Spike The Spinjitzu Master
23: Island of Darkness
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAnother 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!
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