Warning, there is a character death in this chapter.

"Sam! Run!" Kyra cried.

Zoey ripped the knife from her shoulder, screaming in pain for a short second before recovering. She glared are Sam as she approached him with a knife in each hand.

"Get out of here!" Jason shouted.

Sam stared her down, ready to move when she attacked. She froze for a split second, then turned and launched a knife right at Kyra.

"No!" Sam screamed.

He shot a blast of ice at it, freezing it mid air and causing it to fall to the ground. He turned with only seconds to jump out of Zoey's grasp as a knife barely missed his arm.

"Zoey, just stop," Sam said. "We can get you help."

"I don't need help!" Zoey screamed at him. "I need Kyra to die!"

Sam yelp, ducking under the knife aimed at his head. He froze the ground under Zoey, causing her to slip and fall.

"Sam!" an angry Brock screamed.

He looked over to the doorway as he scrambled to his feet. Brock stood there, fuming with his sister at his side.

"Get Jason and Kyra!" Sam called.

Celia grabbed Brock's hand and dragged him over to where Jason and Kyra were. Sam spun around in time to jump back to avoid Zoey again.

"She isn't in control of herself!" Zachary cried.

"Who's controlling her?" Sam asked him.

"Shut up you foolish excuse for a brother!" Zoey snapped at Zachary.

She lunged for her brother, slashing him across the chest. He cried out in pain, falling to his knees. Celia raced over to him, examining his injuries while Jason was helping Brock with Kyra. Jason finally got the last chain off of Kyra and turned to go help Sam. Only to hear him shriek.

"No," Kyra muttered.

There was an eery silence. No one moved or spoke. Jason pulled Kyra into his arms, comforting her while Brock rushed over to Celia and Zachary.

"What have you done!?" Zachary screamed, outraged. "You just went over the line, Zoey!"

Zoey stood over him, eyes wide. The knife was still her her hands, she hadn't let go. She couldn't let go. Her eyes lifted from it, to Sam's face.

"Why?" was all Sam could splutter out.

Zoey finally released the knife, shocked. She slowly backed away from him, before turning and looking at her brother. Her shocked expression turned into a smirk before she turned and ran. Zachary pulled himself to his feet, despite Celia's request and ran after her. Brock ran to Sam, Jason and Kyra close behind him.

"Sam," Brock cried, tears slipping from his eyes. "I told you not to go in."

"I had to," Sam replied.

Blood slipped from the corner of his mouth while more pooled around him on the floor.

"Hold on, we'll get you help," Kyra said.

Kyra was about to run off to find help when he grabbed her hand. He was barely able to hold it, but she felt it. She turned to look at him.

"There's no time left," Sam told her.

"We have to try, Sam," Kyra pleaded. "Please."

"I won't make it, Kyra," Sam whispered softly.

Tears slipped from Kyra's eyes. Sam moved his hand and wiped her tears away with his thumb. Then he turned to look at Brock.

"Tell William I'm sorry," Sam said softly. "Ali, Ella and my parent too."

"Sam, you should have run," Jason spoke softly.

"No, I had to save you, and Kyra," Sam said. "It was my mission. Just, do not mourn over my loss forever. You could say that would be final wish."

"Sam," Jason muttered, tears in his eyes.

Sam didn't respond. He was still, his icy blue eyes locked on the ceiling as his chest stopped moving.

"Sam," Kyra said. "Sam, come back. You can't leave us! Sam! No!"
Kyra was screaming at him. Brock looked to Jason, who nodded. He moved over and pulled her to her feet.

"Sam! Please! Come back! Let me go! Jason! Leave me alone!" Kyra screamed.

She thrashed around in his grasp for a second, then turned and cried into his arms. Brock leaned over Sam and closed his eyes for him with two fingers. Brock let tears silently slip down his cheeks as he picked up Sam's lifeless body. Jason carried Kyra out of the building and found the place swarmed with police officers.

"Kyra! Jason!" Teana cried.

Kyra looked up as Teana ran to them. She stopped a couple feet away, seeing Kyra's tearstained face.

"Oh no," Teana whispered.

She turned as Brock carried Sam out, laying him on the ground. Brock looked up as Teana's hands cover her mouth. Then there was a moment of silence, for no one knew what to say anymore. Sam, their white ninja was gone. Forever.

"A hero."

Tears spilt down cheeks.

"A brother."

Hearts were broken in half, never to be fixed.

"A friend."

Lives that would be forever changed.

"That's who he was," William spoke softly. "A hero, a brother, a friend. But he was also more than that. He was just a normal kid, living a normal life."

Everyone sat in the church, Kyra, Jason, Brock, Celia, Nya, Jay, Nattie, Cole, Dash, Ali, Adam, Zane, PIXAL and all the other elemental masters.

"He had so much more in his life to look forward to," William continued. "Graduation, University, or college, even a family of his own. But it was all taken away in the blink of an eye."

PIXAL leaned into Zane, who hugged her tightly.

"He was a brother, not only to Ella," William said, "but to all of us ninja. He cared for us like one, and we returned it. And he will always be remembered as such."

William lit a candle, the last one around Sam's coffin. He placed a hand on it.

"Thank you for saving her," William whispered softly. "But why in that way?"

William looked to his mother and went to sit beside her and Kyra. Zane stood and spoke.

"Thank you all for these kind words," Zane said softly. "It's good to know so many cared about our son in this way. If you would, I would ask if you could remain silent and I am going to play a song in memory of him."

Brock looked up as Zane played a song for Sam on the speakers. (Avril Lavigne: Slipped Away)

Na na, na na na, na na

I miss you, miss you so bad

I don't forget you, oh it's so sad

I hope you can hear me

I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away

Was the day I found it won't be the same

Oh

Na na na na na na na

I didn't get around to kiss you

Goodbye on the hand

I wish that I could see you again

I know that I can't

Oh

I hope you can hear me

'Cause I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away

Was the day I found it won't be the same

Oh

I've had my wake up

Won't you wake up

I keep asking why

And I can't take it

It wasn't fake

It happened, you passed by

Now you're gone, now you're gone

There you go, there you go

Somewhere I can't bring you back

Now you are gone, now you are gone

There you go, there you go,

Somewhere you're not coming back

The day you slipped away

Was the day I found it won't be the same no..

The day you slipped away

Was the day that I found it won't be the same oh...

Na na, na na na, na na

I miss you

There was silence as the music ended. A couple more words were said before the funeral ended and everyone was allowed to say their final goodbyes to Sam. As the other masters left, William, Kyra, Jason and Brock stood around each other.

"Now what do we do?" Kyra asked.

"I don't know," Brock replied.

"And I don't care," Jason said. "Today is about Sam, and we should keep it that way."

William turned as Jay and Cole approached the four.

"This happened once before, with Zane," Cole said. "He sacrificed himself for us, but didn't make it."

"What happened then?" William asked.

"The biggest mistake of our lives," Jay said. "Our team was torn apart, and we went our separate ways. Don't let that be the same with you four. Let this bring you closer to each other, bond further. Realise what you still have a continue pushing onwards. Never forget Sam, but don't let him hold you back. Let him guide you further in life."

The four nodded as they left the funeral home with their families. This left only Ali, Ella, Zane and PIXAL with them.

"Are you four ready to head home?" Ali asked.

"I think so," Jason said.

Brock and Kyra nodded in agreement. William pondered over a thought he had.

"I have an idea," William said softly.

Kyra, Brock and Jason watched as William moved to the other side of the coffin. He placed a hand over it and looked to the others. They caught onto what he was thinking and joined him. Zane and PIXAL were now watching.

"Ninja never quit," William said.

"And they will never," Kyra continued.

"Ever," Jason said.

"Be forgotten," Brock finished.

Then together then cheered on final thing, to commemorate Sam. One thing they want to do with him one last time.

"Go, Ninja Go!"

There will be one more chapter of this story, the I was considering doing another alternate ending. Let me know in the comments which one would would like to see.