A Heart Between Us

Chapter 17: Fireball

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A Heart Between Us

Chapter 17

Fireball

Explosions began to rock the whole airship. It caused the ninja to bumped into one another as they ran through the hull. They were farther down then they realized. It took a bit to get up from the pit. They heard the two guys waking up from the shock Jay had given them. They weren't that far behind them.

The hallway came into view. The ivory colored walls, and the marble floors welcomed them. There was smoke coming from within the ship. This place was no longer safe to be on. Kairi looked around at the whole place.

This place was where she was created, and trained. It was burning up.

Smoky air was what welcomed them as they got out on deck. There were people running all over the place, An official barking orders as they ran into the engine room that ran into the engine room that was billowing smoke. Cole ran along toward the Bounty. It was still hitched to the side. Lloyd lay Zane down on the side.

"Wait...I've got to go back to get Echo..." Kairi ran off the Bounty and toward the door again. Cole jumped off the Bounty and ran after her.

"Kairi stop! You'll get hurt!" Cole yelled.

"Cole!" Lloyd yelled " Hurry!" He looked around at Zane who was beginning to come to.

Cole grabbed Kairi and turned back toward the Bounty. The hull crackled and fell in front of them. Cole jumped back pulling Kairi with him. His eyes roamed over the deck hearing panicked screams from behind him. He glanced around seeing the men fall through the roof into the fire.

He turned to look at the Bounty as it took to the air swinging around trying to drop a ladder down to them. It caught fire as they did so.

That was when they heard it. A gun shot rang out. Cole grabbed his stomach and doubled over, dropping Kairi to the hot ground. She rolled to a stop and scurried back toward Cole. He gritted his teeth, seeing Brill standing in front of him. A gun in one of his hands. The other wrapped in his almond colored scarf. His white suit ruined with the red from the blood in his hands.

"You...you ruined everything." He pointed the gun at Kairi. She gasped, shielding her face. Water began to fall from the Bounty drenching them. It must have been Nya trying to get the fire to at least calm down so they could drop a ladder to them. They needed it now...Cole lay on his side blood bubbling from his belly.

The gun clicked and he glared at it like it betrayed him. He threw it to the side and it skidded into the many holes that were now all around them. Kairi could feel the ground around her starting to cave as well. She jumped to the side and grabbed Coles leg trying to pull him too.

"Kairi hold on!" Jay called down to her. "We're coming."

Kairi, however, didn't hear him. She was scared out of her mind. Just what was going to happen now? He reached out grabbing her hair and pulling her up.

"If it weren't for them...I'd be a millionaire now and you...you wouldn't be here...you'd be someone's little slave girl the way you were designed. You'd probably be dead!" He screamed, and threw her down on the roof.

She was winded by the force of the throw. She turned over to try and get up quickly only to be kicked in the stomach. She would have thrown up, if she had anything in her belly. He swung at her again.

Nothing happened. She turned over to look up to see the man being held off the ground by a nindroid dressed in black. His helmet gone. Echo glared at the man who was choking. The one dressed in black spoke to him, or rather tried to, but nothing came out. Not a single word.

"Echo...?" Kairi gasped as the man was tossed to the side and into one of the holes. The mains deadly screams were all she heard as Echo leaned down to pick up Kairi. At first she was iffy about him, she had seen him almost kill Zane. But he pulled her close patting her back. Her head hurt to much to really worry about it. If she were going to die now, she was too exhausted to do anything about it, so she put her head on his shoulder.

A ladder fell down to them. The ninja jumped down as Pixal lowered the gurney. Tonight would be a long night.

A few days had passed. Kairi opened her eyes and looked around. The same room, the same scent of junipers, everything she loved about her room.

She turned her heavy head and spotted the nindroid sleeping in the corner. He had refused to leave her side, it would seem his vocal processor had been fixed and was sitting in his neck like he had before. She slowly got out of bed trying not to wake the bronzed nindroid. Walking into the hallway, she listened as quietly as she could.

Soft snores, and light breathing could be heard. Walking from one room to the next she saw the ninja sleeping. Kai sleeping with his head at the foot board, Jay curled up with his stuffed animal, Lloyd sleeping on a book, Nya curled up in a little ball, but when she looked into Zane, and Coles room they weren't there. She gasped thinking the worst. But then there was soft talking. She peeked within the library and listened.

"But babe...Isn't it taboo?" Coles hoarse voice asked. Zanes answered.

"I have been looking over the ancient books Cole and none of them say I can not be with you. I am by way a male yes, but I am also a nindroid making the law null and void. We can marry." Zane said holding out a small disk to him and Cole looked up at him with a soft smile and took it. The disk broke in two and he chuckled.

"Well...how can I argue with that. Besides you make it so easy." He said pinning his half onto his gi. He looked up and smiled.

"Well hey there squirt." Cole smiled as Kairi ran over and hugged him. Cole pulling Zane closer.

"Ow kid...watch it..." Cole mumbled and sat back down. This was something she had wanted. Someone to love her, very much. They definitely deserved this, and so did she.