Authors Notes: Thanks so much for the reviews. Keep it up :D So we finally get to some secret ninja stuff. Although its not done...not yet anyways. Not without the help of our favorite scientists :D
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Twisted Cogs:
Shadows
Chapter 4
Hints
Dr. Julien lined up yet another 12 bundles of wire. The tan gloves were a little to big for his hands. He yawned for the fourth time in the last thirty minutes. Across the table were four other people. All of which he had learned were interns from the local college. He didn't mind working with college students, but their are some who think they're smarter then him because he was in college ages ago. Young nuts is what borg calls them. Most scientists go mad by his age. It still made him laugh though.
His phone went off, it was a strange thing since the only people who tended to call his cell phone were Mr. Borg or his sons. However his sons were at school at the moment. He answered the phone and it was Lloyds voice over the line.
"Someone took them!" He was panicked. "We tried to get to them. They had only just gotten into our line of sight on school property. A guy in a van snatched them." All of this happened so quickly. Julien whipped around telling the students to keep going and that he had a family emergency.
Borg jumped and nearly fell out of his wheelchair that flew backwards when Julien ran into his office. The woman sitting in the seat with a laptop on her lap turned and looked up at him.
"They're gone."
"Gone...what do you mean gone? I thought you said they were at school?" Borg wheeled from around the desk.
"They were supposed to be. They were on their way when you talked to me last. I don't…" he sighed and shook his head. "No I've got to go find them." Julien said. Borg nodded his head.
"I can't do much from my end Archie, but I can help you along." Borg said. "If you need help with anything just call me. I'll see that it happens." Julien nodded his head.
"I appreciate it Cyrus." Julien ran back into the elevator. He wasn't to sure just what he was going to do. But he knew that the boys were already planning something. They always did.
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Zane slowly opened his eyes feeling something jolt against him. He looked around, they were in a wooden hull. Scanning the room he knew they were in a boat. That and the fact that it stunk like rotted fish and seaweed. He felt another bump. He looked around seeing his brother laying on the ground shielding his chest. His body jolted again. Zane touched his brothers arm.
"Brother what is it...whats wrong?" Echo just shook his head giving his brother a pained look. Zane touched his brothers arms to signal him to move them. Echo slowly did what his brother asked. Zane pulled his brothers shirt up sliding the bronze piece out of the way. Their was a thin crack on his tank. It was bleeding oil everywhere. Zane ruffled through his pockets and sighed.
"Hold still and try not to…" Echo threw up all over the floor. "Oh Echo…" Zane rubbed circles around the nindroids back panels.
"I'm going to have to fix this Echo...your going to have to hold still." Zane said fishing around in his pocket for something. He pulled it out and opened it. Inside was something that looked like black puddy. He rolled it around in his hand for a second and then rolled it into a line. He placed it onto the cracks and smeared it around.
"This part isn't going to be fun for me. My oils on full...your close to empty." He sighed pulling something else out of his pocket. He lifted his own shirt and opened his own door and sighed. He pushed the tube he had pulled out of his pocket.
"B...Brother do you just keep these things in your pocket?"
"Its a first aid kit for us Echo...father has given it to me just in case we need to fix ourselves at the school. The school nurse wouldn't know what to do." Zane said Echo gasped when Zane pushed the tube in between his lips.
"Brother?"
"Don't worry, its what father said to do if this should ever happen. It won't taste great, but you won't lock up. Now drink." Zane said and shuttered when Echo began to pull from his tank. Zane watched the tank on his brother. Luckily it looked like the goo weld was sticking. It wouldn't last forever, he'd need a new tank when they got home. But it would hold for now.
"Echo…" Echo looked up at Zane. He reached forward brushing the tears from his face. "We'll be alright. I'm sure father has already started to take steps into saving us." Zane said ruffling his hair, giving him a reassuring smile.
"We'll be alright then?" Echo asked.
"Of course." Zane said
A few hours later they felt the ship rock back and forth roughly. The wind was whistling through the hold. They could hear the lightning crashing across the sky. Echo looked at his brother who had closed their chest plates and had his shirt tucked back in.
"Wonder how long this storm will last brother." Echo said and slowly sat up. He still felt like he was in a lot of pain from the beating he had gotten. Some parts of his synthetic skin was purple.
"Storms come and go brother. No need to worry so much." Zane said curling back up around his brother. "Besides I'm sure they know exactly what they're doing. They are pirates." Zane said and put his arm under his brothers head. Echo turned in burying his face in his brothers chest. He didn't like the noise of this storm.
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Julien starred in fascination at the warehouse in front of him. Their were partly made mechs all over the place. Lloyd stood under a green one grease covering his arms from his elbows down. Oil all over his knees and his cheeks.
"Lloyd what is this place?" Julien asked. He had came there looking for Wu. He knew that Wu knew the ninja before. He wasn't to sure about to what degree...but there he was in the corner drinking tea.
"Our secret base. We're fighting against Garmadon." Lloyd said. This caught him off guard.
"But Lloyd he's your father."
"Doesn't mean I should allow him to destroy the place over and over again. If this had anything to do with family...Uncle Wu is his brother. He's always been in my life. Played the part of father for me." Lloyd said. Wu looked up from his cup.
"I just nudged you in the right direction. You did the rest on your own." Wu said.
"Yeah but we helped too." Jay said hopping down from his own mech. It was the closest to being done.
"You all are...the new elemental masters?" Julien asked
"They are far from being masters." Wu proclaimed. Julien chuckled.
"Okay elemental trainees." He said and looked at the mechs. "Extraordinary...who taught you to do this?"
"No one did...we just kind of...know." Lloyd said Julien looked over the mechs and shook his head.
"We have a lot of work to do before you can make these workable...that and your going to need weapons on them. Just brute force isn't going to cut it. I know...I saw the previous ice ninja and lightning ninja die." Julien said looking around at Jay. His cheeks grew red. "She saved our lives Jay. Your mother was a good woman." Julien put his hand on Jays shoulder.
"Yes she was." He said
"The fact that you are wanting to continue where she left off would have made her smile." Jay hugged Julien. He smiled down at the boy.
