A medical checkup at the academy discovers something shocking about Zane.
On the streets of Ninjago, the Rangers, morphed in their Super Ranger form, charge at some Stone Warriors as they got out their weapons. "Zane, Kai, Nya, take the left!" LJ called out. "Cole, Jay, the right! Master Wu and I have the front!"
Kai, Zane and Nya turn to the left while getting out their weapons and charge at the Stone Warriors. Nya slides underneath a Stone Warrior before jabbing it from behind with her spear, jumps up and backflipped to kick it down. Kai cartwheels around three Stone Warriors while spinning one sword at a time before jumping up and struck one of them. As the other two were about to converge on him, Zane's arrows suddenly hit them from behind before he ran at them and struck one of them with his bow, like a club, while kicking the other warrior back. But as he turned to face it, the Stone Warrior kicks him, knocking him down onto the ground. "Zane!" Kai yelled.
The Stone Warrior soon stepped on him and turns its sword around, preparing to stab him, until an energy blast knocks it off of him. "Kai?" He asked as he stood up, only to find everyone gone. "Nya?" He starts moving in circles, hoping to find them. "Where are you guys?"
Squawking was heard as Zane turned around to see Soar suddenly appear in front of him. "Wake up, Zane." It said. "I know where you come from." Buzzing was soon heard.
Zane gasped as he rose up from his bed and breathed heavily. He looked around to see he was in his room at in this boy's dormitory, just wearing a white tank top and his long johns, and that it was 7:37 a.m. as his alarm was going off, having been the source of the buzzing. He then sighed from having the nightmare before slamming the alarm shut, and looked at his now gloved hands. The skin on them still hadn't completely recovered and were still showing the metal in his hands. "What am I?" He asked himself. The door soon opened, revealing Kai, who is already dressed. "Haven't you heard of knocking?"
"No time, Zane." He replied. "Come on, get dressed. We got a health check-up to go to. Hopefully, the x-ray machine is working again." Zane grabs his clothes off the floor and follows Kai out while putting his shirt on.
Several minutes later, in what appeared to be an infirmary, a doctor was writing some notes before the door opened and LJ came in. "Ah, Montgomery, take a seat." She said before LJ sits down, taking his beanie and jacket off. "Now, your date of birth is February 17, 2032?"
"Yes." He replied, going with his false date of birth before taking off his shirt.
The doctor soon came up to him with a stethoscope and puts the diaphragm on his chest. "You got a healthy heart. Now, I just need you to breathe in. Then out."
Several minutes later, Kai was now in as he exhaled for the doctor. "I need to ask, but how did you come across that scar?"
"That fight the Power Rangers done with those skeletons and they were attacking random people, remember?" He asked, lying about its origin.
"Ah, I see. Okay, time to measure your weight." Kai soon removed his shoes, socks and pants, showing just his red boxers before going on the scales which stops at 179.3 pounds.
Several minutes later, Cole, wearing orange boxers, was now in as he steps onto a set of scales. It stops at 189.5 pounds. "You gained 14.5 pounds."
"I gotta stop eating cake." He said.
"Now for your height." Cole heads over to a nearby wall with a retractable measuring tape before the doctor moves it down to Cole's head, reading 6' 4".
Several minutes later, Jay, wearing blue boxer briefs, was now in the room and had his back against the wall as the doctor measures his height. "5' 11 3/4", you've grown 2 and 1/4 inches."
Jay lightly chuckles. "Guess that makes me almost taller than Zane." He said.
"Well, let's hope his height isn't the same as last year. Okay, time to check your x-ray." Jay heads over to a nearby x-ray machine and moves behind the screen before the machine starts. "Hopefully, it's fixed."
Several minutes later, Zane, wearing his long johns, was standing behind the x-ray screen as the doctor was looking at the monitor before becoming surprised and shocked at something. "Is there something wrong?" Zane asked.
"Uh, not really. Um, mind if I call your guardian about this?"
"I guess so."
In Lloyd's tent at his camp on the Dark Island, Lloyd lies on a cot, tossing and turning, as he was breathing heavily. The Helmet of Shadows was laying on a table close by.
8 Years Earlier
Lloyd, in his Ranger form, strikes a few snakes down with his sword before turning to the White Ranger as a big green snake was coming at him. "Look out!" He yelled, but the White Ranger couldn't hear him, causing him to run over to him. "Zane!" He immediately came between them and held his arm out for the snake to bite it.
Present
Lloyd immediately sat up and breathed slowly as he looked at the bite scars on his arms. "So, he has been the White Ranger the whole time." He said to himself. "And since he was responsible for who I am now, he will be the first to fall."
Half an hour later, at Mistaké's Tea Shop, Pixal had just handed Jay, Zane and Nya their cups of tea before walking away as Zane, who briefly smiled at Pixal as she left, looked at copied photos of his x-ray and showing them to the others. "Mechanical joints?" Jay asked.
"Wait, wasn't the x-ray machine recently fixed?" Nya asked. "Maybe it made an error."
"She tested it twice." Zane replied. "Same result."
"Does that mean you're a robot?" Jay asked.
"It could be. But I don't understand. Why would I be a robot if I have the appearance of a human?"
"Maybe there must be something out there for you to find." Nya said.
"Yeah. Maybe."
Suddenly, the photos are yanked from his hand and they turn to see Chad, Tani and Mini by their right side. "Ooh, Zane Julien is actually a robot." Chad said as he looked at them.
"Hey, those are not for you to look at!" Zane soon stood up to grab them, but Chad throws them to Mini, who catches them, and Zane tries to head over to her, but is grabbed from behind by Chad.
"You guys are a bad dream." LJ said as he came up to them. "Let him go, Chad."
Tani pushes him back before Mini placed the photos on a nearby table and they get out their pom-poms before moving about. "#Z, A, N, E#" They pose letters as they sang, except for Chad, who was still restraining Zane. "#He's actually a robot, And that he should move, move, move like one, Move like a robot, Move like robot, Move like a robot now#"
Zane just shook his head before turning to Chad. "Hey, Chad, are you ticklish?" He asked. As he tries to think of an answer, Zane immediately started to move his fingers around Chad's sides and wiggle them about while smiling, mischievously. "Tickle, tickle!" Chad tries to resist the tickling before he started laughing loud as everyone in the shop look on and smile at the small show. As Zane kept tickling him, a dark stain starts appearing between Chad's legs and started going down his pants. "Still tickling!"
Chad doesn't notice the stain at all as he was still laughing until it leads down to his leggings and shoes and leaves a tiny yellow puddle on the floor that was growing a little, passing underneath Zane's shoes, which he immediately saw before he lets go of Zane, who quickly stopped tickling him, and turned to see the dark stain on Chad's pants which had completely covered the front left side before he starts laughing at him, along with everyone else, except for Tani and Mini. "Argh!" Chad yelled as he looked at his now wet pants. "You made me wet my pants!" He tries to cover it up as best as he could and immediately took off as Tani and Mini move to catch up with him, and everyone still laughed.
"Come back here and clean that up, young man!" Mistaké called out to Chad as best as she could from the entrance, pointing at the urine stain.
Zane soon sat down as he, Jay and Nya still laugh a bit before stopping. "Hey, you made Chad wet himself." Jay said as everyone else also stopped laughing and resumed what they were doing. "Even though you say that you're not human, doing something like that does make you look human."
"Yeah, maybe you're right." He replied before frowning again. "I'm just gonna go study now, I'll see you guys later."
Zane soon got up and walked away as LJ came over to them and Kai and Cole came in. "Something wrong with Zane?" Cole asked.
"Other than finding out who he really is, I don't think the surprise party in store sounds like a good idea." LJ replied.
"Well, Zane looks like 17, because he is turning 17 today." Kai said.
"Only problem is, how long has he been around for?" Nya asked.
"That'll be an answer only he must find out himself." Cole replied. "So, anyway, what are you guys thinking about getting him for his birthday?"
"I'm not really sure." Jay said.
Outside the mall, Zane walks out the doors and hears some screeching. He looks up to see Soar on a telephone pole. "Soar?" He asked. Soar soon ascended and turns right. "Wait!" He immediately went to chase after it.
Zane runs along a desert as he chases after Soar, briefly stopping to look at his surroundings. He then kept running as Soar flew along a snowy field, but Zane was too focused on his pet falcon to be cold.
Up a mountain, Soar looks down to see Zane climbing up it, briefly stopping to catch his breath. "Wish I brought a canteen with me." He soon resumed climbing. "Well, wherever he's leading me, better have a spring."
At the mall, Kai was drinking a flat white with some chilli powder in it while carrying a shopping bag as Nya and LJ came up to him. "Hey, guys, I already got my gift for Zane." He said. "So, maybe we should-"
"You haven't seen him, have you?" Nya asked, cutting him off.
"Um, no. I've been in the mall the whole time."
"Well, we got worried and he's not answering his Spinjitzu Watch." LJ said.
"I supposed we should go look for him."
"Yeah."
"Then, let's go." They soon take off.
On the other side of the mountain, Zane moves along on a tree log to get over a crater, carefully balancing himself so that he wouldn't fall off. Once he got to the other side, he resumed running after Soar.
He was soon in another snowy field before noticing what appeared to be a forest with leafless trees up ahead which Soar is flying too before he keeps going after it.
In his camp on the Dark Island, Lloyd sees Kozu and Sipal watch some Stone Warriors head into a portal. "Where are they going?" He asked.
"The White Ranger has been spotted heading into the Birchwood Forest." Kozu replied.
"Then he's heading back home. Make sure they bring him to me. I have a small conversation in mind for him."
"Yes, my lord."
In the forest, Zane stops and leans on a tree to catch his breath. "Gosh, that bird just keeps going." He said to himself before he resumed running just as Soar was becoming slow for some reason. "Where are we going, Soar?" Suddenly, Soar started flapping wildly as it stopped and fell onto the snowy ground. Zane comes over to where Soar landed, only to see it move about with static coming out of it, shocking him. "You're a robot?" He kneels down to pick Soar up, just as a portal appears above him and Stone Warriors surround him. "Oh, great." He sarcastically spoke. "You rocks caught me at a bad time." He tosses Soar safely to a nearby tree before poising. A Stone Warrior behind him charges at him before he quickly turned to raise his left leg and kicked it, knocking it down, as two of them in front of him came at him, but he spins back, landing on his hands to kick them both with his feet, flipping back to straighten up while at the same time, kicking another Stone Warrior down. But as he was landing, another Stone Warrior appear to his left and pushed him down, into the snow. Zane immediately grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at the warrior, blinding it, while getting back up and poised. He suddenly gotten wide eyed and placed his hands on his head, groaning as he does so.
8 Years Earlier
The first White Ranger jumps in the air before soon standing on just two fingers with his legs spread out and starts spinning about, moving the two fingers to make himself spin, kicking a few Serpentine as he did so. He then lands on his feet to look at the downed Serpentine. "I think I'll call it Sotfa." He said to himself.
Present
Zane then shook his head as he finds himself surrounded by the remaining Stone Warriors that were about to converge before getting an idea and jumps in the air, immediately standing on just two fingers with his legs spread out, and starts spinning about, moving the two fingers to make himself spin, kicking the Stone Warriors as he did so. He then stood up to see them all down before they disappear. "What was that move? I don't recall doing it. What a weird name, though. Sotfa." He soon looked at his surroundings while heading over to the inactive Soar and picked it up. "Where have you brought me, Soar." He turned to the path ahead and resumed walking before he then comes across a cabin. "A cabin?" He soon walked over to it, came up to the door and opened it.
Inside, Zane comes in and looks around while carrying Soar. "Hello? Hello?"
A door to his right then opened, causing him to poise, but the one that opened the door turned out to be a middle aged woman with blonde hair, wearing a pink blouse, black jeans and brown boots. She then noticed Zane and gasped. "Zane." She said.
Zane looks at her for a bit as he immediately stood straight. "Mother?"
"You came back." Zane's mother soon hugged him. "I knew you would."
"But, why didn't you contact me?"
"Because I couldn't." She then backed away to look at him. "Master Wu told me so, because you wouldn't remember. I knew that on your birthday, you would have to find out your origin, eventually." She then turned to the inactive Soar. "There's a lab downstairs where you can repair Soar." She points her to a nearby door. "And know what you truly are." Zane heads over to the door and opens it, revealing some stairs before going down.
In the lab, it was dark around due to the lights not being on before Zane turned the light switch on, turning the lights on and revealing the lab. There was a slab, followed by some monitors and many machinery and electronics. "What is this place?" Zane sees some tools nearby before he heads over there, places Soar down on the table and sits down before opening its panel, looks at some nearby blueprints that show how the falcon works, grabs some nearby old pliers and twisted a gritty gear, removing the grit before Soar started moving again and he closes the panel. "You brought me here. To my mother's cabin. But why?" As Soar soon started to fly about again, Zane soon noticed something with his name on it before pulling it out to look at it and was shocked. "No!" It was blueprints of how he was made. "It can't be! NO! It's not true! That's impossible!" He then made fists and started slamming at the blueprints. "NNNOOOO! NNNNNNNOOOOOOO!"
At the entrance to the cabin, Kai, Jay, Cole, Nya and LJ, all wearing coats, come up to it before Cole knocked on the door. The door then opened, revealing the woman. "Can I help you?" She asked.
"Uh yes, we were wondering if a boy passed by here?" Kai asked.
"He's about my height, white hair, blue eyes, wearing long johns with shorts." Jay said, describing Zane.
"You're all friends of Zane?" She asked.
"How do you know him?" Nya asked.
"He's my son." This gets them all to become shocked.
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!" Zane's cries were heard inside as they all turned to it.
"Zane?" Kai asked as they quickly went in. They quickly went to the door to the lab and go down the stairs.
In the lab, Kai, Jay, Cole, Nya and LJ move down the stairs before hearing the sound of equipment being tossed. "Zane?" Nya asked as they quickly ran down.
They come down to the end of the stairs to see Zane turning the cot over, in anger. "I cannot be!" He yelled.
"Zane, what's wrong?" Jay asked.
"I cannot be!" Zane repeated as he was about to grab a computer.
"Zane!" LJ yelled, coming up to him and grabbing hold of him. "Calm down! Calm down!" Zane then started breathing heavily as Jay picked up the crumbled blueprints of Zane.
"He is a robot." He said.
"I think I'm more like a hybrid rather than a robot." Zane replied as LJ backed away.
"A hybrid?" They all asked.
"All this time and I never knew. Until my hands were burnt." He takes off his gloves to show them the metal under the exposed skin, grossing them out.
Jay nervously chuckled. "I guess this explains why you're always acting so weird." He said.
He then takes the blueprints from him and shows them some parts of it. "The reason why I had some artificial organs, mechanical joints and ocular vision is because of all this." He soon turned to the computer, sits down and taps a few keys, showing some notes on the monitor. "The only living organs I have are my heart and my brain."
"But of whom?" Nya asked as Zane tapped a few more keys, showing a note on Zane's surviving organs.
"My own. Back when I was human. Thus, this makes me a hybrid." He then sighed again.
"Uh, it just makes you more special." Cole said. "You're still the same Zane."
"No matter what you're made of, you're still our friend." Kai said.
"Really?" Zane asked.
"In fact, I bet it makes you an even better Power Ranger." Cole replied.
Beeping was soon heard and they look at their Spinjitzu Watches. "Rangers, I am in need of assistance." Wu said through the Spinjitzu Watches. "Lloyd has shown up along with some Stone Warriors. I cannot hold out much longer."
"We're on our way, Master." Kai replied.
"Zane, we got some work to do." LJ said.
"You'll have to go on without me." He replied. "I just don't feel right. I think I need to be alone for a little while."
"But, Zane-" Jay was cut off.
"Let him, Jay." Cole said. "If he wants to be alone, he should be alone."
"Don't be too long." LJ said to Zane before they take off, leaving him behind.
Outside the cabin, Zane's mother watched as Kai, Jay, Cole, Nya and LJ walk away from the cabin. "We just have to give him time." Kai said as they came up to his car. "I don't know how I would feel if I was told I was a hybrid." They soon got in before Kai starts it and drove off.
In the lab, Zane was still moping before he soon noticed a minidisc in a dusty case laying nearby. He heads over to it and blows the dust off to see that it is labelled '10 Years of Memories'. "My memories?" He asked himself as he picks it up, heads over to the computer and pressed the ejection button. A small disk tray opened as Zane got out the minidisc, puts it in and pressed the button again, putting the tray back in with the minidisc. He soon sat down and tapped a few keys.
The monitor soon showed a recording of a young man and the woman, around the same age as the man at that time, looking at a midwife, holding a newborn baby, who briefly cries. At the bottom left corner, it showed 6/5/2034. "It's a boy." She said before handing the baby to the woman.
"Hello, Zane." She said.
It then turned to a recording of Zane as a 6 month old toddler, wearing white footie pyjamas, looking at Soar. The date was 12/25/2034. "Merry Christmas, Zane." His parents said as Zane soon petted Soar and it squawked a bit.
It then turned to a recording of Zane, surprisingly in the size of an average teenager for a 3 year old, lying in a hospital bed and wearing a white medical garb. The date was now 8/9/2037. "Your son is suffering from a growth disorder we still haven't found a name for." A doctor said to Zane's parents. "I'm afraid there is not a chance he will make it by the end of the year."
"No, I refuse to accept this!" Zane's father replied.
"Tyler." Zane's mother said.
"No, I'm gonna find a way to make sure he doesn't die so young."
It then turned to a recording of Tyler, looking at some plans while Zane was lying on a table, with an oxygen mask over him as his mother came in from atop a set of stairs. The date was now 10/31/2037. "Tyler? Are you gonna come to honour our ancestors?"
"I don't have time to celebrate the Day of the Departed. It's gonna remind me of when Zane will die, which I won't accept!"
"No! You cannot save Zane! You have to accept the news."
"You're wrong. I will find a way to make sure he lives." Zane's mother tightened her grip on the railing.
It then turned to a recording of a tape recorder with Zane's mother's wedding ring on it. The date was now 11/2/2037. "I love our son as much as you do." Her voice was heard as the tape played. "But he's dying. No one can save him. I'm afraid I can't watch you try. Goodbye."
"Rachel." Tyler's voice had sadness in it before his hand was seen, placing his wedding ring beside hers.
It then turned to a recording of Zane opening his eyes, to the sound of machinery moving, on the bed. The date was now 2/14/2038. "Hello, Zane."
"Father." He replied as he slowly rises up and Tyler helps him. "How long have I been asleep?"
"6 months, but you're okay now." He coughs a little.
"But what about you?"
It then turned to a recording of Rachel hugging Zane, who is wearing a grey t-shirt, blue shorts and brown boots, as Tyler, who was very skinny, was lying in a bed. The date was now 5/12/2038. "Zane, I wish to speak with your mother for a bit."
Zane leaves the room as Rachel knelt down to him. "I really was wrong." She said.
"I don't blame you. He can now protect those who cannot protect themselves." He then placed his hand on hers. "By the time he turns 10, remove the disk from his hard drive, for a new one, and leave it here, for when the time comes that he finds out the truth. Don't worry, he'll know it is you." He smiled before closing his eyes. "The reason I ask, is because I love him."
It then turned to a middle aged man, walking along a snowy field before he stopped at a cabin. The date was now 9/23/2038. The man then knocked on the door before it opened, revealing Rachel. "Can I help you?"
"I'm looking for a boy named Zane." The middle aged man replied. It turned out to be a younger Wu.
"He's out back, chopping wood. I'll take you to him." Rachel and Wu start walking along the path. "You know, it is strange that a man like you found his way here."
"Why is that?"
"Normally, we prefer to be on our own. We rarely go out to Ninjago City."
"I promise this will not be long." Rachel soon points out to Zane, who is wearing a white fur coat over a grey sweater, green shorts and brown snow boots, holding an axe. His legs were protected from the cold due to wearing black long johns underneath his shorts. Zane had already chopped three trunks worth of wood and was preparing to chop another before Wu moves down the path to head over to him. As Zane soon chopped the tree trunk, he turned around and saw Wu. "Hello, Zane."
"Hello." He said. "Have we met?"
"No. But some would say I have a knack at finding young talent."
"Do you need me to chop wood?"
He soon chuckled. "Maybe one day, but not today."
"Then, why are you here? Are you lost?"
"Lost? Hm. An interesting word. Sometimes one has to be lost in order to be found."
"That does not make any sense."
"Maybe one day, but not today. Goodbye, Zane." He starts to walk away.
"Uh, will I see you again?"
"I'm sure of it. And when we do, you'll be asked to do far more than chop wood."
It then turned to the Mountains of Impossible Height, Zane, now wearing just a white t-shirt, blue jeans and black boots, walks up the path, surprisingly not tired. The date was now 9/30/2038. He soon came across the monastery and opened the gates. "Hello?"
The front doors into the monastery open, revealing Wu and Lloyd. Zane also saw a younger Misako, holding something wrapped in a bundle in her arms, who was by the side. The bundle in her arms was an infant LJ. "Welcome, Zane."
"It seems you have accepted our offer." Lloyd said.
"Offer?" Zane asked.
"Yes." Wu replied as he and Lloyd come up to him. "You among three others have been chosen to fight alongside us, as a Power Ranger."
"Power... Ranger?"
"I know, it can be confusing, but you'll learn in time. Please, let us introduce you to your fellow Rangers."
It then turned to the living room of the monastery, Zane, along with Ray, Abigail and a woman with dyed blonde hair, are seated before Wu and Lloyd. The date was now 10/1/2038. "We do not have time to waste." Lloyd said. "At the moment, Serpentine are coming in and around cities and villages. Which is why we need each of you to split up and defend them until we come as whole."
"How do we do that?" The woman asked.
Wu soon got out a case and opened it, revealing the Spinjitzu Watches. "These are your Spinjitzu Watches." He replied. "With them, you'll be able to become Spinjitzu Power Rangers."
It then turned to a desert, where a fight is going on. The date was now 4/25/2041. Zane, in his Ranger form, fires his arrows at some snakes before turning to strike one with his bow. As he fired another arrow, the big green snake comes up behind him, hisses and prepares to bite him. "Zane!" Lloyd was heard as he, in his Ranger form, suddenly pushed Zane down and held his arm up, causing the snake to bite it and he screamed as the snake turned away.
"Lloyd!" Zane yelled as he fired an arrow at the snake as it slithered away.
As he was watching the recording, Zane was shocked at the outcome. "It's my fault that Lloyd has become evil?" He asked himself.
The recording soon reached to the inside of the cabin. The date was now 6/5/2044, Zane's 10th birthday. "I know it breaks my heart to do this." Rachel said. "But it's what your father wanted. You will know why you're like this in time. But know this, he loved you. And so do I. Happy birthday, Zane." Rachel then moved her hand close, presumably to remove the disk from Zane as the image soon showed nothing but static.
"Then, I'm not 17. I'm 15." He blinked his eyes briefly before a tear soon came out of his left eye. He then noticed something on the floor before picking it up and rubs away most of the dust. It was a photo of the original Power Rangers, completely intact, but only shows his face, as well as the others, except for the original Blue Spinjitzu Ranger. "Abigail. Ray. I have always protected your children. Because they are not just friends, they are family to me. And I'll keep doing it." He soon puts the photo down, stands up and looks at Soar as it squawks.
"You now know the truth, Zane." Rachel said as she came down to see him and looks at the mess he made during his outburst. "You know, your father wanted to save children with the same disorder. But, it seems that you were also opposing it."
"Yeah. But no matter what, there will always be a way, instead of turning them into hybrids like me. Now, since I protect those who cannot protect themselves, my friends need me."
"They have already taken off. But you can catch up with them."
"How?"
"Soar is not just a pet, or a program, but can be converted into a mech."
"What?"
"When you left to become a Ranger again, and with the knowledge I learnt from your father, I reprogrammed Soar to respond to this." She holds out a small device, similar to a USB stick. "Of course, you'll have to come up with a name."
"I shall. Thank you, mother." He immediately takes off.
In Ninjago City, Wu falls to the ground as Lloyd laughs at the result. "You really have gotten weak with age, Wu." He said.
"Sticks and stones, may break my bones, but age doesn't stop me." He replied back jumping back onto his feet as Kai, Jay, Cole, Nya and LJ, morphed, came up to him. "Rangers, where is Zane?"
"He found out who he really was." Jay replied.
"So, he did, didn't he?" Lloyd muttered to himself, discreetly looking at the scar.
"He needed time alone."
"He'll come when he's ready." Wu said.
"Oh, he'll definitely come, when he sees what I become." Lloyd replied. "Fire the Garmatron Missile!"
In Lloyd's camp on the Dark Island, a Stone Warrior comes over to it and moves the controls as Garmatron raises its cannon before the warrior presses a button and fires a shot, sending a missile through the clouds.
In Ninjago, the 6 Rangers look on, in shock, as the missile explodes and Lloyd immediately grows before stopping and laughed as he looked down on them. "You all look so tiny to me now."
"We can't form the Spinjitzu Megazord without Zane." Nya said.
"Leave him to me." LJ replied before pressing his Spinjitzu Watch. "Emerald Dragon Zord, Megazord Mode!" The Emerald Dragon Zord moved upward before stopping for the arms and legs to straighten up. The tail moves up to the back as the wings did the same until they came at the tail and detach to allow the tail and wings to stay on the back, the arms move back a bit and the wrists open up to have the paws turn around into the wrists, replacing them with regular hands before the wrists return to normal, the ankles open up to have the paws turn around into the ankles, replacing them with normal feet before the ankles closed up and the dragon face tilted upward as the lower jaw slides down into the body, revealing its face before it poised.
In the cockpit, LJ looked on before getting out the parchment piece. "I'm gonna need some extra firepower against my father." He holds his hands close. "'Vehor, Getum, Ephts, Wrig, Feln'!"
Outside, the Aurumosarmis Sword appears in the Emerald Dragon Megazord's hand and starts flowing golden energy throughout the Megazord as it soon glowed. The glow then spreads out and faded away, showing the Dragonbone Megazord. "Dragonbone Megazord!" The Dragonbone Megazord swings its sword around before poising.
"Ah, the fabled Aurumosarmis Sword." Lloyd said. "It would be an honour to hold in my hands, once I eliminate you."
"Try it, father."
Lloyd charges at the Dragonbone Megazord as he held all his hands out to fire blasts of dark energy at it. The Dragonbone Megazord immediately swung its sword to try and deflect them. He manages to strike two of them, but the one that Lloyd fired from his lower left arm hits the Megazord's right leg and the top right arm shot hits the sword. The blast of the shot knocked the sword out of its hands, sending it landing close by. "Now, the Sword of Aurumosarmis is mine." Lloyd starts to walk over to it.
In the cockpit, LJ growled as he got up. "Oh no, you don't!"
Outside, the Dragonbone Megazord quickly gets up before charging at Lloyd and forces an arm up, making him fire a blast at the Aurumosarmis, causing it to break apart. "NO!"
The Megazord soon explodes as LJ soon came out, and the Emerald Dragon Megazord fell back, immobilized. "LJ!" The Rangers called out as they help him up.
"I had to destroy it." He replied, referring to the sword as he got out the parchment piece, and helplessly looked as it turned to ash and blew away into the wind. "I had no choice."
"It's okay, nephew." Wu said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"We'll call the Flame Megazord." Kai said before squawking was heard and they look up to see a giant black falcon Zord fire lasers from its eyes, hitting Lloyd and moving him back.
"No need." Zane was heard as the other Rangers were surprised to see him, morphed, on top of the falcon Zord. "Soaring Falcon Zord, White Tiger Zord, combine!" He backflips off of it as he pressed his Spinjitzu Watch. The White Tiger Zord rises up and tilts its head back as the Soaring Falcon Zord comes apart as the talons attach to the back paws of the White Tiger Zord, the wings attach to the back, the body comes apart, forming into armour, which attaches to the front of the Tiger Zord and the head attaches to the Zord's while the beak comes off and attach to the top paws of the Tiger Zord, the higher beak on the left and the lower beach on the right. The falcon head soon opened up, revealing a face before it poised. "Fontglacier Megazord!"
The Rangers were all surprised to see the new Megazord. "Wow, so cool!" Jay said.
"A new Megazord will not stop me from destroying you, White Ranger." Lloyd said.
In the cockpit, Zane scoffed. "You will try." He replied.
Outside, Lloyd yelled as he charged at the Fontglacier Megazord. The Megazord quickly raised its arm to block the punch as well as moving his other arm to grab his leg before raising its own leg to kick Lloyd's chest, knocking him back. Lloyd then held all his hands out to fire blasts of dark energy at it. "Take this!"
In the cockpit, Zane laughed. "Nice try. Falcon Flap!"
Outside, the Fontglacier Megazord flaps its wings, sending Lloyd into the air.
In the cockpit, Zane raised his arms. "Fontglacier Megazord, Final Scratch!"
Outside, the Fontglacier Megazord jumps in the air before raising its arms and scratched Lloyd, knocking him down and creates an explosion as he landed on the ground. "A spinning victory."
During the explosion, Lloyd, reverted to his normal size, rolls on the ground before standing up and feels the left side of his face. He now had a scar leading down from his forehead down to his cheek, passing over the eye as the Rangers look at him. "Curse you, White Ranger." He said. "I'll get you yet." He soon held his hand out, summoning a portal and goes through it before it disappears.
"Zane, what did my dad mean by it?" LJ asked.
"Well, you see-" Zane was soon cut off.
"Hey, leave that for tomorrow." Cole said. "We got something more important to do."
They start taking off as Zane stayed where he was. "Hey, Zane, you coming?" Kai asked.
"I'll be along in a minute." Zane replied as they resumed walking away as Zane demorphed before seeing the Fontglacier Megazord come apart, reverting to the White Tiger Zord and Soaring Falcon Zord. While the White Tiger Zord leaves, Zane holds his arm out as the Soaring Falcon Zord shrinks, revealing to be Soar. Soar then came down onto Zane's arm to perch on it and looked at it. "I wonder if I should tell them the truth." Soar squawks a bit as Zane then turned to their direction.
Later that night, aboard the Destiny's Bounty, Zane walks along the dark hallway before hearing a message on his phone and got it out to look at it. It just said 'Left'. Zane turned to his left to see it lead to a study and opened it to see it dark as well.
He soon turned to the light switch and turned the lights on. "SURPRISE!" The other Rangers, Wu and Misako, some wearing white party hats, said aloud as they came out from hiding spots, some poppy party streamers and blowing party horns. "Happy birthday, Zane!" They soon got out a cake, completely covered in white icing and had four birthday candles on it, lit up.
"You all remembered." His tone didn't sound like he was excited.
"Cole made it, the mixture wasn't that bad." Jay said.
"You didn't burn it, did you?"
"No." Cole said.
"Never mind that, go ahead." LJ said.
Zane then reluctantly knelt down and blew out the candles, causing them to cheer. "Okay, let's hear a speech from the birthday boy." Kai said.
"Make it quick, I want a slice." Cole said.
"Be patient, Cole." Wu replied.
"Well, this is more of a confession." Zane said. "I was never born in 2032, it was 2034. I was diagnosed with an unidentifiable growth spurt disease that was still unidentified and by the time I was 3, I was the size of a teenager. It took my father months to make me better, some artificial organs, some mechanical parts, even my eyes. By the time he was finished, he was dying, so he gave custody of me to my mother and we lived a fine life until Master Wu found me and gave me an offer of a lifetime: the offer to become a Power Ranger. It means I'm not the second White Ranger, I have always been the White Ranger before all of you. During the Serpentine War, I got careless and ended up being confronted by the Great Devourer, the ancient snake the Serpentine worship. As it was about to bite me, Lloyd stepped in and took the bite that was meant for me. But we were able to end the war by destroying the Devourer, seal the Serpentine in tombs and bring piece to Ninjago. But the snake's venom had finally took hold of his body and he tried to steal the Gold Spinjitzu Rifle, but we stopped him. Afterward, we gave up our Spinjitzu Watches, hoping to return to our normal lives. But just a few years ago, there was still some Serpentine that would appear around Ninjago. When the original Blue and Black Rangers couldn't be found, Wu recruited Jay and Cole as a result before he found me, only I had no memory of him after 3 years because my memory disk was removed. It was that day that he re-recruited me and now all that we've been doing throughout the past year is my fault. And I'm sorry." Misako soon comes up to Zane and looked at him for a bit before slapping him, the force of the slap makes him look away from her, and walked away, along with an upset LJ, who grabs the present he was gonna give to Zane. Once LJ and Misako has left, Kai grabbed his gift, stood up and walked out, followed by Nya, Jay and Cole, who takes the cake away with him. Wu then looked on, in sadness, as Zane sighed while watching them leave. "Worst birthday ever."
"I don't care what they will say, old friend." Wu said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Know that I forgave you before and I'm forgiving you again."
"Thank you, Master." He then turned to the window as he heard the sound of Kai and Misako's cars leaving. "But, what does this mean for the White Ranger?"
To be continued...
(A/N: Guess you wasn't expecting that)
