Chapter 2- the first Luna Lair, shadows and the start of Operation COMBAT
Note: not everything about the past will be revealed here. I'm saving some of the mystery for story number 2 with my cat Patch
I apologise if there's too many characters at this point, I just remembered that Energyman can't use his gadgets very well in the books but… I'll keep him in this story anyway.
TOPCATHOUSEPETSDIGIANIMEFAN helped me with the night shadow amulet idea. So thanks (Can I call you TC for short?)
The powerful earthquake made the four heroes fall to their horror.
"Silver Sorceline, stand down!" Tatou cried.
Silver Sorceline grinned and then tried using her luna magnet which fired red energy towards the heroes.
Tatou used his armour that was a part of his suit to defect the beam but the sorceress controlled its direction to hurdle to Tigre Yoyo who was about to activate his speed.
Then Silver Sorceline was about to fire a powerful attack at all four heroes when Energyboy arrived and used his sword to stop her.
"Move, Energyboy! The eclipse won't last long!" she cried.
"It's almost over, Sorceline and I'm a GREAT distraction!" Energyboy said, proudly.
In response, Tigre Yoyo used his super speed around the duo while Tatou dug a tunnel, Redwing Bibou used her owl claws attack and Newt Gluglu did a sneak attack.
Tatou came out of the ground and punched Silver Sorceline just as the sun's rays peaked out as the edge of the moon had almost completely moved away.
This caused Silver Sorceline's eyes to return to normal to her horror.
The heroes then stopped attacking and confronted her.
"You can have the books back, I'm leaving and don't try to follow me, Energyboy" she stated as she ran away.
Energyboy, while staying silent, watched sadly as she disappeared into the night.
"So, would you like to help us return these books to the library?" Tigre Yoyo asked.
Energyboy nodded.
About an hour into their return trip, Energyboy thought of a question.
"Have you ever wondered why we have totems or why they even exist?" He asked.
"No, we just got used to wearing them and knowing there's a mysterious statue in our HQ. Why do you ask?" Redwing Bibou stated.
"Well, not everyone is actually given a totem and why they exist is a question that has never been answered before" Energyboy pointed out.
Newt Gluglu pondered for a minute.
"I think you're right, Energyboy" he replied.
"And what if we did investigate the question and didn't like what we found out?" Tigre Yoyo questioned.
"We won't know until we try, right guys?" Tatou suggested.
Everyone fell silent.
Newt Gluglu then picked up a black book with a picture of a masked figure with an eye glass wearing a top hat and black and red cape holding a white cane titled 'Arsène Lupin'.
"Why would Silver Sorceline unknowingly steal this?" He wondered.
"I don't know but I suggest we drop the talk about why the totems exist for now" Tigre Yoyo said, sternly.
Tatou gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"You really don't want to uncover one of the biggest mysteries surrounding our powers? Are you a leader or a coward?" he accused Tigre.
"We can't look into it unless our spirit animals give permission and our totems haven't glowed for a while" Redwing interjected quickly before a fight could break out.
Tatou sighed.
"Fine, I'll look into it myself. Are you coming, Newt?" he asked.
Newt looked at his two other friends with a look of uncertainty before looking back at Tatou.
"See you tomorrow, guys" He said, sadly as he went off with Tatou.
It took about two more hours to return everything to the library and once the two remaining heroes returned to HQ, Tigre went onto the picture player to look up information on the totems.
All he could find were legends about Native American totems and nothing about their mystical ones.
He sighed as he and Redwing returned to their homes in different parts of the city and retired to bed.
The following eight nights, Silver Sorceline was not seen by anyone: hero or villain.
Newt didn't get very far with the investigating before returning to his two friends but Tatou was very persistent.
While investigating the past in the city, he accidently found where the Night Den was for the secondary heroes.
"Oh, Tatou. Do you finally have an answer for that spare room offer?" Pink Gill asked.
"Yes, I do" Tatou replied.
-Meanwhile-
Silver Sorceline was trying to find a lair for her moths and herself to stay in to protect herself from the sun rays and any more blood moons.
She ended up in a dark alley with just her moths for company in her despair.
"Are you running out of hope, young one?" A voice asked from the shadows.
Silver Sorceline looked around.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!"
The moths huddled together in fear.
"You want to know my name, dear? That is for another time when we're not being watched. I have something that you'll need for the future" The voice said as out from the shadows was a dark purple hoverboard with two large lights under it.
"This board only works at night. It might come useful with your lair" The voice added.
"My lair?" Silver Sorceline asked as she turned around.
In front of her was a silver sphere that looked vaguely like the moon itself that was floating towards her.
"Did I create that?" She asked.
"Well you were looking for a lair and you can use magic subconsciously too" The voice pointed out.
"I'll call it the Luna Lair and as for you; I'll call you 'Shadow'" Silver Sorceline stated.
The voice made a 'hmph' noise.
"Close enough, Sorceline. Now then, I can help you prove your worth as villain if you steal some of the heroes' bracelets and figure out their power source" The voice offered.
"But the blood moon did a number on me and I'm not sure if I can steal again in case that happens again…." Sorceline began.
Then she was given a vision:
A unfamiliar 8 year old girl with white & silver sparkly hair that fades to black towards the end and blue eyes wearing a black mask over her face and a black and grey suit with a lunar eclipse on it was riding on her board using the luna wand to create a palace and then used her luna magnet to trap a child who looked a bit like Theo in the pink-purple beam.
"Who or what was that?" Silver Sorceline asked while feeling disorientated.
"She is the person that will give you a needed boost of inspiration" 'Shadow' stated.
"I think I can do this now" The young sorceress stated as she went inside her Luna Lair with her new board and flew away to start scheming.
"Now to target another" The voice muttered.
In the streets, a different figure with a handmade mask that looked like a firefly was running towards the library.
However, someone had already beaten her to it and dropped 'Arsène Lupin' in in her proximity.
The figure picked up the book and quickly ran home.
'Theo is gonna have a field day with this one' 'Shadow' stated.
Over the next few nights, Tigre and his friends only ever faced Night Warrior and Terreur Nocturnes (The Rat, worm and Fly villians) when Silver Sorceline and Theo were away.
Night Warrior and his Ninjalinos were attempting to steal two items that either been located in Japan or retrieved from Theo's lab: The Seed of Orticia and the night shadow animal amulet that was in the shape of a Tanuki.
It had the power to cloak the user in shadow to make it easier to steal without being seen and when combined with the 'ring of ninjability', it allows the user control the power of the totems.
Theo had recently found an assistant to help him with lookout.
His assistant was a female with long, dark brown hair and dark green eyes.
Her name was Emma and she was currently wearing a purple and yellow costume with a mask that had an opening for the lower portion of her face.
She noticed Night Warrior had stolen an old item Theo had made at least two years ago and ran to tell him.
"This is a troubling development, Thank you Emma. You go ahead to prepare for your show tomorrow, I'll handle this" Theo stated.
Emma nodded as she headed upstairs.
While the heroes were distracted and Theo was preparing to go after Night Warrior, The heroes of the Night Den were off duty and currently asleep. All except Tatou.
He was still awake doing extensive research with his pet Dylan observing his progress.
Silver Sorceline got the luna moths to use the Night Den's computer to locate Sunfang and the other heroes.
Neige Félin and Renarde were still out of the city on their mission; One had just found a scroll on the history of Mystery Mountain while the other had found scrolls on 'The Rock of All Power' and Levitation along with other cool ninja techniques.
At that moment, they were on the road trying to get back home as soon as possible.
The moths told Silver Sorceline where Sunfang's house and used her Lunaboard to fly there.
Then she snuck inside the house and took Sunfang's lion totem.
When she escaped quietly through the window, she turned her attention to the other totem building: Tōtemupōru.
The main totem pole HQ had an owl, cat, lizard and armadillo symbol on it which acted as doors for the heroes was located on an island with a small lake in the city park with a bridge.
When she tried to get inside, security system kicked in to keep her out which included a purple blinding beam, projectile furballs and a powerful sound barrier that knocks intruders back in the form of a very long meow.
She tried to encourage her moths to get inside but they couldn't get past the security measures.
When Night Warrior tried to use the amulet, there was a bright red, green and blue light that from the Tōtemupōru HQ in response.
Tigre used his glowing blue stripes to stop Night Warrior in his tracks.
Redwing trapped the ninjalios in a circle of red feathers just as Theo arrived.
"Night Warrior, return the Seed of Orticia at once!" Theo exclaimed.
"So, you finally show your face, Theo. What will your parents think when they realise you're not in bed?" Night Warrior stated.
Theo growled.
"My parents help me get money for my inventions. I doubt anyone but your Ninjalinos knows you go out in blue pyjamas!" he retorted.
Night Warrior was visibly hurt by this remark. The Ninjalinos manged to get him out to the blue strings while Theo was talking.
In response, he got out two balls: one was orange and the other was blue but they both had white dots on them.
They were known as 'Sticky splats', the first version of its kind.
He threw them at Theo but the young genius pressed a button on his watch that created a forcefield around himself and caused the orbs to bounce back at Night Warrior, sticking him onto the ground.
The Ninjalinos laughed at this to Night Warrior's dismay.
Theo picked up the Seed of Orticia carefully which was beside the Ninjalinos.
"Theo, give the seed to us" Redwing stated as Tigre grabbed the amulet from Night Warrior.
"Sorry, Kitty but I'd rather keep it with me so I know it's safe. It was in that museum before and look how that turned out" Theo reminded them.
Redwing sighed.
"Fine, but don't let anything bad anything or do anything bad with it in one of your schemes, got it?" She asked.
"Fine, I promise" Theo replied.
Once the Ninjalinos got Ninja Warrior free again, he scowled.
"This is not over, Selene's strikers! I'll get that amulet someday and eventually uncover what make you so powerful!" he cried as he and the Ninjalinos retreated to one of the ancient temples outside the city.
After Silver Sorceline left the HQ, the main trio began to worry about what happened to Tatou.
In response, his armadillo symbol moved from the main totem pole to the Night Den and his usual room appearing in a glowing orange light where the spare empty room was.
When Silver Sorceline returned with just one totem bracelet, she looked disappointed.
"Cheer up, Sorceline. You'll get another chance tomorrow night. You'll need to get the Terreur nocturnes to distract the heroes so you can uncover the secerets of the totems. Find the legendary Rainbow Dreamer and ask the question. Bring Sunfang's totem bracelet with you" 'Shadow' suggested.
-The following night-
Silver Sorceline did what 'Shadow' had suggested and was now traveling on her lunaboard looking for the jungle Rainbow Dreamer was rumoured to power with his dream.
At this time, a group of explorers had just uncovered a mysterious scroll in Japan called the Scroll of Mystery Mountain along with a book titled he Night of the Cat from Egypt.
However, to Silver Sorceline's surprise, it took about 4 weeks to locate Rainbow Dreamer just to ask her question about the totems.
When she returned home, she was advised to write what she was told in a notebook titled 'The secret of the Totems' anonymously.
Once she knew the secrets, 'Shadow' finally revealed her true name to the young sorceress and why she was even helping her (well more like bits and pieces).
Although, that story will be told another time.
While Silver Sorceline had been away, Pink Gill and Mystique blanc had been facing the wolf gang teens on their own.
Pink Gill lured one of the wolf teens near the lake and activated 'salamander gills' which allowed the young hero to breath like a salamander.
The wolf teen jumped in after Pink Gill and got into a fist fight.
Mystique blanc on the other hand used the unicorn magic against the wolf teens' super howl.
The teens smiled.
"How about you take your wolf pack and leave?" Mystique growled.
Just then, the two heroes got an alert.
"Guys, I can't find my totem!" Sunfang cried.
Renarde and Neige Félin arrived back in the city at this time with their discovered scrolls for the museum
As they deactivated their camouflage, the Terreur nocturnes ran past with the amulet.
"Sunfang, We'll help you find your totem after we defeat these rascals" Renarde stated as the duo rushed after the mischievous trio.
"The plan is working a treat" the rat member smirked while running.
"Don't give it away or they'll be on to us" The worm member whispered.
"They're already chasing us, you idiot!" The fly member cried.
As the trio led the felines away to the outskirts of the city, 'Shadow' dropped a device close by to get Renarde's attention.
Renarde stopped while Neige Félin kept going and picked up the device.
"Hello, Renarde. Would you like to help with a little project?" 'Shadow' asked.
Renarde was shocked.
"Who...how...what?!" the fox hero gasped.
"Ssssh. Everything will make sense soon." 'Shadow' stated as she threw dust on Renarde to knock the hero out.
Neige Félin threw an orb at the Terreur nocturnes which froze the rat member's legs as the other two kept running.
"Give the amulet back!" Neige Félin cried.
The trio laughed maliciously.
"Your partner is no longer here" One of them pointed out.
Neige Félin turned around to see no one behind him in shock but accelerated the bike.
Meanwhile...
Mystique blanc forced the wolf teens to scram as Pink Gill came out of the lake with the last wolf teen in hand.
"We better look for that totem quickly. If those villians discover its secrets, we and future generations will be doomed!" Pink Gill exclaimed.
Mystique activated the coms quickly.
"Renarde, are you there?" the unicorn hero asked.
There was Static.
"He's not answering. Neige Félin, we need back-up" Mystique said.
"Call the Selene strikers then" Neige Félin replied.
So, Mystique tried Tigre who picked up.
Tigre and Newt used the gecko-mobile to meet up with Mystique and Pink Gill.
Together, they went out to search for Renarde and Sunfang's totem.
-At the same time-
Theo recalled the time he almost uncovered the heroes' power source and got an idea.
He was going to create something that could rival the heroes' power but to do that he needed at least one totem to start off.
Silver Sorceline allowed Theo to analyse the lion totem as well as she didn't really know how to activate its powers on her own and used it to find the others which he stole when no one was looking.
He began to study its inner workings when he analysed it as he also studied how the heroes used their abilities in action more frequently as more notes were added to his notebook.
His new project was named 'Operation COMBAT'.
As he began to work on the blueprints of his devices, he got a unexpected surprise by 'Shadow'.
"Young Theo, I know someone you can add on your list" 'Shadow' stated.
"Oh, you're back. Shouldn't I address you with a name?" Theo asked.
"You can call me 'Shadow' for now as I can't just reveal my name to EVERYONE" 'Shadow' pointed out.
"Anyway, as I was saying; There was this figure a night ago who stole a book right. Well I managed to figure out the name: Talin. She's a perfect candidate!" she added.
Theo pondered for a second.
"I'll add her to the list, can you locate her for me?" he suggested.
There was silence as 'Shadow' had already left.
Feeling puzzled by her helpfulness, Theo continued to work on his devices.
As the days past, he eventually told Emma about his project to see if she could help him when he needed more candidates to test them out.
Time past as the children, Hero and villain, got older.
Energyboy went away to America for a while to try to help any cities in need there but it was a temporary arrangement.
When they were all about 12 or so, most of the totems were given up to give to the next generation as future gifts.
At first, only the dark green Heron totem, pink rhino totem, white unicorn, Pink Salamander (Axolotol) Totem and a red deer totem were given up.
They were the necessary additional blueprints for his latest project and studied them in great detail.
Theo got Emma to help him find Talin once three of his prototype devices were ready.
One of those devices was going to be modified after the first test run.
"I have two pictures of other candidates: Alison and Lowell (pronounced LO-əl)" He continued as he got out pictures of them.
Alison had tan skin, dark brown hair with a purple headband and green eyes.
Lowell was a young boy with fair skin, light brown hair and green blue eyes.
After about 2 hours, Emma returned with Talin who kept her handmade mask on.
Once all three candidates were present, Theo gave them the devices which was dog tags to try out.
Talin raised her hand at a dart board and fired aqua green and pink light energy.
Alison, while not quite sure what the powers would be, ran towards the wall of Theo's lab and began to climb like a squirrel.
When she jumped, she instinctively glided to the floor like a flying squirrel.
Lowell looked at his dog tag in confusion.
"How exactly am I supposed to know what this does?" he asked.
"That's the beauty of it; You're helping me find out its capabilities Lowell" Theo replied confidently.
Lowell began to smell different scents in different place either down or up wind.
Talin was able to summon wings and a full-on costume with her device that was mainly purple, pink and green in colour.
That's when Theo knew the test was a success.
"Well, everyone I'll call you back once I've given the other devices a test run with the other candidates. Then I'll let you know when I plan to activate the rest of 'Operation COMBAT', so for now you can keep the devices so I can monitor your progress with them. In about 4 weeks time, I'll ned them back as I can modify and perfect all of them for combat use" Theo explained.
As the weeks past, he found four more people from Strasbourg to test the other device but when it was time to get the first three devices back Talin didn't return.
All of the candidates' names were recorded in a notebook with his blueprints.
Then his parents told him that he had to put his project on hold because of limited funding was being allow by their boss.
So he put away what dog tags he had in a box with his notes and blueprints in a very safe place and wrote down clues to find it in case he needed them again.
"Well my work here, for now, is done. Now to watch everything unfold like the stars" 'Shadow' stated.
At the same time, a lady in her late 40's with pink curly hair, magpie-themed glasses and a magpie themed black and white outfit flying on an umbrella flew down from the sky.
Beside her was a five year old girl with blue eyes and blond hair with pigtails coming out of her white face mask wearing a white dress, gloves and boots on a cloud.
"This is earth, Lilifée. We're going to observe this city first as part of your sky dream guardian training" Magistress stated.
"So, do we observe everyone here without being seen?" Lilifée asked.
"Yes. Although, I have fought them personally once" Magistress replied.
The duo observed Neige Félin and Renarde giving up their totems as Neige Félin put thief in gift boxes in the attic for the future while Renarde was no longer aware of the team status while giving up the fox totem for 'Shadow' as a safety net for the future .
Magistress' magpies enhanced their view of the city and picked up activity in the shadows.
'Shadow' noticed one of the magpies and took it out shadow energy before smirking.
"Now this is getting more interesting" she stated.
Just got to wait for the heroes and villians except Theo to give up their items she thought.
Talin was in her room, still in possessed of the 'Arsène Lupin' book 'Shadow' had given her and reading with intrigue.
-To be continued-
So, here's chapter 2. I apologise for taking so long but it had to be this long to get to the 'meat' of things. I know you were hoping for the question about the totems to be answered in this story but I'm saving that mystery for the other one.
I do enjoy foreshadowing other things and well 'Shadow' will reveal her name eventually but you guys have to guess which story this will happen in.
You may have noticed that there's other characters from the books and in-universe heroes that appear in this chapter. Yes, that is intentional. (Arsène Lupin is an important character that was created in 1905 and has significance later)
Anyway, when we get to the present day stuff I'll make sure to show the relationship between Night Ninja and his uncle, Romeo with his dad and the heroes with their parents.
Oh and keep in mind that Luna Girl spent her Christmases alone until the Christmas episode (it's important).
So yeah, sorry for the long wait. Here's a mini glossary:
-TAKESHI means fierce warrior in Japanese
Tatou is armadillo in French
tigre bleu is blue tiger in French
Renarde is vixen in French
Mystique blanc is White Mystic in French
Neige Félin' is white Feline in French
Marron mâle is Brown Buck in French
Masque Ombre is Mask Shadow in French
Lowell is Small Wolf in French
Talin is unclear in French
Alison is noble in French
Terreur nocturnes is night terrors (The Mascoundrels' predecessors)
I'm sure the big question on your minds is: 'will we see these heroes and villians again and why do the totems exist?'
Well once the past stuff is concluded and I cover how Amaya, Greg and Connor met each other, got their totem bracelets and faced Romeo, Night Ninja and Luna girl for the first time (plus Armadillian joining the team for a little while), then that question will be answered in 'A PJ Masks Night Adventure' because some mysteries have to be left for solving for the children (and Patch) ?
I know I haven't shown that much of their personalities as heroes, I haven't figured out what their real names should be just yet minus Theo and Night Warrior. So, feel free to suggest names.
In case you can't tell, I'm also foreshadowing a third story that I have planned that a collaboration, I put it on my timeline for the show. Oh and one more thing when 'A PJ masks Night Adventure' is complete, I'll reveal where the stories fit in my overall timeline as well and 'Shadow' will also appear in my Side missions story as well?
(I know I write too much but I really can't help it, it's my passion).
See ya next time!
Grace out!
PS: My Main OC has met the PJ Masks in 'Universal Knights Stage two: Aku's Plan' once.