Hey guys, I am back with another chapter of WACLAO! Here is where we continue with Connor and Greg's mission to find Amaya, but as I said in the previous chapter, they have a slight delay, and we'll have moments between the boys regarding Connor's feelings for Amaya. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing from PJ Masks. Moving on!

Chapter 9: Our Quest Part 2

Greg woke up to the sounds of... rain?

The blond boy yawned and opened his eyes, only to find that Connor's sleeping bag was empty. Where did he go? Curious, Greg unzipped the entrance to the tent, and the second he did, Connor jumped in, drenched in rain, and shivering. Greg looked outside to see that it was pouring down, and slightly windy. He quickly zipped the entrance back up.

"Connor, where did you go?" He asked.

The brunette sneezed before answering, "I decided to get an early start on looking for Amaya. I didn't find anything, and then it started raining... I almost couldn't find my way back here..."

Greg grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his friend, who continued to shiver with coldness, "I guess we can't go looking until the rain stops." Greg said sadly.

Connor frowned. This was not how he wanted things to go, all he wanted was to save Amaya. But no, it just had to rain and it has to delay them. And it's not like they go out in such a harsh condition, so he just sighed, "You're right, Greg. We better wait out the storm... but there's no telling how long it'll last..."

And so with that, the boys continued to take shelter in their tent. To pass the time, they ate snacks, played around on their tablets, and just talked. It was almost three hours, and there was no sign of the rain letting up.

Long story short, the boys were bored.

"What time is it...?" Greg asked.

Connor checked his watch, "It's almost one o'clock... the day is going by faster than I thought..."

"Do you think Amaya's okay?"

"I hope... she better be... or else Night Ninja will wish he never took her..."

There goes that dark tone in Connor's voice again. Greg nearly shuddered when he heard it again, "I hope you're not attending to kill that naughty ninja, are you?" He asked.

Connor shook his head, "No way. I'm not like that. But... it just makes me so angry that he would do something like this... I don't think even Romeo or Luna Girl would stoop so low..."

"I guess you're right... but what would he want with Amaya anyways?"

"I don't know... but you can bet it won't be anything good with Night Ninja involved."

Suddenly, the boys started to hear something outside, and then their tent began to shake a little. What was going on? "You don't think it's getting windier outside... do you?" Greg asked.

"I hope not." Connor replied, "But at least our tent is bolted down so it won't blow away..."

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A few seconds after Connor said that, the wind began to pick up, and thus blow the tent away with the boys inside. Connor and Greg screamed as they tossed and turned inside of the tent, trying to grasp at anything to stop it. They seemed to have been tumbling for about a minute, before the tent got snagged on the nearby tree, ripping it.

When Connor noticed, "We can't stay here, we need to find stronger shelter, Greg! Grab what you need and let's get out of here!"

With that, with their backpacks in tow, the boys ran through the forest, using the remains of their tent to cover themselves and shield themselves from the rain. At times they slipped and slid through the puddles, but they kept running, desperate to get somewhere and get dry...

Due to them using their tent as a shield, and leading a way, Connor couldn't really see well very from inside, and before he and Greg knew it, they were now tumbling down a muddle hill... and straight into a watery ditch, drenching both of the boys. Connor groaned. This was definitely NOT how he wanted things to go, especially now that their tent was floating away.

However, among all the wind and rain, Connor saw something floating in the ditch... something red.

"Hey, Greg, look at this..." He pointed out, reaching out to grab the object when it floated their way. He took a good look at it... it was a red bracelet... with an owl...

Greg gasped, "Is that...?"

"Amaya's bracelet!" Connor finished for him, "That means she must be nearby... we are close!"

Both boys smiled. They were getting closer and closer to finding their friend. But they couldn't finding her in all this rain. Before the two knew it, they were sitting under an abandoned bus stop. Connor was holding Amaya's bracelet tight in his hands.

As they sat and waited out the storm, Greg now had another question, "Connor... can I ask you something?"

The brunette boy turned to his blond friend, "Sure, Greg..."

"Ever since Amaya went missing... you've been very moody about it. I know your worried about her, I am too... but you've been kinda scary about it too... especially after how you got mad at Cameron about it... why are you so... desperate to find her... I mean, more than ever?"

Connor gulped. Should he tell Greg about his feelings about Amaya? Until now, he was able to keep his crush to himself, and now Greg was questioning him about it... well, not exactly, but still. Besides, Greg might not understand the concept of love as well as Connor, being only slightly younger.

"Greg... do you promise not to freak out?"

"I... guess... it depends on what's there to freak out about..."

"Okay..."

Connor took in a deep breath, before speaking again.

"I... really like Amaya."

He waited for Greg's reaction. He took a look at him. Greg looked rather neutral about it, "Oh... well, of course you like her, Connor. I like her too. We're all friends, so we like each other."

Connor wanted to facepalm. Of course Greg would mistake it in a friendly manner rather than romantically. But nevertheless, Connor had to explain what he really meant.

"No... I mean I REALLY like her... like... like, like, her..."

Greg stared at him for a few seconds with confusion, before seemingly catching on, "Oh... I think I get what you mean..."

Connor smiled, "Yeah..."

"You just really like her... like a friend should."

That's when Connor facepalmed this time, "No, Greg! I LIKE her... like... as in love... as in I have a crush on her..." He wished he didn't have to spell it out for Greg, but if he didn't, then his friend would never understand what he meant.

And it was glad he did, because Greg seemed to understand, "Oh... you love her... like a Mom and Dad love each other..."

"Yes..." Connor nodded.

"That's cool... I've heard of people having crushes... but I never figured that you'd have a crush on Amaya..."

Connor sighed, "I can't help it... she's so pretty... and really smart... and when she's Owlette... she's so graceful when she flies... and most of all... she really sweet, she helps us when we're in trouble... that's what I love about her..."

Greg smiled. Connor had a crush on Amaya. That was definitely something new, "Does... Amaya know...?" He asked.

"Not yet..." Connor shook his head, "I haven't had the chance to tell her... hopefully when we save her, it'll be the right time... before it's too late..."

"Don't worry... we'll save her." Greg put a hand on Connor's shoulder, reassuring him that everything would be okay. Connor smiled back, glad that his friend understood his situation and didn't judge him for it.

After a few more hours, the rain began to stop, and the sky started to clear up. It was night time as the boys noticed, "Wow, it's nighttime already..." Greg pointed out, "Time sure flies..."

Connor nodded, "Yeah... let's continue on finding Amaya."

With that, the boys left the bus stop, and found themselves on a sidewalk. Were they close to a town? Well, it wouldn't hurt to look. So they continued on until they indeed reach what looks like a small city, smaller than their own. As they walked through the city, it was all quiet... rather too quiet for Connor's taste.

You're getting closer, Connor... please... hurry... before it's too late...

"I can still here her, Greg... she says we're getting close... and we have to hurry... before it's too late..." He said.

"We can save her in time... besides, what's the worse that can happen?"

As Greg said that, a scream was heard in the distance. But it didn't appear to be a scream or terror. However, it was all Connor and Greg needed to hear, "That sounds like Amaya!" Greg exclaimed.

"I think it is Amaya!" Connor added, "Come on!"

The boys then ran down the empty streets, calling for Amaya. But no matter where they ran, they couldn't seem to find her... until they stopped in front of a hospital. A very big hospital, "Hey Greg. It's the abandoned hospital." Connor pointed out, "I heard about an old hospital that hadn't been used in years, this must be it..."

Suddenly, Amaya's bracelet began to flash a little light, "Amaya's bracelet..." Greg said, "It's flashing..."

"And that means..." Connor started to say until he looked up at one of the hospital windows... where he saw someone waving back at him... he began to look closely... before realizing...

"IT'S AMAYA!"

Greg looked too, and noticed as he waved back with a smile. There she was... they found her. And now all they needed to do was get her out of there. Greg looked over at Connor, who was already pulling out his pajamas... and he began to do the same thing.

"PJ Masks, we're on our way! Into the night to save the day!"

Meanwhile...

Amaya jumped with glee when she saw her two best friends standing outside of the hospital, and she was even more delighted when she saw them become Catboy and Gekko. They were finally coming to save her.

"They're coming..." She said softly, "They're actually coming..."

"Who's coming?"

The brunette girl was startled as she turned to see Night Ninja standing at the door. She chuckled nervously, "Oh, uh, nobodies coming..." She said. But the ninja just pushed pass her and looked out the window, before groaning, "Ugh! It's those other PJ Pests. I wasn't expecting them so early!" He growled as the said pests ran into the hospital

Amaya smirked, "Yeah, and they're coming to save me." She said matter of fact, as the villain began to pace the room.

"Well, since they arrived, it looks like we've have to give them a welcome, and push the wedding to tonight..."

Suddenly, he grabbed Amaya by the arm and dragged her out of the room, "Come, princess, let's have you to be the one to welcome them..."

Oh please be careful, guys... Amaya thought with worry...

Back with the boys...

"Amaya... Amaya... where are you?" Catboy called as he and Gekko walked through the lobby of the hospital.

"She could be anywhere... this place is huge." Gekko said.

"I know... but we can't stop until we find her... Cat Ears..."

Catboy began to use his super hearing to hear anything suspicious. Right now, all seemed rather silent, but then he heard the familiar gibberish of the Ninjalinos nearby... but where were they? That's when he heard voices.

"Ugh... hold still, you flightless bird! You need to look presentable when that pussy cat and lizard find you..."

"I hear Night Ninja..." He said in a low voice, "And it's coming from upstairs. Let's go!"

With that, the two heroes ran up a set of stairs, using Catboy's super hearing to bring them closer to where the voices were coming from. All they had to do was take some elevators and more stairs.

"Help me, Catboy! Help me!"

Catboy continued to hear Amaya's voice in his head.

"I'm coming, Amaya... I'm coming..."

As soon as the boys made it to the end of a hall, Catboy listened to hear muffled sounds behind a door, "I think she's in here..." He said, taking the door of the knob and slowly opening it...

And there sitting in front of them, tied up, gagged and restrained to the wall by Sticky Splats... was Amaya.

Catboy and Gekko were delighted, "Amaya!" They exclaimed as they started to ran towards her. But she muffled more and shook her head, as if to tell them to not come any closer. In fact, it sounded like she was saying, 'It's a trap! It's a trap!'.

But before the boys could say anything, the door slammed shut behind them, trapping them. And all of a sudden, the boys were pinned down by Sticky Splats that came out of nowhere.

They then heard small snickering... and then a deep chuckle as a dark shadow jumped in from of them. Catboy growled when he noticed the figure.

"Well, hello, PJ Pests..." Night Ninja sneered, "It's nice of you to drop by... you're just in time... for the wedding..."

Uh oh...

Well, Connor admits to Greg about his feelings for Amaya, the boys manage to find Amaya, but have fallen into a trap by Night Ninja. Now what will they do? We shall find out next chapter, where the 'wedding' shall take place, and where the prologue takes place as well. Amaya may have to make a hard decision. So until then, I shall see you guys later, and don't forget to review, please. Thank you!