Hey! Look! A Robot!

Zane tried to round everyone up and keep them under control… but it wasn't often that Sensei Wu decided to let them go to Ninjago City…and it wasn't often that they wanted to go there. Too many people would stare at the dragons resting on their shoulders. Zane's hand darted forward as he snagged Lloyd's arm. "Stay with the group Lloyd."

Lloyd pouted, before darting forward to nudge Jay towards a large comic book store, one that was advertising the latest edition of their favorite comic book series. Squealing the two boys turned to give Zane the puppy dog eyes. Zane rolled his eyes at them, before subtly nodding in agreement. Now really squealing, they darted inside of the store. Zane and the others took up their positions right outside, waiting for them.

Cole suddenly looked up, staring at a falcon that was perched on a lamppost across from them. "Uh… guys, isn't that the same falcon that was at our campsite when we first met?"

Lloyd blinked as he looked over at the falcon, tilting his head curiously as he looked at it. "Uh. It looks like the falcon that was watching Nya when I met you guys as well."

"All falcons look the same." Zane interjected, though he as uneasy remembering that right before he met Kai and Nya, he had noticed a falcon sitting on a branch in a good position to watch him.

An indignant screech tore from the falcon as he flapped his wings wildly at them. Jay, who they just realized had existed the store if Lloyd was with them, yelped as he took an involuntary step back. "I think that is the same falcon and he can understand us!"

Frowns crossed their faces as they considered this, but then the falcon suddenly took off. Startled, Kai sprinted after it. "Hey! Come back! We didn't mean to hurt your feelings!"

"Kai!" The others tore after their friend and brother.

Apparently the falcon knew its way around the city. It was flying straight to an old office building that used to belong to a great inventor that died years ago. All of them would have been too young to remember anything. It was recently turned into museum in honor of his memory, and items from his private home in Birchwood Forest were brought in and put on display.

Too busy trying not to lose sight of the falcon, Zane didn't notice the lamppost coming up until he crashed right into it…literally. Groaning, Zane fell to the ground as he rubbed his forehead, feeling as if something had popped when he did that.

"Zane! Your chest!" Kai gasped loudly as he pointed at Zane's chest.

Worried that he must have seriously injured it for Kai to notice something, he looked down to see what was wrong…and nearly fainted. His chest had popped open, revealing that he was a robot….not a human. Taking in several deep breaths to steady himself, he carefully pried the chest panel the rest of the way open. There were several switches that he didn't understand the purpose of inside of it, most of them on. In fact, only two were off. His humor switch, which explained a lot really…and his memory switch. "So that's why I don't have any memories… it was off this entire time." He gingerly fingered the switch, wondering if he should turn them back on or not.

"What are you waiting for? Flip the switch already!" Jay bounced on his toes, excitement dancing in his eyes.

Zane blinked, surprise flashing across his face. "Don't you care that I am not apparently human?"

"No!" All of his friends crowed together. Swallowing hard, he flipped the memory switch on. Instantly hundreds of previously forgotten memories flooded him as he stumbled slightly backwards.

A single tear, an actual tear, slid down his face as he shifted through the memories he had previously forgotten about. "Julian. My name is Zane Julian. My creator…no father, is Dr. Julian. The falcon that has been following us…it is one that he had built for me to keep me company when he is away at work…" Zane wiped at his eyes.

"Cool!" They hugged him, just as his phone went off.

Yanking it out, he glanced at it and realized that it was a text from Sensei Wu. "We need to get back…he believes that he has come to an agreement of sorts with Garmadon."

"Ahhh…" Groans escaped the others as they dropped their chins to their chests.

A/N: Done! Yeesh, it's short. Sorry about that folks. They now know that Zane is a robot, and are totally aware of Falcon following them since way back when they first met. (If you go back and read Zane's Origins, it will actually tell you that Falcon has always followed Zane everywhere…)

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