Crash Landing

Tension

I winced, jerking away from my brother's hand as a surge of electricity jolted through me.

"Sorry, Zane." Jay said as he continued to fix my face. "This'll hurt a bit, so grab onto something, okay?"

I nodded slightly, shifting my left hand to grip his shirt tightly. He shifted slightly, tweezers in hand as he closed one of his eyes, trying to reconnect the wires on my cheek. The tool made contact with the wire, making me wince once again, but I didn't jerk away. Jay stuck out his tongue in concentration, bringing the wires close together.

"Almost… got it-!" He was cut off as a pop sounded, making him jump back and give a small yelp, causing me to flinch and bite my lip. "Sorry!" The lightning ninja called as he reached for some tape, wrapping it tightly around the wire. He turned and grabbed the artificial skin for my face, sliding it on over my eye. "There… done…. Is that better?"

I nodded slightly, blinking a few times. "Thank you, Jay. That has been bothering me since… well… for a while." I said, not wanting to mention the accident that had happened a few weeks ago.

Jay nodded and began to put his tools away. It was just him and me here in the room… perhaps I could take this time to talk to him about… it.

"Jay," I began, "is there something that you aren't telling anyone?"

Jay froze for a second, glancing over to me before giving his usual laugh, "Where did that question come from, Zane?"

I sighed, "Don't try and hide it from me, Jay. I can tell that there is tension between you and your son. Perhaps I should talk with him?"

"If you think he'll talk to you go ahead and try," Jay said as he shrugged, placing the tool up on his dresser. "I've tried and Nya's tried but he just won't listen."

I nodded slightly in understanding, "Well, he has gone through a lot… perhaps I can get him to talk. After all, he does have a bond with me." I said as I stood, blinking a few times before walking to the door.

"Good luck… you'll need it."

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(Present time Ninjago)

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"He's gone…" Nya sobbed. "My little boy…"

Jay wrapped his arms around his wife, tears streaming down his face as he held her close.

"I'm sorry…." Cole said quietly, almost whispering. "He got… away from me… It's my fault he's gone…." The ninja didn't look up from his feet.

I looked at him in slight shock. It was the first time he'd spoken since we'd found him. The whole time he was just sitting there sadly. I honestly forgot that he was with us.

"You didn't mean for him to run off, Cole." Lloyd called from the kitchen, walking in with a wet washcloth before handing it to Jay. "Here… so that you can clean her makeup. It's running a bit."

Jay looked at the cloth for a moment before taking it, gently rubbing Nya's running makeup off. "He'll be fine… he can take care of himself."

"How do… we know that?" My sister replied between sobs.

"He's our son." He replied, kissing her forehead lightly.

"What do we do now…?" I asked quietly, looking to my heartbroken sister. What could we do? The falcon was with Alvian now, and we had no way to communicate with Zane, and our nephew was somewhere out in Ninjago looking for him.

Lloyd shook his head. "I don't know…."

Nya looked up, "We… we could go to... the authorities… tell them that Alvian is gone…. Maybe someone will recognize him…?"