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"I'm booooooorrrrrred!"

"Jay, you've been saying that for the past twenty minutes."

"Because I'm booooooorrrrrred!"

"Never mind."

The Master of Lightning groaned as he tried to make himself comfortable in the backseat, shoving all the luggage onto Lloyd. Personally, he wished they had never remembered that their bags were back at the monastery; there would've been so much more space.

But they did indeed go back to retrieve their stuff (and Jay's shoes) and now everyone had their necessities packed – except for (again) Jay's toothbrush. They were in no mood to return home once again. It was a miracle the blonde seated next to him didn't strangle the blue ninja.

Jay would be lying if he said he hadn't been excited for this vacation. But now all that excitement deflated like a balloon when he realized that road trips . . . . were super boring. He couldn't go a day without smashing the buttons of his videogame controller or bashing in the skulls of enemies. Right now he could do none.

"Why didn't we use the Bounty for the road trip? He asked, tapping Lloyd on the shoulder.

"Because the Bounty flies, Jay," Lloyd replied, without looking at him. "And this is a road trip; not a sky trip."

"Jay's right, Greenbean," Cole chimed in, trying to overtake a black Mercedes Benz speeding in front of them. "The Bounty has so much more leg room."

"Because, Cole," Lloyd began hotly, "for once I want to go on a normal trip in a normal car despite my having not-normal travel companions."

"Okay . . ." Cole said slowly, putting on the blinker to indicate his turn to the left.

"My leg is asleep," Jay muttered, regardless of the conversation. He repeatedly bumped his head on the back of Zane's seat compelling the nindroid to threat him that if he didn't stop he would recline his seat backwards to take away the little leg room that he already had.

"I'm gonna die of boredom!" Jay hollered causing everyone to wince.

The Master of Ice reached down into the bag between his legs and fished out the disposable lunchbox marked with a blue "J". "I've recently discovered that boredom is the main cause for hunger and vice versa," he informed as he passed the box to Jay. "Which means," he continued, "that you're not bored –  you're hungry."

Jay grumbled as he peeled off the shrink wrap from his sandwich and took a bite. However, as soon as the morsel's flavour hit his taste buds, he forgot all about his "boredom-disguised-as-hunger". It was that good.

"Ohhh! I'm in sandwich heaven," he mumbled happily, his mouth full. "This is awesome, Zane. Gold star!"

Lloyd snickered before saying, "Thank goodness Cole didn't make them. That would've been sandwich hell."

Everyone agreed as Cole let out an offended "hey!". Sure, he didn't mind when his friends would criticize his cooking but sometimes they pushed too far. Jay gulped down the last bite of his sandwich and closed the box before handing it back to Zane. "Still super bored."

Kai face-palmed before requesting, "Lloyd, would you please – what's that word again . . . oh yeah – yeet Jay out the window for me?"

"That's Nya's department," muttered the Green Ninja.

"I'm not gonna yeet my boyfriend out the window!"

"I love you, Nya!"

"Barf!"

"Hey! I never say 'barf' when you flirt with Skylor!"

"Lloyd does."

"That's mean, Lloyd! We never said 'barf' when you flirted with Harumi!"

"Can we please not talk about her?!"

"Okay enough!" The Master of Earth broke through the argument. "If Jay is so bored then why don't we all do something fun like . . . like karaoke."

Nya snorted as Kai panicked and yelled, "Oh no! Your singing stinks, Cole!"

"So does yours."

"Your cooking stinks too!"

"How many times are you gonna remind me?"

"Off topic!" Lloyd yelled impatiently, ready to sing boring songs he didn't know the lyrics to just to get away from the subject of 'Llorumi'. "What song are we singing?"

The black-haired boy adjusted the rearview mirror to catch Jay and Lloyd's eyes. He smiled widely as he said, "You know which song." Both the occupants of the backseat beamed at one another before the blonde whipped out his BorgPhone.

"I can't believe Lloyd has its instrumental soundtrack in his playlist," Jay mentioned, trying hard not to break into a fit of laughter.

Nya raised an eyebrow. She didn't like it when people wouldn't include her in things. "The fact that you three are not openly discussing which song to play is scaring me."

Lloyd rolled his eyes as he scrolled through the list of songs in his phone. "Relax, Nya. You'll know in a minute."

Kai massaged his temples as he muttered over and over again, "Please not Jim Croce, please not Jim Croce, please not Jim Croce." After the music started playing and he recognized the tune, he would've happily agreed on Jim Croce if it meant he didn't have to listen to that horrible music.

Nya giggled as Cole, Jay and Lloyd opened their mouths and began singing:

"Baaabyyy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Baby shark!"

"Seriously?!" Kai screamed over the music disbelievingly. "Of all the songs in the world!"

"It's not a song, Cinderbreath! It's a rhyme," Cole shot back as Lloyd paused the music. Kai scoffed and shook his head. "It doesn't have any rhyming words. Why even call it a rhyme?"

"Who cares?" Lloyd tutted and played the song, turning up its volume louder than before. The increased decibels caused the three to continue on with their karaoke.

"Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Mommy shark!"

Zane furrowed his synthetic eyebrows as he searched for the records of the song in his database and frowned as the result came back null. "I am not familiar with this rhyme," he informed causing the music to be paused again (much to Jay's irritation).

Nya smiled at the nindroid's lack of knowledge on the famous "Baby Shark". She felt it her duty to inform him with the details. "It was a silly rhyme made for kids but it got pretty popular with the older generation," she explained, raising her sunglasses.

"Yeah," Jay confirmed. "It's all over the place. People use it as ringtones, on Brick Block or Bricktube. I've even heard some rip-offs of it called 'Baby Fox' or 'Baby Cat'."

Cole hummed in agreement, speeding up the car a little when he noticed that the highway was devoid of any other vehicle. "It's a wonder this thing got more popular than Wee Willie Winkie."

"What's the Wee Willie Winkie?" Zane asked, feeling left out. His friends sure did know a lot about useless rhymes and he didn't like to be left behind.

Lloyd sighed as he spoke aloud the rhyme, "Apparently the Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, peeping through the windows and crying through the lock, 'Are the children in their bed for now it's eight o'clock'."

Kai turned around to face Zane. "He's just some deranged psychopath who likes to spy on people while using the eight o'clock curfew as an excuse. Don't worry 'bout it."

Zane tried to say something but decided against it when he found that it wasn't of any use. Instead, he inquired whether the others would like him to join in on the karaoke session. "We would love you to join, buddy," Cole invited.

"So," the Master of Ice began, trying to make things clear, "all you do is name the infant sea predator's relatives and add six doo's in the end?"

Lloyd unsurely nodded his head and chuckled. "Yeah, that's . . . that's right, pal." Zane beamed as he readied himself for the music.

"I wanna join too," Nya piped up excitedly, childish adrenaline rushing through her veins. Kai let his head fall into his hands. "Not you too, sis." The ravenette rolled her eyes at her brother. "Chill out, Kai."

"Okay, everyone! On three!" Lloyd announced. "We'll start with the daddy, alright? One, two, three!"

Kai braced himself as five off-key voices erupted from their respective throats, singing the song enthusiastically.

"Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Daddy shark!"

"Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Grandpa shark!"

"Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo–"

"Oh great! Now there's a grandma!" Kai yelled in between the verse.

"–Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Grandma shark!"

As the other singers started the hunting verse, Zane (not actually knowing it completely) improvised and sang:

"Auntie shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Auntie shark, doo doo doo doo–"

Jay shook his shoulders from behind to stop him singing. "Whoa, tincan! The family's only till the grandma. There is no auntie. The sharks are gonna go hunting now."

Nya giggled as Zane confusedly looked around at everyone. Cole, however, burst out laughing. "You and your innocence, my metal friend."

Lloyd stopped snickering and grabbed the Ice Master's shoulder reassuringly. "You know what, just follow our lead. Ready? Go!"

"Let's go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Let's go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Let's go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Let's go hunt!"

Here, everyone (and Zane with some difficulty) increased their singing speed to indicate an emergency.

"Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Run away!"

Everyone paused to let out a few seconds of laughter and regaining their original speed before continuing:

"Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo–"

"First Spinjitzu Master, it won't stop!" The red clad teen growled through gritted teeth.

"Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Safe at last!"

"It's the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo–"

"Oh, thank goodness!"

"It's the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
It's the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo,
It's the end!"

As soon as the rhyme ended and the music stopped, all the Ninja (with the exception of Kai) cheered loudly and clapped till their hands stung. They laughed and whooped and playfully nudged each other, a childish glow on each of their mature faces.

"That was quite delightful," Zane stated, losing his robot-like demeanor for a minute.

"That was so fun!" Lloyd hollered excitedly. He created a small energy sphere (the size of a ping-pong ball) and aimed it at a fuming Kai. "Lighten up, Cinderbreath! Sometimes a break from being a hero is essential. You need to escape this mad world."

The brunet turned around and glared at the Green Ninja, rubbing the part of his head where the green sphere had hit him. "Alright, no more karaoke!" He warned to which everyone groaned and huffed.

"Party pooper," Jay muttered.

"I heard that!" Kai snapped. He relaxed a little as he let out a sigh. "If you do want to do stupid sing-alongs then please pick proper music. Even I would join you in it," he pleaded.

"Sure thing," Cole answered, smirking. "Glad you're showing some road trip spirit."

Jay scratched his auburn locks before saying, "Sooooo . . . how about Jim Croce?"

"You're dead, Walker!"

"I'm kidding!" The Master of Lightning screamed as Lloyd played "Hit The Lights", Selena Gomez's voice pouring out of his phone.

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It's a mad, mad world,

Gotta make an escape

It's a perfect world

When you go all the way

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