Ninja Possession {Completed}

Chapter Sixteen

A/N: *Gasp* :O could it be?? ANOTHER update?? But...so soon?? Is Lizz feeling okay? What is this witchcraft?? Who is she and what's she done with our beloved author??

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Once the snow settled down, Lizz's mech could be seen standing upright, just fine, with a shaking, almost crying pilot sitting in the seat with her eyes scrunched shut.

"Lizz, ye can open yar eyes," she could tell that Zane was watching her, his voice worried and empathetic; even with the growly pirate voice...

"I want to go home." she grit out, slowly opening her eyes.

"You can't," Jay moved closer to her, "We need you. We'll go back to the Monastery after we've gotten the Sword."

"Home," she stressed with a snort, pressing her feet into the boots under the dash that she was almost nine-percent sure were for controlling the legs of her mech, "Not the Monastery. Home."

It seemed to click with the group that she wanted to go back to the Serpentine, "Lizz-"

"I'm freezing my nucks off," she muttered, taking the joysticks in each of her hands. She glanced over the rest of them, eyes skipping straight over Cole, "Ready?"

Cole was still looking uneasily at his mech, "You guys sure you want me along? I can barely control my new body, let alone this hunk of metal..."

"Hey," Jay started gently, "We all have our bad days. We'll pick you up so next time, you can return the favour."

"Jay be right," Zane chimed in, "The only way we be gettin' up the mountain, is if we be a hearty crew."

Kai's voice hardened into his typical leader-voice, "This isn't about who's a Ninja, a Nindroid, or... or even a ghost. Above all else, we're brothers. And as iron sharpens iron, brother sharpens brother."

"And sister," Jay added in, "Lizz sharpens us just as much as we sharpen her."

"I have no quarrel with being referred to as a brother," she told them dryly.

Yang's voice was still echoing around in her head, has been since the Temple Incident. It was only helping to confirm Lizz's fear of never being completely part of the team, making her want to go back home, "Never apart of the team... always alone... they don't want you here..."

A high pitched whine escaped her throat, though it seemed to go mostly unnoticed by the boys, and Cole nodded, "Alright, brothers. Let's do this!"

He began leading the trek up the mountain, and Kai, who was at the back of the line, stopped his mech next to Lizz's, "You comin'?"

"I have no choice," she sighed again, trying to shake Yang from her head as she followed Kai and the others, and it was at that moment that she noticed how much smaller her and Cole's mechs were compared to the others'.

It was always a bit difficult walking uphill. Doesn't matter if you were in a fancy metal mech or not. It was gonna put stress on your leg muscles and make you want to cut your legs clear off your body. Add on the layers upon layers of snow that's about knee-deep on the mech and you're in for a real treat.

"Huh," Cole sounded like he shrugged, "Not so bad once you get the hang of it."

"I really do hope you're talking about controlling your mech," Lizz grit out, "Because walking through this Goddamn snow is not a picnic."

"So..." Jay began happily, "This Sword of Sanctuary. You really think you can see all your opponent's attacks? If we had that kind'a power, not even Morro could stop us."