After what felt like so long, the group of teens, plus pre-teen, made it to Cole's father's place. Lou was his name, thunder striking down in the background threateningly as Cole banged his fist on the door.
He tugged Lloyd closer to his chest, unaware of when the younger had wriggled into his arms, for warmth and security. The shivering of the smaller didn't let up, but neither did Cole's. At this rate, all of them would wind up sick if-
The door opened up, and while Lou wanted to look pissed off to the max, his eyebrows flicked upwards in concern. One eye was a bright yellow, while the other remained a deep red, as Cole shot a sheepish smile to his father. Without any words spoken, Lou limped out of the way and opened the door further, cane clenched tightly in his hand out of anger on behalf of his son's sopping wet conditions.
This wasn't the first time he's seen this, but this was the first of seeing the entire group.
As quickly as he could, Lou found everyone duffle bags of clothes, tossed onto the couch, and towels for them to use. Steadily, the group changed from their uncomfortably wet gi's into everyday clothing, wrapped tightly in blankets to warm up.
"Is this a.. Don't talk about it sort of deal, or..?" Lou asked, settling down on the chair nearby with his cane settled on the floor. Another, large strike of lightning was followed with Jay blankly staring, Zane and Nya moving him to lay down on the floor with his head propped up on a pillow and knees together and up, a blanket drapped over him in the process.
"It's more of a 'how do you deal with this' sort of deal." Cole said, fairly bluntly as he held the now-asleep Lloyd tight in his arms, a blanket wrapped around his shoulders and covering Lloyd completely. Kai has himself leaned on Zane, shivering intensely for being the elemental master of fire.
"Don't to back, that's a start," Lou said, sighing and leaning back in his chair, "without knowing details, I can't exactly help. But, we also need to make sure none of you are sick."
"So, resting for now?"
"At least until the storm passes."