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Echo had been living with the ninja for about 2 weeks now. Zane told him a lot about his friend PIXAL. Echo was excited to meet her.
Zane seemed to like her a lot. Zane never said it but Echo was sure they had a relationship similar to Jay and Nya, the way he talked about her was very loving.
After eating breakfast, the two nindroids made their way to Zane’s car. Echo would have taken his motorcycle but Jay and Nya are currently fixing it.
Zane had one ability that Echo was a little jealous off. It wasn’t his ice powers but the ability to make himself look more human. Echo really wanted to do that too. People know nindroids exist but it could be useful if you didn’t stick out like a sore thumb.
“Can I look more human?”, asked Echo.
“Well, we could Cyrus Borg for that.”, said Zane, “He upgraded me and PIXAL to have holograms that make us look like humans.”
“He can do that?”, asked Echo excited.
“Yes, he quite good with technology,”, said Zane.
The brothers made their way to Ninjago City. Once they reached Borg Tower the two walked in and were greeted by the secretary. She told them to go upstairs to Cyrus Borg's office. Echo was amazed by the elevator. The view from the elevator was amazing to Echo. The only time he had been this high up he didn’t have the time or emotions to appreciate the view.
The elevator reached its destination and the brothers stepped out of it. They were immediately greeted by a man in a wheelchair, Cyrus Borg.
“Hello, Zane.”, said Cyrus, “You must me Echo, correct?”
“Yep, nice to meet you Mr. Borg.”, said Echo.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you too.”, said Cyrus, “PIXAL should be here soon. She went to get me a coffee.”
Cyrus wheeled himself back to the desk and offered the brothers to sit down.
“Mr. Borg, I have a question.”, said Echo.
“Oh, what is it?”, asked Borg.
“Can you upgrade me a little? I want to have a hologram that makes me look like a human.”, said Echo, “If that isn’t a problem.”
“It’s no problem at all. Nothing easier than that.”, said Borg.
Echo smiled brightly at the man Infront of him.
Zane had informed both PIXAL and Cyrus Borg of Echos ‘origins’ and what had happened to him. Cyrus was surprised to hear that Dr. Julien had built another nindroid. PIXAL was happy for Zane. He may not say it but he was a little jealous of his friends for still having some family, but PIXAL knew.
Cyrus had expected Echo to be a carbon copy of Zane, which he wasn’t. Echo seemed more curious and more childish like Zane already. Echo was fascinated by everything in the room. It was very endearing to see someone this curious.
The door opened again and a female nindroid came in with a fresh cup of coffee. It was PIXAL. Zane’s friend. PIXAL sat the coffee down.
“Here you go, father.“, said PIXAL.
“Thank you PIXAL.”
PIXAL turned to Zane and hugged him, after releasing the hug she looked at Echo.
“I’m PIXAL. It’s nice to meet you Echo.”, she said.
“It’s nice to meet you too. Big brother talks a lot about you.”, said the copper droid.
“Does he now?”, asked PIXAL teasingly.
“Yup.”
The two looked at Zane who was visibly flustered. If he could he would be a blushing mess right now.
“I’m not surprised he does. They are in a relationship after all.”, said Cyrus.
“Relationship? Like Jay and Nya?”, questioned Echo.
“Yes, did Zane not tell you?”, asked the inventor.
“No, I wonder why… Big brother, why didn’t you tell me PIXAL is your special friend?”, asked Echo his older brother.
“Special friend?”, wondered PIXAL.
“Echo doesn’t understand the concept of dating yet.”, said Zane, “I didn’t tell you yet because I didn’t know how to explain it. You only started to understand different relationships. I didn’t want to overcomplicate things.”
“Oh. That’s fine I guess.”
PIXAL had an idea. She walked over to Echo and stretched out her hand to him. She said: “Let me reintroduce myself. I’m PIXAL, your brother girlfriend.”
Echo smiled and instead of taking her hand hugged the female droid. Echo just knew they would get along great.
When Echo finally let go of PIXAL he said: “So, PIXAL is going to be my sister, right?”
The other two droids looked at him confused.
Echo noticed and answered them: “Lloyd said since Jay is going to marry Nya, he’s going to be Lloyd’s brother. PIXAL is going to marry big brother, so is going to be my sister, right?”
“I believe you mean sister-in-law but other than that yes, I believe so. They love each other a lot.”, said Cyrus.
They looked over to the awfully quiet couple. Zane and PIXAL were flustered, obviously embarrassed by the conversation.
PIXAL was the first to get a grip of herself and said: “I believe a change in subject would be great.”
Zane just nodded, agreeing with his girlfriend.
The conversation went on for a bit until Cyrus suggested to do the upgrade for Echo, which the nindroid agreed to.
It didn’t take the inventor long to upgrade the droid. Once he was done Echo immediately tried it out.
Echo’s hair was pretty much the same colour to his normal form, his eyes lost a bit of their yellow glow and his skin was tan. Echo liked it. He still looked similar to Zane but it was obvious that they were brothers and not copies of one another.
Echo thanked the inventor and hugged him. He was really happy right now.
In the evening it was time to go back to the monastery. This time PIXAL would join them though. She moved in with them.
Echo couldn’t wait to tell the others what happened today and show off his new human disguise.