(Kai's POV)

I lie in bed, my hands behind my head, staring up at the red ceiling. The room is red and gold, from the dark red walls to the redwood floors. It has the same layout as the others, but instead of a bookshelf, its a TV. There's a window, the golden curtains opened to let moonlight stream in.

My red walls are my favorite part of my room. Not the punching bag hanging at the end of the bed or the tv, the walls. Golden paintings describing battle and fighting are decorating the walls. Ninjas vs...evil. Some kind of enemy. But I'm thinking of before.

He had heard Jay laughing before, his room was right next to mine. He had heard laughing and screaming and crying. He usually does. I think of the night after we had found out about Jay. The night after Jay had plugged in Virus Z to Zane. Virus Z...

(Flash back)

"Guys, remember those robots a few days ago?"

We were in Jay's room. He had made Zane not come in there for some reason.

Cole nodded.

"Yea, they said 'You'll be short a few members soon, ninja. Particularly HE will be joining his brethren.'"

"EXACTLY! I was walking around, and I found two of those robots talking to each other. So I went over and overheard them. They MENT ZANE! NINDROID! They were gonna use this thing to Hack him, called it Virus Z. But I got it."

We were shocked, and started fighting if he was lying. Jay kept it safe in the end. If only we had known...

(End of flash back)

I start to think back to the night after we found Jay again. I had been sleeping...

(Flash back two lol)

My eyelids start to droop, and I fall asleep.

-dream-

I'm in a digital forest. The trees are blue, with bright green leaves. There's digital strips everywhere, like in the Digiverse. I look around wildly. Where am I? *Snap* A twig breaks behind me. I spin on my heels to face the sound. My eyes dart around wildly. I turn around and run into the woods.

I don't get too far before I slam into something. I quickly get on my feet and see a shiny, metal figure.

"Zane!?"

The Nindroids glowing blue eyes widen. He looks the same as always. But his hands are shiny black...wtf?

"Kai?! What-I-are you real?"

"I was going to say that. Where are we?"

Zane looks worried. And really, really scared.

"I...I don't know. Kai, please. Help me. They're trying to get me."

"What? Who is?"

"The-Virus's."

Those were the robot things.

"Kai, this is my mind. They're trying to take over me. Help me!"

Everything starts to glitch. I can feel weight, pressing down on me. Some pain on my arm. What?

"I promise I'll find you Zane! I promise!"

Then the world changes. I open my eyes, and am face to face with a pair of black ones. Soulless. Empty.

Jay.

I scream, and he falls off me. He looks at me and snarls.

"What's the point of fighting? Repeatedly, no end in sight, a new enemy always there. Its infinite."

He is quick, and in a second, gone. The door slams shut.

"What the hell?"

I can feel a burning on my back, heart, right hip, and left forearm. I look down.

"Fuck!"

There's black marks on me. Shit.

I get up and look at myself in the mirror, turning to face my back. There's a black mark like a I, with two ' on each side. I turn to the front.

Over my heart is my fire dragon symbol. On my side is this:

ཁཨྀ

Going down. I look at my left forearm. There's an infinity symbol. Wtf did he do to me?

(End of Flashback ||: The Lost Markings Lol)

I sign and turn over. My eyes close, and I drift off to a dream.

-dream-

Zane is chained to a rock. It's like we're in the Digiverse again. Except black and red. One figure stands in front of him. There were two, I remember. Dice, who looked something like Zane a bit. Vira, who looked part dragon. She had said something about, "Sissy will get blue." Idfk wtf that meant.

There had also been Virus. The leader. Right now, Dice was in front of Zane, grinning harshly. Dice wore a black ninja GI with red designs. His suit shined, similar to Zane's. He had black metal skin and his hair was also black, with red tips. Dices hair was styled like Zane's, and his eyes were blood red.

Zane's legs were now black, up to his hip. His hands were chained together, and his ankles. The chains then went up, like an ι. Zane was barely conscious, and looked in pain.

"Your friends cant save you now, Zane. You are helpless."

Dice spoke in a voice a little similar to Zane's, but more robotic and cruel. Zane looked up. His eyes looked tired.

"They...will. They will help me and stop you."

Dice laughed. His laugh sounded like ice cracking. He walked over, his glowing blood red eyes fixed on Zane. Dice knelt in front of my ice Brother, smiling.

"You still really think they'll come to you?"

Dice laughed again, cruel and merciless.

"They'll never come. Give in, Zane. Your one of us."

Dice leaned in and whispered in Zane's ear.

"You belong to us now. Now, and forever brother."

-dream ends-

I wake up with a gasp, drenched in sweat, my heart racing and head pounding. I lean forward, Zane's helpless figure still pictured in mind. I run a shaking hand through my hair. Zane...

(Jay's POV)

I sit on the edge of my bed when I hear a voice.

"Hello again, little friend."

I cannot see her, but I can feel her presence. She is right in front of me.

"Now. We can...talk."

I nod, still not being able to talk. I'm sweating. Why am I afraid of her?

She purrs, and I feel her next to my shoulder. He still stares, motionless, ahead. Not saying a word.

"Remember me? My name is Saline."

She is right on my shoulder now.

"I will tell you a short story now..."

I nod to let her know she can. She made me this way.

"First, they are going to forget to check your wrists. Just wear long sleeves-"

She drops a dark gray hoodie onto my bed. I pick it up and slid it over my head. It is cold and damp.

"-and act happy."

She purrs once more. I roll up the sleeves and, not looking, feel my nightstand. There is a razor there, she must have gave me it.

I put the razor to my skin, and cut. Red lines appear, and bright red droplets of blood ooze from them and drip to the floor. I next cut my thighs, I am wearing shorts. Mores red lines appear, standing out against the old ones. Red stains my hand once I'm done. I place my razor on the stand.

"I will tell you that story now. Tuck in, Suicide boy..."

I pull down the sheets and lie down, pulling the sheets back up after. I look up at the ceiling.

"Water trickles on his wrists

Wiping away the blood

Wiping away the pain caused by so many others

The voices in his head are screaming for him to kill himself

Telling him to forget about the small amount of hope he still holds on to

For that hope is the only thing keeping him alive

He feels as if everyone around him don't see him

They see him as broken, something that can't be fixed

But everything can be fixed it may not be perfect

But it still holds value

In this case the value of a person's life

Someone who didn't deserve the way he was made to feel

He had people tell him 'I hope you die in your sleep'

Or people saying he was better off in a coffin

These words he started to believe so after so many years of hoping he gave up

He gave in to the voices in his head

That night he went in to his bathroom and took out his handgun

He held it to his head and with tears streaming down his face he pulled the trigger

His family woke in a fright and ran to the bathroom

To find his limp, cold body lying on the floor, hoping that what they saw wasn't real

That there best friend wasn't gone

They blamed themselves for not seeing how much pain he was in

For not noticing him when it mattered."

I blink slowly. That was nice...

A cold hand brushes my cheek. I hear a small thud.

"I've left you some pills for the next few days, and a pencil."

Pencil?

"Now heres one more thing before I leave..."

I close my eyes and listen to her cruel voice.

"Oh, little Suicide boy.

Suicide boy, did they even know your name?

Suicide boy, they act like you put a bullet through your head for fame.

Suicide boy, the ones who you thought never noticed you are now wearing all black.

Suicide boy, you've done something you can't take back.

Suicide boy, the doctors did all they could.

Suicide boy, your room is being boarded off with wood.

Suicide boy, I wish I could have saved you.

Suicide boy, could I even if I'd wanted to?

Suicide boy, your name is all over the news.

Suicide boy, you're now the broken boy with a permanent blues.

Suicide boy, you're floating through my dreams.

Suicide boy, no one could hear your screams.

Suicide boy, everyone is starting to move on.

Suicide boy, I'll never be the same now that you're gone.

Suicide boy, you'll never get to grow old.

Suicide boy, you could never fit their mold.

Suicide boy, they're saying you were a lost cause from a start.

Suicide boy, how could a broken home ever heal a broken heart?

Suicide boy, your ending is bittersweet and you're just a statistic now.

Suicide boy, the curtains are closing and you're not here to take a bow."

I'm drifting off to darkness now...

"Goodnight, Suicide boy."