Mezmo groaned as he helped load up the last bit of timber they needed to build the stupid tree house waving at Rattla to drive off with it.
"Thissss issss ssssso degrading."
"I agree, sooooo why are you doing it?" Mezmo yelped and spun around eye's widening at the imposing wolf headed figure.
"W-W-W-WEREWOLF!" Dusk blinked and looked up at the cloudy sky taking note of the moon
"...You do know it's a Waning cresent don't you?" Dusk pointed out.
"Y-You can't trick me monssssster!" Dusk flinched eye's hardening at the insult.
"Why are you taking wood?" He snarled the snake yelping and trembling in fear.
"Thesssssse little bratssss have our general under a ssssspell and are forccccceing ussss to build a tree houssssse for them insssssstead of getting our ssssstaff back from the Ninja!" Dusk hummed frowning at the snake.
"And just where is this tree house?"
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"This is going great Gene! We should have done this before the heist in Jermonikai." Brad laughed a little lieing back on a plank two disgruntled Hypnobrai where carrying like a platform.
"Hey! Your the one that wanted candy!" Gene pointed out looking over crude blueprints he had made of the tree house glaring at a snake who gulped hoping he wasn't going to get humiliated. "You! booby trap that elevator!" The snake nodded and hurried to do it to get away from the mini dictators, Skales glared from the shadows fangs gritted in irritation half tempted to try his take over then and push the children from the high tree house.
The sound of them hitting the ground would be music to his ears after their whining.
He sighed and seemed to stare off into space eye's glowing dully as he looked threw the eye's of the black ninja, he smirked gathering from the conversations he could hear that they had no idea how to find them. he frowned a little seeing that the white one wasn't there but dismissed it, he didn't matter that much and they where rather well hidden even if the twin nightmares picked the location.
"Sssssskales!" He winced cutting the connection turning to face the snake that used to be his mentor and was now just a simple lap dog for the humans.
"Yessss General?" He hissed stooping low in a mocking bow not that Slitheraa noticed looking over the rest of the tribe.
"The other'ssssss work while you lazzzzze about, hardly a good image for my ssssssecond in command." Skale's eye twitched looking out at the tree house and sneering.
"Forgive me for not ssssssseeing the point of thisssssss endever, sssssnakesssss don't belong in treesssss after all." He snidely commented hoping that maybe a little common sence would get threw to the hypnotized general.
"Thisssss isssss for the two who ssssssaved usssssss! Tell me would you like to have remained trapped in the iccccccce cavesssss?! Get to work." Slitheraa snapped Skales glaring gritting his fangs.
"Ssssssnakesssss alssssso aren't sssssservents." He growled slinking away to speak with some of the hypnobrai who had completly lost faith in their General, he'd probably have to step up his plan if this kept up, he just couldn't stand the general and was moments away from attacking him Staff or no staff.
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The falcon cawed to the white Ninja encouraging him to keep up with his wing beats trying not to roll his eye's at the other stopping for breath. honestly walking such a chore, flying was much better, faster and less energy needed. letting the other have the quick brake he flew ahead and landed in a branch covered by the shadows of the leaves glinting gold eye's peering out once more wishing he could smirk.
Jackpot.
the strange snake like creatures he'd seen rather unflattering murals of where still there trying to build the strange...thing in the trees. the falcon cocked his head reminded a little of attempted 'Bird houses' he'd seen a young class of children making...Before they threw stones at him for 'Scaring the pretty birdys away' which he privetly though of as unfair discrimination.
and besides the ugly things had been to small for him, yet more discrimination against a bird of his build. he was drawn out of his musing by the soft sound of footsteps disturbing the leaves. he listened deducing the steps where to soft and carefully chosen for one of the strange snakes and spread his wings silently taking off from the branch and swooping down in-front of the startled Ninja.
"What is it you wish to show me my mysterious friend?" The falcon could have cawed for joy, Friend, he was a friend! that took a load off his mind though he reminded his self not to push it and take this tentative friendship slowly before he showed the other what he truly wanted to. carefully flapping his wings trying not to hit the others head with his feathers he alighted on his shoulder claws catching on the pristine white fabric motioning forward with his beak. the Ninja smiled and petted him quitely walking in the direction he motioned the falcon closing his eyes and feeling a pang of jealousy against cat's for being able to purr. he'd missed being petted, his feathers being gently smoothed and-there it was! he cooed softly as the area of fluffy feathers around his neck was scratched enjoying the moment.
With a heavy heart he softly nudged the hand away remembering he had to get back soon and pointed upward with his wing watching the others eye's widen in disbelief seeing the tribe of serpents in the trees. using that as a distraction he rubbed his beak against the others cheek in a quick goodbye and took off quickly gaining altitude and souring on a air current ignoring the surprised call for him to come back. He wished he could, he really did. but other pieces had to be in place,everything had to be right before he could show the other what he needed to.
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Cole sighed a cool wet towel over his eye's to block out the light and soothe his headache trying his best to relax the distant sounds of Kai and Jay sparring reassuring him that his team where ok...
Mostly.
Zane had vanished a few hours ago and while Sensai Wu had repeatedly reassured him that sometimes going off on your own was something people did (Cole could kinda relate though to be fair he was running away not just going walk about) but worry still nagged at him, this was his team, they needed and depended on him to keep them together. He couldn't do that if one of their own was AWOL...Or with his head feeling like it was about to crack open but a headache just needed a lie down and some aspirin.
A missing Ninja was a hole other kettle of fish.
He frowned hearing the sound of fighting stop and muffled talking a loud cheer making him sit up wondering what was going on taking off his towel and getting out of bed wincing at the increased pounding and the rising urge to either throw up or cower in a corner till his brain stopped trying to escape his skull. He sighed rubbing his forehead and steeled his self refusing to show weakness in front of the others walking out and smiling.
"Zane! Your back!" The blonde turned and stared at him in his odd way (something he'd weirdly done a lot of since the attack) before smiling.
"Yes I returned, and I know where the Serpentine and those odd children are." there was a moment of silence after the others matter of fact tone.
"WHAT?! You found them?!" Jay yelped grabbing his golden Nunchucks from where he dropped them after seeing Zane come home. "We gotta go like right now!" Zane blinked.
"I don't think we need to be in such a-"
"Jay's right the Snakes could vanish again at any moment!" Cole agreed ducking in to grab his Scythe. Zane blinking confused.
"I really don't think we need to worr-"
"Come on Zane hurry up!" The blonde sighed realizing finally that the others where done listening to him and just wanted to go fight the serpentine the white ninja pulling his hood over his face and double checking he had his Shriken safe in their pouch. he looked up frowning wishing the falcon would come back, he quite liked the bird, before shaking it off and running ahead the others following in his wake.
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"Get in there!" The child yelped as they where roughly thrown in a small dingy room a broken sink and badly stained mattress the only other objects in it. The child whimpered curling up small frame shaking as they looked up at the man who threw them in.
"Hey! Get the brat to shut up!" Another male apparently the boss of this place screamed the man grinning darkly at the terrified child.
"Sure think boss!" The kid screamed as they where dragged to their feet by the hair and slammed face first into the sharp edge of the broken porcelain falling to the ground out cold. Callously the man picked up the limp child and dumped them on the bed after checking the pulse not caring about the jagged wound sure to scar their face.
"Finally some quite." the boss muttered as his laky locked the door smirking counting out the cash he'd just got for this shipment.
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Hey! :3 Heheh got out a chapter before christmas XD there probably won't be a christmas 'spasific' chapter for this story, maybe a stand alone oneshot if I find the inspiration for it...and my Pokemon let me have time away from them...Damn X and Y is addicting...
Anyway thanks for the reviews and I'm glad the pairing's haven't turned anyone off the story :3