Wave- A Ninjago Fan Fiction

Traitors in our Midst

Zane's POV

After Silver finishes her story we all sit in silence. None of us dare speak, for a reason that I am not sure of. During this, I hear a soft voice counting down from twelve.

“Twelve... eleven... ten... n-n-nine...”

Wait, that was Radar counting down! But down to what?

“Eight... seven... six... five...”

I draw my sword with a trembling hand.

“Four... three... two... o-o-one!” The voice raises as three figures leap through the already broken window, the shards of glass raking against their hides. Six eyes glared at me, pupils narrowed into slits. They burned with purpose. A purpose to destroy.

I saw meance in two of them. But the third pair looked hurt. And that pair was Radar's.

"You were traitors all along?!" I shouted, rage clear in my angered voice.

"Y-y-you should have known," Whiplash said slyly, as if I was an idiot for not knowing. Maybe I was. Maybe I should have known. He took a step forward, followed by Radar and Slash.

I felt betrayed. Personally betrayed. These Raptors, whom I assumed were my friends, have turned and are plotting to kill me. They were all along. How much did I miss while the pod that Lucy sent was still flying there?

"You cowards. You traitors!" Lucy screaned, drawing a dagger from her scabbard.

Silver took aim on her bow. Kai ignited his sword. Jay filled his weapon with electricity. Lloyd created a plasma ball. Cole drew his sword. I held mine, not caring about anything but revenge.

Slash seemed to read my mind and snickered. "Revenge can only lead to disaster." He paused, a mad gleam in his reptillian eye. "Only if you are human, I mean."

What are they suggesting? I will forever be a nindroid. Unless...

"Are you mad?!" Jay screamed, jumping onto Whiplash, who immediately falls to the ground. Cole joins him, slashing him with their swords; although the blades bounce off the scales, leaving only minor cuts in their wake.

Silver fired an arrow at Radar, but the arrow only left a cut in his underbelly. Lucy clutched her dagger firmly, but the silver blade was just repelled by his firm hide. Radar snarled and attempted to bite her, but Silver smashed the blade of an arrow into his head. It just fell to the side, but it reverted his attention from Lucy and began to attack Silver instead. She blocked and lunged, using skiill and agility to evade harm, with Lucy attacking bravely and loyaly at her side. 

I focused on Slash. He bared his fangs and stepped back. Lloyd and Kai join me. I bring down the sword upon his back, and he is frozen in a thick layer of ice which is connected to the wall, trapping him. I am about to bring my sword down upon his head when Whiplash knocks me to the ground. 

"Are  you sure you want to do that?" He asks me mischievously. Cole and Jay are on the floor. Still alive, but unconscious. 

"Why not?" I ask, my voice cold as the ice that restrained Slash. 

Whiplash snickers and juts his claw toward the doorway where sensei is being held by two Telepai. "Come with us, be one of us, and we will let him go. If you refuse to comply," He points his tail downward towards Cole, Jay, and the girls who are still fighting Radar. "They will die."

I am faced with an impossible desicion. I cannot let my family die. Yet I thought about all of the lives that will be lost if I join the Raptor's cause. 

I take a deep breath. "I will go." 

Whiplash grins. "Just what I expected. Becoming one of us is optional if you are well behaved. If not... Well, you get the picture."

"No!" Silver yells, knocking Radar to the side and making a beeline toward me.

Whiplash notices and Teleports away. In a flash, I am gone.