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They had almost made it. Kai nearly collapsed from relief as Zane's hand touched the handle of the temple door, and with nearly three strikes till dawn.
He was safe. They were all safe. He fell to his knees outside the temple door and stared as the translucent tips of his fingers slowly regained corporeality.
Jay had begun to laugh just ahead of him, the slight tremors of his bubbling alleviation pulling at the rope tying the four of them together. It was tugged even harder as he bent forward, leaning down to kiss the ground where they had landed. It scooted Kai forward as well and the rope behind him flopped flaccidly in suit with a notable brushing sound against the dirt. It moved as though disconnected. As though...
Kai's head whipped around. Behind him, where Cole should've been, sat a twisted, untethered rope and a scroll rolling down the temple steps after it.Or...
What if Cole wasn't visible as a ghost? What if the others didn't even know he was one? What if everyone, even Lloyd just has to sit there and deal with the trauma? What if Cole has to watch life continue without him?
Or...
The Lava angst fic that has plagued my mind for months