A GreenFlame Twist

Crystallized Episode 3, The Shape of Nya

A/N: I try to use as much of the actual dialogue and character actions from the episodes as I can. I'm sorry if I get anything wrong, it is purely unintentional. Also, I do not own Ninjago and credit for all show dialogue and characters goes to their owners.

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Lloyd is pacing around the hanger bay under the Monastery.

"Ex-ninja? Old-timers? Who do they think they are?!" He yells angrily.

In a bland, monotone voice Zane responds, "The New Ninja of Ninjago City. And their arrival was fortuitous. Without their help, it is likely we would have been defeated. I calculated our odds-"

Lloyd cuts Zane off, still angry, "I don't want to know our odds, Zane. I want to know what we're gonna do about this."

"About what." Zane says.

"About the fact that we're being replaced! Do you even care?!" Lloyd snaps.

Kai walks up behind Lloyd and puts a hand on his boyfriend's shoulder, aiming to calm him down before things escalate further.

"No one is replacing us, Lloyd. And you know Zane doesn't care. He turned down his emotion chip." Cole says.

"Yeah. We're all dealing with losing Nya differently." Jay says.

This annoys Kai a bit so he says sarcastically, "Right. Some of us are even talking to glasses of water!"

Kai gestures to the table where several glasses of water are, and in the process, knocks over one.

"Aaah! Nya! Look what you did you- you clumsy-" Jay bangs a fist on the table in anger, furious that Kai spilt the water.

Kai reaches out and tries to apologize, "Uh, Jay, sorry. I didn't-"

But Jay isn't having any of it. He turns and kicks Kai across the room. This sets Kai off and he jumps to his feet saying angrily, "Oh that does it!"

They both fire up their powers and start circling each other.

Zane runs in between the two and holds out his arms saying, "Ninja, please desist. Such a violent display of emotions is unbefitting a team."

"Well then maybe we shouldn't even be a team anymore." Jay yells, throwing a lighting strike towards Kai.

"Fine by me!" Kai sends a fireball in Jay's direction while jumping out of the way to avoid Jay's lightning strike, "Consider this my resignation letter!"

Jay jumps behind Cole's Rock Cycle, letting Kai's fireball hit and destroy it.

Meanwhile, Lloyd tries to run to Kai and calm him down, but Cole holds him back, saying quietly, "Let Zane handle this, if Kai accidentally hits you he'll never forgive himself, and if Jay does... Well, let's just say there would be another empty room in the monastery."

"But I... Kai..." Lloyd weakly protests, knowing that Cole is right.

Then the sprinklers come on, activated by the smoke coming off of the Rock Cycle.

Master Wu runs into the Hanger Bay shouting, "What is going on here?"

Kai and Jay ignore him and keep circling each other, looking for weaknesses.

Zane is still asking them to cease their battle, but to no avail.

Suddenly Kai slips on a puddle of water and Jay, seeing the fire master's slipup, shoots another lighting strike at Kai, clearly not thinking in his fit of rage.