Chapter 78
Shattered On The Inside
.:Violet:.
"No! Put me down!" A cry escaped her lips as the leader causally threw her on his back and her hands and legs tied.
"Shut up you stupid girl!" Vincent's voice boomed so loudly that it made her ear winch and wanting to run away. She tried everything, squirming, kicking him, screaming but the fearful leader wouldn't stop. He stripped her belongings away: the falcon, the bag that contained her daggers –including the ones that Nathan gave her- and her bow in one hand while the other held her. "Stop moving you bitch!"
"No!" Violet yelled, awfully offended at his words. This time she managed to wiggle enough that her knee of her good leg managed to hit in square in the jaw. At this, he threw her down onto the dirt path, picking dirt into her bleeding wounds. When she looked back up, she saw his hand come down and smacked her against the cheek, making her head hit the floor painfully. That was when lights turned out for our favourite purple ninja.
Although when the lights turned back on, a pounding pulse thudded against the ninja's cheek. The wound in her shoulder and leg haven't healed up –since the bullet was still in there- and it stung as if someone laid a piece of hot coal on it.
"Oh good, you're awake."
Violet jumped upon here this voice but hiss in pain. When she opened her lavender eyes, she saw Vincent was on top of her. Her arms and legs were pinned –chained- down and immediately fear sank into her heart. She frantically looked down to her body and mentally sighed with relief when her clothes were still on as well as his.
"Such a shame a sexy girl like you is a ninja cuz' it means I have to kill you when I'm done with you."
"Get away from me you piece of shit!" She snapped but this caused her to get hit in the face again. The metallic taste of blood filled her mouth so she spat it out on him but this caused Vincent to hit her again.
"Ok, each time you offend me, that's an item of clothing I'm taking off you. When it's all gone, that's when the real fun can happen. But if you take forever, looks like that little game is over."
.:Kai:.
From a distance, he could see thick, black smoke wafting into the skies. The once pale blue sky is now shielded by a veil of darkness as the smoke swallows up the whole sky. Before, long, fierce fires could be seen sneaking their way out from the row of houses lined up on the streets of Jamanakai Village. Windows were cracked and shattered, spraying glass as the devilish flames greedily engulf all that is in sight, sparring nothing; not a single soul. The scorching heat of the flames licked at Kai's skin, making the tamer of fire stumble back as a wave of flames towered over him but not crashing down. Sweat poured down his tanned skin and dark ashes stuck to his skin. The bright flames gave off crackling sounds and explosions once in a while.
"Violet!" He yelled out over the roaring flames, not giving a damn in the world if the gangsters could hear him. But everything he would go near the flames, it would hiss at him. "Move out of the way dammit!"
Upon this commanded, the fire parted. Kai sighed with relief and jogged through, only to stop after twenty paces. On the floor was Violet. Her usual caramel hair was stained with blood, knots, ashes and dirt. Her skin was marred with cuts, wounds, bruises and blood but on her arm was a deadly looking burn. With shaking legs, Kai wobbled his way over to the broken figure that laid there with her empty lavender eyes staring to nowhere in particular but flames were reflected in them. A strangled cry bellowed out of Kai's mouth, louder than a choir of lions roaring. His knees buckled and the wielder of fire broke down and onto his knees.
"V-Violet..?" His voice came out like a soft yet broken whispered carried by the wind.
His hands softly went to hold her face but he gasped at how icy the skin felt under his gasp despite the fiery surroundings.
"V-Violet please, wake up! Don't die on me! I promised you I wouldn't d-die… Please don't."
But no matter how hard and how desperately he tried, the ninja of air wouldn't respond. No a single rise of her chest or a blink of her eyes. She was truly gone. With a final strangled cry unleased, tears fell from Kai's amber eyes and the fire seemed to distinguish around him. It was like a black hole that opened inside of him, sucking away all the happiness and love that was ever left in him.
But all of it disappeared and replaced by darkness; pitch black darkness. It was so thick the ninja of fire felt like he was suffocating. But then a voice echoed around him.
'What is life? They say it's from B to D. from Birth to Death. But between B and D is C. C is a Choice. Our life is a matter of choices that'll determine the paths of our fate. Right now, it's up to Violet whether to live or not. It's her destiny to do this alone'.
And like that, Kai jolted awake with sweat pouring down the sides of his face. With breaths as heavy as lead, the fire tamer snapped his head side to side and found he was inside his bed, the one above Zane's. Sighing, Kai lay back down and thought about the life-like-dream. Was that really a dream? And what about that voice? Does that mean Violet is really in danger? But it warned him that it was Violet's destiny to do this alone… Looking around, he saw neither Zane nor Lloyd were in their beds.
Being quiet like the ninja he is, he climbed down his bed and exited the room, letting the cool air calm his sweating head. The Destiny's Bounty rocked softly back and forward on the ocean's waves. Kai walked in a wobbly line, going to one side of the corridor before stumbling to the other. Once he got to the stairs that led to the decks, he could hear ushered whispers. With hands gripping the rails tightly, he made his way up and found Zane and Lloyd up there.
"Zane, it's risky to go alone, let me come with you or even Kai! We all care for Violet."
"You don't get it Lloyd, she the closest thing as family to me. She's like my sister. I can't even connect to my falcon. I need to make sure she's okay-"
"We all do but you heard Nya, Violet is strong."
Slowly, the pieces of the puzzle formed in Kai's mind with a click. He walked up and made his way to the two.
"Zane… it pains me to say this but we have to rely on Violet." Kai muttered. Both Lloyd and Zane looked alarmed but calmed when they saw it was Kai.
"K-Kai! This is… unlike you." Lloyd mumbled but Kai sighed and leaned over the rail, next to Zane who was also peering over.
"I get that she's a sister to you and we both love her dearly but maybe we're being too protective at the moment. Believe me or not, I had this strange dream, the whole place was on fire and Violet was there dead but then everything turned dark and a voice told me this poem…" And Kai explained it to the two boys.
"And you trust this voice?"
"Why not?" Kai asked as he sighed. "This wait is killing me though as well as this suspense."
And Kai looked at the stars, deeply wondering if Violet was really alright.
.:Violet:.
Sun light filtered through the tiny and poorly blocked window. The burning tears that pour out of her eyes poured no more as there were no more tears to be wasted.
Sore, used and beaten. That's how she felt. It was a miracle to see daylight. Never before had Violet ever felt alone and scared before. Seeing how dark the world can be scared her. All the lives lost were because of her and her stupid fears. How could the air tamer ever forgive herself while knowing she was the reason of this new death decrease rate in Ninjago? Now seeing this dark side, how could the world possibly be happy with this darkness living with them?
Closing her eyes, Violet sighed but her eyes prickled for more tears. Vincent left her here to die of her wounds she obtained during the night. Now, many deep cuts caused by a metal whip cover her back, a gash marred her lower right stomach where Garmadon's scar used to be, a thin cut was placed under her left collarbone and many black bruises painted her skin. The ninja of air was too scared to even heal herself.
"How come bad things always happen to me? First my sister died when I was only two to four months old, my parents were murdered, I was thrown into an orphanage then lived on the streets, nearly died countless of times and then my sister died again…"
"It's just a coincident. Don't take it too hard on yourself, this isn't your fault-"
Kai's words echoed in her head but this is her fault, all of it. Jamanakai Village was no more…
"Your parents would want you to pick yourself up and do incredible things with your life; they wouldn't want you to be sad like this. They made this sacrifice so you can live! Please brighten up Sumire."
But would her parents understand the predicament she's going through? But they did risk their life for her… Her father went out of his way just to make sure she was okay… Maybe she shouldn't give up.
Looking around the room, it seemed Vincent didn't bother to set guards up to look after her. With this new found courage from her parents, Violet finally calmed herself and looked down to her bag that Vincent dumped last night. Going back to the training that Scarlett went through with her, the ninja of air forced the bag to open and for the tiniest dagger to come out. Concentrating hard, she unlocked the locks on the chain and she stood up with a winch when the cuts on her back stung. Slowly, the cuts and bruises faded but there were still the two bullets in her shoulder and leg. With a shaking hand, Violet closed her eyes and took the bullets out. She bit down hard on her lips –enough to draw blood- and when they were out, she could feel the wound slowly starting to heal.
Step one completed. Step two is to change into her spare and un-ruined ninja gi in her bag. She then equipped herself with all the daggers, slipping them all into the many slits she had and on her belt for her daggers but she left a small gap on her left and right side, where she can put her two quiver of arrows and a sword. Finally she was done but she left the falcon in the bottom of the bag and put it on left shoulder so it wouldn't hurt her back or right shoulder. Now she was ready to put an end to this gang for once and for all.
Sorry for the sudden and short ending but I hoped you all liked it. I'm bombed with exams and assessments so updates will be slow like once a week. I need to get ready for school so I don't have time to answer questions at the moment to acknowledge those who reviewed. But thanks everyone!