I find myself inside the Nomicon. Why am I here? I don't remember opening the book before I blacked out. "Why did you suck me in here Nomicon? Am I dead or something?" Letters in purple slide in front of me.

The Ninja's Identity Was Just Given Away In Front Of All Of Norrisville, You Must Stay Here Until I Know You Are Able To Protect Yourself

"What the juice Nomicon? I can defend myself just fine. I mean, sure Mac captured me, but that was a surprise attack. Maybe you can just train me. You know so I don't need to where the mask. I know things are getting crazy; so I need to learn how to fight without the suit. So can you please train me?" I was practically on my knees begging for the Nomicon to teach me how to fight without the suit. There was a moment of silence. But then the Nomicon agrees to train me. "Shweet! Thanks Nomicon, don't worry; I will do my best to learn. So what am I going to learn first?" I hope that I'm not going to be in here long. I need to defeat the Sorcerer so things can go back to normal. Maybe I can learn something from the forbidden knowledge of the shadow warrior.

You Might Not Be Ready For The Forbidden Knowledge Of The Shadow Warrior, Only The First Three Ninja's Were Ever Able To Master All Of Them; You Need The Mask In Order To Do One Anyways

"Wait, did you just read my mind? That's wonk! So now I cant even think to myself in front of you?" Oh well. Lets just get down to business Nomicon.

Very Well Ninja

Katy's POV

I look down at Randy, wondering what is going through his head right now, what he is thinking about. I hope that Randy wakes up soon; Mac might be sending some of his guards or whatever to come and get us. Maybe we should find a new hide out. My house! It's perfect; nobody else knows where I live except Howard and Randy. "Howard, we have to get Randy to my house, we can stay there until Randy wakes up. I need you to help me carry Randy. Can you do that?" Howard nods to me. "Wait! The book! We need the book."

"You mean the Nomicon? I think I saw it glowing red in Randy's bag over in the kitchen. I'll go get it." I watch Howard go to grab the Nomicon, when he reaches for it, it glows furiously red. When Howard touches it he aches in pain. "Owe! What the juice? It burned me."

"What? Let me see." I walk over to the book to touch it, and it does nothing. No glow. No burn. Nothing. "That's weird." I put the book in my bag and go to the back of the house for the emergency wheel chair we had in case one of us got hurt and needed to retreat. Howard helps me put Randy into the chair. I put a blanket over him and we begin to head to my house. When we get there we bring Randy in the guest room. Howard and I set Randy down on the guest bed and put two blankets over him since it was starting to get cold. We leave the room and I shut the door behind me. Howard and I go into the living room and sit down on the couch. We were quiet; we didn't know what to say. There really wasn't anything to say anyways, I mean; the only thing we could do now was wait for Randy to wake up.

"Katy, your bag. Its glowing red." I look down at my tote bag to see that the Nomicon was glowing red. I pull it out and lay it down on the coffee table.

"What do you think I should do with it." I ask Howard.

"Open it. Something tells me that Randy is in there. I think that you and Randy are connected to the suit some how. Think about it, back at Randy's house; when I wen t to touch the Nomicon it burned me. But when you touched it; it did nothing. I think that it wants you to go inside of it. Just try Katy; maybe if you go inside you might see Randy. You can ask him what's going on. Please Katy." I look at Howard and think for a while. Then I look down at the Nomicon and open it, I am transported into a forest filled with trees.

"Katy? Is that you?" I turn around to see Randy. I run up to him and hug him real tight. He hugs me back holding me even tighter. "What are you doing here?" I explain to Randy how I got there and how the ninja saved us from Mac. Of course I stuck with the story that Howard and I planned on telling Randy if he ever thought that it was me who saved us. "Wow, I can't believe that someone found the mask and used it to save us. Then gives it back. I'm just so happy that we're all okay."

"Wait, don't you remember? You were stabbed by Marc. You're in my house in the guest bed."

He was surprised; I guess he forgot about the last couple minutes of what happened before he went unconscious. "I was? Wow. Well the Nomicon is keeping me here to teach me how to fight without using the mask."

"Randy, I don't think that the Nomicon is training you to fight without the mask." Randy looks at me with a confused look on his face.

"What do you mean the Nomicon isn't training me to fight?"

The ground starts to rumble. "The Nomicon is keeping you here so you wont get hurt again. You have to figure out a way to get out of here Randy! Howard and I need you!" Cracks form underneath my feet. A huge hole emerges and I start falling. "Please Randy, find a way out of here!" I am thrown onto the couch and the Nomicon slams itself shut.

"What happened? Did you see Randy?" I look at Howard, I am out of breath. I can't believe that the Nomicon is keeping Randy in there. I need to figure out a way to get Randy out of there.

"Randy's fine. But the Nomicon wont let him out of there. Randy thought that it was just training him to fight without the mask. But when I tried to tell Randy that the Nomicon was keeping him in there it kicked me out."

Howard looks down at the book. "Really? The Nomicon is keeping Randy from leaving. That's just wonk." I hope Randy listens to me and tries to reason with the Nomicon. Howard and I really need Randy more than ever.

Randy's POV

"Nomicon, are you really keeping me here just so I don't get hurt again?" I can't believe that the Nomicon would do something like this to me.

You Must Stay Alive Until It Is Time For The Next Ninja To Be Chosen

I'm so mad right now; Norrisville is being destroyed every second I'm not out there trying to defeat the Sorcerer. It was the ninjas duty to protect Norrisville from all evil. So why wont the Nomicon let me fulfill my duty? "Why can't you just trust me Nomicon? I need to get out there and fight for Norrisville. I need to get out there and clear my name. Please Nomicon, you have to listen to me." The ground begins to rumble. I kneel down to me feet so I don't fall.

I Shall Not Take Any Risks Losing You, You May Be The Ninja And You May Think That You Are Unstoppable; But You Are Still A Human, A Human Who Can Die From Doing Something Stupid

Something isn't right about the Nomicon; its almost like it doesn't want me to defeat the Sorcerer. I need to get to the bottom of this; the Nomicon wouldn't just keep me in here just to keep me safe. It would train me and teach me stuff about the forbidden knowledge of the shadow warrior. I hope that Katy and Howard will be okay without me until I can figure out a way out of here.