Disclaimer: I do not own Ninjago: Masters of Spinnitzu or Pokèmon, they belong to their respective owners. I do however own Alex, Echo, Joey, Lucas, and I co-own Vanessa with Madi who owns Tove.
Chapter 1
"That damn child!"
Lloyd slowly opened his eyes. He was tired, really tired, but the voice that had woken was not familiar. He tried to shake off his drowsiness to get a better look of his surroundings. He was in a cage on a metal table. A man in a lab coat stood with his back turned.
"Sir," a woman said, "we still have these ones. The experiment can still work."
The man shook his head. "No. No!" He turned towards her. "We need all of them! Experiment Seventy-eight swiped the others and we need to get them back. Her ignorance will jeopardize the entire experiment!"
"What experiment?" Lloyd asked.
The two turned to him.
The man had light brown skin, black hair, and almost black eyes. He wore an orange shirt and black pants under his lab coat.
The woman had pale skin, auburn hair tied back, and sage green eyes. She wore a pink blouse and purple pants under her lab coat.
"I'd almost forgotten," the woman said. "Certain Shaymin have the ability to talk."
The man nodded. "I would've expected nothing less from this one."
"I don't understand," Lloyd said. He pushed himself up, looking down at his hands. They were but little green nubs. The same wth his feet. He tried to get a look at is body, seeing a bush looking thing in its place. "What happened to me?"
The man walked over to the cage and knelt so he was at eye level with Lloyd. "It's all right. I assure you, we will return you back to your body after the experiment." He stood back up. "Unfortunately though, that has been delayed by a troublesome young girl by the name of Experiment Seventy-eight."
"You lost control over one of your own experiments?" Lloyd questioned.
"Well, she is mostly human," the woman said. "She became a little rebellious much sooner than we thought she would."
"Hmm . . . perhaps she'll return," the man said. "We do still have three of them here. She might return for them."
"That's right," the woman said. "When she comes back, we'll convince her to tell us where she took the others!"
"We might not have to," the man said, kneeling back down. "Lloyd, right?"
The green ninja nodded.
"Perhaps you can ask her where she took the others should she return," the man offered. "After all, she's much more likely to trust a Pokèmon than she would us."
"I don't even know your names or what you plan to do," Lloyd pointed out. "Why should I trust you?"
"You don't remember our deal?" the man frowned. "Well, perhaps the transformation gave you a bit of memory loss. This experiment is to test the abilities of Pokèmon with a human psyche. If we are successful, it'll teach us more about Pokèmon and how they live. Your friends and you all agreed to help."
"We had accidently intercepted a dimensional portal," the woman jumped in. "You guys came through and stayed for a few days before decided to help us. My name is Bella and this is Clyde. You don't remember?"
Lloyd shook his head. None of that rang any bells at all.
"Well, I'm sure it'll come back to you eventually," Clyde said. "Anyway, if Experiment Seventy-eight does come back, will you ask her about the others?"
"I guess," Lloyd said.
"Great!" Clyde said. He and Bella turned and left the room.
"You're going to trust them? You're even stupider than I thought."
Lloyd knew that voice. He turned to Shade, about to defend himself, but he stopped. He should've guessed Shade wouldn't be in his own body, but this form surprised him. He looked like . . . well, Lloyd wasn't sure. He was dark blue with white fur, had red eyes, and a horn thing that came out from the side of his head. He was definitely bigger than him, even though he was lying down to fit the cage better.
Shade made a growling noise. "Stop staring at me, okay?!"
Lloyd blinked. "I didn't know I was staring. What are you?"
Shade shook his head. "Something called an Absol. You're not really going to ask that Lilly for them, are you?"
"Why shouldn't I?" Lloyd asked.
"Because obviously they're lying. Why else would we be in cages if we weren't their prisoners!" Shade exclaimed.
"Wait, they said there were three of us still here, right? Whose the other one?"
Shade looked at him. Then he looked to the creature that was behind their cages. "I guess whoever that is."
Lloyd turned to the golden creature. It had an appearance that was almost a mixture of cat and ape. It appeared to be wearing armor in a way.
"They called it Abra," Shade said. "Though, whoever it is, they've been asleep since I woke up."
"Hey!" Lloyd said, loudly.
The Abra's eyes didn't open, but it lifted its head. Immediately, it began to freak out. "Let me out!"
"Don't draw any attention!" Shade snapped. "We don't want those scientists back in here yet!"
The Abra calmed down. "I'm sorry," it said, Lloyd could now identify that it was a she. "I just . . . "
It clicked.
"It's going to be fine, Zoey," Lloyd said. "We'll get out soon enough."
Zoey lowered her head again. "We're the only three here, right? That means the others are probably going to be coming back for us."
"They'll all have to come back at some point," Shade stated. "You know, if they want to be human again."
"Okay, so do you want them here or not?" Lloyd growled, getting irritated with Shade. He never liked the guy, and he realized that he didn't like him, but this was getting old.
"Of course I want them here," Shade retorted. "Does us no good if the scientists are expecting them though! So if that Lilly girl does come for us and they catch her, we have to convince her to say that there's no way any of them can find the lab."
"Shade is right," Zoey said. "He has a good plan. So, we will stick with it."
Lloyd laid down. Okay, so maybe the guy did have a point. He just had a bad feeling about what was to come. Yet all he could do was sit in a cage and wait.
