This is set in season 2 and is an AU where like everything is the same but there are some important changes to some characters and plotlines.
Also, Trigger Warning! This book has:
Self Harm
Suicidal Thoughts
Self Doubt
Hinted Nonconsensual Sex
BTW i...
Zane woke up in a cold, dark room. He tried to stand, only to feel a throbbing, aching pain in his chest and wrists. He could feel that he was chained in a position where he was forced to his knees and his arms were strapped above him. He tried calling for someone, but the pain in his chest didn't allow him to.
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He had no elemental powers, no strength left to fight, and no one could hear him. He had no idea where he was but based on his situation he assumed he must have been captured by Garmadon or the Serpentine. He couldn't see a thing, so he guessed he was blindfolded. He knew his friends probably didn't even notice he was gone.
The group would probably be better off without him. They should just find a new Master of Ice and leave him behind. Ever since he learned of his father's death and of his robotic reality, he hadn't been able to feel strong. Even though he knew his past, he felt weaker for knowing.
He knew they wouldn't get why he was suffering. They wouldn't approve of why he was suffering. He was in love with Cole. Another man. Well, technically not as Zane was a Nindroid but that just made it wrong on two different levels. In the small world of Ninjago, those sort of feelings were seen as wrong and unnatural. He didn't want to know what would happen if the public learned one of the Ninja felt that way. He'd most likely be exiled.
He snapped out of his thoughts and tried calling for help again. But no one came. He tried again and again. Finally, he heard something. Footsteps. Someone was in the room with him.
"What should we do with him, Massster Garmadon?"
A Serpentine and guessing from the name he said, Lord Garmadon.
"Nothing. We are just using him to lure his friends here. Once we have them and my brother, there will be no one to train Lloyd. And when Lloyd never unlocks his true potential, I will never have to fight him."
"But sssire, this will be the perfect revenge againssst the Ninja. They care a lot for each other, ssso if we were to kill one of them-"
"I SAID NOTHING! WE JUST WANT TO CAPTURE THE NINJA, NOT KILL THEM!"
"Of courssse... but um... What if we just hurt him instead? It would make the Ninja feel more guilty, and more likely to sssurrender."
"Oh alright. But don't mess him up too bad. We still need him conscious for questioning."
"T-thank you Lord Garmadon!" Zane heard a chorus of voices say.
Zane heard footsteps leaving the room. He then felt a swift kick straight to his chest. He let out a grunt and heard a room full of laughs.
"Don't worry, you're friends won't mind if you ssscream. They can't hear you."
'They wouldn't care, would they?' Zane thought.
"Why don't you ssscream a little more for usss?" A different Serpentine said before practically ripping off Zane's gi.
"This one'sss a robot?" Another questioned.
"Ssstrange..."
He felt a pair of scaly hands open his control panel. He shifted around to try and get hands off of him, but to no avail. He got really scared when he felt them open his panel.
"Ooh, the ssswitchesss are labeled!"
"Sssensssitivity? Let'sss sssee what happensss when we put it at maximum."
Zane shuddered at the feeling. He felt as a foreign hand pulled on his internal wires. He half moaned and cried out at the sensation. He felt a different hand force itself over his mouth. He felt tears roll down his cheeks. They kept tugging and unhooking different mechanisms. It felt so wrong. He tried to scream, but his voice was muffled.
He felt a hand grab at the bottom part of his gi. It was an uncomfortable feeling, to say the least. Someone else touched some part of his body he was unfamiliar with. It felt weird. He didn't understand what they were doing, but he knew it was wrong. Suddenly, they pulled a wire and he blacked out. Eventually, the snakes got bored and left him.
In his head, he was alone with his thoughts.
He could hear a choir of all too familiar voices, all screaming at him, mocking him.
"WE'D NEVER COME BACK FOR YOU!" A voice so filled with hatred yelled.
"YOU'RE A USELESS CHUNK OF METAL!" Said a voice that made him feel like he was struck with lightning.
"JUST DIE ALREADY!" Said a voice with a fiery passion.
"KILL YOURSELF!" Yelled a voice that drowned his thoughts.
He had a quick moment of silence before he heard one final voice that hit him worse than the others. He felt like he was crushed by a boulder.
