A Heart Between Us

Chapter 11: New Found Friend

A Heart Between Us

Chapter 11

New found friend

Kairi screamed and kicked at the man holding her. She even bit down hard on his shoulder. Which is why the guard grabbed hold of her neck and squeezed down hard till her eyes rolled. When she opened her eyes again a door was opened.

Within said room was a desk, lots of books, a fan, and a chain at the back half of the room. She was dropped on the floor next to the chain and lay her there for a moment trying to catch her breath. She turned her head and gasped. In the corner, on the other end of the chain, was a bronze nindroid who looked just like her father, Zane.

When the nindroid noticed her he recoiled and tried to push himself deeper into the corner. Which was impossible since he was literally already pushed into the corner.

"Oh you noticed my pet?" The man smiled down at her. "Found him in a lighthouse not to far from Ninjago City."

"Why is he chained up?" The young girl asked. Dr. Brill growled and slapped the young girl.

"Silence! I can see you're going to need to be disciplined!" He looked down at her with a sigh. He had sent her reeling to the floor. She lay there unmoving. Blood sliding down her cheek. He tapped his foot on the floor. "So tell me, girl, what have you learned from these ninja?" He kneeled down to look over her and ran his fingers through her hair. "What are their daily routines?" He asked. Kairi looked up at him and shook her head.

"You do not know...or you won't tell?" He narrowed his eyes down at her.

"Not...telling you." She spat at him. He ran a handkerchief down his lapel and sighed.

"Burn her feet." He told the guard before leaving the room. Kairi gasped and fought with the men. One went over to the fireplace and grabbed a poker from the fire. Dr. Brill's brand was etched onto it. Kairi's screams echoed throughout the hallway.

Jay could hear her. He shook the bars yelling for them to stop. His head hurt from earlier, but they wouldn't let him sleep, even if he passed out. The guard brought over smelling salts and forced him to wake up.

He ran at the steel bars trying to bend them, break the wall around it, do something. Yet he couldn't. It just resulted in a bruised hip and shoulder. He glared daggers at the two men who walked by after the screaming stopped.

"I will end you..." He said through gritted teeth.

"Empty threats from a caged blue jay." They both laughed at Dr. Brills words as he walked up toward the guards. The satisfied look on his face. He even seemed to laugh a little. "Why do you even care? She's not yours." He shrugged his shoulders at the blue ninja who tried to reach through the bars to grab at him.

"She belongs to us! Our family's coming...and there won't be anything left of you." He growled, and tried to use his lightning on them only for it to fizzle out.

"Vengesteel...Spared no expense for your...comfort." He laughed as he walking back down the hallway.

Kairi felt someone's fingers around her ankle. She slowly opened her eyes to see the person who had them. It was the bronze nindroid who had a bucket on one side and bandages on the other side. He dabbed at her feet with the cool water. She watched him for a moment, his movements weren't fluid like her dad's. It was more like a ticking noise.

He wore off-white pants that looked like the should have been curtains at one point. He probably crafted them himself because she was never given clothing either when she was there captive. She had to make hers herself.

"Are you a nindroid?" She asked. This startled him and he jumped and went back to his corner. She sat up looking around. "It's okay, I won't hurt you. I was adopted by a nindroid." The bronze eyes locked onto hers. He shook his head and spoke very low and shaky.

"No one gets adopted here. There's only us."

"Not always, they'll come. They'll save us."

"Fantasy's miss...it's all just fantasy." He said running his fingers over his chest. There were pieces missing. Even the door seemed to be missing.

"My names Kairi. What's yours?" She looked down at the bandages. There was a tiny bow on each. She smiled.

"I'm...Zane...but someone long ago renamed me. I think... someone named me...Echo."