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Nya twisted her head to get a better view at the Goddess. It appeared she hadn't seen them yet.
"Morro?" Nya asked.
"Hm?"
"It looks like she hasn't seen us yet. Do you think we could take her by surprise?"
"No, the woman's got highly tuned senses. I know she knows we're here."
Nya looked back down at Athena. "Then why isn't she attacking?"
"I don't know," Morro admitted.
"Should we attack first?"
"I don't know!" Morro repeated.
Nya sighed. "Let's...um...overlord, I'm not good at this."
"If she doesn't attack, she may want to ally herself with us, or give us important information."
"What if it's a trap?"
"I doubt it. But there's still a chance."
Nya rolled her eyes.
"Should we wait it out? See who breaks first?" She asked.
"I. Don't. Know." Morro repeated.
Nya groaned.
"Should we wing it?" Nya asked.
Morro threw his hands up in the air. "Whatever floats your boat, princess."
"Fine. Let's-"
She was interrupted by a distant voice.
"Shut up, will you?!"
"Why don't you shut up, huh?!"
"Guys..."
"Come on, we have to get the kids out before they start fighting!"
Nya smiled. Morro glanced at her.
"You hear 'em?" He asked.
Nya nodded, then frowned. "Not only that, but..." her eyebrows knitted together in concentration. Then, her eyes widened.
"Morro! EVERYONE, GET DOWN-"
Everything happened at once. There was a blinding light, then, a loud blast that blew Nya and Morro off of their dragons. The dragons vanished, and Nya and Morro were blown to the ground. The ninja were affected less, as the house and the dragons had taken most of the blow. They all fell to the ground.
"The fuck was that?!" Cole yelled.
"Dammit!" Hiromasa yelled.
"Overlord, please tell me that wasn't what I think it was," Caroline responded
"It was a HSESW," Adamina said.
"Overlord, no!" Caroline said.
"How are they even capable of creating one?!"
"What the fuck is a HSESW?!" Jay yelled.
"A HSESW is short for a hypersonic element-stripping wave. It deteriorates the strands of DNA in a God or Goddess that gives the person his or her element for an extended period of time. It's very hard for even the First Spinjitzu Master to summon."
"So...if he's not here...then who summoned it?" Kai asked.
"If it really is hypersonic, then why didn't we get knocked over harder? Hypersonic speed is-at least-Mach 5, while the speed of sound is Mach 1." Zane explained.
"So who took most of the blow?!" Cole asked.
"She did,"
The group turned to face someone walking in the smoke, which shifted to reveal Morro, who was holding an unconscious Nya.
"Oh my overlord!"
The ninja rushed over to her.
"Nya..." Jay whispered, touching her face.
"Sis!" Kai yelled. "Wake up! Overlord, please! Please wake up!" Tears ran down Kai's cheeks.
"She can't die," Morro reminded them. Jay took Nya into his arms, crying.
"Love, wake up..." Jay whispered, placing his fingers on her pale face. He ran his thumb over her closed eye.
"She may not wake up for a while; she took the worst of the blow." Morro sighed.
Hiromasa and Caroline ran over to their fallen daughter.
"Oh, Nya..." Caroline sniffed, taking her limp hand.
Hiromasa looked up at Morro, then stood.
"The fuck did you do?!" He snapped, grabbing the God of Wind by his shirt.
"Me? I didn't do anything! Athena summoned herself behind her, then summoned the HSESW."
Murder was evident in Hiromasa's eyes. He lowered his voice so that only Morro and himself could hear.
"What did you do to her?!"
Morro smirked. "We made a deal. I think you can figure out the rest."
Hiromasa gritted his teeth.
"I swear to the Overlord, I would fucking kill you if I could," he whispered.
Morro smirked. If there was one thing Morro loved, it was getting under the other Gods and Goddess' skin. "It was her decision. And it felt so fucking good."
Hiromasa yelled in fury, then threw the God to the ground. Caroline jumped on him and grabbed his arms. Hiromasa's face was red with anger.
"DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING LAY A HAND ON MY DAUGHTER AGAIN! YOU HEAR?!"
"Dad!"
Cole turned around to find Artemis and the kids running up the hill. His heart pounded in relief, and Artemis collided into him. He found tears streaming down his face as he embraced her in a spine-crushing hug. The triplets, who were carrying their sister, ran up behind Kai and hugged him, Chip sprinted to Zane, and Masami ran to Jay.
"Chip!" Zane said, kneeling down to his level. "Are you alright?!"
"Yeah, dad, I'm fine!" He responded, clinging to Zane.
"Daddy!" They yelled. Kai turned to find his children running towards him with his daughter in their arms.
"Oh my overlord," he whispered as his children came into him. They gently placed Aaliyah in Kai's lap, and they hugged Kai.
"Are you two okay? What happened to her?"
"We're fine, but she got knocked out. By a ghost thing." Renzo responded. "But she'll be okay. Why are you crying?"
"My...my sister..." he whispered, tightly embracing his daughter.
Jay turned when he felt the familiar little arms of his girl. He smiled sadly and hugged her back.
"Daddy! You're okay!" She said.
"I'm fine, baby. What about you?"
"I have a little concussion, but I'll be okay.
"As long as she doesn't take another blow to her head," Artemis corrected.
"Overlord, Masi," Jay whispered, holding his head on her shoulder.
"Why are you crying?" She whispered.
Jay remained silent while hugging Masami.
"Ninja?" came a shy, feminine voice.
The ninja stood, pushing their young behind them.
"P-please, I do not want to harm you. I only want to help."
"Who are you?" Hiromasa demanded.
"I," the woman stepped out of the shadows, "am Athena."
It was the woman who had been standing outside the house.
Hiromasa frowned. "How can we trust you?!"
"I trust her!" Another voice roared behind them.
The group turned to see the First Spinjitzu Master standing in golden battle armor and equipped with a sword. At his side were the rest of the Gods and Goddesses.
"Wha-what?" Kai asked.
Athena smiled kindly. "It's been a while, First Spinjitzu Master."
He smiled. "Yes." He glanced at Nya, who was still unconscious. "Can you heal her?"
She nodded and walked over to Nya, but she was blocked by Hiromasa.
"Hiromasa! Move! Is my trust in her not enough for you?!" He snapped.
Hiromasa remained silent, then glared at Athena. She only smiled, and the kneeled down to Nya. She placed her hand over Nya's hands, then closed her eyes. A few moments later, she lifted her hands off of Nya's hands.
Nothing seemed to happen. This is what Hiromasa and the others thought-
-until Nya let out a deafening scream.
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(In Nya's mind...)
There is a silhouette of a little girl. She is holding a pendant in her hands and is kneeling in front of a chimney. It is dark inside the place, and her head is craned down at the pendant.
The pendant is silver, and enclosed inside it is a blue, glowing orb. She clenches the pendant in her fist, then stands.
The entire house she's in is black and white, the pendant the only color in the scene. She walks to a ladder in the corner of the room, then climbed up it, opening up the hatch at the top. She pushes it open and climbs onto the roof of the building.
Her black dress flutters in the wind. She squeezes the pendant even tighter, then looks around.
She is the only person left.
Standing in the remains of what used to be her city, she stepped on top of the ledge. Wind rustles her dress. Her feet are cold and pale.
She stands on the end for a moment.
Only a step away from death and a step away from life, she is silent. After all, there is no purpose for her anymore.
She releases the amulet, and it falls onto the ledge.
The wind strengthened, and, for a moment, she barely keeps herself from falling over.
She was stronger alone...
Yet she was the only one left.
'You're dangerous,' the doctor had said.
'Why?' the little girl had responded.
'Because you don't need anyone.'
Her mother's words echoed through her head:
'Let your mistakes guide you for the future.'
A small smile crossed her lips. She took a deep breath, then...
...she stepped off of the ledge.
...
...
...
...
She hadn't fallen to the ground.
Instead, she was now in an infinite black space, floating.
But, she was no longer a girl, but a woman.
Nya.
The scene transitioned to the blacksmith shop. Nya stood alone in her room.
Again, she was transported into another realm. It appeared to be Ed and Edna's junkyard.
Nya rushed inside, to find Jay and his parents. They were staring down at the little bundle he held in his arms.
Everything disappeared, then she was inside the Bounty. Cole was looking up at a picture of the team before Nya had died.
Then, everything went black...
...then the black swirled into a picture. Another scene appeared. Nya stood in the middle of what appeared to be a funeral.
Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane were there. They stood at the front. Kai seemed a bit oblivious to the world, Jay's eyes were red, teary, and sad. Cole had an unreadable expression on his face. Zane looked distant.
There were other people there, too. Dareth, Ed and Edna, even Ronin and Skales were there.
There was a coffin up ahead. Nya looked around.
Her funeral...this had to be her funeral. She saw pictures of her face everywhere. She ran up to the coffin.
Then, Nya looked in her own corpse. Her breathing sped up.
She took off, running past the saddened people and past the entryway.
But...
...
There was someone at the gate.
Nya's eyes widened. No...it couldn't be...
His dark brown hair and his blue eyes...
And he was staring straight at her.
His lips that Nya had yearned to touch for years twisted into a smile, and, like a dream, he stepped towards her.
"Nya, dear," he started, "what have you gotten yourself into this time?"
Nya, frozen with shock, stared at him as if he were some abomination.
"Rei?" She whispered, her voice barely audible.
He grinned. "Yup. It's me. Did ya miss me? 'Cause I certainly missed you, dearie."
She shook her head. "No. No. You're not Rei."
He cocked an eyebrow suspiciously. "Of course it's me, dearest. Why don't you believe me?"
She closed her eyes, then mentally counted backwards from one hundred. Something was not right here.
His grin was too perfect.
Like his eyes and the way he spoke.
"No!" She yelled. This was another mid trick; this was a demon trying to get her to break.
His grin curled in an unnatural way. "Very good, dearie."
Nya panted, closing her eyes, then continued to count down. This memory should end any moment.
It did when she opened her eyes again.
She gasped, eyes wide. Several pairs of eyes stared back down at her.
"It worked," Athena said.
The ninja sighed.
Jay's heartbeat sped up as Masami looked down at Nya. He was frozen in place: not a word could escape his mouth.
Here she was, alive and breathing. Right in front of her.
And yet he was so locked up, so speechless and relieved that he couldn't say anything.
"...Mommy?" Masami whispered.
Nya finally snapped out of her daze when she heard her daughter's unfamiliar voice.
She blinked a few times, then everything came into focus.
It took her a moment to process everything. But, when she did, she shot up and hugged the confused blue ninja.
"Oh my overlord!" He said, tears escaping his eyes, "it's really you!"
Nya smiled and buried her head in his shoulder. He wrapped her arms around her back and held her in his lap as the two cried.
She pulled back for a moment, looking into the deep blue eyes that had mesmerized her for so many years. The freckles she had yearned to observe. The lips she had wanted to kiss for so long.
She smiled through tears, then kissed him.
Jay's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what was happening. Then, he closed his eyes and tangled his hands in her thick, black hair. Then, they separated.
"Jay..." she whispered.
He smiled through his own tears, then he took her hand. "Nya..."
"Daddy?" Masami hesitated before asking. "Mommy?"
Nya looked up at the little red-headed girl. Nya's smile broadened, then she pulled Masami into a hug. Masami smiled and hugged her mother, and Jay hugged his two favorite girls.
Kai was up next. He pried off of Jay and Nya and hugged her. Nya broke down sobbing.
"Kai!" She said.
Tears escaped his eyes as well. "Sis,"
She inhaled his smoky scent. The tears wouldn't stop coming as she hugged her beloved brother.
She pulled away, her face soaked with tears. She turned to face Cole. She laughed and hugged him, too. A smile lit up on his lips.
"Hey, cutie," he whispered.
"Hey, big guy," she responded.
Zane smiled when she hugged him.
"How is my favorite nindroid?" She asked.
"I've been well. It's been...quiet without you."
She laughed, then walked to Lloyd. He smiled when he saw her.
"Hey Garmaderp," she teased.
He huffed. "Hey, Nya." He patted her back as she hugged him.
She looked around at her family.
"I missed you guys so much," she said as Jay approached her from behind, along with Masami, who Nya picked up and set on her hip, even though she was a little too big.
"As much as I hate to interrupt the reunion," The First Spinjitzu Master began, "we have a war on our hands that must be sorted out."
Nya looked around at the faces staring her.
"Well, let's get this over with," Nya said, "we're gonna win this thing!"