Vengeance [Complete]

Chapter 19- Torture

Third POV

"What..? How.." Kai lowered his head. He was alone in the main room, tied on the side of the wall, watching the dragon next to him battle for its freedom.

Suddenly, another figure entered the room. All they did was smirk. Just.. stand there in front of them and smirk.

"What- what are you going to do to them..?" He stuttered, slightly sobbing.

"Your parentss, they will be gone. We don't need them anymore. Asss for your sisster, well.." Makia cackled.

"Well what?!" Kai snapped.

"Well, let's jusst sssay that when we change the passt with her on the machine.. she'ss going to have a bad time.." She said. "Your sssister will be killed by the very machine your parents created."

"What do you mean? Our parents? Change the past?"

"Oh, you didn't know?" Makia laughed. "If we travel to the passt, no one can stop us.. Killing the Elemental Masterss the day of their birth would benefit uss. We would prevail in the war. And mossst importantly, prevent them from.. breeding. Wouldn't want that to get in our way." She said.

She moved closer. "Let me tell you a story. When your father left for war, your precious mother decided to fight alongsside him, leaving her two little children alone. They didn't care for you. They didn't stand a chance againssst us." She held her sharp claw against his face.

"We managed to capture four of them. Their names were Ray, Maya and two brothersss, Krux and Acronix. The brotherss.. they didn't make it. But they gave us the power we needed to activate the machine. Your parentss meanwhile.. they helped uss build it."

"No.. this- this isn't true..!" The red ninja lowered his head, bursting to tears. How could have his own parents betrayed him? Betrayed them?

"Believe me," Makia dug her claw deep into the right side of his face. "Everything is." She walked away leaving Kai yelling in pain, trying to cover up his wound.

He started to lose too much blood. His vision got blurry as the dragon panicked, trying to come to his aid. He couldn't take it any more. He fainted.

~•~

"LLOYD!"

The two kept their mouths shut, trying not to make a noise. Although the voice sounded more like a scream of help rather than a furious growl, they still kept their guard up.

Suddenly Lloyd felt someone grab him from behind. Though they didn't want to strangle him or anything. He was instead pulled into a tight.. hug.

"You did it! Thank you!" The figure cried out.

Zane and Lloyd immediately turned around to see a girl, about Lloyd's age, looking at them with a worried look.

The first thing that stuck out to them was her snow white hair. It reminded Lloyd of something, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.

" Excuse me but, who are you?" Zane enquired, taking a somewhat defensive pose.

"Oh, I am sorry.. My name is Harumi." She awkwardly rubbed the back of her neck. "Lloyd here may already recocnize me." She moved closer, grinning.

Lloyd physically flinched at the call of this name. After so many years, he found her. They would finally reunite.

He pulled her into a tight hug. "I've missed you so much!" He cried. "But.. how?"

She giggled. "I was always cunning, remember? I can manipulate people into anything. Tricking them was very easy. But you two distracting them gave me the final shot. You helped me escape!" She said, her voice becoming happier with each sentence.