Spike The Spinjitzu Master

Chapters

1: Rise of the Snakes
2: Home
3: Snakebit
4: Never Trust a Snake
5: Can Of Worms
6: Snake King
7: Tick tock
8: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
9: The Royal Blacksmiths
10: The Green Ninja
11: All Of Nothing
14: Darkness Shall Rise
15: Pirates Vs Ninja
16: Double Trouble
17: Ninjaball Run
18: Child's play
19: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
20: The Stone Army
21: The Day Ninjago Stood Still
22: The Last Voyage
23: Island of Darkness
24: The Last Hope
26: Rise of the Spinjitzu Master
27: The Surge
28: The Art Of The Silent Fist
29: Blackout
30: The Curse of the Golden Master
31: Enter The Digiverse
32: Codename: Arcturus
33: The Void
34: The Titanium Ninja
35: The Invitation
Prologue: A Broken Mirror
12: Rise Of the Great Devourer
13: Day Of the Great Devourer
25: Return of The Overlord

1: Rise of the Snakes

We open to a small narration of the creation of this new world Spike had found himself in a few days back.

"Long before time had a name, the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, using four elemental weapons. But when he passed, a dark presence sought out to collect them all, Lord Garmadon. So i Sensei Wu, sought out four ninja to collect them first. And now, it seems to be we have a new ninja as well, a young dragon named Spike, who's come from a world called Equestria. And He and the 4 ninja are now what stands between Garmadon and the destruction of Ninjago." Wu narrated as we see the four elemental weapons and a shadow of Garmadon over the screen, followed by a vortex appearing and a small dragon falls from it..

It's been a few days since Spike fell into this strange new world, this.. Ninjago. He's been doing what he can to handle himself here, Wu and the others have been treating him with the best respect he could get, and he's been doing what he can in terms of training to learn Spinjitzu. When Spike thought he would have potential within him, he didn't expect him to have to be sucked into the Crystal Mirror and separated from his friends to begin his journey.

Spike still wished he had listened to the others who told him to stop, he had the chance to still be with them and this may not have happened, but now, Spike is in this new world, and he needs to adapt in the best way he can and become a real ninja.

Spike was training in the Monastery's courtyard, it was secretly built with training equipment as they were made within the place, Spike did find that really cool, but he needs to learn to get through this obstacle first, he's been at this for a few days now, and each of the ninja has tried helping him. He still doesn't trust them all fully, but maybe that's because he just needs time to open up with them.

Spike was trying to run across the obstacle course, he was jumping across the pillars that rose and fell, Spike had gotten a better hang on flips and backflips within the past few days, which meant he was getting better. Spike was about to reach to last one until he accidently slipped and failed again. Spike groaned in annoyance as he got up.
"Failed again.." Spike said as Wu came out and saw him.

"Yes, but you've gotten faster, it takes time to learn these things Spike. The others needed their time to learn as well, you just need to keep trying." Wu instructed as Spike went back to the start.

"Yeah, just keep trying.." Spike told himself as he got ready again.

"By the way, do you know where the other ninja are?" Wu asked curious.

"I think they're playing video games and eating pizza in the other room over there." Spike said pointing at another door, Wu sighed and walked to it. Spike took a deep breath and proceeded to try again.

Wu went into the room and saw Kai and the other ninja playing games.
"Fantastic! I'm out of lives!" Jay said annoyed.

"But the lesson lives on, and i am getting the hang of it!" Zane replied as they kept playing them, but the screen turned off and all of them groaned as they saw Wu had plugged the cord.

"Aw man!" Cole said annoyed while crossing his arms.

"It took us 3 hours to get there!" Kai said annoyed as well.

"Why did you do that?! Why?!" Jay asked frustrated.

"Just because Garmadon escaped through a vortex, doesn't mean he won't return one day for the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu!" Wu said with anger.

"But Sensei Wu, ever since he's been gone, Ninjago has had nothing but peace." Zane pointed out.

"Yeah, peace is boring. There's no one to save, there's nothing to do." Jay said feeling bored.

"We can train tomorrow." Cole said laying down.

"Never put of until tomorrow for what can be done today. Spike is still in training, and i had expected at least one of you to be watching over him by now." Wu said annoyed at their laziness.

"How's he coming along by the way? It's only been a few days since he's started training with us." Kai asked as Cole was about to eat some pizza before Wu knocked it away.

"No pizza for you! Spike has been making more progress then you all have now, he like all of you have yet to reach your full potential. And in order to reach it you must train!" Wu said in a stern voice.

"Uh.. remember when we did that little thing called the Tornado of Creation? I thought that was pretty insane." Kai said still amazed at that.

"Oh you four have merely scratched the surface of your full potential. There are so many secrets you have yet to unlock. You haven't even begun to tap into what power your Golden Weapons hold." Wu said as Kai's sword was heating up a pizza slice.

"You wanna talk secret powers, check this out." Cole said as he used his Scythe and plugged back in the Tv resuming the game they were on( Wouldn't that have reset they're progress when it was turned off?). All the ninja cheered as they quickly got back to playing much to Wu's frustration.

"Don't worry master, we will be ready when Lord Garmadon returns." Zane assured, just at that moment, Nya had ran into the room looking worried.

"Guys! Lord Garmadon! He's returned! He was spotted approaching Jamanakai Village!" Nya said with worry. All the ninja quickly freaked out and started getting ready to go.

"Take Spike with you on this, it's only best he starts learning alongside you." Wu instructed.

"But Wu, Spike has barely had time to train, and Lord Garmadon is too powerful for him!" Zane said worried on that.
"And that's why you'll stay close to him, go!" Wu ordered and Zane immediately ran out.

Spike had just finished up the obstacle course, finally making his way through it.
"At least i made it through it that time.." Spike said a little tired, the door suddenly opened and he saw all the ninja running out in their suits.

"Guys, what's going on?" Spike asked worried as Zane came up to him.

"Lord Garmadon has returned, he's approaching a nearby village, Wu told me to take you with us." Zane explained which shocked Spike.

"What? But i'm not ready! I don't even have a weapon!" Spike said as the ninja were ready to move.

"We'll pick out a weapon for you later, come on!" Kai said as they all quickly ran down the stairs.

They ran down the side and opened down some doors which had four elemental dragons inside.
"You guys have dragons here?!" Spike asked shocked as all of them noticed Spike and had a look of interest.

"Yes, they guarded the Elemental weapons, and we've earned they're trust." Zane explained as he helped Spike onto his and they held onto the chains.

"Um.. can i help?" Nya asked as Kai got onto his dragon.

"Sorry sis, where we go, danger abounds, this is a job for the ninja! Uh.. a little help?" Kai asked as he couldn't reach his chains. Nya helped him reach them and they all started to take off.

"Hang on Spike!" Zane shouted as Spike held on close as Wu and Nya watched them leave.

"Will they ever reach they're full potential?" Nya asked walking up to Wu.

"In Time, maybe a long time, but in time." Wu replied.

"What about Spike? How come he gets to go with them?" Nya asked a little jealous of him.

"I feel great potential within Spike, he's only just begun his training. It's best he starts getting exerience to be a fighter, and i must figure out what weapon will suit him best.." Wu said trying to think of something.

"Well, he's young, not even a teen right now from what we know, just makes me wonder what he'll be like when he's over, or if he'll even have powers." Nya suggested which interested Wu as well.

"All will be revealed in time.." Wu said thinking about what he can do in the future..

Spike and the ninja flew through the skies on their dragons, Spike was still shocked to know dragons existed here, and wondered what they're history is like. Different world, means different kinds of history he'd like to learn.
"You guys believe what sensei said about unlocking our full potential?" Kai asked which interested all of them.

"He may be onto something, i mean ever since we got these Golden Weapons it's not like we've ever had to use them. I wonder what they do. " Jay said taking out his nunchuks

"I for one look forward to the future, if there is more to accomplish, let it be." Zane said interested in this.

"Yeah, but it makes me wonder what i could be like, i mean, you ever wonder what kind of powers i might have?" Spike asked which interested them too.

"Yeah, we don't know much about you. If Wu wants you to fight alongside us, maybe it's a way for you to start finding out." Cole suggested which could be true.

"Perhaps our dragons could be the first step to unlocking them?" Zane suggested and the dragons roared in response.

"I think they're thinking the same thing, guess i'm gonna need some time with them maybe?" Spike asked curiously.

"Maybe, you still don't know Spinjitzu yet, let's just focus on taking down Garmadon, then helping you unlock your potential." Cole said as they started arriving at the village.

"Sounds good to me." Spike said on board with this.

"First ninja to the village wins!" Kai announced and all of them flew down at fast speeds.

They all landed down at once and they all got up.
"Ugh.. gotta work on the landing huh?" Spike asked looking at the dragons who nodded in response. They all heard people screaming and saw the villagers quickly running into their houses boarding them up. They all saw a large shadow emerge before them and took out they're weapons while Spike got into a fighting stance that Wu taught him.

They heard evil laughing as the shadow came closer which spooked them.
"Stay sharp fellas, whatever happens, we do this together." Kai said seriously as the shadow came down and it was revealed to be.. a kid..

"Oh.. it's just a kid.." Spike said a little relieved and disappointed.

"It is I Lloyd Garmadon! I demand all the candy in town! Or else!" Lloyd said evilly jumping onto a large fountain.

"Lloyd Garmadon? I thought we were supposed to be facing Lord Garmadon?" Jay asked confused on this.

"It's his son, looks like he escaped his Boarding school for Bad Boys again." Cole said annoyed and Jay groaned in response.

"Keep your expectations low, and you'll never be disappointed." Spike said in a deep voice.

"Where'd you learn that line?" Zane asked curious.

"I've had my own experience." Spike responded as they walked up to the boy.

"Uh.. give me your candy! Or else i'll release the Serpentine on you!" Lloyd threatened and all the citizens booed him in response and began throwing vegetables at him.

"No wait! I demanded candy, not vegetables! I hate vegetables!" Lloyd shouted as all of them threw more at him.

"He's gonna have to do a lot better then use old bedtime stories to scare people.." Kai said as he launched a rubber snake away.

"Serpentine?" Spike asked confused on that name.

"The Serpentine are real, they are not something to be messing around with." Zane warned and Kai scoffed in response.
"Serpentine, real? We're talking about the ancient race of snake people, who once ruled Ninjago and were supposedly locked underground?" Kai asked wanting clarification.

"Uh.. sealed in 5 different tombs, to separate the tribes, to ensure they don't unify to exact revenge on those who put them there!" Jay said in fear which interested Spike.

"It was an old wives tail, to teach kids not to poke they're noses where they don't belong. Don't you think it's a little suspicious that no one's ever found the tombs?" Kai asked curious.

"That's because you'd be a fool to look for one. If there was anything i hated more then dragons, it was snakes." Cole said which offended Spike.

"Hey!" Spike said annoyed slapping his arm in response which Cole quickly realized was offensive to him.

"Sorry!" Cole apologized quickly while Spike was upset at that remark.

Spike and the others picked the kid up and carried him together.
"Don't worry folks, we'll take care of this, nothing to see here." Cole assured as they were carrying him off.

"Bow down to me, or suffer my wrath!" Lloyd shouted in annoyance.

"You have a lot to learn about life kid.." Spike said shaking his head as they carried him off.

We cut to Lloyd being hung in the air by a part of the village with the others looking up at him.
"You just made me your nemesis! Even if you have a talking dragon with you, mark my words!" Lloyd shouted with anger as the ninja and citizens laughed at him with Spike shaking his head feeling bad for him. Zane went over and purchased some candy for all of them. Spike was given some of it along with the other ninja much to his delight.

"Hmm, the candy is nice here at least." Spike said eating some of it.

"Next time, try purchasing for you candy." Cole advised.

"Crime doesn't pay kid, you can take that to the bank." Kai teased as Jay had his.

"Mmm Cotton Candy." Jay mocked and Lloyd groaned in annoyance before giving up finally, Spike did feel bad for him right now though, but he hoped he could help him stop this nonsense in the future.

Spike and the others made they're way back to the dragons who were waiting for them, Kai jumped on his but knocked over a bag which dropped a strange scroll inside of it which Zane picked up.
"Huh? I don't remember putting this here." Kai said as he landed down and looked at it.

"That's sensei's bag, you must have accidentally took it in the rush." Zane said looking at it.

"When did you grab it exactly?" Spike asked confused on that as Kai opened it up.

"What is it?" Jay asked curious.

"It's a scroll windbag." Kai said a little annoyed.

"I know it's a scroll, but what does it say? It's all written in chicken scratch." Jay asked as they looked at the language.

"Not chicken scratch, the ancient language of our ancestors." Zane corrected.

"Interesting.." Spike said in awe looking at it.

"Let's see here.. This symbol means prophecy.." Zane said as he pointed to one of them.

"Prophecy?" Jay asked confused.

"It means it tells the future." Kai explained quickly with Spike nodding in agreement. they all saw the scrolls pictures and saw 5 ninja on it, and there was a 6th ninja in a green GI striking a pose.

"One ninja, will rise above the others, and become.. the Green Ninja, the ninja destined to defeat the dark lord." Zane translated which amazed them.

"Ooh look a picture!" Jay said amazed looking at it.

"Why are there 6 ninja? There's only four of you guys?" Spike asked confused on that.

"Wait a minute.. is that us?! Is anyone else thinking what i'm thinking.." Kai asked as they all realized it was them on the picture.

"Like how good i'm gonna look in green?" Jay joked.

"Isn't it obvious i'm gonna be the Green ninja?" Kai asked annoyed at that.

"The color obviously suits me!" Jay replied.

"Well technically i am the best." Zane added.

"How do we know it's any of you? It could be me right? I must've come here for a special purpose, what if this is it?" Spike asked which interested them and could be true.

"Everyone stop it, remember why sensei brought us together. We weren't meant to see this and obviously for a good reason. Come on, let's head back home, we got training to do." Cole said as he took the scroll.

"It's about time i get a weapon of my liking." Spike said as he and Zane hoped on the ice dragon.

"And i could use some exercise." Zane said in agreement.

"Yeah, i've gotta work on some new moves." Cole said hoping on his as they all started to fly off.

Spike was thinking to himself as they flew back home, Spike's been wanting to be able to do something special that makes him his own person for a while. He never really got to really prove himself around his friends, when they've all proved themselves. And with him in this new world, and training to be a ninja, maybe even this.. Green ninja, could he finally get the chance he's wanted?

Spike and the others flew back to the Monastery and landed back on the ground, Spike petted the dragons heads as he already had a trust with them and they seemed to trust him too already.

"So then we all agree, the prophecy states that one of us is the Green ninja, and none of us will rest until it is decided." Jay said as they walked up the cliffside.

"May i suggest a tournament? Last ninja standing is the best." Zane suggested.

"And will be declared the Green ninja, i love it!" Kai said really liking this.

"Guys, it doesn't matter who it is. But if we want to prove that we are the Green ninja, we need to prove it, through our actions and achievements. What have we accomplished so far after you got those weapons?" Spike asked which interested them.

"Uh.. does beating Jay's high score count?" Cole suggested.

"You did what?! How?!" Jay asked annoyed at that.

"No, that's something that anyone can do. What i'm saying is that we need to do something that pushes past our personal struggles, you all may not know what it is, but whatever problems you have with yourself, or questioning your reasons for why you want to protect others. It all just matters on how you see the world, and if you don't understand why everything is like this." Spike explained which interested them more.

"So a tournament won't do it? What we need to do is push past anything personal we're going through that we.. may not want to be talking about?" Jay asked looking at him.

"Exactly, i still don't know why i'm here, and it's a struggle i need to push past and find answers to, and all of you need to do is push past what's blocking your real goals" Spike explained again.

"Interesting choice of words, that could be the real reason for us to start this journey, great idea Spike." Zane said patting his shoulder.

"Thanks." Spike replied while smiling at that.

"Well for what it's worth, a tournament still sounds fun, it's time we get you a weapon too." Kai said as the doors opened and they saw Nya training in the yard.

"Uh hey Nya, closer to beating your brothers speed record?" Jay asked nervously helping her up.

"I'm getting there, heard what happened in town, just a false alarm?" Nya asked hopefully.

"Yeah, uh but we're gonna need the space to help train Spike, sorry sis." Kai apologized.

Spike went over to a shelf full of different weapons for him to choose from, there were basic things like swords, staffs, shuriken's and other weapons the ninja used.
"So, what are you gonna pick Spike?" Cole asked walking up to him. Spike looked over to pick one that suited him best, he found a good looking spear that looked sharp, but light enough for him to use, and next to it was a metal bow and some metal arrows for long ranged attacks.

"How about these?" Spike asked as he picked the spear up and tried twirling it around.

"I think it suits you, you ready to try it out?" Cole asked as he took out his weapon.

"Sure, let's go." Spike said as he grabbed the arrow as well and walked over to the ring.

"Hey Nya, you wanna stay and watch us help Spike out?" Kai asked readying some armor they all got out.

"Maybe later, i think i'll visit Jamanakai village, don't go to hard with him." Nya said as she started to leave.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine!" Spike assured as he readied his new spear.

"Alright guys 2 matches with eachother, Spike will be fighting with us as well to gain skill, it's time we see what these babies can do.

"Alright first up, Kai vs Spike vs Jay, if Kai or jay go down, the one standing moves on." Cole instructed.

"Sounds good." Spike said as they all stood against eachother.

"Ninja go!! ah!" Cole screamed as the three instantly slashed against eachother.

Spike twirled around his spear and blocked a lightning blast from Jay, Spike saw Kai swinging his sword and him and quickly backflipped off of it. Jay twirled his weapons around at fast speeds which caused them to shock himself. Kai and Spike both clashed against Jay and were trying to knock him down, Spike twirled his spear even faster as Kai jumped onto the higher ledges and clashed swords, Jay readied his chucks again and was about to attack until Kai suddenly shot a fire blast at his armor and Spike finished him off by sweeping his legs. Spike and Kai looked at eachother and high fived eachother and laughed a little.
"Not bad kid, your getting better." Kai complimented.

"I think we found my weapon." Spike said confidently.

We cut to the next round where Jay was on a bench as Kai was facing against Cole and Zane next.
"Next up, Cole vs Zane vs Spike." Kai announced as all of then had their armor on.

"Ninja go!!" Kai announced and they all began they're fighting.

Cole swung his scythe around and slashed at Spike, Spike slid right under the attack as it sliced one of their training equipment apart, and Spike took out his arrows and fired them at the two, Zane blocked the arrows he fired away and threw both his shuriken's at they're feat, but while one froze below Cole's feat, Spike caught it which surprised them all. Spike felt something inside him trigger as he held out the weapon, Spike's hand suddenly started to feel very cold as it flowed into his spear surprising them all, Spike made a battle cry and delivered a strong swing at Zane which caused spikes of ice to emerge from the ground and knock him down, making him and Cole the winners.

"Whoa! What was that?!" Jay shouted in amazement as Spike held the golden weapon.

"I think this.. triggered something in me.. i just felt something grow within me and it.. wanted to be unleashed.." Spike said in amazement.

"It appears our Golden Weapons awakened something inside of you, and if my shuriken's can give you these ability's, i'm sure the other's Golden Weapons can too if you held them as well." Zane suggested which amazed them all.

"I have powers?!" Spike asked in complete shock and amazement finding this out.

"Oh! We have got to try this out! Next match guys!" Kai said excitedly and we cut to Spike facing off against the remaining two.

"Winner gets the title of best ninja blah blah ninja go." Jay said ready to get this going.

They all clashed eachother, Cole swung his scythe on the ground creating a large quake, Spike jumped in the air to avoid it and did a new move and twirled his spear with his tail, he clashed with Kai's sword and Cole joined in.

"Spike! catch!" Cole shouted as he tossed Spike his scythe. Spike caught it and almost fell over with how heavy it was. But Spike quickly got his balance and readied himself. Like Zane predicted, he felt the power of Earth flow inside him too, Spike felt his strength growing as he started handling the Scythe a lot easier. Kai swung his sword at Spike now and Spike began blocking the attacks, Spike decided to finish this off by slamming the Scythe down like Cole did which knocked Kai down.

"Great job dude!" Cole said high fiving him while Spike gave his Scythe back while the others cheered for them both.

"Thanks for letting me try it out, i think Zane was right! I have powers!" Spike said in amazement. Kai growled with anger and wasn't having any of it anymore, but he started to move around too fast and his sword started catching fire.

"It's.. too hot!" Kai shouted as he could barely control his powers.

"It's burning/ fire!" Zane and Jay said with worry. Kai suddenly did Spinjitzu and spun around incredibly fast before he dropped his sword and it started making a massive fire around the area.

"Kai! what did you do?!" Spike shouted with worry as he tried putting it out.

"I don't know!" Kai shouted just as Wu came out and saw the fire around the place.

He picked up Zane's Shuriken's and tossed them over the place, they spun around in the air and released a ton of snow which flew over all the fire in the area putting it out and they went to Wu's hands.
"What were you thinking?!" Wu asked furious with them.

"Uh.. we were trying to figure out who was the Green ninja.. ow!" Jay said in pain as Zane hit his head for telling that away.

"You didn't hear that!" Spike said putting his hands up in defense.

"You were not supposed to see this.." Wu said upset at them as he gave Zane his weapons back.

"But sensei, we wanna know, which one of us is the chosen one?" Kai asked curiously.

"None of you. If you don't unlock your full potential." Wu said turning around them.

"But my sword was so bright, is this what you meant by unlocking our weapons?" Kai asked again.

"You are only at the beginning., and the road is long and windy but yes, this is what i meant. If this is what it takes you to train then so be it, but none of you are near the level of what it takes to be the Green ninja." Wu instructed.

"Sensei.. when we were training, i was able to hold onto the weapons and i think.. it awakened powers within me, i felt one that relates to all of them when i held they're weapons." Spike said trying to find out what all that was, this interested Wu greatly and he turned around to him.

"You used the powers of the other ninja?" Wu asked curiously.

"Yes, when we were training, when i held they're weapons, i felt Ice and Earth within me, like it was.. always there.." Spike said looking at himself while Wu listened with interest.

"Hmm.. interesting, do you have any ideas on how you could have these powers? Perhaps when you fell to this world?" Wu asked which did remind Spike the strange feeling he felt when being transported here.

"Yeah actually, when i was sucked into the Crystal Mirror, as i traveled through the portal, i felt strange things fly into me, maybe they were the ninja's respective elements.. followed by even more.." Spike said trying to find out an explanation.

"That could be true, i've felt great potential within you, not the Green ninja's potential, but something just as important." Wu said as he rubbed his beard.

"Really? You think i can be just as great as him?" Spike asked hopefully.

"With training and time, you could be. I want all of you to lend Spike your weapons from time to time, if this is true, then we must be closer to finding out his own potential, and he could help unlock yours.." Wu instructed as he began walking inside.

"Yes sensei." They all said respectfully as Wu left with Spike just left to think on how this all could be happening..

Nya made it back to the village and was purchasing some food until she heard people screaming.
"What now?" Nya asked in annoyance. She looked around and saw Lloyd coming out with a crate of candy.

"Take the candy, take it all!" Lloyd ordered as he made another evil laugh, Nya gasped in shock as she saw real Serpentine behind him, followed by an army of them. Nya hid behind a crater as she overheard the general talking with someone.

"This makes no sense General! Raiding an entire town, for sweets?!" The soldier asked upset at this.

"You will do as i command! Because i hold the staff!" The general said holding it out.

Spike and the others were training again in the courtyard, Spike was getting a better hang on his weapon and was using it more naturally now. Wu was meditating inside a room with some smoke in front of him, he started to have a vision where he could see the village being attacked by Serpentine and he looked worried opening his eyes.
"The Serpentine are back! Everyone in Jamanakai village is in danger!" Wu said worried as he came out and alerted all of them.

"What?" Spike asked shocked as all of them came to him.

"Calm down sensei, we were just there. It was some kid who says he's.." Cole said before Wu stopped it.

"The Spirit smoke does not lie, an ancient evil has been released!" Wu said once more.

"Nya's there right now!" Kai said in realization.

"Nya?" Jay asked worried hearing this.

"Come on, let's go!" Spike shouted as all of them quickly made they're way to the dragons again and hopped onto them.

"Stay close, stay together." Kai instructed as they began to fly off.

"Would we do it any other way?" Cole asked as they took off quickly.

The citizens were running away from Lloyd as he held the wheel of candy. Spike and the others hopped in front of him looking upset at him.
"Sorry to bust your buzz little Garmadon." Cole said towering over him.

"But it's already past your bedtime." Jay finished with Spike growling at him.

"Give up now kid! Your making things worse for you and everyone here!" Spike warned drawing his spear.

"Get them!" Lloyd shouted to the general who hissed at them.

"Cease them!" The general ordered and all the snakes ran to them.

"Serpentine? They're Real?!" Kai asked shocked as they could see more of the controlled citizens around them too.

"It's not just them we have to worry about, the whole village has been hypnotized!" Cole said with worry as they began to back up.

"No, our weapons our too unstable, we could do more harm then good!" Zane warned stopping Jay from attacking.

"I'm guessing that leaves us with.. Run!!!" Jay screamed and they all hopped over to the higher grounds.

They all jumped through the rooftops before jumping down and hiding behind another carriage.
"There's to many of them, what do we do?" Spike whispered to the others, they were about to suggest something until Nya landed down next to them.

"Nya? Your okay!" Jay said in huge relief.

"Barely, they've hypnotized everyone in town." Nya said worried on this.

"Mind control? How is that even possible?" Jay asked shocked at this.

"Believe me Jay, i've seen a few ways how it is.." Spike said as he's dealt with these things before.

"When you hear them rattle they're tails, don't look them in the eyes, that's how they get you!" Nya warned.
"Well what are we supposed to do? We can't use our weapons, and now we gotta fight with our eyes closed? Heh, perfect." Jay said sarcastically.

"The snake with the staff is the leader, he's the general. If we can get this staff, it has the anti venom, and if we get that we can save everyone." Nya said seriously.

"Look guys, forget about the Green ninja thing, let's make sensei proud, the five of us. We're a team!" Kai said determined.
"Now your talking!" Cole said ready to go.

"Let's do this!" Spike said with determination as he was drawing his spear.

"Oh and Nya, you can be our honorary member." Jay said turning to her.

"Gee, thanks.." Nya said sarcastically.

They all went through the rooftops again and headed to the general, Kai landed down and saw more snakes behind him.
"You wanna play? Ninja go!" Kai shouted as he used Spinjitzu, but his powers weren't stable right now and that caused him to spiral straight into a wall.

"Okay, we're really out of shape." Jay said shaking his head.

"And i just got here." Spike added as he jumped down and drew his weapon, Spike growled at them before shooting fire from his mouth which shocked them all.

"Kai, come on!" Spike shouted as he helped him up.

"Thanks!" Kai said as he punched two of them behind him without even looking. Spike twirled his spear around and sweeped they're legs before shooting more fire at them.

Lloyd was running away with the candy in tow.
"Ha! Consider this a warning ninja!" Lloyd shouted as he made another laugh. Spike and Zane saw this and threw they're weapons at the cart, Spike's spear hit the cart's wheel which caused it to spin out of control, and Zane's ice made it tip over.

"Ninja go!" Zane shouted as he used Spinjitzu to speed up to him, Spike jumped over more snakes heads and landed next to Zane.

"My candy!" Lloyd said in despair as the two came in front of him.

"Sensei was right, never put off tomorrow for what can be done today! We should've dealt with you the first time around." Zane said seriously.

"It's over kid!" Spike said with anger getting ready to fight.

"Retreat!" Lloyd shouted to the snakes.

"Retreat!" The general shouted as all the snakes started to flee, Cole jumped into the air and kicked down the generals staff.
"Go ahead, give me a reason!" Cole warned ready to fight, the general quickly decided to flee and slithered off fast. Cole went ahead and picked up the staff and looked at it until he saw the soldier in front of him.

"Look into my eyes... i control you.." He told Cole as he used hypnosis on him.

"You.. control.. me..." Cole said almost under his control.

"Cole!" Nya shouted with worry which regained his focus, Nya quickly came in and knocked the soldier away and turned to Cole.

"You have the anti venom!" Nya shouted which made him realize he had the staff.

"By golly your right!" Cole said in realization.

"Quick, the fountain!" Nya shouted pointing at it.

"Great idea!" Cole shouted as he quickly ran over to it and slammed it inside it, this caused it to release a mist through the water which freed all the controlled people.

"We did it." Spike said with shock as he couldn't believe he did something without Twilight or the others here..

"I'm sorry sensei, if we dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem, none of this would've happened.." Kai said with regret as he held out the staff.

"Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons. Hmm.. a great evil has been released.. I fear troubling times are coming, this is only the beginning." Wu said with worry rubbing his beard again as the others walked up to him.

"Then we will train, and be ready for the Serpentine." Zane said confidently.

"It may not be Lord Garmadon, but that doesn't mean we won't bring our A game!" Cole said seriously.

"If i have powers inside me waiting to be unlocked, then i want to train to use them." Spike said clutching his spear.

"Help us train, help us realize our potential." Kai begged hoping he'd agree to it.

"Yeah, teach us the weapons behind the secrets of Spinjitzu, heck, help Spike learn Spinjitzu." Jay said pointing at him who still couldn't do it.

"Hmm... there is much to teach, we must return to the Monastery." Wu said as they all began to leave and Nya sighed sadly.
"When am i gonna get my own dragon?" Nya asked sadly.

"Patience Nya, your time will come.." Wu assured as they all left to train for they're next fight..

Within the Icy Serpentine Tomb Lloyd had found, he was really upset at losing all the candy still.
"The boy set us free." The general said to the soldier once more.

"He is a child! He is not one of us!" The soldier hissed which angered him.

"I may not have the staff, but i am still your general, stand down!" The general ordered which made him frustrated as he went over to another soldier.

"You coward, we all know he is under Lloyd's spell, you are second in command, and still you do nothing?!" The soldier asked upset at this.

"Now is not the time, i still hold the key to destroying the ninja.. and everyone will see that it is i who should be in control.." He replied as he made an evil laugh, he could see through Cole's eyes as he had some control on him as he saw the ninja and Spike in the Monastery discussing on what to do next...

Author's Note

Hey guys i hope you liked this! I've had this story planned for a while and i'm just getting started with this, there's a lot to like about this first season as it helped with the Ninja's dynamics and interactions a lot that we see through the rest of the show. I think one of the first ninja i'm gonna have Spike bond with more is Zane because i feel like they could understand where they're coming from right now,. i know it may be a bit to early to give Spike powers like the others, but i have plans to make sure Spike isn't too OP early, i have plans for this story and just hope you liked it and look forward to more!

2: Home

Wu was meditating in his room again until he heard speaking again.
"My turn!" Kai shouted from somewhere which woke him up.

"Uh, it's my turn!" Cole shouted as well which interested him.

"Focus guys, come on we can do this." Spike said as he could hear battle cry's.

Wu went and grabbed an ancient looking flute and put it away and peaked into the room where he thought the ninja were playing games, but the room was empty meaning one thing. Wu opened the doors to the courtyard and saw Spike and the others were training confidently. Spike was twirling his spear around really fast as he's gotten a great hang on it now, Spike slashed at some more dummy's and sliced them apart and it showed he was improving a lot, Jay was deflecting arrows with his weapons and Cole was going through the course, Kai was practicing Spinjitzu too and was getting a better hang of it.

Zane suddenly opened his eyes and flipped in front of Jay.
"Hey.. huh?" Jay asked confused as he had an arrow in his chucks, Zane went over to Cole and took his weapon.

"Hey.. what?" Cole asked shocked as he sliced a dummy apart.

"Ninja go!!" Zane shouted as he used Spinjitzu and created a bunch of ice that froze over the floor and almost slipped them all.

"Zane, what are you doing?" Spike asked confused as he quickly got out of the way and went over to the others.

"This roof isn't big enough for the five of us." Kai said annoyed at this.

"Correction, this roof isn't big enough for him." Cole said as Zane froze over the entire course.

"Did he not even notice us?" Spike asked putting his spear away.

"I know right? It's like he's in his own world. I be the can't even hear us!" Jay said as they all looked at him, Zane didn't
respond and just went to training himself as Wu walked up to them all.

"Sensei, Zane's weird." Kai said turning to him.

"What is weird? Someone who is different, or someone who is different from you?" Wu asked with a curious look.

"It's not that, he's just.." Spike said trying to find proper words.

"We mean he's like.. really weird." Cole finished as we cut to some flashbacks.

Cole was currently in the restroom minding his own business and looking at a newspaper until Zane came in to comb his hair without even noticing Cole.
"Do you mind?!" Cole shouted with annoyance that he didn't even notice him.

Jay, Nya and Zane were watching a romance drama and the two were crying.. while Zane just laughed at it finding it funny somehow.

And in another flashback, Kai and Spike yawned as they were feeling tired.
"Late night snack Kai?" Spike asked tiredly.

"You know it.." Kai replied as they opened the doors but freaked out in seeing something.

"Ah! Holy baloney!" Kai shouted in fear.

"What the heck?!" Spike shouted confused as well as they could see Zane INSIDE the fridge somehow.

"I'm sorry, i consumed all the deli meat, cheese?" Zane offered holding out some cheese for them, they both looked at eachother confused on this and Spike shrugged his shoulders.

We cut back to now as Zane just did a bow at a dummy and hit his head accidentally.
"We like the guy he's really smart, he's just uh.. a little off sometimes." Kai answered while Spike kept looking at him interested.

"Zane is a brother, and brother's are often different. You should know, even Spike is one now, and we all should respect eachother." Wu said looking at him who nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, i guess that's true, i'll clean this mess up." Spike said as Kai lent him his sword to use fire to melt the ice.

"At least Spike's handling our weapons better." Jay said as they watched him thaw out the floor.

"Yeah, for a dragon, i can see he's got great potential as a ninja." Cole added looking at this happen.

"But will we ever find out how Spike is able to use powers like ours soon? That's what i wanna know." Jay asked interested on this.

"Who knows, maybe Spike will get his own Golden Weapon someday." Kai said as Spike finished up fixing the training yard.

Outside of the Monastery, a mailman was traveling up the LONG stair case that led to the top, the mailman looked up and saw the entrance looked even farther then he thought and sighed in exhaustion. He soon finally reached the top of the place and rung the doorbell which made a loud gong which surprised him.
"Mail!" Kai and the others shouted in excitement but confused Spike and Zane.

"That's how mail is traveled here?" Spike asked walking up to the door with them.

"Alright, let's see, a letter from Jay's parents." He said handing Jay one letter.

"A fan letter for Kai." He said which Kai gladly took.

"Oh something from Cole's father." He said handing Cole out the next one.

"What no package? I'm expecting something from Creatures Beats and Beyond." Cole pointed out.

"Hmm.. no.. nothing from uh.. ah! Here it is!" He said finally finding the package and handing it to him.

"Heh, Rocky's gonna love this!" Cole said excitedly which interested Spike.

"Is that some kind of dragon food here?" Spike asked curious.

"Yeah, but i don't think you'd like it, Rocky's diet is different from ours." Cole explained which Spike understood.

"Alright, thanks for letting me know that." Spike said gratefully as Cole left himself.

The ninja opened up their letters and looked over to Zane who didn't have a letter which worried them.
"Hey Zane, how come you never hear from your parents?" Jay asked curiously.

"I don't remember my parents, i have been an orphan all of my life." Zane said sadly which surprised them all, but felt a little relatable to Spike.

"You too huh? I never knew my birth parents either, sure i was raised by Twilight and her family, but i never knew them, and it made me wonder if they even cared about me.." Spike said looking down sadly which Zane felt sorry for as well.

"At least i have someone who understands, i may not be the best at advice, but i don't think they'd want you to feel down like this." Zane encouraged patting his back.

"Don't worry Spike, even if you can't find a way back, know that the Monastery is you and Zane's home now." Wu said trying to help him too.

"Yeah.. thanks.." Spike said still unsure from all of this as he and Zane went into the building to think about this.

Cole went up to his dragon to feed him a special treat.
"Levering toads Rocky, your favorite!" Cole announced holding the treat out for him, Cole tossed it to the dragon and it ate it nicely.

"Mmm mmm!" Cole said in delight as the vision shifts and we see the serpentine known as Scales seeing this after Cole was almost hypnotized.

"I can't believe you hypnotized one of the ninja! Does the general know?" A soldier asked worried as they were on a tree house being built as a fortress.

"Course not! He's been put under the spell of Lloyd! And i plan to use it for my best interest." Scales answered just before the general slithered up to them.

"Everyone works while you two slack! As my second in command, i expect more from you Scales!" He said still being upset with him.

"Yes General. But General, you know how loyal i am to you, but i must question this childish agenda, the ninja have stolen the staff, and yet you instruct the army to build this playhouse for Lloyd?" Scales countered looking over the place.

"You know snakes don't belong in trees." Scales said again which annoyed him.

"You know better then to question judgement Scales! I'll pretend you didn't ask that!" He said upset at him before Lloyd shouted to them.

"Hey! If we plan to rule Ninjago from here, this elevator needs a trap door! I want more booby traps!!" Lloyd shouted in a bratty tone.

"As you wish young Garmadon." The general said motioning Scales to leave.

"As you wish general.." Scales said annoyed as he went to get back to work as the camera shows the shot of the poorly built treehouse.

We cut back to the Monastery where the sun was setting again and Spike and the others are in the Dinning room to eat.
"Mmm, oh i love it when it's Zane's night to cook." Jay said in delight as Spike was having some delicious shrimp.

"I gotta admit, he knows how to cook, just imagine what me and him can do together." Spike said taking another bite of his.
"You know how to cook?" Kai asked curiously.

"Yeah, one of the best i know, i spent quite a long time learning to cook. You'd be surprised on what i know." Spike said proudly which interested them.

"I'd like to see what recipes you have from your home, if it's as delicious as this, let it be!" Jay encouraged eating some more appetizers.

"Hey just because he can cook doesn't mean i can't, i didn't hear any complaining about my Duck Chowder last night." Cole added looking at them.

"That's because it glued our mouths shut, you really think Jay was speechless all throughout dinner?" Kai pointed out which shocked him and Spike had a look of disgust.

"No offense Cole, but you need more cooking lessons." Spike said as the door opened with more food.

"Yeah Spike's right, please don't make that again. " Jay begged crossing his arms as Zane walked in with some turkey.

"Dinner is served!" Zane announced gladly, but all of them saw he was wearing a pink piece of clothing on him which made all the ninja start laughing at him, even Spike was a chuckling at this.

"What is so funny?" Zane asked confused as they kept laughing at this.

"Zane! Your wearing a.. even i wouldn't wear that!" Nya said chuckling at his pink clothing.

"You laugh because i ensure i am clean after cooking?" Zane asked confused looking at them.

"No! We laughed because you came out wearing that ridiculous outfit!" Kai answered still chuckling at him.

"I guess we don't share the same sense of humor." Zane suggested still not getting this.

"Well, how about.. this?" Cole said playfully as he took his plate and splashed it on Kai's face. This even made Spike laugh as all the ninja found this hilarious.

"How could you not find that funny?! AH!!" Cole screamed as Wu splashed more food on Cole's head as payback.

"Now you are brothers!" Wu said making a wink which made all of them laugh even more, but Spike could see Zane was upset and still didn't understand all of this and decided to help him out when dinner was over.

Spike helped Zane out of the room to finish cleaning up the mess from dinner.
"You alright Zane?" Spike asked worried looking up at him.

"I.. don't know, i do not understand they're type of humor. It's one of the things that's made me feel isolated from everyone else." Zane said sadly which concerned him more.

"Hey, it's alright, everyone has different ways of humor. We may just need to find yours, even if they can't help you, i will, alright?" Spike asked looking up at him.

"I.. think that will help, thank you Spike." Zane said gratefully which Spike smiled at.

They were about to head back in until they heard a hawk sound, they turned around and saw a strange looking hawk looking down at them.
"What?" Spike asked confused as they moved they're heads a little to look at it better, but the hawk seemed to mimic they're moves which interested them. Zane shook his head around and the falcon shook his head in response, Spike and Zane got the same idea and moved they're bodies around in a strange way, and like before, the falcon mimicked they're movements which meant something strange was from it.

"What are you doing here?" Spike asked looking at it, the falcon didn't respond, and instead it started flying off to somewhere, Spike and Zane looked at eachother and both decided to follow it. Zane kept his hood up as they ran through the night sky following it to where it was flying, even if Spike didn't have a ninja outfit yet, he was still doing his best to keep up.

"Where are you taking us?" Spike asked curious as they kept following the bird through the forest quite a good distance away from the Monastery. But they started to hear sound within the woods and followed it, and what they were greeted with was something they didn't expect, they saw the Serpentine seemingly building a treehouse as a supposed fortress, and they could hear Lloyd ordering the snakes around.

"Well at least we got the surprise on the enemy." Spike said crossing his arms upset that Lloyd didn't learn his lesson. They heard the falcon again and looked up at it once more.

"Thank you our mysterious friend." Zane said gratefully.

"Come on, let's get the others, they need to see this." Spike said as they started heading back to warn the others about what's happening.

We cut to daytime again as Spike and Zane were running ahead through the forest with the ninja following behind.
"How do we know Zane and Spike know where they're going?" Kai asked feeling tired from all the running.

"Can you two tell us how you stumbled upon Lloyd's secret headquarters?" Kai asked curious with them.

"We followed the bird." Zane answered simply.

"Why did you follow a bird?" Jay asked confused at this.

"Because it was strange, it didn't feel normal, so we followed it, and it led us here." Spike answered looking at them too.
"He's right, and we're not to far behind." Zane said as they started moving again and the ninja followed them, it was only a bit longer until they came back to Lloyd's new treehouse and heard him ordering the snakes around.

"Holy Cannoli, Frosty and dragon boy were right!" Cole said surprised on all of this.

"Told ya so." Spike said smugly while crossing his arms.

"We can't let that brat and those snakes get a foothold on Ninjago, we gotta destroy that thing before it becomes operational." Kai said seriously ready to fight already.

"Whoa, are you sure? It looks like a pretty cool treehouse, there's a ropes course, and a tree swing!" Jay said playfully looking at the thing.

"Hey, remember who's team your on. Alright guys, what do we do?" Cole asked ready to go.

"It looks like the place is held together by those 3 trees, once we separate them, the whole place will come tumbling down like a house of cards!" Kai explained as they saw all of them.

"Not good defensive support if you ask me." Spike added as this was honestly easy from how it sounded.

"But why would one make a house of cards? Such construction would be careless." Zane asked confused which made Spike chuckle.

"It's a type of game Zane, not a place to actually live in. Guys ready to go?" Spike asked drawing his bow and arrows.

"Travel in shadows boys!" Cole said confidently as they all went to do their job.

Spike and Kai snuck nearby a rope and Kai used his sword to cut it up to send them onto the top of the place, Spike kept his guard up making sure not to be seen by any snakes as they kept moving. Cole hid himself under an elevator some snakes were using, and Zane and Jay hopped up the trees to get to the top until they all came together to see what Lloyd was doing.
"Heh heh, it's almost finished. Soon, my evil fortress will be complete! You! Hold up that sign for me!" Lloyd shouted to a random soldier and he picked up a sign that said " No girls or ninja". Lloyd smirked as he pulled a lever and pulled out a trap door that was right under him making him scream in fear.

"Booby traps!" Lloyd mocked as the snake went falling all the way down to the bottom of the place.

"Alright, come on guys." Spike whispered as he and Zane went to one of the ropes with the others doing the same.

"Ninja go!!" Jay shouted as he used his Spinjitzu to cut one of the ropes which started making the house tip over making tons of snakes scream in fear.

"Ninja go!" Zane shouted as he used Spinjitzu too to cut the next rope making the treehouse even more unstable. Lloyd was barely hanging onto the place and looked up and saw Kai was at the very top of the place.

"I said no ninja! Attack!!" Lloyd shouted with anger to all the snakes.

"Everyone, retreat!" Scales ordered all the snakes too, and that made them make the logical decision and they all quickly started to run away from the place.

"Cole, wait till we're off the Treehouse, then cut the line!" Kai instructed to Cole who understood the orders.

Scales looked above him and saw Cole right at the top.
"You! You will obey.. my every command.." Scales said to Cole as he was finally hypnotized.

"I will obey your every command." Cole repeated as he was in control. Spike and the other ninja landed on the treehouse as it was crumbling.

"Where's Cole? This whole place is coming down!" Kai said worried as the ground shook roughly. They got they're answer when Cole landed down before them, his eyes were in a controlled state which shocked them all.

"No one goes anywhere, till you deal with me!" Cole said with anger as he drew his Scythe at all of them as the place shook even more.

"What's gotten into him?!" Kai asked worried on what's happening.

"He's under they're control!" Zane said with worry seeing this.

"Aw come on! Of all the times! Why now?!" Spike asked really frustrated with this.

"Yeah but he better snap out of it quickly, this place looks like it's about to go down!" Jay said worried looking at the place as Lloyd tried stopping the snakes.

"Don't go! We have to protect my treehouse fortress!" Lloyd begged sounding really worried.

"Your treehouse?! It's about time we did this!" Scales hissed as he pulled on a specific lever.

"What?" Lloyd asked confused right before a trap door opened and he screamed as he fell down into a cage.

"Now to get the staff!" Scales ordered as they all started to escape.

Spike got out his spear and blocked a slice from Cole.
"Cole! Snap out of it! This isn't what you want!" Spike shouted trying to push him back.

"Cole come on! Stop this!" Kai begged as Cole jumped at them and kicked Jay in the face.

"AW.. okay i'm.. i'm gonna ignore that.." Jay said in pain rubbing his face. Cole screamed with anger as he swung his Scythe around, Spike jumped over the weapon and kicked him in the head and tried holding the weapon down.

"Cole stop! Don't make us do this!" Spike begged as he was trying to stop him.

"Jay use your lightning! Try to shock him out of the trance!" Zane ordered as Spike was thrown back to the edge.

"Oh, sorry Cole. This is gonna hurt you a lot more then it's gonna hurt me!" Jay said regretfully as he took out his weapons and twirled them around at fast speeds before shocking a powerful blast at him which knocked him down for a moment.

"Did it work?" Jay asked hopefully, but when Cole opened his eyes, he was still hypnotized and looked even more furious.

"Guess not!" Spike said with fear as Cole rushed over to Jay and punched him off the house.

"Jay!!" They all shouted with horror right before he caught a rope that stopped his fall.

"This place has a serious safety hazard!" Jay said annoyed as this place was almost down. Cole growled with rage and took off to the last rope that hasn't been cut yet.

"Cole don't! Stop!!" Spike screamed as he was about to cut it with the other ninja trying to stop him. But a strange flute sound was played over the whole place which snapped Cole out of it, they looked up and saw Wu with a flute as he and Nya were riding on Kai's dragon.

"What? Where am i? What are we doing here?" Cole asked confused on what was happening.

"We're getting out of here because this whole place is coming down!" Nya shouted to all of them as Cole landed on it's back.

"Come on! Let's go!!" Spike shouted as he and the others slid down to the dragon and hopped onto it right before they saw the place collapse behind them leaving it nothing but rubble.

"That is such a relief.." Spike said holding on tight.

"That flute, it cancels they're powers!" Jay said amazed looking at Wu's special flute.

"It's as old as the Serpentine themselves! The Monastery is unguarded! Quickly!" Wu said worried as they all tried getting back home fast.

But once they got back, they saw the home they had was burnt up in flames, even if Spike was only here for a few days, it still was awful to see.
"No.." Spike said in horror as the wind blew past all of them.

"We're too late.." Kai said in horror as they saw the other dragons trapped inside.

"They're trapped! We have to help them!" Spike said worried as he jumped off and quickly went to help them, Spike pulled open the levers that freed them as the fire was around the whole place. Kai looked around the place with sadness as it was burnt up badly.

"Shard! Put this out!" Zane ordered to his dragon, the dragon shot it's ice breath to the place and it cooled down all of the fire that was surrounding the place, leaving it nothing but old rubble.

"The training equipment.. gone.." Zane said with horror as nothing was left.

"Our video games.. gone!" Jay said even more worried at all of this.

"This was our only home.." Spike said with sadness as the place was ruined.

"What do we do now?" Cole asked all of them as he tried comforting his dragon. Kai picked up a speck of rubble and crushed it feeling really upset at this.

"If you and Spike didn't follow that stupid bird none of this would've happened!" Kai accused upset at both of them.
"Kai.." Wu warned not wanting this to get worse.

"No! Kai's right, because of you two my high score has been deleted!" Jay added really upset with them too.

"We we're trying to stop them, they might've come back with more weapons if we didn't stop them in time!" Spike said in defense getting close to Zane.

"Spike's right, this should be a teaching moment, we must learn from this." Zane said not understanding this still.

"A teaching moment? What's wrong with you? Don't you see it? Everything is gone!!" Cole shouted to both of them.

"Enough!! We are all at fault, Zane is your brother, Spike is younger then all of you, you shouldn't accuse him of stuff like this, apologize at once." Wu ordered stopping all of them and they realized what they just said was wrong.

"Look Spike, Zane i'm sorry guys i.." Kai said right before they saw they were both gone, even Spike wasn't here too.

"Zane? Spike?" Jay asked shocked as they heard a noise nearby and saw Spike and Zane were on the ice dragon and flying off somewhere..

Spike looked back at the Monastery as it faded away in the distance, he felt awful they had to leave suddenly, but they were following a certain falcon once again.
"Zane, do you really think we should've left them like that? I know they yelled at us and all, but i know it's because they were just upset at losing our home." Spike asked worried looking at him.

"The loss of something affects people in many ways Spike, especially a home. I know they needed time to process this." Zane said as they flew through the clouds.

"Yeah, but i was only there for a week, and now it's gone.. if i couldn't protect that place.. how can i protect this entire world? Without my friends?" Spike asked looking down sadly.

"You are just beginning to be a ninja Spike, we all make many mistakes, you are young, maybe even Lloyd's age, there is always a lesson that needs to be learned, even if it's in a harsh way." Zane said in wise words which sounded like something Wu or Celestia would say.

"Yeah, but how will i be a ninja if i can't protect someone? I don't even know how to use these new powers of mine without using one of your weapons." Spike said trying to make a spark of fire from his hands.

"Training takes time young Spike. It never comes easily, you will get your powers soon, maybe even be this Green ninja we all learned about recently." Zane suggested as they started moving into a desert.

"Zane, you said you never knew your parents, i never knew mine either and was adopted, first it was Twilight, then taken in by you and the others after being transported here. Do you think they even loved us if we were abandoned? Or were we just.. meant to never know?" Spike asked looking at the setting sun on the horizon.

"I don't think there is ever a world where our parents wouldn't love us, they must've had they're reasons. And i'm sure we'll find out about it one day. No matter how long it takes. I just want you to know Spike, i'm glad you trusted me, you may be the one person that understands what i'm trying to process." Zane said looking at him who smiled lightly.

"Your welcome Zane.. i'm just glad to have friends, maybe one day we'll find them.. " Spike prayed as they followed the falcon to a new place, what they found shocked both of them, they found an old ship that was in the desert that looked ancient. It was extremely old yet nice looking at the same time, it had a dragon head at the very front, and looked like it could be a home.

"Holy Celestia.. this place is amazing.." Spike said in awe as they landed down at the newly discovered ship.

"This could be a new home for us all. Care to assist me in making some dinner as a surprise for the others?" Zane offered as they looked through the old place.

"That's if this place still works, let's see what we can make." Spike said positively as they went to make a little surprise dinner for the ninja.

Speaking of the ninja, they all were doing very poorly right now, they barely had any shelter after the Monastery was burned down, and barely had food to eat.

"W.. what are we eating again?" Kai asked curious as they had some strange food on sticks.

" Ugh.. Mud nute.. not bad for something that lives underground." Cole answered which disgusted Jay greatly.

"What?! Ugh!" Jay said in disgust throwing the food away before he tossed a rock into a can like it was a game with the dragons looking really tired.

"Yeah. New high.. s.. score!" Jay said while he was shivering at the cold wind.

"Remember, we must be grateful for what we still have. " Wu encouraged trying to lighten the mood.

"What do we have? Our home is gone." Cole asked trying to eat.

"You know, i don't really miss our home, what i do miss is Zane and Spike, the kids barely started training with us, he must think we're big jerks for what we said back there.." Kai said regretfully sitting down.

"Yeah, i miss Zane and Spike, the kids already going through a rough time, we could've made it worse now.." Jay said regretfully as well.

"Zane and Spike?" Nya asked in a shocked tone as she saw something nearby.

"Yea, Zane and Spike. The white ninja and talking dragon? The dragon that's from a land of magical creatures?" Jay asked trying to remind her in case she forgot.

"No, Zane and Spike!" Nya shouted in joy as they all saw them finally making it back to them.

"Zane! Spike!!" They all said in relief as they all came up to the two of them.

"Oh guys, we're so sorry for everything we said back there, we're a team! And that means we all should be responsible." Jay said just glad to see them both.

"It's alright guys, i know you we're going through a rough time, we all are right now. I can understand this kind of action." Spike replied as this was something he can brush off.

"But what about those awful things we said to you two? Isn't that why you left?" Kai asked with a confused look.

"Of course not, we saw the falcon again and followed him." Zane replied which interested them.

"And it led us somewhere really cool!" Spike said still amazed at what they found which made them chuckle.

"Well just know we're happy to have you two back." Nya said gratefully as they all hugged them.

"Why? Is it our turn to make dinner?" Zane joked which made them all laugh.

"Yes Zane, we would love for you two to make dinner." Wu said smiling at the two.

"But we already have, come, let's show you what we found." Zane said as they were moving ahead.

"It's a really cool place!" Spike said excitedly which made them more interested on what they found.

Spike and Zane led the ninja through the desert as the sun was setting giving the sky a beautiful red looking look to it.
"I can't explain it, but i think i have a strange connection with the falcon, and i think he's trying to show us the path we need to take." Zane said moving along some more. They led them just a bit further until they finally came upon the ship they found.

"Our new home.." Zane announced which made all of them gasp in amazement.

"The Destiny's Bounty." Spike said proudly as all of them were so amazed seeing this new ship.

"Do i smell pie?!" Jay asked excitedly.

"Surprise!" Spike said dramatically which made them all laugh.

"I hope you all like it." Zane said as Jay had tears of joy.

"We love it!" Jay shouted as they all ran over to their new base to have a great dinner.

"I am proud of you both Zane and Spike, i promise we will find your family's one day." Wu assured looking at the two of them.

"But, we've already found them." Zane replied as the others ran onto the ship.

"One day we'll find out, but now, we should just enjoy things as they are." Spike said proudly.

"Spike, Zane, i feel there is more to you both then meets the eye, there is something special about you two." Wu said proudly which interested them.

"Sensei, could me or Spike become the Green Ninja?" Zane asked curiously with Spike eager to know as well.

"It's to early to tell, but if it's in your path, one of you will know. Come now, it would be a shame to let them eat all of that pie." Wu said as they started walking to the ship with Spike laughing at that.

"Yeah, it would, let's have a good night!" Spike said gladly as they all went to have a good dinner. Spike and the others were laughing as they started playfully throwing food at them like before.

"It's great to have friends." Spike said laughing with all of them as the camera zooms out of the ship, but we see a sad sight of Lloyd standing at the sight alone seeing the ninja have fun, Scales had managed to defeat the last general and took control, and now he was alone, he sighed to himself sadly as he walked away through the desert holding a strange looking map..

Author's Note

Hey guys i hope you liked this again! I know that there were stuff that happened offscreen like Scales becoming General, but that's something that wouldn't change and i'm sure we all know would happen. I wanted to give Spike some scenes with Zane as i think Spike relates to Zane the most right now with the situation he's in. I'll be doing more interesting things with Spike in future chapters to help him become a ninja, i just hope you all liked this and look forward to more!

3: Snakebit

The sun was rising once again in Ninjago, it had only been since last night that Spike and Zane found this ship called the Destiny's bounty, and it had become their main base of operation, they were looking to make upgrades for it soon, but it was a sitting ship for now.

Spike and the others were sleeping in their new room which had a few bunk beads that they all can use, they were sleeping soundly until Wu came in to wake up, hitting a loud gong repeatedly to wake them up.
"Evil doesn't sleep and neither should you!" Wu shouted which annoyed them all, Spike tried putting his pillow on his head to block out the noise, but it barely did much while the other's groaned as well.

"In order to reach your full potential, you must take each day as an opportunity!" Wu declared banging the gong even louder.

"Okay okay, we're up. But if you want us to reach our full potential couldn't we at least get a full night's rest" Kai asked tiredly getting out of his bed.

"And is it necessary to have a gong like that? We barely got 5 hours last night, the mattress barely helped at all .." Spike said yawning from the lack of sleep they got while stretching his back.

"Seriously, i think my back has more lumps then the mattress." Cole said in agreement popping his back too.

"We were up so late, talking about how cool it is to have a new headquarters i guess we lost track of time." Jay said as he went over to a sink and turned the knob which put dust on the brush but Jay didn't notice it yet.

"Since the Serpentine burned down the Monastery i'm just glad we have a roof over our heads.." Jay said right before he realized the dust in his mouth and spat it out in disgust while Zane was stretching out.

"What is our lesson today sensei? Mastering the strike of the Scorpion? Or perhaps three great.. gah!" Zane screamed as the ground collapsed beneath him.

"This place needs renovations.." Spike said annoyed helping him out.

"Spike is right, today's lessons should be chores." Wu declared which surprised all the ninja.

"Chores?!" They all asked at once in shock.

"Ninja fight sensei, we do not clean." Cole argued not liking this suggestion.

"In order to respect ourselves, we must respect our home, and where we are from. This place is a long way from becoming a ninja headquarters, i expect things to be spotless by the time i return, and put your backs into it!" Wu instructed banging the gong one last time before leaving.

"Ugh this place is gonna take forever to fix and clean up." Kai said annoyed looking at the dusty place.

"Unless we put more then our backs into it, eh?" Jay asked with a smirk which gave them all a great idea.

"This is gonna be fun." Spike said stretching his arms ready to go.

We cut to a cool montage of how Spike and the other's cleaned up the Bounty while Wu was gone, first off, Cole used his Spinjitzu to take out a bunch of old stuff they didn't need, and put it a good distance away from the ship and put it as a Garage Sale. Next up, Kai Zane and Spike cleaned up the rest of the room by Zane using his ice to freeze over the entire room, and Spike and Kai used their fire to melt it all away to make it good as new. Jay was seeing Kai and Cole trying to get the power working on this ship, and Jay saw a large looking generator which was powered down, and like you thought, he used his powers of lightning to transfer enough power into the ship and get all the power working properly. They all then opened up the sail to clear out more dust on the ship and Jay used his powers to send it far off the ship making the place seemingly brand new.

"A job well done guys!" Spike said proudly high fiving the ninja who were proud this was done as well.

Wu and Nya had finally gotten back from their little trip and saw Spike and the other's playing games on the Tv which was working perfectly now.
"What took you so long?" Kai asked turning his head to them.

"We got done a couple hours back." Spike added playing the game with them too.

"Wow! This place looks.. amazing! You guys did all of this?" Nya asked amazed looking around the place.

"Ninja don't just fight Nya, we clean!" Cole said positively taking his words back from earlier.

"Oh, you have exceeded my expectations. But can you keep it up?" Wu asked rubbing his beard until Nya heard something.

Nya looked out the window and saw a strange looking car driving at fast speeds to them with an old couple in it.
"Looks like we're about to have some visitors. And loud ones at that." Nya said which started to worry Jay.

"Oh it's my parents! Please if they start yapping, just don't get em going okay? They don't know when to quit, and if you start talking they'll start talking and it's like the day is gone before you know it!" Jay said worried while they all understood it already.

"We get it! They talk a lot, a cherry doesn't fall far from it's blossom." Kai said quietly a little worried himself.

"I'm sure it'll be alright Jay, come on, let's go see them." Spike said hanging up his controller and heading out the room with the others.

The couple known as Ed and Edna parked up to the front of the ship and saw the old junk Cole had put out from earlier and bumped into it.
"Oh, take a note Edna, either better brakes or a better bumper. Oh! Look at all this great stuff! They can't just get rid of it! We should've brought the trailer Edna." Ed said looking at the old stuff that was there.

"This ain't a flea market Ed, we're here for Jay." Edna replied which made him shake his head.

"Oh what was that? Did you take the note?" Ed joked not pretending to hear it.

"I'm taking the note now Ed." Edna said writing something down as Spike and the others came out to greet them.

"Mom! Dad! What are you doing here?" Jay asked nervously walking up to them.

"Oh look it's my baby boy! It's been so long since we've heard from you!" Edna said gleefully looking at him.

"Mom, i called you two days ago. " Jay replied a little annoyed right now.

"Well, it's not soon enough for us, when are ya.. coming out to the Junkyard? You say your coming and yet ya don't?" Ed asked curiously which made Spike look at Jay who was embarrassed.

"Dad, do we have to talk about the Junkyard in front of my friends?" Jay asked worried looking at all of them.

"He hates it when we tell people he was born in a junkyard. Oh! And who are you two! You are so cute!" Edna asked gleefully looking at Spike and Nya who were smiling back at them.

"I'm Spike, a new friend to the ninja, nice to meet you." Spike introduced shaking their hands.

"A talking dragon in Ninjago? I've seen many things in my life, but this may take the cake!" Ed said playfully shaking his next.

"Pleased to meet you, if you want, Jay can give you the tour if you wish? He worked very hard on it" Nya offered motioning to him.

"We'd love a tour!" They both said excitedly which made Jay sigh a little annoyed still.

Jay brought his parents around the Bounty to show them what they all had, Spike already liked these two, as they just seemed like really kind people, it just makes Spike wonder what his parents were ever like..
"And this is the bridge. This extends into a periscope. This tells us what's going on in Ninjago." Jay said going over to a device and looked through it before spinning it around.

"And this, if the Serpentine aren't giving answers we want, and we're up late at night.." Jay said now going over to a drinking machine.

"An audio appliance to make them talk?" Ed suggested amazed at this.

"No, it's a cappuccino machine." Jay corrected pouring a glass for himself.

"Haha amazing son! We're so proud of you!" Ed said really proud of him.

"Why don't you tell em about the button?" Cole asked moving over to a special looking one.

"Heh heh, it's not ready yet." Jay said a little annoyed with Cole.

"Ooh, what does it do?" Edna asked excitedly.

"He's working on a special defense system." Zane explained as Spike stood next to him and the others.

"Something every ninja headquarters needs!" Kai said confidently which amazed them even more.

"It's still unfinished, but it'll soon be something awesome." Spike said as he knew what this was.

"Really? What does it do? Can i help?" Ed asked curiously looking at it.

"Uh no, it's okay i don't need your help dad, let's just leave it alone. Hey look at the time! Don't you need to get back before it get's dark?" Jay asked pretending to have a watch.

"We told you, there's dangerous Serpentine out there." Jay warned bringing them to the door.

"Oh well.. i suppose we could get back.." Ed said a little said they had to go.

"Ed and Edna, it was a pleasure meeting you and hearing about Jay's first potty time." Cole teased patting Jay's back.

"It was nice meeting you too, glad we had this time." Spike said with a smile coming up as well.

"Oh if you think that's good, wait until you hear the time i caught him kissing his pillow!" Edna teased which made Jay groan even more with Spike snickering at that thought.

"Ugh, snakes mom, snakes!" Jay warned really wanting them to go now.

"Okay okay, we're going, we're going.." Edna said as the two began to walk out.

The sun was now setting outside again and the two were about to leave.
"You promise to come to the junkyard and visit your mother and father?" Edna asked as they were starting to back up.

"Yes, i promise, only if you leave. It's getting dark, and i don't want you to get hurt. Uh, your headlight's are working right?" Jay asked curiously, they got their answer when the headlights came on and it nearly blinded all of them.

"hehe, like em? Got them to use a little extra juice! Bye son, couldn't be more proud!" Ed shouted as they were beginning to drive off.

"Oh and bring Nya with you too, i can see why you like her. And Spike is just as cute, feel free to bring him too!" Edna shouted which made him embarrassed even more.

"Mom.." Jay said embarrassed as they finally left.

"Now that they have left, perhaps Jay can teach us the art of... kissing pillows.." Wu joked before all of them started laughing hard with Jay being more annoyed again.

Ed and Edna were driving through the long road leading far away from them.
"Uh i don't think he's coming dear.." Ed said a little worried on this.

"Stop it Ed, he's coming." Edna assured having hope that he would.

"Well, i'm sure he doesn't need us anymore.. We just have to remember that.. write it down for me would ya?" Ed asked looking at her.

"Okay dear, don't forget the lights. It's getting dark." Edna advised as the sun was setting making a beautiful orange and red sky.

"Right, thanks Edna.." Ed said as they turned on the headlights again and drove off to their home.

We cut to a strange dark looking forest where Lloyd was currently walking through, trying to find the next Serpentine Tomb.
"It's not scary, um.. maybe just a little scary, but.. i like scary yeah, that's it. I'm the son of the Dark Lord, i love the dark! I.. I eat this stuff for breakfast.. ah!!" Lloyd screamed as he saw a creepy looking tree within a dark graveyard but soon sighed in relief.

"I'm gonna make those Hypnobrai pay for betraying me, i have to find the Fangpyre's, if there's anything a snake doesn't like, it's another snake." Lloyd declared looking at the map once more before seeing a strange looking tomb.

"Here! by the mutated tree! I found it! Soon the Serpentine will know who they're master is, it will be I Lloyd Garmadon!" Lloyd said evilly before lightning flashed over him which scarred him once more.

Lloyd then bent down and pressed on a switch which opened up the tomb. Lloyd screamed in fear as dozens of red and white colored snakes jumped out of the tomb and was towered over by a 2 headed snake with another staff.
"And who.. might i say.. released us from our captivity?" The general asked with his 2 heads speaking each word separately.

"Uh Lloyd? I released you to make the Hypnobrai pay for betraying me." Lloyd said nervously as dozens of snakes looked at him.

"The Hypnobrai?.. Those hypnotizing deceivers.. it'll be.. our pleasure.." The 2 heads said once again.

"Oh, good, i'll lead the way. Then after that, there's ninja and a talking dragon i want dealt with." Lloyd said clutching his hand.

"Sounds like.. you know.. what you want. But the Hypnobrai are strong.. and we are few in numbers.. we need.. reinforcements.." The general hissed which interested Lloyd.

"What did you have in mind?" Lloyd asked curiously while the general hissed again knowing what to do.

Spike was trying to sleep back with the ninja once again, Spike's mind was still very clouded upon what's happening, he still doesn't know how to get home, and even if he finds a way, if he somehow has powers, he has to find a way to unlock them. Spike groaned as he tossed and turned in his bed, the other's were sleeping normally like nothing was wrong, but Spike couldn't sleep, and opened his eyes again not being able to sleep.

" Maybe i need some air.." Spike said to himself as he quietly got out of his bed and went out of the room. Spike carefully went through the halls of the Bounty, it was a really nice place to stay, even for a pirate ship, it had so many things the ninja could use for a base and home, definitely beats out the Monastery right now. Spike went out to the deck of the ship to look at the night sky.

Spike could see the moon shinning down upon the cold desert that could be seen for miles. It was a beautiful sight to be seen, even in other worlds.
"Luna? Are you watching over me like all the other's?" Spike asked as he knew Loona always was out for the night, it was said that she often looked down to people from the moon, it was only a legend, but Spike just liked to pray that she was watching over him within this strange world..

"How am i gonna train to be a ninja? My weapon isn't as strong as the ninja's, and i can't even do Spinjitzu yet. What does it take to become one?" Spike asked himself as he walked off the board, he decided to pay the dragons a little visit to make sure they're okay. They may be dragons from this world, but they were still dragons, his own kind.

Spike walked to a small custom staple the ninja made for the dragons, it wasn't as nice looking as the little home they had back at the Monastery, but it was something that could help them.
"Hey guys, you doing alright?" Spike asked looking at the tired dragons, they were stirred from trying to sleep, and saw Spike below them, he was tiny compared to them, but they were much different then what Garble and his crew were.
"Sorry to disturb you guys, but i just needed to think, all of this is just a lot to process you know?" Spike asked sitting down next to Jay's dragon, which put it's wing over Spike for comfort which Spike smiled at.

"Thanks, even if i'm from another world, dragons still care for the young right?" Spike asked them, they all made a small roar in response which could mean yes.

"Glad to know. I'm still not used to all of this, i may be training to be a ninja and all, and i definitely got more skill. But i can't just shake the feeling off, it makes me wonder how i even got powers like the others, and if i'll be of use to the team, it was like how i felt back home honestly.. i may have helped Twilight from time to time, but i never really got the chance to prove myself as a hero, she and the other's just have done so much more, and i was just on the sidelines, unable to help.. It just makes me afraid if i'll be the same here.." Spike confessed trying to make a spark of lightning with his claw, he could only make small sparks when it came to his new powers, even if was just a small reaction, he didn't know why he was dumping his feelings on these dragons, but even if they couldn't speak, they still showed concern for him.

After hearing this, the dragons looked at eachother and seemed to agree to something, Jay's dragon suddenly started to get up which surprised Spike.
"What? What's wrong?" Spike asked looking at it, the dragon made a small roar and motioned him to get on it's back.

"You want to take me somewhere? If it'll help in a way, let's go, tell the other's i'll be back soon please." Spike asked looking at the other's who nodded in response. Making his decision, Spike hopped on the dragon's back and held the chains, it soon spread open it's wings and launched off into the night sky, taking Spike to somewhere that could help..

Spike spent what he thought was a couple hours when traveling with Jay's dragon, seeing the world from so high up and seeing multiple places from above, it just made him feel so much smaller then he already is, it's a strange but nice feeling, it makes him wonder when he'll grow his own wings to fly like these ones. Spike yawned tiredly as the dragon seemingly flew forever to him.
"Are we almost there yet? We've been flying for hours." Spike asked tiredly looking at the dragon, it made a roar in response, which must mean it was asking him to be patient.

"Alright, i just hope we're almost there.." Spike prayed as the dragon kept flying through Ninjago, letting Spike see all it's large landmarks.

After some more flying, the dragon was seemingly flying towards a mountain, which was one of the tallest in this land from what he's seen. Spike held on tight as the dragon suddenly flew at faster speeds, seemingly speeding up by hundreds of miles.
"What are you doing?!" Spike screamed as the dragon was flying straight into the mountain. The dragon roared and started to twirl itself around, which was creating a drill of sorts with it's lightning. Spike screamed and braced himself as the dragon flew right into the wall, and flew right in the mountain. Spike flinched as he thought they crashed, but soon opened his eyes to see the dragon was flying through some sort of crystal cavern that was inside the mountain, it was a sight to behold, the crystals consisted of dozens of different colors, shinning on the walls through the cave making something truly special to see.

"Whoa.. what is this place?" Spike asked in awe as the dragon flew downwards to a special looking pond of sorts, the dragon soon finally landed down on the ground which meant they were here. Spike hopped off it's back and looked around the place with awe, it looked like an extremely ancient place, one that seemed to be as old as this land itself, he could even see drawings of dragons on the walls, and 2 huge dragons towering over the rest.

"Who are those supposed to be?" Spike asked as they didn't show any color, but the crystals colors shined down on them and one of the large dragons showed a purple scale color, with green spines..

"Wait.. is that..?" Spike asked in shock as he saw its colors, it seemed so similar to him, but that didn't make sense, Spike was born in Equestria, he should be from that world, how is that dragon similar to him.

"What is this place? Why did you bring me here?" Spike asked looking at the dragon, the dragon roared and motioned it's head towards the pond, it's water showing the reflection of the crystals. Spike let his curiosity get the better of him, and went over to look at himself through it's reflection, he saw himself, with a clear view from the water.

"What am i suppose to do here?" Spike asked as he put his claw on the water, but once he did, the water suddenly glowed brightly which shocked Spike.

"What?!" Spike shouted right before the water seemingly was pulling him in.

"Whoa!!" Spike screamed as his body was pulled into the water, making the golden light vanish for the time being..

Spike was gone for longer then he thought, as the sun was already up as we cut back to the Bounty where Jay was working on the defense system again.
"We sure got a lot of junk piling up if only there was a place where we can get rid of it." Kai joked walking with Zane who had scraps to get rid of.

"If you don't mind, i'm trying to focus." Jay replied trying to work until Cole held up a phone pretending to call someone.

"Hi mom and dad, of course i'd love to visit! What kind of son would i be if i didn't want.." Cole mocked which Jay mockingly chuckled at.

"Eh hehe i know what your doing. Okay look i might have promised to visit my parents, but there's a lot of stuff on my plate." Jay said in defense until Nya opened the door and walked in too.

"Uh, hi Nya.." Jay said nervously as she walked to the others.

"You gonna visit your parents today?" Nya asked curiously which meant he had no way out of this.

" Uh sure am, just about to leave. And have you seen Spike? We can't find him anywhere?" Jay asked concerned as they didn't find him with them this morning.

"I don't know, Wu and i are searching too, hope he's okay." Nya said curious on where he is too.

"Perhaps he needed time to think to himself, maybe he went to see Ed and Edna for a nice talk, they do seem to like him." Zane suggested which might be true.

"Well if that's the case, let's see if we can find him there." Jay said as they all went out of the ship.

The ninja all went to where they're dragons were, but Jay noticed that not only was Spike gone, but his dragon was too.
"Oh what?! Did Spike and Wisp go on an evening flight or something? It couldn't have waited till tomorrow?" Jay asked annoyed trying to find his own dragon.

"I tried getting my dragon up, but it's not moving, is something wrong?" Kai asked concerned as Wu came out with a thermometer.

"Hmm, it's as i expected. The dragons are molting, they're shedding they're scales." Wu explained looking at Jay.

"What does that mean?" Jay asked concerned.

"Every adolescent dragon goes through a transformation before it becomes an adult. Perhaps that's why Spike is gone too. He and Wisp must've headed to the Spirit Coves early, so we must allow the others to go too." Wu explained looking at the other dragons.

"Will we ever see them again?" Jay asked concerned hearing this.

"It is hard to say, but we need to allow them to follow there path, especially Spike, he is special." Wu suggested.

"Rocky's going east? Say isn't it so right?" Cole asked worried rubbing his dragon's snout while the other's did so too.

"Well i guess i gotta go on this looong walk all by myself, i'd sure be nice to have company.." Jay said nervously looking at Nya.

"Of course we'll go buddy." Kai said getting in this.

"I could use a break." Cole added as the other's walked to him.

"All you had to do was ask." Zane added agreeing to this too, Jay sighed as this was a bit of a failed attempt again.

"If you see Spike again, take care of him until he's ready, he's barely a teen." Zane asked looking at Shard who roared in response. The dragons soon all got up and started heading to the Sprit Coves, for them to grow as their own being, while Wu and the other's took the long walk.

"Do you think Spike's gonna be alright with them?" Nya asked worried seeing them fly off.

"We must allow destiny to tell, let's just hope we see him soon.." Wu prayed as he started to play on the flute from before while they went to the Junkyard..

Spike gasped as he found himself waking up again, he didn't know how long he was in this place, but he just remembered him being pulled into this strange pond.
"Where.. where am i?" Spike asked looking around the place, he found himself within a golden void of sorts, he was floating in the air and couldn't see anything, or anyone.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Spike asked as his words echoed through the void, he waited a few more seconds until he heard a soft calming voice.

"Hello Spike.." The voice said which shocked him.

"Who's there?" Spike asked turning around to try and find it, he got his answer as he saw the light form itself into a figure, one that looked kinda like Wu with the long beard and hat.

"Who.. who are you?" Spike asked worried as the figure walked to him in the air.

"Do not fear young dragon, i am not here to hurt you, i am here to talk." The figure said which interested Spike.

"Um.. okay? Who are you? What is this place?" Spike asked looking around the void.

"My name is of no importance, you are within the Pond of Light, a sacred place within the Spirit Coves, a place which all dragons go to and learn to grow when their time has come." The figure explained walking around him.

"Spirit Coves? At least i know the name. But.. why am i here?" Spike asked curious looking at him.

"I summoned you here to talk. I felt your presence enter this world a week back, it was sudden, but i foresaw something from you, a light that will shine in the darkest times." He explained which confused Spike hearing this.

"What do you mean? Does that mean.. i'm the Green ninja?" Spike asked shocked as this might be it.

"I'm afraid not, that fate is for someone else, someone you'll grow closer with, i sensed a light that is just as strong from you. And wanted to let you begin your path to unlocking it." He explained more as he got out a tea pot.

"Tea?" He offered pouring a cup for Spike.

"Um.. sure.." Spike said taking it, he didn't know how this figure could drink, but he guesses it's because of how this world works, the figure took a sip himself before beginning to explain.

"So, to start things off. I felt a great power within you, one deep down that's waiting to be unlocked, and i've seen you tap into them through the Golden Weapons.." The figure said while Spike reflected on him using those weapons.

"Yeah, they did help a little, but i only felt a small bit of strength from them, how is it that i can feel these powers now when i couldn't before?" Spike asked curious taking a sip of the tea which tasted nice.

"It may have been caused when you fell into this world, the Golden Weapons are strong yes, but they can only truly be tapped in with their specific Elemental Master, meaning you won't be able to unlock your potential from just using them." He explained once more which concerned him.

"If that's true.. then how am i gonna unlock my powers? How am i gonna become a ninja and find my way home? If i can't prove myself with these weapons, what can help me?" Spike asked worried looking at him.

"What lies within you, always has a way to be unlocked.." The figure said as it raised it's hands in the air. A bright light suddenly shone in his hands and forged into something which blinded Spike for the moment.

When the light died down and Spike opened his eyes again, they widened in both shock and amazement. The figure formed a Golden Trident which looked like the other weapons the others had, it had sharp edges on the tips, really looking like it can cut through the toughest materials.

"What.. what is that?" Spike asked in awe looking at it.

"This is the Trident of Elements, a secret Elemental weapon that i forged for the one that was worthy to use it, it will help anyone with powers begin to tap into them, not fully right away, but it is the first step to becoming a Master of Spinjitzu. And now.. it is your path to take.." The figure explained lowering the Trident down for Spike to take.

"What? I can't take that, surely this is a mistake right?" Spike asked in shock not believing this, the figure chuckled and only held it closer.

"No, it was meant for you Spike. Someone special like you has a long path to take, but know that you won't be alone, you will have your friends by your side, take it.. your destiny lies with it.." The figure offered again holding it out.

Spike tried processing this, this was a seemingly powerful weapon that was being handed to him by what could be this worlds God, who's saying that this weapon will unlock his powers and begin his journey to prove himself. If this is the case.. he has to use it responsibly.
"If.. your certain.. i promise i'll use it responsibly, and unlock my powers when the time is right.." Spike swore holding his claw out to take it.

"I couldn't have said it any better myself.." The figure replied which made Spike smile, finally confident with this, he put his claws out and took the Trident.

Upon grabbing it, the Trident glowed brightly which started to engulf Spike's body with a golden light.
"What is this?!" Spike asked shocked as the light engulfed him, the light seemed to form something on Spike's body as it shone on him, and it soon finally died down again. When it went away, Spike was now shown to be waring a new ninja outfit, one that consisted of green and purple fabric that were on certain parts of the suit, it had armor plating on it that was golden as well, and had gold stars on it with a dragon shooting out the different elements like the other's suits.

"Whoa.." Spike said in awe seeing this awesome new ninja suit he had.

"Your path is set Spike, over time you will unlock your powers, it will take time, but you will find your destiny. Use this power well Spike." The figure said giving Spike a respectful bow and Spike did so in return.

"Thank you sir, i won't let you down. But one question.. how will i get back to the other's?" Spike asked curious trying to find a way out. The figure chuckled and stepped out of the way.

"Take this door, it will lead you right to where they are, there will be a lot of explaining to do i'm sure." The figure said as a door formed in front of him which opened and had a light shine through it.

"Amazing.. thank you for all of this, i may not know who you are, but i can tell your something else, if we ever meet again, i hope it's when i know what my path is." Spike said looking at the figure as he began to walk to the door.

"I hope so too Spike, your path will be a long one, but all will be revealed in time, just try not to overuse them, powers are not ones to be toyed with." The figure asked which Spike nodded in response from.

"Don't worry, i will, give Wisp my thanks for bringing me here, i hope i see him again soon." Spike said about to leave through the door.

"You will one day Spike, you will.." The figure said as Spike disappeared through the door and his vision faded to white.

Spike felt the wind fly past him as he opened his eyes.
"Where.. where am i?" Spike asked looking around the place, he found himself within the skies, and was.. falling?

"Wait.. what?!" Spike asked suddenly regaining focus, Spike looked below him and screamed as he suddenly found himself falling to the Bounty just as the ninja were running to it too.

The ninja were heading on board with Ed and Edna after they were almost turned into Snakes from the Fangpyre.
"Hey, does anyone hear screaming?" Ed asked concerned which they all heard was getting louder.

"I hear it too, where is it?" Jay asked looking around the place, Spike screamed even more as he fell down at fast speeds, and landed on the Bounty making a loud crash on the floor.

The other's all looked surprised and quickly ran over to check it out, they all had a look of shock when they saw Spike, in a ninja suit, with a Golden Trident on the ground, seemingly dizzy and having multiple dragons fly around his head while he groaned in pain.
"Spike?! Where did you come form?!" Cole asked shocked helping him up.

"And where did you get that suit and weapon?!" Jay asked amazed looking at his new equipment.

"It's a long story.. what did i miss?" Spike asked shaking his head to get his focus back.

"That is also a long story, speaking of which, we better get moving now!" Zane shouted as they could see large vehicles in the distance.

"Right! Come on guys!" Kai shouted as they ran into the bridge.

"Come with me, once we reverse the venom we can fix you." Nya said looking at the two parents who were almost turned into snakes.

"Man the stations, everyone!" Jay shouted as they ran in the room to get ready to go.
"Jay? We better hurry!" Kai shouted as the snakes were getting closer in transformed vehicles.

"I've been waiting for this moment." Jay said confidently as he pressed on the button, but nothing seemed to happen which worried them all.

"They're gaining on us!" Kai shouted as they were getting even closer, Nya handed Ed and Edna two cups to cure them from the venom.

"Bottoms up!" Ed shouted as they drank the cure and they're bodies glowed as they were turned back to normal finally.

"Ugh! I don't get it! I worked forever on this it's suppose to work!" Jay said annoyed while Ed went up to him.

"Uh son? Maybe i can help?" Ed offered again which made Jay gasp in shock.

"Dad! your okay!" Jay said in relief seeing him normal again.

"Ha, your darn tooting! Ah let's have a look here.. just a few twinks here and.. that should do it! Now try it!" Ed said looking at Jay who pressed on the button once again.

This activated the ships new defense system, which made it's sail spread out wide and activate strong rocket boosters on the sides which they all worked to install, the rockets ignited and soon started to lift the ship in the air making it begin to fly making all the sand blow far away from it.
"No no no no!!!" Lloyd shouted with anger before he coughed roughly as the sand blinded him and the general. The ship roughly backed up which made Nya tip over and drop the staff out of the ship and land back on the ground.

"Come on guys, let's go!" Spike shouted as the ship took of finally letting them escape from the snakes. The helicopter the general and Lloyd on lowered down to the staff for them to take it.

"These ninja.. have to be stopped!" He said with anger while Lloyd brushed his eyes.

"Ugh.. tell me about it.." Lloyd said annoyed that they got away again.

The ship was flying naturally through the skies now, Spike was with Wu and the other ninja explaining to him on what had happened.
"And then, i was given this Trident to begin the path of unlocking my potential, this guy never gave me his name, but he looked like Wu in ways, i don't know who he was, but i can tell he had good intentions. I may not be the Green ninja, but he said i'm meant to fight alongside him one day when he's revealed. Sorry for leaving you guys like that, but Wisp needed to show me this." Spike explained while Wu and the other's listened with awe.

"Fascinating, not only did you get a unknown 5th Elemental weapon, but you also met someone who may be stronger then all of us." Zane said fascinated looking at Spike's trident.

"Hmm.. this is quite the development, while i'm sure this is the beginning for you, i must admit even i didn't expect this. But i know you'll make us proud with what your starting to show Spike." Wu said with a smile looking at him.

"Thanks guys, i won't disappear like that again, i promise you that, whatever destiny awaits me, i just hope this will be my first step to take." Spike said looking at his Trident.

"It will, and know you'll have us to help you." Cole said high fiving him while all of them were glad to know what's happened, while still eager to know more in the future.

Jay was looking over the skies to make sure they were safe.
"We'll get you back to the junkyard as soon as the coast is clear, but stay as long as you'd like. It's nice having you here." Jay said with a smile, just glad his parents were safe.

"Oh, take a note Edna, of all our inventions, this one is our greatest." Ed said proudly putting his arm over Jay's shoulder.

"Oh, i already know dear.." Edna said as they both hugged Jay close while Spike and Wu looked at this and smiled as well, but Spike's mind was still clouded by one thing, that drawing he saw in the cave, if that dragon looked similar to him, what will this mean for him in the future? He just hopes with this new weapon and his friends, he'll find out one day..

Author's Note

Hey guys i hope you liked this! I know the ninja weren't in this chapter much from small bits, but i wanted to have Spike begin to tap into his potential, and i figured the dragons were a great way to start this off, while Spike also has a Golden Weapon now, he still needs to learn to use it, and he'll develop his powers over time instead of instantly over the show, i'll have him gain new ability's when the time is right, and make sure his story and arc feels nice. I had a lot to set up in this chapter, while it may be confusing at first, i promise i'll make sense of it later down the line.

I really like Jay's parents by the way, they're such a nice pair and i can see people relating to Jay with how they interacted here, also isn't it weird that during this season, there were times that Kai sounded like Cole and Cole sounded like Kai? I know the voice actors were getting used to their roles but still, it was weird, it really does bug me on how childish Jay got past season 6, i know it was for comedy stuff, but Jay is much more mature then he's written thanks to Skybound, but anyways, i hope you all liked this and look forward to more!

4: Never Trust a Snake

We open to a shot of the desert where the familiar falcon was flying on screen and onto a wire, the falcon suddenly turns to the camera so say something.
"Wake up Zane, i know where you come from." The falcon said ominously before Zane hit his head from waking up taking heavy breaths. Zane looked out the window and saw the falcon flying outside the ship which caught his attention, he soon went over to the bridge and found Nya and Wu working on their problem.

"The hunt starts early today." Zane said looking at Wu who had a map.

"A watchful eye never sleeps." Wu replied as the clouds were moving around strangely outside..

"As long as Lloyd and the Serpentine roam freely, no one in Ninjago is safe." Nya said seriously as the falcon was just outside.

"Where are Spike and the other's?" Zane asked curiously.

"Training on the upper deck." Wu replied giving him his answer.

Zane proceeded to go out to the deck and saw Spike training with his new Trident, which fascinated Zane with what they know about it.
"I see you are taking putting most of your day into training, that Trident must have something special within it." Zane said walking up to Spike.

"It must, i won't know what it is if i don't all of my heart into it, if i'm gonna be a ninja, i gotta learn to tap into my powers." Spike said trying to make another spark of lightning in his hands.

"It will take time, but your progress is going along greatly." Zane complimented which Spike smiled at.

"Thanks.." Spike said gratefully before they suddenly heard the falcon squawk again and saw it looking down at them.

"You were in my dream little friend, last time we saw you, you lead us to good fortune, what reason have you returned?" Zane asked curious.

"Is there something important we need to know?" Spike asked curiously as well. The falcon soon flew off the ship while Spike and Zane watched it curiously, but something felt off as they felt a dark presence coming behind them.

"Lord Garmadon! But you were banished!" Zane said as they saw him behind them.

"Only to return to retrieve the Golden Weapons, soon i will have the power to recreate Ninjago, in my own image!" Garmadon shouted as he drew two blades and slashed at them.

Spike slid under the swords while Zane flipped above them and they drew they're Golden Weapons.
"Give me your shuriken's of ice!" Garmadon demanded looking at Zane's weapons.

"You'll have to take them from us, Ninja go!!" Zane shouted as he used his Spinjitzu to try and attack Garmadon.

"Ninja.. go!!" Spike screamed as he charged up his Trident and shot a lightning blast at Garmadon and knocked him down.
"Impressive, a 5th Golden Weapon, even i've never heard of it, it makes me wonder which one i'll take from you!" Garmadon shouted as he charged at Spike again.

"How about none?!" Spike shouted with rage as he blocked his swords with his weapon and sweeped his legs, Garmadon was about to attack them once more until something jumped into the scene, a strange green tornado picked up Spike and Zane and put them somewhere safe.

"What?" Spike asked shocked as the tornado faded away and it showed someone in the Green Ninja suit.

"The Green ninja! The Legend is true!" Zane said amazed as this figure threw a large crate at Garmadon that was like Cole's own strength.

"Awesome.." Spike said in awe as they watch Garmadon fight him. Garmadon threw his swords at the ninja and it deflected them away, it then used Spinjitzu again to block more attacks before it began to rapidly punch at Garmadon, he then flipped over Garmadon and pulled out Jay's weapon and charged them up before Garmadon tried one last strike which resulted in the ninja sending him flying off the ship into the skies.

"That was incredible.." Spike said amazed putting his weapon away, they both turned to the ninja who's eyes were on fire, and had the falcon on his shoulder.

"Who are you? Kai? Is that you?" Zane asked confused before they both saw falcons suddenly appearing all over them.

"What is this? Who are you Green Ninja?" Zane asked as his words echoed through the void before his dream finally woke him up for real this time making him hit the bed above him.

"Whoa, you okay Zane? You sure your fine with sleeping on the bottom bunk?" Spike asked helping him out of the bed.

"I'm.. i'm fine.. thanks Spike.." Zane said still in shock from what he just saw.

"Sleeping in huh? Your gonna be late for training." Jay joked at how much he slept last night.

"How come no one awakened me?" Zane asked tiredly looking at them.

"We didn't know if you wanted us to, you looked like it was some dream." Kai answered while Spike was getting some water.

"How do i know this isn't a dream.." Zane asked curious before Cole hit him with his pillow to make sure.

"Did that feel like a dream?" Cole joked which made all of them chuckle.

"No, thank you for your help." Zane replied before all of them just laughed it off.

"Rise and shine buddy.." Spike said helping him up as they all got ready for this next day of training.

They all got into their ninja outfits again and went out to the deck to begin, Spike still loved how cool his ninja suit looked, it was one of the first signs he's growing and becoming closer to being a ninja, and he'll only grow more each day.
"Hehe, a little slow today huh? What were you dreaming about" Kai asked looking at Zane who was still shooken.

"I saw the falcon again." Zane answered which interested all of them.

"Whoa, every time you and Spike see that bird something big happens, first it led you to the secret treehouse." Jay pointed out as Wu walked on the deck.

"Then it led you two to the Bounty." Cole added before Wu decided to begin.

"Alright, stretches, first, the Swooping Crane." Wu instructed getting in a specific pose.

"Did that dream show anything else this time?" Spike whispered curiously to Zane.

"Yes, this time i was shown the Green Ninja." Zane revealed which amazed them.

"The Green Ninja?!" They all asked shocked which got Wu's attention.

"That looks more like the Shocked Monkey. Bad form, more focus." Wu instructed before turning around again.

"You can't just drop a bomb like that, spill the beans!" Jay whispered eager to know.

"What else did you see?" Kai asked interested.

"He was fighting Lord Garmadon." Zane answered once again.

"That's what the prophecy said, that the Green ninja would defeat the Dark Lord. But did happen to see which one of us was him?" Kai asked eager with the others wanting to know too.

"I could not tell, he possessed attributes each one of us possesses" Zane answered making the mystery more interesting.

"Now, Pinching Crab." Wu instructed again getting in another pose.

"Well tell us everything, there has to be a clue that tells us which one of us is gonna be the Green.. ow ow ow ow!" Kai said in pain as Wu had enough and grabbed his spiky hair.

"What was so important to ignore my teachings?" Wu asked upset at this.

"Sorry master.." Spike said giving a respectful bow while the others tried making an excuse.

"Since you all appear to be lacking the focus, then you can all share in the punishment." Wu declared which made all of them groan in annoyance.

"I was merely answering they're questions!" Zane said in defense, but Wu wasn't having it.

"No free time and no video games, the rest the day can be used for training, and tomorrow for that matter." Wu declared once more.

"What?!" Spike asked shocked as even this was a little harsh.

"Training?! For how long?!" Kai asked shocked as Wu began to leave.

"Until you can answer this simple riddle, what is the best way to defeat an enemy?" Wu asked which made all of them try to give an answer, but none of them were correct.

"Pace yourselves, you have a lot of training ahead of you. Patience sharpens your mind, as well as your Spinjitzu, Spike doesn't even know it yet, it's best he takes this time to try and learn it." Wu instructed before leaving them alone, Cole sighed sadly and went to get a staff.

"What's the best way to defeat an enemy? It could be anything." Cole asked as the equipment activated for Spike and the other's to begin.

"How am i supposed to learn Spinjitzu with this mystery blocking my focus?" Spike asked flipping over the dummy's on the spinning devices.

"I don't know Spike, but we all may find out if we hear more about this dream." Kai said walking up to Zane.

"Yeah, this could help, what else did you see?" Spike asked curious looking up at him.

" Let me just say, the Green Ninja is awesome!" Zane said amazed as he proceeds to tell them what he saw.

We cut to a shot on a snowy mountain where Lloyd was leading a charge against the Hypnobrai after recruiting the Fangpyre. The Serpentine turned vehicles approached upon the Hypnobrai army as they were close to battle.
"Now the Hypnobrai will know what happens when they betray me, Lloyd Garmadon!.. uh.. do your thing Fangpyre, i let you out of your hole for a reason." Lloyd said a little nervous still.

"Attack!" Fangtom ordered and all the Fangpyre charged at them, but when the tribes came face to face with eachother, Scales and Fangtom both stopped the charge.

"Scales my old chum!... i did not think i'd be fighting you!" Fangtom said surprised that he was the General now.

"If it isn't the Fangpyre! Of all the cold blooded to creep up on us, i am glad that it is a friend!" Scales said glad to see them which shocked Lloyd greatly.

"Wait, i thought you were enemy's, not friends!" Lloyd said shocked as they all looked at him.

"We were at war... but seeing Scales is now leading them... well i don't see why we can't become them!" Fangtom explained which just confused Lloyd.

"Had you released the Constrictai, the Venomari, or heaven forbid the Anacondrai, then we would've had a tussle." Scales explained which Lloyd found upsetting.

"A tussle? A tussle? But i'm Lloyd Garmadon! Bringer of evil!" Lloyd shouted upset at this.

"He he, what should we do with him?" Scales asked looking at Fangtom.

"I could turn him into one of us." Fangtom suggested which scarred Lloyd greatly.

"Mmm nah the little kid is pretty useless." Scales replied which made him laugh.

"What if you hypnotize him, and make him think he's a pig?" Fangtom suggested which made Scales chuckle.

"That would be pretty funny!" Scales replied which made Lloyd have enough. Lloyd quickly tried to escape the dozens of Serpentine approaching him, he tried to climb up on one of the Serpentine vehicles, but that was sentient and it flung it's tail high above it which sent Lloyd flying far away from the army while screaming.

Lloyd kept screaming as he flew far away from the snakes and landed face first in the snow and grumbled with annoyance as he got out of it.

Spike and the others were still at the Bounty listening to Zane's tale as he was just finishing up on the story.
"And his fist was on fire." Zane finished which amazed them all.

"How was i able to talk with you like that?" Spike asked curious on this.

"Perhaps it is because the bond you and i forged, and with your new Golden Trident, it may have impacted the vision in a way." Zane suggested as Spike pulled out his trident.

"I'm still confused on how to use this thing, how were you guys able to tap into them?" Spike asked looking at the other ninja's weapons.

"Part of that reason is that we focused our minds, i'm sure if you push past any fear that's holding you back, you could forge an awesome vehicle like our own." Cole suggested looking at his Scythe.

"You can forge vehicles with these things?! What kind?!" Spike asked excitedly looking at his weapon.

"Any kind from what we thought of, from Jet's to Tanks, to Motorcycles, just try and picture what you'd wanna ride on." Kai suggested which amazed him.

"Perhaps your vehicle will be different based on your Elemental power, you have 4 from what we know by now, and if you have even more, you could forge something special from them." Zane suggested as well which made things more exciting.

"Focus your mind.. try and tap into the weapons power.." Spike told himself as Wu had finally come out and saw them talking.

"Since you are talking instead of training, you must've already found an answer to my riddle. What is the best way to defeat your enemy?" Wu said which got the ninja's attention. Spike thought over on what the ninja told him, and what lessons he's learned about Friendship from Celestia, if the ninja's suggestions of fighting isn't correct, maybe..

"Um.. to focus your mind, and make them your friend sensei?" Spike suggested which confused them a little.

"Make them your friend Spike, really?" Jay asked confused at this.

"What? Friendship was one of the biggest lessons i knew back in Equestria." Spike said in defense.

"Come on, making them your friend couldn't possibly..." Kai said before Wu interrupted him.

"You are correct Spike, it is to make them your friend." Wu replied which shocked them all.

"Whoa what?!"" Cole asked shocked hearing that Spike was right.

"There is more to defeating an enemy then violence, i see Spike was clearly taught good lessons back home, i hope you all take in those lessons too ninja." Wu explained while they were all shocked still.

"Oh..." They all said at once while Spike had a smug look on him.

"Thank you Twilight." Spike said gratefully glad he was right.

Lloyd was currently traveling through the dessert and was holding up the Serpentine Tomb map he had.
"Had you released the Constrictai, the Venomari, or heaven Forbid the Anacondrai, we would've surely had a tussle." Lloyd mocked in an annoyed tone at that memory, but when he pulled the map down, he saw a large looking tomb that looked like a fang.

"I found it!" Lloyd said in surprise as he quickly ran up to the door to open it.

"The Anacondrai, the most feared and powerful Serpentine of them all! If they're afraid of the Anacondrai, then the Anacondrai is what they're gonna get!" Lloyd said making an evil laugh as he opened the doors.

The doors to the tomb were finally opened, and the place was filled with nothing but a faint light, and skeletons of tons of different snakes from the looks of it. Lloyd was a little nervous when he walked through here, but something appeared behind him and scarred him as it was revealed to be one of the Anacondrai.
"My sincerest apologies young man, do to my unfortunate appearance i tend to have an unsettling affect on people. I believe you dropped this, there you are.." The snake said handing Lloyd his flashlight.

"Uh.. thank you.. what happened to the other's?" Lloyd asked nervously looking at the skeletons.

"Oh those poor unfortunate souls. Locked away for years, must've starved away until they were nothing but scales and bones. And who might you be my little appet... uh.. friend?" The snake asked looking down at him.

"Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon, and future dark ruler." Lloyd said dramatically which made him chuckle.

"Oh how deliciously evil! If i had feet, i would be trembling in my boots." The snake said laughing at that answer.

"And uh.. who are you?" Lloyd asked curious still.

"I am Pythor P. Chumsworth, and since you freed me, i am eternally in your service." Pythor said with a smug on his face.

"Really?.. your not gonna trick me?" Lloyd asked still suspicious of him.

"Oh why would i trick you? I hardly have any friends." Pythor said looking around the empty tomb.

"Whoa, i hardly have any friends too!" Lloyd said surprised a little.

"You don't say?" Pythor replied with a playful smile.

"Hey, why don't you become my loyal henchman? I've been betrayed by both the Hypnobrai and the Fangpyre, so i'm looking for a little revenge on them and some ninja as well as a talking dragon too." Lloyd said as Pythor saw the little map he had.

"I love revenge!" You know Floyd?" Pythor asked slithering up to him.

"It's Lloyd." Lloyd corrected as Pythor took his hand.

"Whatever.. i have a feeling this is the start of a beautiful friendship.." Pythor said as they began to leave the tomb together.

We cut back to the bounty once again where Spike and the other's were training still, despite them not having to train so much now since they got the riddle right, Spike was still needing to train to master his powers and weapon. Spike was twirling his Trident around quickly as he was getting a hang on the reflexes that comes with it.
"So, i gotta ask guys, when it comes to reflexes, how good are yours?" Spike asked as he swung it around while the other's watched him.

"Well, it mainly depends on the situation we're having, and it also could depend on the weapon we use. While i have good strength and hit hard, my reflexes aren't that fast because i wield such a heavy weapon. So even with your Trident, there ill be more to how you react when fighting with it." Cole explained holding out his weapon along with the other's.

"Cole is right Spike, defense is meaningless if you don't know how to use it, it also depends on how we approach the battle too, whether or not it's from stealth, full out attack, or defense and waiting for the right moment." Zane added while Spike tried to use one of his powers.

"And what about your powers? What helps you use them?" Spike asked trying to spark up some lightning.

"Well, that mainly is thanks to our weapons, we wouldn't be able to use our powers without them, and i'm sure your weapon will help you further too." Jay said pulling out his chucks.

"You mean you can't use your powers on your own? What if you lose them one day? if you don't know how to use your powers without them, then taking down the enemy would be far harder." Spike suggested trying to focus his lightning while the other's thought about that.

"He has a point guys, we may not hold onto these forever, our powers can be strong with them, but maybe we can find a way to be stronger when we don't have them." Kai replied looking at them who were interested as well.

"Huh, that's honestly a good point, guess we all learn something from eachother huh?" Cole asked as Spike was focusing even harder which they noticed.

"Don't try to hard Spike, move at your own pace, and that'll help you uncover them." Zane advice which Spike listened to. Spike stopped trying so hard and began to calm down, Spike a took breath and focused himself.

"Focus.." Spike told himself as he placed his hands on his trident, Spike began to focus his mind into the weapon, letting the lightning flow through them both, Spike felt the lightning coursing through him, and that's when he finally started tapping into it. Spike groaned as he his claws were sparking up with lightning, and that made the weapon react to it by having Lightning surround it too while the ninja watched with shock.

"Whoa, he's actually doing it!" Kai said amazed as Spike channeled the power even more, he could feel the lightning tingling his whole body, and it only grew stronger the more he held it in, and he knew he had to let it out. Spike groaned even more as his entire body lit up with lightning, and he opened his eyes showing the pupils became pure light blue with cackles flowing through the veins.

"You can do it Spike! Focus!" Zane encouraged as Spike raised the weapon in the air, Spike focused the power into the weapon to deliver a strong strike, he made a loud cry of anger as he jumped into the air, and with one move, he slammed the Trident down which sent a shockwave of lightning across the deck which even shocked the ninja, both figuratively and literally making them groan in pain while having smoke come out from them.

"I think he focused to hard.." Cole said coughing at the collateral damage that just happened.

Spike breathed heavily as his body returned to normal and he fell on his knees from using that power, it was draining, but it was something else to say the least.
"Spike? Are you alright?" Jay asked as they came up to him.

"I'm.. fine.. that move took a lot out of me.. at least i was able to tap into the lightning affectively.." Spike said breathing heavily as he tried to get up.

"Your focus was strong Spike, if you keep that up, you'll be able to master it without trouble, you did great Spike." Cole said patting his back which made him smile.

"Yes, you were good Spike, but you mustn't channel so much at once, if you deliver a strike like that in battle, and the enemy is still going, you will lose." Zane advised while Spike was recovering still.

"Yeah, i'll keep that in mind.. thanks guys.." Spike said gratefully as he stood up again, finally recovering from the attack.

But they're talking was stopped once again when they heard the alarm went off which alerted them.
"What's that?!" Spike asked worried at the loud alarms.

"Who knows? Let's check it out!" Kai shouted as they ran into the deck of the ship to find where the problem was coming from while Nya had been monitoring it.

"What's going on Nya?" Spike asked worried waiting for the instructions.

"Lloyd and a Serpentine have taken over Darkley's Boarding School for Bad Boys." Nya reported having a worried look.

"Hmph, that place is an asset pool for the crooked and the misbehaved." Jay said annoyed clutching his fist.

"Well that doesn't mean they need our help, step on it!" Cole ordered ready to fight, Zane went over to the button and pressed on it, this activated the ships thrusters once again, it's sail spread out wide and it began to float, Spike and the others got on they're ninja outfits and we're ready to go.

"Ninja go!!" They all shouted with determination as the thrusters took off and the ship went flying through the sky's at fast speeds heading towards the school.

We now cut to the boarding school Lloyd and Pythor had taken over for revenge of Lloyd being rejected, Lloyd and Pythor skated around the place after everyone was tied up.
"Hey, how are the booby traps?" Lloyd asked looking up at Pythor.

"Every door, window and hole in this place, are spring loaded!" Pythor reported having a proud look.

"Again, i'm sick of those ninja sneaking they're way into my evil headquarters.." Lloyd said annoyed as they skated through the place even more.

Spike and the ninja arrived at the boarding school and were directly above it.
"Looks quiet down there, should we infiltrate using stealth?" Zane asked as he and Spike looked down from below.

"I don't think so, he's most likely got traps over the place." Spike replied trying to figure something out too.

"What about using our Golden weapons and turn them into vehicles?" Kai asked walking up to them while Cole was working on his.

"I'm still working on the kinks on that, plus Spike's still gotta get one of his own, any other good ideas?" Cole asked looking over them.

"Hmm.. well, i have one idea, but you guys gotta trust me." Jay replied which worried some of them.

"Oh, i don't think i like the sound of this.." Kai said nervous on what he's planning.

"It's something we're not gonna do again probably.." Spike added shaking his head on this idea he's having.

Lloyd and Pythor went up to the rooftop to be on the lookout for them.
"Relax, we've made the perfect trap. We're in broad daylight so there isn't any shadows. But even if they could get in.." Pythor said right before something moved by far below them.

"What was that?!" Lloyd asked worried on what they saw, Pythor aimed a cannon they had to where they found it, he shot a net from the cannon far off the roof and it landed to where the creature was, but they saw it was only a lizard who escaped from the net when the dust cleared.

"Um.. yeah.. good uh.. good reflexes.. i was just testing you.. if i know these ninja, they're cleverly sneaking past us at this very moment." Lloyd said while Pythor shook his head a little annoyed.

Spike and the other's were ready to do Jay's plan, which Spike already saw was terrible.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Jay?" Spike asked scarred as they hung onto the anchor from the bounty trying not to fall off.

"Just hold on tight guys!" Jay shouted before he turned to Nya to give her the signal, Nya was on the bridge and pressed the button that made the anchor lower at fast speeds. Spike and the ninja screamed in fear as the anchor went down so fast even Lloyd and Pythor barely saw it coming and rolled out of the way as the anchor went crashing through all the floors of the boarding school.

Spike and the other's groaned as they were recovering from the long and fast fall.
"Okay, let's agree to never do that again." Cole suggested which the others agreed to.

"Absolutely." Spike replied rubbing his head from the fall, they heard muffled voices and they saw two skeletons and the kids of the school were all tied up.

Cole raised up his Scythe and all the kids looked really scarred before Cole cut off the rope and freed them all.
"Stay out of school kids!" Cole said as they all ran out of the room while Cole turned to the Skeletons.

"Well well well, Cruncha and Knuckle. Substitute teachers huh? If we cut you down, we better not catch you hanging around Ninjago again." Cole said as they both were muffled from duck tape.

"Or else.." Cole said right before he cut them free making them fall on they're faces before they got up and quickly ran away.

"Heh, talking skeletons, that's not that new to be honest." Spike said casually as they ran out of the room.

"He's on the top floor, let's get him!" Kai shouted as they saw Lloyd at the top of the roof which started to worry him.

"Ninja go!!" They all shouted as some of them used Spinjitzu, and Spike ran out of the room with Jay.

Zane and Kai used Spinjitzu to move up the stairs while Cole climbed up the chain, a small bell was heard and Spike and Jay flipped into an elevator. They both stood by eachother's side and waited for it to arrive at the top while relaxing music plays.
"Not a bad elevator tune." Spike complimented which Jay agreed to.

"Totally agree on that." Jay replied as they high fived eachother. Pythor was waiting in the classroom for the ninja and had placed a trap for them, Kai and Zane went all the way up the stairs and kicked open the door to the room, but that caused a bucket full of slime to cover them up which stopped they're progress.

"I.. can't move!" Zane said shocked as he and Kai tried to escape while Pythor laughed evilly along with Lloyd.

But Cole was climbing up even more and Lloyd was starting to get scarred as he was getting closer. Spike and Jay were still waiting in the elevator and we're starting to get bored from the wait.
"A little slow though.." Spike added as he and Jay were starting to fall asleep but kept eachother awake. Cole came upon the classroom Pythor was in and got ready to fight, but Pythor pulled on a rope that made him trip over, causing a massive dust cloud to come from the damage making him cough in response. The elevator bell rung and Spike and Jay flipped out.

"Finally, that was way longer then needed!" Spike said drawing his Trident.

"ugh, he's got a Serpentine with him, watch out for booby traps!" Cole warned as Spike helped him up.

"Eh.. that's one big snake!" Jay said with fear as he saw Pythor slither out of the room.

"Come on, let's get them!" Spike shouted as they ran after the two.

Lloyd was running around the rooftop in fear as Pythor got back up to the top.
"They're coming! They're coming! They're coming!!" Lloyd screamed in fear as Pythor closed a hatch to stop them for a bit. They hoped the board would stay closed but it was burst open and Jay and Spike came out with they're weapons drawn.

"Shocked to see us?" Jay asked as they charged up they're lightning.

"That was pretty bland as a pun." Spike replied charging up his powers.

"Do something!" Lloyd ordered while they backed up, but Pythor looked down at the map he had and took it while chuckling evilly.

"Wh.. what are you doing? I thought you were my friend!" Lloyd asked in fear as Pythor opened it up.

"All you wanted to do was to make the Serpentine your slaves! Well sorry my dear boy, i have other plans.." Pythor said before he suddenly vanished before them.

"Whoa.. that's pretty cool honestly.." Spike said a little shocked that he was just gone like that. Lloyd backed up from them all in fear as the Bounty lowered down with Wu and Nya walking onto the roof.

"Lloyd Garmadon! You come here right now!" Wu ordered upset at the trouble he's caused.

"I got em!" Jay said as he picked up Lloyd over his shoulder making him really scarred.

"Hey, let me go!" Lloyd whined as the ninja got to the rooftop.

"What should we do with him? Wash his mouth out with soap, for a year?" Cole suggested.

"Ground him indefinitely?" Kai suggested as well.

"Have him sit in a corner for a century?" Zane suggested too, but Spike didn't like that, as he knew Lloyd was very young.

"Guys, that's to harsh even for you, what should we do with him sensei?" Spike asked looking at Wu.

"I know exactly what we must do Spike." Wu replied while Lloyd was looking scarred.

We cut to the Bounty after nighttime had fallen, and Wu was reading Lloyd a bedtime story.
"And that is why Jack the Rabbit never trusts a snake." Wu finished as he and Spike stood over him.

"If my dad had red me that book, i'd have never made that mistake. I'm sorry guys.." Lloyd said regretfully while Spike felt sad for him too.

"Oh, you do not need to apologize, i am sure that if your father was still here, it would be the first book he'd read.." Wu assured as the other ninja watched them.

"I never knew either of my birth parents, but i definitely would've loved hearing bedtime story's from them that's for sure. We all make mistakes Lloyd, your still very young, and there's more to you then you may know." Spike added smiling at him while Lloyd was a little surprised.

"You never knew your parents?" Lloyd asked a little surprised hearing this.

"Yeah.. i didn't know them, but that doesn't mean i'm not grateful for what i had back home, and what i do now. But that's not too important for now, just know that you shouldn't trust a snake, they don't hesitate to bite." Spike assured while Wu smiled at them both.

"Spike is right Lloyd, our family can come in many ways, i am still here for you. Sweet dreams nephew." Wu said tucking him in while Lloyd yawned tiredly.

"Good night uncle.." Lloyd said with a smile as he began to fall asleep, the ninja quickly left as Spike and Wu headed out.

They went up to the deck of the ship to finish the talk with them.
"I don't get it guys." Kai said confused as they joined up with them.

"Why isn't the little brat getting punished?" Jay asked annoyed at this.

"Yeah, he released the Serpentine and yet he gets read a bedtime story? It's not fair." Cole added confused as well.

"Remember the answer to the riddle Spike gave you all?" Wu asked as he finally turned to them all.

"Um.. yeah why?" Kai asked a little confused still.

"That's why Kai, the best way to defeat an enemy, is to make them your friend. You guys need to understand he's still very young, he was just trying to fit in with what he was taught. I'm sure if he wasn't taught stuff at that school, he never would've done the stuff he did." Spike explained as he knows he was just naïve and innocent.

"Spike is right again, there's more to winning then violence, making them your friend is also something to take to heart." Wu said agreeing to this explanation.

"Oh.. right..." They all said at once as they finally understood this while Wu walked off which left them to think over it. And after some time, Spike and the others went back to Lloyd's room and looked over him as he slept, they were just glad they finally understood this, and now had someone new to help as well..

Author's Note

Hey guys i hope you liked this! This is one of my personal favorite episodes of the season, it shows just how Naïve and innocent Lloyd was as a child, he just didn't really understand the consequences of actions like the ones he's done, and it shows just how much not having his parents affected him. And Spike would not only understand this, but him figuring out Wu's riddle isn't to far off either, since Friendship is one of the main things he knew back home, so not only solving it gave the ninja more understanding, it was able to let me try and forge Spike's bond and help him grow more as a character as the show goes on. But don't forget, we're barely half way into one of 15 seasons, so i hope you prepare for all of this. Thank you for reading this and have a nice day!

5: Can Of Worms

It was another day on the Bounty once again, it's been about a day since Lloyd was taken in to live here, and since then, things have been going well, despite Pythor being out and looking to cause trouble, Spike and the ninja have been making sure to keep an open eye out for whatever place he may show up. Spike was starting to tap into his new powers some more finally, he was getting a hang on lightning, while the other elements are yet to be unlocked. Despite Spike being amazed he can use powers like the ninja, he's still got one thing to learn still, Spinjitzu. It's a really cool move that the ninja can use, and if they were able to learn it, so can he.

Right now, we open to a shot of the Bounty that was resting on a high mountain for them all to rest, Kai was getting ready to play a video game until Lloyd came into the room with a whistle.
"Hey Kai, heh, saw Cole and Spike beat your high score, it was pretty spectacular." Lloyd explained having a smile on his face.

"Uh you must be talking about Sitar Legend, this if Fist 2 Face 2, no one beats me at my game. And isn't Spike not a playable character in them?" Kai asked confused on that add on with Spike.

"I think he was added as a DLC character or something, but i could be wrong though, see ya!" Lloyd said walking off while whistling still. Kai turned back to the Tv and started up the game, but looked shocked when he saw Cole and Spike were on the leaderboard, and Spike was indeed added to the game somehow.

"Huh? Cole!!!" Kai shouted with rage as he wasn't gonna let this slide, Spike was okay as he was only a child, and could've gotten skills to play this game.

We cut to Cole in the kitchen making some more soup, stuff the ninja didn't like, but he somehow enjoyed none the less.
"Mmm Mmm, Violet Berry soup, my culinary achievement, the recipe is not followed exactly." Cole said in delight as he went to take a sip of it, but coughed hard in disgust as he just realized how bad it tasted.

"By the way, i saw Jay spice things up, Spike and i told him not too, but he said your cooking could use it, bye Cole!" Lloyd explained which just infuriated Cole.

"Jay!!!!" Cole shouted with rage as he was NOT happy about this.

Jay was on the deck of the ship right now and was getting ready to use a new training robot he made.
"Let's ease our way into this, how about level 2 shall we?" Jay asked as he started the robot, but it was suddenly moving around frantically and had a 9 on it's screen which shocked Jay greatly as it's level was on 9 while Lloyd saw him about to train.

"Hey Jay, i saw Zane trying to repair the Sparring bot earlier, isn't that your expertise? Later bro!" Lloyd said beginning to leave while the robot went frantic.

"Wait what?!" Jay asked shocked as he tried turning the thing off as the thing spun around like crazy to him.

"No no!!! ZANE!!!" Jay shouted with rage as the thing started to beat him up.

Spike and Zane was on the deck of the ship once again and was taking care of the laundry until they saw Lloyd walk up to them.
"Hello Lloyd, what brings you up here this fine morning?" Zane asked curiously.

"Surprised to see you up so early too, what's up?"

"Kai wanted me to pick up his ninja suit, he said he threw it in with your suits." Lloyd explained as he went and found Kai's suit.

"Ah, here it is, thanks." Lloyd said walking off again while whistling, they both smiled at him before they inspected they're clothing, they picked it up and saw that their suits.. had become pink, and they were both not happy about it at all.

"KAI!!!" Spike screamed with rage which echoed through the whole ship.

Everyone went into another part of the room, they were all really upset about what's happened, and they didn't know Lloyd was watching this from a hidden area.
"You couldn't just be happy with the top score, you had to rub it in my face!" Kai said upset about Cole beating Kai's score.

"Do you know how long it took me to make that, three day! Three days!" Cole said really mad about Jay ruining Cole's food.

"It's an honest said law okay? You don't just touch another man's robot!" Jay said upset with what Zane did.

"How are Spike and I supposed to strike fear in our enemy's?! Our suits are pink!" Zane said as he and Spike raised they're suits.

"Pink, freaking pink!!" Spike shouted with rage with what's happened to their suits.

Wu had walked into the room at the same moment and saw Spike and the others arguing, he sighed at this and went over and opened up the slide, they suddenly saw Lloyd laughing at them as it was revealed he did all of this for a prank which made them gasp in shock.
"You did this?!" Spike and the other's asked all at once.

"How were you able to get my suit pink?! My suit isn't white like Zane's!" Spike asked showing him his pink suit.

"I have many ways of doing a prank Spike." Lloyd said while chuckling still which irritated Cole a lot.

"Boys.. I get first dibs on..." Cole said with anger while he was about to punish him.

"No dibs! I put him up to this for today's lesson. I wanted to show you the power of rumors, and that jumping to conclusions can only lead to destruction, did any of you bother to see if the accusations were true?" Wu asked while Lloyd stood behind him.

"Uh, no offense sensei, but today's lesson is lame." Cole declared not happy about this at all.

"Yeah, why can't you teach us to paralyze your enemy with one finger? Or find out a man is lying by the twitch of his nose?" Jay asked as well not into this either.

"Or how about.. anything that isn't this?" Spike added while crossing his arms.

"Because not all lessons are about fighting!.. and I seemed to have misplaced my lesson book.." Wu admitted, Kai looked over to Lloyd and saw he was hiding the thing behind him and sighed.

"You mean this lesson book?" Kai asked while he took it from Lloyd which made him upset.

"It was the perfect plan, until you had to show up and mess everything up..." Lloyd said annoyed before Cole closed the slide door on him to shut out the noise.

"Thank you, now how are me and Zane gonna fix our suits?" Spike asked while looking at his pink gi.

But they're talk was stopped until they had heard Nya come on the intercom.
"If your done messing around, I could use you all on the bridge, we still have a snake problem to deal with, over and out!" Nya said from the intercom which made Kai sigh again.

"It's one thing to let the son of your nemesis live with you, but my sister? I mean come on! I thought this was a ninja headquarters!.. ow!" Kai shouted while Spike smacked his foot for saying that.

"That was really uncalled for dude." Spike said while brushing off his claws.

"You do know I can hear you Kai, and thank you for that Spike, over and out!" Nya said while she overheard that all which made Kai look ashamed.

Everyone made they're way to the bridge again and was wondering what was happening.
"Last we heard of Pythor, he stole the Map of Dens from Lloyd, and is now on the way to open the last 2 Serpentine tombs." Nya said while pointing at the map.

"Ugh, don't remind me.." Lloyd said shamefully while Spike patted his back.

"Pythor's our greatest threat, if he finds all 4 tombs before we do, with his intellect, and all 4 tribes unleashed, there's no telling what destruction he'll bring." Wu said worried about what's to come because of it.

"But those tombs could be anywhere! Without the Map of Dens we might as well just throw darts at a map." Jay pointed out which was true.

"Good idea, why don't we?" Nya asked before she literally threw 2 darts at the map on some certain spots.

"Nice shot." Spike complimented giving her a high five.

"Thanks, these are the location of the Hypnobrai and Fangpyre tombs.." Nya said before she threw a purple dart at another part of the map.

"And this is Pythor's tomb. After many hours of ruminating, I've discovered why the tombs are placed in these 3 precise locations, I've discovered a pattern.." Nya explained before she turned on a flashlight and showed a shadow of a snake over the map.

"If you notice, all 3 of them are for the Ninjago symbol of Serpent." Nya explained which gave them all where they are.

"So the last 2 tombs must be here, and here! Oh you are so smart." Jay said amazed with what she can do.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Nya asked proudly while they started to come up with a plan.

"There's little time. Kai and Jay, you head to the Venomari tomb! Cole, Spike and Zane, you take the Constrictai tomb! And take this, you might need it if you run into Pythor. Good luck ninja!" Wu instructed while he handed Cole the Sacred flute.
"What am I gonna do?" Nya asked unsure of what to do next.

"Yeah! What are we gonna do?" Lloyd asked which made her scoff a bit.

"Nya, I need you here to stay here, and make sure Lloyd doesn't get into anymore trouble." Wu instructed which made Lloyd sigh sadly hearing that.

"Yes sensei.." Nya said annoyed she has to stay behind again.

"Let's go boys, we got some snakes to catch!" Cole said confidently which made the team eager to go.

"Let's go guys!" Spike shouted as all of them ran out of the room together while Wu went up to the map and looked suspicious.

"Where are you Pythor, what are you up too?" Wu asked unsure of what his big plan is for them all.

We now cut to a shot of a huge mountain within Ninjago, but Spike, Cole and Zane were finally arriving at the scene and came out of their vehicles with their ninja suits, Spike didn't have his own yet and rid on Zane's bike to keep up with them.
"Ugh.. why did it have to be pink?" Spike asked annoyed with his and Zane's pink suits.

"Well, our vehicles won't traverse that mountain, we'll go the rest of the way on foot." Cole said confidently.

"But this is the Mountain of a Million steps, aren't we pressed for time?" Zane asked confused on what they're supposed to do.

"Then we'll take a shortcut." Cole said with a smug under his mask as he got an idea. We cut to Cole climbing up the mountain with ease while Spike and Zane held on tight to not fall off.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Spike asked afraid of them falling.

"Are we holding on to tight for you?" Zane asked worried for him as well.

"Light as a feather guys, almost there!" Cole assured as he hopped his way up the mountain even more, they even went above the mailman who was annoyed at them dropping a few rocks on him.

Cole continued climbing up the steps a bit more until they finally were able to reach the top of the place. They see a large hole in the ground and they see a rope was there, meaning someone already beat them here.
"Looks like Pythor was already here. Perhaps we should investigate." Zane suggested while Cole took heavy breaths.

"Cole you need a break?" Spike asked as he looked tired for a bit.

"Give me a second guys, go on ahead for a moment." Cole said taking a breather for a bit, Spike and Zane both slid down the rope and came into the dark tomb that was seemingly empty, Spike lit up a torch for Zane and they looked around the place, they didn't find anyone or anything here, but they did see some strange drawings on a wall.

"Huh, didn't a mama snake ever tell them not to draw on the wall?" Cole asked as he finally caught up with them.

"Zane, what do these mean?" Spike asked trying to figure this out.

"These images describe about one tribe wanting to unite them all." Zane observed while they saw all the snakes on the wall.
"Well those snakes have been at war for centuries." Cole said fascinated with what they were reading here.

"These say that once the tribes will unite, they will find the 4 silver Fang Blades that will unleash the Great Devourer, an ancient evil that will consume all the land turning day into night." Zane explained while sounding concerned.

"Turning something into a eternal night isn't that new to me honestly.." Spike said shrugging that off, but he was worried about this legend that's foretold.

"And you got all that from those pictures?" Cole asked surprised with what they just heard.

"This gives me concern, if Pythor finds and unites the tribes before Kai and Jay find him.." Zane said with worry as something was moving below the ground.

"Relax Zane, they're just a bunch of dumb snakes who believe in fairy tales, if anything they believe in.." Cole said right before they felt something move under them.

"Did you guys feel that?" Spike asked drawing out his weapon.

"I did, there's something in the ground, do not move guys." Cole said seriously while raising his hand.

But while they didn't move one bit, a large black snake had emerged from the ground and coiled around Zane while Spike and Cole flipped away from him.
"I've been waiting for you, Pythor sends his regards." Skalidor said mockingly while he hissed at them.

"Ugh, I see why Twilight doesn't like snakes." Spike said while charging up his lightning.

"Did you stay behind to tell us that? Pathetic!" Zane mocked which made him more upset.

"Look who's calling who pathetic, pinkie!" Skalidor mocked which made Spike and Cole make they're moves.

"Only I call him Pinkie!" Cole shouted before he slammed his Scythe on the ground while Spike shot a lightning blast at him to knock him down which freed Zane.

"Let's see if you like some music!" Spike shouted before Cole handed him the flute and Spike began playing the tune Wu did, this made Skalidor scream in pain while he covered his ears.

"Now!" Zane shouted before he and Cole delivered a strong kick to his head to knock him down.

"Good work guys." Spike said proudly while he handed the flute back.

"You two Spike, but he was expecting us, which means Kai and Jay may be walking into a trap, let's get out of here!" Cole declared before they started climbing up the rope that led them out of the tomb.

We cut to Kai and Jay just arriving at their location, they drove around in their vehicles before they vanished again and Kai and Jay landed on the ground like pros.
"Ew.." Jay said in disgust as this place smelt really bad.

"Hey don't look at me, we're in the Toxic Boggs, this stuff will eat through you worse then Cole's chili." Kai said while he planted a stick in the toxic water which melted through it in an instant.

Kai and Jay proceeded to hop their ways through the trees that helped them get to the Serpentine Tomb just ahead, it looked like it was sealed still and they needed to investigate, Jay pressed on a nearby switch which started to open it, but it did unleash a gross smell which disgusted Jay.
"Let's make this quick before Pythor gets here." Kai declared before they started moving in, but a sound caught Kai's attention which made him turn away for a bit before Jay came in for a report.

"This place looks empty, we must've just missed them, check this out... they say your the Green Ninja, but I say I am!" Jay shouted which echoed through the tomb which Jay found funny.

Kai looked around the place some more for any snakes, but he got startled when a strange frog was right below him which made him sigh in relief.
"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Kai advised as the frog hopped on a stone, but the stone suddenly began to rise and it turned out to be a Venomari which spat some of it's venom on him.

"Ugh!" Kai said in disgust as he started to feel the affects, his vision was getting wavy and his eyes were green, and he was starting to feel afraid.

"Jay? Jay!" Kai shouted with fear while spinning around again.

"No, I'm the real Jay!" Jay shouted in the tomb again which echoed through the place again.

More snakes appeared out of the ground and water and they began closing in on Kai who swung his sword around widely and his vision was starting to change.
"No, this is not good, Jay, Jay!!" Kai shouted with fear which finally got Jay's attention. Jay looked around the corner and saw Kai in the corner while he looked afraid.

"There's so many! Elves and Gingerbread people everywhere!" Kai shouted with fear which confused him.

"Okay.. I don't know what your seeing, but this is no time to lose yourself, i need you partner!" Jay said seriously while he twirled his nunchuks around.

"I've never fought little people before! We're toast!" Kai shouted with fear while looking around the place.

Just at that moment, Spike, Jay and Cole had arrived on the scene and jumped all the way order to them and drew they're weapons.
"Anybody order a little kick butt?!" Cole asked which echoed through the tomb again which made Jay laugh once more.

"Boo!" Pythor shouted suddenly as he finally appeared in front of them. Zane tried to play the flute again, but Pythor quickly snapped it away so they couldn't stop them.

"Let's not let music ruin things, hmm?" Pythor asked with a hiss while they were backing up from the snakes, Spike saw a nearby tree branch and jumped to it to avoid them, but he saw the others were backing up into a log that was on the acid water.

"Guys, look out!" Spike shouted just before they backed onto it.

"I have a sinking feeling, this is the last I'll see of you 5." Pythor said before he laughed mockingly which angered Spike.

"That's it, I used to hate dragons.. except for Spike, but now I officially hate snakes!: Cole declared really upset at this sight.

Spike felt his powers surge in him again, and this time, he felt Ice swelling inside him.
"Not on my watch!" Spike shouted with rage before he jumped off the tree, he drew his weapon and charged up the ice which formed around it, and with a battle cry, he landed on the ground and created a shockwave of ice as a result, the snakes hissed at Spike and he quickly got on his guard.

"Spike get out of there! There's to many for you!" Jay shouted while Spike blocked one of them and sweeped the snakes legs, he then shot a ice blast from his trident which froze a few snakes on the ground.

"I'm not gonna let them get away! Count on that!" Spike shouted while he began delivering strong kicks to each snake, he then jumped above them and started flipping off of them to take them down too.

"Oh, a little talking dragon thinks he can take on an army? How pathetic." Pythor mocked again which made Spike more angry, Spike turned to him and began charging at him while he started spinning around him, and he felt all 4 elements begin to swell around him, and a tornado began to form from his skills.

"I won't let you harm my friends.. Ninja go!!!" Spike screamed as he finally was able to learn Spinjitzu, and his tornado was of all the ninja's elements, Pythor had a look of shock seeing this and didn't have time to escape a strong hit from Spike which knocked him to the tree.

Spike spun around a bit more until he finally came out of the tornado, he felt a bit dizzy, but he also was surprised.
"Did.. Did I just do Spinjitzu?!" Spike asked amazed while he flipped over another snake.

"Spike just learned Spinjitzu! Awesome!!" Jay said amazed with his skills.

"It's like how we learned Spinjitzu before, go get em Spike!" Cole encouraged while the log was sinking further.

"Hang on guys, I'll get you out of there!" Spike shouted while he froze some snakes by the feet, but before Spike could reach the snakes, a strange rope appeared in front of them which confused them.

"A magic rope.." Kai said in awe while he walked to it.

"Quick, everyone go!" Jay shouted right as something began lowering to the ground.

Spike stopped his fighting with the snakes and had a look of shock as he saw a huge mech suit with tons of cool armor and gadgets around it.
"What the...?" Spike asked both shocked and amazed with what he's seeing. The mech aimed it's arm at them and the snakes screamed as it shot a net at them which pinned two snakes down, but they quickly dug underground to escape it while Pythor looked at the mech in fear.

"Oh dear.." Pythor said while the suit opened up and they saw a strange figure inside it.

"Pythor target confirmed." The warrior said while Pythor tried running away, but the warrior raised it's arm up and shot a blow dart on his back which made him scream with pain.

"Don't forget about me!" Spike shouted before he lunged directly at him and kicked him to the ground.

"Ugh, this isn't the last you'll see of me lizard!" Pythor shouted before he suddenly vanished like before.

"That's what they all say.." Spike said annoyed while the other's walked up to them.

"Who are you?" Cole asked curious while Spike noticed something just ahead of them, and walked off screen for a moment.

"How about the coolest thing I've ever seen?!" Jay asked amazed with what he just did.

"Santa?!" Kai asked amazed with what he's seeing.

"Thank you mysterious warrior, I owe you my life for saving..." Zane didn't have time to finish right before the warrior blew some sleeping gas on him which made Zane pass out as a result.

"Hey that wasn't nice!" Jay said upset at this, but the warrior shot more gas at them which made them pass out too before they could do anything.

The warrior was about to do this with Spike too, but he didn't see Spike with them, but looking ahead he saw Spike near a tree, and was inspecting something. Spike looked closer to what he saw and had a look of shock, it was a strange purple egg that was left alone.
"What's.. this doing here?" Spike asked confused while he picked it up, the egg looked like it was still able to hatch, it looked like a Serpentine egg, but why was it here?

"Who.. who left you here?" Spike asked looking at it while the warrior went up to him. Spike felt his presence and sighed before he turned around while holding the egg, the warrior saw Spike was holding the egg and was a bit surprised with what he found.

"Thanks for helping my friends, even though you did knock them out, I can handle things from here, you have stuff to do I'm sure, I gotta figure things out, I'll contact my friends to let them know where I am." Spike assured while he walked up to the others with the egg in hand, the warrior understood this and pressed on a button that brought him back to his mech.

"Get home safe young one." The warrior said before he ignited some gets on the mech's back and it began to fly off, leaving Spike alone with the others who were passed out. But Spike didn't have long to wait until he was blinded by a light, and he looked above im and saw the bounty just above him.

"Guys, down here!" Spike shouted while waving his hand around.

After that event, the ninja had finally woken up from the sleeping gas, and were all shocked with what happened today, Spike had the egg with him still, and they were all at the table discussing what happened.
"And then, he just left, I found this strange egg before it, and I learned Spinjitzu finally." Spike finished while everyone was fascinated.

"Impressive Spike, learning Spinjitzu is no easy feat, you should be proud for what learning such a technique, as for this egg you found, something tells me something good will come from it, you'd best hold onto it Spike." Wu advised while everyone looked at it, but Kai still felt the venom messing with his head.

"What do you think will come from the egg Spike? And why did that samurai leave like that?" Zane asked interested with what they're seeing.

" A Samur.. what?" Lloyd asked confused on that name.

"Samurai, highest level of warrior, they would protect nobility, and serve with honor on the battle field. " Wu explained making sure they could understand.

Spike held the egg still and didn't know what to do with it.
"It looks like a serpentine egg guys, but why would they leave it behind? Was it on purpose, or did they not even see it there?" Spike asked worried about this.

"I don't know Spike, but I think you could be a great father if you hatched it yourself, you were hatched by a unicorn named Twilight right? Maybe this can help you grow more as your own person." Nya suggested while Spike looked at it.

"Maybe, I wonder what I'll name the kid..." Spike said with interest while Kai couldn't even eat because of the venom.

"Okay, let's not let this samurai and egg distract us right now, all the Serpentine are out, and if Pythor can unite them, legend states some sort of great devourer is gonna consume the land and..." Cole said with worry which confused Nya a bit.

"Great Devourer?" Nya asked confused with that name.

"Whatever it is, it's a can of worms I don't wanna see opened." Cole said seriously while Lloyd looked on with regret.

"It's all my fault, if I hadn't opened the first tomb, none of this would've happened.." Lloyd said with regret while Spike patted his back.

"Hey, we did get some good stuff to come from it, like you." Spike assured which made Lloyd feel a bit better.

"We cannot change the past, but we can affect the future. As long as we have the Sacred Flute in our possession we can.." Wu tried to explain this to everyone, but they all looked pretty nervous.

"Yeah.. about that.." Jay said nervously trying to find a way to explain this.

"Pythor sort of.. stole it.." Zane said regretfully which shocked him.

"The last Sacred Flute, gone?! Oh.. you 5 are Ninjago's last hope now.." Wu said with fear knowing this, but they're dinner couldn't last much longer now, because the alarms had gone off once again which alerted them all.

"Cold vision must've caught something! That must mean the Serpentine are near!" Nya said seriously which made all of them get up.

"Oh no! Ninjago City?!" Cole asked with worry while they all went to the deck of the ship, they all looked at the large map on the screen, and saw there were hundreds of snakes moving underground beneath the city.

"How many are there?" Cole asked with worry while they looked at the map.

"Must be all of them, this isn't good." Kai said with fear seeing this.

"Pythor must be trying to unite the tribes." Zane declared which worried them all.

"Go, we mustn't let the 5 tribes unite!" Wu ordered while they began to leave, but Spike stopped for a moment and handed Wu the egg.

"Put this on my bed, I'll take care of it when I get back!" Spike asked before he ran off too while Wu looked at the egg with interest.

Everyone ran into a large room to prepare for what's to come.
"Ninja go!!" They all shouted as they used Spinjitzu to change into they're outfits, but Spike and Zane's were still pink because of Lloyd's prank.

"Oh, I must get this taken care of." Zane said annoyed at this.

"Hey, it feels great to do Spinjitzu, I see why it's so important here." Spike said proudly while Kai fell down from still being dizzy.

"Don't worry, it'll wear off soon, but for now, you're coming with me." Jay said while he helped him up, Kai groaned again and was finally feeling the affects wear off.

Everyone went to the deck of the ship once again and they all were above the clouds, Spike and the others jumped off the deck and they began skydiving down while Kai screamed in fear.
"This is awesome!!" Spike shouted with joy as they all were coming upon a huge city in the night, Cole took out his weapon and used his powers to forge his vehicle and he dived down to the city, Spike got near Zane and he used his weapons to forge his bike and they began diving down to the large buildings. They landed on the side of one building and they drove all the way down it until they landed directly in an alley with the other's following behind.

Everyone looked around the huge city with amazement, there was so many bright lights and large buildings that were bigger then any castle Spike's seen, it was something that was truly amazing seeing for the first time.
"Ninjago City.. it's amazing.. I've always heard stories about this place.." Kai said in awe of what he's seeing.

"The biggest city in all of Ninjago. Always wanted to come here." Jay said amazed with the sight.

"It's even better then Canterlot.." Spike said amazed with how huge it was.

"Um, guys, where are the snakes? We should be in the middle of a massive gathering?" Zane asked as they didn't see any, but they looked at a manhole just below them and smelt a familiar stench coming from it.

"Ugh, I hate snakes.." Cole said annoyed at this.

Spike and the group made they're way through the subways to find them all, and it didn't take long for them to find dozens of them all gathered together, Pythor was on the top of a bus and was trying to convince them all to come together.
"That's a lot of snakes.." Cole said with concern seeing all of this.

"We need to stop them before they unite." Spike said while staying close to the others.

"What are we gonna do?" Jay asked with worry, but Kai had got an idea on what they can do.

"I have an idea, follow my lead." Kai declared before they quickly ran off to deal with this.

Pythor was trying to get them together by making jokes at each tribes expense which did make the snakes laugh a bit, and Pythor tried using this to unite them.
"Okay, but in all honestly, the reason I've brought you here is because.. the good people of Ninjago, imprisoned us in those insidious tombs, and I want to return the favor!" Pythor declared which made the snakes cheer in response, but Kai had lowered down a rope and used what Wu had taught them earlier.

"That sounds like a great plan! But you know the Hypnobrai will screw it up!" Kai mocked which upset some of them.

"Who said that?!" A snake asked annoyed while Spike snuck behind some.

"Bet those Constrictai won't let go of they're bad ways of getting their tails handed to them!" Spike mocked which angered a few snakes even more.

"All of that digging must've given them dirt for brains!" Zane mocked while they looked at the snakes from below.

"What's going on?! Why am I losing them?!" Pythor asked angered with his plan starting to fail, Scales didn't know what's going on either, but he saw Cole running on a higher area which gave him his answer.

"Ninja! Don't worry, I'll take care of it!" Scales assured before he went off to deal with them. Cole was looking down at the snakes and wondered what to do next, but something suddenly grabbed him from the ground and he screamed before being brought down. The other's were looking around too, but Kai suddenly got dragged down too which worried the others.

"Move!" Spike shouted as they saw the ground moving below them, Jay tried to escape with them but more Constrictai appeared from the ground and had surrounded him.

"Run!!" Jay screamed as more snakes emerged before Spike and Zane , and they had to run for they're lives.

Spike and Zane ran through the subway and tried to find the way out, but the way out was blocked and they heard the snakes getting closer.
"Over there!" Spike whispered as they saw a pink wall in front of them, they quickly ran over to it and stood absolutely still as the snakes past by them, and luckily they didn't notice the two because they're suits blended in with the wall thankfully.

"Okay, I'll give Lloyd credit, pink does have it's ways." Spike said surprised that this worked.

"I agree my friend, come on, let's save the others." Zane said seriously before they ran off to rescue the others.

The tribes were still angered at the insults that they heard while Pythor looked over all of them.
"Did you take care of them?" Pythor asked impatiently.

"All but 2." Scales reported as a snake opened a closet and they saw Kai and the other's were tired up after being captured.

"Search every nook and corner, if they're ninja's, you'll never find them in plan sight!" Pythor ordered just before one of the snakes saw something.

"Look, two pink ninjas!" He shouted while Spike and Zane dived down from below and swung on a rope.

"Go pink ninjas go!!" Kai and the others encouraged while Spike jumped off the rope and kicked Scales off the train while Zane kicked Pythor down too which made the snakes cheer at surprisingly.

Spike drew his trident and went to the others and freed them with Zane.
"Come on guys, let's go!" Spike shouted while they started to run away from the snakes through a tunnel.

"Let's blow this popsicle stand! Ninja go!!" Zane shouted while he used his Spinjitzu which was a pink tornado because of the suit.

"Heh, Popsicle stand, I like it!" Jay said laughing at this. Zane drew his Shuriken's and twirled them around for a moment right before he shot ice on the walls, he used his powers to completely freeze the tunnel which made some snakes slip off of it as a result. Zane formed his vehicle out of the powers once again and the other's hopped onto it to make they're escape.

"Later suckers!!" Spike mocked while they drove away at fast speeds while Pythor and the snakes had lost their balance, and they saw the ninja had escaped.

"You'll have to do more then that to unite the tribes!" Scales said while trying to help him up.

"Get your hands off me!!" Pythor shouted while still looking furious at this failure.

Spike and the other's had made they're way back to the Bounty after escaping the snakes, Spike got the egg he found after getting back home, and they all went to finish up they're dinner.
"You know, whether or not it was in a lesson book, we used the destructive powers of rumors to our advantage." Cole said feeling proud they stopped this.

"And now they're further away from getting their act together." Kai declared feeling proud about this too.

"You know I don't think we would've gotten out of there if it wasn't for Zane and Spike." Jay said before he turned to them both.

"Don't thank us, thank Lloyd, if it wasn't for his" Laundry skills" We all would've been found." Zane joked which made the group laugh a bit.

"Yeah, that's so true.." Spike said while laughing at this too.

Lloyd had opened up the slide door a few minutes later, and he held a few pairs of clothing that were of Spike and Zane's GI's
"Well it took 20 loads, but you and Spike's suits are no longer pink! And to show that I'm sorry Cole, I got you a can of nuts!" Lloyd said while holding out one.

"Oh yeah, don't think I don't see what this is, once I open the cap a bunch of snakes are gonna come out, right? Heh, no thank you." Cole said chuckling a bit while he went to a fridge, but when he opened it, he screamed like a little girl as multiple rubber snakes jumped out at him, and that made the group laugh even harder.

"These are nuts Cole!" Spike said while he was munching on some from the very can Lloyd offered, the other's had continued to laugh after this day, but as they did, Spike looked back at the serpentine egg he found, and he wondered if he could raise a snake if it comes to hatch..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this, to make this story become a bit different from the show, I'm gonna have Spike have a serpentine child to raise during it, this was recommended to me by a friend, so I'm glad to put this in the story, while it may not play that large a role in future seasons, I still think it'll be nice to help set Spike apart and make him feel like an inclusion, so I hope you don't mind that, thanks for reading this chapter and I hope you have a good day guys!

6: Snake King

We open to another day within Ninjago, a few days had passed since Spike and the ninja stopped the tribes from uniting for now, while it was a relief to stop them for now, Spike had a feeling it was gonna be short lived, Spike's been trying to make sure he understands Spinjitzu ever since he finally learned it, it felt so cool to use, and it was definitely something Twilight and the others would be jealous of with Spike learning it, and with the fighting skills Spike's gaining, he's getting there as a ninja.

But Spike was pretty focused on the strange egg he found a few days back, he's been taking good care of it since he found it, he doesn't know why it was there, or why the Serpentine would leave it there, but Spike just felt the urge to protect it, maybe it was the result of him being hatched and raised by Twilight is the reason he's wanting to protect it, to show how much he's really learned from her, he just doesn't know how he can raise a snake if the child hatches from it..

Spike sighed as he was in his room once again, he'd been keeping watch over the egg for most of the day, and didn't know how to figure things out, but he then heard a knock on the door behind and he saw Cole coming into the room, he looked concerned for him and was wondering what's going on.
"You alright buddy?" Cole asked with concern while Spike kept looking at the egg.

"I'm.. okay, just been watching over this thing, there's just been.. stuff I've had to think about for a while." Spike admitted while Cole sat next to him.

"Your still thinking about your friends back home huh? I'm sure they're really worried for you, any family should." Cole said while trying to help him.

"I'm.. really worried for them, I just was sucked into this world with no way back, or way to contact them, I'm sure they're doing they're best to try and find me, but.. I honestly don't think I'll see them again.. for a long time.." Spike said sadly while he thought over the last time he saw them.

"What makes you think that? We've only known you for a few weeks at this point, I'm sure we'll find a way to get you home, maybe the dragons we had will find a way to get you home?" Cole suggested which may be true, but Spike had his doubts.

"I don't know Cole, with the sudden responsibility of being a ninja, and maybe even having to take care of a child that will come from this egg, to me having to learn all your elements, it's just something I don't know will help if I make it back home.. especially with the stuff I know now." Spike said while he put a spark of fire in his hands for an example.

"I can understand the strains of having to be responsible Spike, it does things to you in ways that you may not know, I had to take care of myself a lot when growing up, I didn't have much time with my dad, and my mother.. wasn't with us anymore, but it was my will to keep pushing myself is what made me what I am today, I'm sure you'll find out how to handle all of this soon too Spike." Cole assured while Spike was interested hearing stuff regarding Cole's family.

"How tough was it for you? What was it like with your family? I never knew my birth parents, and knowing you had one makes me wanna know.. what was it like?" Spike asked turning to him while Cole sighed hearing that too.

"It wasn't easy Spike, my dad wasn't always able to be home, he was always out with his group , and I had to take care of myself, I know it may have been his way of processing my mother's loss, but he rarely spent time with me after that. I met Wu on a mountain I climbed one day, and he was the first step I took to getting what feels like a real family to me, after I felt like I lost my own.." Cole said sadly which made Spike feel regret for him.

"I'm.. sorry to hear that, to think you went through that stuff, and yet I never even knew my own, it's.. hard.." Spike said regretfully while he turned back to the egg.

"It is hard Spike, but it's what helped me make me who I am today, I'm sure over time you'll get used to this new life too, and who knows, you might make a good parent for whenever this egg hatches, you sure your still thinking about raising a snake Spike? We don't even know what type it will be yet?" Cole asked looking at it too with concern.

"I think I do wanna raise it, I know the feeling of being abandoned, but being raised by someone like Twilight was some of the best parts of my life, and.. I want whatever comes from this to experience it the best I can do for it as a parent." Spike said while he rubbed the thing a bit, and felt a small movement inside of it which made Cole smile a bit.

"I'm sure you'll do a great job raising it Spike, just promise me to look after it, I'll be there when you need help, even if I have my problem with snakes, this one may be different, just.. try and be a better father then my own was alright? Look after it, and keep it safe." Cole asked while patting his back.

"I I'll try, thanks for this advise Cole, it's nice to get to talk with you during moments like these." Spike said gratefully as the two stood up again.

"No problem buddy, come on, the other's are about to eat, we'll talk more about this later alright?" Cole asked while Spike put the egg in a specially made bed to keep it safe.

"Sounds good, let's hope we won't have much to worry about today." Spike said hopefully as they left the room with the egg resting soundly, and it was moving around just a little bit..

The Bounty was flying through the sky's normally once again, and just behind them, the mailman was traveling to it while holding something.
"Wait! Slow down! I got a package for Sensei Wu!" He shouted while trying to fly to it, Spike and the other's were currently in the dining room again and trying to eat while having a discussion.

"First, I'll stomp on his tail, then when he turns, a thunderclap to his ears! Then when he's stunned, I'll disarm him!" Lloyd said confidently while Wu walked in with a package.

"Too late, he's already hypnotized you and now your under his control!" Cole countered while they discussed how to deal with each type.

"Or he's already put you in a tight squeeze." Zane added while clutching his hand.

"Or spit on you with his venom, trust me, it's bad stuff." Kai said while shaking that memory off of him.

"Uh.. uncle, what's the best way to stun a serpentine if you don't know what kind they are?" Lloyd asked looking at Wu who was sitting down now.

"Sadly, it was the sacred flute you 5 carelessly lost." Wu said while looking over Spike and the group.

"Now hold on, we didn't lose it, Pythor stole it!" Jay countered not wanting the blame to be on them.

"Whatever the case, I fear that without the flute, we have nothing to combat they're powers. We may have prevented them from uniting in the past, but they will try again, and one day, they will be stronger." Wu advised which worried the group.
"I had a bad feeling that may happen one day.." Spike said with worry while thinking about it.

"So what's in the box sensei?" Lloyd asked while walking up to Wu.

"Your new uniforms!" Wu announced while he opened it up, and there were 5 new suits for Spike and the others.

"New suits?!" Spike asked amazed while they all took them out and saw the detail they had to it, Spike's was almost fully armored and had way tougher material made then with his current.

"Whoa! They've got like armor!" Jay said amazed seeing this.

"I love the gold highlights!" Kai said amazed at this design too.

"Battle claws!" Cole added amazed at this too.

"The material is really light and breathable!" Zane said impressed which was weird to hear from Jay.

"Aw, nothing for me?" Lloyd asked feeling a bit upset at this.

"Um.. you get uh.. the box." Wu offered pulling it to him, but the alarms had gone off once again which alerted everyone there.

Spike and the other's quickly made they're way to the bridge again to see what's going on currently in Ninjago.
"Sorry to stop the talk boys, but it looks like our slithering friends are stirring up trouble over at Mega monster Amusement Park." Cole said seriously while he homed in on the location.

"Amusement park?! Can I go?! Can I go please?! Let me make things up I can help!" Lloyd begged really wanting to go.

"I'm sorry nephew, you must stay here where it's safe." Wu replied which made him upset.

"Aw.. ninja get all the fun.." Lloyd said feeling jealous about this.

"Maybe next time buddy." Spike said while patting his back again.

"What do you say guys? Time to try out the new merchandise?" Jay asked while everyone looked at they're new suits eagerly.

Everyone went out to the deck of the ship once again to get ready to skydive, Spike and the others got in their new suits and felt awesome wearing it, Spike's new suit was fully armored and had purple and gold colors around it, there was still a dragon symbol on the chest and shot out all the elements the others use, and Spike just felt amazing wearing it.
"Best thing about being a ninja, it's the suit designs, Rarity would be jealous of these!" Spike said amazed while looking at himself.

"Tell me about it! This will definitely help us with fighting!" Kai said eagerly while they all looked over the ledge.

"Ready to go guys?!" Spike asked excitedly while they all got ready to jump.

"Ninja go!!!" They all shouted before they jumped off the Bounty and began Skydiving down to the amusement park. Spike dived near Jay and he brought him close before he used his powers to form his elemental vehicle, and they all cheered in joy as they dove directly down through the clouds.

They didn't have to wait a few more seconds until they came upon the amusement park, and were able to land down and they all drew they're golden weapons.
"Oh, that will never get old!" Spike said amazed at this cool action still, they heard what sounded like people screaming just up ahead and got ready to fight.

"Haha, ladies! Relax, relax! We have arrived! We're here too..." Jay said confidently right before they walked through the crowd and they saw the serpentine attacking the place were somehow tied up.

"Uh.. what just happened?" Kai asked confused on how this is possible.

"Oh, you like totally missed it! There were these icky snakes going around until this mysterious samurai came in and saved everyone!" A citizen explained while Spike looked at the snakes with shock hearing that.

"He was like, gorgeous!" A woman said gleefully at the thought of it.

"You saw his face?" Kai asked confused while Nya was walking up with some cotton candy with her.

"Nah, but we can totally tell." She replied while Nya handed out the treats to the other people.

"Nya? How did you get here?" Spike asked shocked with how fast she got here.

"Nya! Your here!" Jay said with surprise while Kai moved past the others to see that.

"Yeah, you just missed it, he just flew in, took care of business, and flew off! It was pretty cool." Nya explained as they can see people saying how the samurai is better then the ninja and could take them down.

"Ugh, who is this guy?" Kai asked frustrated to hear this.

"I don't know, but he's got skill I'll give him that." Spike said impressed with how fast things were taken care of.

"Whoever this guy is, he's stealing our thunder!" Cole said jealous of this.

"And we just got these new suits too! Ugh, I'm gonna say it, I hate Samurai!" Jay said annoyed while crossing his arms.

"Do I hear a hint of jealousy?" Wu asked while he was here too.

"Oh, not another les... wait, how'd you get here so quick?!" Jay asked surprised that he was here already.

"Does this mean Lloyd's here too if your both here?" Spike asked looking around for him.

"The lesson is, iron sharpens iron, and yes Spike, Lloyd's playing with the minigames right now." Wu answered which confused Zane a bit.

"I do not follow, sensei?" Zane asked not understanding this.

"Healthy competition can help you reach your true potential faster, do not be jealous of this Samurai, let it inspire you. Ooh! Ferris Wheel!" Wu said with joy as he ran up to the one just ahead of them.

"Guess even he has his favorite rides here too." Spike said shrugging this off a bit.

"Inspire guys? What does that mean?" Jay asked not getting it fully.

"Wait a minute.. maybe the old man's right." Kai asked himself while getting an idea.

"He wants us to compete with the samurai? He's got all the cool gadgets, we don't stand a chance!" Cole asked not wanting that to happen.

"Don't jinx it Cole." Spike warned as this kind of stuff can happen.

"No, not that, not with him, but with us! I say we make this our own competition, whoever's skilled enough to catch this samurai is probably the best of the bunch!" Kai said confidently while twirling his sword around.

"So, whoever learns the samurai's identity, is the one that will become the destined Green Ninja! Ha! I love it!" Jay said amazed at this idea.

"Your still thinking about that guys? Remember what I said back at the monastery?" Spike asked as it won't be this to prove who's the Green ninja.

"Think of it like a way to start our journey to becoming the Green Ninja, Spike, you guys ready for this?" Cole asked with confidence.

"Ninja go!!!" They all shouted again as they got a new goal to achieve.

After that agreement with the others, Spike went back taking care of the serpentine egg he found a few days back, the others were out on missions, but Spike wanted to stay behind and take care of his egg, he knew the others and the Samurai could handle themselves if they encounter those snakes, so Spike needed time to look after it.
"When will you hatch little guy? Will I be able to raise you?" Spike asked curiously while Lloyd was walking into the room too.

"Hey Spike, you still looking over that egg?" Lloyd asked coming up to him.

"Yeah, the other's are out and about, while they think finding the Samurai's identity will make them the Green Ninja, I feel like I'm the only one who sees right now that that may not work, it may be because of one's personal struggles they're going through." Spike explained while Lloyd chuckled a bit.

"They're taking this Green Ninja thing way too seriously, who would wanna title that puts so much pressure on them? There are people who can't handle that kind of pressure if it's put on them, I don't think they realize that being the Green Ninja will have a huge burden, even if it is a legend." Lloyd suggested while sitting next to him.

"That mainly depends on WHO is chosen Lloyd, I know I'm not the Green Ninja, fighting by his side and being a true friend to him is good enough for me, and when this egg hatches, I'll have my own snake child to raise too." Spike said with a smile while looking back at the egg.

"I can tell you'll take good care of it Spike, my father wasn't exactly the best with raising me, you know since he's.. Lord Garmadon? I don't think raising me is.. something he'd focus on.. even if I'm his son.." Lloyd said as he was getting a bit sad thinking about it.

"You shouldn't think that Lloyd, even though I haven't met him yet, I'm sure that deep down, under all that evil in him, there's a part that does care for you, and whoever defeats him, maybe that'll finally help him find peace?" Spike said while trying to comfort him.

"I honestly don't know Spike, the Green Ninja will have a lot of responsibility's to do, I never had much to do when I was alone, and I just.. don't know if pressure like that will help me.." Lloyd said while he looked at the floor and thinking about how much it could pressure the chosen one.

"There's just things we have to accept in life Lloyd, I'm a ninja now, I know Spinjitzu, I'm in another world from my own, and I may not see my friends for.. a really long time, but even with all that.. I know it'll turn out okay in the end.. it has too.." Spike said hopefully while he looked at his ninja suit.

"Let's just hope whoever gets that tittle, you'll be there for them, every step of the way, even if you'll have a snake to raise." Lloyd prayed while he looked at the egg again.

"Me too buddy.. me too.." Spike said with hope as they took in this moment, and wondered who it will be.

After Lloyd's talk with Spike, Lloyd was picked up by Kai and was being taken to an Arcade so he could spend some time having fun, they went to Ninjago city again so Lloyd would have a fun time.
"Okay, I know it's my turn to look after you, but just stay put while I look around alright? I have a feeling the Samurai " Kai asked while he handed him some coins to play the games.

"Let me help!" Lloyd said eagerly still wanting to help.

"Sorry kid." Kai said refusing to do that.

"Come on! At least drop me off at a decent arcade." Lloyd said annoyed with him being left like this.

"Sorry shorty!" Kai apologized before he stepped on the engine and began to leave.

"Kai wait!!" Lloyd screamed as he drove off at fast speeds and left Lloyd at the arcade which was just annoying to him.

Lloyd was about to make his way into the arcade, but he stopped walking as soon as he heard some strange voices coming from a nearby alley.
"I tell you he's found it, and everyone is gathering again!" Scales said as he was with some more snakes.

"Impossible, the lost city does not exist." A snake hissed while refusing to believe Scales's story.

"Well it's not lost anymore! Come on, I hear there is going to be a fight." Scales said as they were moving to a bus while Lloyd was hearing the whole thing out. Lloyd decided to sneak on board the bus with them, and saw there was some snake cosplay being sold at a store, so he used the coins Kai gave him to purchase them, so he could disguise himself as a snake. Lloyd quickly made his way to the bus that was just about to leave, and was about to hop on.

"Hey, you! Hold it there!" Scales ordered which startled him a bit.

"Last one in, closes the door!" Scales declared which relieved him a bit.

"Oh. sure thing!" Lloyd replied while he closed the door and the bus headed out of the city.

It took till nightfall for the bus to reach the desert, Lloyd was looking around the place and was wondering what they found, this Lost City of Ouroboros that Scales mentioned, but thankfully it didn't take much longer for them to reach an ancient city that was raised from the ground, Pythor and Scales found it just a couple days back, and they were now attempting to unite the tribes again. The bus had stopped at a large arena that was directly in the center, and there were hundreds of snakes in the stands and were cheering for things to get started. Lloyd nervously looked around the place and he saw Pythor and Scales were directly ahead, and they were under a large snake statue just above them.

"Just do what I said, and I promise you, you will be my second in command." Pythor said while turning to Scales before he went to the large audience for an announcement.

"I bring you to the Lost City of Ouroboros, before the statue of our very own.. Great Devourer! To speak of unity!" Pythor announced while they all looked at the statue.

"Where are the fights?! Where is the big show?!" A snake asked getting impatient which made the other's cheer for them to fight in the Slither Pit for leadership.

"You want to see a show?! You want to see a fight? I ask for your allegiance but you will not give it! So, I will take it!" Pythor said while he slithered over to the other generals who were on the other side.

"What are you saying?!" Fangtom asked while they stood against him.

"I challenge the 4 tribe generals for they're staffs, and they're allegiance! At once!" Pythor announced which made the snakes cheer even more.

"I've worked hard for this staff! And will not give it up easily!" Acidius hissed while the generals got ready to fight.

"There's no way he can defeat the 4 of us at once!" Skalidor said while he tried to strike him down, but Pythor flipped away from the attack and tail whipped him for a counter attack. Pythor kept fighting the other generals off the best he could but soon got tackled down by all of them, but Scales quickly handed him the Sacred Flute Pythor stole, Pythor took a deep breath before he played the tune that made the other generals scream in pain.

"He's using the Sacred Flute against his own!" Lloyd said with shock while they kept screaming from the music. Scales had thrown down his staff and Pythor soon took care of the other generals who couldn't fight back because of the music.

"Bow, to your master! Bow to your master Serpentine!" Pythor announced to all the tribes who bowed in respect with the understanding that he's in charge now, but this caused Lloyd's disguise to slip up and he dropped his maracas as a result, Pythor saw the Maracas fall down and he looked up to where they fell from, Lloyd got really scarred and tried to escape until he was grabbed by another snake.

"And where do you think your going?!" The snake asked while Lloyd's disguise fell off which completely exposed him.

"Lloyd?!" Pythor asked with rage and he was very scarred for what's gonna happen next..

We cut back to the next day at Bounty, the ninja were frustrated at the Samurai's constant advantages over them and were discussing how to catch him.
"Having to deal with the Samurai is more of a nuisance then the snakes! Any luck with you?" Cole asked looking at the others.

"Nope, I'm not really interested with picking a fight I can't win." Spike said shrugging it off.

"I think it's for the best, I hate to say it, but none of us are closer to being the Green Ninja.." Kai said regretfully while Wu was walking into the room.

"Looks like iron, is sharpening iron, I see you are getting closer to your true potential." Wu said while he looked at Cole again but noticed Lloyd wasn't here.

"Where's my nephew? I thought you were looking after him?" Wu asked turning to Kai.

"I thought Cole was gonna pick him up?" Kai asked turning to him.

"I didn't see anyone there when I went to pick him up!" Cole said in defense while Spike got mad knowing Kai left Lloyd alone without anyone with him.

"Who would leave a 10 year old kid alone at an arcade like that Kai? How are you supposed to be the Green Ninja if you were so careless like that?" Spike asked frustrated to know Kai left Lloyd alone like that.

"Spike is right, that was wrong for you to do Kai, we must find Lloyd." Wu said seriously which made them all start to head out again.

Spike and the group went back to the arcade Lloyd was last seen to hopefully find him, they made it to the place and looked inside to see if he was around.
"Lloyd? You here?!" Spike asked looking around the place, but they didn't see anyone who looked like him.

"Where is he? Someone must've seen him?" Kai asked getting really worried for him, Cole noticed a street post just above him and saw there was a camera attached to it.

"Hey guys, check this out!" Cole announced which got everyone's attention, they all went to the camera room to see where Lloyd was previously at, and saw him on screen just as Kai left.

"There's the pipsqueak! Play that back!" Jay said as they saw him looking into a strange alley before they saw him going to it in a snake disguise.

"Lloyd what are you doing?" Spike asked worried for him as they saw this.

Spike and the others went to the alley Lloyd went too and saw his footprints from the day before, but the tracks ended at a street where it looked like a bus had left.
"Guys, I think Lloyd may have snuck his way into Serpentine territory.." Spike said worried to see this.

"And I think i know where it leads, come on boys!" Kai said seriously as they all began following the trail while getting in they're vehicles again.

Spike was in Cole's vehicle this time and they all had driven through the dessert for miles, it felt like they were hours away from the city at this point, but were soon coming upon a strange ancient city in the sands ahead.
"What is that place?" Cole asked confused to see it.

"Looks like Snake city!" Jay said in surprise to see this.

"Let's get a closer look." Kai said as they drove to the place even faster to investigate, it didn't take long for them to make it to the huge city and they were able to use they're skills to sneak inside the place.

The group looked around the place and saw all the tribes were here, and they were getting worried to see this.
"What's going on here?" Kai asked while they tried figuring out what this place is together.

"It appears Pythor has successfully united all of the tribes.." Zane observed while they looked around the place said upset to see all of this.

"There's so many of them.. what do we do?" Spike asked worried on how they can stop this.

"Guys, look! There's Lloyd!" Kai whispered as they saw Lloyd in a cage and was looking upset to be trapped here.

"Oh, and look at who they worship!" Jay pointed out since there was a large snake statue just above him.

"We can't let Lloyd be held here, we need to save him, now!" Spike said seriously while he drew his Trident.

"Let's get em boys!" Kai said confidently before they were about to run to save him, but a cage suddenly slammed down before them and trapped them inside while they also lost they're weapons which got all the snakes attention.

"Spike, guys!" Lloyd said with shock while Pythor slithered up to them with a sinister look.

"Looks like we've caught the main event!" Pythor said while he laughed mockingly.

Spike and the other's had their weapons taken away from them for now, and they were being taken by more guards to the center of the large pit in the arena.

"Oh, I hate gladiator battles!" Spike said upset to know they have to fight something in a few minutes.

"Tell me about it! It never ends well for anyone who's forced to fight like this!" Jay said annoyed at this too while Pythor began to announce something again.

"You say you wanted a battle, and I give you one! I give you.. Ninja and Dragon, Vs Samurai!" Pythor announced as the cage in front them began to open, and they all looked shocked as they saw the Samurai was captured too and was marching too them.

"Oh you gotta be kidding me!" Spike said annoyed to see this.

"What?! We have to fight the Samurai?! We don't even have our Golden Weapons, and he has that thing of hulking armor! It's not fair!" Jay said annoyed at this unfair advantage.

"I want to see once and for all who is the greatest hero! Is it Samurai? Or the Ninja? Only the victor will be allowed to leave!" Pythor announced while they got ready to fight.

"Stay together guys!" Kai said with worry while Spike tried thinking of something.

"Perhaps we could convince him to help us! After all, he hates the Serpentine too!" Zane suggested while they turned to him, but the Samurai threw a sharp disk directly at them which they barely dodged as it bounced all over the ring and back to him.

"Scratch that! He is not on our team!" Cole shouted as the mech charged at them and tried swiping at them, but Spike and the other's quickly flipped above him to avoid it.

Spike and the others landed behind him and got in a fighting stance while the Samurai threw the sharp disk at them again, but Spike got an idea and used his lightning to stop it, he then grabbed it and flipped in the air to toss it back at him.
"How do you like that?!" Spike shouted while the snakes continued to cheer for them. The Samurai countered this by drawing a huge sword and he slashed at them all who tried flipping above it's slashes.

"Tornado of Creation?" Zane suggested to the others who already liked that idea.

"Spike, get back!" Kai warned which he agreed to, Spike quickly went back for cover as he watched each of the ninja use they're Spinjitzu to form a massive tornado that sucked in dozens of items around the area, this even got the Samurai's sword sucked in and Spike watched in awe as they created a huge slingshot out of the materials they made, and they shot a spiked iron ball at the mech to knock it down.

"Way to go guys!" Spike cheered while Jay high fived him, they all ran up to Pythor and Scales and were about to take them down, but Pythor pulled on a lever that made spiked traps appear from the ground which trapped them in the ring.

"Aw, why can't anyone play fair?!" Jay asked annoyed before Pythor pulled the switch again and this began making the ring turn itself till Spike and the other's were losing they're balance.

"Are you kidding me right now?!" Spike asked annoyed while they all hung on the spikes to not fall into the pit below them.

"Can this get any worse?!" Cole asked annoyed too while the Samurai hung by they're side, but it had an idea to escape.

"We must continue to make it look like we are fighting for real!" The Samurai said looking at them.

"Hold on, we're not fighting for real?" Jay asked shocked to hear this.

"Keep up the show, and hold onto my battle suit!" The Samurai instructed which was enough for them.

"I hope you know what your doing!" Spike shouted as they all jumped onto his suit to make it look like they're fighting, the Samurai activated the suits boosters, and they were about to take off, but the suit was starting to slow down because of all the weight.

"There's to much weight!" Kai said with worry on what to do, but the Samurai pressed on the mech's chest which opened the suit up, and he jumped out of the suit which made it take off with the others.

"I can't believe he just saved us!" Cole said amazed that this happened.

"He actually was on our side!" Spike said surprised to see this too.

"But he stole our thunder again!" Kai said annoyed to know this.

"Oh, I hate that Samurai!!!" Jay shouted with anger while realizing this.

Pythor and the rest of the snakes watched Spike and the ninja take off into the skies so they could come back another day.
"Go ninja go!!" Lloyd cheered while the Samurai landed back on the ground and began charging to Pythor to get Lloyd back, but Pythor pulled Lloyd out of the cage and held him hostage to stop this.

"Get him!!" Pythor shouted with anger which dozens of snakes begin marching to him, but the Samurai used a magnetic device he had on him to bring the Golden Weapons too him, he then quickly jumped in the air and caught all 5 of them at once before he took out his disk and threw it directly at the switch which made the platform they were all on begin to tip over again. The snakes around him began falling down into the pit while the Samurai used it's jetpack to fly on over to the statue to look over all the snakes who cheered for him winning, but Pythor was extremely frustrated with all of them escaping and the Samurai quickly took off with the weapons while Spike and the others flew around in the suit.

"How do you turn this thing off?!" Kai screamed with fear as the mech wouldn't stop flying around.

"Brace yourselves guys!" Spike screamed right as the mech crashed into the ground far away from the city which got everyone to crash onto the sand. Jay groaned as he was finally getting up from the crash, he looked over the others and saw Spike and Kai weren't' with them.

"Where are Kai and Spike?!" Jay asked with worry while the others were getting up too.

Spike and Kai got separated from the others as a result of the crash, and Spike helped Kai out of the sand.
"You alright Kai?" Spike asked while holding his head.

"I'm fine Spike, thanks. Where are the others?" Kai asked worried while they didn't see anyone with them, the Samurai was flying through the desert and was trying to head back home too, but the jetpack started to malfunction and Spike and Kai saw the Samurai fly down to an area just ahead.

"Come on, he may be hurt!" Spike said while they quickly made they're way up to him.

The Samurai was finally getting back up from the crash, but the suit was damaged, and they could see him just up ahead.
"Testing, testing.. one.. two.." The samurai said right as he took off the helmet while Kai and Spike looked saw this from a distance, but they noticed a familiar hairstyle that belonged to a friend of theirs, which made them realize one thing.
"Nya?" Spike and Kai asked at once which got her attention, she quickly put her helmet back on so they don't see her.

"Steer clear ninja! Don't look..." Nya said as she tried to not reveal herself, but she saw they could see through this and had no choice but to reveal herself.

"At me.." Nya finished sadly after she took off her helmet.

"Nya? We don't get it, your the mysterious Samurai?" Kai asked surprised to see this.

"How come you never told us?" Spike asked worried to see this too.

"It was always a boys club for you, you never let me try to help, so.. I found my own way to be a hero, are you two mad?" Nya asked concerned if they were, but Spike understood this perfectly, it was like how he felt when Twilight and the others got to do stuff on their own, without him helping.

"No, I understand this, I've felt this way for a while back home, it makes sense you'd want to hide this, I'm sorry we never let you come with us, I should know this better then anyone else.." Spike said regretfully to know this.

"We were just trying to protect you, but all this time.. you never needed it, your amazing Nya!" Kai said amazed to see his sister is so talented.

"Girl power!" Nya said nervously while nudging they're shoulders, but she looked worried now knowing they know this.

"Your both not going to tell the others are you?" Nya asked not wanting this to happen right now.

"You have my word Nya, I'm just.. I'm glad there's someone who understood what I went through, Twilight and the others didn't let me go on adventures most of the time, I know it was to protect me, but I always knew I could help in a way, and you being able to do this, it only inspires me to be a better fighter, the least I can do is not tell the others this." Spike said while high fiving her.

"Thanks Spike, I'm glad a friend understands this, but what about you Kai?" Nya asked while they turned to him, Kai saw she didn't want this to be revealed too soon, and since Spike's there for her, he should always be there for his sister.

"I won't tell anyone, how'd you make all this stuff?" Kai asked surprised with her gadgets.

"You two would be surprised with how much spare time I have when your on your missions. You'd both better get back before the others get suspicious, we'll have to rescue Lloyd another day." Nya answered while she handed them they're weapons.

"Nya, whenever I get in trouble, Spike and the others always have my back, but you.. just, be careful will you?" Kai asked hoping she won't get hurt.

"I promise." Nya assured which relieved them a bit.

"I know you'll be safe, you held your own against them, that shows how strong you are on your own." Spike complimented while he got back his weapon.

"So how are you gonna get back?" Kai asked wondering what she's gonna do.

"I have my ways." Nya said proudly before she pressed on the back of her helmet.

Jay and the others were still looking for Spike and Kai and couldn't see them anywhere.
"Kai? Spike? You guys there?!" Jay shouted worried for them both, but far behind them, the mech suit was recovering from the crash and was preparing to leave.

"Quick, it's gonna get away!" Jay shouted while they tried running to it, but they were too late, and the mech took off into the skies at fast speeds which left them alone with nothing.

"Ugh, great! Now we lost Kai and Spike, the Samurai suit is gone, and we have no way to get home!." Jay said annoyed at this while the others saw something.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that.." Cole said which made Jay turn behind them, and they saw Kai and Spike with the Golden Weapons.

"Ready to head home guys?" Spike asked while they raised them in the air so they can head home.

Spike and the ninja were finally able to make it back to the Bounty after a long day, Spike and Kai made sure to explain what happened without giving everything away while Wu and the others listened on.
"He was all mysterious, never said a word, handed me and Spike the Golden Weapons, and then.. poof! He's gone." Kai explained while they brushed they're teeth.

"Don't know why he left like that after giving us the weapons, but it must mean he trusts us enough with them." Spike said not giving the identity away.

"So wait, if the Samurai had the most powerful weapons in the whole world, why would he just give them back to you two?" Jay asked while Nya was walking into the room too.

"I don't know maybe she... I mean he's not so bad after all, what I do know is that we owe him our lives." Kai said making sure not to give it away.

"I sense this means the bet is off." Zane said a bit glad that's over.

"More importantly, my nephew has found his way into the Den of all snakes! I fear there is no way of rescuing him now.." Wu said with worry to know this.

"Sensei, there's always a way." Kai said as they can always save him another day.

"We won't rest until we rescue him sensei, count on that." Spike said seriously as he sparked up his hands with lightning.

"We'll find a way, we promise." Cole assured as well which relieved Wu a bit, and he began to leave the room, Spike finished brushing his teeth and yawned after this long day.

"Twilight is gonna be in for a long story when I get home.." Spike said tiredly while he went to his bed where the egg was at it's side.

"You sure you know what your gonna do with that child when you hatch him Spike?" Kai asked curiously while everyone was getting ready to sleep too.

"I have ideas on how to do it, if I'm gonna raise this kid, I'm gonna need more lessons, but one thing I do know is, we all need our sleep, that's for sure." Spike said with a yawn while he layed down on his bed.

"That's a fact, night guys." Cole said as they all went to they're beds too to sleep the night away, and the egg moved around just a little bit more as they slept the night away.

Wu made his way through the halls and saw Nya was heading to her room, but had something for her.

"I believe you've forgotten this?" Wu asked while he held out Nya's sharp disk from before, and he handed it to her.

"Iron, sharpens iron, and sibling sharpens sibling.." Wu said in a wise tone while he walked away, Nya smiled at this and began heading back to her room for tonight, it was a long day for all of them, and they're all glad they could rest for tonight..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I know Spike didn't do much in this chapter, but I'm gonna try and do my best to have Spike be included in the show in ways that make him stand out, so I think him having talks with characters to help develop them more and Spike's relationship with them is a good step, I think Spike and Nya do relate to eachother in many ways, Nya and Spike both were often sidelined while the others got to do adventures, so I'll make sure they're dynamic is explored more when Nya get's focus, I think I'm handling this story well so far and I hope you all like it too! Thanks for reading this and hope you look forward to more!

7: Tick tock

We open to another shot of the Bounty on a sunny day, Spike and the others were finishing up another day of training after Lloyd was taken, Spike's gotten a lot more skill since he started training as a ninja, and while he's not the best fighter ever, he's definitely far more skilled with his weapons and powers since he's arrived, and right now, he and the others were waiting for Zane to finish up with his training, and he tested himself out by staying underneath the water for a really long time.
"10 minutes! He's broken his own record the guys inhuman!" Kai said amazed while they looked at a watch with shock.

"How can he handle himself down there for so long?" Spike asked with shock as the camera dives deep down into the ocean floor where Zane was quietly meditating on the floor, he saw a fish swim by and gave it a little pet before it swam off and Zane swam all the way back to the surface and gasped for air.

"That was amazing!" Cole said with joy while they all cheered for him.

"Way to go Zane!" Spike complimented while they helped him back up.

"Did I break the record?" Zane asked curiously because of their reactions.

"You destroyed it!" Kai declared while holding the watch out.

"It was something to behold for ages!" Spike said waving his hands around with excitement.

"Okay, okay, is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? We've been training for so long, I don't think we can get any better! Just think about all we've accomplished!" Jay said with amazement while they all reflected on their achievements they've done with training.

The Weekend Whip plays over a montage of what Spike and the ninja were able to do with their improved skills and training, Kai was able to run over a long mile of hot stones that were beneath his feat and never felt a burn from them, and Jay was able to hang himself upside down on the very top of a huge building during a thunderstorm, Spike was able to perfectly use all 4 of his new powers, Spike used his Trident to test out each power, he used Earth to smash down some dummies into pieces, he then used Lightning to blast dozens more away, Ice to freeze them below they're feet and shatter the ice on them for tougher damage, and he breathed fire on an entire group and burnt them to ash. And Cole made great use of his huge strength by lifting extremely heavy weights along with Jay and Nya for additional weight.

We cut back to normal time after Spike and the others reflected on what they've done.
"I can't believe I've gotten the hang of my powers! I didn't even think this would ever happen!" Spike said with amazement while he shot out fire from his hands.

"You've come a long way since you joined us pal, I think it's safe to say your a full on ninja like all of us by now!" Kai said while patting his back.

"Your friends would be proud to know what you've been able to do here Spike, and when that egg of yours hatches, there will be more for us to do as well." Zane said with a smile while they were making they're way to Wu, he was currently within his room and was looking over a very old sword he had as a kid, and sighed sadly at the thought of his brother, and Lloyd's capture.

"Well every morning, I do 500 push ups!" Zane said in the distance while Wu put the sword away.

"I've gotten the hang of doing them without much sweat, I can do them with one hand at this point!" Spike said confidently which got Wu's attention as they were walking into the place.

"Sound like a great warm up for the both of us buddy! Sensei, what does true potential look like if..." Cole was about to ask him something, but they all noticed he was looking upset right now.

"Forgive us Wu, sorry we barged in like this.." Spike said as they all bowed in respect.

"I'm sorry that I've been distant lately, my mind has gone elsewhere since Lloyd was captured by the Serpentine. What can I help you all with?" Wu asked while he was looking out the window.

"Sensei, what if we've done enough training? What if we've reached our true potential, Spike's got a ways to go still sure, but what if we're all ready?" Cole asked wondering if they've achieved it.

"Hmm, you might have reached peak physical condition, but you've yet to reach your inner potential. In each and every one of us, only when you conquer that fear, will your heart be free. Only then will you reach your True potential, and we may have a fighting chance against the Serpentine, and stopping them from awakening the Great Devourer." Wu explained while looking over all of them.

"I knew it had something to do with our inner strength.." Spike whispered to himself as he looked back at the egg he's had for a while, and wondered if that will be what it is.

"There's something more to this story sensei, isn't there?" Zane asked as he saw something through this which made Wu sigh in response.

"I too have obstacles I have to face in my own heart, there is a story I have never told you all. There are many I haven't told you.." Wu said as we cut to a flashback of when Wu was a kid and was alongside his brother, Garmadon, before he was corrupted by evil.

"Long ago, when I was a young boy, Garmadon and I were more then brothers, we were the best of friends.." Wu narrated while they were sparring against eachother with swords.

"Wait a minute! Now I know you two were brothers, but really? The King of Cruelty, Dueler of Destruction, and you two we're.. friends?" Jay asked confused to hear this.

"Please no interruptions." Wu replied as he began to resume this story of his.

"You see, he did not always have a wicked heart, one day.. I lost this very katana.." Wu narrated as Garmadon accidentally knocks Wu's sword over the Monastery walls while they're father didn't see it at first.

"Knowing our father would be mad, my brother told me to retrieve it, but I refused... He told me not to put off what can be done today, and went to get it himself." Wu narrates as Garmadon climbs over the walls and lands on the other side, he sees the sword just near a bush nearby, and was about to retrieve it while a sinister snake was watching, but he didn't even have time to react before the snake bit down on Garmadon's hand and was injected with it's venom, Garmadon's vision was starting to get blurry and that snake was the last thing he saw before he passed out from the venom.

"When my father found him, he was very ill, he was bitten by a legendary snake that would continue to grow forever, the more it consumes.." Wu said with regret as the snake makes a loud monsterous hiss upon any prey it finds..

"A great evil had found it's way into my brother's heart, for the snakes venom could turn the purest of things wicked." Wu explained as his young self was checking on his brother who was looking upset at his father.

"Leave it! Leave me alone! I don't need you! I hate you! " Garmadon said to his father which shocked him hearing this.

"The snake is the very same one who the Serpentine want to unleash today." Wu said as his past self feels a sinister snake shadow looming around him as he hears his brother in pain.

"Ah! It hurts! It's all Wu's fault!" Garmadon said with anger as his eyes glowed red which scarred him enough to run away from the place.

"It was the snake, that took my brother away from me.." Wu finished while everyone looked shocked to hear all of this.
"Sensei, I had no idea, I'm so sorry this all happened.. I.. I wish I could've done something to stop it.." Spike said with regret to know Garmadon's sad backstory.

"It's okay Spike, but it was all my fault, you weren't meant to be there at all either." Wu said sadly while he packed up his sword like he was about to leave.

"You 5 have completed your training, Spike's just a bit behind you as of now, but with proper guidance from you all, he will master himself in time, just like all of you. You must now focus on stopping Pythor from finding the 4 Fang Blades, but never stop focus on the obstacles each of your hearts have, that hold you back from true greatness, unlocking your True Potential." Wu advised while looking over them.

"How are we supposed to do that sensei?" Wu asked while he handed Spike the egg that was on the shelf for safety.

"It is up to you to discover that for yourselves, each of you has something you need to overcome, and I have to go on a personal journey of my own." Wu said while he was leaving the room.

"Where are you going?" Wu asked worried for what he's gonna do.

"To a place, you cannot follow." Wu said feeling regret to say this.

"Are you going after Lloyd? The city is full of hundreds of Serpentine! You'll never do it alone!" Cole said with worry for him.

"I am going to find someone who will be of aid, the Serpentine have united and become stronger, we need all the help we can get." Wu said hopefully as we cut to them on a mountain where Wu was taking his leave.

"Safe travels sensei, be careful out there. Thanks for all you've done for me, truly" Spike said gratefully he shook his hand again.

"You are welcome Spike, take care of that egg, I feel it will be something to help us all in the future." Wu replied as he began taking his leave, the Bounty began to fly in the air and they all watched Wu leave them for a journey of his own.

Meanwhile with Pythor and the rest of the snakes, they were searching for clues on how to find the Fang Blades, but weren't getting anything so far.
"It says nothing about where the Fang Blades are hidden! Have our Ancestors left us nothing?! Where are they?!" Scales asked frustrated to see this.

"This, here! This must be a clue! The 5 Fangs unite as one, the path towards the Devourer has begun." Pythor said while they all moved to the table in the center.

"Yes, when the 5 tribes unite, but we've done that already, this means nothing! If you don't find out something soon, the others will begin to ask questions!" Scales hissed while slamming his staff down.

"I know what I'm doing you fool1 I'm trying to unleash the Great Devourer! Hmm.. legend spoke of a special map where the 4 Fang Blades are shown, there must be something around here.. keep looking!" Pythor ordered as they tried finding anything to find them.

We cut to another part of a town where Spike and the others had went to right now, they went to spread out some flyers to ask people to call them if they see any reports of a Fang Blade being sighted.
"You sure this will work Nya?" Spike asked while he held out dozens of flyers for them.

"I'm sure it will work, not all people ignore missing signs like these, maybe they'll find a clue for us to find them faster!" Nya suggested while everyone shook they're heads and didn't buy this.

"Maybe Wu went to find that Samurai for help?" Jay suggested which made Nya flinch a bit.

"Oh him? I'm sure he's got his own business to do by himself!" Spike said nervously while trying to hide it.

"I'm sure he's busy searching for them as well!" Kai said agreeing to this while being nervous too.

"Is everything alright guys?" Cole asked confused with they're reactions.

"We're fine Cole! Nothing to worry about!" Spike said with a nervous smile.

"100 percent! We're not hiding anything!" Nya said nervously while the others were still confused.

Zane was about to hang up some more flyers, but he suddenly noticed the falcon was flying around in the air just above them, and it caused him to drop all the flyers from the surprise.
"Hey, your making a mess on my store front! Maybe I should teach you a lesson on manners!" The store owner said annoyed at this.

"I'm sorry sir, sometimes our friend is in another world!" Kai apologized while Spike went by his side.

"Zane, what is it?" Spike asked curious with what he's seeing, he looked just ahead to where he's looking at and looked surprised when he saw the falcon was flying around the area.

"It's the falcon! Everytime we follow it, it leads us to good fortune!" Jay said amazed as they began chasing after it.

"Head back to the Bounty and wait till you hear from us." Kai instructed while turning to Nya.

"Where are you going?" Nya asked confused on this sudden move of theirs.

"We're gonna follow the bird, maybe it'll lead us to the first Fang Blade!" Kai said hopefully as he started catching up with the others too while Nya sighed hearing this.

Spike and the others chased after the falcon for what felt like hours to them, they ran across the dessert to keep up with it, and even across the snowy mountains high above Ninjago.
"How far is this thing going?" Spike asked while they kept chasing after it. The falcon continued flying up the mountains where they had to climb, but while they can run for a long time now, some have more stamina then others.

"Keep going I'll.. I'll catch up later.." Jay said tiredly as he layed down on a rock to rest.

Spike and the remaining ninja continued running across the place and were about to go over a large tree that was like a bridge, but they heard Cole breathing heavily and they saw he was tired out too.

"I'm good, I'm just.. taking a breather! I'll meet up with you shortly.." Cole said as he felt exhausted from all the running.

Spike, Kai and Zane continued running after the falcon even after they've ran dozens of miles across Ninjago, and were heading into a strange snowy forest.
"Good thing.. we're in.. peak.. physical.. condition.." Kai said tiredly as he was getting tired from the running too while he kept running after them. The falcon continued flying through the forest without ever stopping for a rest, Spike himself was getting tired from the running and breathed heavily as Kai caught up with them.

"Gosh that bird just keeps going! ugh... hey.. what do you make of this?" Kai asked as they saw a nearby sign that said Beware of Treehorns.

"I do not know what a Treehorn is...

"I don't think I've heard of that name before." Spike replied confused on what that means.

"It's probably just some wild squirrels..." Kai said tiredly as they saw the falcon was still flying ahead of them.

"Well don't lost them guys! I'll wait for the others to catch up." Kai advised which was all they needed.

"Good idea, take a rest Kai, you need it.." Spike said as he took another breath before he and Zane continued to run after it.

Spike was just surprised with how long he was able to keep on running, he's ran for what felt like hundreds of miles, if there's one thing he's gonna be good at now, it's being an athlete thanks to his skills, but he himself was feeling tired after all of it now.
"Where are we going? Our mysterious friend?" Zane asked curiously as they kept running after it

"How has that bird never needed a rest?!" Spike asked tiredly seeing this, but the falcon was suddenly beginning to spark up and was starting to slow down which surprised them, the falcon soon fell on the ground and they finally could get a closer look at it.. but what they saw.. surprised them both.

"Your.. a robot?!" Zane asked shocked to see it has gears inside it.

"Who.. who built this? How.. how is this even possible?!" Spike asked shocked to see this too, Zane and Spike picked the bird up to see where they could fix it, but a large metal sound caught they're attention and they had to put the thing down for a moment.

"What was that? Who's there?!" Spike asked while drawing his weapon.

"On your guard my friend. We are not along here..." Zane said seriously while they looked around the forest.

"There!" Spike shouted as they finally saw a strange large robot just ahead of them.

"Intruders! Intruders! Prepare to be terminated!" The robot said as it took out a machine gun and began firing at the two of them.

"Watch out!" Spike shouted while he drew his weapon and twirled it around to deflect each and every shot it fired at them, Zane took out his weapons and formed his motorbike to use against the mech, Spike got on the bike too and they quickly drove around the forest while avoiding it's blasts, Zane drove all the way up to a pile they could jump off of and Zane kicked the vehicle into high speeds which sent them flying into the air, the motorbike vanished again and Spike and Zane threw they're weapons at the mech to stop it's firing, Spike stabbed his weapon down on a blaster to keep it from firing at them, while Zane saw a glass case of gears behind it's back.

"Spike! Go for the gears behind it!" Zane instructed while Spike backflipped away from the robot's attacks, Spike and Zane stood against the robot and taunted it to strike first, the robot made a lock on the both of them as they ran directly to it from the camera's perspective, and at the right moment, Spike and Zane flipped over a tree to dodge them.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and Zane shouted as they used they're Spinjitzu to cause the snow to pile up to give them a boost.

"Intruders! Intruders! Prepare to be terminated!" The robot said again while Spike and Zane ran up to the ledge they made, and they flipped across the robot lasers at the right moment, Spike drew his Trident again and he stabbed the robot's back to break through the glass, and Zane finished it off by ripping the gears out of it. This caused the robot to malfunction and it sparked all over before making a salute of respect before it fell down and was finally shut down.

Spike and Zane took heavy breaths again and tried to recover from the fight.
"We make a great team Zane, that was awesome!" Spike said amazed while high fiving him.

"You've learned a lot my friend, great work." Zane said with a smile under the mask as they inspected the robot, but then they noticed the robot had a similar symbol to what the falcon was like.

"The same symbol.." Zane said with fascination as they saw this.

"Does this mean they were made by the same person?" Spike asked curious as they got off the thing, and went back to the falcon again.

"Where have you brought us our falcon friend?" Zane asked as they saw an odd looking tree just ahead of them with a strange door.

"Is this.. a home?" Spike asked confused as he opened the thing for them. The two walked inside the place and went down a spiral of stairs to what looked like the center, it looked like both a laboratory and a home to whoever once lived here, and they even saw some blueprints on the table just ahead of them, Spike and Zane saw there was one of the falcon and saw there was a problem with it.

"So, this is where the falcon came from.." Zane said with fascination as they looked at the blueprints.

"Hey Zane, i think we can fix the falcon if we just do.. this.." Spike said as he and Zane took a few spare parts and used them to repair the falcon, and it didn't take long for the falcon to finally get back up and it flapped it's wings normally again.
"You brought us here, but why?" Zane asked curiously as the falcon flew around the room a bit. But that's when Spike and Zane noticed another blueprint just below the falcons, and they're curiosity got the better of them, but what they saw under it.. shocked them to no end.

"No.. this.. that.. this can't be real! That can't be true!" Spike said in shock as Zane dropped the blueprints from complete shock.

"No.. it.. it can't be! No.. NO! NOOOOO!!!!" Zane screamed which echoed through the entire house while Spike looked at Zane with disbelief with this discovery..

Meanwhile with Wu, he was making his way to an old shop that he's known for a while, and went in to get something special.
"I would like to purchase some Travelers Tea." Wu asked as an old woman named Mystake had come into the room.

"Never heard of it!" Mystake said pretending not to know it, Wu knew this was gonna cost more then normal, and placed a large amount of coins on the table to purchase it, Mystake saw he wasn't going back on this and went to retrieve a special flower that Wu will need.

"You know, those who drink this never return." Mystake said while she handed him a teapot of the stuff.

"Then I will not bother you again." Wu assured as he left the room with Mystake and the kid at the desk looking confused to see this.

Kai and the others had eventually met up with eachother and followed where Zane and Spike went after hearing some noise from this place.
"Zane, Spike? You in here?" Kai asked as they were finally entering the place, and they saw Spike and Zane at the center of the room and saw they were in complete shock seeing something in front of them.

"Wow, would you look at this place? Zane, Spike? What's wrong guys?" Jay asked with worry as they finally came up to them.

"It's.. hard to explain guys.. really hard.." Spike said sadly while he tried comforting Zane over this realization. Zane sighed sadly and looked at the blueprints they found together, and it was a strange drawing of what looked like Zane.. Zane picked it up and had a look of sadness upon realizing what he really is.

"Hey, what are you...?" Cole asked right before Zane opened up his chest and everyone screamed in fear as they finally were shown what he is.

"Your.. a robot?!" Kai asked shocked too find this out about his friend.

"It's just as shocking for us, as it is for you.." Spike said as he tried processing what he's learned.

"All this time.. and I never knew.." Zane said regretfully to know this.

"Then I guess this explains why your always so weird, right?" Jay asked while chuckling nervously.

"The reason I never had a sense of humor, was because my Funny Switch wasn't on.." Zane said as he flipped the thing on which made Zane suddenly start to dance around in a silly way.

"Hello my baby! Hello my honey! Hello my ragtime gal! Send me a kiss by a wire!" Zane said in a singing tone while he danced around in a funny way which made Jay laugh pretty hard while Spike chuckled a bit before he turned it off finally.

"Uh.. this just makes you more special, your still the same Zane, just more.. gears." Cole said nervously while trying to help him.

"No matter what your made of, your still our brother." Kai said as they tried helping him up.

"Really?" Zane asked a bit surprised to hear this.

"Of course, you've done so much for us, even the way you are now, your still our friend, and brother." Spike assured while helping him up.

"Yeah, and how cool is it to say, my brother is a Nindroid?" Jay asked while declaring something for Zane.

"A Nindroid?" Zane asked confused to hear that.

"Come on buddy, Pythor is still out there and searching for the first Fang Blade, and we need you." Cole assured while wanting to go, but Zane needed time to process this news he's had.

"You'll have to go on without me.. I just.. don't feel right.." Zane said sadly while he looked back at the blueprints.

"We'll catch up in a bit guys.. I need to help my friend.." Spike said as he went to help Zane, they all understood this and left the two to try and process what they've learned about him.

Kai and the others went back out the tree to let them process this for a bit.
"We just have to give him time, I don't know how I would feel if I was told I was a robot." Kai said with worry for his friend.

"You mean Nindroid." Jay corrected with a smile.

"Yeah, whatever." Kai replied feeling a bit annoyed.

"Now, how do we get out of this place? Hold on.. what's that?" Cole asked worried as a strange loud sound caught they're attention.

"Cute tiny birds?" Jay asked nervously while they put on they're masks, and Cole saw something moving just ahead of them.

'Did you see that?!" Cole asked as there was something huge ahead.

"I just saw something move too! Treehorns!" Kai shouted as a strange group of monsters called Treehorns surrounded them all, they looked next to them and saw the robot Spike and Zane had taken down a few minutes back.

"Oh great, I think that thing was supposed to protect this place! Guys, it's up to us!" Kai said seriously as they began trying to fight the monsters off.

Jay drew his chucks and jumped directly at one of the monsters legs and tried knocking them off it's feet while more kept attacking them, Kai tried attacking one of the Treehorns but was kicked down by one of them and got flung all the way back to the robot as a result. Cole grabbed one of their legs and spun it around to take down a few more of them before he threw it into another, but they just kept coming back.
"There's just too many of them!" Cole shouted as they're legs were blocking they're way of fighting back.

Spike and Zane continued to look at the blueprints of Zane with worry, and they didn't know how to solve this issue they've discovered.
"Zane.. what do we do? How can I help you? I don't know what I can do, but there's gotta be something, right?" Spike asked hoping there was.

"I think there is.. a.. Memory Switch.." Zane said as he found the switch inside him, and he flicked it on which finally caused all the memory's he's had to flood back inside him.

Zane remembered everything that happened from the first day he was built, he was built by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Julien, a person who made Zane to be as a son, Zane remembered everything he went through with Julien, he was a caring father who was always there for him no matter what, they built the falcon together, made food together, no matter how old Julien got, he was always a caring father for him.

"You were built to protect those who cannot protect themselves.." Julien said as Zane let a butterfly fly off, but no matter how many years went by.. eventually.. Zane's father had fallen ill, and his age couldn't help him recover, Zane was standing next to his father while he layed down on his bed, and wanted to give one last piece of advise to his son.

"You've always been the son I never had.. it's time you begin your next stage in life.. and the only reason I'm about to do this, is because.. I love you.. " Julien said weakly as he took of his glasses to look him in the eyes, Zane looked at this with a sad smile and Julien had no choice for this, he opened up Zane's hatch and went over to his memory switch, and he turned it off so he wouldn't remember this, and with that.. Julien had finally passed on from the illness, and left Zane alone in this world...

Zane had a single tear come from his eye as he finally remembered everything from his life, and he felt a greater deal of understanding now knowing what's happened.
"Zane, are you alright? What happened?" Spike asked with worry for his friend.

"I.. remember everything.. I know what happened, who I am.. and why.. I was built.." Zane said as he finally knew what's happened.

"Really? What was it?" Spike asked with surprise to hear this, Zane turned to him and patted his back while giving him a smile.

"I was built to protect those who can't protect themselves, I was made to be my own person, even when my father passed on, I always had my own choices to make, and now.. I know what I am, and I couldn't have discovered it, without a brother like you by my side." Zane said gratefully which made Spike smile hearing that from him.

"You were the first person I felt a connection with when I came to this world, and to know you've finally understood this, it makes me more happy for you, I'm glad to find this out with you Zane." Spike said proudly while they looked at the falcon with determination.

"I am too my friend, come on, let's catch up with the others!" Zane said as they finally were making they're leave to meet the others.

Spike and Zane quickly ran up the spiral to leave the place, but when they made it back out, they had a look of shock when they saw Kai and the others were being attacked by the Treehorns.
"Let's do this Zane!" Spike said seriously as he prepared his Ice powers.

"Leave our friends alone! Ninja go!!" Zane shouted as they used Spinjitzu once again to free the others from them, Spike shot multiple ice blasts at the Treehorns legs to stun them, Spike then jumped in the air and threw hid Trident at them to knock each one down, Zane leaped into the air and punched one of them in the face while the other's were finally getting up.

"What's gotten into Zane?" Cole asked curiously while Spike flipped next to them.

"He finally understands who he is.." Spike said proudly as they all came together to fight them off.

"Ninja go!!" They all shouted again while they used Spinjitzu to knock some off their feet, Cole slammed his Scythe down on the ground to knock down a few more, and Spike shot multiple fire blasts at the Treehorns heads to help.

They kept on fighting each Treehorn down until they noticed they were moving around the place.
"Are they.. regrouping?" Jay asked confused until they heard a really loud roar just ahead of them.

"What is that?" Spike asked with shock as they saw a Treehorn even bigger then the others.

"They're queen." Zane said seriously as he went to stand against her while the others went back a bit.

"You will not hurt my friends! There is nothing that will hold me back! I know who I am!" Zane shouted as his powers were surging up, and his eyes began to glow brightly from rage. Zane's powers soared all around him and a pillar of light was formed from the overwhelming power, and Zane began floating in the air.

"What's happening to him? Was he programmed to do that?" Kai asked shocked as his power surged even more.

"I've never seen a robot do that!" Jay said amazed to see what's happening.

"You mean, Nindroid." Cole corrected as the Queen roared at Zane with rage

"Guys, I think he's done it.." Spike said in complete amazement for what he's achieved.

"He's unlocked his true potential!" Cole said as they all finally realized what's happened.

Zane threw his Shuriken's of ice around the area and he landed on the ground and used his Spinjitzu and spun around the Queen multiple times before going back up into the air, Zane's powers finally unleashed and he shot a powerful beam of ice which completely froze the Queen Treehorn solid which made all the others leave in fear of his huge power. Zane's body glowed brightly for a few more moments until he finally landed back on the ground and returned to normal.
"What happened?" Zane asked confused not recalling what he did.

"That was awesome!" Jay said completely amazed at this move of his.

"You discovered your True Potential, you did it!" Spike cheered as they all helped him up.

"I've never seen anything like it!" Cole said amazed with what he did too.

"This must mean what sensei said when he meant unlocking our hearts. I remember now, I remember everything, I remember my father, and how I came to be, and I feel stronger for knowing it." Zane explained while he took of his mask.
"I'm so jealous! His powers are so cool!" Cole said amazed at this news.

"And if this is what it takes, we'll all get cool powers to fight too!" Spike said eagerly while looking at his weapon.

"We have our very own Nindroid!" Jay said amazed while they all high fived eachother once again.

"Watch out Pythor, we're coming for you!" Zane said seriously while he put his mask back on.

However, back with Pythor and the Serpentine, they were not getting anywhere with finding the map, and had enough after waiting so long.
"Where are the four Fang Blades?" Fangtom asked impatiently at this long wait.

"What if there is no map?" Acidius hissed turning to him.

"I know I know! I just don't know where to look!" Pythor said in frustration which made them see this is a waste of time.

"Then I'm taking my staff back!" Fangtom hissed while taking his own back.

"Me too!" Acidius said grabbing his as well.

"Me three!" Skalidor said while he grabbed his and knocked his staff away, this made Acidius made and they started fighting eachother while Pythor saw the venom coming from the staffs.

"That's it!" Pythor said as he finally understood what to do.

"What's it?" Scales asked as he took the rest of the staffs.

"The Map of Fangs! It's been right in front of us all this time! The 5 fangs unite as one, the path towards the Devourer has begun! it's not speaking of the 5 tribes, it's the venom in the 5 staffs!" Pythor declared as he put the staffs together and put the map below it for the venom in them to all leak onto it, this made the venom all merge together into one which finally showed a map of where each of the Fang Blades were.

"Behold! The location to the four silver Fang Blades! Soon the Great Devourer will be unleashed, and Ninjago will be ours!" Pythor announced while holding it out which made the snakes cheer in victory to hear this.

But all the way where Wu was, he was on a mountain in the middle of the night, he looked at the Travelers Tea he got and knew what to do, he poured the stuff around the fire which made it suddenly turn blue, and that opened a strange vortex that led somewhere else. Wu took the stuff he had and had a serious look as he finally walked through the thing, and it vanished after he went through it, leaving nothing left where he once was.
The portal had taken Wu to a strange dark realm where he was meant to go, Wu landed down on the ground and adjusted his hat while he looked around the place.

"Hello.. brother..." A familiar voice said in a menacing way which made Wu look just ahead, and not too far in front of him.. he saw his corrupted brother who had traveled here some time ago.

"What took you so long?" Garmadon asked in a mocking tone before he made an evil laugh as Wu had to deal with him now, even with all this going on, Spike and the Ninja were one step closer to saving Ninjago, and this was they're first step to stopping him..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! This is still one of my favorite episodes of the show with how well it showed us Zane's backstory, it was properly set up to let us see what's to be revealed in the future, and I wanted Spike to be there for him as Zane was the first person Spike grew closer with when in Ninjago, I just hope you like how I'm handling Spike here and hope you look forward to more!

8: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

It was another day on the Bounty once again, everyone was doing some research on the Serpentine to get any info they could on that could relate to the Fangpyre's and the other snakes, Spike was holding the egg he found still and they were all looking over an old body for any signs.
"Some villagers unearthed the remains of a Fangpyre a few miles away, it comes before the golden age of the Serpentine, so it must be hundreds of years old!" Nya explained while everyone watched her scan the thing.

"Although the venom in the fangs of a Fangpyre can genetically mutate human cells into Serpentine, I learned they're could be a way to stop the affects without having to create an anti-venom. If one is able to widely raise they're heartrate, hypothetically it could reverse the venoms affects." Nya continued while everyone continued to watch while Spike saw Cole drawing something pretty cool.

"10/10 drawing Cole." Spike whispered which made Cole high five him. Jay sighed with a smile and kept his eyes on Nya who was strangely blushing until she smelt something off.

"Is someone wearing perfume? I'm severely allergic to perfume!" Nya asked which shocked Jay as he had his hair done differently now.

"I thought you said it was men's cologne!" Jay whispered to Kai who chuckled a bit.

"Eh, I get them mixed up." Kai joked which made most of them laugh hearing that.

"That's actually funny, well done Kai." Spike said chuckling a bit while Zane turned off his humor switch for now.

Everyone took up the books they had and they began to leave, Spike put the egg in a small carrier he had on his body so he couldn't drop it.
"Well, looks like class is over. Time to stomp any Serpentine before they find any Fang Blades!" Cole said confident they could handle them now.

"Sounds like a plan!" Kai said agreeing to this too.

"I'm excited to join!" Zane said as well while they were all leaving.

"Maybe we'll learn more about what Serpentine hatches from this egg, if it's an Anacondrai, we're in for some cool research!" Spike said eagerly while he left with them, but Jay looked back at Nya and felt regret for causing this.

"Uh.. hey uh Nya? I'm sorry, the reason I was.. I went to Kai because.. look, what I'm trying to say is.." Jay tried to apologize properly, but she could see through it.

"I know I know, it's just a cruel joke, please, go fight some snakes, but don't let Spike's egg break alright?" Nya asked while Jay wanted to say something else.

"No no no I was trying to impress you! Before sense left he said our hearts were the key." Jay said quickly correcting that.
"Impress me? But I look so.." Nya said while looking at her clothing with some embarrassment.

"Fantastic. Maybe if you let me I can take you to some big fancy restaurant! But you don't have to.. if you don't want too.." Jay said nervously while he tried to ask her out.

"You mean.. like a.. date?" Nya asked curiously thinking that's what it meant.

"Um.. yeah?" Jay replied with a nervous look.

"Sure! I'd love to! But now I have to go before the perfume toxins enter my bloodstream and I go into shock! See you tonight!" Nya answered while she left him alone and Jay felt overjoyed.

"Yes! Haha!" Jay laughed with victory while he did a little dance, but that ended up getting his hand cut a bit by the Fangpyre skeleton and he felt hurt from that.

"Ow! Man.." Jay said while he shook it off for now and left the place while still dancing, but unknown to him, that Fangpyre skeleton still had venom within it's fangs.. and it was able to mutate a nearby fly from it's power..

Meanwhile, back with Wu and Garmadon in the Realm of Madness, they were finally confronting eachother after so long.
"Hello brother, what took you so long? You brought the katana from our youth, funny, you never had the courage to cross the temple walls, but now you have the courage to come here?" Garmadon mocked as he saw Wu had it in the case.

"Why have you come to this place of darkness?" Wu asked upset with this dark place they're in.

"A place as wicked as me, don't you see, here, I feel at home. Back in Ninjago, I wasn't able to physically hold all 4 Golden Weapons, but here, darkness has made me stronger.. and what was once impossible, is now possible!" Garmadon announced as he finally turned around and revealed he now has 4 arms.

"You came here only to possess the weapons of Spinjitzu?!" Wu asked really upset to know this awful news.

"Yes brother, and I refuse to allow you or your pesky ninja to stop me!" Garmadon shouted as he held out his hands and 4 weapons that were like the ninja's came into his hands.

Garmadon made a battle cry as he charged at him through the dark field around them, Wu ran to him and slid under one of his strikes to go right behind him, he then clashed his sword with his own weapons and Garmadon used one of his weapons to knock him off his feet and he went flying down the hill into a strange mud around the area. Garmadon landed back down as soon as Wu got up, and Wu used his Spinjitzu to catch him off guard, but Garmadon summoned some strange monsters who emerged from the mud and they surrounded Wu. Garmadon grinned wickedly while Wu tried fighting them off.
"Brother! I've not come to... " Wu was trying to convince him, but Garmadon wasn't listening.

"You will pay for your visit!" Mud Monster's converge!" Garmadon ordered which made the monster's surround Wu and they squashed him against them.

"You don't belong here, old fool! You should've known better then to try to stop me!" Garmadon mocked while Wu tried to escape.

"I came to warn you.. to tell you...!" Wu shouted before one of them almost absorbed him completely and Wu tried to escape.

"Your sons in danger!" Wu revealed which made Garmadon drop all the anger he had for the moment.

"Lloyd?!" Garmadon asked shocked to hear this, he quickly went to help Wu out of the Mud monsters and he pulled him out which made Wu gasp for air while Garmadon looked down at him.

"What has Lloyd gotten himself into?" Garmadon asked worried for his son.

"He has opened a can of worms I fear I will never be able to close." Wu said regretfully at the thought of all that's happening.

"You mean that we will never be able to close. Get up, you can tell me more later. Of course we need to return home. How did you come here?" Garmadon asked while he helped Wu up.

"Travelers tea. But I used it all, and now I have no way back." Wu said sadly to inform him this, but Garmadon had another idea on how to get home.

"There is only one way to get back to Ninjago, but to get their we must past through the Mountain of Madness, it is a long dangerous road." Garmadon said as he looked out in the distance.

"I wouldn't have it, any other way." Wu said calmly as this may be the only way back.

"Then we should leave, before it really gets dark." Garmadon insisted as they began to leave the place to head to this Mountain of Madness to get home.

Spike and the others were still on the Bounty trying to locate any Serpentine activity, Spike's been getting used to having to do these missions by now and honestly found them really awesome, he never got to do something this cool at home, and the fact he's learning cool stuff like Spinjitzu makes things more exciting. Spike was still watching over the egg he found like usual and has been taking very good care of it, he's been taking good care of it ever since he found it, there's just something right about looking after this, and he's wondering what it will be when it hatches.
"You still looking after that egg Spike?" Kai asked while Spike kept looking at it on the table.

"Yeah, I've felt it move a few times, so maybe it's gonna hatch soon?" Spike suggested while he looked at it with interest as well.

"You know it's gonna be a bit of a task to raise a Serpentine when it does, you have any ideas on how to handle one when it hatches?" Kai asked while he sat down next to him.

"With what we know about Serpentine and how they're raised, I have a feeling I can handle it, it can't be any worse then how I was when I hatched, oh man Twilight couldn't properly sleep for days on end!" Spike joked which made Kai laugh a bit.

"Hey, raising a dragon is probably just as hard as raising a snake, just let me know if you need a babysitter or something, I'm sure the rest of us will be glad to help, right guys?" Kai asked while looking at the others who nodded in response, Jay wasn't here right now and was most likely doing something important.

"Thanks, let's just hope that whatever hatches from this, will be able to help us out when we need it. Wonder if it's gonna be a boy or girl?" Spike asked curiously as it moved around a bit more.

"Don't know, what I wanna know is what are you gonna name it if it is a boy or girl? " Kai asked curiously looking at it too.

"Who knows, it'll come to me when it's best suited, let's just get back to business alright?" Spike asked while they were getting back on track.

It didn't take long for Jay to come into the room wearing a fancy outfit, while he looked nice, Jay was getting nervous about something important, that little cut from the Fangpyre skeleton started turning his hand green, and he's trying not to show it.
"Whoa! Where you going mr Fancy?" Cole asked impressed with his outfit.

"Didn't you hear? I'm taking Nya to a nice restaurant, a really nice restaurant!" Jay said proudly which amazed Spike.

"Wow! Congrats dude! I wish I could've asked Rarity like you did, great job Jay!" Spike complimented while giving a thumbs up, but Kai saw something on the monitor that kinda ruins this.

"Might wanna change your plans. The bridge just picked up evidence of Serpentine activity over at Mega monster amusement park." Kai warned as they saw Pythor with some people taking a photo at the park.

"Hey that's Pythor!" Jay said with surprise as he wasn't there for anything good probably.

"Pythor would not be there for fun, we believe a Fang blade may be buried underneath the park." Zane informed which worried them all.

"We can't let them get it!.. Oh but my date!"" Jay said with worry on what to choose right now.

"Jay, if they get all 4 Fang Blades, Pythor will release the Great Devourer, get your priorities straight man." Kai encouraged while he and the others began to leave, and that's when Jay got an idea on what to do.

But before Spike could leave, he felt the egg move around a bit more which surprised him.
"Um.. guys! I think.. I think the egg is hatching!" Spike announced which got everyone's attention, Jay quickly ran off to find Nya to let her know this and everyone saw the egg was starting to crack.

"What's it gonna be?" Cole asked amazed as they watched it move around some more.

"It is fascinating to see the birth of a Serpentine.." Zane said amazed as well as they could see a small red eye come from the shell.

"Come on little guy.. your almost out.." Spike encouraged while everyone watched with anticipation.

The egg crumbled a bit more until it finally burst open a bit and the shells went on the floor, everyone had a look of shock and surprise as they finally saw the Serpentine inside, and it was an Anacondrai, it was very small, possibly like how Spike was when he hatched, it looked so young and innocent, it had small fangs from it's teeth, and a single long tail instead of legs, and it had purple scales with white markings on some areas, and they could see from the eyes, that it.. was a girl..
"It's.. a girl!" Spike said amazed while Zane threw out some confetti for celebration.

"Congratulations Spike! You are officially a parent!" Zane congratulated while he patted his back, the small snake looked at all of them and looked at Spike who was holding her.

"D.. daddy?" The snake asked which made Spike smile seeing it already can talk.

"Hey there little girl.. welcome to your home.." Spike said with a tear while he hugged the snake like a parent would.

"What are you gonna name her Spike?" Kai asked curiously while he looked at her, and he found one that may suit her.

"I think I'll name her.. Allison.." Spike said while he rubbed her head which made her laugh a bit.

But even if this was a great moment for them, it also put more stress since they had to worry about this now.
"Oh great, now we have to worry about her and make sure she isn't hurt! What do we do guys?" Kai asked worried while the baby hissed a bit.

"Looks we'll have to manage things, Spike you'll have to be extra careful with her, stay as far away from the snakes, don't let them see you have her, they may think you kidnapped her." Cole warned while they were exiting the bridge to get ready.

"Shouldn't I stay here to take care of her? She's not even a minute old, she needs to be safe to not get hurt." Spike asked worried on how they can handle this.

"Don't worry, we'll just go to the amusement park, and you'll have fun with her there while we take care of things, just stay out of Serpentine sight, but if we need your help, we'll contact you alright?" Cole asked which Spike understood, but he was still worried about her safety.

"Alright, come on guys, let's go!" Spike said as he held her close and they got ready to go stop them.

Meanwhile with Garmadon and Wu, they were still traveling through the Realm while trying to get home, and were talking about what's recently happened.
"So, what kind of trouble has Lloyd gotten himself into?" Garmadon asked worried for his son.

"I'm afraid the worst kind. He's opened the Serpentine tombs, and now they are all united, Pythor is trying to find all the silver Fang Blades to awaken the Great Devourer." Wu informed which made Garmadon upset to know since that snake made him like this.

"The very snake that turned me evil?" Garmadon asked upset to hear this.

"Yes." Wu said regretting to admit it.

"But why would Lloyd open the tombs?" Garmadon asked as he never wanted to do that himself.

"To be like you." Wu replied which made him sigh hearing this.

"I never wanted him to, thank you for watching over him." Garmadon said gratefully to know this.

"You may think of me as your enemy, but I was first your brother." Wu said in a wise tone as they kept moving along to leave this place.

Back at Mega monster Amusement park, Jay had taken Nya to a restaurant there so they could both do they're job at stopping the Serpentine, but Jay was getting more worried about the venom he had inside, but he tried to push past it for now.
"I just saw it before we left, Spike's egg finally hatched and we know what the child is now, it's an Anacondrai like Pythor, and it's a she, Spike named her Allison! And Spike went around a bit to help her have some fun." Jay informed while Nya looked at her wrist watch nervously as it kept going off, but this was important info to know even if they're trying to be on a date.

"Um, you okay, you seem kind of distant?" Jay asked while he pushed the huge food away.

"Uh.. yeah, it's just the portions are so big! And to think we split our dish! It's great to know Spike's trying to take care of his own child now!" Nya said as she was gonna look into that later.

"Uh.. yeah! So that Samurai, I hate him, do you he's such a showboat you know? If you ask me, he's nothing without his big clunky exo suit." Jay said which made Nya a bit upset hearing that.

"Oh.." Nya replied a bit annoyed to hear that.

"Yeah nothing can compare to good old fashioned feet and fists don't you think?" Jay asked while he pretended to punch something.

"Yeah, sure.." Nya said a bit upset to admit that.

"You know, ssomebody once told me." Jay said before he quickly shut his mouth and realized he just hissed like a snake, he grabbed a small spoon and saw he was starting to grow fangs.

"You okay?" Nya asked worried while Jay was freaking out a bit.

"Excuse me! I have to use the restroom!" Jay said with fear while he quickly got up and left and Nya saw something strange coming behind his back which confused her.

Jay quickly rushed inside the restroom and washed out his mouth to try and push past this, but he then took off his glove and saw it was green and growing scales which was freaking him out.
"Oh gosh! I'm turning into a snake!" Jay said with horror while he looked at himself.

Another person was entering the restroom to use it, but Jay was in one of the stalls to hide himself.
"I'm busy dude don't you see?" Jay asked from inside which made the person quickly leave while he was freaking out.

"I can't go out there looking like this!" Jay hissed while he looked at his hand with horror.

"This is the worst date ever!" Jay said annoyed that this is happening now of all times. Nya was still waiting for Jay to come out of the restroom and was looking at her device with concern on what's taking him so long.

Meanwhile with Spike, he was disguising himself so he doesn't make a scene, he was wearing a trench coat and a hat with some gloves to hide himself, and he held Allison close to him to make sure he isn't seen by anyone, Allison was starting to cry a bit and was getting worried on what to do.
"Don't cry Allison, we're here for fun and games, I'm sure you'll love it!" Spike said nervously while he purchased some candy to help calm her down, Spike gave it to her who thankfully took it and looked delighted to eat it, and Spike sighed with worry and wondered where the others were.

"Come on guys, please hurry things up, I don't want those snakes to see me with her.." Spike prayed while he kept looking around the games to find something to do.

Meanwhile with Kai and the others, they were looking around for Jay and Nya and wondered where they were too.
"Where is everybody?" Kai asked confused on where they are, but some people came out of a ride and were screaming in fear over seeing something inside.

"Wait a minute, that ride was never scary." Cole said as he got suspicious of this.

"Venomari." Zane concluded as it was the only logical answer.

"Should we get Jay or let Spike know?" Kai asked looking around for them still.

"Let's not bother those lovebirds, and let Spike take care of Allison for a bit, we can handle this!" Cole said confidently before they started running into the ride while people were running away still.

Nya was still waiting for Jay and was getting impatient, she looked at her device again and sighed sadly to have to do this.
"Sorry Jay, duty calls.." Nya said regretfully while she took her purse and ran out of the room to get suited up. Jay was still looking at himself in the mirror and was nervous on what to do.

"Huh.. you don't look so bad! Just go out there and tell her the truth.." Jay said nervously until he felt something rip behind him and he felt a tail wag behind him.

"Ah! I have a tail! No.. no, it's okay Jay, lot's of girls like tails..." Jay said with fear while he finally went out of the room and hoped no one would notice.

Jay went back out into the lobby and looked around for her, but he saw Nya wasn't at the table and was worried on where she is.
"She left? Nya?" Jay asked while looking around for her, but one citizen saw him and was freaking out with seeing him.

"Snake!!" The citizen screamed with fear which got everyone to look at Jay, but they all started to get mad at seeing him and were now attacking him to get him out.

"No! Stop! You don't understand!" Jay shouted with fear while they kept beating him up. Nya ran to a distant alley to quickly change into her Exo suit to find those snakes, she pressed on her device and that summoned her mech suit so she could properly begin searching for them now.

But back with Pythor and the rest of the snakes, they were digging in the ride the people ran out of, and Scales kept digging a bit more until they heard a metal clank with the shovel, Pythor sighed in awe as he uncovered it and they finally had recovered the first Fang Blade, and he picked it up to show them all of it.
"The first Fang Blade is ours!" Pythor announced which made everyone cheer upon seeing it. But Kai and the others had just showed up and raised up they're weapons and were ready to fight.

"Not so fast!" Kai announced with a serious look, but that made them look at him confused with how he announced they're presence.

"Really? That's the best you got?" Cole asked while shaking his head in disappointment

"I couldn't think of anything on the fly." Kai said in defense at that statement.

"Well how about.. Time to burn! Or.. Jump on this fire ride!" Cole announced dramatically which annoyed Kai a bit.

"Well next time you lead." Kai insisted while he held out his sword still.

"Well next time I will!" Cole said while he got in his face.

"Oh yeah? If you can catch up!" Kai mocked which was dragging this out for too long.

"Oh come on you gotta follow my lead!" Cole countered while all the snakes were marching to them.

Kai and the rest began to fight the snakes off the best they could with what they had, Kai deflected one attack and used his fire to knock one of them down, and Zane threw his weapons at another to freeze it beneath his feat, Cole jumped in the air and kicked the snake in the face to knock it down while more people were coming through the ride.
"Ninjas? Ninja's aren't scary." One of them commented while Zane charged himself up.

"Watch and learn brothers.." Zane said calmly as he put his weapons together. Zane's eyes began to glow brightly again and he was using his True Potential like he did before, Scales and Pythor were backing up as Zane was floating in the air again and ice was flowing all around him, Zane raised out his hands and burst out his powers to hopefully freeze them, but when the light died down.. he accidentally trapped him, Kai and Cole in blocks of ice.

"Uh.. Oops.." Zane said as this was humiliating, Pythor and the other snakes laughed hysterically at seeing this and they began to leave while they were frozen in place.

Spike was still walking around the park and was trying to find a ride that wouldn't scare Allison, and she was starting to cry a bit again and Spike was worried on where the others are.
"Come on guys, where are you? Let's just hope I don't bump into any..." Kai said right before he bumped into Pythor just as they were escaping, Spike groaned a bit and quickly got back up while he held Allison close, Pythor quickly noticed the Anacondrai he had on her and glared at him.

"Where did you find that snake young child?" Pythor hissed while he was backing up from them all.

"None of your business! Leave her alone!" Spike countered while he took off his disguise and drew his weapon.

"I strongly advise giving that child back, let us take care of her, and we'll let you go." Scales offered which Spike didn't believe one bit.

"Trusting snakes like you is the last thing I'd do!" Spike shouted before he shot lightning from his Trident and knocked some of them down before he quickly ran off which made Pythor growl in frustration.

"Get that dragon, turn him into a snake if you must! Get that child!" Pythor ordered which made some snakes chase after Spike.

But a strange magnet suddenly took away the Fang Blade and they all saw the Samurai was here, Spike had a look of relief and quickly ran up to him.
"You always know when to show up at the best times!" Spike said gratefully while the Samurai helped him to the mech's shoulder, Spike held Allison close while Nya tried taking off, but the thrusters weren't working and they had to run.

"Thruster malfunction!" Nya reported before she quickly ran off while the snakes were chasing them both. Nya was running as fast as she could through the park while the snake's kept chasing them, Spike used his Trident and shot more fire blasts at them to slow them down, but Allison was crying again and he had to stop to take care of her.

"Oh man, why do we have to do this now?!" Spike asked annoyed while he hugged her again and rubbed her back.

"It always comes at a bad time Spike!" Nya replied annoyed as well while she was trying to use the rides to escape them.

Nya got on top of a roller coaster and she slid down the rails to gain speed while the snakes were climbing after them.
"Spike, find the others and get them to help, don't let them catch you!" Nya warned while Spike looked back at the place the snakes came out.
"Got it, drop me off here!" Spike said as he saw a rooftop just ahead, Spike jumped onto the mech's arm as it kept sliding and Nya threw Spike to the rooftop so he can avoid the snakes, Spike landed down like a pro and kept his mask on, and he quickly ran off to help the others while Nya landed down from a Ferris wheel, but the snakes had finally surrounded her and they latched onto the mech to take it down, all the snakes hissed as the mech finally fell down after taking so much damage.

"Finally, the mystery man is revealed!" Pythor said as a snake finally took of Nya's helmet and they finally saw her face.

"Or should I have said mystery girl? Who's gonna save you now?" Pythor asked mockingly while she was restrained by the snakes.

Jay was still being attacked by all the people at the restaurant and was trying to get out. Jay quickly ran into the restroom while people kept throwing things at him so he could finally find out how to get out of here, it didn't take long for him to come back out and he covered his face completely to avoid being attacked some more.
"Don't go in there! He bites! This is not dinner theater people, it's real!" Jay hissed while he quickly left the place to find Nya. Jay finally came back outside of the place and noticed his tail was growing even more which worried him even more.

"Nya? Where is she?" Jay asked while he looked for her, but he saw Pythor and the other snakes were here, and they had the Fang Blade with them.

"Hey!" Jay announced which got they're attention, Jay drew his weapons and twirled them around and got ready to attack, but everyone saw he had a tail and they laughed hysterically seeing this.

"Oh what happened? Snake bite your tongue?" Pythor mocked while the snakes kept laughing at him.

Jay was about to go over and stop them until he heard someone call for help.
"Jay! Help!" Nya screamed which made him look over to see she was strapped to a roller coaster, one of the snakes pulled the lever that started the ride and it began to move up the rails.

"Later alligator! Let's go boys!" Pythor hissed as they were making they're leave with the Fang Blade, Jay already made his decision, and he quickly went to save Nya.

"What happened to you?" Nya asked while seeing how strange he looked now.

"What happened to you?" Jay asked wondering how she was captured, Jay looked above them and he saw there was a ring of fire right next to a destroyed rail which was really bad news.

"We have to get you out of here!" Jay shouted while he tried breaking the chains, but Nya finally noticed he had a tail and knew it meant one thing.

"Were you bit? Take off your head scarf." Nya asked while looking at him.

"I.. prefer not.. I wanted to tell you, but I didn't want to ruin the date." Jay admitted which she found really sweet.

"Oh, that's so sweet! It's really nice you try and see the positive stuff in anything." Nya said sweetly while she tried to escape still.

"Yeah, I was just doing that to impress you.." jay admitted until she finally saw something.

"Hold on Jay!" Nya announced which got his attention.

"What? You got a plan?" Jay asked curious if it was.

"No! Hold on!" Nya shouted which finally made him look ahead and they saw they were at the top of the coaster by now.

Jay quickly got on the seat just as the ride was starting to take off at fast speeds across the rails, but that also made his head scarf finally come off and Jay was almost fully a snake by now, Jay felt it was off and Nya saw he was almost a snake.
"Don't look at me I'm a monster! Though I hate the Samurai, where is he when you actually need him? Samurai! help, help Samurai!" Jay shouted while hoping he would come, and Nya had no choice but to reveal she was it.

"Jay.. I don't think the Samurai is coming.." Nya said regretfully which confused him.

"Why?" Jay asked worried for this while the coaster kept going even faster.

"Well this may not be the best time but.. I haven't been totally honest either.." Nya admitted which was worrying.

"What is it?" Jay hissed while looking at her.

"I.. I am the Samurai!" Nya revealed which shocked him to no end.

"Wh.. Your the Samurai?!" Jay asked with shock while the coaster was almost to the end of the track.

"Ahh! We're almost out of track!" Jay screamed while he tried to get out of here.

"Jay, if anything horrible were to happen, I just want to let you to know that you don't have to wear any cologne or pretend to be something that your not. Because, I like you best when your you!" Nya assured before she finally kissed him on the cheek, this made Jay's heartrate go up and that actually cured him of the Snake Bite affect just like Nya predicted!

"Your face, your turning back to normal!" Nya said relieved while Jay chuckled nervously.

"It's just like you said, it must've raised my heartrate!" Jay said amazed as the coaster was nearing the end of the line.

"Just remember, whatever happens next... you are the best you..." Nya assured one last time, and that line finally awakened something within Jay.

Jay was starting to float into the air and his body was starting to be surrounded by lightning.
"What's happening?" Nya asked while Jay's eyes were starting to glow.

"My true potential!" Jay announced as his lightning overflowed him. Jay teleported in front of the ride and used his powers and strength to make the ride come to a screeching halt, Spike had just gotten the others out of the trap they put themselves in and they saw Jay unlocked his true potential.

"Way to go Jay." Spike said proudly as Jay was finally able to stop it and he sighed in complete relief.

After everyone got them off the ride, they went to the entrance of the park to talk about what's happened.
"You really had me fooled, I would've never guessed you were the samurai." Zane admitted as he didn't expect this at all.

"I wish I had a sister like you." Cole said proudly which she smiled from hearing.

"Pretty great day huh guys? I have my own child now, Jay unlocked his true potential, and we're one step closer to getting stronger." Spike said proudly while Allison cooed a bit like a baby.

"It really is Spike, you did good as a first day as a parent." Kai said while he rubbed his head a bit.

"But you wanna know what I learned today guys?" Jay asked which got they're attention.

"What's that?" Nya asked curious on what that is.

"No matter what secret you have, whether your a snake or a Samurai, it's important to be yourself." Jay admitted which was a true thing to take in.

"Yeah, that's cute, but you wanna know what I learned, the Serpentine now have the first Fang Blade!" Cole announced which was worrying to know.

"But we are getting stronger. And one day we all will too, and Pythor will be stopped." Zane assured which they smiled at.

"And we figured all this out without sensei. Pretty good for 5 ninja.( Nya hits him on his shoulder to remind him who also helped) and a Samurai." Jay said nervously while Kai was worried for they're master.

"Wonder what Sensei is doing now?" Kai asked concerned for where he is.

But back with Garmadon and Wu, they were finally arriving at the Mountain of Madness which may lead them home.
"We're here, the Mountain of Madness." Garmadon announced as an ominous blue light covered the black night sky.

"The only way back to Ninjago is up there?" Wu asked concerned of how dangerous it looks.

"The worst is yet to come.." Garmadon warned while they were making they're way up the mountain together...

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I thought Spike's egg hatching during this episode would've given him enough to do since he may not be able to fight like the others, but giving him a parental role is something I think will suit him best for the first couple seasons, this episode is only the start of what's to come for Spike and the ninja, and I hope you look forward to more of it, thanks for reading this and have a great day guys!

9: The Royal Blacksmiths

It's been another few days since Jay had unlocked his True potential after he and Nya confessed to eachother, Spike is glad that both Jay and Nya had something to relate to eachother here, and her being Samurai X is really awesome to him, Spike's only been gone from his home for around 2 months by now, but he's been handling things on his own pretty well to say the least.

Though Spike has had a lot of his time filled with having to raise Allison, she's a bit of a handful but she's only a few days old by now, she's really cute for a baby Anacondrai and Spike feels proud to get to raise her, he's gonna get some experience with being a parent for sure with this and he may see how Twilight was able to handle him when he was a child.

But for now, Spike and the rest of the group were trying to figure out where the next Fang Blade is, they have 3 more they need to find, and if they get 1, they could stop all of this.
"Though they got the first one there are 3 more, and we only need 1 to stop Pythor, they have a map and we don't, so how are we gonna find them first?" Nya asked while she and the others were in the deck and trying to find out where the next one is.

"Heh, I still can't believe you were the mysterious samurai! Is anyone else blown away like I am?" Jay asked gleefully still being amazed with her being Samurai X.

"We all were then Jay, but now that's not the time alright?" Spike asked while he was giving Allison some milk to keep her happy.

"Spike's right Jay, we're ready to move on." Kai said impatiently which Jay and the others did notice.

"Oho, someone's a little hot under the cover huh?" Jay teased which confused Kai.

"It appears it's impatience because he has not found inner peace and hasn't unlocked his True potential." Zane observed which was pretty obvious.

"Great observation Mr. Roboto. But Cole hasn't found it either." Kai said in defense before Cole realized something.

"I got it!" Cole shouted with shock which worried Kai.

"You've unlocked it?! Oh Why am I the only one?!" Kai shouted with fear which worried Spike a bit.

"Hey, clam down Kai, I haven't unlocked my true potential yet either, I still don't know how I can do it, but something tells me you all will tie into it somehow." Spike assured which relieved Kai a bit.

"Oh.. yeah.. right.." Kai said a bit relieved to hear it.

"It's not just that, I figured out where I recognized the Fangblade from, I have a picture of it." Cole added while he ran off to get something to help them.

Spike held Allison in his arms and wondered what he had until Cole came back in with a picture.
"I got it." Cole reported while he opened up the book and they saw a Fangblade in a trophy of sorts.

"Oh, that's it!" Jay said amazed as that was what they're looking for.

"Back where I grew up, there's this pretty big competition where everyone gets, the Blade Cup, my dad's won us multiple times." Cole explained while everyone was interested to know.

"You never told us your dad was an athlete." Zane said interested with this.

"At least we get more news on where to get it." Spike said with a smile while feeling good about this.

"What sport is he in?" Kai asked which made Cole a bit nervous.

"He's a.. blacksmith.." Cole admitted which wasn't the full story.

"Nothing wrong with that, my father was a blacksmith too." Kai said trying to keep the mood up.

"Uh.. he's not a blacksmith, blacksmith. he's a.. Royal Blacksmith." Cole finished while he showed them a picture of his dad winning the blade cup which most people snickered seeing.

"That's your dad?" Jay asked chuckling a bit before Spike punched his arm to stop that.

"That's really rude Jay." Spike said annoyed with them mocking him.

"But how'd the Fangblade become a trophy?" Kai asked confused with how that's possible.

"Well supposedly, this trophy was made by a guy who collected priceless artifacts, his name was something like uh.. Dutch.. no, Clutch! Clutch Powers! Anyway, it gets passed onto each years winner." Cole answered which made Spike interested.

"Why do I feel like he's more interesting in story's then in real life?" Spike asked himself and Allison hissed in response.
"Who has it now?" Zane asked wondering where they can get it.

"I don't know, I haven't talked to my dad in years." Cole said sadly which was true given what Cole told Spike sometime back.

"Well we'll call him up." Kai suggested which made Cole backpedal a bit

"No! You can't! He thinks I'm off training at the Marty Openheimer School of performing arts. He wanted me to follow in his footsteps, but when I couldn't sing and dance I.. ran away..." Cole said with guilt which made the others feel bad hearing that.

"And if he sees I can't dance he'll know I've been lying with all the letters I've sent him." Cole finished while he was steering the ship for a bit.

"He doesn't know your a ninja?" Zane asked shocked to hear that news.

"What? You gonna crack a joke that my old man wears a tutu?" Cole asked a bit upset if that's what they're planning.

"No, but if we're gonna have a chance to get the next Fangblade before they do, we better get our own act in tune." Kai said to the others who thought that was a good idea.

"So am i gonna be able to meet him Cole? Will he be alright with a.. talking dragon with a baby snake being friends with his son?" Spike asked while looking at Allison again.

"I think it's best we be safe here, we'll let you know what we find out when we see him, for now though, you just wait close by with Allison alright?" Cole asked which Spike thought was a good idea.

"Alright, I'll be there when I'm needed." Spike said proudly while he held out his Trident and it was glowing brightly like all the others.

Back with Wu and Garmadon, they were still climbing the Mountain of Madness and were only getting started with it all.
"I had hoped we reached the summit before the moon had risen, the Craglins never miss a midnight snack." Garmadon said worried as he saw the red moon in the distance.

"Craglins? What is this place? This is nothing like Ninjago." Wu said worried with the world they're in now.

"They're a horde like nothing you've ever seen. Not all places are meant to be found brother, sometimes, one must revel in the shadows to truly see the light." Garmadon advised while some rocks were starting to move around.

The rocks were starting to move past Wu and Garmadon and they watched with shock as they began to form into large monsterous rock monsters and they were surrounded with a large horde of them. Garmadon made a battle cry and drew out 4 swords with his arms, he jumped into the air and delivered a strong ground pound which knocked them down for a bit, Wu took out his own weapon and the two brothers charged through the horde, one was about to attack Wu from behind, but Garmadon was able to see it.
"Watch out brother!" Garmadon warned before he jumped in and sliced the Craglin to bits to help Wu.

"Thanks." Wu said gratefully while they both stayed close to eachother as the Craglins surrounded them.

"Just like old times." Wu said eagerly while they got ready to fight.

"Just like old times." Garmadon replied while he twirled his swords around.

"Ninja go!!" They both shouted at once while they used they're Spinjitzu to fight back.

Meanwhile with Spike and the others, they flew they're way to a nearby village in order to see Cole's father, everyone jumped off the roof again and formed they're Elemental Vehicles while Spike rode in Jay's jet again, he kept Allison close to her who was surprised with the sudden rush, but she seemed to enjoy it and it was thrilling to her. Everyone landed down with swift skill and Cole held out a case for them all.
"Alright, hand em over." Cole encouraged while he held out the case.

"A ah, but no mortal can hold all four." Jay joked while he put his weapons in.

"You mean all 5, there isn't enough room for my weapon, I'll be standing guard alright?" Spike asked while the others put theirs in too.

"Sounds good." Cole replied while he closed the case for now.

"You wanna remind me why we can't keep our weapons for now?" Kai asked interested with this.

"I told you, my dad doesn't know I'm a ninja, and I don't feel like making up excused when I'm carrying a giant scythe around with me." Cole replied while everyone walked up to the door.

"Well, good luck guys, hope you get the info you need." Spike encouraged while he flipped over to the roof to wait things out with Allison.

Cole knocked on the door and hoped his dad was home.
"Just a moment!" Lou said from the inside before he came out to see Cole, but he looked upset for something.

"Hey! Dad! How long has it been?" Cole asked pretending to be excited while he didn't look happy.

"What? You too good to ring the doorbell?" Lou asked upset before he slammed the door on them which was surprising.

"Wow.." Spike said with shock while he was looking down from above.

"Use, the bell son." Lou said from inside which made Cole nervously press the doorbell which had a musical like ring to it before Lou opened up the door and now looked happy to see him.

"Come in son! It's been forever! What did you bring, a quartet? Come in! Come in! I've got a kettle of lemon honey tea on the stove right now!" Lou greeted while Spike watched the ninja go into the house and he was left alone for a bit.

Spike held Allison close to him while he looked up at the sky again, he had been thinking a lot on how he can handle being a ninja, he has 4 elemental powers right now, and something tells him he's gonna be getting more in the future, but hopefully not too much.
"Hard to believe I'm able to raise a gem like you, huh Allison?" Spike asked looking at her who cooed in response which made Spike chuckle hearing how cute she sounded.

"I don't deserve something as precious as you, wait till you meet Twilight and everyone else, while they'll be surprised to see you, I'm sure they'll be more then happy to have you with us, especially as my cute daughter." Spike said while he hugged her to his chest.

"Daddy.." Allison said calmly which Spike smiled at even more.

"I have a lot to do with raising you, and I look forward to every bit of it." Spike assured her while he waited for the others he decided to sneak down for a moment to peak through the window, he made sure no one was here so he could see what the others are doing with Lou right now.

And just inside the room, Spike could see Cole was upset with the others about something, and that was because Kai insisted to Lou that he can train them to dance so they could win the Blade Cup.
"What are you doing?" Cole asked upset with this insistence

"Look, we enter this competition so we can get close enough to the Blade Cup. Once we get the Blade Cup, we leave town, how hard can this be?" Kai asked wondering what he can do with them, and Cole sighed hearing this and knew it would be rough for all of them.

"Must be something important going on there, wish I could help out." Spike told himself before he quickly snuck back to the roof before another person could see him.

It didn't take long for Lou to start his teaching classes for Cole and the group, Spike watched from the window again and tried seeing if they could do anything, Spike was a pretty good singer and dancer to say the least, but he wondered how the others can handle it.

"Okay, let's take it from the top1 Five, six, seven, eight!" Lou counted down before he started playing on a piano.

"Bop till you drop!" Kai sang poorly while the others stood besides him.

"Shake it till you break it!" Jay said poorly as well.

"Move it till you lose it!" Zane sang as well.

"Spin it till you win it!" Cole sang which Lou didn't like at all.

"Stop, stop! Ugh, if my ears weren't attached to my head they'd be running away!" Lou ordered while he went to each of the ninja.

"Kai, love the energy, hate the hair." Lou said whacking Kai with his head which did hurt him a bit.( Anyone else believe his hair looks like Cloud's or Sora's)

"Jay, your giving a lot, but I need more!" Lou continued facing him before going to Zane.

"Zane, your like a machine, don't change anything." Lou complimented which Zane was glad to hear.

"And Cole, try to act like you wanna be here." Lou finished looking at him which made Jay comment on something.

"He's worse then Sensei Wu." Jay whispered to Kai while he went back to the piano.

"Okay, let's move forward, let's take a look at the big show stopping climax! Cole, we can't have history repeat itself." Lou said turning to him who was upset hearing that.

"Dad, it was the Triple Tiger Sashay, I was 7!" Cole said upset at that awful memory.

"What's the Triple Tiger Sashay?" Kai asked as he hasn't heard of that move before.

"Only the most difficult dance move ever created." Cole said bluntly not wanting to remember that moment.

"It's true. Many professionals from years on have tried it, but it's never been completed." Lou added while Cole turned to him with an upset look.

"Hence my father thought A SEVEN YEAR OLD could! But I ended up falling on my face and humiliating myself and letting my quartet down." Cole finished upset with having to explain that.

"If your going to win, you have to go big! Alright time for a break, take 5." Lou instructed while he left the room and Spike sighed hearing all of this and knowing how much pressure Cole must've felt.

"Uh, I'm starting to see why Cole kept things closed off, because Mr Twinkle Toes here could never deliver the goods. Is that why you ran away?" Jay asked looking at Cole who was upset hearing this.

"Oh I can deliver the goods! Look I'll deal with my father, let's stick with the plan. All we have to do is keep this charade up long enough till we get our hands on the trophy." Cole advised while Jay smirked at him.

"I don't know, I'm starting to think we can win this thing." Jay joked which made Cole scoff at him.

"Okay, okay, we'll stick to the plan." Jay said while crossing his arms, Spike was able to overhear all of this and didn't know how he could help with winning the cup.

However, at another part of town, Pythor and some Serpentine had made they're way here after getting reports about the competition which rewards the Fangblade, and they weren't gonna sit around and do nothing about it.
"It's here, I feel it!" Scales hissed while Pythor looked around the place.

"Calm down, there's no need to draw unwanted attention." Pythor advised before Scales saw someone.

"Look, the ninja!" Scales said pointing at the group who were practicing with singing, Spike was alongside them and they saw he still had Allison with him and Pythor didn't know how to feel about that.

"Ugh, now there's no chance to take the Fangblade, or that child right now." Scales said annoyed to see them here.

"Patience, we're snakes remember? They'll never see us coming." Pythor assured while he held out the ad that showed the Fangblade.

"Open for audition?" Pythor asked while he chuckled sinisterly before they went down underground again to come up with a plan.

Back with Wu and Garmadon, they had just finished up the Craglins after a long and tough fight, and we're finally able to start heading up the mountain again.
"The vortex to Ninjago is just over that bluff. Please, you first." Garmadon insisted as the area was glowing bright blue around them.

"Though we live in two different worlds, I still see good in your heart brother." Wu replied while they looked at the cliff just ahead of them.

They kept climbing up the mountain until they finally reached the summit, and Wu looked down and saw there was a glowing blue vortex that must lead back home.
"The battle between our worlds is inevitable, you put too much trust in me." Garmadon said sinisterly before he suddenly pushed Wu off the ledge and Wu almost fell into it before he quickly grabbed onto a rock.

"But I came for your help to save your son! Did you lead me here to destroy me?!" Wu reminded while he was hanging off the ledge.

"See you on the other side." Garmadon mocked before he crushed the rock holding Wu's hand and he screamed before he fell into the blue vortex and began to vanish from the realm, Garmadon laughed sinisterly and jumped in the portal after him and they both headed back to Ninjago together.

Some farmers were working in a field late at night and were minding they're own business, but they all gasped with shock when the vortex opened up before them and they had a look of shock seeing it before it burst open and Wu fell onto the ground with flames surrounding him, Wu groaned as he was getting back up from all that traveling, but Garmadon had traveled here and had a sinister look with seeing the villagers.
"I'm back, Ninjago." Garmadon said before he laughed like a maniac and began to march towards the villagers to frighten them with his presence.

Back in Ninjago City, Spike and the others made they're way to the Talent show that was about to happen, Spike wore a disguise to blend in with the other crowd and he could see a ton of other people here and were waiting to perform.
"Man, this place is really amazing! I wish I could've done something like this back home!" Spike said amazed while Allison was in his arms again, Cole and the others were practicing with their dance moves, but Kai and Jay bumped into eachother once they did the jumping move.

"Ow! You were supposed to follow me!" Jay said annoyed with his bad move.

"Follow you? You were 2 beats off!" Kai said in defense before Zane corrected him.

"2.72 off of the beat actually." Zane calculated while Cole went in front of the group.

"Guys listen up, let's stick to the plan! We'll just keep up this charade, and wait until the trophy's revealed! Once we steal the blade cup, we can argue all we want when we get back home." Cole advised while Spike didn't like that idea at all.

"Cole, I know you and your father have struggled a lot, but I really don't think it's a good idea to steal something like this, I may be a dragon, but I was raised not to steal stuff like this, If I wanted it, I had to earn it, Like how I was able to unlock Spinjitzu!" Spike reminded while Allison hissed at Cole a bit who could understand this.

"Sorry Spike, but the only dance I wanna perform is" Get me out of this nuthouse, and let's burn these memories from my head."" Cole said annoyed which Lou heard completely.

"What?" Lou asked shocked while he had just walked in the room and Cole turned around to see him, and felt guilty saying that.

"Dad.. I.." Cole was trying to explain what he just said, and Lou couldn't understand it.

"You were going to steal it?" Lou asked really shocked to hear this, and Cole sighed and knew he couldn't hide it anymore.

"Dad, I didn't mean for you to hear that, but.. I'm glad you did, there's something I've been wanting to tell you. All these years, I haven't been training to be a dancer, I found something I'm really good at!" Cole said before he used Spinjitzu to change into his ninja outfit.

"I'm a ninja." Cole revealed which made him gasp in shock seeing this.

"And I'm.. a dragon.." Spike revealed as well while he took off his disguise and Lou saw Cole was friends with a talking dragon, who had a Serpentine with him.

"You friends with a talking dragon?" Lou asked shocked to see Spike, even if he hadn't met him earlier, this was shocking for him to hear too.

"Yes dad.. and the truth is, if we don't steal that Fangblade, I mean.. the blade cup. There's other people that will, bad people, the Serpentine. And we need it to save the world, I know that sounds ridiculous, but I'm proud of who I am, and I want you to be too. " Cole explained hoping he would understand, but he didn't look happy about this one bit.

"I can't be proud of any son who thinks stealing is right. And I'm not going to wait around, and watch you make a mockery of our family's legacy!" Lou said really upset at this while he was backing up.

"Dad, I.." Cole tried to explain himself more, but Lou had left them all with an upset look and he sighed sadly knowing how upset he made his father.

"I'm sure he didn't mean that." Kai assured while the others went up to him too.

"Maybe if he saw you in action.." Jay suggested before Cole brushed it off for now.

"No, it's okay." Cole assured until they heard some music playing.

They looked ahead of them and saw that there were Serpentine who disguised themselves as participants to take the Blade Cup and they saw the name of the group.
"Stay close Allison." Spike warned while he hid her away from them to keep her safe.

"Trouble Makers? Wait a minute, what are they doing here?" Jay asked shocked that they're all here to participate.

"I can't help it if I offend anyone! My job will only be to tell the truth!" Pythor said off screen until they looked past the curtains and saw Pythor disguised himself as a judge.

"You don't look like your photo." Another judge said not liking where this is going.

"Oh sadly, the camera put on a few pounds. I'm just happy to have the opportunity to judge this prestigious competition!" Pythor said sinisterly until someone else could be heard.

"Wait a minute! I'm still here! He swallowed me! He's not a judge!" A man said inside Pythor's stomach and they gasped with horror seeing this.

"Quiet! Or else I won't let you out!" Pythor warned which made him be quiet.

"My apologies!" The man said quietly until they all looked over and they could see the Blade Cup being presented to the audience.

Spike groaned in disgust seeing him here and he went back to the others to talk things out with them.
"I'm never teaching Allison to eat another person, that's a fact!" Spike swore while Allison hissed a bit again.

"This complicates things guys." Zane said worried on how they can do this now.

" We can't losing another one again! I say we steal it!" Jay suggested which Cole didn't like the sound of at all.

"We're not gonna steal it, we're gonna win this competition, but we're gonna do it in our own way!" Cole said confidently which confused the others a bit.

"Does this mean I'll get to sing along too?!" Spike asked eagerly to hear that.

"Of course buddy, just don't get Allison hurt alright?" Cole asked while Spike smiled widely hearing this.

"Don't worry, I won't, this is gonna be awesome!" Spike said amazed while he raised a fist in the air.

Spike and the others got in their ninja suits once again and had they're weapons on they're backs like normal, they had they're team name changed to Spin Harmony to help express themselves, and the announcer had announced to the audience that they were up next now.
"If we're gonna do this, I want everyone to see who we are!" Cole encouraged while Spike smiled eagerly at this.

"Oh this is gonna be awesome! Allison is gonna see her first dance contest!" Spike said eagerly while he held her still and she cooed happily hearing that.

"I.. think I have butterflies in my stomach." Zane said nervously about this.

"Aw come on, that's just nerves." Jay assured until Jay opened his hatch open.

"No, I really do have butterflies." Zane corrected before everyone saw butterflies came out somehow which was surprising.

"Okay.. uh glad he got that out of his system." Jay said surprised seeing this.

"Last call for.. Spin Harmony!" The announcer asked again hoping they would come out.

"Let's do this, for Cole!" Jay said confidently while they all got ready.

"If we go with the Tornado of Creation, we'll score perfect 10's out there!" Kai suggested eagerly.

"I can say anything, and it will only go to elevate our team unity!" Zane said eager to do this as well.

"I'm glad you guys are my friends. Let's do the Whip!" Cole announced.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed while they used they're Spinjitzu once again.

People were getting impatient for the group to show up and thought they weren't gonna show.
"Well, looks like the last act is no longer gonna show. That means I can give this to the winners.." Pythor said looking at the Blade Cup before something was announced once again.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Spin Harmony!" The announcer said once again which made people cheer as they all had come onto stage finally.

The Weekend Whip begins to play and the spotlights go onto Spike and the others who began to dance in complete union, Spike had Allison wrapped around his neck to keep her safe and she hissed with joy seeing them dance, some of the snakes began to go up on stage to hopefully put them out, but they weren't gonna stop there. Spike ducked under one of the snakes punches and he grabbed his arm before he threw him into another group with great skill, Cole grabbed Kai and he twirled him around to take down some more while Zane punched one down to the ground and the lights flash up while everyone jumps into the air.

"Jump up, kick back, whip around and spin! And then jump back do it again! Ninja go!" The song sings while Spike and the others do Spinjitzu on stage, and they help eachother out to stop any bad accidents from happening because of the snakes. Spike flipped in the air and he used his Earth powers to knock more snakes far away from the group while also dancing still, Cole sees three snakes approaching him next and he decides to do the ultimate move. Cole jumps in the air and he slowly flips around while he kicks one snake in the head, followed by a fist to the face, and a headbutt on the last one before he landed down on the ground perfectly while he made a tiger roar and everyone gasped with amazement seeing this.

"The Triple Tiger Sashay!" Zane said amazed that he actually pulled it off.

The audience cheered for them all and everyone feels so great to have entertained everyone here.
"Oh, he did it! The Triple Tiger Sashay! He's danced the impossible!" The announcer said while he bowed in respect with Cole's amazing move, Pythor tried to make the ninja get a 0 score compared to the rest of the judges 10's, but the real judge was able to draw a 1 next to the zero without him noticing for the moment.

"Wha.. wait! I didn't write that!" Pythor said surprised with this as he finally realized it.

"It's a perfect score! Spin Harmony wins, the Blade Cup!" The announcer said proudly as the Blade Cup is presented to all of them and they all smile with joy knowing they won, but Cole looked out to his dad's chair and saw he wasn't here, and felt upset to know if he didn't show up to see this..

Spike and the others went backstage again and felt so amazed with winning the blade cup together.
"I've never felt more alive!" Zane said amazed with what's happened.

"Haha! We did it!" Jay cheered in victory at this too.

"That was amazing! Wait until Twilight hears about this!" Spike said amazed with this too.

"No, Cole did it, because of you, Ninjago will sleep safely tonight!" Kai assured while he walked next to them and still felt upset about this.

"Thanks, but go on and celebrate without me.. winning this without my dad being able to..." Cole said sadly right before they heard someone come in from behind.

"Cole!" Lou announced which got everyone's attention.

"Dad?!" Cole asked shocked that he was here for this.

" I saw it all son, I saw it all." Lou said proudly while he came up to give Cole a hug.

"You.. saw me dance?" Cole asked while he took off his mask.

"More importantly, I saw you fight, those Serpentine were up to no good, trying to steal the show and I saw you stand up for what is right! And.. I was wrong, I shouldn't have pushed you so hard to follow in my footsteps. Everyone is born with a special talent inside that is just waiting to get out. And you were born to be a ninja." Lou said proudly while Spike and the others walked up to him with smiles as well.

"Your not mad?" Cole asked hoping he wasn't.

"How could I be? My son's a hero!" Lou said proudly until someone familiar interrupted this touching moment.

"Oh sorry to interrupt your little family reunion, but did you know.. it's me? Pythor!" Pythor hissed while he revealed himself to everyone.

"You couldn't keep us fooled Pythor." Cole said upset that he was here to ruin this.

" I didn't want you to miss our big show stopper!" Pythor announced while he looked up to the higher areas of the room, and everyone gasped with horror while they saw some Constrictai push some rubble out of the way which began to fall to Lou.

"Dad!" Cole screamed before he dropped the Blade Cup and went over and jumped in to save him just as the rubble fell onto all of them.

"Cole!" Spike shouted with horror while he heard Pythor laughing evilly, and they saw him take off with the Fangblade.

"They took the Fangblade!" Jay said annoyed at this while they brushed the dust away.

Everyone went up to the fallen rubble that had landed on them both and they tried getting them out of it, but they saw a bright golden light coming from Cole's weapon and realized what that must mean..
"He found his true potential!" Zane said amazed as a bright light began appearing from the rubble before them, they hear Cole made a loud grunt of anger while the rubble is finally lifted out from them and they watch in awe as they see his body glow brightly from unlocking his own power.

"Wh.. what? How did we survive that?" Lou asked confused until he finally saw Cole glowing brightly.

"Son?" Lou asked amazed with his huge power that they all could see.

"Cole's found his true potential! His relationship with his father must've been holding him back!" Zane said once again while he was floating in the air.

"He's become indestructible!" Jay said amazed while Spike and Kai watched this from the distance.

"Oh great.. now me and you are the only one's who haven't unlocked it yet.." Kai said sadly while Spike tried comforting him.

"It's alright buddy, we'll find our True Potential soon, no matter what." Spike said proudly while they look at Cole who finally powered down after all of that.

"Is everyone alright? What just happened?" Cole asked as he didn't know what he did.

"We're all okay son." Lou assured while he patted his back.

After that amazing display of power, everyone had went back to Lou's home to say their goodbye's for now.
"I can't believe how amazing that night was, I haven't felt so alive!" Spike said amazed while he was playing with Allison still.

"But I guess this means the scorecard reads: Pythor 2 Fangblades, Ninja: Zero. " Jay reminded while still being upset about that.

"Yeah, but we need only one, and there's still two left to find." Cole said trying to keep things positive.

"Who knows, when Spike and I unlock our true potential, one of us will become the destined Green Ninja." Cole said confidently which made the others laugh at that.

"I'm cool with just being a father thank you very much!" Spike said proudly while Allison coiled around his arm to play with him.

"The only thing that your destined for is more ego." Cole joked while patting his back still until they saw Lou come into the room with a picture.

"It may not be the trophy, but it sure will look good on my wall." Lou said proudly while everyone got up to see the photo, and it was a picture of Spike and the others all winning the Blade Cup together.

"This world is so cool!" Spike said amazed with all of this too.

"As far as I'm concerned, your all family now." Lou assured while everyone came in for a group hug.

"Thanks Lou, that means a lot to all of us." Spike said proudly while he and the others stood together.

"Yeah." Cole said in agreement as they all took in this moment together, even with 2 Fangblades left, they know they'll be a able to stop this all one day..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I know Spike didn't add much to this chapter like some others, but there are just some things he shouldn't interrupt to help the great stuff for episodes like these to move along, sometimes it's fine with him being on the side and not in the spotlight every chapter, so I hope you don't mind that.

And I honestly got a good idea that could help with Spike's powers, once he unlocks his True potential, either in the next episode or during the season 2 finale, his true potential will combine the powers he has into one, even Nya's water power will be used in the future, but I think his main power in the show after season 1 or 2 will be the power of Crystal, where he can forge his weapons out of crystals of any color, or shoot the respective elements from them, I think that'll make him stand out perfectly, so I hope you all look forward to that and have a great day!

10: The Green Ninja

It's been another couple days since Cole unlocked his true potential, and since then, everyone has been keeping they're game up the best they can, with the Serpentine having 2 Fangblades by now, they have to get skilled enough to take them all on, Spike's been taking care of Allison whenever he can, he's been practicing his Spinjitzu a lot more and has gotten the hang of it, he no doubt has more skill then most of the dragons back in Equestria now, and he feels proud for it.

Spike and the others were currently training on the deck of the ship to test out they're powers, meanwhile, someone was in Wu's room and was looking to try on the Green Ninja outfit.
Spike draws his weapon and powers up his fire, his weapon has a green glow come from it and he charges up at one of the snake dummies.
"Fire!" Spike screamed while he shot a powerful blast as the dummy and knocked it off the ship. Cole next draws his weapon and aims his at another.

"Earth!" Cole screamed before he slammed it down and created a massive rupture on the ground. Jay comes up next and powers up his powers to take it down too.

"Lightning!" Jay screamed before he lunged at the dummy and used his Spinjitzu to take the thing down while Kai has put on the Green Ninja outfit to try and unlock himself.

"Ice!" Zane screams before he throws his weapons below the dummies feat and freezes it solid.

A light flashes down on Spike and the others just as they got done training for now.
"Good training, your powers are getting stronger. You've come a long way since you joined us Spike, you should be proud of that." Nya complimented while everyone took some breaths.

"Thanks, I try my best. I should get going to Allison before she wakes up and realizes I'm gone, thanks for the little exercise guys." Spike thanked while he high fived Cole.

"No problem buddy." Cole replied with a smile while Spike was starting to leave.

"Hold on a minute, has anyone seen Kai anywhere?" Nya asked as he wasn't here with them.

Back with Kai, he was practicing his fighting skills to try and find out what he can do to unlock his True Potential.
"Fire!!" Kai screams in a rockstar way before he tries to shoot fire from himself, but each attempt just resulted in a failure which was worrying him a lot.

"Oh come on, the others can do it, so can you. Bring heat!" Kai screamed before he tried doing push ups with one hand in front of the mirror while he kept wearing the suit, but the others had heard him doing this from the deck and laughed at his display.

"Very nice, perhaps if you tried the phrase, Fire Dork! That could unlock it." Cole joked while Kai took off the mask.

"How long have you all been watching?" Kai asked shocked they saw him like this.

"Long enough for you to wake up Allison from your screaming." Spike said annoyed while he held Allison in his arms again, she was crying a bit from being woken up but he tried to calm her down.

Jay and the others had walked in too and he was amazed with seeing the suit in front of him.
"The Green Ninja suit, awesome!" Jay said amazed with how it's designed.

"Well.. I was looking for some clues from sensei, and then I found this." Kai said in defense looking at himself again.

"But you know only he who is foretold to face Lord Garmadon, is destined to be the Green Ninja, and only he should wear the Green Ninja outfit." Zane pointed out which upset Kai a bit.

"I know, i know. I thought if I just tried it on it could help unlock my true potential. It's not fair you guys have unlocked your cool powers and Spike and I still haven't, besides, sensei's gone and we don't know when he's coming back.." Kai explained just until they heard the door open off screen.

"Hello! I'm home!" Sensei Wu announced which excited them all.

"Sensei!" Spike and the others shouted excitedly before they ran out of the room and Kai quickly changed out of the outfit he was wearing.

Spike and the others made they're way to the deck of the ship again and were really glad to see he was okay.
"Ah, it is so good to be home." Wu said relieved that everyone's alright.

"We've missed you a lot sensei." Spike said with a smile while he soothed Allison to sleep.

Did you bring us anything?!" Cole asked excited with where he went.
"Oh boy have you missed a lot! Zane's a nindroid, Nya's the mysterious Samurai, Spike's egg finally hatched into a baby Anacondrai, Cole's a dancer!" Jay said eagerly which confused him for a moment.

"Zane is a.. what?" Wu asked confused on what that meant.

"You've been gone for a while, we'll catch you up later. But you should know, all of us except for Kai and Spike have unlocked our true potential." Zane revealed which fascinated him.

"Have you now?" Wu asked amazed to hear that.

Spike smiled at this and walked up to him a bit more.
"Yeah, even if I haven't discovered mine, I still have a lot to keep my hands full right now. Wu, this is Allison, you can say this is her meeting her grandpa." Spike introduced while showing Allison to Wu, she hissed in a happy way and Wu smiled seeing her.

"She's a little one indeed, how an Anacondrai Egg ended up in Venomari territory remains to be answered, but I'm glad to know you've been taking care of her Spike." Wu said proud of his great work.

"Thanks sensei, maybe this will tie into me unlocking my true potential, even if I'm the last, I know it'll be an epic moment when I do." Spike said eager to know when it will happen.

"I look forward to seeing it Spike, but where is Kai?" Wu asked noticing he wasn't here until he quickly came up with his suit on.

"Right here! We're so glad your back safe." Kai said relieved he's back.

But a strange shadow emerged behind him and everyone gasped in shock as they saw the man himself was here, Lord Garmadon.
"Sensei! Behind you!" Kai warned right as he flipped behind Garmadon and drew his sword.

"Look away Allison!" Spike warned while he covered her eyes.

"Sensei!" Zane shouted in slow motion while trying to block no attacks, Kai slashed his sword at Garmadon who was able to duck under it.

"He's got four arms!" Kai said with anger while he pinned Garmadon down.

"So we meet again." Garmadon greeted while he was pushing him off.

"He must've followed you sensei!" Kai declared before Wu came over to stop him.

"Kai! Stop! he is the reason I left, for as long as Pythor has Lloyd, he will remain our guest." Wu revealed which shocked them all.

"What?!" Spike sked shocked to hear that while Allison hissed hearing this too.

"We have to live with this guy?!" Cole asked shocked with this too.

"Sensei, he has four arms!" Zane pointed out again uncomfortable with this.

"May I remind you ever since he turned evil he's been trying to get our Golden Weapons?" Jay reminded until Wu had enough of this.

"Enough!" Wu shouted which shut them up.

"Yes sensei." Spike and the others said respectfully while Garmadon got back up.

"This isn't about the weapons, it's about my son!" Garmadon declared while going besides Wu, and that's when he finally noticed Spike and Allison, and he saw he had a Golden Weapon of his own which interested him, but he wanted to move that thought away for now.

"From here on out, you will obey me, and respect my brother." Wu instructed to all of them once more.

"Yes Sensei." Spike and the others said while giving a respectful bow.

"Now to the bridge, we must put our attention on more pressing matters." Wu ordered while he and Garmadon were starting to leave.

Spike just had an unsettling feeling seeing him here, maybe that's just how everyone feels when around him, but this is the first time he's met Garmadon, and he can see why he's feared. Spike and the others went to the bridge once again to discuss what to do.
"So where are we at with the Four Fangblades?" Wu asked wondering what's happened since.

"uh.. Pythor managed to take the first two, but there's still two left." Jay reported honestly.

"And we only need one to prevent him from unleashing the Great Devourer." Cole said with a serious look.

"Any luck finding they're whereabouts?" Wu asked hoping they had something.

"No, but the falcon is programmed to report if he sees any suspicious activity." Zane reported calmly.

"Good, we find the Fangblade, we find Lloyd. Kai and Nya, prepare the deck and double check the anchor. We need to be ready for when there's reported activity." Wu instructed to them again and they understood it.

"Yes sensei." They both said at once again before they began to leave the place.

"I have my eye on you." Kai said while glaring at Garmadon, but he hit his head on the door and was a bit frustrated by that before leaving everyone alone.

Spike sighed in relief and held Allison in his arms again while she was asleep again.
"So, who is this brother?" Garmadon asked while walking up to Spike.

"This is Spike, he is a new student that joined us about a month ago, he fell from another world and ended up here, we don't have a current way to get him back, and until we find a way, if we find a way, he will be one of my students and live here with us too." Wu explained which interested him.

"N.. nice to meet you sir." Spike said nervously while he backed up a bit.

"A talking dragon? I never thought I'd see the day, and he has a golden weapon of his own? I thought there were only 4 of them in existence?" Garmadon asked noticing Spike's trident.

"It was given to me by a strange figure who I met not too long after we found the bounty, he said it's only meant for me to use, so if you have any ideas on stealing this, you'll have to think again." Spike said while he drew it out and twirled it around a bit.

"Interesting, I'll at least respect your boundaries, but why do you have an Anacondrai with you?" Garmadon asked glaring at Allison who was still asleep.

"I found her egg during one of our missions before Wu left, she was all alone and didn't have anyone with her, I didn't want anything bad to happen to it, so I took it in and when she hatched, I took the role as her father." Spike explained with a small smile and he hugged her close.

"You are an interesting one already Spike, but be weary of these snakes, some can never be trusted, my brother and I have experienced that first hand when we were very young." Garmadon warned which Spike sighed at and Wu shook his head.

"Please don't remind me of her.." Wu asked not wanting to remember that huge mess.

"I know, but I'll raise Allison in a different way, she'll be different sure, but she's still my child, and I won't let anything happen to her." Spike said as he went to put her to bed for now.

"I can completely understand that." Garmadon replied with a smile as well while Spike left, and Garmadon was interested with him.

"Since where and when do dragons like him talk?" Garmadon asked confused on how he's able to do so.

"It's a long story brother, and now, you said something about the falcon being programmed Jay?" Wu asked turning to him next.

"Okay, where do I even start? It all started when we saw the falcon.." Jay said as he started explaining to Wu what happened while Kai and Nya were at the deck again.

"But Nya, did you see he has four arms? Wherever sensei found him he's made it possible to posses all four weapons at once! I don't trust him, not one bit!" Kai declared not liking this at all.

"You have to remember, he isn't just the Dark Lord, he's also sensei's brother. even though he's pure evil, sensei holds him close to his heart." Nya pointed out while she raised up the sails again.

"That's it!" Kai said as he thought he realized what to do now.

"What?" Nya asked confused with what he's thinking.

"Sensei told me my heart is the key! Maybe if I stand up to Lord Garmadon, I'll unlock my true potential and everyone can see I'm the Green Ninja! Ha! Nya you are a genius!" Kai declared looking really excited.

"I don't quite follow your logic..." Nya replied confused with his thinking still.

"No time to talk! I've gotta train, if I'm gonna stand up to Garmadon, I'm gonna have to be at the top of my game!" Kai said seriously while he did a backflip in the air.

"But sensei said he's our guest!" Nya pointed out again.

"Garmadon may have fooled sensei, but don't think for a second I'm not keeping my eye on him! Nya, the Lord of Darkness just became our roommate!" Kai declared with huge worry on all of this.

And to say that Garmadon living with them was weird would be an understatement, everyone all had they're experiences with him here and it was just weird.
Spike and the others were brushing they're teeth like normal while Spike lightly cleaned up Allison's fangs, but as the camera pans over, we see Garmadon is using a rather sharp knife in order to clean his teeth which works somehow.
Everyone was eating at the table once again and while everyone ate normal food, Garmadon ate some strange food that only he could like.

"What's he eating?" Cole asked feeling grossed out from this.

"Condensed evil, it's supposed to be low on fat." Kai answered while they all watched him eat, Spike gagged a bit at this and went back to feeding Allison some real food.

The bounty was now flying through a thunderstorm and Kai was trying to steer the ship through it.
"Where's Garmadon?" Zane asked wondering where he is.

"I think he's sunbathing, and I think Spike joined him for some reason." Kai answered while moving the wheel around, Garmadon and Spike were seen on the deck on the ship sunbathing in the thunderstorm, and Spike actually found some of it pretty cool.

"This is actually nice." Spike said with sunglasses on while he high fived Garmadon who laughed at this.

Everyone was trying to sleep in their room for the next night, but Garmadon's powers was creating lightning that was blinding most of everyone in it. Allison began crying loudly and everyone could only groan in annoyance for this.
"Do you have to do that? We have a baby here with us!" Kai asked annoyed with him, and Garmadon only laughed evilly again which annoyed them a lot.

"Ugh, I wish someone could hit me with a tranq dart.." Spike said tiredly while he held Allison close to him to calm her down.

We cut to the next day where we currently see Garmadon playing games with two controllers, everyone was watching from the other room and was disturbed with how he does things.
"He's not even playing the game right, he's just shooting and destroying things!" Kai said annoyed with him even more.

"Isn't that how that game is meant to be played kai?" Spike asked while they closed the door to talk.

"I've noticed when he's not trying to turn Ninjago into his own image, he's actually quite fascinating." Zane said impressed with what he can do.

"Sure, four arms are freakish, but all in all he doesn't seem that bad of a guy." Cole added interested with this too.

"Yeah, he doesn't seem that bad deep down despite all the evil that flows through him, like Wu said, it was that bite that turned him evil over time, so deep down he's not doing this out of pure evil and anger." Spike added while yawning a bit still since it was really early.

"He might've fooled all of you, but he's up to something, and I'll be ready for it!" Kai declared with a serious look.

The falcon was currently flying over Ninjago once more, it was searching for any signs of Serpentine around these parts of the area, and luckily for it, it was able to find all of them heading to the Fire Temple where Kai's Golden Weapon once laid, it was looking very unstable here and looked extremely dangerous, and the falcon was able to record the footage of the snakes carrying Lloyd and had sent it to the Bounty. But back at the Bounty, Kai was too distracted with his training to try and look at the screen.
"Garmadon, get ready to get Kai'd! Fire!!" Kai screamed again while he kept striking fighting poses all over the room without even noticing the camera yet, but he soon stopped once he heard Wu was talking to someone downstairs.
"This way you two, come. I have come to understand the mysterious Samurai is no longer a mystery, and you've only been growing with your skills Spike." Wu said while Kai snuck down to see what he's talking about.

Spike and Nya were in a room with Wu while the Green Ninja suit was out on display for them to see.
"Yeah, I guess you heard about that, I picked up a thing or two." Nya said a bit proud of it.

It was foolish of me to think a girl could not be the destined Green Ninja. Or a dragon from another world could be it either." Wu replied while Kai was watching from outside.

"Nya or Spike is the Green Ninja?!" Kai asked himself with shock and despair hearing that.

When the four weapons are laid out before the Destined One, the weapons will react, and it will reveal the identity of the Green Ninja." Wu explained looking at them all.
"But.. sensei.." Nya said a bit nervous to do this.

"I thought I already said I'm not meant to be it? And that I'm only meant to fight alongside him, whether or not it's Kai or one of the others is still up for debate, but I'm fine with just being my own ninja." Spike asked while he layed his Trident down.

"I know Spike, but it is best we test things out to be safe, approach the weapons." Wu instructed while they looked at eachother with worry.

Kai was still watching this from outside until someone else had come in and saw this.
"What are you doing out here?" Garmadon asked which knocked Kai off his balance from the chair he was standing on.

"What are you doing out here?" Kai countered while pointing at him.

"Evil never sleeps." Garmadon answered while he offered to help him up, but Kai refused it.

"Yeah, well good never rests!" Kai countered once again.

"Maybe we should end this right now!" Garmadon declared with a menacing tone.

"I was hoping you'd say that!" Kai said while they began shoving eachother back until Spike and Nya came out to stop this.

"Kai? What are you doing here?" Spike asked worried with what he's doing.

"Perhaps you and Nya should be asking Mr. Snoopy Pants that question." Garmadon said motioning to Kai who was upset at that.

"Kai, were you spying on us?" Nya asked a bit offended by all of that.

"Uh.. no way! I was just uh.. keeping watch! So.. are you or Spike the Green Ninja?" Kai asked wondering what was told.

"What? Of course not." Nya answered which relieved him a bit.

"I prefer just being Spike, and not having that kind of pressure put on me, I'm already 12 and have a snake to raise, I'd prefer to keep my attention on her to make her happy." Spike answered which Garmadon liked hearing.

"Good choice Spike." Garmadon replied while Wu came out of the room too.

"So the weapons didn't tell you two?! Oh that means I still have a chance!" Kai said really hoping he could be it.

"Truth is she or Spike didn't want to know." Wu said looking at them who nodded hearing that.

"I'm fine just the way I am, I may control your guys powers, but I have a long path to walk now that I'm here, and whether or not I'll stand by the Green Ninja's side, I'll be there to see him win to the end." Spike said with a smile while holding out his weapon.

"And for me, all I ever wanted to was to be like you, but after seeing how obsessed you've become and what I can do on my own, I'm happy being a Samurai." Nya answered honestly as well.

"So who's the Green Ninja?" Kai asked once more.

"Perhaps we will never know." Wu answered just until Jay opened the door to the hall they're in.

"Kai, you were supposed to be on the bridge! Zane's falcon spotted them!" Jay reported annoyed with him not being there.

Everyone went up to the bridge once again to see where they are now.
"Looks like Pythor is at the Temple of Fire." Nya observed seeing the structure on screen.

"The means the Fangblade is there!" Kai declared worried with this.

"And Lloyd." Spike and Garmadon said at once.

"That's the same Fire Temple where Kai and Garmadon first faced off!" Jay said turning to him.

"If memory serves me right, I'd say one of us cheated when we first fought!" Kai said glaring at Garmadon again.

"And I remember someone needing they're sensei to save them!" Garmadon countered getting irritated with this.

"Guys! for the sake of the Fangblade, and Lloyd, can we please just get along?" Cole asked really wanting this to stop.

"Since you've last been there, it looks like the volcano has grown unstable, the place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up! This will be a highly combustible environment." Nya warned while warning signs were on the monitor.

"Oh great, just what I like, fighting deadly snakes in a deadly environment about to blow up!" Jay said annoyed with where they have to fight.

"I'll be fine with the lava there, my kind's lava proof, I shouldn't be in too much trouble, it's a good thing Allison is asleep for this mission." Spike said relieved she won't be here for this.

"We will do what we must." Wu said in a calm tone like he always is.

"Yes sensei, but where are our weapons?" Zane asked noticing they aren't here, and that's when Kai saw Garmadon wasn't here too.

"And why is Lord Garmadon not here?!" Kai asked while he quickly ran out of the place.

"Kai!" Wu warned while everyone watched him run out.

Spike sighed in annoyance at this and slapped his face for what he's doing.
"Okay, I know he's wanting to become the Green Ninja and all, but he's going to bridges that shouldn't be crossed here, especially right now!" Spike said annoyed with what he's doing.

"Tell me about it, he may have not unlocked his true potential like all of us have, but he doesn't have to go this rash to unlock it!" Jay said agreeing to this while everyone ran after him to stop this.

Spike and the others made they're way to Wu's room to stop Kai, and unfortunately, they can hear Kai fighting Garmadon inside, probably assuming he was a thief for the Golden Weapons.
"What are you doing?" Nya shouted while they saw him fighting inside the room.

"I'm unlocking my true potential!" Kai screamed from inside just as Garmadon knocked him to the wall inside.

"The door won't budge!" Jay said annoyed while he tried opening it up.

"Kai think he'll unlock his power by standing up to Lord Garmadon." Nya said turning back to the others.

"Why would he think that?" Zane asked upset with this logic of his.

"Because he thinks he's the Green Ninja!" Nya answered which they all were annoyed by.

"Well if we don't open this door soon, he's gonna be mincemeat! Stand back guys!" Cole warned while he got in front of all of them and activated his True Potential again.

"Earth!" Cole screamed before he used his strength to burst down the door finally.

Everyone ran into the room and saw Kai was on top of Garmadon after a tough fight.
"I defeated him! I did it! Are my eyes glowing!? Did I unlock my powers?! Is this my true potential?!" Kai asked excited if this was it.

"No, this isn't the way Kai, even if I haven't unlocked my full powers, I know that this isn't the way to do it!" Spike said while he pushed him off of Garmadon.

"You cannot defeat someone who allowed themselves to be defeated kai." Wu instructed while he helped his brother up.

"I wasn't going to hurt you boy, I was only fetching your weapons." Garmadon said in defense of what he accused him off.

"But you were trying to steal them!" Kai accused once again.

"I asked him to fetch them. Perhaps it is best you do not reach your true potential, or else someone could get hurt." Wu said upset with his actions and that made Kai ashamed of it a bit.

"Aw, you poor thing, let me help you." Nya offered while she helped Garmadon up some more too.

"Yes, poor thing." Garmadon mocked while glaring at Kai who was frustrated at this.

But the ship began to shake after it had reached a place they need to be now.
"Sound like we reached our destination." Cole declared while everyone began running outside and they saw the Fire Temple in it's full glory, and Spike was in awe of it, while also worried with how unstable it looks now .

"It's best Allison is asleep for this, this is far too dangerous for her.." Spike said worried on how they're gonna do this.

Everyone got geared up to get ready for the mission, and they all soon made they're way to the temple while keeping they're guards up.
"The volcano seems to be on the verge of eruption guys. All indicators tell me that this place is becoming increasingly fragile. Even the smallest rupture could make the whole thing go off." Nya warned which worried everyone.

"Then we must not use our weapons." Wu instructed which made Spike and the others put they're weapons away.

"We should just bring normal weapons for spares in the future guys." Spike commented which they all agreed too.

"There, the Serpentine must've gone through the Inner Corner! From here on out, we travel by shadows!" Wu instructed while they all were running inside the dangerous place.

"It's the only way I know how." Garmadon said as they all made they're way through the temple.

Everyone made they're way through the temple until they came upon a huge open area where they could see dozens of snakes digging for the Fangblade.
"There's Lloyd!" Jay whispered while they all could see him locked in a cage still.

"Son!" Garmadon said really worried with the state he's in now.

One of the snakes kept digging through the ground until a metal clang was heard which surprised them all.
"Out of my way you fool!" Pythor ordered while he smacked him away, everyone was carefully climbing down the path and they could see Pythor and the others had found the next Fangblade once again.

"The Third Fangblade is ours!" Pythor declared and held it up in the air for all of them to see. Everyone tried sneaking
they're way through the path to save Lloyd, but when Pythor looked at the blade, he could see his reflection and just at his side, he could see Wu and the others had snuck they're way in.

"Ninja?! Attack!" Pythor screamed while pointing the blade to them.

"Light as a leaf! Attack like there is no tomorrow!" Wu ordered while all of the snakes were charging at them.

Spike ran ahead through the group and ducked under one of the slashes from the snakes, he went behind it and kicked it in the back which sent it into a group of more snakes. Spike then grabbed one of they're blades with his claws and made a battle cry, he then twirled the snake around with his strength and then smashed him to the ground.
"Earth!" Spike screamed before he used his Earth power and punched the ground hard enough to knock more foes off of the ground.

"Wind!" Jay screamed while he shot a gust of wind through a lava geyser and he jumped through it. Zane punched two snakes that were right behind him without even looking and looked up ahead of him.

"Ice!" Zane screamed while he shot a bridge of ice and slide down it to take down more snakes.

Kai was surrounded by more of the snakes once again, and seeing he was outnumbered, he had no choice but to draw his weapon. But that made it glow extremely bright and the lava around them began growing unstable.
"Kai! The weapon is compromising our safety!" Nya warned again while the blade was on fire.

"I will do what I must!" Kai declared while he turned to all the snakes.

"Let's get out of here! But not before we leave them with a parting gift!" Pythor shouted while he and the other snakes were starting to escape, some Constrictai that were near the walls drilled they're way inside of it to make the place more unstable for them all.

The place was beginning to shake some more and there were rocks falling from the ceiling, and they could see the lava was starting to rise.
"They're making the volcano unstable!" Zane said with huge worry on what's happening.

"The place is getting more unstable by the minute, we have to get out of here!" Jay shouted while looking around the place.
"Not without my son!" Garmadon shouted while pushing past them.

"Dad!!" Lloyd screamed with fear as the place was coming down.

"Hang on Lloyd!" Spike screamed before he lunged his way off the rocks they were on and ran to the path the snakes were moving through.

Spike landed down and drew his weapon again and shot more ice blasts at some to slow them down.
"On your right!" Garmadon warned while he blocked one attack from Spike's right and took the snakes weapon to fight back.

"Bring it!" Spike screamed while he twirled his weapon around and lightning began to form around it, Spike's eyes glowed blue again and cackled with lightning before he shot a blast of lightning to all the snakes in front of him and they all went down in an instant.

"Lose the boy!" Pythor ordered the snakes who began moving the cage around to the cliff.

"Dad! Spike!" Lloyd screamed with terror as he was thrown to a corner where the lava was just below him.

"Lloyd!" Garmadon said with fear while he was pushing some of them back, Spike blocked another attack from the snakes and threw him off the ledge.

"I got them, go! Save Lloyd!" Spike screamed with anger while he took a deep breath, and shot green fire at more of them to open the path up for them.

Garmadon charged through the fire snake made and took down whatever snake came in his way. Garmadon grabs one of the snakes weapons and throws the snake behind him just as another geyser bursts next to them, he finally was able to reach the cage Lloyd was trapped in and he quickly pulled Lloyd away from the lava just as it melted the bottom off.
"Dad!" Lloyd said with joy while he landed down to give him a hug.

"Lloyd.." Garmadon said with huge relief holding him close.

"Your okay Lloyd, it's gonna be alright." Spike assured just as he kicked down one more snake again.

"The Fangblade is mine!" Kai screamed running past them as the place kept collapsing.

"You can't it's too dangerous! The whole place is collapsing!" Cole warned again, but Kai didn't care and wasn't gonna lose this one.

"Then I better be quick!" Kai shouted and he ran even faster.

Pythor was just about to leave through the tunnel ahead but Kai had managed to draw his sword in time, and he threw it directly at him and knocked the blade out of his hand and pinned it to the wall, Pythor hissed with pure rage with what he just did and Kai kept running through the place as it was getting even worse.
"Hurry! We must leave here at once!" Scales warned just as a geyser erupted near Pythor which scared him enough to leave the Fangblade behind and the way was blocked off from the rubble.

Kai kept running for the Fangblade just as Spike and the others got back to the exit to escape.
"Leave it Kai, it's not worth your life!" Jay screamed as things were getting worse.

"Not without that Fangblade!: Kai screamed while he jumped over some falling rocks, the lava had risen up high enough to the point the battle ground they faced on had been covered up entirely to make things even worse.

"But what about Kai?! Kai!" Lloyd screamed with huge worry for him, but the ground beneath Lloyd suddenly began to collapse and everyone watched with terror as he began falling to the lava.

"No!!" Spike screamed with terror while he tried saving him, but Zane held him back so he doesn't die from this.

"Lloyd!!" Garmadon screamed with horror just as he landed on the ground and he began floating away from them all.

"Dad!!" Lloyd screamed with desperation and he was too far away from them to save.

Kai was trying to pull out his blade so he could get the Fangblade, but it was really tight with where it was.
"Dad! I'm sinking!" Lloyd screamed with fear as he was getting even lower.

"It won't.. budge!" Kai said with frustration while he pulled even harder, he was soon finally able to free the blade from the wall but he was pulled back and the Fangblade went falling down into another corner where Kai couldn't reach.
"We have to get out of here! Or else none of us will get out of here!" Wu warned as the place was on the verge of exploding.

"But my son!" Garmadon said with terror just as the path in front of them was blocked off completely.

Kai was trying to reach for the blade as hard as he could, but Lloyd screamed for help as things got even worse.
"Kai! Help me!" Lloyd screamed which finally made Kai look away from it, he kept looking back between him and the
Fangblade and had one choice to make, and he made the right choice that helped him finally realize what to do.

"Come on, let's get out of here!" Kai said while he hopped over to him and picked him up.

"But the Fangblade!" Lloyd shouted as the thing was sinking into the lava.

"Forget it! The whole place is coming apart! Ninja go!" Kai screamed while he used his Spinjitzu to hop across the floating rocks in the lava, they were soon completely cornered and the lava began bursting all around them.

Spike and the others hurried they're way out of the temple while Cole and Zane pushed Garmadon forward.
"Lloyd! Lloyd!!" Garmadon screamed with terror as the place was starting to explode.

"We have to go! Come on!" Spike screamed while he quickly got on the bounty with the others which began taking off. The ship quickly made haste to escape the temple and everyone watched with despair just as the place had blown up completely.

"Kai.. " Spike said with despair while he looked down with regret.

"Son.." Garmadon said with horror while they all watched the place explode.

But to everyone's shock, they saw a strange fireball heading directly to them in a strange way, and everyone could see someone inside it and they finally realized what it was.
"It's Kai! He's found his true potential!" Jay said amazed just as he finally landed down in front of all of them, and his body glowed brightly.

"So.. amazing.." Spike said with relief and awe seeing his powers like this, it made him wish he could unlock his powers sooner, and one day, he just might. Kai's body finally stopped glowing and he fell on the ground from exhaustion and everyone went to help him up, the bounty began to take off from the Fire Temple as it was getting worse.

Everyone went back to the bridge of the ship to take a moment to rest after what they went through, Spike got Allison again after she woke up from the loud noises outside and was soothing her again.
"Dad? Is it really you?" Lloyd asked while looking up at him.

"It is son." Garmadon assured while he gave him a close hug.

"Dad.. why do you have four arms?" Lloyd asked confused with all of them.

"He's gonna be okay!" Cole assured which made all of them cheer in joy and relief for what they did.

"Guess that's a complete success huh?" Spike asked while he high fived Zane again.

"Thank you, Kai." Garmadon said really grateful for what he's done for them.

"But how did you survive? How did you discover the key to unlocking your powers?" Zane asked fascinated with how he did it.

"I knew when I had the choice. I wanted the Fangblade so badly, to prove to everyone that I was good enough to become the Green Ninja. But then I figured it out, all of my training for preparation to become the best ninja, wasn't to become the Green Ninja, it was.. to protect him.." Kai said as he turned to Lloyd with realization.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Lloyd asked confused with all of this.

"Then.. that means..." Spike said with pure shock as he finally realized this too.

Kai and the other ninja drew they're weapons around Lloyd, and they placed them around him, and that made the weapons glow and they began floating around him with a green glow which finally had them all see who it is.
"Lloyd is the Green Ninja! I had thought it had been one of you 5 but, it was him the whole time! Not only have you 5 been chosen to protect the Golden Weapons, but also to protect the chosen one." Wu declared while patting Lloyd's back.

"I had a feeling it could be him.." Spike said proudly while Allison hissed hearing all of this.

"But.. then that means.." Garmadon said as this could only mean one thing for the future.

The battle lines have only been drawn further brother, sadly this means our family is more divided. Brother vs brother, and now.. Son, VS Father." Wu said regretfully. Everyone looked at eachother with shock in worry on what this means for them all given how young Lloyd is, but someone had to interrupt all of this.

"I know this is heavy and all, but whatever happened to the FANGBLADE?!" Jay shouted really scared of what happened to it.

Back at the collapsing Fire Temple, Pythor and the rest of the snakes were retreating back home for now, but as they went along, Pythor noticed a familiar blade swimming through the lava after everything exploded. He used his staff to throw it out of the lava and they all saw it land on the ground with it's metal shinning brightly.
"It's so beautiful! Cool and clean it off boys, because we only got one more to go!" Pythor ordered while he knocked the blade to two more snakes who caught it, but they were being burned with how hot the thing was and Pythor chuckled sinisterly as there was one more left to find..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this chapter! I know Spike and Garmadon didn't get much to interact here yet, but I'm trying to figure out how to properly build they're relationship, this episode was really the one that set the show up going forward with Lloyd being the Green Ninja, I know a lot of people wanted it to be Kai, but the show was able to do things extremely great with Lloyd as the Green Ninja, it made sense for what it was meant to tell and I'll always love it for that, although sometimes I do with Kai was the Green Ninja in an AU or something, maybe a What If show could've been cool to see like what Marvel did, but none the less, I hope you liked this and have a great day guys!

11: All Of Nothing

A few more days has passed since Spike and the others rescued Lloyd from the Serpentine, Lloyd's been getting better after being held by them after a while, and Garmadon's been there for any support he's can, while it is quite the reveal that Lloyd is the Green Ninja, Spike is proud to know that, but he also has worries of his own, with Lloyd being so young it will put a lot of pressure on him, Spike is a bit older sure, but even he's had trouble fully adapting to this new world, but he has a lot to deal with right now, from Allison, to the snakes, and getting the Fangblades, there's a lot they need to get done, and they need to hurry up with it.

Spike and the ninja had gotten info on a Venomari being spotted somewhere in Ninjago City, and they all had quickly made they're way to the place to stop him. The Venomari in General was running through the streets at night, but was stopped once he saw Zane and Spike appear out of the shadows with weapons drawn.
"Where do you think your going?" Spike asked while he twirled his Trident around and charged up a Fire blast, the Venomari got scared and tried running away just before Spike shot a blast to the ground which knocked him off his feat, this was followed by Jay appearing through a street light and shot more lightning at him. The snake tried escaping, but Kai and Cole cornered him in an alley so he couldn't escape.

"Going somewhere?" Cole asked smugly while they all ganged up on him and drew they're weapons.

"uh oh.." He said with fear while they pinned him down.

"Thought you could hit a joy ride through town without us noticing huh? Where's the last Fangblade?!" Jay asked interrogating him.

"I.. don't know what your talking about." The snake lied which everyone saw through.

"Oh that's a lie if I've ever seen it, where is it?!" Spike asked while starting to growl in a threatening way.

"Oh, that Fangblade! Hehe, your too late! Pythor's already there and is already digging it out! If I were you, I'd prepare for the worst, because there will be nothing it won't consume!" He said dramatically which made Zane realize something.

"Doesn't that mean it'll consume you too?" Zane asked which made him start freaking out.

"Ah! Please! You have to stop him! That snake is crazy! I don't wanna unleash the Great Devourer! I'm a snake! Not food!" He begged while freaking out at the thought.

"is there any chance we can still get the last Fangblade?" Kai asked hoping there was something.

"Your days behind him! But there's gotta be something else you can do!" He begged which made everyone look at eachother to think of something.

Everyone made they're way back to the bounty which was currently flying through the sky's once again, Spike had Allison in his arms again and was helping her sleep nicely.
"The Venomari's right, by the time we set sail to the last Fangblade, Pythor will have already beaten us there." Nya said as they all looked at the map of the land again.

"Oh come on guys, this is the last one! We have to get it! We gotta think of something." jay asked looking to the others.

"Hey.. if we only need one Fangblade to stop him, but what if we take the other 3 back? There's no way he'd keep them on him, he's probably got them somewhere hidden." Lloyd suggested which was a great idea.

"That's a great idea, if he isn't there by now, we still have a chance to get the others." Spike said really liking that idea of his.

"But they would be heavily guarded, it would be more dangerous to get the other 3 which may be well protected." Zane pointed out which brought up more problems again.

"Finally, I don't have to hold back!" Kai said eager to get going now.

But Garmadon had his own concerns he had to worry about.
"Even if you could steal the other three, you don't even know where they are." Garmadon pointed out again.

"He's right, for the past few weeks there has been almost no Serpentine sightings, how are they moving around?" Wu asked wondering how this is.

"Hold on a second.. they're snakes right? They live underground! So if they can't be seen on the surface.." Spike theorized which gave them an idea.

"Of course! Bridge, give me a sonar sweep of Ninjago, 20 feet below surface!" Nya said to the bridge which did what it was requested, and they all were shown of a secret map being right below all of Ninjago.

"All the tombs are interconnected! To make one massive underground fortress!" Cole said amazed with this discovery.

"It feels good to be right at times!" Spike said proudly while Allison was sleeping soundly in his arms while Kai noticed one specific place.

"There, that looks like the most secure place, it must be where the Fangblades are being protected." Kai theorized which may be true.

"Then what are we waiting for? Nya, set course!" Wu ordered to her who quickly got to work.

"Already on it, we'll be there by sunrise!" Nya assured while she was quickly setting the course to the location.

After that meeting with everyone else, Spike went to his room to put Allison to sleep again, she's been a handful to raise, but Spike's enjoyed every moment of it, she's often a pretty calm and looks to understand what's happening, she already looks pretty smart for being a month old by this point, and Spike felt proud of her for it.
"You doing alright Spike?" Lloyd announced while Spike was walking out of the room, Spike turned to him and saw Lloyd was a bit concerned, but Spike only smiled in response.

"I'm fine Lloyd, just putting Allison to sleep again, she's been a lot, but I've really loved raising her since I hatched her." Spike said proudly while they walked through the halls together.

"Sorry I wasn't able to see her hatch, I can't tell you how much I would've wanted to see it, but I'm glad your able to raise her like a father, even if your so young." Lloyd complimented which Spike chuckled at.

"Thanks, I'm only 12 years old, but with how well I've been raised, I took that into mind and used what I learned to help Allison, while I never knew who my real parents were, what I had back in Equestria really taught me a lot." Spike said as he really missed everyone back home.

"You ever think you'll find a way back? What if.. your stuck here forever? What if something bad happens back in your home?" Lloyd asked worried for what could happen, while Spike was worried about that too, he had hopes Twilight and everyone else can handle just fine without him.

"I feel like my friends will be able to go on without me, even if it's a long time since I'll see them again.. I just know that one day, I'll find my way back, that's a fact." Spike assured while he held out his Golden Weapon, it was one of the first things he had to gaining his own strength, and whenever he used it, it felt awesome to use.

"Well, whatever the case, I'm glad you handling things well, if you need anything, I'll be there for help alright?" Lloyd asked while patting his back.

"Thanks Lloyd, it's so great to have you back here, let's see what the others are up to right now." Spike replied as they went back to the deck of the ship to plan things out.

After that small talk with Lloyd, the Bounty was arriving at the Mountain of a Million Steps now, and everyone was trained up and ready to fight.
"Look at all those piles of dirt!" Jay observed as the Bounty flew directly at the mountains side and the team was almost ready to go.

"What are those snakes up to?" Cole asked as they all looked down at it.

"Wait for us!" Lloyd announced while he and Spike were running down to the others.

"This is not your fight Lloyd, the Green Ninja is too important for a future destiny, you shall stay with me." Wu instructed which Lloyd felt upset to hear. But Nya's samurai suit came flying down and had a new attachment to it.

"Well, it looks like he's gonna have to watch after himself, because we made room for you!" Nya said proudly while looking at the chair.

"Well you said you were concerned so you couldn't keep up, so Jay and Nya rejigged the design so you could come along! What do you think?" Kai asked while Wu had an eager look on his face.

"I think.... shotgun!" Wu announced while he hopped onto the chair while laughing in a fun way.

"I think I'll stay back here guys, someone's gotta look after the ship." Spike announced which they all could understand.

"I will stay back as well, I don't enjoy saying this but.. good luck." Garmadon said to all of them who smiled proudly at hearing that.

After that, Kai and the other Ninja had made they're way back to the tomb from before to find out where they are, but it appeared empty from the looks of it.
"I thought you said this place was heavily guarded?" Jay asked turning to Zane who tried figuring this out.

"Forgive me, even Nindroids make mistakes." Zane whispered while Cole noticed a painting on the wall.

"Hey, check this out!" Cole announced which got their attention and they saw the funny drawing of the ninja.

"That doesn't even look like me!" Jay said annoyed to see that.

"Oh they're gonna pay for that!" Kai declared while clutching his fists.

"I mean at least give me a decent mustache.." Cole said as he went and accidently triggered a switch, and that somehow opened up a secret tunnel that led deeper into the mountain.

"Uh.. meant to do that.." Cole said a bit nervous on all the noise it made.

But they all didn't waste anymore time, and they quickly rushed down the long tunnel to find the other Fangblades, but soon enough, they found an entire open tomb with all the remaining Serpentine who all were awaiting Pythor to return from finding the next Fangblade.
"There's too many to deal with all at once, I say we travel by shadow." Kai suggested which was a good idea to them.

"Right behind you." Nya assured looking down at him.

"And I'll be right behind you." Wu assured as well which gave them their plan. They all started to sneak they're way down to the center while Wu just had some more tea to wait.

But back at the Bounty, Spike and Lloyd were just walking in the bridge, and they found Garmadon who seemed to be stealing information.
"Transferring files." The ship announced which Lloyd and Spike were upset to see.

"Garmadon! What are you doing?!" Spike shouted which shocked him enough to stop doing that and he turned to see Spike and Lloyd were there.

"Were you.. stealing?! Dad, our friends are risking their lives to save Ninjago! And your going behind our backs to gain an advantage?!" Lloyd asked upset to see him do such a thing now of all times, Garmadon only sighed regretfully and tried explaining this to them.

"I'm sorry you two, but when the Devourer bit me, evil runs through my blood, and.. there's just this.. urge to do something bad, and.. I can't fight back against it.." Garmadon said shamefully while Spike crossed his arms.

"You left me for so long? Where did you go?" Lloyd asked upset at all of this still.

"Garmadon, I know it's.. rough for you, but there are just times when this stuff shouldn't happen, we barely know eachother, but even then I still see that this bothers you." Spike said as he did feel bad for Garmadon being forced to do evil stuff.

"I thank you for that Spike, but.. there are just some places in this world that are void of any good, and that was the only place where I felt.. like I belonged.." Garmadon said shamefully which worried them both.

"Is that where sensei found you?" Lloyd asked worried to hear that.

"You know how I've always wanted those Golden Weapons, and this place allowed me to posses them, but I wasn't aware there was a 5th one, I guess there is stuff our father hid from us, that was meant for someone else." Garmadon said looking at Spike's trident.

"But.. why didn't you take me with you? Why did I have to be at a boarding school for most of my life?" Lloyd asked really betrayed from what he's done.

"Every boy has a choice to choose who they want to be, but because I was bitten, evil runs through my veins. And the urge to do evil has never left me since.. but you both still have a choice, you don't need to be like me Lloyd, Wu has a plan for you. And even if it's to stop me one day, we have to follow our own destiny. And after I help you all stop Pythor, I'll have to leave again.." Garmadon said regretfully which made Spike feel bad for hearing this.

"Then why don't you leave now?!" Lloyd shouted suddenly which caught them off guard.

"Whoa Lloyd! Take a moment here please!" Spike begged while Garmadon was upset to hear this, but Lloyd wasn't having it.
"I don't wanna hear it. Go back to whatever evil place you came from!" Lloyd said as he didn't even look at him.

But they're talk couldn't last any longer until Nya came onto the screen through the intercom.
"Lloyd! Spike! Operation Stealth was a total bust! We're gonna need reinforcements!" Nya said with worry while the thing was still in static, Garmadon was about to reach out to help, but Lloyd stopped him before he could do anything.

"We don't need you here! Maybe it would've been better if you hadn't come back at all!" Lloyd said with anger which really hurt Garmadon's feelings.

"If that's how you feel.. Spike.. if there's one thing I can ask of you.. whatever happens to him.. promise that you'll be by his side.." Garmadon begged looking at him, Spike already felt awful for all of this drama, and tried to find a way to help, but for now he needed to help Nya and the others.

"I'll try, know that i'm sorry for what's happened to you, and even if we have to fight one day, just know I won't hold back when it happens." Spike assured while he went to fix the intercom while Garmadon was leaving.

"I look forward to it Spike.." Garmadon said regretfully while he left them alone to handle this.

Back with the ninja, they had been spotted by the Serpentine and were starting to be cornered by them.
"Lloyd, Spike! Can you hear me?" Nya asked while they were being approached by all of them.

"Ugh! I can't get to them!" Nya said annoyed as some snakes climbed on Nya's mech, but Wu splashed some hot tea on one to make him fall back down.

"Forget them! We need to fight back! Ninja! Show them what you've learned!" Wu announced while everyone began fighting back against them.

Cole tried to fight against Skalidor, but he was quickly coiled around with and started to be squeezed tightly.
"Always wanted to make you my main squeeze!" Skalidor hissed while Cole remembered his training.

"Must relax.. think.. loose.." Cole said as he relaxed himself and set himself free.

"What?!" Skalidor asked shocked while Cole laughed joyfully.

"Triple Tiger Sashay!" Cole announced before he hopped over Skalidor, and delivered 3 hits to each of the snakes to keep going forward.

Kai drew his sword and readied himself as he was surrounded by Scales and more Hypnobrai.
"Your surrounded, young fire starter! Perhaps you can do.. our bidding!" Scales hissed while he tried hypnotizing him, but Kai closed his eyes to avoid it.

"Must not look! Ninja go!!" Kai screamed as he used his Spinjitzu and he quickly scooped up a couple more snakes and Scales right into his tornado.

"I wish I could see me now, because all of you just got Kai'd!" Kai said confidently while he knocked all of them away.

Jay was twirling his weapons around and shot multiple lightning blasts at some Fangpyre, Fangtom tried coming up behind him and tried to bite him, but Jay's armor was really tough and he screamed in pain from the armor.
"What's wrong?! Don't like the taste of defeat?! Well get used to it!" Jay said seriously before he saw Nya and Wu come back down to help.

"Looking good!" Nya complimented while she shot a net at some Venomari and she pinned them to the wall as a result.

"Thanks, you two.." Jay said a little nervous until Zane snapped was seen surrounded.

"Don't mean to interrupt the lovebirds! But we got Fangblades to capture!" Zane announced while he held out his weapons and shot more ice at some of them. One Venomari shot some of it's spit at Zane's face and that started to make Zane's vision obscure as he was starting to feel afraid, but he remembered his alternate vision and tried to use it.

"Switching to Falcon Vison!" Zane announced while his eyes turned blue and he started to see things from the Falcon's perspective, and Zane was able to take down some enemy's that were around him thanks to his quick thinking.

Everyone was soon surrounded by all the snakes and were put against they're backs, they all used they're powers to try and push them back, but more kept coming after each take down, but Kai looked to the center and saw all the other Fangblades in one spot.
"Look, the Fangblades!" Kai announced while it was open for the taking.

"I'll let you have the honors!" Cole said proudly looking at Kai.

"Oh no, please, after you." Kai insisted in a polite tone. Cole tried running up to grab them, but some shackles suddenly shot up from the ground and was able to restrain his wrists.

"Ah! It's a trap!" Cole shouted while he tried breaking free, the other ninja tried to escape but were soon cornered into a cage which shot out of the ground and they all were trapped inside.

Kai tried to bend the bars, but the metal was too tough to do anything, and to make things worse, they saw Pythor had arrived just at this moment too.

"Can this get any better? They fell right into my trap!" Pythor hissed while he held the last Fangblade which was worrying.

"Oh this isn't good!" Kai said annoyed while they're cage was being raised into a higher area to keep them from fighting back.

"Where's Lloyd and Spike when you need them?!" Kai asked with worry while wondering where they are.

Back with Spike and Lloyd, they were trying to get in touch with everyone else who wasn't responding, and Lloyd saw that they needed they're help, so he quickly went to finally put on the Green Ninja suit as he's meant to.
"The Green Ninja is here to save the day!" Lloyd said proudly while he and Spike ran to the computer to get in contact with them.

"Your looking good in that suit Lloyd! It really works for you!" Spike complimented which Lloyd chuckled at.

"Thanks! It feels great to wear!" Lloyd said with a smile while they went to the computer again.

"Lloyd? Spike? Lord Garmadon? Is anyone there?" Nya asked from her intercom which was static.

"We hear you guys! But the coms static, we can't understand you!" Spike shouted while he tried fixing the intercom.

Kai and the rest of the ninja were put in the cage that was raised above all the other snakes, and they're weapons were taken away from them to keep them from fighting back.
"Nya? Hello?" Lloyd asked while the thing was still having problems, Nya took out a small rock and threw it to the mech to get it's radio to work.

"We're fine, but we're a little held up at the moment, our weapons were taken from us, and we've been locked in cages!" Nya reported which was worrying for them to hear.

"And Pythor's returned with the fourth Fangblade!" Cole added to make things worse for them.

"Lloyd, where's Garmadon?" Zane asked worried for him, but Lloyd had a regretful look being asked that.

"I told him to leave. He was trying to steal some secret info we had." Lloyd said regretfully which Kai scoffed at.

"I told you guys we shouldn't trust him, but you guys didn't listen." Kai said smugly to the others who shook they're heads hearing that.

Spike and Lloyd knew what they had to do, if they're held captive, they have to save them.
"Don't worry guys, we'll be there shortly! Just give us a few minutes!" Spike said from the other side which Wu was against.
"Lloyd isn't ready! His destiny is too great to risk!" Wu warned while he tried breaking free.

"I hate to break it to you sensei, but if we don't get out of here before Pythor unleashes the Great Devourer, I think this will be the end of all our destiny's!" Cole said with worry on what's to happen if this comes to be.

"Don't worry! We'll get you out of there soon! Hold on!" Lloyd shouted while he ran to a weapons closet and opened it up, he tried reaching for a sword, but all the weapons fell on him which Spike flinched at.

"Ouch..." Lloyd said with pain while Spike was helping him up.

Spike was really worried for Lloyd right now, and with the state they're all in, Spike has to find a way to help.
"You alright Lloyd?" Spike asked while he got all the weapons off him, Lloyd groaned again and got up from all of it.

"Yeah, I'm fine, we just need to be prepared for what we're gonna face there you know?" Lloyd asked while he was making his way out of the bridge.

"You do realize I have my trident right? Which controls all the other ninja's elements? I think we'll be fine if we just stick together." Spike assured which Lloyd chuckled at.

"Heh, wonder how come you got to control all the others powers, and if I'm supposed to be stronger then the others too, just what makes it different if you and I both have the same style of fighting?" Lloyd asked which Spike could see the comparisons of.

"I don't know, plot armor I guess. Not to mention that I still have to raise Allison after all this, it's hard to believe so much can change in only a couple months huh?" Spike asked while he and Lloyd slid down the anchor and started running up the mountain.

Lloyd kept his pace up the best they could while they were running to the top.
"Yeah, I still can't believe you and I are gonna be fighting with eachother, if I really am part of a prophecy, I wonder if there was anything that you had in store for the future?" Lloyd asked which could be interesting to see.

"Tell me about it, but I guess it makes sense, I'm like a bit older then you, and yet soon enough you'll be the strongest of all of us! I gotta ask, if you were to use one of the ninja's powers, which one would it be?" Spike asked curiously while Lloyd thought over it.

"I'd say Ice, I feel like that can be used for some cool tricks, but what about you? If you could use only 1 element, what would it be.. besides fire of course?" Lloyd asked which Spike thought over for a moment too.

"I'd say lightning, I've always been fond of lightning storms, they're just so cool to see, so imagine being able to appear anywhere like a lightning flash! That would be awesome!" Spike said eagerly which Lloyd chuckled at.

"Totally! At least we'll be able to get alone when we work together huh?" Lloyd asked as they were nearing the top of the mountain.

"For sure! Let's just save the others, those snakes don't know what's coming to them!" Spike said eagerly while he drew his weapon again.

Spike and Lloyd quickly made they're way back to the mountain to save the others.
"This way, I hear more voices from ahead!" Spike whispered while he and Lloyd ran through the tunnel. Meanwhile with the other ninja, they were chained to the cage after trying to escape thanks to Kai, but Kai soon saw Lloyd and Spike had just entered the place.

"Look, it's Lloyd and Spike!" Kai announced while Spike and Lloyd were looking for an opening.

"I see the others, let's get them out of here before something bad happens, come on!" Spike encouraged while they were running down the spiral, but as Lloyd was running besides him, he accidentally tripped on a rock which sent Lloyd rolling across the whole floor while everyone flinched seeing that.

Spike tried to stop him from going deeper, but Lloyd was too fast and ended up rolling directly into a crowd of snakes.
"Okay, we really need to work on our stealth training more." Spike said annoyed at this, he quickly rushed to Lloyd's side and rolled right next to him and drew his weapon and was ready to fight.

"Well, if it isn't Pythor! Unhand our friends! Or suffer humiliation against.. The Green Ninja!" Lloyd announced while Spike growled at them all, but all the snakes seemed to take that as a joke and started laughing at him because of it.

"Oh yeah?! You and what army?!" Pythor asked while Spike twirled his weapon around.

"Why don't we start with this?" Spike asked before he twirled his weapon around, and used it to hit a a snake really hard in between his legs and he sent him flying across the room which surprised everyone.

"Nice." Lloyd complimented while he high fived him.

"Now, surrender, or we'll show you my army of fists!" Lloyd warned while he tried to punch something but it only made the snakes laugh some more until someone familiar came into the room.

"Or this army!" Garmadon announced which got everyone's attention.

Everyone looked above and they saw Garmadon had returned, and he had now retrieved the Skeleton army in order to help fight against them.
"Dad!" Lloyd said shocked to see him here.

"Lloyd, Spike, you both were able to help me that I do have a choice too, and if there's anybody who's going to threaten Ninjago, it may as well be me!" Garmadon said menacingly to all the snakes.

"The Skeleton Army? Why would they fight besides you? You betrayed them and Samukai long ago!" Pythor hissed while Garmadon drew his weapons.

"Because everybody hates snakes!" Cruncha mocked which made the whole army laugh in response.

"Well, looks like we're even then! So who's first?!" Spike said while he cracked his knuckles.

"Attack!" Pythor shouted to all his soldiers who began charging at the army to fight back.

Spike charged directly into all the snakes and drew his weapon, it sparked with lightning and he twirled it around at fast speeds.
"Lightning!" Spike screamed before he unleashed a powerful lightning blast against a huge group of them. Pythor went to retrieve the Fangblades, and was about to leave after pulling a switch that started lowering the cage the ninja were in.

"Hey, we're moving!" Jay said with surprise until Cole looked down below.

"Yeah, the wrong way!" Cole reminded while the cage was sinking to the venom pit below them.

Spike flipped over some sword slices and deflected a few more attacks, he then grabbed two snakes by the head and slammed them against eachother. Spike then ducked under a slash from behind him and he flipped in the air to knock the weapon out of the snakes hand, Spike then proceeded to rapidly punch the snake in the face before slamming his head down, he then kneed the snake in the crotch before he pinned him down and raised his fist.
"Wait wait wait!" The snake shouted before Spike punched him where it hurts before he kicked across the room while he hissed with pain. The cage was getting even lower to the ground and the venom was starting to melt through the floor below while the ninja were holding on for their lives.

"Lloyd!" Nya said with relief while he ran through the crowd fighting eachother and was able to pull the switch which freed everyone from their cage.

This lowered the weapons down too and they all went to get them.
"Told you we'd save you!" Lloyd said proudly while Spike delivered a strong kick to another snake in the background.

"Go ninja go!" Kai said proud of they're work before they all got they're weapons back.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed as they all used they're Spinjitzu against the army, Pythor was trying to escape the crowed, but Garmadon came in front of them with weapons drawn. Pythor tried to escape Garmadon's strength, but had backed up into Cole who was just behind him.

"Going somewhere?" Cole mocked while they all had they're weapons drawn at him.

"Oh dear.." Pythor said with fear just as Cole took the Fangblades away which he hissed at, but before they could do anything, Pythor suddenly turned invisible and vanished in front of all of them.

"Where'd he go?!" Cole asked with shock while Spike landed on the ground, he kicked another snake into the wall before he grabbed his leg and he delivered another epic punch to his face which sent him sliding across the room.

""It doesn't matter! We have what we need, let's go guys!" Spike announced as he went to the others.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed again as they were charging through the army to escape.

"You guys keep going! We'll keep fighting the good fight!" Knuckle encouraged while he and Knuckle kept fighting the snakes.

"I never thought I'd say this but... go ninja go!!" Cruncha encouraged while everyone made they're escape.

Everyone was able to make it back to the bounty after fighting through all the snakes, and finally took off with the Fangblades all under they're guard now. Spike felt super proud that they were able to do this, and he only wished Twilight and everyone else could see this.

But back with Garmadon, he was packing the last of his things and was getting ready to leave.
"Your leaving?" Lloyd asked feeling sad to see him go.

"Now that you are safe, and the ninja have the Fangblades, there is nothing else I am needed for." Garmadon replied while he picked up his suitcase.

"I.. i need you.." Lloyd said as he regretted what he said before.

"I know you have to leave, but know this.. Spike and i will do everything in our power to defeat you, if he's meant to stop you with me one day, just know we won't hold back from it." Lloyd swore while Garmadon patted his head.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." Garmadon said with a proud look as he was about to leave.

"Oh, and son? Your a good boy, and soon you'll be a great man, although now we are on opposite sides, know that i am still proud of you." Garmadon assured which Lloyd was glad to know, but he wanted to do one more thing to help.

"Wait, I could get you one of Jay's gliders, you probably don't need it, but it..." Lloyd was about to get him a glider, but when he turned around, Lloyd saw Garmadon was already gone after this talk, and he felt really sad because of it.

"Might help.. so long dad.." Lloyd said regretful of what he's said to him earlier.

Meanwhile with Spike and the ninja, they all were partying on the bridge for getting the Fangblades, Spike got Allison up again after she got her rest, and she looked really happy for all of them winning. Lloyd came into the room and looked really sad for what's happened.
"He left didn't he?" Nya asked while she had a drink to help cheer him up.

"Then have some Snogfruit punch! Cole made it and it's actually not that bad, to Lloyd's dad!" Nya announced to everyone who all cheered at that.

"Here, here!" Spike and the others said at once while raising they're drinks.

"To dad!" Lloyd said as he felt proud for winning this day.

"Tomorrow we will arrive at Firetorch Mountain to destroy these Fangblades once and for all. We couldn't have done it without your father, I'm going to miss him.." Wu said as he felt awful for this.

"Don't worry, I'm sure it'll all turn out fine in the end, right Allison?" Spike asked turning to her who hissed in response, everyone only laughed again and just enjoyed the time they had right now. But unknown to them, Pythor had snuck on board the ship after vanishing in the fight.

"Your going to miss more then him when I'm through with you ninja.." Pythor said before he chuckled menacingly as everything was falling into place..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I know there wasn't much for Spike to do here again, but I just wanted to help Spike have fun interactions with Lloyd to help him, bond, we're reaching the end of season 1 with these next chapters, so I hope you look forward to it and have a good day!

14: Darkness Shall Rise

A few hours have passed since the Great Devourer was destroyed by Garmadon, and Ninjago was saved thankfully. While it's good to be able to rest after all the trouble with the snakes being dealt with, Garmadon now has the ninja's Golden Weapons, while Spike still has his, it's a bad sign for Garmadon to have such power, and going forward, they need to find a way to train Lloyd so he's skilled enough to face his father.

Spike and the others were trying to repair what damage was done to the city, a lot of damage was taken to the place, and they're having a tough time trying to handle all of it. Spike had Allison in a small holder on his chest while he and Zane were working on another lamp post, they've been at this for hours at this point, and it's been a bit tiring to say the least.
"And.. that should do it.." Spike said proudly as they put the next street light up clearly now.

"That should do it, all fixed up, and Serpentine free." Cole said with relief while they all took a moment to rest, Kai tried to use his Fire powers again, but without his Golden Weapon, he can barely make a spark to weld the thing together.

"Agh, this is frustrating! Our weapons are gone, most of our elemental powers are gone, I mean we can still do Spinjitzu.. but.." Kai said with frustration while Spike used his fire to weld the street lamp in place.

"I just feel so.. I don't know how to say it.. limited?" Kai asked while Allison was trying to sleep once again for a girl her age.

"I know it's rough now Kai, while the Ultra Dragon's hurt, and we may not have much left right now, let's at least be glad we still beat that monster, I still can't believe Garmadon was able to destroy that thing.." Spike assured while he finished the last of the prepares.

"Spike is right, no one said being a hero is easy, while we do have good deeds, they may never make us rich, they make us rich in other ways." Zane assured too which Kai didn't believe one bit.

"Yeah, well I don't feel rich, at least Spike still has his Golden Weapon and Allison, it at least means we'll have to train him and Lloyd when we find a proper place." Kai said looking at Spike who was drinking some water to catch his breath.

"Uhh.. I for one enjoy pitching in, I've always wanted to feel like part of the community, so speaking of which, where's Nya? She said she was gonna help" Jay asked while he finished throwing away some trash.

They got they're answer once they heard a bell sound from the distance, and they saw Nya and Wu were coming up to them with some important info for them all.
"And I have, I may have found a place for all of us to live." Nya announced while she came up to all of them.

"Really? But there's a waiting list a mile long in Ninjago City, how did you do that?" Jay asked surprised with how fast she got this handled.

"I know a few people who know a real-estate agent, and they said she can find a place for you all to live, if you catch my drift." Nya answered while she handed them her business card.

"At least we'll have a place to stay, still gotta take care of Allison and all, so where you gonna be heading to Nya?" Spike asked while he kept rocking Allison to sleep.

"We have to find a couple components to fix the Ninja Tank Spike, and my Dragon Ointment has finally arrived, it's a day's trip, but once we get back, he'll be flying once again. Also, I love scenic drives. Haha! Punch it Nya!" Wu encouraged which she gladly complied with.

"Aye Aye sensei!" " Nya replied before they both went driving off with Wu cheering with joy as they were left alone once again.

"Hmm.. Patty Keys, Real-estate agent Queen, heh, this is exactly what we need! Once we get a roof over our head, we can start properly training Lloyd!" Jay said with a smile to know this.

"Good, because if we know Garmadon, he's not gonna be taking any breaks. And let's not forget, there's still the Serpentine to worry about.." Cole said with a stern look which was an important thing to remember.

We cut back to the place where the Bounty was destroyed by the Devourer, and once it was destroyed, Scales and the rest of the Serpentine made they're way to discuss on who would lead them now since Pythor is gone, and Scales was bent on making himself the next leader.
"Serpentine! We've been exiled for the last time! But fear not, I will lead you!" Scales announced to all the tribes who didn't believe what he had to say.

"Lead us to where? The City of Ouroboros has been destroyed! We have no home." A serpentine asked which raised more questions for the others.

"You want to lead us so badly, how can we trust you? " Another one asked which was making Scales more upset with being questioned like this.

"Because I was the one who told you all, not to awaken the Devourer! But no, you listened to Pythor!" Scales pointed out just as a familiar figure was coming up to all of them after escaping Ninjago City.

"You want a home, I'll give all of you a home!" Garmadon announced which surprised everyone with him coming here for all of them.

"Lord Garmadon!" Scales said with shock as he held all of the Golden Weapons.

"Forgive me, I haven't been myself lately. But now that I have the Golden Weapons, it's time I go back to my roots. If I am going to rule Ninjago, I know I can't do it by myself, the Skeletons have served they're purpose. But I've always been more partial to snakes.. If you want someone to follow, follow me!" Garmadon announced which made all of the snakes cheer in agreement for his offer.

"You are to follow me! Not him!" Scales argued back while the snakes started to follow Garmadon, and they clearly have made they're choice by now.

Garmadon turned to the ruins of the Ninja's Bounty, and had an idea on what to do with it.
"You want a home.. I'll give you a home!" Garmadon announced as he used the weapons power to have a ton of sand surround the ruins of the ship, and while it was in the air, it was being rebuilt and weaponized from the ground up which amazed all of the snakes, it soon reformed itself, and it was now completely rebuilt, but in a more darker fashion for Garmadon's liking.

"I give you.. the Black Bounty!" Garmadon announced which made the snakes cheer even more for him.

"Imbeciles! Do you not remember he was just helping the ninja and that dragon? Who also is raising an Anacondrai of his own? Now you blindly follow him because of his wizardry?! He's not even a Serpentine! Rule with me, and we shall rule as brothers!" Scales argued again which made Garmadon annoyed with his backtalk.

"Rule with me.. or else..." Garmadon threatened while he aimed Kai's old sword at one of them.

"All hail Lord Garmadon!" The snake announced which all of them cheered at some more and they began chanting his name together as they all went into the ship which made Scales frustrated with them being left behind.

As Garmadon was taking the ship to somewhere else, one of his snakes was wanting to ask him something important.
"Lord Garmadon, excuse my ignorance, but why is it we fly in the opposite direction of the ninja? When you have the Golden Weapons?" A snake asked which made Garmadon think of how to respond for now.

"Because they have my son, it is written that he will one day defeat me, and from the looks of it, that dragon friend of his will be at his side too. So what good is turning Ninjago into my own image be, when my victory would be fleeting?" Garmadon asked back which gave one of them an idea.

"Then we destroy Lloyd!" A snake suggested which made Garmadon very upset at the suggestion.

"Lock him in the brig!" Garmadon ordered which made one of the snakes take him away as punishment while he begged for forgiveness.

"No one will touch my son, if we get rid of Wu and those pesky ninja, then Lloyd and that dragon friend of his will never reach they're true potential, and the prophecy will never be fulfilled, and Ninjago will be mine.. forever!" Garmadon said with a malicious tone which made the snakes curious a bit more.

"But why are we flying away?" Another snake asked again.

"Because, we are flying to the Golden Peaks, birthplace of the Golden Weapons. Even they have secrets that are waiting to be unlocked, if there can be a 5th Golden Weapon be forged for that dragon, then there is more for me to uncover too, and once this happens, nothing will stand in our way.." Garmadon said evilly as the Bounty was flying even faster to reach it's destination.

We cut back to Spike and the others after they had met up with the woman named Patty, she was showing them a current place they can stay at after what they were offered before.
"This one bedroom, and one half bath is a cozy dream! Who needs extras when everything's in arms reach? And wait till you see the lighting!" Patty said eagerly as she flicked one of the switches, but one the lightbulbs went out and fell off the ceiling and shattered on the ground.

"Uh.. but who needs lights when you have this view?" Patty said again as she opened up some curtains which fell down, and the view was mainly of a wall near an alleyway.

"Eh.. who's to say we need all the fancy stuff right? I stayed in a literal tree Library with Twilight back home, this may not be too different." Spike said with a nervous smile while he carried his daughter still.

"Thank you young dragon, but this is all you can afford with the budget you have." Patty thanked while everyone looked around the pretty old looking place.

"Uh.. it looks.. promising, but remember guys, sensei told us that our main objective is to train Lloyd, not kicking our feet back in some fancy suite. If this is all we can afford, it's all we can afford." Cole pointed out which Jay was not wanting to agree with.

"Whoa hold on a second. If this is about training Lloyd, shouldn't we have a place that makes training easier for him?" Jay pointed out which they had to think over from hearing it.

"Yeah, Jay's right, if we have to get him and Spike ready to save Ninjago from Garmadon, they should at least have they're own rooms right?" Kai asked which Lloyd was grateful to hear about.

""Technically, it doesn't matter, what only matters is..." Zane was trying to argue back at this, but Kai elbowed his chest to make him stop.

"We're just thinking about the children." Jay said while chuckling nervously.

"I do have another property that I think you'll just love!" Patty said in an eager tone as she lead them to a much fancier home to live in.

Spike and the others were lead to the top of the building where things were much better as a place to live, Patty opened up a door for them and they saw a large open room that was really nicely detailed, there was so much fancy stuff here, it looked like it was for only the richest of people.

"Wow, this is awesome!" Spike said with awe as Allison hissed with joy seeing all of this too.

"This is the eight bedroom Hero Suite, floor to ceiling windows, digital wall television, state of the art game console." Patty listed out which made Jay nervous with how expensive it was.

"uh.. this seems a little bit out of our price range." Jay pointed out which worried everyone else with how they can pay for this.

"Sure it costs a bit more, but you all deserve it! I forgot to mention, there's also a dragons keep on the roof!" Patty listed again as they saw Ultra Dragon near the top of the roof where a nice home for it was available.

"Nice!" Cole said with joy for they're pet dragon.

"Is there anyway we could get a discount when staying here? While Lord Garmadon stopped the Devourer, we wouldn't be here if we helped trapped the thing." Spike asked hoping there was something for them.

"There could be a 20% discount available, but it'll still cost a lot if your gonna take it." Patty answered which gave Kai an idea on what to do.

"We could get day jobs! To pay for our extra expenses!" Kai suggested which Zane liked the sound of.

"We always said we have to take more responsibility!" Zane said with a smile which gave them an idea on what they can work as.

"But we have to train Lloyd, and Spike still has to take care of Allison here." Kai pointed out while looking at the both of them.

"Did I mention the in-house, training facility?" Patty asked while she pressed on a button, and behind a nearby wall, was revealed to be a huge set of training equipment that was perfect for Lloyd to use.

"We'll take it!" Spike and the others announced at once.

After that agreement, the ninja had all taken up day jobs in order to make enough cash to pay rent, it was very expensive living in this new home of theirs, so they had to work really hard for it. Jay became a Pizza delivery man, Zane became a chef at a restaurant, Cole was a security guard at a bank, and Kai was a birthday mascot of sorts, taking playful beatings from overly excited kids. Spike meanwhile had to stay with Lloyd to keep up his training, and keep taking care of Allison. But, these jobs could be really tiring for the other ninja, they often had to work overtime just so they can make the rent, and at this point, they are all getting exhausted from this.

After a long day of working at each of they're jobs, they went back to the apartment to rest, everyone was very sore from what they were needing to do, and Spike was trying to help them all recover from how much they burned themselves out.

"Looks like those kids really don't know when to stop huh Kai?" Spike asked while he handed him an ice pack which Kai gladly took.

"There were so many of them.. and they wouldn't stop, when Allison grows up to be around Lloyd's age, make sure she doesn't get so hyper like they did please?" Kai asked which Allison hissed at.

"Don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on her every day." Spike assured while he gave her some milk to keep her calm.

Zane was exhausted from his constant work, and often had to make repairs on himself to not fall apart.
"My gears locked up several times, i didn't even know my gears could lock up!" Zane added while he moved his arm around, and a gear sound could be heard from them.

"Ugh.. I don't even have enough energy to play video games.." Jay said weakly as he was on the floor and taking heavy breaths.

"But I thought you were gonna help train me when you got back? Sure Spike's been helping me too, but I thought you were gonna help with it too?" Lloyd asked while he walked out of the training room.

"Sorry champ, but we can't until we make the rent. How close are we Jay?" Cole asked hoping they were at least halfway.

"Ugh.. is this jar getting bigger? We're not even close!" Jay announced which worried all of them from hearing it.

"And our rent is due tomorrow.." Zane added while he was trying to fix up his arm.

"I can call in a double shift?" Cole suggested which could get some extra cash.

"I could do overtime!" Zane suggested as well.

"Maybe I could sling a few more pizza pies.." Jay suggested while he was taking heavy breaths.

"And I could make a little extra by doing the human piñata?" Kai offered which made them look at him with shock to know what kind of beating that is.

"Human... you know what? I'm not even gonna ask. I think it's time I help out with you guys with making rent, Cole, there an extra spot available at your workplace?" Spike asked turning to him who thought over it for a moment.

"I think there's a couple, while you are still a child, I'm sure they'll accept help from a talking dragon who knows Spinjitzu. What about Allison? What will we do about her?" Cole asked as Spike kept holding her in his arms.

"I hope they don't mind a " Bring your daughter to work day"" Spike said with a nervous chuckle which most of them laughed at while still feeling weak.

"Alright then, we'll make rent tomorrow!" Cole announced which they all agreed to doing. While Lloyd was worried for them all, they all had a lot of work to keep doing, so they needed to keep this up so they can keep staying here.

After that next talk, Spike took a day job with Cole working at the bank as security, they both had to do extra shifts in order to properly make the rent, they thankfully accepted Spike to work with them, and it was Bring your Daughter to work day conveniently, so they didn't have any worries leaving her alone.

Meanwhile for Jay, he was heading to his next job and was taking up the next pizza he had to deliver.
"Pizza delivery, 21st and union. Get it there on time or else it's on you" The boss ordered while he gave Jay the pizza's.

"How much time is left?" Jay asked with a worried look.

"5 minutes." He replied with a stern look.

"5 minutes?! I'll never get across town that fast!" Jay said with fear with how short of time he had.

"Then I guess it's coming out of your pocket, now get going!" He ordered which made Jay quickly take his bike and he quickly started driving across town to reach his destination.

Jay quickly made his way across town as fast as he could, he had to cut through some traffic and take some shortcuts just to reach this place under such a time limit, he helped out a woman who was being robbed by some thugs, and he quickly rushed back to his route, and he thankfully made it to where he was suppose to go after enough driving.

But something was off, there was no current building outside here, most of the stuff was run down and abandoned, Jay got off his bike and took the pizza's to look for who could've ordered it here.
"Isn't this 21st and union?" Jay asked looking to one of the citizens here.

"Sure is, but there hasn't been anything built here in ages." The person replied before he went back to do his own business again.

Jay walked around the area to try and find who ordered the pizzas, but he couldn't see anyone right now.
"Hello? Anyone here?" Jay announced looking around for a single person.

"So, after you rob the bank, we embark on phase 2! Ingenious!" Scales said from a nearby sewer tunnel which Jay was able to hear.

"But boss, when are we gonna get pizza? I'm hungry." Skalidor asked while Jay was concerned with what he was hearing.

"Rob the bank?" Jay asked himself right before Acidius appeared from behind and he quickly restrained him to not call for help.

"And where do you think your going? We haven't given you your tip!" Acidius hissed while Jay was really afraid of what's about to happen.

We cut to the other snake generals taking one of the subway cars to head through the city, and Jay was left tied up and he couldn't fight back to stop this.
"Oh come on Jay, you gotta warn the others! You can figure a way out of this!" Jay told himself while he tried balancing himself as he was tied up, and he started hopping his way up to where they were heading.

"Hopefully Cole and Spike can stop that bank robbery!" Jay prayed while he tried catching up with them through the tunnel ahead of him.

Meanwhile with Spike and Cole, they were currently doing they're jobs properly after taking the shifts, Spike was making sure Cole wasn't falling asleep on the job, and he made sure Allison wouldn't cause any concern. And as they were waiting by the wall, they saw they're boss come out for a brief moment.
"Everything alright you two?" He asked while Spike was keeping a lookout for anything.

"Nothing out of the ordinary, we're keeping things in check!" Cole assured while Spike gave a thumbs up in response.

"Thanks for taking the double shift and telling me about this friend of yours, first day on the job, just try to keep his daughter in check please? We've had a lot of trouble with snakes as it is." He asked while he went back inside the bank.

"Don't worry Cole, it's just a couple more hours, if we both keep this up, we'll reach rent in no time." Spike assured which Cole was glad to hear.

"Great, thanks for taking some extra time with me Spike, let's just keep this up alright?" Cole asked as they kept up with they're jobs.

"No problem." Spike replied as they kept on waiting for they're shift to pass by.

But as they were doing they're job normally, the Serpentine generals burst through the floor in the vault which quickly sent off the alarm.
"Oh come on!" Spike said annoyed while he and Cole quickly went to stop who's robbing the bank.

Spike and Cole quickly made it to the vault, but they were too late, all of the money was stolen, and the generals were gone.
"Let's take the subway!" Acidius announced from below which got they're attention.

"Subway?" Spike and Cole asked at once while they looked at eachother, but they're concern was broken up when they heard Allison crying yet again because of the loud alarms going off.

"Ugh.. we should've gone for the old apartment.." Spike said with annoyance while he tried soothing her again.

The other ninja had heard the reports of the bank robbery, but with the worry for what's happened at the bank, it caused each of them to have to do something to get fired from each of they're jobs, Cole and Spike just had to quit since there was a lot to be done for them both, but with all the concern that's going on, it's probably for the best.

"You guys have had it rough right now too huh?" Spike asked the others as they all met up at the outside of the bank.

"Eh, not to big a deal anyway, I hated our job anyway." Cole replied in a dismissive tone while they tried focusing on what's important.

"Come on guys, we need to go! We all heard they were heading to the subway! Let's go now!" Spike announced as all of them started running through the streets to hit the subway.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others said at once as they changed back into they're ninja suits to be ready for a fight, Spike drew his Golden Weapon and made sure he knew what element was best for a situation like this. Spike could hear Allison crying a bit more again, and Spike sighed again knowing how much she's not liking all the ruckus

"Don't worry Allison, we'll make it back home soon." Spike assured her while they ran as fast as they could.

Everyone quickly made they're way to the tracks to see if there were any trains passing by, and soon enough, they all saw there was one train that was going away from the banks direction.
"That's them! Let's go boys!" Spike said with a serious look as they all jumped through the ceiling and landed on the roof which got the generals attention.

"Sounds like we have company!" Acidius hissed as they heard the bang on the top.

"But I only heard 4, aren't there 5 of them?" Skalidor asked wondering where the last one is.

"No stupid, we caught one of them!" Fangtom reminded as Spike and the others were trying to find a way to get inside.

"Does anyone see a way inside?" Cole asked as they were trying not to fall of from the fast train.

"Not without a ticket!" Kai shouted just before something grabbed Kai through the roof and pulled him into the train.

"I believe Kai just found it." Zane joked while they crawled up to the hole.

"Come on guys, let's be careful with them!" Spike warned as he jumped inside the hole and drew his Golden Weapon and he started to use his Fire element with it.

"Let our friend go!" Spike shouted as he shot a strong fireblast at Skalidor to free Kai. Everyone got ready to fight against eachother, and Spike kept Allison close while he was blocking off the generals attacks.

"Let's take them down guys! We're not gonna let them get away with this!" Cole said with anger as he punched Fangtom in the chest and made his heads slam against the window which shattered it.

"Get away? We're not trying to get away, we're just distracting you for long enough, so that Scales can kidnap Lloyd!" Fangtom announced which scared all of them.

"What?!" Kai asked with shock to hear this.

"We could care less about the money, we just wanted the boy! Who's the fool now?" Fangtom asked mockingly while all of the generals laughed at them all.

Meanwhile with Lloyd back at his apartment, he was currently playing video games and wasn't too concerned with anything else, but as he kept on playing, he noticed a familiar snake on the reflection of the tv, and that's when he gasped in shock and saw Scales was here to kidnap him.
"Hello little boy." Scales greeted which made Lloyd very scared to see him here.

"Help me!" Lloyd screamed as he tried running to the door, but as Scales was trying to make his way inside, Lloyd wasn't able to get the door to open because of the security system.

"The door is locked." The system said automatically which annoyed Lloyd hearing it.

"I know! I want it open!" Lloyd screamed as Scales cut open a hole through the window and pushed it forward so he could finally break inside the place.

"What do you want with me?!" Lloyd asked with fear as Scales was moving up to him.

"You seem to be the only thing your father cares about! Once I have you as my hostage, he will have no choice but to lead the Serpentine!" Scales answered while Lloyd was trying to escape, but was soon cornered to not do anything about it.

"Let's.. train.." Scales said in a menacing tone just before a knock on the door was heard.

"Hello? What's going on in there?" Wu asked from the other side as he and Nya finally got back.

"Help!!" Lloyd screamed with fear which made Wu and Nya afraid for his safety.

We cut back to the train battle that everyone else was in, Spike was infuriated to know that Lloyd's in danger, and if this is just a distraction, they needed to stop this fast. Zane avoided another venom spit from Acidius and he quickly ran over the ceiling to strike at him from behind.
"We have to save Lloyd!" Cole shouted as he blocked one of Fangtom's punches, Spike assisted with this and he used his trident and whacked him across the train.

Spike then drew his trident and started twirling it around to use another power he has to stop them now.
"We need to deal with them fast! Watch out guys! Lightning!" Spike screamed as he shot a powerful lightning blast at all the generals at once, and that was strong enough to destroy most of the windows on the train, and it brought them all down in an instant.

The generals groaned with pain as Spike came up to them and raised his weapon at them, Allison hissed at them both while the others surrounded them all.

"This was all a big misunderstanding!" Skalidor lied while Cole looked out the window and he saw something ahead of them.

"Guys! I think I see Jay!" Cole announced which was worrying for them to know.

Jay was still hopping through the tunnel to try and find his way out of here, he soon saw a familiar light ahead of him that was coming at a fast pace.

"Finally, a way out!" Jay said with relief for a brief moment, but as Cole, Spike and Zane made they're way to the front of the train, they saw there wasn't any driver to stop the train, Jay quickly realized the light was actually a train cart, and he tried hopping back the way he came as fast as he could.

"Where's the driver?!" Cole asked with fear as the train wasn't stopping with the speed it's at.

"It appears to be automatically controlled!" Zane observed while they tried finding a way to stop this thing from reaching him. Spike looked around for anything that could stop the thing, and he soon saw a lever that could make the train stop hopefully

"Guys, we gotta hit the brakes!" Spike shouted as he grabbed on the lever and he pulled it down with all his strength, Zane tried to help Spike with this, and they were trying to slow the train down, but they're strength wasn't enough to stop it for now.

"It's not slowing down!" Cole said with fear while he joined in and they all tried holding the lever down to stop this train.

Kai was trying to hold off the other generals, but the train's breaks were able to be heard, and the generals saw this as a way to escape being stopped for now.
"I'm sure they could use your help, but what do I know?" Acidius asked while Kai tried making a decision on what to do.

"We're not strong enough!" Zane shouted from the front which finally made Kai decide what to do.

"I'm coming!" Kai screamed as he ran up to the front to stop the train, and that was what let the other generals escape unfortunately.

Kai quickly ran up to where Spike, Allison and the others were, and they quickly all tried pulling the switch together to stop it.
"Everyone, together, now!" Kai shouted as they all pulled the switch down as hard as they could, the train was finally starting to slow down the longer they held the thing down as they tried not letting go.

"Come on.. please.. work!" Spike begged while they all screamed as the train barely touched Jay, but thankfully, the train finally stopped after all of that tension, and they all sighed in relief to know that Jay's safe.

"Hey, there you guys are! You uh.. mind giving me a hand here?" Jay asked nervously while everyone looked at eachother and sighed in relief.

After they united Jay, they all quickly made they're way back to the apartment to see if Lloyd's okay, with him being alone, the chances of him being kidnapped may be possible, and they didn't want that to happen.
"Lloyd? Are you here?!" Spike shouted through the whole room as they tried finding where he could be.

Kai tried checking the training area, but Lloyd wasn't there either, and it made him really scared for what's happened.
"Oh, we shouldn't have left him!" Kai said with regret as all of them felt awful for this.

"We shouldn't have taken those day jobs in the first place, what were we thinking? Losing Lloyd is by far our greatest lost.." Cole said with regret while all of them looked down with shame.

But as they were thinking over this, a familiar sensei had walked in just as they got back.
"But it could be your greatest lesson." Wu announced which made them all turn to the door, and they saw him, Nya and Lloyd were all together which gave them huge relief.

"Lloyd!" Spike and the others said at once while they went over to make sure he was okay.

"Your okay!" Kai said with joy as they took close looks to make sure he isn't hurt.

"I wasn't going to be, until Nya and Sensei showed up at the last moment." Lloyd explained while he looked at Wu and Nya.

"I go away for a day and everything falls apart." Nya teased which made Spike chuckle a bit knowing it was true.

"We've learned today that we don't need all this fancy stuff, we just need eachother." Kai said with a grateful look while Spike kept Allison asleep once again.

"You want us to help you clean up?" Wu asked while they were all next to eachother by now.

"That sounds nice, after a day like this, some help is something we all need by now.." Spike replied with a tired look as he sat down for a moment.

"Hold on guys, I got a better idea." Cole announced which got all of they're attention.

We cut back to the old apartment they were shown before, while it may be very small and cramped at times, it's still a proper place they can stay at until they know what to do next.
"It's not much, but this one bedroom, one half bath is a cozy dream. Who needs extra's when everything's in arms reach?" Cole asked while everyone was bringing in supplies.

"Was that necessary to repeat Cole?" Spike asked while he helped bring in a desk and some sleeping bags for them.

"This feels like home to me, at least we'll be able to stay in Ninjago city for a little while." Jay added while trying to keep the mood positive.

"And now without all the distractions, we can put all of our energy into training Lloyd." Zane added while Spike was helping Lloyd with some more furniture.

"And I'll have more time to take care of Allison now, that's a good thing at least." Spike said with a smile as he put the furniture in a proper spot, and he rubbed Allison's head as she fell asleep once again.

"I know the Serpentine generals got away, but you never told us, whatever happened to Scales?" Kai asked wondering what happened with him.

"Oh, he found a home too, but it's not quite as roomy as here." Wu replied which made Spike get an idea of where he was taken.

We cut to a prison where Scales was taken too after failing to kidnap Lloyd, he was put in a small cell to serve his time, and Scales was not happy about it at all.
"Mark my words, this isn't the last you'll see of me!" Scales screamed to the city which no one was able to hear.

"Lights out." A guard announced which made Scales more upset.

"Oh very funny, you'll rue the day you made a fool of me!" Scales threatened as the guard turned off the lights.

"Yeah, yeah yeah." The guard said with uninterested tone while the screen fades to black.

But far away from Ninjago city, Garmadon and the Serpentine finally reached the Golden Peaks, and he was ready to do what he set out to do so long ago.
"The Golden Peaks, the birthplace of the Golden Weapons.." Garmadon announced to all the Serpentine who were in awe of what they were seeing.

Garmadon then raised all of the Golden Weapons in the air, and with all they're power combined, they had a special piece of lava float up to Garmadon who let them be taken.
"Yes.. it's working!" Garmadon said maliciously as the Golden Weapons were being forged into something far more powerful, the golden weapons glowed brightly before they were all formed into one powerful weapon which blinded most of the snakes there, all of them were in awe of what they saw, and Garmadon had an evil smile as he took the newly formed weapon.

But the power was so great, even Garmadon could feel the pain of having so much power be held in one hand which made him scream in pain.
"Your Eminence! Are you okay?" A snake asked as Garmadon took heavy breaths, but he didn't look to be in pain, in fact, he looked even stronger then he did before.

"Yes.. in fact.. I've never felt more powerful! Now to destroy the ninja.. once and for all!" Garmadon announced as he laughed evilly across the entire mountain while the new weapon glowed bright with the extreme power it had.

The camera pans far away from the mountain, going through all of Ninjago until it reached Ninjago City once again, we cut back to where Spike and the others were living right now, everyone was trying to sleep the best they could with what they had, Spike was in a sleeping bag and was holding Allison close to him while Wu tried to meditate. But as he kept trying to focus, the candle he had in the center of the room suddenly went out, and he could hear a familiar laugh coming from far away.
"I fear there is a great disturbance in the force..." Wu said with worry as things were going to be tougher for all of them now..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! So starts of season 2, I'm gonna have to do a few unique ideas to have Spike be able to be apart of this while still having his Golden Weapon, I have a few ideas on how he can assist in future episodes going forward, while the first half of season 2 is pretty boring for most people, I have some ideas to make things move along nicely, and until Lloyd gets older, we're taking a simpler approach for now, so I hope you don't mind it, thank you all for reading this, and hope you look forward to more!

15: Pirates Vs Ninja

It's been a couple days since Spike and the others had moved into a new apartment in Ninjago City, while it was pretty rundown and old looking, it was enough for all of them to stay together in so they can help train Lloyd. While Spike has had to keep his eyes on Allison for most of his time, he's still helping Lloyd out whenever he can, he will eventually have to fight alongside Lloyd to stop Garmadon soon too, so he needed to be at his best when the time comes.

Right now, it was a new morning in Ninjago once again, everyone had recently gotten up and started to help train Lloyd again with fast strikes and keeping his stamina going. Spike was giving his daughter Allison some more milk to keep her calm, while he and the others watched Kai keep up Lloyd's motivation.

Lloyd was rapidly striking against Kai's hands as he had large gloves on to keep himself from being hurt too much.
"Good, keep it up!" Wu encouraged while Kai kept a steady pose.

"Fists of Fury! You can't even see how fast I'm going!" Lloyd announced with anger as he tried to keep this streak up the best he could.

"Save the gloating, you can only do that when your against an enemy." Kai instructed as he's done this before.

"Yeah, it's important to prepare for what you gotta say, sometimes making an enemy frustrated will make them attack without proper planning out, and that gives you a better opening to strike." Spike instructed which was a good fact to learn.

"What? Like this?!" Lloyd shouted before he delivered a strong kick to Kai and knocked him to the wall which put him down for just a bit.

"Whoa grasshopper! Your not even ready to face my pinkie toe!" Kai teased while Spike was helping him up.

Wu was drinking some more tea as everyone watched Lloyd train.
"I see the students have become the teacher, especially you Spike, you and Lloyd will be learning fast, with lessons from the other ninja." Wu instructed which made Spike sigh again knowing he has a lot to do to keep up with Lloyd.

"And now that lessons over, how about some target practice, on Kai?" Cole asked which made Kai look a bit worried hearing that.

"You'll each learn from the ninja, but first, I'd like you and Spike to go for your next lesson with Nya." Wu instructed which made Lloyd whine a bit.

"Aw.. but when will I learn Spinjitzu?" Lloyd asked a bit upset he won't be learning it yet.

"It's alright Lloyd, it took a bit for me to learn Spinjitzu too, but when I did, it felt so great to do it. I wouldn't have found Allison if I wasn't with the ninja that day, and it all came from having to be patient." Spike assured while Allison hissed a small bit.

Lloyd sighed hearing that, and despite how much he wanted to know it soon, this was a good reason to point out.
"I guess, come on Spike, let's go see what Nya needs from us." Lloyd advised while he and Spike were walking out of the room together.

"Guys, I know we're trying to help train them for the future, but it's hard to give him the best training in these conditions." Jay said while referring to the old place they're living in right now.

"Jay's right, I miss the Destiny's Bounty, too bad it's gone..." Cole said sadly as he missed having a large home compared to this.

"Hmm.. I see your point, perhaps we can find somewhere else to aid in their journeys." Wu suggested which made them all start coming up with a plan to help them out.

After Spike and Lloyd left to check on Nya, they went up to the rooftop to check on her and the Ultra Dragon, Spike felt a strong connection to him in ways he hasn't before, if it wasn't for them, Spike wouldn't have his Golden Weapon and have a proper way to help out. He was glad to have him around, and he hoped he was getting better after taking that strong hit.
"How's our little dragon doing Nya?" Spike greeted while he went up to their large friend.

"I've given them they're medicine, and they should be able to fly soon again. It's important to take care of him, because one day, he'll be yours Lloyd." Nya instructed which made Lloyd excited to know that.

"Mine? Really?" Lloyd asked with a hopeful look.

"Sure, the elemental dragons were loyal to the four ninja, but Ultra Dragon, he's meant for the Green ninja to ride, and with the trust he's gained with Spike, he'll be able to ride him too. "Nya explained as the dragon was flapping its wings a bit.

"Whoa.. I never knew that!" Lloyd said with amazement to hear that.

"I wouldn't have what I do now if it wasn't for them, hopefully one day when I'm big like him, I'll be just as strong as our great friend here." Spike said eagerly while he was rubbing one of they're heads.

"Soon enough, he'll be the fastest and strongest dragon in Ninjago, and something tells me that Spike will be like a brother to him in ways." Nya added just as they saw Ultra Dragon start to get up and it roared proudly which Spike laughed at.

"Looks like he's already feeling better!" Lloyd said with joy as he was ready to go out for a bit.

"Go try to get some air boy!" Nya encouraged which Spike gladly agreed with.

"Go on guys! Have fun and be careful out there!" Spike encouraged too while he showed Allison they're large friend, she was amazed with how huge he was, and seeing him start to fly off to stretch it's wings was really great to see.

"I really hope I can fly like he can whenever I get wings." Spike prayed while he watched they're friend leave for now.

"Don't worry Spike, I'm sure one day when your older you will, your still like.. 12 years old right? So maybe when you reach your adult years, or even teen years, that's when you'll grow them. I may not know how different Dragons in Ninjago and Equestria are, but something tells me there's gonna be some important way for you to grow them one day." Nya assured which made Spike hope that was true.

"Yeah, I hope that's the case, come on guys, Wu's gonna start helping us find us a more suitable place to train." Spike advised as he was walking away from the place while holding onto Allison still, Spike looked back up into the skies and smiled as he saw Ultra Dragon fly off, and hoped he would be just as strong as him one day.

After that meeting with Nya and seeing Ultra Dragon fly off, Spike met up with the ninja and Wu so they could start searching for a proper place for training Lloyd, Spike held Allison in his arms while she was in a blanket for comfort, and everyone was trying to figure out what they should do in this large city.
"It's time we search Ninjago city for a more suitable place to train Lloyd." Wu instructed as he and the other ninja were near the streets by now.

"Do you have any idea how we could find a place to help Lloyd? I may still have my Golden Weapon and stuff, but the others may have a tougher time traveling around in this place." Spike pointed out which made Wu hum a bit in response.

"You'll be able to travel around, with these." Wu said as he held up some strange looking coins of sorts.

"What are those?" Cole asked curiously as the others thought it was a magic artifact or something.

"They can transport you anywhere you want to go in the city." Wu explained which made them a bit excited.

"Like a magic portal?" Cole suggested with an eager look.

"Ooh! Or a Spinjitzu vortex?!" Jay asked excitedly as Cole went up and grabbed it, but then noticed something was off about it.

"Hey.. wait a minute, these are bus tokens." Cole declared as he looked closer at it which made Wu chuckle in response.

"Guess we're traveling in a normal way, come on guys, let's go." Spike insisted while he walked with Allison to find a proper place to help Lloyd.

We cut back to the Black Bounty after Garmadon had forged the Golden Weapons into one new weapon, he and the other Serpentine didn't know how it worked right now, and Garmadon was trying to figure out what has it tick.
"So, what does it do?" Acidius asked as he and the other generals joined him recently after Scales was put in jail.

"So many unspeakable things..." Garmadon said in an interested tone.

"Like what?" Fangtom asked impatiently.

"I told you fool, they're unspeakable!" Garmadon said while giving him a harsh glare.

"It kind of looks like you don't know how to use it!" Skalidor mocked which made Garmadon a bit upset hearing it.

"Of course I know how to use it! I just.. don't have anything to use it on!" Garmadon said in defense before they heard the door open and saw one of the soldiers come into the bridge.

"Lord Garmadon! We've spotted something!" The soldier reported which got all of they're attention.

Garmadon and the rest of the generals went outside quickly to see what was recently spotted, and Garmadon saw that the Ultra Dragon was flying near the area they're flying at.
"Ah, the ninja's pet! What better way to test out the Mega Weapon's power? Keep up with him you slithering idiots!" Garmadon ordered his snakes who quickly went to pilot the Bounty to fly after it.

The Ultra Dragon flew down faster through the clouds as the Bounty was chasing after it, Garmadon aimed the weapon at it and tried to use it's power to destroy it.
"Eliminate Dragon!" Garmadon ordered while hoping it would work, but nothing was happening as the dragon was still flying away even faster.

"Keep it straight! Destroy!" Garmadon ordered again as he tried getting a proper aim at the dragon, but nothing wasn't happening still which was making him more upset.

The bounty flew over to Ultra Dragons side and rammed at him directly, but that barely faced it and it only flew away even faster as a result.
"Fire! Anhialate!" Garmadon screamed as they were flying through a ton of rocky parts of the sea and the Ultra Dragon was starting to get away.

"Bad dragon! Shoot it! Pretty, pretty please!" Garmadon begged in a desperate way as the Bounty was crashing down into the water which was slowing it down greatly.

"I can't concentrate with us jostling around!" Garmadon said with frustration as the ship couldn't pick itself up from the water, and it finally landed down and everyone saw the Ultra Dragon get away freely which angered Garmadon a lot.

"Obviously if I had a proper crew who knew how to fly this ship, I'd have a clear shot!" Garmadon said with anger as most of the snakes were chuckling at his failed attempt.

This is all your fault! Out of my way!" Garmadon ordered as he pushed past the snakes in order to take this frustration out somewhere else.

Garmadon went to a private room in order to think over this, he was extremely frustrated with failing to make the weapon work and was super upset with failing at this.
"Agh! They dare mock me?! How does this weapon work?!" Garmadon asked with frustration while he slammed the weapon on the desk next to him, but that suddenly opened what looked like a very old notebook from very long ago which got Garmadon's attention.

"What's this? Captain.. Soto.. Captains Log.. you mean this ship belonged to a pirate crew long before the ninja and that dragon ever had it?" Garmadon asked with fascination as he read through this log book he's found.

"Now this crew sounded like they knew how to fly a ship. I wish they were here to show these scaly idiots how it's done!" Garmadon wished while he slammed his weapon down.

But that one sentence started to cause a strange energy to flow into the book, and Garmadon felt his energy starting to weaken.
"What? What is happening?!" Garmadon asked with shock as the weapon was glowing extremely brightly, Garmadon started to scream in pain as he felt his energy being drained from it.

"The power.. of the Mega Weapon! It won't let me.. let go of it!" Garmadon said with pain as his body was latched onto it in a really strange way.

Garmadon screamed with pain and fell on his knees after he felt so much of his energy being drained from the weapons overwhelming power.
"I feel weak.." Garmadon said with pain until he suddenly heard a new voice above him.

"All hands on deck!" The voice screamed which made Garmadon confused with what's happened.

"What.. has it done?" Garmadon asked weakly while he tried getting back up.

"I am Captain Soto!" Soto said from the other side of the door which confused Garmadon hearing that name.

"Captain.. Soto?" Garmadon asked as that name was the same on in the log book which means something big has happened..

We cut back to Ninjago city after Spike and the ninja spent around an hour trying to find a place to train Lloyd, and soon enough, they found a dojo nearby after traveling on the bus like Wu suggested.
"This is where Lloyd is going to train?" Cole asked confused as the sign said" Mojo Dojo" At the top of it.

"Mojo dojo? What kind of name is that? Is it some kind of meditation word or something?" Spike asked with interest while he looked at Zane who only shrugged in response.

"I do not know what it means either honestly." Zane admitted which made Jay chuckle a bit.

"Hey, it's better then our dumpy apartment, let's just hope whoever teaches stuff here will let us help Lloyd." Jay replied as all of them went into the place to sign up here.

After a little bit of waiting, Spike and the other ninja went into the dojo area of the room so they could meet the " Sensei" of the place, they all soon saw a person with brown clothing and long hair come into the room with a chilled out look on him, Spike could already tell what kind of person he is, and knew where this was going already.

"Ooh boy, let's see how long this lasts." Spike said quietly while he kept Allison close to him.

"Welcome, to Grand Sensei Darreth's Mojo Dojo, I am sensei Darreth, and I Dare-th you, to join my dojo." Darreth introduced while he did a striking post at Spike and the other ninja who were confused with his way of work.

Darreth tried striking some more fighting pose, but got caught in the doorway which tangled him up for a little bit, and the others sighed as they knew what kind of person he was.
"Welp, let's see how long this goes." Spike said with a smirk which made Allison chuckle a bit.

"Face the wall of karate trophies, if you look closely, my name's on all of them. That is because I am a highly skilled karate machine." Darreth said proudly which made Spike take a closer look at it and he realized it wasn't real gold.

"Cole, 100 coins says they're fake." Spike whispered to Cole who was eager to take it.

"Deal." Cole replied as they high fived eachother before regaining attention.

"Look, Darreth, we were hoping if you would share your dojo with us, we're put in charge of training these little guys so they can become the greatest ninjas in all of Ninjago." Kai asked while motioning to Spike and Lloyd.

"Not possible, for I am the greatest in all the land. How many trophies do you have?" Darreth asked which made Jay roll his eyes a bit.

"Look, we're the guys who just saved the city from that giant snake." Jay argued back which Darreth chuckled at a bit.

"Am I looking at Lord Garmadon, because unless I'm stupid, which I'm not, Lord Garmadon was the one who destroyed the Devouerer." Darreth reminded which Jay didn't like hearing.

"That's just been a huge misunderstanding, we're actually the ones who saved..." Jay was trying to counter at this claim, but Darreth only continued to speak to them about this offer.

"I'll let you train here, but on one condition, if you defeat me, then I will share the dojo with you. That's right, I Grand Sensei Darreth, master of all animal styles, challenge you to a battle." Darreth said as he went and struck multiple animal poses which made Spike roll his eyes at this.

"And, 3, 2, 1." Spike counted down before Kai suddenly used Spinjitzu on him and Darreth screamed like a girl as he got knocked down in less then a second.

"How did you?!" Darreth asked with shock before Kai went to finish it for him.

"You might know animals, but we know Spinjitzu!" Kai said proudly which was enough to finally convince him.

"You can train at my dojo anytime!" Darreth announced which everyone was proud to hear from.

Back at the Black Bounty with Garmadon in the snakes, the same pirates who Garmadon read about in the logbook were now suddenly alive again, and they were not happy about snakes being on their ship one bit. Garmadon was looking at his weapon with fascination over this sudden event, and he had finally realized what this thing was able to do.

"When I tried to destroy that dragon.. it couldn't.. But when I wished for a better crew.. the Mega Weapon doesn't have the power to destroy.. it only has the power to create!" Garmadon said in realization as the pirates and snakes were arguing with eachother.

"I still don't see how you got on our ship!" A Venomari hissed to a pirate who scoffed at that.

"Your ship? We built her! So why don't you slither yourself off the plank?" The pirate countered which made Garmadon smirk knowing what it can fully do now.

"I finally have a proper crew I can be proud of. Batten down the hatches, fellas!" Garmadon ordered to the pirates who weren't taking that order lightly.

"Who are you calling fellas, Four Arms?" Soto asked while he raised his sword at him.

"Me, Lord Garmadon. I created you, you fool! I'm your captain now!" Garmadon argued while he was breathing heavily over the massive power he had used up.

"Created me? I be Captain Soto, stealer of the seas! Raise your weapon!" Soto ordered again while Garmadon tried to hold himself together.

"The Mega Weapon must've created them, but now Garmadon's too weak to use it!" A Serpentine suggested which made Soto try and take this moment to take back his ship.

"You, take it from him!" Soto ordered a pirate who went up to him in order to take the thing which lead to a disastrous consequence from it's power.

"No, don't! It's too powerful, only I can..." Garmadon was too late to stop that person from holding onto the weapon, and it's overwhelming power destroyed that pirate in an instant, leaving only it's hat behind which made the entire crew gasp with shock seeing this happen.

"Only I have the power to use the Mega Weapon, I may be weak for now, but when my strength is recovered, I'll deal with you yet!" Garmadon threatened which Soto didn't take too seriously at all.

"Then that's too bad for you, lock him and his reptilian friends in the brig!" Soto ordered one of his pirates who was completely blind, but his parrot was able to help the guy move around to Garmadon so he could put them in the brig.

Garmadon and the other snakes were soon thrown down into the brig like Soto ordered, and he and his men were now in control of the Bounty again, but they were surprised with the new upgrades that was given to it while they were gone.
"Someone's done something to my ship.." Soto said with interest as they looked over all the high tech there was around them.

"She ain't like how we left her.." Another one replied as Soto looked at the large map in front of them.

"Hmm.. must be some kind of treasure map." Soto theorized while he went over to a special looking switch and pressed on it.

This began activating the Bounty's engine systems again, and with the strong power it had, it began raising the whole ship into the air again which completely surprised the pirate crew with what they're seeing now. Even the parrot was surprised with the sudden reveal of the ship being able to fly.
"The bird speaks the truth, a flying ship! Ooh, this is too good! Just wait till they get a load of us!" Soto declared while he laughed proudly, the Bounty soon raised up into the air once again, and soon took off into the skies at fast speeds, heading quickly to Ninjago once again..

Back with Spike and the ninja at Darreth's dojo, they were all trying to properly get a hang on training here with what new equipment they had, while Spike still had to take care of Allison, he still needed to keep up with his own training too given what's at stake here.

Jay and Lloyd were standing on top of some platforms to begin they're training, Lloyd tried to jump over to Jay to get a good hit on him, but Jay was able to dodge him easily to help him train.
"You must be light on your feet." Jay instructed while he went over and nearly kicked him which Lloyd barely dodged.

"When you strike with your fists, concentrate, you may be small, but your strong!" Cole encouraged while he put a large plank of wood together to help test Lloyd's strength.

Lloyd went in front of the planks of wood and took a deep breath, but he then made a loud cry and slammed his fists down on it, and it not only broke through all the planks, but through the desk and even cracked the floor as well.

Spike was amazed with Lloyd's huge display of strength, and it only made Spike excited on what he could be able to do with his own powers too.
"Whoa! Now that is awesome! Your really getting there Lloyd! Now check this out!" Spike announced as he held out his Golden Weapon again, he twirled the thing around as he aimed it at some training dummy's in the center, and with a loud battle cry, Spike used his Ice powers to slam the Trident on the ground, and he completely froze the whole group of them solid in an instant.

"Whoa! Nice job with your Ice powers dude! You've really got a hang of that thing by now!" Lloyd complimented while they high fived eachother.

"Hey, we both gotta keep up with eachother, this is only the beginning, and there's still much we need to do with our training." Spike said proudly as he picked up Allison again who was in Zane's hands for a bit.

They soon heard footsteps come into the room once again and they soon saw Darreth come in with a few students behind him with even more planks of wood.
"I have to admit, not bad for a kid and a talking dragon who has a snake daughter to raise. But instead of 10 boards, how about 50? Stack em boys." Darreth instructed his students which Wu only sighed at in response.

"Perhaps if I, Grand Sensei Darreth can prove it to you and break them all, then perhaps all of you can allow me to join your team and become.. the Brown Ninja!" Darreth announced dramatically while he had his own ninja hood for some reason.

"The Brown Ninja? You gotta be joking?" Jay asked while he chuckled hearing this.

"Sorry pal, but the clubs already full, we have a literal dragon with us who can use the same powers as us, same with Lloyd, we have a club that's already full enough." Cole reminded while Spike shook his head seeing this.

"Okay, okay, just give me this one demonstration, my superhuman strength may persuade you. Jeffy, Phil, are we ready?" Darreth asked his students while he went over to the planks of wood.

"Yes Sensei Darreth!" They both said at once while everyone was about to watch him attempt it.

"This is gonna go horribly wrong isn't it?" Spike asked looking at Allison who only nodded yes in response.

"Observe! I call upon the greatest animal to give me strength.. the Dragon... Hee-yah!" Darreth screamed as he slammed down on the planks of wood, but he couldn't even shatter one of them which only hurt his fist really bad, and that made Darreth scream in huge pain which only made the ninja laugh seeing this display.

"Oh man, ow!" Jay said while he and the others laughed seeing him hold his hand in pain.

"That's gonna need some ice." Spike declared as he used his weapon to freeze up some water and he gave it to Darreth who quickly took it to heal up his hand.

But while they were trying to train Lloyd back in the dojo, as the entire city was going about they're day, not thinking anything would go wrong. Things quickly started to take a turn for the worst as they saw a familiar flying ship going through Ninjago city, and the pirates were amazed with how much has changed since they were last here.
"What is this place captain?" A pirate asked Soto who was eager to see what treasures they have here.

"A place that's easy to plunder, never have I seen a place with such treasures. Take whatever you want boys!" Soto ordered his crew who gladly began to cause mayhem in the city all around them.

People began screaming with fear as the pirates starting attacking multiple areas of the city, robbing and stealing whatever they could find from other people who were trying to avoid the chaos, Spike and the others soon had come out of the dojo and quickly took notice of the familiar ship flying through the city.
"Hey, that's our ship!" Jay declared as they saw it was restored somehow.

"How is it back? It was destroyed right in front of us!" Spike asked with surprise while he held Allison close to her.

"And are those pirates? They haven't been around for centuries!" Cole said with surprise as the thing was getting away.

"I sense Lord Garmadon is somehow behind this." Zane theorized which worried the group on what they can do.

"How are we gonna follow them?" Lloyd asked with worry while Kai pulled out the token from before.

"Perhaps these can be of use." Kai suggested as a bus had just come up to them and they quickly went into it to catch up with them.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but follow that ship!" Kai ordered the driver who quickly took off after it to hopefully stop this.

Spike and the others put they're ninja masks on again while Spike kept Allison close to him, Kai looked down at Lloyd and was worried about him tagging along with them.
"I don't like the team tagging along for this.." Kai said with worry which made Lloyd try to convince them to go.

"Please please! I'll be super good!" Lloyd begged Zane who leaned down to break the news to him.

"The powers inside you are still too great, and uncontrolable." Zane reminded which made Lloyd look down with regret for hearing it.

"One day you'll be able to join us, sorry kid." Cole apologized which only made Lloyd sigh sadly hearing it.

"Hey, if it's any better, think you can look after Allison for me again? I think this may be too dangerous for her too?" Spike asked while he held out Allison for Lloyd.

"Ugh, just try not to be gone too long, she gets really loud when she cries." Lloyd asked while he carefully took her once again which Spike nodded in response from.

"Don't worry, we'll be back soon, let's go guys!" Spike announced to the ninja who quickly climbed out of the hatch above to try and reach the anchor.

The bus was just about to get close enough to the anchor for Kai to reach, but it suddenly stopped which almost made them fall of it, but Kai quickly caught them all who looked down and saw.. there was an old lady crossing the street during the chaos.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Spike said with annoyance as the lady slowly was walking across.

"Come on people, we're trying to save the city here!" Jay asked impatiently, but things only got worse when the womans shopping bag ripped open and all her items fell down which only made things worse for them all.

The ship was currently flying through the city still while people were running away from it in terror, but Darreth felt like he could handle all the pirates by himself.
"This is my chance to prove to them that they need the Brown Ninja, let's do this!" Darreth told himself as he ran off the rooftop and did a skilled jump onto the Bounty where all the pirates were on currently.

"Surrender! Or face the Brown Ninja!" Darreth announced which angered Soto with his intrusion.

"Pajama man! Get him!" Soto ordered his men who quickly drew they're weapons and began to surround him. Dareth tried using his animal skills in order to intimidate them, but that only made the pirates laugh mockingly, and Soto quickly cut through his shirt and showed Darreth that they were not messing around.

"Those swords are.. very sharp..." Darreth said with fear as the pirates surrounded him. Darreth was soon tied up and felt upset for getting himself in this situation.

"Aw nuts..." Darreth told himself as Soto soon turned to his men once again.

"Mates, keep an eye out for any other silly masked pajama people!" Soto ordered his soldiers as the ship was still flying through the whole city.

"Please help!" Darreth begged as he wasn't able to escape this situation he's in.

After having enough of the incident with the bus, Spike and the others made they're way through the streets in order to reach that ship.
"He just had to get all prideful huh?" Spike asked the others who only shrugged at this.

"Dang it Darreth, this wasn't his fight do take on!" Kai said with frustration as Darreth kept screaming for someone to help him.

"We need to get on board that ship!" Cole told the team which made Jay look at a nearby costume shop which gave him an idea on what to do.

"Haha! There's other reasons for ninja to hide in plain sight!" Jay announced which the others were glad to follow along with.

Spike and the others quickly ran in and purchased a bunch of pirate suits in order to disguise themselves, Spike now wore an eyepatch with his own captain's hat on his head, he also had a fake beard in order to hide his face from the others.
"Heh, it's like we're real life pirates now!" Spike said excitedly while the others straightened up they're outfits too.

"They do look really nice indeed!" Zane complimented as they all looked up at the ship at the top of them.

Spike and the group was able to make it on board the ship thanks to their disguises, they could see Soto and the other pirates who were holding Darreth hostage.
"How about we have him walk the plank?" Soto suggested which all the pirates cheered at.

Soto was forcefully making Darreth walk over to a plank so he could walk off it himself, and he tried delaying this awful fate.
"Your making a big mistake! Don't make me call upon the dragon! I know one!" Darreth warned which the pirates weren't believing.

"Wait for the right moment guys, there's gotta be a way to save him." Spike warned the others who stood on guard until the right moment.

"Who here wants to see him go splat?!" Soto shouted to his crew who cheered hearing that.

"Who here wants to see him live?!" Jay said in a pirate voice which the others cheered at before they all realized the question and were confused on what that meant.

"The plank is getting a bit shorter now huh?" Soto asked mockingly while he held his sword at his neck to force him off the ship.

"We don't need to do this fellas! I'm a lousy martial artist, what I do, I wouldn't even call art. I know I said I'm a brown belt, but I painted it! And my trophies, they're all fake!" Darreth whimered which the ninja groaned at.

"Looks like I owe you 100 coins now Spike." Cole said in defeat which made Spike cheer a bit for winning the bet.

Darreth was screaming some more as Soto finally pushed him off the plank, Darreth screamed like a girl as he was about to completely fall to the ground, but Lloyd soon showed up with Allison on his shoulder while they were riding Ultra Dragon. Lloyd quickly swooped in and saved Darreth just before he hit the ground, Darreth opened his eyes and gasped with shock as he saw he actually was saved by a dragon.
"I.. I called a dragon.. I called the dragon! haha!" Darreth cheered which made Lloyd chuckle hearing him cheer like that.

Spike and the others soon had enough disguising themselves, and they saw it was time they reveal themselves as ninja to all of them.
"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed as they used Spinjitzu and changed back into their regular ninja outfits once again.

"More pajama men?" Soto asked with shock while Spike drew his weapon.

"Let's see if you can handle all of us!" Spike shouted with confidence as he twirled his weapon around fast.

"Ninja versus pirates! Who will win?" Kai declared while the entire crew glared at he group who were ready to fight back.

Spike twirled his weapon around as fast as it could while it was glowing blue with lightning, Spike's body began to spark up from the power and he readied his next attack to begin this fight.
"Let's do this!!" Spike screamed as he shot a lightning blast at a group of pirates who were knocked down from his power, and that finally made the entire crew begin to charge at them to fight them off.

Zane held up his hands and threw down a few smoke bombs in order to blind most of the pirates, and Zane quickly threw his weapons down at Soto which pinned him to the sail that was still raised up. Jay took out his nunchuks and twirled them around to knock a couple of them down, Kai clashed his sword against another pirate in the distance, and he quickly avoided another slash thanks to his blades reflection. Kai soon stabbed his sword on the ground and spun around it to kick down the surrounding pirates, Spike charged at another group of pirates who all had they're weapons drawn at him. Spike put down his mask and revealed his face which made the pirates gasp wish surprise seeing that Spike's a dragon.

"You guys afraid? Well you should be because of this!" Spike shouted as he took a deep breath and shot a large fireblast at most of the crew who all screamed while trying to avoid it. Jay quickly looked at a nearby gumball machine and broke it with his nunchuks, the balls all rolled over to them while Jay had a proud look, but he wasn't counting on Spike and the others to slip up from them too which was annoying to see.

"Jay!" Cole said with annoyance which made Jay nervous knowing he messed it up.
"Oops..." Jay said nervously while Soto laughed proudly as he couldn't slip on them thanks to his peg leg.

But everyone soon saw Ultra Dragon fly over them, and Lloyd jumped off the dragon with Allison holding on tightly.
"Ninja go!!" Lloyd screamed as he grabbed on one rope and he swung onto the ship and managed to kick Soto down for a moment.

"I believe she's yours to take care of Spike?" Lloyd asked while he tossed Allison to Spike who quickly caught her, and thankfully Allison wasn't too bothered by this, in fact, she looked eager to help fight off the pirates with her father.

Soto growled with frustration and quickly back up to counter Lloyd's attack.
"Pirate.. go!!" Soto screamed as he tried slashing at him, but Kai quickly came in and blocked Soto's sword with his own.

"Lloyd! you shouldn't be here!" Kai warned as he quickly threw Soto down for a bit and grabbed Lloyd to put him in a barrel upside down. Lloyd wasn't wanting to stay out of this one and he tried using his strength to help him stand up properly.

Lloyd made a loud battle cry and quickly recovered in the barrel, he ran his way up to one of the pirates and actually was able to knock him down, but Lloyd soon slipped up a bit and fell down on the lever which lowered the anchor down a bit. Kai suddenly had the barrel coming right at him and he quickly jumped on it to avoid being it, but that only resulted in Kai almost falling off the ship, but he quickly caught onto the anchor to avoid falling down.
"Sorry about that!" Kai apologized as the anchor was tearing it's way through the streets and causing massive damage to it.

Garmadon and the snakes were still locked in the brig while all of the fighting was going on, and he tried using his Mega Weapon to reach the key's near the door, and he was soon able to grab them which could help set them free.

Spike quickly ducked under another slash from the pirates and used his Trident to freeze the pirate in place, another pirate tried slicing at Allison which Spike was able to prevent by using his Trident to deflect the pirates blade.
"No one his hurting my daughter!" Spike screamed with anger while he kicked the guy down, Allison hissed at the pirate who tried attacking her, and she quickly leaned down and bit the pirate in the arm which made him scream with pain feeling it's painful affects.

"Heh, looks like you know how to protect yourself too Allison! They grow up so fast!" Spike said as she wrapped herself in Spike's arm again while they kept fighting off the pirates together.

Lloyd was hopping away from Soto in the barrel still as he tried to slash at him while he was vulnerable.
"Come here you blurry little munchkin!" Soto screamed as he tried slashing at Lloyd, but he quickly was able to doge the slashes and finally had enough of all of this.

"Ninja.. go!!" Lloyd screamed as he was suddenly twirling around in the barrel, but was actually able to do Spinjitzu and he broke himself free which amazed him from actually being able to do it.

"Whoa! Spinjitzu! I just did Spinjitzu for the first time!" Lloyd said proudly just before Soto knocked him down from behind, but Spike quickly came in and saved Lloyd from another attack just after Lloyd hit the lever which raised up the anchor again.

"Your getting better Lloyd! I'm sure it feels great, I know that's what I felt when I learned it!" Spike complimented as he used his Trident to shoot more fireblasts at the pirates in front of them.

Garmadon and the others finally broke free from being held, and he soon saw Lloyd had actually learned Spinjitzu as the Green Ninja, but that only worried him more as there's only less time for him now.
"My son.. he's growing stronger... " Garmadon said with both a proud and worried look seeing this.

Lloyd made a loud battle cry and he tried using his own powers to finish the job.
"Lloyd! Don't! Your powers are too uncontrollabe!" Kai warned just before Lloyd shot a large energy blast at the ship, but that resulted in the pole holding the sail in place to start collapsing which made Lloyd scream in fear from seeing it.

Spike and the others tried avoiding being hit by the thing, but soon enough, the sail finally fell down onto all of them while the pirates managed to escape it. Spike and the others groaned as they tried getting out of the pole, but they could hear metal clanking as Soto was standing just above them.
"You lose pajama people, now you walk the plank!" Soto declared while the pirates all raised they're weapons at them.

But before anything else could happen, loud stomps were suddenly heard which caught everyone's attention, while the pirates were confused on what's happening, they all soon saw Nya finally show up within her Samurai X suit once again. She quickly jumped across the rooftops and climbed onto the ship, and she quickly took care of the pirates by using the ships own sail to knock all the pirates down before she put the sail back in place.
"Couldn't have come at a better time Nya!" Spike said with a thankful look while he helped up Allison who wasn't injured during the fight thankfully.

Nya had a proud look hearing that, and she quickly jumped out of her suit and used her blade to cut down through the sail, and she landed down on Soto to pin him down to show who's the real winner here.
"Who wins between pirates and ninja? It's Samurai!" Jay said proudly which made Nya laugh in response hearing this from him.

"At least this is all over." Spike said with relief as that was fun but still a lot for them to handle.

Soon enough, the police had showed up and were now arresting Soto in his men for the terrorism that they caused through the city today.
"Good work team." The officer thanked to Spike and the others who were proud to hear it.

"Hey, don't forget this little guy!" Kai reminded while he rubbed Lloyd's hair a bit which made him laugh from feeling it.

"You did great today Lloyd, you really helped out." Spike complimented while he was feeding Allison more milk to keep her happy still.

"Hey, that your ship?" The officer asked looking to Jay who was proud to have it back.

"Sure is!" Jay said proudly just until they all heard the engines start up once again, and they all gasped with shock as they saw Garmadon and the serpentine had taken the ship back after being freed.

"Sorry! You snooze, you loose!" Garmadon mocked which angered the others with it being taken once again.

"Aw come on!" Spike said with anger as their ship was stolen from them again.

"Dad!" Lloyd said with surprise as Garmadon looked down at him.

"Your becoming stronger son, but you and your friend will never be able to defeat me! You both should give up, before it's too late!" Garmadon warned while Lloyd was having so much to process hearing that from his own father.

But Spike wasn't phased by this threat at all, and he saw this only as motivation to keep going.
"It doesn't matter if you have that weapon Garmadon, I'm meant to stand against you too with Lloyd, and don't forget, I will be just as strong as him too one day!" Spike warned while he held out his Golden Weapon proudly.

Lloyd felt some assurance hearing that and looked at the others who gave him a look of encouragement, and that was all he needed in order to keep going in order to stop his father with his friend besides him.
"Have it your way, another day ninja! Another day!" Garmadon threatened as they saw him fly off with the ship still under his control

"Great, now Lord Garmadon is back, and now he's got our ship!" Jay said with anger as this was just frustrating at this point.

"Well, at least we got these little guys." Cole said as he patted Spike and Lloyd's back to help them stay confident.

"No matter how long it takes, we will find a way to stop him.. one day." Spike swore as they all saw Garmadon fly off with they're ship while he laughed evilly once again.

Everyone stood together with a proud look on their faces, but they could hear Darreth whistling a bit after he was saved by them and hoped they'd let him join again. Darreth tried getting a sneak attack on Jay, but he quickly grabbed Darreth's hand and threw him over with fast skill which destroyed that chance once again.
"Ah come on guys, I dare-th you to forgive me." Darreth joked which made the others only laugh hearing it.

"Better luck next time Darreth!" Spike laughed as he stood with the others as the sun set over Ninjago, while the destined battle was getting closer, so were Spike and the others, and one day, they'll be strong enough to defeat Garmadon for good..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I honestly had some fun with this episode going back into it, I know some people don't like these earlier episodes at times, but it's ones like these I have fun with, I like pirates and thought this was a cool concept for an episode, I had fun writing this chapter as it did some stuff to help progress Lloyd's training, while Spike may already be pretty strong with his Golden Weapon, he still has to gain his own true potential alongside Lloyd, and there's only so much I'll be able to do with Spike's Golden Weapon in this season, but I just hope you all liked this chapter, and look forward to more of it soon!

16: Double Trouble

We open to another day within Ninjago city once again, Spike and the others were still helping train Lloyd to master his powers while Spike himself was trying to master his own strength too. Lloyd was currently in the dojo with the other ninja still, and he was trying to focus his power into a lightbulb to build up his power.

"Focus Lloyd, control the power inside you, when you feel a surge welling up, harness it!" Jay advised with a confident look while Spike held Allison with him again while he was next to Lloyd too.

"Don't overthink things, just focus on the now, and you'll know when you can fully control yourself." Spike advised as well which Lloyd was trying to take in.

"Got it Spike, I am in.. control..." Lloyd said calmly as he held the lightbulb tightly and tried to control it, but he was beginning to shake which made Spike back up a bit.

"Come on Lloyd, you can do it!" Jay encouraged while Lloyd was trying even more, but his power was too great and it caused the lightbulb to explode once again like the other's they've tried which made him frustrated.

"Agh! Stupid lightbulb! Your putting too much pressure on me! Let me have one more try." Lloyd asked while looking at the other ninja.

"Sorry Lloyd, that was the last one." Kai replied as there was broken glass everywhere on the ground.

"Your getting better Lloyd, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it soon." Spike assured while Allison hissed lightly at him to give him more confidence, but Lloyd only sighed sadly and went to take out his frustration on one of the training tools that was nearby.

"What am I doing wrong sensei Wu? I can't seem to teach him to control his power.." Jay asked with worry as Lloyd hit himself with the punching bag.

"You dare defy the Green Ninja?!" Lloyd asked to the bag while he kept on trying to hit it.

"Patience Jay, sometimes the greatest opponent we have to face is ourselves, especially Lloyd in this case. Remember where he came from, he's the son of Lord Garmadon. It's gonna take time for him to embrace the light." Wu advised as they watched Lloyd take his frustrations out on the bag.

"Wu's right guys, I still have a lot to go through given that I'm practically stuck here in Ninjago, but I've gotten great things out of being here, from you guys, to my powers, and especially Allison. It takes time to adjust to things, and I'm sure I will get used to things fully once me and Lloyd take on Garmadon together." Spike added which they liked the sound off.

"That is a great example of things Spike, we'll find a way to get you home one day, but for now, just be glad for what you have." Wu advised again which Spike made sure to think over.

But as everyone was watching Lloyd train, they heard the doors open and they saw Nya come into the room with some info for them.
"Hey guys." Nya greeted which made them smile seeing her.

"Hey Nya." Spike and the others said all at once.

"Hey Jay, do you wanna come by to the auto body shop later?" Nya asked with a nervous look while walking up to him.

"Uh.. auto body shop?" Jay asked with a curious look.

"Yeah, I got a part time job, thought I could fix the Ultra Sonic Radar with my spare time, maybe if you come over I can show you what I've been working on?" Nya offered which Jay gladly agreed too.

"Sure! What do you got there?" Jay asked noticing there's a letter in Nya's hands.

"Oh, right, this letter came from Lloyd." Nya replied while she handed it to Wu.

"Hm... it's from Lloyd's old school." Wu explained which interested the group from hearing it.

"Isn't that the place we had to go to in order to stop Pythor and Lloyd some time back? Where all those bad boys were taught at?" Spike asked recalling what they were about.

"They were formerly for bad boys, since we were last there Spike, they've changed to the Darkly school for Great Children." Wu explained which made Kai chuckle a bit.

"Wait, you mean they've turned good?" Kai asked with a small smirk on his face.

"Yes, and it says here that there's going to be a ceremony." Wu replied while looking at the last parts of the letter.

"That sounds like fun, I haven't taken Allison there yet, I think she'd have fun if we were to go there." Spike said with a smile while Allison was wrapped around Spike's arm.

"Lloyd's change has inspired them, now they're inviting Lloyd to give him an honorary degree in excellence." Wu revealed which fascinated the group, but they looked over to Lloyd and saw him bash his head against the bag after getting frustrated again which did confuse the group a bit.

"Are we talking about the same Lloyd?" Kai asked a bit confused if this really is true.

We cut back to the Black Bounty after Garmadon and the Serpentine escaped with it once again, Garmadon was gathering the snakes around for a meeting and were deciding on what to do with the Mega Weapon next.
"Alright, can everyone here me? Okay, so let's brainstorm on how to use my Mega Weapon. Remember, it can only create, not destroy, and it can be used only once a day, it'll drain all my strength after that. So, no such thing is a bad idea, anyone?" Garmadon asked while looking over all the snakes below him.

"What if you made more pirates?" A snake suggested which Garmadon hated the sound of.

"Over the side!" Garmadon ordered which made another snake come over to the one who suggested it, and he threw him off the ship as a result. ( Does this scene remind anyone else of a similar scene in the Ninjago Movie? Or is it just me?)

"Anyone else? Don't be shy, no bad ideas." Garmadon asked again which made a few of them think this over.

"What if you recreated the Devourer?" Another snake asked which Garmadon found really stupid.

"Over the side!" Garmadon ordered again which made that snake get tossed off the ship as well.

"Instead of things that have already failed to destroy the Ninja, how about something new?" Garmadon asked with an upset look.

"Can you create a giant ham sandwich?" A snake asked which confused Garmadon a bit.

"Uh.. a poison ham sandwich?" Garmadon asked in response.

"I would hope not, I'm so hungry!" The snake replied with an eager look which only resulted in him getting tossed off the ship too.

Garmadon growled with frustration and was getting upset with the stupid suggestions he was getting from them.
"This is impossible! Those pesky Ninja always come out on top! How can I defeat someone who so rudely refuses to be defeated?!" Garmadon asked while he looked at his own reflection, but that's when he finally got an idea on what he can wish for today.

"Wait.. that's it!" Garmadon said in realization which had another snake come up behind him.

"Hmm? A giant ham sandwich?" The snake asked again which angered Garmadon even more, and he personally kicked that snake off before turning to the rest of the snakes with an evil laugh.

"Better! No more brainstorming, gather me any of the ninja's belongings left on their ship!" Garmadon ordered his snakes who all began searching through the ship to find what's left of the ninja's belongings. And soon enough, they found old suits that the ninja used to use, and one of them was Spike's old Pink suit that was just kept around for display.

The snakes all brought the suits back to the deck so Garmadon could make his wish, but he was confused with the pink suit he sees in the pile.
"Which one of the ninja has a pink suit?" Garmadon asked the snakes who looked closer at it to find out why.

"I think it belonged to that dragon that the ninja are friends with, what was his name again? Spike? Or it could've been the Ice ninja's old suit?" A snake asked which made Garmadon hum in response.

"Might've been a prank by my son or something, no matter, let's resume to business. Ninja, dragon, today I wish for you to finally meet your match!" Garmadon wished which made the weapon glow extremely brightly.

The snakes watched with awe as the Mega Weapon displayed it's huge power once again, the weapon poured tons of power into the suits, making them float around in the air as the powers of Creation came into them, Garmadon finished the process by shooting a beam of power into the suits, and they all finally formed into dark copies of Spike and the ninja, they had glowing red eyes and paler skin to show a difference, and they all stroke a fighting pose and were ready for they're current order.

Garmadon fell onto the ground weakly after using up so much power again, but he still had one goal he wished to set out for these new copies.
"I have made you.. equal to the ninja, and loyal only to me.." Garmadon said to the Bizarro clones who understood this perfectly.

"Yes Lord Garmadon!" They all said at once with respect.

"Then I command you.. to find and destroy the ninja!" Garmadon ordered while the evil clones looked at him with understanding in knowing what they had to do.

Meanwhile with Spike and the others, they were heading to the Boarding School Lloyd used to go to in order to celebrate the ceremony. Everyone was riding on Ultra Dragon as it flew through the sky's at fast speeds, Lloyd was holding onto the chains and was trying his best to keep things steady.

"Lloyd, remember to be careful flying this guy! We still have a baby with us!" Spike reminded as he hold onto Allison tightly who was trying not to look down.

"And don't forget Lloyd, try not to make any sudden moves, it may cause him too.." Cole advised just before Lloyd turned to them with a curious look.

"Any sudden what?" Lloyd shouted in response, but because of his sudden move, that made Ultra Dragon to dive down at fast speeds which made all of them scream in fear from what's happening.

"The reigns! Let go of the reigns!" Cole shouted with fear which Lloyd complied with, but that made the Ultra Dragon start to spiral down to the Boarding school as they were making they're way to it, and everyone screamed with fear as they were going to make a tough landing here.

"Brace yourselves!!"" Spike screamed just as the Ultra Dragon finally landed down on all it's feat which made them sigh in relief with the ride being over.

Everyone got off the Ultra Dragon and tried taking in what just happened here.
"At least I'm getting better.." Lloyd said with a nervous look while the others were regaining focus again.

"If it's all the same, I'll take the reigns back home." Cole insisted which the others gladly agreed with.

"Sounds good to me." Spike replied as he held his head from the sudden dive Ultra Dragon made.

Spike and the ninja made they're way into the school yard, and they soon saw a young kid working on the flower garden at the entrance, and Lloyd seemed to recognize him.
"Uh.. Brad?" Lloyd asked with surprise which made the kid turn to them and he was so glad to see he and the others were here.

"Lloyd? You came! It's so good to see you!" Brad greeted while he ran up and gave Lloyd a quick hug before pulling away.

"Is is? You put Fire Ants in my bed." Lloyd reminded which he looked a bit guilty over.

"Please forgive me Lloyd, I wasn't myself, and have learned the error of my ways! And you must be the ninja, and Lloyd's friend Spike." Brad replied while turning to Spike and the others again.

"Yeah, and who would this be Lloyd?" Spike asked while he held Allison still.

"Guys, this is Brad Tudabone." Lloyd introduced which Spike chuckled at with the last name being a pun.

"Such a huge fan of you all, go good! Is that really an Anacondrai you have with you Spike?" Brad asked while he looked at Allison who was trying to sleep in his arms.

"Yeah, found her egg and hatched her a while back, been raising her as a father since." Spike replied with a proud look which Brad liked the sound of.

"It's amazing seeing someone so young take on such a responsibility! Please come with me, I can lead you to the principle." Brad advised while he was leading them to the school.

Everyone made they're way inside the school and saw it was mostly the same since they were last here, but they didn't see any kids or teachers here which was weird to see.
"Uh, shouldn't you all be in class?" Cole asked while they saw the class rooms were empty.

"Actually, today's a new Darkly School tradition, Ninja Day! We stay out of sight, to honor the ways of the Ninja, for showing us the light!" Brad said proudly which really impressed Cole.

"Huh, this is a good school, I'm impressed!" Cole replied as Brad led them into the Principle's office.

"Principle Noble! Lloyd and the Ninja are here for the ceremony!" Brad announced to a strange figure who was on the other side.

"That and the cake, by the way do you know what time it is?" Cole asked while looking at Brad.

"I'll be with you in just a moment!" The figure on the other side replied before sliding off screen.

"I should get back to the flowers." Brad suddenly replied before he closed the door and left them alone.

"Uh.. okay then?" Spike asked with a confused look.

"Isn't it weird that we haven't seen a teacher yet?" Jay asked which was a true fact to point out.

"Indeed, their absence is most strange." Zane replied as the principle announced for them to come in, and Spike was already getting a bad feeling from what's happening.

Spike and the others soon made they're way into the room, but instead of an adult, they saw a small kid standing on the desk while flashing a light over him to add the dramatic affect.

"Welcome back Lloyd!" The kid greeted which Lloyd quickly recognized.

"Gene?" Lloyd asked with surprise as he saw more kids coming from behind to the desks.

"And welcome Ninja, to the new Darkly school for Worse Boys!" Gene announced evilly while he cut a rope that dropped sand bags on all of their heads.

"I should've seen this coming.." Spike said weakly before he passed out with Allison in his arms still.

"Gene.. I'm gonna get you for this..." Lloyd said weakly before he passed out too.

Cole groaned with pain as he finally felt himself waking up, and he was soon seeing what looked like the teachers looking over him, and he was really confused with what's happening.
"Why did it have to be a sandbag?" Spike asked with pain while he held his head, he looked at his arm and saw Allison was still wrapped around it, which gave him relief knowing she's alright.

"Thank goodness your here!" One of the teachers said with relief.

"What happened? Where's Lloyd? And who are all of you?" Kai asked while Spike was helping him up.

"We're the teachers, we tried teaching the boys to be good. But they overthrew us, they're monsters!" One of them said with fear which concerned the whole group.

"But I thought Lloyd was getting an honorary degree?" Jay asked with worry which made the teachers worried hearing that.

"That was just a trick to lure Lloyd here and convince him to be they're leader." One of them explained which horrified Cole.

"What? There's not gonna be cake?!" Cole asked with fear which made Spike smirk a bit.

"Guess you can say.. the cake was a lie Cole." Spike joked which made Allison chuckle at that.

"NO!!!!" Cole screamed dramatically through the whole room while Spike only shook his head at this.

Meanwhile with Lloyd, he was finally waking up after being knocked out, and he soon saw Gene and the other kids had tied him up.
"Welcome to the Ceremony Lloyd, or should I say, an evil intervention!" Brad announced while Lloyd was trying to escape.

"Where are my friends?" Lloyd asked with anger which Gene scoffed at.

"They're better off without you, with friends like you, who needs enemy's?" Gene asked which made Lloyd upset on hearing it.

"You may have forgotten, but we're your real friends. And we wanna help undo the damage you've done to yourself, and our school's reputation! Tell me Lloyd, doesn't a part of you miss being bad?" Brad asked which Lloyd tried to refuse answering.

Meanwhile with the Bizarro ninja, they were doing comically evil things while trying to find Spike and the others, they did basic things like leaving an old woman in a tree with her cat, or tampering with a street light to cause a wreck, and wrecking a bank machine to shoot out dozens of money all over the place as they made they're way to the dojo.

"Focus guys, we must find the ninja." Bizarro Spike said while they were walking through the streets.

"Whatever you say pinky." Bizarro Cole mocked which made him upset.

Wu was finishing up with sweeping the broken glass in the room, and at the same time, the Bizarro ninja had just walked into the room to see if they're here.
"Your back, so how was it?" Wu asked curiously while the evil ninja walked into the room.

"It was great, we were having so much fun we almost forgot where we were." Bizarro Kai explained which interested Wu.

"Hmm.. I bet Lloyd had a blast, and why is Spike wearing his pink outfit again? His style is a mix in of purple and green?" Wu asked while he noticed Bizarro Spike's pink suit.

"Uh.. I wanted to switch things up for today you know? Try and have a bit of fun with it." Bizarro Spike replied which made Wu notice Allison wasn't with him.

"And where is Allison? You never have her leave your side." Wu asked which was proving to show him these guys were imposters.

"We.. left her with Lloyd at Megamonster Amusement park, she wanted to have a bit of fun with him before we came back." Bizarro Kai lied which made Wu see through this finally.

Bizarro Kai looked at the training equipment and saw the other Bizarro Ninja were gone, but they soon turned to Wu who raised his broom at them all.
"Lloyd and Allison are not at the Amusement park, and you are not my students!" Wu declared which finally had them take off their glasses to reveal they're red eyes.

"And you, are not our master!" Bizarro Kai countered while Bizarro Jay was using Spinjitzu to take him down, but Wu used the broom to knock him into one of the punching bags from before, and he threw Darreth's fake trophies at the rest of them to knock them down for a moment.

"Whatever you are, you need to be taught a lesson!" Wu shouted as he went to get one of the swords on the walls, but Bizarro Jay threw his shuriken's at Wu which pinned him to the wall.

"Teach us then, where are the Ninja?" Bizarro Kai asked while they all marched up to him.

"He'll never talk." Bizarro Jay concluded just before they heard a sound coming over the radio nearby.

"Jay, are you back yet? Can't wait to see you at the Auto Body shop, see you then!" Nya said over the radio which gave all the Bizarro ninja the idea to head they're as soon as possible which left Wu alone to think over this.

Back with Spike and the others, Spike was trying to use his Golden Weapon to burst down the door, but that door was somehow resisting Spike's Earth blows which made him frustrated.
"This doesn't make sense! How can a door not be broken down with my Golden Weapon?!" Spike asked with frustration while Zane tried another option.

"Battering Ram mode, activated." His system announced while Zane stood completely still, and the other ninja grabbed him to bash him against the door.

"Alright Spike, let's try this, now!" Kai announced while they tried smashing Zane against the door, and Spike tried using Earth blasts, but they didn't do a thing to it.

"We're never gonna break down this stupid door! I just hope they haven't brainwashed Lloyd, like it could get much worst." Kai said as they put Zane back up to properly stand up again.

"Look, don't worry guys, I told Nya I'd be at the auto body shop. And since I'm so punctual, if I'm gone for at least one second, she'll notice something's wrong." Jay declared which gave the group some hope.

But back at the auto body shop with Nya, she was working on the Sonic Raider still just as Bizarro Jay came in while humming a tune of his own.

"Oh, there you are. I was wondering when you'd get back, your usually not late." Nya said as she finally noticed him enter the shop.

"It's a whole new me baby, heh. Nice work. We should take it out for a spin, should make a lot of people jealous." Jay declared which concerned her with his attitude change.

"I should've known spending time at Darkly's School would turn you into a bad boy." Nya declared as she hopped back to the ground again.

"Darkley's School? That's where we just were?" Bizarro Jay asked which made her curious.

"What's gotten into you?" Nya asked before Bizarro Jay suddenly pulled her in and kissed her which made her really embarrassed, and Bizarro Jay used that moment to take the keys to drive the Raider.

"It's a bad boy thing." Bizarro Jay lied before he went up into the Raider and drove off to get the other evil ninja while Nya blushed wildly.

"Call me!" Nya said with an embarrassed look as she saw him drive off.

Back with Spike and the others, they were still trying to break out of this room while using a bunch of rulers to open the door, but it only broke as a result with how secured it was.
"If we don't get out of here, they're gonna do all the teaching's we've taught Lloyd." Kai declared which made Cole upset at another thought."

"Not to mention never taste Cake again." Cole added which made Spike roll his eyes.

"You and Celestia would get along just fine with how much you two love cake." Spike added as he made sure Allison was alright, and she was really bored with what's happening in this room right now.

"Principal Noble, how well do you and the teachers know the building?" Zane asked while walking up to Noble.

"We barely know it at all actually, we're new. The old teachers were all highly committed to teaching the boys evil, they quit after protesting when the school went good." Noble answered which gave Zane an idea on what could help them.

"So if the school was previously evil... wouldn't we assume that there are hidden passages that none of you even know about?" Zane theorized which could mean there's a way out of here.

"Your right, wouldn't be an evil school without hidden passages." Cole added which gave them all a new goal to find.

"Come on guys, there's gotta be a switch around here, anything!" Spike declared as he went to pull some of the books to see if there's something.

The rest of the ninja went to work too, and they tried searching the whole room for anything that could help them, Jay went through all the books too, and he seemingly found a switch which made a loud sound as a result.
"I found it!" Jay announced, but that only made things worse for them as they all saw the ceiling was lowering down to crush them which made all of them really afraid.

"Wrong switch! Keep looking!" Kai shouted while everyone was searching for another one a lot faster, Cole went over to a strange looking tree which turned it, and he thought that could help them out.

"Aha!" Cole shouted with confidence, but that made things even worse as the ceiling now had large deadly spikes piercing through them now.

"Oh now that is just so evil!" Cole said with fear as Spike was trying to keep Allison from crying again.

"Just hurry up!!" Spike screamed with fear while Zane pulled a light which finally opened a way out.

"This way!" Zane shouted as they all ran through the open fireplace which saved them all from being crushed.

But as they all made they're way through the passage, and Spike made sure to hold out his Golden Weapon for some light.
"Hang on guys, let's get some light here." Spike announced as he lit his Trident on fire to give them something to see, but that made things even worse as they found themselves in a large den of deadly spiders which made them all scream with fear. And Spike especially was horrified seeing them all.

"Nope!" Spike screamed while he quickly ran behind the other ninja to avoid them harming Allison.

Back with Lloyd, he was still tied up and was trying to convince the kids to let them go, he tried having them believe they saved him from being taught how to be good, but they weren't buying it at all.
"How do we know your not lying to us? And so you can escape to help the Ninja?" Brad asked with a suspicious look.

"Well, If I'm truly good, I wouldn't be able to lie, which I'm not. But I am, wouldn't lying make me evil? Thus giving you assurance that you can release me?" Lloyd asked which confused the students from what they were hearing.

"He's trying to trick us with his mind games!" Gene declared just until they heard a loud sound come from outside. Just outside the boarding school, the Bizarro Ninja had all shown up in the Sonic Raider in a reckless way, they tore down most of the walls and blew up the sign just to cause more destruction.

Bizarro Spike and the other evil ninja soon were making they're way through the halls while laughing evilly and causing more trouble around the whole school, and Brad and the other kids tried seeing what was causing all the ruckus.
"Someone's coming." Brad warned as they turned the next corner and saw that the Bizarro Ninja were here to punish them all.'

"The ninja! They've escaped! Execute Doomsday formation, to glory!!" Brad and the other kids screamed dramatically which made the Bizarro Ninja ready for what they had to fight. But all that resulted in was the kids trying nothing more then Spitballs and smoke bombs which barely did anything to the Bizarro clones, despite their effort, the evil ninja were soon marching to them which made them go for one last attempt to stop them.

"Dodgeball brigade: Fire!" Brad announced again which made a lot of the kids fire at them to knock them down, but Bizarro Spike and Zane jumped in the air and they both caught whatever balls were thrown at them with quick skill.

"Our turn." Bizarro Kai announced which made all the kids scarred of what they're seeing.

"Run!" One of the kids screamed while they tried running away, but some of them were being hit by all the dodge balls being thrown at them.

"Retreat!!" Brad screamed just before he got hit in the head with another one of the dodge balls which knocked him down long enough to be surrounded by the Bizarro ninja.

"Where are the ninja?" Bizarro Kai asked with anger which made Brad very afraid of what's happening.

"Tell us where they are, or we're having a barbecue!" Bizarro Spike threatened while he lit his hand on fire which terrified him even more.

Lloyd was still trying to escape the room he was tied up in, and he was really frustrated that he can't escape from this.
"Why do I always get tied up? You'd think I'd be good with knots by now." Lloyd asked himself before he turned to the lightbulb above him which gave him an idea on what he can do to escape.

"Okay, you can do this Lloyd." Lloyd told himself as he remembered the lessons he was taught earlier today. Lloyd tried focusing his powers and harnessing it's energy like Jay told him to do, he could feel his power connecting with the lightbulb, and he tried using them to overload it like before, and just like he thought, it made the lightbulb explode which shattered all the glass around it which fell on the floor.

"Haha! Yes!" Lloyd said with joy as he tried shaking his chair around to make it fall over, and he used the sharp glass on the floor in order to free himself.

"Ha, finally, I'm free!" Lloyd announced with joy just before the other students came back into the room which ruined the moment.

"Aw, no way, I escaped fair and square!" Lloyd said with frustration as the kids were using the desks to block the door.

"Your friends are pure evil." Gene revealed which really surprised Lloyd with what he just heard.

"What?!" Lloyd asked with surprise to know this.

The Bizarro Ninja were walking to the room where Spike and the other ninja were trapped, and they soon opened the doors to find them, but the entire room was empty which made them all upset.
"What is this, some kind of joke?" Bizarro Cole asked while Brad was very scared to see they escaped.

"That's where they were, honest!" Brad said with fear while they all glared at him.

"Time for another noogie!" Bizarro Cole threatened which made him even more scared.

"No, no! Anything but that!" Brad begged just before a locker was heard opening in the background, and they all saw Spike and the others finally got out of that mess they were in.

"Finally a way out." Cole said with relief while they were walking back into the halls, but as they turned to their left, they all soon saw the Bizarro ninja in front of them with them holding Brad hostage.

"Guys, why are we staring at ourselves?" Kai asked with surprise while Spike saw his clone had his pink suit still.

"And is that my pink suit?" Spike asked as the teachers were really confused with what's happening.

"Uh.. this is too weird even for us, we're gonna stay in here." Noble declared before he closed the locker to avoid any harm that could come to them.

"Ha, those who don't fight, teach." Jay commented recalling what Wu told them while all the Bizarro Ninja took off their glasses to show they're red eyes fully.

"Drop the boy! Uh.. me!" Cole orders his clone which he complied with.

"He's of no use to us anymore!" Bizarro Cole replied while Brad was trying to make his escape, and Spike and the others soon got in fighting positions to fight they're clones.

"Who are you guys?" Kai asked with an upset look to see them.

"Your doom!" Bizarro Kai threatened while Zane did a scan on what's happening.

"My early assessment says that this must be Garmadon's doing." Zane declared which the Bizarro Ninja scoffed at.

"My early assessment says that you will be destroyed!" Bizarro Zane countered while Spike put Allison on his neck to keep her secure.

"Let's see who's the most skilled then! Let's get em!" Spike shouted while all of them started to run at eachother.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the ninja shouted while the Bizarro Clones shouted that at once too.

They all charged at eachother and got ready to deliver a blow to eachother, but due to they're equal level of skill and power, they all just delivered the same attacks to eachother which only resulted in them being blocked. Spike tried to kick his evil clone down, but Bizarro Spike managed to block it with his own foot which showed they're equal skill in reflex.

Lloyd and the other students were watching this from the corner, and Lloyd was glad to see his friends were okay.
"See? I told you my friends wouldn't turn evil, the evil ninja must be my father's doing." Lloyd suggested while Gene took a close inspection of all the clones.

"Fascinating, it's like fighting a mirror where they're countering moves are in perfect sync. And no one appears to be able to land a blow" Gene theorized while Spike tried punching his clone which only got caught and blocked again as a result.

"We have to help them." Lloyd said with worry which made Gene turn back to him.

"Which them?" Gene asked referring to either the good or bad ninja.

"Uh.. my friends of course." Lloyd answered which made all the kids gang up on him with smirks, and Lloyd had an idea on what's coming next.

We cut to Lloyd being tied up AGAIN after the kids saw he wasn't gonna help the evil ninja which he found incredibly stupid.
"I am Lloyd Garmadon, evil son of the super evil Lord Garmadon, and I demand you release me!" Lloyd shouted to all the kids who only turned to Gene who began theorizing on how to take the good ninja down.

And to make things basic, he theorized that if they're at equal levels of power, they should deliver a strong blow that could destroy either the good or bad copy in one hit, with how strong the good or bad energy in them is, it should be able to destroy them in one blow, and Gene theorized it all while drawing all over the board swiftly.
"It should be enough to eradicate them if that were to happen, trust me, I'm like an evil genus!" Gene finished while he finally turned back to the other students.

"Okay, sounds good enough for me." Brad declared which finally had Lloyd give it up.

"Alright, you win, I'm good. But guess what? So is Brad!" Lloyd revealed which Brad was not wanting to agree with.

"That's a lie!" Brad countered while Gene landed back on the floor.

"Is it? Then explain to me that why on the first day we met, you were nice to me? When I arrived here on my first day, I didn't know how things worked around here, and everyone made fun of me. Brad even put Fire ants in my bed." Lloyd reminded which Gene only laughed at from hearing.

"Yeah, I remember that, that was evil!" Gene laughed while Lloyd kept on going with this example.

"But, when everyone was gone, he apologized and saw he was just teaching me how things go. And after that, he took me under his wing, and he taught me the art of revenge. " Lloyd revealed which did confuse the kids a bit.

"Why would you do that?" Gene asked while Brad tried lying a bit more.

"I wanted to get in good with his father." Brad lied which Lloyd quickly saw through.

"No, it's because deep down, he's not all evil. Face it, all of you have a good side that stays quite out of fear, because it thinks it's alone. But I'm living proof, so who's with me?" Lloyd announced which made Brad finally admit the truth.

"It's true, and I love planting flowers." Brad revealed which surprised some of the other students.

"You what?" Gene asked as the other students finally were letting Lloyd go.

"Also, the ninja saved my life, a kindness I plan to return. " Brad declared as all the other students were coming to Lloyd's side finally.

"Aw... my dad is gonna be so mad.." Gene said with worry which Lloyd wasn't bothered by.

"Yeah, join the club." Lloyd replied while Gene finally was on his side for this, and Lloyd got an idea on what he can do to help his friends.

"Alright, I got a plan. Who here can sew?" Lloyd asked while he held out a needle.

"Sew?!" All the kids asked with surprise while Lloyd knew what he had to do.

After telling the other kids what he had planned, Lloyd, Brad and all the other students got art supplies and used the fabric to sew it into their own ninja suits that look just like Spike and the others, Lloyd and all the other students put on their masks and had a look of confidence as they finally finished their suits.
"Ninja go!!" Lloyd announced while he and the other kids ran out to help the others.

Back with Spike and the ninja, they were all starting to feel tired after fighting they're clones for over an hour, Spike's stamina's certainly gotten stronger since he became a ninja, but even this was reaching his limits now.

"How long can these guys keep going?!" Spike asked with frustration while he used his Trident to block his clones attack.

"We're so evenly balanced, this fight could go on forever!" Jay said with fear as he blocked his clones fist again.

"We can't give up, keep fighting!" Kai encouraged while they were causing tons of damage through the halls.

But as they were all fighting the clones, they all soon saw Lloyd and the other kids in they're ninja suits, and they all charged at them to help them out.
"Ninja go!!" Lloyd and all the kids screamed while they charged into the fight to help them out.

"Hey, this really is Ninja day!" Cole said with surprise as he blocked another attack.

"I see what they're doing, they're trying to confuse them!" Kai declared as all the kids were ganging up on the clones to beat them up.

"Get em guys! Go!" Spike encouraged while he was helping the students out.

"Keep your focus, Ninja go!!" Zane screamed as he used Spinjitzu on his clone again and sucked him into it just before he threw him to the wall and the Bizarro Zane was finally destroyed.

"It works just as Gene says, if you can land a punch, they'll be defeated!" Lloyd said with a confident look just as a kid caught the Cole clone off guard for the real one to finish him off.

"Good Riddance!" Cole screamed before he punched his clone in the face which destroyed him for good.

Spike blocked another attack from his clone with his trident again, and he finally had enough of this and tried finishing him off. Allison saw her father was mad at his clone, and she hissed at the Spike clone to catch it off guard, and she quickly slithered up to his hand.

"Do it!" Spike encouraged his daughter while she glared at the clone.

"Leave my daddy alone!" Allison hissed before she bit down on the clone's hand which made him scream in pain, and Spike finally finished his clone off by shooting lighting at him to take him down.

"That's my daughter!" Spike declared with a proud look while he held her close to him. Spike saw the Bizarro clone left behind his pink suit, and he sighed with relief in having it back.

"I need to give this thing a wash." Spike said as he picked it up to make sure no one takes it again.

"Don't think you can get rid of us so easily! By the way, did I mention that I kissed Nya?" Bizarro Jay asked which made Jay furious.

" WHAT?! You did what?!" Jay asked with anger while his clone laughed mockingly.

"Yeah." Bizarro Jay mocked which made Jay have enough of him. Jay quickly blocked his clones attack one last time before he flipped over him, and he kicked him on the back which finally destroyed that clone.

"Nobody kisses my girl!" Jay said with an upset look while all the kids were ganging up on Bizarro Kai. He was trying to fight the kids off, but one of them threw a smoke bomb in his face which blinded him.

"My eyes, I can't see!" Bizarro Kai screamed just as Kai came behind him and forced him to confront him, and Kai finally finished off his clone by punching it in the face, and it slammed against the wall before it was finally destroyed.

"Ain't so bad!: Kai declared while Spike and the other students cheered with victory for beating the clones.

"It worked Lloyd, you did it!" Brad cheered which Lloyd was proud of.

"No.. we did it!" Lloyd declared which made everyone cheer a bit more while Spike hugged his daughter again for doing a great job.

Soon enough, all the teachers and Noble finally came out of the locker and were really proud of the kids for helping the ninja win.
"Normally we'd punish you for holding us captive, but now that you've all taught us a valuable lesson, I suppose it's time for a celebration." Noble declared which made Cole a bit curious about something.

"That wouldn't mean cake now would it?" Cole asked eagerly which Spike and the others could only laugh at from hearing.

Soon enough, Spike and the others finally left the school and were heading back to Ninjago City in the Sonic Raider with Ultra Dragon flying right behind.
" Oh man it's so great to have the tank back!" Jay said with relief while Spike was in his cannon areal

"I know, it feels great to use this thing again!" Spike said with joy at the high speeds they were going at.

"You said it!" Cole replied as he was munching down on some cake he got.

"Can't wait to hear what sensei says when he hears about this." Kai said with an eager look just until they saw they're map was hacked into, and they saw Garmadon appear on the screen which upset all of them.

"So it's true, you have destroyed my evil ninja." Garmadon declared while Spike growled at he sight of him.

"Keep it coming Garmadon. Your attempts to stop us are only making us stronger!" Kai declared which the others gladly agreed with.

"But tomorrow is a new day ninja, mark my words.. I will find new ways to finish you.. once and for a..!!" Garmadon was soon cut off from the transmition which Kai only laughed at.

"What? Can't hear you?" Kai mocked while he was finally cut off.

"Nya will be displeased, she just repaired it, and it appears it's already needing to go back to the shop." Zane suggested which Lloyd brushed off.

"Nah, it's not broken." Lloyd assured before he used his powers to switch the transmition into a video game.

"You did that? But it didn't blow up." Jay asked with surprise while Lloyd pulled out a controller.

"Eh you go to school, you might pick up a thing or too." Lloyd joked which only made Spike and the others laugh at.

"So true, you up for two players Lloyd?" Spike laughed as he pulled out a second controller, he made sure Allison was sleeping nicely before they started, and they began playing the game together as they headed back home while the sun was setting, and they hoped that tomorrow will help them with Lloyd's training even more.

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! While I've had trouble putting Spike's Golden Weapon into the second season as it's tough to find the right situation, the next episode will have a perfect use for it, and I have ideas on how it can be resolved after Child's Play, and I'm sure you know what could happen with that. I know I haven't given Spike enough time to show he's getting stronger with Lloyd, but once Child's Play passes, that's when things may change, but until then, I hope you liked this chapter and look forward to more!

17: Ninjaball Run

It was another day in Ninjago city once again, Spike and the others were currently at Darreth's dojo again to help train Lloyd and Spike up some more, Spike's been trying his best to get a hang of his powers even without using his Golden Weapon, he knows he'll have a lot to face soon, and he thought using his Golden Weapon a bit less then usual could help him with training, but something tells him he's gonna have to rely on his own strength soon enough.

But as of right now, Lloyd was trying to balance himself on his hand while Spike and the others were on top of him like a pyramid, Spike made sure Allison was safely away from this little session, and given Lloyd's current situation, he's not gonna hold out for much longer.
"Focus, in order to learn to burden the weight of all of Ninjago on your shoulders.. you must first learn to bear the weight of all of us." Wu instructed as Spike and the others were balancing themselves while Spike was on Wu's hat while balancing himself on his tail.

"Master Wu.. I don't think this is a good idea!" Spike warned while he saw everyone was struggling a bit.

"Do not worry Spike, all Lloyd needs to do is focus." Wu advised once again while he handed Spike some tea which he took.

"Uh.. sensei, I'm starting to agree with Spike on this.." Jay said with worry which everyone else agreed with.

"Yeah Sensei, he's just a kid." Cole added as they were barely staying still all together.

"In order for him to succeed, we must all trust one another." Wu advised while he saw Allison was trying to sleep on one of the platforms in the room.

But as they were all trying to keep balance, a large wrecking ball suddenly smashed through the window of the place which shook everyone off balance and they fell to the ground, and it not only woke up Allison really roughly, it also started to make her cry again from the noise.

"Ugh.. what was that?!" Spike asked with surprise as he ran over to Allison to comfort her again. The construction workers who heard the ruckus soon came up to see Spike and the ninja were still here which was confusing to them, just until Darreth finally ran into the room to stop all of this.

"Whoa, whoa whoa! This wasn't supposed to happen until tomorrow!" Darreth said with a desperate voice which worried the others.

"Tomorrow? Let me see that order?" One of them asked the other who gave him a piece of paper, and he saw that Darreth was right about the date.

"Oh yeah, sorry about that, we'll be back in the morning." The guy declared before he and the crew started to leave while Spike was calming his daughter down.

"Shh, shh.. it's alright girl, it's okay.." Spike said calmly while he shook her to calm her down, and she seemed to stop crying after being assured that. And soon everyone turned to Darreth and was wondering what's going on.

"Uh.. Darreth? What's this all about?" Cole asked as Darreth held up a broken trophy.

"Well I've fell behind on some of my payments, and some developer named Darnagom Enterprises is buying the entire block to put in some stupid Frisbee golf course. They say that if I don't come up with 50'000 by tomorrow, the dojo's gone.." Darreth said regretfully which was worrying to all of them.

"We already lost the Bounty, we can't lose the dojo now!" Jay said with worry while Darreth was crying over his fake trophies.

"Sorry about this Darreth.." Spike said regretfully while he patted his back, and that's when Zane took a close look at the billboard of the buyer of this block.

"Wait a minute, Darnagom? When you rearrange the letters, it spells..." Zane pointed out which they all finally could see fully.

"Garmadon!" Kai said with anger while Lloyd was looking down with regret to know this.

"My dad is behind all this?" Lloyd asked with worry while Spike finally put Allison back to sleep and looked at his Golden Weapon with a worried look.

"Any chance you got 50,000 in that teapot of yours? Or Spike's fancy weapon could sell for a high price?" Darreth asked while Wu remained calm over all of this.

"Worry not Darreth, your not in this alone, we're all here for you." Wu assured just as they heard Nya come in to help them out with this.

"Did somebody say 50,000?" Nya announced which made Jay gasp with hope.

"You didn't happen to win the lottery?!" Jay asked hopefully which she quickly put down.

"No, but I heard about Ninjaball run." Nya replied which confused the whole group.

"Ninjaball run?" Spike and the others asked at once while she went on to explain what it is.

"It's the biggest road race in all of Ninjago, the price is 100,000 big ones! And it's tomorrow!" Nya explained which gave the group hope on what to do.

"A race?! Oh we got to participate in that! Not only will it help us get the money we need, it may be pretty fun too!" Spike suggested which the others were going along with.

"While it may sound fun little guy, it's actually one of the most dangerous races known to man.. only the most serious of racers even stand a chance." Darreth replied with a regretful look.

"Didn't you just say you finished upgrades to the Sonic Radar? Maybe we might stand a chance?" Kai suggested while Spike got an idea on what to do.

"I still have my Golden Weapon which can turn into a bike, so I can sign up to help out you guys during it! I'm just gonna need someone to look over Allison so she doesn't get hurt." Spike announced which made Nya come up to him.

"Don't worry Spike, I'll take care of her." Nya assured while she held Allison in her arms.

"And I can enter with my Dragon! You all said I need some practice." Lloyd announced as well which gave them a plan on what to do.

"So it is all agreed, you will all enter Ninjaball run to save the dojo." Wu instructed which everyone was glad to agree with.

"Let's get going then, come on guys!" Spike insisted as he was quickly running out the room to start signing up.

We cut to the next day after Spike and the rest of the Ninja signed up, Spike managed to form his weapon into his motorcycle again that was like Kai's old fire bike, and the ninja were entered in with they're Sonic Radar as well.

"Welcome to the 14th annual Ninjaball run!" One of the announcers greeted while the other continued for him.

"The Grand prix where it doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you'll get there first." The announcer said as Wu and Darreth with his pupils came to the bleachers while Wu held Allison closely.

"Well let's take a look at the racers. At the starting line, I see a few familiar faces." The announcer said as the Ultra Dragon landed near the mailman who outfitted his ride with engines to make it go faster.

"Watch it you big oaf!" He said with annoyance while Lloyd held onto his chains.

"You look nervous Lloyd, you okay?" Cole asked as Spike was getting ready to drive himself.

"Nervous? Haha, maybe for you guys." Lloyd countered with a confident look just as Nya was hopping down to give them some info.

"One final thing, I installed a really cool upgrade, so if your ever in a tight spot, pull that lever, because what it does..." Nya was trying to explain what that lever does, but some naughty kids from the school were making they're bus make loud sounds in order to cut them off, and Spike cut them off by making his engine sound louder then theirs.

"Back off!" Spike warned the kids which made them shut up for now.

"All right, the race is about to start, and the officials are saying that we are almost ready to begin!" One of the announcers continued as the ninja completely missed what Nya had to say.

"That's my cue, gotta go!" Nya insisted as she started to run off.

"Wait, Nya! We couldn't hear you!" Kai shouted as she ran off to the bleachers just before they saw more racers come up, and they saw Cole and Jay's parents had entered the race too.

"Look, it's my dad, they entered the race too?" Cole asked with surprise while Spike turned to the group with an idea.

"You think if either Ed and Edna or Lou and his crew wins, they could share the prize money with us to save the dojo?" Spike suggested which Cole liked the sound of.

"Huh, that's actually a good idea, as long as he's alright with helping us with saving the dojo and helping Lloyd stop his father!" Cole shouted to Lou who was able to hear it all and gave an approved look meaning he's willing to help with Cole was relieved by.

"Alright, he's willing to help out, who else is competing?" Jay asked just before a dark portal opened, and the ninja saw one of the Skeleton vehicles had arrived in order to compete too along with the pirates.

"You gotta be kidding me.." Spike said with annoyance as he saw the Skeletons laugh like maniacs.

"Wait a minute, it appears some Skeletons have crashed the party! Is that against the rules?" One of the announcers asked the others who thought that was a joke.

"Rules? Ha! There's only one rule in Ninjaball run, and that's cross the finish line first! Let's take a look at the course." The other replied as they were showing the audience of the large track they had to race on in order to win the race.

They had to go through a long course to put it lightly, essentially meaning they had to go through familiar places they've been too, from all the way through Ninjago city, to that dessert they often traveled through too, and through a place called Crashcourse Canyon, through the Birchwood forest which was the place where they helped Zane unlock his true potential, and through the mountains far above known as the Icy Glacier Barrens, and finally back to Ninjago city through the scorching Badlands.

"So it's basically a roundabout race huh? As long as we don't get sabotaged, we may have a chance with this." Spike told himself as he got ready to drive as fast as he could.

"Remember guys, this is to save the dojo, and we're gonna have stiff competition with us." Kai warned while he looked over all the other racers.

"One final word, let's have a good clean race!" The announcer concluded just as Spike noticed the kids trying to sabotage the Sonic Radar.

"Hey! Get away from there now you punks!" Spike threatened which quickly got their attention, Spike blew some fire near they're feats to chase them off so they don't waste their time.

"You alright Spike? What just happened?" Lloyd asked while Spike just shook his head seeing them get back on they're bus.

"Just some pests trying to delay us moving forward." Spike replied which made Cole groan a bit knowing it.

"Ungrateful kids, we just saved them yesterday too! Did they learn anything after what happened?!" Cole asked with frustration which the others couldn't answer.

"So good luck to everyone!" The announcer continued as the light started to flash red, and everyone started to start they're engines to go as fast as they could.

"On your mark... get set.... Ninjaball... go!!" The announcer screamed just as the light finally flashed green which made Spike drive his Golden Vehicle as fast as it could along with the other racers.

"Don't lose them guys, let's stay in this!" Spike shouted as he was making his way past Lou's crew to try and take the lead while Lloyd's dragon was flying wildly from the lack of control.

Spike soon heard an engine sound behind him, and he saw Ed and Edna had an impressive defense option with they're own vehicles, and they were able to push past the other racers pretty quickly which surprised him a bit.

"Heh, I can see why your parents are inventors Jay! That's actually really smart!" Spike said to Jay who had to admit that was true.

"Yeah, I can admit that, let's just hope they can help us out if they win." Jay prayed before they kept on driving forward, but they could see Lloyd's dragon was starting to fly the wrong way again.

"Wrong way! We're going the wrong way!" Lloyd screamed as he went flying through the city and went off course.

However, at the jail that Scales was thrown in, the other Serpentine generals were using a chain to burst open the wall that was near the cell Scales was in, and he laughed evilly from finally being freed, and he hopped down to the other generals to get out of here.
"It's about time! Let's get out of here!" Scales ordered to Acidius who quickly drove the bus off as fast as he could, but as they were trying to make they're escape, police cars soon followed behind them as they burst in through to the course, and now they were competing like all the other people as well.

"What in the world is going on?!" Scales asked with surprise just as Spike drove right past them, and he looked over his shoulder and saw the Serpentine generals were in this race now too.

"You've gotta be kidding me!!" Spike shouted with anger as he saw they were being chased by the police too.

"Ooh, looks like things just got more interesting! It seems that new competitors have entered the race!" The announcer observed while Allison hissed seeing they're presence which made Wu try and calm her down.

"It's okay Allison, your father will push through this with his friends, they always do." Wu assured which was calming her down a bit.

However, far away with Garmadon and the other Serpentine, they were flying in the sky's on the Black Bounty again after deciding how to sabotage Lloyd's training again.
"Now that the dojo is going to be destroyed, we'll crush them before Lloyd ever gets the chance to become the Green Ninja." Garmadon said to his minions just until they heard the announcers on the tv, and he saw that the ninja and Spike were all in the race to win the cash prize, and Spike was quickly making his way to 2nd place by now.

"It looks like our dragon friend is getting close to first place! But can he and the ninja handle the competition they have! Let's find out!" One of the announcers said which angered Garmadon from what he was seeing.

"They're trying to save the dojo? Don't they ever quit?! Agh, Set sail for the race at once, we can't let them win!" Garmadon ordered once again which made them make the Bounty fly even faster again to catch up with the others.

Spike and the other racers were soon making they're way out into the dessert as fast as they could, Spike was making sure to avoid crashing into anyone else, as well as avoiding any attempts at being sabotaged. They all were soon making they're way to Crashcourse Canyon, and Spike braced himself for the tight turns he's gonna have to make.

"I think it's a time for you to get rid of those inflatables you too!" Spike shouted to Ed and Edna who complied with by detaching the inflatable balls that were on they're wheels, and Spike laughed as he saw them hit a few racers to slow them down. Ed soon turned on another switch which activated some spiked blades that were on their wheels too, and they quickly made they're way through to keep up with first place.

"You guys sure know how to make mods to your vehicle! Mind teaching me how to do that someday?" Spike asked them who were glad to help him out.

"Of course Spike, just make sure you and your friends make it through this race alright?" Edna asked as he saw them going ahead of them which made Spike go back to the others who were trying to get in front of the others.

The kids from before were trying to drive the bus forward, but they soon saw Soto and the other pirates were taking aim at them with a canon, and Gene moved the bus right into the car to knock it out of place.
"Treachery me lads! Let em have it!" Soto ordered his crew who tried slamming into the bus, Brad saw that they were about to hit the Canyon, and Brad took care of the pirates by slamming the bus into them again to finish them off,

"Ouchy mama! Pirates are out of the race!" The announcer said with surprise as Spike drove past them while laughing at them a bit.

"Try not to crash into a canyon next time!" Spike joked which made Soto upset with his mockery.

"Pajama dragon!!" Soto screamed with frustration while the ninja had just drove past them too.

"Alright guys, we've made it to the canyon! If we can keep this up, we may actually have a chance of winning!" Jay said with relief as Spike was driving right besides them.

"You guys need any help with getting to 1st?" Spike asked while he was making sure to avoid any rocks.

But to make that question apparent, they all saw a large shadow come above them, and they looked above them to see that Garmadon had arrived finally with the Black Bounty with him.
"Oh no, Garmadon!" Cole said with surprise as they were being chased by him.

"Are you going to use the Megaweapon?" One of the snakes asked while Spike was trying to figure out what to do.

"What's the point, look at them, they're trapped like rats, set all the cannons on them, now that they're in our sight, there's nowhere to run!" Garmadon ordered while Spike was driving right next to the Radar.

"Spike, take your cannon, try to shoot down what they fire at us!" Kai advised while his canon was opening up for him.

"Got it!" Spike shouted before he flipped off his vehicle and it disappeared into his Golden Weapon again, and Spike swiftly landed down on his canon to defend them.

Spike switched the elemental canon to Ice for this, and he turned his canon around a full 180 degrees and took aim at the ship.
"This is for our ship Garmadon!" Spike screamed as he started to fire Ice blasts at the ship to slow them down.

But just as Spike shot his ice blast at one of the canonballs, they heard a loud roar and they saw Lloyd come in with Ultra Dragon after finally catching up.
"Out of the way!!" Lloyd screamed just before he slammed into the ship which knocked it off balance, and Spike and the ninja cheered as they were making they're escape from Garmadon again while he was slowing down.

"Nice going guys!" Kai complimented while Lloyd tried grabbing the chains, but he was knocked off balance and almost fell off, but managed to grab the chains just before he hit the ground, but was able to come face to face with the group.

"You need any help with that Lloyd?" Spike asked while he turned the canon back forward so he can see him too.

"Don't worry Spike, I'm fine! Why don't we all work together for this?" Lloyd asked which Jay liked the sound of.

"Yeah! I'd say we show them what we Ninja are all about!" Jay said confidently while Spike opened the hatch and jumped off it before forming into his vehicle again

"Let's show them what we're made of! Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed while Lloyd was climbing back up to his dragon.

"Agh, they're getting away!" Garmadon said with frustration while one of the snakes was a bit confused.

"Why don't you use the Mega Weapon?" The snake asked again which made him slap his face.

"Because I can only use it once a day before it zaps all of my energy from me, then who's gonna slap you around to get this ship moving?!" Garmadon countered before he slapped the snake in the face to get him moving.

"Okay! You heard the evil lord! Full speed ahead!" The snake ordered the others who quickly went to their positions to keep going forward.

The audience was cheering for Spike and the other ninja as they were all making great progress through the race. Allison cooed in a happy way seeing that her father was still able to keep going.
"Looks like our leaders are just about to enter the second leg of the race, into the Birchwood Forest." The announcer continued while Spike and the ninja were making great progress with going through the forest.

Lou and his Blacksmith crew were still going through the forest like all the others, but after crashing into a large wood, they're vehicle hit the snow and it meant they were out of the race too, but they didn't seem to upset about it, and they only sung they're feelings out about what happened while Spike and the others drove past them.

"Oh man.." Cole said with an upset look as he felt bad for his dad crashing now.

"Don't worry Cole, we'll make sure they'll get back later." Spike assured which Cole wasn't sure of.

"We'll never get through those trees to catch up." Kai announced as they were a bit behind right now thanks to Garmadon.

"I'll find a shortcut! Up boy!" Lloyd instructed his dragon who quickly flew upwards and Lloyd was able to get a view of where they can go to get into first place.

"Follow me!" Lloyd shouted as he and the Ultra Dragon flew ahead of them, and Spike and the others tried keeping up with him, Lloyd cheered with joy as he was able to fly his dragon well now, and Jay was glad to see him get a hang of things.

"Wow, it looks like he's getting the hang of it!" Jay said with a proud look while Cole looked to where the other racers are.

"And it looks like we've made up for lost time too!" Cole added as they saw the other racers not to far ahead of them. Spike noticed the Skeletons were gonna try to sabotage them, and he knew he had to do something to stop them.

"Lloyd, watch out!" Spike warned just before the skeletons shot a large hand at the Ultra Dragon to slow him down, and Lloyd screamed just as they all saw him being brought down with the Ultra dragon. The skeletons laughed mockingly seeing this, and Spike wasn't happy about this at all.

"You think that's funny?! Let's see you laugh at this!" Spike screamed as he activated a fire canon on his vehicle which took aim at the skeletons who noticed it.

"Uh oh..." Cruncha said with fear just before Spike shot the fire blast at the wheel, and that made their vehicle completely flip in the air and they soon crashed down very roughly as a result of Spike's attack.

"Next time, do your own races!" Spike mocked while he drove past them to keep up with the others which left them frustrated for losing.

Lloyd groaned a bit as he got off the dragon who was pretty roughed up from crashing like that.
"You okay there boy?" Lloyd asked with worry which made the dragon roar a bit to assure him he's alright.

"We got them back in the race, let's hope they can catch up with the leaders." Lloyd prayed while Darreth was feeling devastated knowing Lloyd's out of the race now.

"Excuse us, but your all friends of the boy dragon rider, and that talking dragon aren't you? Tell us, how do you feel?" One of the announcers asked Darreth who looked down with guilt.

"Oh, I feel terrible, and it's all my fault. The only reason they entered the race at all was to save my dojo, and if they don't win, developers are gonna tear it down, leaving all the poor kids without a helping center to enrich they're tiny little lives." Darreth said with guilt while looking at his pupils which the audience found very heartwarming, and they all started to cheer for Spike and the others to save the dojo.

"i don't know if you can feel it up there in the booth but, down here it appears they're favored racers, Spike and the Ninja!" The announcer cheered while all the people were hoping they'd win the race.

"Go daddy!" Allison cheered while Nya chuckled hearing her happy voice.

"I feel it alright! but they better buckle up their seatbelts, because next up is the most dangerous part of the race.. the Glacier Barrens!" The other one warned as Spike and the others were finally making they're way into the mountains.

Spike and the others kept on going as fast as they could through the mountains, and they barely avoided hitting some residents of the mountain who were upset with almost being run over.
"Sorry!!" Spike screamed while he drove past the others, and Scales and the other generals were having trouble shaking off the police.

"I can't shake them!" Scales said with fear just before they drove past the snakes which made Acidius realize something.

"They aren't interested in catching you.." Acidius suggested which made Scales realize this too.

"Those copers are just trying to win the race!" Scales concluded while they saw the cops try to go past the mailman, but they were knocked out of place and they soon crashed into one of the igloo's that the people lived in, and even the mailman crashed down after running into a snowman which left only a few more racers in the race now.

"Finally, nothing can stop us now!" Kai said with a confident look, but as something was mocking them, Kai started to see the engines were slowing down, which meant they were getting low on fuel.

"Oh no, we've used up all our fuel, we're not gonna make it to the finish line!" Zane said with fear as the Radar was slowing down.

"Ugh, I hate to say it guys, but I think our goose is cooked!" Jay said with fear while Spike was trying to keep up with them.

"Spike, don't worry about us, just focus on winning the race!" Cole instructed to Spike who had no choice but to keep on going.

"I'll try to make sure you guys can catch up if you find a way!" Spike shouted before he drove even faster to take 1st place.

"You guys look like you could use a hand their, we heard on the radio that your trying to save Darreth's dojo." Ed announced while he and Edna drove right besides him.

"And we're so proud of you son!" Edna added which made Jay smile a bit hearing that from them.

"Thanks mom, but we're out of gas!" Jay reminded which gave her an idea.

"Oh, then take ours!" Edna offered which surprised him a bit.

"But if we stop, we'll lose them!" Jay reminded as they saw Spike driving ahead even faster to avoid being caught up with.

"Well then, we'll just have to do this the hard way son!" Ed announced while he held out a pipe to transfer the fuel.

They both brought they're vehicles closer to eachother in order to transfer the fuel, Ed planted the pipe in the fuel tank so they can begin the transfer.
"Take this in son!" Ed shouted as he tossed Jay the other end of it, he made it to the hatch and tried attaching it to help them with the fuel.

"Ready!" Jay shouted which made Ed pull a switch which began transferring the fuel which Garmadon was falling behind with the others.

"We're not fast enough, we're pulling away!" Garmadon said with anger at them losing the other racers.

"But we're at maximum speed!" One of the snakes reminded which made Garmadon realize something.

"Then get rid of the excess weight!" Garmadon ordered which confused him a bit.

"What excess weight?" The snake asked which made Garmadon glare at him. A kick sound was suddenly heard and we see all the snakes were being tossed off in order to lose speed while they landed face flat on the snow, and some of them landed on the bus Scales was driving.

"I order you to slow the ninja down! That dragons already in 1st place, we can't let them win!" Garmadon ordered his soldiers who were trying to make they're way to the Sonic Radar as the fuel was almost filled up.

"We've got company boys!" Cole warned while all the ninja turned to see the snakes were about to attack them.

They soon jumped onto the Radar's side and Jay used Spinjitzu to kick them off of it.
"Need some help guys!" Jay shouted while Zane went up to the top of the thing too.

"We've got your back, ninja go!!" Zane screamed again while he and the other ninja used Spinjitzu again to knock off the other snakes again.

One Hypnobrai soon came up to Zane and tried using his hypnosis to stun him.
"Look into my eyes ninja.." The snake hissed while Zane used an alternative and turned his head like an owl which disgusted the snake.

"Aw, that is so gross!" The snake said with disgust just before Cole threw some snowballs into his eyes which knocked him off the Sonic Rader. But that only made things worse for them as the snake landed right in front of the drivers seat which spiraled both they're vehicles out of control.

And this only got worse for the other racers who all ended up being caught in the crash which surprised the crowd with what's happening.
"Not again!" Nya said with horror while they saw them on the screen.

"I can't take this anymore!" Darreth said with despair while the ninja's vehicle was finally slowing down after the large crash.

"Guys!" Spike screamed with fear as he saw they've all stopped far behind him while he kept on driving.

The ninja's all groaned as they felt dizzy from the large crash ahead, they turned ahead of them and saw Spike was the only one still able to go, and they prayed he could make it to the finish line.
"Let's hope Spike can win this thing." Kai prayed while Jay ran up to his parents to make sure they're alright.

"Thank goodness your okay!" Jay said with relief as he took off his mask again.

"Oh we're fine son, wish I could say the same for the old jalopy." Ed assured as they looked at they're car.

"Yeah, shame she couldn't make it to the finish line." Edna added while Jay looked at the car, and saw one of the parts of it and got an idea to help them see that go through.

"I'll make sure part of it will." Jay assured as he ran back to the Sonic Radar and attached it to front.

"Let's go, we got a dojo to save!" Jay said with confidence as the Radar finally recovered from the crash and soon drove off to catch up with Spike.

"Go make us proud son!" Ed cheered while he and Edna were left behind.

Spike and the ninja drove down the mountains and were soon making it to the dessert where the last part of the race was.
"Guys, you made it!" Spike said with relief while he slowed down to meet up with them.

"Don't worry about us Spike, Jay's parents were able to help out!" Zane assured while they saw Garmadon was just up ahead of them

"Looks like it's just us and Garmadon!" Cole declared while he was speeding up the Radar to go even faster.

"This time, let's make sure good guys don't finish last!" Kai added while he pulled the lever forward which was making it go faster. Spike saw he should help the others out again, and he soon jumped off his vehicle which turned into his weapon again, and he landed on the Radar and slid into Zane's seat.

Garmadon chuckled evilly as he thought he was gonna win, but he soon saw Spike and the others were making they're way ahead of him which made him furious.
"No! I hate those ninja and that dragon! It's time.. you think you can beat me ninja?! This race is mine!" Garmadon screamed to the ninja who were driving far ahead of him.

"Hear me Mega weapon, I wish to rip open Ninjago, and make an insurmountable obstacle that they shall never pass!" Garmadon wished which made his Mega weapon glow brightly, and he shot a beam far ahead of both of their vehicles, and that power was so strong, it started to crack open the earth, and it soon formed a huge hole that blocked Spike and the other's path with how massive that was.

"Ahh! That's totally cheating!" Jay said with anger as they saw Garmadon flying off ahead of them.

"Guys, it's impossible to cross that divide." Zane added as they saw the massive gap between them.

"What do we do now?" Spike asked with frustration of what they're seeing, and that's when Kai remembered the lever Nya had told them about before.

"Hold on guys, this isn't over!" Kai said hopefully before he finally pulled the lever again and he made the Sonic Radar drive forward again.

"Uh.. you do know we're aiming straight for that cliff right?" Jay reminded with a nervous look.

"I haven't had time to think it through, what was it that sensei said? You gotta have trust. " Kai replied which upset Cole a bit.

"Yeah, in eachother, not miracles!" Cole shouted as they were right near the edge of the large gap.

"Ugh, Nya, don't fail us now! Alright... now!" Kai screamed as he finally pulled the lever, and that activated a special addition to the Radar which was able to detach the drivers part of the machine, and it soon spread open it's own wings and began taking off into the air.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed as they used Spinjitzu again and landed on the edge of it.

"This thing can fly?! Thank you Nya!" Spike said with joy as they were finally catching up with Garmadon.

Garmadon laughing evilly as he thought he finally one, but as he looked at a camera, he saw Spike and the ninja were finally catching up with him.
"No.. no! NO!!" Garmadon screamed with despair while the crowd cheered seeing them catching up with Garmadon.

"He pulled the lever!" Nya cheered while all the people were cheering for the ninja to win.

Spike and the ninja were flying right next to Garmadon and the Bounty, and they all prayed that they would win this thing.
"It looks like it's going to be a photo finish!" The announcer said just as the ninja's vehicle crossed the finish line in less then a second before Garmadon did, and they soon landed on the ground and the crowed cheered for them all.

"Ninja! Ninja!" The crowd cheered while Garmadon hopped off the ship and thought he won.

"I won! I Won! Clearly I passed the finish line first!" Garmadon said with frustration just before the winners were announced.

"Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner! The Ninja! The Ninja have won it!" The announcer cheered as they saw the part of Ed and Edna's car had crossed the line first which made everyone cheer with joy.

"Yeah, I knew this would bring us luck!" Jay told the others who were happy with winning.

"We did it Allison, we did it!" Spike cheered while Nya handed her to him again and he gave her a tight hug.

"No, that isn't fair! It wasn't even part of their vehicle in the first place! It's not even street legal! My ship was.." Garmadon was trying to argue against this, but Lloyd had finally caught up with them and had the Ultra Dragon on the Bounty.

"Your ship? I believe this belongs to us!" Lloyd reminded as he was taking back they're home.

"No no no!!" Garmadon screamed with despair as he heard the police come up from behind him.

"Alright Garmadon, your coming with us." The officer ordered while they walked up to him, but a familiar bus came right in front of him, and Scales opened the door to help Garmadon out.

"Look who needs who now?" Scales mocked which made Garmadon have no choice but to get into the bus which drove off finally, meaning Spike and the others had they're home back finally.

"Somehow sensei, I don't think that's the last we're gonna see him." Nya joked while Spike gave his daughter some candy to keep her happy.

"Whatever's the case, at least we have our home back, Rainbow Dash would be so proud of us for winning this race." Spike said with joy as she definitely would if she was here.

"We did it! We did it! We saved the dojo! Look at what I can do.. Canonball!" Darreth screamed as he jumped into the large golden cup full of money which everyone laughed at, everyone felt so glad to have the Bounty back and for saving Darreth's dojo, and hopefully soon, they'll all help Lloyd get strong enough now that they're have they're home back..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I had fun making this chapter personally, I enjoy racing episodes that make things fun, and this episode did do some fun stuff to it with how much was going on. While Spike may not have been able to do much here, it'll be to the second half where he starts having more importance starting with Child's Play in the next chapter, same with Allison. But I just hoped that this chapter was fun to you guys, and you look forward to more!

18: Child's play

Another day has passed since Spike and the ninja won Ninjaball run and finally got the Bounty back. It felt so good to have this place back so they can help train, and so Spike can raise his daughter some more, he felt like he's matured a lot more since he came to Ninjago, not just because he's got powers now, but also because he's gone through a ton of adventures with the ninja, without the mane 6, he felt like he was starting to grow up far more then he did in Equestria.

But at the same time, he felt like it was all going by so suddenly, with all the training, fighting, and threats he's had to face, it makes him think his times as a child may soon end, and he's just worried on how much more time he has.

The Bounty was currently flying through the sky's again near Jumanikai village, it got it's design fixed up after they took it back, and it looks the same as it did before. Lloyd and Spike were looking over the village and saw some children playing, and they just sighed sadly seeing all of it.
"To think I used to do that back home.." Spike said with sadness which Lloyd could relate too.

"Yeah.. now we're stuck with this.." Lloyd replied as they could hear someone calling out to them.

"Lloyd, Spike, focus!" Kai reminded which got them to turn to the ninja as they were on the deck of the ship, Zane came up to Spike and handed Allison to him again since Spike needed a moment to think over things.

"Now that the Bounty is in our possession again, we can train you more affectively, but you'll have to focus." Zane reminded Lloyd who only sighed hearing that.

"Come on guys, we've been training all day! I've fought through tons of monsters with you guys before, can't I at least rest a bit to take care of Allison?" Spike asked while he handed her an apple slice to help feed her.

"It's all to help you and Lloyd be ready to face Garmadon, now, in position." Cole instructed which made Lloyd sigh tiredly.

He and Spike went to the middle of the ship and got in a fighting stance while Spike put Allison around his neck again like a scarf. Kai was the first one to try and strike at them, but Lloyd punched Kai back and he went to Spike who caught his leg before he slammed him down on the ground.
"Far too predictable." Spike commented while they saw Zane and Jay trying to get the jump on them next.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and Lloyd shouted as they both used they're Spinjitzu again and they managed to knock them both away to bring them down, Spike heard a battle cry from Cole and he quickly rolled out of the way to avoid it, but that unfortunately had him hit Lloyd who went flying into the air before falling face flat on the floor.

"You okay Lloyd?" Spike asked with worry while he was helping him up.

"Don't worry about it Spike.." Lloyd replied as they both looked upset about something which the others were able to notice.

"You guys alright? What's on your mind?" Jay asked with worry while they took off they're masks again.

"Well.. the latest issue of Starfarer just came in at Doomsday Comics, and it's a limited run, and if I don't go out and get it, its' gonna sell out. Last they left off, intergalactic rouge Fritz Donnegan was surrounded by the Imperial Sludge, and if I don't find out if he makes it our alright.. I think I may have my own Doomsday!" Lloyd said with fear over what could happen next in the comics.

"I've read plenty of comics before, the wait for the end result on something like that can be all we think about until it releases." Spike added while he just twirled his Golden Weapon around since he's.. gotten a bit bored with it by now.

"The fate of Ninjago is resting on your shoulders Lloyd, as the Green Ninja you have a giant responsibility to hold, and Spike needs to be ready to help you when the time comes, you and him will be the ones to stand against Garmadon, not us. I'm sorry, but we don't have the time for such childish things." Kai answered which made them a bit upset.

"That's all it is to you huh? Childish things. You guys don't realize that what we're going through is far more pressure then most would have. I still have to take care of Allison and master my powers, I've learned to control them a bit without my Golden Weapon, but even with all we've done, I just.. miss being able to have proper fun as a kid now and then.." Spike said sadly as they looked over the view again.

"Spike's right, all we ever do is train, and we barely ever get to have time as kids anymore.." Lloyd said sadly as they saw the village go by.

But just at that moment, the alarm went off again and they saw Nya run up to them with something to report.
"Guys, there's been a break in at the Ninjago History Museum, and the security cameras picked up you know who!" Nya reported which they were able to figure out easily.

"Garmadon!" Cole said with a serious look.

"We have to stop him before he uses the Mega weapon for another one of his evil plots!" Jay said seriously while Spike sighed hearing this.

"Why don't you all go on ahead? I still have to take care of Allison, and help Lloyd train a bit." Spike suggested which the others are fine with doing.

"Yeah.. it's too dangerous for me and I should stay and train." Lloyd said with an annoyed look which the others hummed in agreement with.

The Bounty soon landed down near Ninjago's city, and the others got in the Sonic Radar to head there fast.
"We'll meet up at the Bounty as soon as we're done." Kai instructed to Nya who was hoping they'd be safe.

"We'll be waiting for your safe return." Nya replied while Spike held Allison close to him.

"Good luck guys!" Spike shouted as they saw Kai turn on the Sonic Radar, and they soon took off at fast speeds leaving them alone.

"Ugh, too old for comic books, and too young to fight, When are they gonna make up they're minds?" Lloyd asked with an annoyed look.

"I don't know, but they should at least let us cherish what we have, because soon enough, we won't get to enjoy what freedom we have." Spike replied which Lloyd agreed with.

"Don't worry you two, just show me what you got!" Nya encouraged which made the two of them yawn a bit before they went to train some more while the others went to stop this.

After Spike and Lloyd had around another hour of training with Nya, Spike went back to his room that was basically a bunk in with the other ninja, he put Allison on her own bed so she could go to bed for now, Spike felt proud to know he's been raising a daughter of his own really well without the help of Twilight and the others, but at the same time, he misses them, and he doesn't know how long it could be until he sees, or even gets in touch with them again.

Spike sighed sadly as he put Allison to sleep and tucked her in, making sure she was comfy as he was about to get some sleep himself.
"Good night Allison, see you in the morning.." Spike said with a smile while he gave her a small goodnight kiss and she was falling asleep rather quickly, and she was soon out of it for the night which made Spike sigh in relief.

Spike looked at his Golden Weapon again and held it in his hands while he walked down the halls for a little thinking, despite how much he's gotten used to using this thing, Spike's just felt worried on what to do with it now, with Garmadon having the Megaweapon, and what he and Lloyd has to go through, he doesn't know what he'll be able to do with this thing after that strange figure gave it to him in that void.

"Hey Spike, you doing alright?" Lloyd asked while he came around the other corner to get some sleep himself, Spike turned his attention away from his weapon and smiled seeing Lloyd, despite them starting out a bit rough with getting along at first, now they're really good friends, and have been learning to work together pretty nicely.

"I'm alright Lloyd, just got done putting Allison to sleep again, was about to head to sleep myself, been a long day trying to get the Bounty back in proper shape, it's nice to have this place back after it was destroyed previously." Spike said with a smile as they looked over the repaired ship once again.

"Yeah, it really is nice, kinda hard to get used to it again though with all the training we've had to do lately though, you know what I mean?" Lloyd asked while Spike thought over it, and knew how much it was true.

"Yeah, it really is, and despite how much I've had to take care of Allison, I've.. rarely had time to just.. have some fun as a kid again, reading comics and playing games without all this stress, I know that I was brought to this world for and reason and all, but to know that it would have me start growing more mature so quickly, it just makes me wonder what it'll be like... if I ever see Twilight and the others again.." Spike said sadly as he took out a photo of him and the mane 6, and he just wished that he could know if they're alright right now.

"You think we'll find a way to get you home Spike? I mean.. with all the stuff we've had to do here, I've started to think you were meant to be here without them when the time was right. Look at what you've been able to do, with raising Allison, gaining Elemental Powers like me and the others, and just overall preparing to face a large threat that will come soon, it's.. something I don't think either of us could've seen coming huh?" Lloyd asked while they were walking back to the bedroom together.

"Yeah.. it really is.. though.. I can't say I find it stressful at times, I've rarely had time to just.. be a kid now a days, I'm almost 13, but with all I've done, I feel like it's just shortening my time as a kid, with what I have now, I'm just trying to accept what time I have, because soon enough, one day, you and I are gonna have to be the strongest ones on the team. I'll have Allison to keep on raising, and if we ever find a way back to Equestria, I don't know how I'll be able to explain the others about what's happened." Spike said sadly as he went into the bedroom again, and went over to his own bed which was near Allison's crib next to it.

"I get the feeling, we've both had so much we need to go through, and yet the others keep saying we have to train to get stronger, I know it's because we have a big destiny and all, but can't we at least take one day off or something?" Lloyd asked with an annoyed look while Spike was starting to lay down.

"I've known the guys for a while now, it's just because they care for what happens with us and Ninjago, we have a huge task ahead of us, but as long as we have them, we'll be able to take Garmadon on when the time comes right?" Spike asked while he was putting his Golden Weapon away.

"Yeah, I guess so, but what about Allison, what are you gonna do with her? Do you.. think you'll ever find any info on what happened with her real parents?" Lloyd asked while Spike looked at his daughter, and he was still curious on how she ended up in Venomari territory like that.

"I definitely will at one point, I never knew my own parents, and since I'm here now, I.. don't think I ever will, I don't want my daughter to go her life without answers, but even if we never find them.. it at least helps me relate to her more, showing how much of a father I really am to her.." Spike said with a soft smile while he rubbed the small snakes head.

"Hey, to me, your one of the best father's ever, far better then my own one that's for sure. Let's just try and take some time off tomorrow alright? I'm sure the others won't mind if we take a break for a bit." Lloyd suggested while he was getting in his bed to sleep too.

"Yeah, that sounds nice, thanks for the talk Lloyd, see you tomorrow." Spike said with a yawn while he was starting to fall asleep, and Lloyd started to fall asleep too and they just hoped that they can have what time they have as children for just a bit longer.

However, back with the Ninja, things weren't doing so well with them, they had went to the museum to stop Garmadon from using the Megaweapon again, he attempted to bring back a dangerous creature called the Grundal who was long gone by now, but after Kai stopped the weapon from fully bringing it back, Garmadon and the other snakes escaped, and the ninja tried catching up with the Serpentine generals who tried stealing something, but they weren't able to catch up with them for some reason.

The ninja peaked around the other corner to where the generals were, and they saw that they had escaped which was unfortunate.
"I can't believe we couldn't catch up to them, I'm usually faster then that. It's as if my legs were half the size. " Jay said with annoyance as they looked at the stolen artifact on the sidewalk.

"I don't remember that thing being so big, did it grow?" Kai asked as the thing was bigger then usual.

"Or did we shrink?" Zane finished until Kai noticed they're reflections.

"Uh.. guys?" Kai asked with worry as they all looked at they're reflections, and they've realized something very important.. Garmadon's magic had.. turned them into kids..

Jay gasped with horror and took off his mask, and they saw they were all turned into kids somehow.
"We've shrunk!!!" Jay screamed with terror while the others took off they're masks.

"We.. We're kids!" Kai said with horror which made everyone scream with pure terror knowing how small they are, they were even younger then Spike is now, and that fact alone was just terrifying to them.

"Oh this is bad! This is bad on so many levels!" Jay said with horror while he breathed heavily.

"This can't be possible, this has to be a dream! Tell me we're dreaming Zane!" Cole begged with a much higher voice then usual.

"Nindroid's don't dream! Perhaps Garmadon's succeeded with turning back the clock, but instead of reviving the Grundal, it only affected us!" Zane said with fear as they were on it's bones when the spell was happening.

"Yeah but Nindroid's don't turn into kids! Explain that genius!" Jay pointed out while Zane tried finding an answer.

"I've extended my logical parameters, but nothing is coming up! This does not compute!" Zane answered while his face was sparking a bit from the sudden change.

"Okay, fine I get it, we're all in this together! But I can't be a kid again! I hated being a kid! You can't drive, nobody listens to you, and.. uh.. oh no.. bed times!" Cole said with terror at the thought of it.

"I've told Nya we'd meet back at the Bounty with Spike and Lloyd, I'm sure Sensei will know what to do." Jay theorized just until they heard a police siren in the distance, and they soon saw a police car come up to them which made things even worse for them.

"Well well, what do we have here? Looks like we've caught our culprits at the museum heist. Who would've thought it was just a bunch of brats?" One of the officers asked which was annoying for them.

"What do you got on you guys? A bunch of pajamas?" The other one asked which made them both laugh at them which annoyed Jay even more.

"These aren't pajamas! We're ninja!" Jay countered which they didn't believe.

"Yeah yeah, and I'm Santa Claus." One of them joked which proved Cole's point right.

"Ninja.. go!!" Kai screamed while he tried using Spinjitzu again, but because of they're new size, they weren't able to do anything that proves them that they're ninja, and Kai only got slammed onto the hood along with the others.

"Our Spinjitzu doesn't work, we're too small!" Kai said with fear while the officers were grabbing the others.

"Easy kiddo, look, your coming with us to the precinct." The officer ordered while he grabbed Kai's shoulder which made him laugh nervously.

"Look uh.. officers, this has been a great misunderstanding, my friends and I are simply trying to help out." Kai lied which was easy to see through.

"Yeah yeah, you can tell all the stories you want when we take you to the museum tomorrow to explain why you stole this!" The officer replied while looking at the golden artifact.

"But we didn't steal it!" Kai argued back which the officer didn't believe.

"Zip it. You have the right to remain silent." The officer replied before they were put in the back seats and were taken off to explain what's happened which was very bad news for them.

Back on the Bounty with Spike and the others, the next day had come to pass once again, and the others hadn't come back by now, while Lloyd was reading a few comics while Spike was looking over Allison once again, but Wu and Nya were worried about where the others are right now.
"Ugh, they should be back by now." Nya said with worry while Wu looked over the edge too.

"I fear something horrible has happened to them." Wu said with worry which made him come to a decision.

"Lloyd, Spike, you two are in charge of watching over the Bounty until we get back. While Nya and I have a look around town." Wu instructed which they understood.

"Uh yeah, sure thing." Lloyd replied while Spike gave Allison some more food.

"We're on it Sensei!" Spike said respectfully as they were left alone to take care of things now, and Spike only sighed again as they had more time to themselves now.

"At least we'll be able to relax for a bit.." Spike said with relief as he hugged Allison close to him and hopped the others were alright.

But back with the other ninja, they were finally brought to the museum after being caught, and we're forced to apologize to avoid any more trouble that may come from this.
"We're sorry for stealing. " Everyone except Zane said at once which was confusing to him.

"But we didn't, I.. don't understand." Zane reminded again which Kai shushed.

"Shh! The faster we get out of here, the quicker we can figure how to return our body's back to normal." Kai advised which he suddenly realized too.

"I'm sorry for stealing too." Zane said respectfully to the owner who accepted it.

"Thank you boys for returning the sarcophagus, you did the right thing. But what about the bones?" The owner asked which surprised the others for a moment.

"Uh, what bones? We didn't steal any bones." Jay asked with a confused look.

"The Grundal Bones." The owner answered while they turned to where the creatures bones once stood, but they were suddenly gone which scared them all.

"The Grundal Bones?! They're gone!" Jay said with fear which made them realize something.

"You don't think.. it walked out of here too right?" Kai asked with worry at the thought of it.

"Theoretically, it is possible that if Garmadon successfully reversed the years on us, he reversed the years on the Grundal and brought it back to life." Zane theorized which made the others gasp with horror, and Jay tried explaining this to the officers and owner as fast as he could.

"You guys have to believe us! The Grundal has been brought back to life and it's on the loose! It's sole purpose is to hunt ninja, you gotta believe us!" Jay begged which only made the adults laugh hearing this silly tail before they were put near the wall.

"Well we'll keep a look out for anything that goes bumping around in the night okay? Now you four sit here till we call your parents to come pick you up." The officer ordered before they both walked off while laughing at all this still.

"We've gotta get out of here, like now!" Cole whispered to the others just until they heard some kids laughing from behind them who were on a tour, the others saw the kids passing by and got an idea on what to do, they quickly followed after them and took a few spare pieces of clothes the kids had so they could blend in. But they still weren't happy to have to wear normal clothing like this.

"Ugh, this is so humiliating!" Jay said with worry about what's happening now.

"I'm afraid if we can't use our Spinjitzu, we'll be no match for the Grundal." Zane reminded which meant they needed to find a place to repair.

"We have to get back to the Bounty and meet up with Spike and the others." Kai concluded as they were all walking outside, and they quickly ran off into the streets to avoid being caught again.

"Huh? Where are you going? Come back!" The tour guide shouted with worry for them just until they all heard a loud thump on the ceiling above them.

"What was that? Hello? Is anyone here?" he asked with fear as there was something big on the rooftop, but as the creature revealed itself, everyone gasped in terror as they saw that it was the Grundal, and it really was brought back to life.

"A monster!" He screamed with terror while the Grundal jumped down onto the ground and roared with rage which terrified every citizen seeing it's alive, and they ran for they're lives while the monster chased after them.

Kai and the ninja managed to find a phone that they could use, and they were trying to get in touch with Spike and everyone else to let them know about what's happening. Back with Spike and Lloyd, they were playing video games together while Allison was sitting on the table right next to them, things were going just fine until the telephone suddenly went off.
"Um, Allison can you get that please?" Spike asked while he quickly pressed on the controller, Allison nodded in response and she leaned over to the phone and lifted it up before putting the thing next to the two so they could answer.

"Destiny's Bounty." Lloyd asked while he kept on playing the game with Spike.

"How can we help you?" Spike asked curiously while he kept his eyes on the screen.

"Lloyd! Spike! It's Jay! Let us talk to sensei!" Jay said from the other side which surprised them.

"Jay? Where are you? Why haven't you returned? Sensei's out looking for you" Lloyd asked with surprise which made Jay groan a bit.

"Apparently you need parental permission to take the bus, and we can't seem to get out of the city!" Jay said with an annoyed tone which confused them.

"What do you mean? Parental permission?... what happened with you guys?" Spike asked as he realized something must've gone wrong while they were out.

"We don't have time to explain! Just meet us at Buddy's Pizza in ten minutes! And bring our weapons!" Jay instructed which confused Lloyd a bit.

"Weapons?" Lloyd asked with a confused look just until he and Spike fell out of they're chairs and they hit the ground pretty hard as a result.

"Daddy?" Allison asked with worry while Spike groaned a bit, but gave her a thumbs up to keep her calm.

After they got that weird call from the others, Spike and Lloyd went up to Buddy's Pizza with Allison and the weapons to see what's going on, they had walked into the pizza place and tried finding where they were, but they couldn't see any adults that looked like the others right now.
"Really? Of all places we could meet at you picked this place?" Cole asked with annoyance which got they're attention.

"What? I like they're pizza." Jay said in defense while the two looked around for where they're voices are.

"Psst, Lloyd, Spike. " Kai whispered which made them turn to see a few kids that looked like the others, but Lloyd didn't recognize them at first.

"Beat it brat Spike and I are on a mission here." Lloyd replied while he held the weapons in his hands, but Spike gasped with surprise as he finally recognized who they were.

"Lloyd, wait! It's them! What the heck happened with you?!" Spike asked with shock while Allison almost chocked on the small drink she had.

"Keep it down! We're trying to lay low guys, Garmadon's Mega Weapon not only turned us into kids, but unleashed a creature who's sole purpose is to hunt down ninja!" Kai revealed which made them gasp with fear hearing that.

"What?!" Spike asked with shock as they were sitting down next to them.

"And now, every time we try to tell someone, they won't believe us, since we're kids!" Jay said with annoyance which only made Lloyd start to laugh hearing it.

"What's so funny?" Kai asked with surprise to see this.

"I guess you now know how Spike and I feel about being treated differently as kids." Lloyd laughed before he put the others weapons down on the table.

"At least Twilight and the others believed me at home at times." Spike added while Zane tried moving things along.

"Look, this is serious guys, if we don't find out how to turn back to normal, we don't stand a chance against the Grundal!" Zane reminded again with a worried look.

"What about us? Spike and I know Spinjitzu." Lloyd reminded which wasn't enough for them.

"Yeah, but you guys don't know the Grundal, we all need to be at full strength, what we need to do is to find someone who knows more about how to defeat those things!" Kai declared just as Lloyd noticed a familiar comic book which gave him an idea.

"I think I know just the guy." Lloyd said with a smile while Spike was ordering some pizza for them to have for now.

Everyone had soon went to the Doomsday Comics store that Lloyd had talked about earlier, and they walked into the place which had a ton of comic books around.
"Wow, these additions are amazing! They're limited additions too!" Spike said with surprise while he was taking out a few of them for Allison who was interested seeing this.

Lloyd soon brought the others up to the owner of the store so they can talk about how they can stop this Grundal.
"Fellas, meet Rufas McCallister, Aka, Mother Doomsday." Lloyd introduced as they went up to the front desk to meet him.

"Well, if it isn't Lloyd Hemorrhoid Garmadon, sorry if you came looking for the latest Starfarer, I'm all sold out." Rufas greeted which shocked Lloyd for a moment.

"What? Sold out? W.. oh.. actually Mother Doomsday, we need help. " Lloyd replied while trying to avoid the guilt that it's sold out now.

"Well color me intrigued." Rufas replied while Spike was buying a few comics right now.

"Do you happen to know anything about defeating a Grundal by any chance?" Spike asked with a hopeful look.

"If it's a theoretical question, then I can little guy! It's known as the Dromaesaurid Theropdod Grundalychus. Although extinct, there have been a plethora of tv and show that have explored the mythology around the primordial predator. Supposedly, they always get they're prey." Rufas explained as he went to get a comic that explained more about this creature.

"Sounds like he knows his stuff." Kai said to the others with a surprised look.

"Can he be stopped though?" Lloyd asked while he walked past the others.

"First thing you need to know, it's that it's thick shell like hide is invincible to swords, scythes, nuncuhcks, trident, and throwing stars. So your cheep imitations will do nothing to slow it down." Rufas explained which rendered they're weapons useless, Spike had left his Golden Weapon behind at the Bounty unfortunately, and that meant he wasn't able to fight back because of it.
"He just had to list that all out in order didn't he?" Spike asked with an annoyed look.

"Secondly, it's nocturnal, and it'll only hunt at night." Rufas continued which relieved Jay a bit.

"That's good, it's still daylight, so we can relax for a bit.. uh.. I meant.. theoretically." Jay said nervously while he tried not giving the fact it's alive away.

"The only way to defeat it, is with light! Like a vampire, with enough of it, it could potentially destroy him! If I had my weapon of choice, may I recommend... the Illumisword? These are authentic replicas that would come in handy, if you would ever live long enough to actually face the Grundal." Rufas suggested as they were shown some special glowing toy swords that looked to be one of a kind.

"And if swords aren't your thing, may I recommend to you some Authentic Ninja Gi? Signed by the very ninja who saved the city." Rufas asked as he showed them a display of spare suits that Spike and the others had signed personally.

"Uh.. we'll just take the swords.." Kai said nervously while he went to get one, but was blocked off as they can't just be taken like this.

"Not so fast, the Starferer Combo pack can only be won in the Fritz Donnegan trivial battle royal. Do you have what it takes to be the best?" Rufas asked as they turned to see some kids who were being asked questions about the comic series Lloyd's loved to read for a while.

"You think you can answer these questions Lloyd? I know I have my weapon and all, but with these light swords, it could help a bit if we win them, you up for it?" Spike asked while he held Allison in his arms again.

"Let's do it!" Lloyd said proudly while they got ready for these questions.

Back at the Bounty, Nya and Wu had just gotten back from they're search for the others, and now they've seen Spike and Lloyd are gone too, which was worrying them even more.
"Great, now Lloyd, Spike and Allison are gone, what's next?" Nya asked with an annoyed look just until the phone had went off again while she just hung it up before she put the thing to voicemail.

"Sensei, Spike and I are at Doomsday Comics with the others! Garmadon turned the others into kids and we're about to face a real life Grundal! If you get this message this isn't a prank, come quick!" Lloyd shouted from the other side until the phone hung up again.

"Oh dear... well.. there's only one person who could turn the Ninja back to normal!" Wu said with worry which made him and Nya quickly head out to a familiar shop Wu went to before.

The two of them hurried as fast as they could before they went to the shop that belonged to Mystake, who was the only one who knew how to stop this creature.
"Hello Mystake, we are here for a special tea." Wu greeted while he and Nya went into the shop.

"They're all special you old fool. " Mystake said as this was all very valuable stuff right here.

"But this one can turn someone... older." Nya requested while trying not to offend the two here.

"Ah, you seek Tomorrow's Tea. I have only one in stock in the back, follow me." Mystake advised as she took them into the back storage to find the tea they're requesting.

"It should be here." Mystake said as she was looking for where it is right now.

"It's gone?!" Nya asked with worry for where it is.

"It's just misplaced, I know it's here somewhere!" Mystake assured while she was looking for it quickly.

"We need to find that tea before it's too late!" Wu said with worry for where it is.

We cut back to Doomsday Comics again after things were almost being finished up, Spike and the others were hoping Lloyd would win them the prizes they needed, and they were only 2 questions away from winning them.
"It's down to the final two! This question is for Lloyd." Rufas announced which made Spike and the crowd cheer for him to win.

"What is Fritz Donnegan's famous catchphrase?" Rufas asked which Lloyd could easily answer.

"Fair? Fair isn't a word where I come from!" Lloyd answered which was correct.

"Correct! We're all tied up." Rufas announced which made the kids cheer even more hearing that, but Spike noticed that it was getting very late by now, which meant the Grundal was out there searching for them right now.

"Come on Lloyd, please hurry this up, we can't stop that monster if we don't win those swords." Spike said with hope while Rufas went to ask the last question.

"Final Question, the first person to answer this, will win. In the latest issue of Starfarer, how does Fritz Donnegan escape the Imperial Sludge?" Rufas asked which made Lloyd hesitate to answer.

"But.. I haven't read the latest issue!" Lloyd said with fear which made the other kid answer it.

"By reversing the ships gravity transducer. " The kid answered which unfortunately was correct for him.

"We have a winner!" Rufas announced which made everyone cheer for the other kid, but they're cheering was cut short when a loud thump suddenly shot off the power which meant something really bad was happening.

"Hey, who shut off the light?" Rufas asked while Spike and the others were getting scared.

"Allison.. cover your eyes..." Spike whispered while she was about to cry from what's happening. The shop's signs suddenly had been toppled over which made everyone scream in fear with what's happening.

"It's here..." Kai said with terror at the sight of this.

"What's here?" Rufas asked with a scared look.

"You know that theoretical question we had earlier?" Jay asked while he laughed nervously a bit, but things got worse when they saw the Grundal emerge from the rooftop, and everyone was terrified at the sight of it being here.

"Not the...." Rufas said with horror as the thing's claw cracked the glass which proved it was real.

"Grundal!!" The crowd screamed with terror which made them all quickly try to run out of the store, but the sign was blocking they're way out which made things worse for them.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Spike said with both fear and anger as the thing was marching to them from the roof.

"Look, it's coming!" Jay screamed just as it finally burst through the roof and crushed most of the store in an instant. Allison began to cry seeing the horrible thing and Spike tried calming her down the best they can.

"Look out!" Spike screamed while they all ducked under the things large tail which broke apart the glass case holding the spare ninja suits they had which was for all of them.

"Quick, this way!" Jay shouted as he lead them through a small corner so they could not only get the ninja suits, but also the Illumiswords which they were all able to get.

"Hey monster! Get away from those people!" Spike screamed before he took a deep breath, and he shot a blast of fire at the Grundal that hit it's back which made it roar with rage, and it only turned to them again so they could try and fight it.

"Uh.. I think you made it madder Spike!" Zane screamed while they all held out the 5 swords that were there for them, and they shone them in the monsters face which made it screech a bit from the light.

"It's working!" Kai shouted just before he and the others tried slashing at the thing with them, but they were broken with one hit since they were toys and not real swords.

"Agh! Why didn't I bring my Golden Weapon with me?! This could've taken that thing down easily!" Spike asked with frustration while Allison was crying even more.

"And why did you bring a baby snake to a place like this where a real life Grundal could appear at Spike!?" Cole asked with annoyance for Spike bringing a baby here like this.

"I didn't have anyone to look after her!" Spike shouted just until the monster slashed at them with it's claws which knocked them down to the front counter which was destroyed. The monster snarled at them all and marched up to them while showing it's sharp teeth which made all of them scream in terror for seeing it.

But Lloyd had managed to come out from behind with the chair he was on so he could save them.
"Not to worry, I'll take care of this!" Lloyd announced which gave them some hope.

"Lloyd!" Spike and the others shouted at once while Lloyd was charging up his Energy powers, the light of the power was bright enough to blind the thing for a moment, but just before Lloyd could unleash the blast onto it, the thing hit them with it's large tail which knocked Lloyd down into the others which cornered them all.

"No!!" Spike screamed with fear as the monster was opening up it's jaws wide.

"This is the end isn't it?!" Kai asked with terror right before Wu and Nya finally made it to where they are, Wu bursted down the door so he could help get the other people out of here quickly.

"Everyone out!" Nya ordered the civilians who quickly ran out to avoid being harmed anymore.

"Use this!" Wu shouted as he tossed them the Tomorrow's Tea which Mystake was able to find.

"What is it?!" Jay asked with fear while he caught it in his hands.

"It'll turn forward the hands of time, turning you old, and reducing the Grundal back to dust and bones! But be careful, there is no turning back!" Wu instructed which meant something very important.

"Grundal, prepare to be extinct!" Jay shouted just before Cole stopped him to think over this.

"Wait! What'll happen to Lloyd, Spike and Allison? They'll grow old too!" Cole reminded which made Spike's eyes widen in shock, and he realized that this is the only way that they can stop this monster.

"Your right, if we do this.. my daughter may miss out on her childhood, but it means I will to..." Spike said with worry as he looked at his younger body for one last time, and he just remembered the times he's spent here with the ninja, growing more mature as a child, before he finally had to take on the role as an adult at one point in his life, he looked at Allison again and just took in the time he's spent with her here, if she grows up with them, this will be a huge change for both of they're lives going forward.

"D.. daddy?" Allison asked with tears in her eyes, she was so confused and scared about what's happening, and Spike teared up a bit too and gave her another hug once again.

"It'll be okay Allison, I promise..." Spike assured while Lloyd saw they needed to do this now.

"Just do it!" Lloyd shouted to the others which made them hesitate with this.

"You, Spike and Allison will miss out on the rest of your childhoods Lloyd, we can't do that to you!" Jay argued back, but that made the Grundal get the opportunity to snap it's jaws at them which toppled them all over, the Tomorrow's Tea went flying in the air and almost shattered, but it landed in Lloyd's lap which gave him the opportunity to use it.

"Fair? Fair isn't a word from where I come from!" Lloyd shouted with a serious look while Spike stood up and grabbed the tea too.

"If this means we won't be children anymore, so be it!" Spike screamed before he and Lloyd finally threw the tea at the monster which shattered all over it.

"They used it!" Wu said with shock as the thing's body was spiraling around the shop and was growing older and turning into bones again.

"And it's working!" Nya said as the monster roared with pain before it finally turned back into a pile of dust and bones, finally defeating it for good.

Kai and the others groaned a bit while they were finally getting back up again, and they saw they had finally grown back to normal after using that tea.
"What happened?" Kai asked with surprise while they looked at themselves.

"We're not kids anymore." Cole said with some relief to see this.

"It worked!" Nya said with joy to see this while Rufas gasped with surprise seeing this.

"They are the real Ninja!" Rufas said with shock to see this in front of him.

"But, where are Lloyd, Spike and Allison?" Wu asked with worry for they're safety.

They got they're answer when they heard a few groans from below them, and to everyone's shock and fear, Spike, Lloyd, and Allison had grown older just like Cole said would happen.

"What's.. going on?" Spike asked with a much deeper voice while he was looking at himself, he gasped with shock with what he was seeing, and upon looking at him, Allison and Lloyd, they had grown far older then they were before.

"We're... older..." Lloyd said with shock of what they're seeing, Spike's body had much sharper horns and spine, his tail extended out to be a few feet long now thanks to his sudden growth spurt, he was taller then the others, and his voice was much deeper then before. And for Allison, she had become far taller then she was before, she was at the others height by now, and looked to have been aged up into 13 years old, while Spike looked to be around 17 or so thanks to this tea happening.

"Dad.. what.. happened?" Allison asked while she was rubbing her head, but as soon as she noticed her deeper voice, she looked at her bigger body, and she gasped with shock and fear from what she's seeing.

"It's okay Allison.. it'll be alright.." Spike assured while he hugged her again, even if they're older now, at least they're still okay.

"The time for the Green Ninja, and Spike to face they're destiny's, have grown nearer." Wu said with a serious look while Spike looked at his body with shock still.

But Cole gave him and Lloyd a pat on the back, Allison looked at the others and she saw they were there for her, despite all they're going through right now, they had they're back, and it may be enough to face what's to come soon.
"We're ready." Lloyd said proudly while Spike soon had a confident look too.

"No matter what happens now, we'll face things together, right Allison?" Spike asked while he looked at her, and she clutched her hands to get used to being so much older now.

"I'm ready daddy." Allison said with a smile which made the group start to walk out of the comic store with they're new bodies, but Rufas wanted to give Lloyd one last thing to show his thanks.

"Here Lloyd, you and your friend can have a copy of my Starfarer, you both deserve it." Rufas offered while he held it out for them, but Lloyd knew he was too old for that stuff now, and politely declined.

"That's okay, I already know how it ends." Lloyd politely declined while he ran up to the others, Spike looked at his now teenage daughter with a smile, even if they're far older now, they'll have the others at they're sides.

"There comes a time, where we all must grow up. When that time comes, it's important not to forget the lessons of our childhood, because our childhood is the greatest training one could ever have. Yes, the time until the final battle has grown shorter, but the Green Ninja, and Spike have both grown stronger.." Wu narrated as one last shot of a new comic cover that shows Spike and Lloyd facing off against Garmadon, and time was growing shorter as each day past, but now with Spike, Allison and Lloyd being older now, they may prevail against the inevitable battle that will come in the future...

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! Sorry I skipped over the scene with Garmadon bringing the Grundal back with the Mega weapon, but I wanted to give Spike and Lloyd a small scene together to show they're bond before they grow older. This will be a big change for the story going forward now, Spike may be the oldest of the group now in fact, but I promise you that this sudden age up won't feel like it was for nothing, I'll make sure this impacts the story in good ways in the future, so I hope you don't mind it, I just hope you liked it, and have a good day guys!

19: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

A few days have passed since Spike, Lloyd and Allison were aged up to being far older then before thanks to the Tomorrow's Tea, while it's been a lot for them to handle with being older, especially with Allison, they've been adjusting to things a bit better, they've gotten better control of they're skills because they have more focus, Spike's been trying to help Allison adjust to being a teen now since it's so sudden for them, but hopefully with the others help today, they'll get a better hang on they're new body's.

Spike, Lloyd and Allison were on the Bounty again with the others in a training room, they were standing alongside Lloyd again, and were getting ready to train some more against the others to use they're new bodies.
"Your new body's are fighting instruments, listen to it." Wu instructed as Spike, Lloyd and Allison had they're eyes closed for a moment, but the sound of Cole coming from behind and was about to slash them alerted them of what to do.

Lloyd quickly bent down and kicked Cole's scythe away with his foot, Jay came in next and tried to slash Allison, but she quickly wrapped her tail around him and threw him to the ground, Spike was the last one to avoid being hit by Zane's throwing stars, and he flipped over both of them with great skill to show how much he's improved.
"Since they've grown, they're learning a lot faster, especially Allison, she only started training with us a day ago, yet she's already proving herself capable like all the others." Nya said with an impressed look which made Allison feel proud a bit.

"Well my dad and I have been spending enough time together to help me memorize your fighting moves, while I'm still rusty in some areas, I'm sure I'll catch up to you guys in no time, right dad?" Allison asked while Spike patted her back.

"Of course sweetie." Spike said with a smile as he had adjusted to his new voice by now.

"But can they're skill be enough to challenge Garmadon? Only time will tell." Wu asked as Kai drew his sword and tried attacking Lloyd, but Lloyd was able to grab it with both his hands and he was holding it steady. Lloyd was grunting a bit while he was trying to channel his power into it, but Kai managed to toss Lloyd down with his sword which made him groan in defeat.

"You, Spike and Allison are getting really good! But that move you fell for was basic 101." Kai advised while he was helping him up.

"Yeah, if I had focused more when we were little, I could've seen that coming." Lloyd said with a guilty look for not paying attention as much.

"Hey, it's alright Lloyd, I had to keep track of Allison a lot when we were little, now, we need to give it all we can." Spike assured while Allison was slithering around a bit to get used to moving around.

"I still have trouble slithering, I'll admit that." Allison joked a bit which made Spike chuckle a little.

"Hey don't worry, we've all been there Allison." Spike assured once more while he stretched his arms.

"We cannot change the past, but we can improve for the future. Again, this time, do not hold back you three." Wu instructed which made them begin again.

But just outside the ship, Zane's falcon had flown down to deliver some troubling news, it landed on Zane's arm again to alert him of what it's seen.
"The falcon has returned with troubling news! What did you see my mechanical friend?" Zane asked as he put the data in the ships computer, and to their surprise, they saw the Serpentine were at the City of Ouroboros after it was somehow rebuilt.

"The Lost City of Ouroboros!" Nya said with surprise as there were snakes training on the screen.

"It's been rebuilt? But how? Wasn't it destroyed?" Spike asked as he recalled the Devourer destroying the place.

"Garmadon's returned to the Serpentine home base, but why?" Kai asked with surprise as they saw everything happening.

"It looks like they're preparing for a final battle!" Cole suggested which looked to be the case.

"Then why don't we take the fight to them guys?" Allison suggested with an eager look which the others were agreeing to.

"Nya, change the course, we're heading there straight away!" Wu ordered which made her change the ship's directions, and it began flying to the city to stop what's happening.

Spike and the others went to prepare for what could already be the final battle, Spike got his Trident again while Allison was picking her own weapon, Spike was worried if she would get hurt, since she is still getting used to her new body.
"Do you think you should come with us on this Allison? You've barely started training with us for a day now, you could get hurt if something happens?" Spike asked with worry for her while she was looking at the weapons.

"Don't worry daddy, with the stuff I've been through as a baby with you, I'm sure it won't be so bad if I stay by your side. Besides, there's no way I'm staying back to miss out on this." Allison hissed while she grabbed a spear to use as a weapon, and Spike sighed a bit with worry knowing she won't hold back.

"If that's what you want, then just stay close to me okay?" Spike asked while he gave her another hug, and she gladly returned it to help show how much she loves her father.

"Of course dad..." Allison said with a smile as they were all ready to face Garmadon today.

Everyone soon made it to the City of Ouroboros again after the sun had set, and they were sneaking into the city to get the surprise on Garmadon, they peaked through the city and saw Garmadon was in the arena and was prepping up some snake mechs, and that's when they agreed to let Wu start this fight strong.

"Ninja go!!" Wu screamed while he used Spinjitzu to appear in front of Garmadon to fight him.

"Oh brother!" Garmadon said with an annoyed look.

"It's time we finish this!" Wu declared just as Kai and the other ninja came right behind him to stop this.

"Bring it on, fools!" Garmadon mocked just until he heard a battle cry, and to his shock, Spike, Lloyd and Allison landed down in front of him, Spike drew his Golden Weapon and shot a lightning blast to the snakes behind him, and Allison threw her spear at one of the mechs which totaled it instantly, and Lloyd finished it off by shooting an ice blast at Garmadon's Mega Weapon to stop him from using it.

"Lloyd, is that you?" Garmadon asked with shock as he saw he, Spike and even Allison were much older now.

"Yeah, we've grown a little since you last saw us." Lloyd said with a serious look under the mask.

"You've brought this on yourself Garmadon! It's time we finish this now!" Spike said as he was twirling his weapon around to begin the fight, but Garmadon was too frustrated to see this and tried to get out of here for a moment.

"Stop them!" Garmadon ordered the snakes who tried attacking them, but they were easily taken down due to they're larger numbers and strength.

Garmadon went into a private room and was slamming the ice against the wall with frustration.
"Blast these ninja! If only weren't around, if only they never existed!" Garmadon shouted with frustration while he slammed the Mega Weapon against the wall to finally free it, but that's when he got an idea on what he could with for today to stop this from happening.

"Yes, that's it! I wish, I could go back in time, so the ninja were never formed in the first place!" Garmadon wished before he slammed his weapon on the ground, and was somehow able to create a time vortex to stop this from happening.

"Now, to finish the Ninja and dragon once and for all, so that Lloyd never becomes the Green Ninja!" Garmadon declared before he jumped through the portal just as Spike and the others made it into the room.

"He used the Mega Weapon again!" Cole said with worry as they saw the vortex in front of them.

"Oh swell, every time he uses the thing, something really bad happens." Jay said with an annoyed look.

"What.. is that thing?" Allison hissed as they took a closer look at it.

"Guys.. what's going on?" Kai asked with shock just as they saw the room was filling up with sand.

"Where is all this sand coming from?!" Spike asked with surprise as the room was filling up fast.

"Oh no, the city is returning back to the desert, as if it had never been found in the first place!" Zane said with fear at the realization of this.

"Wait.. does that mean.. Garmadon went back in time?!" Spike asked with shock to hear this.

"It's most likely, to make it so Lloyd never turns into the Green Ninja!" Zane said with fear while Lloyd looked at himself.

"I can't.. I can't feel my hands.." Lloyd said with a scared look of what he's not feeling.

"We have to go in guys!" Kai shouted as he tried moving closer.

"If he changes anything, he changes everything! Protect the future ninja!" Wu warned one last time as Spike and the others got ready to go.

"Here we go!!" Allison shouted before she and the others finally jumped into the vortex, and everyone screamed with terror as they went flying through a time vortex.

The vortex opens up in another point in time, and everyone screams as they went falling out of it and landed in some weird mud water which ruined they're clothing.
"Ugh, remind me me to pack a helmet the next time we time travel." Jay said with a disgusted look.

"Were are we?" Cole asked as they looked around a large field they were in.

"You mean, when are we?" Zane corrected just as they looked over the hills, and saw a familiar blacksmith shop that Kai recognized.

"Four Weapons, heh, my parents shop. Nya and I used to work there! Hey wait a minute... this is the day Garmadon ordered the Skeletons to kidnap my sister! We gotta warn them!" Kai said with worry which Spike had to stop right now.

"Whoa Kai slow down! Remember what sensei said, if we do anything that alters events here, the world as we know it may never exist, while I may have still been a ninja and found Allison after coming to this world, for you guys and Lloyd, you may never have even met!" Spike reminded which was worrying.

"Ugh, I hate time travel story's." Allison said with an annoyed look.

"If that's true then, why did we land here of all times?" Jay asked with a confused look.

"Because this is where it all started, this was the day I met Sensei Wu and began training as a ninja. But how is Garmadon gonna prevent that?" Kai questioned while they saw the past versions of Kai and Nya at the shop.

"If only sensei were here to guide us." Cole said with worry, but at that moment, the saw the past version of Sensei Wu walking up to the shop.

"Guys, is that him?" Allison asked as they saw it was him thankfully.

"It is, and we gotta tell him what Garmadon has done." Cole declared which made the group try and sneak up to Wu as he was meeting Kai for the first time.

"Alright guys, let's go, but do not let the past Kai and Nya see us alright?" Spike whispered to the others who nodded in response.

"The shop is called Four Weapons, not For Browsing, either buy something or go peddle your insults somewhere else." The past Kai ordered Wu who only scoffed a bit.

"Too bad, I thought I might find something special here." Wu replied as he was about to leave, but the current Kai came up from behind him and muffled him from speaking.

"Sensei, we need your help!" Kai whispered as he brought him up to the others.

"Wait a minute guys, if we're trying to stop Garmadon from changing anything, wouldn't be talking to sensei kinda be like altering the past, thus changing our future?" Jay theorized which may be true.

"Well it's too late for that now..." Spike said with an annoyed look while Wu was very confused on what's happening.

"Even on my first adventure with you guys, we've already managed to mess something up." Allison hissed to know this, and Spike just held out his Golden Weapon again to try and find out what to do.

"Ugh, we can't do what we've already done, sensei, we really need your help." Kai begged to the past Wu who looked at all of them.

"All 6 of you, even this dragon and.. Anacondrai, you.. you..." Wu said with a confused look before Kai finished for him.

"Traveled back in time to warn you of an impending doom?" Cole finished to make this go fast.

"We have, but we don't have time to explain, can you help us?" Kai asked once again.

"I.. don't understand, but I can try.." Wu answered which did relieve them a bit.

"Okay, look, any moment now the Skeletons are going to attack and we think Garmadon may try to hurt the other version of me." Kai informed which was shocking to him.

"Garmadon?" Wu asked with a shocked look to hear he made it out of the Underworld.

"We cannot let any harm come to the past Kai or Nya, no matter what!" Spike warned just as they saw dark clouds begin to emerge over the horizon, and the villagers looked worried until the Skeletons finally arrived.

Garmadon was secretly hiding among the ranks and put a Skeleton mask to hide among them while listening to these idiots argue.
"Why did I ever trust these numbskulls?" Garmadon asked himself just as Samukai ordered them to attack the shop.

"What are they?" Nya asked to her brother who was putting on some armor.

"I don't know, but stay here." the past Kai instructed as the skeletons were finally attacking the shop, and they saw the past Kai trying to fight them off.

"Well, can we help or not?" Kai asked the past Wu who was still confused on all of this.

"I do not know, I'm wise but, I am not that wise." Wu replied which made Spike shake his head.

"This is how things all started? Wonder why I wasn't here before the others met?" Spike thought to himself while he saw the battle happen.

"Technically, since the past has already been altered, I don't see why we can't fight a few Skeletons, just as long as your past self doesn't see you." Zane advised which sounded good to them

"Good, then let's crack some skulls guys!" Allison hissed as they saw some Skeletons come at them from behind, and Allison drew her spear to start fighting them off.

"Ninja go!!" Jay screamed as he used Spinjitzu again to take some down, and Spike used his Golden Weapon to shoot some Earth blasts at a few more groups that were surrounded him.

"Watch for when Samukai throws his daggers. And don't forget to save me!" Kai instructed Wu who was still confused on all of this.

With the past Kai and Nya, they were trying to fight off the Skeletons while some were sneaking into the shop to find a map.
"I thought I told you to stay back?" The past Kai said as she was joining in against his wishes.

"And what, let you have all the fun?" Nya asked jokingly while they split up for a bit, the past Kai went to face Samukai, and he only laughed mockingly before he drew four weapons at once which shocked him for a moment.

"Oops.." The Past Kai said nervously while he was backing up a bit, he tried fighting off against Samukai, but his skills weren't like his, and with the lack of extra swords, Samukai was able to disarm him and he pinned him to the ground.

"Sensei!" Kai warned as Samukai was twirling his blades around.

"I'm on it, Ninja go!!" Wu shouted as he used Spinjitzu on Samukai to save him.

"Sensei Wu, your Spinjitzu looks rusty!" Samukai mocked while he stood his ground against him.

"Nothing like bone to sharpen the edge Samukai!" Wu countered as he twirled his staff around. Kai saw his past self groan with pain while he looked at the water tower that was just nearby, and Samukai laughed sinisterly before he threw the daggers at Wu who was barely able to dodge it, but they had went straight to the water tower which began to topple it down to the past Kai.

"Ninja go!" Wu shouted again while he used Spinjitzu to save the past Kai just in time while Samukai went back to his vehicle.

"Lord Garmadon says take the girl!" Samukai ordered his soldiers, one of them was about to shoot a net at Nya to capture her, but Garmadon got in the way and knocked him out before he moved the chain a bit too far to the right and shot it to Nya's side which missed her.

"Fools, you missed! Retreat!" Samukai shouted with frustration which made the vehicle turn around, but the past version of Knuckle had managed to see what looked like both versions of Kai being in the same place.

"What is it?" Cruncha asked while Knuckle was very confused.

"Uh.. nothing." Knuckle replied as they were driving off to regroup. But Allison could see this wasn't meant to happen, and the same was with the others, and this meant something very bad was going to happen in the future.

"Oh no..." Allison said with fear as a clock appears on the screen, and we return back to the current time in Ninjago, but due to the past events being changed, a large storm was coming over Ninjago city, and Wu could only watch with horror from the Bounty as he saw something being altered.

"Oh.. my.. goodness.." Wu said with terror as the storm goes over Ninjago, and as we see a photo of Spike, Allison and the other ninja, the one of Lloyd begins to vanish, and Spike and Allison were the only ones with the group now.

Back in the past, everyone was really worried about what's happening, this wasn't meant to happen, and this meant that the past was altered in a huge way now.
"This isn't good.." Kai said with fear for what's happened now.

"Why? We saved you and your sister?" Wu asked as the past Kai and Nya were safe because of they're efforts.

"No, they were supposed to get away with Nya, the only reason I became a ninja in the first place was to get her back!" Kai informed which was really scary to know.

"What.. do we do now guys?" Spike asked with worry for what's gonna happen now.

"What needs to happen, is that Sensei needs to convince Kai no matter what." Zane said with a serious look.

"Why?" Jay questioned while he turned to him again.

"Because if Kai doesn't become a ninja, the world as we know it won't exist. The four of us we'll never unite, Spike may never have found Allison and raised her as his daughter, Lloyd will never reach his potential, and Nya will never fall head over heals for Jay!" Zane informed which horrified Jay from hearing it.

"What?!" Allison asked with horror which made Spike try to calm her down.

"No matter what, you need to convince him to go with you!" Jay screamed while he shook Wu in a comedic way. The past version of Kai was walking up to Wu again to thank him, and that was the others cue to quickly hide away to avoid being seen.

"Thank you for your help, it if wasn't for your Twistitzu, or your, Tornadzu, my sister might have been taken." The past Kai said with a relieved look which made the others glare at Kai a bit.

"Really Kai?" Spike whispered with an annoyed look while Wu was trying to convince the past Kai.

"Sorry, but I got a blacksmith shop to help fix so.." Kai politely declined which Wu had to interrupt.

"No, please come, it is very important for you to become a Ninja. Because uh... We must harness the fire within you!" Wu replied as he saw Kai had his potential in him.

"Hold on, maybe there's a reason this man came into our lives. Father always said the works in mysterious ways, I think it sounds kind of exciting!" The past Nya said with an eager look.

"Alright, if you wanna become a Ninja, fine by me, but I'm only going because you want to." The past Kai replied which relieved Jay a bit.

"Oh great, he's going! We saved the future." Jay with a relieved look while the past versions of Wu, Kai and Nya were walking away.

"Not so fast, we still have to make sure he becomes a Ninja in order to get everything back on track." Zane reminded which gave them an idea on what to do.

"Then let's head after them, and stay quiet guys." Spike instructed as they were quietly following behind the group.

But back with Garmadon and the Skeletons, they were still upset for failing to capture Nya, an Cruncha and Knuckle were just arguing about seeing two trees or one which Samukai found annoying.
"Stop fooling around, we failed our mission, and now Lord Garmadon is really going to let us have it!" Samukai warned which was confusing a bit to Knuckle.

"Well I just wanted to know if I was seeing double. I thought I saw the same Ninja an an strange dragon of sorts back there!" Knuckle replied which made Garmadon realize something important.

"Double? So the ninja and dragon followed me here! They think they can stop me?! They are as annoying as they are troublesome! Hmm, well two can play at this game!" Garmadon said with a sinister look as he had an idea on how to turn the tide in his favor.

After Spike and the ninja followed Wu and the past Kai and Nya back to the Monastery, they were keeping a watch over things to make sure Kai becomes a ninja, but with the past Kai not having the fire in him to train, they could see that he wasn't really trying at all.
"So.. this is where you all used to live daddy?" Allison asked as they were looking over the Monastery together before it was burned down.

"Yeah, it was, even without the Bounty, I'm sure this would've been a great place to raise you, but let's just be glad for what we now." Spike said proudly while they saw the past Kai not trying at all.

"Oh, I'm worthless here!: Kai said with a look of despair.

"It's like you don't even wanna become a Ninja." Jay replied while they looked at Kai who reminded them of the reason why he came here in the first place.

"Why do we have to do a time travel story here? It's so confusing whenever it isn't fully explained!" Spike said with a frustrated look on knowing this.

"If Kai doesn't become a Ninja, our future will be destroyed." Zane warned again which they already knew.

"Even when Garmadon does something good, it's always evil! Sensei ain't cutting up the mustard, we have to get things back on track." Cole declared which was concerning for them.

"So what do we do then? How do we help Kai find his fire?" Allison asked the others which gave Zane a bad idea on what to do.

"I think we have to kidnap Nya, and deliver her into the hands of the Skeletons." Zane suggested which Kai only sighed in defeat from hearing.

"If it's what it takes. But if it's alright with you guys, I have an idea on how I can talk some sense into myself." Kai finished as Wu was trying to make the past Kai train harder.

We cut to the next night after they all decided on what to do, Kai snuck into the place while Spike and the others went into Nya's room to get this done.

"Ugh, why do we have to kidnap her?" Spike asked with a guilty look while he held out a bag to stop Nya from escaping.

"I'm sorry we have to do this Spike, but it's for the good of the future." Zane said with guilt as well while they were putting on some Skeleton masks to avoid being recognized.

"How she won't recognize me since I'm a snake in the future will be beyond me." Allison hissed while pointing out some logic, Nya was opening her eyes from what she was hearing, but gasped in shock when the bag covered her up to prevent her from fighting back.

The past Kai was in the bathroom right now and was brushing his teeth, but the current Kai had removed the mirror from behind and was pretending to be the reflection until Kai decided to announce himself.

"Hey dummy!" Kai greeted which freaked the past Kai out to no end.

"Yeah I'm talking to you!" Kai continued which confused his past self.

"Me?" Past Kai asked with a confused look.

"Would you get your head on straight and start listening to sensei? The fate of the world kinda rests on it!" Kai informed which was very confusing to him.

Spike and the others managed to get onto the rooftop while they had Nya in the bag, but she was still awake and was trying to fight back.
"Un hand me Skeletons!" Nya shouted from the bag which made Jay really regretful.

"Oh, I'm sorry Nya..." Jay said regretfully which made Spike slap his face.

"Jay, we can't give anything away!" Spike whispered to him so Nya doesn't hear his name.

"How do you know my name? When my brother finds out about this, you'll be sorry!: Nya warned with anger which wasn't concerning to them.

"Actually he'll be quite relieved." Cole replied just until Zane saw something below them.

"Guys? We've got company." Zane warned which made them look down below, and they saw three familiar ninja in black suits around the training grounds.

"Guys, isn't that, us?" Jay asked with worry while Spike quickly put on his mask.

"Allison and I will stay out of sight, don't let them recognize you!" Spike warned while he and Allison hopped off the roof to avoid being recognized in the future.

The past versions of Cole, Zane and Jay had went up to they're future selves while thinking they're Skeletons, Zane confronted his past self and drew his weapons to try and fight him off.
"Let's not try hurting ourselves guys, I'd hate to leave a mark.' Cole warned once more, that made Zane pick up the tiles on the rooftop and he began throwing it at his past self to hold him back.

"Kai, help!!" Nya screamed from the bag again which got both Kai's attention.

"Nya!" Past Kai said with worry which gave him the moment to leave.

"Hey, I wasn't done talking to you! You can't leave!" Kai argued back which made his past self turn to him.

"Why not, your just my reflection!" Past Kai mocked which gave Kai no choice but to come out from the mirror quickly, and he punched his past self in the face and knocked him out quickly.

"Sorry, but I can't have you changing our plans!" Kai apologized while he went out to help the others, he ran outside to the others after getting his suit and mask back on, and he soon saw that Nya was rolling off the roof from all the fighting.

"Oh why does time travel have to be so complicated?" Kai asked regretfully while he managed to catch her, and Spike and Allison decided that they need to leave now.

"Come on guys, let's go now!" Allison hissed which got the others attention, the present versions of the ninja used Spinjitzu on they're past selves to knock them off the roof. Wu and the past Kai finally managed to make it outside, but they saw that they had kidnapped Nya.

"They took Nya!" Wu said with fear which horrified Kai.

"What?! They took my sister?! NOO!!!!!!" Kai screamed with fear and anger which echoed through the night. Back in the present, because of them restoring Kai's motivation, it was able to restore the image of Lloyd on the picture which made the present Wu sigh with relief to see this before we cut back to the past.

"We'll get your sister back." Wu assured while he looked at the others who were relieved to know they saved they're time.

"Looks like the fire's returned!" Kai said proudly as they all finally left the place to deliver Nya to the Skeletons.

Everyone made it to the woods to find the Skeletons to get the job done, everyone hopped across the trees in order to find her, and Spike was staying close to Allison who was trying to get used to all of this.
"Keep it steady Allison, your still getting used to this ninja stuff, I'm surprised you've learned this quickly, you may be up to our level pretty soon if you keep this up." Spike complimented which made her a bit proud to know that.

"Thanks dad, wouldn't have learned it without your guys help, and the experiences I've seen first hand with you." Allison said with a smile as they saw the Skeletons were near a fire.

Samukai was still very upset that they failed they're mission, and he was lecturing his men on why this is bad for them all.
"Alright guys, you ready?" Spike asked the others who were holding the bag that held Nya right above Cruncha.

"Now." Allison hissed which made Kai drop Nya right in front of Cruncha who was shocked to see this, he looked up the trees to see if anyone was there, but no one was. He soon looked into the bag to see what's inside, and to his surprise, he saw Nya was in it and was fully tied up for them to take to Garmadon.

"Uh Samukai? How would you like to go back to the Underworld to tell Garmadon, we succeeded?" Cruncha asked with a smile which finally set things back on track.

After knowing that they captured Nya somehow, Samukai and the rest of the Skeletons made they're way to the Underworld so they can inform they're master.
"Master, we have the girl" Samukai reported which was good for the past Garmadon.

"Good." The past Garmadon said while he was chuckling sinisterly.

The current Garmadon managed to sneak his way into the Underworld so he could meet up with his past self, once Samukai was gone, he decided it was time to greet his past self which was just a shadow right now.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Past Garmadon asked with an upset look.

"It is I, your future self!" Garmadon greeted which surprised him greatly.

"How can this be?" Past Garmadon asked with shock at his physical form.

"I know you are searching for the Golden Weapons, and it is because of them that I have gone back in time, and stand before you." Garmadon explained while he went up to him.

"I don't understand, you have.. I.. have.. four arms." Past Garmadon said with shock to see this.

"Yes, and I need your help to get rid of the Ninja once and for all! Listen carefully." Garmadon informed before he whispered his plan to the past Garmadon who was a large shadow, and he liked how evil that plan sounded.

"That is truly evil!" "Past Garmadon said with a smirk, and that made the two dark lords laugh like maniacs as this event altered the future once again which made Lloyd disappear from the photo again.

Back with Spike and the other ninja, they were following they're past selves through this whole journey, Spike was able to see how they got the Golden Weapons and became a team, and was really impressed with how quickly they've learned to be a team by now. But they were all sill confused on why they're still here, and wondered what this means for now.
"Why are still here? I thought everything was back on track?" Jay asked the others who didn't know why this is happening either.

"Yeah, but we have to stay to make sure all goes as planned." Cole reminded again which made Wu curious.

"So what exactly happens next?" Wu asked them again which made Kai try explaining this to him.

"Our former selves have most of the Golden Weapons, Shadow Garmadon now should have my sister, and in one minute I will get waken up and will be tricked into taking the Sword of Fire, that will eventually unleash the greatest nemesis onto Ninjago." Kai informed as they saw the past Kai following a fake version of Nya.

"Who knew where my trident was during this whole thing, where do you guys think it would've been if I was here during this time?" Spike asked as he looked at his Golden Weapon which was still on him.

"I don't know honestly, we went through a lot of crazy places to find ours, maybe yours would've been in a temple like the others maybe?" Cole suggested which may be true.

"Come on guys, we need to follow them." Kai whispered to the others who were following the past Kai.

Everyone followed his past self to the Temple of Fire before it was destroyed in the present, everyone felt deja vu as they were coming through the place, and soon enough, the past Kai finally came upon his sister who was tied up, and was floating above the lava.
"This is where I steal the Fire sword and save my sister, then I get attacked by my own shadow." Kai continued on as they were seeing the scenario play out like before.

"Your a great brother to go through this much to protect her Kai." Spike complimented which made him proud a bit.

"Thanks Spike, it's nice to see you and Allison see this, it was the moment which set all of this into motion." Kai said proudly as they saw his past self save Nya after taking the Sword of Fire.

They could hear Garmadon laughing sinisterly after Kai managed to save her, and they kept they're guard up for what's to happen next.
"Stay close." Kai warned his sister who was really scared right now.

"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." Nya replied while she stayed behind him, and soon enough, he was able to see Shadow Garmadon right in front of him.

"You can't hurt us! Your only a shadow!" Kai mocked the shadow who only chuckled a bit.

"Ah, but this time, I am much more!" Shadow Garmadon said sinisterly which was concerning for the group.

"Wait a second, he never said that before! Something's different." Kai said with worry as they watched things play out, and to everyone's, they saw they're version of Garmadon step into the scene while holding the Mega Weapon.

"G.. Garmadon?! Your supposed to be trapped in the Underworld!" Past Kai said with fear for seeing him here.

"Oh there's so much more you don't know!" Garmadon mocked while they saw they were about to fight.

"Go future me, destroy him!" Shadow Garmadon encouraged while they both laughed evilly, and they soon clashed with eachother to try and stop this.

"We have to do something, I don't stand a chance against Garmadon's four arms!" Kai said with worry just until he realized something important.

"Wait.. that's it!" Kai said with realization at what he needs to do.

"Go Kai, get him!" Allison encouraged as he hopped over to a floating rock, and as Garmadon knocked the Sword of Fire out of the past Kai's hands, that's when he finally jumped into save himself.

"Two Kai's?!" Shadow Garmadon asked while looking frustrated, Spike suddenly jumped out of the water so he could surprise Garmadon, and Allison hopped down from above to take him down.

"Your not the only one who's willing to change things now!" Spike shouted as he drew his Golden Weapon.

"And it looks like I've got four arms too!" Kai said confidently as his past self came behind him and put his arms up to help him out.

Garmadon tried slashing at Spike who only was blocking his own weapon with his, and they clashed against each other which made sparks come from they're strong power.
"Get away from him!" Allison hissed before she used her tail to whip him to the wall, and the past Kai threw his current self on the wall who ran across it, and Kai jumped off it before he kicked Garmadon in the face which sent him back a bit.

"Now I've got you!" Cole announced while he was right behind him, he tried to get the weapon out of his hands, but Garmadon quickly leaned down and used his legs to toss Cole off him into the others which knocked them onto a floating platform.

"Dang it!" Spike said with frustration since this means things were definitely altered by now.

"I think it's safe to say the past is drastically changed!" Cole said with frustration while the two Garmadon's were laughing mockingly at them.

"I was thinking about that, it could be possible to erase the events that have transpired so far, by destroying the Mega Weapon that brought us here in the first place." Zane theorized which confused them a bit.

"You mean if we destroy that weapon, everything will go back to normal?" Kai questioned again while he got up again.

"Uh.. theoretically." Zane answered while sounding confused.

"Do you even know if this will work?" Allison asked while she and Spike got up too.

"I don't know if we can destroy the Mega Weapon, only a weapon of equal power can destroy it, and it's not like Spike's Golden Weapon can handle against it's power right?" Cole questioned which made Spike look at it with worry.

"If.. it's possible.. I'll.. have to try.. but what do we do if this doesn't work?" Spike asked as this was gonna be super important for them all.

"Maybe we can use the weapons that were forged to create it in the first place?" Jay announced as he and Wu had retrieved the past Golden Weapons to use.

"No!" Garmadon said with anger as Jay had all of them with him.

"The Golden Weapons!" Kai said with relief while Jay threw it to them.

"Yeah, I thought these things might come in handy." Jay said proudly while he twirled his own around.

"Your the best Jay!" Allison hissed as she stood by her father's side so they can finish things.

"Alright, no time to question how you got these, we have to destroy the Mega Weapon once and for all! Fire!!" Kai screamed as he shot Fire directly to the Mega weapon to match it's power.

"Lightning/ Earth!" Jay and Cole screamed while they used they're weapons as well.

"Ice!!" Spike and Zane screamed while they shot Ice into the Mega Weapon too.

"No, what are you doing?!" Garmadon asked with fear as the thing was being overwhelmed.

"Ninja.. go!!" Wu and Allison screamed as the Mega Weapon began floating in the air, they're weapons kept flowing the energy into it which finally overwhelmed it, Spike's own Golden Weapon, along with the others began floating to it, and they're light shined brightly as all the weapons fused into the the thing at once, and it soon shot out into the sky and into space before exploding in a beautiful way, and that finally got rid of all the weapons for good.

"Does this mean.. you won't have your weapon anymore dad?" Allison asked with awe as Spike was without it now.

"I'll find a way to use my powers without it.." Spike prayed as he tried forming fire in his hands again, but as this happened, everything began to disappear as a result of everything being changed.

"Nya! What's happening?!" Past Kai asked with terror as he tried saving her, but he and Nya were both vanishing along with the others, the entire temple began to collapse, and a clock appeared on the screen again before we finally cut back to the present time again, just a few moments before they began training with Lloyd.

"Did we just.. return to the future?" Jay asked with a confused look while everything looked normal again.

"I.. think we did.. ugh.. I hate time travel.." Spike said with a dizzy look as he had just a normal trident in his hands now.

"At least we're finally back home.." Allison said with relief to see they're back.

"Weren't we just training Lloyd here?" Cole asked as they noticed Lloyd wasn't around right now.

"The future was altered, and there is no Green Ninja." Zane said with an upset look, and everyone looked down with guilt just until they heard Lloyd finally making his way into the room.

"Sorry I'm late guys, are we ready to get training?" Lloyd greeted which relieved all of them.

"Lloyd, your alright!" Spike said with joy while they all came up to hug him.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Lloyd asked with a confused look.

"So when we went back in time and destroyed Garmadon's Mega Weapon, that didn't change anything?" Jay asked which concerned Lloyd a bit.

"My father has a Mega Weapon?" Lloyd asked with worry while Kai grabbed a watermelon.

"Wait a minute, you've never heard of it?" Kai questioned while he threw it into the air, and he used his sword to slice the thin into 6 slices for all of them.

"I think I would've remembered that, why, what is it? Should I be concerned?" Lloyd asked with worry which only made them laugh in response.

"Hey what are you laughing at? What's so funny guys?" Lloyd asked as he tossed his watermelon up in the air and sliced the thing up so it can resemble a dragon.

"Nicely done Lloyd!" Allison complimented while she high fived him.

"It's best you don't know about it now Lloyd, now why don't we get to training guys?" Spike asked as he looked at his normal weapon, despite his Golden Weapon being gone now, it was for the better, and there will be other ways for him to unlock his true power in the future.

"I agree with that, let's just prepare for the future guys." Kai concluded which made the others laugh again which confused Lloyd a bit.

"I don't get it.." Lloyd said with a confused look as the camera pins out of the window, Wu is seen on the rooftop of the Bounty looking over the night sky, and he was specifically looking at a large star that formed far away because of they're combines weapons, and he smiled with joy as he saw the thing flash over the night sky, even if Spike doesn't have his Golden Weapon now, Spike was just glad to be with the others again back in the present, and didn't mind it was gone, and now that this is all fixed, he just has to keep focus on training with Lloyd and Allison for the future..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I know this episode was pretty confusing to some, but that's mainly because time travel stories are pretty confusing in many ways, while I know it feels like I skipped over Allison learning how to be a fighter, I'll make sure that's explained more in the story so we see her learning how to use Spinjitzu, I'm still trying to figure out how to blend her into the story now that she's older, so I hope you don't mind this.

I thought it would be best to have Spike's weapon vanish with the others since there wouldn't be much to change if Spike kept holding onto it, I think Spike would prefer it anyway so he could learn to control the power on his own without it helping him, even if this episode did open some plot holes a bit, I still think it was fun seeing them go to the past and go through the pilots.

I'll try and space out more stuff to help Spike and Allison grow as father and daughter in the future, it's just with how fast things moved along here, I hardly have time to have them unlike the first season, so I hope you can understand that, but feel free to give me some advise on what I could do to help space things out more so it doesn't feel like Spike and Allison are just there. I just hope you liked this, and look forward to more guys!

20: The Stone Army

We open to a shot of the City of Ouroboros the day after it was rebuilt, some Serpentine warriors are fighting in the Slither pit just until a helicopter starts flying down to it, the Serpentine quickly get out of the way for it to land down, and one Serpentine quickly gets a seat and an umbrella out for Garmadon with a look of fear.

Garmadon walked out of the vehicle and to his seat and took a drink, and groaned a bit seeing how bright things are.
"It's so bright, I never understood how your kind could live in such heat." Garmadon said with disgust as the other generals slithered up to him.

"Lord Garmadon, what brings you to our humble dwelling?" Skalidor asked which made Garmadon start to explain his next plan he's come up with.

"The ninja may have destroyed my Mega Weapon, but I have an ingenious new plan!" Garmadon said sinisterly while Scales was questioning his leadership.

"Are we still allowing him to be in charge of us?" Scales asked Skalidor as he doesn't pose a threat to them in his opinion.

"Earlier, when Pirates mutinied our ship and locked us in the brig. Captain Soto's journal mentioned they've been looking for a fabled dark island, created by evil itself. Once we find it, it's concentrated dark powers will help me.. I mean.. us! We could Rule Ninjago together!" Garmadon announced which Scaled didn't believe.

"Oh please, we're chasing after fairy tails now?" Scales asked mockingly which made Garmadon upset.

"Not fairy tales, but at a real place that existed long before any of us were around! A place of untold power!" Garmadon explained which fascinated the generals.

"Untold power? Count me in!" Skalidor said with a smirk while Garmadon kept going on about this.

"A place dripping with evil!" Garmadon went on while the other generals were thinking over this.

"Evil sounds nice..." Skalidor hissed while Garmadon turned to the other generals.

"I'm looking for a few brave snakes, who will join me?" Garmadon asked which made the other generals raise they're staffs to show that they're in this which Scales didn't agree with. Garmadon and the generals soon went into the helicopter again and it took off to find the island in order to fulfill they're plan.

Back with Spike, Allison and the rest of the ninja, they were all trying to sleep after the wild adventure they had through time, while Spike will miss his Golden Weapon, it was for the best, and he's gonna try to unlock his own powers by himself now with the help of everyone else.

But everyone was soon woken up by a really loud alarm which annoyed everyone hearing it.
"Agh, make it stop!" Allison screamed while she tried putting her pillow over her face.

"Lloyd, can you get that?!" Spike shouted with frustration while he fell out of his bed. Lloyd didn't need to be told twice, and he used his power to quickly destroy the clock so they couldn't have to listen to it anymore.

"Oh thank Celestia.. we can think again.." Spike said with relief while the others groaned with annoyance from being woken up.

"Is it Wednesday already?" Lloyd asked tiredly while Allison was trying to wake up too.

"Sunrise exercises, I hate Sunrise exercise.." Jay said with an annoyed look while Wu was coming into the room.

"Good morning, morning, morning! Up up!" Wu announced with a happy look while Spike shook his head a bit.

"It's a new day students, before we begin our sunrise exercise, I've notice the dragon made another mess outside, it looks like a, two person job." Wu instructed while he opened the curtains and left them alone.

"Nope, Allison and I need to get done with more training!" Spike quickly announced while he dragged Allison out of the room with her.

"Me and my dad have a lot we have to do, sorry guys!" Allison shouted while the others were trying to bail out to leave it to Lloyd.

"Lloyd, haha I'm sure you've got this." Jay suggested while he looked annoyed.

"Ugh you guys may have dumped chores on me when I was little, but I'm grown up now, so are Spike and Allison, that's not fair!" Lloyd argued as he stopped them from leaving the room.

"Don't think your the only one who's still getting used to being old Lloyd, must I remind you that Allison literally got aged up from a baby to a teenager in a single night, while I'm technically the oldest of the group now?" Spike reminded while Allison looked at herself.

"I still can't believe that my dad and I are older like this now.." Allison said sadly as she missed being a small baby Spike could take care of.

"Don't worry Spike, we'll settle this like men.. with an old round of Rock, Paper, Clamp!" Kai announced playfully while he and the others raised they're fists.

"Eh, sounds good to me." Spike replied with a smile while he, Allison and Lloyd put they're hands together with the others.

"Okay, one three, 1, 2, 3!" Kai shouted as all of them drew they're hands, and everyone beat Lloyd with paper while he drew rock.

"Haha! Paper beats rock!" Jay shouted with victory while Lloyd groaned in annoyance.

"How does paper beat rock?" Lloyd asked with an annoyed look as we cut to him taking care of some dirty stuff thanks to Ultra Dragon.

"I always get stuck with the dirty work, at least Spike helps me from time to time." Lloyd said with disgust while the others stayed far away from him.

"I'm willing to help out whenever I can, but for this, no thank you." Spike said as he had his arms crossed.

"Hey, having a pet dragon requires a lot of responsibility guys. " Cole advised while he looked at they're pet dragon.

"Didn't your mom ever teach you how to take care of a pet?" Jay asked with worry which made Lloyd look down sadly.

"I don't remember my mother, she abandoned me when I was really young." Lloyd said sadly which was concerning to them.

"She just left? Who took care of you then?" Kai asked while he and Spike went up to him.

"I spent my whole life at Darkly's Boarding School." Lloyd answered while Spike patted his back.

"It's okay Lloyd, I know how it is, I was raised by Twilight my whole life before I came here, I never got answers as to who my own parents are, but I've learned to be grateful with what I have now. I've got Allison and you guys with me, what more do I need then that?" Spike asked which made them concerned for him too.

"Don't worry Spike, I'm sure someday we'll find out who your family is too. I'm glad someone understands me at least." Lloyd said gratefully just until the alarm went off which got they're attention.

"Hey, I have a mission for you guys! It's the Museum of History, something really strange has happened!" Nya announced with a worried look while she ran down to them.

"What is it Nya?" Allison asked with worry while Nya tried moving things along.

"Your gonna have to see it to believe it!" Nya replied which made everyone quickly take off.

"Here Nya, hold this!" Lloyd advised while he handed her the dirty bag and glasses before running off.

"What am I supposed to do with these?" Nya asked with a confused look until she heard Ultra Dragon next to her, and that's when she realized what this was.

"Oh.. gross..." Nya said with disgust while she looked away from the bag.

Spike and everyone else quickly made it to the Museum to see what's going on, it sounded really worrying and the all had to hurry up to see what's wrong. Everyone soon made it to the museum where the owner was already waiting outside to meet them all.
"Oh thank heavens your here!" He said with relief as Wu and everyone else was finally here.

"We heard there was an emergency?" Wu asked with concern while he started leading them through the halls.

"Yes, yes come quickly! The Stone Warrior exhibit opens to the public tonight, and this couldn't have come at a worse time!" He said with a worried look.

"What happened exactly sir?" Allison hissed while she slithered near Spike.

"Ninjago appreciates your help in destroying the Great Devourer sometime back, but it appears it's toxic venom has seeped into the City's sewer system, creating the most, unusual after affect." He explained while everyone groaned in disgust from seeing some of the venom in front of them.

"Oh that stinks!" Cole said with disgust while he quickly went past them.

"I'm not bothered by it honestly, being a snake has it's benefits I guess." Allison said with a shrug while they were brought into a merch shop, and to everyone's shock, they saw that almost all of the merchandise was brought back to life!

"What the heck?!" Spike asked with shock as all of them were destroying the entire room.

"It appears that the venom somehow brought our merchandise to life! They're so unruly! I just didn't know who else to call!" The owner said with worry while everyone went into the room to deal with this.

"We've got this covered, I think we can handle a few toys!" Jay said proudly while Spike drew a normal trident he got to replace his Golden Weapon.

"And please, could you contain the fighting in the to the gift shop? The doors to the new exhibit will be opening soon, thank you." The owner said gratefully before he closed the door to let them deal with this.

"Alright, who's first?!" Allison hissed while she used her spear to shatter multiple toys at once to destroy them, Spike twirled his trident around and slammed it down with his Earth powers to shatter more of them at once.

"At least I can still use my powers!" Spike said with relief while he charged up some lightning in his hand before he shot them around the room to deal with more of them, while he can use his powers still, it's far weaker then what he used to have, but he'll find a way to get stronger without his Golden Weapon soon hopefully.

"Alright guys, let's wrap this up, Ninja go!!" Kai screamed as he and the other ninja used Spinjitzu to take care of things.

"Guys wait, your destroying the entire room!" Allison warned as the place was being trashed from they're moves, but it was too late before they came out of Spinjitzu and soon saw the after affects.

"Uh.. oops.." Zane said nervously while Spike slapped his face. But Wu had taken notice of one more of the freaky toys was still alive, and he quickly ran after it as it ran through the halls.

"Come here you little..!" Wu shouted with annoyance before he finally slammed his foot down on the thing to destroy it for good.

Wu sighed with relief as this was over finally, but before he was about to leave, a door opened from behind him, and a familiar woman he knew came into his sights, and he instantly recognized who it was.

"Misako?" Wu asked with shock while she turned to him with a small smile.

"Wu, it's been a long time." Misako replied while Spike and the others were catching up with Wu finally.

"Do you know her Wu?" Spike asked curiously while everyone looked at her.

"Yeah, you gonna introduce us or something Wu?" Jay asked curiously while Wu cleared his throat to drop this bombshell on them.

"Uh yes.. this is.. Misako.. Lloyd's.. mother." Wu revealed which made everyone gasp with shock.

"Wow, talk about an out of nowhere reveal." Allison said with surprise while Lloyd was in shock seeing this.

"M.. My.. mother?" Lloyd asked with a shocked look while Misako gasped with surprise seeing him all grown up, and with the Green Ninja suit no less.

"Lloyd? My little boy.. your so much bigger then I remember.." Misako said as Lloyd was trying to process how to handle this.

"Yeah well.. it's been a long time!" Lloyd said with a spiteful look as he was upset with her leaving him alone for so long.

"I didn't want us to meet like this, I have a reason I've been away.." Misako replied while Lloyd needed to leave.

"Well I don't wanna hear it!" Lloyd said with anger as he was leaving them alone.

"Lloyd wait, please!" Misako begged before a door slam was heard which left them all alone, and Spike rubbed his neck nervously and tried figuring out what to do.

"This day just got a lot more complicated..." Spike said with a nervous look on what they need to do now.

However, far off with Garmadon and the generals, they were searching far off into the sea to find the Dark Island, but Garmadon hasn't found anything when they've been searching all afternoon.
"The endless sea, I don't get it!" Garmadon said with shock while Scales was wanting to go home now.

"It's because there is no land outside of Ninjago, we've been searching all day." Scales reminded while he slithered up behind them.

"The island must be out there! We'll do another lap!" Garmadon said while he turned to the pilot of the vehicle they're on.

"He's without his Mega Weapon, he's vulnerable." Scales whispered while he turned to the other generals.

"So how do you recommend getting rid of him?" Skalidor asked with a curious look as they were sick of Garmadon's harsh treatments of them by now.

"Turn around, we need to find the island today!" Garmadon ordered the captain who turned the helicopter around quickly.

"Yes Lord Garmadon!" He said respectfully while he went to do what he was told, and Scales saw this as his opportunity to get rid of Garmadon for good.

"Ooh, there! Is that the island?!" Scales asked sarcastically which got Garmadon's attention.

"Where?!" Garmadon asked hopefully while he looked out near the ledge to find it, but Scales finally used that as an opportunity to kick him off the helicopter, and Garmadon screamed as he went falling down into the sea which may never end with what little there is outside of Ninjago.

"It's about time we had a Serpentine back in charge, all hail Scales!" Skalidor announced while the generals bowed to him respectfully which made Scales laugh like a maniac while they flew back home, leaving Garmadon to float across the endless sea to die..

Back at the museum with Spike and the others, they were searching for where Lloyd went off to in order to talk things out with him, Spike could understand Lloyd with how he's feeling right now, as his mother had just come back into his life without any leads to where she was, and they all had a lot to talk about for sure.
"Lloyd, Lloyd?" Misako asked through the halls while they looked around for him, and Spike soon saw Lloyd through another door just ahead of him.

"There he is guys. Let's be quiet on this one." Spike advised which everyone agreed to. Lloyd was sitting near an endless pit from the looks of it, while in front of some ancient paintings that looked to predict something incredibly important.

"I'd watch your step, that sinkhole has no bottom son, that's where I found the Stone Warrior." Misako advised while Lloyd wasn't wanting to hear any of this.

"Son? You've been gone my whole life! There's nothing you can say." Lloyd said with an upset look while he didn't look at her.

"Well.. I'm going to try to anyway. You wanna know what I've been doing all this time? Long before Sensei Wu ever knew who would be the Green Ninja, I knew it would be you. I knew you would have to fight against your father with your dragon friend, Spike. I didn't want that kind of pressure put on you at such a young age, I had no choice but to drop you off at the Boarding School, it was the only place I could find that could serve as a home for you, it was so I could learn everything about the prophecy. And hoped that one day that I could prevent the final battle of good and evil." Misako explained while Spike came into the room with concern.

"Did you know that I would come to this world somehow?" Spike asked with surprise while he stood near Lloyd.

"I've seen you in scrolls that depict the prophecy, you and my son were meant to fight against Garmadon from the beginning, but I've been trying to save my son and husband from this happening, I didn't know if you were to come to this world, but from the looks of it, you've been around here for a while, haven't you?" Misako asked while she took a closer look at him.

"Uh.. yeah, I've been here with the others for months at this point, but what was so important that you had to go and leave your son behind for most of his life? What were you looking at that left Lloyd alone for so long?" Spike asked as he was upset about Misako leaving Lloyd alone for so long too.

"It's because I researched some very important history, stuff that very few people know about. Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by the First Spinjitzu Master." Misako explained while she went to the special scrolls they could see in front of them.

"Yeah yeah, we've heard this story a hundred times. " Lloyd said with a dismissive look, but Misako had to go on to explain what it was that's so important.

"But you've only heard half of it. In Ninjago, there has always been a balance between good and evil, so you now how the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago. But what if I were to tell you that in order for there to be light, there must be shadow, and within shadow, there is darkness.." Misako said as she was telling them a chilling tale of Ninjago's darker history.

"The blackest of darkness, that existed from the very beginning. An Evil Spirit, called.. the Overlord..." Misako revealed as everyone could see his spirit on the scrolls.

"Did you know about this sensei?" Zane asked with worry while he looked at Wu.

"I had hoped that if I had kept the secret.. that name would never be spoken again.." Wu said regretfully while Allison shook her head.

"And how much more is there that your keeping secret from us that you'll have to reveal to us when we least expect it?" Allison asked with an annoyed look, she had a feeling that Wu would be doing this to them VERY often in the future.

But they all soon turned back to Misako to keep listening to this story, as it was super important for them to hear.
"The balance was at stake, and their battle could have gone on for eternity. But neither side could conquer the other, until the Overlord created his indestructible warriors: The Stone Army." Misako continued as we see the fated battle the Spinjitzu Master had to face all on his own.

"The Spinjitzu Master did what he could, but he knew he would soon be defeated. So instead of losing the war, he divided Ninjago in two, and lucky for us, there has been no trace of the Overlord or his Stone Army. Until my recent discovery." Misako finished which was a lot for them to process.

"Wow.. that is.. a lot to take in.. so your really saying that the battle.. was never finished in the first place?" Spike asked with worry to hear all of this.

"And where is this Dark Island? I've never heard of it?" Cole asked with fear to hear this too.

"Disappeared I presume, but the legend states that so long as the balance between good an evil remains even, the Overlord shall remain trapped from this world. I have always feared your father's ambition will always lead to a shift in the balance, that is why you and your dragon friend must stop him." Misako answered which was very concerning for all of them.

"We've each felt the powers of the First Spinjitzu Master, passed onto us in the form of the Elemental Weapons. But now that power has been inherited by the Green Ninja and Spike, and it is why only they can defeat the ultimate evil. " Wu said while looking at Spike and Lloyd, he didn't know that Spike would have to be involved in this at all when he first arrived, but now that he's here, with what he's been through with them, it's obvious by now that he's meant to take on this fight with Lloyd in the future.

"So it's really up to me and Lloyd then, isn't it?" Spike asked with fear while he looked at his claws, he could feel some power still, but it's not as strong as before, and they needed to find a way to prepare for this fated battle.

"Leaving Lloyd alone was the hardest thing I've ever had to do, but faced with you and saving the world, I had no other choice." Misako said with regret which finally made Lloyd understand what needs to be done.

"So my dad and Lloyd will have to face Garmadon at some point to prevent the balance from shifting?" Allison asked while she slithered next to Spike.

"I see no other option as of now, while Spike coming to this world may be unexpected to us, for fate, he may have been prophesized to do this long before any of us were around." Misako answered while Spike was in shock to know this.

"So that may be why the Crystal Mirror acted up in the first place.. there must've been an outside force trying to bring me to Ninjago so I can fulfill it alongside Lloyd. You think it was the Spinjitzu Master himself?" Spike asked with worry as he still remembers the day he was sucked into it.

"It could've been, after all, he may have been the one who gave you your Golden Weapon and helped you get better control of your powers, so it's possible he had a hand in this." Wu answered which was shocking for all of them to hear.

"So.. I really did have something in store for me.. even if it meant I had to leave my home to do so.." Spike said with guilt while he's very worried for Twilight and his friends.

"It's okay dad.. we'll find a way to stop this soon.. I promise." Allison assured while she gave him another hug which did make him smile a bit.

"So, have you found a way to stop me and Spike from facing my father?" Lloyd asked with a hopeful look.

"I'm sorry, not yet. But I have reason to believe there is still hope." Misako said hopefully until a loud crash was heard from behind them, everyone gasped with fear as they saw a huge stone monster burst through the doors behind them, and it was huge!

"Whoa! Excuse me, will someone please tell me, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Jay shouted with terror as they saw the four armed monster roar at them.

"The Stone Warrior." Misako said with fear as it was just stone when she found it.

"The Devourer's venom has awakened him!" Zane concluded which was bad news for all of them.

"Oh great, Kai take care of him!" Cole advised which made Kai look scared.

"Uh me?" Kai asked with fear while the monster was speaking to them in a strange language.

"Kai don't, if that things indestructible, it'll just shatter your sword!" Spike warned while Kai was about to try and fight it off, but Spike's warning was something that stopped him from doing it.

"Wait, Spike's right, why should I be the one to do it?!" Kai asked with an annoyed look to Cole who tried answering that.

"The Overlord created his Stone Army with an indestructible material, only found on the Dark Island!" Misako shouted as all of them were backing up in fear.

"Enough with the exposition dropping already! " Allison said with annoyance while the monster was marching into the room to attack them.

"Lloyd, Spike, use your powers on it!" Wu instructed to them which made them look at the warrior with anger.

"Alright.. let's see if this works!!" Spike screamed as he was charging up all his powers into him at once, he's tried getting a better hang of this without his Golden Weapon now that it's gone, and he's gotten somewhat decent with it. Lloyd charged up his powers too, and he used his powers of Energy to destroy the monster.

"Now!!" Lloyd screamed while he and Spike shot their blasts at the monster which created a large explosion which seemed to have destroyed the creature for good which made the others cheer for them.

"Way to go daddy!" Allison cheered while everyone high fived the two of them. But they're victory was cut short as the monster emerged through the green fire and other elements, and it roared at them all with anger since it only made things worse for them.

"If.. Spike and Lloyd's powers don't work on it.. how are we gonna destroy this thing?!" Cole asked with fear while everyone was backing up.

"You can't.." Misako said with terror which only left them with one option. Kai and the rest of the ninja tried using what they had in order to push the thing back, but the Stone Warrior was far too strong to have any harm come to it, and it only threw all of them out of the hall and into the larger exhibits as a result.

"Incoming!!" Spike screamed with terror while he and the others crashed into the walls in the other room.

"This is gonna be much harder then a bunch of bottle heads fellas." Cole said weakly while Allison helped him up.

"Then it's a good thing we're in a museum.." Jay said with fear while he looked ahead into the room again.

"Why is that?" Misako asked with worry while the Stone Warrior was bursting through the walls.

"Because we're all about to become history! RUN!!!" Jay screamed with terror which made everyone quickly run through they're lives through the halls.

"I wish I could turn invisible right now! How come Pythor got to do that?!" Allison asked with annoyance while the monster was bursting down the walls to chase after them.

"He was far more experienced with being an Anacondrai Allison, don't forget you still are getting used to being older! We'll find a way to help you learn that at a later date!" Zane shouted while she slithered right next to him.

"If there will be one for us!" Allison screamed as the monster was right behind them.

"The guy's got a pair of sneakers on him, pick up the pace! Go go go!" Lloyd screamed which made all of them try to run even faster.

"This way!" Spike shouted as they ran up the stairs in order to get to higher ground, but the Stone Warrior was not slowing down, and it kept chasing after them no matter where they went.

"Oh man, he's pretty fast for a big guy!" Kai shouted as they were all running into the dinosaur exhibit again, everyone quickly ran inside and closed the doors on the warrior to buy some time, and the Stone Warrior started slashing it's four swords through it to break through.

"This thing is unstoppable!" Cole shouted with fear as the place was shaking from it's strength.

"Indestructible to be precise!" Zane corrected while Jay had one last option they could do.

"Then let's settle this like men. With Rock, Paper, Clamp! The loser has to face him, so everyone else can escape!" Jay declared which everyone reluctantly agreed with. Lloyd was about to go in to join this, but Jay had quickly pulled him out of it.

"Not you Chosen One, you and Spike are too important for this." Jay advised while everyone got ready to do this.

"On three. One.. two.." Kai counted down just until Lloyd finally realized what he needs to do.

"Wait a minute, that's it!" Lloyd said with surprise as he remembered what he was told earlier.

"What's it?" Wu asked with a confused look.

"If you guys can stall him, I think I know how to stop him. I'm gonna need Spike's help for this." Lloyd announced which made the others look at eachother with worry.

"I'd.. say we give the kid a shot." Cole answered which made Jay role his eyes.

"Your just saying that because your too afraid to face him!" Jay mocked which made Cole come up with a comeback.

"Do you wanna face him?" Cole asked as the monster was bursting through which made Jay go back on that statement.

"I say we give the kid a shot." Jay replied while Lloyd noticed a nearby vent they can use.

"Alright, Spike let's go!" Lloyd shouted as he was running ahead to it which made Spike follow behind.

"Right behind you, and if any of you are responsible for Allison getting hurt, I will make you regret it!" Spike warned which made the ninja gulp with fear hearing that.

"Don't mess with my dad." Allison said with a smirk while Lloyd opened up the vent so they can get out of here.

"Be careful you two, and good luck." Misako encouraged while Spike crawled into it with Lloyd.

"Thanks mom, be safe." Lloyd replied as he and Spike went to do what Lloyd was planning out.

"I can't believe he's Lord Garmadon's son... and Spike's gonna have to face Garmadon alongside him soon.." Misako said with worry which made Wu try to calm her down.

"Don't forget, Lloyd's your son too. Spike's handled being with us for some time now, I'm sure he'll be able to push through this too." Wu advised which gave her some hope that this could be true.

"They've had a good teacher." Misako said as she looked to him with a smile once again.

"You mean, teachers, and a daughter." Wu corrected while he looked at Allison and the other Ninja.

However, after Garmadon was thrown out into the sea, he washed up on a island far off from Ninjago, while some would think he was dead, he somehow survived as his body was twitching from waking up. Garmadon groaned with pain after he finally woke up from being tossed into the sea by Scales, and he soon looked around the island he was on to find out where he is.

But as he was trying to find out where he is, he started to hear a strange.. incredibly sinister voice from the shadows who was watching over him from the trees.
"Ah... I've been waiting for you..." The voice greeted sinisterly while Garmadon was trying to process where he is.

"Who are you, where are you?! What is this place? Where am I? This isn't Ninjago!" Garmadon asked all at once while he looked over the deserted island he was on.

"This is the place.. you were always meant to find.. Destiny brought you here.." The voice answered with a sinister tone which finally made Garmadon realize where he was.

"This.. this is the Dark Island! The one mentioned in Captain Soto's log! But.. who are you?" Garmadon asked as he's someone he hasn't heard of before.

"I have gone by many names.. but you can call me.. Overlord..." Overlord answered which was very bad news for Ninjago if he's still around.

"I.. I order you to give me the power to defeat the Ninja, and a pesky dragon that came here from another world! Give me the power to turn Ninjago, into my own image!" Garmadon ordered the Overlord who only laughed mockingly hearing that from him.

"Why do you laugh at me?!" Garmadon asked with an annoyed look.

"Soon.. you will have everything you desire.. but first.. there is something you must do for me..." Overlord said as he finally revealed himself as a strange floating orb of sorts with dark power coming from all around him.

"And what would that be? " Garmadon asked with a confused look.

We cut back to the museum where the others were trying to figure out what to do. Spike and Lloyd made they're way to the exhibit where Misako explained Ninjago's history, and they were starting to do they're plan in order to stop this monster to save the others.
"You sure this will work Lloyd? How do we know this pit really is bottomless?" Spike asked as he pulled out a long plate of white paper before he spread it out to the floor.

"It's gotta work, if the Stone Warrior doesn't realize that this is just paper, he'll fall into the pit and won't come back out. It's where he was found in the first place after all." Lloyd answered as he was using some paint to make it look like the floors around them.

Spike could see Lloyd was still thinking over all they've learned today, and it was definitely a lot they need to take in right now.
"Lloyd, I gotta ask, how do you feel about what we've learned here? About us having to face Garmadon? As much as we've tried, we've only begun getting closer to the battle as a result, with us and Allison being turned older, to learning about the Overlord and the Dark Island. It's a lot, but.. how do you feel about it?" Spike asked with concern which made Lloyd think over it.

"It's a lot honestly, I never thought you and I would have to do something like this, especially with me being the Green Ninja, but if you came to this world because it was prophesized, then there can be hope that we'll be able to stop my father right?" Lloyd asked hopefully as he finished up with the painting quickly.

" I guess so, but it makes me wonder just what I'll become if I unlock my true potential like the others, I can use they're powers sure, but I feel like there's something more out there for me that will make me stand out. But.. I'm just worried about what it will mean. All of this has happened to us so suddenly, and now we learn that there's a fated battle we can't avoid, you may be able to handle it, but for me, I.. just don't know how to handle it.." Spike said as he was helping Lloyd put the cover over the pit quickly.

"Who say's I'm handling it without trouble? You and I are both in this together Spike, you, me and Allison being aged up is huge for both of us, we're practically needing to keep everyone in Ninjago safe at this point, if we lose, all of Ninjago may be gone forever, and if we don't stop my father, he could go to your world at another point soon too.." Lloyd said with fear which Spike was dreading.

" It really is up to us to stop Garmadon is it? Even if Misako tries to find a way around this, we'll have to do it soon, won't we?" Spike asked with worry while they looked at the ancient drawings in front of them.

"It is, I know it's a lot for us, but we have the others by our side. My father may be trying to avoid this fight too, but we all know it'll have to come one day, as much as we don't want it too. But it's for the fate of Ninjago, and once the battle is over, who knows what'll come next. Just know we aren't alone in this Spike, we have our friends here for us." Lloyd reminded once more as they could hear loud roars from just outside of the exhibit.

"I hope your right on this Lloyd, I'm glad to have you as a friend." Spike said proudly as they saw Misako trying to run from the Stone Warrior.

"Over here!" Lloyd announced as he and Spike were finally finished up with the trap.

"Lloyd, Spike!" Misako said with relief while she ran to them while the monster was charging into the room to finish things off.

"Hey loser! Paper beats rock!" Lloyd shouted to the monster while Spike got in a defensive stance. The Stone Warrior charged at them in order to finish them, but as it sliced it's swords at them, Lloyd grabbed Misako and jumped out of harms way while Spike did a high jump and flipped over the monster with skill, Spike landed ahead of the thing as it stumbled right into they're trap.

And before the monster could try and fight back, the paper beneath him collapsed due to his weigh, and the Stone Warrior screamed as he went falling into the bottomless pit for good.
"Of course.. the bottomless pit.." Misako said with surprise while they looked down at the pit.

"How that thing will get out of there is beyond me, I just hope it doesn't." Spike prayed while he high fived Lloyd. Allison and everyone else finally caught up with everyone else, and Spike went up to hug Allison with joy while Lloyd finally settled things with his mother.

"I'm so proud of you. I feel like the balance has brought us together." Misako said proudly while Lloyd took off his mask and smiled with joy hearing that.

"You did great dad, I'm so glad to have you as my father.." Allison said proudly while they turned to the two of them.

"And I'm glad to have you as my daughter." Spike said proudly while Wu went up to Misako.

"Stay with us, help us fight the good fight." Wu offered which Misako was glad to accept.

"If that's okay with my son." Misako said while she turned back to him.

"Hey, the more the merrier." Lloyd said with a smile which made her hug him closely again, and Spike just smiled proudly seeing his friend finally find his mother again, he just hoped that one day, he'll know the truth of his parents too..

However, far away on the island Garmadon ended up on, he was being led by the Overlord to a special place to show him what he needs.
"How much further?" Garmadon asked while he was pushing through the trees and bushes.

"Until I say so.. you do want to turn all of Ninjago into your own image, don't you?" Overlord asked as he could see him from above.

"Of course, it's all I've ever wanted!" Garmadon shouted as he finally came into a large opening where a strange pillar was there waiting to be unlocked.

"Four hands... is that a coincidence?" Garmadon asked while he looked at his own four hands.

"I told you, it is Destiny... " Overlord answered while he moved all over the island in the shadows.

"Whatever." Garmadon said with an annoyed look before he finally turned around, he put his four arms on the switches and turned them around to finally unlock the secrets of this island.

This started to make the ground shake over the entire island, dark clouds and sharp stone mountains began to emerge from below the sea while lava could be seen coming from them. The island soon grew from a small place far off from Ninjago, into the second half of the land that the Overlord had taken over so long ago. The small island Garmadon was on, turned out to be a much smaller piece to the enormous Dark Island that was only spoken of in legend, everything about this place showed the dark corruption it has. Barely anything about it resembled Ninjago, and soon enough, the Dark Island had finally fully awakened, being able to be seen from far above as a parallel to Ninjago.

Garmadon looked around the Dark Island with awe, it was everything he had hoped it would be, and the Overlord came behind him again to let him know of the fated battle.
"The ultimate battle, between good and evil.. has been foretold.. and with your help.. we.. will rule this world!" Overlord shouted with malice. This made Garmadon laugh with evilly, he had never felt so much joy in his life from finally uncovering this island. Garmadon laughed like a maniac as he looked to the sky, the fated battle was approaching closer, and how it ends remains to be told soon..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! This is where season 2 of Ninjago really picks up now, Spike, Lloyd, Allison and the rest of the ninja will have a lot they need to deal with in these next chapters, I have a lot that needs to be done still, but this second half of season 2 is something I'm looking forward to, I just hope you liked what this has and let me know what you think of it please.

Also I have quick request for you guys, I was hoping if someone would help find a cover art I can use for this story, while there isn't much out there I can find for Spike and Ninjago. I would just like someone to find any artwork that has Spike as a Ninja and can use elemental powers to help fit the story. If you do find something and want to show me it, please send me it in a PM please, and if I think it can be used, I'll give you a shoutout in the next chapter! I just hope you all liked this, and have a good day guys!

21: The Day Ninjago Stood Still

Another day had passed within Ninjago City once again, everyone's been getting used to having Misako with them now to help not only find a way to stop Garmadon for good, but also to make up lost time she's had as Lloyd's mother. Spike felt really glad to see Lloyd had his mother back, while he wishes he knew his own parents still, this is still a really great thing for Lloyd, and something he needs with all that's going on.

Spike's been trying to control his powers without his Golden Weapon, he's gotten better at it by now, he can use Lloyd's Earthquake powers by now too, but he still has to find out how to fully channel them, and hopefully with the potential he and Lloyd have, they'll manage to unlock them fully soon.

Everyone was in Darreth's dojo once again to get some more training done, Spike and Lloyd had blindfolds on in order to increase they're instincts, not with they're eyes, but they're ears instead.
"Don't rely on your eyes, rely on your ears you two." Cole instructed as he, Allison and the other ninja were surrounding them with weapons drawn.

"Bring it on guys.." Spike said with a smirk as he prepared to fight them off while Darreth had walked into the room.

"Um, guys, I'm teaching a class later, so I'd appreciate a clean dojo.." Darreth couldn't finish his request before the ninja all slashed at Spike and Lloyd, and the two flipped over they're attack to counter them, Spike whipped his tail towards Allison's spear and gripped it tightly before he used his strength to throw her down while Lloyd grabbed Cole's scythe, and used it as a pole to spin around so he could kick everyone else down a notch.

Spike did a backflip again and blocked an attack coming from Allison who was too aggressive with her movements.
"Your attacks are too aggressive, predictable, even with a blindfold on, I can tell it from what I've seen. You need to keep a control of your style Allison." Spike advised before he threw her to the wall again which made her groan with pain a bit.

"I can see that now.." Allison said weakly while she tried getting back up. Lloyd had flipped over the ninja's weapons once more before he kicked Lloyd into Darreth's trophies which toppled all over.

"Ah! No no no!" Darreth said with fear while he moved around the fight Spike and Lloyd was in, and when Spike delivered a hard kick to Jay's chest, it sent him flying outside the window which Darreth opened so he couldn't break anything else.

Spike and Lloyd could feel they're powers swelling up inside of them, Lloyd's hands lit up with green fire while Spike's body was sparking up with lightning, Darreth screamed with fear and tried putting out the fire in the floor while Spike's lightning was messing up the electricity around the building.
"Your gonna have to do better then this guys!" Spike screamed as he shot a lightning blast to Cole who was hit by it and thrown through the door which made him groan as a result.

"Hey, open the window, let me in!" Jay shouted from outside as the camera pins up to the roof of the dojo where the Bounty is.

Wu was currently looking out the window and thinking to himself about all that's happened, he had taken off his hat and pulled out a very old photo that showed a younger Wu, Misako, and Garmadon before he turned evil. His skin was pale, and his eyes were glowing red because of the venom in him, but as Wu was looking at it, Misako had come into the room and saw the photo he had.
"I've forgotten how pale Garmadon was before his change to evil was complete." Misako greeted which really startled Wu as a result, and he quickly put the photo back in his hat for safekeeping before turning to her.

"Misako, once again you slip through my defenses.." Wu replied with an embarrassed look.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry. I brought my research on the prophecy of the Green Ninja. I thought maybe we could go over it together." Misako explained as she handed him her bag, Wu opened it up and it had dumped out a ton of scrolls that told of this prophecy.

"My.. there is so much, it will take days. " Wu said with surprise as he picked one up and walked a bit away from Misako who had regrets for what she's done.

"I should have chosen you." Misako said with guilt which made Wu sigh in response.

"The past is the past." Wu reminded which she's always heard before.

"Yes, but there's always the future." Misako said with a soft smile while she held his hand for a moment which made them smile at eachother for a moment.

But they're moment together was cut short as the ground suddenly shook violently, and Wu had worries about what this could mean.
"The ground moves, I fear our natural causes.." Wu said with fear as he went back to the dojo to look over what's happening.

Spike and the rest of the group was looking at the Tv after they had gotten a breaking news report, and this was extremely worrying for all of them.
"There you are! You need to look at this now!" Allison hissed with worry as they took a closer look at Gayle's report.

"NGTV reporter Gayle Gossip on the scene, of what appears to be an Earthquake rocking Ninjago! But it's an earthquake like no other, as scientists have yet to pinpoint the cause. And more frightening still, the aftershocks are getting stronger!" Gayle reported which freaked out the people of the city even more.

The ground was shaking even more from the dojo which made Spike almost lose his balance.
"This isn't natural guys, something must be causing it!" Spike said with a serious look while he put his mask on again.

"What do you think is the cause of it?" Cole asked with a worried look.

"Wouldn't be surprised if it was Garmadon. We haven't seen him in a while." Kai said with an upset look at the thought of him.

"It's most likely, he isn't called the Lord of Evil for a reason." Allison hissed with an annoyed look.

"He would never. Lloyd's father is evil, but he would never do anything that put's his son in harms way." Misako denied which turned that theory down.

"Misako's right. He only tried to thwart his training, this is something else." Wu said with a serious look as they could hear sirens going off outside which was making things worse.

"But what is it?" Jay asked once more, Zane decided to make a whistle to his falcon so it could try and see what's the cause of all of it.

"My friend, be my eyes and look for danger in the streets from above." Zane told his falcon before he sent it out into the sky's in order to find the source of it.

"Something tells me that what's causing it.. lies just below us.. I can.. feel it somehow.." Allison hissed with concern as the camera pins down to the ground below.

Deep down below the surface of Ninjago city, Scales and the Serpentine were burrowing beneath it to cause the quakes. After Scales had become the leader of the Serpentine, he decided to take revenge against the people by burying Ninjago city below ground like they once were, and things were going smoothly so far without much trouble.
"Drill baby drill!" Scales encouraged his Constrictai who were digging through the walls which made some of the Devourer's venom splash on the ground.

"Ugh, disgusting! This infernal Devourer's venom has seeped everywhere!" Scales said with an annoyed look until something suddenly stopped them from moving forward.

"Why are we stopping?" Scales asked with an annoyed look.

"My lord, we've hit something, we can't dig through!" One of the Serpentine answered while pointing ahead of them.

"Nonsense, there is no such thing!" Scales denied as he moved forward, but to his shock, they had stumbled across a very ancient looking door what looked to be thousands of years old.

"It's ancient.. perhaps it's older then the Serpentine themselves.." Fangtom suggested with a fascinated look as they saw a familiar Serpentine on the center of the drawing.

Far away on the Dark Island, Garmadon was being tested by the Overlord in order to prove he's worthy of such power. Garmadon was trying to climb a really tall mountain that had emerged along with the rest of the island, and he was really annoyed with how far he's had to climb.
"This is madness! You test me? Lord Garmadon? Ninjago's rightful ruler?!" Garmadon asked with anger as the Overlord floated around him.

"Patience Garmadon. All will make sense in time, for now, follow my instructions." Overlord advised which annoyed him.

"To what end? What is so important at the top of this mountain?" Garmadon asked with frustration with what's happening now.

"The key to the greatest army ever seen... and the means.. to the greatest weapon ever known." Overlord answered with his sinister voice.

"What good will these things do for me, marooned on this uninhabited island? How will I return to Ninjago?" Garmadon asked once again while he saw the Overlord fly around him.

"My master plan has been in the works.. since the beginning of time.. Every piece, moves in perfect harmony, like the gears of a clock, slowly shifting the balance of power back to darkness. Every piece, that is.. but you.." Overlord explained with a mocking tone which angered him hearing it.

"Alright then..." Garmadon said with frustration as he prepared to make a large jump. Garmadon screamed as he jumped off the large pillar he was on before he finally caught the other side thanks to his four arms, he was struggling to make his way to the top, he just hoped that whatever lies at the top, it's worth all the trouble that he's going through right now.

Back in Ninjago, the earthquakes were getting far worse with the damage the Serpentine has done from below, people were running around and screaming with terror as rocks were falling across the streets, and the ground was collapsing from below the people.
"This is insane guys! What's the cause of this?!" Spike asked with fear as he and everyone else was trying to save whoever they could find.

"I don't know, but we gotta focus on one thing, saving whoever we can find!" Allison shouted as she slithered besides him.

"Help, help me!" A woman in the distance screamed while the street she was on was collapsing.

"Ninja to the rescue! Allison, now!" Lloyd screamed as she slithered ahead of them and she and Spike jumped in the air, Spike landed down on the edge of the collapsing street and grabbed Allison's hand as she lowered down to the woman, Lloyd and the others helped with this by holding onto Spike so they could lower her even more, she soon reached the woman wrapped her tail around her and got a strong grip on it, and she used her strength to get her out of this.

"Just.. a.. little.. more!" Allison screamed as she finally tossed the woman over the ledge, and Cole caught her in his arms to prevent any harm.

"Thank you!" The woman said gratefully as Cole put her down, and the woman's pup jumped in her shoulder's.

"Great job Allison, are you feeling okay?" Lloyd asked with concern while she was taking a few breaths.

"I'm.. fine, still getting used to this whole, being older thing." Allison replied with a tired look while Spike patted her back.

"Hey we can understand that, but you did really great Allison, I'm proud of you." Spike complimented which made her really thankful.

"Thanks daddy.." Allison said gratefully while all of them grouped up together.

"These things keep coming with no warning!" Kai said with fear just as Wu and Misako came up to them with another scroll with them.

"That's it, a warning! The scrolls said the Earthquakes would be a warning, for something far worse to come. " Misako explained while she put it down which only made things more concerning.

"Far worse? What could be far worse?" Jay asked with fear, that made Cole remember something important that had happened at the museum, and it made him question something important.

"Misako, that Stone Warrior we fought yesterday, where did you find him?" Cole asked with concern which she easily answered.

"He was buried under the city." Misako answered which made Jay gasp with fear with realizing something.

"You don't think there's more do you?!" Jay asked with fear which made Spike gulp as a result.

"That one warrior was already tough to fight, how would we be able to stop an army of them?!" Spike asked with fear while he looked around the collapsing city.

"We must be on our guard, but for now, we need to help the people! Let's go ninja!" Lloyd advised as they all were heading out to save more people.

Back with Scales and the Serpentine, they were still having questions on this ancient door they had just found. And Scales was getting frustrated with how they aren't getting through.
"I will not accept defeat! This wall must be destroyed if we are to bring down Ninjago City! Bring forth every Serpentine we have and.... What's.. this?" Scales hissed as he noticed a portrait on the wall that looked like him.

"It looks like you Scales.." Skalidor suggested which was hard to believe.

"That's impossible!" Scales denied while he pushed aside one of his soldiers, and he brushed away the very old dust on it, but he soon noticed a strange switch at the center of the door. Out of curiosity, he pushed the thing and it triggered the wall in front of them. It somehow rose upwards and opened a path to a very ancient tunnel hidden deep under the city..

"Spooky.." Scales said with shock as they all went inside of it, he pulled a nearby lever which turned on some very ancient lights which kept on going through the whole hall, and as it went down further and further, there was an entire army's worth of Stone Warrior's, frozen in place..

The Serpentine went closer to inspect them to see what they are, and they couldn't find anything to help with this.
"What are these things?" Acidius asked as they were inspecting it, but the Devourer's venom had finally started leaking through the ceiling above, and it began falling all over the tomb, and onto the warriors that were still frozen, but it started to finally free them after thousands of years..

"What?! It's a trap! Attack!!" Scales screamed as the army of Stone Warriors charged at them, the Serpentine were trying they're best to fight them off with all they're might, but the warriors were too dense to even lay a hit on them, and they were only being pushed back as a result.

"These warriors are indestructible!" A Fangpyre said with fear while his weapon was shattered upon contact with they're bodies.

"Our powers have no affect on them either! Do we retreat?!" Acidius asked with fear while Scales was trying to fight off what looked to be the general.

"No retreat! We're Serpentine! We fight!" Scales screamed as he whipped his tail around the warriors which knocked them off they're feat for a moment, but the numbers were far too great for any of the Serpentine, and they were soon pushed back while they were starting to march out of the tomb and were leaving the Serpentine behind.

"No! We'll be trapped underground again!" Scales said with horror as the entrance was starting to seal up once more which horrified all of them.

"No, this can't be true! No! NO!!!!" Scales screamed with terror as they were all sealed within the tomb for good, leaving the Stone Warrior's free to run rampant across Ninjago..

Back with Spike and the ninja, they were still trying to keep they're guard up for anything that may happen here, but Allison's head had started to hurt all of a sudden, and she groaned a bit while she clutched it.
"Allison, are you alright?" Spike asked with worry while she winced in pain as if she was hearing someone screaming.

"I.. don't know, I just got a strange feeling.. a.. really bad one.." Allison said with fear and concern over how she was able to sense this, and Zane picked up something that may be the reason why.

"I think Allison has a reason why, I've detected another Stone Warrior in the streets!" Zane reported with worry just as large hands started bursting out of the ground which made everyone scream with shock.

"Oh are you kidding me?!" Spike screamed with frustration once again as they saw more warriors emerge through the streets.

"We are under attack!" Wu shouted as the Stone Warriors were running rampant across the city.

"As this army of stone statues sweeps over the city, no one is safe! Mayhem and destruction is the only thing they want. Any attempts at communications have failed, prohibiting even the desperate option of surrender! The mayor has already called for a massive evacuation! " Gayle reported over the news which the ninja were able to over hear.

"How are we going to get the people out of the city?!" Spike screamed as he saw one warrior charging at him, and he backflipped out of a sword slash while Allison tried holding the monster back.

"i don't know! But we can't fight these guys! If we couldn't stop that larger one yesterday without pure luck, what good is fighting against these things?!" Allison hissed while she tried to punch them, but one of them grabbed her hand and twisted it very harshly, and that made a bone crack in her arm, making she scream with pain before one of them kicked her to Spike.

"Allison!" Spike screamed with worry as he caught her just as she landed in his arms. Spike took a closer look at her hand, and he saw it was broken because of the warrior which made him furious.

Spike growled with anger and turned to the stone warriors who were marching towards them.
"Leave my daughter alone!!" Spike roared as he took a deep breath, and pulled Allison away as he shot a blast at them, he knew that wouldn't do a thing to them right now, and he quickly ran off with Allison and the others to find someone else to help.

"Allison, your hand!" Cole said with concern as she was holding it with pain.

"I'll.. be fine..." Allison said weakly while Zane wrapped some straps around it to prevent anymore harm.

"That should be enough for now, just take it easy Allison!" Zane advised while she was still wincing from the pain.

"I'll try, thanks.. uncle Zane.." Allison said gratefully which made Spike chuckle hearing it, but they soon heard a woman screaming in the distance, and they saw Gayle was being attacked by another warrior.

"Zane!" Spike screamed as a warning which made Zane quickly run to her, and Zane quickly kicked the warrior down just as she was about to be attacked.

"You seem to be in need of assistance." Zane greeted as he caught her in his arms too.

"Thanks Mr Ninja." Gayle said gratefully while all the Stone Warriors were charging at them.

"Stay strong, and show no weakness!" Cole encouraged as all of them drew they're weapons for the next fight while Darreth was recording the thing with a camera, but Lloyd had finally shown up in the Ultra Sonic Radar and had run over them with Wu and Misako with him.

"We have to protect the people! Gather as many as you can and get them to our evacuation point!: Wu ordered just as the others were coming up to them.

"We've got a problem with that evacuation point guys, I can't find a safe place to land!" Nya reported as the warriors were trying to attack the Bounty while it was flying in the air.

"The NGTV office building has a helipad on the roof!" Gayle suggested which was a great idea for them.

"Good plan! We all need to get the people to the the roof, Gayle, can you get them to head there?" Spike asked as he handed her a mic so she could report this.

"Of course I can young dragon, you just get the people there please!" Gayle encouraged which was enough for them, and they started to head out to get things done.

"Citizens of Ninjago who have yet to evacuate the city, head to the NGTV building rooftop, our heroic ninja, dragon and young Serpentine will evacuate you from there! But hurry, we're running out of time!" Gayle reported as the news had broadcasted over the city which made the citizens quickly head there.

"And you, stay safe, stay out of trouble." Wu encouraged Misako who was about to leave with the Radar, but she noticed something just behind them that prevented this.

"It looks like that won't be possible." Misako said with fear as more of the warriors were charging at them.

"Uh oh, there are more of them!" Lloyd said with fear, they were almost completely surrounded by them again, but Ultra Dragon had finally flown in and stomped away most of the warriors blocking them.

"Yeah! You get em guys!" Spike encouraged them as they flew in front of them and made a loud roar of rage.

"Lloyd, Spike, have you been practicing your powers still?" Wu asked as he turned to them again.

"Like you have to ask." Spike said with a smirk as he had been getting stronger with his powers with practice.

"We're naturals at this point guys!" Lloyd said confidently as he flipped off from the Radar and landed near Spike who put Allison down finally, and he started to charge up his Earth powers the best he could.

"Earth!" Spike screamed just as he and Lloyd punched the ground extremely hard, and that raised the ground they were on so the warriors couldn't reach them for now.

"Way to go, we rule!" Lloyd laughed while they high fived eachother again.

"Thank you Celestia!" Spike said gratefully while all of them got onto the Radar, Ultra Dragon froze over most of the warriors who tried climbing over them so they could escape, and they drove over the warriors to head for the building.

"Go save yourself guys! We'll meet with you later!" Lloyd shouted to Ultra Dragon who roared in response, and soon took off into the skies while the warriors were screaming with rage once again.

But back with Garmadon as he was on the Dark Island, he had finally reached the top of the mountain he was climbing, but had soon taken notice of a very strange looking device in front of him.

"What is this?"" Garmadon asked with awe as it looked like a super ancient clock that was designed for something very important, he noticed a strange looking helmet at the very center, and soon heard the Overlord speak to him again.

"This clock was created to count down to the final battle. Once one takes the Helmet of Shadows, the clock will start." Overlord explained which gave Garmadon a reason to reach out to it, but was given one last warning about this.

"But be warned, though he who ward the Helmet of Shadows, can travel between the islands at will, once it is removed, the countdown cannot be stopped." Overlord warned which Garmadon had no care for.

"Anymore warnings?" Garmadon asked with an annoyed look again.

"No." Overlord said maliciously which made Garmadon smirk hearing it. He soon removed his old helmet and put the Helmet of Shadows on which finally started the countdown, and it made Garmadon laugh like a maniac once again.

"At last, the countdown to the final battle has begun. This helmet, is your birthright, with it, you have control of the army.." Overlord said sinisterly as the clock was starting to move around to countdown.

"What army?" Garmadon asked with surprise to hear that.

"My army.." Overlord answered with a malicious tone, and it made Garmadon laugh once more as he saw the clock count down.

Back within Ninjago, Spike and the others had made it to the building finally just as the people were escaping into it.
"Barricade the doors!" Cole ordered the others, and that made them all quickly take whatever they could find to hold back the warriors.

"Everyone, up the stairs now! Go go go!" Spike encouraged the people as they were running up the very large flight of stairs.

"Stairs.. this is 20 floors. Let's just take the elevator." Darreth suggested which was a bad idea.

"It's unwise to take the elevator during an emergency Darreth." Zane warned as he's seen this kind of thing before.

"Well I think I'll take my chances." Darreth said casually as the elevator opened up, but to everyone's shock, a stone warrior was already there and was trying to attack them again, but it stepped in a bucket of water and had slipped over the floor, and slid back into the elevator which Darreth quickly closed.

"Okay stairs it is, let's get climbing everybody!" Darreth screamed as he quickly ran past the others and nearly bumped into Allison again.

"Hey watch the tail!" Allison hissed which made him scream a bit from how scary it sounded.

"Allison, focus on the stairs please!" Kai advised as he grabbed her uninjured arm and dragged him with her. They soon heard a roar from behind them and saw the Stone Warrior's were starting to break into the place which made them hurry even faster.

"These guys just won't quit!" Spike said with annoyance as he stood alongside the others once again.

"If they want a fight, let's give em one! Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed as they used Spinjitzu and went over the railings, Spike landed in between a group and punched them both at once, he was then about to be attacked by more from both sides, but once they slashed they're swords at him, Spike did a backflip in the air and did the splits with his legs, and kicked them all down in a straight line with skill.

"I love being a ninja!" Spike said with a smirk as he used Spinjitzu again and tossed them over the sides just as the others did it too, but they hadn't noticed Misako had dropped her bad carrying all the scrolls that had her research, which will be a problem later on.

"You think that's enough for Nya to make it here?" Allison asked hopefully just as Spike ran up to her so they could reach the rooftop.

"Let's hope so!" Spike prayed as everyone followed him out of the roof, everyone was waiting on the rooftop so they could get out of the city soon, but Nya hadn't shown up yet which was concerning to all of them.

"Where's the Bounty?" Darreth asked with fear while Misako looked around, and she soon saw the Bounty was finally arriving.

"Look!" Misako announced while she pointed directly at it, and the people cheered as Nya was coming in to get all of them out of here.

"Hurry, they're coming!" Lloyd screamed as all the people were running onto the ship, but Misako had finally noticed her bag wasn't with her.

"My research!" Misako said with fear as she was about to go back to get it, but Lloyd didn't want anything to happen to her, and he tried to stop her.

"No mom, it's too dangerous to go back!" Lloyd warned as he tried to stop her, but she couldn't leave this behind either.

"It's too important to leave behind." Misako replied with a soft voice, she soon kissed his head and started to head back after it while Lloyd was left worried sick.

"Now, now!" Kai shouted to all the citizens as they were all on the ship at this point, and Wu was trying to push through the crowd that was around him to find Misako.

Misako had ran back into the large room from before and saw the bag was in a tangle with the lights around the spiral staircase, the warriors tried attacking her, and she tried fighting them off by doing a backflip and started sliding down the rails to get it.

Spike and the others were trying to fight off the warriors that were breaking through, but it was proving to be too much for them with how strong they were.
"They just keep coming!" Lloyd screamed as he saw them trying to get on the ship. One of them managed to hit one of they're thrusters, and that started to make the alarms go off once again.

"Oh no, this is bad! Do we have everyone? We need to get out of here! Our only remaining booster's won't last much longer!" Nya said with worry as the thrusters were being attacked by the warriors.

"We have to wait for my mom!" Lloyd reported with fear which made Wu finally realize she wasn't here, not wasting a single second, Wu ran towards the edge of the Bounty and jumped off it to save her, he did an air drop on one of the warrior's heads just as the Bounty was finally taking off.

"Sensei!!" Lloyd screamed with fear as they saw Wu trying to go back to save her. Spike was about to jump off to save her, but Allison quickly stopped him as it was too far now.

"Dad, don't! The drop is too far! You'll only get yourself hurt!" Allison begged while she wrapped her tail around him to keep him from doing anything stupid.

"Allison, let me go! I can't just let Wu do this alone!" Spike screamed while he tried breaking free.

"This is Wu we're talking about dad, He'll be fine, I know it!" Allison assured as they were flying away from the building, and Spike sighed with defeat as he couldn't get there now.

"Your right.. I.. just hope he'll be okay.." Spike prayed while he looked worried, they looked over the building as they flew off, and prayed Wu could make it out okay with Misako.

But back with Misako, she was currently grinding down the railings of the staircase still and was trying to get her bag, she jumped off the spot where her bag was tangled in, and she tried swinging across the lights in order to get it, but as she grabbed it, she was barely able to reach the edge in front of her, and grabbed onto it with one hand, but was starting to struggle to keep her grip.

Wu managed to make it back to where the warriors were, and he used his skills to push through them while Misako was struggling a lot.

"I can't.. hold on.." Misako said weakly while Wu was flipping over multiple warriors to reach her faster.

"Misako, hang on!" Wu screamed as he started to use Spinjitzu again to knock them off the ledge, Misako had almost lost her grip completely and almost fell off the ledge, but Wu finally managed to reach her and grabbed her hand just in time.

"I have you now." Wu assured as he helped her up, and they climbed over the railings just as the warriors were charging at them from both sides once again.

"This way!" Wu shouted while he grabbed her hand again and led her to a nearby storage area that had a window that could get them out of here, but as they reached it, there was no nearby rooftop for them to get to, and they were left trapped here as a result.

"There's no place to hide, we have to fight, do you still know Spinjitzu?" Wu reminded just as they saw the warriors cornering them once again.

"Do you forget you never beat me?" Misako teased while she nudged his shoulder.

"I confess, I wasn't really trying." Wu admitted which made her smirk as a result.

"Neither was I.." Misako said as they turned to the warriors and got ready to fight.

"Ninja go!!" Wu screamed as he and Misako both used Spinjitzu to fight them off, while Misako's Spinjitzu was a silver tornado which was really unique.( This is the only time in the show she used Spinjitzu, and I mean, the ONLY time!)

Back on the Bounty with everyone else , Zane was able to catch notice of the fight coming from nearby and got an idea on what to do.
"Nya, descend to that building! now!" Zane instructed with a serious look which made her comply.

"I'm glad we go together. " Wu said with a look of worry as they were being cornered by all of them and couldn't fight back, and that gave Misako one idea on what to do.

"Then let's go!"" Misako encouraged as she had him turn to the edge they were on, and having no other choice, they both jumped off the ledge together, but while they thought it was the end for them, they suddenly landed on the Bounty's deck finally after Zane took notice of they're fight.

"What?" Wu asked with shock as they noticed they were still okay, but Wu's hat had suddenly blown off due to the high wind, and while Misako caught the hat, the photo that had a picture of him, Misako and Garmadon before he turned evil had flown off into the sky's. But Misako was just grateful they were still okay, and handed Wu his hat once again.

"The past is the past, remember?" Misako reminded once more which Wu finished for her.

"But there's always the future. " Wu finished as they looked over the ship while Lloyd was glad they were okay.

Spike and Allison were looking over the ship together, and were feeling really upset knowing the city was nearly destroyed at this point.
"The city.. we couldn't save it..." Spike said with guilt as they saw the warriors destroying everything they saw from it.

"It's okay dad, what matter's is we're okay, all we could do here was push them back, but I promise we'll be able to stop these monsters soon." Allison assured which made Spike a bit surprised, especially hearing that from his young daughter.

"You really think that Allison? If this is the threat me and Lloyd have to face soon, how will we be able to stop it? Even with the other's help, what will we do?" Spike asked with concern while Allison put her good hand on his shoulder again.

"We'll find a way dad, count on it, and if this is Garmadon's doing, he will pay.." Allison hissed as they looked over the sunset together, but that's when Spike remembered something important that happened earlier.

"Allison, you said you felt something strange before the warrior's emerged from the ground, what did you feel exactly?" Spike asked with concern which made Allison hold her head from being asked that, she still felt some pain from it after feeling it, and she didn't know why.

"I.. can't describe it. I felt like I heard someone screaming far below us.. I don't know who, but.. I don't know why I even felt it in the first place.. do you.. think it ties into.. how you found me when I was an egg? And why I was left alone? " Allison asked with worry as she knew the story of how she was found at this point.

Spike looked down with concern too, and as he thought over it, he questioned how her egg even ended up there too, it was like how he questioned where he came from at times too.
"It.. could be related somehow, if there's one thing you and I have in common Allison, it's that we didn't really know who our own parents were, but maybe one day we'll find yours." Spike suggested which Allison chuckled at a bit.

"Maybe one day we'll find out why, but the only parent I need, is you daddy.." Allison said with a smile while she gave him another hug again, and it made Spike hug her too while feeling grateful for this.

"Thank you Allison, I'm so happy to have you as my daughter.. we'll find out why you were left alone.. I promise" Spike assured as they had tears in they're eyes again.

"I know we will.." Allison prayed as they took in this moment. The camera soon pins down to Ninjago city as it was being destroyed by the warriors, and we soon cut back to the Dark Island as Garmadon had never felt more alive.

"Garmadon is back baby! Garmadon, is back!" Garmadon screamed as he stood on top of a mountain top, looking over everything, the final battle was growing closer now, and time was starting to run out..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! Sorry for the wait on this chapter, but I had other stories I need to keep up with, I'm trying my best to keep up with the updates, so I hope you don't mind the wait for this one.

I honestly think the Serpentine were dealt a bad hand in this episode, because if Ninjago never continued after Season 2, this would've been the last time we see of them, and they were locked away once again by the Stone Army, and that would've been really sad honestly, I feel like they could've come back in the Season 2 finale to help out the ninja after breaking free, I know we see what became of them later on, but still, imagine if this was the last time we got to see them, that would've just been sad.

I wanted to help set up more things I'll be doing Allison later on in the story, while it won't be something I can focus on for these next few seasons, season 4, 7 or 8 is when I'll start tackling more important stuff about her, and I've got some plans on what I can do with her later on hopefully, but for now, I hope you liked what I had here, thank you all for reading this, and have a good day guys!

22: The Last Voyage

Around a day has passed since Ninjago City was attacked by the Stone Warriors, and everyone had to evacuate due to the threat being too big to stop as of now, everyone was on the edge for now knowing that the battle between good and evil is getting even closer now that this has happened, and they've tried preparing for the battle when it comes.

But while everyone was trying to fix the Bounty after the heavy damage it took, Spike and Zane were looking out into the sea and could see a strange large island in the distance that they've never seen before.
"I don't think that's been seen whenever we flew across the sea on the Bounty, what is that place?" Spike asked with concern while Zane put his telescope down while Wu was next to them.

"I have never seen a place like that, what is it master Wu?" Zane asked with worry while Wu had an idea on what it was.

"I believe it is the Dark Island you two, the second half of Ninjago that the Spinjitzu Master split apart. And what's more concerning about this, is that after the city was attacked, the Stone Warrior's that did it, have mysteriously vanished." Wu said with concern which gave Spike an idea.

"What if they went to that island somehow? They could be working for Garmadon." Spike suggested which was very worrying.

"I fear that may be the case, but what's most important right now Spike, is that we need to find out what's on that island." Wu said as he was looking out to the sea too to see the dark clouds surrounding it.

"Perhaps my falcon can see what's on it." Zane said as he sent the falcon to fly off to the island to see what's on it.

"Do you think it'll be able to fly for that long?" Spike asked as it was a very long way to reach it.

"It was able to handle the long chase we had with it some time ago before we found my home, I'm sure it'll find it's way there without much trouble." Zane replied which Spike hoped was true.

"Let's hope so." Spike prayed as they started heading to see what's going on with the others.

Allison and the rest of the ninja were trying to repair the Bounty after it was badly damaged, while Allison's hand was still broken for now, she wasn't gonna let that stop her, but no matter how hard she tried, the booster's just didn't look to be working anymore.
"Ugh, the Bounty's taken too much damage, the booster's are almost beyond repair.." Allison said with regret while the others were trying to figure this out too.

"I was afraid of this.. sorry guys, it looks like the Bounty's not gonna fly anytime soon." Nya said regretfully to the others who were upset hearing this.

"So if the Stone Army attacks again, we'll be sitting ducks." Cole replied which Jay found confusing.

"Uh, ducks can fly Cole." Jay reminded which they just ignored.

"Not the best time for this Jay, we're in a much harder situation right now." Allison said as she carefully climbed back down to find Spike again.

"Allison's right, we couldn't even push them back when they attacked, I hate feeling helpless!" Kai said with frustration just as Spike arrived with Zane and Wu again.

"We mustn't give up hope." Wu said while they didn't feel too convinced with that.

"But you saw it, the Stone Army were barely affected by us, all Spike and I could do was slow them down." Lloyd reminded while Spike tried using his Lightning powers again.

"Even if I'm getting a better hang of using my powers without a Golden Weapon, I don't think we'll be able to stop them if I can fully use them.." Spike said with guilt while Allison patted his back.

"It's okay dad.. there's got to be a way.." Allison said hopefully just as Misako was coming up with another scroll with her.

"There actually might be a way, the scrolls say there may just be a way to defeat them." Misako announced which got everyone's attention.

Everyone went to the bridge in the Bounty to look over the scrolls, and they saw a very ancient looking drawing that had 6 figures on it, it looked like a depiction of Lloyd and Spike gaining a special kind of power with the help of the other four ninja.
"The prophecy states that the power to defeat them lies in the Green Ninja, and from the looks of it, it could be you as well Spike." Misako informed which they all found interesting.

"How was I even prophesized to come here when I'm from a completely different world?" Spike asked with surprise as he looked at it closer.

"Leave that up for the future I guess." Allison replied while Misako continued on.

"From what I've gathered, the true power of you and Lloyd, can only be unlocked when they're four protectors find they're own pure elemental power." Misako informed again which made Cole hopeful.

"Are we the protectors?" Cole asked hopefully which Jay scoffed at.

"Of course it is, who else would it be? It.. is us right?" Jay asked hopefully as he didn't want any sudden surprises.

"If we are the protectors, then we're doomed, our Golden Weapons don't exist anymore, and we can't tap into our powers without them." Zane reminded which was true.

"But the power does still exist within each of you. And there is a way to unlock them, we must go to the Temple of Light." Misako informed once again.

"Temple of Light? What is that?" Nya asked as Misako pulled out another scroll.

"The gold from the Golden Weapons were formed in the Golden Peaks, but they were forged within the Temple of Light. A Powerful place that was thought only to exist in legend." Misako said as they saw a special map of the temple where the lines of Elemental powers were all aligning with eachother.

"It is on the Dark Island?" Wu asked with a hopeful look.

"I believe it may be our only choice." Misako replied which sounded like a good plan.

"So we get our powers back?! Alright!" Cole cheered while Spike looked hopeful knowing this.

"I wonder what kind of power I'd get on my own if we find it?" Spike asked with interest as they have a small chance at this.

"But there's still one problem, the Bounty can't fly." Nya reminded again which made Misako think of something.

"It's a ship right? Can't it sail?" Misako asked as the camera pins out to a whole shot of the Bounty as it is a ship after all.

"Silly question, of course it can! Right?" Jay asked nervously as they all had an idea on what to do now.

After everyone came up with this plan, they managed to have the Bounty be moved onto the water near the beach where everyone was here to give them a goodbye for now, and wishing that they'd defeat Garmadon. Spike and Allison were watching everyone say they're goodbye's to their family's for now, and it just made Spike wish he had his friends here.
"You alright dad?" Allison asked as she and Spike were heading to the Bounty since they didn't have much to say goodbye too here.

"I'm okay Allison, I just.. really wish Twilight and everyone else was here to see this, while they'd definitely want to come with us if they were here, I'm completely on my own without them, I've.. been without them for a while now, I just have to wonder what they would've thought of me doing something like this?" Spike asked with worry which only made Allison chuckle a bit knowing what she's heard of them.

"Bet they'd probably be scared out of they're minds knowing your heading to such a dangerous place, and the fact you have an Anacondrai daughter like me with you, how do you think they'd react to you being a dad if we ever see them?" Allison asked which made Spike think over it, and he smiled lightly think of it.

"Twilight may almost have a heart attack seeing your a snake.. and the fact that I got aged up to being almost over 16, it.. would be a lot to explain for sure.." Spike said sadly as he doesn't know how he could tell them this.

"Do you.. think we'll ever even be able to find them after all this is over? Or if there's even a way to Equestria?" Allison asked with worry as there wasn't a current way to get to it right now.

"Maybe one day, even if it takes years, I'll at least still have you and everyone else with me, right?" Spike asked with a smile as they looked over the people cheering them on.

"Of course dad, we'll put a stop to this, we have to." Allison said as they hugged eachother again and took in this moment before setting out on such a dangerous quest.

But while everyone was saying they're goodbye's, Zane was feeling lonely as he didn't have anyone to say goodbye too either, and Wu was able to take notice of this too.
"Is there anyone you'd like to say goodbye to?" Wu asked with concern while Zane just felt sad still.

"The only family I've ever known is my falcon, my only memory of my father was merely erased. I will miss Ninjago since it's all I've known, but I am excited to see what's in store for the future." Zane replied which Wu could understand.

"Well my Nindroid friend, there are a few people who'd like to say goodbye to you." Wu said as he motioned to a lot of fangirls who really admired him the most out of the group.

"Don't worry Zane, we'll be with you every step of the way." Spike assured as he went up to him again while they all looked over the people of Ninjago.

"Pupils, it's time we set sail from Ninjago!" Wu announced as the rest of the ninja were finally getting on the Bounty to leave. Everyone then raised up the sail, and the Bounty soon started sailing off into the sea so they can head to the Dark Island while the people watched them all leave.

"Jay! Did you make sure to pack clean underwear?!" Edna shouted one last time which made Jay really embarrassed.

"Yes! Mom..." Jay said as he slapped his face with embarrassment which made everyone laugh as they heard that.

"Stay safe! all of you!" Spike said as they all finally took off from Ninjago and headed out into the large sea ahead of them.

Everyone proceeded to sail across the sea for almost the rest of the day after all of this happened, and by now, the sun was setting across the horizon as they were trying to reach the Dark Island. Everyone was watching the waves go by together as they all had plenty of time to spend together knowing how far the island is.
"We still have a long time ahead of us." Wu said with a smile as they hoped to reach it in time.

But Zane was currently coming out of the ship with a worried look right now, and Cole was the first one to take notice of this.
"Still no word from your falcon?" Cole asked with concern while Zane was very worried.

"Not yet." Zane replied as he joined up with everyone who was worried about what's ahead of them.

"I wonder what's on the island?" Kai asked while they tried thinking of what's on their.

"An entirely new ecosystem?" Zane suggested while the others thought over this too.

"Never before seen creatures?" Cole added while Jay got a strange idea.

"Ohh, vegetables that taste like dessert?" Jay asked hopefully which made Spike shake his head.

"I highly doubt that Jay.." Spike replied as they could see the dark clouds ahead of them.

"I hope the Stone Army's there, they may have gotten the best of us once, but never again." Kai declared which everyone agreed with.

"Oh I'll definitely get back at the one that broke my hand, count on that." Allison hissed as she was gonna be sure to get back for that later.

"But.. I wonder if this is the end of our destiny's?" Lloyd asked with concern as he thought over it.

"If it is, there isn't anyone else I'd want by my side." Kai said as they all were in this together.

"I don't think this will be the end of our journey's guys, something tells me.. that this.. may just be the beginning of something far bigger.." Spike said as he looked out to the sun setting around them.

"What makes you think that Spike?" Lloyd asked as he walked up by his side.

"I don't know, something just tells me.. there will be far more for us in the future.." Spike said as there were still many unanswered things he has for this world.

But before any of them could talk some more, Zane's eyes started to glow blue again, and he started to see from the perspective of the falcon.
"My falcon has arrived at the Dark Island!" Zane said with a serious look which got everyone concerned.

They all went up to the bridge again, and Zane plugged himself into the monitor so they can all see what's happening.
"There, now we can all see." Zane said as they all could see a very dark looking forest full of dangerous looking environments around it, but before any of them could see more of the place, they all saw what looked like a Stone Warrior, throw a deadly disk directly at the falcon and.. it was completely cut off..

Zane was knocked back from the sudden black out, and everyone quickly went up to him to see if he's okay.
"He's.. he's gone..." Zane said with a depressed look while everyone felt awful knowing it.

"We don't know that.." Wu replied as the others went to comfort him.

"Oh Zane.. I'm so sorry.." Nya said regretfully as they helped him up.

"Well he was our friend too, and we won't let him go in vain, if the Stone Army wants a fight, they got one!" Kai said as they all felt ready to avenge him.

But they couldn't take in this moment anymore right now, as the sound of thunder and flashes of lightning could be heard outside, and they knew they were in for something far tougher now.
"Well that's going to have to wait, because right now, we're sailing into a storm! All hands on deck!" Misako ordered as they all looked outside and saw there was a very large storm coming directly to them that surrounded the Dark Island.

"Let's not get overwhelmed by the waves guys! Let's keep the sail steady! Come on!" Spike shouted as they all ran outside and braced themselves for a tough voyage through this storm.

Far away on the Dark Island, the clock was counting down at fast speeds to the Final Battle, and as the camera pans to a newly built camp, multiple Stone Warrior's were seen working down and mining a very dark looking substance. Garmadon had made his way down to the warrior's and questioned why they were mining this at all.
"This is foolish, I have an unbeatable army to take over Ninjago, and we waste time being in the mud?!" Garmadon asked with frustration as the Overlord was watching over all of this.

"What you call mud, is concentrated evil, a dark matter, with a single drop, could make one man's heart turn as black, as night. Have patience Garmadon, the Celestial Clock, click's backwards to doomsday, and cannot be stopped." Overlord said as he began emerging from the substance in a menacing way.

"Your time will come, but, we must prepare. We must, build a superweapon, the likes of which has never before been seen!" Overlord informed which Garmadon liked the sound of.

"Hmmm... a super weapon? I like the sound of that!" Garmadon said as he made a maniacal laugh towards the sky again as the Stone Warrior's kept working to build this weapon.

But back with Spike and everyone else, they were really struggling to keep the ship steady as the storm has gotten far worse each minute they spend in it, and everyone was trying to hold the sail to keep the ship going.
"Hold the line!!" Cole screamed as they all were trying they're hardest to push through this.

"The winds are too strong!" Lloyd screamed as Allison was trying to push through her hands pain to help with them.

"Don't overwork yourself Allison, we can handle this!" Spike shouted as he was starting to struggle with keeping it steady.

"I'm.. not gonna give up right now!" Allison hissed as they saw Jay wasn't helping with this right now.

"We need everyone's help jay!" Zane screamed as more thunder was heard over the whole ship.

"But I don't wanna get wet! I.. I only have one pair of underwear!" Jay informed which made Allison upset.

"Why didn't you listen to your mother about this Jay?! She tried to warn you about it!" Allison pointed out which Jay knew was true.

"Just help us out! We need everyone's help here!" Spike screamed until they suddenly started hearing strange laughing all over the whole ship.

"Who's.. laughing?!" Cole shouted with concern while Misako and everyone else could hear this too.

"It sounds like someone's getting a kick out of this!" Nya said with frustration while Misako was trying not to slide over the deck.

"That's not laughter..." Misako said with fear while Wu managed to come into the bridge too.

"What is that sound?" Wu asked with concern to hear it. And he had gotten his answer when some freaky looking starshaped creatures landed on the window, and looked like they were trying to eat away at the ship.

"Starteeth!" Misako said with anger as even more of them were hopping onto the ship to destroy it.

"Uh.. guys? Why is the sea laughing at us?" Kai asked as they were hearing it all over them.

"And why do I get the feeling we're not gonna get the joke?" Jay asked with concern just as they saw some of the Starteeth land on the ship's deck.

"Hey, what's that?" Cole asked as he let go of the rope for a moment which made everyone slide a bit afterwards.

"Cole!" Spike screamed with frustration while Jay finally decided to help.

"I'm coming!" Jay screamed as he grabbed onto the rope with them, but as a result, the ship got splashed with a large wave again which got him very wet again.

"Oh perfect!" Jay said with annoyance as Cole went to inspect the creature.

"It looks like some kind of.. fish?" Cole asked as he picked it up and could see it's weird suction like teeth which weirded him out.

"Wait! We must not let the Starteeth on board! They devour ships, and won't stop until we sink!" Misako informed as they ran out to help them which got everyone very scared.

"You heard him! Allison, try getting them off the ship!" Spike ordered which made Allison let go for a bit so she can take out her spear.

"Got it!" Allison replied as she twirled it around and swung it under the Starteeth and knocked most of them off the ship, but even more started to hop they're way onto it and some of them made they're way to the rope they were all holding.

"Oh no.." Spike said with fear as the rope finally snapped and the ship started to shake around in an even worse condition then before.

"Agh! I already hate these things!" Allison said as she tried tail whipping them off the ship as fast as they could while the others tried helping out too.

"Get off of there!" Jay shouted as he tried getting the Starteeth of the ship's main sail, but he soon realized more were on his back that were making biting at him by the second.

"Ah! Get em off, get em off!!" Jay screamed while he flailed around widely.

"Jay, use your Spinjitzu!" Kai informed which Jay thought was a good idea.

"Wait! Don't!" Spike screamed before Jay used his Spinjitzu, and that only sent the Starteeth that were on him right onto the sail which made things worse.

"Okay that was a terrible idea." Jay said with fear as they all were being overwhelmed right now.

"Ninja go!!"" Everyone screamed again as they used they're Spinjitzu to knock the Starteeth back into the sea.

"Seek your teeth into that!" Kai said as they all hoped things would be easier by now. But they could barely rest for a second as they saw more was on the chains of the anchor.

"They eat through metal too?!" Jay asked with fear as they saw them on the chains.

"Uh guys? I think we have a bigger problem!" Lloyd screamed while they all saw a large group of Starteeth were eating a large hole in the ship which made things worse.

"Oh, I should've brought a extra pair of underwear.." Jay said with fear while they all could only watch helplessly for now.

"Next time, listen to your mother about this Jay!" Allison said with frustration while they all looked down at the massive problem they have right now.

Everyone had a very rough night after the Starteeth attacked they're ship, there was massive holes torn in multiple sides of the ship, and they currently were having a very rough time sailing through the sea after the storm passed, Spike didn't think they'd make it through a storm like this, but somehow, they managed to do it.

Everyone was helping eachother out with scooping the water that got in the ship back out into the sea, and Kai just felt frustrated with the situation they're in now.
"Agh, this is hopeless! Now that we have no rutter, we've been drifting aimlessly, we'll never get to the Dark Island." Kai said with despair while Spike helped Allison with her bucket's too.

"We only know what is foretold will happen, not when it will happen." Misako reminded while Spike shook his head.

"Yeah well it's gonna take a long time if we don't find a way to fix this." Spike said with frustration while he threw another scoop out of the ship.

But Zane could suddenly feel something was near not too far from them, and he dropped his bucket while looking very shocked upon sensing something.
"What is it Zane?" Wu asked with concern while he went to see where they are right now.

"I sense something.." Zane answered which got everyone worried.

"What is it? What do you see?" Allison asked as Zane finally saw they were about to wash up on a very strange island.

"It's something else! Brace yourselves!" Zane screamed as the ship roughly slid onto the island which made everyone fall over.

"Ugh.. what was that?" Spike asked as they saw they landed on an island of sorts.

Everyone made they're way outside and tried finding out where they are, and to they're surprise, they were on a very strange island with a lighthouse on the higher points of it.
"Who would build a lighthouse way out here?" Lloyd questioned while they were making they're way up the stairs.

"It's not a lighthouse, it's a prison." Zane answered which concerned all of them. But as they were climbing upstairs, they heard a loud growl from the sea behind them which made everyone nervours.

"Oh I should've brought another pair of underwear.." Jay said again which made Allison shake her head already getting the bad joke.

"Mysterious.. we better keep moving." Wu insisted which made them all keep moving up even quicker.

"Who do you think could be here?" Allison asked Spike who didn't know how to answer it.

"We're about to find out." Spike replied while they all went up to the door in front of them.

They all soon made they're way to the top of the stairs and saw there was a strange looking camera at the top of the door which looked down to Zane.
"Uh, should we smile?" Jay asked curiously while the camera inspected him for a moment, but as it soon turned off, a bit of movement could be heard behind the door before it finally opened, and it was revealed to be... Zane's father, Dr Julien!

"Zane! Is it really you?! You found me!" Julien said with relief as he came up and gave him a hug while Zane was completely shocked seeing him.

"Uh.. do you know him?" Lloyd asked confused while Julien looked closer at him.

"Of course I do, I built him for heavens sake!" Julien said with a happy look to see his son again after so long.

"But.. how.. how is this possible?" Spike asked with shock as Zane told all of them about what happened.

"How? My memory told me you had passed?" Zane asked with confusion on how this is possible.

"Ah, you've found your memory switch." Julien replied with a proud look, but they all soon heard the loud growl come from the sea again which was making everyone even more nervous as it was getting even louder.

"Hurry! It can't know your here, or else there will be due's to pay!" Julien warned which scared the group.

"What exactly are you talking about?" Allison asked with concern while they were all coming inside.

"I'll explain everything inside, including why you thought I was dead." Julien replied while Nya looked back at the Bounty with guilt for it's damage.

"Well, the Bounty's sailing day's are over.." Nya said with guilt for they're home's damage.

"Come Nya." Wu advised as they all came inside and Julien closed the door and made sure it was locked and secured.

"So you really are Zane's father?" Spike asked again while they were coming up the stairs.

"Yes I am, and who may you be? I never thought I'd see.. a talking Dragon in front of me, and is that a Serpentine with you?" Julien asked as he saw Allison was next to him too.

"This is my friend Spike, and his that's his daughter Allison. Spike came to our world unexpectedly, and has been with us ever since. He found Allison when she was an egg during an important mission, and he took her in, and has been raising her as a father ever since." Zane explained bluntly to put it simply.

"My, this is fascinating, it makes me wonder just what other wonders there are for this world." Julien replied with fascination while Spike and Allison looked at eachother and felt glad knowing it's really him.

Everyone made they're way to the top of the lighthouse where there was a large room inside that was full of different things for inventions, Julien pressed a small switch on the wall which made the light lower down into a table for all of them which was really cool.
"Wow.. that's amazing.." Spike said with shock as they all sat down while Julien opened up a cover, and a strange looking robot with some bowls rolled out to the table, hopped onto it, and started spreading them out for each of them to have.

"Heh, this his actually really cool!" Allison said as it soon went back and got a teacup from Julien and went to pour some in for them to drink, but while Jay tried to mess with it by moving his bowl around, the robot ended pouring down some of the drink on his clothing again which made Jay scream with pain again which made everyone laugh as a result knowing he shouldn't have done something like that.

Zane looked around the room, and soon saw there were blueprints of his model, it looked exactly like the ones he saw back in his old home.
"I still don't understand, I saw you pass?" Zane asked with confusion while he looked towards Julien.

"Yes you did, and believe you me when I tell you, I thought I was kaput! But as you know, the past is the past." Julien stated which Misako and Wu finished together.

"And the future, is the future." Misako and Wu finished with calm looks which was very true.

"Yes, but after I turned off your memory switch, what you didn't see was the bonehead Samukai reviving me with a special elixir." Julien explained as we cut to a flashback of the Skeletons arriving at the very moment Julien passed after Zane's memory was turned off.

"He wanted me to create state of the art war machine's for they're army, but I refused." Julien continued as Julien refuses to build dangerous weapons that looked to be similar to the designs the ninja have seen before.

"He said if I did, I would be able to see my son again. But to make sure I didn't escape, he chained a Leviathan to keep guard." Julien finished as we see Samukai lock Julien in this place while a strange unknown creature was chained to the water's deep below.

"A Leviathan? That's what we heard in the ocean?" Lloyd asked with concern which Julien confirmed.

"Yes. When Samukai didn't return, I thought I'd never see you again, but as so much time as passed, I started to question.. if you'd ever want to see me again.. I was afraid, if you found out about the horrible things I've created, you'd think I was.. a monster.." Julien said with guilt as he never wanted this to happen, and Zane could understand it perfectly, all of them could.

"We will get you out of here father, now that we're together, perhaps we can invent a way off this rock." Zane suggested which gave Jay an idea.

"Could you repair the rocket booster's on our ship?" Jay asked hopefully as he showed Julien they're ship which amazed him with it's design.

"That sailing ship has rocket boosters?!" Julien asked with shock while Nya came up to them again.

"Well the rotter's and gears are shot." Nya explained which Julien had no trouble with.

"Eh, Pish posh, no matter, I'll have your ship airworthy by dawn!" Julien said with a confident look.

But they're plan would have to wait as they heard the same growl from the ocean get even louder, and it got loud enough to shake the room they were in which got everyone scared.
"Oh no! He's here! Everyone hide!" Julien warned as they saw a large tenacle emerge from the ocean which made everyone find a place to hide, Spike and Allison hid below the room while the others found they're own places to hide, and they prayed they wouldn't be found.

"Ugh I hate sea monster's.." Spike whispered with fear as they stood completely still.

"I wish I could turn invisible right about now.." Allison told herself since she couldn't do that yet.

The Leviathan slowly crept it's way up to the top of the lighthouse after everyone hid away, and everyone stood completely still as they didn't want to be found by it.
"Everyone don't make a sound.." Julien whispered as 3 eyes came behind his window and blinked to let him know he's here.

"Ah, if it isn't my old chum.." Julien said nervously as the creature looked around it's room and wondered what he was doing. Julien quickly flipped over the bowls there were on the table and used the sticks around it to use it as a drumset to avoid being spotted.

"Heh, just marching to the beat to my own drum, you know? Doing whatever I can to pass the time. Since I'm so.. you know, alone.." Julien said as the creature finally started to lower itself back into the ocean which relieved everyone.

"Oh thank Celestia.." Spike said with relief while everyone came out of they're hiding spots.

"If we're gonna make something to get out of here, we better hurry. Before it comes back." Kai informed which everyone was glad to agree with.

"Let's hurry guys, come on!" Allison insisted as they all got to work and began working on a way to get out of here.

Everyone spent just about the rest of the day using the parts and machine's around Julien's workshop to make the parts to repair the Bounty, it seemed so much easier to fix now that Julien was here, Spike was glad that they were able to find Zane's father, and hoped he'll be able to help them for as long as possible.

Everyone was working on the Bounty right now as the sun was setting after spending hours of working on the Bounty, Cole was whispering the music they often listen too which made everyone look at him.
"What? It's catchy." Cole said in defense which made Spike shrug his shoulders.

"Do you think there's any other song out there in Ninjago? Because I've just kept hearing the same song but in different remixes?" Spike asked with a confused look which Cole could answer.

"Of course there is, when this is over, I'll show you some of my family's records, they've got tons of classics on them!" Cole said with a confident look which made Allison chuckle.

"Well we'll see about that." Allison said as they were working on a special tarp they were trying to piece together.

Back on top of the lighthouse, Zane was helping take care of Julien by helping prep him a well deserved meal, he wanted to take in what time he could with his father again, especially after being apart for so long.
"Whoo wee.. I must say, I have never had such a meal in all my life! Where did you learn to cook? I never programmed that into you?" Julien asked with fascination for how this is possible.

"I guess I just.. picked it up.. Father? If I wanted you to.. make a change in me.. would you?" Zane asked with worry which Julien was concerned by.

"Zane, your perfect, I could never make you better then you already are." Julien assured which Zane still was questioning.

"Then I see no reason to have a memory switch, I happen to like my life, and don't want to ever forget you." Zane replied as he and Julien looked out the window where they saw the other's working on the ship still.

"Don't worry my son, we will both never forget. " Julien said with a calm look which made them look at eachother one more time as father and son.

"I am glad you found me.." Julien said gratefully as they took this moment together and gave eachother a hug.

"And I am glad you made me.." Zane said gratefully for what he's done.

But they're moment was soon cut short as they heard the Leviathan's growl again which alerted everyone. Zane and Julien quickly rushed out of the lighthouse and tried warning the others of it.
"Everyone aboard! it's coming!" Julien shouted as everyone was quickly making they're way on the ship.

"Go. move!" Spike screamed as multiple tentacles from the Leviathan was emerging from the water.

"It's here!" Kai screamed as the monster emerged from the ocean and made a loud ferocious roar at all of them.

"Get us out of here Nya!" Jay screamed while Nya ran to the bridge and tried to activate the ship.

"I hope she's ready!" Nya prayed as she pressed on the switch which finally activated the booster's again after they were repaired, as well as a hot air balloon being attached to it so it could help them fly, Nya tried to fly the ship away from the creature while it tried to reach them.

"Hang on!" Nya shouted as she pressed the switch to make the ship take off even faster, but the Leviathan was able to latch it's tentacles on the whole ship and began pulling everyone into the water again which made them scream with fear from the sudden force.

"Lloyd, Spike! Try using your powers!" Wu encouraged which might work.

"Alright, hang on!" Spike shouted as he helped Lloyd up and charged up more of his ice powers.

"Release us you monster!" Lloyd screamed as Lloyd shot his energy at the monster and it made some of it's tentacles release them, and Spike shot a powerful ice blast to the rest of them so they could have trouble pulling them back.

"Well done you two!" Wu said with a proud tone as the ship was freed for just a moment, but the Leviathan soon crashed it's tentacles onto the island to break the ice Spike encased it with, and turned it's attention back to the ship before it took off again.

"Everyone hold on!" Allison screamed as the monster wrapped it's tenacles around the ship again which made that move of theirs pointless in the end.

Zane looked off the edge of the ship to see why it won't let them go, and he saw the monster was chained to the floor so it can't leave either.
"It's chained!" Zane shouted as the chain was holding it back. Knowing there was no other choice, he started to get onto the edge of the ship and prepared himself for a big fall.

"Zane! What are you doing?!" Julien asked with fear while Zane looked back at him one more time.

"The Leviathan won't let us leave, I think I know a way to help!" Zane said seriously while Julien tried to stop him.

"You can't jump in! These oceans are filled with Starteeth!" Julien reminded which was Zane's idea all along.

"I know." Zane replied calmly before he spread out his arms and took a large dive into the ocean below them.

"Zane! No!" Julien shouted with terror while Spike held him back from doing anything to hurt himself.

"Don't worry Dr Julien! I know Zane, he'll find a way to help us!" Spike assured while they looked down at the ocean and prayed Zane would find a way.

Zane swam his way all the way down to the bottom where he could see the chain that was keeping the Leviathan from leaving too, he saw multiple Starteeth were around him, and to carry out his plan, he grabbed them and placed it on the chain so they could eat away at the metal like they did with they're ship before, and he then looked up and started swimming back up to the ship before it took off.

Back on the surface, the Leviathan had a full grip on their entire ship, and it began pulling them down into the sea which made all of them scream with fear.
"Dad!" Allison screamed as she crashed into Spike who almost got thrown over the ledge, and Spike grabbed Allison's hand to make sure she doesn't fall off either.

"I got you!" Spike said as he held onto her good hand tightly while the ship was starting to be pulled into the sea.

"Help!!" Lloyd screamed with fear while the ship was getting even lower, but thanks to the Starteeth Zane had placed on the chain, they were finally able to eat through the chain and it finally released the Leviathan, it had suddenly felt something strange just moments later, and as it looked at the chain, it finally let them go and saw it was finally free.

The ship was fully released and everyone could see they were free too.
"What happened?" Julien asked with shock while everyone was getting back up.

"Zane released the Leviathan, and now it's letting us go!" Lloyd informed as a familiar hand grabbed onto the ship when no one saw it.

"But what about my son?" Julien asked with fear for his safety. But everyone heard someone climb up the side, and they saw Zane was alright and managed to get out of there.

"Zane!" Julien said with relief as he ran up to him to give him a hug.

"How did you know if you freed it from captivity, it would let us go?" Wu asked with shock while Zane looked at them all with a proud look.

"Because no one deserves to be held captive, not even a monster." Zane replied which they could understand.

"If there's anyone who could've decided that, it would be you Uncle Zane." Allison said as she knows he'd be able to decide something like this.

"That's our Zane." Spike said with relief as he patted his back and they looked back at the Leviathan one last time, it blinked at them as a sign of gratitude, and soon began swimming off into the sea so it could live it's own life.

"Farewell creature from the sea, enjoy your freedom." Zane said with a smile while Allison and Spike hugged eachother again from relief of being okay, with the ship being fully repaired, and the Leviathan freed, they were all finally able to head to the Dark Island as the sun rose over the horizon, and everyone took in this moment together as they had some time to relax before they finally arrive at the Dark Island..

Author's Note

Hope you liked this everyone! I think this episode was really strong in helping us see more to Zane after he had such a lot to go through in the last season after finding out his father was supposedly dead. I really like Julien here honestly, and I thought he was a fun character to be around with the time he was here, it's a shame he passed away off screen before Season 3 happened, I would've liked to see a short or something where we see that happen, I just think it could've been one of the best moments in Ninjago with proper time.

I'm honestly thinking that when they reach the Temple of Light, Spike will gain his own elemental power that will be fully unlocked in the finale, how do you all feel about the power of Crystal for Spike? I think that'll suit him, and will help him be more distinct from the other ninja, he'll still be able to use the other's powers when the time is right, I just think that's a better way for him to feel included. I'll do more for Allison later, but for now, I hope she's blending in well with the cast.

Regardless, I really enjoy this episode, even if the sudden cut from the storm causing problems for everyone to a commercial, and then we cut back to the next morning after they pushed through the problem felt a little weird for me. I just hope that didn't feel too strange to you guys. I just hope you liked this chapter and have a good day guys!

23: Island of Darkness

Another day has passed once again since everyone found Zane's dad Julien, and were able to repair the Bounty, with the ship fully able to fly again, they were able to reach the Dark Island finally after a few hours of traveling, everyone's been making sure to stay hidden from the Stone Warrior's since they were lurking around every part of the island.

The island wasn't like anything Spike's seen before, it felt like it was in a worse state then the Everfree Forest was, but here there felt like there was so much ancient history to this place that Spike may never figure out, but with what they do know, it gives a chance to find the Temple of Light that must be somewhere on this island.

Spike, Allison and the rest of the ninja were currently burying most of the Bounty within sand to hide it while Kai kept a lookout for the warriors, he was able to avoid being detected thankfully, but they won't be able to hold out for long unless they get the strength they need.
"Kai, your back, is everything alright?" Spike asked with concern while they turned to him.

"I'm good, managed to get back without being discovered, we're in the clear for now, but the island is crawling with these Stone Warrior's, we need to be careful." Kai replied as Cole was frustrated with not being able to fight.

"I still can't get over the fact we can't fight these guys! I'm tired of having our hands buried in the sand, I wanna fight these guys!" Cole said with frustration while Zane was still working on the ship.

"Cole, remember, we can't fight them unless we get the proper ability's, you've seen what they can do to you." Alison reminded while Zane finally finished up.

"Allison is right, it would be unwise to start a fight we cannot win." Zane replied just as Wu came out of the Bounty with a stern look.

"That is why we must find the Temple of Light." Wu reminded which made everyone come inside for more info on the temple.

Everyone went into the bridge of the room again after it was buried by the sand, and Misako pulled out another scroll to help catch them up on what they need to do.
"The scroll's say there is a hidden temple on this island, if you find it, it will give Spike and the ninja pure elemental power. Power's that can destroy the indestructible army." Misako explained which gave Spike some home.

"What kind of power do you think I'd get?" Spike asked again as he just has the other's powers at this point.

"We'll find out if we can find it dad, let's just be careful." Allison said as Misako brought Lloyd and Spike in a bit closer for this.

"For the both of you, the prophecy says that once the Green Ninja finds the instrument of peace, he will strike it, and will know the power of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, and Spike will be granted a power unlike the other ninja." Misako explained some more.

"Ultimate Spinjitzu master?" Lloyd asked with amazement to hear that.

And my own unique power?" Spike asked eagerly as he wanted to know more.

"It means you will be able to invoke the power of the Golden Dragon, an ancient fighting technique passed down by the First Spinjitzu Master, and if my assumptions are correct, you should be able to do something similar Spike." Misako finished which made the others have a look of shock.

"Heh heh, jealous of us?" Lloyd asked with a smirk while Spike crossed his arms.

"At least I'll have a different power then your guys's to make me stand out." Spike said proudly while he sparked up some fire in his hands again.

"Wait a minute, this all sounds too good to be true. What's the catch?" Kai asked again which was important to know.

"The catch is, the temple could be anywhere on the island, and all we have is this." Wu said as he pulled out a special medallion they've had for a while.

"A medallion, it's like a compass, when the three orbs match up, the medallion will reveal where the temple is hidden." Julien explained as he recognized it's design.

"Uh.. how did you know that?" Jay asked with a surprised look.

"I did a lot of reading in my spare time, adventure stories we're always my favorite." Julien said which Allison agreed too.

"Dad often read me those when I was still a baby, I can see the intrigue." Allison replied while Spike felt proud knowing she liked it.

"We'll find out where the temple is, what are we waiting for guys?" Zane asked as he took it and everyone was about to leave until Lloyd was stopped by Wu.

"Not you Lloyd." Wu warned which made Lloyd annoyed.

"Aw seriously, are we still doing this??" Lloyd asked with annoyance to hear this.

"Wu is right, if you were to come across your father, it would prematurely start the final battle, you need to stay here so you can be at full strength." Misako explained which made him role his eyes.

"How come Spike gets to go then?" Lloyd asked while pointing at Spike again.

"Because he will be more responsible, even if your older now, I still can't deny that you may be a bit reckless at times." Wu answered which made Spike almost laugh hearing that.

"Sorry Lloyd, I'll make sure we get back soon so you don't get bored. Guess fate just has different ideas for us." Spike said with a shrug while Lloyd looked down annoyed.

"Well.. I could use some help around the shop, we could work on vehicles that could give us a fighting chance!" Julien said with a smile which Allison liked the sound of.

"That sounds good to me, I'll stay behind to help out, just be careful out there." Allison declared as she slithered up to Julien.

"Don't worry Allison, we will be." Spike assured as Wu went to warn them one last time.

"Remember, Garmadon doesn't know we're on the island, it is important that you stay out of sight." Wu warned one last time.

"Of course sensei. Don't worry, have you ever known us to veer from a plan, huh?" Jay asked confidently which just made Wu and everyone else look at them with blank faces.

"Ninja..!!" Everyone screamed before Wu shushed them all.

"Not so loud! Are you trying to get us caught?!" Wu asked with annoyance which stopped them all for a moment.

"Go..." Spike and the others finished while being as quiet as possible.

After everyone had formed they're plan, Spike and the other ninja snuck they're way through the island to find out where the temple is, they were able to track where the other Stone Warrior's are, and they soon found a heavily armed camp that was surrounded by the warrior's and they're machines.

Garmadon had been informed by the Overlord that he had sensed them on the island, so while the ninja didn't know it yet, Garmadon was making preparations for the warrior's to go out to find them.
"The Overlord has told me the ninja and that dragon are somewhere on this island! But they would be fools to set anywhere near my camp!" Garmadon said proudly as Spike and the other ninja were hiding in plain sight in the background away from the camp.

"Look, this must be Garmadon's camp." Jay declared as it was very obvious.

"No you think? I thought it was a takeout restaurant. But it looks like he's building something, but what?" Kai questioned while seeing a very large crane in the distance.

"My guess, some sort of evil weapon of sorts." Spike answered which was probably true.

"Eh knowing him, I wouldn't be surprised at this point." Kai replied which made Cole shush them.

"Quiet you bozos! We still need to find what the medallion matches up to." Cole reminded as he held it out.

"Let me see it." Zane said as he took it and tried looking through it to find anything.

"Hmm.. nothing matches... wait!" Zane said with surprise as he spotted something very familiar through it.

"You found the temple?!" Jay asked hopefully while he took it and looked through it.

"No, but look!" Zane pointed out as they looked closer at the camp, and saw that Zane's falcon was there after it was shot down.

"The falcon? I thought it was shot down and was lost for good?" Kai asked with surprise to see it.

"They must've taken it back to see how it works, possibly use it's parts for they're machines." Spike suggested which Zane didn't like the sound of at all.

"Not if I get it and bring it back to my father!" Zane declared as he stood up to get it.

"Wait Zane, your veering from the plan! We're supposed to find the Temple of Light and stay out of sight!" Cole reminded which Zane just ignored.

"Well if I were any of you, I'd do the same." Zane said as he started to hop over some large rocks to sneak into the camp.

"Zane wait!" Spike whispered as he was about to go after him until Kai stopped him.

"Spike, don't, the more of us that go, the more it will risk us getting caught! We'll just have to stay here until Zane gets it back." Kai warned which made Cole sigh with annoyance.

"I wanna fight!" Cole said with a desperate look.

"Let's just hope he makes it out without much trouble." Spike prayed as they watched him sneak into the place.

Zane snuck his way through the camp and was avoiding being seen by the Stone Warrior's, but at the same time, the clock was ticking down even more to the final battle, and we soon cut back to Allison and the others as they were making a new drill machine to help with the fight.

"I think we're almost done with this.." Allison hissed as she twisted in a few more screws.

"You sure you can handle making this thing with your arm still broken?" Lloyd asked with concern as it still had some straps around it.

"It's getting better now, I'm sure it'll be good to go pretty soon, besides, the straps are just starting to itch," Allison replied while she scratched herself a bit.

"Just be careful with it." Lloyd warned again as they kept on working on the machine.

Wu had come up to the rest of the group again with some more parts that looked to be what they need for now.
"Thank you Wu, if you could bring some more Creek water, that should do it." Julien instructed which sounded simple, Wu gave Misako one last smile with eachother before he left to get the water, and Lloyd hopped down while having a few more questions.

"So.. how did you meet him?" Lloyd asked curiously while Misako watched Wu leave.

"Who, Wu?" Misako asked again which made Lloyd look down with sadness.

"No.. my father." Lloyd answered which Misako sighed at.

"You know, your father wasn't always like this, it took years for his heart to turn completely evil, but there was a time when I loved him, and he was very proud." Misako assured while Allison hopped down to listen to more of this.

"When was that?" Lloyd asked with concern again which made Misako hug him some more.

"When we had you." Misako said softly which made them have a moment together, but the thought of it just made Lloyd very sad knowing what needs to be done.

"And now it all will come down to me and Spike facing him.." Lloyd said with guilt which Allison felt regret to know.

" I never thought my father would have to be part of something this big, then again.. I never really thought he'd paise someone like me, it he hadn't ended up in this world, and met all of you, I don't know if I'd ever be like the way I am.." Allison said with regret as she looked at her older form again.

"You may have been able to live through a real childhood, you've had to adapt to being a teenager after that tea aged us all up, how have you been able to handle it?" Lloyd asked with concern while looking at her.

"I've.. just adjusted to it overtime I guess, it still feels weird being so much older, one day I'm a baby not really understanding how tough things are, and the next, I'm a teen, it's.. strange to say the least.." Allison answered while she looked at herself.

"At least it helped us grow stronger for the inevitable fights we're going to have to take on. You think we'll ever find out how you ended up alone as an egg?" Lloyd asked again while Allison remembered how she sensed something back in Ninjago.

"Maybe, but honestly.. I'm just glad to have a family like you guys, with you helping my dad find his calling, and him being able to raise me, it's.. all I could really ask for, but even then, there are still parts of me that question how that even happened in the first place.." Allison replied while she looked down with sadness.

"Don't worry Allison, one day we'll find out what happened, but even then, it just gives you and Spike more to relate to, but with us by your sides, we'll help you through it, count on that." Lloyd assured which made Allison smile hearing that.

"Thanks Uncle Lloyd, that means a lot to me.." Allison said with a grateful look while they took a small break for just a moment.

But that moment was soon cut short as they all heard what sounded like the grunts of one of the Stone Warrior's, and it was in the direction Wu went off in.
"Wu!" Misako said with worry as they all rushed down the path to see what's going on.

Everyone managed to track down where the noise was coming from, and they saw Wu was nearly caught by the Stone Warrior's after they were patrolling the area, Wu was trying to fight them off, but they're power was too great, and they were about to finish him for good while he was down for the moment.

But Lloyd managed to shoot fire directly at the weapons the Stone Warrior had, and that burned them to ash while Allison snuck up behind him and tapped his back.
"Hey, remember me?" Allison asked with anger as this was the same one that broke her arm before, the warrior turned to face her, but once he did, Allison delivered a hard strike in between the warrior's legs which made him scream with pain while falling on his knees.

"Guess you aren't so indestructible after all!" Allison mocked as she slithered around it and delivered a tail whip to the back of it's head and knocked it down, and Lloyd followed that up by using his Earth powers to hold it in place which defeated the warrior for now.

"That was for breaking my arm!" Allison shouted with anger as she took of the straps on her arm and threw them to the ground since it's finally recovered.

But they weren't done yet, as there was still more operating the dangerous vehicle's that they were patrolling around, but as one of them was about to fire at them, Lloyd shot some ice and froze the vehicle solid, but as the last warrior tried running away, Lloyd trapped it in a cage of bamboo sticks that it couldn't escape from, and Misako helped Wu get up during the time they were dealing with all of this.

"That was close, our presence cannot be hidden on the island for much longer, I just hope the others have found the temple by now. Knowing them, they've probably already found it." Wu said hopefully while Allison and Lloyd tied up the remaining warrior's, and that line just made Allison wince hearing it.

"Eh..." Allison said with some worry as she had the feeling they weren't doing so well right now.

And back with Spike and everyone else, they were just getting bored as Zane was taking a while to get his falcon back, and Jay was just playing with the medallion to pass the time.
"I spy with my little eye... oh! Another tree!" Jay said playfully while he saw one through the middle circle.

"Oh wow another tree, I'm SO impressed.." Spike said sarcastically as he was slamming his fact into the ground with frustration.

"Ugh, how did you ever become a Ninja Jay? Seriously?" Cole asked with frustration while Kai was standing up again.

"Won't Zane just get his stupid bird already and get out of there?!" Kai asked with frustration as they saw Zane was almost within reach of the falcon.

There were some Stone Warrior's around the falcon and was making it hard to get it, but having enough of this, he just decided to make the break for it.

But while he was doing it, Jay was still looking through the Medallion to try and find it. But as he looked high into the air, he finally found a place where the orbs were aligned with the light.
"Guys! look!" Jay announced as he handed it to Kai who looked through it.

"They all match up, that must be the Temple of Light!" Kai said with joy while Spike looked at the mountain far in the distance.

"We need to find a way to get up there! We gotta get back to Wu and the others to let them know about this!" Spike instructed while he looked through it too, and could just feel like there was something important for him there.

"But what about Zane?" Cole asked with concern which made everyone look back at the camp, and unfortunately, they heard the yells of dozens of warrior's as they spotted Zane from trying to steal the fountain.

"Oh great.." Jay said with worry as they all saw this.

Zane was being backed up into a corner by dozens of warrior's surrounding him, while he had the falcon back, he may not be able to get out of this one now.
"I sense I may have gotten into a predicament my broken friend.." Zane said with fear as he held the falcon close to him while Garmadon was watching over all of this.

"A ninja, here? Seize him!" Garmadon ordered the warrior's who were closing up on him.

"That's it! I'm fighting!" Cole declared as he was about to go to fight.

"Don't! They're indestructible! If we go in there they'll know we're here too!" Kai warned which Spike and Cole just ignored.

"So what? They already know Zane's here, so they'll eventually realize we're all here too!" Spike pointed out which was very possible.

"And if we don't do this, Zane could suffer a worse fate we'll regret forever! Come on, it's Zane!" Cole encouraged which gave everyone no choice but to help him out.

Just before Zane was caught by the rest of the warrior's, one of they're vehicles drove directly over all the warrior's which gave Zane room to escape while Garmadon was in complete shock.
"What are you waiting for a red carpet?" Cole asked with an annoyed look while they all started to try to escape.

"There's a way through here! Come on!" Spike shouted as he ran as fast as they could through another path.

"They're getting away! No! Do something!" Garmadon ordered his commander who ordered the other warrior's to seize them all.

Spike and the ninja were running as fast as they could through the camp while all the warrior's were going after them to stop them from escaping, and this just made it very hard for all of them.
"Ugh! This is ridiculous!" Spike shouted with frustration while he avoided any weapons being thrown at him.

"Remember when sensei told us to stay out of sight?" Kai asked with worry as they soon reached a large wall they might be able to get over.

"Yeah, that was good advise!" Cole replied as they tried hopping on top of eachother to escape until multiple spears blocked the top which knocked them all down.

"Why didn't we listen to him?!" Jay asked with fear while they all ducked down from more spears being thrown right above them.

"Why don't we EVER listen to him?!" Zane added as they all looked for a way out, and Kai soon saw there was a gate they could get through.

"Look! A gate! That's the way out!" Kai shouted as they saw it was almost closed by one of the warrior's.

"Come on, this way! "Spike advised as they were running across a bridge to make it, but Kai had stepped on a board which broke on impact, and Kai looked down with fear as they saw it was a long way down if they fell.

And as they looked back, they saw the warrior's were making they're way across the bridge which blocked they're previous route, and it only made things harder for them.
"Hurry up, we're almost there!" Cole shouted again as they tried moving forward, but were soon blocked by the warrior's on the other side, and they were cornered on the bridge.

Garmadon laughed mockingly as he saw all of this and sat down with some popcorn to enjoy this moment.
"Excellent! This is too good!" Garmadon said with a smirk while everyone tried finding a way out.

"We've been in situations like this hundreds of times! Who's got an idea?!" Kai asked the others who tried thinking of something.

"Uh.. how about we jump down there?!" Jay suggested while they looked below and saw the pit of Dark Matter below them.

"Into the creepy dark liquid that could corrupt us?! No thank you!" Spike shouted with fear thinking that was a terrible idea.

"I say we fight!" Cole suggested as he clutched his hands.

"With what? We don't have powers! Unless you can hold them off with your powers Spike!" Kai replied while Spike saw there was too many for him to push back.

"There's too many! And we're on a bridge! Any movements could make it break! It's too risky to use my powers!" Spike reminded which gave Zane an idea.

He looked at the approaching warrior's and the bridge weakening by the second, and as he looked at the planks, he got an idea on how to escape.
"I have an idea on how to escape, everyone brace yourselves!" Zane warned as the weight of the warrior's was too much for the bridge, and it finally collapsed which made everyone fall through the air.

"Grab onto a plank! Ninja go!" Zane shouted as they all used Spinjitzu's again while grabbing onto they're own planks, and they were able to fly they're way into the air and onto the crane and began sliding off of it while cheering with joy.

"Woo hoo!" Spike shouted with joy while they all grinded across it and jumped over the walls and over the trees which made Garmadon furious.

"Get them!" Garmadon orders the warrior's again, and that made them get into a nearby vehicle which hopped it's way out of the camp in a silly way.

"We're falling!" Kai screamed as they were running out of trees to jump across.

"Use your hoods as a parachute!" Zane screamed while they all jumped across the wall and they used they're hoods like Zane suggested, and it thankfully had all of them glide down to the ground safely so they could escape.

They didn't waste any more time to make it back to the Bounty where the others were waiting, they had very little time, and they needed to get to the temple now.
"Hey, they found the falcon!" Julien said with relied while Lloyd noticed something was wrong.

"Why are they running?" Lloyd questioned as they finally made it back and took heavy breaths to rest for a moment.

"Dad, are you alright?" Allison asked with concern as he looked exhausted.

"I'm fine Allison.. just.. need a moment.." Spike said between breaths while Zane put the falcon on the table.

"Prepare for battle, we got company!" Zane warned which worried everyone.

"You were spotted? By one.. two?!" Wu asked with fear while Kai looked down with regret.

"How about.. all of them?" Kai answered with a worried look which made Allison shake her head.

"I knew I should've gone with you guys..." Allison said with frustration to hear this.

"Did you locate the Temple of Light?" Misako asked with a hopeful look.

"it's at the top of the Mountain, but I hope those vehicles are ready, cause we could sure use them right now!" Kai answered which was all they needed to know.

They were lead up to the drill machine Allison and the others made for them which looked to hold enough seats for all of them.
"Guess your gonna have to figure out this baby on the fly!" Julien said as the hatch opened up and they all hopped into it to get going.

"We've also patched in another surprise in the back, perhaps it could be of use?" Nya asked with a sweet look while she kissed Jay on the cheek for a brief moment.

"Another Nya surprise?!" Jay asked gleefully as Lloyd and Misako were giving eachother one more hug before leaving.

"You'll have to go to, be safe." Misako advised as Lloyd was climbing onto the machine.

"We will mom." Lloyd replied with a confident look.

"Are you sure I can't come with you dad? My arm's better now, I can fight with you!" Allison begged as Spike looked down at her from the machine.

"I'm sorry Allison, I need you to stay here and look after everyone else! Stay strong, we will make it back, I promise." Spike assured as she just looked worried for him.

"Okay.. be careful.." Allison prayed as she slithered back up to the others.

"Remember, do not stop until you reach the Temple of Light, our survival depends on it." Wu instructed as they got ready to leave.

"This time, we'll stick to the plan." Kai assured while the hatch was starting to close.

"Good luck ninja." Wu concluded as the drill machine powered up and they all started to drive away from the base and turned another direction just as the warrior's showed up, and they started chasing them in a direction away from the Bounty.

Everyone looked back and saw there were over three deadly vehicles chasing them, and the machine was roughly turning as each one tried to attack them.
"You do know how to steer this thing don't you?!" Jay asked with fear to Cole who was trying to drive it. Cole turned the wheel a bit to the right and the machine was driving over the large piles of dirt while the warrior's chased after them.

Two of the machine's drove ahead of the machine and went far ahead to block they're path while the one with buzz saw's was almost about to strike them.
"Cole! look out!" Spike shouted as the alarm was going off, and Cole did a hard turn around to avoid crashing into the machines, and they drove straight onto a large rock which threw the machine in the air after they launched off it.

Cole cheered with joy as he felt the machine going at fast speeds in the air, and at the right moment, Cole activated the drill and they dove straight into the ground just before they could be struck by the warrior's which made the commander scream with fury.

The machine soon emerged up from the ground after they avoided the warriors, and they had ended up on the bottom of the mountain where the temple should be.
"Well, that's as far as it can go. We'll have to make it up there on our own." Cole announced as they looked at the high mountain in front of them.

"But we'll never make it up there before they arrive!" Lloyd said with worry as everyone was getting out of the machine.

"Well let's see what my sister packed." Kai declared as he went behind the machine and pressed on a special device Nya stored on it, and the strange device shot out from the machine and soon began to form into a special mech that could be used for climbing the mountain.

"Nya just knows the best things to use doesn't she?" Spike asked proudly as they saw the machine in front of them.

"I know! And I love her for that!" Kai said with joy as he hopped into the machine to pilot it while the warrior's were approaching them from the distance.

"Leave this to me!" Kai announced as he turned the mech around and made a large leap to one of the machines to destroy it.

" Hey buddy! You just had to be first! And guess what you win? A little of this!" Kai screamed as he grabbed the machine and threw it far away from them which blew up when it was thrown into the forest.

"Who's next?!" Kai asked with anger as he turned to the other warrior's who loaded they're weapons to fight back against him. Kai stared at the warrior's dead in the eyes, before he raised the mech's claws and smashed them on the ground which created a shockwave to knock the rest of them down.

But while the commander's machine was still fine, he was able to see Kai was making his way to the others to get up the mountain, and he ordered his soldiers to stop them before they reach it.
"These guys just don't quit!" Jay said with surprise as they saw even more vehicles approaching them.

"Climb on!" Kai announced just as he lowered the mech so they all could climb onto it.

"Up the mountain Kai! Let's go!" Spike shouted while he looked at the vehicle's approaching them, and Kai used the mech to quickly climb up the mountain, he used it's claws to climb up the mountain while the Stone Warrior's used they're machine's to climb up the mountain too.

Everyone was trying to outrun the warrior's as they were right behind they're tail, and they could see that they were almost about to reach them.
"Ugh, they're still coming!" Jay screamed while he looked down to the machine's below them.

"One of these days we're gonna have to fight!" Cole reminded again which Spike found annoying.

"Just. Be. Patient Cole!" Spike shouted with frustration feeling super annoyed by this now.

"We're not climbing fast enough!" Zane shouted to Kai who was going as fast as he could.

Kai then tried using the mech to jump up across the ledges of the mountain to make it up faster, but while they kept on climbing, one of the warrior's was right near the mech's leg, but as he went to jump on it to stop them, Spike shot some Ice at it and froze it solid, and that it fall into the machine's to halt they're progress.

"Alright, let's see if this works!" Spike shouted as he shot more ice blasts to the machine's and he managed to freeze they're wheels to prevent them from climbing, and they all began falling to the ground to buy them some time.

"Great job Spike!" Lloyd complimented while Spike looked a bit proud for doing that, Kai got an idea on how to reach the top, and he pressed on a nearby switch that could help with this climb.

"Activate hook!" Kai announced again while the mech shot a grapple out from it's hand, and it landed all the way at the top and pulled the whole mech to it so they could finally make it there.

Everyone finally managed to reach the top after all that trouble, and Spike prayed this is where they needed to go. Everyone finally got off the mech and looked around to see where the temple is.
"We made it to the top! But.. where's the temple of light?!" Jay asked with fear as they didn't see it anywhere.

"Are you sure you used the Medallion right?" Lloyd asked with concern while looking at him.

"Of course I used it right! It said it should be right here!" Jay said with frustration while pointing at the area.

"I can second that, it should be here somewhere!" Spike added as Kai turned around and saw a few more vehicles were still approaching them.

"Well until then, I gotta slow these guys down!" Kai said seriously as he looked down at the warrior's who almost made it to the top, but Kai was able to notice a large rock just near him that could work, and he shot a missile at it which blew it up, and all the debris fell over the warrior's, and they and the machine's finally fell down to give them time.

"That should buy us a little time." Kai finished while everyone started to climb up the mountain to see where it is.

Spike swore they saw the temple somewhere on this mountain, even if they don't see it right now, it could be very close.

And as everyone climbed across the mountain to find it, Lloyd noticed a bright light just ahead of him, and as he made his way to it, he finally found what they've been looking for.
"The Temple of Light!" Lloyd said with relief seeing the temple in front of them.

"It really is here! We found it!" Spike said with relief while they all looked at it. It looked like one of the most ancient places in this world, everything about it just looked amazing, it was without a doubt, one of the most amazing places Spike's seen in his life.

Lloyd and Spike opened up the doors into the temple, and they could see so many ancient drawings along the wall, along with bright crystals that illuminated the place, there was four pillars around the room, and a large bell in the center that was below a golden and purple circle that looked important.

"Guys, check this out, it's us!" Jay said with amazement as they saw all the drawings predicted the adventures they've gone on, it was everything they've done up to this point.

"Impossible, it's everything we've ever done!" Kai said with shock as they saw themselves and Spike were on the drawings together.

" Us meeting Spike for the first time, finding the Bounty, facing the Devourer, even right now!" Cole pointed out as they saw a picture showing off the exact moment that's happening now.

"How.. how could it have been known that I'd be here?!" Spike asked with shock as he saw multiple pictures of him with the main 6, and once he got sucked into the mirror, he ended up in Ninjago, meeting Wu and everyone else, and there was even a drawing that showed him finding Allison. It was everything that's happened to him since he came to Ninjago.

"How could all of this be here?" Zane asked with amazement to see all of this in front of them.

"Destiny." Lloyd answered with a proud look as there was no other answer.

"Then.. I really was meant to come here.. this.. is my calling..." Spike said with awe as he's waited for this moment since everyone back home found they're own.

Lloyd looked at a special drawing that showed him and Spike within the center of the room, and the other ninja were around 4 pillars of they're respective elements.
"I think I know what we need to do!" Lloyd announced as they could hear the Stone Warrior's were getting closer to the temple outside.

Lloyd and Spike went below the bell and brushed away a lot of the dirt on the ground, and soon found two symbols right below it that was for them.
"Look.." Lloyd pointed out while the others went to the pillars and found more just like it.

As Lloyd and Spike looked at the ancient drawings below them, they were wondering on how they could unlock the powers hidden within them.
"Okay.. now what?" Lloyd asked with confusion as nothing was happening right now. And things were getting worse as they could hear the warrior's getting even closer.

"Why does everything have to be so hard?!" Cole asked with frustration since they were running out of time.

Lloyd and Spike looked at the symbol below them, and as they were thinking over things, Lloyd remembered what Misako told them earlier.
"For once the Green Ninja finds the instrument of peace, he will strike it, and will know the power of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master." Misako's words echoed through his head which made Lloyd and Spike look up above them, and they realized it was the bell that needed to be struck!

"The bell! It's an instrument! You guys ready for this?!" Lloyd asked confidently while everyone braced themselves.

"Bring it!" Cole said with a serious look which made Spike and Lloyd look at eachother.

"Let's do this!" Spike shouted as he held his hands down so they can begin.

Lloyd ran directly to Spike and jumped on his hands, and Spike gave Lloyd a large boost in the air and threw him to the pillar next to him, Lloyd then jumped off the pillar and made a loud battle cry as he flew directly at the bell and finally struck it which sent a huge ring throughout the entire temple which echoed through the whole mountain.

Just as Lloyd landed down near Spike, a bright light began to shine down on them, and they felt a huge power start to flow into them.
"Whoa! What's happening?!" Lloyd screamed with fear while Spike looked at his claws as he felt a new power entering him

"No one move!" Zane screamed as he looked over the whole room.

Lloyd soon felt himself calming down hearing that, and he soon closed his eyes while Spike took a deep breath, they both raised they're arms forward, and a beam of light shot down from the bell onto Lloyd's armor, and it soon reflected off of Spike's suit and flew directly into the crystal's around them.

They began shooting more beams of light across each pillar, and once they hit them, they glowed a bright light and shone over Kai and the other ninja which gave them some amazing looking new suits with strange weapons appearing in they're hands.

The beams went around the entire temple and all the pillar's gave each of the ninja they're own new suit and weapon that gave them a much stronger power then they ever felt before.

The beams soon shot directly to Spike which went into him, Spike screamed as he felt a incredible new power infusing with his own, he felt his own suit change into a special looking purple and green suit that looked to be made of bright crystal material, even it's design looked like the other's new suits too, he even had two of the weapons form in his hands as the power became something he's never felt before.

Lloyd and Spike both began floating in the air as the power flew into all of them, Spike felt his sword shake as he unlocked a new special power that the others didn't have, Crystal.

Spike's swords shot out and formed into a special elemental blade made out of crystal, they're color was bright purple for one of it, while the other was green to match his new suit.

This happened to the other's too as they're weapons had blades of they're respective elements shoot out and crystalize in front of them, it was one of the most amazing feelings any of them have ever felt in they're life. Lloyd and Spike continued circling around in the air while the beams still poured more power into Spike, and Spike screamed even more as he felt his eyes and spine change into a new golden color as the power went into him.

"Guys! Send them your powers!" Kai screamed which made all of them raise they're weapons to them, and they shot each of they're elements into them which made two enormous dragons emerge from them that was like what Misako predicted, and they roared with pure rage as the transformation was finally complete.

The lights soon all died down, and Spike and Lloyd landed on the ground after they felt all that power enter them.
"Lloyd! Spike!" Kai said with worry as they all went to check on them.

But the Stone Warrior's had had finally arrived just after they finished getting they're new power, and Lloyd and Spike quickly got up and felt ready to go.
"Let em have it!" Lloyd said with anger while Spike held his new blades tightly.

"Now we get to fight!" Cole said with confidence as they all charged at the warrior's to fight.

Kai clashed his elemental blade with one of the Stone Warrior's, and the fire from it was so strong, it was able to break the blade into pieces just from the one clash which amazed him.
"Cool!" Kai said with amazement as he charged at the warrior's after feeling his powers return. Kai slammed his sword down on the ground and fire spread out from it while Kai circled around them completely, and once the group of warrior's were trapped, Kai jumped into it and took all of them down with no effort at all.

Jay stood his ground while more of the Stone Warrior's charged at him, as they tried slashing at him with they're spears, Jay jumped onto them and used his lightning blade to shock all of them into in one single hit which felt amazing.
"Ha! I love it!" Jay said with joy as he twirled the blade around.

Another group of them charged to Zane next who had an idea on what to do, he did a high jump up to the pillar behind him and waited for the warrior's to climb up to get him, but that was when Zane jumped off and used his new Ice blade to freeze them all in place like a tower, he then delivered a strong kick which cracked it which made apart.

For Cole, he was surrounded by another group again, but this didn't concern him one bit, with his powers finally back. Cole slammed his blade into the ground and raised the ground below they're feat, and soon trapped them completely in the earth so they couldn't fight back.

Cole laughed with joy and soon began break dancing over they're heads in a familiar style, he even did the Moonwalk as he flipped across they're heads in a funny way.

For Spike, he felt so much power in his body now, it was unlike anything he's ever felt, and it was something truly amazing. Spike's eyes glowed a golden color as Spike twirled his new blades around, and as one of the larger warrior's tried attacking him, Spike made a battle cry and did a backflip into the air.

Spike went right across from the monster and raised his hand forward, this shot a purple beam of power directly at the warrior, and it froze the guy in a crystal in a second which prevented it from moving. Spike soon landed on the ground and raised his blades in the air, Spike could still feel the other's powers with him here, and as he was about to strike him, Spike's blades glowed the respective elements of the other ninja, and Spike screamed as he delivered a powerful strike to it and destroyed the warrior in an instant which also sent a shockwave of power across the temple which knocked some of the warrior's down.

Spike twirled his blades around and laughed with joy as he can duel wield these things.
"Ha! This is awesome!" Spike shouted with joy as he never felt so happy in his life.

But he had to regain focus again since there was one last large group of enemy's, and as he looked at Lloyd, they both knew that they had to finish things.
"Alright.. my turn..." Lloyd said with anger as Spike came right next to him and put his blades down for this move, he and Lloyd stood together while the other ninja were right behind them, they focused all the power they had in them to deliver one last move to finish them.

As they're powers combined, they screamed with rage and unleashed two powerful elemental dragons that roared at the entire army which scared all of them.
"Retreat!!" The general screamed while all of them were trying to run away, and the dragons they formed became so large, they both shot out of the temple and flew into the night sky while the other's elements flew around them.

Allison and everyone else was able to see this from the Bounty, and they all cheered with victory from seeing them finally unlock they're new powers.
"They did it!" Nya cheered while Allison was in awe of this sight in front of them.

"My dad really got a new power! Awesome!!" Allison said with joy and relief as the dragons flew around the temple.

"Perhaps good will win after all!" Misako said with relief while she gave Wu a hug who took that in and felt hopeful they could win.

But things weren't as good as everyone thought right now, because while all of this was happening, Garmadon went back to the Celestial Clock and was upset over them gaining new powers.
"It appears your indestructible Stone Army, isn't as tough as it appears to be!" Garmadon mocked while he looked at the Overlord who didn't seem concerned about this.

"The ninja and that dragon may be getting stronger... but so.. are.. we. When the Celestial Clock reaches 0, the ultimate weapon will be complete! And then.. there will be nothing they can do! To stop you from turning Ninjago.. into your.. image..." The Overlord said maliciously as they looked at the clock, it's cycle was almost finished, and once it reaches 0, the final battle will truly begin...

Author's Note

Hope you liked this everyone! I think the power of Crystal will be a great way to help Spike stand out, while he'll still be able to use the other's powers when the time is right, including Nya's once she gets hers, Spike's main element from here on will be Crystal, he'll fully unlock they're power by the season finale like Lloyd will, but I'll make sure that he isn't too overpowered, I'd say he'll be on Lloyd's level or even a bit higher once they reach they're true potential, so I hope you don't mind me doing this.

This is still one of my favorite episodes of the show because of the Temple of Light scene, I still think the suits the ninja get here are some of the best ones they've gotten in the show, the music of this scene really sells it and lets us know just how powerful they really became here, I honestly have to wonder if Lloyd didn't just give them they're powers they can use on they're own in Season 3, would they be able to use them like the other Elemental Masters can? That would've been interesting to see.

Regardless, I hope you all liked this chapter, we're almost through season 2 guys, and I hope you look forward to the rest of it!

24: The Last Hope

We open to a shot of the mountain where the Celestial Clock lies, it's timer was getting closer and closer to finishing it's cycle so the final battle can begin. Garmadon was watching the clock count down even more, and the Overlord was right next to him knowing that the time is about to come.

"The clock is only hours away from finishing it's countdown, to the final battle between good and evil Garmadon. Why so sad?" Overlord asked as he noticed Garmadon was worried over something, but he tried hiding it knowing it would make him look weak.

"Me? Sad? Nonsense! I couldn't be happier! It's just.." Garmadon said with guilt before the Overlord finished knowing what he's implying.

"Lloyd..." Overlord said maliciously upon hearing that name.

"I still have to battle my son, and his dragon friend Spike. In order to transform Ninjago, into my own image." Garmadon said with some hesitation knowing who he's facing.

"Battle.. and defeat! Your evil needs to prevail!" Overlord said with a stern voice which made Garmadon look at the clock one last time before leaving, he knew it was gonna be a tough fight between him and Lloyd, even if Spike will support him in the fight, it's coming down to a fight between father and son, and there's only hours left before the battle begins..

Back with Spike and everyone else, they were back at their base and testing out they're powers, they've all been having a blast being able to fully use them, and Spike especially is loving his new Crystal powers that he got at the temple.
"Order up! Coconut Cream Pie! Served well done!" Kai shouted as he threw a coconut far ahead of the beach and destroyed it with his elemental blade to test things out.

"Haha! Nice!" Spike complimented while he was twirling his new blades around to get used to duel wielding.

"It is good do have our powers back!" Zane said with relief as they felt super confident with this fight now.

"Yep, your right! And with all of us working on our" Witty quips" on everything we do, I'd say we got this final battle in the bag!" Jay said with a casual look while Spike shot another beam from his hand and turned another coconut and engulfed it in a crystal.

"You got that right!" Spike said with joy while he shot a blast from his blade forward and destroyed it too which made the others cheer for him.

"Nicely done Spike! How are you liking your new Crystal powers? What do they feel like?" Cole asked with interest while Spike looked at his blades reflection and saw his new golden spine and eye color in them.

"It's unlike anything I've felt! Wait till Twilight and the others see this!" Spike said with a prideful look which the others were hoping to see happens one day.

But they're fun was soon brought to an end once Wu had noticed they're reckless actions, and went to stop them before causing any accidents.
"Enough! are you trying to reveal our hidden location?" Wu asked while he walked up to them.

"Oh.. sorry sensei, we were just testing out new elemental blades." Kai said in defense while he held out his own.

"And our witty quips!" Jay added which only made Wu shake his head.

"Be weary of overconfidence, while it's true your powers can defeat the Stone Army, remember Spike, you need to be at full strength for you and Lloyd to be able to defeat Garmadon. When this is all over, we will see who laughs last then." Wu instructed which everyone understood.

"Yes sensei..." Everyone said respectfully which made Wu start to walk off again.

Lloyd was helping Julien with repairing the falcon, and was nearly finished with making it.
"Every cog.. every gear, is important. If one piece goes missing, or out of place, the invention won't work." Julien explained as he finally repaired the falcon as it can fully work again.

"Come now little one, time to fly." Julien encouraged it which began flying off while everyone watched it go.

"It is like you Ninja, each of you serve important roles, and are each key components into a magnificent fighting force." Wu encouraged as Spike sat down and saw the falcon fly off.

"It's quite the sight here, isn't it dad?" Allison asked as she slithered up to check on him.

"Yeah, it really is, with the powers we have again, hopefully this will be what we need to stop Garmadon for good.." Spike said hopefully as he formed more crystals in his hand from getting used to having them.

"It's almost time dad, let's just hope we can win." Allison prayed while they took in this moment together.

Lloyd was watching the falcon fly through the air after hearing all this advise, and he still had questions that could be important.
"If we're all gears, what If I'm the one who doesn't work, if I don't do my part.. what if.. I can't defeat my father?" Lloyd asked with worry while Wu came up to him.

"What if there are no more what if's? The final battle is almost upon us, when the time comes, then we will know the answer to what if. Weather we like it or not." Wu replied with a calm look while Lloyd was still concerned about this.

"I know you don't want to face your father, but theirs no other choice." Nya reminded which conveniently had Misako come in with an idea on how to avoid this.

"Perhaps there is, i thought it was inevitable, but then I found this." Misako said putting a scroll on the table while Spike and the others were just arriving.

"You mean Lloyd and Spike may not have to fight? This I gotta see." Cole said with a smile while they all went up to them.

"The scroll says that when the Helmet of Darkness is be grieved to it's rightful ruler, the Celestial Clock will count down to the creation of an unspeakable weapon. The first sign of the final battle between good an evil has begun." Misako explained while they saw a picture of the stone army and the helmet that Garmadon has been currently using.

"Did you just say unspeakable weapon?" Kai asked with concern to hear that.

"I knew they may be building something big back at that camp.." Spike said with concern too while Allison was right behind him.

"Go on Misako, don't let us stop you, how can we stop the final battle?" Cole questioned once again.

"There is nothing here that states if the Helmet of Darkness is returned.. " Misako replied while they all looked at the special scroll.

"Interesting, if the helmet is removed, the clock starts, put it back, and the clock stops." Wu suggested which Allison had trouble believing.

"If there isn't anything that says what happens if it's returned, isn't a bit worrying that this may not even work if we tried it?" Allison questioned since she got a bad feeling over it.

"Even if there's nothing on it here, this could mean the Final Battle could never start!" Lloyd concluded with a hopeful look.

"Hold on, I'm with Allison on this, even if we have our new powers and all, do you expect us to all just make it past his whole army of Stone Warriors, and get the helmet of Garmadon's head?" Kai questioned which was concerning.

"Kai's right, they're good but.. they're not that good." Nya replied which made Spike think over it too.

"We may have new powers sure, but we may not be able to fight them all, how are we gonna get that helmet?" Spike asked with worry while looking at the scroll.

"I'll handle that, I will just need a little help." Misako said as she motioned Spike and the ninja to come closer to hear her out.

Everyone went up to her as a group and she had an idea to make this work. But while Misako was explaining to them on what to do, Wu had stepped in front of Lloyd again to stop him from going.
"I am sorry Lloyd, this mission isn't for you." Wu said regretfully once more.

"But I'm all powered up! I can help!" Lloyd argued again not wanting to be on the sidelines again.

"We must not let you and your father come face to face, we're trying to prevent the final battle, not begin it." Wu instructed again which Lloyd hated to hear.

"Yes sensei.. but how come Spike gets to go again? He has to face my father with me doesn't he?" Lloyd asked again while he pointed at Spike.

"The connection you and your father has will be what begins the final battle, Spike may have to face alongside you, but he will have to wait for when the time comes too, and it will be you who decides when the time comes." Wu explained while he looked at Spike in the distance.

"Don't worry Lloyd, I need to stay back here again too, I don't think they'd just let an Anacondrai waltz through their camp you know? Even with a disguise of sorts. We'll help them when the time is right, for now, we just need to hold on until it happens." Allison said while she patted his back which made Lloyd groan a bit hearing this.

"Whatever you say.." Lloyd said quietly as he was walking off to do his own thing for now.

We cut back to Garmadon's camp where all the stone warrior's were working on his new weapon, and Garmadon was being shown by the general of the new weapons they've been working on.
"To combat the ninja's new power, we have honored your request to step up your weapons defenses." He said respectfully while Garmadon saw deadlier looking combat vehicles then before.

"Heheh.. I like what I see!" Garmadon said with a chuckle while he went to look over them, but the Overlord was able to see something is wrong, and went to confront him over this.

"Why build your forces? When all your attention should be on completing the ultimate weapon?" Overlord asked with an upset tone seeing this.

"What good is an ultimate weapon if I'm not around to use it? Do not question my motives!" Garmadon dismissed while he was about to walk away before the Overlord stopped him once again.

"It is not your motives, I fear your hesitating, as the hours counting down to facing your son." Overlord accused which Garmadon didn't respond with which is all he needed to know.

"So.. it is true.." Overlord said mockingly which made Garmadon shake his head and try to put a stop to this talk.

"Never doubt my evil again! If you wish to still be an alley when I rule! Get back to building the ultimate weapon! And do not stop until it is complete!" Garmadon ordered his soldiers who quickly rushed off to finish it out of fear.

"Yes... there's the Garmadon I am counting on!" Overlord said maliciously while he looked over the warrior's getting to work quickly.

Just outside of the camp doors, Spike and the other ninja were walking up to it in disguises they've made to look like Stone Warrior's while they were bringing Misako with them who was tied up. Kai pounded on the door which made the warrior's raise the gates up so they can begin this little act of theirs.

"Unhand me you fiends!" Misako said dramatically as the commander was coming up to them and questioned what's going on.

"Misako, try acting more dramatic." Spike whispered to her who had an idea on how to convince them.

"That's right! You got me, but I'll never tell you where our base is! And you'll never get another peep out of me unless you take me to Garmadon!" Misako said with no signs of fear which angered the commander. He aggressively grabbed her and began taking her to Garmadon while the others were able to sneak through the camp which surprised Spike a bit.

"Wow, I can't believe this actually worked.." Spike said with shock while he looked at his disguise.

"Come on, let's try and find a place to hide until Misako get's the helmet, let's try our best not to be seen." Zane encouraged while they all started moving through the camp and hoped this would work.

Garmadon was currently trying to rest within his small base, but when the door opened it made him groan with annoyance from the light.
"I said I was not to be disturbed!" Garmadon dismissed again while the general walked into the room.

"Forgive me my lord, but we have a prisoner who knows the whereabouts of your sons secret base." He said respectfully which got Garmadon's attention, and he soon saw Misako walk into the room which caught him off guard.

"Misako.." Garmadon said with shock while he quickly got up.

"It's been a while." Misako greeted with a calm look while walking up to him still.

"I.. I... release her." Garmadon ordered the general who bowed respectfully.

"Yes sir." He replied before he cut her free and began leaving them alone to talk.

Garmadon didn't know how to talk to her after seeing her after so long, and she tried getting through to him since they still care for eachother.
"Take off that silly helmet, and let me get a good look at you." Misako requested which made him push her away a bit.

"If you don't mind.. I recommend not to.." Garmadon said calmly as he tried finding the words to talk with her.

Spike and the other ninja were currently trying to avoid being discovered, but the other ninja were mainly focused on having more puns for their next fight.
"How about this? It's Ice to see you!" Zane joked while Spike looked very bored from all of this.

"Eh that one is too basic, really obvious if you ask me." Spike replied which the others agreed with.

"I know, and have we heard that one before?" Cole asked with a curious look while Kai didn't like having to wear this armor.

"Ugh, I feel like a clunky mewl in this thing." Kai replied just until they heard the general shout at them from seeing them slack off.

"Is he talking to us?" Kai asked with a worried look.

"I think he's wanting us to get back to work." Zane suggested before the general shouted to them even louder which got them moving quickly.

"Come on guys, go go go!" Spike whispered while they all ran off while making noises to sound like Stone Warriors.

Garmadon was trying to talk with Misako while they were alone still, and had many questions on what she knows.
"So you know where our son is? But I know you won't give him up so easily." Garmadon declared as he went to a wall and grabbed a sharp blade to make her talk.

"I know you too well Misako, why did you allow yourself to get caught?" Garmadon asked as he pointed the blade at her who didn't show any fear from it.

"It's because I know you too, I know you don't want to fight, as much as Lloyd doesn't want to fight you." Misako said calmly which did surprise Garmadon a bit.

"Lloyd doesn't want to fight.. I mean.. so Lloyd doesn't want to fight!" Garmadon said mockingly while he made another evil laugh.

"If your still the man I once loved, I know you'd never want to see him harmed." Misako replied as she could see through this act.

"But it is foretold! It is our destiny! I don't care about him or that little dragon! I only care about turning Ninjago into my own image!" Garmadon said with a proud look again which made Misako nearly lose hope hearing it.

"Then your not the man I once loved, I should go." Misako said as she was about to leave him alone.

"No! Don't.." Garmadon begged while he reached out to her, this made Misako turn back to him again, and Garmadon finally took off his helmet to show how much this really means to him.

"Misako, I may look different, and evil may now course through my veins, but I am still the same man standing before you." Garmadon said in a calm tone while he put the helmet on a pedestal while he put his sword down too.

"I want you to rule by my side." Garmadon offered with a hopeful look while he went back up to her.

But while all of this was going on, Spike and the ninja were being forced to work on the weapon while they were carrying supplies of Dark Matter to the top of the construction area.
"Ugh, man, no matter how many bad situations we get out off, we never seem to be able to escape chores." Jay said with an annoyed tone as they walked closer to the large weapon.

"It's called responsibility's Jay, everyone has to do them at some point in they're lives. I had to do a ton of them back home, you get used to it." Spike replied with a casual tone.

"Oh and did you have to carry this deadly substance and walk up large construction sights building deadly weapons?" Jay countered again which made Spike hesitate a bit.

"N.. no, but it still doesn't mean we shouldn't slack off, we all have to help out even outside of being a ninja." Spike replied while they started walking up the large spiral.

"What do you think they're making?" Cole questioned again as they circled around it multiple times, and saw what looked like a large canon right in the middle which looked super dangerous.

"It looks like some sort of massive cannon." Kai suggested while they were walking right above it.

"What do you think it'll be for?" Zane asked with some fear in his tone.

"Ooh I don't know, how about something to destroy us?!" Jay whispered with frustration which was very obvious.

Just as everyone was getting to the top of the spiral, one of the warrior's who had a staff came up to Spike and Cole and whacked them and shouted at them in strange grunts.
"Hey! Why don't you bonk someone with a staff your own size half stack?!" Cole asked with anger while Spike got in the warrior's face.

"Do that again, I dare you." Spike said in a threatening tone, the warrior yelled at Spike and was a bout to hit him with the staff again until he caught it with his hand with no effort, and he and Cole looked at eachother and nodded in knowing what to do.

He and Cole ganged up on the warrior and delivered a strike to his face and knocked him off the spiral, he did a Wilhelm Scream as he went falling down to the ground and went straight into a barrel which got the other warrior's attention.

"That guy seriously had it coming!" Cole said in defense while Spike was ready to get moving.

"Alright, let's go! Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed again as they used Spinjitzu and changed into they're new suits while holding they're blades. The warrior's began running up the construction area to fight them, and they all readied they're powers so they can fight back.

"At least we get to.. break the ice!" Zane shouted as he shot ice below the warrior's feats and made them slip off the area they were on.

"Nice! These new powers are awesome!" Spike shouted again as he shot a blast from his blades again and knocked more warrior's away with his power, he then used Spinjitzu again which was now a bright purple, green and pink tornado, and swiftly took care of the rest of the groups coming at them on the stairs.

"Nice work Spike!" Cole complimented as he ran right past him and did a dive kick into another warrior's face which knocked them down in a straight line.

"Let's get Misako and get out of here!" Kai declared while they got surrounded by more of them.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once more while they used Spinjitzu to fight them off, and Spike breathed fire on another group to push through them.

Misako and Garmadon were still currently talking about Garmadon's offer, and Misako looked at the helmet and tried using this as the moment to get it while he was turned away for a moment.
"Misako, I'm glad you understand me, not many do you see." Garmadon said with some relief as she carefully snuck to the helmet and finally grabbed it.

"Being evil these days is really unappreciated, but you, I always knew I could count on you." Garmadon said as she lifted it up and finally had it, but as she was running out to escape, an alarm went off which alerted Garmadon, and he turned to see Misako had escaped with his helmet which infuriated him.

"You deceived me! Stop her!" Garmadon screamed with rage as the alarm went off through the whole camp.

All the warrior's were charging through the camp while everyone met up with eachother.
"You got the helmet!" Zane said with relief to see it.

"And you got spotted." Misako pointed out seeing they're in they're suits again.

"Cole and Spike gave us away!" Jay accused while pointing at them.

"Oh please, we both know you wanted to get out of those suits just as much as us!" Spike shouted with frustration while he looked around the area.

"Look, it's been a rough day for us, can we stop playing the blame game and focus on what's in front of us?" Cole reminded just as they felt loud stomps right behind them.

"Maybe we should worry about what's behind us!" Kai said with fear as they all turned around and saw Garmadon had gotten a special mech suit that looked extremely dangerous.

"Oh you gotta be kidding me!" Spike said with frustration as the mech was so much larger then them.

"Cut them down to size!" Garmadon said with a smirk while he laughed mockingly, he raised the mech's sword in the air and delivered a slash to the ground, and everyone screamed as they jumped out of the way and barely avoided being struck with it.

"If we do not return the helmet to the Celestial Clock, we won't be able to stop it before the final battle!" Misako said with fear while everyone got back up.

"Don't worry, I'm on top of it!" Jay shouted as he ran towards Garmadon's mech and leaped into the air while making another battle cry, but Garmadon's mech knocked Jay out of his position and it grabbed him with one of it's hands before it threw Jay to the ground very roughly.

"Ugh.. maybe not.." Jay said weakly as he tried recovering from that attack.

"Didn't his mom teach him that the bigger they are, the harder they fall?!" Cole asked with anger while he drew his blade again. Garmadon laughed mockingly again as Cole used his blade to shoot large rocks at him, but Garmadon swiftly cut them all down and started moving to them.

"Well, apparently she did." Cole said with surprise while Spike got in front of them now.

"My turn!" Spike shouted as he raised his swords in the air and shot multiple blasts at Garmadon's sword, this froze his blade in a crystal like it's happened before, and that made Garmadon scream with frustration as he tried breaking it free.

"Come on! What kind of power is this?!" Garmadon shouted with frustration while they were all backing up.

"We need to get out of here while he's distracted! How do we get out of here?!" Spike asked as he looked around for a way to escape, but they soon got they're answer as a familiar drill machine emerged from the ground and charged directly into the camp.

"Whoa! It's Nya and Allison" Jay said with relief while Allison was right besides her, she used the machine and ran over multiple enemy's and rammed directly into Garmadon's mech which knocked it down easily.

"Hey guys!" Nya greeted while she and Allison slid next to them.

"Allison!" Spike said with joy to see her as the hatch opened up.

"We figured you guys would need a hand! That, and the falcon alerted us." Allison said proudly as she pointed to the falcon that was flying above them.

"Ha, thank you Julien!" Spike said with relief as they all were hopping into the machine to escape.

"Hold on tight!" Nya shouted again while they all drilled into the ground again and started to escape just as Garmadon got back up.

All the warrior's screamed as they saw them escape, and Garmadon was furious with what's happening.
"Don't just stand there! Get them!" Garmadon ordered his soldiers again who all began charging through the tunnel to chase after them.

"You fool! You let them get away with the helmet?! Don't you realize if they put it on, they control the army?!" Overlord asked with fury to see this all go wrong.

"I'll see to it personally, it's my turn." Garmadon said in a malicious tone as he looked down at the tunnel below him.

Everyone was making they're way underground in order to reach the clock, and we're all trying to escape as the Stone Warrior's were chasing right behind him.
"Heh, cool hat, I wonder if it will make me look menacing?" Jay asked as he put it on for style.

"Is that really why? If that helmet turns you evil, we're kicking you out." Nya said with a disgusted look seeing it.

"And that's not really your style to be honest." Allison said as she sat right next to Spike again.

"Uh.. is that possible? You know what.. it's probably got Garmadon cooties anyway.." Jay said nervously while he took it off unfortunately.

"Did we get the helmet?" Wu asked from a com they had while Nya kept on driving.

"We did, and we're all accounted for." Nya replied with a calm look.

"Then we'll rendezvous at the clock." Wu declared before the screen went to black again.

"Ugh, it's so dark in here, is there a light switch anywhere?" Jay asked as he pushed multiple buttons to lighten the tunnel a bit.

But one of the Stone Warrior's suddenly jumped on the back of the machine which made everyone scream a bit from it being so sudden.
"Uh, sis? Can we go any faster?" Kai asked with a look of fear.

"We're going as fast as we can!" Nya shouted as Spike noticed there was a machine right behind them.

"They're right behind us! Everyone brace yourselves!" Spike screamed as the machine bumped right into the back of the drill which knocked it forward a bit more.

"Everyone hang on! We're going above!" Nya shouted as she moved the machine upwards and they began drilling they're way right to the surface again.

The machine emerged from the ground into the forest and began driving through it just as the Stone Warrior's were chasing after them, but t he machine was starting to go fast enough to avoid them, and they all sighed in relief thinking it was over.
"We're losing them!" Jay said with relief which made the others cheer from seeing it.

"Awesome." Nya said with a deep breath as the machine kept moving, but as Allison looked out the window, she was able to see Garmadon had made it through the forest too, and was running directly at them all.

"Oh no! Look out!" Allison screamed again as Garmadon was right behind them.

"You won't get away from me again Misako!" Garmadon said with determination while he used the mech to run as fast as it could.

"Hang on!" Nya announced before she turned the machine again to make a swift turn and mow through some trees, but Garmadon was not slowing down one bit, and as Nya was trying to outrun him, Garmadon was getting even closer by the second.

"Have we lost him?!" Nya asked with fear while everyone saw him through the hatch.

"Not yet!" Kai screamed as the mech was right at the tip of they're machine, and it finally was able to grab them and lift the whole machine into the air. Everyone screamed with terror as Garmadon raised it's arm in the air, and threw them into the ground not too far away, the machine crashed roughly against it which knocked everyone down from how rough it was.

The alarm was going off as Nya tried opening the hatch, but it couldn't because of the damage it's taken.
"It's stuck!" Nya screamed as Spike tried punching his way out of the machine too.

"Dad! Do something!" Allison said with fear while he growled in frustration from not being able to break it.

"Just hang on! " Spike shouted again as he was about to use his power to break open the hatch, but Garmadon went up to the machine again and grabbed it which prevented Spike from breaking them free.

"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Cole said with a gag as Garmadon glared directly at al of them.

"I finally have you Ninja, in the palm of my hand! Looks like you weren't able to stop me dragon!" Garmadon said mockingly which made Spike growl at him as he laughed like a maniac once again.

"Let them go!!" A familiar voice screamed in the distance before a powerful blast of Energy shot Garmadon's mech down in one hit, and the drill machine was finally able to open it's hatch after being freed.

Everyone looked to where the blast came from, and they saw Lloyd had finally arrived after they got the message.
"Lloyd! Be careful!" Nya warned again while Spike jumped out of the machine and ran towards Lloyd as this was the moment they had to face off.

"You think you can handle this Spike?" Lloyd asked with concern while Spike looked at Garmadon and felt ready to fight.

"I'm not gonna hold anything back." Spike declared while they prepared themselves for this fight.

"Holy cannoli! Lloyd and Spike are about to face off with Garmadon!" Jay said with shock while they all watched it happen.

"Get him dad! Kick his butt!" Allison shouted as they saw them stop before him.

"Lloyd! Spike! Don't hold back!" Kai encouraged while the others encouraged them not to stop too. Lloyd looked towards his father and knew what had to be done. Spike and Lloyd looked at eachother as they prepared to finish this.

"I'm sorry father, but you leave me no choice. It is, our destiny.." Lloyd said with a serious tone while he began charging up his power to unleash a devastating blast to him.

"Sorry Garmadon, but I can't let you do this to my home!" Spike shouted as he was charging up his Crystal powers to be as strong as they could, and he began forming a blast as well to combine it with Lloyd's. But as Garmadon looked at Lloyd with a look of guilt and sadness, Lloyd just couldn't feel himself be able to do it, and the blast faded away while Lloyd breathed heavily from failing to do it, and that shocked Spike enough to the point he stopped charging the blast too just to turn to him.

"Lloyd? What are you doing?!" Spike asked with fear just as they heard more battle cry's from the warrior's since they were finally moving in on them.

"I'm sorry Spike, I just couldn't do it.." Lloyd said with guilt which made Spike slap his face knowing this may have been they're only chance.

"Ugh, why does this have to be so hard?!" Spike asked with frustration while he glared at the warrior's and shot multiple blasts at them to hold them back. Spike breathed more fire upon another group and set most of them on fire while the other warrior's tried shooting saws at him, Spike tried using his blades to deflect them, but things were only getting harder as more and more kept showing up.

"Lloyd! Spike! We need to get out of here!" Misako warned as Nya tried powering up the device.

"The Celestial Clock isn't too far from here!" Nya added while Spike saw there were too many for him alone to face.

"Okay!" Lloyd screamed as he grabbed Spike's hand and began running to the machine which drove down to them.

"Dad! Are you okay?!" Allison asked with fear while Spike hopped on in while looking very upset for not being able to finish this here.

"I'm fine! I just don't wanna talk about it now!" Spike replied with an upset look as he crossed his arms.

"It's okay, we'll find another chance.." Allison assured while she hugged him tightly to calm him down.

"Strap in Lloyd!" Nya instructed just as Lloyd jumped int too so they can escape.

"Go!" Lloyd ordered as the machine drilled into the ground and began heading towards the clock while Garmadon tried recovering from the blast he took.

Wu was currently waiting for everyone at the Celestial Clock after he tracked down where it was, he was getting worried for them since there was very little time, but the ground soon shook again and the machine burst out from the ground since they finally arrived.
"Wow.. this clock is a mechanical masterpiece!" Nya said with amazement from seeing how complex it looked.

"You are welcome to dismantle it once it stopped." Misako said with a smile as the hatch opened up.

"How much time is left?" Allison asked with worry while they saw the timer was only a small distance away from finishing the cycle.

"There's only a couple minutes left! How do we stop it?!" Jay asked as they saw the timer.

"Look for the perch on the clock! It could be anywhere!" Misako instructed which made everyone climb over the machine to find it, Spike flipped his way across to the top and thought it was at the very top.

"Let's try here! Toss me the helmet!" Spike shouted as he jumped to the top, and Misako threw the helmet up to him and he caught it with one hand, he backflipped in the air and placed it directly on the tip of the machine hoping it would work, but it was still moving which made it harder.

"No!" Spike said with fear as he took it off and looked for another area.

"Spike! Down here!" Zane shouted from below, Spike looked down at Zane and threw the helmet to him and he caught it swiftly, Zane jumped in the air and tried putting it on one of the spirals, but that didn't work either.

"Nope!" Zane said as he took it off while Jay noticed another spot.

"What about here?!" Jay asked as he noticed another spot. Zane threw the helmet to him again and Jay jumped to a really high area thinking that would work, but like before, it didn't work either.

"Guys! There's one in the center!" Allison shouted as she pointed to one directly below the clock.

"It could be the place!" Wu advised as he held his hand out, as Jay went to throw the helmet to them for the last time, the Stone Warrior general had finally caught up with them and managed to catch the helmet before they did.

"No!" Kai screamed as he laughed evilly while the others stood together.

"There's only 30 seconds left! I believe, it's time to di..." He couldn't finish his threat just as the machine knocked the helmet out of his hand and it knocked it over to a higher area which gave them another chance.

"No!!" He screamed with fear while the others started rushing to get it.

"Don't let them get it!" Allison screamed as she used her tail to whip herself up the machine, and she slithered across it with skill as one of the warrior's was about to get it. Cole climbed across the machine right below her, and as the machine was still circling around, Allison managed to get right past him and help him up.

"Now!" Cole screamed as Allison grabbed his wrist and threw him in the air, Cole flew directly to the warrior and kicked him off the device which also hit the helmet too, it went flying across the machine and began falling directly into the center which finally let Misako see where the perch was.

"The helmets perch!" Misako said as she was rushing to get it.

"There's only 10 seconds left!" Wu warned as the clock was inches away from the top.

"Get it! Go!" Spike screamed as he ran across the clock and used his blades to knock multiple warrior's away as Misako flipped directly into the center, and she finally managed to grab the helmet, but as the clock finally reached it's countdown, Misako was able to put the helmet back on the perch which seemingly stopped the entire thing.

"No!!" The general screamed with terror as the machine stopped completely which made everyone cheer thinking they won.

"We did it?! We actually did it?!" Allison asked hopefully while Spike landed next to her.

"I.. I think it did!" Spike said with relief while the other's were cheering from being able to stop it, but the moment was ruined as they realized the clock started to move again, and loud horns began going off upon finally being completed..

"No.." Wu said with horror as they saw the machine was fully moving again, meaning they didn't stop it in time.

"The Horns of Destruction! We were too late!" Misako said with horror as the ground began to shake violently as the clock was powering up.

Garmadon was able to over here the horns across the entire island, and was getting worried on what it meant.
"Overlord? What has happened?" Garmadon asked with concern as the sun was setting down upon this dreadful moment.

"It.. has... started !" Overlord said with malice which made Garmadon gasp with shock knowing it's true.

The clock began shooting a beam from the top of it which began bouncing off multiple points in it to began shooting a beam directly to where Garmadon's camp which was across nearly the entire island.
"What is that thing?" Garmadon questioned again as we cut back to the others again.

They were all being cornered by the Stone Warrior's on the cliffside, they all drew they're weapons and were ready to fight again, but because of they're carried weight, the side of the cliff began to collapse while Nya wasn't close enough to fall with them.
"Nya!" Jay screamed with terror as they were about to fall into the water below.

"Jay! Kai!!" Nya screamed with fear while everyone looked up at her.

"Sis!!" Kai screamed as he tried making one last jump to save her, but the ground soon collapsed beneath all of them, and they all screamed as they went falling directly into the water below.

"No!!" Spike screamed as he grabbed Allison and held her close just as they all took a rough fall into the water. Nya could only watch this with terror as the warrior's began to restrain her, and they only laughed evilly once again knowing they failed to stop them.

Everyone remained in the water for a few seconds before they finally washed up on a nearby shore that could help them recover, Lloyd was the last one to emerge from the water as he gasped for air, and Wu quickly helped him up onto the ground. Everyone looked up to the top and saw Nya scream with terror as she was taken away by the Stone Warrior's, and it only made them fear the worst for her.

"No, this can't be happening!" Spike said with tears from failing to stop this while Lloyd looked down with guilt.

"This is all my fault! I should've taken the shot! Spike and I were right in front of him! We had the chance!" Lloyd said with guilt while Spike punched the cliffside in frustration.

"We had the chance! And we failed! Why?!" Spike screamed with anger and frustration from failing to stop this, Allison went up to him again and put a hand on his shoulder to try to calm him down again.

"We all make mistakes dad, you were just looking out for your friend, you shouldn't beat yourself up like this." Allison encouraged while Spike looked down with shame.

"I'm sorry, but if something like this happens again... what if this happens again? And this time.. it could be our last chance?" Spike asked with regret while Allison hugged him again after hearing this.

"We'll find a way dad.. we have too.." Allison assured while Lloyd was still trying to process all of this.

"We're all at fault guys, it's just the way the cookie crumbles." Cole assured too while he tried helping the both of them, but Jay was still very mad for losing Nya and couldn't tell if that was a joke or not.

"Are you still making jokes?! They have Nya and your making jokes?!" Jay asked with anger before he tackled Cole to the ground and they began struggling against eachother.

"It was just a poor choice of words!" Cole said as he was struggling to get Jay off of him.

"Enough! We have lost enough! We don't need to lose our focus!" Wu announced with an upset look which Kai didn't listen too.

"Forget focus! We have to get my sister!" Kai said with determination while they heard the warrior's at the top of the cliff.

"By the time we get back up there they will be long gone, we will get you sister soon. But the clock has reached zero, and the final battle is about to begin! We must head back to the Bounty and get prepared, so that next time, you will not hesitate." Misako encouraged as everyone looked at Lloyd who only nodded in understanding.

"Come on Lloyd, let's go home." Wu said softly as they all began leaving to prepare for the final battle.

"We'll put a stop to this Lloyd, I swear it.." Spike promised as he clutched his claws from knowing what's to come. Jay looked back at the top one last time and could only see Nya being taken away, and he prayed they'd be able to save her in time..

As all of this was happening, Garmadon had made it back to his camp where his ultimate weapon was finally being completed in front of his eyes.
"Behold.. the ultimate weapon.. I give you.. Garmatron!!" Overlord introduced as they saw the light form into construction was being torn down around it as the weapon was finally forming in front of him.

"It's.. It's more beautiful then I ever could've imagined!" Garmadon said with joy as the both of them began to laugh to the sky's as the weapon was forming within the light surrounding it while they waited for it to finally be completed...

Author's Note

Hope you all liked this everyone! Sorry if I felt like Spike not being able to take down Garmadon here felt forced in some ways, I think he could take him down without holding back given that he doesn't really know him as well as Lloyd or his family does, I haven't given him and Garmadon much interaction's in the story to make it feel believable that Spike would stop in a moment like this.

I think Spike stopping to try and help Lloyd was a good reason, but I hope this hasn't felt forced to you guys in some ways. Same with the reason Spike should go with the ninja and not Lloyd since they're both gonna face Garmadon when the time comes.

I did want to have Allison come with the ninja instead to the camp so it doesn't make things look ridiculous knowing Spike has so much power and could break them out. But she's an Anacondrai and still can't turn invisible yet, and I doubt they'd be able to be fooled knowing there's an obvious snake trying to sneak in the camp, once I get deeper into the story I'll do better with making scenarios like these work.

I hope I'm doing well with blending Spike into this story, I feel like it's a bit too forced for him to have to fight alongside Lloyd during the final battle, I think there's more I could've done to build up they're relationship, but with how the show's gone along with each episode, I had very little I could put in before the final battle happens. If there's ways I could make it more believable, I'll try my best to handle it.

Once I get to the 11 minute era of Ninjago, it'll be a lot easier to move the plot along and help with his interactions with the others while also helping with some pacing issues those seasons had. But there's still a lot I'm gonna be going through and shaking up to make it not 1 to 1, and I hope this is all alright with you all for now.

But even with all I've said here, I hope you all liked this chapter, and look forward to the last parts of Season 2, thank you all for reading this and have a good day!

26: Rise of the Spinjitzu Master

We open to a shot of Ninjago City after it had been mostly abandoned after the Stone Warrior's attacked it, most of it was empty as lots of destroyed parts of the city were still present, barely anyone was able to be seen in it at all, but as the camera pins to the sky's, they start to become engulfed in dark clouds that begin to signal the end.. Dark tendrils begin moving down towards the city and towards the lights and electric devices and begin absorbing it's power to open the portal.

The door to Darreth's dojo opens up and everyone throws out the Stone Army commander after he was taken down previously while also being tied up, and Darreth and most of the people of Ninjago had been hiding inside during all of this time.
"Heh, I told you they'd do it!" Darreth said confidently as everyone could see a dark portal opening up in the sky.

"Ooh, is it the ninja?" Edna asked hopefully which gave everyone hope that it was true.

"it must be!" Kirby said with joy which made the other's cheer thinking it was all over.

"Ha, we're saved!" The people cheered as they saw the portal above them, but this only made the commander laugh mockingly knowing how foolish this all was. The portal begins to glow even brighter, and the Horns of Destruction start to be heard over the city which started to scare everyone.

"What the..?" Darreth asked with fear just as a bright pillar shoots from the portal which blinds everyone for a second, and as the light dies down, it's shown that the Overlord and his army has finally arrived to finish everything.

"What is that?" Darreth asked with shock as the army marched through the city while t he rest of the people run away with fear, but Darreth wasn't gonna back down, he went directly in front of them, the Overlord glared directly towards him while Darreth tried to make them leave.

"Alright.. you have to the count of three to leave here before I unleash the power of... one" Darreth screamed as he got into a fighting pose to try to intimidate him." The Dragon! 2.. the Penguin!" Darreth threatened as he just started to make movements the Overlord thought was a waste of time.

He pressed down on a couple buttons and began arming up Garmatron with it's strongest weapons which made Darreth drop everything he was doing.
"two.. and a half..." Darreth said as he was starting to feel very afraid seeing it.

"Three..." Overlord finished in a sinister tone before he pressed on the button and rapidly fired Dark Matter across the streets which made him scream as he barely avoided being hit with it.

"Haha! You missed!" Darreth mocked again before the turret took aim at him again and loaded up another shot at him.

"Oh no.." Darreth said with fear before the turret fired at him again which made Darreth scream as he was running as fast as he could to avoid being hit with it.

The Overlord laughed mockingly as the dark version of Nya stood right besides him, and Darreth ran behind a corner to avoid anymore of it.
"We shall meet again! This I swear.." Darreth shouted right as another shot almost hit him which made him keep running away even more.

"Where are those ninja and that dragon?!" Darreth screamed with terror as he ran through the streets while the Overlord was shooting over the entire city. The Overlord was laughing even louder as he felt his body changing even more, and large and deadly wings began to emerge from his back as his metamorphoses was still happening..

Back on the Dark Island, everyone was tending to Lloyd after his leg got broken from the fight, Julien put some straps around him so they could help heal it while Spike still felt awful for losing this fight.
"Can I still fight?" Lloyd asked with a worried look.

"I'm sorry Lloyd, but that leg will take weeks to heal." Julien replied with a regretful look.

"Weeks?! We don't have that amount of time!" Lloyd said with fear as he still felt his leg hurting him which made it harder to move.

Spike was looking towards the end of the sea as they could see dark clouds covering their home of Ninjago, it meant the Overlord was likely nearly complete with taking it over.

"The battle between good and evil, will be decided today." Wu declared as they all took in this moment to think over things.

"But we can't even get to the fight, much less get off this stupid island!" Kai said with frustration while he threw a rock across the water.

"I wonder if I'll ever be able to see Nya again.." Jay asked with a look of regret for what's happened to her.

"Perhaps it's best to remember our friends as we know them in our hearts, and not as they are now." Zane suggested as Spike punched the ground with guilt for what's happened.

"I tried my hardest.. and yet.. I just couldn't do it.. even with all this power.. I.. I couldn't do anything.." Spike said with guilt as he tried forming some crystal in his hands again.

"Dad.. what matter's is that you and Lloyd are still here, you may have lost before, but that doesn't mean you won't win the next time you fight him." Allison encouraged which Spike didn't believe.

"How could me and Lloyd face him again when we're all like this? I thought all this power could help me win, but.. it was like it didn't even get through him.." Spike countered as Lloyd was brought next to him to think over this too.

" I thought we were supposed to win here too, but even with our strength combined.. we still couldn't beat him.." Lloyd said with guilt while he helped Spike up too.

"Take it easy dad.. there has to be a way.." Allison prayed while she stood besides the both of them.

"Sensei.. I still don't understand, the prophecy said that the Green Ninja, and Spike could defeat the Dark Lord, why didn't we win?" Kai questioned while he threw another rock that went a good distance into the ocean this time.

"I.. do not know.." Wu answered with an honest look.

"Don't know?! Your sensei, you always know! You have a long white beard!" Jay pointed out refusing to believe this.

"There must be some sort of lesson to learn, a word of wisdom, just the word? something?" Kai asked hoping he had something to help.

"For once.. I'm afraid there is nothing to learn. Only that.. evil has won.." Wu said with guilt as they heard the Horns of Destruction over the entire sea which worried everyone even more.

But that wasn't enough to put Lloyd down, even after all they went through here, what he's been through has taught him so much, even if he's hurt, he won't give up.
"If sensei doesn't have a lesson then I do. I used to be nothing but trouble, but then I met you guys, you took me in, showed me the importance of being brave and strong. You did the same for Spike when he ended up at the Monastery before I met you all, you took him in and helped him become something he never may have been able to do on his own. And because of that, we have people like Allison with us now, and with the time we've spent with you guys, it's helped me see so much, and on how to be good.." Lloyd explained as he tried using his weak foot to move.

Spike looked back on his life as Lloyd said all of this, he never imagined he would be a part of something like this, but as he's spent so much time here, it's become so much more then he could've wanted. While he misses his home and everyone else, he knows they wouldn't want him to give up, and that started to help him be motivated some more too.

"Lloyd's right, I never thought I would have what I do now. I never thought I'd get to raise a great daughter like Allison, or find a family in all of you. But being sent to this world showed me many things, all the training and fights I've been through, it's helped me become my own dragon, even when my friends were almost defeated, they never gave up.. they fought through and have been able to save Equestria on they're own, and if they can do that.. why can't I save this world?" Spike asked with a confident tone as Allison smiled hearing that, and he went over to Lloyd who knew how to help all of them.

"When the First Spinjitzu Master fought the Overlord, and his back was against the wall and thought it was all over, did he quit? No! I may not know much about Equestria even with what Spike's told me, but it's faced threats just as big, and did Twilight and her friends give up either? They found ways to keep the fight going, and win it. The Spinjitzu Master passed his powers to us, of all people, a bunch of kids! There must've been a reason he chose us, I believe it was because he thought we'd never back down, and never give up! We've learned the ancient ways of the ninja, and ninja never quit!" Lloyd encouraged with a smile which gave everyone the confidence to keep going.

"I may not be able to get back home, but that doesn't' matter to me now, I have all of you, I've grown to become something much better, raising Allison has been one of the best things in my life, even when I got aged up, it felt like it was the time for me to step up as my own person. Twilight and everyone else has had they're moments back home, and here? I'm gonna make them proud, even if we're stuck here, we'll find a way off this island, and I won't waste another second on that!" Spike declared while he gave Allison a hug to help her too.

"And you've been the best thing in my life too dad, I may still be young, but with you I know we'll be able to win. But we need to find a way off this island, does anyone have an idea on how we can escape?" Allison asked as she looked towards the others who all were motivated to go.

"I may not, but perhaps our friend will." Zane said as they saw the falcon flying towards a location once more.

"The falcon must've found something! Maybe it'll help us leave!" Julien suggested which gave everyone hope.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Spike asked with a confident look as he put on his mask so they all could get going.

Everyone followed the falcon up the same mountain that the Temple of Light rested on, they used Kai's mech to climb up the mountain like before, only in a much easier way, as they all reached the top again, they were a bit confused on why it was this place specifically.
"He brought us back to the Temple of Light? But why?" Zane questioned while everyone got off the mech.

"There may have been something we missed, you got anything on the scroll's Misako?" Allison asked as she was looking through one more she had.

"This location.. I've seen this before, I just never understood it.." Misako replied as the scroll showed the ninja's blades being placed into the four pillars they got they're powers from.

Everyone made it back into the temple and brushed away some old webs and cobs blocking it, and Kai found a strange switch on the pillar from before.
"Hey, I think I found something! It's just like in the map!" Kai announced as he pushed his blade into it to activate the switch.

"There are more like that with each pillar." Spike pointed out as they all had glowing lights coming from them.

The rest of the ninja went up to they're respective pillars and placed the blades inside to see what could happen from it. The ground started to shake after they were all placed inside, and the ground beneath the golden circle in the front began to move away as a huge golden mech began to rise from the ground in an amazing fashion.

Everyone was in complete shock of seeing the mech, it looked so ancient, and it must've been something used against the Overlord.
"Whoa.." Allison said with amazement as the mech rose in front of all of them to show it's amazing design.

"It is the fighting suit that the Spinjitzu Master used when he battled the Overlord!" Misako said in realization which amazed Cole.

"You mean the First Spinjitzu Master once sat here?! Haha, get out of here! How do you make this thing work?!" Cole asked excitedly as he tried piloting the thing.

"Sadly.. I think time has done her in, she's only an old relic now." Julien said with a regretful look after inspecting it closer.

"If it worked for the First Spinjitzu Master, perhaps it will work for the next Spinjitzu Master." Wu suggested while he turned to Lloyd.

"It's worth a shot." Lloyd replied as Spike helped him up to climb the mech while Cole got out of it.

"Hey watch out!" Cole announced as he jumped onto the ground without any trouble while Spike did the same.

Lloyd tried moving the switches around in order to get anything to work, but nothing was for the moment.
"Hmm.. nothing.." Lloyd announced just as the suit started to shine a bright golden light, and the suit finally powered up and looked like it wasn't a day old.

"That is awesome!" Spike said with amazement while the mech held out a long golden sword for fighting.

"Looking good!" Kai complimented while everyone else gave they're own compliments seeing it's fully activated.

"How does the leg feel now?" Wu asked with a smile as Lloyd lifted up the mech's leg which had a jet's below it to help him fly.

"Stronger!" Lloyd replied with a confident look as he raised the mech's sword to show it's might.

"Well, I know how he is getting to Ninjago, but what about us?" Misako asked with concern since they all can't fit in it. But a familiar roar was heard in the distance which made everyone turn to the exit, and they knew exactly who it was.

"I know that sound, it's our dragon!" Jay cheered as they could hear Ultra Dragon coming to the island from the distance.

"He must've realized we needed help! Ha I love that guy!" Spike said with joy as he drew his blades and felt ready to go.

"I believe we have found our way off this rock!" Wu announced which gave everyone the chance to stop the Overlord for good.

Spike hitched a ride on the mech's shoulder while everyone else flew on Ultra Dragon after he came to rescue them, Jay cheered with joy as they flew through the sky's and were finally approaching Ninjago again as the dark clouds covered all of it.
"Thanks for coming to save us boy!" Allison thanked as she rubbed on of they're heads which made him roar thankfully hearing it.

"This is awesome! Your getting the hang of things Lloyd!" Spike complimented as he held on tight to the mech's shoulder. They were all getting closer to Ninjago again, and they could only start to see how much has changed in such a short time.

"Is that.. really Ninjago?" Cole asked with concern as it looked nothing like the home they once knew.

"Lloyd and I will get a closer look!" Spike shouted as the mech flew down through the clouds as fast as it could, Spike held on as tight as he could as the mech flew through the sky's at fast speeds. But it had soon finally emerged through the dark clouds, and they soon finally emerged into what used to be Ninjago City before the Overlord corrupted everything.

There was a ginormous fortress at the center of the city with a tower looking over all of Ninjago while a dark pillar of light could be seen at the top of it.
"What is that thing?" Kai asked with shock as they all looked down and saw the Stone Army below it.

"Garmatron." Wu answered with a serious tone from seeing this.

"It's.. turned into a fortress?" Misako asked with shock upon seeing it.

"It must've been part of the metamorphoses the Overlord talked about earlier." Allison suggested which was very likely.

"If that's true, then where is he?" Julien asked with worry as Lloyd and everyone else flew down into the city to avoid being seen.

Everyone snuck they're way through the corrupted city, and they could see that almost everyone in it had been corrupted and turned into slaves just like Nya.
"He's turned everyone evil.." Kai said as they saw everyone and they're family's were corrupted too from this.

"Oh he's gonna pay for this.." Spike said with a growl as he clutched his fist with anger.

"It's just like Nya.." Jay said with fear while they all hid away again.

"And they're helping in his cause now. I can't wait to see the Overlord's face when he gets a load of us!" Cole said with a smirk just as all of them heard the Horns of Destruction once again, followed by a really loud, menacing roar..

"Oh.. my.. goodness.." Jay said with horror as they saw something emerge from the tower, and shoot a blast of Dark Matter straight towards all of them.

"Everyone get down!" Allison screamed as she pushed Jay out of the way just before he got hit with it.

"Thanks Allison.. really.." Jay said gratefully while everyone looked towards the fortress.

"Is that the look you were hoping for?" Zane asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Zane.. no." Jay replied as he didn't want to hear this now.

"The metamorphosis is complete! The Overlord's changed into his original form!" Misako explained as he's become a very dark and twisted looking Dragon which made Spike role his eyes.

"Of course he turned into a dragon." Spike said with an annoyed look seeing this.

"We can't fly up there.. how are we gonna get to him?" Cole asked with worry over what to do.

"We have my father's mech, we have to draw they're fire to help Lloyd use the mech to defeat the Overlord. Spike's still able to fight, and we need to make sure he reaches the Overlord with him." Wu instructed which sounded good to them.

"Let's finish this." Allison hissed as they all stood ready to face this final fight.

Everyone else got on Ultra Dragon again while Spike rode on the mech's shoulder again, his blades were drawn and he was ready for any attacks coming to them.
"Okay everyone, hold on tight!" Cole announced as Wu flew Ultra Dragon towards the fortress.

The Stone Army were all waiting for the right moment as they got even closer towards them, the commander made all of them wait till the right moment before they struck, and just as they were about to reach it, they all fired balls of fire towards them which made them scream from almost being hit.
"Hang on guys!" Allison screamed as Ultra Dragon flew around the attacks just as more warrior's came out and aimed arrows of fire at them.

"Pull up now!" Kai shouted as the warrior's fired the arrows on them which made Ultra Dragon fly upwards to avoid it.

"The Stone Army will protect their master, they will never allow Lloyd and Spike to get close!" Misako instructed which made Wu come up with an idea.

"Then we will need to get close." Wu replied as he started moving Ultra Dragon towards the fortress again. Meanwhile for Spike and Lloyd, Lloyd was using the mech to charge directly towards the fortress, and Darreth was able to notice them after finding the right place to hide.

"Yeah! I knew they'd be back!" Darreth said with a proud look as the mech was getting closer to the fortress. The mech drew it's sword and ran directly to the fortress to finally begin the fight.

"Time to bring out the big buttons!" Lloyd announced as the mech prepared to strike the walls guarding the fortress.

"Now!!" Spike screamed as he jumped off the mech just as it swung it's sword down and sliced through the walls which gave them an entrance, Spike landed on the floor and drew his blades as he saw the Stone Warrior's charging towards them.

"Let's go!" Spike said with anger as he charged directly into the army and used Spinjitzu again to start taking them down while Lloyd was about to used Spinjitzu with the mech itself.

"Ninja.. ...!!" Lloyd was suddenly shot with dark lasers towards the arms, and that was able to destroy one of the mech's arms which that held the sword, Spike and Lloyd both looked up, and they saw the corrupted Nya was using a special turret that was attached to the stairs for defense.

Nya aimed directly towards the mech and made a clear shot to it which knocked it down and put it out of commission for good which everyone was able to see.
"He's been hit!" Wu said with fear as they saw all of this.

"Well there goes that mech.." Allison said with disappointment since she expected more from it, but it went down in like 2 hits which really disappointed her.

"We need to make sure they're safe!" Misako announced while they saw Spike was holding off the warrior's from harming Lloyd.

"Really wish you had a blade too Lloyd!" Spike shouted as he deflected multiple sword slashes and used his Crystal powers to freeze over most of the ones surrounding them, and things got better just as they saw Ultra Dragon fly above them with Allison and the others jumping off it.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed again while they used Spinjitzu and knocked more of them away just as they landed down to help them out.

"I'm okay guys.." Lloyd said with relief while Spike helped him up.

"You alright dad?" Allison asked as Spike stood behind her to help fight.

"We are thanks to you guys." Spike replied as he stood ready to fight alongside her.

"Yeah? are we really?" Jay questioned as they were surrounded while they heard the Overlord roar over the entire city. He shot another blast of Dark Matter towards all of them once again.

"Ice!" Zane screamed while he formed some ice over them to protect them from the blast.

"Good job Zane!" Jay complimented as they heard the Overlord roar towards them all while Nya was shooting directly at the ice and was able to break it down.

"Fire!" Kai screamed while he used his fire to block another shot from Nya which made her irritated before she began going back towards the top of the tower.

"At least we won't have to worry about her for now!" Allison shouted as everyone stood they're guard against the army of warrior's surrounding them.

"I honestly rather would deal with her then these guys!" Spike replied as he breathed fire on another group to give them more space.

"Tell me about it! We've drawn big crowds before, but this is ridiculous!" Jay joked while Zane kicked another in the face.

"How can you be making jokes at a time like this?!" Kai with frustration at this timing.

"Hey, if we're gonna go down, might as well go down laughing." Jay said in defense being asked that.

"If this how we're going to go down, I am proud to be alongside my family for this." Zane replied with a calm tone.

"Here here!" Cole replied as Wu and the rest of the group was watching this and knew they needed help.

Ultra Dragon landed on a nearby rooftop and turned back to them in order to find a way to help.
"We need to go back and save them!" Wu said with fear for they're safety.

"There are too many for us to fight back.." Misako said with guilt before she looked above and noticed something very important.

"Look! His helmet must've fallen off during his transformation." Misako announced as they saw the helmet wasn't with the Overlord anymore.

"What does that matter?" Julien asked with concern on hearing that.

"He who wears the helmet, controls the army." Misako explained which shocked Wu.

"What?" Wu asked with surprise knowing that would've been VERY helpful when they had it before.

"It was written in the scrolls, what if the helmet was more then just a key to the clock? What if Garmadon was able to control the Stone Army because of that helmet in the first place? If we can get it, we can stop the army." Misako instructed which was a very good plan.

"What are we waiting for?" Julien asked just as Ultra Dragon took off into the city again in order to find it.

Everyone was trying they're best to fight off the Stone Army as there was too many for them to fight off.
"Never give up! Keep fighting!" Lloyd encouraged while Spike handed Allison one of his blades to help her fight.

"Use this Allison! You need it more then i do!" Spike offered which made her smile as she twirled it around and felt some power come from it.

"Haha, awesome! Thanks dad!" Allison said gratefully as she slashed at multiple warrior's to hold them off. As all of them were fighting, Spike was able to see Nya lower towards them again and started to fire back on them once more to stop them.

"Everyone get down!" Spike screamed as he came in front of the lasers and tried deflecting as many as he could.

"There are too many!" Jay said with fear as he was starting to struggle to hold them back.

Wu and the others were flying through the city to try and find the helmet, and soon enough, they finally found the helmet lying on the streets since it fell off.
"There it is! We need to get it quickly!" Misako advised as they were flying to it as fast as they could, but a familiar person had came up to it after seeing it was just lying there thinking it was only a regular helmet of sorts.

"Finally, a little protection for my noggin." Darreth said with relief as he picked it up and was about to put it on.

"Wait!" Misako warned just as he put it on at the same moment.

"What?" Darreth asked as he put it in place, but he soon saw the top of the helmet was starting to shine brightly after he had put it on, which meant something very important.

Spike and everyone else were starting to be pinned down as there was too many for them to fight, but they weren't gonna go down without a fight. But before any of them could be struck at, all of the Stone Warrior's suddenly froze in place, like they had become statues somehow.
" What the?" Allison asked with shock as everyone got back up to see what's going on.

"What happened to them?" Kai asked with confusion while looking over this.

"They are frozen." Zane answered thinking that was the only option, but the commander suddenly started to move again, but it was looking towards something else now.

"All hail the Brown Ninja! What do you command? " The commander announced as the rest of the warrior's started moving again, and began cheering as they saw none other then Darreth come in with everyone else.

"Brown ninja?" Jay asked with a confused look hearing that.

"Hey, it's better then dying here." Spike said with relief while he took some heavy breaths to recover from the fight.

"Heh, what's up fellas? Guess we know who's in command now." Darreth said proudly as Ultra Dragon landed in front of all of them for a last preparation.

"The helmet controls the army, well done!" Cole said with relief seeing this.

"Oh, that means we now stand a fighting chance!" Jay said with relief while Spike and Lloyd looked towards the top of the tower.

"Spike and I need to make it to the top of the tower, I may not be able to do it on my own, but with your help, we can face him!" Lloyd encouraged while Spike looked towards the top and knew the time was here.

"This is our only chance to defeat the Overlord! With all of us together, we can put an end to this!" Spike encouraged while everyone drew they're blades.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once more as they held they're blades together to make they're elements together which amazed Darreth seeing them.

"Where'd you get those? I want one!" Darreth said with amazement seeing how awesome they look, and Kai felt like he should help give him some motivation too.

"You too Brown Ninja, today, your one of us, should we do it once more?" Kai asked confidently while he handed Darreth his blade for a little bit.

"Ninja go!!" Darreth shouted one last time as they all looked towards the Overlord at the top of the tower.

"Stone Army! About.. face!" Darreth ordered which made the Stone Army line up towards the bottom of the tower to begin.

"Stone Army... go!!" Darreth ordered as all the Stone Warrior's began charging towards the top while making battle cry's' to stop they're former master. But the moment was ruined once Nya came back and began shooting the rest of them down with no effort once again.

"Oh come on, they went down that easily?!" Allison asked with frustration while Darreth handed Kai his blade again.

"You'll need this Kai, good luck." Darreth encouraged as everyone else began charging up the stairs to end this.

"Let's help them out!" Misako advised as Ultra Dragon took off into the sky's again to draw Nya's fire, this made Nya turn towards them as it flew around the tower. But they weren't able to last long before Nya got a good shot on the dragons tail which made it roar with pain as it was slowing down.

"We're hit!" Misako said as the dragon was starting to lower down from the pain.

"We have to land! This is as far as we can go! Good luck!" Wu encouraged as Ultra Dragon flew away while it barely avoided being hit with Dark Matter.

Everyone were helping Lloyd move towards the top, but they soon caught sight of the Dark Matter falling directly towards them.
"Look out!" Jay screamed just as Cole was hit with the blast which horrified everyone.

"Cole!!" Spike shouted with terror as he tried to stop him before Cole motioned him to not get near him.

"I'm sorry.. I'm hit.. go on.. without me.." Cole said weakly as he felt his being being turned evil like everything else.

"We need to move, come on!" Kai encouraged as he helped Lloyd move again while Spike looked at Cole with guilt for what's happened to him.

"We'll save him dad, we're almost there, come on!" Allison advised while she slithered up as fast as she could to reach the top, and as all of them were getting higher, Cole was fully turned evil like everything else..

Everyone was trying to reach the top the fastest they could, but they saw the Overlord shoot another blast towards them which Jay noticed in time, and he pushed Lloyd out of the way and got hit with it just like with Cole.
"Jay!!" Lloyd said with terror as he was falling on his knees after being hit.

"Don't look! Get.. out of the way!" Jay said weakly as he felt his body turn evil too like before which made everyone take Lloyd further while leaving Jay behind.

"From my calculations, with the distance towards the top, the odds are only two of us could make it!" Zane said as they could see the evil versions of Cole and Jay were marching behind them.

"Let's beat those odds!" Lloyd advised before they heard their former friends draw they're blades and were trying to hold they're progress.

"Go on, I'll hold them back!" Zane advised as he stayed behind and tried fighting them back the best they could.

As all they were nearly reaching the top, Allison looked at Spike one last time, and wanted to give him one last talk before it all ends.
"Dad, I just want you to know, no matter what's happened, I'll always love you as my father, you've done so much for me, and if this really is falling down to you and Lloyd, I hope you give it your all, never back down dad, please!" Allison encouraged which Spike took in to heart.

"You've been one of the best things in my life since I came here Allison, we will make it through this, I promise!" Spike assured while they looked ahead and saw Nya lower towards them in the turret again.

"Nya!" Kai said with fear as she laughed mockingly towards them, Kai and Allison looked towards eachother, and they both got the same idea on what to do.

"We'll draw her fire, for you and Spike to make it to the top!" Kai instructed as he let Lloyd go and started deflecting her shots to protect them.

"No don't! We can do this together!" Lloyd begged as Allison drew the blade Spike gave her to fight back.

"There's only room for one Green Ninja, you and Spike are meant to finish this, you can do it you two!" Kai replied while Allison helped deflect her shots alongside him.

"We'll be fine, it's you and dad that need to finish this, we'll still be here with you no matter what." Allison encouraged which made Spike look at the top and seeing how close they were.

"They'll be fine Lloyd, it's you and me on this, let's make the Overlord pay for what he's done." Spike advised as he threw Allison his other blade who caught it with skill. he felt motivated enough to the point he won't need them for this, and with these words, Lloyd knew what needed to be done.

"Alright Spike.. let's end this." Lloyd said seriously as he pushed through his legs pain and started making his way to the top while Spike was right besides them.

"Never give up dad! show him who you are!" Allison shouted one last time as she wrapped Nya around her tail to restrain her while Kai kept her from breaking free.

Spike and Lloyd made they're way up to the last point of the stairs and finally made it to the very top of the tower. It looked over the entire city, and as they reached the top, they finally stood against the Overlord who towered over them along with the rest of the city.

Lloyd and Spike put on they're masks as dramatic music begins to play over the background, and they prepared themselves for this final fight against him.
"We have come here.. to fight you!!" Lloyd declared while Spike growled at the sight of him.

"You've caused enough pain throughout Ninjago! We won't let you cause anymore!" Spike screamed while he glared at him.

"Your both in no shape to fight me! You've lost to me before, it's over, evil wins!" Overlord mocked which they refused to believe.

"It's all been leading to this, all the training I've gone through, all the battle's I've fought, it's all so me and Lloyd can defeat you! No matter what!" Spike countered as he clutched his claws once again.

"A ninja never quits!" Lloyd said with anger which only made the Overlord laugh sinisterly towards them.

"Neither of you don't even have a weapon! How could you possibly hope to defeat me?!" Overlord asked mockingly as he spread his wings to show his might.

Spike and Lloyd didn't feel intimidated by this at all, and they both put they're power together and began to form the powers of Energy and Crystal around them.
"We don't need a weapon.." Lloyd said with anger as he and Spike formed an energy shield around them to power themselves up to they're fullest potential.

"Then all I have to say is... goodbye.." Overlord concluded as they finally began the fight. The Overlord took a very deep breath before he tried to destroy them both with the powers of darkness against them, this was starting to make them be pushed off the ledge, but Spike and Lloyd weren't going to give up here, and they only started to push it back with all they're might.

"Ninja.. never.. quit!!" Spike screamed as his eyes glowed a bright gold color as they felt they're powers finally reached they're true potential. Spike and Lloyd's body's both began to be engulfed by they're powers, and this was so powerful it pushed back the Overlord as they're power becomes so strong, it was able to be seen across the entire city.

"Lloyd has become the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, and Spike has finally found his True Potential." Misako said with amazement while Wu felt proud to see this happen.

"This, is the final battle!" Wu said proudly as they looked above to see this final fight happen.

The light surrounding Spike and Lloyd soon died down, and it was revealed that they're suits and powers reached they're strongest points, Spike's suit was completely made of a green and purple colored crystal, it shone upon each movement he made, and the crystals were able to reflect the light Golden light Lloyd was emanating. Lloyd's suit had completely turned Golden, and they felt so much power flowing through them for this final moment.

"I am the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master!" Lloyd declared as they both opened they're eyes, and Spike's eyes glowed crimson red after he unlocked his true power.

"I am Spike, the Elemental Master, of Crystal.." Spike said with anger as he created a shockwave with a fist clutch.

"No!" Overlord screamed as he tried to slash at them with his power, but Spike simply flew around his body and went under him before he punched him straight into the air, Lloyd followed this up by flying directly towards his head, and he delivered a powerful punch which knocked him back even further, Spike and Lloyd soon flew besides eachother and combined they're attacks and knocked him further off of the tower.

They soon focused all the power they had into they're body, and as Misako had predicted, with the power they possess, they were able to form they're own elemental dragons like what the Spinjitzu Master did long ago. Lloyd's dragon was completely gold like his suit, and Spike's was a purple one that had green eyes, they both roared with pure fury as they're lights shined brightly.

"Awesome.." Darreth said with amazement as he saw all of this happen.

"Neither of you defeat me! Where there is light, there will always be shadow!" Overlord monologued again which they didn't listen to at all.

"Unless our light together, is bright enough!" Lloyd countered as they charged directly into him and began forcing him to fall towards the ground while everyone was watching the fight happen. Allison and Kai were still holding Nya back until they saw the dragons fly below them, they managed to catch themselves in the air and fly back to the sky's above as they fought with all their might. They all heard the Overlord roar one last time as the corrupted versions of Cole, Zane and Jay could only watch.

"This.. ends.. now!" Lloyd declared as he and Spike both flew besides eachother while dark clouds were forming around them.

"You can't defeat me.." Overlord countered one last time while the dark clouds began forming around them. The Overlord flew around both of them and began engulfing all of them in a dark cloud that began getting bigger and bigger with each passing second as everyone below was watching with fated breaths.

"Come on dad.." Allison prayed as they held out hope they could win.

Spike and Lloyd felt themselves being trapped in a dark void after they were engulfed in it, they could hear the Overlord laughing in a monsterous way before they saw his head emerge from the shadows. Spike and Lloyd stood ready to go as they saw the Overlord become far bigger then them. The Overlord laughed one last time before he tried to crush them with his maw completely thinking that would finish them. But a golden and purple light began to overpower him from within it.
"No.. no! No!! NO!!!" Overlord screamed one last time as Spike and Lloyd forced his maw open while they used all they're power to finish him.

"This fight.. is.. over!!" Spike screamed as their lights engulf the screen and it began to break through the void. They used every bit of they're power to overpower the Overlord, and with they're powers combined, they were finally able to destroy him for good, and the void the Overlord had created was destroyed.

The entire fortress was destroyed in the flash of light that covered Ninjago completely, and soon, the clouds finally began to disperse as the sun was finally able to shine a light on Ninjago once again. Every ounce of darkness was gone after the blast happened, and it finally restored the citizens of Ninjago to normal after all they went through here.

Allison groaned weakly as she finally felt herself waking up, and she was greeted with a bright light nearly blinding her as she was getting up.
"Did.. we do it?" Allison asked weakly while she saw Kai was getting back up with the others who were restored too.

"I.. think we did.." Cole replied as they looked around the destroyed fortress, but as they looked ahead, they all saw Nya had finally been returned to normal after what happened to her which made them gasp with joy.

"Nya! " Kai and Jay cheered as they ran towards her and gave her a big hug.

"My sister.." Kai said with relief while he held her tightly.

"Nya.. your back.." Jay said with joy as they took in this moment.

"We did it.. we really did it!" Allison said with amazement while she helped Cole and Zane up.

"Come here you guys!" Cole said with a smile while he gave them another hug too.

"We really did..." Zane said with joy while they saw Ultra Dragon fly down to them with Wu and the others who were just as amazed with this.

"Is this really happening, we did it?!" Julien asked with hope as they saw Darreth come out in the distance too.

"We did it?! You did it! I did it! Heck, who didn't do it?!" Darreth cheered as everyone came together for this moment.

"Yeah, but where's Lloyd and Spike?" Kai asked with concern since they weren't able to be seen, but another dragon roar from above got they're attention, and they saw Spike and Lloyd fly down to them on they're new elemental dragons.

"Lloyd! Spike!" Everyone cheered as they both landed down and felt extremely proud for saving Ninjago.

"Dad!!" Allison said with joy and relief as she slithered up to him and gave him a tight hug from seeing he's okay.

"It's great to see you too Allison.." Spike said with a chuckle while he held her tightly.

"You both did brilliantly you two." Misako complimented while they both walked up to them.

"Because of the both of you, Ninjago is safe, and because of you two, there will be a tomorrow." Wu said with a proud look while looking at them.

"Speaking of which, if the Overlord decides to show his face around here again, we'll be ready." Kai said with confidence while they all looked at eachother.

"And next time, we'll be a little more humble." Cole joked while he turned to Zane next.

"And a little more wise." Zane added with a smile.

"And with better catchphrases!" Jay joked which made everyone laugh with joy hearing that.

But all of this made Lloyd look down with regret, knowing what could've happened to his father since he and Spike did to defeat the Overlord.
"We will all miss your father." Misako said with regret as she came to comfort him, but just in the distance, a familiar figure emerged from the rubble on him, and as everyone was talking, someone started to walk towards them while looking around with confusion before he saw his family.

"Lloyd! W.. what happened?" The man asked as he looked around the destroyed fortress, and everyone gasped with shock as they realized who this was, it was Garmadon, he was completely turned back after all the darkness in him was destroyed.

"Garmadon.. is that really you?" Misako asked with a hopeful look while all of them took a closer look at him, and really saw it was him.

"Dad?! dad!" Lloyd said with amazement as he went over to hug him seeing it's really him.

"Every ounce of evil within you, gone?" Misako asked with amazement while they both hugged him together.

"I.. I feel, good! It's been so long!" Garmadon said with relief as he felt nothing left of what made him evil before.

"It's good to have you back brother.." Wu said as he walked up to him too.

"Wu! Good to be back!" Garmadon said with a smile while everyone came up to him.

"Aw, would you look at that?" Jay asked with a smile while Garmadon turned towards Spike and had something he needed to say.

"Spike, I want to thank you, you've done so much for my family, you helped my son, you kept him safe when he needed it. And you worked with him to save Ninjago, and me. I am forever grateful for this, forgive me for all that's happened between us." Garmadon said as Spike went up to him, and Spike only shook his hand and smiled proudly hearing that from him.

"Don't worry Garmadon, it's all over. I'm glad that your back, now that it's over, we can all spend time to relax." Spike said as he went up to Allison and hugged her once again while Garmadon started going to his family again, and he, Misako and Lloyd started to walk off so they can make up for lost time.

"You guys think we should dogpile em?" Jay joked which made most of them chuckle a bit.

"Let's give them they're moment, they earned it." Kai replied as they saw them walk off together as a family.

"It's been quite a ride fellas." Cole said with a smile while they all looked at eachother.

"Do you think there will be others?" Zane asked as he hoped there'd be more to do one day.

"I hope so, I liked being a ninja. It's not like we have many other skills." Cole replied as he didn't want this to be they're last adventure.

"Ha, easy for you to say, I'm thinking of doing a little inventing, maybe some modeling, dabbling in poetry.." Jay listed out while Spike looked up towards the sky.

"I've come a long way with you guys, I never thought I'd get to be something like this, but now that I'm here, with you guys, I'll look forward to anything that comes next." Spike said proudly while he put his hand over Allison's shoulder.

"With things being over for now, I think it's best I start try to learn Spinjitzu or turn invisible, I'm gonna make sure to do the best I can to help all of you when the time comes, but for now, I just want to spend time with my dad." Allison said as she smiled towards Spike who felt glad to hear that while Kai marched up to them again to encourage them all.

"Even if we've gotten the balance right today, there's always tomorrow. There's no way of knowing what's around the corner, as long as there's something worth fighting for, there's always a need for a ninja, and we'll be ready for it." Kai finished as all of them smiled towards the sky, and Spike felt complete joy as he finally found what he was meant to be.

"Something tells me.. this is just the beginning guys. No matter how long it takes, and I'll find a way to Equestria again. I'll see you again one day Twilight.. count on it." Spike promised as they looked towards the sun and smiled as it shone brightly upon Ninjago, while they may have won the day, they know they'll be needed again, and whatever comes next, they'll all be there together, for now, they just took in this moment as the light shone over all of Ninjago..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! And that's a wrap on Season 2! I hope you all liked this, I worked pretty late at night to finish this, but I hope what you saw here was great for you guys.

I do think that this would've been a good note to end the show on considering how it ends, while I'm glad we got more of it, this still felt like an ending no matter how many times I rewatch it, but I'm glad the show continued on and we got more from it, it's hard to believe this series is almost 15 years old, that's crazy that It's been around for that long honestly, I do wish that Chima and Ninjago got to air alongside eachother, because I think they both would've been great together no matter how long they went on, while this series does stumble a bit, it's always doing something unique and cool to stay interesting, and I'm just glad that this series is still great even to this day.

I just hope I've been blending Spike well into the story here, I'll try not to make it feel like he's just there for extra dialogue, I'll try and find ways he'll help with the plot in later seasons. I still have a very long way to go before I finish this story, but I just hope you liked what I've done for the first 2 seasons so far, and feel free to leave some ideas on what can Spike can do within the later seasons.

Thank you all for reading this, I'm so glad you all take the time to read it, I never thought I'd get this far as a writer, but it's thanks to your support that I've been able to keep moving forward. I still have much to do with my other stories, but I'm not gonna lose focus of this either. I've still got a lot to go through, till then, I hope you all have a good day, and see you next time!

27: The Surge

Around 2-3 years has passed since Spike and Lloyd's battle against the Overlord, and all of Ninjago was saved, everyone has been taking it easy since the fated battle happened, and has tried moving on with their lives. Spike's been often going around Ninjago with Lloyd to make sure there's no trouble every now and then, and Allison has been getting better with fighting since, while she still has struggles trying to turn invisible, she's getting closer to learning Spinjitzu, and Spike's going to be with her every step of the way.

But outside of that, Spike has been raising Allison like a father still, and he and the other ninja took some jobs as teacher's since they haven't had anyone to fight, while Spike misses his home very much, and Twilight and his friends, he was happy he had a life and family here that would help him through it. But it wasn't all positives, Julien had sadly passed away for good out of old age, but they all know he passed on peacefully after finally being with his son again, while Zane has had a bit to process, the other's are always there to support him.

But recently, Spike's just wished he and his friends had more to do again since they've only been teacher's, and not having much to do outside of it, but little did he know, that today would give him exactly what he wants..

We open to a flashback of the final battle between the Overlord and Spike and Lloyd, they the two of them unleash they're true potential once again and fully unlock the power within them, it was one of the most fulfilling moments in their lives.
"The Ultimate Battle.. the battle.. that would end all battle's.." Kai narrated as the footage shows the day Spike and Lloyd defeated the Overlord and saved Ninjago while we see the last moments Spike and his family had .

"It feels like ages ago, after the Golden Ninja and Master of Crystal defeated the Overlord, much of Ninjago City was left in ruin.." Kai continued as we see how much damage the city was dealt with because of the Stone Army and the Overlord.

"It was a time to reflect on our past, and built to our future." Kai said as we cut to a week later after the battle happened, and all the people of the city was working as hard to rebuild they're home while working under a genius named Cyrus Borg.

Great work people! Together we can do it! Transportation group, align with engineering!" Borg instructed as workers put a sign back up as we see month's flash by, and that Ninjago was completely rebuilt and had become even greater then ever.

"Ninjago City soon became.. New Ninjago City. It was the center of great technological advancements." Kai said as we see multiple new things be built like floating cars and highly advanced tech that Equestria couldn't reach for a very long time. But even with all of this good stuff coming thanks to Borg, since the battle happened a year ago, there hasn't been anything too big that required the help of Spike or the ninja..

"But without an enemy to fight, the age of the Ninja.. came to an end.." Kai said with regret as we see a small shot of a dessert before the camera suddenly pins to a cut of Jay walking into the shower with a camera while someone was singing until he noticed him..

"Hey! How about a little privacy you..!" Kai said with embarrassment as the footage stops while multiple kids laugh seeing this as Kai was trying to show them the results of what's happened.

"What?! This isn't supposed to be in here! Light's please!" Kai asked as the lights came back on and he tried getting the tape out, but only screwed up and made it roll across the room.

"Agh, seriously?!" Kai asked with frustration while another student just walked into the room.

"Come quick! Mr Zane's on the fritz!" The kid announced which made everyone run out of the room.

The kid wasn't wrong as Zane was somehow being remotely controlled by a kid who had a special remote just as Kai, Cole, and Allison walked into the room.

"What's going on here?!" Cole asked with an upset look until he saw what was happening with Zane.

"Brad got a new remote from New Ninjago City, and it's controlling Mr Zane!" One of them answered while Allison slithered up and took the remote.

"Hey!" Brad said with annoyance as Allison tried stopping this.

"Ugh, why would they allow things like this to be made?!" Allison asked with frustration while pressing multiple button's.

"Hurry up Allison, please!" Zane begged as his body was sparking and moving around rapidly.

"Let me see that!" Cole said as he took it from her and just threw the thing on the ground which broke it, and that finally made Zane go back to normal which made them all sigh with various reactions.

"You alright uncle Zane?" Allison asked as she helped him up who was catching his breath.

"I am now.. thanks.." Zane said gratefully while the kids looked upset.

"Mr Cole is the worst." Brad said as he looked towards Cole for breaking the remote.

"I heard that!" Cole said with annoyance while Allison hissed at the others for doing this to him.

"Next time you do this to Zane, no tech at all, understand?!" Allison hissed which made the kids a bit scared and they nodded in agreement hearing it.

"Calm down Allison, it's probably just this once, what time is it?" Cole asked just before the school bell rung and all the kids quickly looked excited and ran out of the room for playtime.

"I think it's recess.." Allison replied with relief while they all sat down.

"Thank goodness, that's my favorite time of the day.." Cole said as they all sighed with exhaustion from this work they've been doing.

Everyone made they're way to the break room to rest for a bit, Spike was also here too since he didn't have much to do with Lloyd here, but he's still had to take care of Allison and the school since they were teaching here now.
"Tough day huh guys?" Spike asked as he took out some cups of pudding for them all to have for a little lunch.

"Your telling me, those kids are like rabbit's, they're always running around and won't stop!" Cole said with exhaustion while Spike and Allison sat next to eachother again.

"It's been hard for us dad, we've just been super busy with all these kids, and even if I'm supposed to be a student here too, I still have training to do with Wu every now and then." Allison said as they saw Wu was getting some Tea in another room.

"And we're having another session at dawn tomorrow, best prepare yourself young one!" Wu said from the distance which made her groan even more.

"It's alright Allison, even with being the Master of Crystal and all that, me and Lloyd still have our hands full ever since that battle happened, I saved the Crystal Empire before and was praised for it, but this is something completely different.." Spike said as he laid back to rest after all he's had to work with.

"You gonna be heading out again later Spike?" Jay asked while he had a second spare cup for Nya.

"Around the next class most likely, unless something comes up, I'm gonna be doing another fly around Ninjago on my Elemental Dragon to meet up with Lloyd and all that.." Spike said with an exhausted look from how much he's done it.

"Hey, at least you can still use your powers Spike, you and Lloyd get to go all around Ninjago, and accept rewards while we're still stuck here as teacher's. I miss our Elemental Weapons.." Jay said sadly as they stopped working after the fight, presumably because they had finished they're purpose, and weren't needed anymore.

"You guys seriously haven't learnt to control your powers without them yet? It's been over 2 years! I started to do that even without my Golden Weapon, how come you guys can't?" Spike asked while Cole looked annoyed hearing it.

"Some people just progress slower then others, don't forget you and Lloyd had unlocked them in a much different way then we might." Cole reminded which Spike could understand.

"Cole's right Spike, we all progress differently in our lives, we just need to wait for the right moment until it happens." Zane assured just as they heard the door open and saw Nya come into the room looking exhausted from all the work.

"Why is it that whenever I'm teaching the class, I feel like none of the boys are listening to me?" Nya asked with an annoyed look which made Allison shrug in response.

"Even after I got aged up, I still feel like I'm more mature then them somehow.. " Allison said as she shook her head hearing that.

"Hey Nya, I uh, got you a spare pudding cup." Jay said nervously which made her cross her arms again.

"What did we talk about?" Nya reminded while referring to a little talk they had a few months back.

"Oh, right, boundaries, sorry." Jay apologized while Nya remembered why she came here.

"So, did you guys hear the news?" Nya asked which got everyone excited.

"Ooh, there's trouble?!" Kai asked with a fighting pose.

"Danger?!" Jay asked hopefully too.

"An emergency?!" Zane asked with an eager look too.

"A new bad guy to fight?!" Spike asked with a confident look while summoning a sword with his crystal powers.

"Is it a new menace?!" Cole joined in with Spike while all of them looked ready for another possible adventure.

"No, we all got clearance for a fieldtrip!" Nya announced which made most of them groan again hearing it while Allison was interested.

"What kind of fieldtrip is it?" Allison asked while she finished her pudding cup before throwing it away.

"This is a field trip.. to Borg Industries!" Nya answered which made Jay gasp with amazement.

"Not.. the Borg Industries! Home to the super genius Cyrus Borg?! Inventor of the Hovercar and everything else cool in this world?!." Jay asked excitedly before Zane kicked him out of the world he was stuck in." Ow!" Jay said with pain while he rubbed his leg from that.

"Borg industries? Even I haven't been there yet, I've been to New Ninjago City and that a couple times, but never directly met with Borg himself." Spike said with surprise which got Allison excited.

"Really? What have you seen there dad?! What cool tech have they made?!" Allison asked excitedly which made Spike chuckle again.

"It's better to just see it! And let me tell you, it's quite the sight! At least I'll have a little break from flying for today, come on guys!" Spike said as he was ready to go, but Kai only sighed and felt a bit annoyed with this while he tried getting some tea too.

"Come on guys, who cares about Cyrus Borg? If you ask me, people should concern themselves with lessons of the past, not on all this disposable stuff of tomorrow when.." Kai couldn't finish his sentence before he saw everyone else was already gone and felt excited for the trip while Kai sighed with annoyance seeing it.

Everyone made they're way onto the school bus and were just about ready to go, but some of the kids felt a bit upset that they couldn't get a cooler ride.
"Why can't we take Ultra Dragon? Or the Ultra Sonic Radar?" Brad asked with an upset look while Spike sat up in the front.

"We took the Radar apart for better mechanical parts to repair the Bounty when we can, that thing took a really bad hit to the point it needs a total remodel, but that's not gonna happen for a long time unfortunately. And Ultra Dragon went back to his home after all was said and done, I gave him a bit of my power for protection if he needed it, but it's likely we're not seeing him again for a long time." Spike answered which made them groan with disappointment hearing it.

"It's just a bus guys, grow up, everyone has to use them at some point." Allison said as she hated these kids were making something so simple frustrating.

"Not to mention that this bus has.. one of these!" Cole announced while he took out a microphone.

"Pretty cool huh? I'm on a microphone! I am the MC! the Mighty.. Cole!" Cole announced while he shook his back which the others groaned at.

"Mr Cole is the worst!" Another kid said again which Cole heard.

"I heard that! again!" Cole said as he sat next to Kai who was wondering what they're gonna be seeing.

"So, we're going back to the city huh? We haven't been there since.. you know." Kai reminded as the door closed finally.

"Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet come, we only have today. Or else this offer expires! Get a move on Nya!" Wu ordered as she started up the bus.

"Eye eye sensei!" Nya replied as she soon started driving the bus away from the school and too New Ninjago City, while it was a first time for most of them, for Spike, it was just another Tuesday.

It took quite a while for the bus to reach the city again, but when they did, everyone was in complete awe of seeing the amazing futuristic city.
"Twilight and the others would be jealous that they didn't get to see this! Can't imagine Equestria ever reaching technology this amazing!" Spike said with a smirk as they saw so much advanced tech and machine's go by, there was highly advanced mech's and jet's in the higher areas, the buildings looked so much bigger and like something out of a fantasy, and every single thing here was given a huge upgrade with the tech in some way.

"You've gotten to see this place dad?!" Allison asked with amazement while they looked around the place.

"Yeah, it's really an amazing sight.." Spike replied as he took in this amazing sight in front of him.

"Man.. you leave town a short while and.." Nya said with awe as she was about to turn around just until the bus hit something which made it stop completely.

Everyone got out of the bus and saw they crashed into a mail delivery truck that was advanced like everything else.
"Ugh, who here still uses wheel's anymore? Get with the program!" The guy said with frustration while Cole walked up to the side.

"Don't worry, we'll free you up, time for some old school muscle tool!" Cole said proudly as he went up and lifted the large truck up just until a larger mech came from behind and towered over all of them.

"Stand back pedestrian." The mech said in a stern voice which got everyone's attention seeing it.

"Who are you calling pedestrian?" Cole asked with an offended look while the other's walked out of it.

"They're just security mech's Cole, they're only doing they're jobs." Spike assured while he looked at the mech who looked at him a bit strangely.

"I guess that means our help is not welcome." Zane said with surprise seeing the huge mech.

"Well, I prefer traveling the old fashioned way, on foot. And besides, it's not like we don't know where we're going." Wu said as they could see Borg Industries right in front of them all.

"Yeah, REAL hard to miss." Allison said sarcastically as they all walked towards the tower.

Everyone made they're way into the tower and could see a very tall elevator leading up to the very top of it, while a new looking android with silver hair has come up to them for a little greeting.
"Welcome to Borg Industries, I'm Pixal. Cyrus's Primary. Interactive. External. Assistant. Lifeform. I am sorry to hear about the traffic incident." Pixal greeted as she already knew about the incident that happened seconds ago.

"Man, news travel's fast here." Cole said with surprise hearing it.

"Everything in New Ninjago City is fully automated and interconnected. Your antiquated bus should be ready shortly." Pixal explained as she soon turned to Zane and had noticed he was like her in ways.

"You are Zane, a droid like me, tell me, what does Z.A.N.E. Stand for?" Pixal asked thinking he had initials like her.

"I stand for peace, freedom, and courage to all who threaten.." Zane said right as Jay came up and interrupted him knowing he'd go on for longer then he needed too if he continued.

"She means your name tinhead!" Jay corrected while Spike slightly chuckled a bit.

"You know, Initials?" Spike reminded as that's what each letter in her name is.

"Oh, sorry, I guess, I'm.. just.. Zane." Zane answered a bit nervously while looking at her.

"Permission to scan?" Pixal asked with a hopeful tone.

"Uh.. permission granted?" Zane asked nervously while they saw eachother in they're eyes.

"Heheh, check it out, Zane's got an admirer." Jay teased which made Allison chuckle a bit.

"Wonder where this is gonna go then." Allison replied while they saw Pixal scan his body.

"Your hardware is outdated, and your processor is slow and incompatible with ours. Peculiar, all droids must recharge our battery's, yet curiously I'm unable to locate your power source, tell me, what powers you?" Pixal asked as she found him specifically very interesting.

"I.. uh.. I don't know honestly.." Zane replied with a nervous look on what's happening right now.

"Mr Borg would like to see the ninja and Master of Crystal on the 100th floor, and the other's will follow me for the rest of the tour." Pixal instructed while Allison was following Nya with the students.

"Be safe with them Allison!" Spike advised as Kai finally got his leg freed after it got stuck on the door.

"You too dad!" Allison said as she slithered off while Zane was a bit distracted with Pixal again while showing a little smile.

"Zane, you with us?" Cole reminded which made Zane regain focus before he went up to the elevator Spike and the other's were in.

"Well, time to meet Cyrus Borg himself finally." Spike said hopefully as the elevator started to go upwards which gave them a view of the whole city the larger they went up it. But they hadn't noticed the camera was looking directly at them, and had identified each of them.

"Black Ninja, Blue Ninja, White Ninja, Red Ninja, and the Crystal Ninja, Golden Ninja not identified, wait for action." The computer said as it couldn't find Lloyd and waited for the right moment.

Allison, Nya and the other students were being shown around the tower, and they all could see just how amazing all the advanced tech is that's in development.
"Mr Borg believes that technology is the key to making our dreams come true." Pixal explained while everyone was amazed with how much has changed here.

"Man.. to think this all came in so fast... it's amazing.." Allison said with amazement while they looked to their right and saw new virtual reality games being developed.

"Even now, he is working on a Digiverse to take gaming to another level." Pixal explained as they could see new ninja like games being worked on.

And as they were moving across the room, some of the kids noticed a specific console that got Nya's attention.( Here it comes guys...)
"Ooh! They have a perfect match console!" One of the kids said with joy while Nya was a bit confused seeing it.

"Perfect match console?" Nya asked as Allison came up to see it too.

"What does this do?" Allison hissed while they looked at it.

"It finds your perfect partner with flawless results! You should try it Ms Nya!" One of the kids said as Nya was walking onto it.

"I doubt a machine would..." Nya couldn't finish her sentence before the machine was able to scan her and immediately know who she is.

"Hello Nya, you are an independent, self confident young woman, who refuses to be in a boy's club. Analyzing match now." The computer said as it's hearts started to glow while everyone thought it would be obvious.

"Of course it's gonna be mister Jay." One of them said as there was no other person. But what they got made all of them gasp in shock as it wasn't who they expected at all.

"Promise me you will not tell anyone!" Nya begged as the match was revealed to be.. Cole.

"Oh here we go..." Allison said as she slapped her face knowing this will only get worse going forward.

Spike and the other ninja had just arrived at the top of the tower, and could see Cyrus Borg himself at his desk.
"I would've guessed for ninja to sneak in through the window, not use the elevator." Borg greeted while Jay gasped with amazement seeing him.

"Well that wouldn't be polite would it?" Spike asked with a smile while he saw Jay being extremely excited seeing him.

"Are you really?!" Jay asked right as Borg finished for him.

"Cyrus Borg? Yes. Unfortunately when my parents gave me a name like that, my future in technology was.. predetermined." Borg answered as he walked out to them with some.. really strange robotic spider like legs which shocked everyone, and he was able to notice it.

"Ah yes.. these.. sadly, I have been disabled all my life, but it's nothing my mind couldn't fix." Borg assured while he turned to Zane who was looking at all the machine's around the place.

"Speaking of which, my deepest condolences Zane, I heard about your father, he was a brilliant mind, he would've fit right in." Borg said with guilt for his father's passing.

"Thank you Mr Borg, but loss is inevitable." Zane said gratefully as Spike packed his back.

"Don't worry Zane, we're all here for you. You know Borg, you remind me of Twilight in ways, only with her she was greatly focused on magic, I'd wonder what it'd be like if you ever met?" Spike said as Borg noticed Spike and looked a bit worried seeing him here.

"I'm.. sure we'd get along just fine Crystal Ninja. To think I'm meeting you here, face to face. I just have to say, I'm a big fan of what you've done for Ninjago." Borg said gratefully which Spike smiled at.

"Don't thank me, I was mainly there to help Lloyd when the time was right. Still can't believe it's been a year since that battle.." Spike said with some surprise knowing he's been here for a year.

"Speaking of which, isn't this the same place that the Overlord was destroyed? Why would anyone build a headquarters here?" Kai asked with worry for this specific location.

"Ah, what better message to send to evil that we won't cower to anyone? While I see all of you here, even the Master of Crystal, but I do not see.. the Golden Ninja." Borg said as he didn't see Lloyd here.

"Hey I was just about to head out to meet up with him before we got news of this fieldtrip, I'm sure he'd stop by if we give him a call?" Spike suggested which Cole agreed with.

"Yeah, he and Spike have been really busy, it's a miracle Spike was able to come with us honestly. But we'll tell him to stop by if you want?" Cole asked hopefully which Borg didn't want to happen.

"No no no.. I'm glad it's just you 5, I wanted to.. give you a gift." Borg said as he moved over to something big that was covered up.

"A gift? It wouldn't happen to be.. cake now would it?" Cole asked hopefully which made Spike groan.

"I should introduce you to Celestia, you both love cake.." Spike said to himself as they followed Borg over to another side of the room, and Borg lifted the tarp up to reveal.. a golden statue of himself.

"The future is what we make it!" The statue said automatically which the other's founded extremely weird.

"Oh.. so.. no cake.." Cole said with a bit of a depressed look seeing it.

"Wow.. a statue.. of yourself.." Kai said with a look of disappointment.

"I know! How cool is that?!" Jay asked excitedly seeing it while Borg was secretly going towards Kai while the others went to the statue.

"Please, protect them with your lives. All of Ninjago depends on it." Borg whispered which confused him

"Protect? Protect what?" Kai asked with confusion.

"You were right, I never should've built here. You should go, he's listening!" Borg whispered with a warning tone as a camera was monitoring them.

"Kai, a little help here?" Spike asked as he and the others were trying to lift the statue.

"I'm.. I'm sorry to cut this short, but there's things to invent, I'm sure you'll see yourselves out?" Borg asked hopefully while Kai went back to the statue, and Spike felt something off hearing that.

"Guys, there's something weird with Borg." Kai whispered while they were moving to the elevator.

"You felt that too? I thought that was only me.." Spike replied while he looked back at Borg one more time who looked really worried over something.

"It's just artificial limbs you two, I know your not into machine's Kai, and I know you've had so much to handle with Lloyd too Spike, but you don't have to be rude, we're his guests!" Jay replied as they were walking into the elevator.

"It's not that guys, there's something wrong.." Spike replied with concern about what's happening behind the scenes.

"Borg looked scared about something guys, he said that we had to protect " Them" with our lives." Kai informed recalling what he was told.

"Them? Who?" Cole asked with confusion hearing that.

"I don't know but..." Kai suddenly screamed as the door slammed shut behind him which made him drop the statue, and everyone else screamed as the statue fell down and broke completely.

"Oh great now look at what you've done!" Jay said with frustration while Zane noticed something off.

"Hold on.. it's hollow, there's something inside." Zane observed while they found strange new outfits that was designed for all of them.

"Huh.. why would he give us new ninja outfits?" Cole asked as he pulled them out which looked brand new.

"Alright guys , something's wrong, if Borg made these for us, then there's clearly something going on that we're not aware of yet." Spike said with annoyance at the sight of this.

"But what could it be? What reason would he have for it?" Zane asked as Kai noticed 5 newly designed weapons that were also Golden just for design.

"And what exactly are these?" Kai asked as he pulled them out which suddenly set off the alarms in the elevator.

"Techno Blades located! Apprehend, would the assailants please stand down and drop the Techno Blades?" The computer warned while everyone was shocked with the sudden announcement.

"First you call us pedestrians, now we're assailants?!" Jay asked with frustration hearing it.

"Nothing's working? Perhaps a malfunction?" Zane asked as he tried to find a way out of here while Kai realized what these are.

"Guys ,these must be the Techno Blades! We have to protect them with our lives!" Kai said with concern which confused Spike.

"Hold on, how the heck do you know what they are?" Spike questioned while the computer made it's decision.

"Have it your way, goodbye." The computer said as it suddenly began falling directly towards the ground at extremely fast speeds.

Everyone screamed with fear as they were slammed onto the ceiling and were barely able to move.
"Let the elevator have the Techno Blades Kai! I think it's made it's point!" Jay screamed as they could see the thing would explode when it reaches the ground.

"We have to get off this thing!" Cole shouted as Kai noticed there was a hatch right next to them.

"Going up?" Kai announced before he stood on the ceiling and jumped straight onto the ground before he used the force of gravity and jumped back onto the hatch and kicked it open.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed as they finally used Spinjitzu again and jumped out of the elevator.

"Everyone stay close to me!" Spike shouted as he got everyone close enough to save them, Spike then harnessed his Crystal Powers again and was able to summon his Elemental Dragon which flew in the air as they saw the elevator fly down towards the ground.

Two guards were waiting at the bottom of the lobby while looking really bored right now.
"Man.. I'm bored." One of them said with an annoyed look.

"Really? Well me too actually." The guard replied just before the elevator crashed down and exploded behind them which alarmed everyone near it.

Spike and the others sighed with relief as they saw the elevator explode, and felt glad they escaped it in time.
"Man, saved again by the Crystal Ninja, you haven't lost your touch at all Spike." Cole complimented while they held onto Spike's dragon tightly.

"I've gotten used to using it since I unlocked it. Come on, there's another elevator right there!" Spike said as he saw the second elevator going upwards, and he flew his dragon towards the elevator before it disappeared and they all landed on the top of it with skill.

"Nicely done Spike!" Zane complimented while he gave him a high five.

"Thanks guys, guess this means we're doing another adventure huh?" Spike asked as Kai handed them they're new suits.

"I guess so, probably means we're quitting our day jobs too." Kai replied while Jay gasped with fear in remembering something.

"Oh my gosh, our students!" Jay reminded which made Spike remember they were still on the tour.

"Allison!" Spike said with fear as we cut back to Allison and the students as they were being shown another part of the building.

They were being shown the factory part of the building where they could see multiple machine's being made.
"And this is our factory line, where...." The light's of the room suddenly flashed red which not only turned Pixal's eyes red like she was hacked, but every other machine in the room turned to Allison, Wu, Nya and the students with a look of anger.

"This will be the end of your tour.." Pixal finished as they all saw the many deadly buzz saw's and traps of the factory was now against them.

Allison saw one of the larger machine's try to attack the group, and she quickly slithered around it and jumped on top of thing before she ripped out it's circuits which made it malfunction.
"Wu! Over here!" Allison shouted as she jumped off the machine just as Wu charged up to it and whacked it away with his staff which knocked it into the other machine's around them.

"Everyone, stay together!" Nya shouted as she kicked one of the larger claws away while Allison took out her spear and threw it at one of the machine's eyes and destroyed it instantly.

"Guess all that training we've done finally payed off Wu!" Allison said with surprise while she ducked under some buzz saws that almost hit her.

"There's a reason why we did all those morning exercises! It's always to be prepared for things like this!" Wu shouted back while he did a backflip and kicked another machine in the face which knocked it back into the buzz saws which sliced it off.

"This way! There's a way out!" One of the kids shouted as they saw an open window near the top and tried to escape.

"No, don't break formation!" Nya warned which only made them run onto a conveyer that had death traps on both sides.

"Why don't boy's ever listen to me?!" Nya asked with frustration while she, Allison and Wu jumped onto the conveyer and made quick work of the machine's around them.

"I swear it's moments like this where I feel like the only smart one in the class!" Allison hissed to the students before she coiled around one of the laser machine's and redirected it into the other's to give them a clear path.

"Don't rest yet, it's not over!" Wu warned as they were being surrounded by more of the machine's and got ready to fight.

However, as this was all happening, Spike and the other's made it to another floor within the building, the elevator they were in slowly raised up before opening up, and they all jumped out wearing new ninja suits while holding the Techno Blades. Spike's new suit had purple and green coloring while having a crystal pink outlining for the tougher areas, and Spike's Techno Blade resembled a double bladed weapon.

"Heh, I gotta say it, I love the new threads!" Jay said with a smile at their new suits.

"Rarity would be jealous of these designs for sure." Spike said with a smirk before they saw more of the larger mech's from before march to the room and had they're weapons armed.

"Oh yeah?! Two can play it this game, hyah!" Kai shouted as he tried using the Techno Blades, but none of them were working.

"What's with these things?! How do we turn them on?!" Kai asked with fear as the mech's charged at them, and they all flipped out of a blast while Spike charged up a Crystal blast and shot one of their arms off.

"Try to figure out how they work!" Spike shouted as he ran towards the mech and slid under it before he came out from behind and shot it's back and took it down easily, but there were still over a dozen more mech's he had to fight off, and Zane got an idea on what could help.

"Let me try!" Zane said as he tried to cut a metal pipe with the blade, but it didn't work either.

"It's not sharp! Why even call it a blade?!" Zane asked with surprise as the mech's took a sharp aim at them and fired a deadly laser which almost hit them, but they all managed to doge it just in time, but unfortunately, it had hit one of the windows which began to crack.

"Oh snap.." Jay said with fear as the thing suddenly shattered and they all screamed from being sucked outside, Cole barely managed to grab a long cable that could be able to save them.

"Grab on!!" Cole screamed as everyone grabbed onto eachother's legs and braced themselves as they were about to crash into another window.

"Ready to crash the party boys?!" Cole shouted as they all flew to it, but the glass was far too strong for them to break, and they all screamed even more as they started falling off the tall building with terror, but they soon felt themselves land on something else which hurt they're backs, but were at least glad they're alive.

"Ouch.." Jay said with pain while they were regaining they're focus.

"What the heck?" Spike asked with surprise as they saw they were on a small platform that was for cleaners, but the cleaner bot soon noticed them which made it's eyes turn red, and it tried to attack them before Cole kicked it away not wanting to deal with this now.

But within Borg's office, he was being chewed out by the one who's been secretly watching over everything this entire time, and it was revealed that the Overlord was indeed alive after the last battle with Spike and Lloyd.
"You fool! You thought you could give them the only thing that could defeat me and thought I wouldn't notice?! I'd get rid of you.. if I didn't still need you! Don't think.. to ever betray me.. again!!" Overlord screamed with rage as he was on the largest monitor which terrified Borg.

"Of.. of course not! I promise! I promise!" Borg said with fear while the Overlord didn't believe him.

" A promise isn't good enough!" Overlord shouted as he took control of Borg's artificial legs which began moving over to a table full of parts and devices for building machine's.

"No! Stop! Let me go! Please, no more!!" Borg b egged as he started to scream as the machine's began planting on devices to ensure he doesn't mess up again.

Spike and everyone else were trying to lower themselves down with the platform they were on, but with all that's happening, they have a bad feeling on who's causing all of this.
"And then he said he was listening!" Kai finished while everyone was concerned hearing this.

"Do you really think it's the Overlord?" Jay suggested with a worried look.

"But how? We all saw Spike and Lloyd defeat him!" Cole pointed out while Spike was completely shocked hearing this.

"That can't be possible, Lloyd and I defeated him with all our power! He shouldn't even be here!" Spike said with worry at the thought of it.

"Defeat yes, but can he be destroyed?" Zane questioned which was a good point, but before they could talk more, one of the security cars had detected them, it was a hover car of sorts, and it was locking onto them to take them down.

"I don't know, but we can!" Jay said with fear while Spike got into a fighting pose right before Zane got an idea.

"Cole, throw me!" Zane shouted with a serious look which shocked Cole.

"Excuse me?" Cole asked with surprise before Zane said it again.

"Throw me!" Zane ordered again which made Cole pick him up, he took a steady aim at the hover copter and threw Zane onto it to take it down, he barely was able to get the machine to miss it's shot at them before he got onto the top of the machine and felt something strange, Zane took out his Techno Blade which started to glow and form into a weapon that could work against it. Zane made a loud scream as he slammed it into the machine, but instead of destroying it, it morphed the hover copter into a special vehicle designed for him and his powers which completely amazed all of them.

"What just happened?!" Cole asked with amazement seeing this.

"Zane must've hacked the hover copter's system! He controls it!" Jay suggested which was amazing to all of them.

"If we can use these to hack into other vehicles.. this could help us get out of here! Come on, let's pick up Allison and everyone else! Let's go!" Spike shouted as they all hopped onto the hovercar and Zane took off to find where they are.

Allison and the rest of the group of students were trying they're best to avoid the deadly traps within the factory, but it was getting even harder by the second with more that kept coming at them.
"Run! And jump! And kick!" Nya instructed as they all did those orders at the same time to avoid being hit while Nya kicked another device away.

"We're almost out! Hurry!" Allison shouted as she flipped onto one of the devices and stabbed it with her spear which made it spark up, and it spiraled out of control while Allison flipped off it, and the machine went crashing into a bunch of other ones that bought them some time.

"Well done Allison!" Wu complimented while she did a high jump onto the next floor.

"I may not know Spinjitzu, but I can still fight!" Allison said as she helped Nya up next to escape. But as everyone went up the next ledge that was closer to the window, the students all screamed as they saw a conveyer was heading straight to an incinerator.

"How do we stop it?!" Nya asked with fear as the alarm was going off, and she saw what looked like a power switch right on the side, she ran towards it while the kids were trying to run away from the incinerator, but as Nya tried to break through it, nothing was able to work until a laser blast destroyed a machine that tried attacking Wu, and they all looked out the window and saw Spike and everyone else had arrived.

Zane took a closer aim at the power supply and shot the thing down which finally shut the place down for now, everyone sighed in relief and soon cheered seeing they're all here.

"Dad!" Allison said with relief while Spike came up and hugged her out of relief seeing she's okay.

"You guys alright?" Spike asked as he looked to the students who looked unharmed thankfully.

"We're fine thanks to you, what's up with the new suits and weapons?" Allison asked as they saw they're new equipment with them.

"That's a long story Allison!" Spike said as he grabbed her arm and dragged her to the platform so they can get out of here.

"We'll talk about it later, but we need to head to the bus now! I got an idea!" Kai said with confidence as they had the platform they were on before that could hold the whole class so they can escape, but before Nya could get on, she was grabbed by the leg by Pixal who was trying to hold her back.

"This will be the end of your tour!" Pixal repeated again before Nya kicked her away and ran towards the platform as everyone got on it, Zane looked back at Pixal one last time and felt regret that she was taken over like everything else, and wished there was a way to help her.

"Come on, she's one of them! We have to go!" Nya said as everyone flew away to safety after barely making it out of there.

Everyone made it back to the bus as Nya and Allison were heading on the bus to keep the students safe.
"Get to the academy as fast as you can you two! We need the Golden Ninja here to help us!" Kai instructed while Allison sat right behind Nya.

"Just don't get yourselves hurt alright?" Allison asked as she looked at Spike one more time who was ready to go.

"What about you guys?" Nya asked with worry for they're safety.

"We have to protect the people!" Wu said as they all looked around the city, and saw that almost every machine around the city was being taken over by the Overlord again which started to cause tons of chaos throughout the city. And just as the bus was about to drive off, one of the mech's slammed onto the bus and tried to halt they're escape.

"I got this! Ninja go!!" Cole screamed again as he used Spinjitzu to jump far above the bus, and he landed down on the mech and used his strength to rip out the mech's wires which shut it down instantly and freed the bus.

"No one calls me pedestrian!" Cole said as all the students cheered for him doing something so cool.

"Way to go Cole!" Allison complimented while the bus had started up.

"I always said Mr Cole was my favorite!" One of the kids said as the bus drove off leaving Spike and the other's behind.

Everyone came together and started to form a plan on how to stop these mech's knowing what the Techno Blades can do.
"So, the Techno Blades can hack into they're systems!" Kai said as Spike looked at his and got an idea on what to do.

"If we hack the right devices, we could use them to fight back against the mech's!" Spike suggested which everyone liked the sound of.

"I love it! how about we do a little hack attack guys?!" Jay asked with an eager look to get moving.

"Zane, Kai, Spike, you all take to the skies, I want Cole and Jay on the ground! I'll do what I can for the people!" Wu instructed which sounded good to them.

"Ohoho! Anyone else getting tingly in here guys?!" Cole asked as he felt excited they're doing another adventure after so long.

"Ninja go!!" Spike and the other's screamed as they all used Spinjitzu to begin they're tasks, Spike and Kai hopped onto Zane's hovercar which began taking off towards the higher parts of the city.

They flew along the high roadways at the top as more machine's started to chase after them, Spike saw another Hover copter right besides them, and he and Kai looked at eachother upon getting the same idea.

"I got this one Kai!" Spike shouted as he and Kai jumped over to the machine to hack it, but as soon as Kai saw what looked like an advanced fighter jet, he knew that's exactly what he wanted.

"Oh I want that!" Kai said with a smirk as he raised his Techno Blade in the air and hacked into it, and the machine soon became his own vehicle which he could use.

"Yeah! Haha!" Kai cheered as he flew off into the sky's while Spike remained on the hover copter, Spike felt his Techno Blade power up and showed it's duel blades on both sides, and Spike smirked as he looked at the vehicle below him

"Let's see what this turns into!" Spike shouted as he raised his weapon in the air before he slammed it down on it, this began to morph the vehicle into something truly epic, it's color scheme changed to a mix in of pink, purple and green to match his suit, and while Spike thought it would be more like Zane's, it became something amazing.

It morphed into a awesome flying hover bike designed for him, it's anti gravity booster's were at the bottom which helped him fly in the air and on walls and ledges, and the cockpit of the hover copter soon formed into the center where Spike drove the machine, and it became large enough for him to drive on without any trouble which made him laugh with amazement.

"Ha! I love being a ninja!!" Spike cheered as he put on some sunglasses to look cool before he grabbed onto the control's, it was pretty easy to get the hang of after a few seconds, and he soon cheered with joy as he flew off the road and started driving down the walls of buildings nearby, Spike pushed on a few buttons which activated a few weapons on the side, and he soon shot some missile's at more mech's that were running across the city.

Spike soon drove down into the streets and headed towards where Jay and Cole were, and they all soon saw Kai was flying down to the city and trying to avoid any missile's coming his way from below after he got an important message from Borg about the Techno Blades, and the suits.

"Can you guys handle that?!" Kai shouted as Spike drove by the mech's and shot them down while Jay jumped through the sky.

"On it!" Jay replied as he landed on one of the tanks that were nearby, and he used the Techno Blade he had to hack into it's systems and it became his own personal vehicle like all the other's.

"Ha! I love it!" Jay cheered as he drove off to where Cole was who was fighting off some of the larger mech's around him.

"Cole? You need some help with those Security Mech's? Or just some old fashioned artillery fire?!" Jay asked as he shot more missile's towards the mechs while Spike drove across the buildings to take the ones in the sky's, and Cole soon grabbed one of the mech's and threw it far into the sky which was destroyed by Spike who drove by, and Cole soon got an idea on how to fight back with his Techno Blade.

"I think I got a handle on it!" Cole shouted as he jumped towards one of the mech's as his blade morphed into a chain like weapon for him, and he soon jumped on the mech and hacked into it too which formed into a fighter mech for him, and he quickly used the mech's strength to take the rest down while Spike and Jay met up with him.

"Stomping robot's, to robot stomper!" Cole shouted with a smirk as they felt awesome for having these new vehicles.

Back at the academy, Nya and Allison finally made it back and were trying to find where Lloyd was so he could help.
"I think he's in here!" Allison said as they saw what looked like a golden light across a door right down the halls, and they didn't waste another second to burst in to alert him.

"Lloyd! The ninja are in trouble and.." Nya shouted right before she was interrupted, and it turned out it was just Darreth who was in the room after his Tv went to static for some reason.

"Oh Hey Nya! Allison, can you believe it? I was just watching my favorite show with the jujitsu dogs you know? And then bang! The cable suddenly dies on me!" Darreth said as Allison groaned with annoyance seeing this.

"Where are you Lloyd?" Allison asked with fear for what's happening with him right now.

Spike and everyone else was still trying to fight off every robot that came they're way, but even with they're new vehicles, it was still hard for them to fight back all of them.
"We have to get the Techno Blades out of the city!" Kai announced remembering what Borg told him just a bit ago.

"But what about sensei? We can't leave without him?" Zane asked with concern which gave Kai an idea.

"I'll pick him up and meet up with the rest of you guys!" Kai shouted as he flew off to where Wu was, he was helping the last of the people escape underground for they're safety. But once he was done with that, Wu was soon surrounded by more mech's once again. Kai tried to land on the ground to help Wu escape, but the mech's started firing at him which made it difficult.

"I can't find a place to land!" Kai said with frustration as he flew around the buildings surrounding them, Wu noticed a fire hydrant right near the sidewalk, and getting an idea, he used his staff to make it burst out a ton of water he used as a way to get into the air.

"Whoa!" Wu screamed as Kai flew right above him, and Wu grabbed onto the jet Kai had before it flew off to meet up with the other's.

"We need a clear path to escape guys!" Spike shouted while he shot down more jet's that were flying in front of him, and he soon drove down another building and met up at the same street the other's were in.

But as they all met up, dozens of more mech's landed down on the streets on all sides o surround them all.
"There's too many! We'll never get out!" Cole shouted while he shot down more mech's along with everyone else who was doing they're best.

"keep fighting! They have to run out of battery's at some point!" Kai said hopefully while everyone was backing up against eachother.

"Uh.. I'm not so sure about that.." Zane said with fear while all the mech's surrounded them. But before anything bad could happen, a familiar golden light appeared through the sky and flashed over the whole area, it's power finally made the mech's stop attacking them, and everyone cheered as they knew who it was.

"Lloyd!" Spike cheered while they saw Lloyd fly through the sky's on his Elemental Dragon before he landed down next to them.

"Robots vs Ninja? Dare I ask?" Lloyd asked with a chuckle which made everyone laugh seeing him finally here.

"You are a sight for sore eyes!" Kai joked while they gave him a hug feeling relieved he's here, but they're moment was soon ruined as the Overlord appeared on the screen's above them after finally seeing he's here.

"So, you couldn't help yourself, the Golden Ninja, and the Master of Crystal.. we meet again!" Overlord greeted sinisterly which angered all of them seeing he's here.

"Overlord! We defeated you once! We'll defeat you again!" Lloyd swore while Spike charged up his own powers seeing him.

"Why don't you come out yourself to fight us?!" Spike shouted with anger as he looked up at him.

"Oh.. I don't want to fight.. either of you.. I just want the Golden Ninja's power!!"" Overlord screamed as everyone saw the mech's were being taken over again which made Lloyd's ability's useless against them. Lloyd tried to stop them, but Wu put his staff in front of him to prevent things from getting worse.

"No Lloyd, your power is only making them stronger!" Wu warned which concerned all of them.

"Then how do we fight?" Lloyd asked with a worried look.

"We don't, we get you, and the Techno Blades out of the city." Kai reminded which was concerning.

"I don't think he'll let us leave!" Cole pointed out as Spike shot down a mech with his Crystal powers before it attacked them.

"You think?!" Spike asked with frustration while he stood close to them.

"I have an idea, but I don't have much time to explain, listen clos." Wu instructed as all of them came close together and heard out Wu's plan and knew what they had to do.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once again as they used Spinjitzu and went towards they're machine's to try and escape the city. Everyone got ready to initiate this plan and hoped it'll pull through

"I hope this works!" Kai prayed with a worried look.

"With a 4.2% chance of success, I'd say our chances are slim." Zane pointed out which made Spike shake his head hearing this.

"That's why it's called hope Zane!" Jay countered again while they kept moving.

"Let's just do what we can to get out of here!" Spike shouted as Wu ran off to the rooftop's.

"The Techno Blades.. find them!!" Overlord screamed as the machine's were trying to find them.

"Searching for Techno blades." A machine spoke as it saw the ninja all splitting up to escape, Spike went with Cole and Jay who were already making it out of the city, and Jay got an idea on how they can escape faster.

"Cole! Spike! Jump on guys!" Jay shouted as he drove close enough to them, Spike used his hover bike to land on the top of Jay's vehicle while Cole used his mech to attack to the back of it, and with they're combined mech's, they used the thrusters to take off out of city at even faster speeds then before.

"Woo-hoo!!" Spike cheered as he loved the feeling of going this fast.

Wu was holding something in his hand as he went across the rooftops, and one of the cameras was able to spot him after detecting something.
"Techno blades, 92% conformation!" The machine said as they saw Wu has them.

"Sensei.. the sensei has them!" Overlord declared as Wu kept jumping across the roofs, Wu came towards a long jump that could only be crossed over some street lights, and he used them to hop across the ledge before he landed on the next roof ahead of him.

Wu tried to get out of there, but he soon got surrounded by multiple hovercar's and vehicle's around the roof, but as Wu opened up the blanket, it was revealed the blades weren't there which infuriated the Overlord.
"No no! Where are the blades?!" Overlord asked with fury as he reminded the footage of where Wu was going, but as he went towards the part where Wu jumped over the street lights, it was revealed that Kai was able to fly down right below him, and Wu threw the rest of the blades into his vehicle before he escaped and went to the next roof.

"The old fool will pay dearly!!" Overlord screamed with fury as he had completely lost sight of the ninja.

Spike and everyone else were making they're way out of the city, but Lloyd was super worried for his safety.
"We have to go back for him!" Lloyd said with fear as they kept moving forward.

"We will! But only when you are safe!" Kai said over the intercom.

"He wants these weapons, and for some reason, he also wants you! Remember, this was sensei's plan, they can't break him!" Cole reminded which Spike agreed with.

"He did this so we can escape! We'll find somewhere safe to plan thing's out, until then, let's just hope Wu can pull through!" Spike prayed while he looked at the sun rising in the distance.

"Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is yet to come, we only need to worry about today." Zane encouraged which was good enough for them.

"You said it Zane!" Jay replied as they drove through the dessert to find a place to hide.

"We will come back to New Ninjago City, but when we do, we'll be ready!" Zane said as they regained focus on the path ahead of them.

"But for now, we find a place to hide! They'll be looking for us." Kai said as Lloyd looked back at the city one last time feeling incredibly worried for Wu.

"We'll find a way to save him Lloyd, I promise." Spike assured while Lloyd soon flew alongside all of them as they headed away from the city.

But as Spike and everyone else escaped, back within Borg tower, Borg was revealed to have been taken over by the Overlord, and his body was used to help him move in the real world. Pixal used the data she scanned from Zane to do something that would help the Overlord. She used the factory's tech to remodel it into a new Nindroid with stronger hardware then Zane ever did.
"Upgrade complete!" Pixal reported as she pressed on a switch which activated the factory, and soon enough, the factory began to build an entire army of new Nindroids that could fight for the Overlord..

Author's Note

Hey everyone, thanks for reading this chapter! And now we're starting off with Season 3 finally, I honestly think the season could've been better in areas if it wasn't for multiple things that made it frustrating, like the love triangle with Cole, Jay and Nya, as well as some thing's feeling unexplained and rushed in areas. While this season is only 8 episodes, there's still a lot I'm gonna be covering here.

I'm planning on having Allison go with Lloyd and Garmadon in the next episode to help keep Lloyd safe, and in that time she can use lessons from Garmadon to learn to either turn invisible or learn Spinjitzu finally, I think this was a good start to the season and what it could set out to do, despite how the writer's didn't really plan on continuing Ninjago after Season 2 since it really felt like the end of the show, but because of fan demands and it becoming so popular, the show was brought back and continued far after Chima was meant to replace it, so if it started out a little rough to you guys, this was probably why.

But I hope that with what I have here was, it was really good for you guys! The rest of the season may not be as long as this chapter, but I'll see what I can do to have Spike and Allison blend into the story, but for now, I hope this was good for you all, and that you have a good day!

28: The Art Of The Silent Fist

We open to a shot of New Ninjago City after the Overlord had taken the technology over and made things extremely dangerous, smoke and fire was coming from multiple buildings as the corrupted machines were searching the whole city for any signs of the Spike and the Ninja or the Techno Blades, most of the people were in hiding to avoid harm, but it wasn't easy for anyone here right now.

One man was seen running up to a vending machine to try and get a drink, but after he gave the proper amount of money and the machine held out a drink, but when the man tried grabbing it, the machine didn't let go which made him worried, but it got worse once the man saw a Hover Copter had come around the other corner and spotted him from below which was piloted by the new nindroid's that were built, freaking him out and he ran away with fear as it scanned him and found his identity, but it wasn't what they were looking for.
"Sector 17 clear, continuing search for ninja!" The Nindroid said as it flew off around the city again as the camera pins to Borg tower after it was taken over.

Pixal was seen within the main office after Borg was taken control of by the Overlord, she had one of the mech's within the containers that had absorbed some of Lloyd's Golden Power, she was setting things up quickly for an important process that the Overlord was in desperate need of.
"Initializing power transference. Extracting golden power." Pixal announced while she pressed on a button which made parts of the floors open up, and from it came a strange container to transfer it into.

"Stand by for physical somatic download." Pixal reported as she began the transference, this started to make the machine drain the golden power from the mech which began shooting a beam into the container, brief dark flashes of light were seen as something tries to form within it, and the Overlord's voice could be heard from within it.

"Yes... yes!" Overlord said maliciously as the body was almost finished, but the mech had soon run out of power which shut down the machine, leaving the Overlord without a proper body for himself.

"It's not enough! I need more of that boy's power, if I am ever to be freed from this Digital prison! I'm fed up with pathetic mortal bodies! I want my own body!" Overlord said with frustration as a dark light flows out from it and into the possessed Borg who was being used as a vessel for long.

"Find me more power! Find me the Golden Ninja!" Overlord ordered which was difficult for them right now.

"By my computation, your primary duty should be finding the Techno Blades, they are the only thing that.." Pixal said before she was interrupted again by him.

"Those Ninja and that Dragon don't know what they already possess! I want the Golden one!" Overlord ordered which made Pixal bring up the city's monitor's for any traces of them.

"Nindroids don't have any current visuals on him, or the Master of Crystal." Pixal reported which the Overlord already knew about.

"They just don't know where to look." Overlord said sinisterly while he turned around, and a headlight turned on from behind which revealed Wu who was strapped to a chair with restraints keeping him from moving.

"You'll never get anything from me!" Wu refused as the Overlord crawled up in front of him.

"You might not, but your memories will!" Overlord declared before he shot a strange beam towards Wu's head, and even though it tickled to Wu, it was transferring data into a computer behind them that would show everything he knows.

"It tickles!" Wu said with a laugh as the data was transferring.

"It's only a matter of time before your mind tells me everything!" Overlord threatened as the memory's started appearing on screen.

"Never!" Wu refused again before he felt the thing searching through his memory's, making them discover almost every single hiding spot, person or place he's ever known or been too.

Meanwhile with Spike and the ninja, they had made it to a place far away from New Ninjago City, it was near a large forest where they could blend in nicely, and have a nice place to relax. Spike and Allison were helping the other's cover up they're new vehicle's with the trees and leaves around the place, they were doing what they can to hide, and were confident it will work here.
"Are covering these vehicle's up really necessary dad?" Allison asked as Spike used Cole's Earth power again with his own powers, and he helped cover up his hover bike with a few of them for safety.

"Of course Allison! We can't have these futuristic vehicle's with very obvious bright color's be out in the open can we?" Spike pointed out which Allison could see through.

"Hmm, fair enough, at least this gives us time to rest for a bit." Allison replied as she and Spike met up with the other ninja who were just finishing up.

"Your right on Allison, this is the perfect place! It's nice having a place with no robots or cameras, just nature." Lloyd said with a smile as Spike gave him a high five.

"Tell me about it, all those awards and places we had to go to were full of flashing cameras and so many people watching, sometimes it's nice to just have some privacy, we've hardly had enough of that ever since our last battle together." Spike replied making Lloyd laugh a bit.

"Couldn't agree more there Spike." Lloyd replied as they saw Nya and the other's coming up to him with his new suit too.

"Here Lloyd, you'll need this in case arial drones pass by, it'll scramble they're signal so you can't be found." Nya informed while she tossed it over to him, and after using Spinjitzu for a brief moment, he now was wearing his new ninja suit which was really well designed.

"This is really sweet, thanks Nya." Lloyd replied as Spike looked at his suit's design.

"Borg really outdid himself i must say, how long ago do you think he made these?" Spike asked while he looked at his suit.

"Hopefully when this is over we'll be able to ask him, can't imagine what he's going through right now.." Allison said regretfully, and that made them feel bad for him and everyone else back in the city with what's happening right now.

But as they were thinking over this, they heard a familiar voice come up to them after seeing them arrive.
"Lloyd? is that you?" Misako asked while Lloyd took off his mask with a look of surprise.

"Mom?" Lloyd asked with joy before he turned around and she ran up to him and gave him a hug feeling happy to see him here.

"What are you all doing here?" Misako asked with a smile turning to all of them who were worried about how to tell her it.

"Wait, you mean you haven't heard the news?" Spike asked with surprise concerning her.

"What do you mean Spike? What's wrong?" Misako asked looking at Lloyd again.

"The Overlord's returned, he's taken over New Ninjago City after corrupting all the tech there, and he's captured Wu.." Lloyd said with guilt to tell her this, but she felt confident he'll be able to push through it.

"Wu is tough, there are reasons he's lived as long as he has." Misako assured knowing what he's been through.

"Let's hope so, but where is dad?" Lloyd asked looking around for him.

"Yeah, where's Lord Garmadon?" Kai questioned since it's been years since they last saw him.

"He no longer goes by Lord, here, he is Sensei Garmadon. And he won't be back until this evening's lesson." Misako replied which surprised them all.

"Really? Garmadon a Sensei?" Allison asked with surprise while standing besides Spike.

"When did he become a Sensei?" Jay asked with shock to hear that.

"I met up with him a few times with Lloyd after the last battle, he became one a few months afterwards, he's honestly a really good sensei let me tell you!" Spike said with a smile while recalling they're last interactions they've had.

"I'm sure glad he's on our side, with Wu gone, we could use his help." Zane requested with a hopeful look.

"Come in, but your weapons are not allowed, ever since Lloyd and Spike saved him, Garmadon's sworn an oath to never fight again, all in hope to make up for his past. It's one he takes very seriously." Misako explained as they were moving towards a newly built monastery near a waterfall and a cliffside.

"But we're supposed to protect these blades with our lives?" Kai asked with worry while they looked at they're weapons.

"And never let them out of our sight." Jay said with worry which made Zane decide something that can help.

"You all go on ahead, I'll stay here and keep an eye on them." Zane offered which everyone instantly agreed with.

"Your the best uncle Zane! Be safe!" Allison said as Spike handed him his weapon along with everyone else.

"If you need help give us a holler okay? We'll be there when you need it." Spike assured making Zane smile a bit.

"Thank you my friend, tell Garmadon I said hi when you meet him." Zane replied as Spike started moving along with the other's to the monastery ahead of them while Zane was left alone with the blades.

Spike and everyone else followed Misako towards the monastery ahead of them, and within it's yard, they saw a ton of students were playing around and having a fun time, when one of them kicked the ball towards the entrance, Kai was able to pick it up which made the kids excited seeing they're all here.
"Ah at least there's some places in this world I'm still considered cool!" Cole said proudly as the kids ran up to them, but they soon ran past them and directly to Spike and Lloyd with an amazed look seeing them here.

"How you kids doing?" Spike asked playfully as he used his powers to form a crystal ball and tossed it in the air before he shot it with another blast and made it lightly explode like a firework which amazed all of them.

"Nicely done Spike!" Lloyd said with an impressed look as the kids looked at the both of them.

"Nope, your still totally lame Cole." Jay said with a smirk while nudging his shoulder before they walked up to them again. The rest of the ninja soon joined up with the other kids and played with them a bit, and as this happened, Nya was looking at both Cole and Jay, and it was a look Misako knew too well.

"I recognize that look." Misako said with a smile shaking Nya out of her thoughts.

"What look? I wasn't looking.. " Nya said nervously while Allison came up to her after seeing it too.

"We both can see it Nya, your still hung up after what you saw with that machine aren't you?" Allison asked since Cole was said to be her perfect match.

"Was it that obvious Allison? What do I do? Jay's the only one who makes me laugh but.. Cole.. Cole's not Jay.." Nya said as they looked at the group making Allison raise an eyebrow.

"What do you mean.. Cole's not Jay? What exactly makes you feel for him as you do for Jay?" Allison questioned as that didn't make sense to her.

"I.. don't.. know.." Nya replied with a small smile as she saw the two of them playing with the kids, and Allison had a dreadful feeling of where this was going.

"This is gonna be rough.." Allison told herself before she slithered back to her father as everyone else went to the Monastery.

Later that evening, everyone else was seated within the monastery and were waiting to see Garmadon again, they were curious about what will happen, and also hoped Zane's doing okay out there. But as they see a shadow start to walk towards the doors in front of them, everyone gasps as they see a figure with what looked like four arms.. but once the doors opened, another servant just politely opened the door for Garmadon who was still completely restored from his corruption.
"Ah my son, Spike, so glad to see you've joined us!" Garmadon greeted with a polite tone seeing them here.

"Nice to see you too Garmadon, glad your doing well." Spike said with a smile while he sat near Allison again.

"It sure has been a while father." Lloyd greeted while waving at him as everyone was surprised seeing him in his new get up.

"Check out the new Sensei, looking sharp.." Jay whispered to Cole which resulted in Garmadon whacking him with his staff on the head.

"Silence!" Garmadon instructed while Jay rubbed his head with pain.

"Close your mouth, and open your ears. Tonight's lesson, is the Art of the Silent Fist, to fight, without fighting, may I have a volunteer?" Garmadon asked while looking at all the students.

"Why don't you do it Lloyd? It should be fun." Allision suggested which was a great idea.

"You read my mind Allison!" Lloyd replied as he got up to face against him again.

"The ultimate battle, round 2!" Nya said playfully as they stood against eachother.

"Attack me, but please, no powers, I happen to like my monastery." Garmadon joked which made everyone laugh hearing it.

"Ooh!" Allison laughed while everyone kept watching him get ready.

Lloyd soon raised his fist and screamed with anger while he tried attacking him, but Garmadon swiftly moved out of the way and made him crash into a table right behind him which actually hurt him a bit.
"You see? The key is balance. Let your opponent fight himself." Garmadon instructed while he had his back turned to them, and that made Lloyd to try and attack him from behind, but Garmadon ducked his head under a drop kick, followed up by a jump to him with a fist punch, and Garmadon soon made Lloyd slide over him and resulted in him crashing against the ground which tired him out.

"Let the enemy fight himself." Garmadon instructed as everyone kept on watching with surprise. Lloyd tried getting back up to try one last attack, and as he charged towards Garmadon, jumping in the air and making a loud battle cry, Garmadon just made a little yawn and quickly rolled out of the way which surprised Lloyd, and sent him crashing back into the walls painfully where everyone else was sitting.

"Glad that wasn't me..." Spike said to himself as Lloyd fell on the ground looking exhausted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the most powerful ninja in all the land next to the Master of Crystal, the Golden Ninja." Garmadon said mockingly as Lloyd had little golden dragons flying around his head making the students laugh at him hearing all of that while the ninja slapped they're faces.

"He's really changed... " Allison whispered to Spike who agreed with that after seeing this.

But this made Lloyd get extremely frustrated, and as he got up, he was about to charge up more of his Energy powers before Spike quickly came in and stopped him from harming anyone.
"Lloyd, don't! This won't make it any better!" Spike warned while he pulled his arms away to prevent him from using his power.

"Spike's right son, this is only a lesson." Garmadon said in agreement which made Lloyd calm down after hearing that.

"I'm sorry guys.. I didn't know what got into me.." Lloyd said with guilt for almost causing an incident.

"You let the anger take over, I know that feeling all to well." Garmadon assured as he gave him a pat on the shoulder, and he soon turned to everyone else to continue it.

"Now, let's divide into groups!" Garmadon instructed making everyone stand up to face whoever works best, Jay tried throwing a punch to Kai, but he quickly caught it and moved behind him before whacking him in the head again.

"Ow!" jay said with pain again while Garmadon watched over all of them.

"Perfect." Garmadon said with a proud look as everyone did this with eachother.

But just outside of the monastery, Zane was still looking over it and wondering how everyone's doing, but once he turned back to where the weapons are, he gasped with shock as he noticed they were suddenly gone! He quickly got up and looked around the forest for anything nearby, and he soon heard the bushes move nearby making him look towards the sound, and he saw a strange figure trying to run off with the Techno Blades.

Zane quickly put on his mask and ran after it quickly, he did a high jump in the air and jumped off the branches to make him reach the figure quicker, and once he was close enough, Zane screamed as he fell down on it and pinned them down, but to his surprise, he saw it was none other then Pixal who somehow found them here.
"Pixal? What are you doing here?!" Zane asked with surprise while taking off his mask.

"Discontinuing an old droid." Pixal said with anger before she headbutted him in the face making him back up for a moment, and she did a backflip to get herself back up, but when she tried kicking him in the chest, Zane caught her leg to stop it.

"You may call me old, but not slow!" Zane shouted before he roughly threw her into a nearby tree, he then took a rope that was next to him and whipped it around her which restrained her, and Pixal made a loud scream echoing through the area, even to where Spike and the others were who heard it.

"The Techno Blades!" Kai said with fear as they dropped what they were doing and they quickly ran outside to see what's wrong.

Everyone went out to the entrance, and were surprised to see Zane dragging a tied up Pixal to them while holding the Techno Blades.
"It's Pixal! But how did she find find us?" Cole asked with surprise seeing her here.

"How about we take her apart and find out?!" Kai asked with anger while marching up to her before Zane came in his way.

"Please, she was only doing what she was programmed to do, she may hold many answers, but perhaps there is an easier way." Zane suggested while he held out his Techno Blade making Garmadon look worried seeing it.

"No, I..." Garmadon was about to march up to stop it, but Jay quickly stopped him to calm him down.

"It's okay, they aren't weapons, they just hack into things." Jay assured as Zane held his blade over Pixal's head, and using it's power, Zane was able to hack in and restore Pixal to her normal self, having her eyes turn green again, and she soon looked surprised and worried on what's going on.

"Where am I? Why am I tied up?" Pixal asked with concern while Zane untied her so they could get answers.

"You mean you don't remember?" Spike asked with surprise knowing this.

"The Overlord had you under his control, but how did you find us?" Zane questioned as Pixal suddenly remembered all that's happened.

"They've mined Sensei Wu's memory, he knows all of your hiding places!" Pixal informed which worried everyone hearing it.

"My brother! Is.. is he okay?" Garmadon asked with fear for his safety.

"Yes, but the Overlord wants your son, his Golden Power is the only way he can escape the digital realm, and become real." Pixal explained worrying them even more.

"I still don't understand why we need these to stop him, how will these help?" Spike asked as everyone else took they're weapons again.

"I'm with Spike on this, what's so important with these things?" Kai questioned too looking at her.

"Because with all of them together, they can reboot the system, wipe the master computer clean, and destroy the Overlord virus for good." Pixal explained even more giving them more info on what to do.

"Whoa!" Allison and the others said with amazement hearing that, but Pixal gasped with surprise while remembering something even more important then that.

"What's wrong?" Nya asked with worry seeing this.

"I didn't come alone!" Pixal said with fear and realization on remembering it.

"What? Who else is with you!?" Jay asked with a worried look.

"Nindroids." Pixal answered which horrified all of them.

"Nindroids?!" Everyone shouted with shock while they all stayed together for wherever they were.

"Where are they?! I don't see any of them!" Jay asked as they looked around for them.

"There!" Allison shouted while she pointed up at the rooftop, and to everyone's shock and fear, they saw multiple newly built nindroids appear over the rooftops of the monastery and even were surrounding all of them at this exact moment.

"9 versus 18, probability of survival is 50% with the odds." Pixal replied as there was a slight chance this could work. Everyone screamed as they charged at the Nindroids with weapons drawn, Kai tried delivering a drop kick on one of the Nindroids which only grabbed his leg and threw him to the ground and disarming him, Spike tried to slash at another one with his weapon, but he was quickly taken down as one came behind him and grabbed his tail before throwing him into Allison which knocked them both into a wall painfully, and as Zane tried taking one down with his blade, the Nindroid ducked under him and threw him far off the ledge thanks to they're enhanced bodies.

"These Nindroids are so much fa..!" Jay shouted just before another elbowed him in the face and knocked them down, Cole quickly dodged one of the Nindroids kicks and had an idea on how to fight back.

"Nice kick! Now see mine! Ninja go!!" Cole screamed as he used his Spinjitzu and knocked one far away before he came out of it and kicked another in the face as a counter attack. Garmadon saw he was surrounded by a couple more of them from both areas, but he used his own art by putting his staff on the ground and jumping off of it while still holding onto it, and it made the Nindroids crash into eachother just like what happened before.

"Nice!" Spike complimented as he tried it himself with another nindroid next to him, it tried slashing him with his sword, but Spike quickly countered that by swiftly moving around it, and pushing it harshly into the same wall he crashed into which hurt it pretty badly.

"Well done Spike! Your a fast learner!" Garmadon complimented back while everyone was busy fighting these robots off, Zane was surrounded by more of them and restrained from moving, and while Lloyd quickly kicked one off the ledge nearby, he saw Zane was in trouble and tried using his power to save him before he was stopped again.

"No! Your power only strengthens them!" Nya warned which made Lloyd resort to running off the cliff and into the Nindroids surrounding Zane.

"Ninja go!!" Lloyd screamed again while he used his Spinjitzu forming his golden tornado, and it was enough to knock all of them away so he could save Zane, he was badly damaged as half his face was missing, and parts of him were damaged.

Allison used her swift movements to quickly slither around and avoid any slashes from the Nindroids, she used her spear and twirled it around at fast speeds before stabbing it through a nindroids head, followed up by removing it and slicing more off to try and destroy them.

But things got worse when even more Nindroids appeared from the cliffside far above them, with rocket booster's and glider's attached to them, they all began gliding down towards them to overwhelm them again.
"Oh come on!" Allison shouted with frustration as she ducked under another attack and grabbed it's arm before slamming it harshly in the ground.

"There's too many of them!" Spike screamed while he tried shooting some down with his crystal powers to hold them off.

"Everyone, we need to get out of here now!" Nya shouted which made everyone quickly run back into the monastery to escape them.

"We've got you now!" One of them said in a menacing tone while they ran out of the side of the building.

"Anyone wanna clear a path?" Jay suggested while they saw dozens of them all over the place.

"Yeah, I've got an idea!" Cole said with a smirk while he looked at the watermill right next to them.

The Nindroids were all crawling around the monastery just until the watermill suddenly collapsed, and it began rolling down the river and sped up before rolling over a couple of them, it was soon launched over a nearby rock and went flying over the wall, knocking the Nindroids down, and they all saw the vehicles' that belonged to the ninja were quickly taking off to escape.

"Attack!" One of them screamed which made the Nindroids chase after them in deadly machine's that could also fly, the vehicles tried going as far away as they can while the machine's kept chasing them, but once the general got a lock onto them, he shot some deadly fire blasts towards each of the vehicles, and with one single hit, they were all totaled and completely out of commission, making the general laugh sinisterly thinking they've won.

But what they didn't expect was that they weren't there, Spike and the others managed to hide themselves within the watermill from before, and started coming out of it after seeing they're alone.
"Nice idea Cole! That managed to drive them away for now." Allison complimented as they grouped up together again.

But it resulted in our new vehicle's getting totaled, what a waste." Spike said with disappointment knowing it.

"Sorry about that Spike, but it won't be long until they've figured out it was on auto pilot. We should get moving." Cole suggested as they were walking through the forest.

"I'm coming with you, if the Overlord wants my son, I'm not letting him out of my sight." Garmadon announced while Misako knew what she should do.

"I'll stay back and look after the monastery." Misako informed before she started to leave them alone to come up with a plan.

"Wait! If the Overlord is after me and the Techno Blades, shouldn't we split up just to be safe?" Lloyd suggested with a concerned look.

"Good thinking, Zane's falcon knows the secret location of my Samurai X cave, you and your father go and take what you need to get as far away as possible!" Nya ordered which they liked the sound of.

"Secret cave? I thought we knew everything about eachother.." Jay said with a sad look hearing that.

"A girls gotta have her secrets." Nya replied with a smile hearing it.

"Completely agree on that." Allison replied with a smile too.

"But there's still one problem we need to figure out, we need to figure out how we're gonna get into the city again." Spike reminded with a serious look.

"How are you all gonna do that?" Lloyd asked as Nya had the perfect plan on what to do.

"We're gonna shut down the power!" Nya informed surprising everyone for a moment.

But as this was happening, the Nindroids were searching for any signs of the ninja in they're vehicles, but soon enough, they've realized they were gone.
"What do you mean they're not there?!" Overlord asked with anger after hearing this report.

"We've been tricked!" Cryptor reported as the vehicles were still on fire in the background of the screen.

"Your nindroids have failed General Cryptor, but my next machine.. won't!" Overlord said evilly as he looked behind him, and within the factory of the tower, a new deadly machine that looked almost like a dragon had been built that would be used to hunt down Lloyd..

After everyone split up with eachother, they managed to get some help from a magician and some performers for a circus after a while of searching, and as the sun was rising the next day, and the driver was moving along through a mountain side humming to himself, he gasped with surprise upon being stopped by a bunch of nindroids who were blocking the way forward, and they had to stop him for an inspection.

The nindroids looked all over the vehicle for any signs of the ninja, but after searching every possible place, they didn't see they were here.
"No Ninja, want to check up my sleeves?" The magician asked while they started going back outside.

"You can go." The nindroid ordered while pointing ahead.

"Thank you. " the driver said politely while he started driving forward again as the laser grid blocking him powered down for a brief moment.

Once he made sure they were alone, the magician lightly tapped on the box which gave them the signal, and as it opened up, it was revealed that everyone else had hidden themselves within it.
"Wow, I still don't understand how that even worked!" Spike said with surprise with how they all somehow were able to fit in there.

"Isn't magic a thing in Equestria dad? Don't you see stuff like this all the time?" Allison asked while he helped her out of it.

"Eh.. it's more complicated then that.." Spike said with a shrug while everyone came out of it, including a clown that honked a small horn near Jay making him rub his head.

"We can get you just outside of the Storm Farms, but you'll have to get to the Power Substation on your own." The magician informed which was good enough for them.

"Thank you, you've already done enough, leave the rest to us." Allison said with a grateful look hearing it.

"Your welcome, good luck all of you! And abracadabra!" The magician replied before he waved his staff around and smoke appeared around them and made them disappear which made Jay cough roughly.

"Show off!" Jay said while he coughed roughly from all of that.

"So Nya, if we shut down this power station, will it really destroy the Overlord, and his nindroids by flipping a switch?" Cole questioned wanting a bit more detail.

"Cripple them, yes, destroy? No. Once we've powered down his army we still need to reboot the central computer with the Techno Blades. And don't forget, since he knows we have them, he's not just gonna let us waltz in." Nya informed which made Jay realize something.

"Whoa. Hold on a second. If shutting down the power turns off everything connected to it, wouldn't that mean Pixal too?" Jay asked concerned of the possibility.

"I.. think it does.." Spike said with guilt for seeing it could be possible.

"If it does happen, let's just hope Zane hasn't figured it out, don't tell him about it alright? If we're gonna come across more nindroids, then we need to be on our A game!" Cole instructed while Kai looked around for him.

"Speaking of which, where is Zane?" Kai asked with worry for where he is.

And thankfully, Zane was getting repairs from Pixal after he was badly damaged in the fight, he was damaged really hurt from it, and he was very grateful for her help.
"Thank you for repairing me, I guess an old nindroid like me is no match for the newer models." Zane said gratefully as she was almost finished up.

"This is just one of my primary functions, gratitude is not required. " Pixal replied with a blank look while she kept repairing him, but after moving around for a bit more, she suddenly discovered something which completely surprised her, something within Zane's chest, a power source which glowed brightly, and was unlike anything she's seen before.

"Fascinating..." Pixal said with surprise while looking at it.

"What is it?" Zane asked with a curious look.

"Your power source.. it's unlike any technology I'm familiar with. Your father built you with spare parts, yet this piece is.. unique. Perhaps if I take a closer look?" Pixal suggested while she lightly touched it, but that made Zane's body spark very roughly which hurt him a bit, and Pixal quickly backed up after seeing it.

"I'm sorry, I caused you pain, I was just curious to understand why your so different." Pixal apologized with a regretful look, but Zane only lightly grabbed her hands and gave her an assuring smile, standing up and looking almost as good as new.

"We're all different. But I don't feel so different around you." Zane said as he looked at her, but Pixal couldn't see it yet and soon let go of him.

"I am not different, I am Pixal. the Primary Interactive X-ternal Assistant Life-form, and your repairs are complete." Pixal said as Zane's chest closed before she left, leaving Zane feeling a bit sad about it.

And far away from there, Lloyd and Garmadon were following Zane's falcon to Nya's secret cave hidden far in the dessert, it lead them to a very old looking skeleton with a button that had the Samurai X symbol on it.
"This must be the place." Lloyd said with a smile as he pressed on the button, and that made the skeleton's mouth open up, revealing a secret cave that was built inside of it.

Lloyd and Garmadon made they're way down the entrance, and as they went through another door, they were amazed to see so many different mech's and different technical equipment she managed to build overtime.
"Whoa! When did Nya have the time to build all of this?!" Lloyd asked with amazement seeing it.

"Maybe I should've been a samurai instead." Lloyd said as they walked over to a special looking vehicle that was covered up, but once Garmadon removed the cover, it revealed a newly built machine with a lot of weapons attached, and could go at really fast speeds.

"Why must everything have so many weapons?" Garmadon asked with an upset look seeing it in front of them.

"Says the man who used his four arms to possess the Golden Weapons." Lloyd joked making Garmadon chuckle a bit with an embarrassed look.

"I deserved that." Garmadon told himself while Lloyd was about to take the wheel before Garmadon came in his way.

"Hold on, I swore off fighting, not driving." Garmadon said with a smile while they got an idea, a loud engine could be heard as the exit of the cave opens, and Garmadon cheers as he drives the vehicle as fast as it can and across a large cliffside.

"Where too now?!" Lloyd shouted as the thing landed on the other side and kept on driving at fast speeds.

"As far away as possible!" Garmadon shouted back while they drove to wherever would be safe for them.

We cut back to the circus vehicle everyone else was using to get to the power station, they were all taking in they're time to prepare for a tough battle, and while everyone was resting, Cole was reading a Starfarer comic as Nya was walking by, and Cole got a little curious over something important.
"Hey Nya, how are our kids?" Cole asked which made Nya drop the magazine she was holding to hide herself.

"Our kids? Why would we have kids? I mean, We're not even married, let alone.." Nya said right before Cole stopped her.

"I mean our students, weirdo. I'm worried about them, ever since we left the school, I'm worried for them." Cole corrected which made her remember what happened after that.

"Oh, sorry, Darreth's looking after them." Nya informed while she stayed silent for a few more moments before deciding to say something to him.

"You know Cole, you don't get the credit you deserve." Nya said politely while she sat down across from him.

"What do you mean?" Cole asked as he looked away from his comic.

" I mean, you always put others ahead of yourself, I know Spike and the other's get all the attention, but, I just want to let you know, your a good guy." Nya said with a smile which made Cole smile back, but he was able to see where she was going with this easily, and politely raised his hand hearing it.

"Thanks Nya, it's nice to have a friend like you, but just to let you know, we're just friends okay? I don't wanna get in between you and Jay, alright?" Cole asked as he didn't wanna come in between them.

"Oh.. of course, just friends." Nya said with a bit of disappointment as the doors opened up, and Allison and everyone else came into the room to meet up with them.

"Everything alright guys?" Allison hissed while slithering up to them.

"We're fine Allison, just having a small talk." Cole said with a smile while he stood up to avoid causing concern on what she was meaning with it.

"You sure nothing was happening before we came in here?" Jay asked while looking at Nya who tried to brush that off.

"Positive Jay, nothing was happening I promise." Nya assured while Spike looked out the window.

"Well whatever was going on, we all better be ready." Spike said as lightning was flashing out the window.

"We're here guys." Kai announced while everyone started to leave the vehicle.

Everyone met up with eachother and stood outside of the power station like Nya planned out, lightning flashed nearby them which scared Pixal a bit, and Zane quickly stood by her to calm her down.
"Careful, this is where they farm the electricity in the air. This is where all of Ninjago get's it's power!" Zane informed as thunder and lightning could be seen within the sky.

"And it looks like there's a welcoming party too." Kai said as they looked towards the tower, and could see dozens of nindroids all over the place.

"The only way to get inside is to stay out of sight, there's no way we can take them all at once." Nya said while they saw the large number surrounding the place.

"You mean we get to be ninja for a change? Woo hoo!" Jay cheered making Spike role his eyes.

"Isn't that what we already are Jay?" Spike asked playfully while he cracked his knuckles a bit.

"Wish I could turn invisible by now.." Allison told herself as that ability could come in handy right now.

I'll stay back, I am not built for stealth and cannot assist you." Pixal announced while she backed up a bit before Zane put his hands on her shoulders and looked at her again.

"Be safe, and stay out of sight, I'll see you later." Zane said as he and the others turned to the station and got ready to go.

And on the station , Cryptor and his nindroids stood on guard ready for anything that will come, they lined up against eachother, and Cryptor looked over all of them for further orders.
"Be on the lookout for those ninja, the Overlord says they are sure to be coming." Cryptor ordered before he noticed there was a much smaller nindroid that looked a lot different then the others.

"Look at you, last one on the factory line? Ran out of metal eh? I shall call you, Minidroid." Cryptor joked while patting it's head which angered it, but made the other nindroids laugh in response while they started marching around the station.

Just below the platform, Spike and everyone else climbed up the metal pipes as lightning flashed in the sky, they used they're stealth skills to make it up to the top without being seen yet, after helping eachother jump over a higher ledge, they opened a door and finally made it into the center of the place.
"Wow.." Allison with surprise as they saw a huge energy core within the center of the place.

"That's the substations core, if we shut that down, it's lights out for the Overlord. Now if only we knew which switch.." Nya said with worry while they all split up and tried finding a way to shut it off.

"Ugh, why wouldn't they just have a big red button that said off switch or something?" Spike asked with frustration as he looked around the place.

Jay played around with a couple buttons for a minute, but once he pressed on a certain switch, it started to play a song they all know and are familiar with.
"Hey I love this song!" Jay said playfully while he bopped his head to the music.

"Turn that off, we can't let anyone know we're here!" Kai said with an annoyed look making Jay turn it off.

"Why is that song the only thing I keep hearing?" Allison asked while shaking her head again.

"None of these buttons are doing anything. There has to be an easier way" Cole informed as Kai looked at the core getting an idea.

"Yeah, like maybe just hack the system?" Kai asked as he took out his blade and tried to strike it, but the glass was way too tough to have any damage done to it, and it made Kai growl with frustration seeing that.

"Stupid technology!" Kai said with frustration on seeing this.

"This can't be harder then it looks." Cole said as he took out his weapon next and swung it around, but once he hit it, the weapon deflected off of it which made him shake from it's impact.

"Okay.. definitely harder." Cole corrected himself as Spike crossed his arms looking at it.

"There's gotta be a way to shut this place down.." Spike said as he looked around for anything that could help.

But just outside the room they were in, the Minidroid from before had lowered down a ladder to follow the others, but it soon could hear something nearby.
"Button, button, who's got the button?" Jay asked from within the walls which drew the Mindroid closer to where he heard it.

"Be quiet!" Cole whispered with frustration while it looked near the vents.

"I am being quiet, you be quiet!" Jay argued back, and that made it realize the ninja were here, and it quickly drew it's weapon to alert the others.

"Ninja!" Cryptor said with anger getting the other nindroids attention.

Pixal was able to detect they were spotted, and she could see the other nindroids charging at the door that was sealed shut.
"The ninja have been discovered! Operation jeopardized, calculating probability of success by.. oh.. who cares about probability?!" Pixal asked herself before she started running towards the station, she used a built in grapple within her arm to shoot a grapple to the top of it, and she used it to swing up to the ledge to stop it as Cryptor stood near the door.

"Knock knock." Cryptor said with a menacing tone while they were about to barge in, but as Pixal grappled herself to the ledge above, she unfortunately got caught within the red laser that set off the alarms, making Cryptor turn to her before shooting a laser to her, and she quickly did a backflip to try and avoid it.

The alarms were going off from within the station now where everyone could hear it, Nya looked at the camera feed from outside and saw the nindroids knew they were here.
"Nindroids! Our cover is blown! Seal the door and find a way to shut it down!" Nya said with fear just as Zane noticed Pixal was being attacked out there.

"Pixal! Don't seal the doors, I'm going out there!" Zane announced which made Allison come in his way to stop him.

"Zane, don't! You got really hurt the last time you faced them! There's no way you can take them on your own!" Allison argued as Zane pushed past her to help.

"I'm sorry Allison, but I'm not gonna leave her out there!" Zane shouted as Cole opened the door just a small bit for him to slip through, but that unfortunately let the Minidroid slip inside it too before it noticed them and raised it's weapon at them.

"Aw, great, now they come in fun size!" Jay said with frustration seeing this.

Far away from the power station, Lloyd and Garmadon were trying to rest as the night gave them time to rest, Lloyd was drinking some water nearby while Garmadon yawned tiredly on the vehicle they took, but as Lloyd finished up with getting a drink, to his shock and fear, he saw a huge flying machine with deadly buzzsaw's and blades flying to them through the water which Garmadon also saw.
"We need to go, now!" Garmadon said seriously while Lloyd quickly got up, he ran towards the vehicle as the machine was able to scan him to confirm he is Lloyd, and quickly hopped onto the top of the vehicle to get going.

"Come on, start!" Garmadon prayed as he tried pulling the switch to start it, but Lloyd used his powers to get the vehicle going, and they quickly turned around and tried driving away as fast as they could.

"He's gaining on us!" Lloyd shouted while he looked behind them.

"Well maybe this thing has an afterburner!" Garmadon prayed while he saw a button nearby and pressed it, but that made the spare weapon that was attached to the vehicle turn around and shoot a blast near the machine which barely avoided it, annoying Garmadon even more.

"Curse these weapons." Garmadon told himself while he tried to keep driving as the machine was flying after them even faster then before.

Back with Zane, he was charging towards the other nindroids as lightning flashed over the sky.
"Ninja go!!" Zane screamed as he used Spinjitzu again to knock a few of them off the ledge, he then ducked under a sword slash before kicking one in the face, and he then blocked multiple strikes from another before throwing it over the ledge too, and headbutting one more nearby to make it malfunction.

He quickly turned towards Cryptor who was holding her by the shirt, and Zane quickly charged at him and drew his Techno Blade, while he tried to attack him, Cryptor caught the weapon with his spare hand barely any effort.

"The original Nindroid, your nothing more then a tin can with feelings!" Cryptor mocked while Zane struggled to push him back, and Cryptor threw Zane far away which disarmed him and made his blade fall to a ledge below. Cryptor then threw Pixal to the wall and drew his swords while he charged at Zane, Zane ducked under his slashes and hit him in the face to disarm him, he tried striking at him multiple times, but Cryptor easily avoided it and kicked Zane far away even more. Cryptor soon marched up to him and turned invisible to finish the job as they were trying to get up.

"Zane, watch out!" Pixal warned just as Zane was hit in the chest multiple times before he had his head slammed against the wall, that made him fall on his knees as Cryptor laughed menacingly before he finally revealed himself again.

"Welcome to the future!" Cryptor said menacingly while looking down at him.

Everyone else was trying to shut down the power inside while also trying to fight off the Minidroid, Spike quickly flipped over one of it's sword slashes before they met up with eachother, and the Minidroid tried doing a dangerous spinning move to take them down.
"Try hacking them!" Spike shouted as Cole drew his weapon again and tried to do it, but the chain was deflected from the attack which surprised him.

"I'm trying! I gotta hand it to the runt, he doesn't know when to quit!" Cole said with frustration which made the Mindroid stop spinning after hearing it.

"Quit?!" The Minidroid asked with anger which surprised everyone hearing it.

"Watch out!" Allison shouted while she pushed Cole out of the way from a laser blast, but that blast hit the glass that was protecting the core, making it crack roughly upon impact, and that's when Kai finally realized it.

"That's it! Fight without Fighting!" Kai said while getting a plan on what to do.

"This is no time for a lesson Kai!" Jay shouted while he jumped in front of it to make it attack.

"Hey! half pint! Over here!" Kai shouted in a mocking tone which made the Minidroid more angry, it shot a laser at him which he barely avoided too, making the glass crack even more.

"Wait, that's it!" Spike said with realization while they looked at the Mindroid.

"We need to provoke the guy more!" Kai shouted to the other's before Cole got another idea.

"Or more Nindroids! Nya, open the door!" Cole shouted to her who understood it perfectly.

"I see where your headed!" Nya shouted before she ran to the door and opened it up, and that made every other nindroid run inside to start firing on everyone else. They used they're skills to flip over each and every laser blast which could hopefully destroy the core.

"Come on, just a little more!" Allison screamed while backflipping away from more shots. Spike drew his blade and deflected a few shots into the glass which was making it weaker by the second.

"It's working!" Nya said with hope before we cut back to Lloyd and Garmadon who were still being chased by the machine.

"Look out!" Lloyd screamed as the thing flew right over them, and it soon used one of it's buzzsaw's which Lloyd ducked under just in time, only slicing off the small flag on the vehicle, but then the thing started flying back towards them as Garmadon drove as fast as he could.

"This is why I took an oath of peace!" Garmadon shouted while he looked very worried.

Spike and everyone else kept on flipping over each and every attack, using what Garmadon taught them to their advantage, but once the Minidroid tried finishing them off with a air drop, everyone quickly dodged it which sent it directly into the core, finally shattering the glass which began overloading the system.

The Minidroid began floating around from within it, feeling an overwhelming amount of power flow through it before it, and all the other nindroids realized what was about to happen.
"Uh oh.." The Minidroid said just before it exploded and sent an extremely powerful shockwave across all of Ninjago.

The blast quickly spread through every part of Ninjago, the wave being able to completely shut down all the power across it, shutting down the machine that was chasing Lloyd and Garmadon just in time, even they're own vehicle too, it quickly stopped as the thing flew past them, and had crashed down in the path ahead of them, completely shut off after it was hit with the blast.

Lloyd and Garmadon started to cheer with joy while Ninjago City soon powered down too, every single vehicle, machine, and anything that needed power was turned off, including the Overlord. The people of Ninjago cheered too with joy after all was finally shut down, and they could rest easier since it's all off.

But back at the power station, Spike and everyone else was just about to leave after they finished the job
"We did it!" Kai cheered while they came out of the station, but they soon saw Zane was holding Pixal in his arms, who unfortunately was affected by the blast.

"This is why I wanted to s.. stay behind, so you.. wouldn't see me.. l .. like this.. " Pixal said weakly while her eyes were flickering on and off.

"You knew this would happen?" Zane asked with fear for what's happening with her.

"Your mission was important, I was not.. I am to assist.. I assisted.." Pixal said weakly while everyone looked really awful for what's happening to her.

"Your using up your reserve, don't say anything more until we find you more power!" Zane said as he tried finding anything to prevent this.

"You've destroyed the only power source in Ninjago, power will all be nonexistent.." Pixal said as she lightly took his hand like how Zane did before.

"We are not so different, are we? We are.. compatible?" Pixal asked with a small smile while looking at him.

"Yes. Yes we are.." Zane said small smile too, and sadly, she soon lost the power she had, her body shut down, and her arm layed flat on the ground, leaving everyone feeling awful for this.

"I'm sorry Zane.. we'll find a way to help her, I promise." Spike said as they all looked over her with regret for what's happened, even if they've shut down the power and saved Ninjago for now, it wasn't without a cost.

And far off with Garmadon and Lloyd, lightning flashed as they came out of they're vehicle.
"Is it safe to go back now?" Lloyd asked hopefully while they climbed over the large machine from before.

"They may have turned off the power, but they still need to reboot the system, until we know the Overlord is gone for good, we need to keep moving." Garmadon said as they continued on as the sun rose in the sky, there was still much to be done, and they hoped that soon enough, they'll be able to return to their friends soon.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry I didn't update in a bit, but there was a bit more I was working on that had me busy for a while, but I hope with what I did with this chapter was good to you! I decided not to have Allison go with Lloyd and Garmadon like I previously thought could work, even though it would've been interesting, I've got a few more ideas that will help her blend in with the next episodes, so I hope you don't mind this.

I hope I'm doing well with this season so far, there's a bit more that will be happening later on, but I hope I'm handling Spike and Allison well so far with this season, I just hope this chapter was good, and hope you have a good day!

29: Blackout

We open to a scene where Garmadon and Lloyd after they had been traveling across Ninjago for a while now, Garmadon was trying to help Lloyd control his strength with the help of dozens of large rocks that were on his back, and even though Lloyd was struggling to keep them all balanced, Garmadon was only putting more of them on by the second while giving him another lesson.
"We underestimated the important balance. When it's there, we're at peace. If something is off, everything falls." Garmadon instructed while putting one more small rock on the huge pile Lloyd was carrying which made it harder for him to hold onto.

"Ninjago is no different, it put too much faith in technology, allowing the Overlord to return, after you and Spike worked so hard to defeat him. And it is because of him and your friends, the world is without power now." Garmadon said while he looked down at Lloyd who was trying as hard as he can not to let go of it.

"When one relies on something too much, we become weak, vulnerable, imbalanced." Garmadon continued while they could hear and see the falcon flying by after they've started traveling over mountains far into Ninjago at this point.

"In order to find your full potential and unlock your true power, you must find your own balance. Spike's already accomplished this by harnessing all of his power, and making a completely new element to call his own, the power of Crystal, and if he can do it, so can you." Garmadon explained which confused him a bit more.

"Spike and I achieved that thanks to the help of our friends, but I'm already the Gold Ninja, how much more power do I need?" Lloyd asked while he was struggling greatly.

"You've only scratched the surface, you have the potential to move mountains! As for Spike, I can only imagine what he could be able to achieve with his new power, he's only started to harness it, maybe one day, he'll even have powers similar to yours." Garmadon theorized as his potential was just as limitless as Lloyd's.

"Spike and the other's already destroyed the power substation, essentially destroying the Overlord, and his Nindroids. Why can't we go back?" Lloyd asked with worry as Garmadon picked up an even larger boulder then before with surprising strength.

"Essentially? Until we know the Overlord is gone for good, we must not go back, but forward!" Garmadon said as he used his strength to place the large rock on the pile, and that finally made Lloyd collapse from all the weight he was carrying, letting all the rocks he had fall on him as a result.

"If you can't move mountains, then I guess we'll have to move over mountains." Garmadon suggested while Lloyd made a loud scream and burst through the rocks holding him down while he was looking ready to go.

"Oh yeah?" Lloyd shouted to him as Garmadon jumped down and landed by his side so they can get going.

"And this next one looks particularly steep." Garmadon said as they saw the falcon flying through the path that could help them move forward, it's gonna be a long journey, and they need to try and keep going.

But far away from where they were, within Borg tower after the power was shut off, some construction workers were seen walking through the shut down factory looking for something, but as they're lights flash down on something nearby, they finally found who they were looking for, Cyrus Borg.
"Over here! I found him!" One of them shouted which made the rest run up to help him out of here, they took off the metal parts on his head while Borg groaned weakly, and finally woke up after being taken over like that.

"Are you alright Mr. Borg?" One of them asked as they helped him up to move.

"Yes Yes, I'm fine, but how long have I been out?" Borg asked with concern with how everything's been shut down.

"Quite a while sir, we've been without power for a few days." The worker said while they brought out a wheelchair for him to move around better.

They helped him move up the long flight of stairs to his office to find something important, Borg was extremely worried about everything right now, and as they finally reached the top, they could see it was still nighttime for where they are, the power was completely off, but Borg noticed something extremely worrying near the central computer.
"The hard drive! It's missing! Have the Ninja returned with the Techno Blades? Please it's very important." Borg asked hopefully while looking at the worker.

"Uh no, there's been no one else inside the building." He replied just as Borg remembered something else that worried him.

"Wu!" Borg said as he quickly moved himself over to the table Wu was strapped too after he was captured.

"He was right here! Where is he? And who would take the hard drive with the Overlord virus still on it? Oh.. so many questions, so few answers.." Borg said with fear while the workers were worried hearing all of this.

But as the camera shifts far away from where they were, it moves down far below the tower and into the sewers where something they didn't know was hiding, as the camera moves through the vents and into a bright light, we see a strange figure with a white hood and red eyes holding the hardrive that was stolen, he placed it inside a powered generator that was still operational, and the Overlord appears on a computer just above him after being shut down.
"Where am I?! The ninja and that irritating dragon destroyed all the power! How have you saved me?" Overlord asked with shock while he looked down at the sinister figure below him who looked towards a container full of creatures giving his machine's power.

"Electro-cobrai, though they're extremely rare, they're extremely useful." He answered while motioning to them before turning back to him.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?!" Overlord questioned once more.

"Nothing more then a small favor after returning you to power. You still do want to return to flesh, if I'm not mistaken?" He asked while he put on a rubber glove to protect him from the electricity.

"Yes of course! But, I need the Golden Ninja." Overlord said as the figure started to take out one of the cobrai from before.

"You'll get your hands on him in time, our power is limited, and we must be wise in our next step. Ninjago is vast, and the Golden Ninja could be anywhere." He said as he was taking the cobrai somewhere else to power something.

"Yes still, the ninja still have the only weapons that could erase you." He said before he raised the cobrai over a familiar figure who had been turned into a cyborg like what happened with Borg, it's arms start to move, and it's eyes open revealing a red color showing he's under they're control before he stands up, showing his familiar shadow on the wall.

"The old man knows everything about the ninja, even that little dragon and his Anacondrai daughter, all of their secrets, all of their hideouts. He will find them in no time!" The figure said sinisterly as the robot marches over to them.

"Yes, yes!" Overlord shouted with malice before we cut to where Spike and the others were.

Everyone was currently within the junkyard that belonged to Jay's parents after the power was destroyed, they didn't have any current ways to get back to the city without proper transportation, and they needed to make something in order to get somewhere. Allison was helping Kai and Cole with the huge amount of junk piles there were all over the place so they could find the parts they need, but they haven't found anything yet.
"Ugh, how much junk does this place have?! We've been at this for over a day!" Allison asked with frustration while they tried moving the massive piles around them.

"Tell me about it! We've been digging for so long, I've almost forgotten what we're even looking for!" Cole complained while he helped Allison move things around.

"A jiggly compact compress converter, or was that a compress compact jiggly converter? Whatever it is, if it can help us get back to New Ninjago City any sooner, it's worth finding!" Kai answered while he tried pulling something out which Allison noticed would make the thing collapse.

"Kai, wait!" Allison shouted just before he pulled on it, and that unfortunately started to make the entire pile of junk they've been stacking began to fall over.

"Ahh!!" The three of them screamed just as the pile all came crashing down on them while Jay and Ed were watching from a distance away from them.

"We're okay!" Allison shouted as the three of them groaned from what just happened before Jay turned to Ed.

"We shut off the power, thinking we could just waltz in, but nooo, we didn't stop to think we were like a bajillion miles away!" Jay complained before he noticed the thing they were looking for finally.

"Hey! A compact compressed jiggly compressor!" Jay said as he picked the thing up which hopefully made it easier for them.

"Oh great find kiddo! Now all we need to adapt the Hover Copter's power supply to solar power, is an upside down router derouter-ma-bob and a whiz bang automated amplifier." Ed instructed which confused everyone who heard it.

"Are you kidding me right now?" Allison asked tiredly while she sat down to rest for a bit.

"I'm starting to think he's making this stuff up." Kai said tiredly while they sighed from exhaustion after all they've been working on.

"At least dad's gotten the easy job.." Allison said as they looked over to the golden trailer Ed and Edna got after Ninjago was saved.

Within it, Spike, Nya and Zane were currently working to restore power to Pixal, they've been trying multiple different ways to do it for days, but while Spike had an idea that could help, they decided to try and split Zane's power source to power her again.

Nya carefully picked off a small piece of Zane's power source which made him gasp with pain and soon looked weaker after that, Spike patted him on the back and looked really worried for what could happen from this.
"Easy there Zane, we're doing what we can to try and help." Spike warned while Zane was recovering after having part of it removed.

"Are you sure you wanna do this? Modifying your original design could have.. unintentional consequences?" Nya asked with worry while Edna was watching nearby with hope they could power her.

"I could try and use my powers to bring her back, I still have some control over Lightning like Jay does." Spike suggested while he formed crystal in his hands again, and it turned blue with sparks of lightning to prove it.

"I appreciate the offer Spike, but I want to do this my own way, she risked her life for me, it's the least i can do to get her back." Zane replied which made Spike sigh again and the crystal he had disappeared after hearing that.

"If your sure about it Zane." Spike said with worry while he went back to Nya.

Nya soon inserted the part she took from Zane and put it into Pixal, and that power was more then enough to finally bring her back, and she gasped with shock and finally opened her eyes again after what happened.
"Where am I? What happened?" Pixal questioned while she noticed all of them were here to help her, but when she looked towards Zane, she saw that half of his power supply was missing, and she realized what they did to bring her back.

"You gave me half your power source. My processor does not compute." Pixal said with confusion at the sight of this.

"Your the only one who knows Borg's system. You are vital to the mission, and.. you are vital to me." Zane said with a smile while he reached out for her hand, and it made her smile hearing that too while everyone else was watching this.

"Ooh, robot love." Edna said in a sweet tone while Spike smiled proudly seeing this.

"After all he's been through, he deserves it. They're perfect for eachother aren't they?" Spike asked playfully while looking to her.

"Couldn't agree with you more Spike, if they have half of what Nya and Jay have..." Edna said before Pixal got confused hearing that pairing.

"Nya and Jay? Judging from Perfect Match compatibility, perhaps Nya and Cole would be a better comparison." Pixal suggested which shocked everyone.

"Wait what?! Why would that even be a matchup?! I don't think Nya and Cole even had proper talks together before this even happened!" Spike complained already thinking this sounded stupid.

"How could Nya and Cole be a better match?" Edna questioned too while Zane had trouble processing this too.

"Don't you mean Nya and Jay? Perhaps her processor was damaged?" Zane suggested with concern while Pixal looked and felt fine after being revived.

"My processor is fully operational, the perfect match for Nya isn't Jay, but Cole." Pixal concluded which shocked everyone.

"C.. Cole's her perfect match?!" Jay shouted with shock just as he, Ed and Allison walked into the place when they were talking about it.

"What the heck did we just walk into?!" Allison hissed while she slithered up to Spike who was just as confused over this. Jay looked really upset over hearing this, and Nya looked down with guilt and tried to comfort him.

"Jay.." Nya said with worry while she walked over to him, but just before she could grab his hands, Cole and Kai just walked into the room after finishing up with they're task earlier.

"Huh, it's so quiet in here, what'd I miss? Another signature Jay Walker gut buster?" Cole joked while Jay was getting really mad at Cole after hearing that before he turned to him looking furious.

"Y.. you! BACKSTABBING NO GOOD..! AHH!!" Jay screamed before he suddenly lunged at Cole and tackled him to the wall which shocked everyone in the room.

"What's wrong with you?!" Cole shouted as punching sounds were heard as the camera pins out from the trailer.

"Ugh, I hope Lloyd's fairing better then us." Kai prayed while the place was shaking around from what's happening.

"I can see why you hate technology Kai, I hate this." Spike complained since this was already so stupid to him.

Lloyd and Garmadon were currently traveling through the mountains still, they had soon come upon an old bridge that was completely destroyed, leaving them without a proper way forward at the moment, but Lloyd didn't feel too concerned about this with what he can do.
"Hey, who needs bridges when you can manifest the Golden Dragon too.." Lloyd said before Garmadon interrupted him again to speak something else.

"You rely too much on your golden power, let this be a lesson. Center yourself, and move the mountain with your mind.." Garmadon instructed while pointing at the large mountain far in the distance which surprised Lloyd.

"Move that?! Are you kidding?" Lloyd asked with shock while pointing at the thing.

"Find your balance, concentrate." Garmadon instructed with a calm tone making Lloyd sigh hearing it.

Lloyd looked towards the mountain and tried to focus his power, he raised his hand towards the mountain and grunted weakly as the thing started to shake from his overwhelming power, the rocks from the mountain began to break apart and float towards the place they were. But Lloyd didn't feel strong enough to handle all of it, and he screamed as the rocks tried forming a bridge for them to cross, but they soon exploded and were knocked away after it was too much for Lloyd which made him groan in frustration.
"This is pointless! Especially when I can do this!" Lloyd shouted before he harnessed his power and used it to form his Golden Dragon again, he flew in the air and had the dragon shoot a large stream of fire which formed a golden bridge of power across the ledge for them to walk across before he finished up and landed back down near Garmadon who looked disappointed a bit.

"I'm not the First Spinjitzu Master, and I never wanted to be. I'm the Golden Ninja!" Lloyd said proudly while he walked across it as Garmadon slapped his face.

"I know, I was once like this too." Garmadon said with a sigh while they kept moving forward through the mountains.

Back with what was happening with everyone else, Jay was still furious with Cole after finding out about this, and he pinned him to the wall with a look of anger.
"Do you know why your the Black Ninja Cole?! Because it's the color of your heart!" Jay insulted which made Cole try to fight back finally.

"Oh yeah? Well what's the point of being the Blue Ninja?! Unless your trying to hide out in some goofy clown college!" Cole countered just as a hover copter was flying into the junkyard outside without them noticing.

"Ooh you take that back! There are reputable performers that attend clown college!" Jay shouted while he was pushing Cole back as everyone watched. And as this was happening, a metal staff soon slammed on the ground, revealing a controlled Wu who was turned evil from the Overlord with Electro Cobrai on his staff.

Jay and Cole were still pinning eachother down while Cole was having enough of this, and he tried talking Jay out of this.
"I don't know why you wanna settle this with arm wrestling! You know I have super strength!" Cole shouted as the controlled Wu throws a car far away from the place, and he places his staff near the shut down nindroids nearby nearby, and he brings his staff to them which makes the nindroids spark up and finally power back on thanks to they're power.

"Oh yeah? Well I'm super hooped, and I haven't brushed my teeth in a week!" Jay countered before he exhaled in Cole's face which made him groan in disgust from it's awful smell.

"Alright you two, that's enough!" Spike shouted with anger while used his strength to pull Jay away from him while Allison coiled around Cole to stop him too.

"You both are looking like idiots from this!" Allison hissed while they were pulling them away from eachother, but what they didn't know was that the nindroids that were powered up took control of a nearby crane with a magnet on it, and they began moving it towards the trailer to attack them all.

"Allison's right! This macho stuff is making you both look like fools! Maybe you belong together!" Nya shouted while she crossed her arms from seeing this.

But before any of them could keep arguing, the nindroids soon raised the magnet over the trailer which made it get sucked into it shocking everyone.
"What was that?!" Kai asked with worry while the crane was lifting the trailer up, and everyone opens the door to see what's going on.

"The machine's haven't worked since the outage! What's powering it?" Ed asked with worry before they looked towards the crane carrying them.

"Nindroids! The better question is, what's powering them?!" Kai shouted as the Nindroid pulled the lever and began spinning the crane around to spiral them out of control.

"Hang on!!" Spike screamed while he grabbed Allison's hand to protect her.

"They're after the Techno Blades!" Pixal said with fear as Cryptor climbs up on a nearby pile, he laughs evilly before shooting a laser at the trailer which was destroying the walls around it.

"Yeah, well they almost hit my mother!" Jay screamed while they looked towards them who were getting ready to escape with jetpacks they made.

"Oh don't worry about us sweetie, we prepare for every type of situation." Edna assured surprising everyone.

"Did you make one for me?" Jay asked with a hopeful look.

"Uh, sorry honey, you hardly ever come to visit." Edna replied while they put some goggles on.

"Yeah, good luck kiddo! Watch over the junk while we're gone now will ya?" Ed asked before they activated they're jet packs and took off thanks to a ton of bubble's that shot out from them, they soon flew off and away from the junkyard from they're own safety, and one of the bubble's fell on Cryptor's eye which made him scream from feeling it.

"I blame you for this!" Jay accused while looking at Cole who was just as annoyed with this as everyone else.

"What did I do? You were the one born at a junk heap full of nindroids!" Cole countered as the thing kept swinging around even faster.

"Enough you two! We may not have our powers, but we still know Spinjitzu! Are you gonna be okay?" Kai asked while turning to Pixal.

"I may not be built to fight, but my protective reflexes should suffice." Pixal replied as Spike put Allison on his back to get ready.

"I still have my Elemental Dragon, so we'll be fine, get ready guys!" Spike screamed while they braced themselves. The Minidroid soon raised the crane far into the air which turned it upside down, and everyone screamed as the trailer went falling back down, and the Minidroid finally let go of it to send it flying.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed while they used Spinjitzu to get off of it, and Spike used his Elemental Dragon to save himself and Allison from harm, but as they flew off, Zane couldn't use Spinjitzu while he held onto Pixal's hand, and they soon noticed it was heading right towards the pile where Cryptor was.

"Uh oh!" He said with fear before he quickly jumped off it while the trailer slammed roughly into it, and it crashed down to the ground just as everyone else landed on the crane with they're Techno Blades drawn.

"Zane!" Spike said with fear for his safety over what just happened.

"I couldn't do Spinjitzu..." Zane said with shock while Pixal realized what was wrong.

"Your heart.. dividing it must've inhibited your fighting ability." Pixal suggested while looking at him.

"I guess I have poor timing." Zane said with a small smile making her smile back. But he soon noticed Cryptor was standing above them in the distance, and he quickly rolled them out of the way as he began firing lasers at them while everyone else was watching.

"We have to help Zane!" Jay shouted as he and Cole climbed down the crane.

"Finally something we agree on!" Cole replied just as they landed on the ground, and they tried running across the place, but someone pressed on a button which opened up a trap door below them which made them fall into a crusher before the doors closed above them.

"We're trapped!" Cole said with fear while they got back up while Jay looked annoyed realizing something.

"Ugh, and with my own worst enemy too!" Jay insulted making Cole exhale at him again in response, but they're argument was stopped once they noticed the walls began closing in on them, making them terrified of what will happen if they don't escape.

"I'm too cute to be squashed!" Jay screamed while they tried finding a way to escape.

"Someone stop this thing!!" Cole screamed from inside it as Spike and Allison were fighting off a few nindroids surrounding them.

"Bad Nindroid! Bad Nindroid!" Nya shouted as she slammed the Minidroids face against the wall just as Allison stabbed one of them through it's chest to destroy it.

"Forget these guys! We need to save Jay and Cole!" Allison shouted while slithering along with Kai to the crusher they were trapped in.

"Guys!" Kai screamed while the two of them screamed with terror as the walls closed in even more. But as Spike met up with them, the figure causing all of this walked up to them, and they all gasped with horror once they saw who it was.

"No.. it can't be.." Allison said with horror with what they're seeing.

"Wu..." Spike said with terror as they look at him. and it's shown to be a controlled Wu who was turned into a cyborg, he had red eyes and a black beard with a metal hat, and robotic parts all around him to give him strength.

"Sensei Wu, what have they done to you?!" Kai asked just as the robotic Wu screams and hit all three of them extremely harshly with his staff, and before they could even react, the Tech Wu lunges at them and kicks them far away with one hard hit making them scream from how far they went.

"Nya! You have to stop the junk compactor!" Kai shouted while he and Spike drew they're techno blades again to try and fight him back.

"I'm on it!" Nya shouted before she threw Minidroid towards Allison who wrapped her tail around it and hissed as she began doing what she can to take it down.

"Wu, stop! We don't wanna do this!" Spike begged while he tried blocking Tech Wu's attacks which was getting harder with each strike, Spike used his strength and parried the last attack Tech Wu tried before he made a loud battle cry and used his Crystal powers to shoot him towards another pile ahead of them to buy them some time.

"Oh no!" Nya said with fear as Jay and Cole were moments away from being crushed.

"Please stop this thing Nya!!" Cole begged as they held the walls back as hard as they could, and Nya ran over to the control panel nearby to shut it down, she tried pressing on any power button to shut it down, but nothing was working.

"I can't override it!" Nya shouted while feeling tons of pressure on her at the moment.

"Well you better! Cause if you don't Cole and I are gonna get real close! You said we belong together, but not permanently!" Jay begged while they struggled greatly.

"I'm not.. strong enough!" Cole shouted while he closed his eyes, Nya had an idea and smashed open the glass panel that held the wires that powered it on, and was only met with another problem to deal with.

"Seriously? A black or blue wire? I have to cut one of them to shut it down, but cutting the wrong one could crush you both instantly!" Nya said with fear as Allison roughly lands on the ground after taking down the Nindroid and felt super annoyed hearing it.

"Why is it even designed like that?!" Allison shouted as she got up and slithered over to her to help them out.

"Pick Blue Nya! You know Blue!" Jay begged hoping she'd choose that one.

"Pick the Black one! Black is not Blue!" Cole suggested making Jay more annoyed.

"Oh I'm about to turn you black and blue!" Jay shouted while he started feeling his arms be crushed.

"No time for that!" Cole shouted as Nya couldn't decide which one to choose, and even when the crusher was almost done, Jay finally felt regret for all that's happened between them.

"I thought you were supposed to be strong." Jay shouted as they were being cramped together from the pressure.

"And I thought we were supposed to be a team!" Cole countered while Nya struggled to decide still.

"Black or Blue? Oh, which one do I choose?" Nya asked with fear as Allison looked below with fear of what's about to happen.

"Just cut one already!" Jay screamed while they looked up at her.

Zane wasn't having the best time either, he was struggling to block the laser blasts from Cryptor which was getting harder with each attempt, but after the last one was fired at him, Zane got knocked back far away as a result, and a spare nindroid that was still active took control of the crane, and used the magnet to attract Zane and his Techno Blade on it.
"Zane!" Pixal shouted with fear as Cryptor laughed sinisterly, and he threw more Electro cobrai around which powered up more nindroids who laughed sinisterly too from being powered on.

Kai and Spike were still struggling to fight back against the Tech Wu who was extremely tough, even with Spike's powers, he was barely able to keep him down for long.
"Guys? A little help?!" Kai shouted while he and Spike blocked the staff with they're Techno Blades.

"We can't hold out for much longer!" Spike screamed just before Tech Wu slid around them and tried attacking them from behind, Spike quickly reacted and blocked his attacks again, Spike began to growl with anger and had enough of this, and after taking a deep breath, Spike shot a powerful fireblast at him catching him off guard.

Spike quickly used this opportunity to use his Techno Blade to strike at Tech Wu multiple times, and Kai used Spinjitzu on him to knock him back even further, while Tech Wu still looked ready to fight, the two of them together may stand a chance.
"Ugh, why did they have to do this to sensei?!" Kai asked with regret with what's happened to him.

"I don't know, but there's one thing I know, the Overlord is gonna pay!" Spike roared as Tech Wu lunged at them and tried attacking them once again without holding anything back.

And as this was happening, Zane was being taken over to a crusher that could kill him instantly if dropped in, and he couldn't do anything to fight back.
"Junk him!" Cryptor ordered making the crane lower him even more as Pixal was being restrained, but she couldn't watch him be killed like this.

"No!" Pixal screamed before she suddenly used her fists and hit the two Nindroids behind her and knocked them down, she quickly ran over to Zane just as he was finally being dropped into it, but Pixal was able to save him after making a risky jump, and she grabbed him before they went sliding over to the ground beside, and they were both shocked with what just happened.

"That was never in my program, your heart improved my fighting ability." Pixal said with surprise as Cryptor laughed mockingly hearing this.

"He needs a little girl to protect him?" Cryptor mocked while dozens of nindroids surrounded them and drew they're weapons to attack them, but after standing back to back with eachother, Pixal and Zane grabbed eachother's arms and combined they're own reflexes to fight back.

They're combined capability's was able to give them both the strength to push back each nindroid coming to them, and they only got faster with each and every strike.
"Our shared reflexes..." Zane said as Pixal finished for him.

"Work as one!" Pixal finished while they kept on kicking back each nindroid, and Pixal soon crouched down and held Zane on her back before spinning around as Zane rapidly struck each and every nindroid down.

"And we were made..." Zane continued while he looked at her again.

"To fight together!" Pixal finished again while they both began forming a Spinjitzu tornado together with they're combined strength.

"Ninja go!!" They both shouted as they used Spinjitzu together to take down the nindroids surrounding them.

"I take back everything I said!" Jay screamed while he and Cole were seconds away from being crushed.

"No, you were right! I could've been a better friend!" Cole shouted regretfully as Nya held the glass shard over both wires.

"Black or Blue?" Nya questioned again before she sighed in defeat and finally cut them which shut it down, that made the walls finally back up while the doors above opened, and Allison sighed in relief seeing they're okay.

"Thank goodness." Allison said with relief while she used her tail to help the two of them out.

"Nya you did it!" Cole cheered just as Jay realized something.

"Wait! Which color did you choose? You saw her cut them right Allison? Which one was it?!" Jay asked hopefully which made her groan hearing it.

"Like me or Allison will ever tell." Nya replied before running off, and before Cole and Jay argued with eachother, Allison slapped they're faces to make them shut up.

"Hey, what was that for?!" Jay asked with pain while they rubbed their faces from how hard it was.

"Look you two, this entire conflict is stupid, pointless, and a waste of time for all of us! If you wanna settle this at some point, try not to do it when dad and everyone else is in danger! I can't believe you two are supposed to be ninja, when your arguing over stupid childish things like this!" Allison hissed with frustration as she slithered off, and the two stayed silent for a few moments to think it since she does have a point.

Spike was blocking each and every attack Tech Wu tried throwing at him, Spike quickly ducked under another swipe from his staff and grabbed it before he made a loud battle cry and threw him over his shoulder, and that made Tech Wu quickly jump off the ground and turn to Kai who was pinned to the wall. Kai tried blocking another slash from him but struggled greatly from his strength just as everyone else met up with eachother.
"Sensei Wu!" Cole shouted with fear which made Tech Wu turn to them with a look of anger.

"What happened to him?!" Jay shouted with fear while they had they're weapons drawn.

"He's turned evil! Help us out please!" Kai shouted while Spike came in front of him and charged up his Crystal powers and soon shot a blast towards him, Tech Wu saw it coming and quickly deflected it with his staff and knocked it towards a pike which got frozen in a crystal instantly.

"But he's our sensei!" Cole argued back as Kai and Spike tried blocking him again with they're strength.

"He isn't our master anymore guys!" Spike shouted before he parried him again and quickly gave him a headbutt to his face which knocked him back a bit, and Allison slithered up behind him and hissed while she wrapped her tail around him and quickly tossed him in the air.

"Bad sensei! Bad!" Jay screamed as Spike jumped in the air and delivered a strong air kick to his face, but that ended up sending Tech Wu straight into Cole in a painful way which made Jay laugh a bit.

"Haha! I hate to admit it but, you deserved that a little!" Jay joked before Tech Wu recovered and hit Jay really hard in his chest with his staff making Cole laugh at him in response.

"Haha! Right back at ya!" Cole replied just before Allison slapped they're faces again to stop this.

"Enough! Anytime you two try doing this in front of us, I'll make sure your mouths are shut!" Allison threatened while she backflipped away from another strike from him.

"Sorry.." They both said regretfully while Nya ran past the two of them.

"I've got this!" Nya shouted confidently as she slid under Tech Wu who jumped over her attack, and she quickly got up and tried attacking him, but he blocked her with his staff again and threw her towards a mech, and he powered it on to restrain her from fighting back again.

Tech Wu ran up the parts of a machine while everyone else chased after him, but once he reached the top, he used his staff again to power it's conveyer's on which made everyone scream from it's fast speeds, and they all were thrown back to the ground as a result making them drop they're Techno Blades in front of him.

But before he was able to take them, a giant crane hovered over him with Zane and Pixal taking control of it.
"Sorry sensei." Zane said regretfully as he pulled a switch, and used it's magnet to attract him onto it despite how hard he tried fighting back, and everyone smiled proudly seeing the two of them together like this.

"Heh, I always knew those two had a magnetic attraction." Kai joked as Cole and Jay helped Nya up again.

"Really?" Nya asked as she crossed her arms while Spike sighed in relief after all of that.

"You need to work on your puns Kai, that was really bad honestly." Spike said in a joking tone making Kai look surprised a bit.

"Oh come on Spike, it's not like you can come up with a better one." Kai replied as he crossed his arms too.

"I beg to differ." Spike replied while he brushed off the dust he had on his suit.

But before they could continue talking, someone shot an arrow towards the rope holding the magnet and Tech Wu, arrow flew through and cut the rope holding them down, and Kai backflipped out of the way as the magnet slammed down with the blades on the ground, and Tech Wu flipped over to the strange figure from before which everyone saw.
"Whoa! Who is that?!" Jay asked with shock on seeing him, and Allison had a bad feeling on seeing him already.

"Someone who definitely isn't a friend." Allison hissed while she drew her spear again, and before Tech Wu went in to attack them again, the figure stopped him in order for them to get moving.

"Enough, the Overlord will be pleased." He said sinisterly which made everyone suspicous of him, and they could only watch as he got in a Hover Copter and took off with Tech Wu, leaving them all worried and confused.

"Uh, okay seriously, who the heck was that guy?!" Jay asked with confusion on what they saw.

"Or gal.." Nya added since they don't know who they are.

"Whoever it is, he turned our sensei against us!" Kai said with anger while they saw them flying off to parts unknown.

"And if we're gonna save him, we need to find out who that stranger is." Cole said as everyone took they're weapons again to keep them safe.

"But the real question is, who or what could that stranger even be? He didn't look human from what I saw from him?" Spike asked with a suspicious look.

"Perhaps I can help with that Spike." Pixal suggested before she went over to pile and scanned over the area, soon catching what looked like a scale that was dropped from him.

"A white scale?" Allison asked with worry while she inspected it too, she took a closer look at her own purple scales, and back at that one and saw some similarities.

"Why would this figure have left a scale like this behind?" Spike questioned while coming up to them again.

"I don't know fully, but given time I should be able to find an answer." Pixal said while she put it away for now.

"Then we shouldn't stay here, we need to head to New Ninjago City now, I'll use my Falcon Vison to warn Lloyd and Garmadon of our findings." Zane declared as Cole and Jay were still butting heads in the background after what happened earlier.

"I thought shutting the power down would give us the upper hand, but now that they have it and we don't, I guess the power has only shifted.." Nya said with fear of what's to happen next.

"Don't worry sis, we'll get our sensei back." Kai assured as they looked at the sky and prayed whatever happens next will help give them answers.

But back within the mountains Lloyd and Garmadon were at, they were currently climbing up it to keep moving, it was a really high and tough mountain to climb, but they were trying to push through it the best they could while Zane's falcon was able to see them from the distance.
"Wished you still had four hands? It would've come in handy?" Lloyd asked jokingly while he looked down at him who was struggling a bit.

"Your potential is great.. but not your sense of humor." Garmadon replied which made Lloyd laugh a bit hearing it.

"Still won't let me use the Golden Dragon?" Lloyd questioned while Garmadon didn't look like he's changed his mind about it.

"Still won't." Garmadon answered as he kept on climbing his way up until he caught up with Lloyd while they ended up in a small part where they could rest for a few.

"If you want to harness the power of the First Spinjitzu Master, you must focus on your balance.. and find your center.." Garmadon instructed while he kept on climbing ahead.

Lloyd suddenly heard what sounded like a bird squawking at a nearby nest which was on the top of the mountain, and letting his curiosity get to him, he climbed his way up into the nest to see what was making that noise, to his surprise, he found a small but young looking creature which was able to see him too.
"Uh.. dad?" Lloyd asked while he looked up to Garmadon who had finally made it to the top, but once he saw what Lloyd was looking at, he immediately got worried on what it was.

"A Ravture youngling! Don't touch him. He needs to learn to fly on it's own! Keep climbing, slowly.." Garmadon warned which made Lloyd try to slowly climb up to not distract it, but it unfortunately did fully notice him, but once it tried turning around, it lost balance on the nest and was almost about to fall.

Lloyd didn't waste another second before he quickly grabbed it's leg before it fell down to save it's life, but that unfortunately made thing's worse because of it.
"What have you done?! It's going to know someone has touched it's young!" Garmadon said with a worried look while Lloyd placed it down on the nest.

"It? Who?" Lloyd asked with fear before they heard a much louder squawk in the sky, and they saw what looked to be it's parent flying towards them after noticing they were near it's child.

"Daddy.." Garmadon said with fear as the creature was flying closer to them with a look to attack them.

"But he was gonna fall, I was trying to help!" Lloyd said in defense while the small Ravture could see it's father just in the sky.

"Well unless you speak Ravture, there's no use trying to explain! Hurry! We must climb to shelter!" Garmadon warned while he jumped down to the nest to help get them out of there.

"There!" Garmadon shouted as he saw a open spot that would be safe, he quickly started to climb his way to it, and Lloyd barely was able the adult Ravture sweeping down and grabbing him with it's talons, and he managed to grab the child's legs again so it doesn't die from the fall.

"Your not gonna fall on my watch!" Lloyd declared while he helped bring it back to the nest.

"Your compassion is not helping!" Garmadon shouted before he saw the Ravture was flying towards him, Garmadon screamed while he let go of the wall and started to fall just as the thing almost hit him, but it almost resulted in him falling down the whole mountain because of it.

"Dad!" Lloyd screamed with fear just as Garmadon barely grabbed onto the cliffside again to save himself, but it was much harder to do so under this pressure.

"I take it back.. I do want my four hands!" Garmadon shouted as Lloyd was trying to climb down to help while still keeping the child with him. he tried using his power to help out, but Garmadon didn't want him to use it again.

"No, don't! Don't use your powers as a crutch. it will only weaken you." Garmadon warned before he saw the father was coming back around to attack them again.

"It's coming back around!" Garmadon screamed as the Ravture made a loud screech and actually snatched Garmadon with it's talons which horrified Lloyd.

"Dad! No!" Lloyd screamed as the Ravture was trying to fly off with him, but Lloyd didn't want that to happen, and he charged up his power and shot a blast at the father, but while the blast hit it, it made the Ravture lose it's grip and drop Garmadon which started to make him fall into the clouds, making it even worse then he wanted.

"Son!" Garmadon screamed while he flailed his arms around and tried to stop his fall, Lloyd didn't want anything to happen to him again, and with the advise he was told of before, Lloyd tried focusing his power to be able to save him, using all the strength he had currently, he actually began using his power to move the mountain, making it form up into a large hand that was able to catch and save Garmadon before he fell to his death.

Garmadon himself was in complete shock of seeing it, but he also felt really proud seeing that Lloyd actually was able to do it, and he saw Lloyd use all he could to bring him back to the top.
"You just moved a mountain son.." Garmadon said in a proud tone while Lloyd felt amazed with what he just did, but he didn't have time to think over it since he saw the little Ravture lost it's balance again, and was about to fall off the mountain like before.

"No!" Lloyd screamed as he tried to save him, but the thing finally lost it's balance and began to fall. But while Lloyd was about to use his powers to save it again, the Ravture actually started to use it's wings to start flying, and that made Lloyd stop it once he saw it was okay, he felt relieved seeing it's okay after this, and he soon finally calmed down while the little guy flew up to him for a little goodbye.

"Looks like your not the only one who's grown up." Garmadon said proudly while the bird squawked at Lloyd a bit in a happy way, and he soon turned to his father and began flying to him so they could leave together.

Lloyd felt really glad with what he was able to do today, and once he focused his mind again, he began using his powers to move the mountains completely again, his power was so strong, he was able to make the mountains form into a very large staircase that would help them traverse it much easier, leading them down to the clouds far below.
"After you." Lloyd insisted while they were about to fly off to leave, but before they did, Zane's falcon finally came down to talk with them, and it landed in front of them to give them a warning as it's eyes flashed blue.

"Hey, the ninja have sent a message." Lloyd said with surprise as the falcon began showing a hologram of Nya who had recorded this during what happened.

"Lloyd, we got some bad news, we ran into a mysterious someone who found a new way to power Nindroids." Nya warned as the thing switched to Jay who was still very upset over what happened.

"And he turned Sensei Wu evil! He had a black beard!" Jay said with despair while Spike came up next to warn them about him.

"Whatever he did to Wu was cruel and inhuman, nothing like the previous foes we've faced before. If you see him Lloyd, do not hesitate in holding back against him!" Spike said with an upset look before Nya came up to inform them of something.

"We have a suspicion that this person may have stolen the hardrive containing the Overlord, and has reawakened him." Nya informed while Kai came up next to say something too.

"And now that the hardrive is missing, we can't reboot the system, our Techno Blades are useless!" Kai said with frustration before it switched back to Nya again.

"But we may have found a clue, a white scale, we believe it may be Serpentine. We're heading to New Ninjago City to get to the bottom of this, thought you should know so you can keep your distance." Nya said as they showed them the scale sample they found earlier to warn them of they're findings.

"I have a bad feeling that this belongs to someone we've encountered before, but we don't know exactly who yet, wherever the Serpentine are, they may know who it is, but if you encounter him, be careful you two." Allison warned while she was very concerned on what's happened recently.

"Just hope your handling things better then we are, we'll let you know about something if we find anything new. Over and out." Nya finished before the message finally ended which left the two of them concerned.

"Serpentine?" Lloyd asked with concern at the thought of them being involved in this.

"We must not go back, but forward." Garmadon said as he pointed towards a very large forest that could take days, if not weeks to get through if they enter it.

"Hiroshi's Labyrinth. Miles of jungle so dense, all who enter it are never found. We must not rest." Garmadon instructed which Lloyd was glad to agree with with what they've just learned.

"Okay, let's get lost." Lloyd concluded as they began heading towards the large jungle ahead of them, hoping that it would keep them safe from the enemy.

But they couldn't be more wrong, as far away within the figure's lair, he was secretly watching over them this whole time, but the Overlord was getting impatient and frustrated thinking he's failed him.
"You.. failed! Not even you could stop them!" Overlord said with disappointment as the figure kept looking at the map he had showing where they were.

"I wasn't trying to stop them, I was luring them into a greater trap." The figure said as he replayed the recording of Garmadon telling Lloyd about the Labyrinth, it was all part of a bigger plan he had from the beginning.

"Attacking the ninja and that dragon, was merely a ploy to scare them into sending a message to the Chosen One. I intercepted their SOS, and now we know where the Golden Ninja is. The Falcon, is now our homing beacon. He will lead us right to him!" The figure said sinisterly which actually surprised the Overlord hearing it, but at the same time he felt extremely pleased to know the bigger plan at hand, making him laugh maliciously hearing all of it.

"Whoever you are... I like you. Soon the power.. will be mine!!" Overlord screamed as they look at the red dot that shows Garmadon and Lloyd's current location, while they may not realize it.. they're only heading into something far more dangerous then they think..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Personally there's not too much I have to say on this episode other then I.. just really don't like that this is where the whole love triangle with Jay, Nya and Cole began, this thing just was not a good idea for a plotline if you ask me, I wouldn't have so much trouble with it if they had actually given Nya more interactions with Cole in the earlier seasons, but we haven't seen them properly interact once before this whole season, and it makes this plotline more frustrating me because of it since it wasn't properly built up too.

I would've ended this in one episode by having Cole and Jay apologize to eachother when they were in that crusher, it would've saved us so much time to focus on better stuff then this, it was just a stupid idea if you ask me. I know the writer's were just getting back into the show, but seriously this was just really annoying, and I'm not the only one who thinks it thankfully, but I'll try brushing it off some more as I keep going forward with the story sorry if this sounds rude to some, but it was just my opinion on the plotline, I'm just glad it was forgotten about and Cole and Jay got along again in the next season.

But other then that, thanks for reading this, and I hope you look forward to more of it!

30: The Curse of the Golden Master

The next day after they're little encounter with Tech Wu and the mysterious stranger, Spike and everyone else finally was able to power a hover copter and make it back to New Ninjago City to find out what to do, they all were worried on what they'll be able to do since the enemy has power while they don't, but hopefully with the help of the Serpentine, they may be able to find a way to stop this.

Everyone had soon landed down in the city which was completely shut down without the power, nothing was working properly again, and they couldn't see any of the citizens around the place.
"What happened?" Kai asked with surprise with how abandoned the place looks.

"No power that's what happened!" Cole replied while Spike came up to them with Allison and looked around the place.

"Maybe the people left the city to find a safer place?" Spike suggested which Zane thought was possible.

"It could be, there's nothing currently here for them they could need, right?" Zane asked while Allison shrugged her shoulders.

"Something tells me we're gonna find out in just a few seconds." Allison replied just before Kai suddenly stepped over a wire that was set out ahead of some piled up junk, that that suddenly made it all fall down making them all gasp seeing it.

"Called it!" Allison shouted proudly while they saw the people finally coming out, wearing weird clothing and holding basic weapons like they were in an apocalypse setting.

"Outsider's must answer to the postman!" One of them shouted as they looked over to him who held a single spoon as a weapon before he looked at all of them.

"Return.. to.. sender!" He screamed making everyone else cheer seeing it while the other's were just confused on what's going on.

"Ugh, it's not even been a week people! Thank goodness Equestria doesn't have tech like this! Can't imagine the fillies getting too attached to devices like the ones here!" Spike complained while slapping his face.

"Honestly, I'd rather be there if it doesn't have stuff making people think like this." Kai agreed as they looked above them again.

"Eh, for now they won't. Give em a few centuries or so, and maybe they'll develop similar tech." Jay said with a shrug which Spike just shook his head at.

And thankfully, they saw an old friend of theirs come out while looking annoyed of the people's antics.
"Thank goodness you've all made it! Don't mind these savages, since the power went out, everyone's grown a bit bored, and their imagination knows no bounds." Borg apologized while he went over to them before looking surprised seeing Pixal was still functional.

"P.. Pixal! Amazing! Your.. powered!" Borg said with amazement as another one of the people was complaining about something.

"You need to stay in character Borg, this is no fun if we're not all committed." The postman said while Borg was annoyed hearing it.

"Ugh, I'll have you all committed if you don't leave us at once! Now shoo! We have real problems to address!" Borg ordered which made them all begin to leave so they can talk about what's happened.

"Pixal, what's powering you?" Borg asked with surprise as she went over to him for an explanation.

"Zane gave me half of his heart." Pixal answered making Borg look extremely grateful for hearing about it.

"Thank you Zane, I am greatly indebted. But unfortunately, the hardrive with the digital imprint of the Overlord. You'll be unable to erase him with your Techno Blades until we find it." Borg said regretfully while Spike didn't find that concerning right now.

"Don't worry about it, we got into a little encounter with someone who left behind a little clue for us, right Jay?" Spike asked while he looked at him who held out the scale.

"Spike's right, we may have found who stole it already, and they left behind this scale! Get this, their Serpentine!" Jay said with fascination while Allison was concerned about seeing them all again.

"And they might have answers to who it is, and we may know where to find them." Allison said as Cole opened up a manhole cover for them to climb down.

"And that would be within a tomb that's right under the city! It shouldn't be hard for us to find!" Cole said hopefully while they began to climb down.

"Maybe this figure's related to Allison in a way?" Spike suggested which Kai didn't find likely.

"We won't know until we find out who they are, let's hope the Serpentine know." Kai replied while they began climbing down as Borg gave them a little warning.

"Approach with caution my friends! I've lost a few valuable prototypes, they're likely armed and very dangerous." Borg warned as Allison was the next to climb down.

"It's likely he'll be using those prototypes against us! But don't worry, we'll keep an eye out for him!" Allison assured while she climbed down next for Jay to get in too.

"And uh for the record Borg? When those prototypes are made available to the public? Could you let me know? They're like the coolest gadgets ever!" Jay said gleefully as Kai shook his head hearing that.

But just before Pixal went down with them too, Borg took notice of this and was wanting to stop her for a moment.
"Uh, Pixal? Where are you going? Now that my assistant has an unlimited power supply, there's an infinite amount of good to be done." Borg reminded which Pixal was conflicted on, but Zane wanted to help assure her about this idea.

"Don't worry, we'll all be fine Pixal, if Borg has ways to help us that requires your help, it's best you go with him." Zane said with a smile which she could see was true before she turned to Borg.

"As you wish Mr. Borg. Be careful Zane." Pixal prayed as they began to leave, and they looked at eachother one more time before Zane closed the manhole cover so they could keep climbing down.

It was pretty cramped for them to climb down right now with how many there are, but it didn't get much better when Cole started to talk to Nya which Spike knew Jay wouldn't like.
"Be careful to watch your step Nya! We don't know when this ladder was used." Cole said politely which she smiled at a bit.

"That's thoughtful of you Cole." Nya said with a smile while Jay was getting annoyed about all of that.

"Why don't you watch your step Cole?! Huh?!" Jay countered just as Nya slipped on a bar that almost made her fall down.

"Uh guys? A little help?!" Nya asked with fear as they kept arguing about this.

"Oh is that a threat Jay? Cause coming from you, that sounds like your best material!" Cole countered while he laughed sarcastically hearing it.

"There's a reason no body liked you!" Jay countered as Spike slammed his face against the ladder out of frustration.

"Can you two please shut up?!" Spike shouted with anger just as the bar broke which made Nya fall down while screaming until she hit the floor, and everyone stayed silent for just a moment after hearing that.

"Ugh, I can't believe it was a stupid algorithm that caused all of this!" Allison hissed while they all landed down while looking annoyed.

"It was his fault!!" Cole and Jay shouted at once while pointing at eachother while Nya was very annoyed seeing it.

"My knight's in shinning armor!" Nya said with annoyance as Spike helped her up while shaking his head at this.

"You were right, this macho stuff has made them look like idiots huh?" Spike asked while crossing his arms as they backed away from eachother and took out some glowsticks for light in this dark sewer system.

"The Serpentine, I never thought I'd see them again aside from Allison." Cole said as they were all concerned on how this would go.

"Yeah, we haven't seen them since Garmadon was still in charge of them, they got sealed in a tomb somewhere around here after the Stone Army escaped, kinda sad to think that they've been stuck underground again for years." Spike said with some guilt for what's happened to them.

"To be fair Spike, they've been causing nothing but problems before they got sealed down here again, so you could take this as a kind of irony for what they've done right?" Jay suggested which Zane was conflicted on.

"We don't know their side of the story Jay, we may have fought against them for some time when Pythor was in charge, but while we know our side of the story, we don't know theirs, and the reasons for why they did it." Zane pointed out which Allison did agree with.

"It's true, we didn't know that much about them before they were entombed again, we've been too busy to properly learn about them. And now that we're coming to meet them again, I'm just worried over how this is gonna go." Allison said with concern for their future encounter.

Spike could see where she was coming from, he's raised her as his father for years, and she's barely had proper interactions with her kind outside of some fights after she got aged up, and can't even use her Anacondrai ability's still, even then, they still don't know how she was in the Toxic Bogs as an egg in the first place.
"You think they could've changed overtime? Maybe take in this defeat as a lesson for them to take to heart?" Spike asked hopefully which everyone had mixed feelings about.

"I hope so, I've still know little to nothing about our kind, even after you've raised me, I still wish to know a bit more about them, maybe if I do, that'll be what helps me learn Spinjitzu finally." Allison said with hope while Spike patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find a way to talk with them, holding onto a grudge is never a good thing, it can destroy you the longer you hold onto it, and it'll only make your life worse because of it." Spike assured while Nya walked besides them too after hearing it.

"Maybe they've changed Allison, and if they have, maybe we could convince them about giving you a proper education on their kind?" Nya suggested while Allison looked down and thought over it.

"I hope so, while I'm really glad to have you all as my family, I still have much to learn, there's still a lot left unanswered, and maybe this will help me see things better." Allison replied as they were getting deeper into the sewer system.

"Don't worry Allison, we'll find the answers one day, count on it." Cole said confidently while he clutched his fist a bit.

"We'll all be there for you Allison, whenever you need it, we're always right besides you." Zane said with a smile which Allison was really grateful to hear.

"Thank you Uncle Zane, I'm just glad we all get to see this together." Allison said with a smile while they used the sticks to light their way through the place.

"Me too Allison, let's just hold onto hope." Spike said as they kept moving, and went deeper into the place by the minute.

"I hope Lloyd's doing alright." Jay prayed while they stayed silent so they can focus.

But as this was happening, the mysterious figure was working on ways to track the Golden Ninja while the Overlord was getting very impatient about how long it's been taking.
"We know where the Golden Ninja is! So why are we not doing anything about it?! I must escape this wretched digital prison! " Overlord shouted with frustration as the figure looked over to him with a calm expression.

"Patience, the Golden Ninja won't go down without a fight, and we've already depleted our Electro Cobrai. Before we take his Golden Power, we need more power of our own." The figure said while looking over to a container of the creatures they've used before.

"Then find more! Once I am free of this digital prison, I will rid the scourge that is the Ninja! And I will walk with the power to rule this world.. and beyond!" Overlord shouted with malice as the figure had a flier for an aquarium that has what he needs.

"Don't worry, I'm one step ahead of you." The figure replied as he looked at it with a sinister plan in mind.

Far away with Lloyd and Garmadon, the two were making they're way through the massive jungle around them, it was very dense and hard to navigate, but hopefully while they're here, it'll be a safe place for them to hide.
"How anyone got through this jungle is beyond me." Lloyd said as he brushed past some bushes in front of them.

"Hiroshi's labyrinth, legend says no one has ever escaped it's deadly maze, except for Hiroshi himself. But the maze is no match for your powers, this is the perfect place to hide from the Overlord's clutches." Garmadon said as they looked around the place while Lloyd was frustrated hearing that.

"Hide, that's all I ever seem to do!" Lloyd complained while Garmadon looked at him to give him more advise again.

"Your Golden Power only strengthens his cause, we must not lose sight." Garmadon reminded while Lloyd sighed sadly with how far they are from his home.

"But I miss my friends, what good is being all powerful if I can't ever have any fun?" Lloyd asked as he couldn't understand this right now.

"Your Golden Power needs to be protected, honored. Evil forces will seek it, try to take it for they're own. Even your friends might one day." Garmadon warned which Lloyd didn't believe one bit.

"My friends would never hurt me! Spike's the one who defeated the Overlord alongside me! He and everyone would never do this!" Lloyd refused while Garmadon tried helping him understand.

"He who holds the power has a tremendous obligation. You must be prepared to handle this journey alone, even without me someday.." Garmadon said with a calm look as Lloyd was worried about the day that could come.

"Yeah.. I know.." Lloyd said with a sad look as Garmadon looked around to help encourage him.

"Keep your chin up son, legend also says there is a jewel inside this maze. The most beautiful oasis no one has ever seen before. Perhaps we will be the first." Garmadon encouraged as they kept moving forward.

Spike and everyone else had soon made it to the tomb where the Stone Army was once sealed, and was now the place where the Serpentine reside now, while they thought the tomb would still be closed, it was actually opened up, possibly sometime after the Overlord was defeated.
"The Tomb of the Stone Army. It's been sealed since the Serpentine were trapped here." Kai said as they took a closer look at the thing.

"But it appears the seal has been opened." Zane added as the door was slightly cracked open for one to walk out of.

"Wait, if that's true, then doesn't that mean..?" Allison asked right as they heard a whistle behind them, and as they turned around, they suddenly saw Scales was returning home with a bag of supplies, and even he was surprised to see them all here again after so long.

"Ah! Not you again!" Scales shouted with surprise while everyone got on their guard seeing him again.

"Scales! Something told me you'd be behind this! Search his bag!" Cole instructed which the other's were about to do, but Allison came in front of him to prevent any harm.

"Wait, stop guys! Scales isn't looking like he's carrying anything suspicious, all I see in that bag are just.. groceries." Allison said as she peaked in it for a moment while Scales pulled away to defend himself.

"It appears at least one of you knows better then to try and rob someone! What are you all even doing here?" Scales asked while Spike walked up to him to explain things.

"Sorry about this, but we came here for answers. We found this strange scale that belonged to a figure who could be Serpentine, they stole a hardrive we need. " Spike said as he held out the scale they picked up earlier.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but the Serpentine haven't left this tomb even after it was opened again! We've sworn off starting conflicts again after our little battle with the Stone Army, sorry, you've got the wrong snake, dragon." Scales said while he pushed past him while Allison was surprised hearing that.

"At least he wasn't the one who stole it." Allison said to Jay who was still confused over this.

"Yeah but, if Scales didn't steal the hardrive, then who did?" Jay questioned again just until they heard someone new come out of the door.

"Daddy? Are you okay?" A small Serpentine asked while a pink Serpentine who looked to be his mother came out with him.

"Stay inside Scales Jr." She advised while everyone was surprised hearing that.

"Scales Jr? Uh.. you have a son?" Kai asked with surprise as he went over to his new family.

"Yes, we've been busy since you all left us. And we prefer to keep it that way. " Scales said as he turned back to them while being besides his family.

"Is this about the Golden Master? Is he going to hurt us?" Scales Jr asked with a worried look while hugging him tightly.

"That is only a story son. They were all just leaving." Scales replied while glaring at them all who were caught off guard hearing that last part.

"Golden Master? Is this about Lloyd?" Zane asked with an upset look hearing it.

"Like you, we have our own legends. But I guess in ours, you are the bad guys." Scales hissed making all of them very concerned over it.

"What legend?" Nya asked again while Scale's wife went to convince him about what they mean.

"They have a right to know. If we're going to shed a new skin, we must open our home to others. Besides, they have a young Anacondrai with them too, it's important she knows of our legends as well." She said while looking to Allison who stayed near Spike, and Scales soon decided it was best to let them know.

"Oh alright, Let's go surface dwellers, if you wish to hear of the Curse of the Golden Master." Scales advised while he slithered into the tomb.

"I don't like the looks of this guys, but it's best we see what they have to say." Kai said while they started walking into the place while Allison was hopeful to learn more about her kind.

"I'm just glad we don't have to fight them again, guess all this time in the tomb really changed them." Allison said with a relieved look knowing this.

"Me too Allison, hopefully once this is over, we can get them to teach you more about being an Anacondrai. For now, let's find out what this curse is." Spike said while they went inside to see what's going on.

But back within the surface, Darreth and a bunch of the students from school were going on another fieldtrip to the Aquarium in the city, it's the only place they can go to at this time, and a lot of them were excited to see the sea creatures inside.
"We may not have power, but we still have sea creatures!" The owner announced as the kids ran inside the place with Darreth right behind them.

"All right everyone! Stay together, come on now!" Darreth shouted as he tried getting the students together for this trip.

"Why do we have to do our field trip at the Aquarium? Why can't we go to the Toxic Bogs or somewhere that isn't so lame?" Brad asked with an annoyed look while crossing his arms.

"Because until your teacher's get back from saving the world, I'm in charge, and have the responsibility of making sure nothing happens to you! Now, single file." Darreth instructed after he combed his hair a bit, and all the kids started making they're way through the gate in front of them.

"Did I ever tell you I am fluent in the language of the sea?" Darreth asked as a little girl was about to walk through before looking up at him.

"Right Mr. Darreth." She said with a smile while he shrugged his shoulder's a bit.

"That's Mr. Brown Ninja to you Sally." Darreth replied just as she went past the gate with him following behind, but none of them noticed something had went past it too, meaning they weren't alone..

The kids were currently looking at the fish around the water in the Aquarium, and one of them got scared just as a shark jumped in and ate a fish completely while the rest of them ran away.
"Whoa! And I thought Mr. Darreth had a big mouth!" The kid said with surprise while Darreth was annoyed hearing it.

"I heard that!" Darreth shouted just before he looked at a guard to ask for directions.

"Excuse me. Which way to the Electro Cobrai Exhibit? I hear it's.. shocking." Darreth joked which he sighed at after hearing that bad pun.

"That way." He replied while pointing ahead of them.

"Alright, alright my precious minnows! Come on, follow me!" Darreth announced while he ran ahead with the other students running behind him while cheering with joy. But just as they were making they're way to it, the guard suddenly saw a strange figure appear out of nowhere which completely surprised him.

"Hey! You! Come here!" He shouted as he was about to catch him before he vanished again, and he couldn't find where he was now.

"Whoa.. Shocking!" He said with surprise as he went to press on the alarm button, but because they didn't have power, it was basically useless, but he got an idea on how to alert the students in the other room.

"Alarm! Alarm!!" He screamed through the halls which Darreth and the other kids heard which got them worried over what it is.

"What is it?" Sally asked with fear as Darreth stood in front of her for what they're about to face.

"The sound of danger! Huddle near child!" Darreth warned while she stayed close to him just as the strange figure appeared nearby, and opened up another manhole cover for something.

"Hey! Your not one of my students!" Darreth shouted as the kids turned around while the figure chuckled sinisterly.

"No, no I am not.." The figure said before they took out a whistle and blew it, and that made a really loud sound which made them all scream as they covered they're ears. But that loud sound had made the glass in front of them crack until it completely broke open, sending a ton water falling down on them making them all scream with fear.

"Hold on my minnows! Hold on!!" Darreth screamed as the Electro Cobrai were being sucked down the manhole to somewhere unknown, but what made it worse is that a shark had noticed Sally, and began to approach her which terrified her.

"Help!!" Sally screamed while Darreth tried to get to her quickly.

"I've got you sally!" Darreth shouted as he swam over to her to bring her to the other students, but just as the shark was about to attack them, Darreth stood in front of them to protect them.

"Stand back kids!" Darreth warned as the shark was about to attack, but Darreth had suddenly stopped it completely with his hand, and he started to make strange noises while moving his arms around, like he was speaking to it directly, and whatever he said worked, because it made the shark quickly turn around and swim away while looking terrified.

All of the kids cheered for Darreth and were completely surprised that actually worked, and with them safe, they started to climb out of the water to get out of the place.
"Thank you for saving me! You really can speak to them! What did you say?" Sally asked with amazement while Darreth caught his breath.

"I told him.. leave the Brown Ninja alone.. or else I'd be serving fish sticks." Darreth replied as they walked out of the place, but they hadn't noticed the rest of the Electro Cobrai sinking into the manhole cover the figure had opened, and far into the sewers, the figure had set it up as a trap in order to give them the power they need.

"The heist is complete, we now have enough power, to go after the Golden Ninja." The figure said to the Overlord who was pleased to know this.

"Good.." He said sinisterly as they both began to laugh like maniacs as the boat they were on began swimming off to find Lloyd and Garmadon..

Back with Spike and everyone else, they were being shown around the Serpentine tomb that was now their new home, what was once an empty, lifeless tomb filled with nothing but stone, was now a lush and perfectly build sanctuary for any Serpentine who would want to live here, Allison and Spike especially were amazed with how this place looks, and felt really glad that the Serpentine had found a nice home here after they're last encounter.
"After we lost that battle with those indestructible Stone Warrior's, we've made amends with our warring past, and found ways to help better ourselves." Scales explained while they were surprised seeing so many snakes have given up they're violent ways.

"Wow, this is really amazing Scales, this really looks like a perfect home for our kind.." Allison said as she slithered near him who agreed with her.

"It may not be perfect, but it's a home for all of us now, you were raised by that dragon, Spike right? I would like to thank him for taking care of you, raising a Serpentine isn't easy, especially an Anacondrai." Scales said while turning to Spike who nodded respectfully hearing it.

"Wasn't just gonna let her egg be left there alone, she needed someone to take care of her, and I took that responsibility, Twilight would be proud of how I've raised her." Spike said with a smile while he put his hand over Allison's shoulder who was happy to hear that from him.

"She really would dad, but I.. have to ask, do you or anyone here knows why I was abandoned in the first place? By the time Spike found me, all of you were freed right?" Allison asked while Scales found that hard to answer.

"I'm afraid none of us know why your egg was there, we didn't even realize there was a child abandoned until we saw Spike holding you, I'm sorry, but there's no one here who knows what happened. But, even if it's quite a stretch, it's possible an Anacondrai wasn't sealed with us decades ago, and they may be out there in Ninjago, hiding in a safe place for them." Scales replied to hopefully encourage her, and it only made her question more on why this even happened.

"Then why was I left alone?" Allison asked sadly while Spike hugged her to calm her down.

"It's okay Allison.. I still question that about me when I was an egg too, but at least we have eachother right?" Spike asked with a smile which she was glad to hear.

"Of course daddy.." Allison said as they kept moving, and Scales looked at the two again, feeling grateful she was raised by him.

As they kept moving through the tomb, they kept asking Scales about what's been going on, and if any of them know about the hardrive.
"So Scales, we were hoping to ask, do you or any of the Serpentine here have any idea on where we can find a snake with a white scale like this? Don't Fangpyre's have white scales?" Kai asked while he held the thing out again.

"A few do, but what is so important about this missing hardrive?" Scales asked while Cole went up to answer.

"it contains a digital imprint of the Overlord." Cole answered which really surprised him hearing at.

"Ah the Overlord! I am so glad we weren't around for that mess. But unfortunately, we don't know anything about it, we have no desire in meddling with the affairs above. We like to stick to our own now, and we only want what's best for the next generation." Scales answered while he brought them over to a fire with a few special rocks with drawings on them for answers.

"Have a seat. You could learn a thing or two about your beloved, Golden Master. "Scales said as they all started to sit down, and they soon saw Acidius come up to them in order to tell the story.

"Hello hatchlings, and camouflaged surface dwellers, do you seek to learn about The Curse of The Golden Master?" Acidius hissed while he came up to them.

"Please do sir." Allison said politely which everyone nodded at to hear it too.

"Then everyone, come closer.." Acidius said as they looked closer at the fire before he spat some venom in it to show them a vision.

Everyone begins to see a story of the Serpentine's creation, and how everything had gone from they're perspective while most of the background was on fire.
"When the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, deep in the ground, he created the Serpentine." Acidius narrated while they saw their creation first hand in front of them before moving forward.

"Since the first dawn, our Elders knew of the Curse of the Golden Master. When he who had the powers equal to the Frist Spinjitzu Master would rise and usher in the last of the setting suns." Acidius continued while they saw a strange figure arise in the background with power unlike any other, and it began raining down lightning and chaos onto them as a warning.

"With no equal adversary, his power would go unmatched, and his destructive rule, will change the fate of the world. And he will not stop, until every man, woman and Serpentine are enslaved under his control!" Acidius said as we cut back to reality where everyone was completely shocked hearing this dark story.

"Is he referring to Lloyd?" Zane asked with surprise while everyone stayed silent as the story went on some more.

"The Serpentine tried to warn the land dwellers, but they wouldn't listen. They thought we were the enemy, though we were only trying to prevent the prophecy of the Golden Master's terrible reign." Acidius continued as they see the Serpentine being driven underground by the people they tried to warn them before they saw a last vision after the destruction of the Great Devourer.

"When the Great Devourer failed to scare the unbelievers below ground, it is we who retreated beneath the soil, promising never to return, even now, the end is inevitable." Acidius finished as they see them go underground, with the shadow of the Golden Master looming over all of them sinisterly.

But as a screen flickers, we cut back to Borg and Pixal after they made it back to the tower to get to work, Borg was hooking Pixal and the power she has up to his monitor's so he could figure out a way to stop this, and they were very close to making it work.
"First, patch into the mainframe.." Borg told himself before he pressed on a switch which began transferring the power in without any corruption which made things better for them.

"Success! Suppress bandwidth for wider connection.. and we have power!" Borg cheered as the screens finally came on after a long time of work.

"By glory's grace, my office has clean, untouched by evil, power! Thank you." Borg said gratefully while he looked at Pixal who was still thinking over all of this.

"Now, we can use this to track the Nindroids presence! They won't see us coming!" Borg said confidently before Pixal suddenly spoke up.

"Sir, you created me and gave me life, I belong to you. Yet Zane.. saved my life, when I was with him.. I felt.. a connection. I felt.. free." Pixal said as she couldn't stop thinking over him while Borg smiled calmly hearing this.

"Pixal, remember this. You belong to no one. If you want to be with Zane, you should be with him." Borg assured which she was grateful to hear.

But just then, something came up on the monitors, and Borg quickly became concerned upon detecting it.
"What? Nindroid power signatures?! Impossible! It says they're right here!" Borg said with fear as they saw multiple red dots appearing on the screen with even more being seen by the second.

"12 feet, 8 feet.. t.. this makes no sense!" Borg said with concern just as Pixal had realized what this could mean.

"Unless they're.. beneath us.." Pixal suggested which Borg realized is true, and as the camera pins back down to the ground below, Spike and everyone else were discussing about what they've learned.

"I can't believe they think Lloyd would become the Golden Master." Kai said with shock on what they've learned.

"Well.. he is the son of Lord Garmadon." Jay pointed out while he leaned on a small post.

"If.. Lloyd is said to turn evil from the power he has.. does that mean.. I may have to fight him at some point? I.. still have control over your guys's powers.." Spike asked with fear while he formed some crystal in his hand, and the crystal shifted color's to represent each of they're power.

"I hope not Spike, you and Lloyd did so much to save Ninjago. The last thing I want is for us to fight him." Cole replied while he pat his back, and Allison looked around the place and questioned on why she was abandoned again.

"This was all a lot to take in.. and even with what we learned, none of them know about why I was abandoned, do you think something left me there before, or during the last fight you had with them?" Allison asked while looking worried over it.

"I don't know Allison.. we all don't.. I don't know how to explain it.." Spike replied while they both were worried over this.

"But the thing I want to know is... if none of them stole the hardrive, then who could it be?" Nya questioned which they couldn't figure out.

But before they could keep talking, a Venomari came out after noticing something from the entrance, and he looked very scared on what's coming.
"We're under attack! Protect the young!" The Serpentine screamed as they saw Serpentine running away from Nindroids who had found out where they were.

"Nindroids!" Cole screamed as they saw the Serpentine taking the younger ones somewhere safe as they swarmed into the place.

"Ugh, these toasters don't know when to quit!" Jay said with frustration while Allison got very angry seeing them attack her kind.

"We can't just let them attack this place! We need to take them down!" Allison shouted while she drew her weapon while Spike readied his powers.

"They have no involvement in this! Let's take them down!" Spike shouted as he and Allison started running to them to take them down.

"I can't believe I'm saying this.. but.. protect the Serpentine!" Kai shouted while everyone put on their masks

"Ninja go!!" All of them screamed while they used Spinjitzu again, and Zane unfortunately was left behind since he still can't fight properly.

"If only I could use Spinjitzu.. without Pixal my technique is barely adequate.." Zane said with frustration while Scales came up to him and was very mad on what's going on.

"What evil have you brought here?!" Scales shouted with anger while towering over him.

"Sorry about that! We didn't know we were being followed!" Zane apologized as they looked at the other's who were fighting them off.

Nya took out a metal fan she had and was using it to deflect a sword from one of them, but within the whole conflict, Scale's family was separated and was trying to get to eachother again.

"Junior! Junior!" The Serpentine screamed as Scales Jr tried running up to her.

"Mommy!" Scales Jr screamed just before Cryptor came in between them and tripped him over while laughing mockingly.

"So your the future of the fearless Serpentine?" Cryptor asked mockingly while Scales Jr cowered beneath him, but before Cryptor could do any harm, Allison came in and tail whipped him far away while twirling her spear to keep him safe.

"Don't even think about harming him!" Allison screamed while she helped him up and helped him get to his mother.

"Get somewhere safe, I'll handle this!" Allison instructed while she held Scales Jr close.

"Thank you!" She said gratefully before she ran away, and Allison soon turned back to a group of Nindroids who were surrounding her, Allison took a deep breath and took in the training she's gone through with her father, and after they drew they're weapons, she stood her ground to fight them off.

"No one harms my kind!" Allison shouted while she charged towards them and fought them off, she quickly blocked one of their swords with her spear before she used her strength and ripped off it's arm, she then wrapped her tail around it and threw him into the one right next to it, before she quickly ducked under a slash and turned around to block one more that almost hit her.

Allison hissed with rage and could feel her Anacondrai strength helping her, she quickly parried their attacks and jumped in the air, twirling around and holding out her spear, she quickly spun around and sliced some more of them apart, after she landed on the ground, she did a backflip over some lasers coming from behind her and soon landed behind one more.

Spike was holding one of the Nindroids off with his claws, but as he saw Allison fighting off the Nindroids, he looked really proud for her and started to use his own powers too.
"That's it! Kick they're butts Allison!" Spike shouted before he used his Crystal powers and combined it with Ice, and he shot a large spiked crystal from his hand which froze the Nindroid in place, and Spike only lightly tapped it with his foot afterward which made it fell over, and shattered completely like glass.

"Heh, Twilight and the others would be so jealous of this." Spike said with a smirk as he formed some crystal in his claws before he shot them at more Nindroids which took them down instantly.

Allison was using her fast reflexes to block each attack, the more that came to her, she just got faster and faster with her reactions, and after one more backflip, Allison landed on the ground, and took a deep breath to focus her mind.
"Okay.. let's try this.." Allison told herself before she held her hands together as the Nindroids charged to her, but just before they attacked, Allison suddenly vanished before them which caught them off guard, and as the rest of the ninja were fighting on, all of them noticed her vanish, and realized what it was.

"Guys, I think Allison just turned invisible! She actually did it!" Jay said with shock while they saw the Nindroids being taken down by something they couldn't see currently.

"Yes! Way to go Allison!" Spike shouted proudly as Allison reappeared behind one of them and grabbed it with one hand, and just as she was about to throw it, she noticed something on their backs, a wire with an Electro Cobrai in a container, and that's when she had an idea on what's going on.

"So this is how they're still being powered." Allison said with surprise before she grabbed the wire and ripped it out with all her strength, and just like she thought, that made the Nindroid power down, and fall over, and as she looked at the other Nindroids, she smirked upon finding they're weakness.

"Guys! The Nindroids are being powered by Electro Cobrai! Rip out the wires on they're backs!" Allison screamed while she ripped off a few more, and Cole was able to take notice of the wire behind one more that tried to attack him, and after quickly spinning around it, he ripped the wire off and shut it down just like the others.

"She's right! That's what's powering them! You guys know what to do!" Cole shouted as all of them stood together to take them all down.

"Ninja.. go!!" Spike and the other's screamed while they used Spinjitzu again and spun around the entire tomb, ripping out each and every wire on the Nindroids backs which shut them all down, just before one slashed at Jay, Nya managed to rip it out when it wasn't looking, and Jay only chuckled at that before he elbowed one of them, which began making all of them fall over in a straight line like dominos.

"Finally!" Spike said with relief while Allison landed down near him, and was still amazed that she actually was able to turn invisible after years of struggling to find out how to do it.

"Did you see me? I actually turned invisible! Just like Pythor was able to! I felt so strong, fast, and could take any that tried attacking me! It was incredible!" Allison said with amazement while Spike gave her a hug while having a proud smile.

"You've really grown Allison, you've come a long way since you were hatched. While we may not know how you were abandoned, just know I'm always proud of you, what you did here today was amazing, and I won't forget it." Spike said as she hugged him back while looking very proud of herself too.

"Thank you daddy.. " Allison said gratefully while everyone else was cheering upon defeating the Nindroids.

But just before Zane went up to them, something grabbed his hand, and upon looking down, he saw the Overlord had taken over one Nindroid who was still powered and was glaring at him with a purple eye.
"Foolish Nindroid! You are helping the wrong side!" Overlord shouted as Zane kicked him away upon hearing his voice.

"The Overlord? You'll never succeed! Not if we have anything to say about it!" Zane declared while looking down at him.

"I already have..." Overlord replied while laughing sinisterly before continuing on.

"You've unknowingly lead me straight to the Golden Ninja. And this... was merely a diversion to keep you all busy!" Overlord said as he laughed even more before Zane had enough, and he quickly ripped out the cord to finally shut him up.

"The boy holds too much power! I fear the Curse of the Golden Master may be upon us!" Scales said with fear while Acidius was afraid of what is to happen too.

"The dawn of the end of times is near." Acidius said with fear while Nya walked up to him.

"We have to get to Lloyd before they do! Are you sure you don't want to help?" Nya asked with worry while Scales looked regretful to answer.

"I'm sorry, but we made an oath never to return to the surface. Good luck." Scales said as they were all starting to leave before Scales stopped them after remembering something important.

"One more thing! There's only one Serpentine I know who's admitted to having a fondness, of using rare creatures such as Electro Cobra!" Scales warned which got all of them interested.

"Who?!" They all asked at once as Scales was about to reveal who he was.

But as we cut back to Hiroshi's Labyrinth with Lloyd and Garmadon, they had made their way through it for quite a while, but after a while of searching, they soon came upon an oasis within the center of the place just like Garmadon had said.
"The Jewel of the labyrinth.." Garmadon said with amazement as they saw a beautiful looking pond with a waterfall just nearby.

"It's.. the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Lloyd said with awe as they looked around the place.

"Yes. Beauty can be born, even in darkness." Garmadon replied while they took in this moment.

But the sound of buzzsaws could be heard in the distance, and they both instantly knew who they could belong too.
"They've found you! You must leave! Go!" Garmadon shouted as he was about to go up to fight them off while Lloyd was concerned for his safety.

"I said leave!" Garmadon shouted again while turning back to him one more time, and Lloyd quickly ran off while Garmadon turned around, and he soon saw Tech Wu arrive in one of the buzz saw vehicles they used to cut through the place. Garmadon drew his staff and deflected his far tougher one as Lloyd climbed, and he looked super regretful seeing what's happened to him.

"Why must we always be on opposite sides brother?! I made an oath not to fight, but I'll still defeat you!" Garmadon declared before he backed away as they glared at eachother.

The two jumped in the air and deflected eachother's staffs, and Garmadon kept rolling out of the way from Tech Wu's attacks and was using the environment around him to hold him back.

Lloyd climbed up to the cliffside nearby and was about to escape, but more Nindroids had made it there before him and were ready to capture him. But Lloyd had an idea on how to escape, and he began using his powers to create something to help get him out of there.
"No! Trust in the balance!" Garmadon warned just before Lloyd forged a new motorcycle he made from his power with a green and gold color scheme, and as the engine revved up, Lloyd quickly turned around and drove off the ledge and jumped over them before he started driving as fast as he could into the forest.

Lloyd drove at fast speeds through the place and tried avoiding the obstacles coming at him, and just behind him, more Nindroids had appeared and took out the glider's they used to help them fly, and they flew after him while Lloyd tried to dodge they're attacks.

Lloyd rammed his bike into one of them which sent it crashing into a tree nearby, and as he kept driving even faster to dodge all the trees and vines around the place, he managed to shake the last Nindroid off and make it crash into another one.

But Lloyd couldn't rest, and he soon saw dozens of more Nindroids were flying down to attack, he did the best he could to avoid being attacked by them, and as they turned around and chased after him, they started firing lasers at him to take him down, but Lloyd used his power to make his bike go even faster, and the Nindroids all crashed into eachother after he lured them towards eachother.

But just before Lloyd could keep driving more, he had to come to a stop as he almost drove off a cliff that lead into the ocean, but this was all a trap, the same dragon like mech the Overlord used to hunt them down began flying above the cliff, and to Lloyd's fear, he saw Garmadon had been bested by Tech Wu and was being held captive by him.
"Dad!" Lloyd shouted with fear while he took off his mask again.

"Go Lloyd! And don't look back!" Garmadon screamed as he tried to break free, but the Overlord wasn't about to let him escape, and knew what he'd do to surrender.

"Leave, and your father falls!" Overlord threatened as Tech Wu held him over the edge and was about to push him off it. But Lloyd wasn't wanting to run away again, and he jumped off his bike which quickly disappeared after he landed on the ground, he tried to charge up another Energy blast to shoot it down, but when he wasn't looking, a strange snake looking device suddenly coiled around and restrained him, leaving Lloyd unable to fight back.

"No! My power is.. gone!" Lloyd said with terror as he can't break free from it. But as Lloyd turned around, the figure from before had come up to him with a sinister look, and as he finally opened his hood to reveal himself, Lloyd was in complete shock seeing who it was.

"Hello.. old chum!" The figure greeted as he took off his hood, and it was revealed to be none other then..

"Pythor! I thought you were..." Lloyd said with fear before Pythor interrupted him knowing what he's gonna say.

"Gone? Actually, I suffered a worse fate. Digested in the bowels.. of the Devourer.." Pythor said with anger as his scales were completely white and was a result of what happened to him back when he and Wu were eaten years ago while his voice was mostly the same as the last time they saw them.

"It can wreak havoc on one's complexion. Fortunately for Wu, he escaped unscathed.." Pythor hissed while he glared towards Tech Wu who was still holding Garmadon.

"Finally, the Golden Ninja.. is mine! Now, the transformation can be complete!" Overlord shouted as Lloyd was being taken to the ship to begin the process.

"I couldn't leave you, I can't do this alone. I failed you father.." Lloyd said with guilt for what's happened here.

"It's okay son.. it is I who failed..." Garmadon couldn't finish his sentence again before the Overlord had enough of seeing him, and decided he shouldn't be here any longer.

"He is no longer of importance to me. Throw him overboard! " Overlord ordered as Tech Wu was about to push him over the edge.

"No! Father!!" Lloyd screamed with terror just as Garmadon was thrown off the edge and began falling into the ocean, Lloyd could only watch as Garmadon screamed with fear and fell into the ocean, and Lloyd was left devasted thinking his father could be gone.

And as Lloyd was taken aboard the mech which began flying away while the sun was setting, Garmadon had managed to survive the fall, and had swam to the surface moments after, he gasped for air and looked towards the mech, and felt determined to get him back.
"Be strong son. I will find you, I will find you!" Garmadon promised as he saw them fly off with Lloyd being held captive..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry I didn't post much on my stories for the week, but I just needed a bit of a break and wanted to spend time with my family on Thanksgiving, hope you all had a great holiday with yours too!

I think this is the best chapter right now to help Allison start tapping into her Anacondrai ability's, while I'll find a way to have her learn Spinjitzu, and possibly get powers of her own in the future, I hope what I did with her here was good.

I'm glad we at least got to see what happened with the Serpentine after they were sealed away in Season 2, cause it would honestly be sad to think they could've died after being sealed in there forever, but I was glad knowing they had reformed and became peaceful after this episode, I do wish we got more with them in future seasons, it would've been nice seeing Scales and the generals a bit more for just a bit more closure, but I was glad we saw them again in this episode.

I still enjoyed this episode and think it's pretty good, I hope you liked how I handled it here! We're going into the Digiverse for the next chapter, so I hope you all look forward to that. Thank you all for reading this, and have a great Thanksgiving weekend everyone!

31: Enter The Digiverse

After Spike and everyone else had found out who the mysterious figure was thanks to Scales, it having been revealed to be Pythor who was somehow still alive, they made their way back to Borg tower to discuss on what to do, they had the feeling Lloyd was in danger at this very moment, and they needed to hurry up and find a way to stop the Overlord for good before he gets his own physical form.

Borg was currently working on a special device that could help them succeed in this plan, once Pixal hooked herself up to give a special machine enough power, Borg was able to come up with a plan that could help them all.
"I think we should put the main switch over here, to keep it tucked away for safe keeping." Borg suggested while he put a large button behind his desk for safety while the other's were discussing on what to do.

"You got any ideas on what we can do Borg?" Spike asked hopefully while Allison was crossing her arms.

"I've come up with a few.. with a little of my ingenuity, and a few more coaxial cables, we may be able to reboot the system with your Techno Blades, and erase the Digital Overlord for good!" Borg replied as he was using some cables he had to try and restore power into the office.

"I thought we needed the stolen hardrive to do that?" Jay asked while Borg turned to them after getting an idea on what to do.

"That was before I was able to understand the capability's, of what Zane's powers truly allow us. " Borg said with a smile while they were a bit confused.

"And what is that?" Kai asked as Borg tried getting the power on some more.

"A chance to enter remotely. By the time we figure out where Lloyd is, it'll be too late to stop the Overlord from draining his powers to escape the digital realm." Borg said with some fear at the possibility as they saw codes and number's on the screens near them.

"I still can't believe that Pythor was the one able to steal it, after all these years, he just suddenly comes back after we thought he was gone. And now we'll have him to deal with later.." Allison said as she shook her head with frustration at the thought of it.

"Pythor is still a dangerous foe like the last time we saw him, he's still an Anacondrai like you Allison, if we come across him, we need to be careful when we do." Cole replied while still feeling upset knowing he's still out there, they all were just as shocked knowing it was him, but after seeing what he can do, it made sense at this point.

"So how are we gonna be able to stop the Overlord for good?" Spike asked while he walked up to Borg a bit more.

"By digitizing You and the ninja, as well as the Techno Blades, and by using my experimental technology.. you all can fight him on his own turf, inside the Digiverse!" Borg answered while he made a few sparks with the cables which was making the monitor's of the Digiverse come online.

"What do you mean.. inside the Digiverse?" Jay asked with a confused look which everyone found annoying.

"Weren't you listening? He's going to put us into the video game." Cole said bluntly while Jay was geeking out over the idea of it.

"I know! I was just wanting to hear it again!" Jay said with joy while Pixal was very worried at the idea.

"But Mr Borg, if anything were to happen to them in the Digiverse.." Pixal said with fear while Borg knew what she was implying.

"Of course, every step into the unknown has it's dangers." Borg replied while they were getting worried hearing that.

"What dangers? What do you mean?" Kai asked with a worried look.

"You know how in video games, you get.. multiple lives?" Borg asked which Jay was eager to answer.

"Yeah?!" Jay asked excitedly while he looked back at the giant monitor in the room.

"It's not like that." Borg answered making them all gulp at the news.

"Okay, so if we die in the Digiverse, we die for real, got it." Spike said with a worried look while Allison gave him another hug to assure him since he'll be going into the Digiverse at any moment.

But after a few more sparks, the monitor's all finally came online, and they could see the Digiverse fully after they made a bright flash.
"Presto! We are up and running!" Borg said with joy just until they heard a knock on the door, and unfortunately, they saw the citizens from earlier who were very annoyed about the lack of power they've had, and after seeing he does, they got very mad thinking he's been holding back on them.

"I told you all! Borg's been holding out on us! He does have power!" The postman accused while the other citizens held what they could use as weapons currently while everyone else looked very annoyed seeing them here.

"Ugh, this is no time for post apocalyptic, role playing games Postman!" Borg said with frustration while the citizens were very upset with seeing this.

"This isn't a game anymore! We heard about the Nindroid activity, what if they come back? We need power to defend ourselves! And I want to catch up on my shows!" The postman countered as the monitor's were fully online at this moment.

"Would you like to play a game?" The monitor asked which made everyone more nervous seeing that in front of the citizens.

"See? They're just playing games! Take back the power!!" The postman screamed as all the citizens were about to attack them all.

"Allison, could you please?" Borg asked while he looked at her who understood what he was implying.

"I got it." Allison replied before she went in front of the people with a very upset look.

"All of you back off! You are wasting our time! If you want to watch your stupid shows again! You need to let us use what power we have!" Allison shouted before she made a very loud snake hiss which scared most of them and made them stop in their tracks.

"How can you guys not see that the Overlord is still in control of the machine's around the city? If you try using the power on anything else outside of this room, it'll go crazy and try to attack you! We need this power to destroy him, and let the city go back to normal! Why are you all so impatient with your stupid devices?!" Spike shouted with anger while he slapped his face.

"This is why I hate technology Spike." Kai replied while he crossed his arms feeling just as frustrated here.

But before they could speak about this any longer, the power was suddenly going on an off as a strange ominous sound was heard, then out of nowhere, strange golden orbs of energy were appearing all around the room, giving it an insane amount of power which was scaring everyone in the room.
"Where is all this power coming from?" Nya asked with fear while Borg had a dreadful feeling on what's wrong.

"It's Lloyd's power, it's begun. The Overlord has started the transference!" Borg said with fear as they looked over all the Golden Power around them that was reacting strangely.

And Borg couldn't be further from the truth, far away within the same machine that had taken Lloyd, he was currently trapped in a device that was transferring Lloyd's power into a device that was beginning to give the Overlord a physical form. Lloyd was groaning with pain as the power was being completely drained from him, and the Overlord was getting closer to becoming physical again by the second.
"Soon you will be utterly powerless! And I will escape this digital prison and become whole, and nothing will stop me from becoming the Golden Master!" Overlord shouted with malice as the transference was already over 75% complete and was being processed with every second as the machine was flying through the seas far away to avoid being found by anyone.

Things were getting worse as the Golden Power was spreading throughout the city, reactivating the corrupted machines that the Overlord still had control over, and making them stronger then before which began causing more chaos through the city.

Everyone was able to see this through the camera's throughout the city, and with the little time they have right now, they need to hurry to stop him before it's too late.
"Pixal, hurry! We need to isolate our server! If the Overlord finds out our plans to use the Techno Weapons remotely, Spike and the Ninja won't stand a chance!" Borg instructed with a fearful look which Pixal quickly went to get done.

"Isolating server. But we are already detecting an abnormal mass of power signatures." Pixal replied as they saw hundreds of red dots all over the monitor surrounding the tower.

"Oh no, they're already here! Initiate Lockdown!" Borg ordered as he pressed on a special button which started making large and tough gates rise around the entrance and walls of the tower, as well as locking down any door inside it to prevent intrusion.

But that won't hold for long, just outside the tower, Pythor, Tech Wu and Cryptor were marching to the tower with weapons and saws in order to tear through it, making sure to do anything they can to prevent the Overlord from being erased.
"The Techno Blades are on the top floor." Pythor announced while he looked at the droids who weren't moving at the moment which irritated him.

"What are you waiting for? Get rid of that door now!" Pythor ordered as Minidroid used a special machine with buzz saws attached to it which began sawing away at the door to cut through it.

The alarms on the monitor's were going off currently, and it made everyone very worried about all that's happening.
"Be seated Ninja! We don't have much time!" Borg ordered with a worried look while Spike and everyone else went to 5 chairs that were were what was gonna digitize them.

"Allison, whatever happens while me and the others are in there, make sure to keep Borg and Pixal safe! We can't risk losing now!" Spike said with a serious tone as he sat down in his chair to prepare himself.

"Don't worry dad! I'll make sure they'll regret attacking this place! I'm still getting used to turning invisible, but I'll use it the best I can! Good luck." Allison replied as Nya turned to the citizens who were worried about all of this.

"Do something useful and make sure Pythor and the Nindroids don't get up here! If you all want to watch your favorite shows and movies ever again, you need to get downstairs now!" Nya shouted to the postman who understood that order with the rest of the citizens, all of them made loud war cries and began running through the doors to prevent them from coming up stairs, giving them time to hopefully stop the Overlord.

They were all being hooked up into the machine while their Techno Weapons were being placed right behind them, with what they know now, this is their only chance to stop the Overlord.
"Once we're inside, what do we need to do?" Zane asked as Borg hooked them up to the system.

"To put it simply, you need to reboot the system. All source code travels through the heart of the main frame. Follow it, and you'll find a glowing activation point. The Techno Blades are the key's to activating the reboot and erase all corruption from the system." Borg instructed while they all took a deep breath.

"Uh.. can you put it more simply?" Kai asked again still finding that too confusing for him.

"Look for a big bright light, airhead, and put your weapon in it, got it?" Cole asked with a blunt tone which Kai understood.

"Got it... hey! I am not an airhead!" Kai replied taking note of that last remark.

"You totally are Kai." Spike said with a smirk which irritated him even more.

"Am not!" Kai shouted back to him who was chuckling from his reaction.

"All of you need to remember, I may have written the code, but he controls it. His turf, his rules. I'll do my best to keep you all hidden, but the longer you go unnoticed, the better chance you have in succeeding." Borg warned as Pixal was putting up their life monitor's in front of them digitally which Spike found pretty cool.

And as Pixal was about to go up to Zane, she wanted to wish him luck one more time before he goes into such a dangerous place.
"Be careful in there, please." Pixal said with a worried look while he gave her an assuring smile.

"I will come back to you." Zane assured once more which was enough for her before she placed the monitor in front of him to display his status before she backed up from them.

"Be careful in there dad, I'll do what I can to keep you all safe here." Allison said one last time as she held her spear while they braced themselves for this.

"Don't worry Allison, I will. But if anything happens to me, tell Twilight and the other's I'm sorry I couldn't make it back, but I was able to live a great life, raising you, and having great friends like Kai and everyone else here." Spike replied with a smile while he looked at the others who hoped that wouldn't happen.

"uh.. heh heh.. yeah, let's just try not to die in there." Jay said nervously while they looked up in the air as Borg prepared things.

"Prepare for entry!" Borg announced while he was going over to the main switch nearby.

"How do we know this will work, and not just disintegrate us instantly?" Kai asked with a worried look while the monitor's switched to the Digiverse again, and even Borg was unsure of how to answer that.

"Hmm.. I'm not sure, let's see." Borg replied before he activated the switch which began to digitize them all. Kai was starting to close his eyes upon feeling them all being transferred, and as the world around them was becoming nothing more then numbers and source code, Kai felt himself screaming as he felt himself entering it at insanely fast speeds.

"I hate technology!!!" Kai screamed again as they all were transferred into the Digiverse while Spike could be heard screaming too from the digitization.

"Celestia help us!!" Spike screamed as everything around them faded away and they felt themselves black out for a moment after going through such an experience.

Spike and everyone else feel themselves wake up after being digitized, as they all open they're eyes, they find themselves in what looks like Borg's office again, but.. something felt different about it.
"See? I told you it wouldn't work.." Kai said with disappointment as Spike gets out of his chair, and he doesn't see Allison, Borg, or Pixal here at all.

"Actually.. I think it did, the other's aren't here, look." Spike advised as he pointed to the monitor's which all had source code flowing down to somewhere. As Zane gets up, he looks at his hand and sees parts of it having source code too, which really confirmed it worked.

"This is most definitely the Digiverse." Zane confirmed while Spike looked amazed at the sight around them.

"We're actually in a video game.. this is the coolest thing ever!" Spike said with amazement while he and Jay laugh seeing how advanced things look around here.

"Tell me about it! Look outside! We're really here!" Jay shouted as they both went to the window to see the world they're in, and they look out the window, they see all of New Ninjago City within a digital state like the rest of this world, all the source cod they saw kept flowing down somewhere, and the sight of it was something to behold.

"It's like we're in a dream." Cole said with a smile as everyone grabbed they're Techno Blades to get things going.

"Alright, let's get moving, what do we do now that we're here?" Kai questioned while Zane thought over what to do.

"We know we can still get hurt in the Digiverse, so let's be careful as we focus on our task." Zane reminded while he took out his Techno Blade which activated upon being raised in the air, and everyone else did the same thing as they know what needs to be done.

"We have the keys, now let's find that activation port." Zane declared while they held them up in the air, ready to get going.

Back within the real world, Pythor and the Nindroids were currently trying to break through the walls surrounding the tower, and just as it looked like they were getting through, the citizens from earlier finally made it down there to hold them off.
"Our favorite shows, will continue!!" The postman shouted while he and the other citizens went to hold off the Nindroids from moving forward, but they didn't notice that Borg's robotic spider legs were still functional, and were sneaking they're way around them to get inside.

And as Lloyd was having his Golden power be drained still, he remembered the words Garmadon spoke to him moments before he was captured, trying his hardest not to let his power be taken.
"He who holds the power, holds a tremendous obligation. You must be prepared to handle this journey alone, even without me one day.." Garmadon's words echoed through his mind which made Lloyd try to hold onto as much of his power as the Overlord's body was almost complete.

"You are all alone.. Golden Ninja! Nothing can save you now!" Overlord mocked as he laughed like a maniac while Lloyd felt anger upon hearing it.

Back at the top of the tower, Pixel, Allison, and Borg were all monitoring everyone's vitals, and they all looked good so far with the task.
"Vitals are strong." Pixal reported while Allison kept her spear up for any sudden attacks.

"Nothing out of the ordinary right now, let's hope dad and the other's can hold on while in there." Allison said hopefully while they looked at the monitor.

"The Overlord hasn't detected them yet Allison, they should have the chance to move now." Borg replied while they kept working on things, not noticing that Borg's spider legs had made it inside in the distance..

Within the Digiverse, Spike and everyone else made they're way outside and were hanging on the ledge of a rooftop, while the sight of the digital world was amazing, they can't let that get in the way that they're in a dangerous area right now.
"Zane, any ideas so far?" Spike asked with concern while they looked over the edge below them.

"It appears all the source code is moving towards the same location, just like Borg said." Zane replied while they saw it all moving towards the bottom of the tower.

"Let's follow it." Kai suggested which Cole had trouble figuring out.

"It's easier said then done, how do we make it down there?" Cole asked while looking at a platform far below them, and Jay easily figured out a way to get there.

"Aren't you forgetting we're in a video game Cole? We can do anything here! Like this!" Jay screamed before he jumped off the ledge and screamed with joy while he used an advanced move to make a perfect landing at the bottom which he laughed at.

"Yeah! Video games rule!!" Jay cheered while Spike was completely amazed seeing it.

"How did you do that?!" Kai shouted with a worried look while looking down towards him.

"Just imagine it!" Jay shouted back to them which gave them all an idea.

"Ninja go!!" Spike screamed as he, Zane and Cole jumped off next, Spike used his Spinjitzu to hop off multiple platforms nearby, and he soon landed down skillfully near Jay just as Cole and Zane did too.

"Haha! This is the coolest day ever!" Spike shouted with joy while he gave Jay a high five. Kai took a deep breath and tried recalling what Jay just said in order to catch up.

"Just.. imagine.." Kai said calmly as he tried to think, but that ended up making his head inflate like a balloon which made him scream with fear on what's happening.

"You gotta keep your mind clear Kai!" Jay advised while Cole chuckled seeing that.

"Check out the airhead up there Spike! I kinda like that look!" Cole joked which Spike laughed at.

"He totally is an airhead." Spike replied while they looked up to him who still didn't jump.

"Stop being so self conscious of yourself and just jump!" Jay shouted with a more annoyed tone which worried Kai a bit, but as he leaned over it a bit too much, that made him fall over on accident which made him almost fall off the whole building, but just before he fell down near the platform everyone was on, he suddenly floated back up to them.

"He really is an airhead!" Jay joked which Spike laughed at, and they soon saw Kai's head return back to normal before they helped him on the platform.

Borg was currently monitoring they're progress, he could see how well they're doing so far, and felt hopeful they can make it through.
"They're doing it, they're mastering the digital world! I need to buy them more time!" Borg said hopefully while he tried to keep working, but that's when his robotic legs finally lunged at him which pinned him down to the ground, and he screamed with fear upon seeing them inside.

"Ahh! My legs! They're back!" Borg shouted with fear just as Allison tail whipped the legs off him, and she and Nya tried doing they're best to hold them back from attacking everyone else.

"Stay with them! If the Overlord finds them in the system, it's all over!" Nya shouted to Pixal while Allison was struggling a bit to hold them back.

"Why did you have to get spider legs of all things Borg?!" Allison shouted with frustration as Pixal tried to check they're status, but she soon had a really worried look after finding something bad.

"The Overlord has already found them.." Pixal said with fear which made them gasp with fear hearing it.

"Dad.." Allison said with fear while she looked back at him and the others, who don't know of the danger that's coming for them.

Back in the Digiverse, Spike and the other's were looking over the platform again to find out where to go, and Cole could see the exact place all the source code was going to.
"Everything is flowing down to the bottom of the building. " Cole informed while they saw it go all the way to the very entrance of the tower.

"The ashes of the Overlord!" Kai said in realization while they all looked down at it.

"You mean when Lloyd and Spike defeated him in the ultimate battle?" Jay questioned while Spike shook his head knowing that's where it began.

"It must be where it all started." Zane suggested as they all stood together to see it.

"It makes sense it would start all the way there, with how long we spent without fighting any bad guys over the years, he must've slowly reformed what little remained of him after me and Lloyd combined our powers to destroy him." Spike theorized with a look of concern.

"How long do you think it took until he was able to reform what little remained of him?" Zane questioned while he turned to him.

"I don't know Zane.. but if Lloyd and I knew he was trying to reform himself during the last few years, we would've made sure he doesn't come back." Spike said as he clutched his claws with frustration thinking over it.

"Don't worry Spike, if that's where he began to reform, we'll make sure to destroy it for good. We're almost there guys, let's go." Kai replied as he started to take a step near the ledge along with the others. But just as they did, the ground below them suddenly began to pull them in like it was quicksand, and everyone quickly got very scared while they tried getting out of there.

"Who's imagining this?!" Jay shouted with fear while they struggled as hard as they could to escape.

"I don't think any of us are! I.. can't get out!" Spike shouted with fear as they were being pulled in even more by the second.

"Neither can we! What's going on?!" Zane shouted with fear on what's going on. But as they all tried escaping, they could see the Overlord appear above them after he detected them in this world, and he was set on making sure they don't survive here.

"You all think you can come into my world.. and get rid of me?! You may have defeated me in your world, Spike.. but this.. is my world!!" Overlord shouted with malice while glaring directly towards Spike.

"Zane! Is there any way to get out of this?!" Spike shouted as they were sinking even further, while Zane tried reaching for a nearby crane that was just nearby, he wasn't close enough to reach it, making they're situation even more dire.

"I can't reach the crane! We're stuck!" Zane shouted with terror while Jay looked terrified hearing it.

"I have a feeling this is it guys!" Jay shouted with despair while they kept on sinking deeper.

Pixal was able to detect all they're vitals were at risk, and she instantly knew what was going on upon seeing it.
"The ninja! They're being consumed by the corrupted program!" Pixal shouted with worry while everyone else was holding back the robotic legs.

"We're all a bit.. consumed!" Nya shouted with frustration while she and Allison tried pushing them back, and to make it even worse, the postman from before was at the front camera to deliver news that made things worse.

"We couldn't stop them! They're coming up! This time.. the postman does not deliver!" He shouted with fear before a Nindroid tackled him down which made the camera go to static, and Pixal tried going up to the computers to hack into the system as fast as she could.

"Nya! Go hold the Nindroids back! I'll try stopping these.. stupid legs!" Allison shouted as they saw them marching up the stairs.

"Got it! Be careful!" Nya shouted back before she let go and ran off to hold them back

Spike and everyone else screamed as they had almost finally sunk into the ground which would've killed them all, but Kai tried one last desperate attempt to reach out for something to save them, and just before he was pulled in with everyone else, Pixal was finally able to take control of the crane nearby, and she quickly used it to grab into Kai's hand, and pull him, and everyone else out who all gasped for air after finally being freed.

"Oh thank goodness!" Spike said with relief as they all landed on the down safely, and they looked up to the crane while Pixal still had control over it.

"I was able to alter the corrupted code for a short time, but hurry, I can only resist him for so long!" Pixal warned just before the crane exploded which left them alone to finish this.

"We have to get to that activation port, and fast!" Cole shouted to the others while they kneeled down to the ledge in front of them.

"Guess it's all down hill from here!" Jay shouted in response just before the ground suddenly shook which made them all scream with surprise.

"Just because your friend thinks she can change the rules.. doesn't mean I can't play the same game!" Overlord shouted to them as the entire world began flipping upside down.

"You think this will stop us Overlord?! Your just delaying things! We will destroy you for good, just like me and Lloyd did years ago!" Spike shouted with anger while he looked up to him.

"Not this time.." Overlord mocked with a sinister tone which made Spike even more angry,

"Everyone hang on!!" Spike screamed while the entire world flipped upside down completely from the Overlord's corruption, all of them barely saving themselves from one of the platforms nearby as debris from the digital city fell towards them.

"Look out Jay!" Zane shouted as they all ducked down to avoid a falling car which crashed into a window nearby.

"Is everyone okay?!" Cole shouted as they all saw things from upside down now which made things harder for them all.

"We're fine! We need to get up there now! Any ideas?" Spike questioned while he used his Crystal powers to shoot down multiple cars flying to them.

"Everyone, get into the building, now!" Zane instructed while pointing towards the open window below, and they all quickly jumped inside it to have a safer place to keep moving.

"Well that gives us a new perspective.." Kai said with relief while the camera flips upside down again as we come back into the real world.

Pythor and the rest of the Nindroids along with Cryptor and Tech Wu were making they're way to the top to stop this, but Nya was soon seen standing in front of them all, looking ready to fight them all.
"I'll give you one chance to surrender!" Nya warned as she stood against them all which Cryptor laughed at.

"Cute." Cryptor mocked which angered Nya as her wrist device was beeping while she stood against them.

"I hate it when people call me cute." Nya said with anger as she saw her suit was flying towards her from outside as the Nindroids were all about to attack her. But Nya's Samurai X suit soon flew in through the windows and crashed through them all, quickly picking up Nya and placing her inside it while the Nindroids were knocked down.

"Would you look at that? You made me break a nail." Nya mocked while she held up her suits claws as the Nindroids got back up, all of them soon charged to her and tried fighting her off, and as Nya did her best to take them off, Pythor and Tech Wu were making they're way to the top.

Spike and the others were climbing they're way through Borg tower to reach the top in the Digiverse, but it wasn't easy as they had limited time left to stop the Overlord.
"We can't keep climbing like this, we need a way to reach the source faster!" Spike said with a serious look as they climbed into another room.

"Who says we can keep climbing Spike? Why climb.. when we can do this?!" Jay shouted in response as he quickly ran to the window nearby and jumped out of it, he quickly drew his Techno Blade and screamed with joy while he fell on the side of the building, and he was able to reform his vehicle from before which began driving up the side of the building to the top.

"Okay, that kid plays way to many video games." Kai said with surprise while they saw him driving upwards.

"Jay's right! Forget climbing!" Cole shouted as he quickly jumped out the window too and formed his mech with ease, and he quickly began charging after Jay to reach the top.

"Who needs climbing, when you can drive?!" Spike shouted too as he jumped next, and he soon formed his hover bike again which landed on the building's side, and he cheered as he turned around and drove upwards, leaving only Kai and Zane next.

"Alright.. I can do this.. " Kai told himself before he jumped next, he tried to form his fighter jet he used before, but he wasn't focused enough to fully form it, and it quickly disappeared soon after which made Kai scream with terror as he began falling down again.

"I can't do it! I can't do it, I can't do it!!" Kai shouted with terror as he kept on falling, and Zane didn't waste another second to jump after him, he quickly formed his hover copter from before too and managed to catch him just in time.

"Don't worry Kai, I got you!" Zane assured while he quickly flew after the other's.

"Let's get to the top!" Cole shouted with confidence as they all drove alongside eachother.

"You mean bottom!" Jay corrected as Spike cheered with joy after jumping down another ledge.

"Whatever works best! You ready guys?!" Spike shouted with confidence while looking at all of them.

"Ninja go!!" All of them shouted again as they made they're way towards the source at the top. They used they're vehicles weapons to blast any enemy's coming to them from above, making they're way closer to they're destination by the minute.

Borg and Allison were trying to hold back Borg's legs currently while everything was still going on, but things got even worse as they saw Pythor and Tech Wu had finally made it to the top.
"Oh no.." Borg said with fear while they saw them trying to attack the others. And Allison had no choice but to leave Borg to handle himself, she quickly drew her spear and slithered in front of Pythor to hold them both back.

"You aren't going anywhere near my dad, or my friends Pythor!" Allison shouted with anger while she held her weapon tightly.

"Oh, and what have we here? Aren't you the Anacondrai that dragon was taking care of? You've certainly grown since we last saw eachother." Pythor mocked while he tried attacking her, and Allison quickly blocked his weapon to hold him back.

"I got aged up just like my dad and Lloyd, I may have been raised by him and the ninja, but don't forget that I'm still an Anacondrai like you!" Allison shouted just as she turned invisible to catch Pythor off guard which did surprise him for a brief moment.

Pythor was soon smacked across the face and then thrown towards the wall nearby while Allison was still invisible, and as Tech Wu tried getting past Pixal, Borg noticed a Nindroid piloting another hover copter just outside the window, and he had a dreadful feeling on what it's here for.
"Pixal! Allison! Protect Spike and the Ninja!" Borg shouted as Pixal flipped in the air and kicked Tech Wu away, and Allison quickly used her tail to slam Pythor's face to the ground to hold him down just as she reappeared above him again. But just as she was holding him back, she gasped with terror as the Nindroid shot a latch onto Borg's back which began to drag him out of the room.

"Pixal, Allison.. it's all up to the two of you now!" Borg shouted one last time as he was dragged out of the room which horrified the both of them.

"Borg! No!!" Allison shouted with fear as he screamed upon being captured once again by the Nindroids, leaving only them alone to keep the other's safe for this mission.

Spike and everyone else were shooting they're way through dozens of fighter jets and corrupted machines that tried attacking them, driving up the tower while dozens of objects were falling to them.
"The data filter is in the ground! So the heart of the system must be behind it!" Cole shouted as they were just about to reach the source finally.

"Then let's be surgical about this!" Jay shouted with a serious look before they all shot missiles directly towards the top, and they finally blew a hole inside the ground which left a portal open for them now.

"Now's our chance! Let's go!" Spike shouted while they all went even faster to reach it.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone shouted again as they all jumped towards the source, and they finally made it inside it which lead them to where all the source doe was going.

Everyone landed down in a wide open area that was in the center of the whole world, as they're vehicles disappeared, they saw a tall tower just nearby which was still open for them to reach.
"The reboot activation port!" Jay shouted as they all looked up at it.

"It can't be that easy, can it?" Kai asked with concern upon seeing nothing was guarding it right now.

"Let's not waste any time to lose our chance, come on!" Spike shouted again while they all ran towards the tower, they saw the core right in front of them which was open for all of them to use, and they all drew they're Techno Blades one last time to hack into it.

"Let's hack this thing!" Kai declared while they all put they're blades together to finish it, with they're Techno Blades combined together, it started to make the core begin to spin around to begin the process, and they all quickly jumped across it to finish the Overlord.

"Ninja go!" Everyone shouted once again while they all stood together, and at that moment, they all saw the remains of the Overlord finally form in front of them, all as one last desperate attempt to stop them from erasing him for good.

"Enough! You may have beaten my program, but you cannot beat me.. in my world!!" Overlord shouted with malice as he stood against them all.

But as this happened, they all saw the activating port shoot a bright golden light towards the Overlord who caught it to prevent him from being erased, and he used it's power to knock all of them down which made them scream for a moment.

"He's blocking the reboot signal! We have to complete the circuit!" Zane informed while they quickly got up to stop this.

"We have to move him?!" Jay shouted with fear upon hearing this.

"We can try!" Kai shouted in response while Spike's hands glowed as he prepared to use his powers again.

"I'll try holding him back! You try getting around him!" Spike shouted as he ran towards the Overlord with anger, Spike made a battle cry as he shot multiple Crystal blasts at the tentacles that were forming around him, and the Overlord quickly blocked them without any effort.

"You may have defeated me before, but you were with the Golden Ninja, this time.. you don't have his power to defeat me!!" Overlord shouted with fury while he moved the tentacles around to push everyone back.

As this battle was happening, Allison and Pixal were trying to hold back Pythor and Tech Wu from harming anyone, but Pixal accidentally knocked Tech Wu right nearby the button which could shut the entire program down.

"Turn off the master switch!" Pythor shouted as he tried getting past Allison who was doing well with holding him back.

"No! They will all be trapped within the program forever!" Pixal begged while Pythor glared at her.

"Just like how they left me in the Devourer!" Pythor countered which made Allison hiss hearing it.

"The same monster which YOU released! Your the reason your like this now! This is all.. your.. fault!!" Allison shouted as she raised back a fist and punched Pythor in the chest, and that sent him flying into the wall nearby hard, even making an impact crater just from how strong she was.

"Ugh.. turn.. off the switch.. now!" Pythor said weakly while he tried getting back up. But just before Tech Wu could do it, the elevator door opened up to reveal what looked like a Nindroid just behind them, but the figure quickly ran across the room and grabbed Tech Wu without any mercy, and he quickly threw him out the window to give them time.

While Pixal and Allison were both in shock of what this figure just did, as he turned around to face them, he took off his mask and revealed himself to be, Garmadon.
"Garmadon! Your alive!" Allison said with relief as they saw he made his way back here.

"But your oath! You said you'd never fight!" Pythor reminded as he was struggling to move, and Garmadon looked very furious as he looked towards Pythor.

"When you took my son from me.. all bets were off!" Garmadon countered before he quickly ran to him and kicked him in the neck, Allison followed that up by tail whipping him in the back which sent him rolling across the room near the window, but before they could finish him off, Pythor used what strength he had to get up to try and escape.

"Your all too late! Your son's already ours Garmadon!" Pythor shouted one last time before he jumped out of the window, and he was quickly saved by a hover copter which flew right below him and flew off while Pythor laughed mockingly as he left them alone.

Allison sighed in relief seeing him go, and as she looked towards Garmadon, she was really glad to see he's okay.
"Thanks for the save Garmadon, I'm sorry about Lloyd, if we were all there.. we could've stopped him." Allison said with guilt while Garmadon looked over the side, and he saw Tech Wu had landed on a platform nearby, meaning he could still be a threat to stop it.

"The important thing is that you and the others have the chance to destroy the Overlord for good this time! You and Pixal need to make sure everyone can stop him! Or else all of Ninjago is doomed!" Garmadon instructed with a serious look while Allison turned towards Spike and the others.

"What are you gonna do?" Allison asked with concern as Garmadon leaned towards the window.

"Settle a score.." Garmadon answered before he jumped out the window to face Tech Wu, he quickly ran across the walls before jumping in the air, and he soon landed down on the platform he was on, there was very little room to fight on it, but they weren't going to let it stop them.

"Sorry brother, it ends now!" Garmadon declared while he clutched his fists.

"Sweet dreams.." Tech Wu mocked as they went to fight eachother one last time.

Spike and everyone else were trying they're best to face against the Overlord, but as hard as they tried, they couldn't do anything against him in this world.
"Fools! All of your existence.. you've been powered by a lie, that the good guys.. always win!" Overlord mocked while he threw Jay towards them which slammed him into the others.

"Sadly, they don't. I have the power now, the Technology has made me infinite!!" Overlord shouted with malice while they all tried dodging the tentacles around him.

"The Golden Ninja.. is.. mine!!" Overlord shouted once again while Spike used his Crystal powers to try and push them back.

Lloyd was almost fully drained of his power, and the Overlord's new body was almost complete, but Lloyd tried the hardest to hold back, recalling his father's words, there was one thing he could tell himself to fight back.
"I am not alone.. I.. am not.. alone!" Lloyd told himself which everyone could hear from within the Digiverse.

"You are not alone!" Zane shouted back as Lloyd tried fighting back.

"We're with you Lloyd! Always!" Spike shouted from the Digiverse too which Lloyd could hear too.

"I.. am not alone!" Lloyd shouted once again while everyone stood against the Overlord, and after hearing it, Zane finally realized what needs to be done.

"Your wrong Overlord. Good guys may not always win, but they never give up!" Zane declared while he and Spike stood together to hold him back.

"No matter how dire it is, even against impossible odds, we will never give up! I will not let you harm my friends, or my family!!" Spike screamed as he felt his body overflow with a similar Golden Power like Lloyds, Zane's body began to glow gold too, and they finally felt the power they needed to stop this.

"If we can't move him.. let's go around him!" Zane shouted as they both ran over the tentacles.

"Zane, Spike, your both golden! How is that possible?!" Kai shouted with surprise while Spike shot a golden Crystal blast at one of the tentacles and destroyed it in an instant.

"Zane, now!" Spike shouted as he grabbed Zane and threw him to the Overlord's body, and Zane quickly flipped above him and made it to the top of his head.

"Even in the darkness, we have the choice to reflect the light!" Zane shouted as he held his hand in the air, and the activation port sent another beam down towards him which Zane caught, and shot down to the ground.

"Cole! Get into the light!" Zane instructed which Cole understood. Lloyd's power was almost completely drained, and as the process was almost complete, Lloyd saw a hand begin to move from the place the Overlord is forming.

Cole quickly jumped over another tentacle, and his suit instantly became gold too after feeling the power rush through him, and he tried making his way to the light to reflect it next.
"Ha! Your a genius! Catch the light Jay!" Cole shouted as he threw the light to him next, and Jay rolled away from another attack as his suit changed into a golden color too, and he made his way to the next light to reflect it.

"Spike! It's your turn! Get the light now!" Jay shouted as he shot the light nearby Spike, and he quickly used his powers to hold back the Overlord's attacks before he did a backflip before he landed on the light himself.

"Kai! Your next! Hurry!" Spike shouted while he moved around the Overlord to help make it to the reboot signal.

The Overlord's body was nearing completion now, and they all had one last chance to stop him stop him before he escapes the Digiverse.
"I'm.. too big to fail now!" Overlord screamed while everyone tried holding they're positions.

"Come on Kai! You can do it! You just have to believe!" Jay encouraged as Kai struggled to become gold like everyone else.

"How can I? This is not my world!" Kai shouted in response as the Overlord looked down at im.

"Now, too little.. too late!" Overlord screamed as he leaned down to stop him yet again, and as Lloyd's power was almost drained, the Overlord's new body was almost formed, and was finally moving around with only a little more power being needed to complete it.

Garmadon and Tech Wu were fighting eachother across the platform high in the sky, and as Garmadon was being lured towards the edge nearby, Kai stood against the Overlord alone.

"I won't allow you to stop this!" Overlord screamed while Kai fell on his knees, feeling hopeless to stop him. And Garmadon was being pushed to the edge more and more by Tech Wu, and as Tech Wu delivered a kick to his face which almost sent him off the edge, Pixal and Allison could see Kai's monitor was beeping rapidly, almost going flatlined which horrified them both.

"Come on Kai! You can make it through this! Please!" Allison begged while they saw his monitor finally reach the flatline.

As Zane tried holding the power to keep reflecting the light, he could see the source code flow through him, and he tried using it to protect everyone.
"What Zane's powers.. truly allow.." Borg's words echoed again as his body glowed brightly, and after finally pulling through it, Kai felt the determination to keep moving.

"I allow.. myself!!" Kai screamed as he finally stood back up, his whole suit becoming gold just like everyone else's, and the light finally shot from Spike to Kai, and Kai was able to shoot the light into the reboot signal which finally began to reboot everything the Overlord's corrupted.

"System reboot, initiated." The computer system announced as the power began to destroy the Overlord.

"No.. no!!" Overlord screamed one last time before his body completely exploded, and Zane's body flew in the air as everything faded to white.

Back in the real world, the machines were about to finish off the citizens after pinning them down, but the system reboot finally restored all of them back to their original programming, and the mech's knocked away any Nindroids that were nearby to defend them, and all of the people of Ninjago began to cheer upon seeing everything be restored.
"They delivered!" The postman said proudly as they saw all the machines return to normal.

And just as Garmadon was about to be finished by Tech Wu, he was soon restored to his original form, not showing any robotic signs like before, and Wu gasped with surprise as he finally felt himself come to his senses.
"Brother?" Wu asked himself while he looked at his hands, but Garmadon couldn't hold on anymore, and as he finally lost his grip, and almost fell to his death, Wu quickly leaned down and caught him with his spare hand to save him.

"Brother." Garmadon said with a relieved look upon seeing he's back.

And as Nya was fighting off the Nindroids, they felt they're programing being restored as most of they're eyes were turning white.
"They rebooted the system! Set your power offline!" Cryptor ordered as he looked back at Nya one more time before he made his escape.

""I look forward to our second date." Cryptor mocked while all of them ran off, leaving Nya alone.

And after the system was completely rebooted, Pixal pressed the master switch again, and that made everyone's monitor's vanish before they finally began opening they're eyes again.
"I'm.. just.. Zane." Zane said with a smile as Pixal ran up to him and gave him a hug.

"Your back!" Pixal said with joy while Allison helped Spike out of his chair and gave him a hug too while Nya ran into the room.

"You did it!" Nya cheered as everyone got up and felt relieved that it's all done.

"I knew you'd do it dad!" Allison said with joy while Spike held her tightly, feeling nothing but joy that they've rebooted the system.

"I'm not leaving you Allison, I'll always find my way back to you." Spike said with a smile while everyone smiled as Nya gave her brother a hug seeing them come back.

"You all did it." Wu said proudly while he and Garmadon entered the room, relieving everyone as they saw he was back to normal.

"Sensei your back!" Jay said with joy while Pixal ran up to check the system's status.

"I knew you'd be back!" Kai said with joy seeing he's okay.

"So the system is completely clear?" Zane asked hopefully while turning to Pixal, and she looked very happy to give them the report.

"There is not sign of the Digital Overlord, he has been erased." Pixal informed which everyone cheered at after hearing it, but as he looked around the room, Garmadon remembered one thing which was still very important.

"But what about Lloyd?" Garmadon asked with concern for what's happening with him.

Lloyd was weakly crawling his way out of the collapsing ship which was losing power after the Overlord was erased, he was able to open the nearby door to help him get outside, and he tried using any strength he had to escape the ship.
"Losing altitude, impact in T minutes.. 10.. 9, 8, 7,6.." The ship counted down as Lloyd came upon the entrance of the machine, and as it was falling down to the sea, Lloyd fell out of the ship into the sea as the ship crashed into the waters after losing power.

As the camera pins down within the sea, Lloyd is seen floating down in the water as the ship sinks to the bottom of the sea from the crash. And everyone within the tower was praying they could get something from Lloyd, all of them were holding out hopes that he'd be okay. And after a few moments, Lloyd finally opened his eyes again, and he used his strength to swim to the surface, to find somewhere safe.

Spike and everyone else were all silent as they hoped Lloyd was still alive.
"Lloyd, are you there?" Pixal asked with hope while they looked at the monitor for a response, and after moments of silence, they finally got a response.

"I'm here! I'm alright!" Lloyd shouted from the speaker which relieved everyone after hearing him.

"Yes! I knew he'd make it!" Spike said with joy while everyone cheered seeing he's okay.

"Son! Where are you?" Garmadon asked with a worried look.

"Dad?! Your alive! I'm not alone. I'm in a remote village." Lloyd reported from the other side which Garmadon quickly tried to track.

"Stay where you are, we're coming to pick you up!" Garmadon assured as they could hear Lloyd sounded exhausted on the speaker.

"Good.. because my powers.. a little spent." Lloyd joked which everyone laughed at after hearing it. But as this happened, Pixal looked back to Borg's wheelchair, feeling regret for him being kidnapped once again.

"Don't worry, we'll find him. And when we stop Pythor, all of this will be over." Zane assured while he put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"I.. hope not." Pixal replied as she held his hand, feeling glad that they managed to do it.

But far below the sea, despite it being seemingly destroyed, the Overlord's ship was seen at the bottom of the ocean, and as a single fish swims by it to see what could be inside it, a single hand begins to emerge from it, barely being fully formed, but was still able to move freely after his presumed defeat.
"I am.. free. Free!!" Overlord screamed as the hand began to rise upwards..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry this took a while to get out, but I've been busy with a lot of stuff right now, but I'll try getting this season done soon, we only have 3 episodes left for Season 3, so I'll do my best to finish this soon, hope you didn't mind the wait.

Hope I handled this episode well, I still really enjoy this one for them entering a video game world, it was a really cool setting to take the ninja in, and I'm looking forward to what they'll be going through in the future, hope you all liked this, and look forward to more!

32: Codename: Arcturus

We open to a shot of the ship that the Overlord used before it had crashed far below the ocean after Lloyd escaped, and he was presumably erased from the Digiverse for good. While Spike and the other ninja thought he was gone for good, Pythor and the Nindroids had other plans.

They were all seen diving down to it within specially designed scuba suits that would help them reach the bottom of the ocean, and as they got deeper, they were all coming upon the ship that still looked stable in areas.
"Get down there!" Pythor ordered the Nindroids who quickly swam down to do they're task, and upon pressing a special button after they attached some devices to it, large balloons inflated within the sea, and they slowly began to rise the ship back up to the surface.

And the ship soon emerged from the sea once again to be taken back for repairs, and as Pythor comes to the surface again, and looks directly to the ship, deep within it.. a deformed hand slams against the window with rage, and he has an idea on who it can be.

But far away from where they were, Spike and everyone else had gone back to the Temple of Light for something important, with how much power Lloyd has, he's made a very important choice that will not only be a big change for him, but will give Spike, the other Ninja, and even Allison more potential then ever before.
"Are you sure about this Lloyd? This could lead to big consequences later on?" Spike asked with concern while he and Allison stood on opposite sides with the others who were in they're respective places.

"I'm tired of doing this alone Spike, there will always be someone who comes after me as long as I have all this power." Lloyd said as he sighed with guilt at the thought of doing this.

"From here on out, we're in this together." Zane assured with a smile which the other's agreed with.

"He's right!" Jay replied with an eager look to get moving.

"Absolutely!" Cole replied too while he had his arms crossed while Kai looked towards Allison with concern.

"Are you sure Lloyd should give you some of his power to Allison? You still don't even know Spinjitzu." Kai asked with worry while she sighed in frustration knowing it's true.

"I believe there's more about me then any of us know, I still remember, years ago, I felt like I heard Scales's voice when he and the other Serpentine were entombed once again, I still don't know who my parents are, or why I ended up in the Toxic Boggs as an egg, me and my dad are wanting to find out what happened son, but if I have some sort of.. hidden ability that we don't know about, maybe Lloyd's power will help me tap into it." Allison said hopefully while Spike nodded in agreement.

"She's right, we still don't know much about her lineage at all, maybe there's a power deep in her we don't know about yet, even if this may not unlock it fully, it'll at least help her start tapping into it. And for me, I still feel like there's more potential in me then I first thought, I can control your guys's elements still, but we don't know how far my power can really go, all of our powers have potential we haven't unlocked, and it's time we see where it can go." Spike said confidently which everyone could understand.

"If that's how you want it Spike, alright Lloyd, let's do it!" Kai said with a serious look while everyone braced themselves.

And once he heard that, Lloyd made a loud grunt and harnessed all the power he had for one more time, and after charging up enough of it, he shot it directly into the bell to transfer his power. The bell made a loud gong upon being hit once again and shinned brightly, and from that light, 6 different energy's shot towards each of the Ninja, and it gave them all new powers that they can use freely.

Kai had fully unlocked his powers of Fire, along with Zane and the other Ninja who could all freely use they're elemental powers without the need of a special weapon anymore. Spike formed a purple crystal within his claws yet again, but this time, the crystal turned a bright green to represent Lloyd's power, Energy. Spike made a loud scream as he shot multiple Energy beams across the room and into the crystals surrounding them, he felt even stronger then he did before, and felt so much flowing through him with this new ability.

And for Allison, while it's very faint, she felt a new power unlock within her, something that may have been in her deep down. As she raised her hands slightly, she suddenly began to lift some of the rocks around her which had a faint purple aura surrounding them, but even with this new power, she still didn't know how to use it, and she dropped them all after a few seconds, feeling both exhausted, and amazed she actually has powers.
"The elemental power.. it's inside us!" Zane said excitedly while Kai and the other Ninja were testing out they're new powers like they were nothing.

"I.. I really do have powers! This is.. incredible!" Allison said with amazement while she tried to briefly lift the rocks around her again, and Spike came up to her to help her out.

"We'll get to training on these powers soon Allison, if these are part of your own lineage, or is from your past we don't know about, we'll figure out where this came from!" Spike assured while he shot more Energy blasts while the other's were cheering with joy with they're new power.

"Thanks dad.. again." Allison said gratefully while Wu and Garmadon watched from the entrance, and Garmadon didn't look too happy about Lloyd's decision.

"Foolishness, this decision puts everyone in jeopardy!" Garmadon said with frustration seeing him give up such power.

"But it was your son's decision to make." Wu replied as Garmadon turned around to see the view from this high up on the mountain.

"But the youth takes too many risks. They should listen to their fathers." Garmadon replied as Wu walked besides him to give him advice.

"Without risk, they'll never know how far they can go. Have faith brother, we'll catch Pythor, and find Borg soon. Maybe then you will rest easier." Wu assured while he gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"As the protector's of this land, we don't have the luxury to take a rest.." Garmadon replied while they both looked out to the sunrise while the other's were enjoying using they're new powers.

But far away in an unknown location, a robotic Borg was working on a special device again after he was taken control over again after being captured. He crawled his way up the walls within the spider legs while multiple Nindroids were standing guard, and Cryptor and Pythor were at a higher ledge as Cryptor turned to him for questions.
"Pythor, my drones are starting to ask questions. You say this is the Overlord's plan, yet we have not seen him." Cryptor questioned with an upset look towards him.

"Well.. uh.. he's a bit.. consumed at the moment." Pythor said nervously while his voice sounded a bit off in ways.

"This is an ambitious undertaking. If we find out your pretending he's alive, just to use us, you will pay!" Cryptor threatened which Pythor didn't find intimidating at all.

"The Overlord will reveal himself when he chooses too! May I remind you? You can always be reprogramed!" Pythor threatened while he got in his face for a few moments before he slithered into a private room and locked the doors behind him.

Pythor pulled a lever which opened up some of the windows for the project to be seen, but that's when Pythor suddenly began to gag with pain, and as he coughed a few more times, Pythor suddenly threw up the parts of the Overlord that had escaped the Digiverse, but his body was completely deformed and weak as the process was stopped at the last second.
"The Nindroids are impatient, they doubt your existence." Pythor reported while he gagged in disgust of what he just did moments ago.

"They mustn't see me in my weakened state.. if that Dragon and the Ninja hadn't stopped the transference.. I wouldn't look like this.." Overlord replied with frustration as he appeared to be nothing more then a moving matter at the moment.

"But.. not to worry. Soon, I will be strong. And soon.. Project Arcturus, will be complete!" Overlord swore as the device they've been working was revealed to be.. a rocket.

"Forgive my ambivalence, it's just that this plan.. it's.. it's.." Pythor tried to argue against this, but the Overlord got in his face after getting upset at his denial.

"It's the only way I can become the Golden Master! With news of Lloyd giving away his Golden power, there's no use hunting him anymore." Overlord explained as Pythor looked down at him as work kept moving forward.

Back in New Ninjago City, Garmadon was seen rising up to Borg's office where Pixal, Nya, Zane, Wu, Spike Allison were all waiting currently while doing important research to find out where Pythor is.
"Any updates on the search?" Garmadon asked hopefully while Zane was working on the computer.

Our cameras haven't picked up anything from Pythor or Borg. But the rest of the ninja are in the field, where we don't have eyes." Wu replied as they turned to Lloyd on the camera, who was currently within the Toxic Bogs to search.

"No signs of any Nindroids in the Toxic Bogs." Lloyd reported from the other side while Allison shrugged hearing that.

"That wouldn't exactly be the best place to hide since that place is filled with acid water, you know?" Allison asked casually which Lloyd agreed with.

"Makes sense, guess you can cross this location of the list Spike." Lloyd replied while Spike took out a piece of paper and did just that.

"Noted my friend." Spike replied with a smile while he crossed it off with a pen he had.

"While your out there Lloyd, do you think you could search the Glacier Barrens?" Wu asked with a hopeful look.

"I may not be able to move mountains anymore, but I can still cover ground, over and out." Lloyd replied before he took off on his bike leaving them to figure this out. And after he left, Garmadon looked at a board nearby that had markings on it, and there was one name that caught his attention.

"Project.. Arcturus?" Garmadon questioned while Wu went up to him to help explain things a bit.

"Two days ago, Zane, Pixal, Spike and Allison intercepted a coded message. Holding a codename called.. Project Arcturus." Wu explained while the postman was trying to figure out what it means.

"I think I made a discovery." He announced before he rearranged some wooden letter's to try and decode it.

"Carrot Cup Juster." He suggested which they didn't think could be the answer.

"What's a.. Juster?" Wu questioned not even knowing what that means.

"I don't know, not yet anyways." He replied while Wu gave him a pat on the back.

"Keep looking, I do not think that's it." Wu encouraged as he and Garmadon walked up to a nearby map while Allison was trying to lift a small crater in the background with her new powers, but with them being still new, she was barely able to get it working even after the training she's been doing.

"Arcturus.. didn't we face a Serpentine General by that name?" Garmadon asked which got Allison's attention.

"Was.. he an Anacondrai in any way too?" Allison asked while she slithered up to them both.

"Yes he was Allison, he was one of the Anacondrai generals we faced in the great Serpentine war, he even had a celestial zodiac named after him." Wu answered which she found really fascinating.

"Typical for Pythor to name something after one of his own generals, do you think Arcturus could've known who my parents were?" Allison asked while her hands glowed a bit from the power she now has.

"It's likely he might've, but we may never get the answer, he is banished to another realm with the other generals after the war ended." Wu replied which made Spike concerned hearing that.

"Why would you go so far to do that after the fight?" Spike asked with worry while walking up to them.

"That is a long story for another day Spike, and we don't have the time to discuss it right now." Garmadon answered just as an alarm suddenly went off which got they're attention.

"What's going on?" Spike asked with worry while Zane picked something up on the cameras.

"Our facial recognition software picked up someone!" Pixal reported which made them come up to the computer to see what's going on.

And soon enough, they saw what looked like Cryptor within a truck, taking a shipment of some sorts.

"My analysis can only assume they're using Borg to build something." Zane announced which was very worrying to hear.

"But what could it be?" Pixal questioned which the other's wanted to know too.

"We need to know where those trucks are heading. Find me the nearest Ninja." Wu ordered while Pixal tried finding where Cole, Jay and Nya were first, but Spike quickly stopped her after remembering where they were currently.

"Don't bother with Jay, Cole and Nya Pixal, they're currently doing they're own thing that I doubt would be important for them to notice right now." Spike advised which Wu found confusing.

"What could they be doing that's more important then tracking our enemy down?" Wu questioned with a curious look, and Spike sighed and slapped his face as he remembered what Cole told him.

"He, Jay and Nya are currently at the movie theaters from what I remember.. making it a.. double date to put it simply. " Spike answered which Garmadon found really frustrating.

"Seriously? Why can't they find better times to do this?" Garmadon asked while he slapped his face too, and Spike simply shrugged his shoulder's being asked that.

"I really don't know Garmadon, we'll contact them later after they're done seeing.. Fritz Donnegan from what I recall, so maybe in an hour or so." Spike suggested which the other's shook they're heads at.

"Guess that only leaves Kai then, try finding him Pixal." Allison encouraged which she went to work on.

"Affirmative." Pixal replied while she went to find his location.

And that makes the camera zoom out all the way from Borg Tower, even beyond to the outskirts of New Ninjago City at a nearby restaurant just outside it, and inside, Kai was currently talking with a woman who he was trying to get a date with.
"So, these are the hottest snacks you got?" Kai asked with a smirk while he held a bag full of hot food in one of his hands while he looked at the woman who was having a little drink.

"Hotter then this?" Kai asked again before he lit his hand on fire to impress her, and he held it over the bag to warm it up a bit which she found really cool while she saw his vehicle just outside.

"Is that your ride out there? Pretty hot." She asked while Kai looked at his new vehicle known as the Prototype X1.

"That old thing? That's just the prototype X1 roadster. I'm kind of a.. secret agent. Oops.. guess it's not a secret anymore." Kai said jokingly which she found funny.

"You want to go for a spin? I know.. Spinjitzu." Kai questioned while he twirled his hand around a bit, but the moment was ruined just when Pixal came on the radio from the vehicle nearby.

"Kai, Kai I need you now." Pixal said from the radio which Kai found a bit frustrating.

"Not now Pixal!" Kai said with a worried look which the woman thought was something else completely.

"Who's Pixal?" She questioned with an upset look which made Kai nervous to answer, and she ended up throwing her slushie in his face which he found very frustrating, and he had no choice but to head to his car to get out of there.

Kai quickly ran up to his car outside of the restaurant and hopped on board to get ready to get moving.
"Did I catch you at a bad time?" Pixal asked with concern while Kai grabbed the wheel.

"This better be important Pixal." Kai replied before he stepped on the pedals which activated the jet engines while the woman came outside to see where he's going, but was too late as Kai drove away in an instant at fast speeds which left her more upset with this.

"There's a Nindroid convoy heading west, and General Cryptor is on it." Pixal informed which Kai found interesting.

"Cryptor." Kai said with a serious look while he was speeding up a bit more.

"We need you to follow, but do not get spotted, we need to know where they're going." Pixal warned which Kai had no problem with.

"I'm a ninja, that's part of the job." Kai said with a smirk while he put on some sunglasses to look cooler as he drove on.

"We mean it Kai, it's imperative hat your carelessness does not risk jeopardizing the miss.." Pixal was soon cut off by Kai who didn't find this worrying, and he just wanted to hurry as fast as he could.

"Relax, when have I ever been careless?" Kai asked with a smirk as he sped up even more, dodging any car going on any side of the rode to catch up as fast as he could. He soon passed by a nearby billboard which soon was taken over by Pixal who was trying to find where he is.

"Kai? Can you hear me?" Pixal questioned while Spike looked at the camera she was on too.

"You better not get that vehicle crashed Kai! We just got it, and our other vehicles repaired today!" Spike said with an upset look which a mailman found really shocking, and it made him hit the side of the billboard as a result which Spike noticed.

"Sorry!" Spike apologized while they saw Kai driving off.

And as Kai kept driving, his wheels were suddenly pulling themselves in which made the car start driving on it's own.
"What the? What's happening?" Kai asked with worry as the car drove away from crashing into a few more vehicles nearby.

"I've taken control of the X1 remotely. You can't get rid of me that easily." Pixal informed which he just shrugged off.

"Fine, have it your way, how much further?" Kai asked while he leaned back a bit.

"We will be there in 3 minutes." Pixal informed which Kai found a bit too slow.

"Let's see if we can make that 2." Kai replied as he pressed on a button that activated a booster, and the vehicle drove off even faster to reach the convoy before it escapes.

Spike and the others were watching this from a map that was tracking they're location, and Garmadon found this a bit upsetting knowing only he's going on this alone.
"You can't control your team." Garmadon said with an upset look while seeing this.

"Have faith brother." Wu encouraged while Allison drank a bit of water to help a bit.

"Knowing him, he'll probably make it through this, he'll be alright." Allison assured which they all agreed with.

"He's approaching the mountain pass now." Zane informed while Spike crossed his arms.

"He's getting close, if he gets spotted he may get in serious trouble." Spike warned with a look of worry.

"Then we better let Kai take control. Pixal said once again while the wheel went up to Kai to take control of again.

"Okay!" Kai replied with an eager look as the jet made the vehicle move even faster up the mountain, and after he looked up a bit, he finally saw the convoy just above him on another side of the road.

"Remember, keep your distance, we only need to know where they're going." Pixal warned which Kai didn't find entertaining.

"Boring! What I want to know is.. what are they hiding?" Kai asked with a smirk as he sped up even more, even hitting a nearby car which almost made it crash into the side nearby.

"Careful! Keep your eyes on the road Kai!" Pixal said with a frustrated tone seeing this.

"I was just getting the feel of things. You know every car handles differently." Kai said in defense while looking at the radio.

"And this car is worth far more then you. I would not advise returning it with a scratch." Pixal advised again while Kai looked ahead.

"Noted, let's see if we can find some sweet tunes." Kai told himself while he pressed on a small button, but that ended up activating a weapons system that was on the vehicle, and it shot two missiles within the sky which exploded after going too far.

And unfortunately Pythor and the Nindroids were able to notice it too.
"What's that?" Pythor questioned before he looked down at the road below and saw Kai was speeding up to them from behind.

"We're being followed! Speed up!" Pythor ordered while Cryptor nodded respectfully.

"Yes master." Cryptor replied before he pulled a lever which sped the convoy up even more, and just at the back of it, multiple Nindroids were launching flying buzzsaw machines towards Kai after seeing he was following them.

"Uh oh.." Kai said with worry as he tried turning the wheel away from the direction they're flying in, and that ended up with him being able to barely avoid them from both sides, and they were only able to scratch at the sides of his car before flying off again as it was struggling to keep steady.

"You've done enough, from here on, I'm in control." Pixal announced while she took control of the vehicle again.

"Hey! I was driving!" Kai said with annoyance as the thing was steadying itself.

"Not anymore." Pixal replied before she had the thing speed up to intercept it.

"What are you doing?" Kai asked with worry while he saw it was speeding up towards the convoy.

"Now that are plans are foiled, are only hope is to get you on that semi truck to see what they're transporting." Pixal replied from the other side.

"Next time try not to be so reckless Kai!" Spike said with frustration which Kai sighed at.

"At least things will get more interesting now Spike." Kai replied as his vehicle was coming up on the convoy.

Kai was coming right up on the side where there were multiple tanks being carried along with the convoy, but as he was getting up to the front, the Nindroids were able to notice him which made Kai nervous. And they immediately began firing at him to take him down, and Pixal suddenly stepped on the brakes which made Kai scream as the car went flying back without warning, and she once again pulled the lever forward which made the car speed up again while Kai was knocked back and fourth.

Pythor looked back and saw Kai was still following them, but after he saw a sign that had a warning of falling rocks on it, he got an idea on what to do.
"Shoot the mountain!" Pythor ordered which Cryptor complied with, and he pressed a small button which activated a turret on the truck they were driving, and it fired multiple lasers at the mountain walls which made multiple rocks fall down on the side of the road to block his path.

Kai screamed with fear as he was about to crash into it, but Pixal took control of the weapons system again and used it to fire at the rocks, and they exploded upon contact which let Kai get through, and as the rocks flew in the air, the Nindroids who were still chasing him ended up crashing into them, and exploded from the impact which Kai sighed in relief at.
"That was close." Kai said with relief while looking back for a moment.

"I thought close was the objective?" Pixal questioned while he was just about to get past the other side of the convoy, but Cryptor saw this through the mirror's, and he turned the vehicle a bit which almost made the shipments hit Kai, forcing him to back up again.

"We can't get past them, get ready to hold on." Pixal warned which Kai found concerning.

"For what?" Kai asked with worry while some of the car was detaching from itself.

"For this." Pixal answered as his wheel came up in front of him as some spare wheels began to move forward.

"What's happening?" Kai asked with worry as the car lifted the front up for a secretly built in bike to take charge, and Kai screamed as it was launched forward directly towards the convoy which Kai had no control over.

Kai was soon slammed right onto the thing after it finally caught up with it, and he tried holding on as he saw the bike go back into the car which was still driving.
"Keep your sunglasses close, they're also a receiver so we can communicate." Pixal said from an intercom on his sunglasses which he was able to hear.

"All right, time to heat things up!" Kai shouted with confidence as he began climbing to the top of the shipment to get up front, but once he reached the top, he was greeted with multiple Nindroids who were laughing mockingly as they marched up to him, and they once again shot more lasers at him to knock him off.

Kai quickly ducked down to get some cover, and using his free hand, Kai lit it with fire to take them down.
"Your all fired!" Kai screamed as he shot multiple fire blasts to them which knocked all of them off the vehicle which let him climb up without trouble.

But things got worse once he saw he had accidentally lit part of the convoy on fire, and the tarp covering the shipment up was slowly burning away by the second.
"Uh oh. Ninja go!" Kai shouted again while he used Spinjitzu to burn the tarp completely to see what they're carrying. And as he went to the front of the section of the vehicle to see what it is, his eyes widened with fear as he realized what this was.

"Pixal? I think I'm sitting on a tanker of jet fuel.. and I think I just lit the match.." Kai said with fear which everyone found really worrying.

"What?! Why would they be carrying something like that?!" Spike shouted with fear while they saw the thing was burning up.

"That stuff is highly flammable right?" Allison asked with fear while Garmadon was really upset knowing this.

"He can't stay on there much longer! Get him out of there before it explodes!" Garmadon said with an upset look as Wu turned to Pixal again.

"Pixal, get him out of there now!" Wu ordered which she went to work on.

"Kai, there's a series of one laned tunnel's up ahead, we must time it right to get you off of there!" Pixal informed as Kai saw more Nindroids were climbing on the tanker to take him down.

They shot multiple lasers at him which made Kai scream as he nearly fell off, but caught himself in between two of them, but while his car was speeding up to get him off of there, it ended up scraping a part of it which started to make it leak some of the fuel.
"Hurry, jump now!" Pixal shouted as he tried getting out of there, but that was ruined once his legs were grabbed by the Nindroids and he was pulled up to hang him over the ledge.

And Pixal had no choice but to back up again as they were coming right up on the tunnels, and while the Nindroids were distracted, they soon noticed they were coming up on the tunnels, and while Minidroid was able to avoid being hit thanks to his size, the other Nindroids slammed against the wall and exploded upon contact.

And that left Kai alone to try and take down the Minidroid on his own which was putting up a good fight. Pixal tried using the vehicle to catch up to him as there was little time left before the tanker explodes.
"Kai, there's no time to fight! You need to get out of there now!" Pixal reminded which made Kai punch the Minidroid in the face to get back up.

A construction worker was currently painting sides of the road while multiple cones were placed far into the tunnels ahead of him, but he quickly was able to notice the Nindroids were driving up to him at fast speeds and were avoiding any warnings he set up, he screamed with fear and jumped out of the way as they drove past him, and Cryptor's vehicle was still hitting the cones making the other Nindroids go on the other side.

That made them back up right to the X1 which made it be knocked back even further, and slid off to the side which made it harder to catch up again.
"It's getting really hot up here! Where are you?" Kai asked with worry as he was trying to fight the Minidroid off still.

"Tied up at the moment." Pixal replied before she regained control again and had it take off after them again, and as the Nindroids saw it was coming up on them. They tried shooting at her again to take her down, but once she saw an opening, Pixal drove to the side of the road which let her move to their side, and Pixal slammed they're vehicle into the wall which made it scrape across the side which was heading directly for another tunnel. And the Nindroids couldn't avoid it, and they were all soon destroyed again after Pixal rammed them into the wall.

Kai was being pinned to the ground again while the Minidroid was somehow still going, he tried to use his strength to slam him against the ceiling which made sparks fly across the area.
"You like that Sparky?!" Kai asked mockingly as he tried to push it off, but this move ended up making one of the sparks land right on the jet fuel that was still leaking, and it caught fire and began spreading in a straight line directly to the tanker that was leaking it.

"Oops.." Kai said with fear as he saw it was heading to them really fast, but this was followed up as the Minidroid was hit by a stop light which slammed him to the ceiling, and he was soon slammed on the road again which Pixal was still driving on, and rammed right into him which the Minidroid tried holding onto. Once the Minidroid caught onto what was going on, it shot a laser directly at the engine which made it catch fire, and it stopped in it's place as the Minidroid was trying to take the thing apart.

Kai finally was able to get up after fighting off that Minidroid, but he could see the flame was catching up even more, and was really worried on how to get out of here.
"Pixal, I need to go now!" Kai shouted with fear as it was about to explode.

"I can't get to you! There's no time!" Pixal shouted as she was unable to save him, and after having enough of it, Pixal made the car lift up it's front hatch which the Minidroid was on, making him fly off to the side of the wall to shake him off of it.

But this left with nothing to help Kai get out of there in time, using what little time he had, he ran up to the front of the vehicle as fast as he could just as the fire hit the tanker, and it soon exploded upon contact which began spreading through the whole tunnel.
"Kai!" Zane shouted with horror while they all saw it explode from they're side.

"No.." Spike said with horror as the explosion pushed the front vehicle Pythor and Cryptor were on as a result, and they were both pushed out of the tunnels once it all died down, leaving one tanker of jet fuel left.

"Kai! Can you hear me!" Pixal shouted with worry as they tried getting a response, and thankfully, Kai was still alive, and managed to hide himself on the bottom of on of the tankers which he was holding onto.

"Loud and clear. Well.. maybe not so clear on the back of this truck." Kai responded which made everyone laugh with joy and relief seeing that he's still okay.

"Thank goodness!" Allison said with relief while Spike patted her on the back again.

Pythor laughed mockingly thinking that he's gone, and he pulled out a radio to give a report to the Overlord.
"We've lost him! We may have lost one payload, but we still have the other." Pythor reported which the Overlord was pleased with.

"Excellent! Head to the launch site!" Overlord ordered as Pythor looked at the road ahead of them

"On my way!" Pythor replied as Kai tried informing the other's of what's going on.

"Guys, listen up! The Overlords alive!" Kai informed which made everyone go from being relieved to shocked after hearing it.

"What?! Do you know where they're heading?" Wu asked with fear hearing this, and at that moment, the truck began to slow down a bit till it came to a stop, making Kai think they were hear.

"Wait, they just stopped. This might be it." Kai replied as Pythor was looking around the place after hearing something.

"I have to be quiet so they don't find my perfect hiding spot." Kai whispered just as Pythor looked down below to see where the noise is coming from, and soon saw he was still alive after he thought he was gone.

"You!" Pythor hissed with anger which Kai was caught off guard by.

"What? Me?!" Kai asked with fear just before Pythor punched him across the face so hard, it made him black out in an instant.

Kai's radio signal was soon lost, and as hard as they were trying to find him, they couldn't find anything left after his last location.
"Kai? Kai can you hear us?! Dang it!" Spike shouted with frustration while he slammed his fist on the table.

"Don't worry dad, we'll find him, but we're not gonna be able to do it without some help." Allison assured while turning to Wu who knew what she was implying.

"Allison's right, gather everyone else, we need to find out where they are!" Wu ordered which she went to working on.

Later after that whole incident, Cole, Jay and Nya were finally getting out of the movies after going on a double date just like Spike said, while it had a few downsides at times, they did have a good time despite it being 2 dates in one.
"Wow! That was the greatest movie ever!" Jay said with a laugh while Nya walked besides him and Cole.

"Yeah, it was pretty fun." Nya replied while Cole turned to her for a question.

"You said you'd pick between us after the date, so, who will it be?" Cole asked which Jay was eager to know too, making her nervous on how to answer.

"Right.. uh.. " Nya was trying to choose who it will be, and Jay just wanted this done so it doesn't keep going on.

"This has gone on long enough Nya, just decide already please." Jay begged which made Nya try to look around to find someone, and luckily, she found a small robot that could delay this answer.

"I.. I pick.. Joel!" Nya answered while she went up to the service bot in the entrance shocking them both.

"Joel?!" They both asked at once while she held up the little robot.

""Yeah, he's the best parts of you put together. Part Jay, Part Cole, Joel." Nya answered as the robot tried escaping from her.

"But my name is Robo Usher 3000!" He said with a nervous voice while the two were dumbfounded by her decision.

"Like all boys, you can be reprogrammed." Nya replied making the two slap they're faces from seeing it.

But before they could talk about this any longer, some signals flashed into the sky from Borg tower which showed Jay and Cole's symbols, getting all of they're attention.
"Hey, they need us back at headquarters!" Cole said with surprise as they saw it in the sky.

And they didn't waste another minute to head back to the tower immediately, they had soon made it to the top floor again to meet up with the others.
"We got here as fast as we could!" Nya announced while they ran into the room while Joel was still trying to get out of there.

"But my name is Robo Usher 3000!" He repeated again making everyone look at her with raised eyebrows, and Nya had no choice but to let him go finally which made him leave as fast as he could before the elevator door closed.

"Still didn't choose who it will be?" Allison asked with a slightly annoyed look at her.

"No.." Nya replied with regret which she sighed at from hearing.

"At least that little robot is free.." Spike told himself while he turned to Zane who was ready to get things moving.

"Let's get to business, the Overlord is back, and he's captured Kai." Zane revealed which shocked all 3 of them.

"The Overlord?!" They all asked at once while they went up to the table full of all the clues they had.

"We know they plan to launch Project Arcturus tonight. But we need to find out what it is to save him." Wu explained while they all looked at the table below them.

"There's got to be a way to figure this out, any ideas Lloyd?" Spike questioned while turning to him next who tried figuring this out.

"The Overlord's goal is to become the Golden Master. That may have something to do with it?" Lloyd suggested which could be true.

"Good idea, but what sense does all of this make?" Wu asked while Pixal tried finding out what this means.

"I've tried every combination of these clues through my database to find a connection, but there isn't any relation to it." Pixal informed making this even more worrying.

And hearing that finally gave Zane an idea on what's wrong, after putting it together, he remembered a very specific event that happened years ago.
"Maybe there's a reason it's not in your database." Zane replied while she tried figuring it out.

"But everything in Ninjago history has been recorded inside me." Pixal countered which made Spike's eyes widen the moment he heard that word.

"History.. of course.. that's it!" Spike said with realization which got the other's attention.

"What? What is it Spike?" Wu asked with worry while Spike looked at Zane who had figured this out just like him.

"Do you guys remember when we followed back in time?" Zane questioned while looking at the other's who did remember it.

"When we needed to stop him from preventing us from ever meeting? If Pixal can't find that in her database, then that makes sense!" Spike informed while Lloyd found it confusing.

"What do you mean Spike? I don't remember going on that journey with you guys?" Lloyd asked still looking confused about this thing.

"That's because you weren't with us when it happened Lloyd, all of us except for you were there, and it lead to one important event." Allison added while Garmadon realized what they're implying.

"Of course, I remember what happened during that incident. You all used the Golden Weapons to destroy my Megaweapon!" Garmadon reminded as we see a flashback of the event that had them go through time, and it ended up with they're 5 weapons merging with the Megaweapon, and shooting out far away from Earth.

"When they all collided, they were shot into.." Garmadon continued while they looked at the sky and realized what this was.

"Space." Wu finished as he looked at the map of the stars they had within the room.

"Since Lloyd gave everyone some of his power, the Overlord's going after the only thing that can still turn him into the Golden Master: The Golden Weapons!" Nya said with fear at the thought of it.

"We must hurry, where did the Serpentine study the stars?" Garmadon questioned which made Zane run up to the computer to look up the data, and after searching it up, he found the one place that could be the answer.

"The ancient city of Ouroboros!" Zane announced while he turned to them all who were ready to go.

"We must get there at once!" Garmadon said with determination while he clutched his fist.

"How do you know Nindroids will be there brother?" Wu asked with concern while he put his hand on his shoulder.

"Faith." Garmadon replied with a serious look while lightning flashed over the sky's which told them there was very little time.

"The other's and I will head there in our vehicles! They're the only things fast enough to reach the place in time! Allison, you stay here with the others, they'll need the extra help." Spike informed which they all agreed with.

"You must hurry Spike, if they take off into space before we stop them, there will be no stopping the Overlord!" Garmadon advised making Spike nod his head in agreement.

"Be careful out there dad, we don't know what will be there!" Allison warned as Spike and the ninja all started running to the exit to catch up quickly.

"Don't worry, we'll stick together for this, you guys ready?" Spike asked while he put on his mask.

"Let's go guys!" Lloyd shouted as the elevator began taking them down again so they can catch up, and as they ran outside of the tower, Spike formed his Elemental Dragon again and took off into the skies while the other's took off into the dessert with they're vehicles to Ouroboros which wasn't too far away.

As everyone was rushing to Ouroboros to save Kai, within a secret base in the city, Pythor was heading up to the launch pad to begin it.
"Prepare the launch sequence!" Pythor ordered towards the controlled Borg who went to begin it as Kai was seen chained just below the boosters which will kill him once the rocket takes off.

Everyone had finally made they're way to the city to find out where they are, as Spike landed on the ground near everyone else, they saw that no one was here which confused them all.
"I don't get it, where are they?" Cole asked with concern while they all got on the ground together.

"He said they would be here!" Lloyd pointed out as they looked around for them.

"Well your dad was wrong! We should've never listened to him!" Jay said with frustration, making Spike slap his arm in response thinking it was rude.

"Hang on Jay, there must be something here, but what?" Spike questioned as he looked at the sky for an answer.

But the ground below them suddenly began to shake suddenly, and to they're surprise, it started to open up beneath them which freaked them out.
"Watch out!" Zane screamed as they all tried running off the center of the place, but they were too far away from they're vehicles, and everyone screamed as they fell into an opening hatch which had a base right beneath it.

Everyone screamed right as they fell on a platform very hard which made them all groan with pain, but as they were getting up, they were finally able to see what they were doing.
"Arcturus?" Jay questioned as they saw a rocket with the name on the side of it.

"Guys look! It's Kai! We have to save him!" Lloyd informed as they saw Kai tied up beneath the boosters.

"No, we need the launch key to stop the launch command! If the Overlord gets the Golden Weapons, he'll be to powerful!" Zane said with fear while they tried rushing to the key to stop it.

"Let's hurry up guys!" Spike shouted just as Pythor heard they're commotion, and he turned around to see they were all right above him which infuriated him.

"Stop them!" Pythor screamed while pointing to the platform they were on, and that made all the Nindroids look up at them and fired lasers right beneath them which destroyed the platform they were on, Lloyd was barely able to hang onto the ledge as everyone else landed on the ground, all of them quickly got up as they saw multiple Nindroids charging at them.

"Hang on Kai! We're coming!" Spike shouted as he shot more Energy beams at the Nindroids to take them down, and while they were all fighting through the Nindroids to save Kai, Lloyd jumped right towards the door which opened up jut in time.

As this was happening, Kai used the strength he had to break one of the chains holding him down to get out of there, but just as Lloyd was about to grab the key to stop it, he was stopped by the controlled Borg who knocked him to the ground just before he did, and to make it worse, Pythor had arrived on the scene after figuring out what he's up to.

Kai formed more fire in his hands again before he shot a blast directly in the middle of the Nindroids which knocked them all down, and Zane used his powers to freeze some of them in place, which was followed up by Jay shocking some of the Nindroids to shut them down, and Spike used his Crystal powers again to encase them to prevent them from moving.
"Retreat!" Cryptor shouted to the remaining Nindroids who all ran up towards the entrance of the rocket escape.

"Hey! Where do you think your going?!" Cole shouted as he quickly ran up to the door and tried opening it with his strength, but it was shut too tightly for him to do anything, leaving them stuck outside.

"It won't budge!" Cole shouted to the other's who had finally freed Kai who was relieved to be free.

"Everyone! I need your help!" Lloyd screamed while he was being held by the neck and brought to the ledge to be dropped off it.

"Oh little Lloyd, needing help? Shouldn't have given up all that Golden Power hmm?" Pythor asked mockingly while he went to turn the launch key.

"No!" Spike screamed with fear just as he turned it which began a countdown to the rocket's takeoff.

"T minus, 30 seconds." The computer announced as the clock was counting down, and Lloyd was dropped from the platform finally which made the other's run up to catch him just in time.

"Don't worry Lloyd, we got you!" Spike assured while they helped him up as the timer kept counting down.

"I need to get back up there!" Lloyd shouted as Cole ran down to them.

"Forget them, we need to get out of here!" Cole shouted to them as 20 seconds remained.

"We can't! There's too much at stake! We can't just leave!" Spike countered while they ran up to a spare hatch that they could hide in.

"Spike's right! We need to do everything we can to make sure they don't get those weapons!" Lloyd shouted as he opened up the thing to get inside it.

"If we have to go to space to stop them! So be it!" Spike shouted again while he climbed inside it too.

"Are you two nuts?! Ninja don't belong in space!" Cole shouted with a look of fear hearing this plan of theirs.

"I'm with Cole on this! This is even beyond me!" Jay added as Kai and Zane were climbing in next.

"We have to try, you said nothing would ever separate us again!" Lloyd reminded as 5 seconds remained on the timer now.

"So we're all going, are you with us? Or not?" Lloyd questioned which made them see there was no other option.

And from that moment, the counter finally had reached 0. And the rocket had finally began taking off into space which could be seen far across the dessert, and unfortunately, Allison, Wu, Nya and Garmadon were too late to reach them in time after they got there first.
"We're too late!" Nya said with horror as they saw them taking off.

"Dad.." Allison said with guilt while she clutched her fists, making a few more rocks float up for just a second before they fell back down.

"I'm picking up Zane's signal on board that rocket ship, along with 5 other life forms." Pixal informed which made them realize what was going on in there.

"Oh by the grace of the First Spinjitzu Master.." Wu said with regret at the sight of this.

"You wanted them to take risks. To see how far they'll go, Is this what you had in mind? How far?! How far must they go?!" Garmadon questioned with an upset look as they all looked up at the rocket taking off.

"Come back safe to us ninja.. come back safe.." Wu prayed as the rocket went past the atmosphere, with the Nindroids going after the Golden Weapons, Spike and the others are heading off into space to stop them.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry that there wasn't much changed from Kai's chase with the convoy in this episode, but there wasn't much I could do even if Spike was with him for it, so sorry if that felt like it went on a bit too long.

I'll make sure to go more into detail about what Lloyd giving up some of his power to Spike and Allison will mean for the next seasons soon, Season 4 will expand more on what Spike can do now that he has some of Lloyd's own power, and for Allison, while I don't know when exactly she can start fully controlling her new powers, I'll try finding something soon, since I mainly plan on having Spike compete in the Tournament of Elements with the other Ninja, but if you have ideas on who Spike could face, let me know and I'll try working that in the story.

But for the next chapter, Spike and the other's are heading off into space! It's gonna be a bit wild with them trying to stop the Nindroids from getting the Golden Weapons, so I look forward to covering that episode soon. Hope you liked this chapter, and look forward to the next!

33: The Void

The rocket ship that Spike and the others managed to stow away on was currently flying off into space, it had already broken past the atmosphere at this point, and was making its way to where the Golden Weapons were. Spike and Jay were able to see the view of the Earth and space from the window, and the sight of it was both shocking, and amazing at the same time.

No one said anything as they were just taking in the moment right now, there was zero gravity in the area of the ship they're in, and they were all floating around the place while trying to process this. Spike was both scared and amazed at the fact he's actually in space, never in his life did he think he'd go this far, but being a ninja really does come with crazy things happening. He couldn't wait to tell Twilight and the other's about this adventure when he finds his way home one day.

But after a few moments of silence and taking in what's happening, Jay finally decided to speak out after he was pretending to swim backwards in zero gravity.
"Is this the greatest thing ever or what?!" Jay asked excitedly, still amazed at the fact they're in space.

"Where are you? We're trapped in space, and you.. where did you go?!" Kai asked with frustration while Spike laughed a bit while he swam around in zero gravity too.

"I know this situation is very intense and all, but this is still amazing! We're actually in space! I never thought I'd live to see something like this!" Spike said with joy which Jay agreed with.

"Right?! It's like we're in a Fritz Donnegan movie! It's insane!" Jay said as they high fived each other while enjoying a bit of what's going on right now while the others were still worried about this.

"Fritz is from a comic book Jay! This is real!" Lloyd shouted with fear as he couldn't control where he's going currently.

"Well you got me hooked onto the character! Would you lighten up and not step on my dreams of being a real Starfarer just yet?" Jay asked as he struck some poses while in the air still.

"You should show me more about that comic series later Lloyd! Do you know how much I was into comics back in Equestria? The Power Ponies in space would be awesome if that ever released!" Spike added in while still feeling amazed at this.

"I'll look into that series whenever we get the chance Spike, but we need to take control of this ship. If they bring the Golden Weapons back to the Overlord, Ninjago doesn't stand much of a chance!" Lloyd shouted just as Kai bumped into him and knocked him away which made him scream with fear.

"But there's no access to the rest of the ship, the only way out is through the airlock we came in." Kai pointed out while Zane looked out the window.

"And if my memory serves me correctly, space has a means of taking one's breath away.. in a negative sense.." Zane reminded while they could see the Earth from the window which was a scary, but beautiful sight to see knowing just how small they're world is compared to the rest of the universe.

But as this was going on, within the bridge of the ship, Cryptor and the Nindroids were tracking the Golden Weapons after figuring out where they were, they were on a special comet that was nearby, and this is the only chance they have of getting them.
"Delta V Guidance. Data zero point thirty. Initiate auto sequencing." Cryptor ordered the Mindroid who nodded respectfully hearing it, and it used its gravity boots to fly over to another part of the ship to begin detaching the cargo holding the part of the ship Spike and the other's were in.

Zane was able to pick up on this, and as they all floated over to the computer in the cargo room, they could see they had less than 5 minutes in here before the ship detaches them.
"Enjoy this while you can you two, because in about 5 minutes, the entire ship is scheduled to lighten up. The supplemental boosters are set to detach!" Zane informed with a worried look while Kai was still confused.

"I'm a ninja, not an astronaut, what does that mean?" Kai asked with a confused look while Zane brought in the ship's map to show where they are.

"The portion of the ship we're currently stationed in, will soon detach, and we will be abandoned in space with it." Zane informed which made Spike gulp with fear at the thought of it.

"Okay, so maybe this isn't as cool as I thought it was.." Spike said with worry at the thought of it.

But just as they were trying to figure out, they were getting a transmission from what looked like Pixal, Wu, Garmadon and everyone else who were still on Earth trying to figure out a way to reach them.
"Hello? Kai? Spike? Anyone there? Can you all hear me?" Nya asked with worry while they all head headset's onto communicate with them.

"We read you loud and clear!" Kai replied which made them sigh with relief knowing they're okay.

"Thank goodness!" Allison hissed while Spike smiled seeing she's still alright even after they took off into space.

"Good to hear from you all! We're going to get you home safe. Pixal was able to find the blueprints for the rocket." Wu informed as they showed them the layout to help them come up with a plan.

"You need to escape the cargo hold before it's too late. And near the front of the ship, is an A2 storage compartment. Inside you will find emergency spacesuits that will be enough for all of you." Wu instructed which was worrying to know.

"That will be rough, we can't get the suits unless we go outside. And the problem is, we can't go outside if we don't have the spacesuits! Any other suggestions?" Cole suggested while Garmadon looked over to Wu to whisper something to him.

"Their completely out of they're element. Even if we get them through this, what chance do we have of getting them home?" Garmadon asked with worry which everyone could hear.

"Uh.. you know we can still hear you right?" Kai asked since he was wearing a headset right now.

"Yeah, we all can Garmadon, not exactly the best time to be saying something like that." Allison added while she crossed her arms and looked annoyed at this.

"I hope you don't mind, but we really could use some encouraging words right about now?" Lloyd asked with a hopeful look which gave Wu something to tell them.

"If you cannot change your circumstances, change yourself." Wu instructed which confused them a bit.

"Can anyone else figure that out?" Kai asked since it was tough to fully understand right now.

"It takes quite some time for us to figure out what Sensei Wu is trying to tell us, but I think we'll figure out at some point. "Spike replied with a shrug hearing it.

"Do you guys have any ideas to get us out of here?!" Jay asked with a growing fear which gave Pixal an idea.

"Zane, you're the only one who can survive outside the ship." Pixal informed which Zane knew was true.

"She's right, I'm the only one who doesn't need oxygen. I must go alone." Zane declared as he began floating to the airlock to get them out of there in time.

"Be careful uncle Zane." Allison encouraged while Spike gave Zane a pat on the shoulder for encouragement.

"We're all counting on you, come back safe." Spike encouraged which Zane smiled at.

"Thank you my friend, I'll get us out of here, I promise." Zane replied as Spike went back a bit as they watched him go to the door. He soon pressed on the switch and opened the door which helped him float outside before it closed tightly while Spike and the others were only able to watch him go.

"You got this Zane!" Kai said with confidence as Zane began to float to the airlock, and with a confident look, Zane pressed the switch which opened the airlock which almost got him sucked out into space, but Zane saved himself by grabbing onto a wire which saved him at the last moment.

Once the wind finally stopped, Zane pulled himself off the wire and tried climbing to the storage compartment, and Zane gasped with fear as he could see just how small he is compared to both the ship, and the size of the planet in the void of space around him.

There was a large blue comet currently passing by the planet which the Nindroids were preparing to lock in on, with it so close, they weren't gonna waste they're chance to get the weapons.
"Approaching comet. Prepare to disengage supplementary boosters." Cryptor announced to the other Nindroids who got to work quickly.

Zane was able to catch on to what he's saying without being caught, but Zane suddenly slipped away from the ship and screamed as he began to float away from the ship more and more by the second.
"No, no no, no!" Zane shouted as he tried catching any part of the ship, but was unable to grab onto anything which made him float off even more.

Zane was gasping with fear as he kept on flying further from the ship, almost being left out in space completely by himself, but Zane took a deep breath and calmed down, and tried figuring out how to get through this.
"Come on Zane, you can do this. You can get back.." Zane told himself before he held his hands down, and go tan idea on what to do.

"Ice!" Zane screamed as he used his elemental powers and shot them from his hands, and that helped him fly his way back to the ship without much trouble at all, Zane was soon able to make it straight to the storage area like he was supposed to, and sighed in relief while he went to the door.

While it needed a code to be unlocked, Zane had no trouble to hack it thanks to his fast movements and skill, and the code turned out to be just.. 1234 all in that order which was strange to him. But it was able to open the door to the compartment, and as Zane floated inside, he smiled with joy as he finally found all the suits, there were enough for all of them without any problems, and using his powers, he quickly went to work and grabbed all of them to get them back to the other's quickly.

"Come on Zane, where are you?" Lloyd asked with fear as there was only 20 seconds left to countdown.

"Booster's separation on my command, 5, 4, 3, 2.. disengage." Cryptor announced which made the Nindroids finally release the boosters from the ship, and the cargo the others were presumably still in, began falling towards the Earth, leaving Allison and everyone else watching praying for they're safety.

But after what felt like minutes of silence, they finally got a response after fearing they didn't make it.
"We managed to make it! We got the suits just in time!" Lloyd announced from the coms which made them cheer with joy hearing from them all again.

"Don't ever scare us like that again!" Allison said with relief while Spike chuckled from the other side as he and the others were hanging on the side of the ship's wing.

"Don't worry about it, we're not going anywhere! It was a very close call let me tell you." Spike replied while he looked at Zane with a smile as he and everyone else had they're suits on so they could move around outside the ship in space.

"This is one way for us to change ourselves, so now we can stay on this ride for a little bit longer." Lloyd said as they held on tightly since it was life or death at this very moment.

"Alright, to commandeer the ship, you need to get to the cockpit, there's an access hatch just ahead of you!" Nya informed as they saw the hatch not too far away from where they are.

"You know what's also ahead? A desolate void of nothingness! If any of us falls off.." Cole said with fear at the thought of them being left to die in the void without any ways of ever being found.

"We'll take things slow, together." Kai assured just as the boosters of the ship helped move the ship even more which made them all scream at the sudden speed boost.

"Unlike the ship!" Spike screamed with fear just as the ship slowed down again which made them all groan after almost falling off.

"I can't wait to see the expressions of those metal chrome domes when they found out we stowed away on board!" Jay said eagerly while they tried climbing to the hatch.

"They're Nindroids, nimrod. They don't have expressions." Cole replied with an annoyed look hearing that.

"Oh yeah? Well Zane has expressions." Jay replied while the Nindroids were all able to hear it from the cockpit which infuriated Cryptor knowing they've stowed away.

"That's because Zane's not like them! Do we have to go over this right now?" Kai asked with an annoyed tone hearing this.

"Yeah, save your stupid bickering for when we get back to Earth please!" Spike added while looking annoyed this is still going on between them.

"Come on Spike, it's so quiet out here, I'm just trying to fill the space." Jay joked which Spike groaned at even more while the Nindroids could still hear all of this.

"We get it!" Spike shouted with frustration as he still kept going on about this.

"Get rid of them." Cryptor ordered the other Nindroids who quickly went to the nearest door to take them down.

Once they left, Cryptor pushed a button on his chair which got in contact with Pythor who was waiting for they're reports.
"The Ninja have all stowed away on the ship." Cryptor informed as they were getting closer to the comet in the distance.

"Stay on the course for the Golden Weapons, they must be getting help. We'll find who's aiding them and put a stop to them." Pythor instructed which Cryptor could understand.

And as Spike and the other's were getting closer to the hatch, they all saw the Nindroids come out of the ship with blasters in they're hands.
"So much for our surprise attack! Look out guys!" Cole screamed as the Nindroids laughed again as they began firing on them while they tried keeping a hold onto the ship.

"Jay, watch out!" Spike shouted as one of the Nindroids jumped over to him and landed down thanks to his magnetic boots, but Jay got an idea and pulled an antenna back before he released it, and it actually knocked the Nindroid back who screamed as it was knocked off the ship.

And Jay jumped upside down to grab the blaster he held and landed on the top to face the other Nindroids.
"Haha! Awesome! Get them Jay!" Spike shouted as he and the other's cheered for him as he did a space battle against them.

"Not Jay my friend, Fritz Donnegan! Fear isn't a word where I come from!" Jay shouted as he shot multiple blasts at the Nindroids while the other's watched with amazement seeing him adjust to this really well.

"Oh man, I'm sorry for introducing him to that guys." Lloyd apologized while the other's didn't mind this at all.

"Come on Lloyd, I like that comic series just as much as Jay does!" Spike said with a smile while he looked ahead to the other Nindroids.

"This is a good thing Lloyd! If we can't change our circumstances, this is one way to change yourself!" Kai pointed out while Spike felt eager to have a cool space battle against them.

"If that's what Wu means, then let's take advantage of it! Let's go!" Spike screamed as he charged up a crystal blast and shot it from his hand, and that hit a Nindroid directly who was sent flying away while Kai shot multiple fire blasts at more to follow up.

Lloyd dodged another laser blast and decided to use his own power to form an Energy shield around him so he can push through it, and as one Nindroid came up to Spike and tried to hit him, Spike ducked under a kick and punched the Nindroid in the chest before he grabbed it's blaster, and made a battle cry as he spun the Nindroid around for a bit before throwing him into the void while taking his blaster.
"Ha! It's like we're actually in a comic book! This is insane!" Spike cheered while he and Jay used the blasters as weapons.

"Tell me about it! This is the coolest thing ever!" Jay cheered while Spike gave him some cover. Cole ripped off a piece of the ship and threw it at the Nindroids to knock them off, and it gave them more time to keep moving.

"Hope we didn't need that!" Cole prayed while he ducked under more lasers that were flying around the whole area.

"Ice!" Zane screamed as he shot another blast at two Nindroids which the Mindroid barely avoided, and even more started climbing out of the ship to put a stop to they're attempts.

But as the Mindroid jumped over to Cole and tried to attack him, Cole tried to fight back by using Spinjitzu on him.
"Ninja go!" Cole screamed as he used Spinjitzu again, but couldn't stay in it for long before he started spiraling out of control.

"Ahh! Guys?! A little help please?!" Cole shouted with fear as he was starting to float away from the ship.

"We can't use our Spinjitzu in zero gravity, there's too little resistance!" Zane informed which Lloyd was annoyed at.

"Too little?! I'd say the resistance is a bit more than we can handle at the moment!" Lloyd replied as he tried keeping his energy shield up to push through the fire.

"We can't let Cole fly too far! Someone go and save him now!" Spike shouted as he shot one Nindroid in the chest and sent him flying away like a lot of other Nindroids.

"Fritz! Please save Cole!" Kai shouted in a desperate tone since he knew Jay would comply with that.

"I'm on it, Commander Kiflin!" Jay shouted as he did a flip and went behind the Mindroid and kicked him in the head which made him start floating away from the ship, but before he was blown off the ship fully, he managed to grab a small wire that saved him just before he fell off, but nearby being fried by the rockets boosters in the process.

"Help!" Cole screamed with terror while he was floating away more by the second. Jay was able to take notice of this and managed to find and attach a spare cable that was long enough to help him catch him, once he attached it to his suit, he quickly turned around and jumped off the ship to save him.

"Fritz Donnegan to the rescue!" Jay screamed while he flew as far as the cable was able to go.

"Help!!" Cole screamed again as the Mindroid was seen holding on for it's life the best it could, and just before he got too far, Jay was able to catch him just before he was lost in the void.

"Gotcha! Next time, don't get carried away." Jay joked while he held onto his legs to save him while Spike, Kai and Zane were pulling them back to the ship.

"Thanks, I owe you one.." Cole said gratefully.

"Okay, stay away from Nya!" Jay said with an annoyed look which Cole had to find a way around.

"Uh.. maybe another one." Cole said with a nervous smile hearing that from him.

"Ugh, I really hope they figure this out soon, this is not the best time to be talking about this." Spike groaned while they pulled them back onto the ship finally.

But at this moment, the ship was nearing the comet where the weapons were, and Cryptor knew this was the only chance they had now.
"The Golden Weapons. Prepare for entry, but take us through the comet's tail." Cryptor ordered which did concern some of them.

"But General, the Comet's letting off a high volume of debris." One of them warned which Cryptor didn't care for.

"Do it!" Cryptor demanded which made them begin steering the ship directly into the tail of the comet.

Everything was getting extremely intense as they were all trying to avoid falling off the ship as it was speeding up to the comet, and Wu was trying his best to inform them of what they need to do.
"You're almost to the cockpit! Just make sure you continue your course, and stay on the path ahead!" Wu instructed while his words were glitching out from the interference.

"We can't hear you sensei? We're getting too much interference!" Kai shouted as there was too much going on.

"Look out!" Spike screamed just as he pushed Kai down before a large asteroid almost hit the ship.

"Asteroids!" Zane screamed just as Lloyd got knocked down by one of them while they all saw dozens of them were coming straight towards them.

"Cryptor's steering us into the tail of the comet! Find cover!" Kai screamed just as they barely avoided being hit by another one which was made of ice.

"Cover? What cover?!" Cole shouted as some Nindroids jumped into the ship for safety, leaving some of them outside which actually made them look very scared knowing what's coming for them.

"Haha! Look! They do have expressions!" Jay said with a laugh seeing them look very afraid.

"Uh... Jay? They have a right to be afraid! Watch out!" Spike screamed just as he used his powers and shot a blast at a larger asteroid and split it apart just in time which barely hit them all.

"I.. can see why Spike.." Jay said with fear as they saw the Nindroids being knocked off the ship.

Back in Borg Tower, Allison and the other's were trying to keep in contact with them, but they couldn't get anything since they're in a dangerous spot at this very moment.
"They can't hear us because of the asteroid shower." Wu informed the others who were worried on how to help them.

"They must be preparing to land." Pixal suggested while Allison was very worried for all of them.

"Ugh, why can't anything ever be easy?!" Allison asked with frustration knowing her dad's in grave danger right now.

"We need to keep in touch with them to warn them about what's on that comet!" Garmadon said with worry while Nya noticed something on the cameras which made this worse.

"We're.. not alone either everyone.." Nya said with worry as they could see an army of Nindroids were marching up to the entrance, and they soon blew down the entrance for them to storm the tower after tracking them here.

Pythor and the army of Nindroids marched into the tower after making they're way to the city again, and as they kept moving, some of them were carrying a large container holding what looked to be the Overlord himself.
"The transmissions are coming from here." Pythor informed as they all stopped for a moment while they looked around the building.

"Seize the entire building, this place will play a crucial role to our greater agenda. Once they return with the Golden Weapons." Overlord ordered as he looked through the small mirror which showed only a small part of his new physical form.

"Do it!" Pythor shouted to the Nindroids who all began running through the place to take it over.

"We need to go, now!" Wu shouted as he and everyone else could see they had little time here.

"But we need to warn them! We can't just leave without telling them what's out there!" Garmadon argued while Allison looked very worried with what's happening.

"Well there's not much we'll be able to do by standing here! We need to find a place to hide!" Allison shouted with a worried look.

"Grab everything you can! We need to keep in touch with the others!" Wu instructed which made them all grab the computer components they needed, and Nya noticed that the window was still cracked open which gave them a place to escape.

"This way!" Nya instructed which made them all run to the window to escape quickly. And as this was happening, the ship Spike and the others were holding onto was approaching the comet at fast speeds.

"We're coming in hot!" Kai shouted just as Lloyd slipped off and screamed with fear as he was about to float away.

"Hang on Lloyd! We got you!" Spike screamed just as he and the other's grabbed eachother's arms to save him, and Cole tried holding onto the ship the best he could as they were finally entering it.

"Hold on!!" Cole screamed as the ship finally entered the comet, and was flying around all the debris in its way while everyone held on for their lives.

Pythor and the other Nindroids had soon made it to the top of the tower, and they soon saw that it was abandoned with no signs of them being seen.
"Hmph, the cowards have fled. I expected that little girl to stay behind to hold us back, disappointing." Pythor said with annoyance while the other Nindroids came in with the controlled Borg, and brought the container holding the Overlord inside, and soon set it down as he looked very pleased with a report he recently got.

"But Arcturus has landed. Prepare the factory!" Overlord ordered as the container finally began to open itself, and everyone walked back a bit as the door finally opened, and the Overlord stepped out of it in a new physical body he was able to be given, even if he's still pretty weak at this moment, once he gets the weapons, nothing will be able to stop him.

"The Golden Master, will rise on their return!" Overlord shouted with malice as he laughed evilly upon finally having a physical form.

Allison and everyone else were hiding on a platform just outside of the window, and were able to hear the Overlord and knew he finally had a new body again.
"He's vulnerable, we must fight him now!" Garmadon suggested while Allison was eager to get back at Pythor right now.

"Just say the word, and I'll give Pythor a lesson he won't forget!" Allison whispered which Wu disagreed with.

"This isn't the time for that Allison, we must get Spike and the others home safe, we must get back in contact with them." Garmadon replied just as the controlled Borg was able to hear their conversation nearby.

"We need to find somewhere safe where we can't be found." Wu informed which gave Garmadon an idea on where they need to go.

"I know just the place!" Garmadon declared just before all of them screamed as the platform was starting to shake, and looking above them, they saw that the controlled Borg was firing a laser at one of the wires which won't last much longer.

"We can't lose any of these computer components, we need all of them!" Nya shouted just as the wire was cut through, and the platform almost fell over and was barely able to keep steady.

"Yeah well that's a bit hard for us right now!" Allison shouted with annoyance while Wu looked ahead and saw a small helipad nearby which they can get to.

"Everyone, use our momentum, together!" Wu shouted as they all used their weight to make the platform lean over to it, and just as the next wire was cut, it finally began to fall which made all of them jump for it.

"Now!" Wu screamed just as all of them managed to land safely onto the place, but Wu was too far away to grab the ledge in time, and almost fell down the tower. But Garmadon quickly reached out and grabbed his hand just in time to save his life.

"I've got you brother!" Garmadon assured while Allison helped pull him up, and all the Nindroids began firing down on them since they discovered they're location, and Nya took out her metal fan and tried using it to deflect they're blasts.

"Great, now we'll never get out of here!" Nya said with worry just as Pixal got an idea, and placed her hand on her head to get in contact with something.

"Leave that to me!" Pixal replied while Nya tried deflecting any blasts coming to her.

"Get them you imbeciles!" Pythor ordered with frustration while Allison dodged another blast and looked very annoyed.

"How about you come down here so I can kick your tail again Pythor?!" Allison shouted with anger while Garmadon was holding her back from being reckless. And as they were being pushed back, one of the hover cars came up to them to get them out of there which relieved them all.

"Great work Pixal! You're still linked to the security forces!" Nya said with a smile while they took the components to escape.

"Now let's get out of here." Pixal announced as all of them jumped into their seats just as the hatch closed, and she quickly flew them away from the tower.

"I hope the city can survive without us." Garmadon prayed while Allison looked very worried knowing it's left without anyone to protect it now.

"We'll be back soon, right now, we need to get dad and everyone else home safely." Allison assured as they all flew off to somewhere safe.

Back on the comet the ship had crashed into after the Nindroids finally landed down on it, Spike and the others groaned as they were finally getting up after blacking out for a bit, the landing was far rougher then they thought it would be, but it was good knowing they're on real ground again right now.
"Is everyone okay?" Spike asked while he turned on his suits lights to see the comet they're on, and it was nothing more than a large landscape with spiked pillars and ice all over the place, showing no signs of life at all from it.

"We're fine Spike, at least we survived." Jay said with joy knowing they're still okay while Lloyd tried picking up any feedback from the others.

"Nya, are you there? Allison? Dad? Wu? Anyone?!" Lloyd asked while he wasn't getting anything from them.

"We'll get in contact with them when we can, but we need to hurry guys, the ship looks abandoned." Spike replied as they marched over to it since all the lights were out.

"Maybe the other's didn't make it?" Kai suggested as they made their way inside to the cockpit finally to find a way out of here, and the whole place was completely abandoned, with no signs of the Nindroids being here at all.

"They're all gone. The whole place is abandoned." Zane said while they looked around the place for anything to help them.

"They must've already left for the Golden Weapons. Quick, let's take the ship to get home before they get back!" Jay said as he went to the front of the ship to try and start it. But he soon groaned in frustration as he saw that the launch key wasn't here either which made this tougher for them.

"They took the launch key!" Jay said with frustration which the other's found confusing.

"Are you saying this entire ship starts up with nothing but a simple key?!" Kai asked with a baffled look while Spike found that stupid.

"Who's idea was to have that be part of the ship's design?!" Spike asked with anger while they rushed around the place to start it.

"Please tell me one of you knows how to hotwire a spaceship guys?" Cole asked with a hopeful look just as Lloyd came in after finding something important.

"Guys, you need to see this!" Lloyd informed as he made all of them follow him to a small hanger where the doors were already opened up, but there were large tracks on the ground that left a trail behind.

"They took lunar rovers." Jay announced since only one was left which they could use.

"We can use this to our advantage, let's try and follow those tracks!" Lloyd suggested while they ran to the rover to go after them.

"Does anyone know how to drive this thing?" Spike asked with worry which the other's found hard to answer.

"Uh.. let's just hope for the best?" Kai replied with a nervous look while Spike groaned feeling this wasn't gonna go well.

And Spike had the right to be worried, as they all had to tightly fit inside this thing to make it to where the Nindroids were going, they were all super cramped inside and had trouble moving, and it was getting really upsetting the longer they were stuck in here.
"Agh! Move your gas tank I can't see!" Jay said with annoyance as he was cramped up in the corner at this moment.

"Your blaster is in my rib!" Cole complained while Spike's head was squeezing out the side of Kai's arm.

"That's not a blaster, that's my leg!" Jay pointed out which Cole was ashamed by a bit.

"Zane your squeezing my arm!" Cole informed which surprised Zane a bit.

"Apologies, I thought that was the accelerator." Zane said as they were roughly moving along the ground to make it to them.

"How much further?! I can barely even move here, and this suit is getting really annoying! And my tail feels like it's shoved right up my a.." Spike said just before Jay slapped the side of his helmet to stop him.

"Don't ever swear Spike, it's a sign of weak verbal skills." Jay advised which Spike was ashamed by a bit.

"Right.. sorry.." Spike apologized just as they saw a large looking cave just ahead of them.

"This must be where the Golden Weapons landed." Kai said as they stopped in front while they saw a golden light coming from them.

They soon made their way into the cave to find them, and they soon saw all the Nindroids were currently trying to extract them as they were all being held together in a large ball that held huge power, Spike could see each of their weapons cramped together, even his old Trident was seen poking out of one of the nets, almost like it was gonna fall out while the others were stuck together.
"There's the weapons guys!" Cole whispered to them as they saw them ahead.

"And there's the key!" Kai pointed out while they saw Cryptor had it around his neck, but he soon saw a Nindroid was going up to the weapons, and was about to

"No! Don't!" Cryptor warned just before the Nindroid touched it at the tip of Spike's trident, and he was completely disintegrated which really scared the other Nindroids there.

"Only the Overlord can withstand the power of all the weapons combined, no one directly touch this!" Cryptor ordered while they backed up from it for they're own safety.

"Those are the Golden Weapons alright!" Jay confirmed just as Zane noticed a strange alien bug crawl on his arm.

"Hello there little friend." Zane said with a small smile from under his mask while the others noticed it too.

"Oh would you look at that? Can you believe it? It's an extraterrestrial life form!" Jay said with amazement while Spike and Cole were both concerned seeing it.

"And how do you know touching it won't poison or contaminate your suit or something?" Spike asked since he had a feeling this is gonna go wrong fast.

"It's just a bug Spike, but you're right, we shouldn't interact with these things, that's not important right now." Cole said in agreement.

"But there's so much we could learn from it! So much we can teach it! I'm gonna call it.. Glowy!" Jay said with a smile while Spike rolled his eyes seeing it, and the thing soon spread its wings and started flying over the place which the other's were able to watch.

"Look at that! Glowy can fly! How cute!" Jay pointed out as the thing landed on his helmet, but at that moment, they were finally getting a transmission again from the other's after a long time.

"You must not disturb the alien life! They are very dangerous! Can you hear me?" Wu asked from Kai's radio which he could barley here at the moment.

"I couldn't make that out sensei, what did you say?" Kai asked as we cut back to Earth at nighttime after they escaped, the comet they were on could be seen from space right now, and the camera pins down to Garmadon's monastery which had been left in Misako's care since they started this whole adventure.

Allison was helping the other's set up the transmitters so they could warn them of what's out there, and Wu was trying his best to let them know what's happening.
"The Alien life, they're dangerous!" Wu warned just as Allison pulled up results based on the very bug they see before them.

"Nya, what kind of creature is this?" Allison hissed while Nya researched it in a book that had what they needed.

"A few years ago scientists studied a meteorite that had fallen to Ninjago. It's likely from the same comet you're all on." Nya informed just as everyone was being approached by a swarm of them which was getting very worrying.

"Inside the meteorite were the fossilized remains of some kind of parasite that feeds on metal alloys!" Nya continued while they were crawling up on all of them which was freaking out Spike.

"They tickle!" Zane said with a chuckle while Spike was getting scared with seeing so many of them.

"Stop it silly glowy!" Jay laughed while they were swarming around them while making buzz noises just before one bit Zane on his face.

"Ow!" Zane said with pain just as Nya finally finished informing them about this.

"Do you all hear me?! Whatever you do, don't come in contact with the parasites! They eat through metal!" Nya warned which made them all realize these were all bad news.

"Ah! no no no no no! I am not wanting to deal with bugs like these again!" Spike screamed while all of them were flailing around to get them off they're suits.

"They're eating through my exoskeleton!" Zane screamed with fear while they tried shaking them off.

"Bad Glowy! Bad!" Jay screamed while they were all making screams loud enough to be heard by the other Nindroids who had begun extracting the weapons. Cryptor groaned in frustration just as he saw one of them try to bite his mask which made him squash the things with his hands, and the other bugs tried landing on the weapons, only to be destroyed instantly from they're immense power.

"The gold must remain intact! Back to the ship!" Cryptor ordered just as the Nindroids used the rover to pull the weapons out of the crater, and they were soon extracted and were placed on a truck which began driving off while the others were still being swarmed by all of them.

"What do we do guys? Any ideas?" Zane asked hopefully while Spike tried using his fire powers to burn some of them.

"I don't know! Space really isn't as cool as I thought it was!" Spike declared which Cole agreed with.

"Why did it have to be space guys? If I could change any circumstance, it would be ever wanting to come here!" Cole shouted which made Lloyd finally realize it.

"If you can't change your circumstances, change your mind!" Lloyd said in realization which confused some of them.

"Now's not the time to be quoting Wu, Lloyd!" Jay said with annoyance while Lloyd tried explaining things.

"No, I finally understand what he's saying! This is just like the Starteeth! Come on, I got an idea!" Lloyd shouted as he lead them out of the cave to chase after the Nindroids.

And they were currently seen driving along a cliffside which had rough ground to cover, and just from behind, Spike and the other's were chasing after them in the rover they still had.
"Ninja!" One of the Nindroids shouted which made Cryptor more frustrated seeing them from behind.

"Get them!" Cryptor ordered which made the Nindroids begin firing on them which they tried they're best pushing through.

"Lloyd! What does Sensei mean exactly? Even I still can't figure it out!" Spike asked while the ground was rough to move through.

"He meant that instead of focusing on how wrong things are, focus on what's right! We need to think positive. Those parasites aren't just a menace, they're a weapon!" Lloyd shouted as they saw the bugs fly past them directly to the Nindroids which the other's figured out too.

"Attack!!" Lloyd screamed just as they finally began swarming the Nindroids, and the Nindroids screamed as they were making them lose control of some of the vehicles they're on , and it even made one crash into the walls nearby while another one had driven off a cliff.

And as the bugs kept chasing after the Nindroids, they were coming upon a ledge nearby which may be a dead end unless they jump it.
"Go!" Cryptor ordered which the Nindroid driving was scared to do.

"What?!" Cryptor asked with frustration before he kicked him out of the rover and took the wheel, he stepped on the pedals and the rover's drove even faster just as they saw a ramp at the end. And Cryptor went for it which made the rover the other Nindroids were on fall off of it just as Cryptor landed back down.

But that impact was rough for the weapons, and because of it, it made Spike's trident finally slip out as it landed on the ground, and the impact made it bounce extremely high into the air just as the other rover's were about to go for it too which all of them were able to see.

"Guys! Hold on! Isn't that Spike's weapon right there?!" Jay shouted as they saw it make one more bounce which made it fly high into the air and was about to fall over the gap in the distance.

"It is! Speed up Lloyd! We can't let it fall!" Spike shouted just as he punched the door open and climbed to the rooftop.

"We could use this to stop them! Hang on Spike!" Lloyd shouted as he sped the thing up even more while the other rovers jumped over the ramp too, while some failed to land on the ground, a couple more landed safely on the other side, and all the ninja scream as Lloyd sped up as fast as he could to jump over the ramp.

And at the right moment, the rover finally ran over the ramp which made all of them scream as they went over the ledge, and using this opportunity, Spike used the light gravity to make a high jump for his weapon, he did a high flip in the air, and just before the thing missed them, Spike grabbed the very end of the Trident and saved it before it fell off. And the rover soon landed down safely while Spike landed on the roof of the thing with his Trident in his hands!
"Ha! I got my weapon back! Awesome!" Spike cheered while the other Ninja's were glad the Nindroids can't use it for their own gain.

"Hold onto that weapon Spike! And don't let the Nindroids get it! Try to use it to stop them if you can!" Cole shouted while they were just about to catch up to the Nindroids.

"Let's try using it to get that launch key! get ready guys!" Kai shouted as they opened the hatch and held on as they were about to jump for it while Lloyd was still driving the thing.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed while all of them except Zane used Spinjitzu to jump to the other side to fight through the Nindroids.

"Ice!" Zane screamed while he shot an ice blast on a Nindroid and froze him solid, and Spike charged up his Crystal powers and used it with his Trident.

"Crystal!" Spike screamed just as he shot multiple blasts from his weapon at them which knocked most of them out of the rover, and Spike laughed as he twirled his old weapon around and felt great to have it back.

"It feels good to have this back! I may not need it with what I have now, but it won't hurt to have a little fun with it!" Spike shouted while he shot more Lightning blasts from it next to give the other's cover.

"It's best to have that thing now Spike! With it being able to control our other powers too! I'd rather not have it get into the Overlord's hands!" Jay shouted while he punched a Nindroid in the air, and Spike shot a lightning blast at him which knocked him far away.

"Agreed!" Spike shouted in response just as Cole made it to the driver's seat where a Nindroid was driving it.

"Hello!" Cole greeted just before he kicked a Nindroid out of the rover and made it lose control, and Cole quickly jumped back to them while it crashed into a spiked rock. And Kai kicked one last Nindroid away just as the one he was one almost crashed into a wall too.

"Ninja go!!" Kai screamed while he used Spinjitzu again to land on their rover while Zane was on the last one ahead, and as it jumped off another large rock which made them fly into the air, Zane kicked the Nindroid in the side before punching him in the chest, followed by an uppercut which knocked it in the air a bit more, and Zane then grabbed his legs and climbed right onto his body just as he landed on the ground and used his Ice powers to freeze the rover behind him, and just as the Nindroid landed on the weapons which destroyed him instantly, Zane jumped ahead and barely was able to grab onto the net which made him scream as he was being dragged around from the rough speeds.

Zane soon was able to recover from it and he soon used his ice powers to make it back to the other's, leaving only Cryptor and the Mindroid left. And Kai used his Spinjitzu to jump all the way to the rover ahead of them, and once he landed on the top, he kicked the Mindroid down and went straight for the key.
"You can keep your gold!" Kai shouted just as he kicked Cryptor in the face to knock him away from the wheel while he went to escape.

"i've got it! Let's get out of here now! Ninja go!" Kai shouted as he used Spinjitzu to jump on they're rover again just as Cryptor was recovering from it, but once he did, Cryptor screamed with fear as the rover crashed into the side of the wall and flipped the whole vehicle over, making him crash to the ground while the others cheered as they drove past them.

"See ya later!!" Spike shouted as he waved his Trident in the air which infuriated him seeing them escape.

"Ninja!!!" Cryptor screamed with rage while the Mindroid fell was recovering from the crash.

Everyone quickly went to back to the ship to try and escape, since it may be they're only way off this Comet.
"We're home free!" Jay shouted while all of them cheered with joy, but the moment was ruined once they finally made it back to the ship, and all of them gasped with horror as they saw the ship was completely destroyed by all the bugs from earlier.

"The rocket.. it's.. gone.." Lloyd said with horror as almost nothing remained from it other than just the remains of it.

"Then how.. are we gonna get home?" Jay asked with a horrified look seeing this.

"i.. don't think there is a way back.." Cole said with despair just as they heard a familiar voice behind them.

"You're not the only one who can adapt! Your little dragon friend can keep his little Trident! These weapons are all we need to help the Overlord, become the Golden Master!" Cryptor shouted from the distance as he and the other Nindroids were carrying the weapons in the net, and using the rocket boosters they had built into them, they began taking off with the weapons back to Earth to begin their plan.

"So long Ninja!" Cryptor shouted mockingly while they were all left behind on the comet without any way home.

"NO!!" Spike shouted with fear as they saw them heading to the Earth far off in the distance, and Kai had to give the others the bad news of what has just happened.

"They got away. We failed. I repeat, they have the Golden Weapons. We may have gotten Spike's back since it wasn't fully stuck with the others, but it won't be enough to stop them.." Kai said with guilt while they were all horrified hearing it.

"What?! No! This.. can't be.." Allison said with horror while she looked down with sadness knowing this.

"Are you still able to use the rocket to get back? Can you still stop them?" Nya asked with a desperate tone which Kai hated to report.

"No, it's completely destroyed. I'm sorry everyone, we're.. not coming home.." Kai said with regret as he and the others were being swarmed by the bugs again while more of them were still around the ship, and with the Nindroids making their way back to Earth with the weapons, there is very little hope for Ninjago as Spike and the Ninja are currently trapped without a way back..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone. Sorry it took a bit to post this, but there was some.. really personal stuff that happened that was a lot for me to handle, I don't want to go into it right now, but just know that what happened this weakened was.. really tough for me, and my family, and I had to finish it up at a later point then I originally wanted. I wanted to get this season done by the end of the year, but with what's come up now, I wasn't able to have the time to do it, I hope that's understandable.

But I hope this chapter was good, I really wish we got a full season of the Ninja in space, because it would've been a really cool setting to take them given what we got here, but for just this one episode, it was still really cool. But now we're coming up to the finale of Season 3, and it'll be pretty emotional by the end of it.

I'll make sure to have Spike's Trident feel important in this next episode since it may be the last time he'll use it up to March of the Oni, I'll make sure it doesn't feel forced that he just got it back, and I'll do my best to wrap the Season up before moving on to Tournament of Elements, one of my personal favorite seasons. But for now, I hope this was good, and you look forward to more of it everyone!

34: The Titanium Ninja

After the ninja were left behind on the comet where the Golden Weapons had landed, the Nindroids proceeded to make their way back to Earth with what they retrieved, while Spike was able to get back his Trident during their mission, what they had was more then enough to help the Overlord become the Golden Master.

They flew through the void of space back to the planet far away, and they had soon entered the atmosphere like a meteor, heading straight towards Borg tower after they had took it over again. After some time, the Nindroids finally landed down on top of the tower with the Golden Weapons in tow.

They wasted no time to get things moving immediately. As multiple Nindroids move out of the way and stand across from eachother, the Overlord finally emerges from the door with his new body getting stronger by the minute. But he was still moving very slowly due to the lack of power, but it won't be like this for long, as at this moment, the weapons were being melted down in the factory to form the ultimate armor that would make him unstoppable.
"Have they melted down the Golden Weapons?" Overlord asked impatiently while Cryptor and Pythor were walking right besides him.

"Yes, the Golden Armor will be ready shortly for your evil bidding, my Dark Lordship." Pythor replied respectfully while they kept making they're way to the factory entrance.

But upon seeing that Borg was still here and under their control, Overlord was upset at the sight of him as he had served his purpose here long enough.
"Borg's still here?! What use do we have of him now that Project Arcturus is completed?" Overlord asked with an upset look as Pythor hissed at him which left the controlled Borg shocked hearing that.

As this was happening, what was once the other Ninja's weapons were now being melted down and forged into something far deadlier, and as the Overlord finally walked into the factory to take in the sight, he laughed evilly as he saw the progress was going along well.
"Yes.... yes! Behold the beginnings of the Golden Master!" Overlord shouted with malice as the remains of the weapons were being forged into the armor at this moment.

And as this happened, Borg was finally set free from his controlled state, but was on the ground and couldn't move as he was disabled, and couldn't do anything to stop it.
"Your.. your releasing me? But what have you done? What now?" Borg asked with fear as Cryptor looked down at him.

"Now you watch your city, and all of Ninjago fall! And bow to a new master! But, it looks like you've already got that part down!" Cryptor said mockingly as Borg was on the ground still which made some of the Nindroids laugh at him.

"How can I stop this?" Borg asked himself as he was forced out of the factory to let the Nindroids continue their work, and he tried finding a place to hide to form a plan to stop them.

But far away, back on the comet, Spike and the others were trying to get rid of all the alien bugs that were still attacking them, and it was getting more frustrating as they just kept coming no matter what they did.
"Ugh! These Bugs just keep coming! And we are getting nowhere!" Kai shouted as he tried using his Fire to chase them away, and Spike tried using his Trident's power to use the various elements he can use to get rid of them.

"Even with our powers, I don't think we're gonna be able to get rid of these pests! We need to come up with another plan!" Spike shouted with frustration while Jay felt hopeless about this.

"I don't think there's anyway off this comet Spike! Nya, do you have any last words to say to me, my darling?" Jay asked dramatically which Cole was upset with.

"How about" it was always you Cole? I won't be able to carry on without you!"" Cole said mockingly which Nya just found frustrating.

"Now is not the time for that! Can't I just care for both of you? Just don't give up!" Nya encouraged while they tried figuring out a way out of this.

"My dad was right, I should have never given up all that Golden Power! We could have all been home by now." Lloyd said regretfully while the camera pins out to the comet their all stuck on.

"Can't dad use his Golden Weapon to find a way to get you out of there? He can form his own dragon to fly right?" Allison asked over the coms which Spike sighed regretfully at.

"I don't have enough power to even reach home myself! Besides, I'm not leaving any of my friends behind on this place!" Spike replied while his weapon continued to glow strangely, like it was responding to what's happening with the other weapons.

"Even if we could find our way back, the Overlord has all he needs to become the Golden Master!" Lloyd said with fear at what could be happening right now back home.

"Don't say that! I was wrong. You must trust your friends, trust in yourself!" Garmadon encouraged while Pixal, Allison and Misako saw the footage of the Nindroids return to their planet.

"They've returned with the Golden Weapons. We don't have much time left!" Pixal said with worry as they saw the weapons being lowered down onto the tower.

"At least my dad has his Golden Weapon back.." Allison said with some relief as they won't be able to use it for harm, but that's only saying so much knowing the odds that are against them.

"Search for the power within, and then realize the greatness within eachother!" Wu encouraged as everyone tried figuring something out.

But after hearing those words, it finally gave Lloyd an idea on what they could do despite the huge problem their in.
"He's right! We can get off this comet!" Lloyd said as he looked towards the broken down ship that still had spare parts they could use.

"What about your power Lloyd?" Kai suggested as he could try to make it back himself too.

"He couldn't make it that far, it's just like what Spike said, he doesn't have the power to reach it." Zane replied which made Kai more worried on what to do.

"Ugh, no one happens to have a build your own rocket kit handy, do they?" Cole asked sarcastically which finally gave Lloyd an idea on what they can do.

"That's it!" Lloyd suddenly shouted in realization which made them hopeful he had an idea.

"What do you have in mind Lloyd?" Spike asked as they all looked at him for answers.

"Cole's got a point! We can build our own rocket! Arcturus can't fly, but she'll have all the parts we need! Zane knows the solar system better then anyone!" Lloyd pointed out which gave them an idea on what he's implying.

"And Kai's fire could weld the missing parts! And Spike has all of our powers to help keep the rocket Together!" Zane added while pointing at both of them.

"And with enough power, we could have just enough to make it back home!" Spike said with a smile while he looked at his weapon yet again.

"And with Cole, he can do all the heavy lifting!" Kai informed again while they all finally got an understanding of what to do.

"And Jay has enough nerd knowledge to make a halfway believable spacecraft!" Cole pointed out too which Jay did find offensive at first before realizing the other things he said.

This.. may actually work!" Jay said with hope as they all gathered around to get things going.

"You ready to do this guys?" Spike asked with a confident look while they all high fived eachother.

"Let's give it a shot Spike! Let's go!" Kai shouted as they all did their parts and went around the remains of the ship to build what they could.

They worked as fast as they could in order to build a rocket big enough for all of them to fit inside, this was their only hope of getting back home to stop the Overlord, and they weren't gonna waste any time with it. Spike used each of his powers to help take apart multiple pieces of metal for Kai to weld together, Cole used his strength to bring the heavy parts to somewhere they can build things together. And they all worked together and did everything they could to find a way off this comet.

And soon enough, by a small miracle, they finally were able to make their own rocket that could take them home. All of them quickly got into the thing and made sure to have everything ready.
"Boosters?" Lloyd asked with a hopeful look while everyone checked the status.

"Check!" Kai replied while Lloyd looked at Jay next.

"Electronics?" Lloyd asked again which Jay confirmed too.

"Check!" Jay replied too while Spike gave a thumbs up to Lloyd before he could even ask.

"Everything's stable and put together properly!" Spike informed which was good to hear.

"Great! And are our navigation systems working?" Lloyd asked again towards Zane who nodded in response.

"Affirmative!" Zane replied too as Cole was the last one to confirm things.

"We've got all the parts we need, we're ready Lloyd!" Cole said respectfully which was all they needed to know.

"Let's go home guys!" Lloyd announced which made Zane plug in a cable to give the rocket power which was quickly draining it, and with all the work they've done, they were finally able to take off from the comet, and were heading back to Earth as fast as possible.

"They have a lift off!" Nya cheered which made everyone cheer with joy and relief as they were on their way back at this very moment.

"Come on, let's make sure to help them get back safely!" Allison hissed while they quickly left the Monastery to make sure they get back home.

But as this was happening, within Ninjago city, the citizens were currently going about their day without much trouble, but all of that was quickly ruined as loud stomping was suddenly heard, and multiple people began screaming with fear as something huge made it's way through the city.
"What now?! Hasn't Ninjago suffered enough already?!" A woman asked with fear as she and multiple people were running away as a statue of Borg had tumbled over from the ground shaking.

And just in the distance, an army of Nindroids were marching through the streets, and in between all of them, was the Overlord in his new fully complete armor.
"I was trapped in Lord Garmadon, then I was trapped in the Digiverse.. now.. I am free! Bow to your Golden Master!" Overlord said with malice as he was now in an enormous mech suit with spider like legs that all had plating's of the Golden Armor around it, making it too dangerous for one to simply attack. And the people of Ninjago screamed as he marched through the city, and began to force all of it to surrender.

But just outside the planet's atmosphere, Spike and the others were finally approaching the planet at fast speeds, but their rocket ship was starting to struggle to stay together, and they all were praying they could make it in time.
"Hold on! We're almost there!" Cole shouted as the alarm was going off while Zane was feeling very weak from the power being used.

"My power source has reached critical mass! It appears my unlimited energy is in fact, limited!" Zane said with fear while Spike tried using his weapon to keep the ship together.

"My weapon can only do so much to keep this thing together! We may not have enough power to make it through the atmosphere!" Spike shouted as his weapon was glowing brightly as it tried keeping things together.

"Does this mean the ship may blow up if it overloads?!" Jay asked with fear as the alarm was getting louder.

"Don't worry about us! We'll try keeping things together as long as we can!" Zane shouted back while the energy was still being drained from him.

"No way Zane! Entering the Atmosphere means we have air!" Lloyd shouted to all of them who were confused on what he's meaning.

"What do you have in mind Lloyd?" Spike asked again while he was still struggling to do his part.

"With just enough air, we can try to use that new technique we've tried to develop! Let's try and use our powers to form Elemental Shields around us to keep us safe!" Lloyd suggested which sounded like it could work.

"Here goes nothing!!" Spike screamed as they all harnessed their powers and formed it around them, and just as the ship finally exploded from all the pressure, Spike and the others formed shields around them for the first time to keep them safe as they dove through the sky back towards Earth together.

And back on Earth, just outside of Ninjago city, Scales and his son were watching multiple people flee the city out of fear of the Golden Master, and he only sighed regretfully seeing it's all only a matter of time.
"We tried to warn them junior, now, this is their fight to lose.." Scales hissed just as Spike and the others were falling through the sky to the city which the people were able to see.

"It's the ninja!" The mailman shouted with fear as everyone saw them fly over the city just beyond it, and it left Pythor furious knowing their all alive.

"They've returned?! How?!" Pythor asked with fury while the Overlord found this more frustrating then anything.

"If the Ninja, and that pathetic dragon is what gives the people hope, then we'll destroy them! Prepare for battle!" Overlord screamed as he held his hands in the air and began using the powers he had now obtained thanks to the Golden Weapons.

And from that power, he shot multiple beams of Golden Energy to multiple buildings around the city, and with them connecting together, he used his power to force them together like he was building a wall.

And just as this moment, Spike and the other's were getting a bit too close to the ground, and they didn't have any way to slow themselves down before hitting it.
"I hate to bring this up now, but some parachutes could've come in handy!" Cole shouted with fear while they tried to slow themselves down.

"Friends and family make a good substitute!" Kai shouted with fear while Pixal and everyone else were approaching where they were to meet up with them.

"Coordinating catch, be on the lookout! Kai, go for 56 degrees north, 12 east!" Pixal instructed as Kai's jet was coming into catch him in time, and Kai did just that and safely landed in his jet which was taking him to the ground.

"Dad! All of you look to your right!" Allison screamed from the intercom as they saw their vehicles coming in next to save them.

"Got it! Come on!" Spike screamed as he dove right down to his hover bike, and landed on it skillfully and finally landed down safely along with everyone else.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once again as they all landed on the ground safely, and had finally returned home after such an insane space adventure.

"Welcome home Ninja!" Wu said with relief while they all met up together in their vehicles.

"Thank goodness your back! That was too close!" Allison said with relief while she got off Wu and Garmadon's vehicle to give Spike another hug yet again.

"I think we've had enough space adventures to last a lifetime if you ask me, right guys?" Spike asked playfully which the others chuckled at.

"You can say that again!" Lloyd said jokingly while they all took a moment to rest after all of that.

And as they all stood by eachother's side in their vehicles, they now had one job left to deal with before all is said and done.
"Brother, I can't remember the last time we fought together on the same team." Garmadon said with a smile while they all could see Ninjago City just ahead of them.

"I have the city in my sights!" Zane shouted as they saw it was just ahead of them, but because of the Overlords power, he had morphed the city together and formed a giant wall around the buildings closest to the outside, and was making it harder for them to even enter the place.

"That isn't a city anymore Zane, that's an impenetrable fortress!" Jay pointed out while they tried figuring out what to do.

"Behind that wall, the Golden Master has all the power now, of the First Spinjitzu Master." Garmadon said with anger as they saw it move around to the Overlords will.

But just at that moment, Borg was finally coming back onto their coms after he was captured, but finally let go after serving his purpose, and had a plan that could help them put a stop to this.
"Ninja, if you get this, I've managed to escape and have found refuge! I am in a special Temple deep within the city known as the Temple of Fortitude." Borg informed which Wu remembered thanks to it's known history.

"That was a temple left over from the Stone Wars! The Overlord used it as a stronghold to repel the power of the First Spinjitzu Master!" Wu informed while Garmadon had knowledge of the temple as well.

"It has a sacred seal of protection that could resist the Golden Power! Very clever"! Garmadon added while Spike raised an eyebrow as they learned this.

"And your all just telling us this now?" Spike asked with an annoyed look as that could've been better to know during the free time they had before this whole mess.

"If you can make it here alive, I think I have a device that can defeat him! But Spike will need to find a secure place for his Golden Weapon, it will not let him through as long as he has it!" Borg informed which Spike groaned at as he just got this thing back.

"I'll try finding a place to hide this thing where the Nindroids won't find it." Spike replied as he tried figuring out where to hide this thing.

"Don't worry Spike, I'll keep them distracted while your all heading there, I'll make sure to be just outside the temple for you guys!" Nya announced which Spike was very grateful for.

"Thanks Nya! Please be careful with this!" Spike shouted as he tossed his weapon to her and caught it with her suit, and she placed it in a secure part of it to keep it safe.

"Alright, now that we have a plan, you guys ready to get going?" Allison asked while she hopped on Spike's vehicle and held on as this is gonna be a rough ride.

"We need to make it to that Temple if we want to stop this! Everyone, stay together!" Lloyd ordered as they all began driving to the city to begin the battle.

"Kai, you Nya and Zane take the high road! We'll make our own route!" Lloyd ordered while they were driving even faster to get inside. Spike drove his hover bike across a building that could help them get across.

"Dad! Through that window!" Allison shouted as they saw Lloyd jump off a ramp and crash through an open window that helped him get into the city.

"Got it! Good move Allison!" Spike shouted as he did a U turn and headed directly towards the window before going through it himself, and he and Allison cheered with joy as they jumped out of the other side and made it through too.

"i don't have time for this finesse!" Cole shouted as he used his mech to charge straight through the wall without much trouble, and everyone else on the ground followed behind him as they were about to make it to the city.

But as Kai, Zane and Nya tried flying higher, the Overlord was using his power to raise the buildings higher to prevent their progress which they quickly took notice of.
"Is that wall getting higher to you too guys?" Nya asked with worry as they saw it rising just ahead of them.

"It's just like the Digiverse! His turf, his rules!" Zane informed as debris was being flown around the sky to try and take them down, but with their skills, they were able to avoid being hit as they tried reaching the Temple together.

The Overlord was using his power to cause chaos through the city, using levitation powers to make many parts of the city fly around, and as he saw Kai flying overhead, he tried shooting him down while everyone else was driving through the city.
"The Temple's up ahead!" Wu shouted as they drove through tons of obstacles and debris to get there in time. And before some Nindroids could harm the civilians, Nya flew in and used the mech's claws to knock them away before trying to get back on course.

"Two down, and moving onwards to the ne..!" Nya shouted just before her suit was hit by a flying car which instantly took her suit offline, and it was sent crashing down into some debris which left her unable to keep going.

"Nya's down! I repeat Nya's down!" Kai shouted over the intercom which scared both Cole and Jay for her safety.

"I'll go back for her!" Cole announced just as Jay interrupted to stop him.

"No, I'll go back!" Jay interrupted again while Spike got in between them to stop this.

"She has my Golden Weapon with her! I'll go back to save her! We can't risk it falling into the wrong hands!" Spike shouted with frustration as this was not the time to argue about this again.

"Go back, and our probability to make it to the Temple exponentially decreases!" Zane warned which they didn't care for.

"This isn't about numbers Zane, it's about family!" Kai shouted back while Spike used his powers to freeze more Nindroids in Crystal while they almost harmed some innocent people as they drove by.

"Lloyd! Your near here location! You may be able to get her in time before we do!" Allison informed which Lloyd saw was a good plan.

"Allison has a point! I'll go save Nya, let's go guys!" Lloyd shouted as they all drove together to find where she is.

"I've got her! She's on the corner of Bradley Boulevard and...!" Kai shouted just before a beam of energy shot them all down and knocked them out of their vehicles, and everyone screamed as they went tumbling across the streets due to the impact.

"And.. somewhere..." Kai said weakly as they tried getting up after that rough crash.

"And that's two times our vehicles were wrecked.. we need to pay attention more guys.." Spike said with a cough while Allison helped him up.

But as they tried getting back up, the Overlord landed down before them in his giant suit of armor, and laughed mockingly seeing them on their knees like this.
"The famous Ninja, have time for a meet and greet! Let's dance!" Overlord shouted mockingly as they all quickly got up and were backing up with fear as he laughed evilly, and to their fear, they saw him form a Spinjitzu tornado that could destroy them if it touches them.

"Change of plans! Run!" Lloyd screamed as they tried running away while he was chasing after them, debris around the city was being pulled into the tornado as they tried to escape him, and they had to use their skills in order to avoid being knocked back.

"Look out!" Allison screamed as she and Spike slid under a car while Cole jumped over it while cheering with joy.

"We're almost there! We can make it guys!" Spike encouraged while they ran as fast as they could.

And just on the other side of the city, Nya was trying to get up after that rough crash, and she took out Spike's weapon and tried keeping it safe.
"This is a complete mess!" Nya shouted with frustration just as Cryptor was coming up to her with a mech of his own.

"Now, let's see if the big girl can handle herself without her suit!" Cryptor shouted mockingly while Nya held Spike's weapon tightly and hoped it could help defend herself from him

Spike and the others kept on running as the Overlord was still using Spinjitzu to try and destroy them, and they made use to their ninja skills to make it across the debris in their way as the temple was just ahead of them. Garmadon and Wu were watching just from the entrance of the temple while they saw the Overlord was using Spinjitzu.

And as the ground was shaking due to his overwhelming power, Spike and the others made it across a fence that was just ahead of the Temple, and they kept on running while the Overlord was right behind them.
"Close the doors!" Allison screamed while Wu and Garmadon were doing just that as they were jumping through the doors to get inside.

"Brother! Now!" Wu shouted as they closed the doors tightly to keep them safe.

"Activate the shield!" Garmadon ordered as the Overlord was about to destroy the Temple, but the shield had finally activated which blocked off his Golden Power, and he was furious to see that the Temple he once used, was now being used against him.

"No! No!!" Overlord screamed with fury as the shield was preventing him from making it inside.

Nya jumped out of her suit and tried slashing at Cryptor with Spike's weapon, but since it only worked for Spike, and not her, it was barely able to do anything as it's power can't be used, and Cryptor laughed mockingly as he knocked her back which made her drop his weapon.
"You hit like a little girl!" Cryptor shouted mockingly while Nya was getting very frustrated with him.

"Oh yeah?! How's this for little?!" Nya shouted as she jumped back to him and tried to punch him rapidly which he was easily dodging, and once she made a small mistake, Cryptor punched her back down which made her groan weakly as this wasn't doing anything to help.

The rest of the Nindroids were trying to bring down the shield surrounding the Temple as the Overlord was ready to leave to keep causing chaos.
"Keep shooting the shield! They will break, and die busy!" Overlord ordered as he left them to take it down.

And it could be felt from within the ancient temple which worried the others, and they didn't waste any time to get moving as they won't have long before they break through.
"You said you had a weapon that could stop him?" Lloyd asked hopefully while Borg went up to a open area within the center of the room.

"I do, it's my most protected secret!" Borg said with confidence as a secure looking case came out from the ground which excited the others on what it could be.

"What is it?" Jay asked excitedly while he was working to unlock it.

"It is well protected." Zane complimented while they kept watching him do his job.

"Is it a special weapon of some kind? Like a highly advanced rocket launcher or something?" Spike asked eagerly while Allison was right besides him.

"Or some sort of special armor?" Allison asked too which Borg shook his head at.

"No, it is something far more valuable then that!" Borg said with a smile which made them more eager to see what it is.

"I hope it rocks!" Cole said hopefully while the case was finally opening up.

"Is it dangerous? Is it alive? Is it.. a... a..." Jay said just as his excitement turned to disappointment as they finally saw that it was...

"A pill?!" Jay asked with frustration as Borg took the pill out and showed it to all of them.

"It's not just a pill, it's a nano pill. For all time, scientists have been searching for the holy grail of inventions.. A diet pill, that actually works!" Borg announced while Spike slapped his face after having to many hopes for this.

"Even Twilight was able to develop a shrinking spell before I vanished from my home..." Spike said in his thoughts before he regained focus to see what this can do.

The Temple was still being attacked by the army of Nindroids who had almost broken through the shield, and they didn't want to just stand around for them to get inside.
"Wait until your old, you'll see why it is important." Garmadon assured the others before he suddenly grabbed Borg by the shoulders with a serious look.

"Tell me Borg, does it work?!" Garmadon asked hopefully while looking at the Nano Pill.

"No, but the Nano technology inside has an adverse affect, it not only shrinks your waistline, but miniaturizes you as well!" Borg informed which Zane found confusing.

"You mean, you made a shrinking pill?" Zane asked wanting just a bit more confirmation on what this is.

"Let me get this straight, you want us to get close to someone who has armor that could destroy us in an instant if we touch it, and you want us to give him a pill?" Kai asked with an upset look with how impossible that sounds.

"Precisely!" Borg confirmed which Allison groaned at.

"And how are we supposed to even get close to him?" Allison hissed just as Garmadon remembered something that could help.

"Brother, do you remember when the both of us were on the same team years ago?" Garmadon reminded which Jay thought was a waste of time.

"Uh yeah old timers, can we pay attention, we're trying to save the world here!" Jay shouted with frustration while Wu ignored it, and remembered what he was talking about.

"I do remember, on the playground when we were kids, Templegate Tigers." Wu said with a smile while he held his staff tightly.

"Ha! I threw a mean curve ball, and your stick could thread the needle! We never lost." Garmadon said with hope as this move of theirs could work.

"So true. Get us close to him Ninja, and we'll give the Golden Master his medicine!" Wu instructed which sounded like a plan to them.

And just outside the Temple, the Overlord was still using his power to bring the city to it's knees, and all the people were running around with fear as he was seemingly unstoppable with all the power he has.
"Haha! The people of this city are losing hope! Soon they will bow to you, Golden Master!" Pythor shouted with a smirk while The Overlord shot multiple golden beams around the center of the city, and began forming them all around like a spider web to make things even worse.

Nya was still trying to fight off Cryptor, but was being overpowered as Cryptor threw her to a wall very roughly, and then picked her up by the legs to finish the job.
"What is that perfume I smell? Fear?" Cryptor asked mockingly which Nya was frustrated at.

"Actually, it's called Damsel in Distress! But I don't think it suits me!" Nya insulted while glaring directly at him.

"You think you can mock me?!" Cryptor asked with anger just as Nya looked ahead, and saw the Mindroid was just ahead which gave her an idea.

"Of course! Doesn't anyone? Even Mindroid knows short of a hardrive!" Nya countered again while Mindroid was carrying some stuff for him just behind him which he didn't notice yet.

"Mindroid?! That useless piece of scrap isn't even fit to tighten my bolts!" Cryptor insulted back which the Mindroid was able to hear, and was very ticked off by it. And he soon dropped the stuff he was carrying and was marching right up to him.

"I've met toasters more intelligent then him!" Cryptor mocked again just as Mindroid tapped him on the shoulder, and just as he turned around, Mindroid punched him extremely hard in the chest as payback for that insult, and that gave Nya the moment to free herself while Mindroid was getting into a fight with Cryptor.

"Alright, let's try and meet up with the others!" Nya told herself as she grabbed Spike's weapon again and ran off to find them in time.

Back within the Temple, Spike and the others were being given a very special suit of armor that belonged to the Stone Warrior's from long ago, and despite how old and worn down they looked, Spike could feel a big power coming from them that could keep them safe.
"Are you sure this is gonna protect us?" Kai asked with worry while they carried it up to Wu and Garmadon who knew what this armor could do.

"The Overlord's Stone Warrior's used this against the First Spinjitzu Master, I see no reason why we can't use it against those exact same powers." Garmadon informed which may give them hope.

"As long as this helps us, I'm gonna take the risk." Spike said with hope as he and the others were about to put it on, but as Zane looked at his own, he looked back at Pixal with worry if this plan goes wrong.

"Here, you take it." Zane offered while holding the armor in front of her which she quickly refused.

"No, you are vital to the mission. And don't worry about me." Pixal assured as they looked at eachother again, and felt a connection to eachother as so much was at stake.

"I shall see you again." Pixal assured with a smile which gave him hope they could win.

"Zane. We need to go." Garmadon reminded which made him sigh as he regained focus.

"Don't worry, we'll help the people as much as we can, you just focus on getting close to him." Allison said as they all came together and placed the armor above them.

They soon put the armor on themselves, and with it's power still active, the armor infused with their suits which gave each of them some new metal plating's to keep them safe.
"Guys, the seal! It's broken!" Lloyd shouted as the shield was powering down after the Nindroids finally broke through it.

"Alright, let's do this guys!" Spike screamed as they all started running out of the temple together with their new armor, and just at that moment, Nya finally showed up in time with Cryptor's own mech, and she used it to quickly tear down the Nindroids in order to let them through.

"Better late then never, go get em Ninja!" Nya encouraged as she took out Spike's Trident and threw it to him, and Spike caught it with one claw and placed it on his back.

"Thanks for keeping my weapon safe Nya! Your the best!" Spike shouted thankfully while they ran past her to end this.

They all ran across the rooftops of the city in order to reach the Overlord who was likely at the center of the city, and they all braced themselves as this battle could go wrong if they make a mistake.
"Feels just like old times, doesn't it?" Wu asked playfully while he and Garmadon ran alongside eachother.

"Yes, it feels good!" Garmadon replied just before the glass in a nearby building suddenly shattered, and was being morphed into a huge hand from the Overlord's power.

"Look out!" Spike screamed as he raised his Trident in the air as the hand almost crushed them, but thanks to their special armor, it was able to propel the power and destroy the hand upon contact, and they all were amazed as it actually worked.

"I don't believe it! The armor's working!" Cole said with surprise while they looked at the armor which was still protecting them.

"Keep going! We have to take the heat off the sensei's!" Jay screamed as they ran across the golden beams that were like a spider's web to reach the center faster.

"We're almost there! Come on! We can do it everyone!" Spike screamed as they were tearing through the strings without any effort which was making the Overlord more upset seeing it isn't working.

"My powers! Why aren't they working?! They won't stop coming!" Overlord screamed as the people cheered for them as they ran across the rooftops to finally reach him. The Overlord tried one last attempt to block their path by using the vehicles around the city, but their armor made short work of it, and they burst their way through his defenses before they finally came to the center of the city.

Everyone stood together as they all looked above and saw the Overlord had turned the center of the city into a giant golden spider web to use his powers on everything around him, and as they got ready to put an end to this, Pythor slithered below him and knew how they could make them slip up.
"Then attack the people!" Pythor ordered which the Overlord agreed with. And he used his powers to cause many pieces of rubble to fall onto the streets while people were running away with terror.

"We have to save the people!" Lloyd screamed as they all saw the people being attacked down below.

"No! We need to get the sensei's closer!" Kai reminded which made it tough for them to decide on what to do.

But as the people were running around with fear, Scales and the rest of the Serpentine emerged from the manhole cover's below, and knew of a way to keep them all safe.
"People of Ninjago! Follow me!" Scales announced to every citizen around the area, and the rest of the Serpentine helped the people retreat underground for their own safety which Jay was caught off guard by.

"The Serpentine are on our side?! Now I have seen it all!" Jay shouted with surprise while Spike smiled and crossed his arms seeing Scales and the Serpentine really have reformed.

"At least they'll keep the people safe. It gives us enough time to put an end to this!" Spike shouted as he and the others turned back to the Overlord once again.

"We'll never get close enough!" Kai shouted again just as Garmadon and Wu finally caught up with them again to use their little technique.

"We won't need to! Ready to thread the needle brother?" Garmadon as he looked back towards Wu.

"Let's show them what old timers can do!" Wu said with confidence which let the other's stand back for them to try this out.

Garmadon started things off by jumping off the rooftop first to go right down to the strings below him, and once he landed on it, he quickly bounced off of it just as Wu jumped off next to head straight to him. And as Wu landed on Garmadon's shoulder, Garmadon used his strength to toss him higher up in the air to get him high enough, and he then threw the pill up next which Wu was able to see.

He took out his staff and screamed as he whacked the thing as hard as he could to send it to the Overlord. Everyone was in awe as the pill was flying directly towards the Overlord's mouth while Wu and Garmadon landed back down safely, but just as it looked like that move could actually work.. Pythor ruined it by jumping in and eating the pill himself to save him, and everyone groaned with disappointment and shock as that was their only chance.
"Are you kidding me?!" Spike screamed with frustration while Pythor coughed weakly after swallowing it, and as a result of the pill's nanotech, it suddenly shrunk him down to the size of a small doll.

"Ahh! What's happening to me?!" Pythor screamed as his body shrunk down to the point he couldn't do any harm again as his voice was becoming higher the more he shrunk.

"No!!" Pythor screamed with fear and anger as he saw Zane's falcon coming in to capture him, and Pythor screamed with fear as he tried fleeing from the falcon which swooped down to capture him.

But with the nano pill gone, Spike and the ninja were left without any other options to take the Overlord down, even Spike's Golden Weapon wasn't enough to match the Overlord's power with how strong he's gotten.
"Was that it?! Was that.. all.. you've... got?!" Overlord asked with anger as the strings of golden energy began wrapping around Spike and the other's which made them start screaming with fear.

"Dad! No!!" Allison screamed as she, Borg, Nya and Pixal finally made it to the center from another rooftop, but as hard as Spike tried, his weapon wasn't able to break through the Overlord's power, and their armor wasn't able to protect them for much longer as they were all being overwhelmed.

"The armor! Why isn't it working?!" Cole screamed with fear as they tried escaping the golden energy was breaking through it.

"Because, your time is over!" Overlord screamed as he tried to capture Zane who was the only one still standing, and he quickly backflipped away from the ones trying to catch him, and knowing he has no other choice, he was the only one left to stop him.

"Support me friends, for one.. last time.." Zane prayed as he took off his mask, and began jumping across Spike and the others to reach the Overlords armor.

"Zane! No!" Spike screamed as Zane bounced off him last, and Spike could only watch with dread as Zane went high enough to reach the Overlords armor, and the moment he touched the armor's power, it instantly began to overwhelm his power source which wouldn't last much longer the longer he held onto it.

"Let.. my friends.. go!!" Zane screamed with pain as he tried forcing him to let them go.

"Go where? Doomed Ninja?!" Overlord asked mockingly as Zane's body was beginning to shake from the overwhelming power.

Everyone wasn't able to do anything as Zane didn't let go of the armor, and the power was starting to overwhelm him so much, it made a piece of his face fall off as it exposed the robotic parts of him, but Zane wasn't letting go, and he wasn't gonna let anyone harm his friends.
"The Golden Weapons are too powerful for you to hold all at once! Your chance at survival, is zero!!" Overlord shouted with anger while Zane was trembling from the power going through him

"This.. isn't about numbers.. it's.. about.. family. And I.. won't let you harm.. mine!!" Zane screamed as he tried to channel the power to come to him which loosened the strings holding everyone down, and they all fell to the ground roughly after the power was drained.

"Zane!!" Spike screamed with terror as they saw his power source was going past it's critical mass, and it was glowing far more then it ever should while his heart monitor was beeping rapidly.

"He's not letting go!" Lloyd screamed as they saw he wasn't trying to get out of there at all.

"His heart! It's reaching critical mass!" Jay screamed as they saw the power was too much for him.

"If it overloads, he'll blow! He'll never survive!" Cole shouted again while Kai pushed past him.

"Let go of him Zane! What is he doing?!" Kai asked with dread as they all looked up towards him.

"He's protecting us!" Wu shouted as Zane wasn't letting go, and was not gonna give up to keep his friends safe.

"I.. am a Nindroid! And Ninja.. never.. quit!" Zane screamed as his heart monitor was beeping even faster.

"Go Ninja.. go!!" Zane screamed as he shot an extremely powerful ice blast directly at the Overlord which was starting to create a blizzard, and even the Overlord wasn't able to handle the amount of power he was channeling.

"What are you doing?! Let me go you fool!" Overlord screamed as Zane's body was glowing even brighter, and his face was morphing to the point it looked like it was gonna blow which horrified everyone seeing it.

"No Zane! No!!" Jay screamed as he and Spike tried to stop him from getting himself killed.

"We have to save him! Please! We can't let him do this!!" Spike screamed while he had tears as ice was falling down around the city from his power, and Wu and Garmadon had no choice but to push everyone back to keep them safe.

"We have to go! Now!" Wu screamed as he pushed them to the nearest manhole cover as everything was being covered with ice.

"ZANE!!!" Spike screamed with sadness as he was dragged into the manhole cover by Garmadon for safety, and Kai and Jay could only watch as the power was too much for him, and it finally began to overwhelm his body..

"No!!" Kai, Spike and Jay screamed with fear and sadness as they covered themselves as a bright light was coming from him, and Pixal, Nya, Borg and Allison were left horrified as they were too late to save him..

"No!" Pixal shouted with fear as they saw he was sacrificing himself to save them.

"Zane.." Allison said with regret as they were backing up from the huge explosion that was about to happen while Zane kept shooting every ounce of Ice he had at the Overlord.

Zane's life began to flash before his eyes as his power was overloading, he knew he wasn't gonna make it out of this. But as he gave everything he had to save his friends, he remembered the most important things in his life.

He remembered all the adventures he went on with his friends, the moments he grew to be close friends with Spike after he had found himself in this world. He was the first real person Spike really got to connect with, and the only thing he prayed Spike could do, was carry on without him.

Everything around him was fading away as the Overlord was screaming with pain for Zane to let go, but Zane didn't move on inch, he only breathed calmly as he remembered how much he meant to everyone. How he was told he was special by Wu, and most importantly, the one he felt a connection too.. Pixal.
"I know who I am!" Zane's words echoed through his mind as he remembered him unlocking his true potential, and using it to save everyone, and reflected on everything leading up to this point.

The only thing Zane could do was smile knowing that if this is it, he went out saving the one's he loves most.
"You were built to protect those who.. cannot protect themselves.." Julien's words echoed through his mind again while Zane smiled one last time as he had finally reached his limit, and his heart monitor made one last beep before it went into a flatline..

And at that moment, Zane's body finally exploded from all the power he had channeled, not only destroying himself, but finally taking down the Overlord with him.

Ice was exploded over half the city which shut down so much of what the city had left, freezing over every other Nindroid that was left, and finally putting an end to all this madness.

Once the explosion finally ended, Spike and the others emerged from the manhole cover, and they were all in complete shock and sadness as they saw the entire city was covered in ice, and Zane.. was no where to be found..

Everyone had met up with eachother to try and find any traces to see if he's alive, but the only thing they found left.. was the remaining half of Zane's face that had fallen off as he sacrificed himself, and everyone was left wordless as they saw that Zane was really gone..

Spike began to break down into tears, and he hugged Allison close to her who was just as devastated f rom his loss, and Nya hugged Cole which left Jay really sad about it while Kai tried comforting him, everyone was grieving his loss, even if he saved all of them, it wasn't without a great cost..

Over a week after his sacrifice, everyone in Ninjago city gathered together to honor this sacrifice, what he did had saved everyone in Ninjago, and they will never forget it. As Spike and the others sat down together to take in what's happened, Borg came up to the front to give a speech to share his own thoughts on this tragedy.
"I thought that Technology could fix all of our problems.. but.. then I saw technology invent new problems. Devastating problems." Borg said with regret while everyone stayed silent as a large picture of Zane was in front of them while something covered up was about to be shown.

"And then.. a Nindroid named Zane, saved us all. He was the perfect balance between us, and technology. He taught us that life should be a balance. Technology can improve our lives, but so can people. And if we focus on one at the expense of the other, that's when the balance is off." Borg continued while Spike still hugged Allison closely while he was still trying to process his grief.

"Our city will find itself again, but this time, with Zane as our compass. And with that.. I give to you.. The Titanium Ninja!" Borg announced as he pulled down the cover which revealed a newly built statue of Zane that was made in his honor, and everyone saw Zane's falcon fly down on it's shoulder, and they all tried taking in this moment to say their goodbyes.

"So.. what.. happens after this?" Nya asked with guilt while they tried figuring something out.

"I don't know.." Cole said regretfully while Jay joined in next.

"And I don't care.. today, it's about Zane." Jay said with tears while Spike looked up at the statue, and hoped that they could move on without him.

"I'm so sorry Zane.." Spike said with guilt while he and Allison stayed close to help eachother while Borg looked at Kai who had something to say himself.

"And now, Kai would like to speak for those who knew him best." Borg announced as Kai stood up and went up to the front to give his own words.

"Everyone wondered what powered Zane, I don't know if we'll ever know. But I'd like to think it was brotherhood. Because he powered me, and he'll still power me as long as his memory lives on. Ninja never quit, and Ninja will never be forgotten." Kai said to the citizens who all stayed silent still while Allison looked down with guilt, and while as she clutched her fist with both guilt and anger for all of this, a small wave of her power moved the rocks below her..

"Wherever you are Zane, you'll always be one of us." Kai finished as he looked up at the sky, and to everyone's surprise, it began to snow all over the city, and everyone smiled as Spike and the others came together, and knew that no matter what, he'll always still be with them.

"We'll miss you.. Zane.." Spike said with tears as they stood together to take in the sight of his statue, and hoped that they could move on, even without him..

Far away from where everyone currently was, Pixal was inside Borg tower, still feeling remorse for his loss, but as Pixal was trying to process this, she suddenly began to hear a recording of something just behind him..
"You are Zane, a droid like me. What does Zane stand for?" Pixal's words repeated which made Pixal look surprised as she went to the monitors, and saw various footage of the time she's spent with him repeat.

"I stand for peace, freedom and courage." Zane's words repeated again while she saw the moment she scanned him on the monitor in the center of the room.

"Your hardware is outdated, and your processor is slow and incompatible, why are you so different?" Pixal's words asked again while she was confused on why this is happening.

"We're all different, but.. I don't feel so different around you." Zane's words said once again which made Pixal think of something important.

"Zane? Is that you?" Pixal asked hopefully while she looked for any signs of him.

"You are vital to me.." Zane's words repeated again as she saw something was happening in the factory at this very moment.

"You are vital to me. And I shall see you again." Pixal's words repeated again as some electricity was flowing through the monitors and was making it's way into the factory.

"I'm.. just.. Zane." Zane's words repeated again as Pixal was left speechless as something was happening in the factory at this very moment.

She wasted no time to make her way back to the factory to see what was happening, and as she was brought into the center of the room, she actually began to smile as she saw something she never thought would happen be built in front of her..
"Are we.. compatible now?" A familiar voice asked as the screen fades to white, leaving what she's seeing a mystery for now..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! And that's the end to Season 3! I hope I handles this finale well despite how much happened here, while I do feel like this was rushed in areas like the stuff involving the Ninjas elemental shields, and the Temple of Fortitude which wasn't brought up before, I still enjoyed this finale a lot, especially with Zane's sacrifice as it's one of the most emotional moments in the series for me.

As someone who's lost someone close recently, this moment hit even harder for me after seeing it again, and I always love seeing this scene with how hard it hits.

While I know Spike wasn't able to do much at all even with his Golden Weapon, I couldn't find much to do as things did feel rushed in areas, but I hope I handled this finale well to you all, because it's a highlight of the whole show if you ask me. I'll be moving onto Season 4 soon, and will try to blend Spike in better there as it's now up to 10 episodes instead of 8 like this Season was. But I hope I handled this finale well to you all, thank you all so much for reading this, and hope you look forward to more, have a good day everyone!

35: The Invitation

We open to a shot on a sunny day within Ninjago once again, the camera pins around to a large island deep within Ninjago. Zooming in more and more until it enters a nearby forest, but as the camera pins into the forest, we see a group of Nindroids guarding the area, looking around for someone.

But as one walks by some flower, an eye blinks as it reveals a familiar ninja hiding within plain sight, and was waiting for his move. The ninja quickly moves and goes behind one Nindroid and knocks him down instantly which got the other Nindroids attention, but a familiar Green Ninja leaped down from the air and kicked more down before throwing multiple shuriken's at another group before roughly taking down one more with one hit.

And just from behind another Ninja, a familiar snake in a new purple suit made for her appears from behind one Nindroid, and takes them down easily with no effort, and as the figures jump back on the ground and lands skillfully, it's revealed to be Lloyd and Allison who were doing an important mission while the other's were no where to be found. And once the area was clear, they both made their way to a nearby cave to find something very important.

The two made their way within the cave and soon came upon a security system of lasers and sensors across the whole room, but using their ninja skills, their able to make short work of it and make it past without much trouble, making it through silently and skillfully.

But just as they reached the end, Allison instantly dodges another laser blast that almost hit her, and she and Lloyd see even more Nindroids just down the hall that had a strange hole with a light coming from it. Lloyd quickly ducks under the lasers coming at him in a familiar style, and Allison jumps over him and tail whips multiple Nindroids off their feet, and using this opportunity, Lloyd assisted her and ran in to take the rest of them down.
"Ninja go!!" Lloyd screamed again as he used Spinjitzu and swooped them all into his Green Tornado, and within seconds, he took all of them down in just a few hits before they all flew out and landed on the ground.

But just as they finished up with the group, the place shakes again and they see a large boulder coming down from behind them, and wasting no time, the two wrapped two ropes around them and quickly made their way to the hall, and just before they were crushed, they both jumped through the hole and soon found themselves within a secure vault.

Just in front of them was the Golden Armor and Spike's own Trident that was now kept under high security after their last battle. Lloyd and Allison tried not to touch the floor as it would set off the alarms, but as they had the weapon and armor in their sight, they tried to move back and forth to get it before being caught.
"Come.. on!!" Allison begged as she tried using her tail to get her father's staff, but it was too far away for both of them to retrieve, and they sighed in defeat knowing they didn't pass this again.

"Alright, that's enough you two." Wu announced from the distance which made them turn around and saw him and Borg were watching them during the test.

"You got closer then I thought you would, I am impressed with how much progress you've made in these last few months Allison." Borg said with a smile while Allison and Lloyd stood up and took off their masks to show their faces again.

"Simulated training really has been helping me get more skilled, I'm very close to learning Spinjitzu, maybe once I do, we'll finally be able to pass that test." Allison said hopefully which made Wu smile seeing how optimistic she is about this.

"You have made excellent progress Allison, even without Spinjitzu, your Anacondrai ability's are certainly being put to good use, and when we soon go on a real mission, you'll be more then ready for it." Wu assured while Lloyd chuckled hearing that from him.

"Yes, but I didn't think you'd both be so rough on my.. Security Droids, although I should've expected this coming from you Allison." Borg said as he motioned over to the really busted up Nindroids they had taken out moments ago.

"If both me and Allison can't steal the Golden Armor, or Spike's Golden Weapon, I don't see how anyone can." Lloyd replied as he helped Borg move around the place as he was in his wheelchair once again after all that chaos months ago.

"Yeah, their really secure just from the simulation, but where is my dad's real Golden Weapon, as well as the Armor?" Allison asked curiously while Borg looked at her to answer.

"Some secrets are best left safe. Spike's weapon is too powerful to be put out in public you know? But if he requires his weapon again, we'll gladly let him use it when he needs it again." Borg replied which she nodded in understanding from.

"Lloyd, Allison, where are Spike and the others? I asked for everyone to take part in this test?" Wu questioned wondering where they were.

"They.. really wanted to be here.. but uh, they all had other plans." Lloyd said nervously while Allison looked down sadly knowing how rough Spike's handled things lately.

"I've rarely seen my dad smile after what happened months ago, he's been extremely depressed after.. what happened.." Allison said sadly as she remembered what happened with Zane..

"Yes.. it is understandable, the loss of Zane's affected us all, I haven't even heard or seen my assistant Pixal since Zane's memorial. It's heartbreaking.." Borg said with guilt for what's happened.

"If we dwell too long on what's missing, we fail to see what has been gained. The absence of Zane will either tear you all apart, or bring you closer together. The choice is yours." Wu instructed while Lloyd thought over all of it.

"Do you think you could go out and find them Lloyd? I know my dad may be harder to find, but do you think you can find him? I.. still have more training to get done for the next week.." Allison asked hopefully which Lloyd hoped he could do too.

"I'll do what I can, but it won't be easy Allison. I'll try to get Spike to help me get the others back." Lloyd assured while Wu hoped he could.

"The greatest lessons never are easy you two." Wu explained again as they went out to take a moment to rest.

Far away from Ninjago, around an hour after that talk together, Spike was currently seen meditating within the Temple of Light, he had been coming here every week since Zane's loss, it was the only other way he thought he can process his grief. This was the place that really gave him the power he has now, when they came here so long ago, it was a life changing moment for him, and now, he just feels lost.

He had been here for years at this point, the last time he had seen Twilight, or his friends was right before he got sucked into that mirror, and was taken away from Equestria. He doesn't know if anything bad's happened in his home or not, he's just had so many overwhelming thoughts on his mind, coming to this place is the only thing to help him right now.

Spike sighed sadly and soon opened his eyes after thinking over all of this, and as he looked up to the murals depicting what they went through when he came here, he saw the image of Twilight, Celestia and Luna, as well as the reset of the main 6, he just felt more sad as he thought about how worried they could be for him, and with all he's went through here, he can't even begin to think of how he can ever get back.
"I miss you guys.. I'm trying my best, but.. I don't know what to do. After Zane's sacrifice, I don't know what to do anymore, even with Lloyd and Allison trying to support me, I just.. wish I could let you all know I'm okay.." Spike said to himself as he looked at the mural, still thinking over all of it.

But as he stayed silent, he felt the wind suddenly move by him in moments, and he had an idea on who was here to see him.
"The team needs you now more then ever Spike." Lloyd announced as he entered the room, and Spike turned around and saw him coming up to him after going to find him.

"How did you even get here Lloyd? Why are you here?" Spike questioned while Lloyd walked up to him as Spike stood up so they can talk about this.

"I have my ways Spike, you doing alright?" Lloyd asked with worry while Spike sighed again, and shook his head hearing that.

"Isn't it obvious Lloyd? I.. can't accept it still, after all we went through with him, all the adventures we had together, because of the Overlord, he's.. gone.. I.. could've done something to save him.. anything.." Spike said with tears while Lloyd put a hand on his shoulder to help him process this.

"I miss him too Spike, we all do. But we can't just let his loss keep us apart, you've barely spent any time with Allison after what happened. She's getting stronger as a Ninja, soon enough she may finally learn Spinjitzu. While she still needs to work on her powers, she's come a long way after what happened, and she's worried for you more then anything." Lloyd reminded which made Spike look down shamefully hearing that.

"I know Lloyd, it's just.. I don't know how to do this without him, I've tried for months to move on, but.. I just can't, he was the first one I really became friends with here before Kai and the others, before I found Allison, and had become a Ninja myself. Even with all the power I have.. I don't know how to do this.. on my own.." Spike said sadly while Lloyd looked down and knew how he felt about it.

"I know the feeling Spike, but you need to remember that we made it through all of those adventures as a team. Zane wouldn't want us to keep grieving his loss, he'd want us to keep moving forward, no matter what happens. You've done so much here Spike, you've been a great and caring father for Allison, she wouldn't be here if you weren't with us. And it isn't just her who needs you Spike, the people of Ninjago still need you, even without Zane, I know he'd be proud to see you keep going." Lloyd encouraged while Spike thought over his words.

"Yeah.. we've all faced those bad guys together, and when you and I defeated the Overlord together, it changed my life completely. And.. I wouldn't have been here without his help, without.. all of you there to help me." Spike said as he looked at Lloyd again who gave him an assuring smile to help.

"And your still standing here today Spike, I know it's been tough, but.. we need to try and move on. The others need our help too, and I didn't want to do this without you. If we get the team back together, I think I have an idea on how we can handle this, you up for it buddy?" Lloyd asked hopefully while Spike stayed silent for a moment, but after he looked back at the murals of his friends, he knew they wouldn't want him to keep grieving like this, Zane wouldn't either, and after looking back on what Lloyd said, he finally felt more confidence to keep going again after all this time.

"I think so Lloyd, if you know where to find the others, I'll gladly come along. Thank you, I know I haven't done.. much in these past few months, but once we're back with the others, I think it'll get better." Spike said thankfully which Lloyd smiled after hearing it.

"Your welcome Spike, come on, I have an idea on where to find the others, let's go." Lloyd advised as he was making his way to the exit, and just before he left, he made one last look at the murals again, and hoped that one day, he'll find a way back home.

"I promise we'll see eachother one day Twilight, no matter how long it takes." Spike said to himself as he turned around and began leaving with Lloyd again, leaving the temple empty once again.

After Lloyd convinced Spike to go with him to find the others, they flew around Ninjago a bit more to find where they could be, they had heard about where they might be, and wasting no time, they went to where they heard Jay was first. He was apparently the host of a show in Ninjago where one goes through an obstacle course, and while the competitor failed this time, she at least had fun while Jay seemed to be having a fun time too.

But as he went into a back room for some thinking, Jay sighed to himself as he looked at a mirror and looked at a picture of him, Spike, Lloyd and the others, after what happened with Zane, he just feels tired of it all, but he feels nothing but regret for the loss of such a close friend.
"Ninja never quit, huh Zane?" Jay asked sadly while he looked at the photo before two voices suddenly could be heard.

"The team needs you now more then ever." Lloyd announced which made Jay look behind him before he screamed with surprise seeing Spike and Lloyd were already here.

"How did you two get in here?!" Jay asked with surprise seeing how he didn't notice them before.

"We're ninja's Jay, you should expect that." Spike replied casually while shrugging his shoulders.

"Not to mention that you, are wearing makeup." Lloyd pointed out seeing how strange his hair looks right now.

"Hey, hey, it's concealer, a time honored tool of the Ninja, but what do you mean team Lloyd? I refuse to fight besides Cole again I will never forgive that girl stealing.. black hearted, rock pounding.." Jay listed out with frustration before the two made him stop.

"Ugh, come on Jay your still hung up over that? It's been months for Celestia's sake." Spike complained while slapping his fist seeing how this is still going.

"Spike, please don't right now alright?" Lloyd asked which made Spike sigh in understanding before he nodded after hearing it.

"Your right.. Jay, she misses you, you know that? She wouldn't want you to be doing this, Allison wouldn't want me to keep grieving Zane's loss like this, neither would Twilight. This isn't the way for you to move on, you know that right?" Spike reminded as they haven't seen eachother ever since Zane's funeral, and Jay soon looked ashamed knowing how she must feel about this.

"You know you don't belong here Jay, your the Master of Lightning, not the Master of Lighting." Lloyd encouraged while Jay sat down at his chair again to think about it.

"You know where we'll be if you change your mind, come on Spike." Lloyd said as he and Spike jumped off screen and vanished which left Jay alone who sighed sadly again. But as he went to put on more make up, once he fully realized he was doing and looked at the mirror, he finally had enough and threw the thing at the mirror out of frustration seeing what he's become.

We cut to a forest where a ton of Lumberjacks were currently working at, Cole was seen chopping down a tree branch with his axe, not noticing Spike and Lloyd were watching him with their skills before they landed on a branch just above him.
"The team needs you now more then ever!" Lloyd repeated while they looked down at him who sighed seeing they were both here.

"I thought I was good with a scythe, turns out, I'm even better with an axe!" Cole shouted back while he delivered multiple chops to the branch he was on before sighing with frustration.

"I'm tired of fighting guys, tired of Serpentine, tired of Nindroids, and tired of.. Jay. Out here, no one expects anything of you." Cole said as he looked around the large construction site around them.

"And where's the excitement in life without that? If you never expect anything of yourself, you'll never realize just how much your capable of! I became a Ninja for reasons like that Cole, to see just how much I can do, and I wouldn't have gotten here today, if it wasn't for the help from all of you." Spike reminded while Cole looked down again hearing that.

"I'm sorry Spike, but sometimes, it's best to just stick to what you can do." Cole replied which Spike shook his head at seeing that's how he feels right now.

"Come on Cole, your the Master of Earth! Your feet are supposed to be on the ground, you can't hide who you are, none of us can." Lloyd encouraged again as they went to a smaller branch just next to them.

"Sorry guys, but this is my life now." Cole replied as he was about to get back to work. But just then, one of the logs that was lowered onto the pile of logs began tumbling over, and the other workers soon realized that it was about to break.

"Oh no! Cracked stem! She's falling hard!!" The worker screamed just as all the logs began to fall and role towards the worker which the three of them noticed, and not wanting to let anyone be harmed, Cole jumped off the tree branch with skill and went to put a stop to it.

"Earth!!" Cole screamed just as he slammed his fist on the ground and shot spiked rocks from the ground which surrounded and stopped all the logs in place, and all the workers looked completely amazed seeing what he just did.

"Who is that?" A worker asked with amazement as Cole took a moment to rest.

"I don't know, but he's definitely not one of us!" Another one said with a grateful smile while all of them cheered for him as Cole was about to leave for now until he saw Lloyd and Spike just on the tree above him again.

"If you change your mind Cole, you'll know where we'll be." Lloyd said once again before the two of them left to find Kai while Cole took some time to think over this.

And lastly, they went to find where Kai currently was, and after hearing news of someone called The Flaming Shogun winning multiple fight clubs, they had an idea on who that was. They went to a fighting club where they could see multiple tougher looking people who were looking for a fight, and after seeing Kai knock easily down Cruncha who sounded off, they waited for the right moment to speak with him while keeping a watch over this.

And once Kai went over to get a drink, correcting himself as the Red Shogun, he only sighed with sadness as he still felt guilt for the loss of Zane.
"You shouldn't drink to much juice, it's filled with more sugar then you realize." Lloyd advised which made Kai look to his side to see Spike and Lloyd were next to him after appearing out of nowhere.

"Oh, it's you two." Kai said with an upset look while looking at the table instead.

"Come on Kai, the team needs you now more then ever." Spike said as he tried to convince him to meet up with him and the others.

"Who says the great and powerful Green Ninja and Master of Crystal needs a team? You both are looking to be just fine as a duo." Kai replied knowing how much more capable they both are then he is right now.

"I get it Kai, you've run out of bad guys to fight, and you gotta come to a place like this, but where is the honor in that? Where's the Master of Fire?" Lloyd asked again while looking at the place around them.

"It's the Red Shogun now guys. Where's the Master of Ice huh? He's gone, but I'm still here. And who cares about honor, it should've been me, not him.. I was the one who..." Kai said just before Lloyd stopped him to try and convince him again.

"You always thought you should've been the one, first it was the Green Ninja, now this. When are you gonna start thinking of someone other then yourself?" Lloyd asked again while he looked extremely ashamed of himself for all of that.

"It takes more then one person to protect others Kai, were all supposed to be a team no matter what, even if Zane's.. gone, he wouldn't want us to be apart like this, he'd want us to keep fighting together, no matter what threatens Ninjago." Spike encouraged with a small smile again while patting his shoulder.

"If you change your mind, you know where me and Spike will be, let's go." Lloyd said to Spike once again before the two of them suddenly vanished just as he turned around, and he sighed again seeing them go.

And after that, he went around Ninjago City to think to himself, going to the park where Zane's statue was to think over it, and as he went up to it which had become a bit dirtier overtime due to nature, as he looked up at it, he finally realized that Zane wouldn't want this from them, and he rubbed the statue a bit before finally deciding to meet up with the others.

He soon went to a different part of the city, to a popular restaurant that he and the others often met up at, while he still is a bit hesitant on this, if it helps him figure out what to do, it'll be worth it.
"There's only one, Master Chen's! Ninjago's number one noodle house!" The Voice of Chen said over a speaker and large sign that was holding some noodles as Kai looked up at it curiously before going into the place himself.

Kai went into the place and tried looking around for them, but he didn't see anything but a conveyer of different foods for them to eat, but just then, a hand was raised into the air to get his attention.
"Kai! Over here!" Lloyd called out which made him go up to the table he was at, but once he saw that Jay and Cole were also here with him and Spike, he figured out just what this was.

"Jay? Cole? Is that you guys?" Kai asked with surprise while Cole looked at him while still looking upset after staring at the food passing by.

"Huh, so they got you two huh?" Cole asked as he looked back at the food next to them.

"The runts tricked us all!'" Jay said with an upset look seeing he has to sit near Cole once again.

"Hey it was obvious you and Cole wouldn't come if either if you knew you were coming, we had to keep things a secret." Spike said in defense while Kai sat next to Cole and was about to reach out for some food before Lloyd stopped his hand.

"Hold on, talk first, then we'll eat." Lloyd instructed which frustrated Cole.

"Trust me Kai, do you know what kind of restrain I've had to just stare at all of this noodle goodness? Your late!" Cole complained while looking back at him before Lloyd tried to get this talk going.

"Alright guys, I know without Zane, things have been different. But we need to move on, the reason I brought you all here is because.. maybe we should add, someone new to our team?" Lloyd suggested which no one thought was a good idea.

"A new Ninja?!" Kai asked with an upset tone hearing that.

"Are you crazy?!" Jay shouted with anger not liking that idea at all.

"You can't be serious!" Spike argued back as even he didn't know this was what Lloyd wanted.

"Come on! Zane's irreplicable!" Cole complained again while Lloyd looked upset at the mention of him again.

"I care for him too but, now it's time to care about this team." Lloyd argued back while Spike crossed his arms.

"What about Allison? Hasn't she been training with you ever since we last saw eachother?" Spike suggested thinking she could handle things better then him at the moment.

"Allison's still got a lot of training to finish Spike, she still doesn't even know Spinjitzu, and she can barely use her powers still, until she's fully able to use them, she's wanting to keep up her training till then, sorry Spike." Lloyd explained which he groaned at after hearing it.

"Then maybe without Zane, there is no team. No one can ever replace him." Kai argued back while he looked away from the others who thought over it. But just as they tried thinking about what to do, the door to the restaurant opened up again, and Jay gasped with surprise as he saw a bunch of tough looking thugs coming in to rob the place.

"Don't look now guys, but we got trouble!" Jay warned as they looked ahead and saw the thugs were stealing money from the register, and when the cashier didn't have anything to give them, they began rudely shoving him on the conveyer which was blocking the food from reaching them, giving Cole a reason to deal with them.

"Alright, now their our problem!" Cole declared while they all stood up and approached the thugs who had strange snake tattoos on their faces.

"Excuse me, it's not polite to touch someone else's food!" Cole warned while he had chopsticks in his hands as the others were right behind him.

"You don't want this fight punks, it's five against three!" Spike warned while he clutched his claws ready for a fight. And not taking the warning, one of the thugs tried punching Spike which resulted in Spike catching his fist and twisting it painfully which made a loud crack, and the guy screamed before Spike grabbed his shoulders and threw him over the conveyer's which made a loud crash as a result.

The other thugs growled with anger before they tried to attack the others, Cole was able to block one of them with his chopsticks by catching him just as he almost hit him, and Kai jumped on the conveyer before he started kicking the rest of the food in their faces as it was starting to speed up.
"Alright, I admit it! We make a good team!" Kai shouted as Spike flipped behind one of the thugs before grabbing his head and shoving it right into a plate of food as payback for the cashier.

"Best thing about this job, we get to kick plenty of bad guy butt!" Spike shouted again before he used his tail and whipped the guy he threw down before just as he was getting up again. And as Cole was fighting against one of the thugs while food was flying everywhere, he decided to grab and eat a bit of the food since he didn't want them to go to waste.

"Everything's better on a full stomach!" Cole said to the others who were all punching the other thugs, but before he could get another shrimp, the thug he was fighting knocked it away which really upset him.

"Hey! I was gonna eat that!" Cole shouted with anger before he grabbed his shoulders and threw him into a place of noodles on the conveyer in response to that.

Kai quickly ran back from one of the thugs who tried attacking him once again, but after Kai delivered a hard kick to his chest, it knocked him back and made him role across the conveyer into the other thugs before he jumped off them and landed back on the ground next to the others, looking very proud of teaching them a lesson.
"How can you walk away from this?" Lloyd asked with a smile while the others were starting to see what he means.

But as the thugs were dragged across the conveyer, a child screamed with fear upon seeing them which made the mother really angry seeing them, and she began repeatedly hitting one of them with a plate which finally made them begin escaping to a back door just nearby, and what looked to be the leader glared back at them one more time before heading out too which got their attention.
"Hey! Let's get em guys!" Cole shouted as they all ran after the thugs into an alley just next to the place.

But to their surprise, the thugs were all gone as soon as they came out, and it left them confused on where they went.
"What?! Are you serious?! How did they..?!" Spike asked with shock as they looked around to find them, but as they looked around, to their shock, they saw what looked to be a picture of Zane right in front of an alter that had candles and fortune cookies layed out for all of them.

"What's this?" Lloyd asked with surprise as they came closer to the picture, and looked surprised seeing Zane on it.

"It's... Zane.." Kai said with shock while Lloyd grabbed the poster to read it as it had something written on it.

"What does it say?" Cole asked as Lloyd looked extremely shocked seeing what the poster is saying.

"It says.. he's alive." Lloyd revealed which made everyone gasp with complete shock hearing that.

"What?!" Spike shouted with shock as he looked at the poster himself, and couldn't believe what it's saying, and Zane.. really could be still alive..

"I don't think those thugs were delivering a message to the noodle house, I think they were delivering a message to us!" Kai declared while they all looked at the poster to process this.

The very idea that Zane could be alive astonished them to no end, given they saw him literally explode to defeat the Overlord, leaving no traces of him left, it seemed impossible, and yet.. knowing Zane, he.. could've found a way to save himself, at the very last second.
"What do you mean it says.. he's alive?" Jay asked wanting to make sure this wasn't a sick prank.

"Hey I'm just telling you all what it says." Lloyd replied while looking at it again.

"Why would those thugs lead us here?" Kai questioned while looking at Spike who didn't know either.

"Maybe this was just so we could find this ourselves, without anyone else knowing it.." Spike suggested which could be true.

"That might be the case Spike..." Kai replied while he put his hand on his chin to think over this revelation.

"This has to be some sort of cruel joke, and I'm not laughing!" Cole replied not wanting to believe a possible lie like this.

"Look, I think these were meant for us too." Lloyd said as they looked at the cookies just in front of them.

"Fortune cookies?" Jay asked with confusion while they all took them, but Cole just ate his completely without even considering why their called that.

"Uh.. you do know there's a fortune inside them right?" Kai asked as he opened his up and Cole gulped as he saw the paper was in them.

"Oh, so that's why their called that." Cole joked which Spike chuckled at as he took the paper out before eating the cookie part of it like how it should be.

"Next time, just try to take things slower alright Cole?" Spike asked with a smile while Cole nodded in agreement as he and he others started to read what theirs said.

"Listen to this guys, Master Chen has personally invited you to participate in his Tournament of Elements." Lloyd read out loud which made Cole realize something important.

"Wait a minute, are you saying that Mr. Chen, the same guy filling my belly with delicious goodness, is actually Master Chen?!" Cole asked with shock while Spike raised an eye hearing it.

"They have the exact same name Cole, I thought that might be obvious."" Spike replied which Cole shrugged at.

"There are plenty of people named Chen in Ninjago, how was I suppose to know?" Cole asked again which Spike could see.

"Fair point." Spike replied casually as they kept reading what the fortunes said.

"This Tournament will be the gathering of Elemental Masters just like you who have been keeping themselves hidden all this time, if you wish to see more just like you, then this Tournament will be determine which one of you, is the strongest one of them all." Spike read out loud which fascinated the others hearing it.

"Secrecy is of the utmost importance, tell no one or suffer the consequences." Kai read with a warning tone while Jay finished up his fortune.

"If you ever want to see your friend again, meet on the peer at midnight, and leave your weapons behind." Jay finished which concerned the rest of them.

But at that moment, Jay's fortune suddenly exploded into a bunch of smoke which surprised them all, followed by everyone else's that vanished as soon as they finished reading them.. including Cole's which exploded in his stomach which made him scream with surprise before he made a loud burp since one was likely in the one he had too.
"At least I know I was invited!" Cole joked again which the others laughed at for a bit before getting back to the topic.

"A Tournament of other Elemental Masters? Could that really be possible? I haven't even heard of other possible Elemental Masters like us ever since I came here." Spike pointed out as this sounded too good to be true.

"You guys don't think..?" Lloyd asked again while he looked at Kai who got a similar feeling.

"It could be a trap." Kai declared not liking where this is going.

"But what if it's not? What if Zane really is alive?" Jay asked again while Lloyd looked at the poster to think over it again.

"The Tournament of Elements.. I'm starting to think that Master Chen makes more then just noodles." Lloyd replied which seemed to be the case with this.

"You can forget bringing in a new Ninja Lloyd, let's go see about an old one." Kai declared while they looked at the poster again, and hoped that this wasn't a sick joke.

As we cut to Garmadon's monastery on the next day where Lloyd was currently preparing to meet up with the others at the peer, Garmadon was walking into the center room where Wu, Nya and Allison were currently planning out something important.
"Hmm, are you all planning on fixing the Bounty?" Garmadon asked as they put some blueprints down that showed it's new design.

"It's been a few years since the thing was brought down, with the free time we've had, we thought it was best to finally rebuild it after so long." Allison replied while she tried using her own powers to lift some of the papers up, but she only barely managed to lift them up in the air before they fell back down, leaving her a bit upset she can't fully use them still.

"Don't worry Allison, your getting better with using them, all of this will take time, but we will find a way to help you learn to use your powers, don't give up hope." Wu advised which she hoped for.

"Maybe dad could give me some advise on what I can do.. if he was here still.." Allison said with worry for where he is as she's still not heard from him in quite a while.

"Don't worry Allison, once we're done fixing the Bounty, we'll try to find where he is. But we could use the extra help." Nya said to Garmadon who nodded in response and went to get Lloyd who was in his room, listening to the Weekend Whip once again as he was packing some stuff up for a long trip.

But before he went to get his supply of weapons, he remembered that they can't bring any of them along for this, and went back to packing things up just before Garmadon opened the door to inform him of what's happening.
"I was just on my way to help Nya, Wu and Allison restore the Bounty, care to join? Guess you can say it's all hands on deck?" Garmadon offered which Lloyd had to refuse for now.

"Sorry dad, the guys and I are going fishing, team building exercise!" Lloyd lied while pretending he was holding a rod which Garmadon believed since it sounded true to him.

"Glad to hear the teams back together, please tell Spike the next time you see him to come over, Allison is still needing help to master her own powers." Garmadon requested just he was about to leave before Lloyd came up to him to ask something.

"Dad? Uh.. our Elemental Powers, are there others out there with powers like us?" Lloyd asked which made Garmadon a bit suspicious hearing that.

"Why would you ask that?" Garmadon questioned finding it a bit off for him to ask that.

"No reason, it's just on my mind." Lloyd replied while pretending to think about it, but as Garmadon looked in his room, he saw a familiar noodle box that had a symbol of someone he knew all too well..

"Well, see ya! Early bird catches the worm!" Lloyd said as he took a bag of his stuff and began to leave while Garmadon looked back at the box, and realized just who could've given him that idea.

"Chen!" Garmadon said with an upset tone as he had an idea on what he was trying to do..

At midnight that night, Spike and the others all met up together with their own supplies, each wearing different suits they had worn previously, Spike wore the suit he had gotten from the Temple of Light with the others, and despite the heavy fog around the area, with the sound of boat horns being heard, they could see dozens of other people that looked pretty strange, likely being the other people who were invited just like them.
"Ugh, I told you we shouldn't have warn them!" Kai said with frustration while they took off their masks seeing that the other people here were waiting around just like them.

"The Tournament of Elements. You think all of them have powers like us?" Kai questioned thinking this could be possible.

"If they were asked to come here like us, it's very likely." Spike replied while crossing his arms, feeling unmotorable about this whole thing.

"When I asked my dad about that, he got really suspicious, like there's something he's keeping from me." Lloyd explained to the others who were curious about that too.

"The Fortune Cookies said, tell no one or suffer the consequences." Cole reminded which Lloyd easily brushed off.

"Relax, we're cool." Lloyd assured while they looked to the end of the dock ahead of them.

And they soon saw a large boat was coming up to them with room large enough for all of them to get on, as it stopped right at the dock, two familiar looking thugs placed a plank down to let a strangely dressed figure who looked to have dark powers of his own, walk up to the other masters who were all ready to get going.
"We don't know yet if it's a trap, wherever they take us, we have to stick together." Lloyd advised which the others understood while they looked ahead of them.

"Watch your step, madam." The figure advised just as the woman looked back at them, and the moment he saw her, Kai immediately felt something the moment he saw her, and sighed with a smile which Lloyd was able to notice.

"We can't let anything distract us, remember?" Lloyd reminded which shook him out of his thoughts again.

"Uh.. uh yeah. Whatever you say." Kai replied while Spike shook his head seeing this.

"Oh boy, here we go again." Spike whispered to himself as he and the others were about to get on with the others.

"Master Jay, Master Chen will be charmed to see you've accepted his offer. A Master of Spinjitzu should fair favorably in his tournament. " The figure said to Jay who felt uncomfortable being around him.

"Hey, we're not here to fight, we're here to save a friend!" Jay replied while the figure knew he was hiding something in his bag.

"Don't be so petty Master Jay, everyone here has something to fight for." He said as he reached in his bag and pulled out a pair of nunchucks he secretly tried bringing with him.

"Chopsticks.. I'm a big eater.. heh..." Jay said nervously which he didn't believe, and he only threw the nunchucks into the water to show they won't mess around if he breaks a rule like that, and Jay gulped nervously as he proceeded to get onto the ship himself.

"Ah, Master Spike. The only talking Dragon in Ninjago, and the Master of Crystal, with a competitor like you, you may just last long enough to see the tournament to the end." The figure said to Spike who glared at him upon seeing how strange he looks.

"Don't get any funny ideas with me or my friends." Spike warned as he simply moved past him with the others just before Lloyd was gonna get on too.

"Lloyd! Wait! If you get on that boat, you may never return!" Garmadon warned which shocked Lloyd seeing he followed him here.

"What are you doing here dad?" Lloyd asked with shock as he came up to try and stop him.

"Master Chen is a dangerous man, who should never be trusted! Whatever he told you, do not believe him!" Garmadon warned while the figure looked back at him and instantly recognized who he was.

"Lord Garmadon, it's been a while. But it's Sensei now, correct?" He asked mockingly while Garmadon recognized him too.

"Clouse. I see Master Chen still has you running his errands. " Garmadon countered before Lloyd turned to him seeing just how important this is.

"I have to go dad, this is about Zane, it's about family. If we're ever gonna be whole again, I have to get on that ship!" Lloyd argued again just as Clouse was ready to leave, either with or without him.

"Last call, are you in, or out?" Clouse asked one more time which made Lloyd turn around to get on the ship, but Garmadon didn't want to risk losing him or the others.

"I can't stop you, but I can join you!" Garmadon declared as he was about to get on before Clouse tried to stop him.

"Sorry, no more.. room on the ship." Clouse lied as the thugs tried pulling the plank away which gave Garmadon an idea on how to join in.

"No room?" Garmadon asked again before he suddenly jumped on the plank which hit one of the thugs in the face and knocked him off balance, and as Garmadon flipped onto the ship, he kicked the thug off of the ship which to prove him wrong.

"Hmm, I stand corrected, there's room now." Clouse said with a smirk while Garmadon went up to the others.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to compete, only to look out for my interests." Garmadon said as Clouse started walking around the ship as it began to move.

"Let's ship out!" Clouse announced which made the boat begin to slowly set sail for a place far beyond Ninjago, and Spike and the others braced themselves as they were heading into parts unknown once again.

As the moon shone down over the sea at night, Spike and the others took their time to see what these other masters can do, and they really did have powers of their own, consisting of many different things that showed just how much these masters can do, leaving Spike and everyone else amazed as they saw they really weren't the only Elemental Masters around here.
"You know him, you said his name is Clouse." Lloyd said as they saw Clouse walking by with some groups who all had strange snake tattoos on their bodies which was extremely strange.

"Don't be fooled by his attire, He is Master of Dark Arts, and Chen's number two." Garmadon warned while staying next to them for protection.

"Huh, I thought Chen's number two was an Egg Role and Fried Rice?" Cole joked while Kai was still confused on why they haven't heard about these guys before.

"Why haven't you or Wu told us there were others with powers like us?" Kai questioned while looking at Garmadon again.

"Because there are some things we don't want you to know, you were lead to believe you you are special. Yet you never questioned where your powers came from." Garmadon explained which Jay found confusing still.

"Uh, are you saying I'm not special?" Jay asked with worry hearing that.

"Everyone on this ship is a descendant of an Elemental Master." Garmadon explained again while they looked around the ship that was still sailing through the foggy sea.

"Elemental Master? Who were they?" Lloyd questioned again.

"They were the First Spinjitzu Masters Guardians, each endowed with an Elemental Power that's been passed through generations." Garmadon explained while he looked at the one who was lifting things with his mind that was almost like Allison's own powers in a way.

"If that's true, then so is my sister Nya, but she can't do what I can." Kai suggested which could be a possibility too.

"Can't she? Powers lie within each of you, and only need to be awoken, the fighters here so no master, and have managed to unlock their own True Potential." Garmadon explained while Spike thought of something that could be important.

"Wait.. if I'm the Master of Crystal, does that mean there was a previous Master that had powers like me? I got them from the Temple of Light sure, but if I'm a descendant of another Elemental Master.. who could it be?" Spike questioned finding that the most concerning to him.

"These powers have been passed through generations Spike, if you have the power of Crystal, then it's likely someone had it before you, even a relative perhaps. You don't even know who your birth parents were, so who's to say one of them didn't have powers like you?" Garmadon asked again which shocked Spike as that could be very possible.

"But.. how could that.. even be possible? We never even knew how my egg ended up alone before it was found." Spike asked again while looking at him.

"Like I said, perhaps there are secrets that are best left kept, and if one of them is because you were a descendant of an Elemental Master, who had the powers of Crystal like you, I can only imagine what else there is we don't know." Garmadon replied which made Spike try thinking over this as he never considered it..

"Look around you all, see the other Masters who've found their own potential. For instance, that pale man over there is a distant relative to the Master of Light, watch closely, and you'll see how he he stayed hidden all these years." Garmadon instructed as they saw a man with no face in some clothing and sunglasses, vanishing before them which amazed them all just as someone zoomed past them at fast speeds.

"Then there's Griffin Turner. Grandson to the Master of Speed." Garmadon introduced as they saw Turner speed around the whole ship without any effort at all.

"Haha! You can't lay a hand on me, I'm faster then fast!" Turner said confidently as he sped across the ship before stopping on top of a higher ledge while looking proud of himself.

"Swifter then swift!" Turner said with a smile while Spike laughed seeing how fast he moves.

"I'd definitely pay for a race between him and Rainbow Dash for sure!" Spike said with a smile seeing how fast he was able to go.

"Come on Spike, the Master of Speed? That's not an Element." Jay complained while they kept walking around the ship.

"So asks the Master of Lightning." Garmadon joked which everyone laughed at once they heard it.

"Oooh snap! He got you there Jay!" Cole laughed while they kept walking around the place, and Kai soon saw that girl in the orange cloak again which made him curious about her own power.

"Then who's she?" Kai asked with a smile while looking at her.

"I don't know, some of these people I haven't seen before. But they will all be gunning for you in the Tournament. You are Ninja, you serve with honor. And here, that means very little." Garmadon instructed again just as they saw a large guy with metal gauntlets and a helmet march up to the woman and tap her shoulder before he grabbed her arm and tried taking her cloak.

"Well, maybe honor means something to me!" Kai said with anger while he marched up to him to make him stop this before the woman saw he was coming up to stop them.

"It's okay, I can handle myself." The woman assured while the large man towered over Kai with a threatening look.

"This none of his business! Karlof cold! Karlof just wants her cloak!" Karlof said as he clutched his fists which Kai found funny seeing this.

"You look like you got enough with those mittens, why not leave the gal alone?" Kai countered which surprised the woman, but made Karlof more upset seeing he won't back down.

"These not mittens! These crush Ninja!" Karlof threatened while they were getting in their faces.

"Huh, I'd like to see you try." Kai countered just as Garmadon went in to try and stop this from getting worse.

"Save it for the Tournament, Kai. " Garmadon warned while Karlof was raising his fist at Kai.

"Don't think Karlof afraid of you." Karlof threatened which Kai smirked at once again.

"You don't think much at all, do you?" Kai mocked again which made Karlof grab him by the neck and begin lifting him into the air.

"Feel free to jump in when you feel like it guys!" Kai shouted to the others who were about to try and stop this from getting worse.

"You say Karlof is not smart?!" Karlof asked with anger while Spike and the others were marching up to him seeing this.

"I'd say Karlof is plenty smart not to start something he can't finish!" Lloyd warned which only made Karlof punch Kai far away to the wall in response to mock them.

"Oops, guess Karlof, not smart." Karlof mocked again which Spike growled at.

"Alright meat head, you asked for it!" Spike shouted as he was a bout to shoot a Crystal blast at him before Garmadon put a hand in front of him to stop it.

"Spike, don't. Kai started this, so let him finish it." Garmadon advised which made the others back off as Kai was left to face him by himself.

Kai got back up and got into a fighting pose as he stood against Karlof who was ready to fight him too, and Kai soon lit his hands on fire and got ready to teach him a lesson.
"Fire!" Kai screamed as he began shooting multiple blasts at Karlof who easily deflected them with his Metal Fists, he then smashed his fists together which turned his body into Metal to show off his power which caught Kai off guard. Karlof then charged at Kai and smashed his fists on the ground which Kai barely avoided before Karlof suddenly moved towards him and threw him to the wall while Spike and the others watched, hoping he could beat Karlof.

Karlof then punched Kai up to a higher platform to another part of the ship, and Kai quickly recovered and rolled out of the way before Karlof smashed his fists on him again just as he was brought to the ledge. And Kai made a taunt which made Karlof try to lunge at him again, but it resulted in him falling off it which made Kai laugh thinking he won as he was about to leave.

But Karlof's fist suddenly broke through the ground he was on and grabbed his leg which made Kai scream as he was dragged down to another part of the ship below, and Kai quickly broke free by rapidly punching him in the chest before kicking him to the railings nearby to give him some time.

Kai then lit his fists on fire and began punching Karlof even harder to the point he punched him onto the moving wheel that was moving the ship, and he soon jumped on it and began striking at him again as they were trying to keep their balance on a moving platform. They then jumped in the air and punched at eachother's fists before Karlof got the advantage and punched him to the ground. And just before he was about to finish Kai off, Clouse finally came in to stop them after seeing the commotion they were causing.
"Enough!" Clouse shouted to both of them just as the sun was starting to rise over the horizon, and it finally made Karlof back off and leave him alone while he was still trying to recover.

"I'm sorry if I was cold to you earlier." The woman apologized as she walked up to him and offered him a hand up, which Kai gladly took. But as he did, a small part of his power was seemingly absorbed into her when he didn't notice it. And Kai smiled nervously as the woman started to turn around to see the island as they were finally arriving to it.

"We're here, welcome, to Chen's Island." Clouse announced as Spike and the others all went to the ledge to see the view, and they could see an enormous island in the distance which is where the Tournament was being held at. But as the other masters went to see the sight, Clouse went back and took out a radio to get in contact with his master.

"Master Chen, Garmadon has returned, he says he'll be looking out for his.. interests.." Clouse informed as we cut to the room that Chen was in, while his face wasn't shown yet, he was currently sitting on his own throne within a large room.

"Interesting. You worry too much Clouse, everything will work out, just wait and see." Chen assured before he turned the thing off, leaving Clouse to just do his job while everyone else was waiting for their arrival.

"I swore to never come back here.." Garmadon said with an upset look seeing this island once again.

"You know, you should never swear, it's a sign of weak verbal skills." Jay advised which Spike agreed with.

"I'd listen to him if I were you." Spike replied with a shrug as Lloyd looked at the island ahead, and hoped they could find their friend.

"If Zane's on that island, we'll find him. We have to." Lloyd declared as the camera begins zooming into the island far ahead of them. And as it moves into it, it soon stops at what looks like a dungeon underneath the island, and Chen was seen walking up to the cell door, looking at a certain prisoner he was holding captive.

"I hold all the cards!" Chen said mockingly before he began laughing like a maniac as he was walking away, and as the camera moves into the cell... the prisoner was revealed to be none other then Zane who was completely made of metal now, who had opened his eyes upon hearing it, showing that he really was alive..

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! So we're now onto Season 4 finally! I hope I did well with this set up given that this Tournament will be one of the Ninja's most interesting adventure yet. I know some people wanted Allison to come along with them for this, but I couldn't really find ways to have her be apart of this considering that she still can barely use her powers, and doesn't know Spinjitzu yet, and she likely wouldn't have done much given she's still learning things on her own.

But I'll try having her sneak into the island with Nya and Darreth later on, I'm just wanting to have her developing her own powers feel earned and not forced or rushed. But I hope Spike being in this Tournament will be interesting for you all. I'm thinking that in Versus, the best opponent for him will be Mr Pale, because even if he can turn invisible, I'm sure Spike could find ways to work around that to beat him, I don't want it to make him feel like he's just here for the sake of it.

But I hope that this start is interesting so far, thanks so much for reading this, and have a good day!

Prologue: A Broken Mirror

It was a normal day within Equestria, and everything was seemingly fine, the residents were all going about they're day like normal, nothing to major has happened as of recent events. Within a newly made crystal castle was a young dragon who was currently reading some comic books.

This was Spike, he's a young 12 year old dragon who was raised within Equestria by Twilight Sparkle, his mother figure and close friend, he's been her number one assistant for years and was happy to help her when she needed it. But he always still felt like there was stuff holding him back from really unlocking his potential.

He's started to see himself as a bit of a background person whenever the Mane 6 face danger instead of fighting alongside them. He's always wanted to help them and wanted to do what he could, but he's constantly told that he's to young, can't do it because it's do dangerous, or because it's to risky to let him help.

While Spike understood these reasons, it did frustrate him a little that he never really got to do much of anything when Equestria was attacked, sure he helped stopped Sombra some time ago, but he never had direct confrontation, it was honestly lucky that he managed to beat him. All of this made him feel like he couldn't ever achieve anything great and be a real hero.

Spike sighed and stopped reading his comic book to think over this.
"Will i ever be able to prove myself as my own person? Or will i just be stuck as a number one assistant?" Spike asked himself as he looked at his claws, they were small, like him. Compared to all other dragons, he was only a hatchling, despite being 12 years old, he's not showing any signs of proper growth yet, sure he's far smarter then most dragons from what he knows, but that's not really enough when it comes to standing out.

"Will i just be like this forever? Or is there something out there for me, that will make me special?" Spike asked himself with sadness as he just couldn't think this properly. But before he could think about this some more a knock was heard on his door.

"Spike? Are you okay? There's something important that recently came up." Twilight spoke from the other side which caught his attention.

Spike sighed for a moment before getting off his bed and opening the door and looked up at her.
"I'm doing okay Twilight, what's the problem?" Spike asked curious as she had a look of worry.

"I got a letter from Celestia, something important come up, and she's wanting me, you and the others to go to her castle at once." Twilight explained as she showed him the letter and he read it to see it was urgent and looked worried himself.

"How did this happen? What is this?" Spike asked concerned as this sounds like a problem.

"I don't know, but it's important from the sounds of it, let's go Spike." Twilight said as she prepared a teleportation spell and they both disappeared from the castle.

We cut to them appearing within Celestia's castle all of a sudden, but they knew where they were and had gotten a good sight of where they were, they were just outside the throne room and they could see the other Mane 6 were already here.
"Twilight You sure took your time getting here." Rainbow dash teased as she was the first one here obviously.

"Sorry girls, but i needed to get Spike too as she wanted him here too." Twilight explained as she and Spike walked over to the rest.

"What do you think she's needing us for?" Fluttershy asked worried as they all got the message.

"Another threat perhaps?" Rarity suggested.

"Or a friendship problem?" Applejack added.

"Or a party that's not prepared?!" Pinkie asked in fear which made all of them look at her.

"I'm sure it's not like that Pinkie, let's just see what she needs to tell us." Spike said as he went to the doors and the others agreed to that.

Spike used what strength he had to open the large doors leading into the throne room, Spike and the others went into the throne room and they could see Celestia and Luna looking concerned.
"Ah Twilight, i am so thankful you all came here on such short notice." Celestia said as all of them walked up to them.

"It's no problem at all Celestia, what's wrong?" Twilight asked worried as all of them wanted to know what's happening.

"I think it's best we all show you, come with us Twilight." Luna said as she and Celestia started to lead them somewhere else.

"What do you think's worrying them? They seem a little tense." Spike asked the others who couldn't agree more.

"I don't know Spikey, but it's sounding concerning, let's just hope it's not to serious." Rarity said as they all followed her to a familiar room.

"This is the problem Twilight." Celestia said as she and Luna moved out of the way to show them it, they saw the Crystal Mirror that led to Canterlot High, but something was off about it. It's movements were swirling around strangely, like it was having a strange magic spell on it.

"What's going on with this thing?" Spike asked worried as he and the others inspected it.

"It looks like it's.. malfunctioning?" Twilight asked as she couldn't figure it out.

"It's been like this since this morning, we couldn't pinpoint where it was leading through the other side, i think it's trying to tell us something." Luna suggested as everyone looked concerned.

"Why would it act up like this? We haven't been through that portal in a few weeks." Rainbow dash said crossing her arms.

"Do you think it's a warning sign of something bad?" Fluttershy asked worried as well.

"Maybe it's not happy with it's design?" Rarity suggested and everyone rolled their eyes at that. Spike continued looking at the mirror with interest, as it's actions were seemingly unique as it's never done this before.

The voices of Twilight and the others were being muffled within his head as they all became dead silent. Spike continued to stare at it strangely. The way it's movement swirled around was making it seem like a vortex, leading somewhere that's not Canterlot High, but somewhere else.
"Spike.. come to the mirror.." A ominous voice spoke which made Spike realize something.

"What?" Spike asked confused on what he heard which caught the others attention.

"Spike? What's wrong? You seem entranced by the mirror." Luna asked worried which regained Spike's focus as well.
"Sorry it's just.. i thought i heard something.." Spike said which interested the others.

"What did you hear Spike? Did it say anything to you?" Celestia asked worried.

"I don't know exactly.. it felt so ominous.. like it's.. calling me.." Spike said as he slowly was walking to the mirror.

"Spike, maybe you should take a break, we all can handle this you know?" Twilight asked as he took more steps to it.

"Spike, i recommend you ignore this, it could be tricking you." Luna warned as the others tried stopping him. But Spike could barely hear they're voices, he was entranced with the mirror, and every step he took closer to it felt like it was calling him even more. Was it calling him to a place where he could become a hero he wants to be? Or is it all an illusion for all of them. Spike came closer to the mirror until he saw his own reflection, the mirror moving around like water as Spike started bringing his hand closer and closer to it..

"Spike, please stop what your doing!" Celestia warned as all of them tried stopping him.

"Spike! Don't!" Twilight shouted as she tried pulling him away, but Spike soon placed his hand on the mirror, and to all of their shock, it started pulling him in.

"What?!" Spike asked shocked as he finally realized what he just did, he saw he was being pulled in and tried pulling himself out.

"Spike!!" They all shouted with horror as they tried saving him.

"Twilight! Guys! What's happening?!" Spike shouted in fear as he was being pulled in even more. Twilight tried grabbing his other arm as half his body was pulled in as the mirror was shaking.

"Spike!!" Twilight shouted with worry as she and all the others tried saving him.

"Twilight!!!" Spike shouted as he got sucked into the mirror much to their horror, the mirror shook violently as it suddenly floated in the air, all of them backed up in fear and watched as it started to crack.

"No.. no! Spike!!" Twilight shouted as she tried to save him, but before she could even touch the mirror, it shattered all over the room making a huge shockwave across the castle which knocked all of them down. Twilight groaned as she got up, she could feel shards of the mirror around her and looked around in horror. The mirror was shattered, and Spike was gone..

"Twilight.. what happened?" Dash asked worried as they all got up.
"W.. what happened to the mirror?" Fluttershy asked scarred as the shards were everywhere.

"And where's Spike?!" Applejack, Pinkie and Rarity asked at once as Twilight was breathing heavily and started to cry.

"No.. no.. he can't be gone! Spike!" Twilight shouted through the whole room as Celestia and Luna saw all of this.

"Where could he be? How do we find him?" Luna asked worried as the mirror's breaking isn't known.

"I don't know Luna.. but we'll find a way.. we'll find a way.." Celestia prayed as all of them looked at the broken pieces all over the room with horror knowing Spike was gone..

Spike screamed as he was flying through a vortex that was leading somewhere else. Spike was flying through realities as he could see the memory's of what he's been through go by him.
"Twilight!!!" Spike screamed as he went swirling around the vortex, he could feel multiple things entering his body, they felt like different ability's, he felt warm, shocked, cold, and strong suddenly, along with tons of other different ability's until he fell through a portal the screen fades to white.

We open to a view of an ancient looking building on the high ledge of a mountain, it looked old but looked like a quiet home for one to live. In the main lobby, a young woman was seen training against some dummies and was seemingly learning to fight, the camera zooms into the doors until we see an old looking man with a white beard and a hat meditating within some smoke. He focused his mind calmly as he continued focusing himself.

He looked within the strange smoke to see anything off, but to his surprise, he saw a strange creature flying through a vortex, he seemingly fell out of it and was flying through the skies, and he saw as the creature screamed as he fell near a familiar looking building..

A loud rumble was suddenly heard which shook him out of his vision. The man gasped in shock as he realized what this means. He quickly got his staff and hurried out of the room. He saw the woman had stopped her training and looked concerned.
"Master Wu? Did you feel that too?" She asked concerned as Wu walked to the doors.

"Yes Nya, i saw something fall near the Monastery, i couldn't get a clear focus on what it looks like, but it seems to have fallen right outside the doors." Wu said as Nya came up with him.

"What do you think it is? Could it be a new threat?" Nya asked worried on this news.

"It doesn't seem like it, i feel no evil aura around here, let's find out for ourselves." Wu said as he opened the doors.

He looked around and saw nothing but the view of the clouds and the high mountain he lived on, he looked left and right before looking down and seeing something on the ground and his eyes widened in shock.

"Sensei.. isn't that?" Nya asked shocked as they could see a strange purple and green dragon creature on the floor, it was seemingly unconscious, most likely from the fall. It was groaning in pain as it was hurt.

"How did you get here?" Wu asked confused as he used his staff to turn it over and they got a good look at his face.

"He looks young Wu.." Nya said worried as this wasn't like any dragon she's seen before.

"Yes, he looks like a child, and seems to be a dragon.. how can this be?" Wu asked curiously as he picked him up and inspected him.

"I don't know Wu, but it looks harmless, should we help it?" Nya asked worried for it.

"Of course we should, maybe we can get answers from it when it awakens, come on.." Wu said as he and Nya went back into the Monastery and closed the doors.

Spike groaned in pain as his body hurt a lot, that fall was something else, it felt like his body was warped through realities in a weirder way then when he went to Canterlot High. He coughed a few times as he finally started to open his eyes.
"Where.. am i?" Spike asked himself as he looked around, he seemed to be in a strange room with wooden furniture, it looks nicely designed and calm, he could even see symbols of a dragon on some walls.

"Hmm you can talk? How interesting" A man suddenly spoke which alerted Spike.

"Who's there?!" Spike asked scared as he looked around with worry, he turned his head until he saw an old looking man he's never seen before, he had a long white beard, a staff, and a teacup in his hand, Spike immediately backed away in fear as he thought he was going to hurt him.

"Do not be alarmed young one, i am not going to hurt you." He assured in a calm tone as he slowly came up to him.
"Who.. who are you?! Where am i?! What is this place?!" Spike asked in fear as he looked around the room.
"Please calm down, we won't get anywhere with freaking out will we? My name is Wu, i found you outside my home a few hours ago." Wu introduced as he sat down in a chair and gave Spike a drink, Spike was still tense as he still was afraid.

"M.. my names.. Spike.." Spike said scarred as Wu looked at him.

"Please calm down young Spike, i promise i won't hurt you." Wu assured again taking another sip, Spike was calming down a little as he seemed honest.

"W.. where am i? What is this place?" Spike asked looking around the room.

"You are in my Monastery, in a land called Ninjago." Wu explained which confused Spike.

"Ninjago?" Spike asked confused as he's never heard that name before anywhere in Equestria.

"Yes, and may i ask where you are from?" Wu asked as he offered Spike a cup which he hesitantly took.

"I'm from.. Equestria, do you know anything about that place? I really need to get back.." Spike said worried as he tried to drink it.

"Equestria? Hmm.. i have never heard of a place like that, not even in history's, and believe me, i know a lot about Ninjago's history." Wu replied which worried him.

"Do.. you know any way i can get back at least?" Spike asked worried on this news.

"I do not know Spike, it sounds like it's beyond my own knowledge. Tell me are you.. a dragon?" Wu asked looking at his features.

"Y.. yeah i am.." Spike said nervously as he saw his body was strangely more.. blocky.

"Hmm, interesting, a dragon that can walk and talk like a human, but still caries the features of one. Your world sounds unique already.." Wu said interested as Spike looked at him.

"Then.. what do i do? How do i find my way back? Am i.. stuck here forever?" Spike asked as he started to cry.

"Do not cry Spike, i may not know much about you, but i am willing to help you get home one day." Wu said as he started standing up.

"R.. really? You'll help me?" Spike asked shocked as Wu offered his hand.

"Of course, it's what me and my students do." Wu said with a smile as Spike stood up as well.

"Students? For what?" Spike asked curiously as he walked with Wu out of the room.

"Yes, Students, i am a teacher of a martial art called Spinjitzu. And i train them to become Ninja." Wu explained which interested Spike a lot.

"Spinjitzu? Ninja? Like.. real ninja?" Spike asked curious as that news was interesting.

"Yes, and i can see that interests you, would you like to become a fellow student? It never helps to learn some skills." Wu offered. Spike was shocked on his offer, he just met this man and he seemed kind and understanding. Despite him being a talking dragon, he seems willing to help him. And his offer of learning this.. Spinjitzu and becoming a real ninja, this could finally be the waking call that he's been wanting for some time now..

"I.. think i do.. it sounds like it can really help me.." Spike agreed which made Wu glad.

"Well then, we will begin tomorrow, but first things first, we should introduce you to the others here." Wu said as they went out into the courtyard.

"Wait here Spike, i will bring them out here in a moment." Wu said as he walked into another door to get them.

Spike looked around the place in awe, this world looked nothing like Equestria, despite obviously looking more blocky here, this place, this.. Ninjago. Honestly sounds interesting, it sounds like it has a huge history within it and it makes him just want to learn more about this place, especially if he's gonna be a real ninja, one that fights and can do cool moves, ones that would be on par with Rainbow Dash's martial arts skills.

"Follow me, he's out here." Wu spoke again as he heard him walking with some other people.

"Is he the one me and you found outside a little while back Wu?" A female voice asked sounding curious.

"Yes, he's awake now, and he and i had a little talk Nya." Wu replied as the doors opened.

"He can talk?" Nya asked shocked as he and all the students came out of the room, they all had a look of shock seeing Spike.

Spike god a good look at each one, one was wearing red and had pointy hair with a gold sword on his back, another was wearing all black and had a golden Scythe, the other wearing blue with brown hair and had nunchuks, and the next one was wearing white and had golden shuriken's on his sides, and the woman looked young and was wearing some training clothing.

Spike was a little nervous seeing all of them as Wu came up to him.
"Everyone this is Spike, he's going to be staying here with us for now. He is young, but i except you all to treat him with
respect just like you do with eachother." Wu announced as all of them looked at him.

"Um.. hi.. nice to meet you all i guess.." Spike said nervously which shocked them all that he can talk.

"Sensei, you didn't say anything about him being a dragon, one that talks no less." The black one said interested at the sight of him.

"Well Cole, he didn't say what species he was." The white one said looking interested too.

"A talking dragon? That's honestly so cool Zane!" The blue one said sounding amazed seeing a talking dragon in front of him.

"Yeah, not to mention he's standing on two legs like us!" The red one said seeing he's standing like all of them.

"That must mean he's a smart one Kai, try not to offend him." Nya said as they all walked up to him.

"So your names Spike huh? nice to meet you, never thought i'd meet a talking dragon." Kai introduced as all of them shook his hand.

"Jay, really nice meeting you." Jay introduced as Spike turned to Zane.

"I am Zane, it is nice to meet you young one, i look forward to working with you here." Zane said in a calm voice.

"And i'm Cole, nice to meet you two i guess. I can tell your just as weirded out as i am huh?" Cole asked and Spike nodded in agreement.

"And I'm Nya, your not hurt anywhere are you? You looked like you took quite the fall." Nya asked worried as Spike looked at himself.

"I.. i feel fine. Nice to meet you all, so you all are actual Ninja?" Spike asked curious.

"Yep, and we all have cool powers! Check this out!" Kai said as raised up his sword and it let on fire, all the others did the same and showed off all their elements.

"Wow.. Elemental powers.. cool.." Spike said amazed which made Kai chuckle.

"I know right? Do you have any powers too?" Kai asked curiously.

"I.. don't know, but maybe i have some deep down." Spike said looking at himself.

"And i promise to help you unlock it, i sense something good within you Spike, and i intend to letting you unlock your full potential." Wu said as all of them finished introductions.

"I.. look forward to it.. So can anyone show me around here?" Spike asked looking over the building.

"I will do the honors Wu, come with me Spike." Zane replied as he stood near him and the two proceeded to walk into the Monastery as the others watched on.

"He's an interesting one huh guys?" Kai asked the others who were all interested with what's happened.

"Yeah, i mean a talking dragon training to be a ninja? How cool does that sound honestly?" Jay asked still amazed that his is real.

"It's certainly interesting, maybe i should show him our other dragons soon, i wonder how'd he react to them?" Cole suggested.

"It's an interesting day for sure. Let's just hope he can handle himself here." Nya said said a hopeful look.

"Yes.. and hopefully one day we can get him home to this.. Equestria he's spoken off.." Wu said as he rubbed his beard as he tried to remember if he's heard that name before. The ninja all have a new member with they're group, a young talking dragon named Spike, who's seemingly not from Ninjago, and now all of them wonder just how he's gonna handle himself, being in the realm of Ninjago...

Author's Note

Hey guys i hope you liked this one! I've been thinking about this story for some time now, as my TMNT story was something keeping me from making it fully, this is a long series that i'm gonna be going through, i'm talking over 15 seasons and Dragons Rising. I feel like Spike being in Ninjago could be interesting as he could have some nice interactions with the group. I'll make sure he bonds properly with the Ninja over time, learning to open up and see them as real friends, while i won't focus on Equestria and the mane 6 that much in this story either, i'll try something to make them come in, maybe near the end of Crystalized, but that's a LONG time away from now, so i hope you all just liked this prologue and look forward to Spike in Lego Ninjago!

12: Rise Of the Great Devourer

We open to the next day once again, after Spike and the ninja retrieved the Fangblades, they all were heading to Firetorch mountain to destroy them for good. They were all sailing through a tough storm right now, but it wasn't anything the bounty couldn't handle.

Spike's been keeping Allison safe every day, she's still very young and he doesn't want her to get hurt, but if there's one thing Spike's been feeling lately, he gets the feeling something's watching them, and Spike's just wanting to keep Allison closer to keep her safe.

Everyone was in the dining room again to discuss what to do with the Fangblades, while Allison was awake, Spike was only feeding her again to keep her from crying.
"Why is it we have to go to Torchfire Mountain to destroy the Fangblades?" Nya asked concerned with how rough everything out there is right now.

"Because the Fangblades were made from the original teeth of the Great Devourer, they're so strong they can only break down from extraordinary heat." Kai explained which made sense from what they saw before.

"That explains how it survived the lava of the Fire Temple, if this place really is where we can destroy them for good, then bring it on." Spike said confidently while he kept holding Allison close.

"Heh, you know Spike, you've been a great father raising her, I gotta admit, in the past couple months we've known you, you've been a great friend to have you know?" Kai asked which Spike was glad to hear.

"Hey, I wouldn't be here if you all hadn't taken me in, while I still want to find a way home soon, I'm just glad I've made a lot of friends from this journey." Spike said proudly which they were happy to hear.

But as they kept talking, Cole had walked into the room and looked airsick from the storm they were traveling through.
"Please, no one talk about food." Cole begged just as lightning flashed above them which almost knocked him off balance.

"How much longer till we get there?" Cole asked while he hung on the door to not fall of.

"Oh hey Cole, your looking a little green over there, how'd you like a mucous salt sandwich?" Jay teased which made Cole gag and he went off screen to puke.

"Speaking of Green, who would've thought Lloyd Garmadon would've turned out to be the Green Ninja?" Jay asked turning back to everyone.

"I know, he was such a brat at first, hard to believe he's gonna become the greatest ninja that ever lived." Nya said sarcastically which Kai coughed at from hearing.

"Where is that little runt anyway?" Kai asked wondering where he is.

"I think he went off to do some training or something?" Spike suggested while shrugging his shoulders.

It turns out Spike was right from that suggestion, and Lloyd was in a room by himself and was going up against some of their training gear.
"Serpentine, it's time I Spinjitzu you back to the filthy holes you came from!" Lloyd said in a cowboy voice while he lunged at the training gear.

"Ninja go!!" Lloyd screamed while he tried using Spinjitzu, but that only made him smack against the gear which was spinning around, and Lloyd got smacked back and forth until he was knocked to the ground, but Pythor had suddenly appeared right before him before vanishing again while laughing mockingly.

"What a joke. You always were a boy to chase stupid dreams." Pythor mocked while he grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him up before reappearing again.

"Pythor! How'd you get on board?!" Lloyd asked upset that he was here to stop them.

"You think I would allow the ninja to steal the Fangblades from me?" Pythor asked before he pinned Lloyd to one of the equipment and was tying him up.

"You'll never get away with this! He.." Lloyd tried to scream for help, but had tape strapped to his mouth to prevent him from speaking.

"Oh, tsk, tsk, tsk, I wouldn't worry about that, as they say.. out of sight.. out of mind.." Pythor mocked before he vanished again while Lloyd was left locked in the room alone.

It didn't take that much longer for the Bounty to reach Torchfire mountain, it was the only place where they could destroy the Fangblades for good, but Spike didn't know what was to come after this, while he still had to raise Allison, he still needed to find a way to get back home, but there's much he still has to do here, so when all is said and done, Spike may try finding a way back soon.

Nya was currently piloting the ship still and was on the edge of the mountain right now.
"Would everyone please place their seat back and tray table at full upright and locked position? We have reached our destination: Torchfire mountain. Give me a minute while we settle into position." Nya reported while she started lowering the anchor to keep them in place.

Wu was looking over the edge of the Bounty, and he had a look of worry from something he's been seeing in his visions. The anchor had latched onto the mountain to keep things steady, and Spike and the others started coming out of the kitchen to finish the job.
"Ugh.. it's roasting out here..." Jay said a bit upset with how hot it was.

"I don't know about you Jay, but I kinda like it, it's like a spa around here, and I think Allison likes it too." Spike joked while looking at her who hissed lightly in response.

"Pretty rad you can take in this kind of heat Spike, you said your kind's lava proof right? Wonder what it must be like when your in lava then." Kai replied while they walked down the stairs to the deck.

"Believe me Kai, it's really relaxing." Spike said with a smile hearing that.

Everyone made they're way to Wu who wasn't saying anything, he's been like this all morning, and they think something could be wrong with him.
"Wu, are you alright?" Spike asked concerned while they all came up with the Fangblades.

"I'm.. okay Spike, just looking over the mountain, it's beautiful, is it not?" Wu asked while not turning to them still.

"Sense, we are ready for the destruction of the Fangblades, yet you seem disinterested." Zane observed while they all came up to him.

"You do not need that from me to finish the task." Wu replied with a worried look still.

"Uh.. but sensei.." Jay tried to argue against this, but Wu simply continued with this example.

"Butts are for sitting, and besides, there will be a time you will have to go on without me.." Wu said with a regretful look.

Spike and the others got worried hearing that and tried figuring out what he's trying to say.
"Sensei your talking crazy, you've been alive for like.. forever!" Kai reminded which made Cole smack his shoulder in response.

"He's not wrong Wu, from what I can gather.. you may be even older then Celestia, and that's a pretty big guess let me tell you." Spike added while he kept Allison in his arms closely.

"What they are trying to say Sensei is that.. you are like a sunrise, and we cannot continue without you.." Zane explained to put things simply.

"Ah, but even the sunrise must go down, so a new day begins.." Wu replied which just worried them even more.

"I don't like metaphors, what are you trying to say, are you leaving us all again?" Cole asked concerned to hear this.

"In meditation, my smoke visions have come to an end, and I cannot see tomorrow which worries me." Wu replied with concern for them suddenly ending.

"But.. it could be a good thing you know, we destroy them and everything's gravy!" Jay replied trying to keep things positive.

"Yeah, even though I still need to find a way home, once these things are gone, we shouldn't be in for any more trouble right?" Spike asked hoping that would be true.

"I do not know, let's just destroy these things for good.: Wu declared which was all they needed to hear.

Everyone got a plank out so they can destroy them for good, and Wu and Spike were watching on the side, but just inside the deck, the camera feed showed something invisible was moving around the ship, and it was revealed to be Pythor once again, who tried to sabotage this by throwing a hammer into the engine which started to destabilize the ship. This caused the ship to start tilting over and Spike and the others started screaming with fear as they were almost thrown off the ledge, and Wu was left hanging at the very edge of the plank.
"Sensei! Hang on were coming!" Cole shouted while they all carefully made they're way to him after dropping the blades. Spike was hanging on the ledge too and was trying not to fall off, but it was made even harder with having Allison in his other arm who was also crying from the sudden shift.

"Don't cry now Allison, now is.. not the time!" Spike begged while he was starting to climb back on the ship.

Wu was trying to hold onto the plank, but he finally lost his grip and started to fall to the mountain which horrified everyone here, but the ninja made a last ditch attempt to save him, and they all grabbed eachother like a latter while Kai hung on the plank with his feat.
"Your not going anywhere old friend!" Cole assured while they all dangled at the edge of it all.

"Spike! are you okay?!" Zane asked turning to him who was almost back on the deck.

"I'm fine.. just.. hang on!" Spike shouted from the distance while Allison kept on crying.

"Nya! What's going on?!" Kai shouted to her who was trying to figure this out.

"Someone or something has overwritten the system!" Nya reported with frustration while she looked at the computer.

Lloyd was still struggling to break free after being tied up, but he was finally able to loosen his straps and freed himself while also being able to speak again, he pressed on one of the intercom buttons to warn them of what's happening.
"Pythor's on board!!" Lloyd screamed from the intercom which made everyone gasp with shock as they saw Pythor had snuck on board, and he was holding all the Fangblades at once.

"Sorry if I don't lend a hand, I got this whole Devourer thing going on, toodaloo!" Pythor mocked while they were all hanging on the ledge, Spike was finally able to climb back on the ship and Lloyd managed to make his way back to the deck with his own staff.

"Where do you think your going?!" Lloyd asked with anger while Spike came besides him.

"A little cliché don't you think?" Pythor mocked which confused Lloyd for a moment, but Spike understood what that meant.

"Oh and you sneaking onto the ship when we all thought you weren't here isn't a cliché? I honestly don't see what sets you apart from the other villains I've faced, I swear even the Diamond Dogs back in Equestria can do better then you." Spike insulted which Lloyd laughed at.

"Burn!" Lloyd laughed while he high fived him.

"How dare you?! I've been working day and night to get these Fangblades! And how did you come across one of my own kind?! I thought they were all gone!" Pythor shouted while looking at Allison who hissed at him in response.

"Found her egg in Venomari territory, how it got there is beyond me, but I know one thing, she's a far better Anacondrai then you ever were!" Spike mocked while he aimed his Golden Weapon at him.

"It's hard to think you haven't realized that we're just stalling until the cavalry arrives!" Lloyd said confidently as they Nya flying down to them all within her Samurai X suit once again.

Pythor whimered with fear as he was backing up from the large mech, and Lloyd used this moment to leap into the air and he kicked him in the face.
"Oh.. I hit him! I hit him guys!" Lloyd said amazed with this while Pythor was trying to escape them.

"As much as I'd like to play with your overgrown toys, I have a ride to catch!" Pythor mocked before he jumped off the ledge and escaped with the Fangblades.
"No!" Lloyd shouted with fear as Pythor landed back on one of the Serpentine vehicles that was waiting for him, and they began to fly away from the ship.

"So long suckers!" Pythor shouted while he laughed evilly which left them really devastated with them being stolen again.

"Dang it!" Spike shouted with anger as they watched him fly off.

All of the ninja were still hanging from the ledge, but Jay could feel Kai was losing his grip.
"Don't let go!" Jay shouted to Kai who was annoyed with that.

"You think I don't know that?!" Kai asked annoyed while he tried to hang on, but Kai's feet finally slipped off the plank and everyone began screaming with fear as they fell to the mountain, but they all were quickly saved by Nya who caught them just in time.

"Gotcha!" Nya announced while they flew back to the ship.

"I don't think I've ever been more glad to see you!" Jay said with relief to see her here.

"Same here, now come on! He's getting away!" Nya reported while she put them all back on the ship.

"There he is!" Spike shouted while they saw him and Scales land near a tourist bus, it looked like they were kicking the people out of it so they can take it over to head for Ouroboros.

Lloyd quickly went to the ship and got the other's Golden Weapons so they could hopefully catch up with them.
"If Pythor reaches the City of Ouroboros, he'll awaken the Great Devourer!" Wu said with worry for what's to happen.

"Well we're not gonna let that happen!" Nya assured while Lloyd brought them all the case.

"But, what about me?" Lloyd asked with worry about this too.

"We need someone to stay and look over the Bounty," Kai replied while Spike went over to him too.

"And I need someone to look over Allison while we do this, you think you can take care of her till then?" Spike asked while he held her out.

"Uh.. I think so.." Lloyd replied nervously while he was handed her.

"Just be careful not to startle her, she can bite you if your not careful." Spike warned while Jay got his weapons next.

"What do you say we play a little catch up?!" Jay asked while he twirled his weapons around.

"My favorite game!" Cole said eagerly while Spike held out his weapon.

"You guys said you got your own Vehicles after harnessing your power right? Well I think I've managed to focus my power good enough, and I finally got my own vehicle to keep up with you guys!" Spike said proudly while he glowed blue with lightning.

"Then let's see what it is! Ninja go!!" Kai and the others shouted at once while they used Spinjitzu before jumping off the Bounty, each of the ninja formed they're vehicles again, but Spike finally harnessed his own power and created his own green and purple motorcycle that was with a dragon like design, it let out green flames from the back like it was it's own boost, and Spike screamed with joy for finally getting his own vehicle.

"This is awesome!!" Spike screamed with joy while they all raced down the mountain to catch up with the snakes.

Everyone began chasing through the desert to catch up with the snakes, and Jay soon was able to spot them traveling ahead of them all.
"I've got them in my sights!" Jay reported while they all drove faster.

"Is this some kind of special tour?" The tour guide asked while Pythor and Scales were sitting in the front of the vehicle.

"Oh shut up and drive!" Pythor ordered with an annoyed look, Scales looked at the mirrors in the vehicle and he saw Spike and the others were quickly catching up from behind.

"Sir, the ninja are right on our tail! They'll catch up to us in no time!" Scales reported which irritated him.

"Ninja!" Pythor said with anger while he went to the mic and started to announce this to the whole bus.

"Good afternoon my cold blooded minions! If you look out to your left and behind you, you'll fine.. Ninja! They're so annoying! So man your stations champs! Let's be sure to give them the ride of a lifetime!" Pythor ordered while Spike was driving close behind.

Some Fangpyre's quickly went out onto the roof and they began biting down on the bus itself which began to morph into it's own snake like vehicle, the ninja could only watch with surprise while they saw the entire thing be turned into a deadly weapon that they had to face now.
"What is that? A truck?" Kai asked confused while Wu took a closer look at it.

"It's not a truck, it's a moving fortress!" Wu said seriously while they could see the thing fully.

"They can turn things that large into snake like vehicles? I'm so glad I left Allison with Lloyd for this." Spike replied annoyed while he drove besides Zane.

Cole tried driving closer to the truck, but the things new tail started to whack at him the closer he got to it, and Cole was struggling to get close.
"Agh, how are we supposed to get close to that thing?!" Kai asked annoyed just before more snakes came out from the side with turret guns, and they started to fire at the group to shake them off. Jay and Nya quickly avoided any ongoing fire that was being shot at them, and tried catching back up, but more snakes in vehicles came out from the roof again and jumped off it, and began chasing after Spike and the ninja.

"Oh no you don't!" Spike warned while he pressed on a button in the front of the seat, this opened up a few of his own flamethrowers he had on the sides and he shot multiple blasts at them which knocked them all down.
"Nice going Spike! Your getting a hang of that thing well!" Kai complimented which Spike was proud to hear.

"I've taken a lot of time to practice!" Spike replied with a proud look.

Nya was trying to fly closer to the large vehicle, but the thing's tail whacked her away and Nya was barely able to avoid large rocks in the distance, and just at that moment, they saw more snakes were being deployed out from the thing and started driving to them once again.
"We got company!" Nya warned just as she heard Wu drinking more tea again which annoyed her.

"Sensei!" Nya reminded which quickly got his attention again.

"Let me see..." Wu complied while he moved his seat around for a moment, and was able to make the mech throw it's large disk at them which destroyed the vehicles as a result.

"Oh, this is fun!" Wu said with an eager smile as they kept chasing after them.

Meanwhile with Lloyd, he was struggling to keep the Bounty forward while he tried driving it, he kept Allison in a small cradle next to him while he tried to drive, the alarm was beeping rapidly and he heard Allison crying again from the ruckus.
"Why did Spike have to leave her with me?!" Lloyd asked annoyed while he tried catching up with the others.

Spike and the others were still trying to get on that truck, but more snakes kept coming at them to try and slow them down, but Spike had to keep knocking them off their vehicles so they can keep going forward.
"If we're ever gonna get on that truck, we need to work together guys!" Cole said with a serious look.

"i got an idea, Jay, follow me! Zane, Spike, try and follow in close, cool em off!" Nya ordered while they kept avoiding any attacks from the truck.

"Got it, Zane, let's go!" Spike said seriously while he and Zane drove on opposite sides of the truck.

"Let's go in! Ninja go!!" Zane screamed as they used Spinjitzu and hopped onto the ship, Spike froze a few snakes in front of him and knocked them off the truck so they can keep moving, Zane followed this up by using his weapons and he froze the cable attaching the truck to the tail.

"Goodbye!" Zane mocked before he and Spike broke the cable and the tail began to fly back so they can get in finally.

"Good going guys! Let's board that truck!" Jay declared while they all flew in closer.

Spike and the others quickly made they're way onto the truck fully, Spike did notice the thing was moving faster, and that smoke was coming from the front, which meant Pythor was really pushing the thing to move faster.
"Let's split up, last one to reach the front of a rotten ninja!" Kai declared with an eager look.

"All right!" Jay said eagerly as well while they all kept running across the roof. Spike and Zane went into another open window from above and quickly went inside to hide from the wind, and they quickly saw that there were more snakes in this part of the truck.

"These guys never give up!" Spike said annoyed while he charged up his Trident with Ice.

"Let's teach them a lesson then!" Zane replied before he and Spike both shot ice at the snakes and they froze them solid for now, but once they calmed down, they saw Kai was hanging on the window just outside.

"What? You try fighting up here!" Kai said with annoyance while he quickly climbed back up.

Kai saw he was surrounded by more snakes on the rooftop once again, but Nya quickly came in and went in to save him.
"Mind if I interrupt?" Nya announced while she clawed them away, one snake was able to avoid the attack and climbed on the mech, but Wu got a little idea to knock him off.

"Hm, hold this please." Wu requested while he handed the snake his cup.

" Oh yeah. Thanks!" The snake hissed while Wu poured in some tea, but Wu punched the snake off the mech and took the cup back for comedic affect.

"Watch out!" Kai warned as they saw a sign coming straight at them.

"Nya, duck! Duck!" Wu ordered while the snakes bent down.

"I'm trying! I can't!" Nya said with frustration before she was knocked off the truck by the sign, the snakes laughed at this and Kai just got annoyed and used Spinjitzu to knock them down.

"I told you to duck." Wu reminded while Nya threw the sign away.

"I don't wanna hear it." Nya said annoyed while she flew after them to catch up.

The sun was starting to set as they kept fighting they're way across the truck, Cole made his way into another part of the thing and he quickly saw that he was surrounded by more snakes once again.
"End of the line, loser!" Scales mocked while the snakes laughed at him, but Cole gave a smirk under his mask and held out his weapon once more.

"Watch out!" Cole warned while he twirled it around and he slammed the thing down and formed his own vehicle directly in the truck which scared Scales greatly.

"No, no! Please!" Scales begged just as Cole locked onto him and shot a few rockets at him and knocked him off the truck, the snakes quickly ran away and Cole got rid of his vehicle and looked at it with amazement.

"I love this thing!" Cole said amazed with it just before Nya had ripped off the trucks roof so Spike and the others could meet up with him.

"Cole, it is good to see you." Wu greeted while they landed down in front of him.

"Good to see you too." Cole replied while he gave Spike a high five.

"We're almost to the front guys, get ready!" Spike declared while they looked at the front of the thing.

But at the front of the truck, the engine was starting to catch fire and the entire truck began to shake violently, Kai lost his balance and almost fell on the ground, but Zane quickly caught him with not much effort.
"Heh, nice catch Zane!" Jay complimented while he put him down.

"Last one's a rotten ninja!" Cole reminded while referring to him that he's the last one here.

"Ugh, so be it, but one more cart to go. I see Pythor's in there with the Fangblades! Who's up first?!" Kai announced just as he saw a blur whoosh past him. Everyone looked in front and they saw Wu had come up front, but he had a regretful look and dethatched the last cable holding Spike and the others.

"Sensei! What are you doing?!" Spike asked with fear for what's happening.

"My destiny is to face Pythor alone, your destiny is to look after Lloyd!" Wu announced while they were getting farther away from him.

"This is turning into a habit for him! How do we get off this thing?!" Kai asked with worry while the last bit of the truck was lost and there was only one part of it left.

Pythor was still driving up front and he saw Spike and the others were falling behind which made him laugh mockingly. But fortunately, Lloyd was finally able to get a hang on flying the Bounty, he managed to calm down Allison again after a while, and saw the ancient city just ahead of them.
"The Lost City of Ouroboros! Come on Allison, we gotta get Spike and the others!" Lloyd said with worry while he activated the boosters and the ship began flying even faster.

Wu had finally made his way into the last part of the truck ahead, and he came face to face with Pythor by himself.
"This ends now!" Wu declared while he held out his staff.

"So be it!" Pythor hissed while he tried to fight back against him.

Meanwhile with Spike and the others, they all were feeling really bored after being left behind and didn't know what to do.
"This is really boring.." Nya said annoyed with what's happened.

"Can't believe he just left us like this!" Spike said with worry for his safety. But thankfully, Lloyd had finally caught up with all of them, he quickly deployed the anchor and latched it onto parts of the truck which helped it move forward again finally.

"Lloyd!" Spike and the others said at once.

"Hook, line and sinker!" Lloyd announced with a confident look.

"We're glad to see you Lloyd! Is Allison alright?" Spike asked worried for her.

"Don't worry, she's fine, I was able to get her to sleep, but it wasn't easy, I don't know how you do it Spike." Lloyd replied while chuckling a bit.

"We're glad your here, but we need you to get us to Ouroboros as fast as you can, can you do that?" Kai asked with a hopeful look.

"Eye eye captain!" Lloyd complied while he turned the wheel a bit more, the Bounty began lifting the truck high in the air and they all quickly began heading to the City just behind Wu and Pythor.

Meanwhile with those two, they were fighting against eachother in the front still, Wu was struggling to keep up with him because of his age, and Pythor managed to restrain him with his staff.
"Your getting slow, old man!" Pythor mocked while Wu was trying to escape him. Wu saw Pythor's tail right in front of him and he stepped on it really hard to set himself free. Wu followed this up by delivering a strong kick to Pythor's head which sent him back. But they had noticed that the engine was starting to burn up badly, and the entire part of the truck finally tipped over violently and it dragged across the sand just in front of the city.

Pythor groaned weakly and tried getting out of the truck, he saw he finally made it back to the city again and laughed evilly as his goal was so close. Pythor made his way all the way to the statue once again with the Fangblades in hand, the sun had set at this point and the sky was getting even darker, Pythor climbed his way to the top of the statue so he could finally do what he's set out for so long.
"Finally, the Great Devourer will be awakened!" Pythor said with an eager look while he carefully put each Fangblade in an open spot for the teeth of the statue, all the Fangblades began to glow brightly and Pythor chuckled evilly with having finally achieved this goal.

"Perfect.." Pythor told himself as he made his way back to the center of the place.

Pythor looked at the statue and laughed like a maniac as he saw the statue start to leak out some special venom which went into the symbols surrounding the whole city.
"It's working! Awaken great one! Awaken the insatiable appetite of the beast, that will consume all of Ninjago!" Pythor announced just as Wu finally caught up with him.

"What have you done?!" Wu asked furious with what's happening here.

"Don't you see?! Releasing the Great Devourer, is the only way to get back at the people of Ninjago, for locking my kind underground for all those years! We should've been the ones in control of the surface, not you!" Pythor insulted which made Wu more and more upset.

"Your playing with a power that cannot be controlled! It will consume everything, even the Serpentine!" Wu warned as they could hear the statue starting to fall apart.

"Unleash Great Devourer! And do my bidding, for I have awakened you!!" Pythor shouted to the entire city as the statue was shaking even more.

Spike and the others were quickly catching up with them, and could see the city was just up ahead.
"Okay Lloyd, put us down right after that truck." Kai instructed while they flew past the front of it.

"Come on guys, we have to go!" Spike said as he was getting a really bad feeling with how the sky is looking right now.

"Wait up guys!" Lloyd shouted from the distance while he quickly climbed back down and tried catching up with them.

Pythor and Wu were both looking at the statue as it started to crumble down, while Pythor thought the Devouerer was simply inside the statue, once the thing collapsed, he could see that it really wasn't.
"No.. no! It isn't inside the statue?! Then where is it?!" Pythor asked with fear while he looked around for it, but he soon saw the ground beneath him began to collapse, and he screamed with fear as he could see the thing's glowing eyes from the dark abyss.

"It's so big!" Pythor said with fear while he tried to escape, but Wu came in front of him to stop this.

"You shall stay to see what you have done!" Wu declared while he pinned Pythor to the ground so he couldn't escape this.

"Let me go you old fool! Don't you see?! It's underneath us!" Pythor shouted with fear while Wu was holding him back.

"This is our destiny!" Wu declared while Pythor was terrified with what's happening.

"Wu? What's happening?!" Spike asked with fear as they saw the place was collapsing.

"What is that thing underground?!" Kai asked with fear as they could see something emerging from below.

"You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer, go ninja, go!" Wu ordered which made all of them finally realize what's happening.

"Then.. the thing below us is..." Spike said with horror as the ground shook even worse. To make things even worse, everyone saw the Great Devourer finally burst through the ground, it was without a doubt, the biggest creature they ever saw, thunder and lightning flashed over the entire sky, and everyone could only watch with fear as the Devourer was finally unleashed, it roared at them all and this situation got much.. much worse..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! So ends part one of season 1's finale, I'll update the story as soon as I can to cap off the first season, but I feel like it's been going really well so far, while there's a lot the next episode will have to wrap up, I have ideas on how Spike can be apart of the group in season 2, same with Allison, so I hope you don't mind a little wait, but I'll update it as soon as I can, thanks for reading this and have a good day guys!

13: Day Of the Great Devourer

We open to the shot where Pythor had just unleashed the Great Devourer, everyone was being told their final request by Master Wu as he and Pythor were facing they're fates. Spike felt his heart racing the more he felt the ground shake, something extremely bad was happening here, and not even Twilight or the others could properly stop it if they were here, and they needed to figure out on what to do.
"You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer, go ninja, go!" Wu begged for one last time.

"Sensei..." Spike said with fear as the ground was shaking even more violently. Nya quickly took off in her mech back to the ship so they could escape quickly.

"Yes.." Wu said with a calm look while Pythor was extremely afraid of what's to happen.

But they're final talk was finally cut short as thunder and lightning flashed over the sky, and everyone watched with horror as the Great Devourer had finally awoken, it was the biggest thing Spike had ever seen in his life, and he can fully understand Twilight's fear of snakes now.
"Oh.. my... Celestia..." Spike said with terror as they all watched the thing rise from the ground, everyone quickly backed away as they saw the Devourer rise from it's ground, and they could only watch with horror as the thing devoured both Pythor.. and Wu..

"Sensei..." Kai said with horror of what they were seeing.

"No.." Jay said with despair as they had lost they're only master.

The Great Devourer finished up it's first of many meals it may devourer for today and it soon turned it's attention to Spike and the ninja.
"Maybe.. if we just stand.. perfectly still.." Jay said with fear as the thing marched closer to it.

"Sweet Celestia... RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!" Spike screamed with terror while he quickly ran ahead of the group who quickly followed behind.

The Bounty was just ahead of the group and everyone was trying to run as fast as they could to it, but Jay tripped over a stone which made the snake go even closer for him which horrified Jay even more.
"Wait!! Wait for me!!" Jay screamed while he ran even faster to catch up with them, Spike quickly went back and grabbed Jay's arm and dragged him with him to run faster.

"Go, move move move!!" Spike screamed while he ran ahead of the others too.

Lloyd could see the whole thing going on from outside and had a look of fear while Allison was crying in his arms.
"Fire up the engines!" Nya ordered Lloyd who tried figuring out what to do with Allison.

"Ugh, why do we have to take care of a child now?!" Lloyd asked annoyed while he put her on the table for now.

"There's no wind, and we have just reserved fuel!" Lloyd reported while he went to the engine buttons.

"Use it!" Nya ordered while Allison was crying even more, Spike and the others finally made they're way into the bridge again, Spike breathed heavily and went up to Allison to comfort her while she kept crying.

"It's okay.. it's gonna be okay girl.." Spike told her while he hugged her closely.

"Uh.. I hate to tell you this, but objects in the mirror are closer then they appear!" Jay warned as the Devourer was slithering to the ship even faster then before.

"Working on it, blasters on full!" Nya declared while the Bounty finally activated and it took off just before the huge snake reached it.

Spike felt some relief for finally escaping the thing, but Allison kept crying, like she could sense the thing chasing after them.
"Whoo, hoo! Take that you stupid snake!" Kai mocked while looking out the window, but as karma for saying that, the Devourer appeared from the ground just ahead of them and roared at the ship as it got closer to it.

"Uh.. I think it heard you!" Jay said with fear while Spike punched Kai's arm for saying that.

"Ow!" Kai said with pain while he rubbed his arm. The ship managed to barely avoid another large bite from the monster and it tried flying faster while it was chasing after them.

"Nya, we need to get out of here! Can't this thing go any faster?!" Spike asked with worry while they looked out the back window.

"We're going as fast as we can Spike! I'll try to make it to Scattered Canyon!" Nya reported as there was a large canyon pretty far ahead in the distance.

"Probability of making it that far is less then 8 Percent!" Zane warned which irritated her.

"Never tell me the odds!" Nya shouted with frustration hearing that.

Cole was looking at the radar the ship had to warn them of what's to come next.
"It's coming in for another attack! Port side!" Cole warned which made Nya turn the wheel very hard which barely made the ship avoid another attack from the monster again.

"We're losing speed! We're gonna hit the ground soon!" Lloyd reported as the ship was losing more power.

"Throw everything off board!" Nya ordered which shocked everyone hearing it.

"What?!" Spike and the others shouted at once while Allison kept crying.

""We need to lose some weight! And Spike, try to make Allison calm down please!" Nya ordered as Lloyd saw another attack coming.

"Port side!!" Lloyd screamed as the monster lunged at the ship once more, and this time it was able to eat off one of the ships boosters to damage it.

Spike tried calming down Allison the best he can with the situation he's in, Allison only looked at Spike with a look of fear, and Spike could understand where she's coming from right now with this.
"It's okay Allison.. we're gonna be okay.." Spike assured her while the ninja were throwing everything off board, the Devourer only slithered to the stuff they threw off the ship and ate it all in one swoop.

"Man he sure is hungry!" Jay said with surprise as the thing kept chasing after them. The ship was finally regaining more speed from losing all the weight, but Jay had just noticed something different about it.

"Does anyone else thing the Devourer looks bigger then before?" Jay asked worried with what's happening.

"Hold on guys.. I.. think it is!" Spike said with terror as the thing grew even larger from the stuff it was eating.

"The more it consumes the bigger it gets! Don't throw anything else overboard!" Jay warned just before Kai had thrown Wu's teapot off the ship and the monster ate the thing completely too.

Nya sighed with relief as they were finally making it to their destination.
"We finally made it to Scattered Canyon. Hold on!" Nya warned as they were trying to escape the thing through the various turns they could make here, Kai was looking out from the top of the ship for any signs of it.

"I think we lost it.." Cole said with some relief, but that was proven to be wrong as the Devourer surprised them all from a surprise attack from above, it smacked the entire Bounty with it's large tail and the thing began spiraling out of control.

"Abandon ship!!" Nya screamed as the alarm was going off once again.

"I hate to be doing this.." Spike said regretfully while he held Allison in his arms, he hated having to leave the only thing he had as a home to be destroyed, but they had no choice but to do it.

Everyone jumped off the ship and went into their Elemental vehicles and quickly drove away from the ship as it finally crashed down to the ground, everyone had a look of regret as they saw their home having been brought down like this, and to make things worse, the Great Devourer had emerged from the ground once again, and everyone quickly sped away to escape it, they quickly made they're way to a small area where they could hide, but they could only watch helplessly as the Devourer ate their entire ship in one large bite.
"No!" Everyone said with terror as the thing sunk back into the ground, leaving the Bounty in ruins.

Spike took heavy breaths and sat on the ground while holding Allison close, his heart was beating at his chest, and he never thought he'd feel fear like this before.
"It's gone.. thank Celestia it's gone..." Spike said gratefully while he held his daughter in his arms still.

"I know that was close, but there's no time to rest, we need to warn people before it becomes bigger." Zane warned as they could see the thing underground while it was moving away finally.

"Bigger, bigger?! That thing in one big bit just crushed our entire ship! We can't fight something like that, we need a place to hide, some kind of refuge. Ooh! The Serpentine Tombs, sure they're underground and we'll be without sunlight for months, but they're a perfect place to hide!" Jay said with great fear for this thing.

"Honestly, being underground doesn't sound like the worst thing ever right now.." Spike added while he stood back up finally

"And what, just give up! That's something ninja never do!" Cole argued which Jay scoffed at.

"Oh please, you and I both know that we have no chance at stopping that thing!" Jay argued back before Kai came in between them both.

"Both of you stop it! Listen to yourselves! Is this what Sensei Wu would've wanted? Us fighting, hiding and giving up?" Kai reminded while everyone looked down regretfully.

"But.. he's not hear anymore.." Lloyd said regretfully while Spike cried at the thought of it.

"He was the first person to find me.. I wouldn't even be here with you all if it wasn't for him.. and now.. he's gone.." Spike said with tears as he remembered the fun times he's spent here with them.

"I know Spike.. but his teachings live on with all of us, but Sensei once told me it's not the size of a ninja in a fight, but it's the size of the fight in the ninja. All this training, all these battles we've had against the Serpentine, and meeting Spike, helping him raise Allison, we've persevered through so much, but we can't give up now! A ninja never admits defeat, he always picks himself up when their down, and that's what Sensei Wu would want us to do right now!" Kai encouraged to all of them which did give them some motivation.

"But how do we destroy a snake of that magnitude? Zane asked trying to figure out what they can do.

"Yeah, it's not like we have an extra Sacred Flute lying around to charm it. Or wait, how about are awesome dragons? Oh I forgot, they took off with Spike somewhere we don't know and left us high and dry." Jay reminded glaring at Spike who got upset hearing that.

"Hey, Wisp only needed to show me something important, I wouldn't even have Allison or my weapon if he didn't take me with him!" Spike countered while he held out his weapon.

"Yeah, don't go blaming Spike for anything Jay." Nya added which he only sighed at and felt bad for it.

"As much as I hate to say it, but Jay's right, we would need a weapon so big to even hurt it." Cole added which finally gave Kai an idea on what to do.

"Or an idea that's even bigger! Ha! Jay your a genius! You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kai asked with a confident look while Jay didn't look that interested.

"Probably not, but go ahead." Jay insisted while Kai was quickly backing up from them.

"There's no time! I'll fill you guys in on the way!" Kai advised while Spike was catching up with him.

"What plan to you have in mind Kai?" Spike asked curiously with what he's planning.

"I have an idea Spike, something that will destroy that snake once and for all!" Kai said with a confident look which interested everyone hearing it.

After they had had left with Kai to head to a specific place, everyone saw that they were heading to the junkyard that belonged to Jay's parents, it looked like a perfect place to group up and come up with a plan. Everyone made they're way into the junkyard and hopped off their vehicles and started to plan out with what to do.
"Good idea Kai, if the Devourer likes to consume, this place will be a full on buffet." Cole complimented while Spike looked around the place.

"Not bad of a home to be honest." Spike added while Jay knocked on his parents door, but they weren't here thankfully.

"Looks like my parents are gone." Jay said with relief to know this.

Good, it makes things better for us." Kai replied just as he put down a large blueprint for an insane looking weapon that could work against the monster.

"That is so awesome!" Jay said with amazement seeing this thing.

"Zane, you still have a recording of the Sacred Flute in your memory bank?" Kai asked with a hopeful look.

"I do, but I don't want to play it here, we do have an Anacondrai with us after all." Zane reminded as they saw Allison was trying to sleep in Spike's arms yet again.

"How is she able to sleep through this kind of situation Spike?" Cole asked interested with how she does this.

"It takes a lot of calming down, but if we can fight back against the thing, I'll be sure to give her some headphones." Spike replied while he held out a small pair for her to wear.

"Thanks Spike, there's enough spare parts around here so we can build this whopper. We're gonna need to use our biggest Tornado of Creation yet! It's gonna be dangerous, and we can't have anyone around." Kai informed while Lloyd was trying to see the blueprints.

But as if something was mocking them, they heard a small bell sound from the distance, and they saw the mailman from earlier coming up to the place.
"Ugh, what's he doing here?" Cole asked annoyed he's here, Jay and Kai quickly went up to warn him about what's
happening here, but that only spooked the mailman from suddenly coming out of nowhere.

"You ninja are always sneaking around, giving people heart attacks. Your too quiet." He said annoyed with them being here too.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. But you need to get out of here, now!" Kai warned as he was getting a letter he had to deliver.

"I have a job to do too, and that's delivering the mail, like I plan to do." He replied as he handed Jay one of their letters.

"Look, dude, my parents aren't even here. You really should be on your way" Jay advised really wanting him to leave.

"Huh, them too? Let me guess, they went to the Take Back Ninjago rally too?" He suggested which confused them a bit.

"Take Back Ninjago rally?" Jay repeated not knowing what that meant.

"What does that even mean?" Spike asked while he and the others came out from behind too.

"You mean you haven't heard? Everyone's gathering in Ninjago City for a rally, you know to raise awareness about all the Serpentine problems that have happened recently." He informed which interested them all.

"Whoa, would you look at that, you guys are inspirational!" Lloyd teased which Spike chuckled at.

"Wait a minute, you know what? You guys are right, whenever you guys are around trouble is already around the corner." He added while Spike growled as they saw the Devourer coming from right behind him.

"I think I'll be on my way, because whatever you guys are up to I want no part of it!" He declared just as the Devourer finally came up to him and made a loud hiss of rage, the mailman quickly turned around and screamed with fear upon seeing a ginormous snake in front of him.

"S.. SNAKE!!!!" He screamed with terror before he hopped in a trash can to hide from it.

Everyone had a look of worry as the snake saw the entire junkyard just ahead of it, but they weren't gonna let it eat this place.
"It's now or never guys!" Kai reminded while Spike handed Nya Allison for safety.

"Take care of her for me for now alright?" Spike asked while he ran back up to the group.

"Be careful Spike!" Nya warned as Spike readied his elements and got ready to do this.

"Fire!!" Spike and Kai shouted at once while they used Spinjitzu.

"Earth!" Cole shouted seriously while he started spinning around too.

"Ice!" Zane shouted next which just left Jay for the last one.

"Lightning!" Jay screamed while they all formed into eachother and created a Tornado of Creation together.

"Ninja go!!" They all shouted at once as the tornado was the biggest one they've made yet.

Nya and Lloyd took cover with Allison as they saw the tornado suck up tons of parts around the whole junkyard, and with their elements combined, Spike and the others were able to form they're own super tank out of the parts they used, Spike was operating a canon on the right side of the machine, and it could shoot various elements from it to make things better for them all.
"Let's do this guys!" Spike shouted with confidence while he aimed at the thing.

"Zane, now!" Kai ordered while looking at him, Zane shot a sonic wave from the new machine which could play the Sacred Flute's sounds, but the thing went directly above the devourer from lack of experience.

"Zane, what was that? This isn't target practice, your supposed to hit him, not give him a haircut!" Cole asked as the thing roared at them all once again.

"May I remind you we just magically whipped up this heap of junk?" Zane reminded while Spike took aim at the thing.

"Well I hope this thing has a reverse switch because... reverse!" Kai screamed as the Devourer lunged at them all.

Cole actually managed to make a reverse switch and they all quickly backed up from the things attack, Spike locked on the thing and selected an ice attack to use.
"Locked on!" Spike reported before he shot an ice blast at the thing which knocked it back just a bit.

"Zane, try it again!" Kai ordered as the thing was stunned for just a moment.

"Charm your way out of this!" Zane screamed as he finally shot a well aimed blast at the monster and knocked it down for a moment.

"It's working! " Cole said confidently as the thing was trying to get up, Kai took a closer look at the thing and saw something was on it's forehead.

"It's got a weak spot!" Kai informed which the others didn't hear.

"What was that?!" Spike screamed as the music was too loud for them to hear, but none of them could see the things sharp tail coming directly from the ground behind them.

"On it's forehead! there's a..." Kai tried to warn them of what he saw, but the Devourer struck their new machine directly in the back, but it hit the spot Zane was in as a result.

"Zane!!" Spike and the others shouted with horror as they could only see the Devourer retreat for now.

"Is everybody okay?" Cole asked with worry while Spike got out of his seat.

"Where's Zane?!" Lloyd asked with fear while Nya gave Allison back to Spike.

"Right here..." Zane replied as he came out of the rubble of the machine, but they saw part of his whole face was torn off and they could only see half of his robotic features from it.

"That was close.. " Zane said with relief as Spike helped him out of there.

"Don't worry, we'll get you fixed up soon buddy." Spike assured while they saw the mailman escape in the background.

"This is just perfect, that was a total failure,." Jay said annoyed with having lost the thing again.

"Not total, did you guys notice on it's forehead? It has a weak spot." Kai reminded which irritated Jay hearing that.

"Oh great, let me make a note of that, a giant snake with a tiny weak spot.. that will be.. Totally impossible to get at because that thing is too ridiculously huge, to do anything to stop it!" Jay screamed with anger which Nya could only shrug off.

"Are you done yet?" Nya asked while Jay took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Yes." Jay replied while Nya crossed her arms.

"Because things just got worse!" Nya reminded as they could see the huge monster heading to.. Ninjago City..

"It's heading towards Ninjago City!" Zane said with fear seeing this.

"That's.. where my parents are!" Jay reminded which horrified them all.

"So is everyone else..." Cole added with a look of fear.

"This is bad.. really bad!" Spike said with fear as Allison hissed seeing this happen too.

"If it consumes the biggest city in all of Ninjago.. there will be no stopping it.." Kai said with fear as the thing was getting closer and closer to the enormous city..

Meanwhile at the city itself, there was indeed a rally in the center of town for people to raise awareness about all the snake problems happening around the place. But within one of the tunnel systems, one guard was starting to see what looked like a train coming in on screen.
"Huh, that's strange. The system says there's a train entering the city on track 9." He informed the other who wasn't really seeing it.

"Uh, we don't have any trains entering on track 9." The other one replied with a casual look as more people were waiting for it to arrive.

"Well there's something big coming our way!" He said with fear as the ground was starting to shake and everyone started to scream as they saw the Devourer emerge into the city from the tracks.

Everyone screamed with terror as the Devourer emerged from the ground and roared at the entire city. Ed and Edna tried making they're escape in their own car, but it wasn't starting up while the monster inched even closer to them.
"Mom, dad?" Jay asked with fear as he and the others finally made it back here, Jay quickly jumped out of the machine and landed on his parents care and raised his weapons to fight it off.

"Leave my parents alone! Lightning!" Jay screamed as he shot multiple lightning blasts at it to knock it back.

"Hey, over here you big snake!" Spike mocked while he was in his elemental vehicle now, the Devourer roared at Spike and started chasing him through the city while Spike turned multiple corners to lose it, Kai assisted with Spike on this situation and raised his sword directly at the monster.

"Fire!" Kai screamed while he shot a large blast at the monster which knocked it back just a bit.

"Are you getting this? A reporter asked while someone was recording the whole thing.

"Roll camera." He replied as the Devourer was rattling it's huge snake, but something suddenly came on the camera and the reporters were surprised when they saw Cole was using their truck to attack it.

"Mind if I borrow this?" Cole asked hopefully before he threw the truck as hard as he can to the thing which made it roar with fury after taking that hit.

"Go ninja go!" The reporter encouraged while Zane came up next.

"Ice!" Zane shouted as he used his Ice powers to freeze the Devourer's tail solid, but it wasn't able to hold it down for long, and it it soon burst free and slammed it's tail on the ground as a result.

"Uh.. I think we only made it mad!" Jay said with fear as police sirens were heard all over the city.

"Oh you think?" Spike asked sarcastically while Allison hissed at the large snake who roared even more.

Meanwhile in another town, Garmadon was making his way to Mystake's tea shop to make his way back home, he opened up her door and saw she was on the desk like usual.
"Traveler's tea." Garmadon requested which got her attention.

"Only a fool would request travelers tea.." Mystake responded before she fully saw it was Garmadon here to take some.

"But you are.. not a fool.. let me go get them in the back." Mystake said nervously while she went to get some for him just as Garmadon saw a live report on the tv.

"And I am here live caught in the middle of an epic ninja vs snake battle! People, I have never seen bravery like this before, but I'm afraid the ninja are no match for a beast this size! People are recommended to flee or run away, waving they're arms wildly while screaming like little children!" The reporter announced as we cut back to the city where the Devourer was destroying even more of it.

Spike and the others quickly backflipped away from another attack from the monster which gave Nya a little moment to try and stop it, she ripped of a lamp post on the street and shoved the whole thing in the snakes mouth to stop it from fighting back.
"Samurai to the rescue, again!" Jay said with a smirk while Nya was trying to escape the thing.

"It's breath smells worse then Cole's chili!" Lloyd mocked which offended Cole hearing that.

"Hey!" Cole said as that was offensive to him.

"They aren't wrong Cole, you need to practice more with your cooking." Spike added which just upset him even more.

Nya was trying to escape the monster, but it was flailing it's head around wildly and they were hanging on from the lamp post inside the thing.
"Get out of there sis!" Kai said with worry while she tried getting out of it.

"I can't! I'm stuck!" Nya said with fear as her suit was setting off an alarm.

"Nya!" Spike shouted with terror as they tried running up to save her. But something came in to save them all, and it was revealed to be all they're dragons who had finally came back to help them.

"Rocky! Our dragons are back!" Cole said with relief as the 4 headed dragon flew around the whole city.

"It's got 4 heads too! Awesome!" Spike said amazed while he showed Allison they're large friend.

"It appears that dragons go through a metamorphosis when they reach adulthood, they too have found they're true potential!" Zane observed as the thing was a combination of all 4 of the dragons.

"Well they couldn't have come at a better time! Go get em Rocky, go!" Cole encouraged as they're dragons flew to the Devourer and shot a strong ice blast at the things neck.

"Ice!" Zane shouted with courage while the dragon flew high in the air and shot another fire blast at the neck which broke the ice apart for extra damage.

"Fire!" Kai shouted with a smirk too, the thing flew directly at it and now shot a lightning blast at the things body to weaken it even more.

"Lightning!" Jay and Spike shouted at once too while the dragon flew in and hit it with a powerful Earth blast next.

"Earth!" Cole shouted again as monster finally let Nya and Lloyd go before their dragons saved them and put them down.

The Devourer slithered up a large building as their dragons shot multiple elemental blasts at the snake.
"Can dragons get any cooler? Seriously!" Cole said amazed with what they're seeing right now.

"Told you dragons aren't so bad!" Spike said proudly while they saw the Devourer starting to run away. But just before their dragons landed down to greet them, the monsters tail emerged from the ground and delivered a hard hit to take them down.

"No!!" Spike and the others shouted at once while their dragon was knocked very badly to the ground.

"No!" Cole said with fear as Spike went to check on them.

"You guys alright?" Spike asked worried while Allison hissed at the monster again.

"What now?" Nya asked with fear as the Devourer was causing chaos through the whole city.

Garmadon had finally made his way back to the city, and he knew what he had to do to put the thing to it's end. Spike and the others were soothing they're large friend just until Lloyd saw Garmadon was finally here.
"You came back!" Lloyd said with joy to see him back here.

"Give me the weapons! I am the only one who can handle the power of all 4 weapons at once, Spike will still need his own weapon in the future, but you all need to give me them now!" Garmadon instructed which surprised all of them.

"I thought we weren't supposed to let him get the weapons?" Jay reminded which annoyed him a bit.

"I've ran every possible scenario through my servers, it appears to be the only way." Zane informed which pushed this suggestion further.

"Guys, we have no choice, if we don't do this the entire city may as well be food, we have to do this!" Spike informed which just upset Kai from having to do this, but he had no choice.

"Then quit yammering and take them, if you have a way to stop it, there's a weak spot on it's forehead." Kai informed while the others gave him their weapons, Spike still had his own weapon, but that's just because Garmadon can't carry 5 of them.

"I don't think this needs to be said, but we're really gonna need these back." Jay reminded while he handed his own too.

"I'll do my part, you just make sure he stays in one spot!" Garmadon instructed while he laughed evilly before he ran off to do this.

"Stays in one spot? Stays in one spot, how are we supposed to do that?!" Jay asked with fear as they saw the monster growing even bigger now.

"Don't forget, we're ninja!" Kai reminded as he went in front of the large thing to stall it.

"Come on you overgrown worm, take the bait... come and get me!" Kai shouted to the monster which made it start chasing Kai through the streets. Kai ran through the city as fast as he could, and he avoided another bite from the monster by jumping onto a nearby bus, he soon met up with Spike and Cole who were taking the next task.

"We got this Kai, let's go!" Spike declared as he formed into his elemental bike again and started driving through the streets with Cole holding on tightly.

"Look out!" Cole warned as they saw the monster barging through the entire streets.

"In that alleyway Cole! I got this!" Spike informed while Cole hopped off his bike quickly, Spike quickly got off his vehicle and quickly hopped across the buildings until he reached the rooftop where Jay was waiting for him.

"Looking for us?" Jay asked mockingly before he and Spike started running across the rooftops.

Spike slid over one building and flipped onto another while Jay followed behind, the Devourer was right behind them and they quickly made they're way to a construction area to escape it.
"Jay, now!" Spike announced while he quickly hopped on Jay's back. Jay jumped off a ledge and barely avoided another attack from the monster, Jay activated his True potential again and he quickly flew up to the top of the building with Spike who was holding on tight.

"What took you guys so long?" Zane teased as he and Spike landed near him.

"Not the best time for this Zane." Spike replied as they started running across the place again.

"We gotta get out of here! You got an idea on what to do?" Jay asked with a hopeful look.

"I do, instead of a fire escape.. how about an ice escape!" Zane announced as they all jumped off the roof and onto an ice slide that Zane made during all this time.

Spike and the two landed down on the slid and started skating across it to avoid the monster.
"This is awesome!" Spike said with joy as they slid across the whole thing, they all cheered with joy as they slid through many corners and streets of the city with the Devourer chasing behind. But Jay soon saw they're path was coming to an end just ahead of them.

"No.. no!!" Jay screamed with fear as they all had been thrown off the slide right in front of the monster.. just until they heard someone announce something important.

"Now!" Kai announced just as their dragon quickly came in and saved them all from it.

"You think it's working?" Jay asked with a hopeful look.

"We're about to find out.." Kai replied as they looked over to the snakes entire body, and at the very end of it, they saw the Devourer had been trapped around a building with it's tail stuck in it's mouth which made the others cheer with joy from being able to do it.

"It worked!" Spike cheered as they're dragon landed on a rooftop where Lloyd, Nya and Allison were waiting for them.

Everyone looked over the ledge and tried to find where Garmadon was at right now.
"Now where's Garmadon? He's not gonna hold on for much longer." Cole asked as the thing was struggling to get free, and that's when Lloyd finally saw someone on the highest rooftop in the city.

"Look!" Lloyd informed which made everyone look at the rooftop, and they saw Garmadon was directly above it, and was ready to do his part.

Garmadon had a look of anger as he finally had his chance to get back at this monster, the sky's started to turn dark and Garmadon harnessed the powers to destroy the thing.
"You are the reason evil runs through my blood.." Garmadon announced as he charged up his power to the fullest he can make it. He sent a powerful shockwave through the whole city and finally was strong enough to finish the job.

"You bit me once, now feel what it's like to be bitten back!" Garmadon screamed as he finally jumped off the roof and flew directly down at the monster to destroy it for good.

"Go get em dad.." Lloyd encouraged while Spike covered Allison's eyes for this moment.

"Don't look at this one Allison.." Spike warned while he made sure she didn't see this.

"Vengeance.. will be mine!" Garmadon screamed as the Devourer closed it's eyes and accepted it's fate, and with that final strike, Garmadon dove directly into the Devourer's weak spot and the power was so strong, it made the thing completely explode which sent it's remains through the entire city.

People started to cheer with joy as they saw the entire city was saved, Spike had a look of amazement after finally stopping the thing, it was a feeling he felt only when the best things happened.
"He.. he did it.." Jay said amazed they actually won.

"No.. we did it!" Cole informed while Spike raised his fist in the air.

"We actually won!" Spike screamed with joy as all of the people of the city cheered from being saved by the huge monster.

Everyone made they're way to the streets of the city and they saw Jay's parents were alright too.
"Ooh.. our little ninja!" Edna said with relief while Jay came and gave them a hug, Cole and Spike smiled as they saw their dragon friend land down.

"There you are you big lug! It's good to have you back!" Cole said with relief while Spike rubbed some of their heads.

"Thanks for helping me back there guys, I really mean it." Spike said gratefully to them all while Allison cooed in a happy way.

Lloyd looked around the place for Garmadon, but he couldn't see any signs of him.
"I don't.. see my dad." Lloyd informed which alerted them hearing that.

"He should be around here somewhere." Kai said hopefully as Zane scanned the area and found no trace.

"Your analysis is incorrect, he is not here." Zane informed which made them realize something important.

"Then our Golden Weapons are gone too! Well isn't that convenient." Cole said annoyed as Spike looked at his own weapon.

"Guess that means I'm the only one with a Golden Weapon now.." Spike said with regret for the rest being taken like that.

"Look.. his footsteps!" Nya informed as they saw traces of him out there somewhere.

"I have a feeling we're gonna see your father again soon.." Kai said with worry for the next encounter.

"I know.. and that's what I'm afraid of..." Lloyd replied just until Cole found something just ahead of them.

"Sensei Wu!" Cole said with amazement as they saw he actually survived.

"He's alive!" Spike cheered while they all quickly ran to see him who looked really happy to see them all.

"I can't tell you how glad I am to see you! The Great Devourer left a bad taste in my mouth." Wu said with joy as he took out his teapot and gave himself some tea, Wu sighed in both joy and relief as he looked over Spike and his friends.

"That's better.." Wu joked which made the others laugh at as a result.

"It's great to have you back uncle, but my father left, and he has the Golden Weapons!" Lloyd said with guilt for this happening.

"Very true, the ability of a weapon is truly great, but the ability to better oneself makes you limitless." Wu assured as everyone looked over the large city.

" I hear that." Spike replied while he held Allison closely still.

"Besides, we have what's really important, you." Kai assured once more while Lloyd was still worried on this.

"The pupils, have become the masters." Wu said proudly for all they've done here.

"Am I really gonna have to take on my father one day?" Lloyd asked worried about that happening.

"One day, but for now, we must feel good that Ninjago is safe, for tomorrow, you will train for the day. Good will finally face evil, and the final outcome will be decided for all time." Wu instructed while everyone smiled gladly.

"And don't forget Lloyd, I'm still gonna fight besides you when that happens, it's my destiny too, and I won't let you be alone for that day." Spike assured as well which made him feel better.

"Thanks Spike, I'm glad to have friends like you guys here to help me." Lloyd said gratefully which Spike chuckled at again.

"And don't worry, we'll be teaching you everything we know." Kai assured once again while the others came close to him.

"And make sure you two are prepared for that fight." Jay assured once more.

"Because we all know, good will always stand up to evil." Cole assured with a confident look.

"And a ninja will always stand up for what is right." Zane assured with a smile while everyone looked at the sky and had a look of joy for winning this day.

"Go ninja go!!" Spike and the others screamed at once while they jumped in the air, feeling so much relief for finally being able to save the day as a team..

However, not everyone made it out of the city alright, some lives were lost from the attack. And we see one specific little girl who had a traumatized look for losing everything this day, two people had managed to find her alone, and she was with them at their car while photos of the ninja flew over the place.
"So much for the ninja.." The woman said with guilt for what's happened to everyone here.

"Did you see that thing? Lord Garmadon single handedly destroyed it." The man replied while the girl was given one of the photo's she drew.

"Brave little girl you are, where are your parents child?" She asked with concern as they saw the family photo of them, but the little girl didn't respond, and was only quiet the whole time.

"Do you have a name?" She asked with concern as she felt her whole world view was shattered because of this day.

"Boy.. aren't you a Quiet One?" She finished as the girl stayed silent, but deep down.. she felt anger for losing everything.. and knew that one day.. she would get back at the ninja for what's happened..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! So wraps up season 1 finally, I think I was able to balance out Spike being in this season pretty well, I have plans to make him and Allison be more involved in chapters going forward, but it may not be till Child's Play where things really pick up, I felt like I should foreshadow Harumi here, because while she most likely wasn't planned when the show started out, with how much we have now, I feel like foreshadowing her return for seasons 8-9 would be a good call, so I hope you don't mind that. I hope you liked this chapter and have a great day guys!

25: Return of The Overlord

We open to a dreadful shot of the Dark Island as the Celestial Clock finally reaches it's countdown, as the sunsets on this dreadful day, the Clock finally had reached to 0, and had fully completed the cycle. The Horns of Destruction proceed to activate, bringing a sound of fear and despair across the whole island. The clock starts to shoot a beam from it's center and soon shoot's across the entire clock till it goes far across the island in a blinding light.

The beam shoot's directly to Garmadon's camp where the Ultimate Weapon was being made, and as Garmadon opens his eyes from the bright light, he starts to see the Ultimate Weapon in it's complete form..
"Behold.. my final gift to you.. Garmatron!!" Overlord announced as the weapon finally shows itself, and it reveals itself as a near unstoppable cannon with deadly weapons all around it, and as the machine opens itself up, it starts to show one of the biggest cannon's ever which could be shot all the way from the island, to Ninjago itself.

"It's.. it's beautiful!" Garmadon said with amazement as the rest of the Stone Army finally arrives and comes up to report to him.

"We've retrieved your helmet, and a prisoner, my dark lord." The general says as he's holding Nya in chains who was trying to break free from them.

"You'll never get away with this! My friends will put a stop to you!" Nya said with rage while the warrior's were keeping her from breaking free.

Garmadon chuckled in a sinister way as he walked up to her, and he had the perfect idea on how to use her.
"Red doesn't seem to be your color, I think it's time we try on a darker shade. Hand me the Dark Matter" Garmadon said sinisterly as he gags her while she tries to get it out.

Another one of the warrior's comes up to him with a container of the matter, and begins bringing it to her.
"I believe we've found our first test subject!" Garmadon said with a smirk while Nya is forcefully brought to it and wasn't able to escape..

Back with Spike and everyone else, they were running back to the base as the horns were heard across the whole island, they were all in a state of despair right now, and if they don't do something soon, all will fall to darkness.

"Finally.." Spike said with some relief as they made it back to Julien who was looking over the area.

"What was that sound? The horns?" Julien asked with fear as they all could hear it.

"The Celestial Clock has reached Zero. Garmadon's ultimate weapon has been completed, and the final battle has all but begun." Wu answered while Lloyd looked down with guilt which made Spike pat his back to comfort him.

"Now Lloyd and Spike need to face him, or all will be lost." Misako replied while Spike clutched his fist hearing this.

"And I will not hold back against him when it comes.." Spike replied as Allison rubbed his shoulder to calm him down.

"Dad.." Allison said with guilt while Julien noticed someone was missing.

"Hold on a minute, where's Nya?" Julien asked again which made everyone look down with regret.

"She's been taken by the Overlord, but we'll get her back. At the moment there are greater things at stake, like all of Ninjago." Wu replied which frustrated Jay hearing it.

"Who cares about Ninjago? She was my... my..." Jay said with guilt before Kai came in to finish it.

"And she's my sister, i know her being captured is tough, but she's tougher, tougher then most of us. We'll see her again." Kai assured while everyone took off they're masks.

"Wow Kai.. your.. taking this a lot better then I honestly thought you would." Spike said with surprise which made Kai turn to him.

"She was taken from me once, I've learned a lot since then, if I saved her once, I can save her again." Kai replied which Spike understood since he saw it happen when they went to the past.

"Let's hope we can." Spike prayed as they all went back to the topic.

"Lloyd, your focus gives strength to give power to the Golden Dragon, you cannot lose faith now, everything rests on your shoulders." Wu instructed as he turned to Spike for a little help too.

"Spike, I know you've had a lot to go through since we met, but even when I first saw you, I saw something special in you, just like Lloyd. What you've been able to do here shows you have the strength to be something even greater then you realize, your powers of Crystal are unique, different, and if what we've seen from the prophecies is true, you and Lloyd combined may be what we need to stop Garmadon." Wu encouraged while Spike looked down and tried processing that.

"I don't know if I'll be able to do much, I had the moment to take down Garmadon, me and Lloyd both did. But when Lloyd froze.. I did.. I.. I.." Spike said with a studder before Wu continued on to finish.

"You've so much here then you've realized Spike, you and Lloyd are what will decide the future of Ninjago, You both must push past whatever fears you hold within you, and embrace your true calling." Wu instructed again which only made Spike nod in understanding hearing that.

" I understand.." Spike replied as Misako went to encourage them too.

"Remember Lloyd, your father is just as scared, but with the two of you combined, it could be what Ninjago needs." Misako assured while everyone drew they're weapons.

"You won't be alone, we'll be right besides you. You both have my fire." Kai swore as he held out his blade.

"And you have my Earth." Cole declared while he held his one out too.

"And my Ice." Zane added as all of them put on they're masks again for the fight.

"And Lightning!" Jay finished while Allison gave Spike another hug to help him too.

"And you have your daughter with you dad, I'll fight besides you to the end.. no matter what." Allison assured which made Spike smile while they all felt motivated to go now.

"We're all in this together guys!" Cole assured while Spike stood besides Lloyd and they both nodded and felt ready to go.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Lloyd declared as Spike drew his blades and felt ready to go.

"We're coming for you Garmadon!" Spike shouted as all of them took a moment to prepare for this final fight, this may be the last battle they have if it's foretold, and with the stakes at hand, they can't fail this.

Everyone made they're way through the forest and prepared to make they're way to storm Garmadon's camp, they were soon finally at the gates in front of them, and Lloyd and Spike both led the charge for what will come.
"Get down, now!" Lloyd whispered which made all of them duck to the ground quickly to avoid being seen.

"They won't know what hit them!" Kai said with a confident look as they all prepared to fight.

"This is it guys, are you all ready?" Allison asked while she held her spear out.

"It's time to chop wood..." Jay replied while all of them finally charged at the gates.

"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed again before they burst down the doors at once and expected everyone to be here. But they all soon realized the camp was entirely abandoned, and almost nothing was left because of it.

"Uh.. where the heck is everyone?" Jay asked with surprise while they all loosened up a bit.

"And here I was ready to release the thunder!" Cole said with frustration which made Spike raise an eye again.

"Don't you mean Earth or something like that?" Spike pointed out again since he's the Master of Earth after all.

"The Ultimate Weapon is gone! We're too late!" Kai said with fear as they all saw the huge weapon being made was gone, and they all tried searching around the camp to find them.

"Nya? Nya!" Kai shouted across the camp hoping they'd hear from her, but they didn't get a single response.

"Not a single sound.. it's.. really creepy.." Spike said with a shiver until they finally heard something, and they looked up and saw Zane's falcon had been flying over the area, most likely knowing where it is.

"My falcon friend wants to show us something." Zane announced as they saw it fly alongside really large looking tracks that looked like it was from a tank, and they all saw it had burst down the walls of the camp and drove through the forest, tearing down everything in it's path.

"Whoa.. that's one big weapon.." Lloyd said with surprise as they saw the tracks move forward.

"I think it could be a large tank or something, with how big that cannon we saw was, it could destroy anything it hits!" Spike said with realization which was very concerning.

"And it appears this tank is heading towards the coast!" Zane said as this looked very likely.

"But why? Wouldn't he try to use it on us?" Lloyd questioned again which Allison didn't believe.

"Us maybe, but for you though? I doubt it, he's still your father Lloyd, even if we have to, he's still trying his best to avoid it." Allison replied which may make sense.

"Allison is right, he wouldn't want to use it on Lloyd, but on Ninjago. He always wanted to turn it into his own dark image, now we know how it will begin." Wu said with fear which made Spike gulp hearing that while feeling very nervous about the thought of it.

"But if he starts to turn Ninjago evil, the balance will shift and will allow the Overlord to crossover into our world!" Misako explained which made things even worse.

"Then we can't let my father fire that weapon! Come on!" Lloyd encouraged as everyone began running along the tracks to find it, but they soon heard Julien was starting to slow down from his old age, and Zane quickly went to check up on him.

"Father.." Zane said with concern as Julien stood up to explain things.

"You go on without me, I'm an inventor, not a fighter, I'll only get in your way." Julien explained as he got his stamina back.

"But what will you do?" Zane asked with worry for his safety.

"I'll be waiting back at the Bounty for you to come back in one piece. But don't worry, a part of me will always be with you." Julien assured while he gave him one last hug for now.

"Be well father." Zane prayed as his falcon landed on his shoulder before he went back to the others.

"Be safe." Julien replied as all of them began running through the forest in order to reach the weapon.

Everyone was running through the forest as fast as they could, they could feel themselves getting closer to the fight, but as this happened, they all felt so much flash before them as this happened.
"Um.. is anyone else thinking about how this might be our final fight together?" Jay asked with concern while they tried keeping up they're stamina.

"Yeah.. it wasn't that long until sensei found us, and when we met Spike, that was something I'm sure none of us expected huh?" Kai replied while they all turned to Spike.

"Yeah, it's been quite the ride since I've come to this world, I still have to question what was causing the Crystal Mirror to act the way it did which sent me here, maybe it had something to do with the Spinjitzu Master himself?" Spike suggested which no one could really answer.

"Eh we don't really understand how your world works there buddy, even with all you've told us about it. But at least you've gained a lot of great things from being here right? You got powers, a daughter, and us to help you out, can't imagine what it must've been like if you were left alone right?" Cole replied which made Spike feel grateful knowing that.

"Yeah, things may not have been the same that's for sure, I'm just glad I got to be apart of a team like this, reminds me of Twilight and her own group, they all got to do great things and help Equestria when it needed it. We're kinda doing something similar like that right?" Spike questioned as a strange shadow jumped over the trees without any of them noticing..

"Guess you can say that, but it's still been a great time with you. Remember when Kai thought he was gonna be the Green Ninja guys?" Jay joked which made everyone laugh hearing that.

"That was an enjoyable memory!" Zane replied while not noticing something was behind him again.

"Even as a baby I knew Kai wouldn't be it, though I can see some people arguing against that honestly." Allison replied while Kai shook his head remembering that.

"Or how about when Cole was hypnotized by a Hypnobrai, and we had to fight him?" Zane reminded which they all laughed at again.

"You HAD to destroy my treehouse." Lloyd said sarcastically from remembering that.

"Or how about the time Sensei came out of the guts of the Devourer's belly? Drinking Tea!" Zane reminded which made everyone groan in disgust hearing that.

"That was so gross!" Cole replied while everyone kept running forward.

"Yeah, I thought he was a goner!" Jay replied which made Wu smack his head with his staff.

"Wrong again mr Empty Head!" Wu joked again which everyone laughed at once more.

"Burn!" Spike joked while he high fived Wu from hearing that.

But before any of them could keep moving forward, something suddenly rushed across they're path which they were able to see which stopped all of them in they're tracks.
"something is wrong here!" Cole said with surprise while everyone looked around the area.

"What was that?" Allison asked while they kept they're guard up just as they heard a crack nearby.

"I sense an evil presence.." Zane said with worry while they all braced themselves.

"Where? Where?!" Jay asked with fear while Wu noticed something above.

"Above us!" Wu warned which made everyone look up, but a red blur of light suddenly came right through the group and hit Cole in the face before any of them could notice.

"Ah, my jaw! That hurt!" Cole said with anger as they all saw a.. red Spinjitzu Tornado spin in front of them, it spun around the group and soon knocked Spike and Lloyd into eachother which made everyone mad.

"Back off my father you punk!" Allison hissed while they helped them up and got ready to fight this person.

But as the tornado finally faded away, everyone gasped with horror with what they're seeing in front of them.

"Nya!" Jay said with horror while Wu tried stopping him from getting closer.

"That is no longer Nya!" Wu warned while Kai felt furious with what they're seeing.

"What did they do to my sister?!" Kai asked with anger while he clutched his fist.

"He must've used the Ultimate Weapon to turn her into his own evil image!" Misako declared as the figure was revealed to be Nya, but she had been turned into a dark and twisted version of who she once was.

Nya yelled with anger and got into a fighting post to stop they're progress.
"Garmadon must've sent her to slow us down. We have to stop them from firing that weapon!" Wu warned as the dark Nya pulled out a spiked ball attached to the chain, and she screamed as she twirled it around and charged at them.

"That sick freak! He'll pay for this!" Spike shouted as he backflipped away from one of her attacks and landed a good distance away from her.

"What are we supposed to do?! Use our powers on her?" Cole suggested which Jay didn't like at all.

"No! I don't want to hurt her!" Jay refused which Kai had to agree with.

"Jay's right, we just have to find a way to keep her..." Kai said right before the spiked ball was thrown into his face which knocked him down very hard." From hurting us!" Kai finished while in great pain from that.

"How are we going to stop her?!" Allison asked as she saw Nya charging at her, and Allison used her swift movements to avoid any attacks she threw while blocking them with her spear.

"Lloyd, Spike, you go on ahead With sensei and Misako! Allison and the rest of us will take care of her!" Cole instructed with a serious look.

"But you said you'd always be behind us!" Lloyd said with fear while they all were walking in front of them.

"We will be, we'll catch up as soon as we can!" Kai assured while Jay tried using Spinjitzu on her, but only got hit with the ball in the chest which made him gasp for air feeling that.

"That.. hurt.." Jay said with pain while he tried stopping her from using the chain.

"The ninja are right, we must go!" Wu advised which made Spike run with Lloyd and the others while Allison and the ninja stayed behind.

"We'll still be behind you!" Misako assured again while Spike looked back at them one last time.

"If any of you let Allison get hurt! I swear I'll make you regret it!" Spike threatened which made them a bit afraid knowing that.

"Don't worry dad, we'll be fine, go!" Allison screamed while she flipped over Nya's chains and knocked them out of her hands with her spear.

"Triple Tiger Sashay!" Cole shouted as he ran directly towards her and was about to knock her down, but Nya used a strange power which stopped Cole in place, right before she grabbed his hands and twisted them which made him scream with pain before he got thrown down, Nya restrained Cole's arms before she kicked Cole straight into everyone like a bowling ball while she looked ready to keep fighting. Everyone got back up and charged at her while making battle cry's, and they all tried they're best to hold her off.

As all of this was going on, Garmadon and the rest of the Stone Army made they're way to the coast so they could finish this now. Everyone could see the ocean in front of them, and far across it, was Ninjago itself.
"Ninjago is now within reach! Activate the weapon so all will know of your rule!" Overlord encouraged which made Garmadon laugh evilly from hearing it.

"Yes.. load the cannon!" Garmadon ordered the commander who made the other warrior's carry rocket's full of Dark Matter in them towards a lower part of the weapon to fire it.

"Finally.. my darkest dream.. will now become a reality!" Garmadon said with confidence while he was about to activate the cannon..

"Father! Don't!" Lloyd shouted from behind him which stopped his progress.

"Lloyd!" Garmadon said with surprise while he turned around and saw him, Spike, Wu and Misako had arrived to stop him here and now.

"What are you doing?! Activate the weapon!" Overlord ordered as all of them saw he was right above all of them.

"Don't fire that weapon! You don't know what your doing!" Spike shouted as they knew the Overlord was using him at this point., but Garmadon wasn't convinced at this at all, and felt only anger from seeing they're here.

"So my father has sent my son, my brother and wife, and a little dragon from a different world to stop me?! It looks like my little surprise has kept the ninja busy!" Garmadon mocked while Spike growled in anger with what he did to Nya.

"Don't do it! If you do, the balance will be altered, and the Overlord can cross over into this world!" Misako warned again which Wu tried backing up.

"The balance will be destroyed! And we will all pay dearly!" Wu warned too while Spike drew his blades.

"The Overlord's just using you! Why do you think he's giving you these weapons and power? If you fire that weapon, you'll only be dealt with when the time comes!" Spike warned too as he can see through this clearly by now.

"You liar! Don't listen to them! They betrayed you! That dragon was sent to this world for one reason only, to defeat you alongside your son!" Overlord refused while turning to Garmadon again.

"I don't want to fight you, and I know you don't want to fight me! This is about more then just us, it's about what's right!" Lloyd warned one last time which Garmadon didn't listen too.

"Don't you see?! I can't do what is right! the evil in my blood can never go away! It has corrupted every ounce of my fiber.. every bone in my body! I am Lord Garmadon! Destiny took my family from me, and the only way for us to be together again is to turn the world into my image! You'll see what I see, feel what I feel!" Garmadon monologued which made Spike role his eyes at.

"It is not too late!" Misako warned again which Garmadon had enough of.

"You've made your decision, now I've made mine.." Garmadon said with anger as he was marching directly to the button to press it.

"No!!" Everyone screamed as Garmadon finally pressed the button which activated the weapon.

"Garmatron.. warming up.. in t minutes.. 20.. seconds.." the machine spoke which infuriated him knowing this gives them a chance.

"Warming up?! You could've told me it had to warm up!" Garmadon shouted to the Overlord who was still above all of them.

"How could I? You were monologuing." Overlord said in defense which was a good point.

"We have to get to the top!" Lloyd shouted as all the warrior's were charging to them to fight.

"Let's not waste another second! Hurry!" Spike screamed as he slammed his blades in the ground and shot multiple pillars of crystal directly into the warrior's which knocked them away, Spike breathed fire on one of they're machines and was able to damage it enough to the point it fell over.

"10.." The machine counted down while Spike gave Lloyd a boost and threw him into the air, Spike then deflected multiple sword slashes from around him and jumped onto the machine, he climbed up the weapon with skill and was about to make it to the hatch, but one of of the warrior's grabbed his legs which halted his progress for a brief moment.

"Let me go freak!" Spike shouted as he kicked him away while Lloyd landed on the top to try and stop him.

"No!" Garmadon said with frustration as the two tried pushing eachother back to stop eachother.

"5.. " the machine counted down again while Spike flipped onto the top and delivered a drop kick to Garmadon's face to knock him down.

"3.." The machine continued as it's voice was getting deeper by each count, but as Spike lunged at the button to try and stop it, the commander of the Stone warrior's grabbed Spike's tail and threw him into Lloyd just before he was able to stop it which horrified everyone.

"No!" Spike screamed as the machine finally finished it's countdown..

"1..." The machine finished as it was finally finished with it's warm up, and finally shot a rocket of Dark Matter directly to Ninjago to begin the takeover..

"NO!!" Misako shouted with terror as the missile flew through the dark clouds in the sky.

"We're.. losing.." Lloyd said with fear while Garmadon laughed mockingly at this.

"I.. win!" Garmadon said with victory as everyone watched with dread as the missile fired over the sea.

The missile flew all the way over to Ninjago across the sea, and the people who were unfortunate to be caught in the blast turned into near mindless versions of themselves just like what happened to Nya as the sunlight was being completely covered by the dark clouds from the blast.

Garmadon laughed with victory as the plan was finally working, and it was only gonna get worse from here.
"Again!" Overlord encouraged as another missile was being loaded.

"Again!" Garmadon ordered again while Spike got thrown off the machine to prevent him from stopping this.

"No, this can't be happening! I.. I have to stop this!" Spike screamed as he turned back to the top of the machine and shot another crystal blast to the commander, that hit him in the chest which knocked him to the wall of the machine which was able to free Lloyd for now.

"The balance is shifting!" Misako warned as they felt everything around them changing from this change.

"Lloyd! You must focus to put a stop to this!" Wu instructed once again, this made Lloyd try to harness the power within him so he could stop Garmadon, he created a large pillar of light that came from his body which almost broke him free, but the moment was ruined when Garmadon opened up a trap door and he fell through it and flew directly to the ground again.

"You think you can stop me?!" Garmadon asked with anger as he turned to the button again and fired another powerful blast across the sea towards Ninjago.

"Our worst fears.." Wu said with regret while Misako looked down with guilt knowing what's about to happen from this.

As all of this was happening, Allison and the rest of the ninja were trying to hold back Nya from harming them, but she proved to be a very tough foe with the corruption that's taken her over.
"Was she.. always this strong?!" Allison asked with frustration while she tried holding back the chains as everyone was being beaten down badly.

"No.. she.. usually has her mech suit to help her out.." Cole said weakly as all of them tried getting up.

"We have to find a way to help her!" Kai shouted again while Nya kept yelling at them all.

"Tell that to your sister! it's 5 against 1 and I think she's winning!" Cole shouted again while Allison was trying to hold her back the best she could.

"Come up with something quick guys! I can't.. hold her back much longer!" Allison shouted while she was pushing against her to buy them some time.

"I have an idea! Let's try using our powers to trap her!" Zane suggested while he drew his blade again and shot an ice blast between they're feat to separate them, Allison flipped back to them as they all stood ready to fight against her again. Nya threw some dagger's at them which got blocked by Jay who sent an electric shield around them thanks to his blade.

"Cole, think you can blind her?!" Jay asked looking up at him which was a good idea.

"Got it!" Cole replied as he slammed his weapon on the ground which created a shockwave of dust to shoot from the ground which blinded Nya for a moment.

"Ah! My eyes! I can't see!" Nya said with pain while she was walking around without focus.

"Kai! cut that tree down now!" Jay ordered again while pointing at it.

"No problem!" Kai replied as he shot a blast from his blade which cut the top of it down to encase Nya.

"I know where your heading!" Zane replied as he froze the top of the tree around her to trap her for now.

"Great work guys, that should hold her for now." Allison said with relief while Nya tried breaking free from this.

"Sorry sis, this club just became boys only!" Kai apologized which offended Allison.

"And what does that make me Kai?!" Allison hissed which made him nervous on how to respond.

"Uh... we'll.. talk about that later.." Kai said nervously while all of them began running through the forest to catch up with the others.

Things were getting even worse for Ninjago as the next blast Garmadon shot reached another village, and like what happened before, all the villager's and things around it were turned into dark and twisted versions of themselves, losing all the color and life that helped keep the balance in place, but now that more of Ninjago has turned, this could only mean one thing..

Back on the Dark Island, everything was getting worse as the sky started to flash with lightning while the Overlord began laughing like a maniac.
"We tried.." Lloyd said with guilt while Spike looked very afraid of what's about to happen.

"I'm sorry guys, but.. there's nothing we can do for this.." Spike said with regret as they all heard the Overlord's laugh.

"It is done, the balance is shifting." Misako said regretfully as lightning was flashing over the whole sky.

"Overlord?! What is happening?! Why are you laughing?!" Garmadon asked with anger while the Overlord felt everything around him shift.

"You've helped offset the balance! And because of that, I can now crossover into your world! I am.. finally.. free!" Overlord said with malice as he was floating towards the sky.

"Wait a minute! You stole that from my playbook! You can forget about it! Ninjago is mine!" Garmadon argued back which made the Overlord laugh one last time.

"No.. it was never going to be yours.. it.. is... mine!!" Overlord screamed just as a bright light flashed below Garmadon and a pillar of light appeared around him which blinded everyone for a brief moment.

Garmadon started to scream with pain as he felt something horrible happening to him, and at this moment, Allison and everyone else just arrived after catching up with them.

"Sorry we're late, what'd we miss?" Jay asked with worry as they saw Garmadon fall on his knees from the pain going through him.

"What.. the.. heck?!" Allison asked with horror with what they're seeing.

"Holy unholy.." Jay said with horror while Garmadon looked at his hands and saw they were becoming very sharp claws.

"What is happening to me?!" Garmadon asked with pain while Spike covered Allison's eyes for this.

"Don't look Allison.. please..." Spike begged as they couldn't do anything to stop this.

Garmadon fell onto his knees and felt every part of his body transforming, and as the transformation was finishing, the Overlord began to speak from his body as he transformed into a horrific monster after what Garmadon's done.
"The metamorphosis.. has begun!!" Overlord screamed as he took control of Garmadon's body and was now in complete possession of it.

"Metamorphoses? What does that mean?" Kai asked while turning to Zane.

"Metamorphoses is a biological process, when someone or something changes into something new." Zane explained to the others who were horrified hearing that.

"Yeah, something very ugly!" Cole replied as they saw Overlord laughing like a maniac with his new form.

"Father.." Lloyd said with horror while Wu held him back again.

"No Lloyd, that is not your father anymore." Wu said with regret.

"But what about the prophecy? It said we have to face my father!" Lloyd argued back while they looked at the Overlord again.

"You still must, but now the Overlord has possessed him, unlike your father, he will show you both no mercy." Misako warned which made Spike clutch his claws again while he drew his blades.

"Then we won't hold back either!" Spike shouted as he twirled his blades around.

"Let's do this! Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once again as they used Spinjitzu and charged into battle, Lloyd used his Energy to shoot a wall of fire in between the enemy lines, and everyone flew through it and used it as cover to take down the warrior's in front of them.

Zane used his powers to freeze another group of enemy's while Cole helped out and used the Earth to blow them away, Kai ran towards one of the machine's with buzzsaw's and slid directly under it, he used his blade and cut through it easily and tore the thing in half to destroy it.

Spike used Spinjitzu on another group of enemy's and then used his blades to take down the larger machine's around him, Spike's eyes changed to blue again as he used his lightning powers, and Spike screamed as he shot a large bolt of lightning across the beach which knock down a large number of them. Allison wrapped her tail around one warrior and slammed him across the ground to another, she screamed with rage and grabbed it's leg before she circled around and threw the warrior far into the ocean thanks to her strength.

But all this fighting wasn't mattering as the Overlord was still on the machine, and was preparing to fire it once more.
"I need more evil.. but where to attack next? Ninjago city.." Overlord said maliciously as he could see the city even from all the way here, the machine locked another blast to go to Ninjago city, but he couldn't fire any missiles since the Stone Warrior's were too busy with fighting against everyone else.

Wu and Misako knocked one more warrior away from the loading machine to stop it .
"Jay!" Wu shouted as they threw it to him who got ready to deflect it.

"This one's out of the ball park!" Jay declared while he struck the thing and sent it far away into the ocean to avoid any more damage.

"See to it personally, that the cannon is loaded!" Overlord ordered the commander who nodded respectfully and tried to attack Wu again. But Wu had enough of this guy with all he's done, and Wu backflipped in the air and kicked him in the chin which sent him flying, Wu then leaped directly to him and did a spin kick against his chest and sent him directly into the loading machine instead.

The Overlord thought this was another missile though, and he soon pressed the button which shot the commander flying across the sea which made him scream with terror, and that made everyone laugh hysterically as they saw him go far away.
"Okay, that's honestly pretty funny." Allison said with a chuckle as she punched the same stone warrior before in between his legs again which made him scream with pain.

The commander screamed as he went flying all the way to Ninjago City, and unfortunately had crashed directly into Darreth's dojo after a rough landing, and Darreth looked very unhappy to see him here again after what he's done.
"You just messed with the wrong dojo mister!" Darreth threatened as he snapped his fingers which summoned the rest of his pupils to the room who looked ready to beat him up.

"Pupils, attack!!" Darreth screamed while all the children yelled with rage and proceeded to overwhelm him which resulted in him being beaten up badly.

The Overlord slammed his fist against the machine and had enough of the time being wasted.
"Fine! I'll do it myself!" Overlord declared while he looked below him.

Kai and Jay did a drop kick on more warrior's and knocked them down just while they heard another weapon powering up.
"Look out Jay!" Kai warned which made react just in time to flip over the lasers fired at him before he and Kai climbed up the weapon and kicked the warrior off it.

"Sorry, only two can dance this dance!" Kai declared as he took control of the weapon on the side and began firing down on the rest of the warrior's on the beach.

As all of this was happening, Spike and Lloyd finally made it to the top and prepared to finish all of this.
"This.. ends.. now!" Lloyd declared as Spike got in a fighting stance.

"It's time to finish this Overlord." Spike said with a growl as they both stood they're ground while the Overlord got ready to fight them too.

"The final battle has begun." Misako said as they could only watch this happen here.

"Let's hope they are ready for this." Wu prayed while Lloyd focused himself for this moment.

"All this time.. everything has been leading to this!" Lloyd said with anger while Spike growled at the Overlord in a threatening way.

"Stupid boys! I've been planning this, for thousands of years!" Overlord mocked which they didn't want to hear any more of.

"Enough with the monologuing, it's so cliche!" Spike said with annoyance while he charged another blast of crystal.

"Eat green!" Lloyd screamed as they both shot a blast towards him which knocked him down for just a moment, Spike drew his blades and jumped in the air and was about to strike him, but the Overlord grabbed his blade just in time and threw Spike to the ground and tried pinning him down.

"I.. won't.. let you win!" Spike screamed as he shot fire at him again which made the Overlord scream again while Lloyd delivered a strong kick to the back of his head which freed Spike.

"Get him dad! Go!" Allison shouted as the Overlord charged 4 separate blasts in his claws before he shot them a the two, but Spike flipped into the air while Lloyd climbed up to barely avoid it, but the Overlord was fast. Before Spike could even react, the Overlord suddenly slashed at Spike hard enough to send him flying off the machine, Spike had fell to the ground but quickly recovered and flipped off his feet to get a better landing, but he saw the Overlord punch Lloyd right in the face which sent him flying into the air and to the ground making him groan weakly.

"Lloyd!" Spike said with fear as he was rushing over to him to help, but the Overlord flew directly in his path and shot more blasts directly towards him, but Spike was able to role out of the way and make it back to Lloyd who just got up, Spike drew his blades again and shot multiple beams of light across the beach which made a straight line of crystal's emerge from the ground directly beneath the Overlord. And Lloyd followed that up by shooting another beam of Energy directly at him which sent him flying into the forest.

"Yes!" Jay said with victory thinking that put him down, but the Overlord was still going, and he used two of the hands like jets to propel himself upwards above the entire forest.

"No!" Jay said with fear as the Overlord charged directly at the two of them, and Spike got in front of Lloyd and held his blades together and braced himself for his next attack.

The Overlord slammed down on the ground towards them like a rocket, and he quickly used his power and shot a blast directly towards one of Spike's blades and was able to blow it out of his hand leaving only one left which slid across the beach.

But Spike couldn't even react in time enough for another blast to shoot directly to his other blade which knocked it out of his last hand too, leaving him with neither of his blades.
"No.. don't give up Spike!" Spike told himself as the Overlord marched to them in a menacing way.

"The battle between good and evil! I can do this for eternity! But can you two? Your friends can't help either of you now! You are all alone!" Overlord screamed towards them which made them even more furious.

"No.. we are not alone! I know my father is still in there! He'll fight with us!" Lloyd screamed which made the Overlord struggle as Garmadon was trying to fight back the corruption.

"Lloyd!.. stay strong! Spike.. please protect him!" Garmadon begged as he was holding the Overlord back for a brief moment as his body was flashing between both of they're forms.

"Come on Garmadon! Don't let him win!" Spike encouraged as he shot a fire blast towards Overlord and burned him really badly, Lloyd followed this up by charging at him and he delivered a strong upper cut to him in the face sending him into the air, Spike screamed as he jumped towards the air and punched him extremely hard across the chest which sent him down to the ground, but the Overlord was still going, and he only laughed mockingly at these pathetic attempts to harm him.

"You are both fools! I cannot be stopped! You both are just delaying the inevitable!" Overlord screamed as he poured more power into both pairs of his hands and shot a wave of power at them both. But Spike and Lloyd together both shot as much power as they could into the wave to try and hold it back, and they were caught in a wave battle that was getting tougher by the second.

"Fight him father!" Lloyd begged as they could still see flashes of Garmadon who was trying to fight back.

"Lloyd..." Garmadon said weakly as he felt himself fading away.

"Fight him!" Lloyd screamed even more as the power was starting to overwhelm the both of them.

"You will not... take...." Garmadon was trying the best he could to make the Overlord stop this, but he was starting to fade away as he was taking full control over him.

"My.. son!" Garmadon screamed in a weak voice before he finally faded away, leaving only the Overlord in charge of his body.

"No!" Spike screamed with terror as the Overlord laughed like a maniac at them once again.

"Stupid boy.. your.. father.. is.. gone!!" Overlord screamed as he finally overpowered the both of them and the blast hit them directly which sent them both flying across the beach, but the Overlord wasn't done with them yet, and he took off into the air directly towards Spike and grabbed him by the neck.

"You are a fool to think you could defeat me dragon! I know who and where you are from.. Spike! You think you were meant to defeat me, but it was all to delay.. the inevitable!" Overlord screamed before he threw Spike directly towards the ninja which made Spike scream as he crashed into the ground and landed right near Allison who was horrified seeing this.

"Dad!" Allison screamed as she quickly picked him up who looked very weak from taking this hit.

"You were never meant to defeat me you pathetic little dragon, you and your little friend, were only meant to fall to me!" Overlord mocked even more as he aimed the canon directly towards Lloyd who was knocked out after the last hit he took, but was being checked on Wu and Misako at the very moment.

The Overlord laughed in an evil way once again and was about to fire directly at all of them.
"You were always so... green.." Overlord said in a menacing tone before he pressed on a button and shot another blast directly towards them, but just before they all were hit with it, the Bounty had went right in between them and took the blast instead which started to spiral it out of control.

"I may not be able to fight, but I can fly!" Julien screamed as he started to run out of the Bounty before the dark clouds engulfed him. He jumped off the deck just in time as the Bounty crashed to the beach, and Julien fell face flat on the sand and tried getting back up.

"That went well.." Julien said as he was trying to adjust his glasses again.

This infuriated the Overlord, and he had enough of all of this.
"Enough! We don't need to waste time with they're pasturing! We will go to Ninjago City to finish this.. once and for all!!" Overlord declared as a large portal opened up in front of the beach which lead directly towards Ninjago city.

"No.. don't.. let them escape!" Spike said weakly as they saw the army marching towards to portal to finish this.

"If we leave, we'll be stuck here with no way back! Get to the vortex now!" Kai screamed as he tried rushing towards the portal before it closed as the dark version of Nya had caught up with them..

"Bye bye! Forever!" Nya said mockingly as they all were making they're way through. Just as he made it there, the rest of the army had crossed through it, meaning the Overlord was now making his way to Ninjago city. As Kai tried making one last jump to make it.. the portal closed before he could, and they were all left stranded on the island with no known way back.

"No!!" Kai screamed with terror towards the sky while everyone looked down in defeat.

Spike was being taken care of by Allison while the rest of the ninja were looking over Lloyd after he blacked out, Allison retrieved his blades and gave it to him who looked defeated after this fight.
"Here dad.. these can help you right?" Allison asked hopefully while Spike looked down with guilt not knowing how to respond to it.

"I.. honestly don't even know anymore.." Spike said with guilt for what's happened here. He and everyone else looked down at Lloyd, and they waited for what felt like ages for him to wake up, but soon enough, he finally did, and he groaned weakly as he was finally opening his eyes.

"Did.. me and Spike win?" Lloyd asked weakly as he saw everyone here was very worried for him.

"No Lloyd, and that's all that matter's.." Wu said with some relief as they helped Lloyd up who tried to move.

"But.. the.. prophecy.." Lloyd said with pain as he tried to walk, but he fell to the ground after feeling a great pain in his leg.

"We didn't do it.. we.. couldn't defeat him.." Spike said regretfully as he went to Lloyd and tried to help him move.

"My leg.. I think it's broken.. are you okay at least Spike?" Lloyd asked hopefully while Spike was trying to recover from the damage he took too.

"I think a couple ribs in me are broken.. but.. it's not too much for me.. I think I'll be okay.. but.. I'm afraid we lost.." Spike said with sadness while they marched towards the beach ahead of them.

"We really didn't win?" Lloyd asked with guilt while Spike looked down shamefully for losing this fight.

"What's important is, we didn't lose either of you. We should all just be grateful, the both of you are okay." Wu replied as they could see the sun rising over the horizon, but it couldn't help lighten the mood they're feeling now.

Spike helped Lloyd move around the beach, and they saw a special symbol on the ground after the Bounty took that massive hit.
"The symbol of Destiny.." Lloyd said with sadness as he picked it up so they could both look at it.

"Destiny showed us who was stronger today, but destiny also wanted us around to fight another day. We didn't lose the battle, today.. we just lost another fight.." Lloyd said as they all stood together and took in the moment and looked at the sea in front of them knowing what will come soon..