NINJAGO: Corrupted

5 - Interrogation

Walking into the Ninjago Police Station is definitely not something new for any of the ninja. With the regular crimes that occur throughout the city, visiting the station has become something like a routine. 

The Commissioner lead the seven down the corridor towards the interrogation rooms, dull and dark rooms where cops try to squeeze out information from culprits. They trudged past multiple windows, until stopping at one at the end of the hall. 

"So what's the intel on this guy? What did you find out?" Nya asked the Commissioner. She peered through the dusty window at the mystery man; he was hunched over the wooden table in the dark, handcuffed.

The Commissioner scratched his face and replied with a sigh. 

"Not much, actually. He doesn't seem to appear on the system so turns out he's not even a resident of this region of Ninjago." 

"So he's not from here, huh?" Kai affirmed. 

"That could explain how he had a gun; they're banned in Ninjago City but perhaps not somewhere outside the city..." Jupiter said to the group. 

The Commissioner adjusted his hat and said, "Well, hopefully you guys can get something useful out of him before we bring in our detectives." 

"We'll do our best," Lloyd responded. He opened the door and lead the other ninja in. The criminal slowly lifted his head and eyed the ninja walking into the room. A sly smirk appeared on his face before speaking in a raspy voice; 

"Well, if it isn't the 'special guests' from the Clyde Wolf show..."

"Quit talking, ASSASSIN - Now's the time for explaining! Who are you, and why did you try to kill me-uh- I mean us!?" Jay burst. 

"Tell us who you are, where you came from and why you're here!" Lloyd hit the table with his fists. There was silence. All seven of the ninja glared at the man, hoping to pry something out of him through their collective death-stare. 

"Marcus. My name is Marcus." He stared back at each of them like a threatened beast. His eyes stopped at Jupiter. 

"You're the stardust one?" asked Marcus. 

"I believe we're the ones asking the questions Marcus. Where did you get the gun?" Jupiter fired back. The man clenched his fists. Lloyd noticed a circle-shaped tattoo on the back of the criminal's hand. Marcus painted the sly expression on his face again. His out-of-control hair fell across his face. 

"Ugh. We're getting no-where with this guy. Should we bring in the Tea of Truth?" Cole whispered to Zane. 

"I don't recall that going well last time, Cole." Zane responded quietly, then turned back to the table. 

"You are wasting our time - if you won't answer to us, you will have to answer to the detectives instead. Either way, it's inevitable that you will be getting jail time." announced Zane. 

"Yeah - LOTS of jail time!" Jay added. "Weaponry like that is banned here in Ninjago City." 

"Come on, gang, let's tell the Commissioner that he'll take it from here." Lloyd once again, lead the group out of the interrogation room. Marcus' eyes followed them out. His icy glare once again fell on Jupiter as she slowly trudged out the door. 

Outside in the halls, the Commissioner was talking with two detectives. 

"Any luck?" He questioned. 

Kai scratched the back of his head and responded; "All we got out of him is his name: Marcus." 

The Commissioner brushed his moustache and sighed heavily. 

"Well, thank you all for your time- hopefully we'll have better luck. Afterwards, we'll throw him in Kryptarium Prison. He'll have a lot of time to get comfy in there." 

The group left the station and were on their course back to the Monastery. 

"Is it just me, or was that our most unsuccessful criminal interrogation yet?" Nya said in a bitter tone. The others responded in various tones of agreement. 

"But that guy was a bit of a shady character, if you ask me." Jupiter inputted. 

"It's alright," Lloyd said. "He's paying his price at Kryptarium; hopefully nothing like that happens again."