It was mid Summer in the Splatalot kingdom. That meant some happy defenders but others were...not so much. For instance Ballista and Gildar hated sweating, Thorne, well he hates every season, Tinkor preferred spring and fall,and Knightriss felt like the year went on too fast. The happier defenders were Shaiden because it left her more time to practice, Kook because he could fly all day, Skabb because the nights were warm so he could sleep in his cave, and Crocness because she would spend the day swimming with Albert. Plus most of the defenders were mad at each other. Thorne was mad at Kook,as usual, and Shaiden was in between that because she mostly hung out with the both of them,Gildar and Skabb were fighting over how it was better to smash than to bash, Ballista was telling Croc how awful she looked from swimming so much,and Tink and Knightriss because she wanted him to work on new inventions but he had mechanics block. Thorne was in his lab working on a new slime trying to remain cool but couldn't possibly so he went to the dining room and got some iced tea. He found his sister in the dining room with the same icy beverage face red from heat looking exhausted and had sweat on her brow. He looked over at her as she gulped her tea. "Practicing... all day." She answered to his nodded but then glared at his glass when the worlds most annoying defender came in laughing. He cut off his laugh when he saw Thorne and turned to Shaiden. "Well it's good to see you Shaiden." Shaiden just groaned and stood up and walked away leaving the two arguing. They had been fighting for 3 weeks and it was driving her nuts. In the dining room the two morons were having a heated argument about who made Shaiden leave and didn't noticed the ninja entered once again to retrieve her glass. "Oi it was all your fault she wouldn't have left if you hadn't been so rude you feathered freak!" "Who you callin feathered freak?! It was probably your fail of a mohawk that scared her off!" "Oh my lord it was both of you! I am sick and tired of the constant bickering like little kids! You are annoying and immature and are driving me up the wall!" They both turned their heads at the ninja as she shouted at them with absolute fury on her face. "It's like watching Gildar brush his hair, Aggravating!"She shouted. Then turned on her heels and left leaving their jaws hanging grabbed her splatana and stormed the way out she found Gildar coming inside. "Why hello Shaiden, you look angry, I can tell because your face is red, which by the way is not your color." "I am so not in the mood Gildar." Gildar just smirked and rolled his eyes. He knew why she was angry, she was the only that wasn't fighting with someone but was in between a fight. She stomped off with a groan and slashed at invisible targets as she did. She continued stomping into the forest to a place she had never been before. It was nice. It had plenty of animals and a lake and it was clear with trees surrounding it. She decided to stay for awhile. Later on that night at the castle it was dinner time. The ninja still hadn't returned from her trip but very few were worried because they figured she was still mad at her brother and Kook. However they should have been. She was so lost that she didn't know what to do. She knew that they wouldn't worry about her being gone for too long. The next day she was exhausted from tramping through the forest so she stopped for a rest. Then she realized that she had no clue how far she was from the castle or where she was. Back at the castle when she hadn't shown up at breakfast,lunch, or dinner, Thorne felt bad. He realized how mad she truly was and went up to her room. He wasn't surprised to find it locked but brought out the key and walked in. He didn't find her in her room, the castle grounds, her hideout, or the he was worried. Shaiden woke up feeling dizzy from heat and was completely dehydrated. She would have packed a water bottle if she planned on getting lost. The heat became unbearable to her so she found the lake and waded in it. She got into it but quickly jumped out it was also hot. "A bit hot isn't it?" She jumped at the familiar voice. She turned to see Croc staring back at her. "Thank god! How did you find me?" "For a ninja you are surprisingly easy to find. Plus Thorne asked me to find you so I really had no choice." Shaiden shook her head and groaned at the mentioning of her brother. "Now c'mon we're not that far from the castle." She followed after her until they reached the went to get a glass of cold water when she heard it. They were at it once again. "You stupid bird you are useless first you make my sister leave then you ruin all of my slime mixtures!" "Thorne I didn't mean to spill your tea all over them it was an accident!" "Oh my word do you hear yourselves?" She yelled as she walked into the room. "Oh hey look Shaiden's back!" "Shaiden stay out of this! I don't need you tagging along like you always do! God you can be annoying!" Shaiden stared back at her brother with wide eyes that were brimming with tears. Then she ran.