For a little bit now I've been wondering how the ninja would have reacted if Jay had died from secondary drowning at the end of Seabound. I have no clue why. But when I tried looking for something to read on the matter, I couldn't find anything. And I couldn't really think of a way to write it in a story myself... especially with the number of things I'm currently working on. Add onto that I had the first two lines of this in my head around the same time and just decided to role with the idea of a new poem. Hopefully it's not too bad.
The Strength Of Nightmares
I was woken up so suddenly last night
To a frantic friend indeed
Cole was kneeling by my bed
In complete hysterics you see
It took me a while to calm him
Especially after he realised I was alive
At that point I feared the strength
In which he hugged me tight
Eventually I got from him
What this was all about
A nightmare had clasped onto his mind
One of fairly recent events
Now I admit my mind wasn't the best
When I was laying there drowning
But as I was struggling to breathe
I never realised the stress I caused
Cole had dreamed about my death
About me stopping gasping
About me laying motionless
And Nya having disappeared
He told me he had come too first
Sensing something was wrong
His cries had alerted the others
Even as he tried to bring me back
But his attempts had been in vain
He said as tears streamed down his face
I had succumbed to my condition
His best friend, he cried, was dead
I felt a pang in my own heart
Hearing of the grief that I could have caused
And seeing how Cole alone was affected
Only seemed to make it worse
For Cole was such a stoic guy
When it came to his emotions
He often bottled everything inside
And would disappear to let it out
So it was kind of surreal
Me having to reassure the strongest of us
Especially when I would often go to him
For similar reasons he was there that night
But I rubbed his back and soothed him
Told him everything was okay now
And silently shooed away Kai
Who had appeared cautiously in my doorway
Guess I wasn't the only one
That Cole woke up that night
But I'd gladly shoo away a thousand Kais
If it meant shielding Cole's heart
Yet even as I returned Cole to bed
And promised him that I was safe
It made me wonder what things would be like
Had I perished that fateful day
- Jay Walker