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// Opportunity Strikes 
// Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Out of the Shadows 
// by AmethystMajesty25 
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The next morning, the King of Mean woke up and stretched in his bedroom. He yawned and said, “That was some night I had.” He then looked at his staff right next to him, “Oh yeah. I still gotta find a way to repay my true love back, but her friends are in my way. Because I’m the King of Mean and no one's going to stop me from achieving my goal.”  

He thought over it and came up with an idea, “You know what, King of Mean just doesn't sound right to me. From this day forward, I should be known as The Shadow King,” He nodded and liked the sound of his title. “Yeah, I like it. It’ got a nice ring to it. However, I don’t think it’s the right time to repay her now, but what I can do is train and learn how to defend myself.” The Shadow King grabbed the Staff of Sacanas and teleported himself out of his house. Few seconds later, he came back and said, “Oh wait, I need to eat breakfast first.”

After the Shadow King ate his breakfast, he kept teleporting and searching high and low to find a place to train and meditate. Minutes later, he found a lair he was looking for, the old mansion that used to be owned by The Shredder. He looked around the rooms and said, “Well well, looks like no one is using this mansion for quite some time. I should use this as my personal training grounds. Time to get to work.” The Shadow King started training his martial arts that his father taught him and used the Staff of Sacanas as his weapon. Not only that, he also found some old Foot robots and used them as test dummies. 





One month later, the Shadow King finished off the rest of the Footbots for his training by using his martial arts. He took time to catch his breath and said, “I am. Reborn.” 

Later on during the night, the Shadow King looked around the night skies and the streets in New York. “Now, where would they be hiding?” He asked. But then, he heard some glass shattering coming from a distance. The Shadow King teleported himself to the rooftops and found what he was looking for. The Rainbooms and Ninja Turtles were fighting against Touch and Go along with his boss and the Purple Dragons as they were making a deal of some sort. While the ongoing action continued, the Shadow King watched from the shadows and watched them fight, observing their techniques and powers so he can plan a strategy and find an opportunity to strike them. Minutes later, the fight was over and the heroes won against their enemies and as they were celebrating, the Shadow King teleported from the rooftops and gave Casey a jumping diamond cutter from outta nowhere. They heard Casey screaming in pain and came in to their rescue. 

“Hey! What did you do to our friend?!” Raph yelled as the rest of The Rainbooms and Ninja Turtles protected him while Fluttershy and April helped Casey. 

Then, there was a mysterious man in a black cloak spying on them from the rooftops.

Sunset questioned him, “Who are you and...,” Before she said anything else, she saw the staff and recognized it from before, “Wait a minute, why do you have that staff?”

The Shadow King looked at the staff and then glared at Sunset. He replied, “You’ll find out soon enough.” 

“Hey wait...” Before Sunset can finish her sentence, the Shadow King teleported himself out of here. 

Sunset felt worried, knowing what that staff can do since the yacht trip. 

“Let him go, Sunset. We’ll definitely see him again soon and we’ll be ready for him if he tries to pull that stunt again.” Leo said and encouraged her.

Sunset nodded and said, “You’re right. We’ll find out who he is and figure out what he’s planning. Right now, let’s aid our friend.”

Leo nodded and they both helped their friends to aid Casey back into the Turtle Lair, but the man in the black cloak on the rooftops walked away.