A/n: Hello, everyone! Thanks to NinjagoGeek4EVER, The Titan's Shadow, and Guest for your reviews! They encourage me to continue writing! Here's the next chapter!
"And this is PIXAL." Zane said, standing next to the female android, "She was also shrunk by the explosion."
Echo's eyes widened.
"Wait, I know you!" He exclaimed, "You saved my life!"
"You did?" Zane asked, turning to PIXAL. She just nodded, refusing to make eye contact.
"Now that we've got Echo, we should head back to the city." Code said, trying to change the subject.
"Indeed. PIXAL, you know someone who can help us, correct?" Zane asked.
"Yes." PIXAL said shortly.
The four of them took a boat back to Ninjago, Echo staring at PIXAL the whole time. She tried to ignore it, but he was really getting annoying. As a droid, she wasn't supposed to experience this. Then again, she wasn't supposed to be six inches tall, either.
"So, we'll be at shore in about five minutes." Code said, breaking PIXAL out of her thoughts, "Where are we going after that?"
"Mistake's tea shop." PIXAL told her.
"Who's Mistake?" Code asked.
"She runs a tea shop in Ninjago City." Zane explained.
"Yeah, I got that," Code said, "But how is she supposed to help us?"
"You'll see." Zane smirked.
A few minutes later, they had reached the docks, and Code was tying the boat to a post, when her phone rang. She answered it with a smile, expecting it to be one of her friends calling.
"Hello?" She asked perkily, "Oh, dad."
Code's face fell.
"What? Seriously? You've got to be kidding me! Not him, too!" She practically shouted, "WHAT?! SERIOUSLY?! WHYYYYYY?!"
She listened for a few more seconds, then nodded, said "OK," and hung up.
"What was that all about?" Echo asked.
"Well, apparently Cryptor shrunk, too. Dad's going to bring him here from Kryptarium Prison." Code said simply, "But, it gets worse!"
"Citizens were affected, as well as us?" PIXAL guessed.
"No. WORSE!" Code yelled, "MY FAVORITE PINK AND GOLD SWEATER SHRUNK IN THE WASH!"
"Oh." Zane said, uninterested.
He was mainly thinking about how he would have to put up with Cryptor for who-knows-how-long while they figured a cure out.
"WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?!" Code screamed, grabbing PIXAL's tiny shoulders and shaking her.
~Half an hour later~
Cyrus drove up in a limo, hugged his daughters-well, tried to. PIXAL was too small-and handed a jar to Code.
"Cool!" She said, staring at the miniature Nindroid General inside.
"Is that…Cryptor?" Echo asked, wide eyed.
Zane and PIXAL had helped to fill him and Code in on the story behind Cryptor. So he knew all about how the general had fought against Ninjago, survived the destruction of the Overlord, and e been taken to Kryptarium Prison soon after.
"Yes." Zane said, annoyed.
"Hello, Zane, PIXAL, droid I don't know, and child I've already come to hate." Cryptor smirked.
"You seem to have forgotten something." Code said.
"What's that, pathetic human?" The Nindroid General asked.
"I may be a 'pathetic human,' but I can still do this!" Code said, shaking the jar vigorously. After a few minutes, Zane decided to speak up.
"She's not going to stop shaking it, is she?" He whispered to PIXAL.
"Most likely not." PIXAL answered, not making eye contact.
~Ten minutes later~
Code walked into Mistake's tea shop, Echo and Zane on her right shoulder, PIXAL on her left one, and Cryptor still in the jar she hadn't stopped shaking.
"Hello? Mistake?" She called.
"NEVER HEARD OF HER!" A scratchy voice came from the back of the shop.
"But, the sign says 'Mistake's Tea Shop: Herbal Teas and Medicine,'" Code said.
There was laughter from the back, and an elderly woman stepped out from behind a curtain of beads. She wore a straw hat, much like the one Sensei Wu used to, before he became a baby. Her face was covered in wrinkles, some from laughing and others from glaring. She wore a brown shirt and pants, with various designs on them.
"About time someone actually read the sign." She said, smiling. Now that she got a good look at the girl, she realized something. "You are very familiar…" She said.
"I get that a lot. Cyrus Borg adopted me." Code replied
"I see. How may I help you, child?" Mistake asked.
"My friends, here, have been shrunk." Code said, glancing at PIXAL, Zane, and Echo. Though, she was still shaking the jar containing Cryptor.
"Stop shaking that jar, and let me get a good look at them." Mistake scolded.
Code immediately stopped.
"Thank you!" Cryptor shouted.
"Ah, Titanium Ninja, we meet again." Mistake said, looking at Zane.
"Hello, Mistake." Zane said.
"How did this happen?" The elderly woman asked, turning her gaze to Code.
"Well, I have golden powers, and somehow managed to shrink them. We just found out, and don't know how to fix it." Code explained.
"Use your powers, duh! They got you into this, and they can get you out!" Mistake said, annoyed.
"But, I'm not trained, yet! All I can do with my powers is create explosions! And even then, I can't do it on command." Code exclaimed, "Isn't there any other way?"
"Well…" Mistake started, "I may have an enlarging tea."
She walked to the back, and searched. A few seconds later, Code and the others could hear chainsaws, hammers, and metal clanging. There were the sounds of a horse neighing, and a duck quaking, before Mistake walked back out.
"I don't have it. And, unfortunately, I don't have all the ingredients to make more." She said.
"Don't you have anything else?" Code asked.
"Hmm. We could try a Size-Changing Tea." Mistake answered, "However, you would need objects symbolizing important parts of the pasts of the victims," She pointed to PIXAL, Zane, Echo, and Cryptor. "And the one show cursed them." She pointed to Code.
"Okay." Code brightened, "We can get those."
"But, those objects must COME FROM important parts of your pasts." Mistake smirked.
"Wait. You don't mean-" Code started, but was interrupted by the old woman.
"Have a nice trip down Memory Lane." She said, and took out her phone. She whispered something into it, nodded, and threw it on the floor at Code's feet. A portal opened, and as Code, PIXAL, Zane, Echo, and Cryptor fell in, the last thing they could hear was Mistake's laughter.
A/n: So, what did you think? We finally got to the main point of the story, the Time Traveling! The next chapter should get much more interesting!
