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Not What it Seems
"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Lloyd. Happy birthday to you!" Everyone cheered as a little boy with blond hair blew out 7 green candles. The little boy grinned as a woman with a braid started cutting the cake into pieces.
The cake was green, with golden flakes. On the top of the cake stood 5 ninja figures. Each was a different color: red, black, blue, white, and green.
They were all inside Ninjago's Pizzeria. At one of the longer, confetti-decorated tables, everyone that was there for the blonde boy was gathered. Other children from other birthday parties were running around and playing, particularly on the arcade games in some of the other rooms or watching the animatronics sing and play songs.
"Alright Lloyd, ready for your birthday cake?"
Lloyd looked up from where he was sitting. He saw his mother smiling down on him, kindly. Lloyd grinned back, excitement present in his eyes. He was currently sitting in the birthday seat, reserved for any boy or girl who had their special day.
Lloyd was surrounded by his very best friends. They were Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane. They, too, were getting eager for the cake, and the fun they were all going to have soon afterward.
He looked at the cake, and screamed out a "YES!" His friends started shouting out as well in excitement, resulting in some nearby adults looking at them annoyed. Lloyd's mother winced before shushing them.
"Alright, alright. Calm down, all of you!" she chuckled. The other adults there laughed along as well. All their parents were standing around the party-decorated table, with the exception of a little girl who was held in the arms of a tall woman with wavy, chocolate hair.
Jay, the one on Lloyd's right, replied with vigorous enthusiasm. "But ith cake! Who doethn't like cake! I wanna eat it now! Hey, you wanna know whath better than cake? Cotton candy!" The chestnut haired boy shouted, fully showing the freckles that were sprinkled across his cheeks and nose and a gap in his teeth as he grinned.
Cole, who was next to him, clamored out, "Gosh, can't you be quiet for a sec? You're going to blow my eardrums out." He had shaggy black hair that covered some of his eyes in a cute sort of way. His bushy eyebrows were scrunched up in irritation.
Before Cole's father could scold him for being rude, Jay replied back with the same annoyance as the other. "Oh yeah, dirt clod? Try me!" At that, they started scuffing at one another, throwing taunts back and forth.
Both of their mothers decided to intervene, the two stepping in to stop the fighting. The lady with the short and choppy black hair acted first.
"Stop it, both of you. Before you both get into trouble. And that means you, Cole," she turned to him with a disapproving glare. "Don't you think that you'll get away with that, mister."
The shorter woman with the curly bun interrupted.
"Oh, don't be so harsh with him, Rose. After all, Jay shouldn't have said such a mean word to him." At that, it was her turn to look at Jay with the glare of disappointing doom, changing from her ever-so-sweet tone to a more sterner one.
Both Jay and Cole shivered and then muttered a small sorry to the other as they chose to cross their arms and pout with their backs turned to the other.
"Heh, I have a feeling those two will just be the best of friends in the future," smirked one of the fathers. He had spiky black hair.
The woman with the wavy hair muttered back, "Don't kid yourself."
The party went back to normal, with Lloyd already jumping in his seat. His mother placed her braid gently on her shoulder and started cutting the pieces. Everyone started chatting with one another as the cake was passed over to everyone. It created a cheerful mood in the atmosphere. While they ate, Lloyd's friends talked with each other.
"Where should we go first?" asked Kai, another of the blonde boy's best friend. He had his mouth full with cake. "I say we go watch the show!"
"Eh," Jay spoke back with crumbs on the corner of his mouth, "why thould we go back and watch another show? Thath too boring!"
"No, it's not!" Kai defended back, a fire in his big amber eyes. He turned to the pale kid next to him. "Right, Zane?"
Zane looked uncomfortably at the brunette. "U-uh, I suppose it's not." He looked to the ground.
"Whatever," stated Cole. He tugged at the strings of his black hoodie. "Can we just do something? What do you say, Lloyd? What should we do."
Lloyd laughed a little at his friends' small antics before snapping back to attention. He pondered on what Cole said. He had his hand on his cheek. "I think we should go to the arcade," he shrugged. "My dad programmed some killer games!" Lloyd finished excitedly.
All his friends agreed, while Kai silently pouted. Stubbornness obviously present.
"Dude, can you juth get over it?" questioned Jay, his blue eyes already growing tired of Kai being so difficult.
Kai glared at him.
"Fine. I'll just go ask if Nya wants to come with."
Kai walked to his mother with his hands in the pockets of his baggy red jacket. She was talking with the other mothers there gathered around. Kai noticed Nya was sucking on her thumb as she relaxed on their mother's shoulder. Nya was only 6 years old, with straight, black hair pulled back into little pigtails.
Kai tugged on his mother's long and light blue frilly skirt. She looked down. "Oh, Kai!" she started, surprised. "Is there something you need, sweetie?"
The messy haired brunette pointed at Nya.
"Can Nya come with us? With me, Lloyd, Cole, Jay, and Zane? We're gonna play on the arcade games."
"Hmm, how nice of you. Let's ask Nya, shall we?"
Maya turned Nya around in her arms and smiled towards her. "Nya, sweetie, want to go hang out with Kai and his friends?"
Nya stared at her, then at Kai. She whimpered at put her head into their mom's shoulder. She tugged at her blouse, a habit both Kai and his parents knew Nya had.
She sighed. Then looked at her friends. "Nya is never willing to try new things."
"Well, perhaps it's because she's only 6."
"Do you really think so, Misako?"
"Probably just her developing personality or something," Rose shrugged with an indifferent look. "I don't think it's something to be concerned about." The woman with the bun, Edna, nodded in agreement.
Maya bit her lip before looking down at Kai again, who was confused with the short conversation they had. She gave him a sorry look. "I guess Nya doesn't want to play right now. You go ahead and have fun now."
Kai gave her a quick "okay", and ran to his other friends. They all then jogged to the arcade room, some other random kids coming inside too.
It was 1:30 am, and nothing happened.
Nya rolled her eyes. Figures
She put down the tablet she was swiping through back onto the desk. Nya took her purse onto her lap and pulled out the chips she brought. That jerk, the Ronin guy, must have tried to play some sort of rude joke, she thought. Well, he can't fool me.
Nya put her red purse back on the ground and opened the bag of chips. She grabbed her phone from where she placed it. She turned it on and entered the passcode. Nya tapped on one of the apps and typed into the search bar the current TV series she was watching. There really wasn't anything better to do. There was nothing spooky going on with the pizzeria, and she was going to just sit there for 4 and a half hours more, so she might as well have used the time to do something more productive. And that was watching soap operas 4 and a half hours long.
She could get used to this.
As Nya waited for the episode to load, she placed a chip in her mouth. She tapped her foot impatiently as she munched.
All of a sudden, she heard a sound. It wasn't the casual whirring of the fan or the rain that was lightly pelting on the restaurant. No, it sounded more like thumps mixed with metal that was scraping the ground. The thumps and scraping slowly got louder and louder. And Nya froze. Too scared to do anything. A creeping feeling rose through her spine.
What was that?
The loud thumps got louder and louder, until they stopped, seeming as though they were right outside her door. Nya stood very still, trying to slow her breathing. Her palms were clenched, sweat forming in them. The opposite of the temperature what she was actually feeling. The coldness.
Nya could feel her heart. It was thumping rapidly in her chest. She still couldn't breathe properly. There was a deep pit in her stomach, a feeling of dread.
Snap out of it!
Nya took a quick breath. It was a fast intake. Then her hand moved to the button labeled light. Her hand hesitated as it pressed lightly on the button.
Calm down. It's nothing. You're just imagining things. There isn't such thing as a living animatronic.
A smaller part of her brain didn't think that was the case.
Nya took a deep breath and held it as she pressed the button. Her left door lit up. She could see the hallway, the peeling wallpaper and the drawings that hung up on them. She could see a giant blue bunny illuminated by the hallway light. Its darker blue guitar was in its left hand where, Nya concluded, was the noise of the scraping sound. The bunny's face was blank.
She shrieked.
Nya fell out of the office chair and onto the ground. Her elbow hit the floor first, giving off a searing pain. She stumbled backward on the floor towards the other door. She was gasping and panting, and let out another scream. Her phone was on the ground too as it fell when it slipped from her hand. She could see from the corner of her eye that the screen had cracked. Hey chips lay besides her.
The rabbit let out a shriek before it lunged at her. Its hands and arms were outstretched in an attempt to grab for her. Its mouth was open wide showing rows of animatronic teeth.
Nya ducked. Due to instinct and years of karate classes she had attended when she was younger, she was able to dodge the rabbit's attack.
The animatronic bunny crashed into the right wall of the right hallway, creating a giant noise that everybody in the pizzeria would have been able to hear if there was anybody but her there.
Nya got to her knees and exasperatedly smashed her hand on the "door" button. A metal door slammed down in front of her as the blue bunny tried to quickly get up and get back to her. There was a "thump" noise before all went quiet.
Nya panted. She was hyperventilating. She forced herself and her beating heart to calm down. She slid her back down the metal door. Her fists were clenched. That previous fear she felt before was now coming back to her; Nya's stomach churned. Not to mention, she was trembling and shaking. Her eyes were wide with horror. What had just happened was not possible. It couldn't have been
Nya looked ahead, eyes still open with shock. The door across from her was ajar, a pitch black being the only thing she could see. She quickly crawled over to the other side and slammed the palm of her hand against the other button labeled "door".
Nya turned and sat, staring at the ceiling. The only sound was the beating of her heart. She couldn't believe it.
An animatronic tried to kill her.
Lloyd was having fun. He was currently sitting in the arcade chair, blasting any enemies that were trying to kill the character he was playing.
All his other friends were playing different games. He saw Zane and Cole from the corner of his eye playing air hockey. The game was themed with the animatronics, but in a more cartoony style.
Lloyd then quickly peeked to his right. There, Jay was sitting three seats away from him and sat on the seat that connected to the Fritz Donnegan game he was playing. He seemed to be having a blast, with his tongue out in determination and every now and then shouting out "yes!" or "dang it, you dumb space monster!".
Lastly, the blond boy fully turned to look for his other friend: Kai. Lloyd searched the room until he finally found Kai outside of the game room. He was sitting cross-legged and watching the animatronic show. Lloyd could see he was enjoying it. Deciding he was done playing the arcade game, he walked over to him.
"Hey Kai," he started with a smile. "Watcha doin'?"
Kai jumped a bit and turned around. "Oh! Don't surprise me like that." Kai put on a brave face. "You didn't scare me or anything. Just don't sneak up on people."
Lloyd replied back.
"Right."
"Are you saying that I was scared? 'Cause I wasn't!"
"I know. Hey, what're they doing now?" Lloyd pointed at the furry animals on stage. They were now chatting with the other kids that were sitting around.
Kai turned back to the stage. He was grinning.
"The other Cole is talking about how there are lots of different types of metals in the Earth. Like, did you know we blacksmiths use bronze for the tips of swords to make them more tougher?!"
Lloyd looked at the stage. He didn't see what was so interesting about that. Kai was probably just very excited since his dad was a blacksmith.
He saw the other Jay, Zane, and Cole. The reason why they were called the same names as their own was because his uncle and father had decided to design the animatronics after him and his friends. They decided in the end to name the animals after them. Yeah, it was a bit confusing at times, but it was still very awesome.
Lloyd sat down next to the very enthusiastic brunette, and watched the show.
The brown bear with the top hat who was the other Cole spoke to the yellow chicken, named Zane.
"Well, Zane? What do you say. Should we give these fellas a show?"
The other Zane turned to him with a smile and replied, "Of course. I do not see why not."
Then it turned to the rabbit who was the other Jay.
"Are you ready, Jay?"
"Ready? I'm more than ready! Let's get this show on the road," the rabbit said back in its robotic voice.
At that, all three animatronics started to sing their theme song, the "Weekend Whip".
Lloyd suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and looked up to see his uncle smiling down on them. He was in a black shirt with some band logo on them. He wore short jeans that were ripped, as well as a pair of sandals at his feet.
To Lloyd, he kinda looked like a hippie.
"Hello, Uncle Wu," the green eyed boy looked up to him.
Wu sat down next to them where Lloyd could see his greying, blond hair. "Well, hello there kids. How are you guys enjoying the birthday party?" Wu had a joyous and mischievous twinkle in his eyes, something that Lloyd really loved about his uncle.
Kai looked over Wu as Lloyd answered, "It's great! I really love it."
Wu nodded happily. "That's good to hear." He then looked around them and asked again, "I have a question for you two. Have you, by chance, seen a golden mouse suit walking around or laying somewhere?"
"Oh, the other Lloyd?"
The golden mouse was one of the first animatronics his dad had first designed and built. It was supposed to be at the "Build & Create" section of the Pizzeria after the animatronic was moved around in Ninjago's a couple of times. At first, he was up on stage. All the animatronics were originally there, but then some stuff that had happened, as worded by his uncle, and it was put into Ninja's Cove. Then, later, it got moved to the "Build & Create" section and the other Kai was decided to be put into Ninjago's Cove. The reason being they needed another animatronic to occupy that section, and his uncle and dad just didn't have enough money to actually buy more parts and pieces to create new ones to put there.
Something weird was going on with the mouse's endoskeleton, though, and so all the endoskeleton and innards were put out of the suit. His dad and Wu were going to fix whatever mechanical problems there were later when they had more money, and so the suit was currently going to be worn as a suit walking around the restaurant.
But for some reason, Lloyd hadn't yet seen the other Lloyd anywhere at all.
"No, I haven't. Maybe he's in the bathroom?" Lloyd suggested.
His uncle chuckled.
"Just let me know if you see him. I'll be in my office working on boring stuff." Wu got up and waved at them before he left.
Kai turned to Lloyd. He had on a confused expression.
"Why the heck would an animatronic be in the bathroom?"
Lloyd shrugged. "I don't know, bad bladder?"
They continued watching the show.
It had already been thirty minutes since the whole animatronic fiasco had happened, and Nya was still sitting on the ground. She hadn't moved an inch from her spot. She was trying to wrap her head around the current situation.
Okay, so, a huge, freaky animatronic has just attacked you. No biggy, just an everyday problem, right?
Nya put her hand to her forehead.
Who am I kidding.
She looked at the ceiling which she had been staring at for the past 30 minutes. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
Alright, just...let's actually get up. First off, stop sitting on the ground like an idiot. Actually do something to try to survive, bozo.
Nya stood up shakily from the ground, starting to feel a little more calmer than before. He hands were on the metal door as a way to support herself. She took one hand from the wall, and reached for the tablet that luckily did not fall onto the floor like her phone did.
She turned it on.
Thirty-two percent battery!? What the heck?!
Nya nearly dropped the tablet in surprise when she saw the battery life. She only had 4 hours left, and there was only 32% battery power to last her the rest of the night.
"I have what?! How am I supposed to even survive the night!" Nya exclaimed with panic. She looked frantically at the too closed doors, and then back to the battery. Its big, white number staring mockingly back at her.
She sighed.
Nya looked once again at the metal door to her left. Her expression hesitant. Then, she pressed the uppermost button, releasing the metal door and opening it up to let the familiar black darkness creep in. She did the same to the other door.
Nya then looked at the tablet in her hand and started swiping through the cameras. She was sweating visibly.
Tonight was going to be a long night.
WOOP WOOP!
Sorry, this chapter came a bit late! I was a bit busy...and I just had a lot of difficulties trying to actually write the beginning. Eh, maybe I'll have better luck with chapter 3.
Alright guys, so on the whole topic with Cole's mom. First off, I thought that the best name for her would be Rose. I really don't know why I just thought it would really suit her. Secondly, I'm pretty sure Rose would have a tough personality. She's still nice but is more tough and tom-boyish. That's why she was pretty tough with Cole when she told him to stop being rude to Jay, and when she told Maya not to worry about Nya. This is my opinion of course. Thirdly, in season 8, when Cole first met Wu while rock climbing, he said to Wu that he just lost someone to him dearly. So she hadn't passed away when Cole was a child. That's why I think the whole fact with Rose being there in Lloyd's birthday party is alright. And fourthly, I have a whole headcanon that Rose had short, choppy, black hair, which looks a bit similar to Nya's short, straight, black hair. My headcanon is that the only reason why Cole may have had a crush on Nya was that she reminded him of her own mother who looked pretty similar to her. Oof, I literally have a whole paragraph on Rose, my gosh.
I also want to clear up that I do not have a favorite ninja, and don't plan on telling anyone. I want everyone to think that each ninja is getting the right amount of fair recognition. That means that all the characters (meaning Nya, Jay, Kai, Zane, Cole, and Lloyd) are going to have the same amount of screen time. There will be no favorites.
Okay guys, be cool, be awesome, and have a great weekend. Don't forget to leave a comment, and share your theories with me! See ya!
~Renia