Hey everyone, I am back with the newest story of my superhero series. I have done Cole as Hulk, Kai as Ghost Rider, Jay as Spiderman and now it is Zane's turn as the hero. With the title saying it all, if you didn't get it, he's Iron Man. And how is he going to be Iron Man, well stay with my story and you shall find out how he'll go as the iron suited nindroid. And as a bonus I give you a soundtrack you'll love for this opening chapter. The link is watch?v=jGoacTNIRDs and when you see the link, enjoy. I present to you, IRON NINJA!
Prologue: Wake-up Zane
*Snow drifted and swayed across the grey clouds of winter. The frozen droplets of ice fell down from the sky to eventually land on the white covered ground of freshly fallen snow. The area the snowflakes have landed seemed bare like the Frozen Wastelands, but it wasn't. In the surrounding area stood tall, slim white trees with black stripes stretching around the smooth bark; standing tall and bare without its leaves sheltering from the snow. But yet again, the leaves hardly appear as it always acts like winter every day. Sunlight would break through the grey clouds, but the next it'll be gone. That must be why the Birchwood Forest would be neutral to inhabit to live, except the mysterious Treehorn creatures that say to roam around and blend with the woods itself. But only one though who would seek shelter in this labyrinth with his two sons.
Deep within the slim trees of the forest stands a tree that seems out of place. The width of the tree seemed much larger than more others and even taller. Even the bark may seem natural, but it's got more of a metallic touch to it. Why was that?
Inside the large hollow tree home had a winding staircase that chambered down to a new level below the earth to a single room home and had a workshop bench. A man, young in age, with greasy brown hair combed back on his head with dark blue eyes sheathed behind a pair of wire-rimmed lenses. A lab coat was draped over his pressed shirt and brown pants as it gives the hint he's a scientist of some sorts. Well he's more of an engineer in the science field. And he was even close to the end of his last invention.
Sparks danced off the body of his creation as he carefully connected the wires to the many switches inside the chest cavity. Sweat precipitated on his thin browns with his eyes narrowed in deep concentration and had to use the sleeve of his coat to dry his forehead. Time was on the essence to him and he felt that he was running out of it for some odd reason. He couldn't be though. Months of working on this creation would go to waste then, but he wasn't going to allow it. He can feel a strong sense of courage in this, he knew it. As he connected the last wire to a switch labeled Humor, the man, Doctor Samuel Julien, stepped back to take a deep breath to slowly calm his shaky, clammy hands and waited for his latest creation to wake up. He hoped he made it on time.
As he waited, a sense of drowsiness overwhelmed him to yawn and blink tiredly, but he quickly shook himself to snap out of it. He couldn't fall asleep at a time like this. But then again, when was the last time he ever slept? Nightmares have always haunted and consumed him when he slept. Nightmares of an evil force coming for him, sensing it is the future and the land of Ninjago being consumed by darkness and controlled by a man. And since he could sense it was near, he had to flee to the Birchwood forest for sanctuary and work on his two creations he'll know that will help protect this world. One was done, but the other he had finished made him nervous if he was ever going to wake up.
Time had passed and nothing came from the body that laid on the table. Julien studied it and waited as nothing had come from the teen android of his. He sighed as he felt this was the end. But it couldn't be. The power source he had provided for him was able to bring him to life, but something felt odd. To be sure, he walked over to the chest cavity to observe what the problem was, but a large burst of energy from the battery he was using caused him to jump in surprise and smell of lithium smoke wafted in his nose to then sigh. That was his chance and he was out of options.
"Just give up, Father." a voice said behind his back. "There's nothing you can do. You need sleep as well. Just listen to me please."
Julien leaned his arms onto the table to sigh as he had to disagree with the one talking to him. He was close and he knew it. Plus he didn't want to sleep. Not until the nightmares have ended and his newest creation was alive. To that he had to grumble quietly. "I can't, Xander." he said to the voice behind him in the darkness. "I was so close and I knew it. I was so close!" He reached into the chest cavity to wretch out the battery he was using and threw it across the workshop in spite.
The one named Xander, in the shadows of the darkened workshop, jumped startled as the battery had clattered against something in the dark and looked at his father worriedly. This was going to end soon and he knew it. He never gave up on him when he created him as he is an android as well, but with his father working on another one, it was worrying him at his failed attempts. "Father please," he begged to him. "You've tried everything, but there's nothing we can do. You've used parts from me to help even, but nothing has worked. Face it, he's not going to be an android. I can still be the single guardian for you. It's over."
Over? Over! That wasn't a word he wouldn't justify this status. It couldn't be over. Not when he was close. How could his son say such a thing, even when it was close to him? He tried everything he could and he wasn't going to give up. "It's not over." he mumbled to himself quietly. "It's not over."
He lifted his head to stare at the closed eyes of the teen with short, platinum blonde hair that stood up without the need of hair-gel. It wasn't over, it can't be for him. He can bring him to life, he can. He needed a better source of power. He can do it! It wasn't over! It wasn't over! "It is not over!" he shouted and used his arms to push all items off the table harshly. Xander, to this, jumped in fright and watched him storm over to the work bench.
A light flickered brightly over Julien's head to reach down at his feet to pull out a fresh roll of blueprint paper and other instruments he was going to need to accomplish his goal. He even grabbed the blueprints of the android he was working on to take the measurements he needed to slowly start sketching out the new source of power he needed with the white graphite pencil. He could see it now. Small, circular, and he even had an electronically charged gas that can help him. And even the metal to stabilize it. This was his last chance now and he wasn't going to waste it now.
The time was ticking aggressively as he took the small piece of red hot metal from the furnace he was using to heat his home and carefully carried it to the small anvil and grabbed a small mallet. Sparks flew after each strike as it slowly took form and his eyes narrowed in concentration as the base was taking shape and dunked in a tub of water. Xander, watching in the shadows as he preferred it, studied his father carefully and worriedly as he kept pacing back and forth in their home while working to this new power source as he observed the blueprints to raise a brow. His would surely be different than the android on the table. If this worked, would he too get an upgrade so he wouldn't have to keep recharging. He had to wonder as he lifted his head to watch his father attach the final parts to the new device.
Solder filled the scientist's nose as the smelted drops of metal fused the glass tubing to the circular base together carefully and reached over to his left to slowly open a valve on a tank. The hissing sound of gas leaving the tank filled his ears to watch a translucent blue gas travel through a small tube and soon filled up the circular glass of the device to quickly shut the gas off and removed the tube to quickly seal it with more solder. Now the moment came for him, Julien started attaching wires to the device to a transmitter. Slowly and carefully, he pushed the small lever to start delivering an electronic charge until it couldn't go any higher. The light bulb above his head flickered rapidly due to the over charge until it burst to shatter glass around him and encase him in darkness. But soon a blue glow hummed to life from the source to encase the man in the glow.
Julien smiled widely to the accomplished work he wanted, clean energy and fusion powered. An Arc Reactor he should call it. He carefully picked it up to hold it and study it, amazed to what he had done. Able to bring his son to life, it had to. He quickly walked over to the android to take the main wire that was connected to the reactor and inserted into the outlet of his chest and rested it in the cavity to lock it into place. Xander heard the sound of power running into the android to gasp as he watched his hands twitch and his head moving a bit. Julien smiled to this and slowly bent his head near his ear. "Wake up, Zane." he whispered softly.
At the command of it, a set of dark blue eyes snapped open.
Well, how did you like it? Really good for a opening chapter? Zane not being able to come life until Dr. Julien created his powerful power source. We get the Arc Reactor, even in the Rebooted season, I'd knew that had to be his power source to function him. And who is this Xander guy? Find out later in the story as I'm doing weekly Friday updates. So stay tuned. Thank you for reading the update, leave a review if you wish to, and I'll see you all next week, it's great to be back with the hero stories. :)
