Enter The Ninjaverse

CHAPTER 41

Ninjago City, the city of the Emperor, was in shadow. The citizens that lived there, though uncorrupted, lived without the sun. A dark cloud had remained over the city since the day the black tower rose up. The palace of the Emperor was visible from wherever one looked in the city, a powerful symbol of might that reminded all of their place. Normally, the streets were filled with those that had continued daily life despite the change in their leadership. Life pressed on, even if all that the Emperor brought was darkness.

The skies, however, were darkened by the purple barrier that had been raised around the city like a dome. Thus, those citizens that would normally display their lives to the world were instead hidden inside, cowered in fear. The Emperor was clearly enraged, and to show their faces would be even worse. Thus, when four figures in hoods slowly walked up to a belowground entrance to a dimly lit store, it was all the more suspicious.

"Uh... what's the password?" A middle aged voice sounded from a slightly ajar door.

"By the light of Ninjago's moon," A knightly voice answered back.

Upon hearing that, the store owner shut the door and undid the multitude of locks. Quickly, the four figures rushed inside of the store, the door being shut and locked tightly behind them. The owner rushed around to lower the blinds around the store, leaving them mostly in darkness. He rushed over to flick a light switch, however, causing a massive display case that was filled with comics to come to life and illuminate a small portion of the back wall of the store.

"So..." One of the figures threw their hood back to reveal themselves as Harumi, "You're, Mother Doomsday?"

"The one and only," Mother Doomsday grinned to Harumi adjusting the ponytail on his head a bit, "Don't worry, you're safe here. Nobody will find you in here."

"He tells the truth," Sun threw back his hood to smile at the man, "He has been an unlikely but nonetheless powerful ally. His shop has been used many times as a refuge."

"All I ask is you throw in a little money to help upkeep the shop," Mother Doomsday replied, "Go and take a look around. I got some snacks in the back if you'd like."

"We don't have time to snack around," Nya threw down her hood, "We're more concerned about the information we've been hearing from the newspapers."

"Oh..." Mother Doomsday nodded his head nervously, "Yeah, I can tell you a little about that. Not really my field of stuff, but I've seen it myself."

The fourth figure walked up to a glass case display that partially made up the checkout counter. He bent forward to examine the case, specifically a set of three comics that were shown with a clear light on them. When he saw the titles on them, he threw his own hood back and rapidly turned to Mother Doomsday.

"I-Is that a first edition set of issues 1 through 3 of Starfarer?!" Lulloyd asked, turning his head back to the case to take an even closer look.

"I see you're a man of taste my oddly shaped customer," Mother Doomsday wrapped an arm around Lulloyd and leaned in towards the case, "Indeed they are. Limited edition too. I'll even let you in on a little secret," He leaned in to whisper, "I have issue 3 before the reprint."

"What?!" Lulloyd all but pressed his face to the counter, "N-No way! They took that off shelves before hardly anyone could get that! People sell those for hundreds!"

"I traded a good bit of my old collections for them, but these are my pride and joy," Mother Doomsday leaned up to pat his chest, "I've been buying a copy of each issue since then. Right now, you're looking at the owner of the complete Starfarer series since release."