"Alright", Leslie whispered, "now, what's the plan?"

"Easy", explained Emma, "we--"

"Easy? You're kidding, right? Three untrained kids versus some evil ninjas, who have been trained for, say, fifty years! How in the world will that idea work?" 

"We charge in…" she began.

"... And we improvise.  A lot. " Leslie finished.

"You both", exclaimed Alice as she pointed to them, "are totally crazy!"

"Glad you noticed. Now let's get going!

Getting there was easy. Fighting was the hard part. The three girls scurried towards some large bushes and crouched down. Luckily or unluckily, there was no ninja in sight. 

"So," asked Alice, "a plan would be great by now."

            By the looks of it, all three girls were drawing a blank. Suddenly Emma had an idea. But having an idea and making it work were two extremely different things.

"Alright," Emma whispered, "I have an idea. But, it's a long shot."

"Bring it on," encouraged Leslie, "Right now, any idea's a good one."

"True that. It's pretty much all that we've got," agreed Alice.

"Okay. So here we go..."

Slowly, Emma crept out of the bushes. She glanced to her left where Leslie nodded, and to her right spotting Alice who was crawling towards a rosebush. She dashed quickly towards a nearby tree hoping there was no ninja behind it.

 Unfortunately, Emma’s luck was really acting up today. The minute she saw the ninja all her confidence evaporated into thin air. She trembled, and barely managed to block the punch that was coming towards her. Emma threw back a hard punch into the ninja's abdomen. Then, she attempted a strong kick. Where was all this new energy coming from? Emma barely had time to debate it before she saw the flying kick coming towards her. ‘Duck and roll,’ she thought as she just managed to dodge it. As the ninja was reorienting himself, she leaped onto the nearby branch and began climbing.

She had reached a good height of eight feet when the rope latched onto her leg. Emma cried out in surprise and soon she was falling. Where were Leslie and Alice when she needed them? Surely fighting some other ninjas. She fell to the ground with a hard thump and groaned. 

Suddenly, tight arms were grabbing her and taking her somewhere. She screamed and kicked. No, she would not go down without a fight. Suddenly, the ninja repositioned Emma so she could be seen. And slowly, the ninja removed her mask...

"Mom?"