"Kai! Kai answer me!" Cole's voice called over the coms.

Kai groaned.

"What."

"Dude, what the hell are you doing!" He heard Jay cry in the background.

"Getting my sister back," Kai replied. "I know that Morro's involved in this...and these damn...kids won't give him to me."

Silence.

"Kai...you never said that there were children involved in this." Zane's stern voice said.

"I told them to back off! They just...its those two kids that we saw when we first went to Mystake's tea shop."

"Wait, the blonde one and the raven?"

"Yeah," Kai replied. "I think one of them is named...Caspian-"

"Wait! Caspian Sousa?"

"I don't know! Why would-" Kai paused. "How do you know his name, Cole!"

Silence.

Kai blinked.

"He's the 'cute cashier' isn't he."

"Yeah."

"Fuck."

"Language," Lloyd said.

Kai paused.

"Lloyd?" Kai said. "I'm sorry, I should've told you what-"

"Kai," Lloyd said. "It's fine...really...and...I'm not worried about Morro being here."

Kai frowned. "Really?"

"Okay, maybe I am a little bit," Lloyd paused. "Those kids, do you know who they are?"

"Well, Mystake said that one is named Caspian," Kai remarked. "And..well...Cole said that he's this 'cute cashier'."

"He works at the 'Shadough bakery'." Cole's voice interrupted. "He...uh...the bakery is just a few blocks down from Mystake's tea shop."

"Yeah-"

He heard a shout in the distance.

"Morro stop! She'll die! Morro stop it-!"

Kai's eyes widened.

"Hang on a second, I'll be right back." Kai cried, running towards the sound of the voice.

"Kai, wait-"

Kai pushed and shoved through the crowd before coming to the scene.

He stood there, not sure what to do.

Morro was there, his hand was extended out.

One boy, the illusionist, or 'Caspian' as Mystake had said, was pleading for Morro to stop.

Another boy, a raven, was standing there, staring, in shock.

Morro seemed...entranced.

His eyes were dropped, his mouth slightly open.

His hand was shaking.

Kai ran forward, tackling Morro the ground.

Morro let out a shout, thrashing underneath him.

"I told you to come with me," Kai yelled, pulling Morro to his feet, despite his protests. "And you didn't listen."

Kai spun around.

"You," Kai said, gesturing to Caspian.

Caspian froze.

"You're coming with me too, c' mon-!"

Kai let out a grunt, a leg slammed into his stomach.

Kai merely stumbled.

The raven grabbed Morro by the arm, pulling Morro away.

"Agosi! Holy fuck-!"

"Let's go, we're going!" The boy, who Kai assumed was Agosi yelled.

The three boys ran down the alleyway.

Kai heard a sputter in front of him.

He looked up.

There was a girl on the ground, the tips of her hair dyed red.

She turned to him, tears falling down her face.

"W-was that...was that Morro?" She asked.

Kai froze.

Oh.

Fuck.

(-)

Caspian couldn't look at Al-Morro right now.

Morro, his name was Morro.

And he hadn't changed.

Not one bit.

He could've killed her.

But...he didn't.

His hand was shaking.

"Caspian," Agosi cried. "I...I don't think that...we can head back to your place!"

"Yeah, I know that, jackass!"

"Jackass-"

"Who was that!"

"It was Octavia! She-she's a friend of mine-!"

"God, your friends are toxic-!"

"So are yours!"

"They are not-!"

The two had stopped running by now, just walking and arguing.

"I mean, we could just hand him over!" Agosi cried.

Morro looked up at him, almost surprised.

Almost.

"You heard what Kai said, he wants Morro and me! Who's to say he doesn't want you too?"

"Why would he want me? I didn't do anything-!"

"You kicked him in the damn stomach!"

"I-"

"God damn it!" Caspian cried. "Now that you've attacked Kai, the ninja will be out for our necks!"

The three had stopped walking.

"Now that I've attacked Kai? You attacked him first!"

"I cast an illusion spell to distract him! I didn't touch him!" Caspian paused. "If I hadn't done that there was no way we could've escaped!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, I have two working legs y'know!"

"You can't outrun a ninja!"

"Says who!"

"Says uh...everyone person who's tried to outrun the ninja-!"

"Bah!" Agosi cried. "This is so stupid!"

"Why are you complaining? You were the one who thought it'd be so funny to break into the resurrection temple and bring back that-that bastard!"

"So...it was you two that brought Morro back?"

The two boys froze.

Leaning against the wall was Sensei Wu.

His hat was dipped forward.

"Oh-oh FSM..we-we're fucked," Agosi muttered.

"Run-!"

Caspian spun around but stopped in his tracks.

The white ninja, Zane, was there.

Morro looked up, spying the shadow looming over them.

The bounty.

"Caspian, is that your name?" Zane asked.

Caspian narrowed his gaze.

"Y-yeah."

"Please...come with us..we'll explain everything-"

"Bullshit!" Agosi cried. "You're just gonna kill him, and leave us somewhere to die!"

Caspian stared. "Wait, what-"

"I mean, that's what they always do!" Agosi raged. "They don't care about us, they just want to stroke their egos!"

"Agosi-"

"That's why they left the two us for dead in Stixx, Caspian!" Agosi bellowed.

Caspian was silent, crossing his arms and looking at the floor.

"S-Stixx…?"

The wind began to pick up.

Memories.

Stixx.

He felt the salty water hit him, burning his skin.

He smelled the ocean.

Heard the waves crashing against each other.

And the screaming of people.

He was snapped from it when someone's hands were put on him.

He looked forward, spying the white one, hands on his wrists.

"M-"

Morro brought his knee into Zane's stomach.

Zane let out a cry, as Morro had sent him flying.

Morro blinked.

Okay.

Okay...he could work with this.

He saw the ninja, Caspian, and Agosi, plus Wu, had froze.

Zane sat up, glaring.

"Leave them alone." Morro snapped.

Jay didn't move.

Cole narrowed his gaze.

Kai slowly walked into the area, swords ready.

Silence.

Jay was the first to move, letting Caspian go and dashing at Morro.

The others follow suit.

Things seemed to happen in slow motion for Morro.

He turned to Agosi and Caspian, who stood there, wide-eyed.

The ninja all rushing at him.

Morro turned to Wu.

Wu raised an eyebrow.

But a look of shock appeared on his face.

"Morro, don't-!"

With that, Morro brought his hands into the air.

Strong gusts of wind picked all of the ninjas up, throwing them into the air.

They all screamed.

Morro let out a grunt, as he brought his hands to his sides.

The ninja all slamming into various walls or falling to the ground rather harshly.

Morro ran forward, grabbing Agosi and Caspian by the wrists and pulling them away from the scene.

"Damn it! I'm not letting them escape again!" Kai cried, bursting to his feet and running after the group.

"Kai, wait!" Jay yelled, scrambling to his feet.

The rest of the ninja followed suit.

The three boys came to the woods.

"Where-where are you taking us!" Caspian cried.

"I-I don't know!" Morro cried.

Agosi looked forward.

A graveyard.

Running through the woods, the three tripped over logs, and forgotten graves.

The fog was thick, nearly suffocating.

Caspian coughed.

The group slid to a stop, hearing a loud, low growl in front of them.

They heard a crunch.

Agosi's eyes widened, stepping back.

"M-Morro that's….that's the-"

Before the group, stood a rather large pile of sludge, it's acidic liquid dripping onto the ground.

"C'mon let's go the other-"

Caspian paused, seeing the ninja slowly surround them.

However, the Ninja all shared a pause, staring at the creature before them.

"Agosi, do something." Caspian hissed.

Agosi gulped, pulling his gloves off.

Morro stared at him.

His arms, black markings filled them, running along the lines of his blood veins.

However, the markings began to glow bright green as Agosi slowly stepped towards one of the graves.

The creature let out a scream.

Agosi put his hand on a grave, the cracks in the gravestone glowing.

The ninja shot forward at the beast.

.

.

.

The corpses began to move.