Guys I'm back!! Sorry for the long break, I've been busy, and tomorrow is no change, but hopefully I can get this out before dawn. *yay*

Anyway, thanks Dyphen for all the reviews, also to everyone who reviewed, thanks and I'm glad you're all enjoying this story I wrote. I recently noticed how the story has diverted from the title, and I'm sorry. This was meant to end ages ago, but I thought it wouldn't work out so I've been planning on the go. That's right, Nya was never meant to fall but it came in a flash of inspiration and I loved it and kept it in! Chill out Dyph, Nya's... well, you're about to find out how Nya is. Also, no, she didn't just walk up there... urgh I need to stop giving spoilers before you read the next chapter. But don't worry, she gets more than just a chair XD.

Anyway, y'all didn't come here to read this, but the chapter, so bye for now, see you at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 13 (HOLY CRAP)

Skylor stands in shock and horror as she looks down at the water ninja. She's curled up on the top step to the monastery, shaking like a leaf and sobbing. Her legs are pulled tight against her body, her chin tucked into her chest, arms held before her face as they vibrate from her emotions. Her chest rises and falls rapidly. Skylor has never seen Nya so vulnerable, and the sight unnerves her as if Nya was her own sister. Tears roll from Nya's eyes as Kai and Jay lunge past the paralysed Skylor, and Jay's sobbing joins Nya's. He is soon too weak from his crying to hold his yang up, and Skylor races forward to help Kai hold Nya. Jay collapses, and Zane comes running from the monastery at Kai's shout to him and Lloyd. The youngest ninja appears moments after his Nindroid brother. Zane and Lloyd comfort Jay as Cole gently takes Nya from Kai and Skylor, holding her as if she were made of glass as he carries her into the building, though Skylor doesn't know where he's going to put her - as far as she knew, the monastery didn't have a hospital wing. Kai puts his hand on Skylor's shoulder before grabbing her and holding his girlfriend in a tight embrace as he tries to hide his own emotions.

It's a few hours before Skylor hears of where Nya is and how she is. She is severely reminded of her own time in hospital after Claire's attack (y'all are meant to hate her, btw Dyph, she's the villain XD) and Skylor knows how the others had been feeling. Though now, instead of guilt, immense sadness, and the strange responsibility for Nya's fate, Skylor just felt concern and anxiety for the water ninja. She'll pull through. She's tough. Possibly tougher than any of the rest of us. At first, only Jay is allowed in to see Nya, who was placed in her bedroom, and that's where he is now. He has been in there for a couple hours, just talking to Nya, and Skylor wonders what she's telling him. Is she blaming me? Is she telling him what happened to her? Does he now know how none of us could find her? What is she telling him?! Skylor is shaken from her thoughts as Cole sits on the sofa on her right hand side, Kai sitting on her left with his arm around her. The sofa sinks slightly under their combined weights, and Skylor fears that it will collapse like Jay did upon finding Nya at the door. So far, Zane hasn't been allowed near enough to Nya to check her for injuries or marks of them, so he instead paces the room from wall to wall with an unreadable expression on his face. His bright blue eyes glow though he can't hide the dark thoughts in his head. Lloyd and PIXAL mutter to each other on the opposite sofa in the living room, and Skylor hears snatches of their conversation.

"I just don't understand how we didn't find her."

"I have so far been unable to check upon Nya, so I have not inquired on that either, but I do believe that Jay will soon return from her side and inform us of the reasons."

"Yeah, but he's been in there for ages. At this rate, we won't be able to talk to her until tomorrow."

"If Nya needs her rest after her conversation with Jay is finished, then we must allow her to slumber, for rest will help her recover from the events of recent days on her. She may have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after all of this for all we know. She seemed very traumatised when she appeared, as Zane told me."

"Yeah, she just looked so vulnerable... it's weird to see her like that..." Skylor is relieved to find that she is not the only one disturbed by Nya's display of weakness. After all, she is, as Kai and Lloyd had described her many times, their firecracker sister, and seeing Nya so weak shook everyone. Sure enough, what PIXAL guessed came true, and Jay emerged from Nya's room half an hour later, opting to sit on the floor at the foot of the sofa opposite Skylor. No one speaks for a few minutes, until Kai clears his throat.

"So," he starts, unable to hold his curiosity and fear back, "how is she?" Jay's head snaps up as he realises that the question was directed at him alone.

"Oh, yeah, she's okay now. She just needs to sleep." Jay replies, nervously rubbing the back of his neck with his right hand while his other lays in his lap, fingers fidgeting. "I don't know how long she'll sleep for, but I'm going to check on her every hour or so." His lips close into a tight line.

"Fair enough." Lloyd mumbles into the silent room, and he is heard perfectly clear in the lack of noise. His voice seems to echo around the room in the silence, which deafens everyone.

"I do believe I should stay with Nya while she rests. If she needs anything, I will be able to make sure she gets it. Also, in case an emergency happens. One of us should be there with her anyway. Jay, you can relax after your shift. I'll take over from here." Zane announces into the room. Before Jay can respond, Zane leaves the room, knowing that his anxious brother-in-blue would most likely protest, and makes his way towards Nya's room. He probably just wants to go somewhere or do something. Lloyd and Skylor stand at the same time, seemingly having the same thought, and Skylor exits the room and strolls out into the courtyard again. Lloyd, however, didn't follow her but went the other way, heading to his own room. Kai soon emerges from the doorway to stand beside Skylor, who stands at the top of the stairway up to the monastery, staring out over the landscape. The forest continues onto the left side, and that's where Skylor looks. As Kai approaches, Skylor slowly sits down on the rock, needing to rest her feet, and stretches out her left leg, holding her right by the knee, pressing it against her chest. Kai copies her, but extends both of his legs. The couple sit in silence for a few minutes as the sun begins to drop towards the horizon behind the monastery, seeming reluctant to let go of the twilight sky to make way for the moon. Skylor prefers the day, and often watches the sunrise and sunset, preferring to watch the sky change from cool colours to warmer ones. Nya is the polar opposite, preferring the night. Both have favourite times of the day, being the sunset for Nya and the sunrise for Skylor respectively. Recently, Skylor has taken to adding Nya's habit to her own, watching as the sun shifts between day and night twice a day, admiring the natural beauty for both of them. Nya's return would not stop her, however, until her technical-sister-in-law could watch the twilight herself, from staying outside during both sunrise and sunset. Admittedly, it hasn't been easy for Skylor to rise before the sun every day, but with each passing morning and evening, Skylor had known that Nya's return had been getting closer.

"Nya's still resting, and Zane's been guarding her room like a hound." Kai chuckles. Skylor can't help but smile. "He's hardly letting anyone breathe near her room, and may the First Spinjitzu Master help you if you try to go in there." Skylor laughs with Kai, and the world seems right again. The only difference is that Nya's back, though unable to fight.

The next morning, Skylor wakes to watch the sunrise again. She sits cross-legged on the cold stone outside the door of the courtyard, staring out over the forest at the giant star rising over the east of the horizon. At six o'clock, Skylor wanders back into the monastery and finds Lloyd and Zane sitting at the kitchen table, both holding large mugs of tea. Lloyd nods his acknowledgment to Skylor's presence at the table as she joins them, and Zane slides a cup of coffee towards her. Thanking him, she accepts the mug, blowing on the brown surface of the liquid, sending ripples through it.

"How did you know I was up this early?" Skylor asks before taking the first sip of her coffee.

"I noticed that recently you've been watching the sun rise, and I guessed that this was a new habit of yours. It means that you wake at about the same time as me, and I can occasionally hear you going out to the courtyard. I am sorry, but nothing gets past me, even in the early morning. So I made you coffee. I know you prefer it to tea. Kai told me." Skylor nods at Zane's explanation, and Lloyd looks slightly surprised. A small, possibly meaningless realisation hits Skylor, and she asks, "Aren't you mean to be watching over Nya? You said you would last night." Zane raises a thin blond eyebrow before replying.

"I did. I stayed with her during the evening, then Jay instead that he stay with her instead. Understanding his intentions and feelings for Nya, I allowed him to, demanding that if he should become drowsy, he had to inform me immediately so he could return to bed. However, he is still with Nya, and I guess she has slept soundly." Skylor nods her acceptance of the explanation, and Lloyd starts up a new, completely unrelated conversation, clearly still disturbed by the image of Nya looking so helpless and vulnerable. Skylor understood perfectly well, making a mental note to make Claire pay for the pain she had inflicted not only on her invincible sister-in-law, but on the entire team. Oh, she'll pay quite dearly...

A/N: I understand this one is rather long, and it's to make up for the short previous one. That one was kinda rushed, I'm sorry, and this one is to make up for its meagre length. I hope to make the next few chapters longer as well, but only time will tell. Dyphen, thanks for all of the reviews, and I'm now kinda glad it's the summer too! Oh gosh, I can now just imagine you chasing me around, oh gosh... anyway, glad you're enjoying the story. See you guys soon. Maybe even later today! So be prepared!