No One P.O.V

Akira was meditating in the Wu's meditation room with the calm smell of incense in the air. Everything was calm until she heard a loud commotion, she decided to ignore the noise and focus on her mediation. She tried her best to ignore the noise, but started to grow agitated. She left the meditation room and headed to the deck. When she got there, she saw both MK and Mei fighting one of Jay's training robots while Wukong was watching them on his cloud

"What are you guys doing?!" Akira shouted, making both MK and Mei stop fighting

"Akira! Weren't you meditating?" Wukong asked with a gulp

"I was, but you guys were so loud that I couldn't even concentrate!" Akira said

"Sorry, Akira!" MK and Mei apologized

"We were training and I managed to master one powers!" MK said

"Which one?" Akira asked

"I managed to learn how to make clones of myself with my strands of my hair!" MK said looking proud

"But your clones almost destroyed the Ninjago city! All this happened while you were meditating, my love" Red Son said as he glared at MK who started to laughed nervously as he backed away, making Akira sigh

"Let me get this straight, MK was using too many clones that almost destroyed the city? Wukong! Weren't you supposed to be training him?!" Akira shouted at Wukong as he fell off of his cloud

"Y-Yeah... I was..." Wukong said as he looked away while laughing nervously and sweating

"The simian is lucky that I managed to take care of everything. I destroyed all of Noodle boy's clone. Though it was fun destroying them, it was like I was destroying him instead" Princess Iron Fan said with a chuckle and holding her giant fan

"I still can't believe that she's Red Son's mother and his dad is literally a bull demon!" Kai said to Nya in a low tone as DBK was drinking tea with Wu

"So, Pigsy. How are things at the shop in the city?" Akira asked to change the subject

"It's turning out great! Pigsy's Noodles is becoming popular in Ninjago city. I never seen so many people coming into my shop back in Megapolis" Pigsy said while Tang was enjoying a bowl of noodles

"DBK is drinking tea? Didn't know you like drinking tea so mu-!" Wukong didn't finish his sentence when DBK grabbed him and threw out of the dining room and ended up crashing into the crates

"Ouch!" Jay winced at the sight "Is he gonna be okay?" Jay asked, feeling scared and wondered why Princess Iron Fan married a demon

"Monkey King will be fine. He's been through worst from what I heard" Sandy said and the ninja sweat drop "But DBK is okay as long as you don't get on his bad side"

'Noted' The ninja thought

Akira let out an annoyed sigh, but she was worried about Lloyd's safety. The reason she was meditating was to calm her mind. She felt like disappointed that she failed to keep Lloyd safe from the Serpentine. She decided to go back inside, when something hit her head. The object fell on the ground and when Akira saw the object, it was the book from her grandparents' house

"Guys! Look! It's the book that brought us here!" Akira said as she showed the book to everyone

They were shocked, then turned happy

"That's great! That means we can use the book and go back home!" Tang said happily

Wukong went towards Akira, he was about to grab the book from her hands, when suddenly red electricity shocked Wukong, making him jump back. Everyone stepped away, MK started to approached the book. He stuck out his hand to touch it, but the same red electricity shocked MK too

"What the hell just happened?! Why is the book shocking everyone?!" Pigsy asked with a look of confusion

"Hmm... I think the book as some type of protective spell, so no one can try and steal it" Tang said and everyone went silent until Kai spoke up

"Hold on a minute. If there's a protective spell, how come Akira isn't being shocked? She's holding the book" Kai said

Everyone including Akira were wondering about that, the only ones who knew the answer was Red Son and Wukong since they know the reason, but they weren't ready to tell

'Maybe it could be something related to her mother. She was the original owner of the book, she must've put a spell on the book before she passed away, and the only one who can hold the book is her only daughter. It could hold information about about the Samadhi Fire and its power' Red Son thought to himself as he stared at the book in Akira's hands 'Could it have something to do with the Samadhi Fire?' And a sudden question popped in his head 'Wait a minute... How did I end up with the Samadhi Fire?! Did my beloved's mother sent the Samadhi Fire to me to cover up her existence or something else?' While Red Son left the room, DBK noticed his son's expression and followed him out of the room

"Son?" DBK called out and Red Son snapped out from his deep thought

"Father?"

"What's going on?" DBK asked

"N-Nothing is going on, father" Red Son said looking nervous

"Tell me the truth" DBK said and Red Son gave in

"Alright. But can we talk somewhere privately?" Red Son said as he and DBK went his lab. After making sure no one followed or hiding any listening devices in the room or on his clothes. Then he and DBK both sat down on the seats "Father... Do you remember the Samadhi Fire?" Red Son asked and DBK looked shocked at his question, and grew angry

"We are not supposed to talk about the Samadhi Fire! That power is too dangerous!" DBK shouted

'I'm glad I made my lab sound proof' Red Son thought

"Why did you ask about the Samadhi Fire?" DBK asked

"Well... Have you ever thought that maybe the Samadhi Fire once belonged to another demon?" Red Son asked

"What? I never heard of a demon that possessed the Samadhi Fire. What made think of such a question?" DBK asked

"Well... It's something that my beloved's grandfather told me before we came to this world, he told me that there was a demon that actually controlled the Samadhi Fire" Red Son said and DBK looked at his son with a shocked look

"What?!"

"And there's more. The demon fell in love with a human and also had a child, but died shortly after their spouse passed away. The child... Is a half demon and human, and I believe the child doesn't even know about their heritage" Red Son said and DBK remained silent

"The child... Who is it?" DBK asked

"You already know her" And DBK's eyes widen

"You mean...!"

"Yes. My beloved is the child of the same demon who once wielded the Samadhi Fire" Red Son said "Her grandfather told me, there may come a time when she might become the next demon of the Samadhi Fire. But told me to keep it a secret until the time is right. Now that you know, father, please don't tell my beloved about this yet. I want to wait at the right time to tell her" Red Son said

"...Alright" DBK said and then a knock came from the door. Red Son went to the door to see who it is, and saw it was Akira

"My love, what can I help you with?" Red Son asked

"I got word from Kai that Zane saw the falcon again. He wants us to catch up with them to see what we'll find" Akira said

"Alright. Guess we better start heading out" Red Son said

"Yeah. And let's take your vehicle. I heard it's quite the long journey" Akira said

Akira P.O.V

As Red Son drove through the long trail from where the ninja ran, we ended up in a forest, surrounded in snow and a broken down drone. Standing by the a tree with a door left wide opened, we saw the ninja

"Guys!" I called to them as Red Son stopped his vehicle by them

"You all made it" Kai said

"Where's Zane?" I asked

"We think he's inside, his foot prints stop here" Cole said and we entered the inside of the tree and we saw stairs that's leading down

"Zane?" Kai called out

"Wow, would you look at this place?" Jay asked looking impressed along with Red Son and Mei

"It is indeed impressive" Red Son said

"This will make an awesome secret base!" Mei said

As we reached the bottom of the stairs, we saw Zane looking at something

"Zane, what's wrong?" I asked

Zane sighed as he looked at what looks like blueprints, and the next thing we knew, he opened up his chest and we saw mechanical parts, and we all screamed except for Red Son who looked fascinated

"You're a robot?" Kai asked who still looked shocked

"All this time, and I never knew" Zane said and Red Son took the blueprints from him

"Uh... Guess that explains why you're always so weird. Right?" Jay said sounding nervous

"The reason I never had a sense of humor was because my funny switch wasn't on" Zane said as he flipped on the switch

https://youtu.be/GYr2tKG-Rc8

After the funny dance and song, Jay, MK, and Mei were bursting out laughing. Then Zane turned off the switch and sighed

"Don't let it get you down, I think it makes you even more special" MK said

"Yeah! So now that makes you a nindroid!" Mei said excitedly

"A nindroid?" Zane asked as both MK and Mei nodded

"Now come on, Pythor is still out there looking for the first Fangblade, and we need you" Cole said

"You'll have to go on without me. I just don't feel right" Zane said and the ninja, MK, Mei and Red Son (who placed the blueprints back on the table) left, leaving me alone with Zane

"Are you not leaving?" Zane asked

"I just wanted to tell you something. No matter how you look or act, you'll always be the Zane that we all know and care about" I said as I started heading up the stairs

When I reached the top of the stairs, everyone were being attacked by these strange creatures that looked like the trees we saw when we got here

"What are those things?!" I shouted

"Treehorns!" Kai answered and I ran towards them to help fight against them

Zane P.O.V

After I was left alone, I looked at the blueprints of me, and I noticed something

"A memory switch?" I opened up my chest again, and found the memory switch. Once I switched it on, all of my memories came rushing into me

https://youtu.be/TJmFvItaObg

After regaining all of my memories of my past, I shed a tear as I also remembered my father who created me and him turning off my memory switch before he passed. I looked at the table and saw something covered, I removed the cloth and found a photograph of my father, myself and the falcon. After a moment, I decided to catch up with my friends, when I got outside, they were being attacked by the creatures, which I believe are Treehorns

"Leave my friends alone!" I shouted and I used my Spinjitzu on the Treehorns, and knocking them down

"Woah. What's gotten into Zane all of a sudden?" I heard MK ask as he and everyone started to get up from the ground

"I don't know, but I like it" Kai said

"Ninja, go!" My brothers used their Spinjitzu and knocked down more of the Treehorns

"Here... Comes... Monkie Kid!" MK used his staff and it the Treehorns

Then the Treehorns started to move away from us

"What's going on?" Mei asked

"Are they re-grouping?" Jay asked, and we heard a loud growl heading towards us. Coming out from the woods was the same Treehorn, but much bigger "What's that?!"

"The queen" I said as the queen Treehorn growled at us, and I stood protectively in front of my friends

"Zane! What are you doing?!" Akira asked

"You will not hurt my friends! There is nothing that will hold me back! I know who I am!" I said and I felt my body glowing

https://youtu.be/TfwPW-HKHf8

No One P.O.V

After Zane defeated the queen Treehorn by freezing it soild, the other Treehorns ran away. When the battle ended, Zane went back to normal and fell backwards. Luckily, Akira caught him

"What happened?" Zane asked

"What happened?! Dude! You just used that awesome power and froze that thing!" Mei said as she showed him the video of what happened

"That was really cool!" MK said

"I've never seen anything like it!" Cole said, and that made Zane realized something

"This must be what sensei meant by unlocking our hearts. I remember now. I remembered everything. I remembered my father and how he cared for me. I remembered where I came from. And I feel stronger for knowing" Zane said and Akira smiled softly at him

"That's good to hear, Zane. I'm happy to hear that" Akira said with the soft smile and it made Zane's cheeks turn pink

"I'm so jealous! His powers are so cool!" Cole said

"Mei! We gotta train even harder if we wanna look cool!" MK said

"We're definitely going to train when we get back!" Mei said

"Watch out, Pythor. We're coming for you" Zane said

"Before we leave, may I have the blueprints of yours? I'm quite fascinated about how you're created, and if you don't mind, I also want to check out your parts as well" Red Son said as he looked excited, and it made everyone sweatdrop

When they got back to the Bounty, Red Son immediately dragged Zane to his lab

'We pray for Zane's safety' Everyone thought

To be continued in Once Bitten, Twice Shy