Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
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“Primary power obstructed. Automatic self-detonation in five, four…”
“Oh…” Though Jay could feel a smile stretch his lips, he felt anything but cheerful. “That’s unfortunate…”
Caught in the aftermath of an explosion, Jay struggles to balance his injuries and the mission at hand. (Or, that one fic where Jay should’ve been waaay more hurt than he was in Spellbound, told by Jay, Kai, and Cole.)
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- Part 1 of Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
- Part 1 of Jay & Kai: Bros for Life
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The sound of sobbing filled the room. Someone was crying, someone was in pain. Several minutes dragged by before Jay realized the sound was coming from him.
It was supposed to be over, wasn’t it? So, why did he still have to remember? Why did he and Nya have to remember every horrific little detail when everyone else had been able to forget?
After the events of Skybound, Jay discovers a new coping mechanism. It doesn’t always work. Cole is always there to pick up the pieces of his brother’s shattered heart.
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They were all leaving. Again.
Breaking up; going their separate ways.
Alone.
Without him.
Again.
As he watched them all say their goodbyes, Jay could no longer ignore the helpless feeling twisting his insides. Because this was it. This was the beginning of the end.When the team splits up to look for Master Wu, Jay and Cole decide to stick together. Over the course of the following year, they explore many new places, encounter demons from the past, and learn a few new things about each other along the way.
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Cole bit out a yelp and a curse. “What the heck was that for?”
“Why do you keep doing this to me?” At Jay’s accusation, Cole’s expression morphed from anger to confusion faster than one of Nya’s double backflips.
“Do what? Jay, what’s going—?”
“Why’d you have to leave, huh? Can’t I just wake up for once and everything be fine? And everyone be here? Is that too much to ask? Is it?”
In the aftermath of Cole’s fall into the darkness, Jay finally breaks.
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"Yeah, but you don't do it to anyone else!"
"Because I don't trust anyone else!"
Silence settled over the car after that, thick and suffocating. For a moment, Jay couldn't breathe. So, he waited. Waited for Cole to explain.Even the best of friends can have issues. Cole is a bad backseat driver, but Jay doesn't know how to make him aware of this. So, he doesn't. He stays silent for far too long--until he can't take it anymore. However, Jay is vastly unprepared for the reason behind Cole's less-than-helpful "driving tips."
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- Part 5 of Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
- Part 5 of Writing As Therapy
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“It won’t—” Jay cut himself off with a strangled gasp and he continued to jerk against the chain around his ankle that prevented him from rising with the water any higher. “It’s not long enough! It won’t stretch any more! Cole! Why won’t it—?”
But Cole couldn’t hear him over the rush of water against his ears as he dove further below the surface. No, no, no!
They were not dying today.
Or, the one where Jay almost drowns and Cole is there to pick up the pieces afterward.
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Jay was doubled over on himself, breathing even heavier than before.
And gripped tightly between Kai’s bloody white knuckles was the dagger.
“Kai…” Cole shook his head, trying to chase away the lightheadedness before it had a chance to settle in. “What did you do…?”
On a mission gone wrong, Jay gets stabbed, thrusting Cole and Kai into a desperate scramble to save their friend’s life before it’s too late.
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- Part 7 of Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
- Part 6 of Jay & Kai: Bros for Life
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“I’m tellin’ you, they’d be dead right now if I hadn’t been there.”
The man nodded as he templed his fingers and leaned forward. “Yes… Still, there are many who would be alive right now if the Ninja hadn’t been there in the first place.”
In the aftermath of Aspheera’s Reign and the journey into the Never Realm, the government finally decides to step in and put a leash on the Ninjas’ freedom.
Things are never quite what they appear to be, however, and it’s up to the Ninja to find out who is truly behind these restrictive new documents before it’s too late...
... A task easier said than done when the strongest team in Ninjago is bitterly divided.
(Based off Captain America: Civil War.)
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That warmth that had been Jay’s best friend earlier was turning into his worst nightmare. The room spun and that stupid warmth was doing its best to shove his eyelids shut.
“I don’ feel so good. Cole, I… I don’—”
His second stumble would’ve sent him crashing to the floor had those strong arms not wrapped around him.
When Jay drinks too much punch at a welcome party for Ambassador Veneir from Shintaro, he puts the entire mission in jeopardy. Now, with Kai missing, it’s up to Cole and the rest of the team to figure out what’s going on before it’s too late. In Jay’s defense, he didn’t know anything was wrong with the punch in the first place.
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- Part 9 of Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
- Part 2 of Jay & Kai: Bros for Life
- Part 12 of Angst is a Mixed Bag (Whumptober 2022)
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“P-Please!” Jay began. It wasn’t too hard to act scared with the way Kai was gripping his clothes like he was about to tear them apart. “Have mercy!”
“There is no mercy for traitors!” Kai growled. “And you might as well drop the act. I know you’re a spy. I should have you executed for your crimes against the crown! Unfortunately, the queen has… other plans for you.”
Though his tone was harsh and biting, Kai's face took on more of a desperate, pleading expression, as if begging them to understand—to read between the lines.
A kingdom overthrown. A royal family missing. And dozens of citizens forced into slavery. When the Ninja take an undercover mission to rescue Shintaro’s sister kingdom, they soon realize they might be out of their depth. One thing needs to another, leading to the Ninja fighting not only for the missing citizens, but for each other as well.
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- Part 10 of Cole and Jay: A Friendship Stronger Than Vengestone
- Part 4 of Jay & Kai: Bros for Life
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“I can’t stay here, Cole. Without her it’s… It’s too hard.” Jay shook his head. “Everyone misses her, sure, but not like I do… She was my Yang! I was going to marry her!” Choking back a sob, his expression crumpled. “I was gonna… I was…”
Set after Seabound, Cole finds himself trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered team. In the end, even the Master of Earth and all his super strength can’t hold together the cracks and keep the Ninja from crumbling. (Or, the story about how Jay left the monastery and went to live at the lighthouse. Spoilers for Crystalized.)
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