She was a tall, slender woman with honest brown eyes. She caught Sensei Wu by surprise when she asked for his identity, but she was sincere in what she wanted.
"Please, can I see her?" the woman asked, "She might not want to come home, but at least I'll know if she's safe."
"Of course," Sensei agreed, "We can't let you not see someone who belongs to you."
"Thank you." The woman said, smiling wide. "Thank you so much."
Sensei nodded and led the woman to Dareth's Mojo Dojo, and led her to a training room. In the room were four guys in their late teens or early adulthood, a lady around the same age, a boy about eight or so, and a little toddler girl who sat in the lady's lap. Everyone turned to look at Sensei and the woman who accompanied him.
"Ninja, Nya, Lloyd," Sensei told them, "This is Bea. She's come to us for help."
At the mention of the name 'Bea' the little girl on the lady's lap instantly stood up and wobbly walked over to look at the woman. The little girl squealed in happiness when she recognized who it was.
"Hey there Em." Bea said, getting down to the little girl's height. "Wanna go home and feed Buster?"
"Yes! Yes!" the little girl agreed, nodding her head and making a notion of wanting to be picked up. Bea obliged and picked the girl up and started to bounce her a bit.
"Are you her... mother?" the boy asked, slightly upset but curious.
"Godmother." Bea told him, starting to make faces at the little girl. "Her parents were attacked by the Skulkin when Emily was still too tiny to remember it."
"Oh." he said, slightly taken back. "I... have to go do something real quick. I'll be back." And with that, the boy left the room, no one daring to stop him.
For a moment, no one said anything as Emily struggled to get down from Bea's grasp, which the woman obliged to do. Emily then proceeded to walk out the door behind Lloyd, in hopes of finding him, and sensing that he was, indeed, upset.
"So," one of the ninja in white garb spoke up, "Can you tell us more about Emmy? Or do you call her something else?"
"It's Emily." Bea told him. "She can't pronounce the 'L' sound properly, alone or in blends."
"Oh." the ninjas said in unison as if something finally made sense to them.