Boredom is Blue

Chapter Two

Nya's P.O.V

Without thinking, I push the door open and run inside. "Jay!"

My eyes scan Jay's workshop, and fall to his face. Blackened, but with a naughty grin. Jay sprawls on the floor with his shirt and jeans a bit singed and covered in oil splatters. His favourite wrench is in his left hand while he tries to fix his hair with his right. The engine he must have been working on was still smoking on his desk. I place my hand over my racing heart and close my eyes.

"You're okay. Thank goodness you're okay," I say breathlessly. The amount of relief I felt that he wasn't injured surprised even me. I love the man so much. I don't know what I would do without him.

"Nya, honey, of course I'm okay. Engine just blew up on me, that's all." Jay leaps to his feet and tugs me into his arms. I happily go, resting my forehead on my shoulder. Then I realise something.

"Hey, what were you doing tinkering with an engine? That's my job."

"I, uh, I wanted to surprise you," his voice sounds nervous. Huh? Jay hasn't been this nervous around me since our first date at Mega Monster Amusement Park.

"Surprise me with what, baby?" I pull back to look at his face. It loses its nervousness and is replaced with his usual cheeriness.

"If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, would it?"

"Please tell me?"

"Hmm… nope."

Just as I was about to get all sweet girlfriend on his ass, three ridiculous and clumsy ninja rush into the room. "What happened?" "What caused the explosion, Jay?" "Hey, get away from my sister!" I had to roll my eyes at the last one. You'd think Kai would've gotten over all that by now. Jay turns his body away from me, but keeps an arm around my waist. I miss his warmth already.

"This is your captain speaking. That explosion was just engine failure, nothing to worry about. If you could all calmly make your way to the deck for a speedy evacuation, we will get you to safety as soon as possible. Thank you," Jay recites in his best impersonation of a cruise ship captain over an intercom. I giggle a little, but the guys don't look very amused.

"It's fine guys," I smile at them. "Jay's just trying to be funny. We've got it under control."

"Well, okay then," Cole still looks worried, but ushers the other two out of the room. As he does, I only now realise that he somehow lost his shirt on his way here. Why does he find it so hard to be fully dressed?

Now that the guys have left, Jay turns back to me and kisses me gently. "I love you," he whispers. He's told me he loves me a million times, but it still makes my heart flutter like a giggly, girly girl. Jay takes my hand and tugs me to the couch hidden in the corner.

Jay's workroom was chaotic. Cluttered tools and machine parts covered every surface. I think it was once furnished in blue, but you can hardly tell anymore. The room smelled of oil and dust. When we first starting dating, I could never figure out how he could find anything in here. Now, I know that Jay knows exactly where everything is. If I moved things, tried to tidy it, he wouldn't be able to find anything. So I've learnt not to try make it neat, it would only confuse him. Besides, it's his space, not mine. Jay sits me down and takes my hand. His face is actually serious. That's not good.

"Nya… we need to talk."

Jay's P.O.V

My love's bright hazel eyes stare at me, the sides creasing in worry. Maybe I shouldn't have said that, it's freaking her out. I should have phrased that better. Damn, I'm always screwing up.

"Jay, what?"

"Nya, I didn't mean it like that!" I take a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I just feel like you've been, I don't know, bored with me lately." I try to stop it, but I know my face has drooped with sadness. No, c'mon man, lighten up a little. Just a little.

"No! Jay, no, that's not it at all," she implores me, looking deep into my eyes. "I'm not bored with you, honey, I swear. I'm bored with… life." I can feel a clenched hand let go of my heart. I wasn't even aware it was there until it was gone. But man, the relief was intense. Then, the rest of her words catch up with me.

"Wait, baby, what do you mean?"

"Well, nothing's been happening! I'm so bored! I haven't had a real fight in so long, Jay. I need more than this." Now that, I understand.

"I completely agree," I grin at her and I can feel the breath she lets out, as she sees that I truly do get where she's coming from. "We need a new purpose."

"Right! I love you so much, Jay," she exclaims before kissing me passionately, something that surprised me. I smile into the kiss, lifting my hand to cup her head. However, just as we were really getting into it, a siren goes off. The siren. We pull away from each other and grin.

Grabbing her hand, we run down the hall and into the control room. The guys are already there, eagerly watching the big screen. Master Wu stands in the middle of the room, just drinking his tea. His long, white beard flows gracefully like a river. Wait, what? Why am I getting all poetic? That's weird. Moving on.

"What's happening?" Nya asks excitement obvious in her voice. Too bad she's going to be shut down in one, two, and three…

"No, you're not coming." Kai never fails to disappoint.

"C'mon, Kai! I thought you were over all this jive." Nya lets go of my hand to cross her arms. Stupid Kai, now I don't have her hand.

"No, Nya. It's too dangerous. A whole town has been taken by a new threat. What kind of brother would allow his sister into that much danger?"

Nya lifts her hand and shakes her head. "No. I'm not doing this again. You'll just have to get over it." Her voice is stern; Kai knows her as well as I do, he won't push anymore. He doesn't look happy about it, though. He gives me a pleading look, his eyes exactly like his sisters. It's too bad that they're in a face nowhere near as striking. I fling him an impish smile; no way will I stand up for him over his sister, best friends or not.

"Master Wu, what is the threat?" Zane asks from the corner. I jump. Damn, I forgot he and Cole were even here. Jeez, they need to speak more.

"That's just the problem, students. I don't know." We all stare at him in shock as he calmly drinks his tea.

"But, Master Wu, you know everything," Cole puts into words what we were all thinking. I can't believe there is something even Wu doesn't know! That's awesome! Maybe I can rub it in his face if… wait. If Wu doesn't know, then… who are we fighting? Who is this threat? They've taken a whole village before we even knew the existed. This could be a lot of trouble. I look at Nya and the others and realise that my brain's been playing catch up; they immediately knew what a problem this is. Damn. What do we do now?

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*KatyLynne here! Wow, I finished this chapter quickly. Go me. Anyway, hopefully you enjoyed it and I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Please, review, even if it's just to tell me you like it. If you don't, if you could tell me why, it'll be much appreciated. Thanks for reading!*