Chapter 3
Howard couldn't believe his eyes, right in front of him was the Ninja! "I said, what are you doing here?" He snarled in rage and pulled out his sword. "I-I got l-lost." He stuttered, Ninja looked Howard up and down to see if he was telling the truth, finally Ninja placed his sword in his back pocket.
"Why did you come down here in the first place?" He asked a bit calmer.
"I was looking for the bathroom and found this maze, so I thought that the lady who owns this joint must have a toilet down here." He admitted. "You mean Lucy?" He asked."Yeah that's it, wait, how do you know her?" Howard asked.
"I've known her for years." The Ninja smiled. Suddenly Howard's stomach started the growl. "Come here." Ninja sighed and pulled out two white bowls and walked over to the boiling pot over the fire, carefully, he pulled out a scoop from the draws and pulled some warm noodles from the pot and placed them into the pot.
"Here you go." He smiled and passed one bowl and a pair of chop sticks to Howard.
"Thanks." Howard smiled and started to eat. "You know, we kinda got off at the wrong foot so let my start over. Names Howard Weinermen." He explained. "Nice to meet you Howard." Ninja said and took a bit out of his food.
"So do you go Norisville High?" Howard asked.
"I go there to protect it, but if you mean going there to learn, then no." Ninja admitted sadly. "Why not?" Ninja looked at Howard with sad blue eyes. "I can't read or write English, I can speak it just not write it." He sighed.
"I could teach you." Howard offered as he finished his noodles.
"Come on, time you went back up top." Ninja said and liftred the boy to his feet...
"What do you mean you've not never heard of Grave-Punched?!" Howard exclaimed. He had learned that Ninja hardly knew anything about things like computers, T.V, video games or anything that made the modern world and that he was immune to old age and but not serious injuries.
"You have to play it Ninja!" Howard insisted as they reached the stairs.
"Hey do you have a phone?" Howard asked, Ninja pulled out a black and red version of the latest model. "Here's my number so you can, well, give me a call and hang out sometime." Howard said as he dialed his number into the phone.
"Ok." Ninja smiled and opened the door for his new friend.
"See us Ninja." And with that Howard closed the door behind him...
The next day Howard went to school as normal but deep down he was so excited about the fact that the Ninja of Norisville was his friend. "RUN!" A boy screamed as he and a load of other students stampede to the nearest exit, suddenly a HUGE robot came stomping around the corner.
"SMOKEBOMD!" In a puff of red smoke the Ninja stood right in front of Howard, sword ready and everything.
"Let's dance Buckethead." He said and charged at the robot. He lifted his sword high above his head only to be punched in the stomach and through the wall, Howard had to run for 10 minutes to get to the exit only to find that the Ninja had defeated the robot but even from where he was you could still see that he was hurt, bad.
"Smoke bomb" He said weakly and in a puff of smoke vanished.
Howard could tell his friend was hurt so he ran to Mrs. Cunningham's house...
Lucy was at her home washing the dishes when her mobile stated to ring. "Hello?" She said. "Lucy..." Came Nokia's weak call. "Please...help..." Then the line went dead. Lucy grabbed her first aid kit and ran towards the basement...