(Jay)

Rain still poured down on the city, with the occasional flash of lightning and clap of thunder, which gave me some extra strength. This helped a lot, as there were Arachneions everywhere. Kai and I were in a battle on just about every other street, saving people and defeating spider people.

I wondered how the others were doing, if Nya was safe. I could tell Kai was just as worried.

"Oh, I hope Nya's alright," he kept saying.

"I'm sure she is. Nya can take care of herself, she'll be fine with that Samurai suit of hers," I would reply reassuringly.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right," he would then sigh.

But, no matter how much I would keep telling myself that she would be alright, I couldn't help but worry. I also wondered if the others were doing okay, if Brielle and Cole had found Nariah. I hoped that everyone was alright, but I kept on wondering...

(Brielle)

"Oh holy freaking... oh my..... DAMN IT!" I cried out, sitting on half of the broken couch. I put my head in my hands, shaking, tears beginning to form in my eyes. "This... this is all my fault...." I gasped in between sobs.

"Brielle, no it's not. How could this possibly be your fault?" Cole asked, sitting down next to me and putting his arm around my shoulder.

"B-because," I stuttered, "When th-they first capt-tured me, Arachne a-asked me f-for my name," I picked my head up and turned to him, "A-and I g-gave it to her, s-so she must have f-found out where I lived..."

"Ssh, it's alright, we'll get her back," Cole whispered, wiping the tears from my cheeks.

"B-but how?" I sniffed, "Without them capturing me?"

Cole sighed heavily. His black hair was a mess, I could tell that he was tired. So was I. "I.... I don't know..." he said. "But we'll find a way."

I put a lock of hair behind my ear. "You think so?"

"I know so. Now, c'mon, let's try and find the others."

I nodded, standing up, but then falling back on the couch with a yelp. I lifted up my foot to see the source of the sudden pain. There was a big dark stain on my gi. I peeled the cloth away from my ankle to see a big gash... from what, I didn't know.

"Can you grab some bandages from the bathroom?" I asked Cole.

He nodded and went down the hall. When he came back, I gingerly wrapped the bandages around my ankle and secured them, standing up. The pain wasn't as bad.

"Alright, let's go," I said, walking out the door.

(Zane)

Lloyd and I were doing exceptionally well fending off Arachneions.

We had just saved about twenty people from a few Arachneions when even more had showed up. They were a mix of Pouncenari and Trantulai.

"Ugh, we just killed a bunch of these things!" Lloyd moaned.

"I know that this is tiring, Lloyd," I explain, "But we must fulfill our duty as ninja and protect the citizens of Ninjago."

Lloyd sighed and pulled out his bronze sword, ready to fight. I did the same with my shurikens. "Let the battle commence," I said.

(Cole)

Brielle and I ran through the streets in the rain, thankfully not coming across an Arachneion once. I honestly didn't know where to even start looking for the others, but we decided to go back to the city square and head on from there.

"Ugh, we are so lost!" I complained around 15 minutes later. I had no clue where we were.

"You're right, I've never even seen this part of the city before... but then again... I really wouldn't fit in," Brielle agreed.

All around us were big fancy apartment buildings with huge pent houses and all of these posh stores. There were some really dressed up people out on the streets, running around as a few Widowri chased them around.

Springing into action, I whipped out my scythe and lobbed the head off of one.

"Ninja!" another shrieked, pointing to us.

Crap.

Brielle threw her fan at that same Arachneion- it londged in its forehead. The Widowri collapsed on the cement and Brielle retrieved her fan while I battled a different spider. She had a scythe also, so we were matched, not to mention this one was a pretty good fighter.

Eventually, we won the battle. I had managed to get cut on my stomach, but nothing too serious.

We took off running again to bump into two people along the way. One was in blue, the other in red. "Oh thank God we found you guys!" I exclaimed.

"Cole, is that you?" Kai asked.

"Of course it is, you numbskull!" Brielle jeered from beside me.

"Well someone's snippy today..." Jay trailed off.

"No, I'm just tired..." Brielle grumbled.

"Guys, now is not the time. We have to fight the others and get back to the bounty. Do you have any idea of where Zane and Lloyd are?" Cole asked.

"No," Jay said, and then looked up and gasped. "But there's Nya!"

(Nya)

I flew around in my Samurai suit, looking for more Arachneions. I was just about to go down to a group of them when something else caught my eye- four figures on the ground, shouting my name and jumping up and down. One wore red, the other blue, another silver, and the last one wore black.

I wondered what they needed, and where Zane and Lloyd were. I flew down so them. I stepped out of my suit to talk to them.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Oh, good, you saw us," Kai said. "We need to find Zane and Lloyd. Oh, that reminds me, how did you guys do?"

"Nariah's gone." Brielle stated. "They left a note."

She thrust a piece of paper into Kai's hand and he read it aloud.

"Oh no, this is bad. This is really bad," Jay said, and began pacing.

The rain continued to plummet from the black sky above, pelting our faces like bullets.

"Well, it doesn't matter right now what we're going to do. We still have three days. We can figure this out later with Sensei at the bounty. Our main priority right now is finding Zane and Lloyd," I explained.

The others agreed.

"Okay, how about Kai goes with Nya in her samurai suit to look around, I go with Brielle in her plane, and Jay goes in his jet," Cole suggested.

"Sounds fine with me," Brielle sighed. She closed her eyes and turned her fans into a sleek, silver fighting plane, and Jay did the same, his nunchucks transforming into an electric blue jet.

"Hop in brother," I said to Kai, getting into my robot armor.

~*~

(Brielle)

Later that night, I lay in my bed, thinking about that note from Arachne. We had found Zane and Lloyd, got rid of the Arachneions, and returned here. We told Sensei everything, to which he simply nodded and said that he needed time to think.

So here I am, lying in bed, feeling useless. I could only imagine what they were doing to Nariah in their cave. Questioning, torture, or.... I couldn't think about it.

I tossed and turned, trying to come up with a plan.

Then it hit me, sudden as a brick wall.

I would have to turn myself in to the Arachneions. Yes, this would be my plan. I mulled it over in my head, and I decided that I must sacrifice myself to save those I love.

It was the only way.