"LLOYD!" The blonde looked up from where he was playing with Zane and Cole with a startled look. Nya bared in and was looking panicked and out of breath. She was drenched with sweat and a long cut went across her cheek.
"Nya!?" Lloyd got up quickly and ran over to her. "Nya what's wrong?"
Kai burst into the main room as well, looking a little worse than Nya but still relatively fine. It was the hunched over form that Kai was caring on his back that Lloyd was more concerned about.
"Mr. Jay!" Cole shouted as he stood up running over to the rest of the ninja, Zane close behind him.
"What happened?!" Lloyd asked turning to a panting Nya.
"Garmadon... he had some sort of Godzilla monster." She said with her hands resting on her knees.
"No time!" Kai shouted. "Jay needs medical attention now!"
Lloyd waved an arm at Kai to follow him, as they ran towards the med bay. "Nya watch the kids!" He shouted before they left.
Cole stood still a few moments after they ran past. "Miss Nya? is Jay gonna be alright?"
"He's tougher than he looks, don't you worry about him." Nya rubbed Cole's head of floofy hair.
Cole turned back towards Zane to see if he wanted to continue building the Lego castle. Zane was still staring at the corridor Jay was rushed through with wide uneasy eyes.
"What's wrong little guy?" Nya asked, noticing the discomfort.
"He wa-s hurt-t." Zane said in a small voice.
"He will be fine in no time." Nya reassured again. "Tell you what.. Why don't we make get well cards for Jay?"
"That's a great idea!" Cole's face immediately illuminated. "C'mon Zane!"
Cole dragged Zane over to the corner that they were playing in earlier and had gotten out all the crayons and paper. Nya came over to join them and helped them with spelling all the words they wanted to write.
Kai stood back and only helped Lloyd when necessary. Usually Zane or Jay would do all the first aid, but considering one is unconscious and the other is a 6-year-old, Lloyd was the next qualified candidate. Luckily Zane had been giving him minor first aid lessons, so Lloyd somewhat knew what he was doing. somewhat.
Jay had dove in the way of a blast that was meant for Nya. Luckily it hadn't burnt away too much skin and had already cauterized itself so not much blood was lost either. There would probably just be a faint scar on jay's abdomen, he would probably love it. Being able to flaunt off his battle scars to Nya.
"Is he going to be alright?" Kai asked standing against the wall with his arms folded.
"Yeah he should be fine, probably just a little sore for a while." Lloyd nodded as he put everything back into the first aid box and cleaned up any mess he made while catering to Jay's wounds.
"Come on, we should let him sleep." Kai opened the door for Lloyd and closed it after he exited, turning off the lights.
Kai strolled into the living room and watched Nya for a second as she was playing with the boys.
Zane was on Nya's back with his dinosaur hoodie all the way up and over his head, so it looked like he was in a dinosaur costume. Cole was running around with a paper origami sword, chasing after the two.
Nya pretended to be hurt when Cole struck her with the paper toy and fell over on the couch, making sure not to fall on Zane.
"Ha! I have conquered the beast!" Cole raised his hands as Zane copied him and lifted both his fists in the air.
Kai decided to finally step in and make his presence known. As soon as he cleared his throat Cole and Zane were running over to hug his legs, as Nya got up from the couch and walked over to her brother.
"How's Jay?" Nya asked.
"He's good." Kai finally gave in and picked up both of the kids, Cole he swung over his shoulder with one arm, and held onto Zane with the other. "Lloyd said he should be up and walking in a day or two."
"We made cards!" Cole shouted from where he was dangling off of Kai's shoulder.
"Did you now?" Kai asked in a playful tone as Cole squirmed about.
"I'm sure as soon as Jay is awake he would love to see them." Nya said as she picked up Cole, so Kai wouldn't drop him and Zane.
"Oh, by the way, Lloyd called Mr. Brookstone. We're going over there for dinner." Kai told Nya.
"We are gonna go see my dad!?" Cole exclaimed, squirming too much to the point Nya almost dropped him.
"Don't worry," Kai explained seeing the look Nya was giving him. "He's been informed of our... situation."
"Yes, you are." Lloyd answered Cole as he walked into the room. "I'm going to stay here with Jay and keep an eye on him."
"Yay! We're gonna go see my dad!" Cole jumped out of Nya's arms, startling her. Zane motioned that he wanted to be put down as well, so Kai lowered him to the ground.
Cole took Zane's hand and they both ran off, to do whatever while the "adults" talked.
"He took it pretty well from what I could tell." Lloyd said as the boys went to go play.
"I'm sure he's used to whatever weird situation Cole gets himself into all the time." Kai scoffed.
"I'm just trying to keep the boys busy until Sensei comes back at this point." Lloyd sighed. "Was I really that energetic all the time?"
Nya laughed at Lloyd's exhaustion, He had taken over most of the 'babysitting' duties. "Oh, you betcha."
"I like to think of it as payback." Kai laughed. "I should start getting ready to go. we leave in 10 minutes."
"Alright, I will go ahead and set the course." Nya said as she walked towards the control room of the Bounty leaving Lloyd with the boys.
A half an hour later and they arrived in Cole's hometown. Nya and Kai were going to go take Zane and Cole for a few hours while Lloyd stayed behind and watched over Jay.
"Make sure to give him our cards as soon as he wakes up okay?" Cole said shoving both of the two handmade 'get well soon' cards into Lloyd waiting hands.
"Will do." Lloyd nodded. "Have fun you guys!"
They all waved as they exited the ship and started walking towards Mr. Brookstone's house.
When they arrived, Kai rang the doorbell. It was silence for a few moments before, the doorknob started to jiggle, and Lou opened the door enthusiastically.
"Dad!" Cole shouted and hugged onto Lou's legs. Mr. Brookstone was quick to scoop up his now smaller son into a big bear hug.
"I'm glad you could make it, but uhh.. weren't there more of you last time?" Lou said happily.
"Jay was injured in a previous battle, Lloyd is staying behind to watch over him." Nya quickly explained.
"Ah, the ninja business is pretty dangerous isn't it." Mr. Brookstone ushered them inside where he had tea and other snacks already set out.
"Uncle Lorenzo!" Cole shouted again, running from his father to another man who sat on the couch.
"Hey buddy!" Lorenzo smiled.
"Hey what about me?" Another man across the room asked.
"Yeah and me?" Said the final man in the room was was sitting on the couch next to Lorenzo.
"Not now I'm hugging Uncle Lorenzo." Cole's words were muffled as he was currently buried into Lorenzo's chest.
"I'm sure you have already seen my troupe. This is Lorenzo, Francesco, and Marco."
"Nice to meetcha'" Marco walked up and shook hands with the Smith Siblings in greeting, as Cole made his way to Francesco for a hug.
Zane shyly kept his place behind Kai's legs as they all introduced themselves.
"It's so weird seeing him as a kid again." Marco commented. They had all settled in the living room, while Cole and Zane sat on the floor playing with some Legos Lou had kept.
"not to mention with that Zane fellow he is always talking about." Lorenzo commented, poking Lou in the ribs with his elbow.
"does he now?" Kai smirked. This would be some juicy blackmail content.
"All the time!" Lou laughed. "Last time he came for a visit all he could talk about is this gorgeous ice man who made the best food he had ever tasted."
"A true way to that boy's heart is through his stomach." Marco chuckled. As Cole's uncles, they had helped Lou raise Cole after his mother passed away. And they could tell you just how much Cole ate.
"How long do you think it's gonna be until you can find a cure?" Lou asked out of curiosity
"Our Sensei has been gone for almost 2 weeks trying to obtain that." Nya said taking a sip from her tea. "He should be back soon with the cure. Until then we just have to keep them out of trouble."
"Well I hope Cole hasn't been too rowdy. You should have contacted me sooner, I have extra hands around here to watch them if you need a break." Lou gestured to the three Italian men sitting next to him.
"He's actually been really helpful." Kai responded. "Zane has had some... issues.. and Cole has really bonded with him and helped with that."
"Zane practically follows him everywhere." Nya laughed. along with the rest of the troupe members
As the night went on, they continued casual conversation. After dinner it was late, and Nya and Kai decided it was time to head back.
Cole said his goodbyes to his father as well as all his uncles and they made their way back to the Bounty.
It was fairly late whenever they made it back, so Kai took Cole and Zane straight to bed. Lloyd was up as well as Jay, who was in the dining room trying to get something in his empty stomach.
"How are you feeling Jay?" Kai asked as he sat down next to him. He was a bit worried for his freckled friend.
"A little sore but other than that great!" Jay smiled as he stuffed another slice of pizza in his mouth. "You won't believe the gnarly scar I'm gonna get for this."
Kai laughed at his ever-present enthusiasm.
"I kinda miss having Zane around though... I'm getting tired of pizza and takeout." Jay finished his plate and got up to put it in the sink, wincing ever so slightly at the tugging of his wound.
"They'll be back before you know it Jay." Kai followed Jay to the living room where they both plopped down on the couch. "Besides have I got some juicy gossip about our dear pining friends."
"omg what did Cole and Zane do?" Jay suddenly got interested. He was such a fangirl for his friends obvious yet oblivious attraction for each other. He quickly pointed it out to Kai who agreed that they would somehow get the pair together.
Kai and Jay sat on the couch for most of the night simply chatting about the day's events and other topics that were thrown around.
Cole tossed on his side, slowly awakening from a deep slumber he looked at the digital clock that was to the right of him. It was 3:14 in the morning.
He quickly located the source of his awakening and it was the shivering form curled up next to him.
'Must be another nightmare' Cole lightly tapped Zane's shoulder until he woke up. Neither of them had said anything, this was a routine at this point. Cole would wake him up from one of his many nightmares. Dry the tears and then back to bed it was. Unless it was a very bad nightmare. In that case they would chat for a little before heading back to sleep.
Zane snuggled up next to Cole's chest again and drifted away into a dreamless sleep. Cole falling soon after.
A/N:
and yay chapter 7 is done! So, I really like the idea of the other members of the troupe being Cole's uncles. like not even actual relatives by blood but just close friends of Lou who have become like 2nd father's to Cole. Also, yes I made them Italian.. because yes. I feel like Lou would be Italian and His wife would be like African American or something. I also have this head cannon where Cole's mother was the old element of earth, and Lou knew that eventually Cole was gonna inherit her powers, but he didn't want Cole to die like she did, so he tried to make him a dancer to keep him out of danger :') I make sad head cannons...