Jay & Ed
Not only did Jay get the glass and gravel removed from his wound and not only did he get antiseptic put on his other wounds, but he also got the stitches he was brought for.
And he was given enough anaesthesia to make a dragon act funny, if one were to ask Ed.
"Hm."
Right now, Jay was staring at the menu at the smoothie place. Previously, he yelled out at the whole store, startling everybody inside (thankfully, there were only the two employees and Ed inside at the time) that he was going to do something cool. His exact words: "I AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING COOL!"
"Jay, son, you have to order something."
Jay waved his uninjured arm at Ed. "Hush, man. I'm trying to do fruit science."
Apparently, Jay was unable to read due to the medication given to him. Thankfully he figured it out before the sun went down. "Yeah, give me a Smooth Regular."
That wasn't even on the menu. The confused (and startled) cashier stared at Ed with wide brown eyes. "What?"
"Give him a Pineapple Crush," Ed sad.
"Hey, if we get boosted, will it give me lightning powers?"
"Jay, son, you already have lighting powers."
Jay didn't seem to hear him. He was too busy making lightning noises at the waitress, who seemed to be trying to figure out what to do about Jay.
"I'm so sorry, dearie. He just got stitches and they gave him anaesthesia. He'll be like that for a while."
In response, the waitress gave Jay some stickers, which reduced him to tears, leaving him crying the whole way to their booth. "Thank you! I love you so much, this is the best gift ever!" The waitress got a hug for her efforts.
"Jay, are you okay?"
Jay wiggled in response. Ed repeated the question three times, and Jay just kept wiggling until the waitress brought their drinks. More lightning noises, then, once the waitress was out of sight, he pulled out a phone that Ed had no idea where it came from and dialled a number. The waitress came back and gasped. "My phone!"
"Hold on, I'm making a call here."
"Jay, give the nice lady her phone back."
Jay grumbled, but he did as his father asked.
Lloyd & Cole & Nya & Dareth & Misako & Edna
Cole's phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"My phone!" "Hold on, I'm making a call here." "Jay, give the nice lady her phone back." "Grr."
The call ended, leaving Cole confused.
"Who was that, dearie?" Edna asked.
Cole put the phone down. "I'm not entirely sure." Cole stared at the phone. "I think it might've been Jay, but it wasn't his number."
Cole's phone started ringing again. "Hello?"
"Cole, it's me! I…" "Where did you get that?" Jay shrieked on the other end of the line. "Wait! No! That's mine!" "How do you even…" The line went down again.
"That was Jay again. He doesn't sound right…"
Edna gasped. "Oh no! My baby!" Edna grabbed her purse and hurried to the outside, dragging Dareth out with her. The others had to follow. For a tiny little woman, Edna was surprisingly strong.
"Come on! We have to go and see if Jay and Ed are okay!"
They were all stuck having to squeeze into Dareth's car, because Misako didn't want to stay behind, but she didn't want to separate from Lloyd. Nya wanted to go too, since Jay was her boyfriend, and she had a right to know if he was okay. She also threatened to flood the junkyard if she was left behind, so there was that too. Cole didn't want to be left behind either and Dareth didn't trust the others to drive his car.
In the end, Lloyd wound up falling asleep sitting on Cole's lap, right between Misako and Nya. Edna was sitting next to Dareth, giving him directions to Ninjago City Hospital, freaking out every few minutes.
Good news: Nya didn't care about the treasure hunt anymore and Misako couldn't give him a Disappointed Mom Look every five minutes, but Edna was much worse than the both of them combined, and she wouldn't hesitate to take the wheel from Dareth and drive from the passenger seat. And that was what she was doing at the moment, scaring everybody else in the car (except for Lloyd, who was, again, asleep).
Lloyd started crying in Cole's arms, so he found some calming music on his phone and turned it on.
"There there, it's okay."
Sometimes, they seemed to forget that Lloyd really was just a kid.
The crying stopped right around the time they found Ed's car sitting in front of a smoothie café. Inside, they could see Jay really explain something to his father, who was listening very keenly to what Jay was saying.
The ladies got out first, then Lloyd was gently woken up by Cole, who wanted to see what was going on with Jay just as much as the others.
"Huh? Where are we?" Lloyd was taken from Cole by Nya with a minimum amount of effort. He struggled with his footing for a while, then he hung on to Nya for a little while.
The group went inside, where Jay imidiatly noticed them and waved at them. "Hey! Guys!"
Edna sped to her husband and son, pulling him into a hug. "Oh, Jay, sweetie, I was so worried! I thought you were kidnapped… Or worse!"
"Hi Mom! They fixed my arm and I got stickers and Dad got me a smoothie!"
Jay started rolling up his sleeve to show Edna how they fixed his arm, but Ed quickly made him stop. "Jay, you've got to stop showing that to every person who walks in." Ed sighed. "He's been trying to show everybody who walks in here."
"Jay! I thought you were dead!" Nya grabbed Jay from Edna, who turned to her husband and started talking about something Nya didn't care to listen to. Neither did the others.
"Hey, do you think we should check up on Kai and Zane?" Lloyd asked.
"No, we'll only get in the way," Jay said. "And then Zane's going to be mad at us for butting in."
Nobody was listening to what Jay was saying anymore because he was starting to ramble off and lose track of what he was saying.
"Maybe we should get back to the temple," Misako broke in. Jay didn't seem to notice. "I don't think we can keep up with this right now. Kai and Zane can tell us how it went."
Ronin
He got the make-up lady's number.
Yep, he still had the moves. He was back in the temple, reading a book he found on the counter, when he heard people coming in.
"… just have to practice without me blabbing in your ear. It's not your fault, Lloyd. And, this might just be the anaesthesia talking, but you're my favourite. Don't tell Cole."
"I'm right behind you."
Whoever it was who was talking gasped in shock, then he spoke again. "Cole! You're my favourite. Don't tell anyone, especially Nya. She'll kill you in your sleep."
Nya gasped. "Jay! What…"
"Nya! I love you the most. Don't tell anybody."
Ronin got up to see what was going on. The treasure hunt he sent the ninjas out on was meant to take them a lot longer than this.
In the living room, he found Jay poking his arm, Lloyd, Cole and Nya staring at the Blue Ninja and everyone else doing their best to not look concerned.
"Hey guys! You know, I thought you would…" Somebody was missing. "Where's Kai and Zane?"
