They arrived soon and came into the cafe.
Kristy greeted them. She noticed rani. "Who's this?"
"This is Rani." Randy introduced, trying to avoid other questions about her.
Kristy nodded and led them to a room. "She can rest in here."
Randy went in and gently laid Rani down on the mattress.
"So what are you guys doing here?"
Randy tucked Rani in. "Hiding. Nightshade's trying to kill us again but this time she has company." Randy told her before walking out of the room.
Kristy followed with Rachel right behind her. "Company?"
Randy glanced at them. "Yeah. It's kind of complicated."
"Yeah..." Rachel replied.
Kristy looked at them. "Stay as long as you need."
"Thanks Kristy." Randy said and stopped by one of the rooms.
"Of course."
"I think I'll just rest for a bit." Randy said. "Which room is..."
"The left one. Rachel's bunking with me." She replied.
"Ok. Again thanks." Randy replied and went into his room to de-ninja.
Rachel deninjaed in Kristy's' room and sighed.
Randy sat in his room, thinking about Nightshade and shadow Jamie. "...It's just like the Julian incident, minus the future Nightshade. Augh, which means Jamie's in the land of shadows." He said to himself and glanced at the bag with orb inside.
Rachel was resting and rani was sleeping peacefully.
After a bit there was a knock on Kristy's door.
Rachel looked up and Kristy got the door.
Randy was standing by the door. "Hey. Could I talk to Rachel?"
Kristy smiled and nodded. "Go ahead. I need to go work anyway." she headed downstairs and Rachel looked at randy.
Randy stepped in. "So...I been thinking about what happened. And I think Jamie might be in the land of shadows."
"Oh great."
"Yeah. Sorry for being the bearer of bad news." He said with a sigh. "But at least if we find a way in, we can find a way out."
"Right..."
Randy then silently glanced down. "...Guess I'm just worried. About them."
"So am I."
He nodded his head before backing out of the room.
Rachel soon fell asleep.
Randy went into his room and turned in for the night, in hopes that he would find some peace in his sleep.
Rani found herself in a vision. She looked around and saw her brother on a floating rock not far from her. "Jamie!" She cried.
Jamie's eyes widened at the sound of her voice and quickly looked towards her. "...Rani!? Is that really you?"
She started crying happily and quickly came over. "Kind of. I...I think I'm dreaming..."
"What?" Jamie questioned with a confused look but he didn't really care, he was just so happy to see her.
"Maybe this is a vision."
"I don't know but I'm just glad to see you." Jamie said as he jumped over to her.
"Same here..."
"...Are you guys ok?" He asked.
"We should be now."
Jamie looked at her. "What do you mean? What happened?"
Rani explained what happened with his shadow self, nightshade and everything he's missed.
When she was finished, Jamie was quiet and glanced down. "I...I can't believe it. I shouldn't have touch that orb."
"It's not your fault."
Jamie nodded his head but still felt kind of bad about what happened.
There was a monster cry not too far from them.
"...Do you think there's a way out of here?"
"Maybe."
"I hope so. I don't want to be trapped here forever." He said and looked at her.
"I'm sure mom and dad are working on it."
He kind of smiled, knowing they probably were. "You didn't touched that orb? Did you?"
"No. I didn't."
"Good." He replied. "Since this is a vision, my advice for you is to stay away from mirrors if you ever do touch a orb."
"Alright. I will."
Jamie then reached out to poke Rani on the shoulder, just to see if she was really there. His hand touched her slightly. "Just making sure." He said.
"I don't know how much longer I'll be here."
"I know..." He replied, quietly and then gave his sister a hug.
She hugged him back.
"I'll miss you. Tell mom and Dad I'm ok."
"I will."
Jamie then tried to enjoy the company while she was there.
She started to fade. "I think I'm waking. I'll see you again soon. I promise."
Jamie nodded as he was now able to see through her. "Okay. I'll be around."
"be safe." she said before jerking awake in an unfamiliar bed.
By the way the sky was lit up, she could tell it was early in the morning.
She slowly got up and looked around.
The place felt familiar. The sounds of traffic picking up came from outside, and soon the sound of someone walking by her door.
She peeked her door open. She saw the back of Randy, who was no longer in his ninja suit. "randy?" she called stepping out of the room some more.
He stopped and looked back at her. "Rani, You're up. How are your feeling?"
"better. By the way Jamie's alright."
"That's good. Wait how do you know that?" Randy questioned.
"I saw him in a vision."
"Vision. Are you sure it wasn't a dream?"
"yes."
"Ok. Well either way, that's good to know." Randy replied.
Rachel was helping in the cafe.
"where's Rachel?"
"I think she's down stairs helping Kristy."
"Ok." she replied before her stomach grumbled. She chuckled awkwardly. "I guess I'm hungry."
Randy kind of smiled. "Good thing we're at the cafe. Come on, we'll get some breakfast."
She smiled and followed happily.
The two came into the cafe part of the building. You could smell the food in the air, not like those fast food places.
"Morning." Randy called out.
Rachel had he hair up in a messy ponytail and kristy looked about the same way.
"morning!" Rachel and kristy replied as rani came over to them, happily.
Once she saw her aunt kristy she brightened and knew exactly where they were.
Randy walked up beside Rani, looking over at what the two girls were doing.
Rachel was refilling costumers drinks while Kristy delivered their food and took their orders. It was like watching a elegant dance as the two moved about in sync.
Randy slightly swallowed. "Whoa...I was going to ask if I could help but..."
Rani giggled.
He then laughed a little. "Yeah. Not that I couldn't do that. If I really had to."
She watched them for a bit and smiled as Rachel came over to give her some food. Bacon and eggs! She also left a plate for randy.
Randy smiled and began to dig into his breakfast.
Meanwhile in The Land Of Shadows, there's Jamie. Still not resorting to eating stalagmites, yet. Though nobody knows how the shadow life survive in this place.
Rani suddenly tensed, sensing Jamie for a brief second.
Randy glanced at her. "...Is there something wrong?"
"I sensed Jamie..."
"Our Jamie or the other one?"
"my brother."
Randy then went quiet and sort of glanced away. He didn't forgot about Jamie, he was just concern in how to bring him back.
Rani looked at him.
Randy noticed her looking at him. "Maybe he's close by?"
"That couldn't be though. He looked to be in a weird dimension."
"Yeah, about that. He's probably in the land of shadows." Randy told her while he fiddled with his hands.
"Land of shadows?"
Randy kind of nodded his head. "Yeah. That's what it's called."
"It's weird. It's pretty bright and colorful for a place called 'land of shadows'."
"Ha, well the place is weird. Especially finding a way out, it's just shnasty." He said.
"Will Jamie be ok?"
"He should be ok...we just have to get him out of there."
"Alright."
Randy almost laughed, if only it was that simple but sooner or later they would have to try to get Jamie back. He glanced at his half empty plate.
Rani continued to eat.
Randy stood up. "I'll be back." He said, moving away from her.
She nodded.
He left and went into his room to check on the orb.
It was still safe in the bag.
Randy sighed and placed it deeper in the closet. He wasn't sure how they were going to get Jamie back before shadow Jamie and Nightshade finds them.
Rani finished eating and sighed.
Randy hadn't come back yet.
Rachel came over. "You ok?"
"Just bored."
Randy snuck out of his room, carrying a bag behind his back.
Rachel smiled slightly. "He'll be ok."
Randy walked through the café, heading towards the door.
Rani saw and followed him.
Randy didn't notice Rani and began to run to the park but towards a quieter part of it.
She continued to follow curiously.
Once in a supposedly good empty space, surrounded by bushes, Randy went ninja and took a deep breath before taking out the orb and holding it out in front of himself. His eyes were pure green as a light shot out of the orb, creating a portal.
Rani gasped and watched.
Randy blinked away the green in his eyes and saw the portal had grew way wider then he had anticipated. "...That better not permanent." He said to himself while putting the orb back in the bag. He then jumped inside the portal.
Rani followed after him.