Faded

7. First Encounter

The Overseer walked around the room deciding on what to do about the vision, the young boy was about to get his life ruined. He thinks about what Wu has said.

He soon decides to prevent it by messing with them a little, and hopefully, that would change what he had seen.

Until now he usually was not allowed to intervene in big events or dabble in something that has huge consequences such as battling the Overlord, as it was the destiny of a Golden Ninja to do so.

So, he began searching for a very group he saw from the vision. He remembers encountering them at one point.

Deathstroke, a man with a telekinesis power, has been silent since their battle. Back then, before ninjas were a thing, he tried to take over, destabilising the balance before being stopped by the Overseer. And now it seems, he was trying to do it again.

Overseer saw a man with a symbol to that of Deathstroke and followed him closely, leading him to their headquarters.

The man in question entered the main room with his boss in it.

"Sir I have what you need."

"Good." Deathstroke smiled as the man gave him the box and left.

The Overseer suddenly appears in Deathstroke's headquarters. The room darkens as all heads look toward the man in black. The Overseer.

"What in the name is this? Seize him!" Deathstroke roared as men charged toward the Overseer as he looked at Deathstroke.

All of his men that charged at the Overseer got thrown into the wall until it was shown that he was immortal, as diety if you ask.

The feeling of sadness rose as the rain started pouring outside the headquarters. The future he saw felt surreal to him as if he was in his shoes. He was not supposed to have feelings as an Overseer, let alone, change the weather to reflect his emotions.

"Who are you? What is your origin?"

"The one you should not mess with." The fire suddenly bursts into Deathstroke's desk and started spreading around the room.

"Why would you do such a cowardly act, hiding in the shadows while people suffered." Overseer shouted as the fire grew stronger.

He continued as the blue fame soon engulfed the Oversee's body and surrounded him like an Ivy hugging a pillar.

"You are planning to barge into Borg's place, kill him with the electric charge, and make all evidence point towards Jason Walker. That is the future I have seen and destined to prevent it from happening."

The realization came into Deathstroke that he knew of their plan. But as soon he tried to confront the Overseer on it, he disappeared.

The fire soon spread like wildfire. Both Deathstroke and his men scurried to get out of the room as the fire conquered the floor.

'Hopefull that changes the future. I hope.' Overseer thought as he walked through the forest, away from the Headquarters.

But turns out he was wrong. So Overseer had to come up with a new way.

Meanwhile, in the core of Ninjago City, Chloe was shopping for some groceries for her friends as they were making a salad for the evening. Chloe had almost finished shopping when she remembered something.

"Oh Great. I forgot to grab a tomato." Chloe went back to the aisle to see the last tomato in the box. As she went to grab it, someone grabbed it before him.

She looked at the person to see it was a young man with ginger hair.

"Sorry." He smiled apologetically as he looked at Chloe.

"Hm, first come first served huh?"

"Yeah." The man in question rubbed his neck awkwardly. Chloe looked at him and sensed the voice was the same one who she heard from a guy who saved her and her friends."

"Are you the ninja who saved us a couple of days ago?"

"Yeah."

"Thanks."

The ninja in question laughed awkwardly as he introduced himself.

"I'm Jay. Jay Walker." Jay smiled at the young girl. It is not like every day when he sees the person he saved again. She had long black hair and was pretty to his eyes.

"You are not a fan right?"

"I just moved here. I did not know ninjas were a thing."

At least he was glad he did not bump into a fan, that would have been awkward.

"Nice. Sorry, I'm Chloe. Chloe Houston." She continued. She somewhat felt comfortable around him. More than Camilo.

"Nice name. So what are you doing here?"

"Hanging out with my friends, doing stuff. And getting a better job. What about you?"

"Saving the city and doing normal stuff here and there."

Since the mission he finished for the first time in a year, he has been more active with his friends and hanging out with them, in contrast to him sitting in his room all day prior.

"Now what?"

"I guess we go about on our way?"

"You know what, have a tomato, Zane can cook without one anyways." Jay smiled at Chloe as he handed her the tomato he held, who which Chloe accepted.

"Zane?"

"Yeah, he is the Master of Ice. The white ninja. And a great cook."

Chloe was new to everything, technology, laws and even the protectors of Ninjago. She originally lived in an area with less technology outside of Ninjago city with very basic police before arriving here.

Both Jay and Chloe looked at each other awkwardly as they tried to separate themselves but soon found themselves in the same queue.

The conversation earlier with Chloe was awkward, normally he was confident and would talk without thinking but this time he was shy.

Chloe felt awkward, talking to a man who saved him. She felt she had this emotional bond with him as after talking to him, it felt stronger.

For Jay, it was the same, although he did not want his feelings anywhere other than Nya, but Nya was gone now.

"Hi again. Thanks for the tomato." Chloe looked at Jay before getting called to proceed to the counter.

She soon left the shop, it was the first time she felt this weird feeling. She was not a fan of him, just saw him as a hero, nothing else. She barely knew him but yet felt close to him.