Tormented Rescue (Ninjago Fanfiction)

Part 1

TW: Depictions of injuries, (mention of) sexual assault, swearing (including f*g), kidnapping

"Is that... Kai?" Jay whispered to the others. Crouched low, hugging the metal beams, the others all peered over the edge for the rail. They were climbing in the rafters of a suspicious-looking warehouse where a trail they had found had led. They hadn't expected to see Kai as it had only been a trail but they weren't going to complain.

A gang had taken over the inside of the warehouse. The walls seemed as though they were growing vengestone, chairs and desks were scattered in corners with humming computers, and the floors were marked with tape and paint, or was it blood?

Having found Kai lifted their spirits, only for a second, before they realized what was going on down below. In the middle of the open room below them, was Kai. His wrists were chained up with thick cuffs of vengestone, and the chains connected to opposite sides of the warehouse, stretching his arms apart, forcing Kai to kneel.

The more the ninja stared, the more shock drew on their expressions. Kai was shirtless, his whole top half was in bruises and what looked like whip marks. His calves and thighs were covered in cuts, some of them fresh and others dry. Across his right forearm were more bloody scars, it almost seemed as though they spelled a word, but from up in the rafters, it all looked the same: horrifying.

Kai looked obviously exhausted, not even bothering to struggle while--

2 guys were on either side of Kai, front and back, and it sounded as if Kai was whimpering.

"I hope you enjoyed that, you fag," The man in front of Kai spoke lowly, lifting Kai's chin, forcing him to look into his eyes. Now the ninja could see the gag around Kai's mouth, as well as a black eye and the scar across his right eye, open. The guy shoved Kai to the floor and shouted some commands at some men working on the computers to the side.

The ninja were gaping, mortified at what they just witnessed.

"Did-- Did they just..."

"Holy shit, they did."

They looked between each other, sharing looks of disgust and outrage.

A slamming door brought them all back to the room. They looked down and realized Kai was left alone.

Kai sniffled and let his tears fall. God he felt like such a failure, he couldn't fight back some low-level gang guys, what kind of ninja was he?

The others were right. I am weak. Uselessly fucking weak. Holy shit I'm helpless.

He squeezed his eyes shut. No. He wasn't going to cry. But it was hard to suck it up when with the gag in his mouth, he couldn't even suck.

All of a sudden, he heard whispers. Familiar voices.

He frantically looked around, but it was so dark, and he was so tired, he could barely lift his head enough to see the doors. Finally, he decided that he was hallucinating, before-- his friends dropped down in front of him.

Kai caught his breath. There was a moment of disbelief in both parties. For the ninja, it was hard to believe that someone like Kai could look so hurt and tormented, and for Kai, well shit, he'd given up hope, seeing his friends was only a daydream to him now.

Nya shook her head, tears welling in her eyes, it was so hard to look at Kai in such a state.

"We're getting you out of here." Cole said reassuringly, trying to seem as though he wasn't about to cry too.

Kai didn't let himself relax, if they were caught as well then there'd be no hope for any of them, and they could not go through what Kai had just gone through. The others made their way around Kai and the room, looking in corners, and checking the computers.