12x03 - Level Thirteen

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[Kai] "Level Thirteen."

[Fred] And now, a Ninjago News special report.

Arcade Apocalypse!

Prime Empire.

It's not just a video game craze sweeping the city,

but something far more sinister.

We're receiving reports that players

who reach the th level

are mysteriously vanishing!

[Fred] Where are these missing players?

Who's taking them?

And more importantly...

Will I win a Peabody Award for this hard-hitting report?

Stay tuned!

[man] Whoa, whoa, whoa! What are you doing?

You can't take that!

I've made more money on that game in two days

than I have in the last two months.

This thing's dangerous.

Oh, come on, that's ridiculous.

-It's just a game... -[power shuts off]

[foreboding music]

-[chuckling] -[scraping]

Welcome back, Mechanic. [laughs]

We kept your usual cell for you.

Shh! Do you feel it?

Change is in the air tonight.

That's just a draft.

Soon, I'll be on top, again.

Oh, yeah.

Top bunk, if you're lucky.

[power shuts off]

[power whirs down]

Huh? What?

There's something wrong with the security system.

[Unagami] Unagami requires your assistance.

Will you serve Unagami?

Yes!

I'll be more careful this time.

I won't let you down.

[Unagami] If you fail Unagami a second time,

it will be game over.

[doors rattling]

Oh, no, let's get out of here!

[prisoners clamoring]

[groaning]

Ha-ha! We be free at last!

[Mechanic] Captain Soto! Ultra Violet!

All of you! Come with me.

Work for Unagami and you will be rewarded handsomely.

[gasps] All of us?

Uh, not you, Fugi-Dove.

I really hope Cyrus Borg's figured out

what's going on with that game we found at the Mechanic's lair.

[whirring]

[beeping]

[automated voice] Welcome to floor .

Ah, ninja.

Your little game has kept me quite busy.

What have you discovered?

A new appreciation for the designer, Milton Dyer.

He designed a pretty k*ller security system

on Dyer Island, too.

[stammers] More impressive than mine?

Do you have robot dogs?

Because he had robot dogs.

[Cyrus Borg mumbles]

I've run diagnostics on the cabinet

and this game is far more complex

than anything I've ever seen.

Even more than my ill-fated Digiverse.

[Cyrus Borg] It's a virtual world,

made up of different zones, inside the game.

So Jay's in one of those zones?

Not just Jay.

The game's player count has exploded.

-Over players... -[gasps]

...are now trapped inside the game.

All the people who reached level

and disappeared into the cabinet!

The world inside, Prime Empire is controlled by Unagami.

And Unagami is Milton Dyer.

Which means there are two ways to deal with this.

Find Dyer in real life, and stop him, or...

enter the game, just like Jay did,

and stop Dyer's avatar, Unagami.

I think we should divide up

and go for both at the same time.

I'm afraid Zane and Pixal cannot enter the game.

The Prime Empire code is so complex,

it could overwrite your programming.

I like my ones and zeros just the way they are, thank you.

Then we'll stay here and track down Dyer in real life.

And I'm gonna reach level and cr*ck this baby wide open!

[video game beeping]

The original Prime Empire cabinet

is somewhere in this building.

[Mechanic] And we'll search every floor until we find it.

Bet you wished you had Fugi-Dove now.

He coulda just flown up there.

[upbeat music]

♪ Fugi-Dove ♪

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

[indistinct screaming]

[tense music]

[grunts]

How did the Mechanic get out of Kryptarium?

And there's Captain Soto, and Ultra Violet...

They must have broken out of prison,

-but why did they come here? -[beeps]

[automated voice] Powering down.

Borg Industries requests you leave the premises at once.

Or you will be sorry.

To the stairs!

-Let's go fight 'em off! -[Cyrus Borg] No, wait!

I'm initiating my building's defenses.

It'll att*ck anything that moves,

including you if you go down there!

We're ninja.

We can't just sit out a fight.

Fight the opponents in the game.

You must reach level

before the real enemies get up here.

-How's it going? -Harder than expected,

but I'm almost done customizing my avatar.

What? You haven't even started the game yet?

Winning's all about confidence.

I gotta look cool when I'm fighting.

[beeps]

Now we'll see who has the better security system.

Hmph, robot dogs! [scoffs]

Robot dogs are for amateurs...

This the best you got, Borg?

Gonna take more than a few wind-up toys.

[all scream]

[beeps]

[clamoring]

[sighs]

[grunts]

[crackles]

Watch out! Invisible lasers!

Send the least important recruits first.

Methinks we should have brought Fugi-dove.

Anybody have his number?

He's probably not doing anything too important.

[humming]

One for you,

and one for you,

and, yes, one for you!

[crackles]

[gasps]

[Mechanic] Those security drones know where the lasers are.

[mumbles]

[tense music]

[video game beeping]

It's bricked off.

We can't go any further.

Ugh. Shiver me sails!

[grunts]

Nice try!

Almost fooled us.

[tense music]

[grunts]

[groaning]

[groans]

[struggled groan]

Aw, should have gotten robot dogs

Floor .

I said I'd be on top again.

I'm so close.

Yeah, well, so are they!

-[groans] -[splashes]

[Soto laughing]

Well, blow me down!

You made a wee puddle. [laughs]

-Yeah! -[Soto groaning]

[groans]

Lloyd! Industrial strength caution tape!

[Lloyd and Nya] Ninjago!

[groans]

Spin kick!

Thunderbolt punch!

Maximum damage!

Going to great lengths just to play a video game.

Why are you doing this for Unagami?

He's pressing the "Start" button on a new revolution...

[groans]

...and I will be player two, serving at his side!

Yah! Guys! I did it!

[Cole] Level !

Ah, that's great, but little busy here.

[grunts]

[automated voice] Would you like to enter Prime Empire?

Ninja, let's go!

-[grunts] -[groans]

[thuds]

Jay better be safe in there, you dumb game.

Come on, Lloyd!

-[laughs] -Go on!

Good luck finding Unagami!

Good luck finding Milton Dyer.

To the roof!

My private helicopter awaits!

Let them go.

They aren't what we came for.

This is...

Unagami will be proud.

[Mechanic grunting]

How can this be!

[whirring]

I worry what damage the Mechanic will cause

now that he has the original game.

[sighs] I'm not worried.

Ugh. They won't be able to do anything without this!

I yanked it out a second after Cole went through.

[Pixal] The Prime Empire motherboard.

[groans]

Whoa!

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