Lloyd and his team were still on the beach watching the sun go down and enjoying the fact that they had managed to get away without doing any sparring today because of the impromptu beach challenge earlier.

Zane had set up a camp fire with the assistance of Kai, Lloyd and Cole went to fetch some legs to sit on and Misako had delivered some blankets and bedding to the ninja so if they chose to they could sleep under the stars. This was a treat for the whole team for two reasons, one being that Jay was well enough to come out of the infirmary and two because there had been no reported crimes happening or villains demanding world dominance.

Nya chose to stay behind with Jay whilst her brothers helped set up the camp nearer to the fire. Jay was shivering slightly wishing he had bought his hoodie with him, Nya noticed and gave him a blanket using the opportunity to sit next to him closely on the sand.

"Thanks Nya...always the caring one."

"Hehe Jay, it's what I do..."

An awkward silence between the two because they had both hit a stalemate with their friendship and relationship until Nya cautiously spoke again.

"Are you okay...You don't seem to say very much nowadays...well since your rescue."

"Yeah...I guess" Jay bit his lip trying to think of something he could tell her, "I don't like talking about it because it brings back too many memories...in fact I said the same thing to Cole earlier...like deja vu all over again hehehe."

"Another reason is because it hurt."

"The memories hurt?"

"No, I mean it literally hurt both physically and mentally...guess you really had to see it to understand Nya, I know I was out of it after a while, which in some respects I'm kinda grateful for...like when I woke up in a cage and it looked like a tesla coil...it was cool but then kinda scary cos I was in it, but the enginerring was awesome ya know and everything worked...I'm telling ya those snakes seem to know what they're doing with electricity hehehe...I couldn't tell exactly what they were doing but they used my element to power their generators...hehe they didn't stop though until they got every last bit."

Jay looked down to the sand and sighed "when they took the last bit, they turned the machine right up and the pain was so bad, I'm embarrassed to admit I might have screamed."

"Aww Jay don't be embarrassed, it sounds painful just the thought of it especially considering they only wanted your power...do you still feel vulnerable?"

"Yeah I kinda do Nya...I can't help it I mean they set the whole thing up from day one. This only happened a couple of months ago and since then nothing but silence...they're both still out there plotting something."

"How do you know that, surely it would be pointless to attempt anything again."

"hehehe Nya, I'm like a battery that never goes flat...I mean who wouldn't be interested in a neverending energy supply." Jay said with a shudder.

"I just hope they don't try anything like the last time, we have to be on our guard now...all of us."

"Oh Jay, you worry too much" Nya said wrapping her arm around his waist and leaning her head on his shoulder.

His breathing hitched slightly at the contact, he could smell her hair and her skin mmm so heavenly he thought as he wrapped one arm around her shoulder, feeling her move closer again. Jay leaned back on the sand and looked up to watch the stars appearing but Nya remained sitting up looking at the waves.

"What are you thinking about Nya?"

"Just how peaceful it is at the moment, the sound of the waves rolling gently up onto the shore, the wind in the trees ya know peace and quiet."

"Yeah I know what that is hehe...No I mean what's on your mind?" Jay questioned avoiding eye contact as his eyes were facing the night sky.

"I was thinking about...u-us...I mean maybe we could go for a night time swim."

Jay raised his eyebrow, smirking "really you wanna swim now...it's pretty dark Nya."

"It's not that dark Jay, the moon is out look that's all the light we need, I'll go and ask the others too...come on it'll be fun."

"Sure let me get a bite to eat and I'll join you then...you coming too?"

"No I'm not hungry yet...maybe later though" Nya said as she removed her over clothes stripping down to her swimsuit.

Jay turned around trying to peel his eyes off her as she removed her top exposing her toned upper arms and covered chest, he turned around awkwardly bumping into Kai.

"Whoa Jay, ya going somewhere huh."

"Actually yeah...I'm going to get something to eat...you coming or is it just me? hehe."

"Nah, I'm waiting for the meat feast to come out, Zane cooking some mean steaks ya know and you're gonna fill up on chicken and tofu, you weirdo haha." Kai said ruffling Jay's hair when he walked past.

"What fireboy I'm hungry...it takes a lot of energy to run as fast as I did today...besides Zane had mentioned how good they were for muscle, tissues and skin health and because it's healthier to eat...so ner."

"Ha Jay if you keep eating like that, you'll be like Cole."

"Yeah whatever hothead, haha whatevs you just jealous cos I got all the energy and you just got a flame haha...ahh I'm joking Kai lighten up pffft hahahaha" Jay laughed as he ran off up the beach before Kai could catch up.

"Oooh chicken salad and tofu yumm, how long will the steaks take Mr Freeze? cos I'm so hungry."

"Jay the steak will probably take another five minutes no longer, I'll call you all when they're ready."

"Coolio thanks Zane." Jay walked off cheerfully with his plate of food and large glass of water and sat around the campfire eating it as fast as he could, savouring each tasty morsel as if it was his first and only meal.

Lloyd was keeping the fire lit by adding copious amounts of extra wood onto it "Hey Jay, looks like it's gonna be a dry one tonight, so no tents needed."

"Thank god for that, the thought of putting up a tent with a belly full of food is asking for indigestion haha, plus I don't mind sleeping under the stars in fact I'm sure I used ta do it when I lived in the junk yard...well actually maybe not...too many snakes and bugs eurgh."

"Hey Cole, where's your food?" Jay questioned chewing his food between talking "Cos I'm the only one eating...you lot are making me feel like a greedy guts, but I can't help it I'm so hungry."

"Jay, you surprise me I didn't know you had such a ravenous appetite haha."

"Well you'd probably be the same if you had one of those tubes stuck in your nose, feeding you fluids for however long it took...urgh even the burps from that stuff made me gag"

"Just take it easy dude...hey looks like Nya wants you." Cole said motioning towards Nya who was waving at Jay to come over.

Jay ate his last morsel of food and ran off to join her by the shoreline where she was sitting in the shallow water, he saw down next to her feeling the cool water lapping at his legs. She wrapped her arms around his waist again and hugged him tightly, which he wasn't expecting as the hug released a suppressed burp which Jay painfully hid with a wince, putting his hand to his mouth to cover up the resulting smell of semi digested food.

"Nya, you wanna swim?" Jay smirked mischievously "Come on it'll be fun...you said so yourself hehe." Jay said as he got up and offered his hands to Nya to help her up, he kept her hands in his own as he walked backwards whilst keeping his eyes on Nya's beautiful happy face. She was biting her cherry red lips and staring into his colourless grey eyes as her pupils began dilating.

"Are you okay Nya...err because...I mean err after this all happened with Pythor and Skales you kinda ignored me." Jay said feeling the cold chill of the water on his bare chest.

"I'm sorry Jay...I stupidly believed in the first match machine, it cast doubts in my mind and I realise I shouldn't put my heart into machines that claim to tell you who to love." Nya said closing the gap a little more as the water now covered their shoulders.

"But we'd been steady for a few years even after that machine...it was just you and me Nya...I thought you loved me."

"I do love you Jay...I still do" Nay said as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders pulling him deeper into the water, his toes barely touching the sand bed beneath. Nya closed the gap and kissed Jay on the lips "I loved you from the minute I saw you and you'll always be my blue Jay" she pulled him a little deeper so their feet were completely free of the sand underneath.

"I'm sorry...I just snapped, the whole thing with Skales and Pythor scared me...and I took it out on you...I'm sorry Jay...I do love you."

"Really...you love me...I err...thanks Nya...I err l-love you too" Jay panted with Nya's arms draped on his shoulders...

"Should w-we let the guys know how f-far out we are?" Jay shuddered awkwardly as she started to become possessive.

"No we'll be fine out here, we're both adults hehe"

"Gotta say the o-ocean looks b-beautiful at night time, it looks a-alive" Jay said as he dived out of Nya's arms under the sea to look around popping back up the surface a few seconds later with his hair stuck to his forehead.

"Snorkel and mask would be great around now, can you see these bright little creatures, they're all congregating around me...hahaha weird little things."

"No I can only see black dark mysterious water, there's nothing there Jay" Nay said swimming back over to jay who was still treading water trying to keep afloat.

She linked her arms back onto his shoulders making him sink a little deeper "why do you keep moving away Jay...are you playing hard to get?"

"N-no Nya not a-at all...just cold...I'm just cold." Jay lied, he was cold but he wasn't sure what Nya was playing at and his muscles were starting to protest.

"Well why didn't you say, lets go for a swim then up to that buoy it's only fifty metres away." Nya pointed at the red buoy up ahead "I tell you what I'll give you a head start."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever I can swim ya know, no we'll just race in three, two, one go" Jay shouted as he swam off towards the red lit buoy.

Warning people don't eat and swim so soon after a heavy meal :o