Cole:...
Jay:...
Kai:...
Will:...what? why are you guys looking at me like that?
Lloyd: I don't get it, why do you always gel up your hair like that?
Jay: I know right! And I always see you covering your hair when I knock you down!
Cole: It's not, like gold or anything, right?
Ashlyn: He's not a male. I know it.
Will: Hey, the hair makes a male look sexy, okay?
Me: Before I proceed to the story, men's hair does NOT make him sexy. Thank you.
Will: It does-
Zane: *smashes him with ice club*
Me: This thing is pointless. enjoy!
"Rea! Rise and Shine! The wake up bell rang!" Cole shook me awake as I fluttered my eyes open. "Morning, people." I mumbled, and dragged myself to the bathroom for wash up.
As I brushed my teeth, I thought about the dream last night. The words from my 'brother' hit me so hard it was simply, convincingly real. But should I tell them about the Mark of the Silver Dragon? Will they believe me?
I washed my toothbrush. Save that for later, I thought.
Soon, I was in a white and silver shirt, black jeans and combat boots with my washed combat gloves in my hands. "It snowed a little last night. Odd. It's still autumn." Jay told me, and I yanked the tent entrance open.
Sure enough, a thin layer of frost covered the dirt, and only a few flowers sprouted from the ground. Then I realized everyone was waiting for me, in their snow clothes. I scurried back into the tent, and changed into my winter attire: a thick wool high collared long sleeved shirt and a thin silver parka. My legs were safe under five stockings and a pair of thick pants, but I still wore my combat boots and gloves.
We went out of the tent, and found the Sexy Killers shivering in their pink, purple and royal blue sleeping bags under a pine tree, the icicles in the tree melting and dripping on them. I could see each of their faces, stained with ruined mascara, was going blue.
"FIRST DAY OF MORNING ACTIVITY: CAPTURE THE FLAG!" Sensei Nakomi, who was dressed in a military camo parka, thick bulletproof pants and combat boots yelled into each camper's sleepy soul as we gathered at the center of the site. Almost all of them brought their winter clothes, so it's lucky for them.
"YOU KNOW THE RULES. SEVEN GROUPS WILL BE SEPARATED INTO TWO, AND THAT MEANS ONE OF THE TEAM WILL HAVE FOUR! TO MAKE IT FAIR, I WILL GROUP FOUR GROUPS WITH LEAST MEMBERS, AND THE GAME WILL OFFICIALLY START! FIRST TEAM TO CAPTURE EACH OTHER'S FLAG WINS!"
"BLUE TEAM: LEAGUE OF SPINJITZU, GIRL POWER, THE STABBER CLUB!"
"RED TEAM: THE SEXY KILLERS, THE BLOODSHEDDERS, THE SONS OF ARES, AND BOOK HUNTERS!"
We grouped together at our spot, which was where the blue flag was. It was there practically the whole night, so I don't think it's possible to pluck it out with ease. with all the ice stuck in the steel. "EACH TEAM WOULD PLAN A STRATEGY TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. THREE MINUTES!"
The two teams were much cooperative, and we were invited to join the two team's discussion. "Okay, we'll separate each other into groups: defend, mid attack, advanced attack." A ginger haired pigtailed girl said confidently. "League of Spinjitzu, you'll be having the advanced attack position. You job is to try to get the flag from the red team, got it? Girl power, my group, we're having the mid attack team. Half attack, half defend, that's our job, and the stabber club, you get the most important job. There are four groups in the red team. That means they can make any team of the four into the stealth team. So watch out, and keep it safe. you have a lot of fun than you can expect from being a defender."
I smiled at the girl. She is one smart, strategic one. maybe if she was once of us...
The stabber club's leader, Alex grinned. "We will do our best. Xanthe's the sharpest guy in our team. We'll make the best for this. And if we have the time, Elizabeth can make some traps." He looked at a copper haired and freckled faced girl, who gave a 'ok' sign.
"You can count on us." Cole said confidently. "We're really skilled in Ninjutsu."
The ginger girl grinned, flashing her braces. But I didn't care. The match hadn't even started, but I can feel we're gonna have the red flag in our hand in no time soon.
"THREE, TWO, ONE, CHARGE!"
I waved a brief goodbye at Elizabeth, as she looked up from her freshly set traps around the blue flag, and charged at the red attacking team. I widened my eyes as I saw practically everyone from the red team charged. Lloyd, Ashlyn and Zane went by trees, and Cole decided to go under ground, leaving Jay, me, Will and Kai on ground. "Uh-oh." I gulped, and yelled as the girls charged this way. The Book Hunters, who were obviously nerds either tripped onto the ground midway, thanks to the buttress roots, or slip on the ice.
The Sexy Killers had been carried away by the medical team to the medic tent, frozen. I saw them being carried away by tents as I fought the Bloodshedders. I tried to find Ken, but he was nowhere to be seen. I slowly stepped back by the two teams, who were viciously hitting me, and suddenly one of them slipped. I glanced at the ground, and smiled. It was one of Elizabeth's traps. With much help from the Defense and Mid attack team, we managed to advance again. Then after I was over the swarm, I saw Lloyd, Ashlyn paralyzed by half of the Sons of Ares, who were secretly in defense.
"Hey, that's cheating!" I heard Will protest. True. Players of Capture the Flag aren't suppose to threaten people.
The buff guy sneered. "I don't care. As long as we get the flag of yours, you can say bye bye to your petty little friends."
"PETTY LITTLE WHAT?" I was enraged, the power bursting in my veins, but Sensei's advice calmed me down. Kai wasn't calm. He burst into a vortex of fire, and charged at him. Zane, hidden in the trees, unleashed his power too, and shot icicles at him, which he barely dodged "Wha-"
Kai knocked him down, and soon Ashlyn and Lloyd were free of his grasp. I rushed to the red flag, which was waving in the wind slightly, and Will, using the power of the Red Dawn, another source of pure energy, but a weaker one, plucked the flag, and Girl Power and the Stabbing Club burst into cheers.
But the League of Spinjitzu know better.
"Tell me, what exactly happened." Sensei Nokami settled back on her leather chair, gesturing her hand at the screen, which displayed Kai and Zane using their elemental powers under the eye of a security camera.
"Um...we..." Jay rubbed his knuckles awkwardly, and the injured boy screamed, "I saw him! Him in a red tornado, and the white guy shooting icicles at me with bare hands!"
"See? There's a witness and a victim. What do you have to say, hmm?" Sensei crooned, and tapped her fingers together. "That guy cheated, and almost killed our-"
"Hush, hush!" The women leaned forward. "I only want to know how did you learn the way of the Legendary Spinjitzu, that's all. I am all ears to know."
I grasped my fist. One way or another, we had to get out of here... then a idea popped into my mind. I focused, and dove into her mind. Sure enough, there was the memories of her watching the screen monitoring as Kai and Zane did the unexpected, and drove the memories our of it.
I opened my eyes, and gave a secret message to Jay. The ninja of Electricity grinned, and touched the electronic device for a second. Soon, the screens flicked and fizzed, and it went blank. So was Sensei Nokami's eyes for a while. I heard the boy gasp, and the sensei blinked, the pupils returning to her eyes.
"Ah, why, are you eight here? And what is this little boy doing here with halloween make up?" I sighed in relief. It did work.
The boy looked at us with bewilderment. "Witches! You had sensei hypnotized! Someone!" The boy thrashed on his seat, but Ashlyn placed a invisible vacuum of air around him, making his muscles paralyzed.
Sensei shooed us out of the tent, and we went to eat our breakfast awkwardly, which was ham sandwich and hot mushroom soup with hot chocolate as dessert.
I looked at the grey blanket of clouds above us, the white snow trickling softly, down, gliding gently in the cold wind like a withered leaf carried by the autumn breeze. I pulled my parka together, trying to get all the warmth I could gather, a wispy breath escaping my lips as I took a small nibble of my ham sandwich. The cold temperature whisked my taste buds away, making it tasteless.
"I wonder when would this ever end," Jay muttered, as he tried to make a little electric ball to warm him. Kai was warm enough, and, in fact, if you concentrate really hard, you can see wisps of smoke rising from the ninja of Fire's fluffy jacket. Zane stayed neutral. Well, that was completely normal, partly a robot can't feel cold and partly he's the ninja of Ice. Ashlyn was a
"I'm going to the toilet." Will mumbled, and pulled his parka closer to him, and dragged himself to the white building. Zane looked at the shivering Ninja of the Red Dawn, and began trailing after him.
I looked around again. Again, Ken was nowhere to be found. Irritation burned inside me. Why can't we get him as fast as I found Ashlyn? Finding Ken was like a blind man catching a slippery eel, maybe even more difficult. I grasped my warm mug of chocolates, so strong I hadn't notice the mug started to crack.
I had to find the boy before this camp ends, and that means I only have five days. I thought, flooding my mouth with the thick liquid before the mug breaks and stain my hands. I placed it on the ground, just as Will came to this direction, his frantic eyes filled with fear.
"Touchy." Cole muttered. I glared at him, and pretended to throw the fragile cup at him.
"Ken... he's there...Serpentine.." Will panted, his body being supported from his hands. Zane raced to our table, his breath short. I stood up, alert and a little pinch of fear. "The serpentine's here?!"
"Worse! Ken's working with them! He's the Ninja of Venom!"
It took a chapter for Reanne to realize her ninja self.
It was less than a chapter for Will to pass by.
It was completely unexpected for the readers when Ashlyn came.
It took 3 freggin chapters hunt Ken down.
Still, reviews please! i really need it to survive XD