Nova gets another kitchen ban. A good start to a new season. XD
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*We jump to see Nova sitting on top, of one of the tallest buildings.*
Nova was sitting at the edge of a building wearing a new ninja outfit, the only color Wu was able to get her was purple, strange, but it probably didn't mean any. She let out a sigh while watching the view in front of her. "Coming to Ninjago has really shown me how scary this world is in real life.....and it's only gonna get more scary from each season."
"..... Maybe I should sit out for some of these seasons, as I really don't wanna go through some of them.....but then the question would be, what would I be doing? Hmmm, I could go back to Ronin, even though there is gonna be that ghost season. Hmm, I would at least get a chance to meet Morro either way." She thought as she started humming.
Nova looked down, watching the ninja, cleaning the streets. She giggled a little. Just enjoying this small moment.
"Nova~"
Nova quickly jumped up and looked around but couldn't see anyone. "Who's there?" She asked, getting a bad feeling, since she was pretty sure she just heard someone whisper her name.
There wasn't any sound or movement for a while, so she slowly started to relax. "I think those stupid nightmares, ruining my sleep after losing my plushie, are affecting me again." Nova mumbled.
"If Ronin heard I lost the plushie he gave me, I'm pretty sure he would put it on his, "you owe me" list." She sighs, looking up at the sky.
"Only when darkness rises once more, shall be then, the purple ninja are to make a choice. Between darkness or light." Nova mumbled the part of the scroll she read a while back.
"The darkness must be the Overlord or the oni, I have no idea who this purple ninja could be....but between darkness or light...." Nova wondered as she removed her glove to look at her right hand, to see the corruption had reached up to her wrist since drinking the tea Garmadon gave her, it had helped slow it down. "I hate prophecies."
*Later, with the ninja, Patty Keys is showing them a worn-down apartment.*
"This one-bedroom, one-half-bath is a cozy dream. Who needs extras when everything is in arm's reach? Now, wait until you see the lighting." said Patty and turns on the light, but the bulb flickers, burns out, and falls to the ground. "Uh, who needs lights when you have this view? Heh." Opens the window blinds, but the view was actually a brick wall.
"Uh, why do I smell old people?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah, this smell is awful." said Nova, pinching her nose so she couldn't smell it.
Patty turned to look at Lloyd and Nova, annoyed. "Look, dolls. I'm trying to work around your budget. This is all you can afford."
"I would take Ronin's abandoned, and rundown apartment any day, than this place." Nova thought to herself.
"Uh, this looks...promising. Remember, guys, Sensei told us our main objective is to train Lloyd and Nova, not kick our feet up in some swanky suite. If this is all we can afford, this is all we can afford." said Cole.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not rush into any decision. I mean, if it's really all about Lloyd and Nova, don't we need to live in some place that'll make training easier?" said Jay.
"Yeah, Jay's right. If we have to get Lloyd ready to save Ninjago from his father, shouldn't he at least have his own room?" said Kai.
"Technically, that does not matter, he only—" Kai and Nova gently punches Zane.
"We're only thinking about the children, hehe." said Jay.
"I do have another property that you'll just love." said Patty.
*She brings them to a fancy room atop a skyscraper.*
"Bruh."
"Whoa!"
"Oh, man."
"Now, this is the eight-bedroom hero suite. Floor-to-ceiling windows, digital wall television, state-of-the-art game console..." Patty explained.
"Uh, it seems a little out of our price range." said Cole.
"Oh, sure it costs a little more, but you deserve it. I forgot to mention, there's also a Dragon keep on the roof." said Patty.
"Nice."
"Maybe we can get a hero discount. After all, we are the ninja who saved the city." said Jay.
"I thought Lord Garmadon saved the city." said Patty.
"Hmph."
"Bruh."
"We could get day jobs to pay for the extra expenses." said Kai.
"We always said we could use a little more responsibility." said Zane.
"But we have to train Lloyd and Nova." said Kai.
"Did I mention the in-house training facility?" said Patty.
"We'll take it!"
*The ninja went on to working their new jobs. Jay is a pizza delivery man, Cole is a bank's security guard, Zane is a chef, and Kai is a party entertainer.*
Nova let out a small yawn as she was training with Lloyd, since they were left in the suite by themselves.
"You okay, Ocea?" you seem a little tired." Lloyd asked, looking at her.
"I'm fine Lloyd, just didn't get much sleep last night is all." said Nova as she went to use her spinjitzu against a dummy, but ended up missing it and tripping over herself, falling to the floor.
"But you said that last time too." said Lloyd, running over helping her back up.
"I've just.....been training a lot on my own these past few days." said Nova, letting out another yawn. "After that fight with the devourer, we couldn't do much, and when it was just me and the ninja. There wasn't much time for training, so for a little while now, I've just tried to get stronger." She told him, which was only half a lie, since she had been training a lot, but it was also because of her nightmares.
"But you shouldn't train yourself to the point where you don't get any sleep." said Lloyd.
Nova giggled a little. "Fine, I'll try and cut it down if that will stop making you so worried." she said before walking over to the punching bag.
*The ninja just got back home from work.*
"Oh..."
*Nova punches the punching bag right into Lloyd.*
"Oops sorry." Nova let out a giggle.
"You did that on purpose." said Lloyd, glaring at her.
"Maybe." said Nova with a smirk, turning around and walking into the living room.
"My feet... I can't feel my feet." said Cole.
"There was so many of them. And they wouldn't stop." said Kai.
Zane putting oil in his arm. "Ugh, my gears locked up several times. I didn't even know my gears could lock up."
"I don't even have enough energy to play video games." Jay sighs and falls over.
"Oh, but I thought you were going to train me and Nova when you got home." said Lloyd.
"Sorry, champs, but we can't until we make rent. How close are we, Jay?" said Cole.
"Huh, is this jar getting bigger?" Jay lightly rattles the jar. "We're not even close!"
Zane puts more oil in his arm. "And our rent is due tomorrow."
"I can pull a double shift." said Cole.
"And I can do overtime." said Zane.
"Maybe, I can sling a few more pizza pies." said Jay.
"And maybe I can make a little extra if I do the human piñata." said Kai as they all stare at him. He puts his hands on his head. "Ugh, don't ask."
"I could always steal some money for us." suggested Nova.
"No!"
"No, stealing!"
"Hmph, fine." said Nova, crossing her arms.
"Great, then our priorities are set. Tomorrow.. we make rent." said Cole.
"And uh, what about us?" Lloyd asked.
"How about you help out and fetch me some more ice, huh?" Cole suggested.
"I'll get it" said Nova, running into the kitchen.
"No!"
"Nova!"
It didn't take more than two seconds until there was an explosion from the oven, and the fire alarm went off with the sprinklers getting turned on.
"NOVA!!"
*Later, back at the suite, Lloyd and Nova are playing a game.*
"You are going down, greenbean!" taunted Nova.
"Hah! As if, I'm a pro in this game. If anyone is going down it's you!" said Lloyd until he sees Skales in the reflection on the television. "Wha—?!"
Nova and Lloyd turn their heads to see Skales knocking on the window. "Hello, little boy and girl."
"Help, me!" shouted Lloyd.
"Oh, hell no!" shouted Nova, not up for this.
They both quickly ran over to the door, trying to open it.
"Door is locked." said the Security System.
"Ugh, I know! I want it open!"
"Shut the fuck up, and open already!"
Skales breaks the window and gets inside. "What do you want with us?" asked Lloyd.
Skales pointed at Lloyd. "You seem to be the only thing your father cares about. But with you as my hostage, he'll have no other choice but to let me lead the Serpentine! Hyah!" He turned to Nova. "For her, I don't have any use for her."
"Ugh, this is just bullshit." said Nova, annoyed.
"Aah!"
"Let's... train."
Soon we heard someone by the door on the other side. "Hello? What's going on in there?" asked Wu.
"Help!" shouted Lloyd and Nova.
*The ninja goes back to their suite.*
"Lloyd? Nova?"
"They are not here." said Zane.
"Oh, we shouldn't have left them." said Kai.
"We shouldn't have taken those jobs in the first place. What were we thinking? Losing Lloyd and Nova was by far our greatest loss." said Cole.
"But it could be your greatest lesson." said Wu as we came out from where we were hiding.
"Lloyd! Nova!"
"You're okay!" said Kai.
"We wasn't going to be, until Nya and Sensei showed up at the last moment." said Lloyd.
"Yeah, it was a very close call." said Nova.
"I go away for a day and everything falls apart." said Nya.
" I guess you could say we learned we don't need all the fancy stuff. We just need each other." said Kai.
"You want us to help you clean up?" Wu asked.
"Well, we are a team." said Kai.
"Nya, I think it's time for another road trip." said Wu.
"Hold on, I got a better idea." said Cole. The ninja move back to the old apartment. "It's not much, but this one-bedroom, one-half-bath is a cozy dream. Who needs extras when everything is in arm's reach?"
*Lloyd accidentally knocks Jay with a chair, making him drop a box on Kai's foot.*
"Hey!"
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"
"Ha, feels like home to me. Hey, at least we get to stay in Ninjago City for a little while." said Jay.
"And now, without the distractions, we can put all of our energy into training Lloyd and Nova." said Zane.
"Who's there?" Lloyd asked until Zane helps him carry the chair.
"I know the Serpentine Generals got away, but you never told us: whatever happened to Skales?" Kai asked.
"Oh, he found a home, too. But it's not quite as roomy as here." said Wu.
Nova was leaning on her broom, slowly falling asleep, until she loses balance and falls over Lloyd.
"Aah!"
"Ow!"
The others started laughing as they watched.
"Sorry." said Nova, slowly getting off of Lloyd while letting out a yawn.
"Maybe you should take a break and get some rest." said Lloyd, getting up.
"Maybe." said Nova.
"I fear there is a great disturbance in the force." said Wu.
Nova had to hold in a big laugh when she heard Wu say that as she went to sit down on one of the boxes. But it wasn't long until she heard that same whispering voice again saying her name.
"Nova~"