Ransom Demand
(A/N: Well, I know I just put the previous chapter up yesterday, but I am still doing the usual Saturday upload, unless otherwise)
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In the booking room, police officers bring in Ed, Fanglongous, Rattla, Selma, Jacob, Ronin, Ulmer, Ray, Warnie, the mailman and other illegal gamblers in a line. "First suspect, please." The officer operating the camera said. Ed comes up to the camera and holds up a board, showing his name and suspect number before the officer takes his mugshot.
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Several suspects later, it was soon Ray's turn as he noticed Nya looking at him. "Turn and face the camera." Nya soon walked away, shocking him. "I said, turn and face the camera." He soon turned to face the camera, holding the board up while frowning before his mugshot was taken.
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Further ahead, the suspects were getting fingerprinted, having their DNA samples taken, their clothing removed, and replaced with prison uniforms. "Please, don't rush me, officer, I'm blind." Jacob said as he prepared to be fingerprinted.
As Warnie was next to remove his clothes, Mantis holds out a bag to him. "Remove your clothes, please, Senator." He said. Warnie starts to remove his clothes while looking at Mantis. "And don't stare at me."
"Sorry, that look on your face reminds me of someone." He replied as he undid the rest of the buttons on his shirt, took it off, revealing a gold medallion of an ant with a shade of black around his neck, and placed it into the bag. Mantis was soon curious about him as he soon took off the medallion, causing his red eye to instantly turn green.
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After all the suspects were processed and booked they were about to be placed in holding cells before Simon comes up to the officer escorting Ed. "Him first." He said. The officer walks away as Simon soon escorted Ed down further.
"Look, officer, like I told your friends earlier, I only just had a few turns." He said.
"Tell that to your wife, Mr. Walker."
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In the precinct, Kai, Jay, Zane, in his Titanium form, Lloyd, Nya, Geoff, Gewuji, Maggie and Blake were looking at the dagger that was in Lloyd's hand before the doors burst open, and Edna comes up to Jay. "Jay!" She said, concerned as she came up to him. "Oh, Jay, you're okay!"
"I am." Jay replied as Edna hugged him. "But, Ma, this is about dad."
"Why would my Ed get arrested?"
"Because your husband was arrested during a raid on an illegal casino." Tommy said, coming up to them. "One suspect escaped, taking a Ninja hostage."
"Oh, I'm sorry about Cole, but I'm here for my husband." The doors soon open again and they turn to see Simon bringing Ed in. "Oh, Ed!" Edna tries to head over to him, but Jay holds her back.
"Sorry, Mrs Walker, we're about to interrogate your husband." Simon replied as he leads Ed into an interrogation room, and closed the door.
Groaning was heard as Geoff turned to see Callen coming out of a nearby room. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, I just felt a kick." She replied.
"Wow, must be a fighter like their mother." Lloyd said.
"Aw, new girlfriend, Geoff?" Edna asked.
"Hello?" Maggie asked before Edna noticed her.
"Oh, sorry. I just assumed you and Maggie, um... ended the engagement."
"Uh, she's an old girlfriend, Mrs Walker." Geoff said, referring to Callen. "Not my child, by the way."
"I understand."
"Ed wasn't the only one arrested tonight." Nya said. "My father was as well." She soon turned to Sean. "Is it alright if I went to see my father?"
"Sure thing." Sean replied. "I'll take you to see him."
"I'll come too." Kai said. "I have some issues with him about the illegal casino as well."
Kai, Nya and Sean soon left as Edna and Jay look through the window to the interrogation, where Ed looks like he is being reasonable to Simon. "This is a very weird day." Jay said.
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At the warehouse, Zhong stops his stolen car as Jieshou comes out to him. "Have you got the dagger?" He asked. "Master Chongbai is asking for it." He soon looked at the car. "Where did you get this?"
"I had to switch cars in an attempt to throw them off." Zhong replied. "But I got the dagger, and something else." He presses a button on the key, causing the boot to open up, revealing Cole, tied up and gagged. "The Black Ninja." Cole starts to muffle in anger.
"Why?"
"He tried to grab it from me." Zhong soon gets annoyed by the muffling. "Oh, shut up!" He punches Cole in the face, knocking him out. "Get Yingteer, throw him downstairs." He heads inside.
"Yes... sir."
"And get rid of the car."
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In the warehouse, the council sits in a circle as Zhong came into it, kneels before them, and holds the case out to Chongbai. "Brothers and sisters, behold, the second artefact of--" He cut himself off when he saw the case was empty. "What?" He turns to Zhong. "Zhong, where is it?"
"What?"
"The dagger, you twit!" He strikes Zhong in the face with the case. His sunglasses was now showing cracks at the right lens. "You said you had the Dagger of Aurumetacri, in your hands, but you don't." He throws the case down, breaking it.
"The Blue Ninja must've took it out before I took the case."
"Well, go and get it. And get the bearer back, we'll need the dagger in case we must search for the staff when we head to Master Yether's tomb."
"Yes, Master. And I already have a plan in place."
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Downstairs, Jieshou and Yingteer drag Cole along the floor as he was still unconscious. "He's really heavy." Yingteer said.
"What has he been eating?" Jieshou asked.
"Never mind. Put him in this one." Jieshou lets Cole go and goes to unlock the cell before opening it, and Yingteer throws Cole in before Jieshou closed the cell and relocked it.
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At the police precinct, the door to the interrogation room soon opened and Ed comes out, uncuffed, before Simon came out, and Edna heads over to hug her husband. "I'm letting him off with a warning." He said. "Commissioner's agreed to it too. We're gonna take him to the processing room to give him his possessions back."
"Oh, thank you, young man." Edna said before they start heading for the door with Simon while Edna turned to Jay. "Bring Nya over for some lasagna sometime."
"I will, mom." Jay replied, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
As Ed and Edna walk out, Maya soon came in. "I heard Ray got arrested." She said.
"He's okay, Maya. Kai and Nya are with him right now."
"Please, I just wanted a little money!" Ray was heard as the doors open as Mantis and Wilhelm bring him in with Kai and Nya following them. Ray soon turned to Maya, who glares at him. "Maya, I--"
"Keep walking." Wilhelm cuts him off as they take him to the interrogation room with Maya going after them.
Jimmy soon came in, holding a sheet of paper. "Hey, a kid came in, said some strange looking man gave him 10 Ninjagins to deliver this." He said, holding it out.
"It's a note." Zane replied, taking it and looks at it. "Typical magazine cutout words." Lloyd soon took the note to read it.
"'Cole and Seliel for Callen and the dagger." He said as he read the note. "44th and Infelicis, 3 hours. However, if you don't come, their blood is on your hands.'" Lloyd finished reading the note. "Who's Seliel?"
"My sister." Callen replied. "She was one of the few people who helped me once she learnt of my pregnancy."
"Well, we can't just trade you and the dagger, they might not even give them to us." Jay replied. "Maybe we need someone who can look like Callen." Zane was about to open his mouth. "And no, Zane, you're not doing it again. You barely helped Cole the last time."
"I agree." Navis replied. "Problem is, who is gonna look like Callen?"
"I know someone who can help." Lloyd said. "And she owes us a favor."
"Want me to come along?" Gewuji asked.
"It'll be discreet if I go alone. Besides, you need to help the others find Cole."
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In the warehouse's basement, Cole had regained consciousness and was trying to pull on the bars. "Déjà vu." He said to himself while pulling on the bars before moving back, activates his Earth Punch and tries to punch the bars, but they don't budge. "Argh, Vengestone!" He deactivates his Earth Punch. "Why did it have to be Vengestone?" He kicks the bars in frustration and moves back before rubbing his black eye.
"Seems like your powers don't work in this situation either." Someone said.
Cole turns to the direction of the voice to see the individual speaking to him and sees it is a young woman around Nya's age with maroon-brown hair with a streak of blue and light grey eyes. She was wearing a delft blue uniform, resembling a ninja gi, slightly torn all over. "Where are we, anyway?"
"The Yether Age clan's dungeon. When I say dungeon, I meant a wine cellar with badly made cages."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. But, I should be asking you, Black Ninja." She points to Cole's black eye.
"I'm good." He lowers his hand. "So, what's your name?"
"Seliel. So, how did you get caught?"
"I tired to stop them from taking the dagger, needed for a ceremony to bring back Yether, through an unborn baby."
"Callen." Seliel grabs hold of Cole. "Where is she? Is my sister safe?"
"She's at the police station in Ninjago City. With all my friends and fellow Ninja."
"Is he with them?"
"Who?"
"The Yellow Ninja."
"He's not the Yellow Ninja anymore. He's now the Blind Ninja."
"I was hoping I would be the last thing he sees, after what he did to my sister."
"He told me what happened."
"Not the whole story." She moves her left sleeve up, revealing a scar.
"Tell me what happened."
"Well, he told you that he got into a relationship with my sister for the medallion..."
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(A/N: There are a few points in this chapter. Warnie's medallion will play a crucial role in a future story, and... SELIEL IS IN THIS STORY! Sorry, got excited for any fans of Seliel. P.S. Seliel doesn't really have a sister, I just did it for the concept of this story)
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