So, apparently, there's an actual short story called "A Little Sacrifice" where a Prince falls in love with a real mermaid in The Witcher's universe...

And Netflix is supposed to release an anime called "Sirens of the Deep", where Geralt and Jaskier get involved in the situation.

My question is: will this be happening before or after the events of Season 3?!

Because having a freaking Prince (Radovid) hearing Jaskier's songs, finding them "irresistible", and becoming heavily drawn to him as a result gives off crazy strong Prince/Siren vibes.

And metaphorically speaking, the whole song follows their story arc in Season 3 right down to the "twilit red horizon" (Redania's color is red, so is obviously blood and its association with death and murder...) and the Prince sadly immediately "sinking to darkest night" on his very first attempt to swim.

So, if Jaskier and Geralt had already met a mermaid and a Prince that had fallen in love with each other before the events of Season 3, and Jaskier had already written a whole ballad about it (that Ciri ended up learning) before he met Radovid, I'm thinking his own situation would have felt like such an insanely strong case of déjà vu!

[Note: In the short story, it's the Siren that swaps fin for foot, not the Prince. If the song is about "Sirens of the Deep", this means that either the ending of the short story has been changed...

... or something bad happened as a result of the mermaid's choice, and Jaskier decided to give them a different ending where the Prince attempts to become a mermaid, but finds himself sinking and needing the Siren's help (to embrace him and the choice he made, regardless of its consequences)?]

Otherwise, that means Jaskier composed that ballad with Radovid in mind in Season 3.

And then, on his travels with Geralt, winds up meeting an actual mermaid that fell in love with a freaking Prince - essentially facing the same dilemma he's been going through with Radovid - and probably would be going "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?! Is the world trying to fucking tell me something?! Unbelievable!"

I can already imagine the conversations...

Sh'eenaz: You couldn't possibly understand what it's like to -

Jaskier: Save it! I wrote a fucking song about it! And you know what? It was a pretty good one, too! Filled with plenty of symbolism and poetry... But you two just had to show up and turn it into a literal thing, didn't you? Now, each time people will be singing my song, they'll just believe it's all about Prince Aglobal -

Sh'eenaz: Agloval

Jaskier: Whatever! And forget I had already seduced a Prince with my songs, and been offered to go live with him in a castle before you two even met! Oh! And by the way, my Prince is now the King of Redania - the most powerful nation of the Northern Kingdoms - the only one that might be able to stop the Nilfgaardians! He's way more important than -

Sh'eenaz: So, did you accept?

Jaskier: Accept what?

Sh'eenaz: To give up the life you had before to be with him?

Jaskier: *Forgets all about his rant and lets out a heavy sigh.*. It's complicated... *Hesitates* I think I might have? Especially if Ciri had decided she wanted to go to Redania to unite it with Cintra, and become the Queen she'd always dreamed of becoming... But then, Ciri went missing, the Second War began, he actually did offer to come with me instead, but then his brother was brutally murdered and he was crowned King instead...

Sh'eenaz: So, he was willing to sacrifice his world for you?

Jaskier: I guess... I mean, I think he meant it...

Sh'eenaz: Well, at least you two breathe the same air, and you can both walk... And Geralt's mate, from what I've heard, is a powerful sorceress that knows how to create portals. It's not like you can't quickly travel between your two worlds when you miss your family, thanks to her, and he can't accompany you on those visits at times, too...

Jaskier: ...

Sh'eenaz: ...

Jaskier: Yeah, I think your Prince should definitely follow you at sea. Humans are idiots.

Sh'eenaz: Well, if he does, maybe you could write a ballad about us; make it one where a Prince falls in love with a dashing travelling bard, then chooses to renounce his throne to accompany him on his travels?

Jaskier: Yeah, you wait right here in your *motions at the bay surrounding them* little pond; I'll go see your Prince and either convince him to come here and join you, or grab and throw him right into the sea myself! After that, I've got a King to catch...

you absolutely dont have to answer this, but how would the hsh boys deal with a manhunt for an escaped killer trapping them inside? like, who would be wearing noise cancelling headphones 24/7 for the police sirens, and who would get fed up and go to hunt the guy down themselves? hope things get a little easier for you soon!

Actually I need this ask like you have no idea.

Twilight - The most lowkey nervous of the house. He's incredibly grateful to be living in Time's fortress, but he's also pretty freaked out living so close to or within the search area. He tends to double- and triple-check locks whenever he passes by doors and he'll snap at the others to stop opening windows, although he'll try to laugh it off and not let on how scared he is. Debates for a hot 30 minutes whether he should go visit home indefinitely. He loses the most sleep in the house listening to the helicopters at night.

Wild - He comes up with the most imaginative methods for how the killer might get into the house and terrorize the group, and he loves to share them out loud while working in the kitchen or when passing by the others lounging in the living room. It's pretty common to hear a bunch of them yelling "WILD!!" to get him to shut up now and then. But he's also weirdly not scared. Definitely has a "there's no way that would happen to me" attitude.

Champion - Completely nonplussed. He continues to keep his routine of working out, hanging in his room, going out when he needs to - although he does carry a concealed weapon on him when he leaves. Definitely has a hair-raising "fuck around and find out" aura to him.

Warriors - Gets weirdly serious about the situation at first. He's the first to check doors and windows to make sure they're secure. He keeps the television on the news channel - turned low, of course - for round-the-clock updates. He's constantly checking social media for updates and posting selfies of his arduous ordeal of being stuck inside. By day 5 or 6, though, he's starting to get bored. He's needling his roommates and starting petty fights for no reason, yelling at them when they try to change the channel, and spending way too much time in the bathroom trying new things with his hair.

Sky - Takes things seriously for the first 2-3 days. He keeps his eye on the news with Wars, he talks Twilight down when he can tell that he's a bit panicky, he's the first to gently change the subject when Wild starts to get a new fantasy in his head. By the 4th day, Sky is sick of being inside so much. ALWAYS down to accompany one of the others outside for an errand or whatever, so long as it isn't before 9am.

Legend - Is reasonably unaffected. He’s kind of a shut-in, really. Working with Ravio means that he doesn’t need to leave the house for much. He does like his occasional trip to the cafe but the coffee maker works just as well. When the others begin to get stir-crazy is when he starts to get bitchy and hides in his room most of the time. 

Hyrule - Still living his life. Escaped killer or not, Hyrule has a job that he still needs to get to. He's so dead inside at 5:30am each day that he could open the front door to the killer standing on their porch and just say "excuse me" and pass right on by with his work bag on his shoulder. Public transport isn't running, so Time is up with him each morning to take him to and from the hospital personally, which he supposes is a perk. At least Time doesn't expect too much in the way of conversation so early in the morning.

Four - He's quieter than usual and is spending a lot more time in his bedroom with the door locked and the curtains drawn. He'll come down for meals, but he excuses himself anytime Wild starts up with another fantasy about how the killer is going to come in and get them all in their sleep. He categorically AVOIDS the living room with the constant news feed about the situation. Alone in his room, though, he checks on the situation online at least twice a day, and he's watched the surveillance tape loops of the guy more than any of the others.

Shadow - Shortly after the whole circus starts, he's texting Four, offering to have him come stay at Shadow's place, which is much farther from the action. But Shadow has a basement apartment, which would make Four a bit paranoid. So 36 hours in, Shadow shows up outside of Four's window unannounced, nearly giving him a heart attack, and quietly moves in with him until the whole ordeal is closed. Somebody's gotta keep Four from falling apart all alone.

Wind - He literally could not care less, all up until his Amazon orders start coming up as "unable to be delivered due to emergency or weather situation." THEN he's stomping around the house, ranting and raving about the uselessness of the police force and that "It's just one guy!!" and "How hard can this be!!?" Most likely to get into it with Warriors and sent Legend in a disgruntled huff stomping off up the stairs.

Dark - Leaves some food and bottled water out on the fire escape each night like you'd put out milk and cookies for Santa.

Time - For the first few days, he’s the sensible dad. The townhouse is built to protect; he has enough locks and munitions to hold off an army. He keeps the blinds shut and the lights on and informs the boys that it’s smarter to travel in groups, only leave if you really need to, etc. By day 4 when the others are beginning to grumble and get restless, he reminds them to leave it to the proper authorities, but even he is getting a bit stir-crazy, barking at the boys when they’re peeking out the blinds or squabbling too loudly downstairs. On the evening of day 10, Time leaves the house with a duffel bag and only informs Twilight that he has some work to do and to keep the doors locked. He returns 18 hours later, showers, and passes out for the entire night and most of the next morning. He’s immediately more relaxed in the house and doesn’t harp on the others about keeping doors locked and so on. Later that day, the news reports that they’ve found what’s left of the escapee. 

Hi again, this is the same anon that sent you the music video reaction request and I wanted to do something today. I was wondering if you could do something with the Outworlders stumbling upon a sex shop and they're just curiously wondering around the store looking at all of the products inside like all of the lingerie, toys, pornos, Kamasutra books and whatever else they sell in sex shops and for added hilarity they stumble upon monster dildos for people with exotic taste and both Syzoth and Medusa Reader are both shocked and intrigued about it with Syzoth mentioning it looks suspiciously like a Zaterrans male appendage. Also could you please add Ashrah and Baraka in the mix because I want to see their reactions to this too and maybe before everyone leaves both Syzoth and Medusa Reader pull Johnny aside and ask him if he could buy them a couple things for them so that they can try them out with their respectable partners. And to explain how nobody's freaking out at Ashrah, Baraka and Medusa Reader's appearances Johnny simply explains that they just left a costume convention and everyone's complimenting their costumes confusing them even more.

A/N: Okay, that'll get the "marked for mature" checkbox! Cause I ain't having minors read the hilarity and depravity that goes on.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But I think I'll limit the Outworlders here to Medusa!Reader, Baraka, and Syzoth. And I changed the last part to being that all the Outworlders just came off a movie set. I hope you don't mind.

The next time you and Syzoth headed to Earthrealm to help with one of Johnny Cage's movies, you went urban exploring with your Zaterran friend alongside Baraka and Ashrah. Somehow, while looking around the Las Vegas strip, you and Syzoth managed to came upon a full blown sex shop.

You were drawn in by the lingerie the display mannequins were wearing, not too much unlike the ones you've seen at other shops in Sun-Do. You entered without a second thought.

Syzoth initially wanted to stay outside the shop and wait for you, since he had no interest in browsing the store, but had his mind changed when you cracked open the shop door.

""BY THE ELDER GODS!!!"

He heard you cry out which made him swiftly follow you inside to see what caused you to exclaim so loudly, stopping dead in his tracks when he got a good look inside the store.

"What is this place?"

Syzoth whispered under his breath at the red and pink lights that illuminated the displays of lingerie; the shelves of lube and aphrodisiacs of all flavors; the shelf containing books opening to erotic illustrations of two humans in bondage; an entire wall of assorted paraphernalia right next to the shrine of dicks that took up another wall and acted as the crown jewel of the shop.

As if drawn in by a silent siren song, you, with Syzoth following close behind you, make your way to the wall of silicon dicks that came in all shades of skin color and more.

"Incredible isn't it? It's our little shop's main attraction."

You both jump at the store's employee sitting behind a register the entire time. They then reach behind their register to approach you and the Zaterran.

"Yet, judging by you two's costumes, which are pretty awesome btw, I feel like you're both into something more exotic."

The employee gestures to the locked-up case of dildos closer to the floor. Unlike the other humanoid dildos, these ones came with ridges, knots, spear-headed tips, and dulled barbs. Not to mention, all of them were LONG and THICK, with some as thick as your wrist.

"Ordered from Bad Dragon!"

"... A dragon made all of this?"

You inquire in befuddlement while feeling like you might pass out from the heat built up in your mask. The employee chuckled at what they thought was a joke. Syzoth, meanwhile, was observing the monstrous-looking dicks with a hand to his chin. Specifically, one with a pointy head and round bards along the underside.

"Odd. One of your... products looks like a male Zaterran's."

You almost gave yourself whiplash from how fast you snapped your neck in Syzoth's direction.

"WHAT?!"

The employee excuses themselves, stating that if they need anything or have any questions, then to come to them. Needless to say, you and Syzoth had plenty of questions that the employee patiently answered.

"So the point of this shop is to assist customers with their sexual pleasure?"

"Right, and their partners' if they wish as well."

That last answer made you and Syzoth more interested in the shop's wares. You found yourself drawn to the bondage section of the store, given how you always would read about it in your erotic books but never got to try any of it for yourself until recently. You were surprised to learn that lube has different flavors. The thought of using any of the store's items on Baraka filled you with trepidation and excitement.

You were contemplating the fetish wear while Syzoth was asking the employee about which vibrator would bring Ashrah the most pleasure when the latter and Baraka entered the store, having finally learned from some passerby where exactly you and Syzoth went. You and Syzoth resembled deers in headlights when locking eyes with your partners. Baraka and Ashrah take a moment to survey the shop, ignoring the employee who welcomed them and complimented them on their "costumes".

Baraka's eyes widen at the sexual goods surrounding him and provocative lingerie modeled by the mannequins, including the one you were standing by. He looks towards you and then the mannequin and back. You cannot tell under the pink and red lights how Baraka's face and the tips of his pointed ears were becoming a bright red from his blushing. You shrink in on yourself as you pull your cloak's hood over your head, too distracted with your mortification to notice how strained Baraka's face is from his mental attempt to will growing boner away.

Ashrah had a less mortified reaction as she scanned the shop before remarking how it reminded her somewhat of the Netherealm demon's pleasure dungeons but far more pleasant to the senses. Especially the smell, she mentions. Ashrah then notices the wall of dicks near the back of the store and remarks how one of them closely resembles Syzoth's penis. That's when the store employee starts laughing to themselves.

You admit to Baraka in a barely audible whisper that you still prefer Baraka's over the substitute ones. The Tarkatan stays silent momentarily, with steam practically coming out of his ears, before thanking you for the compliment. This gives you more confidence to beckon Baraka to inquire about trying something new with him.

Meanwhile, Syzoth explained everything he'd learned from the store employee to Ashrah. Ashrah, open to trying out these softer forms of pleasure, not including extreme sadism, started browsing the shop with her Zaterran lover. However, she finds it difficult to choose anything since she insists Syzoth satisfies her more than enough. This makes the store employee gush.

Not too long after Baraka and Ashrah entered the store, Johnny Cage entered. He looked a bit winded, as if he jogged for a bit to find all of you. You and Baraka were looking for something to use as padding for his spikes, while Ashrah was considering the angel-themed lingerie.

The store employee immediately recognizes the action star and now the director, then asks what movie or series he's shooting that involved you, Syzoth, Baraka, and Ashrah. Cage just sliced back his sweaty hair before making an easy lie through his grin to not freak out the person because they're surrounded by people who are not actually costumed.

You whispered to Baraka to just play along when he opened his mouth to contradict Cage, to which he obliges to not cause them to panic. However, that didn't stop the former tribune from grumbling under his breath.

Cage then reminded all of you of the next scene you were supposed to film tomorrow, which was really code for heading back to Outworld. You and Syzoth then pull the movie star to the side to ask him to buy a few things for them from this shop. Syzoth reasons that Earthrealm wouldn't accept Outworld currency. You promised to pay Cage back with the koin equivalent. Seeing as that means being paid back with gold coins, Cage agreed. The action star did raise a brow and glanced at you when seeing your purchase of a multitude of bondage equipment, including plenty of blindfolds, heavy-duty gags, and lube.

You and Syzoth happily thanked Johnny Cage as you took your respective bags. By then, you needed to stop at a restroom briefly to wipe away the blood leaking from your nose as you thought about the multitude of ways you'll be making Baraka scream for you tonight.

Day 2 of redacted "what ifs"

I know mermay is almost over but i can't stop thinking about who in redacted would be mermaids and how the romances would work. So here. I tried to stay as close as I could to the original tomance storylines as I could.

Damn crew first

Gavin and FL-

Gavin is a merman (specifically a siren) while FL is a shifter that just recently found out they can shift. When they met, Gavin was singing in a large cavern and FL wasn't drawn in by it even though they appeared human. They got to know eachother after a while and Gavin started looking for a way to shift to a human form so he could spend more time with FL. FL had started to meet other merfolk including Hux, Dames, Laz, and eventually Kody. For some reason they were drawn to FL (FL having some type of energy close to what lovely had before they were revealed to be a latent). Kody (shark merman cause predator), pulled FL into the ocean. FL had shown a fear of the ocean for a while up until that point and freaked the fuck out when Kody did this. Luckily, Hux was near and he scared Kody away. From there FL tries to deal with this while also still having a life as a human to. Eventually they ditch the human life and live with Gavin in the ocean city.

Freelancers, including Sam, would probably be able to shift to whatever kind of merfolk they'd want, though it'd take a toll on their magic if they do it too much. Which means that Sam would have a harder time shifting from one form to another.

Huxely and Damien-

Huxley is a whale shark merman because they can withstand high temperatures and those goofy ahh fish always remind me of gentle giants. Damien is some kind of magma merman just because. I love them both but there is not much to talk abt they're just gay/pos.

Lasko and Lasko's Listener-

Not sure what I have in mind for Lasko but he's tiny and his listener is Large. Thats all I have in mind for either of them, so far their story doesn't have much so i don't have much for them.

Shaw pack now. All shaw pack bois are Dogfish shark shifter merfolk 😌 (say that 10 times fast)

Ash and Baaabe-

This ones hard cause they met when the elevator in their apartment broke down with them in it. And Baabe is unempowered so for this one imma say that at the shaw pack bois live on land but for jobs they go into the ocean and do their thing. That makes the thought that Ash would shift to get out of going to the door for pizza 10 times funnier. Guy would just see him laying on the floor behind the couch and He'd just be used to it at that point. It also makes it way easier for Guy to find out abt magic which i think is funny.

David and Angel-

This one would also be really close to the og way they met. If it weren't for pack meetings and the security jobs David probably wouldn't even tell Angel. (Sorry this one was so dull-)

Milo and Sweetheart-

Sweetheart is a octopus shifter (octopus can camoflauge and squeeze through tiny spaces, closest i could get to a stealth). Their meeting a such would also be very similar to the og story. Though I personally think that when they move, they move into ocean city to be closer to work n stuff.

Last but not least, the vamp bois. All of the vampires are some kind of squid shifters. I'm not gonna say vampire squids specifically bc those thing are tiny and I can't think of Sam as a tiny mf next to large ass shark darlin'. Also its a little bit cliche. Maybe squid shifters are the only ones who can turn humans/ressurect (kinda) merfolk. I wouldn't think that turning a merfolk would change them from being a shark to a squid or something. But when a human is turned they can shift to a squid only.

Also the places where they all meet is no longer a carnival its apart of the beach thats cut off for safety reasons. (Like in steven universe)

Sam and Darlin'-

With the whole Quinn thing, I wouldn't want too change much. Darlin' used to live in the land city but sold it after the Quinn stuff happened. They did go back to washington ofc but when they came back, they bought an apartment in the ocean city and lived there for a while. Then they met Sam at the beach and things were pretty similar from there. When they moved in with Sam they moved to a house hidden and out of the city but still close. Im not gonna talk abt what type of fish quinn is bc he doesnt deserve it (neither does kody but i had to make the joke abt him being a predator since that is literally what he is).

Vincent and Lovely-

Similar story to how Gavin and FL's was except Kody is replaced by Adam, Hux in that situation is replaced by Vincent and Lovely is an Eel merfolk instead of Freelancer merfolk. Pretty self explanitory- Vincent is a squid guy bc he was a human before obv.

Bonus: Caelum is lil anglefish merfolk ♥️♥️♥️

And uh- yea not much to talk about other than that. Happy mermay!!!

Emos Screamos: Goth & Emo War

The emo couple and goth couple stood apart from each other. Glaring at their poserness and nonconformist shit. "Who are you?" ,said Siren. "I'm Poison. This is my boyfriend Rain." Poison pointed at her goth boyfriend. "This is Ash and I'm Siren. What are you doing in our hangout spot?" "Your hangout spot? This is ours. We write poetry here." ,said Rain. "Uh no, you don't. We sit here and think about how our lives suck." ,said Ash.

"Oh really? Well, now it's our abandoned park." Poison stuck a middle finger to them. They glared. "Ugh! Whatever. You're both tools." ,said Siren. "We'll be back." "Like do we even care?" ,said Rain. The emo couple left the park pissed off. "Those douchebags are gonna pay for this!" She clenched her fists. Ash smirked. "I think I know what to do." "What?" "First, we're going to need some help." "From who? We don't know anyone. They're all a bunch of dicks."

"Did you forget? There's a new emo in town." Her eyes widen. "Oh my god!"

Returning to the high school, they entered fourth period late. Their English teacher gave them late slips. "God! This freaking blows!" ,said Siren. "Maybe next time don't be late." ,said their teacher. She rolled her eyes. They sat at the far back. An emo dude with black hair and neon blue dyed stripes was sitting in front of Ash. He wore a black t-shirt that had an emo boy hanging by a noose with a bleeding heart next to his body. His dark red jeans were ripped. He had purple converse with drawn on sharpie broken hearts all over. He wore black and white checkered fingerless sleeves. His grey backpack said 'Emo Boyz' in pink monster font text all over with white skulls everywhere.

"Hey." The new emo turned. The moment he saw Ash, he was stunned. "Whoa! I thought I was the only emo here." "Same but now there's three of us." ,said Siren. "We have a plan and we want you to be a part of it." ,said Ash. "Cool, what is it?" "First, what's your name?" "I'm Emo." "We know that but what's your name?" ,said Siren. "No, that's my name." Ash was shocked. "Your name is Emo? That's so cool." "Yeah, my mom is emo. She works at hot topic." "That's freaking awesome. What about your dad?" ,said Siren. "Dead." "Oh." There was a long amount of silence.

"So, do you want to take back our hangout from some goth douches?" ,asked Ash. Emo smiled for the first time in a long time. It really hurt. "Yeah."

The next day, after skipping third period, the three emos went to their hangout. Emo and Ash were holding a bucket of pink paint in each of their hands. They snuck by to the trees where the goth couple was writing and reading their poems. Siren nodded at Ash and Emo. The emo guys threw the paint. The goth couple screamed. They got up. They were covered in pink paint. The poems on the journals were covered up. They glared. "You fuckers!" ,shouted Poison. "Go ahead and have your stupid park!" Rain pointed at them. "We'll be back!" "And we'll have more paint." ,said Siren.

The goth couple left.

The emo couple and their new friend high fived. "Wanna listen to some MCR with Rockstar?" ,asked Ash. "Fuck yeah!" ,said Emo. A new depressing friendship had been born.

Ninjago Movie - It's Freaking Dodgeball

"Cole, a word?" The black haired ninja turned to face his Master while mid swing with his hammer. He was a little confused, Master Wu rarely had one-on-ones with anyone besides Lloyd. With brief glances with a few other teammates, Cole placed his hammer on a table and followed Master Wu out to the Bounty for a 'word'. "Wassup, Master Sensei?" he immediately asked as he leaned against the aged wooden banister aboard the ship. His response was furrowed eyebrows and narrowed eyes, so he pushed himself up to a standing position. "Uh, sorry." "Cole, how are your Elemental powers coming along?" "Oh," Cole sighed. It was just a personal check up. He must of been the first in line, and he was going to ask the ninja the same thing after him. "Yeah, they're pretty solid. I'm starting to work on tuning it up with the war hammer, so it's coming along fine." Master Wu nodded, clearly deep in thought. There was a long pause, which made Cole nervous. "Is that....good?" "Oh yes," Master Wu shook his head, breaking from concentration. "I'm just trying to figure out a way to say this..." Cole became ten times more nervous. "Say....what...." The old man laced his boney hands together. "Cole, you are a little....different than the others." Cole didn't respond, just glared back at his master with wide unknowing eyes. "While the others have a special ability that is in tune with your element, you have....two." ".....Oh." "You've discovered one, which is formally called the Earth Quake, but you have yet to unlock the second." Curiosity won over. "What is it?" With a light tap of his staff on the wooden deck, Master Wu smiled and shook his head slowly. "That, Cole, is something you need to discover on your own." Cole felt his face fall a little. "You can't be seriously doing this-" "That is all, you can return to training." On that note, Master Wu turned on his heels and vanished into his dojo, the screen door sliding shut behind him with a snap. Cole barely moved an inch, lost and confused with everything that just happened.

The shrill whistle made Cole flinch in surprise. The PE coach began to bark instructions to the bleachers scattered with high schoolers, but Cole didn't need to listen. Of course he knew the rules to dodgeball, it's freaking dodgeball. Instead, his mind lingered to the conversation he had with Master Wu a few evenings ago. Another power? That had to do with the Master of Earth? There were countless options! Maybe he could control plants, or make mountains with his mind. All things he tried, but to no success. Why would Master Wu tease him with a new superpower without telling him what it was? "Cole! Cole! COLE!" The whistle sounded again and Cole flinched a second time and angrily glared at the PE coach. "Do I have your attention now? You are up first, on shirts!" He pointed over to a group of young non-matured boys who were cackling at the other team, who were slowly and reluctantly taking their shirts off to be 'skins'. Cole didn't mind dodgeball, and even though everyone in the room wasn't his friend, they all want him on their sports team. Cole didn't argue, his sleeveless look did kind of spoil how fit and strong he was. As he hit the court, the coach placed 16 dodgeballs on the middle line. The boys all grew quiet and tense, ready for a viscous game of beating each other with balls. Cole, however, rolled his eyes and waited for the match to begin. The whistle blew a third time, and the teams all rushed forward. Cole remained behind, waiting for the first wave of craziness to die down. Small purple balls took flight and the gym began to echo with yells and screams and the pops of plastic slamming into skin. Rolling his eyes for the third time it felt like, Cole lifted a ball that rolled to him and eyed the others in the court. However, his gaze shifted to a shy kid next to him who was clearly scared to get into the action. With a soft smile, Cole nudged the shy kid and handed him his dodgeball. "Go on up, and hit one when they aren't looking." The kid, in awe that the muscular dude actually said something to him, nodded quickly then rushed to the front lines. Cole watched as he scanned the enemy team before throwing a bullet to one of the bigger kids. With a soft pop, the ball bounced right off his shoulder before hitting the ground. Cheers erupted from the bleachers and the shy kid pumped his hands in the air with pride. Even Cole let loose a smile, but it didn't last long. The bigger kid who just got out clearly wasn't happy, and with his eyes full of rage, he grabbed a ball nearby and chucked it as hard as he could at the kid's face.

The contact was sickening. The kid fell to the floor, his face crimson and eyes watering. Instead of cheers, the bleachers erupted with gasps and some chuckles, but that was too much for Cole to handle. The coach waved his hand and told the kid on the other team to get out cuz he was hit, but Cole wasn't done with him. His head pounding, Cole snatched a ball rolling past him as he began to dash toward the bully. When he reached the middle of the court he brought his arm back and threw the ball as hard as he could at the bully, aiming specifically for his stomach. The ball wasn't even a blur, and neither was the kid. When Cole released the ball, there was a huge boom of plastic hitting skin followed almost instantly by an even larger boom of the wall breaking. Blinking his eyes past the rage, Cole froze when he realized what just happened. There was a hole in the wall across from him in the perfect shape of the bully that just flew right through it. The rage instantly melted into shock. He felt his hands begin to shake a little, and cold sweat ran down his neck. Nobody was that strong. Nobody. And it was physically impossible for Cole to be that strong unless... The black haired teen slowly turned to the silent on lookers as they all crouched in fear from the muscular teenager. Trying to blow it off, Cole shrugged and tried a smile, but the other kids were already turning on their heels to flee the scene. Even the PE coach didn't know what to do. Cole's heart was beating too fast to count, so he turned and dashed through the gym door and out into the streets of the city, instantly whipping out his phone and dialing his best friend. Cole had paced the alley about 236 times when Jay finally dropped down from above. "This better be good, I was in lunch when you called," Jay barked at Cole playfully, but froze when he saw what state Cole was in. "Whoa, are you okay?" "No! Well, yeah, of course, but....I dunno!" Cole replied quickly without pausing from his pacing. With a frustrated groan, Cole finally stopped and quickly approached his confused friend. "Remember the conversation I told you about? That Master Wu and I had a few days ago?" The curly haired teen casually leaned up against the brick wall. "Uuuuh yeah. Something about you having another..." Jay's eyes snapped wide when he put two and two together. "YOU DISCOVERED YOUR NEW POWER!! What is it?? Can you grow plants or move mountains?"

Cole opened his mouth to respond when the wail of a siren cut him off. "Oh, of course." He grumbled, then glanced at Jay. "Duty calls," Jay shrugged. Cole didn't complain as him and Jay ripped off their high school clothes and pulled on their ninja hoods. Within seconds they were flipping over rooftops following the cop car through the streets. Finally they arrived at the scene. Cops were standing outside of a bank with their guns drawn, but hesitant to enter or point them at the windows. The bank alarms were blaring, and Cole instantly read the scene. "Hostages in the bank. This should be easy." Jay and Cole flipped down to the back, where the back door was left blown open by the thieves. They snuck in using the shadows as their allies until they approached an open doorway that lead to the lobby. Three masked men were arguing with each other as they pointed huge guns toward about a dozen citizens cowering in fear. Cole and Jay surveyed the lobby, and silently came up with a plan. Jay looked a little anxious, maybe about those guns, but Cole knew the bigger the gun, the slower the reaction time. They had this in the bag. Cole silently flipped over to the counter, where he did a countdown with Jay, who was still shrouded in shadows by the door. He hit one, then flipped over the counter and slammed his fist on the marble floor, sending out a Quake through the bank. Cole tried to contain it some because he didn't want to break the building, but it did its job. "It's the ninja!" One of the burglars stupidly said and they tried to regain their balance and shoot, but Jay was too quick. He had already dashed in and produced a huge amount of lightning that shot from his hands and into the bodies of the thieves. One by one they were electrocuted and then collapsed unconscious on the floor. The dozen or so people who were under hostage instantly leapt from the ground and cheered, and Jay flipped over to Cole for a high five. Grinning, Cole slapped Jay's hand, but then felt a more dangerous shake that rocked the two story bank. Silence fell on the group as the deadliest sound echoed from above them. Cracks. "Everyone, get out!" Cole shouted as they rushed out. Cole and Jay helped them all out, but it was too late. With a sickening crack, the building collapsed on top of the two ninja. Jay saw the ceiling fall, and he saw it fall towards his head. He covered his head and braced for the end, but all he felt was maybe a little debris. "What the heck...." Jay gasped as he slowly opened his eyes, only to see part of the ceiling levitating just a few inches over his head. He turned to see what what holding it up, only to see his best friend palms up holding the freaking building above his head.

"Get out of here!" Cole wheezed through the strain, but even under all the weight, it still didn't look like he was struggling too much. "Jay! The door! Go!" The blue ninja was in too much shock to move, but finally his legs carried him out the door to the people and cops outside. He turned back and watched as the rest of the building collapsed on his friend. "No!!!" He wailed and rushed toward the dust and debris. The dust stung his eyes and made him cough through his mask, but he had to find Cole. The dust was starting to clear and he began to dig at the rubble, searching for the gold and black ninja suit. But to his amazement, there was a shift of the rubble from above him, and he looked up to see his best friend standing above the collapsed building holding three masked men easily over one shoulder.