Chapter 111
Deepest Bonds

.:Kai:.

Knock knock.

Kai tore his head from the pictures in his hands and looked up to see Nya slightly leaning from the door frame into the room. A small sad look graced her features and he realised he had tears in his eyes and so far, only one has escaped. Roughly, he wiped his tears away and looked away from his sister who walked slowly towards him.

"It's alright to cry Kai, no one will judge you for it," she spoke with a soft whisper. The samurai then sat on the bed next to him and placed a hand on his leg.

"I wasn't about to cry."

"Totally." He heard her say and he could easily imagine her amber eyes rolling. "Violet's going to be alright, she always will be. The nindroids won't hurt her like Vincent, they aren't that cruel. I'm sure she's just a little tired from all that running and is just taking her time to come over here."

"But Nya," he said with panic lacing into his voice, "what if they did hurt her? That could be why she's not here. She's probably too injured to travel-"

"Kai, listen to yourself. You're underestimating Violet again. Don't you remember all the times she had to do stuff alone or is separated? We all think something bad happens to her but nothing too serious happens-"

"-except the Vincent incident."

"Yes, except the Vincent incident-"

"-and when we all thought she was dead with the Overlord."

"But Kai, listen to me; she'll be fine. Don't you remember when she had to look after us while keeping her identity a secret? She was by herself for a long time and she managed herself." Kai could only groan as a response.

"That's because Zane was the only who knew her identity because of slip ups plus the skeletons aren't life threatening, they're stupid!"

"You're impossible to talk with."

"You're just as stubborn."

"I'm just persistent in trying to get your head to see things for as they are," Nya said while lifting her nose in the air and crossing her arms over her chest.

Kai didn't know how exactly to reply to that. Instead, he let his back fall onto the bed and groan.

"I know you're worried for Violet, we all are. Every time she goes we all are obviously worried but sometimes, I think we worry too much," his sister said softly as she looked to him. Amber eyes met for a brief second until Kai forced himself to look away – earning a sigh from the girl. "Remember that one time when we all thought Violet was dead after Scarlett's death? When that happened, we all thought Violet wasn't strong enough to deal with the grief and guilt of her family's death. We underestimated her then and guessed what, she proved us wrong by showing up and alive, proving she was and still is strong. Then there was the time she went by herself to find Nathan."

"I was madder than I was worried…" He muttered bitterly, reflecting back on that memory. The male brunette wished he wasn't that harsh on her when she left, he didn't even tell her goodbye then.

"I think the reason you were mad was because she didn't allow you to come with her so you could protect her. You were worried something bad would happen to her; you just let your anger just shadow over your judgement Kai."

"But Nya, if you remember; there was the stupid time when she went to rescue Lloyd from Ouroboros by herself and she got caught and hung up by Pythor. You couldn't even rescue her too. There was also that time when she got caught separately from us when we attempted to get the last Fang Blade and that didn't even end up well for her. Then the incident with Vincent…" He muttered softly. Memories of her unconsciously screaming in pain whenever Nya or Zane tend to her wounds and the way she would wake up from the nightmare of Vincent flooded his mind with vivid images with colours.

"I know, she's been through so much but that's what makes her strong. She has seen the worst that it makes the bad seem good in comparison to it. Come on Kai, nothing can knock her down. Sure there are times she's down but she builds herself back up with a little bit of help from you." And with this, the dark haired girl gave him a soft smile as she took the photos from his hands and showed the pictures to him. "She's still this happy person, she isn't a corpse in the ground or anything else. She's still alive and I promise you Kai, she will come back to us. Maybe slowly but she will."

And with that, Kai felt Nya place the photos back into his hand. Looking at how Violet smiled and laughed in those photos, it made him long for her. It made Kai wanting to lose the memories of seeing her tired face from the falcon's transmission. After a few seconds, he looked back to his sister who stood up from the bed and offer a hand towards him. Smiling sadly, he took it and Nya surprised him by helping to pull him onto his feet. Since when was Nya this strong? But he couldn't dwell on it for too long when she then hugged him tightly; burying her head in his chest and her arms around his torso. It reminded Kai of how Nya would hug him when they were younger. Normally Nya would be in tears from nightmares or something bad that happened to her at school. But this time, it felt like their roles have be reversed; her hug didn't feel like she needed to be the one reassured, it was more like it was to reassure him and naturally, he hugged her back.

"It's natural for you to worry for her so much Kai, it's like how you used to worry for me nonstop when dad left – it's just who you are and I know you're more than the hot-headed, ignorant and stubborn Kai. You're so much more now I don't know whether it's because of Violet or just you becoming a ninja in general and let me tell you it's alright to cry every once in a while – just let it out, drown out the world. I'm here for you, no matter what."

Those last few words were the exact same words he use to tell her when they were younger… It felt weird having their roles reversed. Kai didn't know whether it was because she was no longer his baby sister but now a mature young woman or something else but he broke down. It first started with his eyes stinging and his throat softly burning and his breath becoming uneven. Then came the tears and soon, sobs.

"It's okay Kai, just let it out."

And he did.

.:Violet:.

She almost forgot how bright light was. Throughout these past five days, the only thing she has seen is just pitch black. No outlines, no tiny lights, no anything. When the first sign of light came, it felt like her eyes were burning. The light first came as this skinny little thing, a skinny vertical line but even with her eyes shut closed, she could easily see the line of light expanding horizontally. Taking the risk, she opened the eyes slowly and adjusted it to the brightness but the light was blocked out by a figure. The ninja's purple eyes focused on the figure that came closer but her eyes and her ears were overwhelmed.

Violet hasn't heard a single thing apart from the violent grumble that her stomach would do to signal its agony. Her ears pounded when she heard the stranger's heavy feet pound on the floor and shortly, he was followed by another person. She immediately knew it wasn't Kai or Sensei Wu, Jay, Zane, Nya, Cole or even Lloyd! But what hurt her the most was when her unfocused and blurred eyes saw bright blue emerging from the second figure. It was so bright Violet was positive her eyes were on fire and it brought tears to her eyes and within seconds, the whole place lit up and the sound of machinery starting up met her ears.

But the two people around her and the nindroids (she thinks) didn't pay any attention to her but they seemed to be listening to the second figure. Her eyes and ears slowly readjusted and soon, she could see details and colours properly and her sensitive ears could hear what the second figure was saying.

"I've always been fond of electric cobras however that doesn't matter. We'll head to my base where the Overlord is now currently residing." The second figure was covered head to toe (wait no, tail, that's definitely a tail) in a white cloak and his (judging by his voice, she believed him to be male) body shape was nothing to a human or a nindroid but judging from the tail, she knew he was a serpentine. She couldn't see if it was Skales or some other snake, his back was facing towards her along with his companion.

The other person was definitely human but took stance like a nindroid – stiff and upright. This stranger wore clothes similar to the kimonos Wu would wear except this one was black with accents of metal done on the fabric. But to her surprise, this stranger also had a black bamboo stick and a metallic broadbrim hat.

Wait, no… it can't be… She thought with her eyes widening. Her trembling hands travelling to her mouth to cover the 'o' it made but the serpent confirmed her deduction.

"Wu, free the girl and bind her immediately."

But this wasn't Sensei Wu, it was someone else. Deep down, however, she knew this person was Sensei Wu; trapping the real Wu somewhere in this imposturous body. It looked like she was staring at someone who got turned dark from the Dark Matter and someone who was part robot… A cyborg she believed Jay and Cole called it.

This dark Wu had the real Wu's oval face, sharp cheekbones, short but wide button nose and thick eyebrows however, the aging grey hair Violet knew was gone and was as black as charcoal. His skin wasn't the golden tone Violet knew but now it was sickly pale. His hazel eyes were glowing bright red with metal embedded into his skin around his left eye. She instantly remembered that vision she had from the Serpentine's staff of Wu looking like this. Another vision confirmed.

"S-Sensei Wu…?" She croaked in a weak and meek voice but there was no kindness or wisdom on his face, instead, ferocity plastered onto his face as his staff hit the lock and it fell off. His gloved hands opened the cage and a hand seized the scruff of her shirt and dragged her out. From the lack of food, she had no energy to fight back. She couldn't lift her arm without the need of putting it back down and she couldn't even focus to summon the tiniest wind – she just couldn't believe this is what happened to her Sensei, to her father.

No, I can't lose him too, not after dad, not after mum, not after Scarlett…

Sooooo sorry it's shorter than the other chapters but I thought it would be better to update now. I haven't have internet for the past month and a half so I've been using my mobile data but now it's over and I got this hour to use my dad's. But thanks to: Kai4Ever, AlexisParisi, Samantha Rutledg, MMM, Bobby Drake, bjrh18, Dark Yugi, Guest, FlameNinjaofDarkFire, Kairocksrainbow, Bl0ndie, CarlyShi208 and all my silent readers!

Kai4Ever: I know there isn't enough romance at the moment between Kai and Violet because of this separation but to be frankly honest, they're not that close for the rest of the story because of how I want to start off the sequel. So bear with me but how you mentioned about the type of romance, I completely understand and agree! But thank you so much for the advice, I'll make sure to use it in the sequel! And that's so cool! My best friend plays the clarinet and another the saxophone!

MMM: Yes, I intend on doing every single Ninjago season! :)

Bobby Drake: Thank you so much! Trust me, I don't see you as a flamer but a saviour! I really appreciate your time to list what's wrong with the story and how it could be improved. I hope it has improved in this chapter however, I must admit it have been rushed since I want to post it out quickly and I've got biology, English and chemistry assignments to cover. But thank you so much!

FlameNinjaofDarkFire: I love the suggestions to mentioned but they're not quite what I'm looking for. I'm going to mention more in the author notes below but I wanted a title that everybody would know it has a link with Undercover plus I though Undercover Pt 2 isn't interesting enough. Sorry, I'm extremely picky but I still love some of the suggestions you mention.

Bl0ndie: Yes, I have realised that too and I am desperately trying to add in more (as you can see with this chapter).

Now IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS! I know everyone is getting reckless about this story being so long and how Violet isn't undercover anymore but I like to inform you all that this story (according to my planner) will end in 8 chapters! I know what you're thinking: "What? 8 chapters? That's surely isn't enough to do the rest of the Rebooted series" well, I've been picking up the paste. But the sequel will be called 'Underestimated'. I thought to something people can identify as having a connection to Undercover and not a name that is completely different. Also, I thought "Undercover Pt 2" would be a little lame plus like mentioned previously, Violet is no longer undercover. I've already started to plan out the summary and cover picture so hopefully as soon as Undercover is done, Underestimated will be posted a week later. No promises though.

But thank you all for reading and I shall see you all soon! Xoxo – ZaneLoverFan88