01x10 - The Battle of the Secondary Monastery

[bunniefuu]

[Dr. LaRow] Ugh. Such a waste, Ana.

You were the brightest student I'd ever seen.

[soft grunt]

Ana?

Uh, you've got your wires crossed, scientist lady.

That's Sora.

We named the dragon Sora.

-My birth name was "Ana." -Oh.

Now I'm embarrassed.

[scoffs] Maybe you don't know your friend as well as you thought.

[whimpers]

Oh, you won't get your elemental spark

through the impenetrable walls of that cage.

I know you get your energy off that dragon.

Seems you and I aren't that different,

both using these beasts for power.

No. You drain them. You hurt them.

Riyu shares his power.

His choice.

You use that dragon when you need him,

just as I use mine.

Maybe you learned more in my lab than you realized.

But not enough to know how to pick the winning side.

-[gasps] -[Dr. LaRow] That's right.

I'm going to make you two watch as your friends--

-[rumbling] -[all grunt]

What's happening, Doctor?

I... I don't know.

Another Merge-Quake?

Feels different.

Maybe it's... hope.

[rumbling continues]

[all grunt]

[all] Ninja never quits!

Hello, hope. Welcome to the party.

[grunts]

♪ Lost in the unknown So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise! ♪

♪ Yeah! ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[lightning crackles]

[ominous music]

Kai? Nya? Zane?

How'd any of you get here?

If I had any idea, I'd tell you.

Do not ask me. I was only activated moments ago.

What are you waiting for?

Get them!

[yells]

[all yell]

[Kai] Uh, didn't you come here to stop the Photacs?

'Cause now there's a lot more!

Yeah, quick update.

Fight the beasts, help the dragons.

Oh, and the wild kid is on our side.

What wild kid?

[growls]

[intense music]

Is she doing fire?

Uh, she can't do fire.

Fire's my thing!

[grunting]

[Nya yells, groans]

Whoa, these beasts are tough.

[shouts]

[Zane grunts]

[growls]

[Lloyd] What is that thing?

[Zane] When I interfaced with it,

it self-identified as the "Monastery of Imperium."

It shares similarities with our own Monastery of Spinjitzu.

[Nya grunts, pants]

Any tips you're not sharing on how to bust these things up?

You can't. They're indestructible.

Oh. That's an important detail.

You were going to mention that when?

[Lloyd] We're buying time.

Sora and Arin still have a plan, I think.

[grunting]

[grunts] No. I detest physical brutality. I surrender!

That was easier than I thought.

You'll never escape the vengeance of your lifelong nemesis, Ana!

Who even are you?

[growling]

Ana, this is already far more advanced

than any of the other science fair projects.

Is this some kind of, uh, hard light?

How did you do this?

Astonishing.

Your indestructible hard light technology is more than deserving of this.

[Mr. Koenig] Ana?

Ana? Ana?

Oh, right, she's been excused to work in the lab

of the great Dr. LaRow. [chuckles]

[growling]

Since then, I've devoted myself to achieving more than you.

I even took your spot at the Advanced Systems Lab

and everyone says I'm way better than you'd have been.

Wait, I think I remember you.

Was your hair a different color, maybe?

No! It was always this color!

[shouts]

[growls]

[grunts]

[yells]

Not bad fire, but don't worry,

I'll give you some pointers later.

[Kai] What?

There can't be two Elemental Masters of Fire at the same time.

It's impossible. Also, it's rude.

I can't make sense of it either,

which is pretty much how everything's been going for me lately.

[rumbles]

I have calculated our odds of winning this battle.

Oh, fun. I'm guessing they're pretty solid.

Retreat is our only option.

Retreat to where?

We're trapped in the middle of Imperium.

[Zane] The Second Monastery.

Its fortified walls will keep the Photacs out.

At least temporarily.

No retreat!

No surrender!

The impossible kid's right.

We're in this to fight, so let's fight.

[Lloyd] I still can't raise Arin and Sora on the comms,

and our only hope is to give them time for their plan.

Barricading ourselves in the Monastery could buy us that time.

Fine. Let's do your cowardly plan.

[yells]

Dragons, att*ck!

[dragons growling]

[growls]

Dragons, go!

[yells]

Oh, no, you don't.

[shouts]

[whooshing]

[Nya grunts]

You can't hide from us, Ninja!

Even in there!

[Dr. LaRow] Lord Ras! Lord Ras!

I... I come bearing bad news.

Uh, the prisoners we had?

Not exactly imprisoned anymore.

[grunts] Free?

All you had to do was babysit them!

Remember the obstacle course?

The dodges Lloyd taught us?

How could I forget?

We practiced that for, like, infinity hours.

You won't be able to forget me now, Ana!

[grunting]

Oh, come on!

[Jordana groans]

Seriously, I still don't remember her.

Let's get Riyu.

[grunts, growls]

You'll go no further.

I gave you those beasts for a reason.

Those doors will crumble under their indestructible force.

I like the way you think, Empress.

If we line up in alternating--

Just smash the doors, Rapton!

Charge!

[loud thudding]

[rumbling]

[Lloyd] Sora? Arin?

Hello?

Anyone?

Their comms are still down.

-[rumbles] -Or worse.

I didn't like running away anyway.

Hard agree.

We could fight the Empress all day,

but these dragons can't get caught in the crossfire.

We need Sora to shut down those Photacs.

Or... we get the dragons out of here.

That portal is how Kai and I came here.

If we could activate it again,

we could send all these dragons somewhere safe.

Would that work?

[Zane] This gate appears to be linked to our Monastery.

But it is designed for smaller transports.

Based on its power readings,

it could not handle the transfer of this many dragons.

[loud thudding]

Can we increase the power of that Portal Gate?

It would need to be an extraordinarily large increase.

We're right outside the Palace.

I bet there's something in there that could power the gate up.

I do detect a tremendous energy source.

It is not in the Palace.

It is beneath us.

I have never seen such a singular reserve of energy.

It's probably a giant battery that runs this whole kingdom.

[loud thud]

Whatever you're gonna do, do it now.

These things are gonna break through any minute.

If this weird version of a monastery is anything

like our home, then under these four plates

should be an old obstacle--

Ah! [grunting]

Don't worry, I'm fine!

And I found a way out!

Come on, Zane!

[growls]

Give up, and we will spare your lives.

The alternative is,

I will crush the life out of both of you.

Either way, that dragon will belong to me.

Never! [grunts]

[intense music]

[both grunting]

[grunts, yells]

Someone's got anger issues.

Up here, ugly!

[Lord Ras groans]

I can't believe you looked.

Did we win? Did that stop him?

As impressive as that was,

I don't think all his strength is in his right knee.

[growls]

[Lloyd] That's gotta be the power source up there.

Affirmative.

What is that?

You are nothing but feeble gnats! [grunts]

Feeble gnats?

As opposed to those really strong gnats, I guess?

[laughs] Nice, Arin.

You cannot comprehend the enormity of my plans!

You are insignificant. [grunts]

[grunts, groans]

Arin, no!

[grunts, groans]

[groans]

You should have taken the first option.

[whimpers]

This place...

I feel strange.

This sphere itself is not the energy source.

But my scans indicate the immense power

is inside of it.

Is that... a dragon?

If it is,

it is larger than any dragon previously recorded.

These machines are how they are attempting to drain

this dragon's power.

I thought we freed all the dragons.

I had no idea Imperium imprisoned something like this.

We have to get this dragon free.

If we do, I am uncertain how we will get it

and the other dragons out of Imperium.

We do not have the power source we need.

We're Ninja, we'll find a way.

This dragon is coming with us.

Let's see if we can unlock this thing.

[Source Dragon] Do not free me.

The dragon appears to be speaking telepathically.

Yeah. Some of them do that. You get used to it.

You're imprisoned.

We can help you.

[Source Dragon] The capture of a Source Dragon

is not a simple process.

In their act of confining me,

the Imperium has threatened the very fabric of existence.

The realm world has tentatively stabilized since my capture.

To free me now, at this moment,

could destabilize it once again and result in total destruction.

But we can't just leave you here.

[Source Dragon] Can you not comprehend the damage

that would do to your world?

He appears determined not to be free.

Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too.

And without a power source,

we can't get the other dragons out of Imperium either.

[Source Dragon] As an Elemental Master,

you have contained and transferred dragon power before.

You've missed a lot.

How do you know that?

[Source Dragon] I am a Source Dragon.

Yeah, sorry, we, uh, haven't heard of you before.

[Source Dragon] I have enough power in a single claw

to shatter Imperium into pieces.

But mystically imprisoned, I can do no such thing.

However, Elemental Master,

I can give you power to act as my conduit.

Like I did with the Matriarch Dragon?

Then I could power up the portal and free the others.

[Source Dragon] But taking my power is dangerous.

Your life may change forever.

If it will save those dragons, that's a risk I'm willing to take.

[Source Dragon] And that is exactly why you are capable of being a conduit.

Approach the sphere.

[suspenseful music]

[whooshing]

[screams]

[grunts]

[gasps]

[foreboding music]

[grunting]

You didn't really think you had a chance, did you?

You didn't really pay attention to where you punched me to, did you?

[grunts]

[epic music]

Hmm? [growls, gasps]

[screams]

Always great to see you, Ras.

[pants, whimpers]

[soft growl]

-[groans] -[whimpers, exclaims]

Wow.

I have questions.

Come on, we got work to do.

[loud thud]

[all growl]

Any time, Lloyd and Zane.

We've faced worse, Nya.

Uh, maybe not.

[expl*si*n]

[Wyldfyre] Could he always do that?

[Kai] Not that I'm aware of.

[growls]

[epic music]

[growls]

-[Zane grunts] -[Kai sighs]

[rumbles]

Where are they?

Where are the dragons?

Dragons?

I don't see any dragons.

Huh! You must have the wrong place.

We will crush you!

Claws of Imperium, tear this Ninja apart--

[yelps] Whoa!

What the...

[gasps] My Photacs!

My beautiful Photacs!

[Riyu shrieks]

[all grunt]

[grunting] Oh, not the face!

-Ugh, my back! [pants] -[bone cracks]

[Arin] Where are all the dragons?

They went that way, where we should be going right now!

[grunting, breathes heavily]

No one escapes from Rapton!

[groans]

[sighs]

At least no one saw that.

No one?

The dragons are gone.

The Ninja have insulted me.

And I am surrounded by nothing but incompetence!

-[rumbles] -[Rapton] Oh, no.

[intimidating music]

[grunts] What? Where am...

Back in the Monastery?

Our Monastery?

[groans] How long was I out?

[soft growl]

[Sora] Lloyd! You're awake!

And you're training...

on your own?

Uh, yeah.

Uh, look,

I still don't know if these are my powers or Riyu's,

but... I realize now I have a responsibility to use them.

Not sure where this is going to take me, but... I'm excited to find out.

Where is everyone else?

Probably in the new dragon stables.

New dragon stables?

You sleep for days, a lot changes.

Some of the freed dragons want to stay here.

Even that fire child,

who may or may not have b*rned up Master Wu's old carpet.

[sighs]

Look who decided to rejoin the living.

Welcome back.

We got a lot to catch up on.

Uh, you hovered and your eyes were all white

and... and you had powers like I've never seen.

Zane told us what happened, but really, what happened?

I'm still trying to figure it out myself.

I saw things.

Visions.

And they weren't all good.

But could you hold on a second?

Hey, Arin.

You okay?

I'm fine. [sighs]

Glad to see you're awake.

You don't seem fine.

I knew when all this started, it was probably temporary.

'Cause the other Ninja were gone.

What was temporary?

Training. Learning.

Me becoming a Ninja. I get it.

If you have all of them, you don't need me anymore.

Arin, you could be a better Ninja than any of us.

You taught yourself Spinjitzu.

You have the potential to be the greatest Ninja

that's ever existed.

This really isn't about training, is it?

I lost my parents in the Merge.

I guess I've been trying to find a new family ever since.

And you have, Arin.

You, Sora, Riyu and Wyldfyre.

One thing I know about family is that it's just like being a Ninja,

there's always room to grow.

[soft growl]

All hail the Good Empress.

We are preparing more dragon hunting squads.

I don't care about dragons.

Those Ninja humiliated me.

They need to be destroyed!

You're losing sight of the big picture.

-With one Source Dragon-- -[thuds]

[Empress grunts]

I have no time for more of your failures, Ras.

What?

What do you...

[grunts]

The plan will not work without me.

The dragons are gone.

So my holding cells are empty.

I have plenty of room for you, Lord Ras.

[beeps]

It's time to enter this battle myself.

[tense music]

[closing theme music]