Ninjago Generations: Part 4

No Turning Back

Cole's P.O.V.:

After what happened at the treehouse, I thought it would be best to go back home and warn Seliel about everything that happened. We were in the kitchen talking over tea and snacks while the boys were playing upstairs with Kirby.

"Do you think we need to get the boys out of here?" Seliel panicked.

"I don't want to put them through that." I sighed. "They're already so depressed about Allison being gone, I'd hate to stress them out more."

"Yes, but he's been in our house. He's seen our boys." She frowned. "What happens if he comes back?"

"Then we protect them like we always do."

"No you don't get it, I went out to the shed this morning and I noticed a few things were gone."

"I knew he had to be here for something." I said. "What was missing?"

"A lot of my tools, some smoke bombs, one of your old swords and a special project I was testing for Cyrus Borg."

Ever since the new mayor of Ninjago cut off our Ninja Retirement Fund, Seliel had been taking odd jobs to earn us a living. This included jobs like house repairs, deliveries, babysitting for the neighborhood kids or testing out new tech for big companies like Borg Industries. Anything that could make us a quick buck. It wasn't an ideal income by any means, but she's told me multiple times she would much rather go from job to job than move the whole family up to Nom. We both agreed that we wanted the boys to be raised here.

"What was it?" I asked.

"It was a prototype for Borg's Magic Mask. It would match the facial features of a photograph and project them onto the mask using a new holographic projection technology. This allows the wearer to look like anyone they want based off a photograph." Seliel said.

"Are you sure it's not the boys? You know how they like to borrow stuff for their pranks."

"It couldn't have been them. I've searched their room and everywhere else in the house."

"Then whoever the ghost was must've stolen them while we were distracted with the twins." I frowned.

"And I'm an idiot for just realizing this now." Seliel frowned.

"It's ok, we're all a little distracted right now." I said.

She gave me a quick smile and then we heard some feet running down the stairs.

"Daddy!" Both the twins ran into my arms. They seemed upset.

"What's wrong boys?" I asked.

"We had a nightmare." Ben said.

"It was about the ghost." CJ said.

Seliel and I looked at each other. For some reason ever since they were little, whenever they both were focused on the same thing, they would have the exact same dreams. I know it sounds crazy and we can't really explain it, but it happens. It's almost like a superpower they have.

"It's ok kids, it was just a bad dream." I said.

"But it was so real." Ben held his head.

"Ben is your head hurting again?" Seliel looked at it.

He slightly nodded and hugged Seliel's leg. She pulled him into her lap and looked at the where the bump was on his head. I looked at it too and saw it was a bit red, but wasn't throbbing like it was.

"Here slugger, let's put some ice on that. Ok?" Seliel said.

Ben nodded and she picked him up and carried him to the kitchen. I noticed CJ holding his casted wrist and he looked a little uncomfortable.