Breakout by Tracey West

Author:Tracey West
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

Noodles, noodles, everywhere, and nothing good to eat,” Cole sang as he worked on the factory line. His stomach growled. “How can you stand it, Zane?” he asked his friend. “Not eating, that is.”

“I have my own internal power source,” Zane reminded him. “I do not need food.”

Cole got a dreamy look in his eyes. “But food is so good. I could go for a bowl of yummy noodles right now. With cake for dessert. Cake …”

“It appears that you are drooling,” Zane told him.

Cole wiped his mouth. “This is ridiculous. We have got to get out of here.”

He lifted the sheet of the noodle machine that Karlof was transforming into a jet.

“How’s it going? Are you almost done?” he asked.

“Karlof making progress,” the Master of Metal replied. “But cannot figure out how to control fuel output to thrusters. Cannot make work.”

“Did you just say something about ‘cake’? Because that’s what I heard,” Cole said.

Zane joined them. “I will run a diagnostic. But it may take some time.”

“Did you just say cake again?” Cole asked.

“Cole sure he not Master of Cake?” Karlof teased.

Suddenly, they heard a commotion in the factory. Cole and Zane got back in the line.

Two guards were pushing four new workers into the factory.

First came Shade, the Master of Shadow. He looked completely drained, like he had been on the losing end of a battle with Clouse’s dark magic.

Behind him came Mr. Pale, the Master of Light. With his powers gone, he was no longer invisible!

Griffin Turner followed next. He used to act pretty slick, with his mirrored sunglasses and lightning-fast pace. But now the Master of Speed plodded along slowly.

Finally came Neuro, the Master of Mind. Before he lost his powers, he had read the ninja’s minds and knew that Master Chen was up to no good. He became one of the first fighters to help the ninja.

“Oh, no,” Cole whispered. “Master Chen has all their powers! Thank goodness Kai, Jay, and Lloyd are still out there.”

But then Zugu stomped in — pushing Jay in front of him! He set him to work in front of a fortune cookie machine.

“Work,” Zugu ordered.

“It’s not work if you love what you do,” Jay said cheerfully. “The power of positive thinking!”

Cole and Zane looked at each other. They knew what they had to do. They inched their way down the production line until they were right across from Jay.

“Psst,” Cole whispered. He lifted the brim of his work hat.

Jay’s eyes got wide. “Cole?” Then his eyes got wider. “Zane?! Is that you? You look amazing!”

“Not so loud,” Cole hissed. “They think we’ve escaped and don’t know we’re here.”

“Why would you come back?” Jay asked.

“’Cause we’re breaking our way out,” Cole replied.

“Correction — we’re building our way out,” Zane said. He nodded to the sheeted noodle machine.

“They think we’re fixing the noodle machine, but we’re actually building a Roto Jet,” Cole explained.

Jay looked confused. “A Roto Jet? But aren’t we underground?”

“That’s what I’ve been saying!” Cole exclaimed.

Karlof stuck his head out from under the sheet.

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