That afternoon after lunch, Zoe leaned against the open window in her room. She closed her eyes and let the cool, sea wind hit her face. She smiled as the wind blew her hair away from her face. A few minutes later, she felt someone wrap their arms around her waist. She grinned and rolled her eyes. "Zane," she said.
"What?" a low voice asked in her ear. She turned around so she was facing him. He smiled innocently at her.
"Do you always sneak up on people like this?" she asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Only you," Zane said, kissing her gently. She smiled into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. He deepened the kiss and pulled her closer to him. She laughed kissed back, running her fingers through his hair. He growled lowly. Just then, the alarm broke the moment and the two jumped apart.
"Are you freaking kidding me?!" Zoe yelled. She turned to Zane. "Every time!" she exclaimed. He only chuckled and took her hand. The two walked out hand in hand to the briefing room.
What's the news, sis?" Kai asked.
"Serpentine were spotted on the outskirts of town," Nya reported.
"Brick, what is it with these stupid snakes?" Jay asked. Everyone laughed and the five ninja jumped off the ship and ran to the town.
"Dude," Cole said. The others nodded in agreement. The whole town was in shambles. The serpentine were literally destroying everything. The ninja attacked, each one taking on four or five snakes. The Consticti general Zoe was fighting used his tail to grab her left arm and twisted it backwards. A sick popping sound was heard by everyone. The purple ninja screamed in pain and fell to the ground, clutching her arm.
Zane ran over to her and crouched down next to her. "Zoe! What is wrong?" The snakes cackled and ran or slithered away.
"It's just dislocated," she said, clenching her teeth.
"They're getting away!" Kai called.
Zoe shook her head. "Go after them. I'll fix my arm."
"Are you sure?" Zane asked. The female ninja nodded. Zane stood up. "We'll come back for you." Zoe nodded and the guys ran after the snakes. Zoe held her left arm and clenched her jaw shut in pain. She turned to a brick building. Running injured shoulder first, she collided with the brick. Walking backwards from the impact, she flexed her shoulder. Satisfied that it was back in place, she sat on a rock and waited for the guys to come back.
About half an hour later, she was twirling her fans in the air. The weapons created an eerie harmony as they spun in the air. Zoe softly sang, 'Just close your eyes. You'll be alright. Come morning rise, you and I'll be safe and sound.' Hearing footsteps, she turned and saw Zane. Grinning, she put the fan blades away and walked over to him. "Hey," she greeted, hugging him. The ice ninja hugged back. When she pulled back, she saw his eyes. "Zane?" she asked, "Why are your eyes red?"
"During the fight, on of the snakes knocked some of my wires loose, changing my eye color," the nindroid replied smoothly.
"You look a little pale," she said.
"It is a trick of the light," he said.
"Alright. Um, where are the guys?" Zoe asked.
"Sensei, Lloyd, and Nya took the Bounty to an island to further help Lloyd face mast- uh, Lord Garmadon." Zoe nodded, not catching his slip up. "So, the five of us are staying in an old monestary in the mountains. Kai, Jay, and Cole are already there. I came back to get get you."
"Well, aren't you sweet," she teased. The nindroid gave a low chuckle and took her hand. The two started walking the long trek to the mountains
About 20 minutes later the guys came back from beating the Serpentine. "Man, that was awesome!" Jay cried.
"Did you see the way they ran screaming?" Kai asked, grinning. Cole nodded, grinning.
Zane looked around in confusion and worry. "Where is Zoe?" he asked. The guys quieted and looked around.
Zoe and Zane walked in the old monestary hand in hand. Kai and Jay were playing a video game and Cole sat on the couch watching. All three of them were wearing dark sunglasses. "Hey guys," Zoe said, "Thanks for forgetting about me."
The guys looked at her sheepishly. "Sorry, Zoe," Jay said.
"We just got the new Furious Fist to Fist 4!" Kai exclaimed, waving the case in the air. Zoe rolled her eyes.
"Whatever," she said, " And what's with the sunglasses?"
"It's the newest thing," Cole explained, "Sunglasses give you swag." Kai and Jay nodded.
"Yeah... Okay." She turned to Zane, "So where's my room?"
"Right down this hall," he said. The two started to walk away, when Zoe turned back to the others.
"You guys should get out more. You're starting to look a little pale." She turned around and walked down the hallway with Zane. As soon as they were out of earshot, Kai and Jay put down their controllers.
"This is easier than I thought," the Kai look a like said. "All I have to do is play video games and act conceited."
"Yeah. And I just have to is play video game and talk a lot," said the evil Jay.
"Well, I got it easier than both of you," the evil black clad ninja said, leaning back, "I just have to watch you guys and be obsessed with cake."
"Can you believe how she's buying this?" the evil Kai asked.
"It's just so easy," evil Jay said.
"Of course it's easy, stupid," evil Cole said, leaning back. "It's what we were created to do."
The red eyed Zane opened a door, revealing a little room with a bed and desk. A small chest was at the foot of the bed. "Your clothes are in the chest," he said. "It was pretty last minute, so we could not get much."
Zoe nodded. "I understand," she said. Then, she saw her guitar sitting on it's stand next to the bed with the song book next to it. She turned to Zane wide eyed.
"I figured a week without music would be torture for you," the evil ice ninja said smiling slightly. Zoe pulled him into a hug. He hugged back instantly, grinning to himself. This was too easy.
"Thank you, Zane" she said quietly.
"Anything for you," he murmured in her ear. She pulled back. Looking into his red eyes, she smiled. She reached up and kissed him softly. He kissed back, pulling her closer to him. Zoe pulled back and looked in his eyes. He reached up and cup her face in his hand. He stroked her cheek with his thumb. She brushed his face lightly with her fingers. The two leaned in again for another kiss.
"What I don't get is why we're going through all this trouble for the girl," evil Jay said.
The red eyed fire ninja whacked his head. "Because stupid. She's incredibly powerful! If we can pull her over to the Dark Side, Master Garmadon can use her to take over Ninjago."
"But why go through all the trouble of tricking her and pretending to be them? I mean, why not just slip some evil matter into her food, turning her evil?"
This time it was the evil Cole who whacked him. "Idiot!" he whisper yelled, "The evil matter is pure evil and is totally unstable! We can't risk killing her or making her go insane! She'd be useless!"
"Oh yeah," evil Jay mumbled, rubbing his head.
Zoe pulled back and smiled. "So where's the training room?"
"I will show you," the nindroid said, entwining his fingers with hers. Zoe smiled at him. He smiled back at her and they left her room to go to the training room. The couple walked back through the Game Room, not paying the other guys any mind. The three watched as the ninja couple swung their interlocked hand back and forth. Zoe was smiling happily, not suspecting a thing. The red eyed Zane was smiling lightly, glancing at the purple ninja.
As soon as they left the room, evil Jay whistled low. "Man, he is good."
"Yeah," the evil Kai nodded, "He's acting like they're actuallya couple."
"Yeah," the evil Cole murmured to himself, looking at the doorway the two had just walked through. "He is..."
The guys burst into the breifing room. "What's wrong?" Sensei Wu, Lloyd at his side. "Where is Zoe?"
"She's not here?" Kai asked.
"No, I thought she went with you four."
"She did, but she got hurt. We thought she might have come back," Cole said.
"Guys!" Nya cried, running into the room. "Zoe's things are gone!"
"What do you mean?" Cole asked.
"Her clothes are gone! And are her guitar and song book!"
"What happened to her?" Jay asked. Everyone turned to Zane, who stood in silence.
"I do not know," he said quietly.