K-5 (Full)

Panic at the Fortress

The K-5 quietly walked through the mist in an alleyway on a strange foggy night.

"Shade could be anywhere. Stay close, guys." Kirana said cautiously.

"Ugh. I'm already freezing from this frost." Ezra groaned.

"Plus, the frost coming from the mist can't accumulate unless it's freezing below zero." Ariana stated.

"Ariana, enough with the scientific stuff." Talia complained.

"And that's why you always known as the dimwit in the family, Talia." Camilla remarked.

"And I've found five hopeless mages with only less seconds to live."

Hearing Shade's voice echoing through the night made the five mages search their surroundings for any sign of the enemy. Talia felt her arms being seized by someone's grasp and looked at them to see a strong chain made of black energy coming from Lady Shade, causing the orange mage kunoichi to scream while getting dragged off into the fog that caught her older sisters' and younger brother's attention.

"Talia!" Ariana cried.

Ariana charged towards Lady Shade with her earth covered fists, but Lady Shade created a black energized whip to wrap the rocky fists together tightly and pulled the purple mage kunoichi close towards her. Lady Shade then delivered a powerful kick to Ariana face that sent her flying to the street unconsciously.

"Ariana!" Ezra shouted.

Ezra charged to attack Shade but the black mage dodged the attack and released a powerful kick to send the teal mage ninja into darkness.

"Ezra, no! Take her down, Camilla!" Kirana ordered.

"With pleasure!" Camilla shouted.

Kirana and Camilla charged forward towards the Shadow Clan leader as they raced on the opposite side of the alley to attack her with a punch from Camilla and a kick from Kirana. Lady Shade countered with a brutal three punch combo that sent the blue mage kunoichi flying to the ground away from her. Camilla aggressively dove at Lady Shade with her flaming fists until the Shadow Clan leader delivered powerful quick jabs to the red mage kunoichi's chest and sent her final jab that was strong enough to send Camilla flying into the darkness. Kirana could barely stand on her feet as she watched Lady Shade walking towards her with black energized steel claws with wide, terrifying eyes.

"Time for me to end your life." Lady Shade said. "Permanently."

Kirana didn't have any time to scream as Lady Shade swiftly attacked the blue mage kunoichi with a quick slash.

"Noooooo!" Sage cried, waking up from her devastating nightmare.

Sage took many deep breaths and tried to get control of herself from her nightmare.

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As Sage walked out of the dojo and into the living room, she saw her five children taking their leave out of the fortress.

"Where are you five going?" Sage called out.

"We're heading out for our evening patrol." Kirana answered.

"No more patrol!" Sage declared harshly. "Last time you fought Lady Shade, you five barely escaped with your lives!"

"Mother?" Ezra questioned confusingly. "Are you alright?"

"Look, we know our battle with Lady Shade was unexpected, but we'll be ready next time." Camilla said confidently.

"And that's why you're staying here until you are ready!" Sage yelled with her narrowed eyes as her face leaned close to Camilla's scared face. "No patrol! No games! No spell casting! No rest! Only ninja training staring now!"