Authors Notes: This is book 2. If you want to read book one it starts with 'Rainbow Machine'

Glass, Dane, and Archie are owned by Grumpy-Zane

Spencer, Inky, Danny, and Midnight are owned by me.

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Book 2: Two Steps from Hell

Part 1: Cry Little Sister

Chapter 1

Back in

Just like a knife through vinyl the portal opened and Dane stepped through. Looking one way and then the other. He reached out and took Danny's hand and then she followed through. It closed behind them.

Dane nodded knowing where they were now. At least they were able to find a rift that would take them home. He looked up at Danny who seemed very tired after all that excitement. They had only been there for four months, but if Kino was right. Time might have passed a bit more on their Ninjago, or past very little as to say a few seconds had passed. That would be lovely.

However, the latter may not be the case.

The skies were a murky green color. Danny looked down at her phone and gasped. Two years had passed since they had touched ground there. Her phone began to ring off the hook. Message after message went through. Dane could feel Zanes phone in his pocket doing the same thing. Danny looked over the news on her phone and gasped.

"War…?" She looked up at Dane who shook his head.

"It's fine, Danny. It says that it's over now and…"

"Humans have been pushed out of the city because of noxious gases, pollution, and disease." She had to sit down before she fainted.

Dane looked on at Danny, he could feel her panic from the link.

"Here...lets go find you something warm to drink huh?" Dane took Danny's hand and walked her toward a diner that he saw. She sat down in a booth and put her head in her hands. She could feel Dane rubbing her back. She was so glad she had him. She would have freaked out long ago. Dane had realized that Danny didn't take to change very well when they were in the other realm. Dane watched as the waitress brought over some water and placed it down in front of them.

"She ain't gonna be sick is she?" The woman ran her hands down her apron. Dane shook his head and sighed.

"Just got some bad news." It was true. He couldn't lie to begin with. Danny sipped the water slowly as she ordered an omelet and waited. Dane didn't eat food too often. Mostly out of habit, or to give Zane something to put on his stomach, but mostly he forgot. Sometimes he even forgot to breath.

"What...are you?" A guy at the counter asked leaning over looking at Dane.

"I'm Dane the great." Dane smiled at him.

"Yeah but...what are you?" the man tapped his finger on the counter with each syllable.

"If you look up his barcode. I created him." Danny said. Of course it was true. The code would tell them that she made him, but that was only a quarter of the truth. She rebuilt half of him. Dareth, the master of melding after his real creator. He had been destroyed after an accident. The other half of him was her brother. The implant in the back of Danny's neck forcefully placed there connected her and Dane together. He can feel her emotions and a little of her pain. Sometimes at night if they try a little harder they can talk to one another through their mind. But Danny always ended up with a bad headache afterwards.

"So you're one of those droid lovers." Oh no...here they go. Danny looked up at the man and scooted a little closer to Dane who put his arm around her. She was scared.

"Now...Now there's no need for us to be mean to one another. How about I buy you a piece of pie and we forget this conversation?" Dane leaned over the counter and smiled at the man. The man hit the counter and stomped over to Dane.

"What makes you think Imma be bought that easily!" He threw a punch and hit Dane across the jaw. Oh no...bad move. He felt Danny cringe.