This is a story collab. Obviously AU and borrowed from LGOE with her permission. Based on TRON but ties in with Zane.
Prologue
Borg's office was empty, the entire tower was defunct of any staff. The office block seemed to have been abandoned in haste.
The ninja, whilst trying to get in had to rely on using the exterior window cleaning lifts to get upto the required floor, before having to break a window to gain entrance.
The whole place gave Kai the creeps. "Is this where Zane's signal came from?"
Cole nodded apprehensively, he checked his phone and saw a pixelated version of Zane. The message was as clear as day. 'Help m-me, please.'
'I am trapped in the digital world, in a virtual prison.'
"Hold on Zane, we're coming for you," Cole mumbled and held the phone tight, unsure if Zane could hear or even respond to the message he had sent in response.
They walked through corridors. Office paper was scattered on the floor. Dot Matrix printouts and large-scale commercial printers reading nothing but binary code repeated over and over. Some of the paper had been charred, shredded. The whole floor had the smell of over warm electrical devices, at risk of overheating.
Choosing to stay together as a team they approached Borg's office, heaving the reinforced doors open cautiously with his scythe.
They all had their weapons ready, in a defensive stance, just in case.
But there was nothing there, his office lay empty of staff and himself. All that remained was his most recent inventions, one of which was emitting a high pitched whine.
Jay walked around the empty office, staring in wonderment at the gadgets, some half finished.
One looked like a modern version of a telescope but it was facing the wrong way, it wasn't facing the window, it was facing a wall, a scorch mark remained on the steel plated section of wall. "Hey err, guys." He touched the still warm device. "You might wanna take a look at this remarkable thing."
"Yeah, and I suggest you don't touch it!" Cole admonished, gently smacking Jay's hand off the large black telescope that looked more like a heavy duty sniper rifle with an impressive optic scope attached.
"What is it?" Kai quizzed, he approached slowly.
"What? how the Heck do you expect me to know that? Doofus, remember whose office this is?" Cole punched him on the arm playfully. He didn't see Kai wince in response.