01x02 - The Merge pt. 2

[bunniefuu]

[epic music]

Lloyd, the Green Ninja!

Yes! I knew you were all still out there!

Where is the Ninja I saw?

The one doing Spinjitzu on the bridge.

Actually, that was Arin here.

And even though I might pass out right now,

'cause you actually thought I was a real Ninja,

I'm not even close.

[grunts]

[both grunt]

I kinda get your Ninja fandom now.

Hold up your cuffs.

[Lloyd grunts]

Thanks for your help.

[sword clangs]

That is my mask, right?

I... I found it when you disappeared.

I was there when the Merge happened.

You rescued me, and I kept--

Ugh! [sighs]

When did you last wash this?

You can wash them?

[sighs] Come on, I'll give you a boost.

No need.

Whoo!

[chuckles] Show-off.

[pants]

[grunts]

What do we do now, Master Lloyd?

I'm no master. I'm just Lloyd.

And to answer your question, we jump.

No! We can't leave the dragon!

There's a dragon here too?

No one escapes from Rapton!

Huh? What's a "Rapton"?

Me! I am Rapton!

-What? -I am Rapton!

Why do bad guys always feel the need to talk in third person?

I can take these guys!

[grunts]

That was him.

Who'd he train under?

[Sora] He taught himself.

[Arin] Sorry!

Spinjitzu was the single most important ninja technique.

It took me years to learn it with an incredible teacher.

That shouldn't be possible.

He's not the only one with skills.

I just learned I can do this!

[grunts]

[sighs]

Was something supposed to happen?

So... Something's wrong.

It worked before!

[Lloyd] Got anything else?

Get them!

[Rapton grunts]

♪ Lost in the unknown So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise! ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

Buddy, I got zero idea who you are.

[Rapton grunts]

I'm Rapton!

[screams] I just told you that!

But if you're locking up kids and apparently dragons,

then you and I have some issues to work out.

[grunts]

Oh, come on, weird powers, why won't you work now?

[grunting]

I think I might know what the problem is, Sora!

-Be right back! -Huh?

[heroic music]

Did he just leave?

[squawking]

[gasps]

Right, right. Happy to see you too, buddy.

Come on, we got work to do.

[both grunting]

[Sora grunting]

[dragon squawks]

[heroic music]

This is what I was trying to show you, Lloyd.

Elemental Powers?

[Rapton gasps]

Uh, Lloyd? I think I made a b*mb.

Here, catch!

[whimpers]

[all grunt]

[panting]

It's supposed to be impossible

to learn Spinjitzu by yourself, but...

I mean, it was a really weird version,

but it was still Spinjitzu.

And you definitely have an Elemental Power.

It's not Fire or Ice, or some others I've seen, but...

Maybe Tech Power?

Told you, Sora.

And it's somehow connected to this little dragon?

[Lloyd] Did one of your parents have powers?

Not that I know of.

This makes no sense.

Where'd he come from?

We don't know.

We found him when those jerks were hunting him.

And we heard some tiger guy

threatened to hunt down his whole family.

There's a tiger guy now?

We need to warn his herd.

There's gotta be a way to find his home.

Look, I'm all for making rock sculptures,

but we don't have a lot of time here, little buddy.

[sniffing]

[whines]

That's not a rock sculpture.

He's telling us where he's from.

[huffing]

[Arin] I can't believe it.

I'm in the Monastery of Spinjitzu!

I gotta say, though, it's a little weirder than I pictured it.

The weird stuff is new.

This place got real strange after the Merge.

Arin, focus.

We have to find the dragon's home.

After the Merge,

Kai began to explore some of the new lands.

You know where Kai, the Fire Ninja, is?

Not exactly. It's a long story.

But Kai sent notes about the places he'd seen.

I'm pretty sure I saw those mountains in here somewhere.

[screeches]

[squawking]

-What did you find? -[screeches]

[Lloyd] "The Land of the Three Mountains."

But it's far away,

and the only airship I still have

is the new Destiny's Bounty.

[Arin chuckles] Whoa!

[Lloyd] But it isn't finished.

And I don't have the skill to complete work on the engine.

I might know someone who does.

[grunts]

[sighs] Really?

Back me up, buddy.

[squawking]

[grunting]

Do Elemental Powers come and go?

No. Well, sometimes.

Elemental Powers can be complicated.

It can take a lot of work to achieve one's true potential.

[groans] Okay, then.

I'll get this thing going the old-fashioned way.

[dragon squawking]

[Sora humming]

Does she always hum while she works?

No, sometimes she sings. Loudly.

Trust me, the humming is better.

You've been friends a long time.

We met right after the Merge.

When the Crossroads started to build up

with folks from all the newly merged lands.

Sora came from Imperium.

I've seen that place. Looks impressive.

She doesn't think so.

She ran away, and won't tell me why.

I came to the Crossroads

because my parents disappeared in the Merge.

Like a lot of people.

Like I thought you Ninja did.

But you didn't.

Not all of us.

What've you been doing since then?

Keeping the world from destroying itself.

[Lloyd] The day started pretty normal.

Master Wu sent me to find as many scrolls as I could

on something he called "coalescence."

I couldn't make sense of it.

[Master Wu] No, that can't be right.

It's been centuries.

Oh, I don't understand.

I'll just leave these here. Cool?

Okay. Good talk.

Call me if you need anything else.

Lloyd. My student.

My nephew.

I hope you do a better job than I have

when you become master of this monastery.

Remember, family is key.

Huh? You've been here for almost a thousand years.

-I could never... -[rumbles]

[gasps]

It's happening.

I don't know how, but it's happening.

I needed more time to prepare!

[loud rumbling]

What's going on here?

[Lloyd] Then I saw the beginning of the Merge.

[screaming]

I guess that's when we first met.

Hey, kid, you get lost?

It was the most chaotic thing I'd ever experienced.

And then...

[groaning, gasps]

What? Where am I?

I learned whatever that chaos was,

it resulted in "The Merge."

All realms coming together.

Expanding our world greatly.

But for those that got caught up in it,

the Ninja, your parents,

I still don't know what happened.

I think the Merge was what Master Wu was researching.

But his scrolls were destroyed,

and I couldn't make any sense of his work.

Except that it was somehow tied

to something called "Source Dragons."

But I've never heard of any dragons

having that kind of power.

I couldn't figure out how I made it back here.

Or how the Bounty did.

[clanks]

For weeks, I thought I was the only survivor.

I was wrong.

[tense music]

-[grunts] -[groans]

-[grunting] -[screams]

[grunting continues]

-What the heck, Lloyd? -Kai! Sorry.

I haven't seen anyone in weeks.

So good to see you, buddy.

You too!

[Lloyd] After the Merge,

Kai woke up on an island that didn't exist before.

He worked his way through some strange kingdoms

to get home.

He didn't know where the others were.

But we quickly learned we had bigger problems.

[gasps]

[rumbling]

[epic music]

[Lloyd] Mergequakes.

Mergequakes are like aftershocks.

Places where realms are unstable,

trying to share the same area,

like cracks in reality.

And we learned that, for some reason,

Elemental Powers can close them.

But the Mergequakes are getting more frequent and stronger.

If they continue like this, it's only a matter of time

before they rip the world apart.

Kai and I realized we needed help to stop them.

Master Wu's scrolls had been destroyed,

but there had to be answers out there somewhere.

Or someone who could help us.

Kai took the Bounty to search the combined realms

for answers.

And I stayed to keep everyone safe,

and the Mergequakes were getting worse.

Spinjitzu?

That's why you expected a Ninja in the train car with us?

Yeah.

But I never imagined it'd be someone who taught themselves Spinjitzu,

or someone with an Elemental Power

I didn't know existed that's tied to a dragon.

[squawks]

When dragons might be connected to what caused the Merge,

it's... it's like it's...

-it's... -Fate.

You were meant to find us. To train us.

To be our new master.

I'm not skilled enough to be your master.

You need Wu,

but he's gone.

[rumbling]

So...

who's up for a flight?

[epic music]

Come on, buddy. Catch!

[squawks]

[chuckling]

[Arin] All right! Again, again, again!

[gasps]

[Lloyd] The three peaks.

[panting]

We're almost there! We're...

[tense music]

Oh, no.

[Sora] It's those Dragon Hunters.

It's the Claws of the Imperium!

They must have followed us.

[all grunting]

[Lloyd grunts]

I can't steady it!

[laughing]

[both grunting]

[screaming]

[both grunt]

We're dead, right?

[squawks]

[panting]

[epic music]

I think the little dragon's family found us.

Hey, I just fixed that!

And I do not mind fixing it again.

Ah, it'll be good practice, actually.

[groans]

What have you done to Riyu?

Have you injured one of our own?

Riyu?

Is your name Riyu, buddy?

[squawks]

[Lloyd] We haven't hurt him.

We rescued him from the Claws of the Imperium.

[dragons roaring]

[growls]

You expect me to believe that

while you as*ault our land?

[screeches]

Riyu, you are a young dragon.

You do not understand how the world works.

These beings cannot be trusted.

We came to help,

to warn you about the Claws of the Imperium.

But somehow they followed us.

[dragons roaring]

Let us prove we're allies.

[thrilling music]

[roars]

[growls]

Ha-ha!

We've hit the dragon motherlode!

Bring 'em down!

[grunts]

Dang it! [groans]

[sighs]

You definitely need some practice.

[Lloyd grunts]

[roars]

[squawks]

You're free.

Get out... [grunts]

You're done ruining my plans, you plan ruiner.

[Rapton screams]

[groans]

[roars]

[grunting]

I've never seen a dragon that big.

Change of plans!

That is our prey!

[thrilling music continues]

We have to help her. Come on!

We can't rush in without a plan!

You two have given me one.

Ras,

we got the big one.

Shall I prepare to land?

No.

Just be prepared to watch what happens next.

[muscles cracking]

[suspenseful music]

[guard yells]

Your majesty,

Riyu appears to have the ability to somehow connect

and supercharge Elemental Powers.

[matriarch] I know nothing of this.

If you can power me up the way Riyu powers Sora,

we might have a chance here.

This is your last chance, Rapton.

Leave or be destroyed.

[laughing]

Your mistake.

[whooshes]

[screaming]

Get him! What are you waiting for? att*ck!

[screams]

[grunts] Lord Ras!

We need backup!

Help!

Our mission is complete.

Return to Imperium.

[screams]

[tense music]

[sighs] Wow.

That was something.

Guess my theory was right.

It appears there is a connection between us.

I felt it as well.

When the Merge occurred,

I struggled to keep isolated.

[matriarch] Hidden.

But there are mysteries between us

we clearly do not fully understand.

I agree. The world has changed.

And it's time to build a new future.

[matriarch] You are a wise master.

I'm not a master.

But maybe I could be a teacher.

The Ninja have protected Ninjago for years.

We've been a symbol of hope for so many.

But with the others missing,

that hope had been lost.

Now I see there is a reason to hope once again,

because I can't do this alone.

I need your help saving the world.

All right! Yes!

Woo-hoo! [laughs]

[matriarch] Hmm.

These Dragon Hunters will not remain unconscious for long.

Our herd will have to move locations

so they cannot find us.

And we'd better get back to Ninjago.

We have training to begin.

[squawks]

I guess this is it, buddy.

But at least you're home now.

We'll miss you so much.

[squawking]

[groans] What the...

[squawking]

It appears Riyu is not ready to leave your little group.

He would be safe with us, if you allow it.

[matriarch] I think his decision is foolish.

But if there is to be a connection between our kinds,

it has to begin somewhere.

If he ever needs us, he will be able to find us.

[squawks]

[screeches]

[panting]

The plan worked perfectly, Your Majesty.

Not only has the Ninja revealed himself,

he has connected with a Dragon Matriarch.

Then our hunt for more Source Dragons is well underway.

You hear that?

You'll have a companion down here in no time.

Soon, Imperium will have enough dragon power

to rule over all the merged realms!

[cackling]

[closing theme music]