It was cold. The darkening sky covered the light blue shade of heaven as the young child sniffled, pulling his black hoodie tighter around him. Tears fell from the brown eyes belonging to the young boy, black bushy hair fell flat against his face from the rain. He didn't know where he was just that he was alone.

Zane walked through the city of Ninjago, scanners on high alert as he searched for the young ninja. Cole got hit by some weird machine the other day, seeming to regress his age to only six years old, along with his emotions. His mind was still held the same memories but too him he couldn't remember being an young adult, just a lost kid.

Zane didn't get on too well with kids, he knew that from experience but he had to find Cole, it was dangerous for a child at this time in the busy streets. A sudden cry from a near by ally way gained his attention as he ran towards the source stopping to see what was happening.

Cole sat on the ground crying, a large man stood over him. "Stupid kid, who would have left someone your age with all this cash anyway, this will last me for days, months even." The child looked towards the stranger, fear showing in those large big brown eyes. "I need that money, to get home, to see my Dad." The man just stifled a laugh.

"Good story kid, but you see I need these dollars more than you to get my special substance."

Zane heard enough. He couldn't believe why he was hearing was an acceptable way to speak to a six year old. He pulled his hood over his head as he stood at the entrance of the alleyway. "Hey did your mother ever teach you not to pick on younger children and not to steal." The man turned around, an evil grin plastered on his face. "And did yours teach you not to get involved in business that doesn't need you." The man sneered dropping the bag of money to the ground.

Zane snarled, his teeth baring. This man was making the biggest mistake of his life. Without any warning the man charged towards the nin-driod, fists clenched and aiming towards the ninjas face. Zane dodged with ease, his reflexes taking over as he pinned the man to the ground, grabbing his right arm and twisting it behind his back painfully. The man screamed out in pain, a crack echoed through out the small space as Cole shivered, tears welling up in the corner of his eyes. The blonde sneered at the man.

"Next time pick on someone your own size." He let the man go as the enemy ran off.

Zane turned back to Cole, the little child backing into a corner with tears streaming down his dark freckled cheeks. Zane pulled his hood down walking towards Cole silently and carefully not wanting to scare him. "Cole?" He called out, but the little ninja didn't respond. "Cole, it is me Zane. I am here to take you home."

"No!" The six year old whined, "I don't wanna go back. Jay picks on me, I can't play with you guys and no one lets me have any cake."

Zane's gaze softened a bit, he knew it was hard to fit in and with Cole in his situation it was kind of the same. Cole yawned, picking up the bag of money and putting it back in his pocket. "I'm sorry I steals the money, I wanna see my Daddy." Zane sighed softly, picking up the small child in his arms as the earth ninja snuggled close, Zane activating his heater as the rain poured down.

"Let's just go home."

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A/N: I will probably continue this, it's not really going to have any ships as I don't know what ships to have because I don't want any arguments. If I do continue this the only OC will be a dog that's just a normal black and white husky named Lucky. I would love feedback and ideas for further chapters. Thanks for reading!