana replied, which was only partly a lie. Zade was family, and she was sure that she was going to be seeing more of his family than she would've liked. "How 'bout you?"

"My parents have business there." he said. He looked away.

"Is...something wrong?" Zana asked.

"No, it's just my parents, they're always working. They're never around." he said.

"Yeah, my mom's away a lot, too." Zana said quietly.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Kaha asked.

"I have a twin brother, Zai, and an older brother, Zade. He's in India right now, with our aunt." Now that wasn't a lie at all, but she made it sound like it was a happy family visit, not a kidnapping.

"How old are you?" he asked.

"Ten-and-a-half." she replied.

Kaha's eyes lit up. "I'm ten, too!" Zana smiled. She had never seen someone with such bright, intense eyes.

Meanwhile, Zai was stretched out by the window. There was nobody next to him, so he had three seats to himself. Not to mention that they were in business class. After a while, he decided to get up and stretch his legs. He stood up and walked down the aisle. A walking for a few minutes, he saw his sister. He was about to say something to her when he noticed that there was a person sitting next to her. He was about their age, with blond hair and green eyes. He and Zana were talking excitedly, their voiced hushed.

Interesting. Zai smirked and kept walking.

Hours later...

Zana, Zai, and their mother were riding in a rental car through the outskirts of Mumbai. Zana glanced over at her mother. Her face was taught, and she was staring straight ahead, her hands tightly gripping the wheel. Zana had no idea how her mother figured that Zade was being held in Mumbai.

'I just know it.' their mother had said back in Beijing. 'I know exactly where he is, and I know exactly what they're going to do to him.' Zana figured it probably had something to do with her mother's secret past, or maybe she had some 'mother's instincts' or a 'woman's intuition' or something like that. Anyway, as far as Zana knew, her mother was one-hundred percent sure that this is where Zade was. And as far as her mother was sure, Zana was sure. Her mother was never wrong about these things. And Kaha, with his deep green eyes...

"Hey, Zana? Are you still alive over there?" Zai asked. Zana was jerked out of her thoughts. She kept thinking of Kaha, and how he smiled, and his glittering eyes.

"Uh, yeah. I'm totally fine." she answered.

"Are you sure? Ever since we've left the airport, you've been getting this dreamy look on your face, and-"

"I said I'm okay!" Zana snapped. "Why can't you just drop it!"

"Okay, Okay. Just asking. Sheesh." Zai turned away. Something was definitely bothering his sister.

After fifteen minutes, they pulled up in front of a large villa. At least it's not a creepy old warehouse, thought Zana. When they were in Tokyo, she and her mother had been shopping when two masked grabbed them and thrown them into the back of a van at gunpoint, then driven them to a warehouse. She shuddered.

"Here's the plan," their mother whispered to Zai and Zana as they got out of the car. "Stay behind me. If anything goes wrong, stick together." With that, their mother pushed open the gates in front of the villa and walked in. That didn't sound like much of a plan to Zana, but it was all they had right now. And since they were just traveling, they didn't have many weapons with them.

They walked up to the front door. Zana wondered why they were doing this in broad daylight, but they didn't have much time. Yasmine kicked the door, once, twice, thrice. The door crashed in. They walked in slowly, Zai and Zana behind their mother. The house was dark. They advanced cautiously through the entryway. Suddenly, light flooded the room.

"Hello, dears!" a voice rang out. Isabel was looking at them on a large, flat-screen T.V on the other side of the room."So glad you could make it!"

Zana jumped back. Isabel was smiling that mega-creepy smile of hers, the smile that usually came before someone died messily.

"Where's my brother?" she demanded, stepping forward.

"Ah yes, the pushy, rude little whelp." Isabel clicked her tongue. "But congratulations to you, Neha, for finding me. I see that your time with my worthless sister wasn't completely useless."

Yasmine snarled but didn't say anything.

"Hey! Don't talk to my sister like that!" Zai shouted.

"Well, I really must go now." Isabel told them cheerfully.

"Wait!" Zana shouted. "Where's. My. BROTHER?"

Isabel didn't respond, but the screen changed images. Now, it showed Zade, with a bloody gash on his temple, lying unmoving on a dirty cement ground. There were armed guards all around him.

"Is he...dead?" whispered Zai.

"That's up to you. If you can find him, then no, he'll live." Isabel responded, smiling evilly. "But I really must be on my way. I've sent some of my friends to keep you company. Toodles!" The screen went black.

"Mom! What should we do?" Zana turned toward their mother.

"We have to-" Their mother was cut off by a door on the other side of the room barging open, and a group of guards ran in. Zana gaped when she saw them.

"Zana?" one of the people in the group gasped.

"Hey, I recognize you!" Zai exclaimed.

"Kaha... what are you doing here?" Zana whispered. Kaha, the boy she had made friends with on the plane with the brilliant green eyes, was standing in front of her.

"Oh, no." Kaha backed up slowly. "This isn't right! This isn't how it was supposed to happen at all! I didn't know you were the girl that I was supposed to fight!" He started looking around nervously.

"Pfft. If you're too chicken, the I'll do it!" a familiar voice came from the back of the group. Zai groaned. Elias smirked at him from where he stood, wearing his signature knuckle blades. Zai sighed.

"Well, at least I know the drill." he muttered, charging Elias.

Zana looked at Kaha. He was backing away from everyone, looking panic-stricken. Zana rushed toward him.

"Listen. I need you to tell me why you're here, and where my brother is." she threatened him. He looked at her, fear etched all over his face.

"Zana, honestly, I didn't know you would be here. I-I thought it would be someone else, I had no idea he was your brother. I was supposed to fight you, but...I can't" Kaha said. Zana looked into his eyes.

"Alright, I trust you," she hissed, "But first, you need to tell me where Zade is." Kaha leaned forward and started whispering in her ear.

Zai dodged a punch thrown at him by Elias. He was about to punch back when he looked over and saw the kid from the airplane, whatever his name was, whispering in Zana's ear. He was about to do a double-take when Elias landed a solid kick on his chest.

"GAH!" he gasped, staggering. Elias smiled cruelly and was about to deliver a finishing blow when someone grabbed the back of his shirt.

"Wha? Let go of me, woman!" He thrashed about wildly. Yasmine, who was holding him, glared at him.

"This is what happens when someone messes with my son!" she shouted, hurling Elias to the ground. He groaned collapsed.

"Wow. Good one, Mom!" Zai jumped up. The other three guards that came in were lying motionless on the ground. Just then, Zana and the blond kid from the plane rushed over.

"Whoa! I don't think we can trust him!" Zai cautioned.

"Zai, please!" Zana begged. Wait, was Zana begging? She never begged. "You have to trust him! He knows where Zade is!"

Zai looked into his sister's eyes. She really does trust him, he thought. Well, I guess I'll have to trust him , too.

"Fine. If Zana says you can be trusted, then I guess I'll have to trust you." Zai decided quickly.

Relief flooded Kaha's eyes. "Follow me! Hurry!" He grabbed Zana's arm and pulled her out of the room and down a hall, with Zai and Yasmine running after them.

"Oh, no. You're not getting away on my watch!" the heard a voice from the inside the room. Zai whirled around. Elias was getting to his feet, and he looked ready to give chase.

"Faster! Elias is behind us!" he yelled to his fellow runners. They ran faster, Elias charging down the hall behind them. The hall ended, and there was s spiraling staircase leading down.

"Down!" yelled Kaha, bounding down the stairs. Elias was about eight feet behind them now. The frantically started climbing down the stairs. The walls became cold and gray, and it smelled of wet concrete.

"How long is this staircase?" Zana exclaimed as they went further and further down.

"At least five stories down!" Kaha yelled back. "We're almost there!" He was right. After a few more seconds, they reached the end of the staircase. They could hear Elias rushing down after them.

"This way!" Kaha instructed them, leading them down a long, cold, wet hallway, which was lined with empty cells. They just reached a point where the hall branched in two when they heard pounding footsteps approaching from in front of them. And with Elias behind them, they were trapped.

"You've got to get Zade. You go on alone!" Kaha yelled.

"But, Kaha, if they find you-" Zana started worridly.

"Please, go!" pleaded Kaha. He looked wildly around. "This is your only chance to save your brother. I'll be alright!"

"No, Kaha, we can't just leave you." Zana told him.

"Just go!" yelled Kaha. He looked at Zana and pressed something into her hand. "I'll be fine."

"Come on, Zana!" Zai grabbed her arm and dragged her down the hall after their mother. Zana looked back at Kaha one more time, then started running. At the very end of the hall, there was one more cell, and next to that was another winding staircase. Zana peered into the cell. Her brother was lying on the ground. At first, a horrible thought flashed through her mind, but then she saw the shallow rise and fall of his chest.

"He's alive." she whispered. She opened her hand. In it was a small slide, with a fingerprint stamped on it, which Kaha had given her. She held it up to a small fingerprint scanner mounted on the door. It pulsated green.

Welcome, Agent. Prisoner Number 5441, Holding Cell 48.

The door slid open. Yasmine rushed in and knelt down next to Zade.

"Zade?" she whispered. He didn't respond. Yasmine slipped her arms around her son's shoulders.

"Help me carry him." she told Zai and Zana. They lifted his feet, and together they carried him up the stairs. Zana tried to concentrate on her brother, but her mind kept drifting back to Kaha.

I hope he's alright, she thought. She couldn't get his face out of her mind. She tripped on a step, and Zade's head banged against the wall.

"Owww..." he groaned, opening his eyes.

"Zade? Are you awake?" Yasmine asked.

"Oooh. What happened? Where are we?" he groaned.

"We're in Isabel's mansion in India. What happened to you?" Zai asked, dropping Zade's feet.

"I don't really remember." Zade said slowly, supporting himself on the railing. "I was fighting Elias on the Great Wall, then someone shot me with something, then everything went black."

"I'm so glad you're alright!" exclaimed Zana, throwing her arms around her brother's neck.

"I'm fine." he replied. "Everything just feels...different. Like I'm seeing everything from a different angle."

"We'll get you out of here. We just need to reach the top of these stairs." his mother said. They climbed in silence, Yasmine supporting Zade as they reached the top of the stairs. At the very top was a door with a push bar. Zai opened it, and stepped outside into the yard. Zade shielded his eyes from the sun.

"We've got to get back to Hawaii." Yasmine said suddenly. She and her children crept back through the yard and back into their car. Zade settled into the backseat.

"I'm really proud of you, Zana. You showed a lot of responsibility back there." Yasmine told her daughter.

"Thanks." she replied, staring out the window. She was just hoping Kaha was okay.

This is the last chapter of 'The Lost Chronicles' before the finale. Sorry I took so long to update. Stay tuned!