A/N: For all of you who don't know, this is a sequel to my other story, The Robot Wars. You should read that before this or the following story will make no sense. To everyone who already read the first story, welcome back! That ending was a shocker, right? It even shocked me as I wrote it! This story will be focused on Maria and Jace who are up in the mountains right now, and waddles and everyone else will be in it too. Finally, I'm bringing in something huge(ish)! Duel 1st person POV! We'll switch back to one character to the other.

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Maria

I sat on the edge of the old stone, looking down to the town below. Jace had gone to the mountains other side to search for supplies, and make sure we were by ourselves. We couldn't afford visitors, we couldn't trust anyone else right now. I glanced down at the island again. I remembered when it was full of cheer and happy penguins. Full of color and parties. Full of freedom. It was dark and depressing now, with all of the once-happy penguins being controlled and prisoned under a cruel rule. No more parties. No more laughing. No more fun. No more freedom.

Jace and I had taken refugee in these mountains, sheltering in what was left of the the dojo. It was worn and ruined from their multiple attacks, where we hid in deep caves, hoping not to be discovered. Even though times were tough ever since we started to survive here after what was nicknamed "The Great Success" by NIF soliders, the others had it harder, wherever they were kept. The NIF thought that after the others were locked away, that they won. They thought we were dead. That we starved and froze. That an avalanche crushed us. That the myths of the ninjas still residing here were true and we were killed by them. I heard footsteps behind me and stiffened.

"Hey, it's just me," said Jace, and he sat down next to me.

"Find anything?" I asked.

"Nothing too exciting or threatening," he opened his bag, "Just some dojo ruins,"

I sighed. "You can't keep bringing those, we don't need them, nor do we have the space,"

"But I wonder, what it was like, being a ninja," he looked at lone pillars and broken bridges behind him.

"You never got much of an idea from the Card-Jistu parties?" I asked.

"Those were just about the elements, you wouldn't find out much about ninja training unless you were brave enough to learn and fight," Jace answered.

"You've got a point," I said, "C'mon, we don't have time to chat over some people who are gone,"

"You don't know that for a fact," he countered.

"You sound like Rookie, now we need to go to the shelter,"

At the mention of Rookie, he said, "Do you think they're okay?"

I sighed, "Honestly, I don't know," I told him, "But I hope they are,"

"They're a good group of people, strong and smart," he said, as we entered the makeshift shelter.

"Do you think that one day we could rescue them," I whispered, "And then maybe.."

"Save the island with them?" he finished my sentence. "It would be a long process, and a hard one too,"

"We have the files," I said, "And the other knowledge the EPF collected," I tried to prove my point, but I had to admit it, it would take lots of luck and skill.

"I hate to bring up bad news, but I heard they are going to get..," he paused, "executed," he shuddered. I gasped, "Of course it's only rumors flying around, nothing official,"

"You think they could get out it, or at least delay it?" he asked.

"I don't know," I said,

"Anything else you want to say on this topic?"

"They're resourceful, they're remarkable," I looked down at the town full of the NIF's cruel ways one more time," "Let's hope they're ready," (Wuddup Director Motto Reference!)

A/N: A short chapter, but a nice introduction to our sequel. I'm going to make it live up to it's title, Reclaiming the Island. I know it's cheesy, but I can never come up with a good title for some reason. Talking about cheesy things, how do you guys like the edit I made for the cover? I think Maria's hair is a little off, but besides that it's fine, in my opinion.