Hey everyone, happy Friday and time for a new update, I really don't have much to say except that I left you all in suspense in the last chapter, but let's find out what happens.

Chapter 6: Xander Julien

Baffled. Startled. Confused. Shocked. Even his family was lost for words. Zane has a brother!? The ice ninja stood rigid to the teen-ehm, his brother-in front of him. The name sounded foreign. This was much different than when he called his best friends brothers. He had always been an orphan, in an adoptive family of elemental brethren. How was Xander his true brother if he had no memories of him?

The Ninja of Ice's eyes hummed as he scanned his supposedly called brother. Xander was an android as well. Metal endoskeleton that looked like a human skeleton, switches adorned the inside of his chest cavity with wires that powered him. Even the red disc-like heart was on his chest. Zane felt convinced now that he may have a real brother. "I don't understand," he said finally. "How do I have a brother when I have no records of you when my-or our-father created me? This doesn't compute at all."

A small chuckle escaped from the ice ninja's so called brother, making him tense up a little. "I can ask the same question when Father first created you." Xander mused to reach into his pockets to pull out his wallet and pulled out a small photo. "Maybe this will help jog your databanks of our sibling relations." He handed him the photo.

The blonde haired teen studied the photo and only blink as he gazed at it more. In the small photo it showed him and his father, but it also had Xander next to his father so he was between. The only known photo he had was of him with his father and falcon in their Birchwood Forest home. But the more he stared at the photo, the more he gazed at their chests with the glowing discs protruding out of their clothes; both colored blue. "I'm sorry, but no memories seem to form of our past," he apologized and handed Xander the photo back. "But I do accept the unknown fact that I have a. . . biological brother. But I'm really curious as to how your power source is different than mine from the photo. And I am also curious why I don't remember you from when Father turned my memories switch off."

"Like I said, I can ask the same on why Father did that to you to forget about me," Xander stated and stowed the photo away in his wallet. "But, as for my power source, I can explain that quite quickly." He drew in a deep breath as he could recall the night very well. "You were failing to live, for your old power sources had failed and we thought it was over. But Father was sleep-deprived and he had nightmares about something dark happening in Ninjago." This had the Ninja tense up, wanting to know more about the something happening to Ninjago. "So he created us to help protect him and Ninjago. But look at you, an elemental ninja. Anyway, your power source is known as an Arc Reactor, since Father kept trying to bring you to life. It's powered by a fusion source that is unknown to all of Ninjago. I did the same to myself, but my fusion source denied my body so I created my own. I call it Extremist. Both of our energy sources run clean and the reason why they're like this is unknown. I think it's because we're connected, as brothers, but as soon it happened to me, I knew you were still alive after Father's passing. I thought you were gone forever, but I'm glad you're safe and alive. I'm also sorry for having the media on you this morning, but I had to see if it was really you, after doing research."

"Wait, you're the mysterious caller that had us thrown into the public eye?" Kai blurted out. He saw him nod oddly. "No offense, but you made us targets! If the Mandarin wants us dead after their last attempt that almost had Zane killed-"

"What!?" Xander screamed out a bit and turned to his younger brother.

"But, but," Jay interjected. "He survived because a force field came from his heart and shielded him. We thought he was gone too, but we're happy he's alive. You should be happy as well, he's your brother."

The raven haired teen turned to his younger brother worriedly to see if it was true. He could see the truth in Zane's dark blue eyes and took a shaky breath. Zane gave him a small smile and rested a reassured hand on his shoulder. "Be still, brother," he said, but paused. It was the first time he'd said that now to someone he doesn't know much of, even if it is his brother. He moved his hand away shyly. This was going to take some getting used to. "I am very grateful to have such a great coincidence on surviving a Mandarin attack. But we found a clue that we're puzzled on. After the attack, we found that this follower had something of Father's, or mostly, something of Father's work."

Xander raised a brow. "Go on."

Zane lifted his sweatshirt sleeve to open the panel in his left arm and began to type on the keys as a hologram projected from his eyes. The hologram flickered to show his brother the scrap of metal with the insignia of their father. "This was in the wreckage my brothers found after I blacked out and we believe that he had something of Father's to frame him for the attacks," he said. "Or that was an android, like us. We don't know what to believe now."

Xander studied the image and pondered as it disappeared. An android? Something of their father's that would have that insignia. How peculiar. "I'm sorry, but I honestly don't know anything," he said, but an idea came to him. "But maybe the rest of the family may know. I have a feeling the one who attacked you had something stolen from us. Come." He led the way.

Zane stopped to look over his shoulder curiously. Even his family sounded as confused as he was. "Rest of the family?" he wondered to quickly walk up to him with the group behind him.

"Oh yes," Xander chuckled. He led the group and his secretary farther down the hall. "Before Father passed away, he feared his nightmares were coming and wanted more protection to help Ninjago. He never got around to them as he only cared for us. But I had happen to find the documents and, well. . .created a new family." They came to a set of doors. "Zane, I present to you, our family," and opened the double doors.

The white ninja gazed around the large room consistently housed with a boxing ring; punching bags, lifting weights, and an agility course on one side of the room. Must be a recreational center, he wondered, turning his head to the other side of the room to see it with lab tables and gadgets on work benches. He could've sworn he heard Jay gasp about the laboratory of gadgets. But in front of him were four teenagers, three females and one male, buzzing around. Three of which were on the recreational side while the fourth was in the laboratory. And with a quick scan, he found out they were all androids, like him and his brother. "I-I have siblings?" he stammered to try and compute this.

"Well. . . metaphorically speaking you do." Xander reassured and pat his back softly. "Three of which were some of Father's work that were unfinished designs, as I said before, and he couldn't replace us as his sons. The fourth though was a design of my own to have a. . . companion to be with. I think you'll like her. Come on, I'll introduce you to the family."

The Ninja followed after Zane's brother, a bit confused. Family? Other androids? Was this real then, and not a dream? "Is it me or did we step into the future!?" Jay squealed as he kept his eyes on the laboratory. To which he was given a hard stare for his childish tone. But Zane didn't bother to comply and gazed at the two teens in the boxing ring. It appeared to be a heated fight.

Soft padded punches filled the area as the male with shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes threw quick punches at the female with olive tone skin and long raven hair tied in a ponytail and light blue eyes at her protected chest pads and ducked as a punch was aimed for his head. But he recovered soon after to continue the match. "You think you got this match!" the male boasted as he swung a right hook at her unprotected side. "I train everyday and you know that." The more Zane watched this, the more he admired their speed and agility; quick and agile as a. . . well, as ninjas.

The girl strafed his attacks to see she was at the ropes to smirk. She jumped back to bounce onto the ropes used the stored energy to launch herself higher, swinging her right leg out to his chest to launch him back across the ring to land softly. Round over. "Let me tell you something," she smirked. "I train everyday too and still kicked your butt."

The male propped himself up on his elbows and glared at her. "That's not a fair match," he grumbled. "That's dirty boxing and you know it."

"Oh, don't be a sore loser," the girl teased and fixed her hair back into a ponytail. "I won fair and square and you know it." She saw him stick his tongue out at her to huff and turned on her heels as she heard some snickering. She was then greeted by eight people she wasn't familiar with, in addition to Xander, Iris, and Korinna. "Xander, who are these people?" she asked as she stepped out of the ring. "And why does the one in white look similar to you?"

Xander chuckled to the confusion and grabbed her hand to help her down. "Lily, I want you to meet my long lost brother, Zane." he introduced. "Zane, this is my girlfriend or companion, Lily."

A struck of awe flashed in Lily's eyes and she gasped quietly with a wide grin. To which she quickly pulled the blonde haired teen into a tight hug and pecked his cheek. "It's so great to finally meet you, Zane!" she squealed, pulling back to gaze at his confused face. "Xander has told us so much about you when he built and brought us to life. He's been upset that he couldn't ever find you, after you two were separated, and has always done everything in his power to find you. But now, here you are. I'm Lily, or sometimes called Shinxs, mostly from him though." She gestured to the teen in the ring.

"Yeah mostly because you cheat and don't play fair," he grumbled to climb out of the ring and grabbed a heavy circular weight to throw it at her, like a Frisbee. He watched it sail through the air, but gulped as she turned and caught it with her hand. "Oh crap. . ." and took off running.

"You're dead when I catch you!" Lily screamed, chasing after him.

Zane had a brow raised and he glanced over his shoulders to see them with small smiles, snickering. What was all that about? He heard his brother snicker now. "Oh, don't mind those two," his brother said. "They always bicker a lot and I, or the others, have to stop them. There's just something about them that make them rivals with each other."

"Kind of like Kai and Lucas fighting a lot back home," Cole remarked toward the fire and water ninja. He smirked as they glared. "Water and Fire just don't mix, and I usually have to break it up before they cause serious injury to each other. Am I right you two?"

"That's not true!" Kai and Lucas exclaimed.

Zane had to smile softly to his two brothers agreeing for once on something. That's a miracle. "I don't know, brothers." he smirked. "Cole is right. Last fight, you almost gave Jay a black eye."

"Which I'm glad you didn't!" Jay stated.

Xander chuckled softly, as his younger brother turned to him. "Seems like you and your friends get along just well then, don'tcha?" he wondered, seeing Zane smile softly and nod. "Likewise. Anyway, the one being chased is called James. And he has a twin sister, or as they like to be called twins. And she's up there." He pointed upward. Zane glanced up to see an obstacle course stretching across the ceiling, a smaller girl with long black hair tied in a ponytail ran along the course like a squirrel in the trees, without the need of a safety harness to ensure she wouldn't fall. But she made it across safely. "That there is Melody, or likes to be called Mel," Xander continued. "Interesting thing about them is that they like to be called the Yin and Yang Twins. We don't know why, but we accept them anyway. Come, there's one more person I'd like you to meet."

Zane nodded as he followed after him with his friends, walking over to the laboratory to glance at another teen working on a laptop while sitting cross-legged on one of the lab tables. He could see she had short wavy brown hair that reached her neck with her hazel eyes trained carefully on the screen. She glanced away for a brief second to the opened panel on her right arm. But the sound of unfamiliar feet caused her to lift her gaze and see who was entering. "What is it now, Xander?" she asked. "And who are they. . . wait. . . I think I know you. You're the Ninja, aren't you!?" She watched them nod and smile. "It's an honor to meet you." She glanced at the orange ninja. "I love your hair color. Matches your eyes very well."

The red haired girl gave her a shy smile back. "Thanks," she said while trying to hide the blush on her cheeks. "I like your hair as well. So short and wavy, it's cute."

The girl android smiled and turned back to Xander. "So, what's up?"

"Kiwi, this is my long lost brother my father created after me, Zane," the raven haired teen said, gesturing to his younger brother. "Zane, this is Kiwi. One of the brightest ones we have here. Not much of a fighter, but is very skilled in the scientific field. She's the one who found a better way to have this city run on alternative power, using the winds without the high costs of turbines and sites needed for it. Much better to use during the winter, when the Lightning Fields and power station there can't be collected." Kiwi systematically blushed to the compliments.

"Really now?" the ice ninja inquired to see him nod and turned to Kiwi to bow to her respectively. "It's a pleasure to meet you then. I loved your research when trying to find alternative power. I've tried numerous ways to help, but I congratulate you on your success."

"Thank you," Kiwi said, bowing back to him. "It's a pleasure to meet you too, Zane. Xander has told us so much about you. I've always wondered if we were ever going to meet you."

"Well you got your chance," Xander smiled. "But Kiwi, we have a problem." He watched her become stiff at the prospect of a problem. "My brother was attacked by a Mandarin soldier and I'm thankful he survived it, but they found a clue that the guy was maybe an android and that he had an insignia of our father's. You're the best one in security detail. Has anyone stolen anything from here or Spark Tower? My brother and his friends can surely use this information if you have any."

Concerned, Kiwi turned to the panel in her arm, typing on the keys. She studied the video files from a couple nights ago, but frowned as nothing came up. "Sorry, but I don't see anything," she said. "Nothing was stolen from us. If there were, our security drones would've captured and obtained the suspect. So I have nothing useful to help you."

Zane had to frown to this, as well as his friends. They were so close, but now their trail had gone cold. "You're all right, Kiwi," said Xander. "Thanks for the help anyway." He saw her nod and turned to the ice ninja. "I'm sorry, Zane, but I don't know what else to do for you. Whoever this Mandarin is must've done this to frame Father by replicating his insignia. I'm sorry, but we tried to help."

All Zane could do was give him a sympathetic smile and a pat on the shoulder. "It's all right, Xander," he said. "I'm grateful for the help."

His brother smiled softly and pat his back. "Thanks. Why don't we continue with the tour then?"

All Zane could do was be amazed by everything on the tour. Their father was the well known millionaire of Ninjago; next to Oscorp and Ninjago City Tower, but he didn't care for the money he had, and rather focused on building his company. And it amazed him that Spark Industries wasn't manufacturing weapons as Jay said, but rather gadgets to help Ninjago when needed. Everything his brother had told him about when they were separated and creating the other four androids had. . . amazed him. Almost as if he. . . belonged here. The one thing he couldn't take his mind off was the secretary, Iris. During their tour, she and her sister had to depart from the tour and he couldn't stop thinking about her. To him, she was amazing. He still couldn't understand this feeling in his heart.

"And I guess this is where the tour ends," Xander said as they reached the lobby of the building. "I have to say, Jay, you seemed hyperactive when we were in the production area. Seemed like you enjoyed that the most, like with Lloyd in our break room that was filled with sweets. That somewhat amused me."

A grin spread from ear to ear on the blue ninja's face. "I felt like I've fallen and landed in a better place. I belong here," he said, love-struck.

"And these large candy bars are the best!" Lloyd managed to say through a mouthful of chocolate.

The raven haired teen smiled. "I'm glad to hear that," he said and turned to his younger brother. "Zane, can I talk to you for a minute? Alone?" Zane stared at him for a minute, but nodded and walked a few feet away from the group with his brother. "Zane, I. . . don't know how to say this but. . . I-I want you to come back home and live with me and stay with me. You're my brother and I want you back."

Zane had felt his heart hum abruptly to the sudden request. Leave his home and family to be with his brother? But. . . he felt like he couldn't do that. He is a ninja and they were his family. They took him in and accepted him for being an nindroid. But then again, he wasn't the only nindroid now and had a biological brother. He didn't know what to do. "I. . . I don't know," he replied finally. "I am a ninja and they're my family, but you are as well. I. . . just don't know."

Xander could see the uncertainty in his dark blue eyes and sighed, nodding as he understood. "Think it over then," he said. "Take all the time you need. When you are ready to make the choice, meet me at Spark Tower. I'll be there. And I'll take either answer. Sound good?"

Zane weighed on his options, but nodded. "Sounds good."

Xander wanting him to leave the Ninja to live with him. Hmm... What would Zane choose? To leave the family that adopted him as an orphan, or to stay and not be with his brother and the others that are androids to where he felt like he belonged there. What will he choose?