A Rising Evil -HIATUS-

Hiding In Plain Sight- Pt.1

A/N: Hey there! So this and the next 2 parts are technically 1 whole chapter, but as I saw how long it was getting I decied to break them up. Part 2 is probably the shortest, but it has the twist. That's all I can say for now until you read it 🤐 Also, sorry about the wild and unpredictable updates. I make no guarantees when I update for two main reasons. One, my life can get really busy and sometimes I just can't write that day. Two, when I post a chapter or part, I literally just finished writing it. Meaning it takes a few days to write the next since it's not prewritten or anything. By the way comment questions for QOTC. This is getting long so I'll wrap it up. Thanks for reading, commenting, and voting!😊

Spar drummed his fingers impatiently on the table in front of him. Suddenly a figure appeared out of the shadows from the light.

“You requested for me?” it said in a raspy voice

Spar turned to face the greeter.

“Yes, I need your skills of shapeshifting.” Spar said

“I can do more than shapeshift you know, but my skills come with a price.” it replied smugly

“We’ll deal with a price after you complete the task, deal?” Spar said

“Deal. Now what is needed for you to be requesting of me?” it say with a wicked smile

“You are going to be my spy.” Spar answered

“Hm.. like the sound of that. What is the job and the plan?” it then said

Spar then explained the plan to the shifter. The shifter smiled and agreed before disappearing into the shadows.

“Now ninja, let's see what you have for this.” Spar said smugly as he moved a piece forward on a chessboard, making a check mate.

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The ninja arrived back at their home mid afternoon.

“Echo, Jackson? You here?” Jay called out as he helped Cole get Zane onto the deck.

Echo then came out onto the deck.

“Hello.” Echo said bluntly

“Echo your translation worked, we got Zane and Lloyd back.” Jay said cheerfully as he then revealed Zne from behind him.

“Mmk, hey Zane.” Echo said simply

“Hello Echo, where is Jackson?” Zane questioned, clearly seeing that something was amiss

“He left a little bit ago. Said he need some stuff from a village or somethin’. He also said he be back in a couple days.” Echo said plainly, seeming bored with the conversation

“Odd, can you help me out with a project?” Zane asked as he gingerly stood on his own

“Can’t, I have something else I need to do.” Echo stated before he turned on his heel and walked away

“Geez what's gotten into Echo?” Lloyd asked out loud

All of the shrugged, except for Zane who seemed to be deep in thought.

“Zane, want me to patch you up?” Jay asked, hastily changing the subject.

“Yes, thank you. Can you guys plug PIXAL into the bridge please?” Zane asked

“Sure thing bud.” Kai said as Zane and Jay handed off.

The others headed down into the bridge and Lloyd pulled out PIXAL’s drive. He then plugged it into the bridge. The screen went black for a moment before PIXAL then appeared on screen.