Okay, when I was writing the the script I made Cole still a ghost, and him being a ghost pretty much sets this whole thing in motion. So... I guess this story is set before DOtD.

SONS OF GARMADON LEAK SPOILERS: Also, can we talk about how some parts of Return of the Mechanic actually became canon? The Mechanic had a goddamn flamethrower! Sure, it wasn't the elemental ray gun, but the gun did shoot fireballs. And their battle ended by Zane abruptly freezing the Mechanic.

Alright, so favourite, review and enjoy the fanfic!

Zane woke up in a cold sweat. He ran his fingers through his silver hair, trying to figure out what caused him to wake up so suddenly. Then he remembered. It was another nightmare. Zane sighed, slipping out of the bed.

He had been getting these nightmares for a while now. Actually, for about three months. Ever since he had been...abducted by the Mechanic, Zane had been getting nightmares almost every night. The other ninja were always trying to talk to him about, possibly ease his nerves, but to no avail. Well, Zane would tell them he was fine, smile and act normal, then he would have an emotional breakdown in the other room.

Pulling his gi out of a closet, he slowly got changed. Maybe he was just being paranoid. After all, it had been three months since the event. The Mechanic was in jail. Everything was fine.

Zane walked out of his bedroom and slowly walked down the corridor. The first thing he saw when he walked into the kitchen was Kai, who was wearing his pink apron and flipping pancakes.

"Glad to see you're up. You slept in for a while, so I thought I'd make breakfast." Kai said, throwing a couple of pancakes over his head. The pancakes zoomed through the air and landed, somehow, perfectly stacked on Jay's plate.

"Thanks Kai!" Jay said, pouring a quarter of a bottle of syrup onto the pancakes and digging in.

Zane looked at the clock. 9:30. He'd slept in for an entire hour.

"Where are the others?" Zane asked, "And why are you wearing my apron?"

"Cole and Nya are outside sparring. Lloyd is meditating with Sensei Wu." Jay mumbled with a mouth full of pancake. "And Cole wanted to make the pancakes, but he ended up setting Kai's apron on fire. So he had to use yours."

With no need to stay and eat, or say anything else, Zane left the room to watch Cole and Nya train.

...

"Ready?" Cole asked.

"Ready!" Nya answered.

They charged towards each other. Nya thrusted her sword forward and Cole quickly flipped over her. Cole clashed swords with Nya, then ducked as she shot water towards his face.

"Nya, watch it! You almost killed me!" Cole yelled, scrambling to his feet, "I thought we said no elemental powers!"

"Oh, sorry!" Nya said.

Cole used the confusion as the perfect opportunity to disarm Nya. With a few strategic strikes Nya's sword flew out of her hand and stuck into the ground a few metres away. Nya went to run to her sword, but Cole knocked her off of her feet and pointed his sword at her.

"Okay...how about best of five?" Nya asked.

"Do you mind if I watch?" Zane asked, scaring Cole and Nya half to death.

"Zane! Warn us next time!" Cole yelled.

"Sorry. Do you mind if I watch?" Zane asked again.

"Oh, uh, alright. Are you sure you don't want to...you know, actually fight with us? I mean, we still have a couple of extra swords, you can join in and we can team up against Cole." Nya said.

"Isn't that cheating?" Cole asked.

"Maaaaybe? So, what do you say, buddy?" Nya asked.

"I'd...just like to watch, if that's okay with you." Zane said quietly.

Nya shrugged and turned back to Cole. The two continued to spar, Zane watching with interest. This continued for some time, and eventually they were interrupted by the sound of someone opening the door.

"Mind if I cut in?" Jay asked, mischievously grinning.

Nya, Cole and Zane gladly let Jay come and spar with them. But they would soon discover that bringing Jay into this would be the biggest mistake of their lives. Well, the second biggest.

I KNOW, this is just filler. But in my last book I just shoved the action into it, and I wanted to have a bit of calm before the storm. Don't worry, crazy sh*t happens in the next chapter! Well, until then, favourite, review and I'll se y'all later!