Twisted Cogs: Creation

Chapter 5: Siblings

Art by: Grumpy-Zane

Twisted Cogs

Chapter 5

Siblings

He knew he shouldn't have let it bother him so much. Dr. Christopher probably said it to get under his skin, but here he was watching his brother walking around his fathers office inspecting things as he once did. He himself sat on the floor with his cars. Echo would look over at him several times for his approval if he were to reach out for something. Zane would either nod or shake his head. Echo was incredibly obedient, and he loved him for it. But their was that ever present fear in him that wondered what would happen to them once the experiments were all over. It wasn't Dr. Christophers warning that scared him, it was the thoughts that followed.

Finally after a few moments of wonder he looked up at his father who was hard at work with his paperwork he had been holding off. Echo was sitting down near him with the cars. They had taken manila folders and lined them up on the ground to make a road. A long forgotten box that once housed tools or parts were perfect sizes for buildings. They had made themselves a small ninjago city in a corner.

"Father? What happens to experiments when your finished with them?" Zane asked his father. Julien not looking up from his work shrugged his shoulders.

"Most are dismantled and used for spare parts on other e..." He stopped and looked up at Zane who had moved quickly to grab his brother and rush for the door. Juliens heart seemed to stop. "No..." He whispered to himself. "Not you two..." Julien yelled out after them trying to get them to stop. Off in the distance he could hear the sirens. Another Garmadon attack.

"No...not now." Julien yelled after Judy who was walking down the hallway with some sandwiches for the brothers.

"Judy...I said something stupid and they ran. Did you see them?"

"No sir...what happened?" Judy asked.

"Zane got curious...asked me about experiments." Julien said "He ran off when I told them what happens. He grabbed Echo and ran. I really wish he understood that he wasn't an experiment."

"Oh...he wasn't? I shouldn't have said anything then?" Dr. Christophers voice came from the stairwell.

"I see...so your the reason for these irrational thoughts." Julien glared at him.

"But isn't that what happens? Isn't that what he was just supposed to be? I mean thats what you were supposed treat him as. When did he become family?" Christopher laughed and pushed Julien away from him.

"You have until I find my boys to get your stuff and get out of these labs Christopher...you've compromised this experiment."

"Oh...have I?" He laughed and walked down the stairs.

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Outside however their was a lot of screaming people, and loads of fallen walls. Zane knew how to get home, but everything looked so different, and their were so many people running around he couldn't make any good assumptions. He looked from one place to another running down an empty alleyway. They stopped behind a dumpster, Echo was so scared that he never once let go of Zanes hand. He wasn't to sure what was going on or why his brother grabbed him up like he had and ran. But he trusted him, he was after all the first person he ever saw.

"Brother...whats going on?" Echos voice was shaky and very scared sounding to Zane.

"I won't let them dismantle you, they can do what they want with me. I can't lose you. Your my baby brother." Zane pulled him close listening to the sounds around them. Explosions, people screaming, the crunching of buildings as they crumbled. He could smell fire, close by. A few people ran pasted them not even registering that they exist. Thats when it happened. The wall over them crunched and fell minor inches from Zanes leg. He looked up to see what looked like a huge crab person. Zane grabbed his brothers hand and ran farther down the alleyway. He couldn't see much at all the snow was starting to fall harder now. Almost as if he himself were trying to conceal their escape. Echo yelped in pain as he fell onto his front. Zane hurried back to help his brother up. His front now covered in oils and gunk from the dirty alleyways. Just as soon as a did so a crab man put a harpoon to his neck.