Authors Notes: Welp this is the end of part 1 of Dane AU. Please review and tell me what you think.

Rainbow Machine

Chapter 10

Chain Reaction

Midnight had her hand in Archies. His gold jacket forgotten on one of the chairs, people had begun to go home or wherever. The boat rocked lightly to the left and right and they used this as there template to dance. Archie spun Midnight and pulled her to him again. He was far more solid then his brother.

"Where did you learn to dance?" She placed her head onto his chest closing her eyes savoring the moment. She didn't get a lot of chances to just be with him in a relaxing environment.

"I...don't really remember." He told her honestly. His hand ran over her back. The band began to play softly for them. Even when he was playing hard music they still danced like this. Archie had noticed that Midnight wasn't one for hard dancing. The last time they did she broke a heel and ended up at Borg tower and right now going to Borg tower wasn't the best of idea's. She sighed sitting up looking at him.

"Why haven't you found someone of your own?" Midnight asked. Archie shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm a nindroid. Who the hell wants one of them?" He asked putting his cheek on her head. Midnight sighed pulling back and walked toward the limo.

"I suppose so. Who would want...someone like me anyways." Her heels clicking the floor as she walked. Archies head turned to the right as she walked away. Something in his head clicked and he internally kicked himself.

"Ma'me...I didn't mean to insult you. I mean your a gorgeous dame. Anyone would love to have you." But she was already in the limo. "Foot...to mouth." He mumbled.

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Danny walked down the hallway. She had already checked the every room on the first to the tenth floor. No signs of her dad, or brother. It was becoming fruitless. She threw open a door and looked inside. There was tons of equipment. All of it was either on or being used for some sort of something.

Danny looked over the notes on the table. She narrowed her eyes to read it. She had left her glasses at the bar. She looked horrible with them so she just left them. Looking through the pages she found a blueprint for a nindroid. One with what looked like a way to create Ink. She ran her fingers over the page and smiled.

"Nina...dad are you making...someone new?" There was a soft chuckle. She looked up to see a small leather couch. Julien sat on it with his sons head in his lap.

"Quite right Danny." He lifted Echos head and placed it down on the pillow.

"Really?" Danny asked looking over the blueprints.

"Her name is Nina and she's in a room on the 13th floor. Did you come to the party to see the boat?" He asked turning the page. "I designed the engines. Gaya and I have been working feverishly on its creation. She liked

it so much she asked me to create Nina. Or what Echo calls Inky because of all the colorful inks she made." He sat down looking up at Danny. His smile changed.

"Oh darling...you didn't think they were trying to hurt us did you? Oh sweety I'm so sorry."

"We found your house burned down."

"It wasn't anyones fault but the stoves. It was a piece of junk and we've been living here ever since. I apologize Danny." Julien took her hand. She turned and walked toward the door.

"Well I gu…" She turned to look at her father. The look of him changed as he made a upward motion. He was being watched. She knew what that meant. She had to get to this Nina girl. She was being used for something. She turned around and ran out of the room. A small door opened in the corner and Gaya walked out running her fingers over Echo's cheek.

"Perfect...now we wait…it would be a shame...if something were to happen to your son...now wouldn't it?" She said with a smile. Echos eyes opened and he looked up at her.

"You're a bad lady…" He scooted away from her.

"Oh...maybe a little." She waved her hands at the guards by the door who pointed there guns at them.

"What are you doing? What do you want with us?" Julien ran forward trying to get to his son.

"Don't you worry about little Echo. We're just putting you were they'll never find you...again."

Danny looked around as she arrived on the 13th floor. She looked inside the room. It was musty and old looking. Boxes looked like they had been there for years. A few boxes of paper, ink, and a printing press in the corner with many different colors dripping from it. But what caught her eyes was the medical equipment. Why would they need medical equipment for a printing press? She saw the black blood, the vials of red, yellow, green, blue...a rainbow of just different colors all over the floor. They were siphoning the new droids blood for there own purposes. Danny growled and threw the table to the floor. The glass shattering to pieces.

A hand came out of the shadows covering Dannys nose and mouth with a cloth. She struggled as the hand held her tightly.

"Isn't it a pity...no one even knows your here, and even more so...even if they did...they don't care. Do they?" Danny's head clouded over and the dreams began. Horrible dreams. Dreams that would hurt her far more then she could ever know.

"Well...lets see if the little imps blood works...shall we?" Gaya said as they picked up Danny and carried her to another room.

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Dane lay to child in a chair in the back buckling her in.

'Do you think she'll be alright? She looks incredibly young and sick.' Zane asked.

"Who knows."

'Dane we know nothing about children.' Dareth said watching as Dane started up the helicopter.

'We have a huge habit of stealing helicopters.' Zane said. Dane laughed as he circled the city a few times trying to find a place to land. Most of ninjago was on fire, or smoking from previous fires. Not a lot of places of land.

"There we go...the hospital. We can get her help there." He made for the hospital.

'Dane!' Dareths warning came to late as a rocket hit the rotor of the helicopter. It turned a few times and fell toward a building. He scooped up the child in his arms and curled in on her to protect her. They hit a building and the helicopter exploded.

End Part 1

Part 2: Iridescent Lullaby