Hey everyone, Happy New Year! And to start off for my new year, I got a new update for you. And I hoped you had a great time for new years eve. But enjoy the update.
Chapter 3: Oscorp
Anixous and excitement filled in Jay's heart as he was ansty to reach for Oscorp Tower in Downtown Ninjago City. His foot tapped on the metal floor of a subway car he and everyone else had to take to reach the downtown district of the large city. Unfortunatly it wasn't a normal subway train that traveled underground, it actually traveled above the streets as it glided on the structured railings. Jay believed that he read something in the newspapers before that have the tracks above the streets would save space and time to not dig underground and install the tracks. But he didn't care about it as the subway was one step closer to Oscorp.
The auburn teen turned his head to stare out the window behind him and watched the many skyscrapers surrounding the downtown district fly past the train cars. Surprised that the Great Devourer hasn't slithered here and instead went for the northern part of the city. His hazel eyes shifted around the city in amazement and stopped to nearly squeal as he saw the building he was looking for until his view was blocked after entering a tunnel of a station. He had to whine quietly to that but knew the ride was almost over as he could feel the subway reduce its speed and stopped with metal grinding.
"Please remain seated after the car has come to a complete stop." a feminine voice announced on a recorded audio of the speakers and the metal doors slid open. "Thank you and have a nice day in Ninjago City."
Jay stifled a groan as he stretched his legs and grabbed a hold on the poles in the car to pull himself to his feet. He adjusted the sleeves of his blue sweatshirt and waited patiently to exit out of the train with his uncle and friends following behind. His aunt would've joined them, but she had to run some errands, but the blue ninja felt a bit upset that she couldn't come but understood. He gazed around the small subway station to feel slightly shoved aside to grimace at the passengers a little and pushed his glasses back up to his face. "How rude can you be to a person who is a ninja here?" he mumbled and watched the train leave.
Ben had heard his nephew's rant to chuckle a little. He shook his head as he wondered if Jay wasn't much to being a normal teenager than a ninja a lot. "Probably because you're dressed normally than yourself that makes you a teenager." he said. "They may know you as a ninja but you're not dressed as one." Jay had to agree as he glanced down at himself to see that the blue jeans, white undershirt, and his blue sweatshirt would make him a normal teen and not a ninja. Even his friends were like him in normal clothes of their choice and elemental colors. They made themselves like a group of friends hanging out for a day. "The rest of the way is by foot." his uncle continued as he lead the way to a set of stairs that reached down to the streets. "Luckily it's not that far from here, two block precisely. Trust me, I take this path everyday."
Jay had to chuckle a little to his uncle's ways of the city and followed closely behind him in the crowded streets. He had gotten a few bumps along the way from some pedestirans as they weaved their way through the streets of the two block walk. "If I was dressed in my ninja attire, they would be moving aside for us." he mumbled quietly and glanced over his shoulder to watch his friends and Nya follow closely behind them. His hazel eyes shifted back to what was in front of him to stop and stare in awe. "This is it." he exclaimed.
In front of his wide eyes stood the most marvelously skyscraper he wanted to step foot in. Oscorp. The building had it's own block on the streets for it was structurely large foundation. The plaza was large with a fountain and a glass sculpture of a cube in the center balancing on a corner. The base of the building made Jay think of a large trapazoid for its lobby and the building itself rose high into the sky to be close as Ninjago City Tower, but was oddly constructed from the architect work. Half of the building was sliced in a slight diagonal with the upper half hover over its cut part. But to keep it intact, hexagonal patterns wrapped around the base of the sliced halves and wrapped around the upper half with the name of Oscorp along the side. And even more surprisingly, the window and other structures of the building refelcted the sun to give off a dark green tint to it.
Jay couldn't believe it that it was the place he has always dreamed on entering to know what they do. It was a dream come true. He couldn't hold his excitement for long. "I can't believe this is it!" he squealed in joy. "I'm going to enter the greatest place in all of Ninjago and I can't wait to see what they do." He followed after his uncle with the others behind and the glass doors slid open to make him more excitement to pracitcally almost jump out of his skin as he entered the lobby. He then heard a small squeak and looked over his shoulder with everyone else to laugh as Kai's right foot was caught as the doors closed on him. "HAHAHA! Oh that's rich!" he laughed and watched the fire ninja wretch his foot free, giving the blue ninja a glare.
The Ninja gazed around the enlarge lobby they stood in to watch the many business personal buzz through to reach for the elevators. They could see many conference rooms on each floor from the glass windows. Tiled floors almost revealed their reflections with the sun illuminating the entire building. What do they do now? The Ninja followed after Jay's uncle as he walked over to a security gate to place his palm on the glass scanner to scan his prints and was accepted with the company following behind. "Welcome to Oscorp Corprations. Home of Ninjago's hope to heal the world." a female voice greeted softly. "How can I be of service?"
The Ninja turned their heads to the direction of the voice to see a teen of their age walked over to them from a set of stairs. She had dark raven hair that fell past her shoulders with green grey eyes. Her skin was fair in tone to almost melt and blend with the yellow sweater and skirt she wore underneath her white lab coat. Her pink lips parted a small smile as she met with the group. "Doctor Walker, I didn't expect you here today." she smiled. "Are you playing hooky on your day's off today? Or something else? And who do we have here? They don't appear to be normal Oscorp people."
Jay heard his uncle laugh lightly to the girl and turned over to the others, confused. But he noticed Cole had a small smile tug on his face as he saw her. "Oh Dawn, you make any day good." he heard his uncle say to turn himself back. "Everyone, this is Dawn Mori, one of the bright minds here and one of my interns." he introduced her. "She's here for a degree for medical herbs and enviromental analysis. And no, I'm not playing hooky, I'm here to give my nephew and friends a tour of Oscorp. This lucky one here is Jay." and pulled Jay closer to him to hear laugh a little.
"Nice to meet you." Dawn said and noticed someone in the back of the group to smile widely. "Cole, it is you!" and rushed between the Ninja to wrap her arms around the earth ninja. "I wouldn't expect to see you here with Doctor Walker."
Cole chuckled and hugged the girl back. A small smile plastered his lips as she pulled from him. "I didn't expect you here too, Dawn. What are you doing here anyway?"
"Oh I'm here for-" she paused as she felt something ring in her coat and pulled out her PDA to sigh. "I'm sorry, but I'm super busy. I have to go. Maybe later I'll call you for a visit later, okay?"
Cole chuckled while bringing the girl to another hug. "Sounds good." he said. "Now get going then." The earth ninja watched the girl run off to catch an elevator and glanced around to receive weird looks. "What? I would know her because she's my cousin. Didn't expect to see her here, that's all." He fixed the sleeves of his sweatshirt and turned to Lucas. "And the answer is no, Lucas. I caught you goggigly eyeing her. Someone is in love at first sight."
"Wha-Hey!" the Ninja of Water exclaimed.
Jay laughed at the grey ninja as he saw his face change when he saw Dawn to feel sympathy. It was like when he first laid eyes on Nya and fell in love. Even if his voice was out for awhile after Cole's accidental scythe swing, he found the answer he wanted to ask. Favorite color, blue. But now, the water ninja was getting the same treatment Kai gave him until he finally gave up to allow him to date Nya. Only now it was with Cole on his cousin. Even though Lucas denying it, he could see the glint of love in his hazel grey eyes. He rather not mention it now, but eventually.
The lightning ninja's uncle laughed a little to the aftermath and walked into the center of the group. "Now that that's taken care of, who's ready to see more of Oscorp?" he asked and heard his nephew shout while raising his hand up like he was in school for an exciting field trip. He had to smile to his enthusiasm and quickly walked over to the front desk to talk with an receptionist and came back. "Before we begin, you'll need these lanyards." he continued and passed out each ninja a thin lanyard with a tag on the end that says guest. "These will allow you access to the building without having to be stopped by security. And if they ask, you're with me. Now let's begin." Jay nearly squeal as he fed his head through the loop like it was a necklace. He was now ready to see what was inside more and couldn't hold it anymore as they begin following.
What could there be?
Jay's feet ached after each stepped he tugged from the long tour his uncle was giving. His excitement was still contained as he had to listen to what each department the company had to offer. Learning new gadgets, scientific studies and fields, and amazing discoveries that make Oscorp, Oscorp. He even gotten to see the android his uncle mention earlier before the tour as it was nearly complete. It had all the features of a human would, such as skin, hair, and eyes, but all it needed was a power source that they couldn't function properly or else it wouldn't move. Suprising to Jay that it had almost looked like him but it had a different hair style and color; much darker and long. But still, the face looked like his.
The lightning ninja glanced over his shoulder to notice none of his friends were interested with Oscorp as he was. Probably because they're more into ninjas than be scientists. But Zane, being a nindroid seemed a little interested as well as Nya did. He smiled for the samurai he loves to have taken interest in Oscorp as he had. Probably it was because of the mechanical floors where they created the gadgets and other devices. His favorite hobby; inventing.
The auburn teen followed his uncle to a set of glass walls to see many scientists in white lab coats buzz through the large room to notice they were heading for the glass door. The doors hissed at their presence and opened to let them enter like it was a gate keeper. "And here is one of the research labs we house here in Oscorp." Ben said as the doors closed behind him, nearly clipping Kai again. The air smelled sterile to Jay as he and the others scanned around with their eyes. "We have over about three dozen labs or so here but only because new discoveries have to be found. Here is where conduct to our experiments and find the ways to improve them. Whether if it's cross-breeding plants or even genes to help improve the human body, we dedicate all the time and possibilites until we have found what he seek. It's a long work day, but it pays off."
"Right you are, but should be home relaxing to your off days." a voice mused.
Jay glanced over to the voice to see two new scientists around his uncle's age or less. One was tall and stock with light brown hair with flecks of grey mixed in. His face adorned large square glasses, larger than Jay's even, but to his surprise was that he noticed that his right arm sleeve was rolled up and pinned to his coat. "He's an amputied." he said to himself and turned to study the other scientist. The other scientist was medium height and stocked as well with dark brown hair that was cut to a bowl cut almost. The lightning ninja noticed four large spoke jutting from the corners of his back and raised his scarred brow. "What are those now?" he wondered and thought of the possibilities.
"Ah Curtis, Otto, I figure two would be here." Ben laughed as he walked over to greet them, being mindful to shake hands with his left hand for the one missing his right. "Everyone, these are my companions and friends. This is Doctor Curtis Conners for studies in celluar biology and on his latest research with reptilian celluar reproduction as well merging with my work. And this is Doctor Otto Octavous of the engineering department and on the new breakthrough to alternative energy. He has an assistant somewhere, but to help him obtain this power he looks for, he requires four special friends of his. Care to show them?"
"I be glad to." Octavous smiled and closed his eyes to scrunch his face a little and open them as he felt movement. Jay's jaw dropped with everyone else to have widen eyes as four long mechanical octopus arms grew from his back and each end opened to extend three movable claws for grip with a blue light in the center. To him right now, it reminded him of Garmadon and his four arms. Octavous chuckled with Conners and Ben as his friends observed each ninja. "Don't worry." he said calmly. "They don't bite. They love meeting new people." He watched his upper left arm loom over Kai and gently pulled a small spike of his hair to hear him yelp a little. "That one though is the curious one. These four are specially created from a magnetic resistant alloy and electrical current for when we try experimenting our power source that conducts lot of magnetism. They even respond to my brainwaves as they're attached to my spinal cord. I basically grew extra arms and let them have a mind of their own."
Oh great. Jay thought. They'll override him and wreck havoc in the city. Just wait. And for Conners, he'll mostly likely will be the guinea pig for the celluar reproduction and become a lizard monster. He kept looking in amazment to the arms and watched one closely study him and closed his claw and the tips extended to reveal small tweezer-like claws to gently remove his glasses and slipped them back onto his face, but a little sloppy. "What's the matter?" he asked with a joke. "Need a hand? Hahaha!" and adjusted his glasses, but was bumped to lose his footing and fell. But before the floor greeted him, the auburn teen felt four hands catch his jacket and pants and glanced around to see the mechanical hands had him suspended from the floor and gently placed back on the floor. "Thanks." He glanced around to find one who shoved him and spotted the one pacing away. "Hey watch it, will ya!" he grumbled and watched him stop.
"If you weren't spending your time with silly puns, you would've heard me." the dark skinned man said. His skin was dark and brown with close cropped hair and small square lenses resting on his nose. He didn't wear a lab coat like the others, but a pressed white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows with tan khaki pants. He was even holding a metal tank with whatever was inside to hear water splash a litte.
"Oh relax, Maxwell." Octavous snapped. "He was just meeting the arms. Kids, this my assistant in electric engineering, Maxwell Dillions. Max, this is Ben Walker's nephew and friends."
Dillion's face changed to the introduction to bow his head slightly. "My apologizes then." he said quietly. "But I'm on a rush to test some hypothesis and can't mingle with you right now."
"Uh... What's in the tank though?" Lloyd asked as he heard something splash in it. "It doesn't look happy."
The electric engineer chuckled to show the small gap of his front teeth and placed the tank down on the floor and reached into his pockets to pull out rubber gloves. Once he stretched it snuggly over his fingers, he opened the tank lid to reach in swiftly and pulled out an eel. It looked unusual though. It's body was thin, slim and translucent in a light blue hue to be close to white. It's fangs flashed as it hissed and squirmed in his hand with volts of electricity emitting from its scaly body. "These here are Electro Cobrai." he said with a thick accent. "These magnificent creatures pack a volt so high, it's like a lightning storm. One zap, you're dead." Jay gulped to the thought of a eel with capability to conduct such power to remind him of his Nunchucks of Lightning before it was stolen. Dillions placed the eel back into the tank and picked it up. "With power in these creatures though, they may be of use for when the power station at the Lightning Fields stop in the winter times. I need to see if I can contain their power. Now if you'll excuse me." and turned on his toes to rush out.
Jay watched the man leave in a rush to turn over to the others and shrugged his shoulders. "Oh don't worry about him." Ben said. "He's one of the brightest people we got here. He's the one who created that power grid outside the city. But everyone else sees him as a nobody and his plans are a failure. But I see a miracle in his work and have faith in him that he'll have his huge breakthrough." He turned to his collegues. "I'm sorry if we interrupted your work, but I must continue with the tour. I have to show them more and the latest discovery." Doctor Connors and Octavous nod in understandment and walked away. "Come," he motioned over. "You have to see this now."
Ben lead the Ninja further back into the large sterile lab until they came over to a large glass-like locked door. Jay watched him drew his identifcation badge into the slot and entered the pin number to notice it was his birthdate. September twenty-third. There was a hiss to have Jay back and watched a light turn green the glass door hissed opened and all followed after him. He gazed around the quiet room as the door closed behind him and noticed no one else was around. Just them. His uncle lead them to the center of the room where a lab table stood with various equipment rested with a glass case in the center. And inside he saw what looked like black slime inside. "Uh, Uncle Ben?" he inquired as he stopped to gather around him. "What is that exactly?"
His voice didn't respond but simply smiled and and tapped on the glass wall. Jay had his scarred brow raised at his uncle with everyone else and shifted his hazel eyes and they became wide as he watched the slime move an inch. Suddenly it started jumping around in its container to stick to the wall and ceiling of its prison. The Ninja of Lightning jumped back startled with his friends to gasp as it was alive. "What is that thing!?" he heard Kai shout.
"That there is a symbiote." Ben replied without being surprise to its presense.
"A symbi-what?" Lloyd asked confused.
"A symbiote. A parasite which it can't survive without a host." Zane stated to know the definition in his databanks. "Am I correct?"
"Very." Jay's uncle mused. "You see here, we found this thing from a fallen meteorite that fell from our last meteor shower a few weeks back. We were scared at first to what it was. But once we contained it, we realized it was a symbiote after testing. We have no idea if it's extraterristal or not. But luckily it can't escape for we don't know what could happen if human come into contact with it." Jay peer closely to the glass container to stare in awe of the possible alien life form or not. The symbiote slime relaxed in its prison and shifted its form to stare at the blue ninja at his presense and launched itself at him. Startled, Jay squeaked a bit to the black slime splattered in front of his face to feel his heart racing with his uncle laughing a little. "He seems to take a liking to you, Jay. Luckily for us is that we know his weakness." and flipped a small switch on the table.
Jay cringed to the high pitch sound ringing in his ears, but relaxed to the use of it. He watched the black substance retreat from the glass wall and shuttered with spikes of its slimy form vibrate in hatred as if it was in pain. He then heard someone wince to scream and grunt in pain and glanced over to see Zane was on the one. His ears were covered tightly and eyes squeezed shut while sparking a bit to fall to one knee. Jay gasped and quickly flipped the switch to end the torture to watch the ice ninja gasp as the pain surpass. The white ninja gasped to catch his breath and slowly got to his feet with Lucas and Cole's help. "I'm sorry but should've warned me." he breathed. "For being a nindroid, I have sensative hearing when my father created me. It just didn't hurt that much though."
"I'm sorry as well. I should've asked if anyone of you had sensible hearing." Ben apologized. "But yes, soundwaves are what we use sedate the symbiote. We found out after dropping my keys. He-he." He began to head for the door. "Let's head out. You're not suppose to be in here anyway and I wanted you to see this before security came by. Plus there's one more thing you have to see." Jay followed after his friends and uncle to glance one last peek of the symbiote and watched it lunge itself against the glass wall like a wild animal. He jumped a little and quickly ran out as the doors slid shut. "Now then, who's really excited for a shiver down your spine tour?"
"Uh... What would that be exactly?" Lucas asked uncertain.
Ben laughed and lead the way. Jay wondered what it was as they took an elevator and felt it descend until it stopped. The group walked along the long corridor until they reached the end of the hall and the doors slid open to have everyone stand rigid. "Spiders." he replied.
I hoped you enjoy the update and also like the dropped hints of who could be the villain for Jay as Spiderman. I'm not telling you who though. You'll have to find out for yourself. Also to Liliana Dragonshard, your anticipation of Jay as Spiderman is closer, what does room full of spiders sound to you? ;) Anyway, I hope you enjoy the update, leave a review if you wish to, and I'll see you all next week. :)