"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...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR — DEALING WITH SNAKES darkness shall rise — part two
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"We have to hope you're right, Iris" — kai smith
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SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED AT THE BANK; IRIS HAD HEARD IT FROM THE BORG BUILDING WHERE SHE WAS TAKING HER BREAK WITH LLOYD AND HAD BEGUN HIS TRAINING. But, of course, fate intervened and brought the Green Ninja's training to an early finish. Both cousins were annoyed at their lesson having been cut short as they knew Iris had to go and check it out. So, with the rest of her break, Iris decided to figure out what had happened. After all, it was Cole's place of work.
Lloyd returned back to their apartment as Iris made her way towards the bank. And she didn't need to be told what had happened: someone, or something, had robbed it.
As she approached the scene, she spotted Cole, Kai and Zane huddled together and then made a beeline for them. But where was Jay? Perhaps he was on the other side of the city and did not hear the commotion, Iris theorised.
"Hey, boys." Smiled Iris as she announced her arrival.
They nodded in acknowledgement before Cole said. "Let's go. They're getting away."
Kai glanced around at their surroundings and then asked. "Which way did they go?" Iris too cast her eyes over the many ways the thieves could have run off in. So, she hoped Cole had some sort of lead.
"I overheard them saying something about taking the subway." Recalled the earth ninja.
"Nice catch, Cole."
Zane glanced between Cole and Iris and nodded his head at their words. "Good call, let's go!"
The four ninja turned away from the bank and started to run towards the subway. Iris felt herself move ahead of the ninja, sprinting in front of them. After all, without their golden weapons they lacked their elemental abilities — which she still had. So, it was up to her to protect her boys.
They were quickly a fair distance from the bank so they called out. "Ninja, go!" And as they spun their small tornados, they pulled their masks down over their heads and readied themselves for any fight that would come their way,
