Chapter 4 First Encounter
Days passed and it was now Saturday; Martha was sleeping in as she had a wonderful time with Taylor last night. It was rather late in the night when she got back home to the apartment. By the time she woke up it was already well into the late hours of the morning. Martha looked at her bedroom clock and saw that it was 10 in the morning.
So she sat up and stretched her arms and leg before reaching to the side of her bed and putting her prosthetic on. Once she made sure it was fixed on properly Martha got up and changed into her regular clothes for the day. "Ah, now let's see what dad's baking in the bakery, and what my cousin and aunt are up to," Martha said to herself.
She left her room and went down to the bakery to see what her dad was up to this morning. When she got there she saw her dad was mixing up a fresh batch of cream for another pastry that she assumed was in the oven based on the smell wafting through the room. "Morning dad, how are you doing?" Martha asked, getting her father's attention.
Her dad looked over to her and saw her standing in the kitchen's entrance. He smiled seeing his daughter awake and he paused what he was doing to come over and give her a big hug. "Martha, it's good to see you up. And I'm doing well this morning, thank you for asking," her dad responded.
Martha smiled back and hugged him until the timer for the oven went off. Martha's dad let his daughter go and went up to the timer to turn it off before getting a pair of oven mitts on, opening the oven. He pulled out some freshly baked puffs that he would soon fill up with cream once they cooled down.
"Hey! Mr. Morgan! We've got an order for a wedding cake!" one of the bakery's employees called out.
"Alright! Write down the details and let's get to work!" Morgan called out.
"Yes sir!" The employee responded and went to get the recommended details.
"Hey Martha, if you're looking for Natalie, she went to central park to do some sketching, and your aunt is at work right now," Morgan explained.
"Okay dad, and if you need any help with that wedding cake let me know," Martha said before leaving the bakery.
She walked down to the park as it wasnt that far away from her apartment. Once she got there she saw that as usual it was full of people who were walking around on their own, with a partner, or with their pet animal. She looked around and soon spotted Natalie sitting on a bench with her notebook in her hand and sketching something in it.
Martha walked up to Natalie and sat down next to her cousin and tapped her lightly on the shoulder. Natalie looked to her side and saw Martha sitting next to her with a smile on her face. "Hey cous, what's up?" Martha asked.
"Not much, I'm just chilling here drawing the fountain," Natalie explained. Martha looked at the sketch and saw that it looked great and very realistic with the amount of details and shade put into it.
"Wow, your art skills are amazing," Martha complimented.
"Hehe, thanks I've been doing this for a long time... hey I know this is out of the blue, but have you heard a word form Eri since that day of the field trip?" Natalie asked.
"Not really, I wonder where she could be? And I have lots of questions to ask her about the charms. Don't get me wrong it's awesome to turn into a ninja with powers and awesome weapons. I have been going ninja a lot privately to see what I got stored in my suit. But I am very curious about everything and I wanna know who this Judas guy is," Martha explained.
"Yeah me too, whoever he is and wherever he is I have a feeling that it won't be good once he strikes again on the city. I just hope it won't be my mom or your dad as the last thing I want is my friends and family getting hurt. I can't bear losing my mom after my dad died," Natalie explained.
"Yeah I bet, I can't even imagine how you'd feel if you lost your mum a few weeks after losing your dad," Martha stated as she leaned back.
The two cousins sat there for a while thinking over all the events and the questions they had. Even when Natalie went back to her drawing she wasn't really paying that much attention to it anymore.
"Oh look who it is, the disabled girl and her ugly and stupid cousin," the two heard a snarky voice say. They looked up and both internally groaned when they saw Carol and her minion Stella standing in front of them.
"Ugh, what do you two want?" Martha asked, annoyed to see the spoiled girl.
"Oh nothing, just wanted to know what you two are doing in my bench getting your poor and ugly germs all over it," Carol replied in a snarky tone.
"Since when was this your bench Missy? Last time I recall this was a public park and this bench is also public as well!" Martha explained while getting up and facing her.
"Hey watch it, you don't want to break your fake prosthetic do you?" Carol asked in a mocking way while pointing at Martha's fake leg.
"It's made of titanium you idiot, so unless a professional bodybuilder grabs it and bends it, then it won't break!" Martha exclaimed while getting up in Carol's face.
"Hey! Back off, do you even know who we are?" Stella asked as she pushed Martha away.
"What? A bunch of spoiled brats who don't know what 2 + 2 equals?" Martha asked in a sarcastic tone.
"No! Carol is the Purple Ninja! And I'm her sidekick, the Yellow Ninja!" Stella explained.
When the two cousins heard that they both froze on the spot, as they both knew that wasn't true. However, Martha wasn't too shocked that Carol and her minion had said something like that. She knew the two would tell any kind of lie just to be more popular, and from what she saw on the news both she and Natalie had gotten pretty famous as their Ninja personas.
"W-What, you two?" Natalie asked, shocked.
"Yeah I know right? It's pretty cool, now why don't you two move aside?" Carol asked as she waved her hand at them.
"Um no! This is a public park and so anyone can sit anywhere they want! If you want a bench of your own why dont ask your incompetent daddy to buy you one!" Martha angrily stated in the same sarcastic tone.
"Why you little-" Carol was saying before she was interrupted by another voice.
"Um Miss Carol and Miss Stella, are you two really the Purple and Yellow Ninja?" a male voice asked. The girls looked and saw Steve from school standing not too far away from them with a camera and notebook in his hands.
"Why yes, why do you ask?" Stella asked.
"Well I'm making a report for my blog on the Yellow and Purple Ninja's and I wanted to try to find out their secret identity. If you two really are the two Ninja's then would you both like to go somewhere and answer some questions?" Steve asked.
"Oh why yes, are you going to be broadcasting it live?" Carol asked.
"If that's what the Purple Ninja wants then yes," Steve replied.
"Then let's go, come on Stella. Fame awaits the two of us," Carol declared with a smirk on her face.
Stella nodded and the two followed Steven out of the park, but not before Stella turned around and stuck her tongue out at Martha and Natalie. When they were out of sight Marhta sighed and sat down again; she was totally done with those two.
"Ugh! I hate those two so much! Sometimes I wish I just let them fall and get hurt on the field trip. However, because of my heart and Ninja code, we defend the defenseless," Martha explained.
"Yeah but what do we do about the two of them? They both lied about being the Purple and Yellow Ninja's when that's us!" Natlaie explained, shocked and angry at the two of them.
"Oh don't worry, I've got a plan to teach them a lesson about lying to become popular. I became popular in school by being honest and kind and not through lies as a lie will always be exposed. And we're going to teach them that kind of lesson the hard way, so follow me cous and I'll tell you my plan," Martha explained as she got up and gave her hand to Natalie.
Natalie grabbed Martha's hand and got up, the two then walked out of the park to plan their way of exposing the two liars. However what none of them had noticed was a dark figure hiding in the shadows of the park. The figure had only heard Carol and Stella lying about them being the Purple and Yellow Ninja.
The figure called up someone and said, "Hello I believe I found the Purple and Yellow Ninja's... well if they are lying then I guess we'll have to kill them for wasting our time and leading us on a wild goose chase." The figure then ended the call and got up to chase after Carol and Stella to capture them.
After sometime Steve, Carol, and Stella were in an expensive cafe where Steve was recording live his Q&A with the two girls. "Hey everyone we're live at Monica Cafe with the Purple and Yellow Ninja's AKA Carol and Stella," Steve explained starting the video.
"Oh why hello out there to all my adoring fans," Carol said.
"And a big hello from me as well for you Yellow Ninja fans!" Stella exclaimed.
Outside the cafe Martha and Natalie were watching the live steam on Martha's phone. Martha smiled as she thought about the looks on their faces when she and Natalie taught them a lesson about identity theft and fraud.
"Okay so you remember the plan right?" Martha asked.
"Yes, once there are enough people watching the live stream enough you'll give me the signal and we'll transform and go in with smoke bombs. Once we're in we'll show everyone watching the stream that Carol and Stella are lying, and to make it convincing we'll show off our powers," Natalie explained.
"Exactly! Now we just sit back and watch," Martha said as she sat back against the walk.
"So Carol, Stella, how long have you two been the Purple and Yellow Ninjas?" Steve asked.
"Oh like since forever, we've only ever used our awesome powers when it's needed. And-" Before Carol could get another word in a window was heard breaking off screen. Steve shifted the camera to where the nose came from and to everyone's horror what looked like a bomb had been thrown into the cafe. However before anyone could get up and run the strange looking bomb opened up and a gas leaked out and filled up the whole cafe. In seconds everyone who inhaled the gas passed out onto the floor or the tables.
Martha and Natalie watched in horror as the camera fell to the ground and three or more figures walked into the cafe. Two went up to Carol and Stella and picked them up, while another one walked up to the camera and picked it up.
"I'm sorry but the live stream has to be cut short. Our master wants us to bring the two Ninjas to him, however don't worry you all will soon become a part of our lord's greatness for the betterment of the world!" the strange figure declared before breaking the camera forcing the live stream to end.
Martha and Natalie stood there staring at the phone in shock before they ran up to the entrance of the alleyway they were in and took a look around the corner with Natalie's mirror. The two saw the strangers leaving the cafe with both Stella and Carol unconscious. The strangers then got into a strange van with tinted windows. That was enough to tell Natalie and Martha that it was time to save the day, even if neither of them liked the two bullies.
So Natalie called out "Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify!" while Martha called out "Yellow Ninja! Let's Shed Some Light!" and both of them transformed into their colored ninja persona.
Once fully transformed the two followed the van from the rooftops, making sure to keep it in their line of sight so they wouldn't lose it. Soon they arrived at the docks of the city where shipments bringing in all kinds of deliveries from across the sea. They would be dropped off and pick up their deliveries for transport. The Purple and Yellow Ninja's both watched from atop of the shipment crates and waited for the perfect moment to strike.
As they sat there and watched they saw as the strange figures came out of the van with Carol and Stella still unconscious. They then tied the girls wrists and ankles up with zip ties and made sure they were tight enough so they couldn't move. One figure then said to another, "Alright wake them up."
"Of course it would be my pleasure to," the other responded.
They then pulled out a flask that had a strange blue liquid in it and wafted the scent of it under the two girls' noises. The strong smell of the strange substance jolted both Carol and Stella awake and when they saw where they were and that they were tied up, both were visibly scared.
"Hey! What on earth do you think you are doing?! Do you know the amount of lawyers that my dad knows! He will have you all sent right to jail for this!" Carol screamed as she struggled against her bounds.
However her words didn't faze the strange figures in the slightest and one even slapped her on the face. "We believe that with the power we have your father is nothing but a speck in the line of our power," one of the figures said.
"What's going on?! Who are you people? What do you want from us? Don't you know that we're the Purple and Yellow Ninja?" Stella asked, trying to sound intimidating but failed miserably.
"Why do you think we brought you here?" a loud bombing, strong voice asked in the distance. The other figures all stepped aside as another one walked up into view from the shadows. This one had a black cloak just like the other ones, but this one had gold silk sewn in around the edges.
"W-What do you mean? Are you all like one of those creepy fans who stalk their idols?" Carol asked.
"Oh no, we are something much more. We are the Judas, Ninja Cult!" The figure with the golden threads exclaimed. Then all the other figures threw away their own cloaks and the girls saw that they all had Ninja suits covering their whole body and faces.
"And we serve our master and founder Judas who is locked away in an accursed limbo prison! However he has tasked us with finding the colored Ninja charms. And as you two claim to be the Purple and Yellow Ninja's we want you both to give us your charms. If you do, we will allow you both to live," the cult's top ninja, who was the figure with the gold threads, explained threatening the two of them.
"Um, Yellow, I think we should go in now!" Purple stated as she saw things were getting serious.
"Agreed! Alright I'll take the ones on my side, the left. Purple, you take the ones on the right," Yellow explained quickly.
"On it!" Purple exclaimed.
The two then split to the two sides and ran to where their sides were, quickly before the cult did anything to Carol and Stella. Once they were at their two sides they threw their smoke bombs. As soon as the smoke was released the two ninjas jumped down and got into fighting positions. The cultists turned around when the sudden colored smoke appeared around them.
Once the smoke cleared the cultists saw the Purple and Yellow Ninjas, they also realized that Carol and Stella were in the same place at the same time as them. So it didn't take a genius for them to put the pieces together and realized that the two of them had lied.
"They lied to us and everyone!" one cultist angrily screamed.
"Sir what do we do with these two liars?" another one asked the top ninja.
"Take them to the ocean. They can't swim when tied up, but to make sure, go on and tie some cinder blocks to their feet. It'll teach them a lesson for making a bunch of fools out of us," the top ninja commanded in a dark tone.
When the girls heard that they felt their stomachs drop out of their bodies. However Purple and Yellow Ninja quickly composed themselves as they had to act fast if they didn't want the two girls to be killed. Before any of the cult Ninja's could grab the girls, Yellow threw her scarf out and wrapped up two of them in it before bashing them into other cultists. Purple meanwhile ran up to the cultits on her side and punched the first one she saw before kicking another one who tried to attack her. She then copied what Yellow did with her scarf and threw it at one of the cultists before bashing them into others.
"Alright you sorry excuses for ninjas! Time for my Yellow Ninja Sticky Bombs!" Yellow Ninja called out before throwing some yellow balls at some cultists who were charging at her to attack. The balls managed to hit the cultists and once they, did they exploded into a yellow sticky mass that looked similar to honey; however, Yellow knew that it wasn't honey as she did taste it to see and found out that it wasn't.
"Okay, well let's see what I'm packing!" Purple exclaimed and reached into her suit to see what it had in store.
Some Ninja cultists ran up to her and she threw out some black and purple balls. Once they made contact with the cultists they exploded into purple glitter that had coated all of them.
"What! What's that meant for?! Party tricks?!" Purple asked angrily after seeing what those bombs did.
"Ahh! Why are my hands fish!" one of the ninja's screamed when they looked down at their hands, which seemed to be normal.
"W-what's going on?! Why is everything made of jelly beans, candy canes, and other candy?!" another one asked as they looked around the environment.
"AHH! BEARS! BEARS! BEARS!" Another one screamed in fear.
When Yellow saw what was going on she busted out laughing her head off as she saw what was going on. "OMG! HA! LOOKS LIKE THOSE CAUSES HALLUCINATIONS! LIKE THEIR TRIPPING BALLS! HA!" Yellow laughed at the scene of insanity in front of her
"Okay, I'm gonna have to practice more later and see what else I got before the next battle hits," Purple commented as she saw this and felt slightly bad for them, but not entirely considering what they were about to do.
"Ugh! All of them are useless, if you want something done right, you do it yourself," the top ninja stated as he pulled out a sword he had in his sword container.
The two Ninja's looked and saw the top Ninja with a big, sharp, double edged sword. At first they wanted to fight, but quickly remembered that they hadn't trained much in sword fighting. Plus he potentially had way more experience than them as he was the top ninja of the cult and that told them he must have had the most training to get that position. So they quickly ran up to Carol and Stella, grabbed them, and took out their smoke bombs.
"We'd love to take you out, but unfortunately that will have to wait," Yellow stated.
"Yes, we're still new and we're not stupid to fight someone more experienced than us in sword fighting, especially if they are willing to kill others," Purple stated with a firm look on her face.
The two then smashed their smoke bombs to the ground, creating a window of opportunity to escape before anything else happened. The top ninja growled at this, but internally swore that they will fight one day. The two ninja's had returned Carol and Stella to the Cafe. When they got there, the police and some adults who were believed to be their parents were outside. Purple cleared her throat, which got the attention of the parents and authorities. When the parents saw their daughters they were overwhelmed with so much relief and joy that they ran up to the two girls.
"Oh Carol! You're safe! I'm so relieved," Carol's dad exclaimed.
"And Stella, you're okay too! I'm so glad!" Stella's Mom said as she checked over her daughter for any injuries.
"Yeah, we're fine," Stella said.
"Yeah, and we had to help them out as they told a lie that caused them to be kidnapped in the first place," Yellow explained as she and Purple used their daggers to cut off the zipties that they neglected to take care of.
"Wait, a lie? What lie?" Stella's mom asked.
"They claimed to be us, and that caused a confusion with a crazy cult who's trying to capture us," Purple explained.
"WHAT! THEY LIED!'' everyone heard Steve yell.
The parents, Carol, Stella, and the two ninjas looked and saw Steve standing there with his phone in his hand. Based on the look on his face they all could tell he heard everything.
"Yes, they did, and I hope that this will be a lesson on identity theft and lying!" Yellow stated both angrily and firmly.
Stella and Carol both sunk into their clothes when they heard what Yellow had said.
"Yellow, Purple, please accept my apologies! Carol's mother spoils her all the time and she turns out like this. I'll try to do my best to set her on the right path and straighten her attitude!" Carol's father explained.
"Same here! I'm dreadfully sorry for my daughter's behavior as well! And the lie she had told!" Stella's mother apologized as well.
"All is forgiven, just make sure they never do this again! Now we gotta go, it's getting late and we're tired," Purple explained. She and Yellow then left to detransform and go home to rest up.
"Well thanks for wasting my time!" Steve angrily said before storming off.
Later in the day Natalie and Martha were in the living room watching TV and eating some leftovers. Martha's dad was already asleep from the tiring day at the bakery, and Natalie's mom was working overtime because some other employees were sick. The two girls were exhausted from the day they had so they wanted to just rest and chill out.
"OMG! I didn't expect that Judas guy to have a cult following. Now I'm left with who knows how many questions!" Martha exclaimed.
"Me too... but I'm worried about when we'll have to fight them again," Natalie explained.
"Hey cous, don't worry, as long as we both train and test out our gear and powers, then those creeps won't stand a chance against us!" Natalie exclaimed with confidence.
"Hmm... your right cous, hey your dad's going out tomorrow right? To do some cake deliveries?" Natalie asked.
"Yeah, why's that?" Martha asked.
"Well when my mom leaves for work tomorrow we can practice in our rooms, we just need to avoid making an unexplainable mess," Natalie explained.
"Well I have already figured out what does and doesn't explode for most of my things... sure why not!" Martha exclaimed.
Natalie smiled at this and went back to watching TV, excited to test out her ninja gear, and still worried about the next time she and Martha would have to fight the cult again.
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