Keeping up with Cap was harder than it looked; each of them carried a bag from the supply store, but as Cap took great strides, Mina found herself having to skip a step just to keep up with him.
"Where are we going?" Mina asked, even struggling to hold her bag up while Cap power walked like a business woman on Wall Street.
"You don't recognize the path yet?" Cap replied from over his shoulder, subtly making her more upset that she couldn't keep up with him.
"If I did do you think I would be asking?" she fired back. Cap chuckled a bit.
"I know a girl that acts like the flame," he started to sing playfully, "She always goes around like the world's caught on fire. Don't know if she's ever gonna be with me, but she's got the spirit of infamy!"
"I hate that song..." Mina grumbled.
"But it was written just for you Minnie!"
"That's not my name, and say what you want about Jay, Cole, and Kai together in one place- they sure know how to bully an orphan."
"They were not bullying you." Cap laughed. "Get over yourself you melodramatic nutcase. If you would just realize that you're so easy to tease, most of us would stop at any time. Why do you think I call you Minnie?"
The girl did not answer as she kept her head down with a rather grumpy face plastered on. Cap let out a light laughter as he looked up at a large monument sign that designated their location.
"Recognize the path now Min?" Cap asked. Mina looked up and read the black plaque with its words etched with gold lettering; Ninja Memorial Park, Home of the Titanium Ninja Tribute. Not even a second after she set her eyes on said tribute that was placed in the middle of the park, Mina's eyes felt as if someone had stabbed pins into them as she keeled over in pain.
"Minnie?" Cap said as he rushed to her side. "Are you alright?"
The Golden Power laced around Ninjago's city center like a spider web. In the center was the spider itself; the Golden Master. But ice was slowly starting to take over the Golden web like a laced poison attacking one's blood stream. In a moment of what seemed like bliss, the ignorant Ninja of Ice gave up his entire existence just to save his friends before he and the Golden Master collided systems to cause a combustion unlike any other. From the sidelines, the other ninja could only stare in awe and fear. They thought he was gone, they thought the war was over; but they were wrong. They were dead wrong.
"Min talk to me!" Cap demanded as he shook Mina's shoulders. The girl was unresponsive, so Cap lugged her over to a park bench and waited for her to come-to.
"G-get me... get me out of here..." Mina slowly started to murmur. "I... all this bad... no good memories..."
Cap raised an eyebrow as he gently moved a piece of Mina's hair out of her face.
"Minnie," he then said in a concerned tone that hid nothing, "I don't know what has a hold of you right now, but you've never acted this way. Stress aside, something else is going on inside that soul of yours- I've known you far too long to just let anything slip by. Whatever's eating you Min, fight it. You're stronger than that, I know you are. Tell that demon inside of you to grow a pair and get out of your way; letting him take over you isn't part of your spirit. Please Min... I honestly have no idea if you can hear me now or not, but this is seriously important. Is any of it getting through?"
If only 'You haven't seen the last of me' wasn't just a mere threat...
"H-hey Oppa...?" Mina then started to stutter as he slowly turned her head to look up at him.
"Yes?" Cap asked as he moved a portion of her hair away so he could easily look back at her.
"When we get back... we need to talk."
"Already done." Cap told her with a smile. But Mina shook her head.
"I want Zane to join us." she told him. Cap gave Mina a look that wanted to be confused, but not feel very confused at all- only understanding.
Above them, the Falcon gave a cry that diverted their attention upwards.
"We're heading back!" Cap shouted up at the robotic bird. "Give us a few more minutes, we haven't been gone that long!"
"No one's spying on us." Mina told him as the Falcon started to make indication that it was going to land. "He's coming to say hello."
"Minnie, you know as well as I do that that bird doesn't just come around to say hello to you."
"He does." the girl claimed. "You don't know him the way I do."
"I highly doubt-" Cap started to say, but trailed off as he watched Mina take a panel off that was located on the back of the robotic bird's neck and pulled a thin cord out of a circuit before putting the panel back.
"There we go." the girl said in a calm, cold tone. "He's my Crow now, not their Falcon."
Cap could only stare as he started to feel increasingly aware that something about her wasn't right. He shook it off soon enough though, and he started to get up.
"If we're going Min, let's get a move on." he declared. "Are you ready too?"
Mina stroked the back of the Falcon's head slowly before she started to nod.
"Sure. Let's go."
And without further ado, the duo left the park and headed back to the Borg Industries tower.
