A/N: You guys are so awesome! Thank you to everyone who has clicked 'follow' or 'favorite' for this story, and an even bigger thank you to anyone who reviewed. I got nothing but positive reviews for the first chapter and many people saying they were excited for more. It just puts a big smile on my face.
I know you've all been waiting, so without further-ado I present to you the second chapter of "White Ninja of Darkness". Hope you all enjoy.
Chapter posted on August 24, 2015.
Chapter 2:
*Zane's PoV*
"Why didn't you help Kai!?" Cole yelled. We were all in the training room at the end of today's session. Cole stood in front of me, his face just a couple inches from mine, red with anger. "If this had been real, he would have died! But, then again, that's probably what you wanted since you're one of them!"
Our training today had been a simulated battle against droids that Nya had built for us. She was quite handy with robotics and had designed these droids to imitate the fighting styles of enemies we had previously fought. Today they were fighting like Nindroids, prompting Cole's comment about me being 'one of them'. That's not to say his comment was justified. Cole's insinuation that I would flip sides because I was a robot like our enemies did hurt to hear.
What had happened was that during the simulated fight a couple of our 'enemies' had managed to pin Kai to the floor. I had been surrounded, trying to fight off at least ten of the droids. There was no way I could have made it to Kai's position in time, even if I had used my spinjitzu. Jay, on the other hand, had been closer to Kai and had only been fighting two of the enemies. He had been capable of saving Kai, had this encounter been real. The simulation ended as the droids moved in to deliver the 'final blow'. That was what Nya had programmed them to do. If the droids stopped fighting in the middle of the battle, that meant that one of us had been 'killed', thus meaning we had failed.
Cole was yelling at me for this failure because, somehow, I was the one at fault. Nowadays, though, every mistake was my fault. I had long ago stopped trying to defend myself in these arguments. They never listened anyway. I just stood there in silence, taking the verbal abuse Cole was throwing at me.
My thoughts drifted to the offer Master Chen had given me. I could almost surely say that the other Ninja wouldn't care if I just disappeared. They would probably be relieved I was gone, as much as it hurt me to think that. They would easily move on, eventually forgetting about me all together, and I would be free from this abuse... But was that freedom worth it if I had to do horrible things under Master Chen's orders?
When Cole's fist came up and hit me in the face, sending me flying across the room, my body slamming into the wall on the opposite side, I decided. Throughout everything that has happened since discovering I was a robot, none of the other Ninja had ever hit me. Cole's punch was the first time and that usually meant that it would soon become normal.
I was not going to sit around and become a punching bag. Serving Master Chen had to be better then this. I was leaving with Clouse tonight.
Wordlessly, I stood up, not looking at any of the others, and walked out of the the training room. The halls of the Bounty were quiet and empty. I held up a hand to the spot Cole had hit, inspecting it for damage. My jaw ached a bit, but the metal structure underneath my synthetic skin didn't seem to need any repairs. I made my way to my own room and started packing my things. There wasn't much. I had a few pairs of casual clothing, a couple of my white Ninja gi, my Elemental Sword from the Temple of Light, my Techno-Blade, and all of my shurikens. I never felt like I needed to keep sentimental objects, so there wasn't anything else that I needed to worry about.
I left a single white gi and one shuriken on my bed, a sign of my departure to anyone who cared. When I had finished, I left the room, door open, and exited the Bounty. A couple of steps into the city, I looked back briefly, staring at the fluttering sails of the ship, but the soreness from my jaw reminded me of why I was leaving. I shook my head and continued on my way to the docks.
Despite it being only an hour past noon, Clouse was already there, waiting by one of the ships. This set off alarm bells in my head. How did he know I would come early? I pushed the thoughts away forcefully, not willing to let myself become paranoid.
"So, you've decided to accept my Master's offer?" Clouse asked.
"Yes." I replied.
Clouse smiled, though it looked more like a creepy smirk. It sent shivers down my back. "Then I welcome you aboard. If we leave now, we should arrive at Master Chen's island by nightfall."
I stepped on and set down my bag, willing myself to not look back, even as the ship set sail, leaving Ninjago City and the rest of Ninjago behind it.
I only stared ahead at the horizon, wondering how different my life was about to become.
*3rd Person PoV*
Clouse walked into the ship's control room, picking up a communicator that was lying on the counter. "I was successful, Master. The Nindroid is on the ship now and we are on the way to the island. He actually believes his friends betrayed him."
"Perfect. Once we have the robot, nothing will be able to stop me."
"Do you want me to send out the invitations to your tournament?" Clouse asked.
"No, no. Not yet. We will wait a few months before commencing the Tournament of Elements. For now, I just want to focus of the Master of Ice."
"Of course, Master. I will have returned with him by nightfall."
The person on the other side of the communicator laughed. "I hold all the cards. Ninjago will soon be mine."
A/N: There you go. Hints to the evil plot and all. Hope you guys liked this chapter. Like I said in the first chapter, my updates are going to be irregular, and I'm about to start college, so please don't hound me about updating the story unless it has been a really long time. Reviews are awesome, so don't forget to click that button below. See you all next time and have a great rest of your day.