The Split Element- Book 1 (Ninjago: Zane X Oc)

Level 13...

Aly's POV:

We soon arrived in Ninjago city, and at the base of Borg tower. We were surprised to find Pixal patiently waiting for us. "Pix, what are you doing here?" Nya asked her as we entered the building.

"Since you are visiting Cyrus Borg I thought I'd stop by. And maybe help you in your next mission." Pixal told us. She never really helped out on our missions, but it would be good to have someone else help us find Jay.

I started to get nervous. The last time I was here wasn't for a friendly visit. I wondered if Borg was still mad at me for breaking into his building.

"Are you okay, Aly?" Lloyd asked, noticing my behaviour. "Uh, just worried about meeting Borg I guess." I told him, making him tilt his head. "Why? He's a nice guy." "Well, I'm not sure if you remember, but the last time I was here, I broke into the building." I bluntly told him, and he seemed to remember.

"Oh, right." He spoke as we entered the elevator, and ascended to the 100th floor. "I'm sure he's forgotten about it. And besides, Borg's not the type to hold a grudge." Nya added, which calmed my nerves a bit.

"But I really hope he's figured out what's going on with that game we found in the Mechanic's lair." Lloyd sighed, as we came to the top of the building.

"Welcome to floor 100."

The elevator opened and we were greeted by a very clean workshop, and a man sat in a wheelchair. He wore a cosy looking turtleneck and round glasses with a single black glove.

"Ah, Ninja. It is good to finally see you all again." He rolled over to us and greeted us. "Oh, and you must be he young Aly I've heard so much about. It's wonderful to finally be meeting you." He shook my hand. He didn't seem to bring up the fact that I stole from him, so I kept quiet about it.

"Are you, Cyrus Borg?" I asked. "Yes I am. But you can call me Cyrus. I heard what happened to you and Zane. I take it you two are doing better now? " He asked.

"We are still dealing with the effects but, we are doing better now." Zane came up beside me and put a hand on my shoulder. I smiled at him just as someone caught Cyrus' eyes. "Pixal! You're here!"

She swiftly approached him, and they embraced each other. "Hello, father." "It's been forever since we last spoke. You never contact me anymore." Cyrus looked down, but Pix cheered him up. "I am sorry. We have been very busy, but I promise to talk with you more often."

Cyrus smiled at her, and turned back to talk to us. "The little game you all requested I look at has kept me quite busy." "What have you discovered?" Nya asked while walking over to it. "A new appreciation for the designer, Milton Dyer." He told us. "He designed a pretty killer security system on Dyer Island, too." Kai admitted, which seemed to make Cyrus jealous.

"More imp-impressive than mine?" He asked. "Do you have robot dogs? Because he had robot dogs." Kai exclaimed with a huge smile. Cyrus began to mumble before he stopped and parked himself beside the game cabinet, which was sitting in the corner of the room, guarded by some police tape.

"I've run diagnostics on the cabinet. And this game is far more complex than anything I've ever seen. Even more than my ill-fated Digiverse." He told us, and I pulled out the motherboard.

I walked up to him, and gave it to him. "Oh, thank you." He took it, and plugged it into his computer, soon showing us a bunch of icons. "It appears to be a virtual world, made up of different zones, inside the game." He told us.

"So Jay's in one of those zones?" Nya asked. "Not just Jay. The game's player count has exploded. Over 800 players..." We all gasped at the number. How could we have let this happen? "...are now trapped inside the game."