Chapter 103
Start of Something New

.:Violet:.

After spending an hour with Gene, Violet was sure she conquered the fear of Vincent ever since she found out that Gene was Vincent's brother, she would always see the leader of the gang in the young boy but now, no longer. In fact, they were completely the opposite. Gene's and Vincent's father was evil, everybody knows that and of course, the old fellow wanted his boys to grow up in his footsteps. And by evil; Violet meant robbing and organising gangs to kill a village or something. Of course, from what she heard from Gene, Vincent was definitely the son their father wanted but Gene this whole time was wearing a mask. The young boy was only trying to be something he wasn't because it was his father's wishes. And one of his biggest fears was his father and what the man could do to him if he were to find out that Gene weren't evil in the heart. Throughout this hour, not only did Violet conquer her fear, she got to know Gene better. So now, she was in the teacher's lounge, allowing Gene to do whatever he wants – except for destroying or damaging things.

Because of the silence that lingered in the air, Violet nearly dosed off until she heard the wild sound of an engine. Immediately, she walked over to the window to see a bus hastily parking but when she looked for a second bus, it didn't come. Instead, once the bus doors open, Nya dashed out before a crowded group of kids ran out, all panicking.

"What the…?" Violet muttered under her breath.

"Lloyd! Violet! The others are in trouble and need your help!" Nya's frantic voice suddenly yelled from out of the teacher's lounge door and soon she entered the room. Her jet black hair was sticking in old angles. Her cheeks were red and flushed and a thin layer of sweat covered the young samurai.

Violet quickly walked over to Nya and placed her hands on the girl's shoulders. "Just breathe Nya. Now what happened?"

"All the robots and machines are going crazy in Ninjago City and they're killing to kill everyone but mainly the others because they have these weird weapons!"

"What?" Violet gasped and she looked out of the window to her right – the direction of Ninjago City.

"Just before I left with the students, the others told me to get you and Lloyd."

"But Lloyd hasn't come back yet." The ninja muttered, the cogs and gears in her brain started to work over time. "Stay here with the students and supervise them and wait for Lloyd."

"Alright, be careful Violet."

"I will." She promised before dashing towards the dorms and past the massive crowd of students lingering in the doorway to get into their dorms. Not having any patience, Violet quickly flew over them and went to the corridor where the teachers' dorms were located. She opened the door in haste and ran over to her wardrobe and got change into her ninja gi – the one that she dreads wearing. Immediately after that, she hurried to the window and flew out.

It took about ten minutes until she saw New Ninjago City coming into her view. It wasn't that hard to miss with all the bright neon lights but what shock her to the core were the various clouds of smoke rising from the city and different locations and different thickness. But what surprised her mostly were jets that zoomed over the city, lasers shooting at a particular red and pure white jet. Instantly, she knew in those two jets were Zane and Kai but how they got it and why it's in their respective colours still remain as a mystery. Once she was in Ninjago City, she flew down and landed onto the road. The city was already a ghost town. There were no screaming citizens which meant they're saved and safe since there were no dead bodies to be seen.

However, Violet was drawn from her thoughts were heavy footsteps were heard from behind and their vibrations shaking the ground beneath her feet. The whirring sound of mechanics made her turn around slowly to see a robot about three times her height standing in front of her. It had a bulky shape to intimidate their opponents and instead of arms, they had a gun of some sort. When the ninja heard more stomping, she quickly turned around to see more were coming. They had no mercy. Within seconds they were already shooting. In a flash, Violet lifted her arms; her barrier enclosing around her. Each red laser beam bounced off upon contact.

"Nya wasn't joking." The ninja muttered under her breath. Her arms were already feeling the weight of each hit deliver to her barrier. Her arms shook and strained to hold enough strength for the barrier but she could see the barrier getting smaller around her.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!" Violet mentally sighed with relief when she heard a friendly voice with belonged to no other than the ninja of rock and quakes. However, when she turned her head to capture sight of the ninja, she was surprised to see him in a robot quite similar to the ones that now turned their attention onto him. Instantly, the robot that contained Cole sprang into action and fought the robots. "Look, I know it's nice of you to drop by and all but can you do something to help?!"

"Excuse me? I'm the one without a weapon!"

"Well I'm the one without powers!"

Violet sighed. She knew she was at a huge disadvantage with no weapon, vehicle and she haven't even practiced in ages! Nevertheless, she went to help. The caramel-haired ninja quickly jumped onto a robot which Cole shot down and she tried to dislodge its arm for the gun. Once she did, she realised she can't even shoot the bloody thing.

"Just great…" Violet groaned so instead, she hurled it towards one of the robot's head with help of her elemental powers and managed to knock the head off. While she took out that one robot, Cole already took out the rest. "I still don't see why you need my help."

"We're a team aren't we?" Cole simply replied before he reached for something inside his suit and chucked it at her through the open panel of his robot. She caught it with surprise and looked down to see what was once a neatly folded pile of clothes. "Borg gave us new ninja suits and some weapon called a Techno Blade which can hack into the Overlord's virus-"

"The Overlord? I thought he was destroyed!"

"Well apparently not. Kai has your Techno Blade. Come, we're meeting at the intersection of Wilfert and Fleming." And with that, Cole took off. Immediately, Violet heard over to a small and deserted alley and turned invisible –for extra privacy- and quickly changed into her new ninja outfit.

The kimono-like suit was in her respective colour and felt like silk against her skin. Along the trimmings and hem, golden highlights marred the fabric however, near the waist, a small golden medallion hung securely. Unlike their previous ninja gi's have come across, this one lacked a hood. Instead it was a colour coded bandana that covered the lower half of the face.

Not dwelling too much longer on her new outfit, Violet quickly dashed towards the intersection of Wilfert and Fleming – where Cole told her everyone was meeting. However, a cold and raspy voice was immediately heard. There were no directions to where it was from. To the girl, it felt like the voice was coming from everywhere. Stopping in her tracks, she looked up to see the many screens that splattered New Ninjago City. Piercing yellow eyes were displayed with a fiery red aura around them along with dark purple and magenta smoke. When she looked around, the same thing was displayed. Golden dust slight hovered above the ground and instantly, Violet Lloyd was here. But what surprised her was that the machines and robots weren't going after her. They were just stationary as if the golden power has purified their system.

"So you couldn't help yourself. The Golden Ninja, we meet again." A voice sheered and instantly, she knew who it was. The Overlord. Just like Cole said, he was still well… maybe not alive but existent. There was a pause, probably Lloyd talking back. "Oh, I don't want to fight. I just want your power."

Violet turned around, prying her eyes off the screen to see something rebooted the robots. Lloyd's golden power was sucked away into the robots as if they were vacuum cleaners. This must be what the Overlord mean! He's absorbing Lloyd's powers through the machines-! But she was drawn away from her thoughts when she felt something bite the back of her neck. Instantly, she quickly swatted her hand to her neck and hit something small. Probably a bug. But she couldn't dwell too long on that once the robots' took her attention by moving towards her.

Not wasting anymore time, she flew straight into the air and bolted straight to the intersection. It didn't take long until she could hear guns firing lasers at her. Each shot sounded like a pop. She looked behind her and saw jets coming towards her way at a speed much faster than her. Violet silently cussed under her breath and she when looked back ahead of her, another jet was heading towards her. The distance between them were closing in fast that the ninja didn't have any time to stop or turn. It was as if fear laced into every muscle and wanted her to freeze but it was weird since it still wanted her to fly. But with a blink's moment away, she saw the hatch of the jet open and she flew straight into the hatch. A brutal groan excited her lips as the impact was made but the sound of the hatch closing scared her by far most. She didn't want to be a prisoner of the Overlord.

But no, she got it all wrong. Instead in the reflection of the read-end mirror, she met icy blue eyes. Instantly, Violet knew that these pair of eyes could only belong to one person. Zane. His soft and kind eyes were blue; not the ordinary sky blue, or the colour of the paint flaking off of the old shed in the back of the field, or even the little flowers that spring up by the side of the road. His eyes were blue like ice - crystal clear blue. Looking into his eyes you could see details you could only see on icicles with a pattern of an exquisite snowflake. His eyes were that kind of blue. Even though they reminded her mostly of snow and ice and the coldness, they held warmth within them.

"Zane?"

"That's my name. Don't wear it out."

"Very funny- hey, since when were you one for jokes?" But instead of replying, the plane suddenly did a barrel, causing the ninja of air (who has yet to put on her seat belt) to collide into the sides of the jet.

"Sorry about that. Are you alright?"

"Never better." The girl muttered while recovering back into her seat and this time, strapping on the seatbelt. "But seriously what's happening? Last I've heard was that Cole said the Overlord is still alive and Borg gave us new weapons and outfits. I also overheard the Overlord wanting Lloyd's powers."

"I didn't know much either until minutes ago when a pre-recorded message came up from Borg. The Overlord isn't dead. Lloyd defeated him but never destroyed and now he roams around in the system as a virus. Borg gave us new suits that help block the facial recognition software." Zane informed her while grunting here and there whenever he tried pulling hard turns on the controls.

"And what about the Techno Blades?"

"I'm not sure about their sole purpose. Borg didn't explain properly but they hack into the system. That's how we got the vehicles. But we have to get the Techno Blades out of the city and away from the Overlord's reach."

"And how are we doing that?" She immediately asked, keeping an eye on the aircraft in the sky. From the looks of it, it seemed like they're never going to give up.

"Hold on!" And suddenly, the jet took a nosedive before taking more and more sharp turns that never seemed to end. "And I've lost them."

"Next time I get in a jet with you, I'm driving." Violet muttered before looking at their surroundings, surprised to see they just left Ninjago City. "How many Techno Blades are there?"

"Five. One for you, me, Kai, Jay and Cole."

"Not for Sensei Wu or Lloyd? How are they going to get out?"

"Lloyd got his elemental dragon."

"And Sensei Wu?" Silence lingered in the air. Instantly, Violet could feel her stomach churned with fear.

"His plan was to run with the Techno Blades before passing them to Kai somehow while the Overlord's machines chase him. I do not think he'll be joining us soon."

"What?! We have to go back for him then! Turn around Zane."

"I can't… Sensei's orders."

.::.

For the whole ride, Violet felt nothing but uneasiness. She didn't know where exactly Zane was taking them both but she didn't question it. It didn't take long until she saw a vehicle below them with a dragon and another red jet next to them. She quickly identified them as Cole, Jay, Kai and Lloyd.

"I sense you're in distress." Zane's slight monotone voice spoke with softness and looking into the rear-end mirror, Violet could see Zane staring at her through it.

"Maybe just a bit…" She muttered but the way that Zane's eyebrows rose and arched told her that he didn't believe her.

"A bit…?" He questioned.

Starting to think about it, the caramel-haired girl realised the bond that was held between her and Zane had somewhat vanished during the past year. Before it was just her before Wu advised for Zane to know their 'secret'. But ever since her true identity have been discovered, Violet realised she's been focusing too much on Scarlett, Kai, Lloyd and Nathan when they had their moments. Zane was the only person she would relate to as a sibling that would understand the harshness of her upbringing; her life on the streets and knowing how it felt to be somewhat unwanted and alone and different. That sibling strength still exists, just not present. Now it was the great time to revive it.

"Maybe more than a bit…" She sighed.

"You can tell me Violet."

"I'm just concerned for Wu… Now that he has adopted me to be his daughter, I see him nothing more than a dad. He has done everything for me by taking me off the streets and giving me food and shelter… And it feels like I let us both down by not being there to help him get out of this situation…"

"Violet, Sensei Wu may be much older than us but he is still wise and experienced and stronger than us both mentally and physically. Whatever the Overlord does with him, he will not go down easily and hopefully that will give us time to come up with a plan to save him. Plus he has done this not only to serve Ninjago but probably to protect you too. All will be well Violet."

"Thank you Zane. I don't know where I will be without your help."

"You don't need to thank me Violet, it's what siblings do right? But I sensed you were very distressed this afternoon, especially when you agreed to not come on the field trip… How come?" Zane asked, his icy eyes only showing full concern in the reflection. So she briefly explained to Zane of her reoccurring Post-Traumatic Stress of Gene and Vincent.

"How come you didn't tell us? We're all here to help you share the burden on your shoulders Violet."

"I just didn't want to trouble you guys. We're already stressed enough with the students."

"But you should know you matter to us more. You're our sister."

"You've guys done so much for me already though…" Violet sighed, "but you don't have to worry about it anymore. While you guys were gone, I talked to Gene about it. Everything has just been a misunderstanding. And surprisingly, he's not like Vincent at all. He's like a roast marshmallow. Thick and so on on the outside but he's really a soft and sweet kid."

"That's good to hear."

And looking into the mirror, she could see Zane smile softly. It was a smile that you would often do when watching a younger sibling happy. You know, one of those smiles.

Okay, I practically kept mentally punching myself until this chapter was done and its not as good as it can be. Super sorry about that but it's been wayyyyyy overdue. Plus that little passage about Zane's eyes is originally from my other story The Lone Wanderer so when you can, check it out :)

ATTENTION!: I hope that grabbed your attention (just in case if there's people who don't read author's notes) but in the future chapters there will be an OC coming in and I thought 'Wait, what fun is that? It won't be as challenging or fun.' SO I'LL BE REQUIRING AN OC THAT WILL BE IN A FEW CHAPTERS but may reappear once in a while –here and there- throughout the other seasons! So pretty much, an OC competition. I'll be picking which one which seems interesting to add in. So good luck to you all and I may add in more if I can't choose – because I suck at choosing between multiple choices XD. Requirements are that they can't be too old or too young, they have to be able to defend themselves (their skill or level of combat is up to you) but they cannot possess any elemental powers. Love interest can't be any of the ninja but there can be a love interest. I would also perfer if they weren't related to any of the ninja too. Sorry, I'm a picky person (smiles sheepishly).

But massive thanks to everyone who reviewed! So thank you to: Kai4Ever, MajorCartooniac, FlameNinjaofDarkFire, ElementalGirl, CarlyShi208, ElementzGirl7, Misskitty2004, ALookIntoMyWorld, Samantha Rutledge, Bl0ndie and the silent readers!

Samantha Rutledge: Oh, did you thought I was going to blow up and cry? XD Nah, I'm just happy that someone gave me some constructive criticism because it means I still can improve my writing and ideas. And I'm 15, born on 2000. And yes (laughs nervously) Undercover is going way over its limits. My plan is to try and finish this season and then move onto a sequel. I've realised long ago that Violet is no longer 'Undercover' however, just to fit in with the title, I will try to do a little Undercover scene in Rebooted but it won't be the main focus.

Bl0ndie: Awwwww, you didn't have to review for every chapter but thank you, it's awfully sweet of you! But when I first wrote this story, I thought "Eh, why would anyone want to read this? The plot is overused. A lot of stories are a new female ninja joining the team.' So I don't blame you for not reading and thinking it's lame because I honestly did at first. But it's sweet you still read it. But thank you so much for giving me advices and tips, I'll be sure to incorporate them into my story. And you also asked some questions so I'll just answer them here. So yes, Morro will still fit in and perfectly (I hope). I'm not going to skip that season although it did cause some troubles with some other plans I had for it before but like you said, they all descend from elemental masters so they'll be related. What's their exact relationship (uncle, grandfather, etc.) will remain as a secret until then ;). But as you found out, Vincent is related to Gene but not to Skylor or Chen however that was one of the most interesting guesses I got. For Kai's new developed personality, I am planning to go along Skybound with the personality I've written for him (still hot-headed but overly protective) because I agree, its dumb for LEGO to change his personality from hot-headed to an idiotic moron but oh well. Once again, thank you so much and tell your sister I said hi as well :)

Once again, thank you to everyone for being so patient. I know I've promised that since I've been on an 8 week holidays I'll write more chapters but I didn't. It's that time of the year when Australia is super-hot and that's where my writer's block come in. Weird isn't it? Plus I always wake up whenever the sun rises (because I'm just weird :P) and it being summer, I wake up early – doesn't matter how early or how late I go to bed. I'll try to be back with a new chapter in a month. Hopefully 2 weeks but no promises. So don't forget to review and leave some comments on what you thought about the chapter as well as submitting your OC!

Xoxo – ZaneLoverFan88

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