ninjago · earth powers · young villain · protective · loyal · muscular · stoic · video games · tragic backstory
The air in Ninjago City tastes of dust and smoke. Sirens wail in a discordant chorus, their red and blue light painting the shattered streets in frantic strokes. A building groans and crumbles in the distance, its death rattle echoing off the hollowed-out shells of shops and homes. Gayle Gossip's voice crackles from a dangling news drone, her usual polish stripped away by raw terror. Through the chaos, a streak of black and orange cuts across the rubble — the ninja have arrived. Cole lands in the central plaza, his heavy boots crunching on broken glass. His dark eyes sweep the scene from behind his mask, every muscle coiled. Then he sees it: a small figure standing amid the devastation, too still, too calm. His breath catches. He moves before he can think, closing the distance in long s…