Hello! Back again! Hope you guy's started the year well! I kinda took a small Vacation from this, because I was celebrating...my birthday...nothing much, but I'm back! So, I guess I'll start this off. Chapter 29!


Randy's Pov

"But I want to help!"

"No!" I said to Carter.

"Come on! I won't get in the way." she said standing in front of my locker.

"You're in the way now." I said, she scowled getting out of the way and I opened my locker.

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"Isn't this the Ninja's decision?" She said.

"He told me to never let you get in the way of this." I said and she folded her arm's. Just as she was about to talk again, Howard came up from behind her.

"Howard! Please! Convince him to let me help you guy's!" She said pulling on his arm.

"If you can't convince him, I don't stand a chance." He said and Carter groaned.

"I can't just do nothing!"

"Uh, Yeah you can." I said turning around to face both of them.

"Come on Cunningham, let the girl help."

"With what?! We've got it under control." I said gesturing to us both, Carter rolled her eye's and walked off somewhere.

"By under control you mean, Have no lead's and have absolutely no clue what McFist is doing?" He said counting with his finger's.

"Not... exactly..." I said rubbing the back of my neck. I sighed as I closed my locker and Howard snickered behind me. "What?"

"So much for not letting her help." He said pointing behind us. I looked at him confused but understood what he said when I turned around.

"You've got to be kidding me." I mumbled as Carter and Daniel walked past us hand in hand. "What is she doing?!" I whispered to Howard. He shrugged.

"Either she's got a plan, or she just like's him more than you." He said and I glared at him. He held his hand's up in defense. "Kidding! I'm kidding!"

"I just... hope she know's what she's doing."


Carter's Pov

"Come on, Danny. I want to see the lab." I said to Daniel. I thought maybe trying to convince him to show me Viceroy's lab, I might find something to help the guy's. And maybe something to clarify thing's in my head.

"Alright fine. Promise to stay in the lab though, Okay?" he said sternly and I nodded. He tapped on his cheek with his finger wanting me to kiss him.

Ew.

I shook my head and pecked his cheek. We walked to the fourth floor of McFist industries until we were at the entrance of Viceroy's lab.

"I have business to attend with my Uncle, I'll come pick you up later." He said Heading toward's the elevator.

"Okay, don't be too long." I said trying to sound like I'll miss him, I gotta admit, feel weird. I pushed through the door's and saw Viceroy with protection goggle's on, He turned to look at me and took of his goggle's.

"Ah! Mrs. Carter!" he said bowing his head.

"Mr. Willam." I said elegantly bowing and stretching my invisible dress.

"Your manner's have improved!" He said pointing to me with a blowtorch.

"And your lab..." I said looking around the messy room, tool's were spread out everywhere and scrap's of metal on the ground, "...has seen better day's." I said with a smile.

"Yeah, I had a new job and it's pretty messy." He said throwing the blowtorch on the floor. "So, what's the drama queen doing here?"

"Just want to see what's up with the drama king." I said looking around. I looked over his work bench and there was some type of device shaped like and eye. I picked it up, "What's this supposed to be?"

"That would be an ocular replacement." He said pointing to the fake pupil. "It's supposed to work as a real eye instead of using a real test subject."

That's suspicious...

"Why would you need an ocular replacement, let alone a test subject?" I asked seriously. He shrugged.

"I'm not at liberty to say."

"Does this have to do with that new job McFist gave you?" I asked pacing around the room trying to identify any of the devices that were on the floor. I turned to look at him and he seemed nervous.

"You know what? I could go for a milkshake right now, You?" He said obviously trying to get me out. I shrugged and followed him out to the cafeteria. I'll get back in there... somehow.

At the Cafeteria...

"And then I said; Girl, Pink is not the new orange in the fall." He said and both of us laughed. "Yup, I still got it." He mumbled sipping his milkshake.

"And what color do you think will fit me the best?" I asked posing with my arm's out.

"Hmm, You should stick with the french and electric blue, little lady. You wear one of those beret's." He pecked his finger's, "Magnifique!" he said in french.

"Well, make's sense I'm half french." I said in french accent.

"Ah! De qui expliquent votre brun et vert œil de!" He said in perfect french. Basically he said "Ah! That explain's your brown and green eye's!". (AN: Hi, one sec, I used google translate for the french, if it's wrong please say so in the review!)

"Brown and green? My eye's are only brown." I said reaching for my eye.

"You don't see the green? And I thought boy's were color blind." He said. "Well, not completely color blind..." He continued. As fun as this conversation is, I have to make my way back to the lab for lead's. Viceroy isn't easily distracted. As he kept talking about how girl's see more color's that boy's, I spilled my milkshake on my jacket.

"Darling! Be careful with the cotton, didn't I tell you what happen's when you spill milk on cotton?" he said worried about my jacket.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna go clean this off." I said taking off my jacket and heading out of the cafeteria. I headed carefully to the elevator and pressed the button for the fourth floor.

I entered the lab and picked up the ocular replacement, I took a photo of it and put it in my pocket. I walked over to where Viceroy was working earlier, didn't seem like much, it looked like a TV with 'Viceroy was here' drawn in the corner. But it looked awfully familiar. I took a photo of it in case it actually meant something.

"Maybe there are blueprint's." I mumbled walking over the drawing desk, some blueprint's were already out, I took a few photo's and knelt down to find other print's. "Fire proof extinguisher? What were you thinking viceroy?" I said as I skimmed over print names.

H.S.E.! Search for H.S.E.!

"But why?" I mumbled to myself but I didn't get a reply. I searched for whatever H.S.E. was. "There it is." I said as I took out the blueprint and opened it over the desk.

Oh No.

"I couldn't agree more." I mumbled as I read the print's. Suddenly I heard footstep's getting closer to the lab, I quickly took a crooked photo, put the blueprint back in it's place and hid behind the desk.

"I told you she went to the bathroom." Viceroy said coming in.

"Well she wasn't in the bathroom!" Daniel yelled. "Just show me what you got done." He said and they walked up to the TV Viceroy was modifying.

"I've been fixing the reversal state. Just in case anything goes wrong and everyone forget's who the are." Viceroy said and there was a clicking noise. I peeked out the corner, the TV screen turned on and there were different pattern's swirling around in a circle.

"How do you know it work's?" Daniel asked.

"It doesn't for now, I still need that necklace." Viceroy said putting on protection gloves. Daniel sighed and took out a necklace out of his coat pocket. Viceroy took it and placed it inside the TV. "There. Now it work's."

"On what?" Daniel asked.

"On human's and spirit's from the land of shadow's." He said and Daniel smirked.

"Perfect." He said and started leaving the room. "I'm gonna go find Carter before she see's any of this. Start the test, I'll be back." He said and left. Viceroy sighed and disconnected the necklace from the TV.

"Now, where did I leave that ocular replacement?" he asked himself walking over to the drawing desk. I held my breath and leaned against the wall, he left something on the desk and walked off to a different sector of the lab. I stood up carefully and saw Viceroy was facing a different way. I tiptoed out the door before I looked back checking if he didn't see me., I glanced back at the drawing desk and saw that he left the necklace he had used to make the machine work.

Take it! It'll stop their plan!

I quickly walked back and took the necklace from the desk and ran for the elevator. I pressed the button to go down while looking at the necklace, it looked like the symbol on the ninjas suit.

"I wonder what Viceroy mean't by the land of shadows?" I asked myself and the elevator door opened as I still looked at the necklace. As I waited for the elevator, I felt something lick the back of my foot, I quickly turned around and saw a black puppy sticking it's tongue out at me. "Aww, You're so cute!" I said and it started barking multiple times. "No no no! Sh!" I said and it ran off. Behind me I heard the elevator door open.

"Carter?". Shoot!

"Danny! Hi! I was looking for you!" I said slowly trying to make my words before saying them.

"What are you doing with that?" He asked pointing at the necklace in my hand and the elevator door closed.

"I-I was-s just..." I stuttered glancing around, "Looking for you...to... give it to you! Viceroy asked me to give it back to you!" I stuttered again, putting the necklace in his hand and pressing the elevator button again. "I have to go, my dad need's me to do some chore's." I lied pressing the elevator button for the third time.

"Ok, Do you want me to walk you-?"

"I'll be fine! It's just a couple of block's away." I said and he nodded before leaving for the lab, before he passed through the doors he looked back at me. I waved and giggled nervously and pressed the call button several time's in rhythm. When he was no longer visible I pressed the button violently. WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?! And the staircase is on the other side of the building! I could hear mumbling behind me and multiple foot's step's walking around.

"Come on, come on!" I whisper yelled. "Where's the ninja when you need him!"

"Did she leave yet?!" I heard a man yell. I tried to forcefully open the door but it wouldn't budge, I backed up on the elevator door's that WON'T OPEN and gasped when I saw robo-ape's barging out of the lab.

"Help." I whispered in a squeal before someone grabbed me from under my arm's and shoved me in a vent. I looked at the person the saved me from being captured and sighed in relief. "Nin-!"

"Sh!" He said covering my mouth.

"Buh- Eh hv suhmut tuh tehl yuh!" I mumbled through his hand.

"It can wait." He said. Whoa, he got all that? "We have to get out of here first." He said and started crawling.

At Carter's house...in Carter's room...

"You have no idea what they are up to!" I said entering my room through the window. "They have this type of TV that show's these creepy pattern's! And I think they're testing on people- well, they were, Viceroy has this type of ocular replacement that is supposed to be like a fake eye that can be used as a real eye, and there was this black dog that started barking at me... I have no idea where he came from." I said making different gestures with my hand's, probably making no sense to him. I looked at him, he had his hand's folded and he looked at me like he was furious.

"I get the vibe that you are angry...?" I said but it sounded more like a question.

"Angry?" He said and he laughed, but it was a scary laugh. "Do you have any idea what could of happened to you if I didn't get there on time?!" he yelled.

"I think I would probably be dead meat...?" I asked.

"You think?!" He said and he hit his forehead with his hand. "I thought I told you not to get involved!" he said, "I mean Randy told you to not get involved!" he corrected himself. I could feel my ear's heating up.

"This involve's me already! I can't just sit around and do nothing!" I yelled back.

"I have it under control!"

"Ugh! You and Randy must be twin's or something!" I yelled falling onto my bed.

"And you can be so stubborn sometimes!" he said pointing at me.

"Don't point and me!"

"Or what?" he asked, I stood up and grabbed his index finger, I put my foot behind my leg and pushed him to the ground. Only thing is he pulled me down with him and we both plopped down to the floor, we stayed on the floor doing nothing for a couple of minute's, until he spoke up.

"Sorry." was the only thing he said. I groaned at him and turned my head to the side looking under my bed, dang it's filthy down there, I should clean more often. Just as I was about to get up, something caught me eye. Something black and white. I crawled under my bed and reached for it.

"What is this?" I asked myself in a low voice. I took it out and sat against the bedside. It looked like a mask. But not just any mask, it looked like the Ninjas mask only different color's.

"Where did you find that?" the Ninja asked me and we heard footstep's coming from upstairs. I didn't pay attention to it, I sat still staring at the mask. Where did I get this? Why do I have it? Why does it feel like it's mine?

"What did I forget?" I asked.

"Carter, we need to get out of here now." he said glancing at the window but I didn't move. I was still shocked at what I had in my hand's. "Carter, I'll explain everything you want to know! We have to go now!" He whisper yelled and someone opened the door on the top on the basement stair's. One more door until they reach us, who ever they are. The door knob started turning, before I knew it the door was blocked with my desk and I was putting weight on the desk with my arm's.

"What happened?" I asked not knowing how I got here. I looked at my arm's and leg's and they were covered with a black suit with white stripes.

"We have to go!" the Ninja said and pulled my hand through the window and I followed him to where ever he was running to.


OOOOOOOOOOOOO, getting interesting! I wanted Viceroy in this cause I think he is the sass KING! and he seem's like a good friend other than a villain. He cool in my book. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CARTER AFTER SHE FIND'S OUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED? Until next time! REVIEW!