Cole Brookstone grimaced as he and Lloyd walked into the Club of Flaming Passion and a barely half-dressed woman walked past them and flashed them a flirty smile and wink. From the outside, the club building looked well maintained and mostly unnoticeable, unless you were actually looking for the strip club. Large and colorful pieces of graffiti covered most of the building's outside walls. Standing by the main front entrance was a large, intimidating bouncer who was almost as big as Cole.
It was impossible to see inside as the building had no windows.
But the club music from within could be felt outside. The bouncer examined the undercover Ninjas closely before letting them in. As they entered the club they were welcomed by clapping hands and loud cheering barely over the booming music. Aromas of alcohol, perfume, and deodorant, and the faint smell of sex. The bartenders were swamped in work, but other sex workers still managed to welcome Cole and Lloyd. They gave short waves and suggestive looks that the two men did their best to ignore.
The walls were loaded with hundreds of pornographic images.
The dark strip club was illuminated by purple neon lights. The strip club was extra packed tonight. Several long tables are occupied by, what seems to be groups of mostly horny men, but Lloyd saw a few women hungrily looking at the male strippers. All of them seemed to be enjoying the food, drinks and the sexy show the workers put on. The other, smaller tables are also occupied by people who were getting lap dances by some of the workers.
Some customers and workers were trying to strike a conversation with each other.
Other customers could barely speak a word, way too aroused by the sexy show they were being given by the sex workers. Even most of the stools at the bar were occupied and crowded, giving the bartenders more work. Near the bar was a large doorway covered with hanging purple lights. Cole saw some workers taking their customers back there. It didn't take a genius to figure out what was going on and the thought made Lloyd and Cole sick to their stomachs.
At the other side of the room, furthest away from the entrance, were three circular stages with silver poles connecting the floor to the ceiling.
The stages were highlighted by bright red lights around the edges. It helped the stages stand out against the rest of the club. Dancing on the poles were three female dancers. Around the stages were several plush couches where several people were sitting, throwing money at the three dancers. Cole and Lloyd had heard many bad rumors about this club and judging by the looks of this place, those rumors were right on the mark. Police officers weren't welcome around here and they knew Morro might have been there too.
Cole could only hope that they didn't look too official, unlike Zane.
Cole and Jay's blonde boyfriend looked stiff, cold, and professional even in his sleep. Cole had a very muscular body, being the strongest member of the Ninja team, with long, shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows with a pair of very dark green eyes that reminded people of cold emerald stones. He wore a tight black leather jacket and pants with a dark brown tank top with a rock band logo and black heavy-duty boots. To help disguise himself, Cole was wearing a thick, black, fake mustache.
Lloyd Garmadon was the same age as the others and had long blonde tousled hair and brown arched eyebrows with bright emerald green eyes.
He wore a dark green jacket with a white t-shirt and black pants and black and dark green sneakers on his feet. To disguise himself, Lloyd was wearing brown contacts and had sprayed his blonde hair black. They managed to find two seats at the bar and prepare for what would undoubtedly be an eventful evening.
"I can't understand why anyone would work here." Lloyd hissed, looking around at the people, a hint of disgust in his eyes.
"Come on Lloyd." Cole sighed. "I know why you hate these places, but remember that not all of them want to be here."
"Hello, boys." A red-haired woman, Skylor, working the bar smiled as she approached them. "What can I do for you?"
"We were wondering how to get a session?" Cole asked, slightly nervous, and Skylor chuckled lightly. She figured it was their first time in a place like this.
"I can call someone over, any specifics you want?"
"We heard there's a good one here, Kai I think?" Lloyd replied and Skylor's eyes widened.
"I'm sorry but Kai won't giving sessions until next Monday, he can give you a lap dance, however."
"That's fine, where is he then?" Cole asked, looking around. They hadn't actually seen a picture of Kai Smith, they only had the description Jay and Zane had given them. They were so lucky that Jay just happened to move into the same apartment building as Kai or it might have taken longer to find the brunette. Hopefully, their good luck continued until they caught Morro.
"He's over there, just go over and talk to him." She answered, gesturing to the other end of the bar, before going to serve another man. Cole and Lloyd looked in the direction she had pointed to, Cole's mouth almost fell open. Even in the dark, purple-lit room Cole could tell Kai was as sexy as both Jay and Zane described, and it wasn't even thanks to the clothes. Lloyd noticed the look on Cole's face and rolled his eyes before dragging the raven-haired over to the stripper.
As they got closer, they could see the irritated and bored look on Kai's face.
Cole could also see the sadness behind those amber eyes but as the brunette noticed them, he plastered on a fake, suggestive smile and turned to the two men.
"Hey fellas, looking for something special?" Kai smiled, winking at them and Cole felt himself blushing.
"Don't do that." Cole suddenly said, catching Kai and Lloyd off guard. "Don't pretend to be happy about this."
"W-What are you talking about?"
"Cole?!" Lloyd hissed as Kai eyed them nervously.
"Look, if you guys don't want a dance, I'm gonna go." The brunette said and made to leave, only for Cole to grab his wrist.
"Wait!" Cole pleaded. "We just want to talk."
"Let go," Kai growled and Cole obeyed. "My time is money, so unless you pay I'm leaving." He glared at them expectedly. Lloyd glared at the spiky-haired teen before pulling out his wallet and handing the smirking Kai some cash. "That's better, now, what did you guys want to talk to me about?"
"Morro," Lloyd replied and Kai froze.
"W-Why?"
"What can you tell us about him?" Cole asked.
"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about." Kai glared before trying to leave again, only to find his path blocked by the undercover agents. Seeing the brunette's distress, Skylor quickly rushed over to help her friend.
"Are you boys ok?" She asked as nicely as possible.
"These creeps keep hassling me!" Kai quickly exclaimed and Skylor's nice nature instantly vanished.
"Right boys, either grab a drink and find someone else to entertain you, or sling your hooks." She warned and Cole noticed one of the bouncers at the entrance eyeing them closely. Lloyd sighed in defeat and started to leave.
"Sorry, if you want to talk here's my number," Cole muttered to Kai before pulling out a card with his phone number on it and smiled when Kai reluctantly took it. With that, he followed Lloyd out of the club and back to base...