Rise of the Ninjago Force

Chapter 3: The Explosion

In the lab, the two scientists were observing the crystals being processed before the door soon opened, and Cyrus and the students enter. "Currently, we are working on a power source, where we no longer need to rely on solar power, or electricity." He said as he wheels himself into the room and the students start to spread away a bit. "Developed by two of our most esteemed young minds, Dr. Alistair Smythe and Dr. Zane Toomes." Cyrus holds his hand out to the two scientists, who then turn to them.

"Alistair Smythe!" A teenaged girl with mahogany hair said before coming up to the brown haired scientist and holds up a magazine with his face on it. "I was wondering if I could have your--"

"Miss Spectre, please refrain from harassing the scientist." The middle aged man said, causing her to moan and walk back, earning sniggers from some of the students.

Cyrus soon cleared his throat to get their attention again and they immediately do so. "My scientists have discovered that with the power of rare underground crystals, it can power up many city blocks." Some of the students look at the tent to see the men in hazmat suits coming out and walking away, and the students were amazed at the sight of the crystal. They all fail to notice that the spider had snuck in through the gap as it was open by the two hazmat scientists. "So, any questions about this experiment?"

A few students raised their hands as Lloyd and Kai soon came in, coming up behind Jay, who also had his hand up, and Cole before Cyrus points to Nya. "A couple actually, Mr. Borg." She said. "What is the name of these crystals, and are they potentially dangerous?"

"Good questions, Miss..."

"Uh, Nya Smith, sir."

"Miss Smith." He soon looked at the crystals as Lloyd crept past to look at them as well. "We call them, 'Ninjago Crystals', and in the wrong hands, they are potentially dangerous." Kai quickly came up to Lloyd, not wanting to lose him and his job. "Say, one touch from an unprotected object is enough to cause them to go unstable."

The moment he said that, the spider slid down on its own web line, onto the machine that was holding the crystals. Pretty soon, they start to glow, and alarms soon went off. "Is this a fire drill?" Flash asked as they look around and the spider jumps onto Peter, who was closest to the tent.

Alistair immediately went to the console. "Something has struck the crystals." He said. "They're going unstable." He turns to them. "It could cause an explosion."

"Evacuate the building immediately!" Cyrus yelled before Alistair taps a few keys as some students start leaving with one of the scientists who got out of their hazmat suits shows up, and wheels Cyrus out of the room.

"Evacuate." An electronic voice said. "Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate."

During the confusion of the evacuation, Chad notices a nearby button labeled, 'Emergency Shutter.' "This better work." He said to himself as he prepared to press it. Not realising that there were people behind him, he selfishly pressed the button. As soon as he pressed it, two students managed to get through, but the door was now completely sealed when they notice that Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and Nya were still inside the lab as well as Alistair, who was trying to seal the tent up before the two students take off. They all yelled at the top of their lungs, which was muffled by the sealed door to try and get Chad to let them out, but selfishly fearing for his safety, he took off.

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Everyone ran along the hallway as Peter was unaware that the spider had now entered his hood. "Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate."

"Come on, kids!" The middle aged man yelled as he guides a few before running down the hallway himself, unaware of three students being absent in the rush as the word 'Evacuate' was still going off. "We need to get out of here!"

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Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and Nya were still in the lab, trying to get the door open, or crying out for help before Kai then turned to Alistair. "Smythe, get the door open!" He yelled.

"I can't." He replied. "Once the door is sealed, it's sealed until the situation is contained."

"'Contained'?"

"Contained how?" Jay asked.

"We're about to find out!" Alistair replied before heading over to a corner and went into a fetal position. "Everybody down!" The 5 teens and the mayor's son then prepared to do the same, only for it to be too late as the crystals soon glow very bright, and the last thing they saw before going unconscious, was a giant flash of light, caused by an explosion.

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Outside OsCorp, the scientists and students were running down the stairs to get away from the building until the explosion causes the top of the building to break apart, and debris to come raining down on them. They immediately started to scream as they keep trying to run away, hoping not to get hit by the debris. Unfortunately, it was too late for two students and a lab tech while the rest was mostly injuries or scrapes. The explosion had also caused all the BorgBots in the city to shut down since their power source was also destroyed in the explosion. Once the commotion was over, the victims start looking around their surroundings. "Is everyone okay?" The middle aged man asked.

"Wait, where's Jason?" MJ asked.

"Cole and Nya aren't here either." Peter said.

"Oh no, they're still in the building." The middle aged man said.

"Along with three employees unaccounted for." Norman replied as he came up to him. "Not to mention the mayor's son." He then looked up at the ruined building. "What the hell happened to my building?" Chad just sat where he was. Shocked that he had shut the door on and killed seven people. Not to mention two more from the falling debris.

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The lab was in complete tatters as everyone inside was unconscious, some with serious injuries. The crystal had miraculously survived the crash, but were now by six of the seven victims before they slowly fade away. The seventh victim, whose clothes were completely in tatters, groaned as he woke up, and tried to stand up, only to hiss in pain as he sees a piece of the shrapnel was in his back and was shocked to see his legs not moving at all, no matter how he tried. "My legs." He said to himself while groaning in pain before noticing the other six, and crawled over to the closest victim. "Zane." He turned him around to see what had happened, and was completely shocked. His body was completely burned almost beyond recognition, his hair was completely burnt to a crisp, his clothes were completely in ashes, and his visible eyes were caked with ash and soot. "Oh my god." He soon felt his pulse, and was surprised. His friend was still alive, but hanging by a thread.

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(A/N: Sorry if that seemed a bit gruesome, but the reason why is sort of explained in a further chapter)