Alright I will admit I lied to you at the end of the prologue. I have a bit more information to fill you in with before we get into the real story ;however, if you don't care to hear these details just go ahead and skip to the line break. Just be warned you may be confused later in the story due to the fact that the information enclosed here is different than what you have received in the show.
I am not a full android I am a cyborg, similar to that silly Teen Titans character of the same name, except I was created in my fathers lab and was not in a life-threatening accident. My body is not fully cybernetic, I have flesh as well, my father created biological organs by taking cells from his own body and slightly altering the DNA inside which is why I do not look like a younger copy of my father. The cells that he altered went into creating entire systems in my body, for example, he synthetically generated a digestive system, a respiratory system, Ehem, a reproductive system, and furthermore. One last thing my father told me before he passed on, he did not create my heart, it was a gift from the First Spinjitzu Master. Also I recently discovered that, contrary to what was shown in Rebooted, my heart is not some core of energy; it is a beating biological human heart guarded inside a metal case and a shield of pure elemental energy. This fact shocked me but it excited me as well. Now those of you that stuck around for this whole spiel I thank you, but you may be reading this doubting the fact that I wrote it because it doesn't sound like me. It sounds too human, correct? If that is indeed what you think, you are absolutely right my heart is human and my body is constantly changing to make me more human, until eventually it will obtain equilibrium between my mechanical parts and my biological parts.
I apologize, I began to ramble in the last paragraph. Now one last thing, Jay advised me that I should include a disclaimer. I do not own Ninjago, Frozen or Teen Titans, if I did I wouldn't be writing on a fanfiction site.
One Small Warning. I shall explain details of a family death later in the chapter, read the italicized portion at your own risk.
"Zane get back in here, you're missing the best part." I sighed, realizing my escape plan had failed, walking back into the television room my ears were flooded with the lyrics of the song "Let it Go". This was the tenth time the neverending Disney tale, Frozen, was playing on the bounty. (Yes, my father fixed it after the final battle.) Now don't get me wrong I enjoyed watching it the first few times; I was even able to appreciate the depth of the characters and the truth to real life the story holds, but I have become sick of hearing those same 9 songs over and over.
"So Zane what's up? You seem upset." My red clad brother, Kai, took the time to ask due to the fact that he wasn't invested in the movie either. "It's nothing. I am just sick of watching this movie." I huffed being bored already. "Really! Hmmm. I thought you'd love the movie, since it's all about ice ya know." I made an unamused face, sometimes the young firestarter can be so simple minded. "I am not an ice fanatic, Kai. It is the element I bear; just as you bear fire." I turned my head to see that the movie was nearing the silly song about reindeer, so I decided to take my leave. "Well I am going to head on the deck for some air. Please do not pause the movie and wait for me to come back, like last time."
I slowly made my way up the stairs and out to the main deck. Upon opening the door to the outside, I was battered with the brisk winter air. We had been parked in the Birchwood Forest for a few days now, ever since Jay decided we should bring my fathers technology on board to keep safe. I felt a tear slip down my face, the memory of my fathers death was so fresh in my mind.
My father had been working day and night on his newest discovery, he said it could change both of our lives forever. Everyone else had been helping rebuild after the Final Battle, so I payed no mind to what he was doing. What happened next rocked me to my very core, and I have not recovered to this day. Nya was helping my father re-examine my blueprints when he suddenly collapsed; she raced into where we were resting from a day of cleanup and began to frantically cry for help. She pulled me into my father's makeshift lab on the bounty where I saw him lying lifeless on the floor. I rushed over and lifted his head; his eyelids slowly began to flutter open. "Zane." he muttered "I must tell you something quickly, my time is almost up. My son….you….are...a…..human. I…...love….you…" His last words came painfully slow. I didn't even have the strength to say "I love you." back before he closed his eyes forever. The shock and heartbreak overwhelmed me so much that I remained stunned for what seemed like an eternity, I cannot even recount what happened afterwards because I was in such a deep stupor. Cole came and told me later that my father was dead long before they made it to the hospital. What my father said still boggles my mind today; only one clear thing came from that event. Part of me died with my father that day I am not the same man I once was, I find myself in tears all the time, I have become depressed and quicker to anger now, and I have lost all will to train and protect.
I snapped back to reality at the sound of a loud crack. The wind had picked up in intensity, and one of the old, snow-covered trees gave out beginning to topple over from the wind and weight. I barely paid mind to it, in the 15 years I lived in this forest many of tree had crashed to the ground. What caught my eye was the direction the tree was falling, it was going to come down right on top of the sight where my father had been buried months ago. Panic began to consume me, I couldn't let some old tree desecrate my fathers grave. I sprung from the deck,and fighting the intense wind and beginning snowfall. My instincts ran on overdrive, I pulled out my elemental blade and plunged it deep into the falling birch tree, knocking it of course slightly. The massive tree crashed down with a boom so loud it shook the entire forest; however I couldn't see where it landed, due to the rate of snowfall that could classify this storm as a blizzard blurring my vision in white. I ran over to inspect the damage to my father's gravestone, thankfully my actions had saved it. The two-foot wide tree had missed the gravestone by 4.83 inches, I sighed with relief thanking God that he had let me save it. I stood up from where I was kneeling and realized my blade was still embedded in the fallen tree. Walking over, I discovered that in my panic I had thrown with so much force that my blade was buried all the way up to the hilt in the tree. I began to yank as hard as I could, trying to free the frozen sword, upon further inspection I noticed that, where the blade had pierced the tree ice energy had leaked out and bonded the blade to the tree on the inside. I grabbed the hilt and recalled the energy from inside, finally releasing the blade. I sighed again, but this time I couldn't even hear it due to the whipping wind. This made me realize the ferocity of the storm; however, my realization came moments too late as the wind began to lift me from the ground. This baffled me, the wind should not be powerful enough to lift a full grown human being, much less one partially made of metal. I only had seconds to contemplate this before pain exploded in the back of my skull, I glanced, my vision blurring, at what must have been a tree trunk that had just cracked me in the back of the head. I mentally cursed at myself before finally fell unconscious as the wind carried me to who knows where.
