Ninjago: The Purple Ninja - Book 2

Crystalized: Chapter 12 - The Spider's Design

One early morning, a police officer knocks on the doors of the Monastery. The door opens, revealing Master Wu. His eyes widen when he sees two officers in front of him, along with McBrag sitting down on one of the large stones beside the Monastery.

"Yes?"

McBrag looks up at him with a smile on his face. "Mornin', sir! That your vehicle parked over there?"

Wu raises his eyebrow. "Vehicle?"

The sheriff gets up and points up at the sky, in the direction of the Bounty, which was anchored down and hovering quietly above the Monastery. "That one, sir."

Wu looks behind him to see where the sheriff was pointing, and sees what he was referring to.. "That's the Destiny's Bounty. It belongs to the ninja." He explains to him.

McBrag lets out a small chuckle. "Well, that's the problem, sir. You see, the ninja are fugitives from the law. Which means, that vehicle is evidence," He pounds his fists together, the smile on his face growing a tad bit wider. "And I gotta impound it."

Wu widens his eyes with shock. "Impound the Bounty? That's outrageous!" He exclaims angrily.

McBrag walks towards him with slow, deliberate steps. "Be that as it may, it's my job." He gestures his hand to the side, signaling to Wu to move. "Kindly step aside, sir."

Wu's hand tightens firmly around his bo staff, the wood creaking as the staff shook in response to his anger. He stares hard into the sheriff's eyes, which were currently hidden behind his sunglasses. He could tell McBrag was getting some sort of sick satisfaction doing this, as his glare hardened all while the sheriff smiled.

Finally, he sighs and steps aside. "Very well." He huffs through gritted teeth.

The police officers accompanying McBrag move forward and go towards the Bounty. "C'mon, boys!" He reaches behind his back pockets, taking out an open envelope. "Oh, uh, we passed the mailman on the way up. Thought we'd save him the trip."

Wu takes the envelope from him, and sees that it was opened. His anger was reaching a boiling point. "It appears to have been opened."

"Well, I wonder how that happened. I guess you can't trust anybody these days." He says as Wu takes the paper out, only to reveal a newspaper clipping carefully cut out of the newspaper. "You wouldn't happen to know where the ninja and that little monster are right now, would you, sir?"

"So you can throw them back in prison?!"

"That's where we put criminals. Yes."

"This is not working!" A police officers calls out, as they were having trouble getting the anchor off the ground.

"Apparently, it's also where you put heroes. Who have saved Ninjago many times over!" Wu points out.

"When they were heroes, they weren't my problem. When they became criminals, then they became my problem." McBrag explains. One of the officers climb up the chain and go onto the Bounty's deck, and use the anchor's mechanism to draw the anchor back in.

"Regrettably, Marshal, I have no idea where the ninja and Keres are."

"If you did," McBrag takes off his sunglasses as he looks towards Wu, revealing his dark brown eyes. "Would you tell me?"

"I would not." Wu says firmly. McBrag chuckles.

"Oh, you got brass, old timer, I'll give you that! But don't let me find that you're helping them, or my next visit might not be so....friendly. I might have to take you in." He puts his sunglasses back on and puts his hands on his hips.