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Chapter 6
"Where are we going?" Nya asked, slightly out of breath, as she followed Lloyd through the woods.
"I'm not exactly sure." the green ninja replied, slowing a bit as the woods thickened. "They'll find us if we can't find them." it was about an hour after sunset, and Morro, Lloyd, Nya, and Zane had headed out into the woods to try and enlist the help of the Shadelings. Morro and Lloyd were going, of course, because they had already met the creatures of the night and hopefully Ni wouldn't attack them. Nya and Zane were just curious to see the strange creatures. Morro didn't tell anyone, but the real reason he came along – Lloyd could have handled it just fine on his own – was to keep an eye on Lloyd. He had made a promise to protect the younger boy, and he was determined to keep it. After a few minutes of running, the four emerged into a small clearing. Lloyd lifted a hand, signalling for them to stop, and the four halted in the center of the ring of trees. "Ni!" the green ninja shouted into the darkness. "We need to talk to you!" Except for leaves rustling and crickets chirping, the forest was silent. "Ni?" he called again.
"Hello." Startled, Morro spun around to see the Shadeling Queen crouching on a low tree branch directly behind them, smirking at their surprise. "What do you need, human and ghossst?" she asked, leaping down from the branch and landing with barely a sound.
"Amazing." Zane remarked as Ni drew herself up to her full height of over six feet.
"What is thisss?" the Shadeling Queen frowned, approaching Zane slowly. "It looksss like a human, but it hasss no ssscent. Are you a ghossst?"
"I am Zane. I'm a robot. A Nindroid, if you will." the ice master replied.
"What'sss a "nindroid if you well"?" Ni asked, tilting her head.
"I'm... like a metal person."
"Hmm. I have never ssseen any of you before." she poked Zane's shoulder with one clawed finger before turning to Lloyd. "You didn't anssswer my quessstion. What do you want, human?"
"It's Lloyd. And we need your help." the blond ninja replied.
"Help?" Ni frowned. "Help with what?"
"Well... have you heard of the Overlord?"
"All Shadelingsss know the tale. It was passsed down by our anscestors from the time of the Firssst Ssspinjitzu Massster."
"Well, um, he's back, and he's too much for us to handle. Will you and your tribe help us fight him?"
"Fight the Overlord?" Ni frowned, stepping away from Zane. "He is evil. He cannot be defeated."
"We already know he's evil. And we already killed him twice." Nya pointed out. "He just came back."
"No, I meansss..." the winged woman hesitated. "He is... all evil. True evil."
"Pure evil?" Zane inputted helpfully.
"Yesss. Pure evil." she nodded. "He cannot be killed. Only ssstopped for a time."
"Oh. I guess that explains what Kai said, then." Morro spoke up.
"What is a Kai?" Ni asked.
"Kai's a... Kai was a friend." Lloyd's face fell, probably remembering Kai's attempt to either kill him or kidnap him. They weren't sure which. "The Overlord... infected him. Made him evil."
"I didn't know he could make othersss evil." Ni frowned. "How?"
"It's complicated. Back to my original question, will you help us?"
"It dependsss. What exactly do you need my help with?"
"Well, if it comes down to an army against an army, there are lots of Shadelings, right?"
"Yesss."
"An army of Shadelings would be instrumental in a large battle. Also, your race is almost invisible in the dark. You could send some of them to spy on the enemy." After a moment, Lloyd added, "Y'know, if we can ever find them."
"When sssend another when I can do it myself?" Ni smirked, flapping her wings. "I would be a far better ssspy. I can fly."
"Are you the only Shadeling with wings?" Nya asked curiously.
"Of thisss generation, yesss." the Shadeling Queen nodded. "I will inform my daughter of this and let her rule in my placcce. Then I will meet you back at your home." she backed away before they had a chance to answer and vanished into the night. The four in the clearing stood in silence for a few moments before Morro spoke up.
"We should head back to the Monastery. Since she can fly, it won't take her long to join us there."
"If she doesn't beat us there, that is." Lloyd agreed. "Come on." with that, the four turned around and began the walk back to the Monastery.
ReturnOfTheOverlord
"Great. Perfect." Wrayth grumbled, staring at the Monastery from his spot underneath a tree. "Morro was running around in the middle of the night. If he doesn't go to sleep soon, we'll have to wait until tomorrow night!"
"Shh. I know." Bansha hushed him as she lay on her stomach on the grass, watching the Monastery through her binoculars. "Lights are turning off. Hopefully that means they're going to sleep. We'll need to get closer to know for sure, though."
"Right." Wrayth nodded. "Should we go now?"
"No..." Bansha shook her head. "Wait half an hour. That'll give them a chance to go to sleep."
"Fine." Wrayth leaned back against the tree with a sigh. The minutes slowly ticked by as the two waited, hoping they would get a chance to finish their mission tonight and get back to base. Finally, thirty minutes had gone by and the partners silently floated down the slope towards the Monastery. After a brief discussion, they agreed to split up and check all the windows in the hopes of finding Morro's bedroom. Unfortunately, ten minutes later, they had searched the first floor all the way around and found no sign of Morro. They then had to climb onto the first roof, which was the only way onto the second level of windows. After a difficult climb up an almost-sheer wall, they began checking the next row of windows. As Bansha was about to check the fourth window on her side, she heard their signal that they'd found something from Wrayth – a soft whistle that was inconspicuous enough to be a birdcall. However, the fact that he didn't just use her name meant that someone was listening. And that meant she had to be careful. Silently, she floated around to join her partner, who was crouching on the tile next to an open window. He motioned towards the window and she cautiously peeked inside. Morro was sitting on his bed, leaning against the wall with a book in his hands. He was side awake, and appeared to be reading silently. Could they take him on even though he was awake? Suddenly, the wind master looked up and Bansha ducked out of sight, desperately hoping he hadn't seen her. After a moment, she heard soft footsteps, not coming towards her but moving away. Cautiously, she lifted her head, looking into the room just in time to see him phase through the wall and vanish. Where was he going?! Motioning for Wrayth to follow her, Bansha moved on to the next window, inside which Indigo lay, asleep, on her bed. He wasn't in here. Moving on, Bansha found an empty room, then the water ninja's room, then Lloyd's room. Just as she was about to pass it, Morro appeared. Quickly jerking her and Wrayth out of sight, she carefully peeked through the wooden frame as Morro approached the green ninja's bed. The wind master stared down at Lloyd – who was curled up in a ball on his bed – with a soft smile on his face. After a moment, Morro backed away and sat down against the wall opposite the bed, watching the younger boy while he slept. After waiting for a few minutes – in which Morro did absolutely nothing – it became evident to the ghosts that he wasn't going to leave. And even if he did fall asleep, attacking him would almost undoubtedly wake both him and Lloyd, and they didn't have a chance against them together. Defeated, the two climbed down from the roof and went back to the woods, preparing to wait another full day for another chance to attack.
So yep. Morro single-handedly thwarted a kidnapping attempt without even realizing it. Nyeh heh heh.
Lloyd: Soo... do we have any questions?
Me: I don't know. Probably. But we only have 6 minutes left so we can't do them.
Lloyd: Aww.
Dark Kai: Whew.
Me: 5 MINUTES LEFT also shut up Kai.
Dark Kai: NO!
Me: YES!
Dark Kai: NO!
Me: This is pointless.
Dark Kai: MMMMPHMMPHMMMMMPH!
Lloyd: I didn't know you had the power to create duct tape.
Me: I do. 4 MINUTES LEFT gotta post this BYE YALL
~FFF