Hey guys! I'm finally updating again and sorry for the wait. As said in the last chapter, I had no idea if the man should be a good or bad guy but with the help of SpitfirewaterNinja, rbrill345 and CandyDareDevil, the choice was made. I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3:

Kai and Zane stood firmly, ready to attack if needed with Zara in Zane's arm, Zara gripping Zane's GI so hard that her knuckles were white,

"I'll ask again. Who are you and how did you find this place and know my sister's name?" Zane repeated. The man evil laughed deeply before,

"You 2." The man replied as he showed his teeth that looked like knifes,

"Why did you torment my sister for so many years instead of me?" Zane asked, not losing focus,

"You see, I did try you but you never saw me, Zara on the other hand, a child sees all." The man explained, "I've waited years for you 2 and the red one is a bonus. NONE OF YOUS ARE GETTING OUT! YOU BELONG TO ME!" he yelled,

"ZANEY!" Zara screamed as she dug her face deeper into Zane. The 3 ran to the door and it was stuck,

"We can't get out!" Kai shouted,

"Zaney I'm scared." Zara stated. Zane lifted the young girl's head so she was looking at him,

"A ninja never quits. We're getting out of here." Zane reassured and Zara nodded. Zane looked behind them to see the man getting close to them, then Zane looked at the roof where on a tree, where the more delicate wood would be when he got an idea, "Zara, stay with Kai." Zane instructed as he put Zara down,

"Why? Where are you going?" Zara asked,

"Not far. Promise." Zane explained. Zane started to jump from side-to-side up the tree before he stopped and punched a hole in the side and held on to the side and ripped off the sides to make the hole big enough for the 2 men to get through. Once the whole was big enough, he looked down,

"Kai! Are you able to get up here with Zara?" Zane asked,

"Yep." Kai replied. Kai turned to Zara who looked unsure about going up with someone she just meet yesterday, "It's ok Zara. You don't have to be scared." Kai tried to reassure Zara,

"Zara. I need you to trust Kai. Would I let you be left alone with just anybody?" Zane reassured. Zara looked to the stairs and saw the man was really close to them,

"Ok." Zara stated. Kai helped Zara onto his back and jumped up the tree until he was with Zane,

"You jump out now and I'll chuck Zara down to you." Kai stated and Zane nodded,

"What?" Zara asked,

"Zara. It's the safest choice. If we out with you with us, we may land wrong and hurt you." Zane explained and Zara nodded. Zane jumped out and landed at the base of the tree and Zara looked down to see the man climbing the side of the tree and was getting closer. Kai got Zara off his back,

"Ready?" Kai asked. Zara took a deep breath,

"Ready." Zara nodded and Kai put her though the hole and she landed safely in Zane's arms and Kai soon followed,

"Let's get out of here." Kai stated and the 3 ran to the 2 motorbikes and rode off at full speed.

They soon arrived at the temple and walked in and Zara wouldn't stop gripping onto her big brother,

"What happened?" Nya asked,

"The man is real." Zara stated,

"What? The man as in the drawing from this morning?" Cole asked and Zara nodded. Zane took Zara to the kitchen to make her some blackberry tea since it always calmed Zara,

"Why are you guys home early?" Wu asked as he walked,

"We ran into a bit of trouble." Zane explained,

"Trouble?" Wu asked,

"The man is real. He attacked us. He tried to kill us." Zara explained as she began to cry from fear. Zane hugged his sister to calm her down and let her know everything was ok,

"Did he say anything?" Wu asked,

"Yeah. He said that we belonged to him." Zara explained,

"I see." Wu stated as he walked off and Zane placed a cup of blackberry tea in front of Zara,

"Zaney, why does Wu keep asking questions about the man and only says 'I see' afterwards." Zara asked,

"Sensei is wise. He knows what to do and it's best not to question him." Zane explained.

Later, the ninjas were in the games room, Zara still refusing to not be a Zane's side,

"It is safe here you know?" Zane questioned and Zara simply nodded as she continued to hold onto Zane's GI,

"Zara." Wu stated from the doorway, Zara just turned her head to look at him, "May I ask you a few questions?" Wu asked but Zara turned her head towards Zane, "Zane may come if you both wish too." Wu stated, knowing what she was thinking. Zara looked up at Zane as if she was asking 'can you?'. Zane walked with Zara as they followed Wu into his room where he had an old looking book opened in a small wooden table,

"This 'man' you speak of, does he look like this?" Wu asked, gesturing the image on the book. Zara took and instantly dug her face into Zane's leg, "I'll take that as a yes." Wu mumbled,

"Why is he doing this?" Zara asked, muffled,

"I don't know, but I'll planning to find out." Wu answered.

After dinner, the ninjas and Zara were in the games room, Zara still clutching onto Zane, when Zane looked at the time. 7:30,

"Come on Zara. It is time for bed." Zane stated,

"NO!" Zara practically screamed,

"What's wrong?" Zane asked, full of concern,

"I don't want to sleep. The man will come then. What if he actually does something this time?" Zara explained, almost crying. Zane didn't know what to do, he didn't want her scared but he knew that she needed sleep,
"Then let's watch a movie." Kai stated. Zane was about to question this when he saw the look on his face, he was up to something. Kai put on the movie and Zane saw that as the movie went on, Zara become more relaxed to the point she was fighting herself to stay awake,

'It's ok Zara. It's ok to sleep.' Zane thought as Zara lost the battle and fell asleep. Kai looked up to see that his plan worked,

"Thanks." Zane whispered,

"No probs. It always worked for Nya." Kai explained,

"And by the looks of it, still does." Zane pointed out as he indicated the sleeping Nya in Jay's arms,

"I guess." Kai stated as Jay played with Nya's hair.

For some reason, Zane was hesitant with letting Zara in her own room by herself. What if the man actually does something this time? Zane looked down at the sleeping child in his arms, he thought about it and decided that he wasn't going to risk it. Zane placed Zara on his bed and tucked her in before going to bed himself.

The next morning, Zane and Zara were making breakfast when Nya walked in,

"Morning." Nya greeted,

"Good morning." Zane replied while Zara waved,

"Feeling better from yesterday?" Nya asked but Zara shrugged,

"He's planning something really bad." Zara mumbled,

"How do you know?" Nya asked and Zane paid close attention,

"He didn't come last night." Zara explained,

"Maybe that's because you weren't sleeping alone." Nya suggested,

"No. He always comes no matter what." Zara explained,

"Or maybe you, Zane and Kai saw him in person." Nya suggested,

"When he goes way, he's worst than the night before. Last time he went away, he was so scary, I felt him hurting me." Zara explained. Nya and Zane couldn't believe what they're hearing,

"Why didn't you say anything?" Zane asked,

"You had already moved out and Mrs Huckleberry thought the man was only in my dreams." Zara explained. Nya saw that Zane was worried sick,

"Well, no matter what, He won't get to you because you have your big brother and you even now have us." Nya reassured. Zara smiled at Nya until something caught her eye,

"Zaney, wasn't there 4 knifes in the knife block or did you use 1?" Zara asked. Zane turned to the knife block and only saw 3,

"Where is the 4th?" Zane whispered,

"Zane! Zara quick!" Pixal warned. Zane whipped around to see the 4th knife about to plunge into Zara,

"Zara!" Zane shouted as he quickly grabbed her and pulled her out of the way just as the knife to the plunge. The knife instead went into the table as the figure slowly became visible,

"Zane what is that?" Nya asked,

"The man!" Zara screamed as she dug herself into Zane's chest,

"Give me the child!" the man stated,

"Not even over my dead body." Zane stated through gritted teeth, a sight even Cole would be scared at,

"Every well." The man stated as he dove into the shadows,

"Where did he go?" Nya asked as the others rushed in,

"What happened?" Lloyd asked,

"T-the m-man i-is h-here!" Zara sobbed,

"What?" Kai asked,

"H-he t-tried t-to s-stab m-me." Zara sobbed,

"Ok. So now we had a killer ghost in the temple and don't know any background on it expect that it haunts Zara?" Jay freaked in his usual Jay-rant style,

"Yes." Cole replied,

"Sensei, do you know anything on this 'man'?" Lloyd asked Wu,

"I check all my records and could only find 1 thing. It's some sort of evil from the curse realm but that's all I could find on it." Wu explained,

"Zaney. Is there a way to talk to ghost from there?" Zara asked,

"Not that I am aware of. Why do you ask?" Zane asked,

"We could ask M. He told me he was from there." Zara stated,

"M." Nya asked,

"M is a ghost Zara met when she was younger. I don't know if we could talk to him." Zane explained,

"We could try." Zara stated,

"How Zara?" Zane asked,
"If we can figure out why he wants Zara, we could figure out how to stop him." Lloyd stated when something started to glow on Zara's skirt, "Zara, why is you skirt glowing?" Lloyd asked. Zara looked and reached into her pocket and pulled out a glowing stone,

"Where did you find that?" Zane asked,

"M gave it to me. I can't remember what he called it but he said it was extremely rare and important and to keep it on me at all times." Zara explained,

"Let me see." Wu stated as he took the stone off the 4-year-old and took a look at it, "Where did you find this?" He asked,

"M gave it to me." Zara beamed,

"Nya. Water bubble please." Wu requested and Nya did so. Wu placed the stone in it and an image of Morro showed. The group gasped except for Zara whose face lit up,

"M!" Zara beamed,

"This is M?" Zane questioned and Zara proudly nodded,

"It's a realm stone. Zara is this the 1st time it has glowed?" Wu asked,

"Yeah." Zara replied as she noticed another knife from the knife block was gone, "Z-Zaney. A-another k-knife i-is g-gone." Zara stuttered as she grasped onto Zane's leg. Immediately everyone was on high alert as the realm stone flashed. Wu reached into the water bubble and tapped it and the imaged blinked,

"Zara?" Morro spoke, the image now looking like a video,

"M!" Zara stated,

"So you figured out how the realm stone works. Where are you?" Morrow asked, not noticing the others,

"With my big brother and his friends." Zara stated. Morro looked around,

"Your brother is Zane?" Morro asked and Zara nodded,

"M, do you remember the man I told you about ages ago?" Zara asked,

"Is an evil source from here. I know. That's why I gave you the stone. It's a good thing you're with the ninjas. You need to try and run. Behind you!" Morro shouted as a knife plunged at Zara. Zane lifted Zara out of the way. The water bubble busted and Wu picked up the stone and chucked it to Zane,

"Get out of here!" Wu stated. Zane bolted outside with Zara and summoned his dragon and flew off,

"Where are we going to go?" Zara asked,

"I don't know." Zane replied,

"I suggest the temple of light." Pixal stated,

"Perfect. Thank you Pixal." Zane replied,
"Where are we going?" Zara asked,

"The temple of light." Zane explained as Pixal alerted the others.

I hope you enjoyed. Sorry for the wait again. Please review and HAVE A GOOD ONE!