So, next chapter! The results:
Alexia: 1 vote
Kai: 2 votes
Nya: 0 votes
Jay: 0 votes
Cole: 0 votes
Zane: 0 votes
Sensei Wu: 2 votes
Drum roll please...
After pummeling the person, the two actually got a look at their victim, with mixed results.
"Oops." Moppet whispered.
"AH SHIT!" Lloyd yelled.
Zane calmly wiped the water from his face. "Why did you do that?"
*Cricket chirping*
You're probably wondering why Lloyd and Moppet reacted badly. Allow me to explain...
Moppet: She had intended to pummel Lane. Anyone else and Moppet would feel bad. In fact, even if she'd gotten Lane, she'd still feel bad. Just not as much.
Lloyd: He knows that Zane is a robot and realizes he that could have heavily damaged Zane if the water gets into Zane's circuits. Plus, Zane doesn't want Lane to know that he's a robot since he has a crush her, and if Zane is damaged, there is a chance that Lane could find out.
Now you see why he was chosen!
"Uh... It was Moppet's idea!" Lloyd said, paling.
"Hey, you agreed to it!" Moppet countered.
"Its fine-" Zane felt water leak into his panel and his circuits begin to malfunction, cutting off his speech. He felt himself slightly electrocuted, and became worried.
"Zane, are you alright?" Moppet asked, concerned.
"Moppet, can you go to your room?" Lloyd asked quickly. Moppet looked confused, but nodded and left. "I'll get Jay and Nya." He ran down the hall, leaving Zane to start to shake from his circuits shutting down.
In the girls' bedroom...
Moppet entered the bedroom to find Alexia and Lane relaxing. "Hey, Miss-Mops-A-Lot. Where have you been the last few days?" Lane asked before sneezing into a tissue.
"Um..." Moppet mumbled.
"Moppet, what did you do?" Alexia asked.
"Well... Lloyd and I were trying to get revenge by water-ballooning someone and we kinda got Zane instead of our original target." Moppet explained.
"Who was your original target?" Lane asked but Alexia answered.
"Lane, it was you." She told her. "I was actually wondering when it would happen."
"Me too. How did Zane take it?" Lane asked.
"He actually started to shake and looked weird." Moppet replied.
"Weirder than normal?" Alexia asked and Moppet nodded.
"I guess we'll never know-" Lane was interrupted by a loud shout. "Ooo, screaming! I wanna see, I wanna see!" Lane said excitedly, dropping her tissue and running out of the room.
"Lane that might not be a good idea!" Alexia yelled, going after her. "God, well, what's the worst it could be?"
In the room with screams...
Jay poked his head out of Zane's control panel, coughing. Smoke was coming out of the circuits, making everyone else in the room cough. Those people were Cole, Lloyd, Nya, and Kai.
"So, what did those two do to damage you this badly?" Jay asked.
"They threw water balloons." Zane explained.
"Why'd you do that Lloyd?" Cole asked.
"We were going for Lane." Lloyd told him.
"Let's hope it didn't permanently damage Zane." Nya said, handing Jay a wrench. Jay used it to poke around before getting electrocuted again.
"AGH, this is ridiculous!" Jay shouted.
"Where's the screaming coming from?" Lane's voice was heard from outside and Zane froze.
"Don't let her in!" Zane said quickly, unfortunately not quickly enough, as Lane slid open the door. Everyone in the room froze, waiting for a violent reaction.
"What is it?" Alexia asked, coming into the doorway.
"Ah... well..." Cole began, but didn't know how to say it.
Lane shrugged. "So Zane's a robot. Why the reaction?" Everyone else besides Alexia looked completely confused while Lane explained. "I mean, in Doctor Who, compared to everything else, robots are totally harmless! Wait, they are, right?" She asked, looking at Alexia.
Alexia shrugged. "Well, are we counting the Daleks and Cybermen?"
"Ah, no. They are living beings in metal suits." Lane said.
"Then yes, they're sort of harmless. Except if you count the Host, but they did end up helping the Doctor, so for the last five minutes they're on the good side." Alexia told her.
"Okay, not exactly harmless, but not very dangerous. Well, dangerous but not bad." Lane said, smiling.
"Are your conversations always this weird?" Jay asked.
"You want weird? Read this text." Lane threw him and phone and the ninja read off the list.
Alexia: Kill me now.
Lane: Why? Was Doctor Who canceled? Did your brother become a meaningful member of society? Did you set off the Osterhägen Key?
Alexia: What dimwit would set off the Osterhägen Key unless it was the Daleks?
Lane: You calling me a dimwit?!
Alexia: Oops me forgot. Sorry.
Everyone continued to look confused while Lane craned her neck to look at Zane. "Mind if I have a look?" She asked. "I took robotics." Zane nodded and she poked her head into the control panel. Alexia handed her and flashlight which Lane used to look inside.
"I think I found it!" Lane called. "Now if this isn't right, scream like bloody hell." She connected two wires.
Everyone but Lane and Alexia covered their heads to protect themselves. After a moment Zane's systems rebooted and Lane took her head from the control panel.
"How'd you do that?" Nya asked, amazed.
"Simple. I found the wire marked 'POWER SOURCE' and connected it to the drive labeled 'GROUND'. Everyone knows that!" Lane answered, but received blank stares from the others. "What, you guys didn't take robotics?"
Alexia raised her hand. "I did. It was either that or chorus, and I can't sing to save my life."
Kai raised an eyebrow. I think I'm going to talk with Alexia about that later.
"So, did the water damage Zane's circuits or something?" Jay asked.
"I think it just disconnected him." Lane answered. "But in the future tell us these kinds of things, because it could have been a lot worse."
Alexia and Lane left the room, leaving the boys in the room.
"That was interesting..." Nya said awkwardly.
"I was expecting a much larger reaction." Zane added.
"Those girls are weird." Jay muttered.
Elsewhere...
"ZANE'S A ROBOT?" Moppet screamed before Lane covered her mouth.
"Jeez, Moppet, with everything you've seen on Doctor Who, you would think you'd take it better." Lane hissed, taking away her hand.
"Watching is one thing; seeing is another!" Moppet protested.
"We're in a T.V. show right now. Be prepared for anything." Alexia told her.
"Hey, got a tissue?" Lane asked. "I'm out."
Alexia handed her a box. "You okay?"
"Yeah, absolutely- oh, look at the pink fluffy-" Lane dropped off in the middle of her sentence as she slumped and fell back onto her bed, fast asleep. Moppet paled slightly.
"Does Lane normally do that?" Alexia asked, concerned.
"GET THE DOCTOR! CURE LAAAAAAANE!" Moppet screamed running out of the room.
Kai quickly entered the room to find Alexia feeling Lane's forehead and looking worried. "What happened?" He asked.
"I think Lane's sick. She's been congested for the past day and she's got a fever." Alexia told him. She was scared, since they were in a different world and had no idea what was going on.
Kai took Alexia's hand. "I'll get Nya. Shout if something happens, okay?" Her kissed her forehead before leaving, finding Moppet still screaming on the deck.
"SAAAAAVE LAAAAAANE, PLEASE!" She screamed, running around.
"Who's she talking to?" Nya asked. *Note: Moppet is overreacting, thinking her sister may die, so she is appealing to the highest authority she knows of; THE DOCTOR (Specifically the Tenth, since she thinks the Ninth is creepy and the Eleventh is flightly).*
"No time, Alexia thinks Lane's sick." Kai shouted over the screams.
"Before that, CAN SOMEONE SHUT MOPPET UP?" Cole asked. In response, Lloyd duct taped Moppet's mouth shut.
"Why'd the screaming stop?" Alexia asked, coming out onto the deck.
"Moppet was screaming so Lloyd shut her up." Jay explained. "Who was she talking to?"
What Alexia is thinking: *Face palm* The Doctor, who else?
What Alexia says: "*Sigh*. Probably the only high authority she thinks could help Lane; the Doctor. Don't ask." She added the last part at the others' confused looks.
"A Doctor? You mean medical?" Lloyd asked, disregarding Alexia's last statement.
"No, a doctor of EVERYTHING. Now shut it and don't ask again." Alexia told him.
Oblivious to the others, Lane had wandered onto the deck, still hallucinating, so it was natural that she saw one of her favorite creatures off the side. "IT'S A DALEK! MUST. HUG." She squealed, catapulting off the ship.
Obviously, her stunt did not go unnoticed. Zane raced to the edge of the ship and saw Lane floating ominously in the ocean. He panicked and immediately went into the control room, landing the ship. Alexia jumped in the ocean and grabbed Lane, dragging her back to the ship.
"Are you alright?" Kai asked, helping the two girls out the water.
"Dalek, dalek, dalek!" Lane squealed, pointing out onto the water, but when Lloyd looked out, he paled.
"That's not a dalek." He whispered, dropping to his knees. "That's my dad."
"Lloyd, are you sure? It's a long way out." Nya said.
"Uh, I see something too. It's someone with black skin. That's Lord Garmadon, right?" Moppet asked, pulling the duct tape off her mouth.
"Let's get in closer." Jay moved the ship to where the body was floating. Once they were within fifty feet, it was clear that the body did belong to Lord Garmadon. Cole pulled it on board while Alexia checked his pulse, then pulled away her hand.
"He's dead." She murmured. "I'm sorry, Lloyd."
Lloyd knelt by his father and placed his head on his father's chest, crying.
"Is there anything we can do?" Nya asked. Alexia shook her head.
"His body's cold. Lord Garmadon was long dead before Lane saw him." She explained.
"That's where he was bitten, right?" Moppet asked, pointing to Lord Garmadon's hand. Alexia's face drained of color as she closely looked at the puncture mark on his hand but covered it up.
"Maybe we should leave for now." Cole whispered to the rest of the ninja. They left Sensei Wu and Lloyd with Lord Garmadon's body.
"La da de, la da do, le da de... Hey, it's Darvos!" Lane said, smiling blankly.
Alexia face palmed. "Can we get her on some meds now, PLEASE?"
From my best friend who was helping me write this chapter as co-writer: ALL HAIL DARVOS, THE FATHER AND IDIOT JESTER OF THE DALEKS! AND IF YOU DON'T GET THIS REFERENCE, YOU MUST WATCH MORE TV!
After a half hour, Lane was asleep again, this time knocked out with the aid of several boxes of sleeping pills, and when that had no effect, a large cast-iron frying pan. Alexia was on her own bed, exhausted from getting Lane to sleep.
"Call if you need anything." Kai told her before leaving the room.
"Is Lane gonna be okay?" Moppet asked, puppy-eyeing Alexia.
"Stop that. I only need Lane asleep so I could do this." *Note: This item will only appear this one time, and is from the Lego game my friend and I based this story on.* Alexia took out a silver feather, and Moppet gasped, knowing it was a feather of healing. "Remember, it was the meds, not this." Alexia put the feather on Lane's chest.
Lane gasped, shooting awake. She looked around, then looked at Alexia. "What happened here?"
"Do you feel okay?" Alexia asked.
"90% normal, 10% headache. Did someone hit me with a blunt, heavy object?" Lane asked.
"Sis, are we in your more serious side?" Moppet asked, earning a cold glare from her sister.
"Sleeping pills didn't work on your sick, hallucinating self so the boys resorted to a frying pan." Alexia explained.
"Understandable." Lane said simply. "I take it you used a feather of healing, then?"
"Yup. Now, there's something I need to show you both." Alexia took out her itouch and opened a file. "It's Lord Garmadon's death. It rubs me the wrong way."
Lane took the itouch from Alexia and looked at the information before nodding. "You are right; he could not have drowned since he was floating. Any outside trauma?"
"I don't know. I couldn't examine the body. But here's what freaks me out." Alexia slid the screen to reveal the bite mark on Lord Garmadon's hand. "That's no snake mark. It looks like a symbol."
"Try separating the mark from his hand." Lane suggested. Alexia did so and the three looked at the screen, lit up by the symbol.
"What is it?" Moppet asked.
"It feels like I know what it is, but I can't remember." Alexia murmured.
"It looks like Arabic." Lane said. "Too bad I never learned it."
"I didn't, but I know that it must be a name or word. The Arabians are known for making art out of their language. It's done by combining the letters and touching it up. Unfortunately, since some of the symbol was blotted out by the folds of the skin, I can't tell what it is." Alexia said.
"But you do know something." Lane told her, knowing the look on Alexia's face, and Alexia nodded.
"It means we're not the only ones who have come here from another world. Someone else came, to an earlier time of Ninjago, but I can't tell whether or not they came before us in our timeline."
"But how's that? We only got here 'cause of my cell phone." Moppet said.
"That was only our first hypothesis. It could have easily been a dimensional hole, or perhaps even a rip or tear in a weak part of space and time." Lane interjected.
"Lane's right. I doubt it was a coincidence that we were sent here and got powers. Something's up, and I have a dark feeling about it." Alexia said.
"But what is it?" Moppet insisted.
"Let's just say, I've got a feeling that things are going to get a lot worse, and on top of that, I might be in for a reunion in future time." Alexia said.
Well, well, well. You guys wanted to see Lane's other side, here it is! Also, what do you think happened to Lord Garmadon? And what is coming? P.S. Dark feelings are much worse than bad feelings; it's actually what I get sometimes, and they have always been 100% accurate, while bad feelings are not always.
Lane: ALL HAIL DARVOS, THE FATHER AND IDIOT JESTER OF THE DALEKS!