Hey everybody, here's the next chapter where we see where Kai and Zuko went, and just to recap anything in italics is the evil inside of Kai trying to take over.

Jade: Thank you :) And sorry about spoiling the series for you, I just figured that you already got that far :( And it's okay if you can't think of anymore songs, right now I'm having a hard time finding soundtracks :/

Lya200: That's pretty much what everyone thinks, but Zuko has something else planned before that ;)

Suggestor: That's pretty much what I do with Kai. I always like to tease him and put him through stuff, and yet he's my favorite character. I guess it's just something we fangirls do :/

Darkriver22: Thank you :) I think a lot of people are thinking of that song while reading this, but I have a different song in mind later on ;) And if you recall that wasn't really Zuko, because as we saw in the dream sequence it's actually the evil inside of Kai that's trying to take over. Hope this cleared up any confusion.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ninjago because, well you know why ;)

Chapter 10

The assessment

(Kai's pov)

I was following Zuko into the night, we eventually made it to some kind of village. All the lights in the houses were off, the whole place was pretty quiet. Why did Zuko lead me here? Is this just another part of his plan?

Zuko then turned his head towards me and ordered, "Follow me."

I obediently followed him, wondering what I'd gotten myself into. We started walking pretty deep into the village, I knew this was a bad idea. I should probably just try to find a way out of this, or maybe I can jump Zuko now that I have the chance.

I wasn't able to think for long, because that's when Zuko suddenly stopped. "We're here.", he stated.

I looked around and saw that we were standing in front of a house. I felt my blood run cold as soon as I realized what he was planning on having us do.

"What are we doing here?", I asked, even though I already knew the answer.

"I thought it would be best to arrange something that would make me sure your the one who would be able to assist me.", Zuko explained.

I didn't like the way he said that, maybe this was a bad idea.

Too late for you to get out of it now Kai, maybe after this you'll learn when to give in.

Shut up, you have no power over me. I can make my own decisions, I'll never give in to you.

Careful Kai, remember what happened last time? I think you should listen to what Zuko has to say, otherwise I won't be the only thing you'll have to worry about.

I knew he was right, I couldn't try to get myself out of this. If I did who knows what Zuko might do, no, I just have to go along with this and bail once I'm out of his sight.

"So, what am I supposed to do?", I finally asked.

Zuko grinned and said, "I'm glad you asked, follow me and I'll show you."

Zuko then walked to the side of the house with me lagging behind. We soon came to a window and looked inside, there was a blond girl, who didn't look any older than 16, sleeping in her bed. I really don't like where this is going, I just hope I'll be able to find a way out of this soon.

"This is perfect.", Zuko said venomously. He turned to me and started explaining, "Alright Kai, here's what we have to do, I want you to go in there and wake up that girl. After that, we must try to knock her unconscious."

"Is that all?", I asked, wondering if their was a catch.

Zuko just smiled evilly and said, "Of course not Kai, I have even more plans for this girl, and this time your the one who's going to be having all the fun."

I swear, I felt the blood drain from my face when he said that. After that, Zuko made me follow him to the front of the house. He quietly opened the window and slithered inside with me following behind him.

After we were able to get inside, Zuko looked at me and said, "Well Kai, you go first."

I just grunted and started walking down the hall to that girls room. After I was able to make it in there, I saw that girl asleep in her bed again. I quickly looked behind me to see if Zuko was following me, luckily he wasn't coming this way.

I looked at the girls sleeping form and started thinking what I should do now, I can't wake her up because Zuko would force me to kill her, and I can't have the evil inside me take over. No, I have to get out of here right now before it's too late.

I wouldn't do that Kai.

Shut up, you can't tell me what to do. I'm leaving right now and that's final!

Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you Kai.

I started walking towards the window, but that's when I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye. I turned to see what it was, nothing was there. I started walking around the room cautiously, but unfortunately this made me trip on the throw rug in the middle of the room.

I started struggling frantically to stay on my feet, but this just made me stumble into the dresser, causing a small mirror, which was on top of the dresser, to crash onto the floor. The sound caused the girl to wake up.

"Who's there?", She asked, startled

Just stay still Kai, stay where you are and maybe she wont see you.

"Hello? Is someone there?", the girl asked, this time sounding scared.

I just kept laying on the floor, staying perfectly still. Come on, go back to sleep. After a few minutes she started looking around the dark bedroom until I saw her eyes settle on me. I saw her gasp in shock and start backing against the wall in her bed.

"N-no! It's okay, I'm not trying to hurt you!", I frantically tried to explain.

Unfortunately she didn't listen and started screaming, "Please, don't kill me!"

Aw man, this girl is gonna end up getting us both in trouble.

I started getting up and walking towards her, "It's okay, I'm just trying to-"

I was suddenly cut off when I saw what looked like an encyclopedia fly across the room and hit the girl on the side of the head. The loud WHAM of the heavy book hitting her on the side of the head basically filled the room. All I could do was stand there in shock while she fell on the floor, not moving. After I got over my shock, I turned and saw that Zuko was standing in the corner of the room with an evil grin on his face.

I then turned to the girl to see if she was okay, but that's when Zuko suddenly interrupted, "Don't worry Kai, she's not dead. After all, we don't want our prey to die before we can play do we?"

I just gave him a cold hard stare and started walking over to the girl. I saw that Zuko was right, I could see her breathing, it was a little faint, but she was still alive. At first I was relieved, but that's when Zuko walked up beside me.

He stared at the girl for a bit until he suddenly ordered, "Grab her Kai, we should get going."

I hesitated a little before hoisting the girl onto my back, so I could carry her. After that we quickly went out the window and started walking out into the night, after a few minutes I started noticing that Zuko had fresh blood staining his claws. Wait a minute, did he kill this girls parents? No, if he did I would have heard something, right?

After a few minutes of walking with these uncomfortable thoughts rushing through my head we came across what looked like an abandoned town, everything looked like it was falling apart. Zuko eventually stopped at one of the buildings that looked the most sturdy.

"Here we are."

He turned to me and said, "Hurry inside."

I obediently followed inside, not knowing what kind of horrors Zuko had in store.

As soon as I walked in I noticed that the whole room looked like some kind of dungeon, there were blood stains on the walls, and the whole room had bones scattered all over the floor. I also noticed that there was something on a table in the room, it looked like a jar. When I looked closer I saw that it was filled with eyeballs, I was pretty shocked at this.

I guess Zuko must have noticed what I was staring at, "Oh, you're wondering what this is?"

"These are just the eyeballs that I've kept from some of my more female victims.", He explained to me while walking up to the jar.

This guy takes out girls eyeballs and keeps them in a jar? That is just beyond sick!

"Aren't they beautiful? These are my treasures, I always keep them because the females are always the most fun to play with.", Zuko explained while rubbing the glass jar.

I seriously felt like I was gonna be sick.

"Well, enough reminiscing, it's about time you get started Kai.", Zuko abruptly said, stopping what he was doing.

"Get started? On what?", I asked.

"I want you to kill that girl Kai, but don't do it quickly, I want you do enjoy every minute of her pain.", Zuko explained venomously.

What!? Is he crazy!? I'm not going to kill her!

I was about to lash out at Zuko, but that's when he suddenly said, "I'll just be out for a little while to give you time to work on her, I hope you have fun Kai."

After that he went outside and shut the door, leaving me alone with the girl. I don't care what he does, I'm not gonna kill anyone! I'll get both of us out of here, just you wait Zuko! My thoughts were interrupted when I suddenly felt the girl start to stir. I gently put her down on the floor as she started waking up.

After the girl woke up she immediately noticed that she wasn't in her bedroom anymore.

"W-what? Where am I? How did I even get here?", She asked, confused.

"Don't worry, I'll help you get out of here.", I spoke up.

She turned to me and immediately started panicking, "NO! Not you again! Please, just leave me alone!"

"It's okay, I wont hurt you! I promise!", I assured her, trying to make her calm down.

But it didn't work, she just started backing away from me shouting, "You attacked me in my room! You kidnapped me and brought me here! Why should I trust a monster like you!?

I stared at her sadly saying, "Because, I used to be like you."

Looking surprised, she slowly and cautiously started walking closer. I saw her stare deep into my eyes, she then noticed that my eyes were normal. The girl seemed shocked at what she saw.

She anxiously asked, "What happened to you?"

"You see, I was tricked by something evil, and right now I'm turning into this. He forced me to kidnap you, but right now he's gone, so we have to try and find a way out.", I explained.

Understanding the situation, she ran to the door and tried to open it.

"It's locked!", She called back to me.

"Don't worry, I'm sure there's another way out!", I shouted.

The girl just walked back to me and said, "I hope so."

"I'll get us out of here, I promise.", I assured her.

We paused for a few minutes until the girl finally broke the silence.

"What's your name? The one you had before you changed."

"It's Kai.", I answered. "What's yours?"

"My name is Alice.", She told me.

"Well Alice, things don't look good for us right now.", I gravely told her.

"I know that Kai, I'm scared.", She said, sounding afraid.

I hugged her and said, "It's okay Alice, I won't let anything happen, I promise.

"Thank you Kai."

I know what I have to do know, I have to get us both out of here before it's too late. This time I won't give in, no matter how much the evil hurts me. I won't let it take control, and that's a promise.

Okay, before you ask this isn't gonna be Kai/Oc, or anything like that. These two are just gonna be friends for a short time, but will they be able to escape? You shall find out next time ;)