Welcome back to American Ninja Warrior!
Jeez, I wish.
Right here is NUMBER 10! CAN YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE 10 ALREADY!? SORRY I HAVENT POSTED IN A WHILE, MY STORIES DONT USUALLY HAVE A SCHEDULE, BUT THIS IS REALLY A LONG TIME! WE HAVE 10 LALMOTP! WE HAVE 10!
*heavy breathing*
This chapter is the second request from Guest, and it's about Pixal looking into Zane's memories while he's unconscious, but when is Zane not unconscious? Takes place during season 7 and between the episodes 'Time of Traitors' and 'Scavengers' and has a LOT of episode 7, Tick Tock, in there.
RANDOMNESS:
What voice part they would sing in a choir (soprano, mezzo, alto, tenor, baritone, bass) I'm a proud Alto.
KAI: Baritone
COLE: Bass
ZANE: Can sing from soprano (geez imagine that) to bass, but mostly bass.
NYA: Alto
LLOYD: Tenor
JAY: Tenor (when his voice cracks, it goes full soprano)
MORRO: Baritone
SENSEI GARMADON: Bass
SENSEI WU: Tenor
PIXAL: Can sing from Soprano to Bass (wow Pix), but mostly a Mezzo.
HARUMI: Soprano, obviously, broseph, she screams every five seconds in season 8.
SKYLOR: I don't sing, (she does but doesn't like to tell people, she's a soprano)
Hope you enjoy my random awesomeness!
AnYwAyS,
READ!
"Zane, Zane, can you hear me?" I asked.
Ugh. I hate just being the voice inside Zane's head.
"Zane, wake up!" I demanded.
I walked around the little area there was in Zane's mind, trying to find a way to reboot him and get him back online. I saw Acronix coming, but I was still too late to warn him. Now, the former Elemental Master of Time had my father. Who knows what Acronix had in store for my father. A villain could have a lot of uses for a genius inventor such as Cyrus Borg.
I opened files that he stored in the back of his mind. One folder caught my attention.
'True Potential'
I had no memory of this event, so it must have happened before Father built me. When I was a mere idea by some man in a wheelchair. Sure enough, there was a video. I started the video, and the visuals intrigued me.
The video's setting was in the Birchwood Forest. I remembered Zane telling me stories of his childhood while he was literally living in a tree with his kooky old father, Dr. Adam Julien.
The video was taken through his eyes, and he seemed confused. I could quickly tell that he recognized this place but wasn't able to precisely identify it.
Zane followed his falcon with all the wonder in the world. "Where have you brought me, my mysterious friend?" He asked before the Falcon fell from the sky, twitching madly. "You-you're a robot?" Zane picked up the Falcon and set it near a large birch tree.
He wandered around until he heard a loud, clanking noise. He spun around and saw a terrifying device. It was a very basic prototype, but it was clearly the work of the genius Dr. Adam Julien. The machine was bronze with many lights and two heavy looking cannons on top of each shoulder.
It's turquoise eyes locked onto Zane and said: "Intruder, Intruder, prepare to be terminated."
The machine shot energy bolt out of his shoulder cannons, aimed at Zane. Zane dodged them with ease and whipped out his Shurikens of Ice. "Ninja go!" He shouted, spinning into his Spinjitzu tornado and burying the machine in snow.
"Intruder. Intruder. Prepare to be terminated." The machine persisted, despite being five feet deep in snow.
Zane formed his Elemental Vehicle, which was a white snowmobile decked out with weapons and advanced tech. He created a ramp made of ice and drove up the inclined plane and over the machine. I saw the control panel on the back of the device. The tech could be improved in so many ways, with certain materials, but it was somewhat functional. Zane disassembled his snowmobile and stuck one of his shurikens into one of the cannons.
Zane landed, now only having one shuriken to fight with. The robot continued firing at the 'threat' with his working cannon. Zane kept dodging the bolts and landing small blows on the giant machine. Zane backflipped away from the robot and formed another ramp made of ice. He used Spinjitzu to go up the ramp and over the robot. Zane grabbed onto the shoulders of the robot and bashed the glass on the control panel in. He ripped the wires out of the motherboard, and I winced. No robot wants to see that happen to another.
The machine powered down and Zane ran his fingers over a symbol engraved on the machine's back.
"The same symbol." He muttered to himself. "Where have you brought me, my Falcon friend?"
He stood up and walked to the non-operational Falcon. He walked around in a circle, searching for something he didn't even know. He stopped and stared at a tree much more significant than it's brothers. He walked to the tree and put his hand on its thick bark, stepping back when the tree swung open like a door.
"Hello?" He called into the tree, only to have his echo reply. "So this is your home, my mysterious friend."
He stepped into the tree and the metal clanked underneath his feet. Zane descended the long, steel, staircase and into the lower level. "Hello?" He called yet again.
"You brought me here, but why?" He asked the falcon.
I laughed quietly; Zane seemed much more innocent then.
Zane walked over to a wooden table covered with blueprints. The blueprint on top was one of the Falcon. He set the Falcon down and opened its chest plate.
"Wow." I whistled. That technology was incredibly impressive for the resources that Dr. Julien had.
Zane realigned some wires that were crossed by accident, and the Falcon sprang to life, flapping its artificial wings and flying around to test them out. Zane extended his arm as an invitation and the Falcon perched on his arm, accepting the invite.
"What's this?" He asked himself.
Zane pulled out a different blueprint, and the screamed. "No, it can't be, no, NOOOO!"
The pain in his voice was so genuine, so real. I could feel the hurt, not just because I am the owner of the other half of his heart.
Zane collapsed on the floor, tears streaming down his face. "I-it can't be true." He whispered.
"I can't be a-a-" His mumble was interrupted by a sob.
He brought his knees up to his chest and turned away from the staircase.
"Zane?" Kai's voice broke the silence.
"Wow, would you look at this place!? Zane, what's wrong?" Jay exclaimed, their voices drawing nearer.
"Are you hurt?" Kai was now at his side.
"You okay?" Cole put his hand on Zane's shoulder.
Zane took a shaky breath and glanced at the blueprint that told him the truth about himself. He stood up and faced his brothers, eyes trailing over their concerned looks. "Hey, what-" Cole muttered. Zane reached down to his abdomen and opened the plate, revealing the complicated wiring and gears inside of him.
His brothers gasped at the sight.
"Y-your a robot!?" Kai gaped.
"All this time and I never knew." Zane looked at his feet.
"Uh, guess this explains why you're always acting so weird. Right? Hehe." Jay attempted to make a joke.
"The reason I never had a sense of humor was that my 'funny switch' wasn't on." Zane looked at his abdomen and switched the Humor Switch from off to on. "Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello my ragtime gal! Send me a kiss by wire." Zane sang while doing a bizarre dance.
Kai and Cole just gaped while Jay dissolved into a fit of laughter while Zane turned his humor switch off.
"Uh, it just makes you more special. You're still the same Zane, just with more uh- gears." Cole attempted to cheer him up.
"No matter what you're made of, you're our brother," Kai reassured.
"Really?" Zane looked up hopefully.
"In fact, I bet it makes you an even better ninja!" Cole stated.
"Yeah, and how cool is it that I can honestly say 'My brother's a Nindroid!'" Jay yelled.
"A Nindroid?"
"Now come on, Pythor's still out there looking for the first Fangblade, and we need you." Cole switched the topic back to business.
"You'll have to go on without me. I just don't feel right." Zane sighed.
The others nodded and left the workshop.
Zane picked up the blueprint of himself. "Uh, a memory switch?"
Zane flipped a switch on his stomach, and the video feed went black.
"Ugh." I rolled my eyes.
Before I could do anything I would regret, the video feed turned back on. Zane walked over to a photo covered by a white cloth. Once the fabric was removed, I could see that the picture was of a younger version of Zane, the Falcon, and Dr. Julien. The camera turned foggy as if it was covered in water, and I soon realized that he was crying. Zane wiped his eyes, and the camera was clear again.
"Hey guys, wait up!" Zane shouted while running up the stairs.
He walked out of the tree house and gasped when he saw his brothers being attacked by Treehorns.
"Leave my friends alone!" He shouted, spinning into his Spinjitzu tornado. "Ninja go!"
"What's gotten into Zane?" Cole asked.
"I don't know, but I like it!" Kai shouted.
"Ninja go!" Was the shout from the other three ninjas.
Through the bits and pieces of Zane's ice Spinjitzu tornado, I saw Kai's fire tornado, Jay's lightning tornado, and Cole's uh- dirt tornado. They all started attacking the Treehorn's long skinny legs, pushing them back and knocking them off balance. The Treehorns eventually just backed up altogether, as if they were retreating. The four ninjas put their Spinjitzu on pause when the Treehorns backed up to let a larger one through.
"Are they regrouping? Who's that!?" Jay yelled, pointing to the largest Treehorn with eight eyes.
"The queen," Zane answered. "You will not hurt my friends."
Zane started being lifted off of the ground. "There is nothing that can hold me back."
He whipped out his Shurikens of Ice, and his hands turned a light blue, resembling crystals. "I know who I am!"
"What's happening to him? Is he programmed to do that?!" Kai asked.
"I've never seen a robot do that!" Jay answered.
"You mean Nindroid." Cole corrected.
"Yeah, whatever." Jay returned.
"Zane's unlocked his true potential!" Cole gasped when the epiphany hit him.
Zane reached his hands out, and ice shot out from them, freezing the Queen. Zane fell to the ground with a thud. "What happened?" He asked.
"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Jay exclaimed.
"You should've seen yourself!" Kai agreed.
"Heh, I've never seen anything like it." Cole nodded.
"This must be what Sensei meant by unlocking our hearts. I remember now. I remember everything. I remember my father and how he cared for me. I remember where I came from. And I feel stronger for knowing." Zane explained.
"I'm so jealous," Cole stated. "His powers are so cool."
"We have our very own Nindroid!" Jay shouted.
Everyone erupted into cheers at Jay's enthusiastic statement.
"Watch out Pythor, we're coming for you," Zane said before the video ended.
The room inside Zane's head was now dark since the video was over. I knew that Zane was the first to unlock his true potential, but I never knew how. And Zane cried I've only seen him cry a few times. He found out about his father by flipping a switch. He forgot all of his life with a flip of a switch. Everything happened because of a simple flip of a switch. And because of it, he's stronger.
Zane's visual turned on, and I saw Nya hovering over him, screwdriver in hand.
"Let's see what Acronix did to you, Zane."
THERE YOU HAVE IT, FELLOW HUMANS AND ALIENS!
I hope you enjoyed that Guest! (I hope everyone liked that chapter.) I changed some of the dialogue because I was too lazy to go back to the show and rewatch Tick Tock. Deal with it.
Is it just me or do you think that Feel Invincible by Skillet should be the Ninja's theme song? (Sorry the Fold).
I mean 'Earthquake, Powerful' *cough cough* COLE *cough*
'Just like a Tidal Wave' *ahem* NYA!
'You make me brave' because JAY's always scared.
'You are my Titanium' uhh, ZANE!
'Who can touch me 'cause I'm, I'm made of Fire' it's KAI!
'I'm hard-wired' PIXAL THE QUEEN
'You make me feel invincible' LLOYD is like fridging invincible.
Just my thoughts.
REPLIES:
I am a Ninjago Fan: Thank you so much for the very constructive criticism. *Sarcasm alert* You are probably the only person ever to think that I'm somewhat funny and I WILL keep up this hilarity. Thank you so much for your support!
The next chapter will be about Sensei Yang and his students!
What will happen in the Temple of Airjitzu?
What will Yang's relationship with his students be?
Where does he get the saying 'As iron sharpens iron, Sensei sharpens student' from, did he make it up?
Why am I asking these questions!?
See you in the next chapter!
Until then,
-SheaAndDove