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The front doors slam open surprising the two teens, and everyone turns their attention to the voice that yells, "Sorcerous Supreme, are you here? My friends and family need help!" The four adults watch as a teen with dark blond hair and back eyes walk into the room.
"Uh, who are you?" Randy asks pointing his right index finger at the teen.
The teen ignores the question and sees the Eye of Agamotto hanging around Dr. Strange's chest. "Are you the Sorcerous Supreme?" The teen asks.
"I am, but I am curious on how you know about me." Dr. Strange admits not sure how to handle the current situation.
The teen sighs and runs his left hand through his hair. "Right sorry, I'm a bit on a time limit, and the others will not like the idea that I am doing this, but we're running out of options right now."
"This sounds really serious." Theresa mutters to Randy.
"I know, and I don't know if I could even help." Randy whispers back to her.
"Start from the beginning, and it might help if we know who you are." Dr. Strange says trying to get the teen to calm down.
"Sorry, but my time is really limited now. My name is Tadduja Thaur, and I come from the race of special humans known as the Monster Tamers."
"Monster Tamers?" Randy asks raising an eyebrow feeling confused and surprised about what the teen just said.
"Monster Tamers are humans born with rare blood types that allow them to see and do things that normal humans cannot. They are one of the few rare human breeds on the planet." Wong explains for the two teens to understand what Monster Tamers are.
"What kind of blood types are we talking here?"
"I don't see how any of this concerns you." Tadduja rudely says before Wong could explain more about his kind. "Yes, we're rare, but I didn't come here to be questioned by some random teen."
Randy narrows his eyebrows not liking the attitude that the blond gave him. "What the juice man? You don't have to be rude about it."
"I can act how I want since my problem does not involve you at all." Randy grits his teeth getting angry from that answer. "It would be better if you leave us be."
"He is allowed to stay." Dr. Strange instructs the blond teen wanting to get the argument over before it could start. "Do I make myself clear?"
Tadduja turns his eyes to Randy then to Dr. Strange. "I hear you loud and clear Sorcerous Supreme, but I must disagree with your decision."
"You can say what you want, but Randy will stay to hear what you have to say." Dr. Strange turns his eyes to Wong and asks, "Could you take Theresa somewhere, so we can be alone?"
Wong gives Dr. Strange a small bow and turns his head to Theresa. "Let's leave these three be Miss Fowler. These three need to be left alone for this." Wong tells her.
Theresa looks at Randy worry etched across her face. Randy sees the worried look and gives her a small smile. "Don't worry Theresa. Everything will be fine." Randy assures her.
Theresa does not smile back but gets up off the couch. She gives Randy another sad look and mutters, "Don't get yourself into trouble."
Randy sighs mentally knowing what she meant by those words. He watches her leave the room with Wong and sighs externally. "I might have to learn how to get used to her knowing my secret." He mutters. Randy shakes his head pushing his thoughts of his crush knowing his secret to the back of his mind.
"Why does he have to be here? I don't see any reason for him to be here." Tadduja says hating the fact that an outsider can hear what he has to say.
"I am a little curious about this myself." Everyone turns their attention to the voice and sees a white hair teen in his black jumpsuit leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. "I mean. I shouldn't be here, but I'm only here because the Ninja is here." Danny says sarcastically.
"Phantom, this is a pleasant surprise." Dr. Strange mutters not sure how he should feel with the sudden appearance of the young hero. "Why are you here?"
Phantom shrugs his shoulders. "There are many reasons why I'm here, but I doubt any of them matter now." He gets up off the wall. "I mean our blond friend here was looking for you and was troubled by something. That has to be more important than me being here."
"I'm not saying anything to anyone except the Sorcerous Supreme." Tadduja says not dropping his guard by the sudden appearance of the young hero.
Danny shrugs his shoulders at the statement. "Fine, I guess you'll never be able to save those people then."
"That's out of line dude." Randy says narrowing his eyebrows at Phantom.
"It might be out of line, but it's true. The longer he waits to explain the situation will only make things worse for everyone."
Dr. Strange sighs, "He's correct Mr. Thaur. Your stubbornness is only making things worse for those who are actually close to you." Tadduja looks over at the Sorcerous Supreme with doubt. "Go ahead and tell us what is happening even if we do have an uninvited guest."
"You can just call me Teddy, and while it's against my better judgement to talk about this in front of strangers, I'm literally out of options." Teddy says giving the two teens on the couch a small glare. He turns his eyes to Dr. Strange and clears his throat. "It's like this Sorcerous Supreme. Everything was going normal for me and my fellow tamers. We were minding our own business, and everything was fine until he showed up."
"Who showed up?" Randy asks curiously getting a smack on the head from Phantom for interrupting the story.
"He was about to tell us stupid." Danny whispers to the Ninja.
Randy rubs his head and glares at Phantom. "Hey I don't seem to recall allowing you to be here anyway." Randy whispers back.
"May you please be quiet?!" Teddy asks glaring at the Ninja. "I can barely tolerate you as it is."
"That's rich coming from a guy who looks about my age." Randy remarks back. "I bet you…" Randy stops talking when a green substance covers his mouth getting Dr. Strange and Teddy to look at the hero.
"We could be here all day arguing, and you're mostly on a time limit." Danny remarks leaving no room to argue about his choice of action. He turns his eyes to Randy who was glaring at Phantom while trying to remove the green ectoplasm off his face. "The more you struggle Ninja; the longer it will stay on your face."
'I will get you back for this.' Randy thinks before settling back down on the couch with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Anyway, everything was fine until this masked figure shows up with some weird glowing ball in his right hand." Teddy says continuing his story before Randy asked his question.
"What did this figure look like?" Dr. Strange asks curiously.
Teddy shrugs his shoulder. "I wouldn't be able to tell you. He was wearing a dark cloak and mask. The cloak made it impossible to see what he was wearing underneath it, and the mask blocked us from being able to see what his face looked like." Teddy glances back at Phantom and Ninja then turns his head back to Dr. Strange who gestures for Teddy to continue his story. "At first, we didn't know what to do or feel around this guy, but my best friend Zeke felt like the guy was trouble, and everyone who heard him voice his opinion knew that the guy was trouble."
"It sounds like your best friend is powerful." Danny remarks without thinking about what he was saying.
"He is, and the figure thought that too since he attacked Zeke first." Teddy says deciding to let his trust issue with the teen slide. He turns to Phantom and asks, "Do you know what it's like to be attacked by someone and nearly takes down everyone right in front of your own eyes?"
"Yeah, I know the feeling really well." Danny mutters getting Teddy to widen his eyes in surprise. "I might tell you about it later."
"What did he do to you and your friends?" Dr. Strange asks getting the story back on track.
"Honestly, I don't know what he did completely." Teddy says turning his attention back to Dr. Strange. "The all he was carrying was letting some weird kind of green energy. At first, he was using to attack us like it was normal energy, but things started to get weird when we started to inhale that energy. Luckily, Zeke and I were able to activate our enviro dom to protect ourselves from breathing in the weird energy. Everyone else wasn't as lucky."
"What happened to them Teddy?" Dr. Strange asks giving Randy a small glance to see the shock in the boy's eyes.
"Before I left to come here, everyone started to fall asleep. The energy put most of the tamers to sleep. My parents were amongst the people put to sleep."
"How many people were still awake when you left?"
Teddy closes his eyes and sighs in defeat. "Honestly, Zeke and I were forced to watch everyone fall asleep allowing this man to escape. Zeke and I tried to do everything we could to get everyone back up, but Zeke was able to deduce that the energy is making them stay asleep or unconscious. It's hard to tell which one it is." Teddy rubs the back of his neck and turns to Danny and Randy to see the Ninja's widen eyes. "Why are you looking at me in surprise? I doubt you know anything about that weird energy anyway."
Phantom puts his left hand on Randy's mouth and absorbs the ectoplasm from the teen's face. He removes his hand and watches Randy get up on his feet. "You said that the energy was green and inside a ball, correct?" Randy asks Teddy.
"Well duh, I didn't you any other kind of description now, did I?" Teddy asks sarcastically as he cross his arms over his chest.
Randy pulls the Nomicon out of his jacket and opens the book getting Teddy to look at the book with a raised eyebrow. Randy flips the pages of the Nomicon and stops on a certain page seeing the picture he was looking for. "Did it look like this?" Randy turns the book around for Teddy to see.
Teddy walks over to Randy and widens his eyes when he sees four green orbs flying around in an evil looking man's left hand. "Yes, but how do you know about this orb, and who is this guy?"
Randy smirks at Teddy and shuts the book before Teddy could read anything about the story left on the page. "Oh, I would tell you, but you see someone said that I'm not 'trustworthy.' Does that ring any bells?" Randy asks sarcastically as he leans forward while pulling the book back a bit. He feels the Nomicon vibrate in his hands and sighs knowing what the book was telling. "Fine, I'll tell him. I just wanted a little revenge for trying to leave me out of this conversation."
"Why are you talking to a book?" Phantom asks raising an eyebrow.
"I'll explain later." Randy answers immediately not wanting people to question him about his personal life as the Norrisville Ninja. He puts the Nomicon back in his jacket and gives Teddy a serious look. "I'll be honest with you. You almost shoobed it up when you tried to get me out of here."
'Shoobed?' Teddy thinks feeling a little confused on what Randy meant by that word.
"You're lucky that I even know about the orb or the Chaos Pearls as they are called." Randy says giving the orb's real name getting Dr. Strange and Phantom to get up off their bottoms.
"Explain Randy." Dr. Strange instructs the teen.
"Right, the chaos pearls were the main source of power that my nemesis the Sorcerer used to turn people into monsters. He learned to do so much more with the orbs, but he was sealed away allowing him to have barely any access to his powers." Randy starts explaining getting the others to give their full attention. "These orbs gave the Sorcerer so much power, but he wanted more, and while I would love to explain about all the battles I had to protect people from his magic, I'm going to leave all of that out. Anyone who touches the chaos pearls will immediately become possessed by the evil influence left in them unless they have something that could protect them from its influence which is rare. I'm not even immune to the influence since the Sorcerer tried to use it while I was asleep to get me to give it to him. That was honestly a nightmare in some ways I don't want to explain."
"You're getting a little off topic Ninja." Phantom points out.
Randy clears his throat and smiles weakly. "Sorry, I like to gloat a little about my heroic deeds. Anyway, the orbs were still under the Sorcerer's power when that happened to me, but I did find out later the chaos pearls were the reason for his creation as well as an evil version of another student in my school, but that's another story." Randy admits trying to avoid telling more of his adventures. "Long story short the Sorcerer was defeated, and I threw the chaos pearls back into the seal closing the seal leaving the orbs down there for good. At least I thought I did."
"Do you know how to save everyone?" Teddy asks curiously.
"Yeah, we need to use the chaos pearl and have it absorb all of the energy from everyone before it could be used to hurt anyone else or worse." Randy answers seriously.
"How can we get the orb if it could turn us evil just by touching it?" Phantom asks.
"The Ninja suit is capable to protect me from getting possessed, and with my recent upgrades that I've gone through I should be able to resist it a lot better than I used to." Randy turns his eyes to Teddy and asks, "Is that good enough for you?"
Teddy balls his hands up and glances at Dr. Strange then at Phantom and the Ninja. "Fine, if what you are saying is true, then I will need more help than I thought."
"Indeed, I should be able to take the energy out of the tamers and store it somewhere safely, so you guys will have a better chance at stopping this man before he hurts more people." Dr. Strange tells Teddy.
Teddy nods his head appreciating the idea from Dr. Strange. "I appreciate the help Sorcerous Supreme."
"You can call me Dr. Strange."
"I don't think taking the energy out of them would be a great idea." Randy says before Teddy could argue about being disrespectful about Dr. Strange's title.
"Why is that?" Phantom asks.
Randy puts his hand on his chin and starts remembering the incident with chaos pearl that Howard used before the big battle against the sorcerer and the evil student. "One day, my best friend bought this ancient idol because someone convinced him it could grant wishes."
"Even I'm not that dumb to believe that." Teddy mutters not liking Randy's friend already.
"I didn't believe it either, but we went to the All Time Super Good #1 Emporium which was said to have almost everything anyone could dream of." Randy makes the hand gesture for everything then frowns. "We went there for one specific item, but he got convinced to get the 'ancient idol' that could grant him any wish he wanted. We later found out it was one of chaos pearl, and every wish my friend made the energy inside of the orb would disappear."
"Is there a point to this story?" Phantom asks not liking how long the explanation was taking.
Randy rubs the back of his neck and smiles nervously when he realizes he was telling a story instead of explaining his reason on why Dr. Strange's idea was a bad one. "Sorry, the energy outside the orb can grow inside of people, and when the energy is released it can do much more harm to everyone when it has no one to order it." Randy summarizes for them.
"Are you saying that we need the chaos pearl before we can save my friends and family?" Teddy asks not liking the idea one bit.
Randy balls his left hand and mutters, "Trust me, I would have gone with the plan if I haven't experienced that incident."
"What else is there to do though?" Phantom asks turning his head to Dr. Strange. "Unless you got something that can store it, we can't leave this kind of energy inside of those people. For all we know he could use them for his own personal use."
"You're right, but if the evil energy is taken out of them, we will have more people under his control if we don't have something to contain it." Randy points out.
"No matter how you look at it, we're finding ourselves at the point of a double-edged sword. This is troubling." Dr. Strange admits not liking the situation. He crosses his arms over his chest and asks, "How long ago did this event take place Teddy?"
Teddy blinks a couple times at the sudden question and reaches into his pocket to pull his phone out. He taps the screen allowing the screen to say 11:14 a.m. "I can't really say much, but I guess almost twenty-four hours."
"Then we better not waste any more time." Phantom says. "Where are we going anyway?"
"I can't tell you for good reasons, but I will take you guys there with my tele-skates." Teddy says.
"Tele-skates? What's that?" Randy asks raising an eyebrow at the blond.
"They're roller skates that allows me to teleport anywhere I want to an extent." Teddy explains. He moves his feet quickly but stays in his position allowing the wheels to appear on the bottom of his shoes. "I used them to get me here to find Dr. Strange."
"Ah man, I wish I could teleport." Randy says finding the idea of teleporting anywhere he wants cool.
'I already know someone who can though.' Danny thinks remembering his friend Nightcrawler.
"The good news is that I can use them to get us back to my home, but I can't take everyone with me." Teddy tells them not sure if he could trust the two heroes in front of him.
"Take Phantom and the Ninja with you. I'll need to gather a couple things up before you take me there." Dr. Strange instructs Teddy.
Teddy nods his head and looks at Phantom and Randy with a cautious gaze. "Fine, you guys ready?" Teddy asks going against his usual judgement.
Phantom gets both of his hands to glow and smirks, "Do you even have to ask?"
Randy reaches into his right pocket and pulls his ninja mask out. He puts the mask on his face allowing the rest of the suit to cover his body in front of the others in the room. He gets into a battle stance and smirks under his mask. "This is going to be bruce."
Teddy puts his hands on both teens' shoulders and glances at Dr. Strange. "I'll be back." He activates his tele-skates and leaves the building in a flash.
Dr. Strange closes his eyes and sighs, "Things have gotten interesting, but why was Phantom even here? Let's hope he'll be able to help us save those people." He leaves the room to see what Wong and Theresa are doing before Teddy comes back to pick him up.
Phantom, Ninja, and Teddy appear in the middle of an alley and look around the area before lowering their guard. "Did you have to drop us off in an alley?" Phantom asks the blond as he notices their position.
"Relax, this is the closest I could get to the Ancient Armory without anyone knowing that I left or came back." Teddy tells them. He crosses his arms over his chest and sighs, "No one even knows I left which is going to be bad when we even get to the Ancient Armory. Before I head back, I would recommend you guys stay low. We cannot afford anyone knowing you guys are here to help until I return."
"Relax man, we'll be fine." Ninja assures the blond.
"Right…" Teddy trails off not believing a single word Randy just said. "Just be careful." He leaves them in a flash to get Dr. Strange.
"Alright, we should head over to that Ancient Armory if we're ever going to figure anything out." Randy says pointing his thumb behind him at the brick wall.
Danny snickers and asks, "Do you even have an idea where we need to go?"
Randy lifts his hand up and opens his mouth to answer but shuts it when he realizes Phantom was right. "Alright fine, you got me, but it still doesn't explain why you were even at the Sanctum Sanctorum." Randy points out deciding to figure out why Phantom was there with them.
Phantom runs right hand through his hair and sighs in defeat. "I'll tell you, but we need to be somewhere more private where no one should notice us."
Randy looks over their place and gives Phantom a dead look. "Fine, but I'm taking us there."
Danny gives a small hand gesture for Randy to lead the way. "Sure, go ahead."
Randy leads Danny over the town going completely unnoticed by everyone below them and stops when he sees a forest come into view. He does not stop running across the rooftop and changes his direction to the forest believing that it would be a safe place for them to talk. He jumps onto a tree branch and looks around the area carefully. "This should be good enough."
"I'm not so sure." Phantom mutters feeling a little uneasy that they would try to speak privately in the forest.
"Relax, we'll be fine to talk about why you randomly showed up when you weren't even invited." Randy starts calmly then changes into an angry statement. "Why did you show up?"
Danny sighs and sits down on a tree with a bored expression on his face. "Honestly, I promised Angelic Code to find out why you were here."
Randy blinks a couple times and asks, "Are you kidding me?"
"Were you expecting something different?"
Ninja rubs the back of his neck with his right hand and shrugs his shoulders. "I don't know what to expect. I thought it was a bit more complicated than that, but I already told her that I was here to meet someone."
"Dr. Strange?" Phantom asks curiously.
"You got it, but why was she wanting to find out why I was here?"
Phantom sighs and looks at the tree finding it more interesting than their conversation. "That's the complicated part, and the…" Danny pauses when he hears a rustle of leaves close to their location. "Did you hear that?"
Ninja went on guard when he sees the serious look Phantom was giving. "No, what'd you hear?"
Phantom floats to the ground with Ninja landing on the ground next to him. Phantom looks around carefully and stops when he hears the rustle of leaves again. Ninja and Phantom turn their heads to the noise and duck down just in time to avoid a blue burst of energy flying over their heads. Danny shoots a blast of ice in the general direction getting the person from behind the bush to jump away. "Found him."
Ninja runs at the person and pulls out his chain sickle. He jumps over the bush and barely avoids the blue energy shot at him. He throws the dull end of his chain sickle at the figure and got the chain to wrap around the person catching the person off guard. "Gotcha." Randy says smugly. He pulls the chain getting the figure to come out into view. Randy stares at the figure in surprise. "You're just a kid."
The kid glares at the ninja, who notices the short blue hair on the kid. "I demand you let me go!" The kid yells at the Ninja.
Randy does a thinking pose and says, "Let me think about that. Yeah, I'm going to say, no."
Phantom walks up to the kid who was struggling to get out of the chain ties around his waist. Phantom stares at the kid a few seconds and asks, "Why did you attack us?"
The kid growls angrily, "I don't have to answer people who have something to do with attacking my people."
"We just got here." Randy counters not liking the attitude the kid was giving them. "There's no way we could even attack anyone let alone your people."
"Didn't Teddy say something about his best friend being one of the few people not put to sleep?" Phantom asks Ninja.
The kid stops struggling when he heard the question. "Wait, did you say Teddy?" The kid asks his anger being replaced with confusion.
Phantom and Ninja look at each other then back at the kid. Ninja has the chain fall around the kid getting the kid to blink in surprise. "I'm guessing you're Zeke." Ninja says getting the kid to widen his eyes in surprise. "That's a yes."
"If you listen to us, we'll tell you why we're here." Phantom says hoping that Zeke will listen to them.
Zeke glances between the two teens and asks, "Why should I trust you? No one has seen Teddy in twelve hours."
"That's because he went to find the Sorcerous Supreme." Ninja says getting Zeke to look at him with a serious look.
"I never heard of the Sorcerous Supreme." Zeke replies not believing Randy's words.
"You should have seen that coming." Phantom mutters getting Randy to shrug in response. Phantom gives Zeke a stern look and asks, "Does your friend Teddy have blond hair and use tele-skates?"
Zeke's determination drops at the sudden question. 'They know about the tele-skates. Wait, they wouldn't know about it unless they met Teddy. Why did Teddy go get help then? He doesn't like getting people's help outside of the other tamers.'
"What's he doing?" Randy asks Danny quietly.
"I think he's trying to figure out if we're friend or foe." Danny mutters not sure what was going through the kid's head.
"Why would he need to do that? All you did was…Oh, I see what you did there." Randy mutters understanding the reason behind the question.
Zeke shakes his head of his thoughts and asks, "Ok, why should I believe you were brought here by Teddy to help us?"
"Because I know the source behind all of your troubles." Randy reaches into his ninja suit and pulls out the Ninja Nomicon.
"I'm not even going to ask." Danny mutters when he sees the book come out of the ninja suit.
Randy opens the book and flips the pages until he was on the specific page he wanted to show Zeke. Randy turns the book to Zeke and points at the chaos pearl on the page. Zeke narrows his eyebrows at the orb on the page and asks, "How do I even know that you're telling the truth?"
"Because I can vouch for him." The three turn their heads to see Teddy and Dr. Strange walking up to them. "I thought I told you guys to stay low."
"We did. We weren't expecting your friend to find us here." Phantom replies making a small gesture to Zeke.
"Where have you been Teddy? Timothy and Jeremy are not happy that you left while we're in this crisis." Zeke says turning his full attention to his friend.
Teddy smiles uneasily and asks, "What did those two tell you?"
"That you left to get help from a guy called…the…"
"Sorcerous Supreme."
Zeke raises an eyebrow when Teddy reminds him of who Phantom and Ninja talked about earlier. "Ok, they said you went to do that, and they were about to explain what they know about the robed man with that orb."
Teddy rubs the back of his neck and mutters, "Ok, this might a little harder than I thought."
"We don't know anything about the man who attacked your people." Phantom counters feeling a little frustrated on how Zeke was accusing them of being a part of the attack.
"Then why does he have a picture of that orb then?"
"Because he's the one who is to protect people from using the chaos pearls." Dr. Strange answers.
Zeke blinks a couple times at the casual answer and turns his head to Dr. Strange and asks, "Uh, who are you?"
Teddy face-palms and puts his left hand on Zeke's right shoulder getting Zeke to turn his attention to Teddy. "Look Zeke, I'm sorry I left without telling anyone, but I didn't know what to do."
"You better…"
"Let me finish." Teddy interrupts his best friend. "I'm not sorry for getting help, and I'm not going to apologize to Jeremy and Timothy for doing this even though I only wanted to get Dr. Strange." Teddy finishes in his mind not wanting to start another fight. "I know I make a lot of mistakes, but you have to trust me when I say that these guys are here to help."
Zeke takes a deep breath to calm his nerves and sighs in defeat. "Teddy, we were trusted to protect the monsters, and you disobeyed the law by telling outsiders about it. Do you know how many times Jeremy and Timothy tried to make sure Elena never got involved?"
Teddy snickers at the mention of the orange hair girl that Zeke befriended. "You don't have to remind me. Potato is smart, but she lacks our powers, and these guys have power and knowledge that could help save the others."
"Are you sure about that?"
Teddy shuts his eyes and answers Zeke's question. "I would rather give up my powers if it meant that we would be able to save them. I left to get the Sorcerous Supreme to help us save them."
Zeke gives his friend a worried look and asks, "Is he able to help?"
"I don't know, but Ninja is able to give us information we need about the chaos pearl."
Zeke turns to Randy who was still holding the book open for Zeke to look at. Zeke looks down at the book and reaches to grab it only for it to shine a bright light on Zeke surprising everyone. The light dies down and Zeke falls to the ground unconscious. "What was that?" Phantom asks Randy.
Randy looks at the book then at Zeke. "Huh, I was not expecting him to do that." Randy admits.
"What do you mean?" Dr. Strange asks while Teddy kneels next to his best friend.
"My mentor must have pulled his mind into the Nomicon which means he could be in there for a few minutes or a couple hours." Randy admits knowing that he has spent a few hours trapped inside the book.
"Wait, that book can pull our minds into it?" Teddy asks pointing at the book Randy is holding. "Why didn't you tell me that before?"
"You didn't ask, and we never got close to talking about the Nomicon. We only talked about the Sorcerer balls and your people." Randy replies shrugging his shoulders. "But, it will make it easier for us to get to this Ancient Armory you told us about."
Teddy sighs and picks his best friend up putting Zeke on his left shoulder. "Fine but let me talk to Jeremy and Timothy before you guys do anything." He turns in the direction of the Ancient Armory and thinks, 'I'm going to be in trouble no matter what I do.'
Zeke lands on the ground and groans at the impact. He leans up and notices that he did not feel any pain from the fall. He gets up on his feet and notices that his surroundings were made up of drawings and not the forest he was in. "Where am I?" Zeke mutters as he looks at the building he was standing in.
"You are in the Ninja Nomicon." Zeke turns his attention to the voice and finds a man in the same ninja suit that he saw Randy in. "Welcome Ezekiel Zick."
"How am I inside a book, and why am I here?" Zeke asks trying to understand his situation.
"You should already have an idea to your first question, but you need to know everything about the Chaos Pearls." The First Ninja answer getting Zeke's full attention.
"The Chaos Pearls, what are those?"
The First Ninja points down at the ground, and Zeke looks down to see the green orb lying on the ground at his feet. Zeke takes a few steps back in surprise and looks back at the First Ninja. "What you see before you is the Chaos Pearl. This orb is full of evil magic that can corrupt almost anyone who touches it."
"Really?"
"Yes, the power can manipulate anyone into doing evil deeds. The kindest and purest of hearts cannot withstand this kind of magic."
"Are you trying to tell me something?" Zeke asks not getting the hidden message.
The First Ninja sighs, "I guess I should have expected you not to get my meaning." He makes the orb disappear and brings up the image of the sorcerer and an ordinary monk wearing a grey and black traveling robe with a straw hat resting on his back. "Tell me what you see."
Zeke looks at the two curiously and raises an eyebrow. "Uh, I see someone who looks like a monk and a creepy guy who looks like an evil person."
The First chuckles at the explanation. "Pretty straight forward but let me ask again. What do you see when a kind-hearted man turns into something you never expected?"
Zeke looks at the First Ninja then back at the two figures. "Wait, are you saying these are the same person?"
"Now, you see what I'm getting at." Zeke looks back at the First Ninja feeling more confused than before. "The monk was just a normal traveler who found the Chaos Pearls unintentionally. The power corrupted him and split him apart creating the Sorcerer. The Sorcerer imprisoned his good counterpart and started to wreak havoc on the world. Many warriors were lost, but with a little help I was able to seal him up where he would be imprisoned for 800 years."
"So, the orb can corrupt anyone who touches it? Why not destroy it?"
"Do you want to be responsible for releasing a powerful evil energy into the world where it cannot be contained?" The First Ninja asks sarcastically.
"Is there something that can counter the energy?" Zeke asks trying to come up with an idea to save everyone.
"Yes, but that knowledge is not yours to learn."
"What can you tell me then? I can't really do anything if I don't know how to handle the energy." Zeke counters.
The First Ninja chuckles, "Nice choice of words." He makes the two figures disappear and has the Chaos Pearl appear in his left hand. "The energy will do whatever the user tells it to do, but in order for the energy to be detained, you will need the Chaos Pearl that person has used on your friends and family."
"How can we get it back in the orb if we can't touch it?"
"My pupil will be able to touch it as long as he has the suit on. He'll know what to do, but you and your best friend will need to help track the man down. I do not know how much time your people will have before the man figures out what to do with them."
Zeke gulps nervously and asks, "What kind of things?"
The First Ninja stares at Zeke then glances at the Chaos Pearl in his hand. "You don't want to know." He closes his eyes and sighs, "The power needs to be contained, and the current ninja is the only one who knows what to do. You will need to trust him and Phantom."
"Ok, I'll do it." Zeke looks around wondering if there was a way out. He looks at the door then back at the First Ninja. "Is that the door out of here?" He asks pointing at the door to the building.
"No, this is."
"Ah!" Zeke yells in fright as he disappears immediately from the First Ninja's view.
"May the energy lead you, young monster tamer." The First Ninja mutters knowing that the situation was not good. "The trials ahead of all of you are going to be tough."
Zeke opens his eyes and groans feeling a little tension in his body. He roles both of his shoulders to release a little tension and stops when he realizes that he is on a bed in a room made of stone. "I must be in the Ancient Armory." Zeke mutters noticing the structure of the stone. He gets out of bed and exits the room heading straight to the lobby where he knew everyone would be. He enters the room to find his friend Teddy and Dr. Strange talking to two cats who he knew as Timothy and Jeremy. He glances around the room to find Ninja and Phantom talking to each other quietly.
"Oh good, you're up." Zeke turns his head to find his best friend walking up to him with a book in her right hand a baby monster named Bombolo in her left arm. "We were worried that you were going to stay asleep."
"Elena, why are you here? I thought I told you that it isn't safe for you to be here." Zeke says not liking the idea of seeing his best friend here.
"Oh please, you're going to need more than ever. Teddy broke the rules, and Jeremy is trying to get the 'guests' to leave." Elena says making the small quotes with her fingers on 'guests.'
"Elena, do you think it's a bad idea for them to be here?" Zeke asks getting a bad feeling in his stomach.
Elena sets Bombolo down and turns her head to Zeke with a serious expression. "Zeke, the world of monsters cannot be known to the outside world. There is too much at risk for us to involve them. I would love it if we can get the help, but the fewer people who know about the monsters the better."
Zeke runs his right hand through his hair sighing in defeat. "Ok, thanks for letting me know." He walks away from Elena who was staring at him with worry in her eyes. 'I know what needs to be done.'
'Zeke, whatever you do, do not get the Tutors upset with you.' Elena thinks as she watches Zeke walk up to the two heroes.
"Good to see that you're awake." Ninja says glad that Zeke was no longer inside the Nomicon. "What did the book tell you?"
"He told me everything I needed to know except for how to take care of the orb. Do you have a way we can track the man down?" Zeke asks the Ninja.
Ninja and Phantom glance at each other then back at Zeke. "Wait, you actually want us to help?" Phantom asks curiously.
"I don't really have many options." Zeke admits not liking the situation his people were in. "Jeremy and Timothy won't like it, but he said that you would know what to do with the Chaos Pearl."
"He's not wrong about that." Randy mutters glancing over at the two cats scolding Teddy. "We can't leave without getting someone in trouble."
"We need to track this man down, and you guys are in trouble no matter what." Phantom points out.
"Only Teddy is in trouble right now." Zeke reminds the two.
Danny puts his right hand on his chin and asks, "How far can your tele-skates take you?"
"Why do you want to know?"
Danny gives Zeke a small smirk and mutters, "I got someone who could help us with the search without getting you guys involved."
Zeke blinks a couple times and asks, "Who do you have mind?"
Phantom and Ninja stand in the middle of the forest waiting for Zeke to show up with Phantom's friend and trying to keep patience from waning. Ninja pulls one of his ninja rings out and asks, "Where does this friend of yours live? You never did tell me who it is."
"I want to surprise you." Danny admits shrugging his shoulders. "Plus, our help is someone no one in the states will know which will make this mission a lot easier for us…maybe."
"I'm surprised you didn't mention Angelic Code."
"She needs to be with her mom to fix some personal issues, and I can't help her with that." Phantom admits turning his head to a little grey rabbit that was jumping away from them. He raises an eyebrow at the little critter then turns his head to the teleporting sound that followed a few seconds later. "They're here."
Randy flips his ninja ring into the air and catches it saying, "About time." He turns his head to where Phantom was looking to find Zeke and a girl wearing a full red body suit with black dots all over it. "Wait, who is she?" Randy whispers while pointing at the blue hair girl with two short blue pony tails.
"Ninja, say 'hello' to France's resident hero, Ladybug." Phantom introduces.
This was not an ending I was planning, but the idea came to me last second to add in Ladybug. Ladybug, Zeke, Phantom, and Randy will be teaming up to take on an evil and safe the other tamers. I am really looking forward to this and the next chapter following this one.
After the next two chapters, you guys will be getting a side-story involving Randy Cunningham. I am going to enjoy creating the side-story before it merges into the main story. I cannot say when Ladybug will be getting a side-story, but I will let you know when I got something to do for her.
There was a plan to include Aelita's talk with her mom, but I decided to make that a one-shot story for you guys, but it is not that important now. If you guys want me to make the on-shot, then I will work on it immediately and post it up as soon as I can.
I realized that I need to make a one-shot focusing on Odd finding out about Hawkeye turning traitor since I cannot put it in this story without interrupting the current story arc. That's two one-shots I must do, and one side-story will follow Randy Cunningham after the next two chapters. (Sigh) I am going to be enjoying writing the stuff.
I got nothing else. I hoped you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I hope you keep reading. R&R