Chapter 2

Chaos

"I don't think you know what you're saying buddy. We're the ninja who just saved the city from both the Devourer and the Overlord so I think you better back off," Jay responds, hoping to frighten the man off, yet surprisingly, he remains the same, without a hint of wavering.

"I know who you both are-I guess everyone does-but that's exactly why I'm not leaving," the man smiles, his mouth being the only part that's sort of visible.

"Do you know us?" Zane asks, realizing plenty of people wouldn't recognize them when they're wearing civilian clothing.

"Uh…he just said he does," Jay comments.

"No, I mean personally," the ice ninja's blue eyes stare at the man suspiciously as he inches forward, anticipating for him to become slightly agitated; however, he surprises the two once again.

"Well, we've never been formerly acquainted prior to now, but let's introduce ourselves later, shall we?"

"Yeah, after you let the girl go," Jay retorts.

Zane puts a hand on his quick brother, shaking his head; then asks, "What do you want?"

"That's better," the man responds. "You two."

Three things happen at once. The man slits his hostage's throat as a familiar droid with a glowing red eye in the form of a dog leaps onto Jay, claws forward, and swipes the elemental lightning blade away. The weapon clatters on the floor as two HD droids attack Zane, the first one grabbing his shoulders and the other grabbing the ice ninja's arm from behind, twisting it against his back.

Zane drops his blade but kicks the HD in front of him and grabs the other one. He's not quick enough, for the droid wraps its arm around the Nindroid's throat, putting him in a headlock. Zane twists his head towards the robot's elbow, giving him more space, and slips right through.

Jay, meanwhile, is wrestling underneath the dog's body, holding onto its metal paws so the claws don't reach his throat. The lighting ninja swings his leg into the droid's, tripping it and instantly heaves up, throwing it off; then reaches for his blade. It's too far so he turns his attention back to the dog in time to see a claw coming for his face. He drops on the ground and leaps back up, slamming into the dog's body again. Looks like getting up won't be so easy after all, Jay gloomily speculates.

Zane's having a hard time as well as he grabs the droid behind him and flips it over his shoulder, only to be hit in the face with a metal hand. He backs up, stumbling, and instantly blocks another blow with his arm, nearly falling over. He punches the one in front and sidekicks the one coming from the left, slipping and falling on one hand and two knees.

"Watch that tail!" Jay exclaims as the dog swings it at his face. Jay rolls to the side, narrowly missing the sharp metal and knocks into droid, which remains planted solidly to the ground. The lightning ninja's fingertips reach his lightning blade, and he stretches farther, but the robot swipes it a few inches farther away with its left fore claw; then forms a red ball of electricity with its tail. Not good! Not good! Jay's eyes widen and his mind races on what he can do.

Zane quickly recovers himself and turns around, leaping for his ice blade. He grabs it as his body hits the ground, getting on one knee he whirls around, his sword clashing against the droid's hand, in which long, sharp nails extend, coming to meet Zane's startled face. The ice ninja; however, has other plans, and shoves the claw out of the way while the other droid rushes at him. Zane puts his blade in its holster, and leaps up above the droids, his arms and legs spread out, holding him precariously between the two walls.

"Get away from me!" Jay screams and slides his body underneath the dog before it can shoot him, the ground being quite wet. He grabs hold of both legs and twists them, causing the droid to fall; then he grabs his blade, swinging it at the tail. He slices it in half and the robot howls in rage and pain.

"Jay, up here!" Zane calls from the wall as he slowly spider climbs upward, the two HD's close under him. The lightning ninja rolls his eyes, gasping for air before bolting to the right wall, pushing off it to hit the other one, only to slip and fall on his face. "Jay, Spider Climb now!"

"You know I can't do it that well!" the blue ninja retorts, picking himself up as the leader who had been watching them fight charges Jay. The lightning ninja immediately leaps up into the spider climb, but the man catches his leg, yanking him to the hard ground.

"Jay!" Zane screams as he nears the top.

"Run and get the others!" Jay shouts.

Zane hates to leave him, but according to his calculation there's only one chance of getting out and getting help, as long as he stays ahead of the robots. He grips the right wall harder and swings himself onto that wall scaling up. Once he reaches the roof, he feels a cold hand grasping his leg and he kicks it off; then bolts across the piece of "land".

Go get them Zane, Jay says in his head as the leader of the droid mob binds him with ropes. "Who are you?"

The man pulls the hood off to reveal he is a droid as well and he smiles. "HD2. I've come for revenge."

Zane leaps across the roof onto the next one, nearly slipping off as the droids jump right behind. They're so close on his heels that if he falls, that will be the end of him. He risks a glance back to see the robots' hands extended that transform into guns. Just great!

Zane swerves to the right as the first shot is fired. Missed. The second one lands right next to his shoe and third narrowly misses his head.

The loud shots draw the attention of civilians down below and Gale the reporter, who had just been filming the reconstruction of the city, redirects her attention to the rooftop pursuit with the ninja that had saved her when the stone warriors attacked.

"Is this being filmed?" she asks and continues after the cameraman nods. "This is Gale Gossip, news reporter here live with the ice ninja on the rooftop above us."

"Guys, you have to see this!" Lloyd calls the others from his seat on the couch in front of the television.

"If its about that dumb comic book-" Kai begins but the golden ninja cuts him off.

"It's Zane."

Everyone rushes to the couch and Kai snatches the remote, turning the volume up. "And he's running away from what looks like two droids that have built in guns," Gale states the obvious as the cameraman zooms in on the roof to show a white speck running with two HD robots close behind. Zane abruptly falls straight through the roof. "Oh and look at that! He had a nasty fall!"

"Where is he?" Cole asks.

"It looks like that ice cream shop," Garmadon says.

"Okay guys, let's help him!" Kai exclaims pulling his red hood down and the others do the same before bolting for the door.

"Has anyone seen Jay?" Nya calls but the boys don't hear her and shut the door. The samurai sighs, pressing the red button on her bracelet to call her mach, and glances at the screen before doing a double take. "Oh. My. Goodness."