"ZANE, YOU ARE
INCREDIBLE."
when iris wu, the daughter of sensei wu, discovers her father has taken in four ninja, she travels home only to find her younger cousin causing mayhem and that the peculiar white ninja is more than he seems to be.
[ZANE X...
But she had promised him that he wasn't going to go anywhere. That they would always have his back. And now he was choosing to go it alone?
"Sensei!"
Tears welled in Iris's eyes as she watched her Father get smaller in the distance. "Father!" She yelled after him. "What are you doing?" Focusing on her Father, Iris took a deep breath and concentrated. There was no way she was going to let him do this alone. So, she closed her eyes and tried to teleport to him. But it didn't work. Nothing she tried worked. Iris looked down at her hands and gasped when she saw it. He had put a vengestone cuff on one of her wrists. He had made sure she wouldn't follow. "What have you done?"
"My destiny is to face Pythor alone. Your destiny is to look after Lloyd."
No matter how hard she pulled, the cuff would not come off. "Father, no!" Tears flowed down her cheeks, soaking into her yellow mask. Her Father was going to what he believed to be his death and there was not a thing she could do to help him.
Zane turned to the master of space and wrapped an arm around her waist. She instantly stiffened at the contact but quickly relaxed into it. A sob racked her body as she watched her Father leave. The helplessness she was feeling was something she hoped she would never feel again but here she was, watching her Father go and there was not a thing she could do. Zane tightened his hold on Iris so the young woman threw her arms around his neck as she tried to cling onto what she still had. Both Jay and Cole placed comforting hands upon the girl's shoulders as the sight and sound of her cries felt like their own hearts were in a vice.
Kai groaned. "This is turning into a habit with him." He tried to ignore the pain in his own chest as he watched one of his Sensei's leave. And forced back the tears that formed as he watched Zane rub a hand up and down Iris's back as she cried into him. "How do we get off this thing?"
There was nothing they could. They were stuck on the Venomari infected bus and the cuff on Iris's wrist prevented her from teleporting right to her Father's side. It just made her realise that he didn't just know it was going to happen, he was prepared.
The ninja all sat along the edge, thinking about the fate of their mentor as he battled the last Anacondrai. Iris's crying had calmed considerably after a few minutes, but tears still fell from her dark eyes. Her hand rested in Zane's as the white ninja tried to offer comfort not only to her, but to himself as well. He feared for Sensei Wu's fate as well.
And just when they thought all hope was lost, in came Lloyd to save day.
He swooped down in the Bounty — Iris had no idea how he knew to fly, but he was pretty good — and hitched the anchor to the remaining carriages of the bus. They were dragged along the road by their flying home and towards the city of Ouroboros. Not only did they now have a Great Devourer to stop, but they also had a Sensei to save.
"Lloyd!" Rejoiced the ninja.
Her throat was hoarse from crying, but Iris managed to say something. "Little Monty to the rescue." She somehow put on a smile.
"Hook, line and sinker."
Kai looked up at the Bounty with hope. "To Ouroboros as fast as you can!"
"Aye, aye, Captain." Lloyd replied and suddenly Iris could feel the bus beneath them move as they were lifted into the air.
Hope too consumed Iris as she felt the wind blow past her face, rippling the fabric of her mask. With the Bounty, Lloyd carried them to the city and after the fleeing form of the first carriage containing her Father and Pythor.
They had to stop them.
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