[In the Monastery, the ninja are talking to Wu]
KaiI don't get it, Master. Why do we need a Spinjitzu lesson now? We're golden! Real True Potential stuff. Check me out! Jump up, kick back, whip around, and spi— Agh! [falls on his face]
Golden? Haha! There's more to Spinjitzu than spinning, kicking, and whipping. You have yourself just perfectly illustrated why it is high time for a reminder. Maybe we start with… balance, in Spinjitzu, as well as in life.
[Kai and Zane are walking around the Monastery]
Kai
Hey, Jay, what's up? Huh?
He appears to have gone into some meditative trance, or possibly spontaneous self hibernation.
Kai
Nah, he's probably just fantasizing about that. [looks at a mural] Our Elemental vehicles. Created from our Golden Weapons. Remember those, Zane?
I don't need to remember. I can recall an enhanced visual augmentation from my data log.
Kai
Hey, we didn't look like that back then.
I told you, it was an enhanced visual augmentation.
Kai
Whatever.
[Jay is practicing his Yin-Yang promise to Nya with Kai]
[stuttering] Nya? I've wanted to ask you this for... a... long time. [holds up his Yin-Yang token] Um, will you... be my Yang?
Kai
No, no, no. You can't ask like that.
Kai
You have to ask with confidence, like this. [switches Jay to his position] Hey, Nya, how's it going? I've been thinking... you and me... we make a pretty good pair. So what do you say we make it official? [slides around Jay, grabs the Yin-Yang token, and spins into a proposal stance] Will you be my Yang?
Kai
See?
Wait, no. I can't ask like that. It doesn't feel right, it feels too... I don't know— cocky.
Kai
Nobody. Jay's trying to find the right way to ask Nya to be his Yang.
Seriously? You and Nya? Wow.
Kai
Oh, sorry. [to Dareth] It's supposed to be secret, so don't tell anyone.
The Yin-Yang promise is a beautiful and sacred tradition, Jay. Congratulations. Ah! I'm so excited to be part of it. I-I am part of it, right?
Kai
If he ever asks Nya.
[Jay is busily typing on the UHF. He looks around cautiously, sees Garmadon inspecting the buttons and yells in surprise before walking to the other ninja]
Am I the only one freaking out about this?!
Kai
[sarcastically] Why freak out? Our deranged, psychotic, arch-nemesis is now our house guest.
I find the term "Freak out" inadequate and imprecise. I prefer to say I am deeply troubled.
[whispers nervously to Lloyd] Lloyd? Are you sure he can be trusted?
Of course not?! That's not what you're supposed to say! You're supposed to say "yes."
What choice do we have? If Master Wu is right, and we're under attack by the Oni, then my father may be our best chance. And anyway, he doesn't have his powers back, so how much trouble can he really cause?
Kai
So, did you pop the question yet?
No, I'm waiting for the right time.
Kai
There may not be a right time, Jay. You gotta just do it.
[pops up around the corner] Do what?
Kai
Jay's gonna ask Nya to be his Yang.
What?! Seriously?! That's great! Why am I always the last person to know these things?
Shh! Will you keep your voice down, please?
Kai
He's been planning it for weeks.
Weeks? Haha! You gotta just do it, Jay. It's like ripping off an old bandage. The sooner you get over it, the better.
Um, did you just compare Nya to an old bandage?
Kai
Nice. Way to go, Cole. Way to take the romance out of it.
The Oni entered this realm through a portal or rift between our world and theirs. There are only one or two ways this is possible. And, I'm willing to wager, it would've been through the Realm Crystal. To stop this darkness from spreading, the crystal must be destroyed.
The Realm Crystal is currently housed in the new high-security vault, below Borg Tower.
That's smack in the middle of Ninjago City!
Kai
Uh, we just escaped from there, remember? It's engulfed in a giant, black cloud of destruction, and now you're asking us to turn around and go back?
I asked nothing. I am telling you that if you wish to stop the darkness, the crystal must be destroyed.
And I'm telling you, forget it! Just one of those black cloud tentacle things touched my foot for a second, and nearly froze me solid! We wouldn't last a minute inside the darkness.
That is correct. You are merely human. I, however, am Oni. I can enter the darkness, make my way to the crystal, and destroy it. I will, of course, require a weapon.
Do you really expect us to just hand you a sword and let you go?
If you wish to live, yes.
Well, forget it! No way! I wouldn't trust you with a… a… a-
Kai
A pillow! [Cole, Jay, Nya and Lloyd look at him disapprovingly] It's the most harmless thing I could think of.
[Kai, Jay, and Nya run up to check on Lloyd, and Zane checks on P.I.X.A.L.]
P.I.X.A.L.! Are you okay?
[Zane lifts the cover and P.I.X.A.L. crawls out]
So am I. Nobody has to worry about me.
[sees the other ninja sad] What? What is it? [notices Cole's missing] Where's Cole? [the other ninja look away] Where's Cole? [grabs Kai] Somebody say something! Where's Cole?!
Kai
Lloyd, he fell... into the cloud.
AAryan
What are you talking... (He realises now) (Shocked) NO! He's not...?
[about to cry] I... I'm so sorry.
[saddened] He's... He's really... gone?
It was my fault. I pulled the thrust lever the wrong way, and... [starts crying]
[Jay and Kai comfort her]
It wasn't your fault, it was an accident.
Kai
It could have happened to anyone.
[Lloyd looks down in sadness, but Garmadon interrupts their moment]
Yes, I do. We are wasting valuable time! [holds up the Golden Armor] All that matters now is this.
Kai
The Golden Armor.
What about the Realm Crystal?
[sighs] It didn't work, but this will! They fear it.
Cole was our friend. He was more than a friend, he was family! But you don't understand that, do you? Oh, what's the point? You're never gonna get it! Because you don't care about anyone but yourself!
[angrily] Every moment you delay risks our survival!
[screaming angrily] There's more to life than SURVIVING!! AUGH!! [stomps off in anger]
How do you reason with that? [turns to Zane] You, Nindroid, if any of you are capable of logical thought, it is you. Tell them!
[upset and angry] I'm happy to say, you are mistaken. At this moment, even I am incapable of logical thought.
[He walks away, P.I.X.A.L. and the other ninja following. Garmadon stares in surprise]
[At the back of the Bounty, Nya is crying over Cole's fall]
Kai
[opens the door] Hi, sis. You okay?
Kai
Me neither.
I just can't help thinking, if only I'd pushed the handle the right way.
Kai
[sits next to her] Hey, it was an accident. Cole loved you like a brother. I mean, a sister. I mean a— [sighs] …you know.
I just... can't believe he's gone.
Kai
Neither can I. But Cole would want us to keep fighting. And you're the brains here, sis, so...
Kai
You're the one who's always building everything and coming up with all the plans, you and Zane, and Zane's not much use at the moment.
Yeah. Right. Okay, let's set a course for the Monastery of Spinjitzu. It has a forge.
Kai
Forge?
To melt down the Golden Armor. Kai, the Golden Armor was forged out of the Weapons of Spinjitzu, so...
Kai
So...?
So if we can melt it down and forge it back into weapons, we can use those to fight the Oni!
Kai
Ha, no hat's a great idea. I'll tell the others. [realizes something] W-w-w-wait, the Weapons of Spinjitzu were forged at the Temple of Light. You can't just go to any old blacksmith.
I'm not. I'm coming to you.
Kai
Me? Uh, are you crazy? I'm a terrible blacksmith, remember? You used to tell me that all the time.
You're the Elemental Master of Fire, Kai. Your fire can melt down the armor. You're the only chance we have.
Kai
So a future of all Ninjago depends on my blacksmithing abilities?
Kai
No pressure.
[The ninja are relaxing in a hot tub]
Kai, a little heat, please.
Kai
But of course.
[He summons a flame and sticks it in the water. The ninja laugh and sigh]
[slurps from his guzzler hat] Ah, this is the life!
Kai
We heard it, pal. Fighting all those bad guys, saving Ninjago.
[They look up as a crash is heard]
I can't believe we're back to this.
After every big victory, you get lazy, complacent, careless.
Kai
Uh, that is not true!
We're recovering. We're resting our muscles.
Kai
Well, who's counting?
I am! Look at yourselves! You've gone soft. You do nothing all day but play video games, and eat cake, and soak in this... this...
[looks around the water] Hot tub?
[enraged] IT'S NOT A HOT TUB! It's the sacred Bell of Divinity! Out! Out! All of you! [the ninja all complain at once] Emergency meeting in the monastery, in three minutes!
[At nightfall, the ninja are sitting around a fire]
I see only one option: The digestive system of a beetle is very slow. There is a good chance the Thermolytic Inverter is still intact inside Beohernie's stomach.
If one of us were to be ingested, we might be able to retrieve the device.
Kai
Uh, are you kidding?
If we can get inside Beohernie's stomach—
…We should in theory be able to retrieve the Inverter and exit again. Either through the creature's mouth or through the other end of the digestive—
[shakes his head vigorously] Lalalalalala, I don't wanna hear this!
Yeah, of all the bad ideas I've heard, and I've heard a few… Lookin' at you, Kai, this takes the cake!
The facts are indisputable. We need the Inverter. The Inverter is inside the beetle. Ergo, one of us must enter the beetle and retrieve it.
Don't tell me you're considering this!
I'm open to other suggestions if anyone has one.
How do we decide? Who gets to... you know, be—
It was my idea. The responsibility is mine.
No, I'm the responsible one.
Kai
Guys, guys, you're both too valuable to risk. It should be someone expendable, like Jay.
Well, look who's talking!
[Kai, Nya, Jay, and Cole start arguing]
Guys, guys! We're going to settle this like adults.
Kai
Actually... I'm sitting this one out.
Kai
Aspheera stole my powers, remember? I can't help! I mean, Jay had to save me just now. Jay!
Huh, that's a weird way of saying thanks.
Kai
Just go without me. I'll only get in your way.
[puts a hand on Kai's shoulder] Powers don't make a hero.
Kai
Dude, that's just something that people with powers say to make people without powers feel better.
That's not true! We need you.
[Fireballs start falling]
We don't have time to argue! The people in that museum need help!
She's right! We gotta go!
[to Kai] If you change your mind, you'll know where we'll be.
[Kai, lying in a hammock, is holding fish on sticks]
CChildren
[run over to Kai] Hey! Fire Maker! Fire Maker! Fire Maker!
C1Child #1
Make the fire! Make the fire!
C3Child #3
Cook mine! Cook mine!
Kai
Okay, okay, one at a time.
[He cooks their fish, and they leave, chattering happily]
C2Child #2
Oh, yeah! You were right! Look at his big gang!
Kai
Hey, where are you going? There's more where that came from! Fire Maker has more miracles!
Fire Maker has more miracles?
Kai
Eh, just keeping the kids entertained.
Ah, okay, as long as you're not straining yourself.
[Cole is telling the story of how Aspheera banished Zane to the Never-Realm, using his paper drawings on sticks, to some children in the Great Lake]
[as Zane] Put down the staff and surrender, Aspheera. Your days of evil are over. [as Aspheera] Never! I will have my revenge if it's the last thing I do! [a child gasps in fear] Take that, Wu! Zap! Zap! [drops Wu's stick; as Zane] No! Look out, Master Wu! [as Aspheera] Zap! Zap! Ahh! [clashes Zane and Aspheera's sticks until Zane's stick snaps in half] Oh, no! [picks up Nya's stick] Zane is gone! [puts down Nya's stick and picks up his stick] What did you do to my friend? [as Aspheera, cackling. The children cower together as the story gets more intense] Take that! I banished him to the one place from which you can never return. The Never-Realm! [one of the children faints while the rest start crying and run away] Wait! W-W-W-Woah! Hey! Wait, it's okay, look, it's not real, it's just a story! [waves Aspheera's stick and it snaps in half; he chases after the children, while Kai, Nya, and Jay are working outside] It's just paper! I drew them!
Kai
What did you tell them, Cole?
Nothing! I was just telling them about Zane and Aspheera, and how she blasted him into the Never-Realm.
You think that story is appropriate for little kids?
Five to thirteen? Absolutely.
[wakes up and falls out of bed] Whoa- Ahh!
It's okay, buddy! You're okay!
I can't believe you did that! You made me go back to the Bounty for the Traveler's Tea, and it fell off a cliff!
Kai
Cole, relax, buddy. It was just a nightmare.
[turns to Kai] And you! You were even worse! You said I let you down! [Kai stares at him in astonishment] Well, it was a mistake, okay?! Sometimes things just happen!
Hey, hey, we understand. It's okay.
Yeah, right. That's not what you said in my dream!
[Glaring at them, he leaves, slamming the door]
Kai
[sighs] It's too early for this.
Maybe we should go after him?
Kai
He'll calm down.
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