A Rising Evil -HIATUS-

Never Judge A Book By It's Cover

Cress was extremely taken back but quickly recovered.

“Who told you about that?” Cress said with a hint of anger

“Nobody.” Jackson said with a faint shrug

“Somebody told you, so who?” Cress replied

“Nobody told me anything. I wasn't​ told, I could see it.” Jackson said

Cress then remained silent and Jackson went on.

“I can see it in your eyes. They look sadden from within but don't want to show it externally.” Jackson finished

Cress remained silent again, listening to the yells of the others during their own matches.

“How could you possibly tell the pain I went through?” Cress questioned softly

“It is a bit of a talent I have; among many others.” Jackson answered

Cress stayed silent again.

“I’ve also been through an extremely similar situation.” Jackson added quietly

Cress gave a gentle nod

“You’ve lost your entire family?” Cress asked as she watched Zane duck from a swipe from Lloyd's katana.

Jackson gave a slight nod.

“Mhm. Around when I was 3 or 4. My home was set on fire. My mom passed first when a beam collapsed onto her. My dad managed to get out with me, but he died from all the ash within his lungs. I never got to see my 2 year old brother again, seeing that he was in the living room with my mom. I still have the marks on me from the flames.” Jackson told her

Cress then changed her mind set about Jackson; perhaps he wasn't so bad after all.

“I'm sorry. I greatly misjudged you. Maybe you and I aren't so different after all.” Cress said

“No problem. Wasn't like we had the best start off anyways.” Jackson said with a slight from

Cress nodded in agreeance

“Sometimes bright smiles hide painful secrets.” Jackson whispered to her before he headed off towards where Echo was calling his name

***

“Where are they at?” Spar asked as a paced if front of a table

“They are keeping still right now. It's seems there's another ninja recruit.” A shadow reported as he appears

“What type of ninja? How still have they been?” Spar demanded

“It seems to be a blood ninja. They’ve been still for the pass 2 days.” the shadow answered

“Only they can get them. We need this to move much faster. It's already been around 3 months.” Spar muttered to himself

“Your orders, sir?” the shadow asked

“Tell the morphs they can go to the city and have some fun. Let them know that they need to get those ninja back in action.” Spar said with a evil grin.

“Yes, sir.” the shadow said before he vanished.

****

The ninja trained for a few more hours before the howling of the bounty's alarm interrupted them.

Quickly they all headed into the control room just as Jackson and Echo were turning it off.

“What's going on?” Nya asked

“If I'm reading this right, there's kids attacking a construction site down in the city.” Jackson called off confused

“Kids?” Loriah repeated, unsure if she heard that correctly or not.