I was nearly out of breath when I ran straight into somebody. I don't know how I didn't see them. They're taller than me, I should have seen them.
"Karma? I thought you took the other path with Cole," I heard Kai say, confused. I noticed that he was the person I ran into.
"I did, but we listened in to a conversation between two henchmen an-" I stopped talking when I noticed Lilly wasn't with him.
"Where's Lilly?" I asked him.
"I had lost track of where she went minutes ago. I've been trying to find her since," Kai said, looking a bit worried. I cursed under my breath. You couldn't keep track of one of your own teammates!?
"Come on!" I yelled and ran ahead.
"Wait! What did the henchmen say!?" Kai asked as he followed me.
"They said Misaki caught someone from our group! That someone could either be Lilly or Nya. There's no way she could have caught anyone else," I said. Kai's eyes widened, then he looked angry.
"Misaki better not do anything to my sister," he said.
"Or to anyone for that matter!" I yelled.
"How the hell did you lose track of Lilly though!?" I asked as we ran. I mean, she has been leaning on his shoulder the whole time. I would have thought his shoulder felt lighter.
"Listen, people get distracted once in a while, okay!?" Kai argued, sounding frustrated.
"Distracted enough to not notice her walking away!?" I yelled, feeling frustrated as well. How could someone not notice that!?
"Karma, I'm not paranoid like you! I can't detect everyone's sudden movements!" Kai yelled, frustrated and angry. I looked back and glared at him. Paranoid!? I'm not paranoid!
I heard Kai sigh. "I'm just as worried as you are, but chill. I messed up, okay? Everyone messes up," he said in a much calmer voice. I stayed quiet and looked ahead again. I guess he had a point, I mean, everyone does make mistakes. I guess I just got too worried. No wonder he called me "paranoid".
"Hey, Kai, I-" I turned to apologize, but stopped when I noticed he wasn't there. I stopped running. Where could he have gone!? Did he ditch me? I looked around, slowly noticing how dark it was. The darkness in this alleyway gave me the ideas that a murder was hiding in here. He probably already caught Kai and Lilly, and I'm next.
I shivered. This is horrible. Of all things, why darkness!? Someone could have dropped a spider on me and that would have been much more better than this.
I nearly shrieked when I heard voices. I stopped panicking so I could try to listen in, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. I followed the sound of the voices so I could try to find out who was talking. As I got closer, I thought I could hear Nya's voice. I started to become more sure that it was Nya's voice as I neared the location of the voices.
"I must say, Nya, you are quite the failure. That's at least all I can see in your life," I heard a female voice say. I peeked around the corner to see I was behind a woman with light purple hair pulled into a curly ponytail. Her clothing looked like a Halloween costume. She was talking to a wide-eyed Nya. I noticed Kai lying in the fetal position on the ground.
"Shall I give you another glimpse at your past and soon-to-be failures? A reminder of how you hide your failures behind the mask of 'Samurai X'?" the woman said, enjoying this way too much. The way this woman spoke could only lead me to one conclusion. She's Misaki. She had to be.
I held my bo staff tightly in my hand. I need to stop her now before she hurts anyone else. I decided I'd knock her down, just to catch her off guard and distract her long enough for everyone to get away. That always works in movies!
I ran towards her, aiming to hit the back of her neck. Before I could make any kind of move, she turned suddenly and kicked me in the stomach. I fell onto the ground, feeling like I was going to throw up from the kick to my stomach. I guess movie logic doesn't always work.
"Wow, you sure got here fast. Wonder why you couldn't do the same the night of your sister's death," Misaki smiled. Now that was a non-physical kick to the stomach, or a kick in the heart. My hatred for Misaki grew.
"What's your deal!? What the hell do you want with us!?" I shouted.
Misaki made a small laugh. "I just want you all out of my way, child. You see, you little ninjas all are like those tall weeds that block entryways. The only way I can get to my goal, the entryway, is by cutting you all down," she said, her smile not fading. Her smile was starting to creep me out.
"What is your goal anyway? Let me guess, taking over this small country? Let me tell you something, there are planets that rain diamonds out there that would be far more enjoyable than taking over this country," I said. Misaki was silent for moment, that started laughing as if she heard the funniest joke ever.
"You really think I'm only after Ninjago?" she said, still laughing, "Oh, that's hilarious."
I was confused. Wasn't that what all villains wanted? Control over a country? This is entirely new. What exactly does she want then? I mean, Sebastian, the leader of The Liberators, works for her. That could only lead to the conclusion that she is the actual leader of The Liberators, who want to change the government. So, that would mean she would get control of Ninjago if The Liberators succeed. If she doesn't want control of this country, then why do The Liberators even exist?
Before I could even ask her, I saw Misaki dodge a bucket that was thrown at her. I saw Cole, Jay and Lloyd running up. I watched Misaki hop backwards and grab the hand of someone on the roof, who pulled her up. She disappeared into the night.
"Are you alright?" Lloyd asked as he helped me up. I nodded.
"Yeah, but I don't know about the others," I said, looking over at Kai and Nya. I noticed Cole helping up a petrified-looking Lilly. I didn't even notice she was here.
"Misaki must have gotten to them. I'm surprised she didn't mess with you, too," Lloyd said. I was a little relieved the same didn't happen to me, but at the same time, I felt that I should have been the one that suffered instead of them. I should have been the one who was caught by Misaki instead of them.
I shouldn't have dillydallied. I should have tried to find Kai and Lilly.