I've added a kitchen ban counter in the Info chapter, just for fun and to see how many she can get throughout the story. XD
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*Early in the morning on the Destiny's Bounty.*
Nova is sleeping peacefully in her own room that she had been giving so she wouldn't have to share with the guys, but then she heard the sound of someone banging a gong outside her room and towards the ninja's room.
"Evil doesn't sleep, and neither should you!" said Wu to the ninja as he kept banging a gong.
Nova growled as she stomped over to the door of her room and opened it, pissed off. "WHO EVER IS BANGING THAT FUCKING GONG, SHUT THE FUCK UP, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!!!" She shouted out through the hall, before slamming the door behind her and went back to bed.
The ninja and Wu were looked at each other, a little shocked and nervous, after just hearing a very grumpy Nova shouting this early in the morning.
*Later in the day, the ninja had finished their chores.*
Nova yawned as she finally had enough sleep and got out of her bed, changed into her ninja outfit and brushed her hair, humming softly to herself. Walking out of her room and headed upstairs on the deck, as she heard people talking.
When Nova arrived she saw everyone was there along with two older people.
"Dad...do we have to talk about the junkyard in front of my friends?" said Jay which meant those two were his parents.
"Hey, everyone, what's going on?" Nova asked, surprising everyone, as they hadn't heard or seen her coming.
"Oh dear, who is this sweet little princess here?" said Edna as she went to pinch Nova's cheeks while the ninja started getting nervous that Nova was gonna stab Jay's mom, after what she just called her.
Nova gave a forced smile by what she had just been called, and tried to back away from having her cheeks pinched. "H-hello, nice to meet you, I'm Nova."
"Aww, she is such a cute little thing." said Ed, smiling at how cute little Nova was, while the ninja thought she was far from cute.
Edna smiled before she saw Nya. "Oh... and who are you?" She asked before letting out a gasp. "You are so cute! You are just my son's type."
"Mom!" Jay exclaimed.
"It's a pleasure meeting you. I'm sure if you want, Jay can give you a tour. He worked very hard on it." Nya told them with a kind smile.
"We'd love a tour!" said Jay's parents, very excited.
Jay knocks his head and sighs. He then goes to show his parents the Bounty.
"And this is the bridge. This extends into a periscope. This tells what's going on in Ninjago. And this...if a serpentine's not giving us the answer we want, and we're late up at night." Jay explained while showing his parents around.
"A neuro apparatus to read their minds?" Edna cut in, asking.
"An audio appliance to make them talk?" Ed guessed.
"No, a cappuccino machine." Jay told them.
"Why don't you tell them about the button?" Cole suggested.
"Oh, yeah, you so have to tell them about that button." Nova added on with a smirk as she fist bumped Cole.
"Heh, heh, it's not ready yet." said Jay.
"Oh, what's the button?" Edna asked.
"He's working on a special defense system." Zane told them.
"Something every ninja headquarters needs." Kai said.
Nova nodded, agreeing with that.
"Oh, really? What does it do? Can I help?" Ed asked, looking at his son.
"No, it's okay. I don't need your help, dad. Let's just leave it alone. Hey, look at the time. Don't you need to get back before it gets dark? I told you, there's dangerous Serpentine out there." Jay told his parents, clearly not wanting them around for much longer.
"Uh, I suppose we could get back." said Ed.
"Edna, it was a pleasure hearing about Jay's first potty time." said Cole.
Nova let out a small giggle, trying to cover her mouth with her hand.
"Oh, if you thought that was good, wait until you hear the story about the time I caught him kissing his pillow!" said Edna.
"Snakes, Ma. Snakes!" Jay tried to remind his parents
"Okay, we're going. We're going." said Edna, getting ready to leave with her husband before looking back at her son. "So you promise to come to the junkyard to visit your mother and father?"
"Yes, I promise! But only if you leave. I don't want you to get hurt. It's getting dark. Uh, your headlights are working, right?" Jay told his parents.
Ed turns on the headlights. Everyone grunts as they shield their eyes.
"My eyes, I can't see." said Nova, shielding her eyes.
"Heh, like 'em? I used a little extra juice." said Ed before he turned off the headlights. "Yep. Bye, son. I couldn't be more proud."
"And bring Nya with you, will ya? I can see why you like her. Oh, and do bring that sweet princess with you too." said Edna, smiling.
"Mom...!" Jay exclaimed, while Nova had a forced smile on her face.
"Now that they have left, perhaps Jay can teach us The Art of... Kissing Pillows." said Wu as he snickers.
"Argh!" Jay complained out loud.
Everyone laughs as Jay walks back in the Bounty, embarrassed.
"Damn, Jay, doesn't even know how nice it is to have parents loving you." said Nova with a small smile.
"Don't you have parents, Nova?" Cole asked, looking at her.
"Oh me....well." Nova rubbed the back of her neck. "..... No, not really, they died when I was young, so I don't really remember much of them anymore." She said with a small smile, though it was a lie.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, but you must have had someone to look after you, right?" Cole asked.
"Both no and yes to that question." said Nova, since she had only lived with Ronin for two and a half months, which wasn't that long. But it's not easy to explain how a 10 year old lived for most of her life alone on the street without any help.
"Anyway, I'm heading back to my room, as I have something to work on." She said, and began speed walking away, not wanting to talk more about this.
Nova got back to her room, closing the door behind her with a sigh before walking over and pulling out a box from under her bed, where she had all kinds of tools. "Hmm, I might need some more items to make more gadgets." She mumbled to herself.
"I might have a look around Jay's parents' junkyard when we go there, and then I can steal a few things." Nova smiled a bit until a thought came to her mind.
She let out an annoyed sigh, facepalming herself. "Fuck, I just remember Lloyd is gonna be blasting some stupid music so loud, and I don't have anything that can block it out!" She growled.
Looking around at what she had so far, and tried to see if she could make something very quick she could use in some way.
*Time skip to the morning, next day. Jay is working on the button. Kai and Zane pass.*
"Sure got a lot of junk piling up. If only there was a place we could get rid of it..." said Kai looking around.
"If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus." said Jay trying to work on the button.
Cole then passes by, pretending to be on the phone. "Hi, mom and dad. Of course, I'd love to visit. What kind of son would I be if I didn't want to?"
Nova soon was the next to pass by. "Damn I'm running low on tools for my gadgets, if only there was a place where I could get more junk and tools from"
"Heheheheh. I know what you're trying to do! Okay, look, I might have promised to visit my parents, but there's a lot of stuff on my plate." said Jay looking at the others.
Jay quickly wiped the grease and oil off his face when he saw Nya come in. "Hehe. Hi, Nya."
"You gonna visit your parents, today?" Nya asked him.
"Uh, sure am. Just about to leave." Jay told her with a smile.
"Tell them I say hi." Nya said before leaving.
The other ninja and Nova looked at Jay, with a look that said, 'really?'
"What? So my plate's not that full." Jay said with a shrug.
"Jay you are such a fucking asshole." said Nova with an annoyed look.
"Language!" The ninja snapped.
"English!" Nova snapped back.
*Later with the dragons.*
Nova stood to the side and tuned out most of what everyone was saying before going over to the dragons, as she wanted to give them a few pets before they left. But when she was getting close, they started growling at her for some reason.
Not sure what this was about, but slowly raised her hands up, a little scared of what would happen if she got closer, so she slowly backed away. "They shouldn't be acting like that, normally they would be as friendly as puppies." Nova thought a bit confused and worried.
Nova turned to look over at others and saw that they hadn't noticed any of this, as they were more focused on joining Jay and Nya.
"Of course we'll go, buddy." said Kai clearly not wanting to leave Jay with his sister.
"I could use a break." said Cole, smiling.
"All you had to do was ask." said Zane.
"Oh yeah, I would love to come too. I might even find some stuff I can stea-use." said Nova with a small smile, though the others were giving her a skeptical look.
Jay sighs in annoyance.
*Wu also tags along as the dragons fly away. He plays the sacred flute while they walk.*
"Of all the days to lose our ride..." said Jay with a sigh.
"That flute. You've never told us why it's so special." said Zane, looking at the flute Wu was playing.
"Long ago there were many flutes, created to combat the powers of the Serpentine and drive them underground. But over time, Ninjago's forgotten its ancestors' wisdom, and now this is the only one." Wu explained as he played the flute again.
"I get the lesson: respect your elders or else suffer the consequences. Boy, you guys are laying it on thick." Jay complained.
Nova let out a small giggle. "Respect your elders, or you get the stick." She mumbled to herself.
Wu chuckles. "Perhaps you are only hearing what you need to hear." He said.
Jay stops walking after approaching the Junkyard.
"What is it?" Nya and Nova asked in unison.
"It's quiet. My family's never quiet." said Jay, getting a bad feeling, he runs and hears Ed and Edna's mumbled grunts in a locked fridge. He kicks it open.
"What happened? Who did this?" Jay questions as he rips the tape off Edna's mouth.
"Sweetheart, you came!" said Edna, very happy to see him.
Jay rips the tape off Ed's mouth.
"Oh, you gotta get out of here. You shouldn't have come, it's the ssssnakes!" Ed told them.
Nova watched the others run after Jay while she looked around before she saw a good junk pile, she looked back at the ninja, making sure it was safe before she did her double jump and easily got on the top of the pile. Getting ready for Lloyd and the Fangpyre to show up, along with grabbing a few random junk she might be able to use.
"Uh, is that wrecking ball staring at me?" Cole asked.
"Duck!" shouted Jay as he saves his parents.
Ed let out a groan. "Thankssss, sssson." he said.
"Lloyd!" shouted Wu.
"Hello, uncle. Looks like we're not the only family reunion. I'm glad you brought the ninja. I could use some help taking out the trash. Muahaha!" said Lloyd as he let out an evil laugh.
"Oh god, not that stupid laugh again, I would much rather listen to my cursed alarm clock, or master Wu's gong than that." Nova let out a heavy sigh, while making sure no one had noticed her as she summoned her bow.
"If we want to turn your parents back, we need the antivenom in the staff." said Nya to Jay.
"Second dose, to the dirt." says Cole, everyone plunges to the ground as the wrecking ball attacks.
*Fangpyres hisses.*
"Easier said than done, sis. We're a bit outnumbered." said Kai to his sister.
"Nobody messes with my family. Ninja, go!" said Jay, clearly mad.
"Ninja, go!" shouted the ninja, going on to use their spinjitzu.
*Fangpyres hisses.*
Wu plays the flute as Nya attacks two soldiers.
Nya grunts in annoyance. "I don't know, Sensei. I think we make a pretty good duet." She said.
Lloyd plays loud music on a Fangpyre-bitten boombox.
"And there is my target." Nova thought, getting ready to aim her arrow at it.
"Young nephew, must I teach you whose side you should be on!" shouted Wu.
Lloyd turns the volume up. "Sorry, uncle. Can't hear you!" He shouted.
"Well, I can fucking hear you, and that stupid music!" Nova shouted, catching their attention.
"What the-you are that girl, Nova, from before! guys quickly get her!" Lloyd shouted.
"I'm ending this stupid party right now!" Nova shouted, shooting the boombox causing it to explode, and finally the music was gone.
"Finally." Nova said with a relieved sigh before she saw some Fangpyre soldiers coming her way, she quickly dodges them but ends up tripping over some junk and falls down the pile, hitting the ground. "Ow...that really hurt." She groans.
"Retreat!" Lloyd shouted as he and Fangtom escaped on a Rattlecopter.
"He's getting away with the staff!" shouted Nya.
Jay let out a sigh. "Right now would be a good time to have those Dragons." He said.
"It'ssss okay, sssson." said Ed.
"There is still a way." said Wu.
Nova grunts, getting up and runs back to the others, but winches a bit in pain when she notices that she might have sprained an ankle. "Fuck, I didn't think that fall was that high." she thought to herself but didn't want to miss out on the fun so she tried to ignore it for now.
"How?" Jay asked, looking at Wu.
"Part of reaching your own full potential is understanding your weapon's potential. Once it is in tune with a focused heart, its secrets and powers can be unlocked." Wu explained.
"Oh, this is not the time to be cryptic." Jay complained.
"He's saying our weapons are vehicles themselves." said Zane.
"Don't tell me I have to ride this thing like a broomstick." said Kai.
Nova giggled a little. "I think that would look pretty funny." She said.
Kai glared over at Nova, going over and giving her a noogie. "Nooo, not the hair, Kai!" She complained, trying to get away from him, as she ran over to Jay who had already turned his golden weapon into his Storm glider, while trying to ignore the pain from her sprained ankle.
"Hey Jay let me on, I wanna join too." Nova said, smiling, while giving him the puppy eyes.
Jay let out an annoyed sigh. "Fine! but don't try any funny business shrimp." He said.
"Yay!" Nova cheered as she got in and sat down on his lap, since that was the only place she could sit.
Soon enough, everyone chases after Lloyd with Jay and Nova cheering.
Jay and Nova ended up flying pass Lloyd.
"Whoa, what the hell was that?" said Lloyd, confused.
"Jay, we just missed him!" Nova shouted at him.
"Oops, haha. Overshot that a little." said Jay as he turned around. "Let's see what this baby can do." He pushes a button, but the jet malfunctions. "Whoa!" He and Nova screamed.
"Duck!" shouted Fangtom. "The Staff!"
"I got it?" said Nova holding it, Jay gasp in surprise. "You got it!" He laughs, but the Storm Fighter disappears. "Uh-oh." They start screaming while Nova is holding on to Jay and the staff for dear life.
"Jay, you have to concentrate!" shouted Kai.
"I CAN'T!!!!" Jay screamed.
"I think we're gonna have to catch them." said Cole.
"I got them. I got them." said Kai.
"No, I got them!" shouted Cole.
"They are mine!" shouted Zane.
"NONE OF YOU IDIOTS GOT US, SO STOP SAYING THAT!!!" Nova screamed at the top of her lungs.
All their vehicles disappears. Jay and Nova screams some more, but Nya catches them in the Jalopy.
"Heh, nice catch." said Jay, relieved.
"Oh, thank god, I thought for a second I was seeing the light flash before my eyes." Nova sighed in relief.
"Aw, I knew I liked thissss girl." said Edna.
"Everyone!" Fangtom shouted. "Attack!"
Kai and the others tries changing their golden weapons back to vehicles, but nothing happens. "Huh? Why isn't this thing working?" He asked, confused.
"Your weapon is merely an extension of your mind. If your mind is immobile, so is your weapon." Wu explained.
"Oh, boy. Oh, gosh. Oh, golly, oh, duh. Get in, boys!" said Ed.
"We have to get back to headquarters!" shouted Jay.
"Go! They're getting away!" Lloyd ordered.
*The ninja and Nova gets back to the Bounty before the Fangpyre.*
"Come with me. Once we reverse the venom, we can fix you." said Nya.
"Man the stations, everyone!" Jay shouted.
"Jay, we better hurry." said Kai.
Nova slowly walked after the others, but she could feel the pain in her ankle had gotten worse, so she had to sit down and hoped it would help at least until the danger was gone.
"I've been waiting for this moment." said Jay, excited as he presses the button, but nothing happens.
"They're gaining on us!" shouted Kai.
"Bottoms, up!" said Ed.
Ed and Edna drinks the antivenom. Laugh and turn back to humans.
"Oh, that's good." said Ed.
"Ugh, I don't get what's wrong. I spent forever on this. It's supposed to work!" said Jay, confused and frustrated.
"Uh, son? Maybe I can help?" Ed offered, coming over to his son.
Jay gasps, seeing his father back to normal. "Dad! You're okay!"
"You're darn tooting. Oh, let's have a look." said Ed as he fixes the wiring. "Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. Oh, that should do it. Now try it."
*Jay presses the button. The Bounty opens its wings and rocket boosters, allowing it to fly away.*
"No, no, no, no!" yelled Lloyd, as he coughs.
*Nya drops the staff and Fangtom picks it up.*
"These ninja..." said Fangtom. "...they must be stopped."
"Oh, tell me about it." said Lloyd.
*Back at the Bounty.*
"We'll get you back to the Junkyard just as soon as we see the coast is clear. But stay as long as you'd like. It's nice having you here." said Jay.
"Oh, take a note, Edna: of all our inventions, this one is our greatest." said Ed.
"I already know, dear." said Edna as she tosses the notepad away. The trio embraces each other as Wu watches them. Before looking over at Nova, who hadn't said anything since they got back on the ship.
"Nova, is everything okay, you haven't said much since we got back." He said, catching everyone else's attention.
"Oh, please don't say she got bitten, when we don't even have the staff anymore." said Jay before Cole punched his arm. "Not helping dude." He said.
Nova looked up at the others, and opened her mouth to say something but stopped herself, as she was a little unsure if she should tell them or not. Since back with her old family, they didn't really care and turned a blind eye to it, and her stepdad would only make it worse.
".... I'm fine, just tired, is all." Nova said with a weak, innocent smile, which seemed to have worked. Since being a kid and having learned to hide her feelings of pain and sadness was very useful, it didn't mean that it was a healthy mindset, but she didn't want to become a burden to the team.