They had just converted the school, two years after Lloyd had defeated the Overlord..but it wasn't quite open yet. Zane looked at himself in the mirror, testing his old ninja suit..it still fit as his body never changed, but he kept seeing the nightmare. The one from two years ago. Blood, holding his sister after she's passed on the table. He violently shakes his head, talking to himself and running a hand through his hair. "She's alive, Zane. She's fine. She just-" Deity poked her head into the nindroid's room-she'd been walking by after setting up the music room. "I just what, Ice Cube?" Zane rubbed the bridge of his nose in mock annoyance-there was a smile creeping into his face from the nickname. He couldn't help it..he liked the way she called him something related to his element-and the way her melodic voice seemed to properly pronounce each sound in it. "You just scare me sometimes, Nightingale." Only Zane was ever allowed to call her that. Jay called her Melody, Kai called her princess, her boyfriend Cole called her Songbird. But Zane? Her brother? He was the only one who dared to call her anything related to her mother. She'd had a breakdown one night when she was scared she'd become like her mother..and Zane had reminded her that the only reason her mother had been called the Nightingale is because the bird is often seen as powerful for it's song.. and the fact that some mistake it for a predator-type bird. The nightingale is gentle. As was Deity, Zane had come to learn over the years. His sister was silent and usually very calm..but if you got her riled up, or angry..she'd produce the shrill tones of the nightingale-her element made her fairly decent at melodic bird calls..an easy way to distract enemies. Pray for anyone who makes her angry to the point of an elemental surge, however..Zane imagined anyone in a twenty mile radius would be affected.

He shakes his head from his thoughts and chuckles at his sister. "You know why you scare me..and I know you're alive, I just..-" Deity carefully came into his room and hugged him tightly. "I'm not leaving you, Zane. I'm alive. I plan on being alive as long as you need me-." The droid just squeezed her, laying his head in her neck. "I know, I know just..let us not discuss your mortality and plans to transfer for me..Please.." He was whispering..Deity carefully tugged her brother away from her neck and cupped his face in her hands. "You had the nightmare again, didn't you?" Her voice is soft as she strokes his cheek with her metallic thumb. He just nods..he seems scared. "It..it's causing me to-" She shushed him. "I know. Hallucinate. Zane.." She sighs and watches ice blue eyes stare back at her. "How about I let you back me up on the recon mission I have to do?" Zane's grip tightened on his little sister. A recon mission? No, no! She needed to stay here, where she'd be safe-. Deity shook him slightly. "Ice cube, look at me. There's been some rogue snake activity in Glacier Barrens and The Sea of Sand, and a bit near the Toxic Bogs." Sure, the majority of the snakes had learned to keep to themselves...but a few really despised humanity. Zane sighed and pulled away from her, packing up his gear. He could keep her cool in the Sea of Sand, and he'd try his best to keep her warm in Glacier Barrens, but the Toxic Bogs worried him. She'd never been to any of these places. All elemental hazards. He flinched when he felt Deity gently grip his shoulders. "Zane..I know. You're worried about me venturing too far past the Bounty and the city. But if you come with me, I know I'll be alright. Besides, Cole is busy trying to figure out a curriculum for something he wants to teach. You're my only recon partner."

Zane couldn't help but chuckle, shaking his head. "I do not think I have ever fought in tandem with you on a mission-or have been on a mission with you at all." Deity ruffles her brother's hair. "No, you haven't. But then again, I kinda took a nap for two years." Zane bristles a little-then relaxes. He knows that's just how his sister is..she liked to joke about it because she'd survived it..and it was how she kept her mind off nearly dying. "Hnn. Yes, you took a very long nap, didn't you? Late for your own birthdays, shame on you-" He chuckles a little and closes the bag for his gear. She rolls her eyes. "I'm surprised that Jay didn't try and throw me a party anyway." Zane pauses. "Oh he.." He sighs and tugs his bag onto his back. "He did't throw a party, but he did sit with you on your birthday. He locked the door and wouldn't let any of us in." She frowned as they started walking out of the school. "Really? Did he say what he did?" Zane shakes his head as he pulls his sister onto his bike behind him, handing her a helmet. "No, but there was a little small stuffed dragon next to you, the next time I went in." Deity slowly rose an eyebrow and pulled her helmet on, making sure the communication link inside worked. "Huh..He doesn't normally show emotion to that degree." She said as they took off, holding onto Zane's waist as they drove. "Glacier Barrens first, okay? It's your natural element, Ice Cube." Zane chuckled a little over his communication link. "My element or not, wherever we go, we'll go together."