Y/N's POV

"J-Jay, it's all my f-fault." I cry into my brother's chest. "I-If only I had--"

"There was nothing you could've done." Jay consoles me.

"Jay is right Y/N. You can't beat yourself up over this. It could've happened to any of us. And this isn't the first time someone on the team has gone missing, either. We'll get her back." Kai tells me, his eyes reflecting promise.

I just nod, and sob into Jay's chest. I am still wearing the unpurchased outfit from the store, but after the ninja and I filled them in on what had happened, and the ninja of course, handed out some autographs, the manager let the outfit thing slide.

"Hey Y/N, did Harumi have her phone?" Pixal asks me, and I nod.

"Then we can track it's coordinates." She explains.

"Excellent idea Pixal! Picking up her phone's location now." Zane starts the scan.

"Hopefully they didn't think of that too." Cole thinks aloud.

"I can only hope they're as stupid as they are ugly." I grumble under my breath, wiping my eyes.

"Strange." Zane mumbles, to which we all chorus, "What?"

"Her signal appears to be split." He reports.

"But. . . How is that possible? She only has one phone right?" Jay glances at me.

"It shows that there are nine different locations." Pixal frowns.

"That doesn't make sense." Lloyd states in pure confusion.

"Unless. . ." I say, glancing around us.

The eight of us.

"She's at one of the locations. Or maybe none of them. We have to figure out which one she's at, before. . . it's too late." Tears water in my E/C eyes. It's like that scene in "Batman: The Dark Night" where Joker puts Harvey and his girlfriend at locations too far away so Batman can only rescue one. I glance at the map Zane is now projecting. There was no way that any of us can get to numerous locations fast enough.

"What about Misako and Wu?" I ask hopefully.

"We can try reaching them." Kai nods, and attempts contacting them. "Hmm, that's strange. My phone can't reach them."

"Neither can the comms." Pixal frowns.

"All of my communication has just been blocked." Zane cocks his head in confusion. "How is this possible?"

I inhale sharply. This is it, Y/N. You fail, and Harumi dies.

\/\/\/\/\/\

Harumi's POV

"Where is it, girl!?" One of the men snarl.

"How many times do I have to tell you I have no idea what you're talking about?" I heatedly reply.

"Ya lyin'!" The other man snarls, masks covering their face, not so different from the masks the Sons of Garmadon wear. In fact, I am almost certain it has to do with that.

"I'm not! You wouldn't know if I was, anyway." I add.

"Yes we do!" Ugly Number One says.

"Yeah, we was told ya have da key!" Ugly Number Two decrees.

"Don't tell her too much." Ugly Number One elbows Ugly Number Two, who shoves him back.

"Well p'raphs if we show her what we's a-plannin' to do, she'll talk." Ugly Number Two suggest slyly.

"Hmmm. . . You got a point there, mate." Ugly Number One considers this. He points a beefy finger at me. "Listen here, little lady. If you don't comply, your friends are gonna get it."

"Nah nah, dat ain't how ya do it, ya bloke. More like, ya friends will surely suffer if ya do not give us what we's askin' for. In fact, they on their way right nows, and we got a welcomin' committee to greet them." Ugly Number Two threatens, and steps back with a mock stage bow.

Ugly Number One applauds. "That was good."

". . . I still have no idea what you're talking about. I don't have any key." I protest.

"Wait, what if she's not lying?" Ugly Number One frowns, processing my words.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you." I mumble, working on the ropes that bound my hands behind my back. They were thick and tight.

"Shut up, girl!" Ugly Number Two growls, and whips towards his pal. "You sayin' we was given false information? Preposterous!"

"No, I think we're going about this the wrong way. They never said she has the key." His eyes glow as they turn towards me. A shiver rips through my body. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Keith?"

"Keith" stretches the back of his neck. ". . . You're hungry?"

"Wha--no!" Ugly Number One shakes his head. "Well. . . Yes."

"I thought so Malcom. Ya always get kinder hangry." Keith nods.

"But I meant about the girl." Malcom's eyes are on me. "What if. . . She is the key?"

\/\/\/\/\/\

Y/N's POV

"If only this could go faster." I mumble, staring at the controls of my brother's lightning jet.

"I don't like sending you in alone." He scowls. "I don't like anything about this. If something goes wrong, no one will be able to get to someone else in time. . ."

"I'll be fine Jay. It's Ru I'm worried about." I pace back and forth. Jay and I had been given the locations that were closest to each other, considering I had to ride in his jet. He lands shortly after, and we get out. He hugs me briefly but tightly.

"Be safe Y/N, okay?"

I nod. "You too." We turn our separate ways and sprint.

This didn't feel right. Running from my family and likely into a trap. I knew I'd give anything to see Ru again, but I didn't want to give all I had up. All my family, all my friends, all I possessed to see her again when I'd just get myself and her killed. I slow down and take in the tunnel before me. It was dark and large, small sounds echoing and bouncing off of every wall. It would probably confuse me so I wouldn't know where anyone was. I resist the urge to cry.

Sometimes, you have to give it all away to get it all back.

(I am so incredibly sorry I have not updated this in over a month. Writing this exciting, fast-paced, and intricately detailed chapter has reminded me of my love for this story. I am trying to come up with a schedule so that I am able to update all of my books every week, updates will likely happen on the weekend. Love you flames so much, thank you to those who have and are supporting this book, it is my first work and I will forever cherish it and you❤Btw, the picture above is my edited version of the cover, which yes, I drew. Have a fabulous day! Ash)