1: Saving Mike
Amanda POV
They started out as little moments. Moments where Mike and I would really connect. Moments where I would get to know him, and even start to like him. Now they happened so often that Mike was almost always on my mind.
Owen and I were waiting outside of the school while Mike got his notebook.
"Where is he?" I said impatiently after a few minutes.
"I'm gonna go check on him." Owen replied.
He walked back into the school. After a couple minutes he came racing back outside.
"Amanda, you better come see this."
I followed him into the school, to Mike's locker. There was glass everywhere, Mike's locker was still open, and there was no sign of Mike.
"Mike?" I called, looking around for any sign of him.
I looked down and saw a note on the floor:
Bring the floating sword to the place this started if you ever want to see Mike again.
KF
"Owen."
"Yeah."
He read the note and his eyes widened.
"Evil Gramps has him. What are we gonna do?" He said.
"Let's talk to hologramps and see what he has to say."
We raced to the dojo, taking the tunnels, since Mike still had the Mon. We told hologramps what happened and showed him the note.
"No, this is bad, we can't let the sword fall into the wrong hands, but we cannot risk losing Mike, either." He said.
"Evil gramps said 'to the place this started', that's the museum, right?" I say.
"Yeah, it's gotta be." Owen agreed.
"We should scout the place and if we see Mike we get him out of there ASAP."
"Let's go"
We changed into our ninja suits and headed to museum. Mike was just sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. When he saw us he stood. He wasn't tied up or anything. I look at Owen and we both think the same thing. This must be a trap. We go to Mike and evil gramps walks out of the shadows.
"Ah, ninjas, you came." He says.
Owen and I take a fighting stance.
"No need for that, take him, I give up."
We look at each other. What?
"Why would you give up so easily?" I ask.
"Who cares, let's get Mike and get out of here before he changes his mind." Owen says.
"What did you do to him?"
"Listen to your friend and get out of here. I did nothing to your precious Mike, at least nothing that wasn't already inside of him." Evil gramps says.
"What does that mean?" I demand.
"I simply let out the darkest in the boy, all that pent up rage, it's a wonder he's so calm."
I look over at Mike, he seems the same, just quieter.
"You okay?" I ask him.
"Yep."
"Let's go."
We use our grappling hooks, Mike borrowing a spare, and swung back to the dojo. After we got out of our ninja suits, I sat down and watched Mike. He seemed like the same Mike, but there was something a little off.
Still, I couldn't help thinking that this was all too easy.