Boredom is Blue
Chapter Four
Jay's P.O.V
Holy shit. A blade comes whizzing over my head. That was close. The Amazon pushes forward, her Sais slicing through the air.
"Jay!" Nya yells. I duck, dodging yet another blade. As I kneel, Nya places a foot on my back and launches herself into the air, doing a mean forward flip before landing her feet on an Amazons shoulders. The sound when her skull hit the ground makes me cringe.
There were at least twenty Amazons surrounding us, but in true bad guy behaviour, they were only attacking us one at a time. They really need to work on their teamwork. Actually, on second thought, it's probably better if they don't.
The metallic scent of blood fills the air, thank the first Ninjago master that not much of it is Nya's or mine. I can't really take notice of the surroundings. Amazons and Nya are the only things I take notice of. Sorry, I don't even remember where I am. I don't even know how we got here. My mind is filled with violence and my inner monologue.
After what seems like hours and the ground has been stained red, Nya sags against the wall of the (oh yeah, that's where we are!) town hall. We were in a tight alleyway between the hall and the bank. We went to free the villagers and managed to get them free. But then, the Amazons showed up and we've fought them since. It was rather rude if them, actually.
Luckily, I think the villagers made it to safety. We haven't let any Amazons get through to the other side of the alley. Jeez, these Amazons just keep coming. A shout fills the air. Cole and Kai come running. Great , more smelly, sweaty warriors.
"What're you doing here?" Nya yells before punching some chick in the face.
"Saving your ass!" Kai yells back, slicing across an Amazon's hamstring with his blade.
"Excuse me, but my ass doesn't need saving!" Nya slides under the legs of an attacking Amazon, then cuts through the tendon of her left knee. The Amazon tumbles to the ground with a screech of pain, cupping her hands of her wound.
While I'm documenting all this, I realise that I've just been standing there most likely with a dumb expression. Cole shouts at me to get my attention.
"Jay! What're you doing?" Cole fights his way to my side and I grin cheekily.
"Admiring the scene, my fearless and most respected leader!"
"Well, stop it and do your job." Laughing like the cheerful guy my character description says I am I sprint around the crowded alleyway slash warzone, knocking out all the Amazons I can.
"Where's Zane?" Nya asks as she steals a shield from a lady warrior and smashes it against LW's forehead.
"He's helping the villagers get out," Kai shouts as her grips my arm and spins me round, our increased momentum making our attacks stronger. However, and this is a great pain, believe me, for every Amazon we take out (we don't kill a single one) three more rise in her place. The alley is littered with the fallen bodies of Amazons with more joining them with every second that passes. But the number of Amazons is almost overwhelming. There are only four of us here, after all.
Suddenly, a face appears above all the others. Her posture expresses silent, absolute authority. Her face is cold, calculating and chillingly beautiful. Raven black hair falls over her shoulders. She's dressed in ancient female battle armour, made from bronze from the look of it.
This must be Nix.
She glares at us with red-hot fury, especially Cole, who holds the same aura of command that she does. Nix snarls something to the brunette standing next to, who nods and points at Nya. Nya? What about Nya? Nix grins an evil grin before shouting an order.
"Kill all the males, but keep the girl alive. Now."
Oh no. She has something planned for Nya. Whatever it is, I will not allow it to happen.
Nya's P.O.V
"… But keep the girl alive." Keep the girl alive? She must mean me. I really don't like the sound of that. But, I like the sound of "kill all the males" even less. Speaking of the males, I can see Jay's panicked face through the horde. I know he's not panicked about himself. Before we started dating, he would probably be shouting out jokes by now. But now, his first concern is always me. It's sweet, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I wished his sense of self-preservation was a little stronger.
At the moment, Jay's fighting his way towards me. From his face, I can tell that his aim is to protect me. The handsome fool. This time, it isn't really me that needs protecting. I'm not the one surrounded by women trying to kill me.
Jay cries out to me. "Don't worry, Nya! I won't let them take you!"
"I'm not worried, you big goof!" I call back, grinning at him as I slam my stolen shield into some cow's knee. "I know you'll protect me." Not that I need protecting. But sometimes guys, especially warrior guys like Jay, need to feel needed.
"Guys, jeez! Now's not the time to declare never-ending love and devotion!" Kai shouts, fending off three Amazons, all wielding sharp daggers.
But I don't have time to respond, as four rope swinging Amazons take to all my sides. I try to fight them off, but a rope lassoes around my neck and pulls me to the ground. I start to freak a little. It's understandable, though, right? I mean, I'm finding it a little difficult to breath. Thankfully, Jay's there, smashing the hilt of his Lightning Blade down on their heads. Once they're all down, Jay falls to his knees beside me, tugging the rope from my neck.
Jay has moisture in his eyes as he kisses me desperately.
"Jay, baby, I'm fine." I look into his sapphires, showing me that I'm really okay. He nods and pulls me to my feet. During our little moment, Cole and Kai had fallen in to protect us.
Jay looks at Cole and nods, in some kind of guy moment. Jay lifts me into his arms.
"We're retreating, now." Cole tells Kai.
"How?" Kai asks exasperated and exhausted.
"That's how." Jay points up and grins. Our dragon, being ridden by Zane, lands just out of the alleyway. We turn tail and run to them. Well, technically, I don't since I'm still being carried, but Jay runs like the wind.
We climb on the dragon and flee.