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Synopsis for "Converging Destines"
Storm Shadow delivers a eulogy on the nature of the void when he is interrupted by a man in a new urban camo-outfit. As they remove their cowls, it is revealed that the man is Storm Shadow, and Billy has inherited his old ninja-gi. They hear footsteps on the fire escape and identify one of the two women approaching as a bound Jinx. The two men hide as the other woman aims a gun at Jinx's head and threatens to shoot her if she doesn't see Billy. Billy knocks aside both Storm Shadow's sword and the woman's gun before telling his mother that he's not a prisoner. Billy and his mother embrace.
On Cobra Island, a group of Crimson Guards and Vipers led by Cobra Commander and Dr. Mindbender approach Zartan's dwelling. They enter to find that they appear to be walking on the ceiling. Two Red Ninjas drop "up" and easily capture Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander is brought to Zartan, and the Red Ninjas remove his helmet. Zartan decides to explain his position to the new administration.
Billy's mother tells him, Storm Shadow, and Jinx that Billy's father began to fall apart when his older brother Dan was killed in a car accident. Dan kept extending his stay in Vietnam so Billy's father couldn't be sent there. When he finally came back, he seemed to have a death wish, deliberately driving dangerously. He eventually caused a head-on collision with a car carrying a couple and their daughter, whose son had just returned from the war, killing all of them.
Zartan tells Fred of his first meeting with the original Cobra Commander. Zartan was initially dismissive until he learned his target was a challenge: A long-range-recon-patrol airborne ranger training with ninjas. Zartan decided his only way to infiltrate the ninjas was through Professor Onihashi, the mystic swordsmith who was their official armourer. Onihasi committed suicide because of the shame and Storm Shadow swore vengeance. Fred believes Storm Shadow had given up the vendetta, but Zartan believes that is a ploy and intends to get him first.