Maya's POV

Am I dead? No I would be able to feel anything. Then where am I? I tried to open my eyes but they felt like one hundred pound weights were placed on each eye. When I finally managed to pry them open I was met with very dim lighting and the smell of death all around me. Ok now I really need to know where I am. Looking around I could see that the accursed cast was off of my leg and there was no pain. I felt a silky substance around my fingers. Looking down I found myself on a cot with silk sheets. Why silk? Am I in Boomer's room? I hope so. Looking further I could see a shadow staring intently at me. Squinting in the dark I could barely make out Lokar's features. I bolted up from the bed only to have a choking sensation grip me. Who the hell does Lokar think I am? His dog? How dare he put a collar on me and chain me to the wall.

"Hello Maya. So glad that you've finally decided to join the land of the conscious. Did you enjoy your nap? Or were the silk sheets too much?" his voice was cold and almost decrepit.

"What do you want Lokar? Why'd you bring me here?"

"What I can't miss my favorite granddaughter? I wanted to see you Maya."

"Cut the crap Lokar why did you really bring me here?"

"Persistent aren't we. Ok how about a deal. I won't harm your friends if you join me."

"How do my friends come in to play in this situation? What did you do to them?"

"I haven't done a thing to them. Yet. If you join me then maybe I won't sent the Radikor after them."

"Ky and Boomer can on the Radikor any day."

"Are you sure dearest? They seem to be more tense than you know."

"What would you know?"

"I know enough to know that they're not going to make it to you in time and you're going to rot here as the stubborn little pest that you are."

Usually his words never got to me but right now an exception. Doubt started to fill my heart and before I had shrunk back losing my fearless character. My back hit the wall and I tried to sink into the bed's sheets. Was I really going to rot here? Would Ky and Boomer find a corpse of what I use to be instead of me. With those thoughts running through my mind Lokar disappeared into the shadows with a spine chilling laugh.

With Ky and Boomer. Boomer's POV

"Bro chill she'll be fine. She's tough. You of all people should know that."

"I know that Boom but I'm still worried. This is Lokar we're talking about. He'll use any means necessary."

"I know that Ky but you're squeezing the life out of that poor chair. What did it ever do you to you?"

He looked down at the chair in front of him noticing his nails digging into the chair.

"That didn't happen. You saw nothing."

"Haha whatever you say Ky."

Back to Maya. Maya's POV

I was pulling at the collar around my neck. Apparently Lokar was smart this time and used a Kairu blocking artifact this time. As I was about to give up the building started to shake a bit and the roof crumpled in leaving a hole the size of Jupiter in it. Looking up I could clearly see the X-Scaper. Took them long enough to get here. Ky jumped down followed by Boomer shortly after. He took a hold of the collar and tried to blast it off only for it to deflect and burn his hand.

"Lokar isn't playing this time. Hold on Maya. We'll come up with a way to get this collar off." Ky reassured me.

"Can we hurry before somebody spots us?" Boomer asked.

"Well Boomer since we can't the collar off of her then we'll have to take the collar with us."

Time skip to flying back to the Monastery. Still Maya's POV.

"I don't agree with this. It feels weird."

Boomer was sitting in the driver's seat laughing and Ky was lying by my feet laughing while holding his stomach.

"Sorry Maya but we couldn't get it off so we had to take it with us."

"That didn't mean that you had to take the wall with you."

"Correction, a small part of the wall."

"Oh be quiet and fly this thing so I can get this collar off of me."

The rest of the trip back home was spent with the boys laughing at me and me glaring daggers at them. As we arrived at the Monastery and I stepped off of the X-Scaper the collar around my neck suddenly tightened. If my leg isn't broken then I'm stuck in some miserable kairu collar that Lokar can control. Anything else you want to throw at me life? Unable to talk I turned around to Ky and Boomer both carrying the wall and pointed to the collar and made a choking effect hoping they would understand me this time at least. They looked at me funny before looking at each other. How slow can one be? The collar tightened again and the pain began to be unbarable. Now I couldn't hear what was going on around me but I saw Ky yelling at Boomer he ran off. As I fell to my knees holding my throat Ky came rushing over to me. The collar tightened again and my vision started to waver. The collar tightened again and I fell consumed by the darkness surrounding me.

You didn't think that Lokar would just let them escape so easily did you? Come on it wouldn't be a story if he did. Review please.