Chapter Six: The Phantom Thief needs help from the ninjas!
Kai leaned forward as his motorcycle surged through the woods, following the road to where Garmadon was building a new monastery. His heart thudded loudly as everything that went wrong with his life flashed through his mind. Starting with, surprisingly, when Whipstar gave him his scar. Pushing the negative thought back to the back of his mind, he skidded his motorcycle to a stop behind a collection of trailers and tents. Turning his bike off, he shoved the key into his back pocket as he slipped into the maze of camping equipment and construction zone. Eventually he stopped upon seeing his target standing next to her husband.
"How can Kai and Lloyd be missing? Surely they just missed them or something." Misako was saying as she frowned, confused about how the two ninjas could have disappeared.
Garmadon shook his head as he shoved his hands into his front pockets. "Well, that is what my brother told me. Apparently Kai's motorcycle is gone too, so they think he went somewhere without telling anyone. No idea about Lloyd though…" Garmadon frowned; worry creasing his brow as he thought about his only child.
Kai cleared his throat, worry creasing his brow as he thought about what he was about to do. Everything was about to change. "Misako? Can I have a word with you in private?"
"Kai!" Misako and Garmadon both jumped into the air as they suddenly realized that one of the ninjas that they were talking about was standing right behind them. Misako took a quick, steadying breath, before nodding. "Of course. The little old silver trailer on the left is being used as my personal office. You can wait for me in there."
"Thank you Misako." Kai felt relief flood him that he didn't have to work really hard into getting her to agree to talk with him. Whipstar was right. They trusted him.
"I'll call my brother and tell him that you are here. He's really worried about you." Garmadon pulled his phone out of his pocket, relief flashing across his face.
"Sorry…it couldn't wait and it's better if I do this in person instead of over the phone." Kai rubbed the back of his neck, silently cursing himself out for forgetting that there were others in his life besides Nya now.
"It's alright Kai. At least you're safe. Do you know where Lloyd is at?" Garmadon paused right before he pushed the talk button on it to call Sensei.
Kai winced visibly, the memory of Whipstar and his men taking the youngest ninja still way too raw. "Yeah...I believe I have a good idea on where he is at." Whipstar typically kept his prisoners in the same hidden room.
"Alright then…" Garmadon frowned, as if noticing that Kai wasn't too pleased with wherever Lloyd was at. "Go wait for Misako in her office."
"Alright." Kai hurried away, quickly locating the trailer that Misako had told him. Pulling the door open he walked inside…and immediately regretted doing so. For right there on top of her desk was the scroll that Whipstar wanted.
Kai glanced behind him to make sure that no one was watching him, before walking over and picking the scroll up. Curiosity flooded him, wondering what was so important about this one scroll… Whipstar hadn't told him, though knowing the crime lord it was something extremely important. Shaking his head ruefully, he sat it back down and went to sit down on one of the old armchairs in the trailer.
The door creaked open as Misako walked into the trailer suddenly, a smile on her face, though her eyes betrayed the fact she was still worried on the whereabouts of her son. Closing the door behind her, she turned to face Kai. "So…what is so important that you don't tell the others that you're coming to talk to me?" Kai felt himself freeze up, his eyes taking in the little similarities between Lloyd and his mother. Tears slid down his cheek, even as he collapsed to the ground. "Kai? What's wrong?" Misako wrapped a supportive arm around the troubled teen. All that did was make the dams really burst.
"I'm sorry! It was just some ibuprofen cause Nya was sick and needed it…" Kai rubbed at his eyes, trying to stop the tears from flowing. He failed miserably.
"Kai…I don't understand." Misako rubbed his back gently, trying to calm him down.
"I'm the Phantom Thief. Nya got sick one day so I took some ibuprofen from Whipstar so she could get better. Now he has Lloyd and wants me to steal that scroll on your desk in exchange for Lloyd's safety and I don't want to…" Kai hiccupped softly as he sniffled, struggling to keep himself calm.
Misako stilled, her mind reeling. She knew that the Emperor wanted the ninjas to find the Phantom Thief…but how exactly where they supposed to do that if one of them was the Phantom Thief? "Wait…does Nya know this?"
"Miraculously no." Kai took a shuddering breath, wiping frantically at his eyes. "I lost count of how many times someone called me Phantom Thief in front of her, and she doesn't remember that particular incident."
Misako hummed, her mind reeling as she tried to figure out what to do with Kai's problem. "Kai…you need to tell the others…especially Nya."
Kai pulled his knees to his chest, a sigh escaping him. "I had a feeling you were gonna say that."
"I'll call them. You need to get a hold of yourself." Misako hugged him tightly, before standing up and leaving, pulling her phone out of her pocket.
~Back with Cole~
Cole drummed his fingers as he tried to figure out why Kai would leave to talk to Misako without telling any of them. Just then, the wall phone they had installed for the school started ringing, startling Cole. Lifting a hand up, he snagged the phone of the hook, bringing it to his ear.
"Hello?"
"Cole…its me. Misako."
"Oh! Hi Misako. What brings you to call us?"
"The Phantom Thief as revealed himself to me…and needs our help to rescue his little brother."
"The Phantom Thief has a little brother!?" Cole screeched loudly, causing the others to come running into the room. "Wait…I thought that Kai was the one that arrived to talk to you. Not the Phantom thief."
"Oh…did I forget to mention that the Phantom Thief apparently is Kai and by little brother I MEAN MY BABY, SO GET OVER HERE THIS INSTANT!" Cole pulled the phone away from his ear, alarm flaring across his face.
Once he was sure that she was not yelling at him, he moved it back to his ear. "Why couldn't Kai tell us when Sensei told us that the Emperor wanted us to find the Phantom Thief?" Cole began walking away from the desk, gesturing for the others to get going to the garage. "And don't worry. We'll be there as soon as possible. Without breaking any laws."
"Thank you Cole. Another thing, apparently Nya doesn't know any of this and uh, Kai is an emotional mess right now so please be careful."
"On it!" Cole hung up the phone before sprinting out to the garage. "Come on! Lloyd's been kidnapped and Kai is being an emotional mess right now. Oh…and we seriously need to talk to Kai about the Phantom Thief."
"Why not ask the Phantom Thief? I mean, by the sounds of things he's with Misako." Jay questioned as he sprinted after Cole.
"Yeah…that's the part that we need to talk to Kai about. He's the Phantom Thief and Lloyd's been kidnapped and he's an emotional mess. Any other questions…and no, Nya doesn't know anything about this." Cole grabbed the keys to his motorcycle.
Nya jumped onto her motorcycle, her face pensive. "Seeing as I am definitely as shocked as the rest of you, no, I did not know that Kai was the Phantom Thief!"
A/N: Done! So yeah…if you guessed Kai, congratulations you guessed correctly! So yeah since we're this far along in the story means that I am almost done with it. Soo, you liked Kai's little meltdown?
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