Zane walks, but falls into a cave, where he whimpers out of fear.
"Zane? Are you still there?"
Zane looks to see where the voice is coming from but sees his Falcon.
"If you can hear me, wake up. You need to wake up."
Zane opens his eyes to see himself chained to a wall, revealing it was just a dream.
"Do you think he woke up?" another voice asks.
"I can only hope," the other voice responds.
"Where am I? Who are you?" Zane looks around his cell.
"He's awake!" the other voice says happily.
"I'm P.I.X.A.L." the first voice says "A friend. And you're in danger and have to get out of here. Your memory drive is out of sorts and your Elemental Power—"
"Elemental Power?" Zane questions.
"You're a Nindroid, Zane, a ninja. And your friends are here to save you. But they can't do it all. You have to remember who you are." P.I.X.A.L says
"Friends?" Zane questions.
"Remember, Zane. You saved your friends and then rebuilt yourself." P.I.X.A.L tells him "There are things about you that you don't understand. That you have yet to discover. But if we're ever going to get out of here, you have to remember."
"P.I.X.A.L." Zane pauses for a moment "We are compatible?"
"Yes, Zane." P.I.X.A.L says "Yes, we are."
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At the palace, an Anacondrai Cultist is serving the Elemental Masters their food.
"Nu-uh. Nothing for you" one refused to give Garmadon biscuits
Garmadon turned to Lloyd "There's a valuable lesson here, son. If you turn your back on your first evil Sensei in an effort to go straight..."
"Next!"
" ...you may not be served creamy biscuits" Garmadon finished
The ninja move in the line.
"Well, I know what we are being served. A whole bunch of baloney. This isn't a fighting tournament. It's an alibi for Chen to steal everyone's powers. But we still don't know why" Lloyd says
"hm?" Milly looks at Lloyd confused
"It's true, we saw them take Karlof's power last night" Cole tells her
"Well isn't it obvious?" Kai questions "Chen wants to destroy New Ninjago City. I don't know what it is, but that place has had a string of bad luck"
"I'm not so sure. From what Sensei G's told us about him, I have a feeling it's something far more sinister" Cole suggests
"And may I remind us, we still don't know where Zane is, which is why we all need to take care of our first rounds to give us more time" Jay adds "But don't look at me. I've already moved on"
"Big brother your opponent got himself kicked out" Milly says annoyed
"Hehe, either way, it's my day off" Jay turns to the Cultist "Extra creamy biscuits. And don't skimp"
They start walking away from the line. Jay and Cole start arguing about something again.
"Knock it off!" Milly shouts
"Yes honey" Cole stands next to her
"Hmph" Jay stands on her other side
"We could've used Milly a long time ago" Kai says "who knew it was that easy to shut those two up"
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Romancing the Emperor's Daughter
FanfictionSince he was a kid, Lloyd Garmadon has always been spontaneous and wild. Like his father's mini-me, he followed him everywhere at the age of 6, including the Imperial Palace. There he met the Emperor of Ninjago, Garmadon's trusted friend, and his da...
