Chapter 58: Enkrypted

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(A series of doors open at Kryptarium prison as the ninja are led past several prisoners by warden Noble. Nya, frightened by the prisoners, grabs Jay, who trips.)

Jay: Whoa, ugh... (Crystal picks Jay up.)

Cole: Don't look scared, look mean. 

Styx: Uh, why? (He says while in a little cage wearing a mini prisoner shirt) 

Cole: Because, you gotta look hard in a place like this.

Prisoners: Meat, fresh meat.

Jay: Ah!

Prisoners: (Chanting) Fresh meat!

Crystal: What do they mean by fresh meat? 

Jay: I don't know but I really don't want to find out. (Scared)

Noble: Don't mind them, they all get a little grouchy when they don't get their meat.

Jay: Ah! (A cafeteria woman comes out ringing a triangle and giving meat to the prisoners.)

Prisoners: (Chanting) Fresh meat!

Prisoners: Mm, meat!

(The ninja start going faster, away from the previous section of inmates.)

Jay: (Laughing nervously) Hehehehe.

Kai: Why so jumpy Jay?

Jay: Jumpy? I'm not jumpy you're jumpy.

Kai: Uhhh. (Confused) Whatever.

(Lloyd and Crystal strains, attempting to take off the shackles.)

Lloyd: Ergh! Why won't they come off?

Zane: (Not answering Lloyd) Kryptarium Prison, we've been here before, but as guests, never inmates.

(Lloyd tries taking off the shackles again.)

Noble: You can try, but those shackles are made of vengestone. Pretty good for shutting down your powers, and makin' sure you don't ghost out of here.

Crystal: Vengestone, why did it have to be vengestone?

Cole: Oh, yeah? But how good are they against my super strength? (Cole grunts and strains.) Just wait, almost got them. (Strains more, then sighs.)

Nya: They aren't gonna break.

Crystal: Nya's right.

Wyplash: Hey, aren't those the ninja? They're responsible for putting me in this place! (He takes off one arm and starts hitting it on the bars.)

Cole: And we're shuffling, we're shuffling.

Noble: Since you're celebrities, I took the liberty of taking you out of the general population...

Kai: Ha! Who doesn't love special treatment?

Noble: (Opening door.) ...and placing you in the super mean and dangerous population. (Prisoners chatter indistinctly.)

Nya: Real special, all right.

Crystal: What Nya said.

Lloyd: It's no problem, warden. We'll do our time until all of this is straightened out. Like I said before, we were framed.

Noble: That's what they all say. Now get in your cell, inmates! (Looks for keys) Gosh, darn it, I forgot my keys again. Well, stay here while I go find them. (He runs off as the prisoners continue to chatter in the background.)

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