Epic of the Kronky Ninjas: Chapter 1

Chris crouched behind the stack of crates. The only light in the dark alley came from the busy road that it led to, but that was so far off that it barely provided enough light to see. The darkness didn't bother Chris, she didn't like bright lights and relied mostly on her ears.

Chris's legs ached, but she didn't dare to move. Her master, Grung Hoo had been warned that the FBI secret agents were coming to seek out the secret den of Kronky Ninjas. They already knew that it was located somewhere in Chicago, and now were combing the city, street by street, in the dark of the night. Grung Hoo had called her to him and given her the task of distracting the agents while he prepared the Kronky Ninjas to find a new den.

She had been honored at the time, such important tasks as these were almost never given to ninjas that hadn't been born in the den. She and a band of four ninjas had found an cluttered alleyway far away from the den and had been waiting silently for almost a week.

"Why are we leaving the den? A young ninja had asked her, "shouldn't we stay to protect it?" Chris's eyebrows had shot up in response to his stupidity, and she ignored the question. Another ninja had explained it to him.

"Come on, Franklin, don't be such a snail-brain. Don't you know that if we attack a spy near the den, the FBI will know where it is?" Franklin looked down at his sandals as his friend continued. "That is why we're going far away from the den. If we ambush the spies there, then they will think that we are guarding the entrance and will stop searching."

Nothing had showed. No FBI. Not anything that looked remotely like a spy. Chris imagined a sigh; she had hoped the job to be me more rewarding than this.

She was just about to shift into a more comfortable position, when she heard a creak. She would have jumped had she not been strictly trained so that she never physically reacted to surprise. That couldn't have been anyone from her group. They too had been gruelingly trained into physical obedience, besides, her sharp ears knew their creaks by heart. None of them ever made a sound like that.

She hoped now that the ninjas remembered what she had told them. Don't kill them, just knock them out. Let them find their way back home, so they can tell their friends all about it.

There it was again, that strange creak. Then something moved. After waiting for ten more minutes, all of Chris's efforts were rewarded. Slowly, two men in black trenchcoats and sunglasses crept out of the shadows. Chris's eyes widened in pleasure. She slowly breathed out, making a sound like the chirping of a cricket. It was the signal; on the third chirp, they would attack. She watched to see how the spies reacted. They hadn't even tensed. She smiled to herself. Novices, so young and foolish. She chirped again, only one more to go. Still no reaction. Finally, she let out one last chirp.

Chris leaped out without making a sound. But she was alone, none of the others had attacked! She was no match for two men by herself, no matter how foolish they were. But there was nothing she could do but fight it out by herself.

She punched one man hard on the head and he crumpled. One down. His companion pulled out a long knife. Chris decided to take him out from a distance. She pulled out her own dagger and faked a pounce. As he stuck out his knife she threw her dagger. It landed in his chest with a THUNK and he fell to the ground.

She stepped back to survey the scene. The both men lay on the ground, but there was no sign of her companions. Chis wondered where they could be. Then something hit her on the head and she crumpled to the ground.