A/n: Hello, everyone! This chapter takes place during the last chapter. It focuses on Zane, Echo, and Cryptor.
"PIXAL!" Echo and Zane shouted in unison, but they were too late. She'd been pulled into the portal, which had now disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Zane asked.
"Another time, I presume." Cryptor said.
"How will we find them?" Echo asked, worry in his voice.
"How should I know?" Cryptor said, annoyed, "I'm no expert on time travel."
Suddenly, another portal opened on the ground in front of them.
"Well, that was convenient." Echo said happily, and walked forward.
"Wait, Echo! We do not know if it will take us to the same time!" Zane yelled, but it was too late. Echo had already jumped in.
Zane sighed. Cryptor shrugged, and followed Echo through the portal. Zane did the same, and when he opened his eyes, he instantly knew where they were.
The sky around them was cloudy and filled with lightning. The ground beneath him was made entirely of metal, and he could hear footsteps all around him. It was the night he and his friends shut off New Ninjago City's power.
"We're at the power substation." Cryptor stated, "We must keep this the same. Or it could have drastic consequences."
"Indeed." Zane agreed. He could hear his past self and the ninja inside the building, arguing about how to shut off the power.
"Agh!" Echo's voice yelled. The portal had dropped him inside the station, and the ninja had just spotted him.
"Whoa! A tiny Zane!" Jay's voice said in awe.
"A tiny, rusty Zane." Cole's voice corrected.
"Oh, no." Zane whispered.
"I know." Cryptor whispered back, "He's already failed to keep things the same."
Zane face palmed, and then realized that, while they were distracted by Echo, the ninja had completely forgotten to lock the door to the station. Unfortunately, Past-Cryptor and his Nindroids noticed this, too. They began walking towards the door. Zane knew he needed to do something about it.
He took a pen out of his pocket, and pressed a button on the side.
"What are you doing?" Cryptor asked.
"This is a Disguise Pen. PIXAL gave it to me a while ago. It will allow us to look any way we choose, but no bigger than we are." Zane explained, and scanned himself with the pen's light.
Instantly, he was in disguise. He was no longer Titanium; instead, he looked just like his past self, only smaller.
"Wow." Cryptor said in awe.
"Your turn." Zane said, and scanned the former Nindroid General.
Cryptor's clothes went from the Kryptarium Prison outfit to the same armor he'd worn in the past.
"Very nice." Cryptor sighed.
"Yes, but I do wish we could look normal sized." Zane sighed.
"Agh! Nindroids!" Jay's voice yelled from inside.
Zane and Cryptor turned to see that Past-Cryptor and some of his Nindroids were fighting the ninja. Suddenly, they heard a robotic, feminine voice from behind them. It was Past-PIXAL, and she had just grappled onto the tower.
Immediately, Zane jumped off the edge and onto the next level, just before she saw him. Cryptor looked from Zane to Past-PIXAL and back again. He had a worried expression on his face, and was panting a little.
"What am I supposed to do?" He whispered to Zane.
"Don't you remember? Shoot her!" Zane said, and then remembered another important thing, "But don't actually hit her! Miss! And don't come very close! That way, she'll think you're small because of the distance."
"Right." Cryptor said, and shot the ground in front of Past-PIXAL with a laser. She did a backflip, dodging it. The Nindroids began cornering her, and Zane looked towards the doorway.
This was when he was supposed to come help her. But, he realized with horror, that his past self was too distracted by the fight with the Nindroids to notice. Zane sighed, knowing he would have to reenact the fight with Cryptor.
"Cryptor!" He whisper yelled, "You're supposed to lift her up by the neck right now!"
"But I can't!" Cryptor said, and then looked at the Nindroid in front of him. "You!" He said, pointing.
"Me? What is it?" The Nindroid asked nervously.
"I need you to lift her up by the neck!" Cryptor said, pointing to Past-PIXAL.
"What?! Why can't you do it?!" The Nindroid asked, fear in his eyes.
"Because I am your general! So, unless you want to end up as a piece of scrap metal, I suggest you do as I tell you!" Cryptor barked.
Much to Past-PIXAL's dismay, the Nindroid did as he was told. This was Zane's cue, and he climbed back onto the next level.
"Ninja go!" He shouted as he whirled into a Spinjitzu tornado. Most of the nindroids ran away, so he just stood there dramatically, and looked at the Nindroid holding PIXAL, just as before. Cryptor glanced over at him, and nodded.
"You can set her down, now." He told the Nindroid. The Nindroid nodded, and threw her at a wall. "Or, throw her at a wall. That works, too, I guess." Cryptor said. The Nindroid then ran away out of fear.
Zane took out his Techno-Blade, which came with his disguise. He ran towards Cryptor with the blade raised, but the Nindroid General grabbed it.
"Uh…The original Nindroid!" He said, vaguely remembering what he was supposed to do, "You're nothing more than a tin can with feelings." He then threw Zane out of the way, and he landed on the metal floor.
Through all of this, Past-PIXAL stood there, wondering what to do. She could help Zane, but she didn't really want to go against the general, again. Plus, she hadn't ASKED him to come save her; this was on him. So she continued what she was doing.
"Now what?" Cryptor whispered.
"Turn invisible and bang me against the wall a few times!" Zane whispered back. Cryptor nodded, and did as he was told.
"Zane, watch out!" Past-PIXAL shouted, but it was too late. Cryptor had already hit him several times.
A/n: The next chapter will go back to PIXAL and Code, so we can see whether or not they fix the past.
