Zane hit the street hard. The asphalt crumbled beneath him and formed into a large crater. His metallic body absorbed the shock. He straightened up and paused before using his powers to their full extent. He grinned wide and broke out in laughter as he began to freeze all the innocent citizens of the city. They ran screaming from the ninja that once saved them.
Kai helped the blue ninja up from the floor. "Are you all right, Jay?" Jay nodded.
"That was weird," he concluded, looking around the apartment. Kai then made his way over to Cole as Lloyd got closer to Jay. Cole looked up at his friends, his vision slightly blurry.
"He's going to hurt someone," Cole said slowly. "You guys need to go stop him!"
"How do we do it without hurting him?" Lloyd asked.
"I think he bruised my stomach," Jay mumbled while patting his abdomen. Cole let out a groan as his severe headache returned. Kai put on his ninja hood.
"Well, someone needs to put him in his place," he began. A loud crash followed by car sirens could be heard from the streets below. "And fast." He bolted for the door.
"Kai, wait!" Lloyd was too late. The fiery ninja was gone. Cole stood up again only to be pushed back down by Jay.
"Take the day off. We got this." Jay gave him a reassuring smile, then put on his own blue hood and ran out the door. Cole watched Jay leave with sad yet pained eyes, disappointed that he could not join his friends.
"Just rest, Cole! You need it!" Lloyd yelled back as he followed Jay out the door. The excited ninjas flew down the stairs of the apartment building. When they finally got to the ground floor, though, they bumped right into Kai, who stood in awe and disbelief at the sight in front of him. Entire buildings were engulfed in ice.
Jay stuttered. "He...he's insane!" There was silence for the next few seconds, and then it was abruptly broken by Zane's shrill laughter in the distance.
"Lloyd, get your dragon," Kai said. "I have a plan."
"Hey, you!" Jay yelled, waving his arms to attract Zane's attention. "Hey, tin can! Look at me!" Zane stopped his flow of ice on the half frozen car and snapped his head in Jay's direction. A crooked smile appeared on his face as he walked over to the ninja of lightning. "Ninja-GO!" Jay spun towards Zane at a high speed. Zane did the same. They clashed and fought for power, but it was Jay who went flying backwards with a yell. At this rate, defeating Zane seemed impossible.
Zane laughed once more at Jay got to his feet, and then threw shards of ice at Jay. While Jay covered his face, none of the shards hit him, and instead landed on the sides of him. Once he knew Zane missed, Jay stood tall and laughed.
"You'd think a robot would have better-" he began, but the crackling of ice cut him off. The shards grew bigger, and then froze Jay's feet right to the ground. Jay's eyes widened. "Uh-oh...!"
Zane stepped toward Jay, and then let out an angered, metal yell in pain. He turned and glared at Kai, who had burned his back with a whip of fire.
Kai smirked. "Fire melts ice." Zane formed a sphere of ice, and blasted its frosty air towards Kai. The red ninja preformed the same attack with his own element, and they canceled out. But Zane got stronger, and the harder he pushed, the harder it became for Kai to strike back. Soon enough the column of fire was down to a flame and Kai's hands began to freeze.
"Jay!" Kai yelled in panic. "Do something!"
"I'm kind of stuck here, you know," Jay said, crossing his arms. He glanced around as a shadow came over them, and smiled at the sight of Lloyd on his dragon. The four-headed beast swooped over in a blink of an eye, grabbing Zane and soaring high up above the buildings. The temperamental ice ninja squirmed and struggled, resorting to freezing the dragon's feet in order to break free. He hit the roof of a sky-scraper, leaving a decent sized dent. Lloyd jumped down also, landing in a fighting stance.
"Zane," he began with a calm voice. "It's me; it's Lloyd." Zane seemed unchanged. He shot several ice shards at Lloyd, who quickly drew up a power shield to deflect them. A few more of Zane's attacks were terminated by Lloyd. "Zane, please…"
"Enough," was the first thing Zane said in his evil state. It was his normal voice echoed by machine. Zane jumped at Lloyd. The two of them fought long and hard, as they were about equally matched.
Kai slowly melted the ice around Jay's feet. "He's tough!" Kai added. "How are we going to get him back?"
"Maybe we really do need Cole's help," Jay suggested.
"He's way too weak," Kai said. "I don't want him getting hurt." Kai glanced up at the building of which Zane fought the green ninja, then at the dark clouds behind it. "Looks like a storm is coming," Kai said uneasily. "They better finish up soon."
Lightning flashed away and thunder roared as the vigorous battle continued. Zane had burns and scrapes, while Lloyd obtained rips in his ninja suit as well as cuts to his skin from sharp ice. The evil is so strong in him! Lloyd thought after he did a back hand-spring to avoid a speeding shard of ice that resembled Zane's beloved shuriken. Feeling the vibrations of a huge crackle of thunder throughout his entire body made Lloyd flinch, and Zane saw his chance. He jumped and spun, then landed and lunged his hands forward, blowing Lloyd back to the edge of the roof with a mighty frozen wind. When Lloyd looked opened his eyes, he noticed the lack of space between him and a thirty-story drop to the ground. Swallowing hard, he looked at Zane, who strolled over to the helpless boy with his wicked sneer. Zane wrapped his hand gingerly around Lloyd's neck before tightening his grip and holding the boy up over the edge. Lloyd panicked and grabbed at Zane's hand, kicking his feet and coughing lightly. He knew if suffocation didn't kill him, the drop would.
Kai was just as terrified. His mind raced. "Jay!" He yelled out of fear. "Direct the lighting into Zane!"
"Now you sound as crazy as Zane!" Jay remarked. "There's no way that'll work! It'll kill them both!"
"Just try it!" Kai screamed. "Before Zane does some real damage!"
The shaking blue ninja focused on the storm clouds that loomed over the city. He stuck out his hand and waited for the right moment. Kai grew more and more uneasy by the millisecond. "Hurry up, Jay!" He said; his words were fast. "Do it now!"
Jay tightened his hand and dragged it across the front of him. A large flash told the boys that Jay had succeeded. Zane's body jerked and surged before finally sparking. His grip loosened, and Lloyd gasped as he felt himself slipping. His foot gently tapped the edge of the roof, and he transferred his weight onto it, stepping onto the ledge. But all in a moment, Zane unconsciously fell forward. The green ninja yelled out as he and Zane's hard metal body plummeted towards the earth. He shut his watery eyes and clung to Zane tightly, praying his friends would think fast.