During the last chapter focusing on Misako, Wu, and Harumi, Wu turned from a toddler to a helpless baby. Harumi ordered her guards to take him to the S.O.G. hideout while Misako managed to escape to get a distress message to Samurai X before being caught again and brought back to her cell.
Chapter XXI: Setting the Trap
It had been six months since Misako put the note in the Samurai X suit, and there was still no help coming. Misako started to worry that no one was going to come for her.
Meanwhile Harumi was supervising a trap that was being built to help destroy the ninja and get to the third mask.
"Are you almost done?" Harumi complained.
Mr. E didn't say anything. He never did. He just looked at Harumi and nodded.
"It's a tiny, mechanical spider. How long will this take?" Harumi asked.
Mr. E just kept working.
"Talk to me, you stupid droid!" she screamed at him.
"We need more powerful android," Mr. E replied before going back to complete silence.
"Like Zane or...who was the other droid?" Harumi asked Killow.
"I think her name was...Pixal," Killow replied, "but she's gone. Has been for years, now."
"No, she's not gone," Harumi replied with an evil grin on her face.
Back at the Samurai X cave, Pixal was going over a couple of blueprints. She wanted to upgrade her Samurai X mech. It's been sounding very off lately.
Pixal went up to the suit and used a crowbar to pry the underside of the mech's leg off. She cut a few wires and added more in, when a piece of paper fell out of one of the pipes.
"What is this?" Pixal asked herself. "Send help! I have been captured by the Sons of Gramadon along with-and we need help. Misako," Pixal read. "Funny. The other name has been blotted out. Perhaps the rest of the repairs can be put on hold. As people say, but how will I find where she is?"
Pixal looked around the cave but found nothing.
"I guess I will just look."
Pixal then grabbed her two, golden katanas, put her helmet on, and jumped into her car.
Back at the Temple of Resurrection, Harumi was showing Mr. E, Ultra Violet, and Killow a screen with a glowing dot moving away from the desert.
"What is this?" Ultra Violet asked.
"It's the location of Samurai X. Otherwise known as, Pixal," Harumi explained.
"How would you know that?" U.V. asked.
"My talents are above most," Harumi replied, "but I can't her knowing who I am. So, Killow, I need you and Ultra Violet to capture Samurai X and bring her here. Mr. E, you reprogram her to follow my orders, but don't make it obvious. I want the ninja to trust her first.
MR. E nodded in agreement as U.V. and Killow left the room.
Pixal was driving through Ninjago City trying to find any signs of the S.O.G. She asked a bunch of different people, but none could tell her anything she didn't already know, which wasn't much.
After looking through almost the entire city, she started to head back to her car, when a silver skinned woman dressed in a purple tanktop stopped her.
"I know where their hideout is," she said.
Pixal was surprised, which wasn't a feeling she was used to.
"You do?" she asked in her Samurai X voice.
"I saw them bike into their hideout the other day," she replied.
Pixal scanned the woman, but she wasn't in any of her files.
"Lead the way," Pixal said.
Although, she didn't completely trust this mysterious woman, she couldn't pass the opportunity to find the secret hideout.
The woman got on her bike, and Pixal followed in her car.
Once they got to the location, Pixal jumped out of her car and asked, "Isn't this part of the palace?"
Suddenly, she was grabbed tight and lifted into the air by a very big man.
Pixal screamed in pain as she felt her robotic arms being crushed.
"Good night, little girl," Killow said before turning Pixal off.
It wasn't too long until Pixal woke up again, but she felt different.
"Pixal?" Misako asked from behind her.
Pixal looked behind her to see Misako staring wide-eyed at her. She then looked at herself to see that her helmet was gone, and her Samurai X suit had been replaced with her original outfit.
"How long have I been here?" Pixal asked.
"I don't know. I just woke up, and you weren't here before," Misako replied. "How are you here?"
"I-I rebuilt myself," Pixal admitted.
"Zane must be happy," Misako mentioned.
"Zane-Zane doesn't know," Pixal confessed.
"Why not?"
"Haven't you heard?" Ultra Violet asked. "The pathetic robot's Samurai X, and we require your services."
"I will never work for you," Pixal told her.
"Yes you will," Mr. E said in the Quiet One's voice.
Pixal's eyes turned red as she said, "At your command, master."
Mr. E opened the door for the other droid, and she followed him to a secret tunnel in the palace, where the S.O.G. built different mechanisms.
Mr. E pointed to an unfinished mechanism.
"Finish the project," he said in the Quiet One's voice again.
"As you wish, master," Pixal replied before she started working on the mechanism. It was a small, black, mechanical spider. It was built to destroy the ninja's technology, and for extra measure, it was also supposed to be a beacon for the Quiet One. As long as the machine still lived, Pixal would be under minor control of the Quiet One. If Harumi told Pixal to do something, she would do it, but she wouldn't remember anything she did during that time.
Once Pixal had finished, Harumi walked into the room to see if it worked.
"If I destroyed this, would you be able to create it again?" Harumi asked.
"I could do whatever you wish," Pixal replied.
"I seriously doubt that," Harumi replied before throwing the spider into the dark. Killow caught it and crushed the mechanism in his hand, but not before Harumi left the room.
"Where am I?" Pixal asked.
"Mr. E then walked up to Pixal and showed her the broken parts of the mechanical spider she unknowingly finished.
"Rebuild it," he said in Harumi's voice.
"Of course," Pixal replied before getting back to work.
She finished the spider in about a day and showed it to Harumi.
"I always knew I could count on you," Harumi smiled evilly.
"Is there anything else you need me to do?" Pixal asked.
"Go back to your Samurai X car and never speak of this day to anyone. Continue your daily routines and pretend I am not your master. I will be back for you soon," Harumi instructed.
Pixal did as Harumi asked. She put on her Samurai X suit, got to her car and erased all memories of that day.
Sorry this chapter was shorter than most. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and I should be posting again in a couple of weeks.