A little inside on how Nova is actually feeling with everything, and after the attack, along with family issues. (we needed some angst and fluff XD)
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It was the middle of the night as the only sound coming from the apartment was Ronin snoring as he was clearly sleeping in his room. Nova, on the other hand, couldn't fall asleep that night as she kept wondering about what happened in that back alley.
She let out a sigh before slowly getting up from the couch, and walked out of the living room with her blanket and outside on the balcony looking over ninjago city.
"Why am I here, why me of anyone else, why was I brought here.....and why was I thrown into a kid show that I so happen to know..... Most of all, why do I have these abilities from a game that doesn't make sense, and why can't I remember what happened in that alley?" Nova kept asking herself, hoping for some kind of sign that could answer all of her questions, as she pulled her blanket closer to herself to protect from the cold night.
She slowly felt tears running down her face, as everything that has happened in these few days, and mostly from today, finally catching up to her.
"I just wanna go back home, to my mom, my brother, my sister and fuck even.....my asshole of a stepdad....being stuck here as a stupid 10 year old isn't easy at all." Nova talked to herself as she hit one of the bars on the balcony, winching a little from the pain since she had used her bruised hand, and had to bite down a cry as she didn't want to wake up Ronin at this hour.
"Fuck....if I don't prove to him that I can be useful, he will through me out in the streets and..... I'm not gonna be able to survive on my own while as a kid for long....damn it, I don't even know if I did find the ninja that I would be able to join them, when I don't even have an elemental power. From what I know so far, and who the fuck would just take in a stray kid from the streets." Nova mumbled, sitting down pulling her legs into herself, hiding her face into them as she was sobbing from being all confused and worried of what to do.
"I just want somewhere I can belong and be accepted!" Nova cried to herself, not caring anymore if she was being loud, she just wanted to let out her frustration, and before she knew it she had started hyperventilating, scared she would be forgotten or be alone without anyone she could go to.
She already had trouble with her family back at home, mostly with her abusive stepdad, and always being forgotten by her family. Which was one of the reasons she always stayed most in her bedroom playing video games or other things.
Nova sometimes had to sneak around in the house to "steal" herself some food, or other things that she needed when her family wasn't around or when asleep.
She lost track of time until she felt a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump before turning her head to see that it was Ronin. "Oh..... I-I'm sorry if I woke you up... I didn't mean to." She said, wiping her tears away, but they just wouldn't stop coming.
"..... It's alright kid, I'm guessing that attack might have affected you more than I thought it did, you seemed pretty unaffected by it earlier." Ronin said gently, which was a bit of a surprise because so far as she has known him. Both from watching the show and being with him these days, he has never shown this side of him.
Nova nodded slightly before wrapping her arms around him, pulling into a hug as she just needed someone to connect with, or at least talk with. But she didn't have the strength to find another way, so they just stayed there for a while.
Ronin wasn't used to this, let alone kids, so he was a little unsure on what to do, so he slowly started petting her head. "Hey, it's gonna be alright.... Nova" He said, trying to think of some way to comfort her in some way.
He then got an idea and pulled out his phone and put on a simple headset while hitting play on a random song, which seemed to work, as she quickly started to calm down and closed her eyes, she listened to the song and soon enough she had fallen asleep in his arms.
"Well, that worked better than I thought." Ronin mumbled surprised, slowly picking up the kid. "Sounds like she really is a troublesome kid who has nowhere to go, with what she was mumbling about out here along with that attack." He thought carrying her back inside the apartment and into his bedroom laying her in his bed for the night, as he didn't want to wake up to a crying kid in the morning and sleeping here with him for the night might help her feel safe in some way.
"I can't believe I'm getting soft with some stupid brat." He shook his head before laying on the other side of the bed, closing his eyes and falling back asleep.