Chapter 9
Chocolate Love and the Ambush
This chapter is for my mom and brother as well as anyone who has a chocolate addiction! :D That makes minus all dogs and me. XD
LuckyBrick123: :) Thank you!
FireIce: Who did you suspect?
jaya forever: Sweet! We fangirls unite to save them!
wafflestheninja: Apparently not. XD
nindroidzane: I bet she doesn't. :D
"Ooh, Zane, what about this one?" Pixal stops patting Zan's back and points to a heart shaped, milk chocolate, with white dribbles on it.
"Whatever you like." Zane smiles and plays with Pix's fingers.
"What do you want?" she asks.
"I'm not particularly fond of chocolate," Zane admits.
"Oh?" Pixal says and turns to the lady behind the counter, "We would like a box of five of these types." She points to various chocolates and her husband chuckles, shaking his head.
As the woman works she speaks in a cheery tone. "You two have gorgeous children. They resemble you two."
"Thank you," Zane responds as he hands her the money, "Keep the change."
He picks up the bags of sweets and both head outside to the hover van, where his brothers are waiting for them. "It's about time you two," Jay grumbles as he starts the vehicles.
"I could have done it in five seconds flat," Cole crosses his arms, leaning back in the passenger seat.
"Well if that's the case," Zane opens the bag, showing five boxes of chocolate, "then I guess Pixal and I will eat all of these."
"No!" Lloyd wails, eyeing the sweets longingly.
"Ah, come on!" Kai groans and pats Pix's hair. "You tell your mommy and daddy to be nice." The baby coos and starts grabbing bits of Kai's spiky hair.
"I'm sorry. Pretty please?" Jay pleads.
"I want some!" Nya joins in.
"Okay, okay," Pixal laughs.
"We were merely messing around with you," Zane tells them.
"Aw!" Lloyd nearly chokes as he stuffs his moth with chocolate-covered strawberries, "Zane has a sense of humor!"
"Yeah, give me some too!" Jay stretches a hand out and grabs a pacifier. "Ha ha ha! Very funny guys! Oh dang it!" The lightning ninja slams on the breaks as a black van cuts them off, causing the vehicle to hit a streetlight.
"Is everyone okay?" Kai asks.
"Yeah," Lloyd responds, but Zan isn't too thrilled apparently. The boy baby is screaming and the window where Jay is shatters out of nowhere. Something grabs him and drags him out of the vehicle, though no one can see anything.
"Jay!" Cole shouts and grabs his leg, but whatever has a hold of him is too powerful, and throws both outside on the asphalt.
"Pixal, Nya, stay inside and protect the children," Zane instructs the two and opens his door, followed by Kai and Lloyd.
"Okay, be careful," Pixal tells them. Once the three ninja hit the street, they meet a horrible sight…nothing.
"Where did they go?" Kai exclaims and bolts to the vehicle that cut them off, "Nothing in here." Zane hurries over and examines the interior before scanning for fingerprints. "Did you find anything?"
"No. There aren't even any fingerprints in here," the ice ninja responds.
"Meaning?"
"The driver wasn't human."
"Uh, guys? We've got company," Lloyd announces.
Another van comes up behind them, filled with… "Nindroids!" Pixal shouts.
"Girls, get out of here while you have the chance!" Zane waves at them frantically.
"No, I won't abandon you!" Pixal protests.
"I can fight though!" Nya shouts, while both girls get out of the car, each holding a crying baby. "You know I'm the best fighter!"
"Sure," Lloyd rolls his eyes, "When you have help from a mech."
"Just go and protect the children!" Zane says.
On cue, the droids begin piling out of the vehicle and Zane gets in front of the girls so they have a chance of escape. He blasts the first row with ice as Pixal and Nya take off, across the deserted road and into the bushes.
Zane, Kai, and Lloyd stand in a tight back-to-back formation, charging up their powers. "Ready?" Zane confirms.
"Ready," Lloyd responds and Kai nods.
"Ninja go!" the trio shouts in unison.
