Marie-Grace pushed Kai against the wall. "How do you know my name?" She barked, holding her katana up threateningly. Then, while scanning his amber eyes for answers, she noticed a scar over his left eye. "Kai?" She asked, letting go of him.
"I thought you were dead!" Both yelled at once.
"Uh, am I missing something?" Essly asked, looking from one to the other. "I see two very much alive people."
They both started talking at the same time, then got angry at each other, crossed their arms and looked away. Essly rolled her eyes. "You're acting like a couple of babies! One at a time please. Marie, you first."
Marie-Grace smirked, pleased at being able to speak, as Kai folded his arms resentfully. "This is my older brother, Kai Flamey. After our parents and I left, and then they died on the journey, I waited for him and my older sister, Nya, to come get me. I sent them ten letters!" Marie-Grace glared over at Kai. "But noooooo, don't come save your little sister! I assumed they were dead too, and that's where you came in Es."
Essly nodded. "Right."
"Um, those 'ten letters' never reached us!" Kai snapped at his younger sister. "We assumed all three of you were dead and I ended up becoming a ninja. Also, Nya became a samurai and recently got engaged." He let out a long breath, apparently calming down. Then he grinned. "Marie-Grace, I just can't believe you're alive! You have to come back to the Destiny's Bounty with me! Nya's gonna freak!"
"Kai, you're still bleeding from the side. I think the hospital would be a better choice," Essly pointed out. "If you hadn't pulled out the knife, there might've been less blood loss-"
"Essly's right, Kai," Marie-Grace interrupted, knowing Essly might just go on and on. "Unless you have amazing doctors on the destiny's whatever, I think we should get you to the hospital."
"But we do! Misako and Zane and-" Kai grabbed his side from a sudden jolt of pain and nearly collapsed. "Okay, maybe the hospital would be a good idea," he sighed, as his younger sister and her best friend rushed to support him.
"Kai! What happened? Why are you in the hospital?" Nya rushed into his hospital room, with the other ninja close behind. She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw Marie- Grace and Essly, who were talking to Kai at the moment. "Sorry, is this a bad time?" She asked, glancing from one girl to the other.
The girls turned to face Nya. The first thing Nya noticed was the scar on Marie-Grace's left arm. "Marie-Grace?" As Marie-Grace nodded, smiling slightly, Nya wrapped her younger sister in a hug. "I thought you were dead!"
"Yeah, well . . ." Marie-Grace proceeded to explain why they hadn't known she was alive and why she hadn't known they were alive. Finally, looking at all of the ninja, she asked, "Are you gonna introduce me to your friends?"
"Right! Everyone, this is Marie-Grace. My younger sister," Nya introduced. "Marie-Grace, this is Zane, Cole, Lloyd and my fiance, Jay." Nya smiled at Jay especially. Then she looked back at Marie-Grace. "I can't believe you're alive! Wait, backtracking a bit, why is Kai in the hospital?"
"Oh, he saved us!" Essly exclaimed.
"I was doing perfectly fine on my own!" Marie-Grace snapped. "For a psychopath, Fiona isn't the best fighter."
As she said this, everyone, other than Kai and Essly, stared at her. "Fiona? As in Fiona Harrison?" Jay asked, nervously. "The same Fiona who murdered two of her own children?!" After Marie-Grace nodded uncomfortably, Jay cried, "That's insane! Awesome, but insane!"
Nya gave her fiance a warning glare, and he explained, "I mean, anyone who can actually fight off a person of that power, leave with only a bit of blood in the corner of her mouth, and a far more injured ninja . . ." Jay gazed at Marie-Grace with admiration. "You're freaking awesome!"
Marie-Grace frowned. "Well, it's kinda lucky Kai came along to district her for me, or I might've been dead." Then she smirked. "But I am pretty freaking awesome, aren't I?"
Essly gave Marie-Grace a look that pretty much told her to stop bing so prideful. Marie-Grace just rebutted it by saying, "Don't you give me that look, Essly! You, of all people, have to admit that it was amazing!"
Essly sighed and said, "You're right. It was amazing. But I stand by my previous glare." Kai laughed at this statement and Essly grinned at him.
"Hey, you should come live with us!" Jay suggested suddenly. "I mean, we have tons of room, and you obviously kick butt, so maybe you could even fight villains with us!" Then at Lloyd's questioning look, Jay added, "Also, we'll be in-laws soon, so it'd be kinda cool to get to know you."
"I would also like to acquaint myself more with you," Zane added, smiling politely.
Marie-Grace looked like she was about to say no, when Lloyd pointed out, "Plus, you won't need to pay a rent! And there's great food and tons of video games and we rebuilt it larger, so you could even have your own room!"
"I won't go unless Essly can come! We've been together since we were eleven! Her parents basically took me in! We live in the same apartment!" Marie-Grace gave them all a look of stubbornness, so that they would all realize she was extremely serious.
"Well why don't you both come?" Cole asked, as if this were obvious. "We have a bunch of extra rooms."
Essly grinned broadly, and for the first time, Kai noticed the freckles dotting her nose and cheeks. "Come on, Marie! It'll be awesome! We'll be living on a flying ship with the ninja!"
Marie-Grace reluctantly agreed. "We'll go to our apartment and get our stuff, then wait by Ninjago Park for you to pick us up."
"And I'll be out of here in a couple weeks," Kai groaned. "Have fun without me."