Chapter 28
Venomous Substance

.:Violet:.

Violet quickly flew above Cole, Kai and Zane as they rode their weapon-turned-vehicles but Jay was far above. She knew if she flew too high, the air pressure would change and there would be too much air resistance on her. She kept her eye Jay's jet because knowing Jay, he's likely to try out the buttons and do something wrong… Oh god, he did.

The jet suddenly spun out of control and he zoomed past the helicopter they were trying to chase. She was about to call out to focus but he regained control of his jet. A sigh of relief escaped her lips and she looked back to the helicopter to see that the staff was gone. Jay had succeeded in getting the staff. She heard a cheer from him but he lost focus and his vehicle turned back into a weapon.

"Jay! Focus!" She shouted but he replied with an 'I can't!'.

"Violet, get the staff, we'll catch Jay!" She heard Zane shouted and she nodded. She saw the golden staff falling a couple meters beyond Jay's reach. She speeded forward and caught it. She looked back to the boys and saw that they had stopped focusing and their weapons returned back to their glory state but Jay was still falling.

"Help me please!" He shouted. She sighed and bolted forward.

"Hold on Jay!" She called out towards him but he was falling faster. From the corner of her eyes though, she saw a car driving at top speed. It took her a while to realise it was Wu, Nya and Jay's parents. The car paused and Jay fell in. Violet flew down and she stopped right next to the car while the other boys ran over.

"Nice catch." She heard Jay complimented Nya and Violet could hear Edna whispering quickly to Ed. But something wasn't right. Violet knew something was off. There was a sudden change in the breeze and she could feel the sand underneath her tremble. No one else seemed to notice this and she turned around, doing a quickly scan. At first there was nothing but then she saw something green and red appearing behind a mountain made of rock.

She didn't know what could possibly be red and green but once she figured it out, Violet nearly choked on her saliva. She quickly looked to the others who were in a deep conversation. "Sorry to interrupt but we need to leave now."

"Violet, what's the matter?"

"The Fangpyre snakes are marching towards us right now, for the staff." Violet informed them and she was about to fly up when something went wrong. Very wrong indeed. It started with an indescribable pain splitting her skull in half. Her knees bucket and all the strength in her legs vanished. The cut on her cheek and arm sizzled as if someone tried pouring in alcohol yet the one on her leg didn't hurt.

Her sandy hands clutched at her head as something felt like it was crawling in her brain. All the noises around her echoed, she couldn't make out any of the noises. Her head felt like it was getting stabbed over and over again. It was throbbing so hard that she could feel it pulsing underneath her hands unless she was imagining it. Her sight blurred and she could feel her eyes burning. All see could see was yellow from the sand before something white entered in. She wasn't sure if it was Sensei Wu or Zane but she wanted them to make it stop.

She could feel her heart thudding rapidly in her chest which quickened her breath then she heard it. A high wailing scream that would remind her of her mother's painful screams before she died. The traumatic images of her parent's pale and dead body filled her mind. She wanted to scream but her throat felt dry. Her vision sightly changed and she saw she was staring at the sky with six objects above her, probably the boys and Nya. Another two figures entered in and she was sure it was Jay's parents.

But the scream echoed in her head and Violet then knew who it was. It was Scarlet. Fear gripped at Violet's heart and the pain in her head increased. She shouted in her mind towards Scarlet asking 'what's wrong' but the answer she got back was a scream.

"Scarlet, what's wrong? Answer me?!" These words formed perfectly in her mind but she wasn't sure if she said it out loud. Her hands squeezed her head tighter and she squeezed her eyes shut. She just wanted to pain to go away and for Scarlet to answer her.

P-Please just stop! Leave me alone!

She heard Scarlet screamed highly and loudly. Scarlet sounded like she was in so much pain like Violet. The crawling feeling returned and Violet wanted to pull her hair out to try and get the bug crawling in her brain away but she felt her hands removed from her face. Her eyes opened and saw someone's face but she knew it was Kai with his messy hair.

Get out of my head! Get out of our head! Leave us alone! Ah!

Scarlet's screams echoed painfully in Violet's head and the purple ninja could feel her limps starting to shake violently. Air was getting hard to suck in and Violet panic. She then felt something crawling on her skin and she wanted to scream and squirm away from this mess and for this pain to go away.

"S-S-Stop… P-Please…" Violet croaked out and her vision started to fade away as well as the voices around her but the scream of her sister's voice echoed in her head to a loud volume she couldn't take. Her head felt like it was going to split and every ounce of strength left her body. Then darkness took her soul.

.:Kai:.

"The Fangpyre snakes are marching towards us right now, for the staff." Violet told them all and Kai looked at the horizon to see it was true, they were marching towards them. His hands gripped his sword tightly but honestly, what can they do? They're clearly outnumbered. He hated to admit this but he sure Violet would probably slow the snakes down and that's what they need her to do now. Whatever she did back in the Junkyard, she needed to do it now. He turned around to ask her this and he was lucky he turn around because he could see her legs wobble and she then collapsed to her knees.

"Violet?" He asked her with panic in his voice when her hands clamped over her head painfully. Then a cry left her lips and this got everyone else's attention. "Hey what's wrong?"

Kai asked her as he crouched in front of her but she didn't responded back. Her stunning lavender eyes turned into a dull and grey colour and tears escaped her eyes. They were falling like a waterfall. Her body was shuddering and her hands were gripping her hair almost painfully. Her face showed that she was in pain and a scream next left her lips.

"Violet what's wrong, answer us!" Wu suddenly pushed Kai out of the way and bend down so that he was staring at her face and both of his hands placed on top of her hands, his thumbs soothingly rubbing circles into the back of her hands but nothing happened. Tears kept falling and agonising screams tore Kai's heart. He didn't know why but he felt like he needed to cradle her in his arms.

Seeing her so… broken just broke his heart. She looked so young, so innocent yet she was in so much pain. He didn't know what caused her to act like this but judging by the look on Wu's face it wasn't good. The old man was worried and also seemed scared. He did remember Violet telling them that Wu found her off the streets and took her to the monastery as well as her whole family is dead. Wu would probably be a father or grandfather to her and she was probably like a daughter or a granddaughter to Wu as well.

"Violet, please answer so I can help you!" Wu next shouted but nothing happened.

"Sensei, the snakes are coming closer, we can't stay here!" Zane shouted and Kai looked back to the incoming army of snakes and saw that Zane was right.

"Okay, everyone into the car now!" Wu shouted and Kai quickly came over to Violet and picked her in his arms. She was small compared to him, he could have cradled her like a baby but it was hard now since he already carried her bridal style. He quickly got into the back seat with Zane and Wu on either side of him.

"Sensei… her eyes." Kai said softly.

"I know."

"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Zane almost timidly but he also seemed deeply worried for her.

"I got no idea." That was the first time Wu didn't have an answer.

"But you're Sensei Wu, you must know what's wrong!" Cole shouted over the roar of the car engine. Since the car was too small to fit all of them, he was on the boot but he held onto Kai's, Wu's and Zane's seat.

"She never acted like this before." Wu informed them and he seemed to be panicking.

"Scarlet, what's wrong? Answer me?!" Violet suddenly screamed out and she started to twist and squirm in Kai's arms. The said boy changed how he held her and cradles her close to his chest so she would stop twisting. Suddenly her eyes closed but she was still wide awake. Her breaths turn into quick and shallow ones. Kai quickly placed one hand on her soft cheek.

"Violet you need to breathe!" Kai told her and he was sure it wasn't going to reach her. Once those words left his lips, Zane placed two fingers to her neck.

"She's hyperventilating." Zane informed them all and then choked and restrain sounds came from her plump pink lips.

"Please Violet, listen to us, you need to breathe!" Wu then shouted and Kai saw that the calm, old man lost his composure. Kai kept an eye on her hands which were gripping her hair so tightly and she looked like she was going to yank them out. He grabbed both of her small hands into his. He started to rubbed circled onto the back of her hand like Wu did. Her eyes opened again and they stared right into his.

She seemed scared, like a deer caught in the headlights. Her breaths continued to shorten like staccato beats. Her body started to shake once again except more violently.

"Just calm down, you're going to be alright." He said softly and he get go of one of her hand –his other hand quickly took both of her hands- and stroked the side of her face. Her body not only continued to tremble but her body was to twist and squirm around like a worm. She continued to scream. His hand fell from her face and he tried to restrain her.

"S-S-Stop… P-Please…" Her voice sounded so forlorn and she sounded like she was in so much pain. He couldn't tell if she was talking to him but her body stopped squirming and trembling. Then her head fell onto his chest with her eye lid closed. This time, he heard deep breaths from her lips. No more screams of agony. She fell into unconsciousness.

"She fainted." Kai announced and he looked back to Zane and Wu who watched Violet with so much worry in their eyes. Now that he saw this side of Violet, he had no idea why he hated her so much before. He can still remember that haunting memory of her grey eyes were so scared and full of agony.

Zane quickly check her pulse once more and sighed with relief. "Her pulse returned back to normal."

"Sensei Wu… Do you know who Scarlet is?" Kai heard his sister pipe up from the front seat with Jay and his parents.

"I'm afraid I don't know…" Wu sighed. "Do you know Zane?"

"I have a slight idea but I don't think she would want the others to hear." Zane said softly.

"Why wouldn't she want us to know?" Kai asked him.

"That's what I think. Better safe than sorry." And Zane shrugged his shoulders.

Big big big big thanks to: Mihoshi 2.0, Himeno Kazehito, NinjaForever5, KaiRulesSuckers, LightningDanino23, Ninjagofangirls, mystery girl and the guest for reviewing!

And to answer the questions that have been asked: Her vehicle I have no idea but I'll probably research some cool ones in a couple hours since I got training in an hour or so. But Kai's and Violet's romance will slowly develop, the first spark should be within the next couple of chapters and another one when she unlocks her true potential (No, this does not mean that Violet unlocks her's by confessing to Kai).

Alright, not the best place to end the story but all will be explained in the chapters so keep those reviews rolling in! ;)