During the commotion, Nomicon dashed through the halls after getting out of his class. He looked left and right for any sign of Randy or Howard but found neither one. Where could Randy have gone? His brother couldn't have gotten far. The way he was half asleep all day should be proof of that.

However, as he saw Bash ran past him trying to get out, the red-haired teen soon felt a force, knocking him to the side, while he heard Bash demanded "Out of my way?"

He soon heard a slamming of metal sound sprang up.

Just then, he found himself in a dark room before the grounds started to shake. When the ground ceased, Nomicon tried moved forward. He was soon met with a thin metal like wall. He soon tried and pushed it out but couldn't. Trying serval more times, each time ended about the same, his heart started to race. He soon resorted to pounding with the side of his hand. Again and again, shouting "LET ME OUT?!"

After a few more pounds, he soon heard the sounds of his brother screaming at the top of his lungs.

Didn't know what the juice was going on out there, but that Randy was in troubling. He screamed at the top of his lungs, pounding more and more, however just like the other attempts no came no one came, not even the ninja himself.

As tears started to form and increase, the more he slid down until he knelt down and sobbed.

Not now, not again, not like the last time. Why couldn't he find his little brother? Why did he let that jerk knock him into this punkin locker?!

Down, far into the grounds of the school, the soccer sat on the ground, bored out of his mind until he caught a whiff.

"What was that?" He asked to no one in particular. He smelled as the negative emotions filled his nose. The green man soon stood up with a grin. "Yes. someone with very strong fear and sadness. This is just what I need to help free me from my imprisonment."

At that moment, he conjured up some green mist energy in his hands and let fly into a pipe where the smell came from.

The green mist went out of the pipes into the ground and moved to where Nomicon was.

The red-haired teen still sobbed, trapped in the cruised locker before the green mist came for him.

Outside Randy was flung into the remains of a wall.

"Ow, aw man," Randy said as he slowly gotten up on all fours. "that Mcfist bot is so much powerful right now." As his eyes closed he felt the tongue wrap around his waist again. 'Oh no.' He thought to himself right before he was tossed a distanced to his left side, causing him to slid on the ground before stopping and groaning a bit.

After getting up is a slow manner and taking out his sword from in his suit jamming the blade into ground, he struggled to stand up. Soon he uttered in a low voice, "I could really use some big brother wisdom right now." in a tired voice. "Okay, think ninja? What would your bro say?"

"To avoid an attack, is to avoid the attack." He remembered.

It was from the time when he was six where Bash being a Shoob and beat him up. Nomicon found him coming home from school with some bruises including a big on the jaw and told him that. It took him a while before he gotten what his elder brother was saying. It was then he avoided Bash all together until he gave up.

"What? Come on, is that it?" He asked to the great gods above.

Just then, he noticed the tongue trying to wrap itself around him, but dropped down, crouching. dodging it. As he gotten up and try to sprint away, the ninja peered behind him to see the lizard was chasing him down. He soon reached into his cloth belt. Pulling out some sliver balls, he said "Ninja Tripping Balls." while he tossed on the ground. With only a tad to wait one hearing a thud he turned back and saw the lizard down on its side.

He then reached backed into his cloth belt and pulled out light blue balls. Calling out "Ninja Cold Balls," He thrown them at the mechanical reptile before it could get back up again. Just as the blue-eyed ninja was about to dash toward the bot, a loud scream popped up.

Over with Mc fist, the two villains stared at a computer screen that showed snow and noting else.

"What just a happen just happen to my robot, Viceroy?" Mc fist asked looking as if he wanted to strangle the scientist.

"It appears that something smashed the lizard bot. Hard to say by who."

"I 'm not going to forget about this."

"I 'm sure you won't sir."

Back with the ninja, all of the sudden, he noticed Bash running to the lizard.

Witnessing this the black and red clad ninja raised a brow.

Bash soon stopped at the machine's belly before peering back heading off towards him.

"Ninja." Bash Uttered before a crashing sound was heard. He looked behind the guy and saw a bright red, truck size bird standing on a broken robot.

At that moment, the ninja let out another whimper,

"You got to help me!"

Just as the older teen gotten to him, the purple haired ninja spotted the bird turning its attention on to them. It sprinted towards them.

"Ninja Tripping Balls." The blue-eyed guy said as he took out some steel balls like he did with Ninja Cold Balls and thrown them on to the ground.

However, instead of tripping on them, the bird flown stop and flown up to the sky.

"Oh boy." He uttered as he saw the bird nosedive for them. He ran out of the way and tripped to the ground.

"Bash?"

The ninja searched around for the larger teen. He soon spotted him, but also, he was on the ground as the bird walked closer to the teen. Throwing his scarf, he tried to wrap around the bird, but the bird broke free. The bird grip on to the scarf and swung over its head, slamming to the ground before the bird chased.

The purple hair guy stayed there for a bit, while bash screams out in the background. He struggled to get back up resisting the strong urge to stay down and go to sleep, but he did eventually. As he did, he heard a familiar voice calling him.

"Hey ninja are you okay?"

Looking through more tired eyes then he had before, the guy in the ninja grab saw that it was Howard.

"Yeah," He answered in a voice that showed how honest he was. "but I 'm too tired to fight."

"AHHHH!"

"Wow, I 'm so glad I 'm not that guy right now."

"It must be someone..." At that moment he let out a yawn. "Stanked."

"Have you try talking to it?"

"No. Already told you... I 'm too tired to fight."

As he Looked back the older teen and the red avian

The bird spoke to Bash on the ground again who was on the ground moving backwards.

"You trapped me in the locker!" The bird said.

"Sorry."

Back over to the ninja, he heard Howard spoke up, "I got this."

The blue-eyed ninja raised a brow to what his friend's plan was.

Seeing his friend run about a yard away from and closer to the Stanked Monster, the teenage ninja watched Howard called out, "Hey, rat face?" throwing something at the bird, but closed eyes when said friend did. When the purple hair guy opened them again, he saw the avian let out screech. They soon went after Howard.

As the red Stanked monster chased Howard and said friend screamed, Randy smoked bomb in between the two.

"Hey, look I know you're mad at Bash and-"

The bird swatted Randy a distance away with their wing.

After struggling to get back up, he saw the bird was walking towards Howard.

The bird lifted their wings up and at that moment the scarf wearer eyes widen at the sight of the red avian's clothing.

"Nomicon?" He uttered in disbelief but gone away when he continued. Wonk, no wondered he gotten Stanked, he must have been trapped in the building when I was being attacked."

"A person who avoids a battle ends up fighting a war."

His big bro's voice came in loud and clear. At that moment He knew what he had to do.

The blue-eyed ninja smoke bombed in between Howard and the bird again.

"Wait Nomicon it's me." He said right before taking off his ninja mask, making the whole suit disappear. "I 'm really sorry for keeping me being the ninja secret. I wasn't supposed to tell you. You're always telling me that I should follow the rules. I didn't want you to worry. "

When Nomicon came too, he didn't know what happen until he remembered being trapped in the locker, however he didn't have time to think on that. A yawn was heard before he caught a glimpse of Randy wobbling before collapsing, however he caught him.

Curious what the juice just happened, while his little brother slept in his arms, he found Howard and asked him.

"Uh what happened?"

"Wait, you don't remember? What your brother just told you?"

"No."

"Fine, your bro is the ninja. He's been having nightmares for a few days, and you turned into a bird monster and attacked us."

Surprising that Randy being the ninja of all people, but he understood why he did it. Everything making sense at that moment. Tough, he did not like the fact almost hurt Howard and especially his little brother.

"I 'll take to Randy to the nurse's office. Can you get him on my back?"

"Sure."

He handed his brother to the other red hair teen who placed said brother down on the grown in a shockingly gentle manner. Kneeling down Howard placed his blue-eyed brother's body on his back before he reached back and grabbed on to said brother legs.

He had Howard to get Randy on his back and that he was going to carry his brother to the nurse's office. His little bro stayed asleep the entire time and when he lifted him up. Whatever those nightmares where, they must have been honkin scary.

As they gotten to the front, Principal Sloomvit announced the school was canceled for the day. Some of the other students groaning as he did. He only hoped that Randy can stay asleep and have another nightmare.

The boys went on and rode the bus. He placed Randy in an empty seat, while he sat next to him. Howard sat in the seat in front of theirs. The awake teens didn't talk to each other, which was good. He didn't have his waking up because they gotten into hecking argument.

However, after few minutes Howard raking his leave, he heard some low noises beside him. Just then something shot up from there.

"Wha-huh?" His bro uttered as he looked around.

He put a hand on his bro's shoulder, causing Randy to stop and pant a bit.

"Nomicon?"

"Everything's fine bro. You need to get more sleep. I 'll explain everything later."

"Okay."

At that moment, his brother calmed down and went back to sleep, however this time Randy fell asleep on his own shoulder. He sighed and waited for their stop.

Once at their Nomicon woken Randy up, but he could tell that his brother was wanted sleep some more as it was evident as he tried to push back his hand, but the red hair only had to back a second time before Randy woken long enough to wrap an arm behind his back of his neck.

He grabbed Randy's arm, his little bro leaned on him. There, they gotten up and off.

His blue-eyed brother appears to be only half asleep, when they did, but kept being awake until they gotten in their house, and he took him to his own bed since his brother's bed is high up off the ground.

Right after placing Randy and him falling back to sleep, he sighed, glad that his brother stayed somewhat awake until now. As he thought up an excuse to tell their mom, his brother stared to stir and shuffle a bit before shot up, panting.

"Nomicon?!" Randy asked looking around with widen eyes. "Uh, what happen?"

"You're in my room. I brought you here after Principal Shommvit canceled school for the day."

"Oh. See I think I saw the ninja right before I-"

"I already know bro."

"Huh?"

"Howard told me that you're the ninja."

"Agh. Sorry Nomicon you weren't supposed to know."

"A fish cannot change the stream it swims."

"Not now Nomicon, I 'am still honkin tired for your sayings."

The red-haired teen made a short glare. Let his sudden annoyance subside, he explained. "I was saying that it's alright. We cannot change the past. We just have to deal with it."

"Thanks."

"What were those nightmares about?"

"Uh? Not much." His little brother said as he broke eye contact and gave off a nervous looking smile.

He glared at him knowing that was a big lie.

"Okay, okay. They started out me failing to protect everyone to me being begin killed and leaving you guys alone." Randy answered looking down at his lap.

"We'll make sure that doesn't happen."

At that moment, his purple haired bro gave a soft and he did the same.

"Since you know how I gotten my fear I was wondering, why are you so afraid of being in locked spaces?"

"When I was six you were at Howard's sleep over."

"Oh yeah, that was the time I had to come back home early because Howard gotten sick with the flu and you were sticking close to me and mom for... Oh?"

"That day I was drawing and was looking for a marker to complete it. My search led me to one of the older parts of the house. I was just about to get the markers when I fell off the ladder and through the floor. Being there for hours, I screamed until mom found me and got me out.

Randy was surprised. "Hey, it's alright, now you gotten a bruce little brother as the ninja."

"Thanks bro." Nomicon smiled.

Just then, Randy let out a yawn. "Say could well..."

"Stay with you until go to sleep?"

"Yeah."

The green-eyed teen gave a smile, knowing that his little brother was still a little scared about being alone.

He waited until Randy fall back to sleep before going out. He was going to go down to living room so that their mom doesn't yell for Randy and was going to give the excuse that his brother had a tough gym period.