Okay, so I'm back and I hope this chapter will be a little more exciting than the last one!
Cole and Alexus talked through the whole ride, and soon, the sky darkened as they entered New Ninjago City. They looked around them, marveling at the lights. "Wow," was all Alexus said. "I know," Cole said. Nya was admiring it all as well, until her eyes fell onto the road in front her too late; and the bus crashed. The driver in the other car was shouting at them when Cole got up from his seat, and left the bus. Alexus looked out the window, and laughed when she saw him flex his muscles, and made to lift the truck.
But, a huge robotic mech came up behind him, and long story short, they had to walk the rest of the way to Borg Industries. Luckily, it wasn't a far walk, and soon, they were walking up the steps. "I think Mr. Walker looks beside himself in glee," Alexus said to Cole. He laughed as he looked the way Alexus was pointing. "I think you might be right," he said. Mr. Julien was somewhat leading the group, and they were approached by a female android. Alexus couldn't exactly describe her appearance, but she would definitely remember the electric green eyes.
"Welcome to Borg Industries," she said. Zane was breathless, or, as breathless as he could be. "My name is Pixal," she said. Alexus smiled at Zane's expression, and knew he felt the classic love at first sight. "I think that Mr. Julien just became a Disney prince," Alexus whispered to Cole, and he laughed lightly. "What happened to Elsa's words of wisdom?" he asked. "Good point, but look at Mr. Julien," Alexus said as Pixal started to scan Zane, and Cole followed her gaze. "Now, look at her, and let's hope she isn't Hans," Alexus said. "Then, who does that make you?" Cole asked. "I think that I could be Olaf," Alexus said, and it took all Cole had to not burst out laughing at that moment. He had to maintain his image of a professional teacher.
"Mr. Borg would like to see the ninja in his office on the 100th floor," Pixal said, indicating the ninja, and started leading Sensei Wu, Nya, and the other students away. "See you, Cole- I mean, Mr. Hence!" Alexus said quickly, before following the group.
They were led to a room with giant screens, and what seemed to be game consoles. "Whoa!" Alexus said, recognizing what was going on the screens. "Is this going to be a new video game? I've been waiting forever to have a game where I can play as the ninja, and be simulated in the situation at the same time!" Alexus said, excitedly. "You do know that you've basically lived some of their adventures, right?" Nya asked, trying not to laugh at her former apprentice. "Yeah, but as a samurai apprentice, not a ninja," Alexus said as if though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
The girls were gathering around one specific machine, so Alexus and Nya headed over to see what they were marveling about. "What's that?" Alexus said, moving a little in front of the crowd. "It's a perfect match console! It's supposed to show you your perfect match with flawless results!" one student said. "You should try it, Ms. Nya!" another girl said. "I doubt a machine can show you your perfect match," Nya said, but none of the less, she stepped onto the platform anyway.
"It's obviously going to be Mr. Jay!" the first girl said, as the machine started up. "Nya Smith. You are a strong, self-confident young woman, who refuses to be in a boy's club. Here are your results," the machine said, as a figure appeared on the screen. When the image cleared, Alexus gave a small, "Eep!" and had a horrified and confused look on her face.
The image was that of Cole Hence.
Nya just had a horrified expression, and looked at Alexus. "Are you okay?" Nya asked in concern. Alexus opened her mouth to speak, but quickly closed it. "If Cole is your perfect match, then who is mine?" she said in a whispery voice. And without another word, she stepped onto the console's platform. "Alexus Johnson. You are a clever and witty girl that wants to do something good in the world. Here are your results," the machine said, and the image started to clear, and Alexus was on the verge of biting her nails, but instead was clutching her necklace as if though it was her life line.
"Ah," was all Alexus could say, before she collapsed on the floor, as the image of Jay Walker appeared.
"Oh no, not again!" Dawn said, looking at the situation. "No one tell the boys anything!" Nya said, bending down to look at her student. Alexus hadn't fainted, but she had just become horrified, and weak in the knees. "Are you okay?" Nya repeated the question. "Not really," whispered Alexus. "Can you stand up?" Nya asked. "I think," Alexus said. Hope and Dawn went to her side, and helped her up. "You know, this stuff only happens in Disney Channel, and fanfiction. And last time I checked, we weren't in a fanfiction story!" Alexus exclaimed. "Well, let's get a move on with the tour, hopefully that will clear our minds of some things," Nya said, helping Alexus walk forward.
"I'm okay, I will not have another emotional break down," Alexus told herself as they walked to the next room. "Yep, her mentality has cracked, just like Ivan," Dawn sighed. "Well, I'm not a physco, and in Ivan's defense, he's the cutest physco you will ever see," Alexus said in a rather normal tone. They were taken to an area that seemed to be the factory part of the place. "Wow, all this is very impressive," Alexus said, still in a normal tone, but she still allowed herself to be lead. Nya was genuinely concerned for Alexus at this point, but she still admired all the technology around her.
Suddenly, something very odd happened. The technology assistant's eyes began to turn red. "Oh man, now this is a si-fi movie!" Alexus said. "This will be the end of your tour," Pixal said, her voice suddenly more robotic, and dark. She turned around, and her green eyes had turned red. "I knew it! Technology was going to be our downfall! I told you so, Mother!" Alexus shouted to the sky. "Uh, hello! Do you not see the real situation here?" Nya shouted. "Oh right, back in action? Alexus asked, sticking her hand out. "Back in action," Nya repeated, taking it.
"Now, let's do this, I hope you haven't forget how to fight," Alexus said. "Same with you, did you happen to bring the silver blade?" Nya asked, as they stood back to back. "Yes, Nya, because we were going on a field trip to a tech industry, I brought my sword with unbelievable powers," Alexus said sarcastically, then jumping so she could kick an oncoming robot that use to function as something that lifted heavy objects. "Don't take that sarcastic tone with your mentor," Nya said slyly. "Stay together!" she shouted to the students who were looking at everything nervously.
"Look, a window!" Brad shouted, pointing to a far away area. "No! Do not break formation!" Nya shouted, but the students ignored her, and started running to the window. "Why don't boys ever listen to me?" Nya asked, running forward. The students had ran onto a conveyer belt, and was now running in the opposite direction it was moving to move away from another machine that fired beams of intense heat.
Nya ran past them, jumped, and kick the machine, but fell onto another conveyer belt that was going in the direction of something that was meant to crush metal! She backed up, and then quickly stood up, and ran before she could get crushed. She jumped, and grabbed onto the outstretched side of Sensei's wooden staff, and he pulled her onto the conveyer belt with the students. "Oh, how are we supposed to get out of this one?" Alexus asked, looking around.
"There's a window over there!" Sensei shouted, pointing to an area closer to them. "Works for me!" Alexus shouted, running with the students. "Run! Jump! And Kick!" Nya shouted to the students, as she jumped high to kick one robot that welded metal together. They went onto that conveyer belt, only to find that it lead to an incinerator! "Oh, come on!" Alexus shouted, trying to run the other way, but she might as well have been running on a treadmill. "I hate technology!" Alexus shouted when she realized she wasn't getting anywhere. Then, she tripped and fell on her face. She rolled onto her back, and looked at the flames with horror. She tried to stand up, but the ground never stopped moving, and that made it difficult. She closed her eyes, when she neared, not wanting to see the flames.
Then, it stopped.
She opened her eyes, and miraculously, the belt stopped moving, and she sighed in relief. She stood up, and looked around as all the students gathered at the window. She looked out of it, and saw another bizarre sight. The ninja were wearing new gi, and Zane was flying a hover copter. "Well, judging by the gi, we are definitely back in action!" Alexus said in a victorious voice as she walked onto a platform with the rest of the students. Nya was supervising and made sure that none of the students were left behind, and just before she could leave through the window, she was stopped as someone grabbed her ankle.
It was Pixal.
"This will be the end of your tour," she said, but Nya kicked out, and hit Pixal's head. She ran to the ledge, as the hover copter started to rise. Nya jumped, and caught hold on the wing. Then, they left the building area. They landed in front of the building, next to the bus. "What next?" Alexus asked Sensei, breaking away from the group of students.
"Jay and Cole, you two take to the ground. Kai and Zane, I want you two in the sky. Nya, make sure the students get back to the academy safe, and try and contact Lloyd. Alexus, monitor the area, but stay out of trouble. I will do what I can for the people," Sensei instructed. Alexus nodded, and ran down the street, and turned down a dark ally.
She looked around, and saw nobody, and took her backpack off. She pulled out her samurai outfit, and smiled. "Just because they got new gi, doesn't mean that I can't put on my old one," she said. She quickly changed out of the school uniform, and shoved it into her bag. "Act casual," Alexus said to herself, looking at her mostly red clothes, glad they still fit even after a little under a year. She swung her backpack over her shoulder, and walked out of the ally, examining the street. It appeared the tech had gone against the human race, and the security mech were all heading in the direction Alexus had left, more than likely heading for the ninja.
Alexus took this to her advantage, and ran in the direction of the now deserted streets. "Man, people hide fast," she said, looking around. She wasn't sure what she was looking for, but she wasn't giving up.
Soon, everything was silent, and nothing was moving, except Alexus as she ran down the street. Only when she turned a corner on South Street, did something happen. A huge noise, that sounded as if though from an explosion rang out through the night. It sounded as if though it came from nearby, and Alexus ran down the road, looking around frantically. She turned to the right on the next block when she saw it.
Down at the other end of the street was a wall of cars, stacked upon each other. On top of the wall, was a man, leering down at the empty street in front of him. He looked like a classic magician with an impressive feel to his wardrobe. He was wearing a black tuxedo vest over a white shirt, along with black dress pants and shoes. He had a cape as well, and a large scepter in his right hand, but he had no top hat on his spiky black and white hair. His eyes were a surprising soft sky blue, but they were threatening none of the less.
Alexus thought back to Sensei's words, "Stay out of trouble." She thought about it, but figured that this would be the best time to ignore those words, because this guy looked like another threat. "Well, they knew me when," Alexus muttered, and started running down the street towards the pile of cars. The figured looked down at her, and smirked. "Well, well. Is this the best Ninjago City can offer?" he leered down at her. "Well, I'm not the best, but you're attempted takeover was kind of inconvenient because someone else started trying to take over the city as of ten minutes ago, and I just happened to be in the area, so, you get what you get," Alexus said. "Ah yes, a sarcastic one, this will be fun," the figure said. Alexus noticed that he had an impressive, yet soft voice that was donned with a British accent.
"Can we get to the introduction, I'm on a schedule," Alexus said, with a sly expression. "Well, if you insist, and you are my only audience, why not get comfortable?" the man said, and he raised his right hand, as if though reaching out for something, and his eyes turned olive green. Without another word, thick, thorny vines shot out of the ground, and wrapped themselves around Alexus. The thorns pinned the material against her skin, and scraped against her arms as she tried to struggle against the vines.
"Comfortable? Good," the villain smirked at her. "I am the Sorcerer. Ninjago City will bow down before me, or suffer my wrath!" he shouted. "Yeah, been there, heard that, could you speed it up; I'm kind of on a schedule?" Alexus asked. "You will be the first to suffer, and your end will be the example to those who even think about crossing me!" he said. "Yeah, sorry to burst your bubble, but this is the part where I make a heroic escape, and we battle, only for you to leave, but swear upon vengeance," Alexus said simply. "Alright, I accept your challenge," the Sorcerer said. "Okay, first I do this," Alexus started, moving her hand, so it stuck out of the vines.
She concentrated, and her eyes started to turn silver. It seemed as if though her sword was materializing out of thin air, and it was. When the sword turned solid, she closed her hand on the hilt, and swung it around, cutting the vines. She rubbed her arms, and winced when her hands pasted over the scrapes. "Amazing feat, young one! However did you do it?" the Sorcerer asked, pretending to be impressed. "Well, I know you're being sarcastic, but I'm not a normal girl. I'm the samurai apprentice!" Alexus said, boldly.
"Well, samurai apprentice, let's see how you do against this!" the Sorcerer shouted, and he jumped off of the car stack, and slammed his fist on the ground when he landed. It created a crater, and shook the ground. Alexus lost her balance, but quickly regained it. "Is that the best you have?" she asked when the shaking stopped. The Sorcerer just stood up tall, and smirked. The next second, a hand shot out of the ground, and gripped Alexus' ankle. "Ah, awaking the undead, impressive," Alexus said, using the sword to hack off the hand around her ankle, as more hands shot out.
"Well, I suppose today can get weirder," Alexus muttered as many bodies crawled out of the ground. She readied herself, and took a stance, and soon, her sword was only a flash of silver. Good thing my dad taught me what to do during the zombie apocalypse, Alexus thought. From a few yards away, the Sorcerer was analyzing how Alexus was fighting. Seems I've underestimated my little friend here, he thought. "Something tells me that my son will get along well with her," he muttered. Then he raised his scepter, and everything froze, the undead, Alexus, the whole world was frozen, except for the Sorcerer, who had started to weave through the walkers. When he was closer to the apprentice, he raised his scepter, and they all turned to dust. He slammed it on the ground, and everything moved again.
Alexus looked around, and only saw the Sorcerer. She raised her sword defensively in his direction, but he only laughed. Alexus charged, but before she could come within one yard of distance, he swung his hand as if though swatting a fly, and she flew backwards, and landed hard on her back on the gravel. She had dropped her sword, and she tried to get up. But, the Sorcerer had covered the distance between them, and lifted her by the front of her shirt. Her feet dangled in the air. Without a single word, he threw her across the street, far, and she hit a stone building, the mere impact of her head against the stone wall with the hard force knocked her out cold before she got a chance to say, "Going down."
The Sorcerer picked up her silver blade and examined it. He felt something powerful, but it just didn't fit him. He discarded it by throwing it down a dark ally, and turned his attention back to Alexus. He walked over to her, and threw her over his shoulder, and they vanished from the street without a trace.
So, that happened. Well, so far, two people try to take over Ninjago Ctiy on the same day, new record! Let me know what you think of the new villain, and what's in store for Alexus! Just let me know your thoughts on any subject! Also, please vote on the poll, and have a great day, night, or whenever it is for you!