So this is an ultimate feels one shot, read at your own risk.
All the ninja were fighting the serpentine yet again and it was just a normal fight until the serpentine pulled out weapons. Zane saw all the serpentine pull back arrows on their bow strings.
"GET BEHIND ME" shouted Zane the ninja had no idea why Zane was saying this until they were all behind him and that's when they saw the arrows fly. Zane was hit by every arrow but miraculously kept on fighting. He had about twenty arrows sticking out of him and a red oil like substance trickled out of each wound. As the ninja kept fighting they noticed that each time Zane saw that they were in a sticky situation with no escape he rushed over and took the blow. By the end of the fight the serpentine had retreated and the ninja got their first real look at was covered in blood and looked on the verge of passing out.
"Zane are you… going to be ok?" asked Cole extremely worried.
"Negative *cough* brother" said Zane before coughing up blood and passing out
"ZANE" shouted Jay as he ran over and checked to see if Zane had a pulse
"He is alive.. but as far as I can tell it will take a miracle if he stays that way"said Jay as tears started to run down his face.
"Let's get him back to the bounty and hope for a miracle" said Kai as he gingerly grabbed Zane and carried him to the awaiting bounty.
"What happened to him?" asked Nya fearfully
"The serpentine had weapons this time and anytime Zane saw that we were in trouble he jumped in front of us and took each and every blow"said Kai
"Oh No" said Nya "Is there any way to save him?"
"Jay says it will take a miracle" said Cole tears running down his face
"Let's get him on his bed and see if there is anything we can do,let's add least try and stop the bleeding" said Wu. As the ninja started to bandage Zane's wounds and take out all the arrows they noticed that he was in worse shape than they could ever imagine. After about an hour Zane woke up but his eyes were just barely open.
"Zane,why did you do that for us?" asked Cole softly
"Because you are all my brothers,it is my job to protect all of you any way I can and must. Consider me your set of armour,protecting you no matter the cost,I don't need praise for any of my deeds because seeing all of you safe is praise enough.I am your Sword,armour,but most importantly, I am your shield" said Zane before his eyes closed and his head fell back to the checked his pulse.
"He's..gone" said Jay before breaking out into sobs
"I can't believe he didn't think that he was important, he gave his life to protect us,I can't believe none of us ever thought to protect him." said Lloyd sadly. Suddenly there was a call from a bird of falcon landed on the bed beside his master then bowed its head in went over to the falcon and held out her mechanical bird hopped onto her and perched on her bird then nuzzled Nya's neck in a display of affection and shared grief.
"Just remember my students,you will see your brother again one day,this is not really has a wondrous journey ahead of him but as we speak he is likely smiling down at us" said Wu
"Yeah and when we get there we will be worms groveling at his is probably some high ranking up there and won't have time to associate himself with worthless ninja such as it Sensei,a hero like Zane is far too special for common ninja such as we to be friends with."said Cole
"Perhaps,but Zane cared about all of you and I can not imagine him ceasing to care after him giving his life for you all." said Wu
"Whatever,for now our brother is gone and there is nothing we can do" said Kai
"Goodbye,our brother,our savior,our shield. Rest in peace valiant ninja of ice,brave protector of all who can not protect themselves" said Lloyd with his head to the sky hoping with all his heart that Zane knew just how much they had loved him. Suddenly the falcon let out a loud cry and hundreds of real live falcons surrounded the 's falcon let out another soft cry then all the other falcons started to call yet it was synchronized and at different notes.
"What are they doing" asked Cole
"They are singing, using their voices to guide Zane's soul to the afterlife. This is a rare phenomenon,for falcons do not normally sing in this way" said Wu
"Listen,it sounds like they are singing actual words and not just notes" said Nya
"Follow dear friend
let our song guide you to the world after
let nothing stand in your way
for you are now free
may your pure soul forever reside
in the peace and embrace of your family there
safely reside in the embrace of those
who loved you since the beginning of time
rest now ice ninja
shield of us all
falcons shall never forget you dear friend" sang the falcons.
"It is just as I said,they are guiding Zane to the next is so rare that it is something I have only read don't forget and the falcon will not stop mourning till the day he rusts. I am beginning to see that perhaps there was far more to Zane than we could ever imagine" said falcons continued to sing and the ninja knew that even if they,heaven forbid, forgot falcons of Ninjago would sing of Zane and he would not be completely forgotten by Ninjago,so long as falcons flew in the sky.