Chapter 3: Kung Fu:
Nancy's POV:
My friends and I were at the museum.
"It's called the Sword of Liang Daiyu," says the curator, "they say it's one of eight weapons enchanted by an ancient Chinese Sorcerer that can only be harnessed by its rightful owner."
Then these weird ninjas came. Security tried to stop them, but these ninjas were professionals. I saw a ninja try to leave with the sword, so I went after him. Just as the ninja was about to get away, this girl shows up and fights the ninja. The ninja then gets away and the girl leaves with the sword.
"What," I asked.
. . .
My friends and I, and my brother, were at Pop Tate's, discussing what happened.
"Maybe it's a League of Assassins thing," says Ned.
"Then why wasn't anyone dead," I asked, "there's something else and I think that girl I saw might have an answer."
"What did she look like," asks George.
"Well... for starters, she was Chinese," I said.
"Any specific characteristics," asks Bess, "we don't want to look racist and go after anyone from China."
"She also had a black leather jacket and a flannel shirt, and blue jeans," I said.
"That helps," says Ned.
"Hey, I think that's her outside," says Shaun, "and by the way, I'd say she's a woman."
I then ran, but then Moose got in my way.
"Hey Nancy, you're a detective," says Moose, "do you know where my sunglasses are?"
"Moose, I don't have time," I said, "are you sure you even had sunglasses in the first place?"
Moose then thinks about it. "You were right, Reggie, I don't have sunglasses. Thanks Nancy." Moose then walks away and I saw the woman was gone.
"I bet Batman never had problems like this," I said.
. . .
I was in the parking lot, but nope, she was gone. Then I saw the mysterious black cat. He was running in a specific direction. I felt ridiculous, but I decided to follow the cat.
. . .
The cat led me to an apartment building. The cat enters and goes to an elevator. I then entered it.
. . .
I was in a hallway and the cat goes to a door. I then knock on it and it's the woman.
"Hi, I'm Nancy Drew..."
"What do you want?"
"I have some questions... about the sword..."
"How do you know where I live?"
I looked down and saw the cat's gone. "I... followed a black cat?"
. . .
"My name is Nicky Shen."
"Cool, so can you tell me what the story of those ninjas is," I asked.
"That story of the eight weapons? It's all true and they've all been collected by a dangerous woman, Zhilan Zhang!"
"And what would she do with them," I asked.
"Something terrible," says Nicky, "but I don't know where she is."
"Well, I am a detective," I said.
"It would be too risky," says Nicky.
"I can help," I said, "I just need a clue."
"I did find this," says Nicky. It's a dry cleaner's card. "I thought it meant they were at the dry cleaners."
"I understand why you'd think that," I said, "but maybe there's more to it."
. . .
We were at the dry cleaners.
"There was a strange man," he said, "he was washing his black pajamas and there was a stain that looked like spaghetti sauce.
. . .
We were then at the best Italian restaurants in Riverdale.
"So, we're just going to check everyplace that serves pasta," says Nicky, "how do we know they didn't just had spaghetti at home?"
"Because this is the only Italian restaurant that has a statue of a golden dragon," I said.
"That is weird for a place that serves Italian food," says Nicky.
I then moved the head, and a secret door opens.
"Let's go," I said.
We then went through.
. . .
Now we're in this creepy underground lair.
"So, I noticed that it seems to be pretty personal for you," I said.
"She killed my Shifu," says Nicky.
"She killed that little guy from Kung Fu Panda?"
"No, a Shifu is a title for, and the role of, a skillful person or a master."
"Oh, so it's like a sensei, sorry, the only Asian I know is George and she doesn't really do much research on her nationality," I said.
"I get it," says Nicky, "the African Americans tend to be more popular than us. Why not ALM, 'All Lives Matter'?"
We both laughed, but then we were surrounded by Ninjas. Nicky fought them off and... well, the most fighting I've ever done is fighting with Shaun over the remote. Not all detectives know how to fight. Anyway, Nicky took them down.
"So, can we go now," I asked.
. . .
We then arrived in Zhilan's lair.
"Nicky Shen and you brought a guest," says Zhilan, "how nice."
"It's over, Zhilan," says Nicky.
"Sorry, but I've already gone too far," says Zhilan.
"I know, you killed your sister," says Nicky.
"Wait, I'm making assumptions here, but is this sister the Shifu you mentioned," I asked.
"Yes," says Nicky.
"That is seriously messed up," I said.
"Ultimate Power is about to be mine," says Zhilan. Nicky and Zhilan then fought. I ran to the weapons and tried to remove them. Zhilan then saw what I was doing and grabs me by the neck. "Did you really think it would be that easy?"
I then used the dry cleaner's card to scratch her face, distracting her enough for Nicky to grab her. They went back to their fight. I then grabbed the sword, and I slammed it on the ground, breaking it.
"You can't use all eight if one's broken," I said.
"I'll kill you!" Zhilan's about to attack, but Nicky knocks her out.
. . .
Zhilan was taken in.
"That was clever," says Nicky.
"That's how I roll," I said.
"Let me know if you need any training," says Nicky. She then leaves.
I could be a kung fu master... but maybe another time. Right now, I'm just going to have to explain what happened to the sword.
I apologize for any unintentional racial comments. I didn't intend to sound racist. In the next chapter, Nancy meets Walker.