"Ha! Got'cha now, Kai!"
"Oh yeah? Well how's about this?"
"What the brick, man! I'm your team-mate! Why'dya hit me?"
"Jay, I'm the RED one! Zane's the one owning you!"
"I apologize, I cannot seem to control my erratic movement, I-"
Before the white nindroid could finish, his arms began to shake and frantically push all the game buttons.
Laughter ensued in the room as the little red character took an arrow to the knee and faded into nothing. The fiery fire starter threw down his game controller. "Man, this tanks!" He grumbled.
The ebony ninja breathed a hearty laugh as he shook his bangs to the side, "Aw, c'mon, ya little sore loser. It seems Zane's just got some little bugs." He finished with a snicker.
"Actually," Zane cut in, "I do believe you are accurate, Cole, as my limbs appear to be malfunctioning."
As if it jinxed it, Zane's arms began to twitch and sparks flew and his arms flailed around recklessly.
"Woah! Watch out!" Jay warned as he ducked, seeing that Zane's arm almost swung right across his head.
More sparks buzzed out as his hands began to do the wave, the Macarena, and then just spin uncontrollably.
Lloyd began to laugh at the silliness, clutching his stomach from his heavy laughter.
"As much as amusing it is; Zane's gone freaking haywire!" Cole exclaimed as he jumped out of the way to avoid being smacked on the face.
"I got 'em, I got 'em…" Kai reassured as he grabbed Zane's arms and held them behind his back.
Zane's arms fought back but eventually died down.
"Woah there, cowboy." Cole breathed as he set his hand of the white ninja's arm.
"What the brick just happened?" Jay yelled out in confusion, scratching the back of his head.
"Maybe Zane's going back to his robot INSTICTS and is gonna attack us all to enslave us for the robotic apocalypse!" The youngest of the 5 predicted, fear in his tone as he took careful steps back.
Kai rolled his eyes at Lloyd's outlandish guess. He tapped Zane's head, trying to see if he'd respond, "You okay now, bro?"
"Affirmative. I have already settled down. But I believe that my arms need either immediate heavy repair of replacement." He replied curtly, worry in his face.
"Aw, well that's just great! Why don't we just drop by family junkyard and pick up some ROBOT ARMS." Jay suggested sarcastically, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Last time I scanned the area, I was not aware your parents harbored any robotic limbs in your birthplace, Jay." Zane said in confusion, re-checking his database for any memory.
Jay just let out a frustrated sigh followed by a weak chuckle.
"What's this I hear about robot arms?" A feminine voice pitched in.
A lady in cherry red walked in the room, an open smile on her face.
Jay's shoulders raised as he meekly stared at the ground and giggled nervously. "O-Oh, well that- you see, uh, Z-ZANE, he… uh…" A bright red colored his cheeks as his voice cracked.
A sweet giggle escaped the girl's lips and Jay looked away nervously, smiling like a poor fool.
A taunting tune was whistled out as Jay looked behind him, seeing Cole leaning against Kai; both of them with devious smirks on their face, suggestively raising their eyebrows.
Jay shot a glare their way, but was cut short as another shot of electricity surged through Zane's arms, stinging Kai, causing him to draw his arms back, "Wahh!" Kai yelped.
"Geez, what's wrong with Zane?" Nya asked as she helped her brother up to his feet.
"My arms have outlived their usefulness, it seems." Zane pouted at this fact, knowing these were the arms his father built him.
"Hm, well, why don't you just fix it, Jay? You're pretty good with mechanics, y'know?" Nya asked as she elbowed Jay.
Jay was taken aback, his face even redder than before. "You think I'm g-good… at mechanics…?" He asked in disbelief.
"Well, yeah! Of course! I sharpened up my skills because of watching you when you work with your inv-" Nya's lips shut tight as she realized she went a little too far with that, she just chucked along and ended with a simple 'Never mind'.
Jay couldn't help but have a dreamy look on his face, biting his lower lips in nervousness.
"O-Oh wait!" Nya snapped back to her normal self as a look of realization struck upon her. She dashed out the room, giving a 'follow' hand signal, beckoning the 5 to follow.
The ninjas shrugged but carried on to follow Nya to her room; weapons and armor were sprawled out on the floor, as well as articles of red clothing.
Nya was in a corner of her room, shuffling through the contents of her bedside drawer. "Ah, here it is!" She said triumphantly as she held a picture in her hands.
She turned to the ninjas, "Back in our village; when I and Kai were just little kids like Lloyd over here," She began, patting Lloyd's icy blonde hair, to which the trickster just smiled, "I spent my time with the neighbors. Now, I had one particular neighbor, which might be able to help right about now." She handed the picture over to Kai, the rest huddling over to get a look at the photograph.
In the picture was a young Nya; her inky hair was in high pigtails, and she wore an oversized, blue hoodie with white hearts. Right beside her was an unfamiliar face. There stood a girl, even younger, with slightly curled black hair with blonde bangs, and deep green eyes.