"No no, move to the right—! Lloyd, look out!"

There was a loud crash, followed by some very girly shrieks and yet another crash. Hearing the commotion, Sensei Wu decided to check on his pupils and see how their first day of training was going. When he entered the room, his breath was knocked out of him as he surveyed the damage.

The boys were all piled on top of each other, with one of the three bunk beds laying on top of them. They all glanced up and gave sheepish smiles.

"Heh heh…h-hi, Sensei…" Jay pulled an arm free to wave. That only got him a disapproving look.

"What have you five done?! Is training too much of a responsibility for you?!"

"It is not the training we are running into problems with, Sensei. Our problems lie with my twin…he—"

"Yeah! It's like the guy can't hear us! That or he doesn't want to listen! I-I mean—he just spins in circles making those weird robot noises until he hits one of us!"

"Uh, Jay, I wouldn't make Zane angry if I were you. You do realize he's on top of you, right?" Cole raised his voice, hoping the other would hear him and realize that making his robotic brother more aggravated that he already was may not end well.

"Zane's not gonna get angry at me for telling the truth, Cole! He knows it, you all know it!"

"…oh, do we now?"

The air in the room got cold; this was something nobody—not even Sensei Wu—had been witness to before. Cole hurriedly tried to push the large bunk off of himself and his comrades, and was barely successful in doing so. Everyone quickly got up and bolted for the door, hiding behind Wu. Everyone but Jay, who was being held against the floor by a furious-looking Zane.

"I expected you to have more respect for our new brother, Jay. Do you have no regard for anyone but yourself?"

Jay, now in a full-fledged panic, started to squirm around. Zane's voice had taken on an eerily robotic tone, and he didn't like it. As he had started to make an attempt to escape, however, Zane was gently tugged off of him. He took the opportunity and jumped to his feet, backing away as quickly as he could without falling.

To everyone's surprise, Zane's twin—Echo Zane was the name they'd given him—was the one that had intervened.

"You…do not need to do this, brother…" Echo Zane muttered, "He is right. I am nothing but a walking piece of rusted metal."

With those words spoken, Echo Zane quietly exited the room, leaving everyone else in utter shock.