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sibillascribbles08 · 3 years ago

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Who’s the Golden Master Now?

More changeling AU where stuff actually gets crazy

It was too quiet.

Lloyd stood in the middle of the city, his father and Kai by his side. The rest of the team had gone about trying to evacuate anyone, preparing for the Overlord’s assault.

But nothing happened.

Eventually with the lack of activity, Jay and Cole went to slip into the tower to see if they could find anything. Lloyd hated standing by, but someone had to be out here to interfere if their enemies showed up.

But it was still nothing. Not even any droids trying to launch an attack. The lack of citizens made the streets so quiet Lloyd almost wanted to panic from the silence.

His father must have sensed it, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Patience, son, we can’t act without any information.”

“I know.” Lloyd sighed. “But this is weird. It’s too weird.”

His stress wasn’t aided by his concern over Cryptor, despite what the rest of the team thought. Pixal said he could be fixed, but they didn’t have the time or resources right now, so the droid remained unconscious back at Nya’s Samurai X base.

Lloyd couldn’t pinpoint why he was worried, but he at least knew he couldn’t treat Cryptor like an enemy. Maybe it’s because he related to it. He and his father both aided the enemy in the past, and both of them turned away from it. It wasn’t impossible for Cryptor to decide to do the same.

Why couldn’t the rest of the team give him the chance.

The roar of an engine brought him out of his thoughts. He got into a defensive position before Jay’s roadster came into view. The blue ninja spun it onto the street before parking in front of them. The hatch opened, him and Cole both popping up.

“You guys will not believe what we found.” Jay laughed, but he also sounded worried.

Before Lloyd could ask, Cole reached into the vehicle to pull something out of it. In his solid grip was Pythor, the serpentine’s arms tightly bound together. The snake hissed and even tried to bite Cole before he was tossed onto the ground.

“He was trying to run for it.” Jay hopped out, lightning at the ready when Pythor tried to move.

“But why?” Garmadon pointed his staff at the serpentine. “Speak.”

Pythor scoffed before glancing at everyone. He must have decided he was outnumbered and cleared his throat. “Listen, I don’t want any trouble anymore. Just let me go.”

“We’ll let you go when we have answers.” Kai’s hands lit up. “Where’s The Overlord? Where’s Zane?”

The serpentine shivered. “I don’t know why you want your friend back in the first place.” He spat. “He’s utterly mad.”

“Explain.” Lloyd emphasized. “Tell us what happened.”

“Fine.” Pythor rolled his eyes. “But don’t say I didn’t warn you…”

----

Soon. Soon enough the Overlord would claim the golden armor they forged and their assault on the city could begin. Pythor’s revenge was in reach.

All the nindroids were lined up. The armor arrived on a cart, since none of the droids could touch it, and it waited for the Overlord to arrive.

Sadly, in his state, he refused to let the others see him. The army was dismissed, save for Cryptor who refused to leave. Pythor was tempted to argue with him, but something about the droid unnerved him.

Finally the doors opened. The Overlord walked in, can in hand. His form still wasn’t completely solid, dark matter oozing off him with the same consistency of honey or oil. Pythor kept those thoughts to himself.

“Finally.” The Overlord’s voice still came out as a hiss and a croak. “The golden power is mine. Soon the city will be mine. Then the world.”

Pythor tapped his fingers together, trying to his his green. The Overlord reached out to the armor--

Clang.

Pythor blinked at the sound, seeing the black armored hand contrasting with the shining gold. He followed it up to Cryptor who stared forward, looking smug.

“Sorry.” The nindroid said. “But I decided against that.”

“What?” Pythor and the Overlord growled at the same time.

“Have you lost it, you bucket of bolts?” Pythor continued. “Need I remind you yet again that you can be reprogrammed.”

“Then try it.” Cryptor narrowed his eyes. “Without the Overlord in the digiverse you’re going to have a tougher time with that, right?”

Pythor opened his mouth but couldn’t find an argument fast enough.

“I thought about it.” Cryptor picked up a piece of the armor, tapping it against his face. “See, after switching bodies my head was so muddled, but it cleared up a lot after you got booted from the system.”

Switch bodies? What was he talking about?

“And I learned about the plan to find this stuff.” Cryptor gestured to the armor. “And how could I pass the opportunity for that upgrade?”

“Explain yourself.” Pythor snapped. “What do you mean ‘switch bodies?’”

“What, you haven’t figured it out?” Cryptor lowered the bottom part of his mask so they could see him smirk. “Did that other nindroid constantly insisting he was your general after the power plant got shut down not tip you off?”

Pythor flinched. “What? You mean he was telling you the truth? That’s--”

“‘Preposterous?’ Hardly. A simple switch of the harddrive when his guard is down.”

“Then you’re--”

“Zane!” The nindroid kept interrupting. “Or am I even him, I wonder.”

The Overlord growled. “Stop this nonsense. Get your hands off my armor. How are you even touching it?”

“What are you going to do about it?” Cryptor--no, Zane--tilted his head. “Going to fight me? I’d like to see you both try.”

Pythor still lunged, having faith in his strength. Zane’s grip around the piece of gold tightened before he held out his other hand. Lightning flew from his fingers, sending Pythor flying backwards. The static ran under his scales and he clutched his head to try and focus.

“How are you doing that?” The Overlord shouted. “Mere pawns like you shouldn’t be able to touch it, much less use it.”

Zane shrugged, picking up more of it. “I don’t know, nor do I care. Anything for a better upgrade, right?”

One more piece of armor and the nindroid started to glow, gold light coming off him in waves. Pythor thought he was done for, that in moments his body would turn to dust and their plan could continue.

Instead the armor warped, as if it was melting once again. It wrapped around Zane’s right arm, completely encasing it. Some of it wrapped around his chest and face like spider legs.

The Overlord roared and lashed out, his hand morphing into claws like he wanted to pry the armor off of the nindroid.

Zane caught his wrist. Golden light exploded. Pythor could only cover his eyes.

When he opened them again, the Overlord was gone. Only his cane sat on the ground.

“Well that’s a nuisance taken care of.” Zane dusted his gi off. “You’re not going to kick up a fuss, are you?” He looked at Pythor.

Pythor just shook his head, still at a loss for words.

“Good, then I’m out of here. Taking the rest of the nindroids with me. They’re wasting their time on your stupid little plans.” Zane headed toward the door.

“And what are your plans?” Pythor finally stuttered out. “Weren’t you supposed to be one of the heroes?”

“Why do you care? Do you want in?” The droid tilted his head back when he looked at Pythor. “Don’t bother. This ‘bucket of bolts’ doesn’t want anything to do with you. I’d count your blessings you’re still around, yeah?” He smiled. “See you around, Pythor.”

----

“You have to be kidding me.” Kai finally broke the silence that followed Pythor’s story.

“I am not kidding.” Pythor spat. “You can go look in the tower and see for yourself. Now let me go.”

“We can’t just let you go.” Lloyd growled. “You’re going to prison, whether you like it or not.”

“I’ll keep an eye on him.” Cole said. “Kai, Jay, you two go check the tower.”

“I’m coming too.” Lloyd insisted. Partially to see the answers for himself, but also just to get away from Pythor. “We should also get Nya to sweep the city looking for any nindroids.”

“He took them with him.” Pythor shouted after them. “They’re all gone.”

“Like we’re going to trust you.” Lloyd spat. Kai put a hand on his shoulder.

Lloyd sighed, picking up his pace and trying to ignore his own thoughts. Why did Zane do this? What did he mean by “or am I even him?” Lloyd was suddenly very frightened by the idea that their friend hadn’t been in there for a while.

But if that was the case then who was he? Where did he come from?

This was all too confusing. Part of him hoped Pythor was telling the truth, that this nightmare was over, but if that was the case it still left them with too many questions.

Most of which Lloyd may never get the answers to.

#scribbly fics #changeling AU #ninjago #bye Overlord you won't be missed

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