Randy sat in his science class, bored out of his mind. Mrs. Driscoll was going on and on about the Atom and its Energy Levels, of course he didn't really care enough to focus on the lesson. He was doodling in his notebook, like any other average teen who was bored out of their mind.
His drawings consisted mainly of little ninjas doing flips and kicks. Some were fighting one another, others were fighting little monsters, and there was one lil' ninja who was whacking a mini McFist with nun-chucks. Randy's science book was filled to the brim with doodles and sketches of the monsters and robots he's had to face so far, each one getting beaten by the ninja! (He's even got a drawing of him rubbing the Mexican Death Bear's tummy) Each picture marked with a date and a time. So his science notebook has become more of a journal to keep track of his fights and achievements. Who knows it may come in handy incase he tries to find a pattern in monster attacks!
Randy smiled at his most recent drawing. It was a picture of the ninja slicing a giant saber tooth tiger-bot in half. He scribbled that day's date and the time of the fight and quickly covered his notebook when Mrs. Driscoll and her skeleton husband walked passed his desk. He then saw writing in various colors appear in mid air around his notebook commenting on his drawings like 'Nice job!' or 'Awesome sketch bro!' These writings were from the Ninjanomicon, of course only Randy could see the scribbles made by the book (since he was the Ninja and all).
Randy remembered the first time he saw the writing, he thought he was going crazy or hallucinating. He tried touching the text only to have his hand pass through it, it was kinda weird at first but now he sees it as everyday life.
The bell rang for lunch and he and Howard darted for the cafeteria "CHICKEN WING WENDSDAY!" The duo shouted as they rushed down the hall in an attempt to be the first two in line for lunch. At least it wasn't Taco Tuesday!
However the two were halted in their journey when someone came crashing through the walls of the school. It was a giant robot that looked to be the combination of a scorpion and a wolf, it had dog hair glued to its metal body in a crude fashion, its teeth were knives and the tail had a needle at the end that looked like it was filled with some kind of poison.
Everyone started to panic and started to evacuate the school "Uh, yeah. You should go ninja while I go…. Hide in the cafeteria!" Howard said, just wanting to eat all the chicken wings while no one was around.
"Its ninja o' clock!"
"STILL LAME!"
Randy darted into the nearest room (free of students and faculty) and slipped the mask out of his backpack and over his face.
He felt the soft feathery fabric of the suit wrap around him and cling to him. From his arms to his feet, its warm embrace surrounded him until he was in full uniform. Randy busted through the door and drew his ninja sword "Someone's a bad dog in need of some discipline!"
The robot lunged at Randy with its mouth wide open. Randy readied his weapon "Ninja jump!" Randy jumped up into the air just before the robot canine crashed into the wall getting its muzzle stuck. He landed onto the robot's rear "Ninja slice! Ninja slice! Ninja slice!" He took three swats at the tail, but only did some small cuts "What the? GAH! NINJA DODGE!"
Randy was able to leap out of the way just in time before the tail tried to stab him with its needle "Okay that was a little too close for comfort! Ninja sprint!" He dashed towards his opponent (Which was now free from the wall) and sliced at the robot's legs, only to have the same results.
"Why isn't this working?!" The robot tried to stab Randy's with its tail; luckily Randy was able to block its attacks with his sword "Maybe the Nomicon can help me! But how do I distract Fido long enough for me to check?" He looked around (While avoiding the killer robot's attacks) for anything that might be of use. Then he saw something that made a light bulb go off in his head (The nomicon actually drew a light bulb above his head) "That's it!"
Randy darted over and grabbed a long length of pipe that had broken out of the wall "HEY BOY! Wanna fetch the pipe? Huh? Wanna play fetch boy?"
The robot instantly stopped attacking him and focused all its attention on the pipe Randy held in his hands. It acted much like a normal dog would; it started to pant with its tongue sticking out of the side of its mouth. It was crouching and its eyes were glued to the pipe.
"That's it! Who's a good killer robot? You are! You wanna fetch the pipe? Huh? Well, go get it! NINJA THROW!" Randy tossed the pipe as far down the hall as he could. The robot chased after the length of pipe as it slid along the polished floor of the hallway. Randy took this opportunity to ask the Ninjanomicon how to beat this thing. He quickly scooped up his backpack and ran to the boys' bathroom.
He hid in one of the stalls (The last one on the left) and sat on the toilet seat with the book in his hands "Okay, I'm having a major issue with this robot! No matter where I hit I can't seem to find its weak point! Got any tips?" He flipped through the pages and felt his soul being pulled away from his body.
He gently descended through the pages until the book brought him to a river with a waterfall. He landed on a large waterlilly pad in front of the waterfall. He looked up towards the waterfall were the Ninjanomicon scribbled its lesson.
"With every strength, comes a weakness."
The words strength and weakness were highlighted, while weakness was circled in red. An image of an armored monster appeared next to the text, it did a little bit of flexing before a ninja pushed the monster on its back. The doodled monster was stuck on its back unable to get back up on its feet due to the heavy armor.
Randy nodded "So you're saying that even though that robot mutt is strong against my sword, it may be weak to something else because of it?" The doodle ninja gave Randy a thumbs up. However before anything else could be said Randy felt a stabbing pain in his side, bringing the boy to his knees.
Several red exclamation points appeared in the air, the book seemed concerned for its apprentice. Randy felt himself returning to his body, but it felt more forced than natural. As Randy ascended out of the book and closer to reality the pain in his side grew worse.
Next thing he knew he was sitting in the bathroom, still in his ninja suit, but the dog had returned and followed his scent. It must have gotten tired of the pipe and remembered its purpose. Randy found the reason for the pain in his side; the canine had stabbed him with the needle and injected its contents. He then realized that the green fluid in the needle wasn't a poison, it was a tranquilizer.
He felt himself slipping out of consciousness; he hastily picked up the Ninjanomicon and was able to hide it in one of his suit's bottomless pockets. The dog yanked the needle out of Randy's side, causing its victim to yelp out of pain. The robot sat calmly, no longer seeing Randy as a threat.
Soon Randy's world went black.
-0O0-
McFist smiled and rubbed his hands together "Good job Viceroy, seems you were finally able to build a competent robot!" He was looking at the prize in the robot's giant maw; the unconscious form of the Ninja was dangling down. He could see it now! The sorcerer escaping, him getting the super power of his choosing, everything was going exactly to plan! (Actually it was Viceroy's plan, he just took the credit)
The robot dog/scorpion dropped the Ninja's fragile form into Viceroy's arms like a dog would a bone. Viceroy was a bit surprised by the lack of weight he felt "He's… Much lighter than I thought he would be! Kind of like a feather!" He bounced the Ninja up and down a bit in his arms to test out his weight "He looks like he weighs 100 pounds at least!"
Indeed the suit made Randy much lighter so he would be able to jump and run faster and higher.
"Who cares about his weight! All that matters now is that we have the Ninja and we can destroy him! Besides… I WANT MY REWARD!" McFist screamed for no reason what so ever, but quickly covered his mouth when the Ninja stirred a bit in his sleep "Stupid… Kimoto Dragon in shogun armor…." He mumbled in his sleep.
The two villains sighed with relief that he hadn't woken up. Viceroy shot his boss a dirty look "Be a bit more careful next time, if he wakes up then we're done for!" He whispered as he laid the Ninja on a nearby examination table.
"Whatever!" McFist whispered back "He didn't wake up, so now we can destroy him! Right?"
"Yes… Or…." Viceroy's gaze went from McFist to the sleeping Ninja "Hasn't it been bugging you?"
"What?"
"Think about it, sir. The ninja has been alive for over 800 years and he is still young, I mean look at him. He's still a teenager after all these years!"
"What are you getting at Viceroy?"
"What I'm getting at is that he might have some… Secret magic that keeps him young! And if you can get that secret…."
"THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO LIVE FOREVER!" McFist shouted, putting two and two together. But he didn't bother to keep his voice down on that last part.
This time though, Viceroy and McFist weren't so lucky. Randy woke up with a start, his whole world coming back into focus as his last memories before he fainted seemed to whack him in the face "WHAT THE JUICE?!"
It didn't take him long to figure out that he was in Viceroy's labs. He turned his head to see Viceroy and McFist, both looked like they would pee their pants any second "McFist? Oh, right robot…" He grabbed his head, a headache starting to form "Jeez, what was in the needle?!"
"Oh just some hondrodendron and Sciadotenia tree bark along with a dash of chloroform and some other ingredients... A tranquilizer of my own devising…." Viceroy bragged.
"I… Couldn't understand half of what you were saying… Sweet ninja this hurts!" Randy's headache seemed to get worse with every passing second. Usually he would be fighting his way out of there, but he felt like he was in a haze and his headache wasn't helping. He grabbed his head with both hands in an attempt to make the pain stop "What. The. JUICE?! GAH! Okay, I can deal with this! I just have to get up and-" Randy tried to stand but found his legs weren't moving, if the mask wasn't covering his face Viceroy and McFist would have seen his face get paler "Uh oh…"
"Viceroy?" McFist turned to his top scientist "Is that supposed to happen?"
"It seems our canine friend may have given the Ninja a bit too much of the serum. His legs seem to be paralyzed while his mind seems to be reacting in a negative fashion…." Viceroy mused with a smirk on his lips "This is interesting…"
"OH THIS IS WONK!" Randy commented pulling at his legs with his arms "You have got to be kidding me!"
"And since he can't get away…" McFist walked up to the table and sized up Randy making him shrink back a little in fear "We can get all his precious little secrets!" McFist grabbed Randy by the scarf (with his robot arm) and held him at eye level.
"Uh, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah! NEVER!" Randy looked McFist dead in the eyes "No matter what you do, I won't be telling you a thing!"
"Oh yeah?"
"YEAH!"
"We'll see about that…" McFist snapped his fingers and the robot dog/scorpion returned to his masters "Take the Ninja to a holding cell while we get everything ready for him…." McFist threw Randy at the robot, which caught Randy in mid air and ran down the hallways to who knows where! Randy heard McFist say something to Viceroy, it sounded like "Let's not tell the Sorcerer about our little guest just yet… Not until we're done with him…"
Everything went blurry for a moment as his world began to tumble; a sudden burst of pain in his back had just told him that he had been thrown against a wall like a ragdoll. It took a minute for his brain to process where he was. He was in a cage/cell in what looked to be place where Viceroy kept all his experiments and prototype robots. He was in an empty cell, the floors and walls were made of a cold metal, the bars were lasers that would slice him to bits of he tried to run through it. The corridor was filled with shrieks, roars, and various other noises. All of it made Randy's headache worse.
He tried to find a way out, looking and feeling his way all around the cell. No such luck. Viceroy built these cells so not one of his creatures would escape. Randy sighed in defeat "I'll have to find another way out…." He mumbled before grabbing his head for the third time that day "But first… I need a nap…"
Randy curled up on the hard cold floor of his cell; luckily the suit was warm and comfortable. Randy then realized that McFist and Viceroy never tried to unmask him "Why didn't they take my mask off?"
Several words written in blue appeared in mid air "Because they can't."
Randy raised an eyebrow to this "Why can't they?"
"They don't want to…" Was scribbled next to the first phrase before both sentences disappeared.
Randy was confused by the Ninjanomicon's words but decided to think about it when he woke up. He closed his eyes and used his scarf as a pillow. Randy's headache and other pains seemed to melt away as he drifted into a dreamless sleep.
-0O0-
I know, I know! I should be working on my other story, but I couldn't resist! The RC9GN section doesn't have enough stories, and I've had this idea for awhile! At first I was thinking of making this a one shot but I might make this a two shot instead. Maybe a triple shot! Let's just see what my mind comes up with next! :P