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!