Kai snagged me by the arm and started running to the edge of the temple grounds. Everyone was talking and asking questions at once. I had to admit I almost had to put some effort into pulling him to a halt. Almost lol Cole thought. Pulling him back to face us master wu silenced us with a shout.
"Ninja!, stop one at a time." What's wrong? Wu questioned.
"Sky said Tox showed up in a panic, screaming they both had to run because something killed Chamille and some of her family. Sky is not sure who actually made it out or was killed by whom. Or what." Kai answered impatiently.
"Kai and Cole go get Sky and Tox and bring them here. Use the air jet in case Tox is injured and unable to fly on a dragon. Nya and Jay prepare space for them here and make sure Misake has my tea and potion table set up." "Zane..." Wu said rubbing his eyes. "Please check all data bases and the police blotters. Chamille ran with a rough group sometimes. It is possible the attacker is human and otherwise known to the local police"
"Do you really think a human... a ungifted human with no elemental power could take down an elemental master and some of their family master Wu?" Cole asked.
"Possibility s are endless. But Skylers words of who or more accurately what as the assailants are troubling. A well trained assassin or group maybe." Wu surmised. 'I believe we will find out more what happened and then why or how it happened." "go Ninja, there is little time to waste. Oh and Llyod, bring me my books that I was reading out of the tea room and all the scrolls in the bottom left drawers."
"You think an Oni did this master?" Llyod questioned very concerned.
"It is best to cover all our options my pupil." Wu was very concerned. As each ninja took flight or ran. He did not want to show it but he suspected the master of earth was correct and it would have been very difficult for a simple human alone to get the best of not one but two elemental masters and a portion of their family.
Kai had made for the pilots seat first and I shoved him out of the way and into the back. I was so not dealing with Kai flying dramatically and recklessly and crashing the air jet in the process. Kai glowering behind me the whole time I eventually rolled my eyes and said to him "Sly is going to be alright, she never said that there was any danger at her place. Just that Tox showed up panicking"
"Easy to say for you Cole, its not the love of your life in danger" Kai bristled.
"Hey Sky is my friend too" Cole said.
''Its not the same Cole, maybe if the blue motor mouth hadn't conned my sister into hitching up with him then you would get it.'' Kai replied.
"For how long are you gonna bring that disaster up? Nya and I are friends, good friends. But I can't ever see how it would have worked out long term, Nya and I want very different things out of life" Cole said once again rolling his eyes.
The argument was cut short then as they breaked to a stop over Skylers home and restaurant. Hovering down a few more inches Cole went to extend the deck of the air jet slightly so people could get on board. Kai jumped off the edge and ran to help Sklyer out. Skyler had a large bag over her should and was helping Tox drag a smaller figure out of the doors already. Not waiting for anything Sklyer pitched the bag on deck, pushed the small figure, a little girl into Kais arms and then fully lent Tox her shoulder to get on board.
"Move!" Skyler screamed at Cole. He was taken a little aback until he realized that the little girl was limp dead weight in Kais arms and Tox was barely hold herself up and covered in deep slashes.
"Is she going to bleed out, shouldn't we head to the hospital, not the temple?' Cole asked.
"NOOOOO!" Tox screeched snapping her head up. Ill LIVE. We have to go and get as far from here and the river as possible, the river goes right by the hospital. Thell come back if we head that way.
Tox seemed to slump over a bit then as if the talking was wrenching the last of her strength from her. Cole turned the air jet around and headed back to the temple briskly. Skyler held her as Kai set the little girl down beside them and went to grab the first aide kit. With Kai helping Sklyer bandaged the worst of the slashed and Tox no longer seemed to be loosing as much blood, Then turning her attention to the little girl. No slashes but she seemed to have a very large bump on the head. She was knocked unconscious.
"What happened babe? What did Tox say? Kai asked. Worry evident on his face.
"Aside from the screaming, Tox told me that their family was having a birthday party at the park for their younger cousin Odell" Skyler gestured to the little girl. "In her words monsters crawled out of the stream and starting just slaughtering everyone. And not just slaughtering people Kai" Skyler trailed off...
"What?! What else can be worse than just killing people?!' Kai said with an edge of rage in his voice.
Cole looked over his shoulder to see the fear and apprehension of Skylers face. Kai moved to hold her hands.
"The monsters seemed to target the people with powers first, or the people who at one point had powers, Chamilles mother and grandmother had what looked like their elemental powers sucked out of them...before the monsters started..." Skyler trailed off then picked up again. "Before they started eating the body."
Cole and then Kai for change startled and stare in shock not speaking.
"Tox said they made a grab for little Odell and her next. And Tox's dad and uncle shoved Odell out of the way, she banged her head when she went down." Skyler gestured to the bump on the little girls head. "They went for Tox and Odell then, slashing Tox up pretty good, they must have wicked claws. But Tox started to push poison at them. And it made them back off just enough to grab Odell and run."
Skyler looked stricken as she added "Tox said they went after the rest of their family's...eating what was left. Tox was horrified, but she said she had to get at least Odell out alive."
Not a sinlgle ninja or Skyler knew what to do for any of this. And as they raced back to the temple Cole called on the com to let everyone know they had Sky, Tox and her little cousin Odell and they needed major medical care when they get back.
