Self-Destruct

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It's angst week!!! Huge thank you to Jeleego for letting me write your idea!

It was supposed to be a simple mission. So why was she screaming Jay's name as he fell to the ground while she desperately tried to break free from the goon's hold? It was supposed to be an easy win. So why was Nya on her knees beside Jay, ripping off his mask, trying to hold back her screams?

She wasn't sure what happened- just that she saw Jay falling as she heard the words "poison" and "deadly."

Her hand hovered over his chest, wanting to feel the rise and fall of his chest that was so, obviously, not there, but too scared to touch him. Tears streamed down her face as she took in his lifeless expression, something that looked so utterly wrong on his adorable freckled face.

"Please be okay," she whispered, finally laying her hand on his chest. It felt like all the air was sucked out of her lungs as she felt the hard metal of his half of their yin-yang medallion. She remembered just a few minutes earlier...

Nya took a few seconds to catch her breath after she incapacitated a group of today's criminals- some robbers potentially associated with The Mechanic. Everyone said they were moderately easy to fight, but it felt more like a medium. Maybe she just got the more skilled ones. It was okay, she could take them. She pulled back her mask to get more air before spotting more goons staring at her. Or rather, behind her?

"Nya! Look out!" Jay yelled, seconds before tackling her to the ground. She watched as a wrecking ball swung past them, then dropped to the ground with a thunk as Lloyd managed to cut the chains with his energy blast.

"You okay?" She asked as Jay rolled off of her.

"Yeah, but my head hurts." He groaned, holding the back of his head.

"The wrecking ball must've grazed it."

"What happened?"

"You... don't remember?"

"My head hurts," he repeated.

"What's two plus one?" He stared at her as if she just spoke to him in some foreign language.

"Four?" He finally answered. "No, wait, five! You're pretty."

"And you have a concussion."

"Oooh, are we fighting bad guys?"

"You aren't."

"But I wanna help."

"No, you're going to stay right here until we're done. Understood?" Jay gave her a blank stare before nodding again.

"I love you!" He yelled as she turned away.

She looked back at him, wondering if it was a ploy so she'd let him fight. "Stay. Down," she growled.

She turned around to see the crooks trying to run away, but blasted a few down with water. She ran a few steps before she heard Jay talk once again.

"I love you." Nya froze, shoulders bunched up before relaxing and she turned around to smile at him.

"Guys, guys!" Jay yelled not even a minute later. It caught the attention of Nya and Kai, who were the closest to him. He was standing- a bit shaky, but standing in the middle of the field, waving something in his hand. "I found a... an eyeball thingy!" And then she was screaming his name, but it was already too late.

Was it even possible to cry harder? He told her "I love you" twice- it was even the last words he spoke directly to her, and she didn't even say it back. She was horrible!

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