Yeaaah, eyes going pink might do more than make her more angry easily.
Nova is having a bit of a field day, both good and bad. :3
(Nova's new arm)
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*In the hangar bay, Pixal approaches Lloyd and Nova.*
Nova was sitting on a chair just watching Lloyd going through the surveillance footage, letting out a small yawn by how bored she was. She turned her attention towards Pixal when she saw her coming over.
"Have you both been up all night?" Pixal questioned, by seeing how tired Nova looked.
"Yeah, no thanks to this idiot." Nova pointed towards Lloyd.
"Yeah. Me and Nova have just been monitoring surveillance footage for any sign of the criminals who broke out of Kryptarium last month." said Lloyd, while ignoring the cold glare he was getting from Nova.
"You owe me so much sleep, asshole." Nova kept glaring coldly at Lloyd, he was lucky she hadn't started shouting at him yet.
"You could have just gone to bed early, instead of staying here with me." Lloyd raised an eyebrow at her.
Lloyd quickly dodged a knife being thrown at him before looking back at Nova. "We both know I wouldn't get any sleep, whatever I stayed here with you or went to bed on my own."
Pixal cleared her throat, getting Lloyd and Nova's attention. "I was told the police made an arrest."
"Fugi-Dove. They caught him feeding pigeons in a park." said Lloyd and Nova in unison, until the surveillance footage changed to show Ronin.
"Is that Ronin?" Pixal pointed towards the footage of Ronin.
A small smile grew on Nova's face as she still waited for him to reply back to her stealing his wallet of stolen money, which she had him steal for her.
"Yeah. The police hired him to help round up the criminals. I don't like how the police keep using a bounty hunter like Ronin, but-" Lloyd went on to say before being cut off as the computer starts beeping and shows Cecil Putnam at the front door of the monastery.
"Who is that?" Pixal asked.
Nova started feeling a headache as she rubbed her head. "No one î̸͉̻͚͙̎͐̕͝m̷̨̛̱̒̿͌̍p̶̫̤̂ȏ̷̢͙̗͈̥͋r̸͎͚̊ẗ̶͇͌͆̇͘ȃ̸͑͒͜ņ̸̊̊̿̚t̶̢͍͈̝̠͌̀̍̉͋e̴̠͐͒̊͂d̵̞͉̝͐̑." Her eyes for a second glowing pink before going back to normal.
Lloyd glanced over at Nova with a raised eyebrow, but decided it might just be because she was tired.
"Anyway, let's go and see what he wants." said Lloyd, moving away from the surveillance footage and headed over to the elevator, with Pixal and Nova so they could go and greet Cecil Putnam.
*Later upstairs.*
"Cecil Putnam, manager of the Explorer's Club. I regret to inform you that Misako Montgomery Garmadon's membership has been canceled, effective immediately. Here are the items emptied from her club locker." said Cecil, handing Lloyd a box of his mother's items.
"On what grounds?" Zane questioned.
"I'm afraid it's club policy. Whenever a member is missing and presumed lost at sea, the club revokes their membership." said Cecil.
"What are you talking about?" Nya asked, a little confused.
"Oh there's no need for panic. Her position will be given to another worthy applicant. The club will prevail." said Cecil.
"We don't fucking care about that useless c̷̦̭̆̈̒͌͊l̵̺̋͌ͅǘ̴͇̆̋̍͜b̶͓́̊̌̾!̷̻͖̰̦̜͒͒̉͆" Nova growled angrily at him, with her eyes once again glowing a bit of pink before going back to normal.
Lloyd placed a hand on Nova's shoulder to calm her down, before turning his attention back to Cecil. "I'm not worried about the club! I'm worried about my mother and Master Wu! Where are they?"
"She was leading an expedition with Professor Powers to attempt to navigate the storm belt, and prove her theory about an uncharted island. But as we haven't heard from her in several weeks, the expedition is presumed lost." Cecil went on to explain.
"The storm belt? What was she thinking?" Pixal questioned.
*Back in the hangar bay, Pixal pulls up the storm belt on the base's computer.*
"The storm belt is an area off the Southern Coast, plagued by violent storms. Numerous ships and airplanes have gone missing in the region. It is considered very dangerous." Pixal told them, from what she could find on the computer.
"To my knowledge, there is only one person ever to emerge from the Storm Belt." said Zane.
"Correct. A man named Timothy Batterson. Batterson was part of a balloon tour which was blown off course. He claimed it was blown into a Storm Belt and eventually crashed on an uncharted island." said Pixal.
"Pixal, ready the Bounty. Zane, pull up whatever information you have about this man. The rest of you, pack. We don't have a moment to lose." said Lloyd, before moving his attention to Nova. "You should probably get some rest on the way."
Nova rolled her eyes with a yawn. "I'll try, but if I get any nightmares, I'm blaming you." She turned to leave but was stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Ocea, be honest with me here. Are you alright?" Lloyd questioned with a bit of worry.
Nova looked over at him a little confused, raising an eyebrow. "Besides being tired, yes I'm alright. But why are you asking?"
"Well, you've just been acting a little more rude and aggressive than normally. Even when tired you wouldn't act like this." said Lloyd.
Nova was even more confused with what he was saying, by the look on her face. "I have? I didn't even notice that I had been like that. I guess being tired and still getting used to my new arm. Might have made me more exhausted than anything." She moved her prosthetic arm slightly. "Sorry if I came off as rude or aggressive."
Lloyd gave a slight nod before giving her a kiss. "But I mean it, try and get some rest. I'll wake you up when we are close."
"Okay, greenie." Nova returned the kiss with a small smile before leaving to pack.
*Some time later, the ninja and Nova arrive at Twitchy Tim's gas station.*
"I'm guessing we *yawn* are here?" Nova rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, as she walked out on the first deck and saw the others ready in their new ninja outfits.
"Yeah, so we better hope you got enough rest on the way." said Nya, standing on the upper deck where the wheel and controlling systems were.
Nova raised an eyebrow over at her, letting out another yawn. "Not much, but at least some, so I should at least be less grumpy."
"You being less grumpy, is that even possible?" Kai questioned, crossing his arms since he didn't believe her statement.
Nova glared coldly towards him. "You wanna be my punching bag again?"
"Enough, we don't have time for arguing. Now get ready guys." said Lloyd, getting between Kai and Nova.
Nova rolled her eyes with a huff before joining the ninjas and jumped off the ship, and down to the ground.
"Hiya, fellas! What'll it be? Leaded or unleaded?" Twitchy Tim said surprised and ready to sell whatever he had.
"Are you Mr. Batterson?" Lloyd asked.
"Oh, yeah, but nobody calls me that." said Twitchy Tim.
"Uh, what do they call you?" Cole asked.
"Yeah, got some kind of nickname we can use instead?" Nova went on to ask.
"Twitchy Tim! Twitchy for short." answered Twitchy.
Lloyd took a glance over at Nova, who just gave him a shrug. "Well, um, Twitchy, my mother was part of an expedition to try and map an unknown island on the southern coast, and she's missing. We're going after them. You're the only one who knows what's out there, and we could really use your help."
"I'll tell you what's out there. Storms! Monsters! Doom! I was struck twelve times by lightning trying to escape that nightmare. And you want me to go back?!" shouted Twitchy in a panic.
"Twelve? Really?" Cole raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms, finding this hard to believe.
"You guys went on questioning about my kitchen luck for a long while, until you all decided to just accept it. Might wanna just accept his lightning luck." said Nova.
"Yeah. Well, luckily, it didn't affect me, but I - hiya, fellas! What'll it be, leaded or unleaded?" said Twitchy before going on to repeating himself.
"You already asked us that." said Lloyd.
"I did?" Twitchy asked.
Lloyd let out a heavy sigh. "We're not here for gas, we're here for your help. Remember?"
"Yeah, we were talking about the uncharted island. We were asking you to come with us." said Cole.
"The uncharted island? Are you nuts? You want me to go back? Well, you can forget it. The answer's - hiya, fellas! What'll it be, leaded or unleaded?" shouted Twitchy in a panic before repeating himself again in a more cheerful manner.
"What is going on? You said that twice!" shouted Jay.
"I did?" Twitchy asked again.
"We were talking about going back to the island! Remember? We were asking you for help?" said Jay.
"Going back to the island? I swore I'd never do it, but what can I say? A deal's a deal. You're driving, right?" said Twitchy.
"Yes!" Kai pushes Tim towards the Bounty and they head for the uncharted island.
Nova was standing at the front of the Bounty, taking in the view as they were heading towards the sea. She hummed a soft tune, thinking about how mad Ronin was gonna be about her stealing his money.
"Sounds like you're in a good mood, since I've never heard you humming before." Lloyd had gone on to check on Nova, since she still seemed a little tired but hadn't gone back to get more rest.
"I really hum anything, unless I have a song in mind." Nova took a glance before at him giving a small smile before turning her attention back to the sea.
"Then what kind of song do you have in mind?" Lloyd wrapped an arm around her and also took in the view of the sea in front of them.
"The song I've been singing already a few times with you guys, hotshot." Nova giggled softly at him, and rested her head against his shoulder. "We'll find your mother, Lloyd. I know we will."
"You saying this to cheer up my worries or because of your future sight?" Lloyd looked down at her with a raised eyebrow.
Nova turned her head to look up at him. "I know it from my future sight, and to calm your nerves, we aren't gonna lose anyone."
Lloyd gave her a surprised look. "I thought you said that you wouldn't share any of your future sight, in fear of anyone trying to change it."
"I told you that knowing it would help you feel better, and I didn't go into any details. Which means there is no risk of you messing it up." Nova let out a laugh, watching his face turn into a scowl from her claim of him messing it up.
"I wouldn't have messed it up, whatever you told me the details or not." Lloyd complained, rolling his eyes at her laughter.
"Yeah right, and you weren't the one sending the others out to do some scouting two days ago, so we could have the monastery for ourselves." Nova playfully elbowed him.
"I think that plan worked out great, I was busy checking for any crimes on the surveillance footage, while you were still working on the last bits of your arm. Making it a good reason for the both of us to stay back and have some time for ourselves." Lloyd smiled, giving her a kiss.
"You're lucky I at least was able to walk this time when the others returned. Otherwise there would be a lot of questions, and we both know they would be teasing us to no end." Nova rolled her eyes at him.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't think we would get that lost in our time together, but I agree that the others would never let it down. Mostly with me knowing those guys." Lloyd rested his head on her shoulder and against the side of her head.
"I mean, can you blame them? The once bratty and annoying kid that didn't like girls, now having grown some balls to have a girlfriend, and knocking her up." Nova playfully teased him.
Now it was Lloyd's turn to let out a laugh, seeing what she meant. "I guess I had some time to grow up, and then having you back in my life made it better."
"You still owe me a good night sleep, while I can get some rest it doesn't mean it's gonna help me much." Nova let out a small yawn.
"Fine, after this mission is over, I'll cut down on my work. Just so you can get your beauty sleep princess." Lloyd rolled his eyes before dodging an elbow to his stomach.
"It's like you are asking for a beating by calling me that, boogers." Nova gently pushed him away. "I'm gonna get a bit more rest, let me know when we are close."
"Have a nice rest butterfly, if I don't wake you up I'll have one of the others do it." said Lloyd, smiling at her.
"Whatever you say, greenbean." Nova walked away and back inside the bounty to get some rest.
*Some time later.*
"Interesting. Our radar is unable to penetrate the fog bank." said Pixal, as Nova was coming from the bounty, letting out a yawn.
"It's the island! She doesn't want you to see her secrets." said Twichty.
"How did you reach the island the first time?" Lloyd asked.
"It was a freak accident. I was taking a hot air balloon tour, but the balloon blew off course. It got caught in the storm. I tried to ride it out. They were like hours, days of being tossed around in that fog. Then suddenly-" Twitchy went on to explain before stopping mid sentence.
"Then what?" Zane asked.
"Lightning struck it! It crashed. I must have blacked out because I don't remember that part, but when I woke up, I was on a beach, a blue sand beach." Twitchy went on to explain.
"Blue sand?" Jay questioned.
"You must have hit your head pretty hard." said Cole.
"It was blue, I tell you, what do you think I'm lying? I'm telling the truth!" shouted Twitchy.
"I believe him." said Nova.
"You're only saying that because you always lie." said Jay.
"I don't always lie, even I can speak the truth." said Nova crossing her arms.
"Oh yeah? Tell me something that isn't a lie." Jay placed his hands on his hips while raising an eyebrow.
"Hmm, last week Kai took your hair gel since he didn't have anymore of his own, Cole deleted your game save on Prime Empire two weeks without saying anything, and Lloyd stole some of your hidden candy three days ago." Nova went on to point out what she had seen.
"Nova!?" shouted the three ninja in disbelief that she had outed them, most of all Lloyd.
Jay let out a gasp and then went on to have an outburst at all three.
"Why didn't you mention that I ruined one of his comics?" Zane whispered to Nova.
"You haven't messed with me or any of my stuff. So I don't have any beef with you unlike those three." Nova gave a shrug to his question.
"Even Lloyd? I thought you two were close after you started dating?" Zane went on to question.
"We might be dating, but that doesn't mean I can't mess with him after all those times he has been messing with me." Nova kept watching the chaos she had made with those four ninjas, while having a smile on her face.
"Then I pray I'll never have beef with you." said Zane as he kept on watching the chaos too.
"Lloyd, I'm picking up a rise in electrostatic levels. I do not think it would be wise to proceed any nearer. I suggest you lower the catamarans and approach by sea." said Pixal, catching Lloyd's attention as he walked away from the others.
"Right. Let's mount top and break some waves." said Lloyd.
Twitchy faints in Cole's arms. "Uh, he's gonna need a life jacket."
"Deploying water vessels, in three, two, one." Pixal started counting down.
"Pix, we're down. Proceeding into the fog bank." said Lloyd.
"Good luck, Lloyd. Be careful." said Pixal.
"Don't worry, Pix, I'll make sure to keep him out of trouble." said Nova with a teasing smirk on her face.
Lloyd glared over at Nova with a raised eyebrow. "I think it's you we have to worry about keeping out of trouble."
"Says the guy who has a bad habit of getting captured." Nova teased.
They sailed through the sea in silence for a while until Jay spoke up.
"Why is it so quiet?" Jay whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" Cole asked.
"I don't know!" Jay shouted.
"Do you guys hear that?" Kai asked.
"Waves. We must be getting close." said Nya.
"Close to what?" Lloyd sees rough waves and rocks ahead. "Look out!"
"Hard port!" shouted Nya.
"Here we go!" shouted Twitchy.
"Hold on!" shouted Nya.
"Watch out for the lightning!" shouted Lloyd and Nova in unison.
"Fascinating. The rock seems to attract the lightning." said Zane.
"Now isn't the time to be fascinated by rocks and lightning!" shouted Nova.
"Nya! We're too wide! We won't fit!" shouted Lloyd.
"That's what she said!" shouted Nova, getting an annoyed glare from everyone. "Sorry, I couldn't help it!"
"Here we go." said Jay.
"Push the button. We're too wide!" shouted Cole.
"I am pushing the button. It's not working!" shouted Jay.
Zane leaps off his catamaran and lands on Jay's. "Everyone, get to starboard. Lean back into the catamaran up on its side."
"Whoa." said Jay.
"Wow." said Lloyd.
"What was I thinking, offering to come back here?" said Twitchy.
"The place is even more amazing in person." said Nova, amazed before getting another headache. "Bet I could easily turn everything into d̶̬̼̘̈́̎̂͐u̸̮͍̯͔̗̩͛̋͛̀̿̚͝s̸̥̔͌́t̷̜̲̮̠͖̳͑͠ with my d̴͎̣̣̟͕̊̅̚͝ȩ̸͔̳̏͗̂̑̂c̷̢̳͍̓̔͆̚̕a̴͚͚͉͍͚͗y̴̟̭͋͐̒̈́ powers." She shook her head a bit as her eyes changed from pink back to normal.
"Huh, I guess we're walking from here." said Kai.
"Maybe not. Pixal, do you copy?" said Lloyd while glancing over at Nova with a raised eyebrow to what she was saying.
"I copy, Lloyd." said Pixal.
" We are on the island. Can you fix on my location and deploy the Jungle Choppers?" Lloyd asked.
"Affirmative. Deploying now." said Pixal.
"Haha! That's what I call air mail." said Kai.
*They arrive at a campsite.*
"Mom? Hello?" Lloyd called out.
"Look. The rock formation. It spells out "help"." said Zane, finding a rock formation.
"What happened here?" Kai asked.
"They must have left this behind in case someone came after them." said Nya.
"Mom! Master Wu!" Lloyd's voice echoes through the area, and Nova covers his mouth.
"Shh! Are you nuts? You want those things to know we're here?" said Twichty, but was happy Nova at least caught on to it faster than the others it seemed.
"Uh, what things?" Cole asked.
"The monsters in the jungle! They look like statues, but it's a trick! They're alive." said Twitchy.
Nova gave a slight nod while removing her hand from Lloyd's mouth.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" said Lloyd as they got back on the jungle choppers and headed into the jungle.