Hey everyone, happy Friday and time for an update. Now before you read the update, I'd like to announce that I won't be updating next week as I'll be on vacation for the week and won't be able to update wile I'm away. So I'll see you all the week after I get back. Now enjoy the update.

Chapter 12: Suspicious Advertisement

The sound of hospital staff kept the girl awake as they were meandering back and forth in the wide lobby of the intensive care unit of the hospital. She smiled past the nurse's desk as she walked down the long hall with a paper bag in her arms as she was heading for her brother's room. And to accompany with her was Jay to be with her and visit Kai while he's recovering. She had to be grateful for him to be there for her and her brother.

The two saw the familiar room number ahead of them to approach the door and Jay quietly knocked to alert the fire ninja on the other side of their presence and entered. "Hey big bro," she greeted her older brother. "How you feeling this morning?"

The spiky haired burnet turned his eyes away from the television he had in his room to grin as he saw his sister and friend. The samurai noticed his hair was still wet, probably from a shower with the help of a nurse due to his leg injury to maintain balance. Along with a new red colored cast covering his right leg. She had to wonder how long he'll be held up in care with his leg. "Hey sis," the fire ninja smiled and pushed against his bed to adjust himself. "Nice of you to drop by. I was starting to feel bored and almost wanted to get out of bed to walk around."

"Yeeaahh but I'm sure the nurses wouldn't let you and make sure you don't leave your bed again," Jay mused with a smirk. "I've seen you walk with that leg before the cast before. You're about stubborn here as you are at home."

Kai had to give his elemental brethern a quick glare on the comment to snort. "Oh who asked you, motormouth?" He had to see his sister laugh quietly to it and noticed the large paper bag in her hand. "So what's in the bag, Nya? Something for me?"

The raven-haired girl nodded and placed the bag down the side table that could roll up to Kai's bedside. Boy was he in for some surprises. "I've brought you some. . .home remendies for you while you're pent up here for some time before going home. First, I brought you some better and comfortable clothes such as a couple of your tee shirts and sweatpants." She pulled out the folded red clothes and placed them on the counter for him to change into later. "Plus I brought you your manga book so you got something to keep yourself occupied than just T.V." And she reached in to toss him his favorite paperback book. She also reached in to pull out a tupperware container. "And I brought you a treat."

His chocolate brown eyes went wide to the sight of the container. He could feel his mouth become watery to what he knew it could be. "Is that some of Zane's leftovers?" he asked, hesistantly. Nya nodded and handed him the container along with plastic utensils for him. Without pausing for a minute, the red ninja removed the lid to start digging into the leftovers. But he had to stop for a couple of times to savor the flavors from the nindroid's cooking. "Mmm... Man I miss this a lot? Hospital food is so bland to me and just awful."

The lightning ninja and samurai had to laugh a bit to his enthusiam on food and took their seats near his bed. They both felt glad to make him feel better. "Well it's the least we can do since you're not at home." Jay teased while removing his blue jacket to be in his blue shirt. "In honesty, I miss you being the hot-head when it comes to training and video games. It's not the same without you." He felt a hard nudge in his rib to wince and glance at Nya who gave him a hard stare. "What? I'm being honest."

Nya had to laugh lightly to herself, but she could also feel her throat vibrate to quickly stop as if she was purring. She didn't want Jay to know of her being Catwoman or even about the jewerly store robbery from her. "I know," she replied. "I thought I'd mess with you too since you're doing it to him."

"Thank you Nya," Kai smirked and turned his eyes away to see the television to see the news update to sigh on the topic. It showed pictures of the jewelry store that was robbed with the caption underneath called Cat Burgular at Large. How he wished he could be back on the team to join them on the case. "You guys have any leads on this thief?" he wondered. "Or ever found out about him or her?"

Nya turned her eyes to the screen to feel guilt claw up in her stomach to sigh quietly to herself on it. How the damage was done from her against the two thieves that were originally robbing the store when she intervened. And even being the one who stole almost every item there was. "Nothing yet," Jay spoke to make Nya shake her head from her conscience. "We don't who this person is or how she moves. Almost quiet as us." That made the samurai tense a bit as it practically true. "But we'll capture this person once we get a plan going."

Kai turned his head to see his sister look a little tense to only shrug as it probably something on her mind. He felt like he didn't want to bother asking anyway. "Alright then," he sighed. "Hopefully when I get out of this cast, things will be back to normal. I grantee it."

Nya had to smile to his stubborness. "Seek the man of your dreams," a calm, seductive voice said. The girl had to turn her head to the voice as it sounded familiar to watch the television screen of an advertisement. It showed an image of a bottle with clear, pinkish liquid inside to make the girl realize it was a perfume ad to huff as she was allergic to perfume. No need for that stuff. The commerical ended, but Nya's eyes went wide as the woman speaking appeared to make her realize it was the meta-human she saw last night in the sewers. But in make-up to disguise her green skin from the public. "Poison Ivy, make your man follow you wherever you go."

A small chuckle escaped from the fire ninja to make the samurai turn to him after she finally calmed down to not let him or Jay see her at that state. What was funny to him? "With an honest slogan like that, I'd follow Laurie everywhere with that stuff." Kai joked to the perfume. But knew that stuff couldn't be anywhere near his sister on her allergies.

"As long you don't mistaken it as men's cologne like that one before on me," Jay teased back at him. Oh how he could remember that day when trying to impress Nya, but her brother had to play a joke on him by wearing perfume. Not that great of an impression, or even being turned to a Serpentine as well. "But I know for sure not to get that for Nya, she'll kill me before I know it. Right Nya?"

Many puzzle pieces were building up in her mind to the ad to ponder. What was this Ivy up to after seeing her last night with the man she was hunting down? Partnership she remembered hearing and now this in one day. Something was up to make the samurai suspicious. She had to see her plans. The girl felt her shoulders being shook to snap back to reality to see Jay looking at her puzzled to hear his question being repeated. "Um. . . Right," she joked.

Tonight, she was going to pay Ivy a visit.