For the weeks following the Devourers death they slept at Ed and Edna's – who had graciously offered up their home. Every day Edna would drive them down to the city so they could help with clean up since some of the destruction was their fault. During the day – as the five ninja cleaned up – Edna would watch over Lloyd, quite happily in all honesty.
Today, both Ed and Edna had taken the Jalopy so [M/n] took Lloyd up on Ara to give the ninja room in the car. Jay's parents took Lloyd over to the comic book store he adored while they finished setting up the last of the lampposts.
Wu and Nya were taking the day to see if they could find them a more permanent place to stay.
[M/n], Cole, and Jay worked to hold the last lamppost steady as Zane blowtorched the piece into place. Once finished they stepped back to proudly admire the street full of newly put up lampposts.
Kai stood behind them, trying to summon even a singular spark to his hands even though it had been several weeks since their Golden Weapons had been stolen, and so their elements had been unaccesable.
"Finally. All fixed up and Serpentine free," Cole said, running his fingers through his hair.
"Aargh. Ugh, this is frustrating," Kai complained, shaking out his hands as no fire came.
The lamppost creaked ominously before tipping over. [M/n] and Cole were quick to catch it before it fell as Jay scrambled over to help push it back up. Zane kneeled back down to torch it back in place.
"Our weapons are gone and most of our elemental powers are gone. I mean, we can still do Spinjitzu, but..." Kai grunted as his powers continued to falter. "I just feel so, I don't know, limited. And thanks to the Devourer, our tank's out of commission, our Dragon's hurt, the Bounty is destroyed, and we're bumming off of Jay's parents."
"Our elements were not only there because of our Weapons. We simply became too used to using them as crutches when we should have taken the time to practice without them," [M/n] lectured.
"No one ever said being a hero is easy," Zane added, flipping up his welding mask. "Though our good deeds may never make us rich, they make us rich in other ways."
"Yeah, well, I don't feel rich," Kai complained.
"I for one enjoy pitching in. I've always wanted to feel part of a community. Uh, speaking of which, anyone seen Nya? She said she was gonna help," Jay stated.
Nya pulled up on the old motorbike Ed had let her take and fix up, "And I have. I may have found us a place to live."
"Really? But there's a waiting list a mile long to live in Ninjago City. How did you do that?" Jay asked.
"I know a guy, who knows a girl, and she knows this girl who knows a guy. Well, this guy knows a girl who's a real estate agent and she can help you find a place, if you catch my drift," Nya stated, earning blank stares from [M/n] and Cole.
"And where are you off to?" Jay took the pamplet she passed him, glancing down at it curiously.
"We have to find a couple of components to fix the ninja tank. And my dragon ointment has finally arrived. It's a two week trip, but once we get back, he'll be flying again. Also, I love scenic drives. Haha, punch it, Nya!" Wu shouted, leaning over to see them.
"Ay ay, Sensei."
"Yee-haw!" Wu whooped as Nya shot off.
"Patty Keys, Real Estate Queen." Huh, this is exactly what we need. Once we get a roof over our head, we can start properly training Lloyd," Jay said, reading over the pamphlet.
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Querencia
Fanfiction(n.) A place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn. [M/n] Caelestis has no memory of who he is, relying entirely upon Sensei Wu to fill in the gaps. With knowledge, a history, skills, and a willingness to kill...
