Chapter 36
"Wait!" Jun cried, just as Joe was about to move. "Look at the helmets!"
"What?"
Joe looked in confusion. The Eagle that Jun had been holding had a large crack in the back of his helmet.
A crack that wasn't filled with transmutation gel.
"But what if Katse switched the helmets?" Joe pointed out. "I wouldn't put that past him."
"I think he would know that we'd suspect that." Jun pointed out. "So he wouldn't switch the helmets."
"This is giving me a headache." Joe moaned. "We've just got to save them both."
"I guess you're right." Jun reluctantly agreed. "No matter how despicable that fake Eagle is, he's a human being."
"And these goons aren't?" Joe smirked, waving his hand at the soldiers surrounding them.
"You know what I mean." Jun lectured him, but there was a gleam of humor in her eyes.
"Okay, back to Plan A, then." Joe stated.
"Agreed."
"Well, Science Ninjas, what is your choice?" Katse's voice sneered, as the Galactor Leader walked back into the room.
Berg Katse's answer came in the form of a whizzing red and yellow yo-yo that was perfectly aimed at the center of the yellow star on his mask.
Yelping in alarm like a frightened toddler, Katse threw himself out of the way, causing the yo-yo to nick at the edge of his mask, leaving a long, bloody scratch in its wake, even as it wrapped itself around the railing in front of him.
A mere second later, the crescent-shaped blade of the Condor's cablegun followed, and Berg Katse began to run as he saw the two ninjas, each holding a prone Eagle, rising up from the ground below, towards him.
"You won't get away with this!" he screeched, slamming his hand against a control panel before running from the room.