The Fallen | Risen Book II

Chapter Fifty Four

Ninjas and Pirates
Cassi Slade

I stood on the mat padded training room, waiting, and listening.

Suddenly I heard movement, only slight, but enough for me to turn, bend down on one knee and catch the attackers staff in-between my hands.

I used the end of the staff that I caught and swung the end back up at my attackers face, sending him flying to the ground.

"How'd I do for the blind test?" I asked looking over to Master Finn for approval.

Finn, a middle aged white american/asian man wearing a Chinese red robe waved me over to him.

He has been training me over the last two months, preparing me for the rebellion that he's starting against Mayor Talon.

"You did good, I think your ready" Master Finn smlied to me.

I smirked back, he's been talking about giving me my first assignment for quite some time now and finally I get to prove myself in the field to not just Master Finn but everyone else involved in the rebellion.

Master Finn tested the "Blind Test" as one of the last tests to prove yourself, basically you get attacked while having you eyes closed to find your target and countering. I followed Finn down the hallway as we walked towards his office, I walked alongside him awaiting his approval.

"You Cassi, are one of my prized pupils. Despite you only being under training for a couple months you have already learned and mastered more then most people can in years of training. So I want to send you into the field" Finn spoke as we turned a corner we were stopped by a large blockade of men. 

They all wore various torn and ripped coats, boots and other clothes that made them look battle scared. A few wore pirate hats, and some had eye patches, or peg legs, or hook hands. I kinda figured out who they were.

The Sky Pirate Clan.

"Master Finn" One of the captain looking pirates spoke. None of them had there guns drawn, there was perhaps a dozen pirates in this hallway total that I could see. Most wore grins across their faces, they didn't seem hostile.

"Captain Griphook" Finn spoke kindly walking over and shaking the Captains hand.

From what Master Finn told me, Captain Griphook and Mayor Talon are close, Captain Griphook is one of Talon's main lapdogs. Not to mention the general argument between Ninjas and Pirates. 

"The Mayor has a message for you" Captain Griphook spoke walking back over to his pirates and grinning to Master Finn. I didn't like this.

A few moments passed, and then Griphook looked disappointed.

"Ugh, Useless" Griphook mumbled and then turned around to face one of his men. This one wore a white jumpsuit, and had his head down sadly. He held a wooden crate.  "Get up there!" Griphook ordered to the man as he stumbled forward towards Master Finn.

As the poor, sad, slave of a man placed the crate to Master Finn's feet I realized why he looked strangely familiar.

The man had half his eye just gone from his socket, it honestly looked disgusting. They didn't even have a patch over it. But I knew who the slave was from the eye socket alone.

It was Jeff Price, the man who helped Ryder murder us and bring us here.

I took a deep breath, realizing that this is what he deserves, to be forever punished and enslaved. I forced myself not to jump at him and rip his other eye out.

Master Finn opened the crate and took out a small enclosed letter. Which he opened and read out aloud as the Pirates turned to leave.

"Dear Finn, I understand that you have one of the Dimension 71 survivors with you, and I need you to be aware that two of mine have escaped and my be bent on a war path possibly endangering your survivor. Please be cautious, after all we are family.