"Ngh... guys...run..." I spit out.

Ao Bing grabs my hand. My head shakily turns to him.

"Nezha, I'm not leaving you. No matter what! So stop acting like a baby!" He yells at me.

"...Heh...look...who's...talking..." I cough up more blood.

"Hold on." I watch him transform into a dragon.

She turns.

"Seriously? This is getting on my nerves." She closes the skull. 

Ao Bing slams his claws onto the vines. I feel them break. I start falling. 

"Nezha!" Mom and Dad jump up.

"Oh no you don't!" She yells.

She moves her hand. Vines grab them both. She raises her hand and slams it down. They slam down. The mouth opens. I turn my head. Ao Bing swoops down and grabs me with his claws. Ow...

"Watch...it..." I mutter.

"Sorry, but I have to get you out of here." Ao Bing says.

"Heh...okay..." I chuckle.

He slams into the walls. I wince. I feel his body keep crashing into the vines. I look and I see them cracking. They were cracking. It was working. Maybe things are not as hopeless as it seems. I grip my hands. I'm not usually one to give up. I can't give up. Not now. Not ever. I lift my head up again.

"Were almost free!" Ao Bing yells.

"Stop!" She yells.

The skull opens to our surprise. I turn and see my parents and my master in her clutches. My eyes widen. My heart starts pounding. She moves her hand down my father's cheek. I grip my hands. Anger flashes through me. 

"Let's all take a breath here, okay." She says.

"Let them go!" I yell.

"I will once I have my fire heart back." She says.

"Nezha! Don't! Mom yells.

"Quiet." She wraps a vine around Mom's mouth.

She looks at me and falls to the ground of the skull. She walks forward.

"All I have to do is squeeze." She tightens her hands.