03x14 - Casket of Bones

[bunniefuu]

[zombie-like moaning]

[groaning and moaning]

[thumping]

Any sign of the illicit invaders?

Not seeing a peep with my peepers.

[grumbling]
I suppose that doesn't make a difference,

considering we couldn't even
see the attackers

when they were attacking us last night.

[scoffing] Invisibility
requires reams of permits

and background checks.

Who could our assailants have been?

Who knows, but if they
return, they won't be invisible

to how hard I'm gonna
bludgeon them with fines.

[panicking] They can't come back.
I can't handle it if they come back!

What they did to Carl B, and Debra,

and the entire HR department!

Shh! Don't panic!

Look at them, their minds,
their souls, are gone!

It can't happen to us,
I have so much to live for!

Well, a few things to live for.

I love my ergonomic chair.

[unearthly tone blowing]

The unauthorized visitors are back!

[blowing unearthly tone]

Let's hit that scofflaw

harder than I hit
the fourth floor vending machine

when it doesn't release my snacks!

[weapon powering up]

- [agent yelping]
- [unearthly tone blowing]

[screaming in terror]

[groaning]

[blowing unearthly tone]

[sinister music playing]

[blowing unearthly tone]

[Thunderfang]
The Source Dragons

will rue the day they rejected me.

[cackling wickedly]

♪ Lost in the unknown ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[thunderclap]

[motors revving]

The sun's setting already?

Feels like the days are getting shorter.

[Arin] Maybe it's
a magical Mysterium thing?

Ras, why are we stopping?

The dwellers of the Underworld

do not appreciate
the presence of the living,

so entrances to their land

don't remain in the same place for long.

I thought the Spectral Lands

were where people passed through

to whatever's after this life.

So then, what's the Underworld?

[Ras] Similar,
but only disgraced warriors end up there,

which is irrelevant to our goals.

All we need is access
to the Forge of the Forgotten.

And this Forge will bring my parents back?

The Forge will enable us
to create a dragon icon

to summon a Source Dragon,

the first step to--

Reversing the Merge, I know.

I just want to get to the part

where you bring my parents back.

I have our heading.

[engine revving]

Enough, Sora!

[sighing]

You're no fun.

[revving]

You shouldn't make him mad.

I need him.

He needs us, Arin.

He wouldn't be dragging

a couple of kid Ninja around with him

if he wasn't desperate for help.

Just don't mess this up for me.

[revving motor]

[Ras] We're here.

Uh, you sure about that?

Yes, somewhere here
is the passage to the underworld.

It's not even being guarded?

Okay, did we just see a mirage?

I don't exactly know how mirages work.

There has to be some way in.

[heavy footsteps]

[roaring]

This thing doesn't look happy to see us.

Maybe we're falling into a stereotype

about scary skeleton monsters.

It could be friendly.

Excuse us! We're just looking
for a way into the Under--

Whaa--!

[Jay] Ah, what a class!

Who knew I could paint?

I didn't know I could paint.

I told you you could.

You have a lot of skills, actually,

because you used to be a Ninja.

Ugh, not this again.

Just when I thought you were kind of fun.

"Kind of"?

Oh, I am a lot of fun.

You've become the fuddy-duddy.

"Fuddy-duddy"?
Did you learn that word

from our dance lessons with the retirees?

Maybe.

Those lessons were the bee's knees.

Lloyd!

Wyldfyre?

You mean Doyll and Filedwire!

Right.

We're home!

Hmm.

They should have been back by now.

Hopefully they found a lead
on Arin's parents.

Hopefully, but the Land of Lee
does have a lot of distractions.

Let's look for them,

just to make sure Wyldfyre

isn't eating the ice cream hotel.

It's no use trying to escape that cage.

It's designed to optimize
your journey to friendship.

Just like Elway here,

steadily having all the negative
thought-pollution about me

cleaned from his mind.

The things I'll do for my friends, really.

[Lloyd] I knew you had to have
brainwashed everyone down here, Lee!

What?

Of course I didn't do that!

Everyone in the Land of Lee
has chosen to be here!

Well, almost everyone.

Once in a long while,

some no-goodnik figures out

the "truths" I sing about the Merge

are not based in actual fact,

and so those few have to be...

corrected.

[cage buzzing open]

Hello, Elway!

Hope you enjoyed your meditation!

Just wondering,
what do you think about your old pal, Lee?

Lee is a loyal, kind,

and completely non-deceptive friend.

Don't worry,

when my little tentacled buddy
gets rested up,

you two will be next to learn
the magic of friendship.

[shouting in frustration]

Heat is better than green.

[grunting with effort] H'yah!

That doesn't seem right.

What can this cage be made out of?

- Oh, no, not now...
- [vision whooshing]

[Strength symbol] We cannot
get involved with mortal problems.

It only poisons us and our powers.

Weakens us!

[Motion symbol]
Like it or not,

Thunderfang is a threat
to the Source Dragons.

[Life symbol] Only because
we got involved with mortals

in the first place.

We should never have made that promise

to the First Spinjitzu Master.

[Strength] I voted against
granting boons to the First,

if you remember.

[Motion] We all recall it was a split

until the Source Dragon
of Balance favored the mortals

and became the deciding vote,

but Balance is no longer with us,

and we must reach a consensus on our own.

The only way to truly defeat Thunderfang

is through the Arc Dragon of Focus.

[Focus] No.

I will not aid this time.

[Energy] If it is so voted, you shall,

like the last time.

[Focus] I also regret
getting involved with mortals.

It has brought us nothing
but pain and danger.

We should remove our presence entirely.

[Motion]
It's too late for that.

Thunderfang has more power
than you realize.

He will force his way onto this council

and destroy everything.

[Focus] My answer is still no.

[Motion] You do realize

that a mortal could activate
the Arc Dragon of Focus.

[Strength] Impossible!

[Motion] If both halves of the dragon

were released from their sleep

and focused upon soul energy...

[Strength sniffing]
Is there a mortal here now?

[gasping]

How could you take a nap
at a time like this?

Some leader.

The Source Dragons...

Thunderfang is back.

[gasping]

Something tells me
they don't want us here, Ras!

[Ras grunting with effort]

[roaring]

Aah!

[Kai] All right, Frak, you got this.

Remember, half the battle is up here.

You want me to head-butt the bamboo?

What? No!

Just hit them normal,

but with mental focus.

Begin!

H'ah! H'yah!

H'yah!

[panting]

How was that?

You're really improving.

[Geo] Refreshments!

Thanks, Geo.

Can you fuse that bamboo
so we can do another run?

You bet.

Tea, two sugars,
two more sugars, and honey,

just the way you like it.

[gasping] How'd you know?

Hey, who made snacks?

- [Geo] I did!
- [gagging]

Sponge Wafers
with a hint of mint. Personal recipe.

[wheezing] This just sucked
all the moisture out of my body.

- [gulping tea]
- [Fritz] Kai! Kai!

Check out what we scavenged
from the geyser last week!

[hoarsely] Can't wait.

Cool weapons, right?

[coughing]
The Prismatic Blades?

They went missing
when we fought Thunderfang.

No one knew where they went,

so how'd they wind up
in the Land of Lost--

Oh, yeah, I hear it now.

Frak, this time,

I want you to use
your elemental quake power

to shatter the targets from below.

[ground rumbling]

[yelping]

Uh, it's like the Earth is screaming!

You can feel it too?

I sense it everywhere in the Merged Lands,

but it's especially loud here.

What's causing it?

Not sure.
All I know is a while back,

the ghostly voice of Master Wu

called me on a mission.

[Master Wu] Cole...

Huh?

[Cole] After walking
for what seemed like forever,

I found the place that must be the source

of the screaming Earth.

I could sense something
deep under ground, something big.

[ground rumbling]

I tried and tried,
but couldn't get the object up.

Why would Wu send me out there

if I couldn't do anything about it?

Unless he wanted me to do more,

and I just failed him or something?

Whoa.

What could be down there?

Let's check it out right now!

That sounds like a whole...

ugh, what's the word
for it? "Journey."

I, for one, am not in the mood
to go walking forever.

I have something that might help.

[whooshing]

[triumphant music playing]

You made this?

Just fused together a bunch of parts

that wound up at the Land of Lost Things.

No big deal.

You could give Sora a run for her money.

Okay, a journey it is.

Yes!

[grunting]

Arin! No!

Yaah!

Sora!

You just did Spinjitzu!

Did I?

I did, right? Right?

[rumbling]

[roaring]

Hup!

[roaring battle cry]

[roaring]

[gasping]

[roaring]

Mortals!

You gained victory

through the only thing

the dishonorable warriors
of the underworld

have ever respected--

Strength!

Your passage has been granted.

Bone stairs into darkness...

Cool.

Love hanging out with you guys.

[Ras] Move.

[whistling nonchalantly]

Hey, Lee.

Well, definitely following us.

Who's the paranoid egotist now?

Both things can be true.

Come on.

[beeping]

So this "backstage" area

- is supposed to be
a Lee-only zone? - Mm-hmm.

That's what Ellen Q
said at needlepoint class.

She also told me

she sneaks extra cherries
at the ice cream social,

but that sounded like her problem.

[lock beeping open]

Got it.

Pretty good for someone

who claims to have never been a ninja.

Maybe I was just a good thief.

Wish I had one of these.

[kicking]

In fact, I deserve a little treat.

What did you just do?

You'll find out.

[chiseling]

Carving gravestones?

Read the names.

Strong McCoolguy.

Nya McCoolguy.

Dyoll Donmagar.

Filedwire Donmagar!

They're making gravestones for us?

[chuckling]

Time to roll the bones!

You got a spare-- rib!

[laughing]

[Ras] You two!

Direct me to the Forge of the Forgotten!

Sure.

Second left past the--

You dummy,

why you tellin' some random mortal

where the Forge is?

Ah! He asked all forceful.

You know I respond to strong leadership.

You bonehead!

Look, mortal, we'll only tell you

if you can beat us
at a bone-rolling challenge.

Winner gets--

Okay, you win.

Ah! Second left
past the demon tree.

Third passage.
You can't miss it!

Sorry about him.

He can get a little intense.

Here you go.

Yeah, we know the deal.

We've worked with people like that.

Guess that's it.

How do we work it?

[gasping]

It's not responding to my powers.

Must be magic, 'cause it's not tech.

[Ras] It is far beyond technology.

[deep rumbling and hissing]

It's big enough to crawl into.

The Forge is powered

when someone enters the Casket of Bones.

Creepy.

How do they get back out?

- They don't.
- Huh?

Why do you think I tolerated
your presence for so long?

I thought you needed my help.

That's true, in a way.

No.

I won't let you do this.

Rather it was you, Arin?

No one dies here today, Ras!

Using this Forge

is the only way to save your parents.

Someone is going into that casket.

You...
or her?

Have I ever steered you wrong?

You were a weakling when I found you,

and I turned you into a warrior.

Warriors must make difficult choices,

especially if they truly love
their parents.

[quietly] Be stealthy.

[headstones tumbling heavily]

Uh...

[quietly] Stealthy starting now!

Pretty surreal to be looking
at your own grave marker.

Does this mean Lee's planning to k*ll us?

It doesn't make any sense.

[gasping] Look!

Arin's parents?

They really are dead.

You were wrong, Jay.

Look here.

Melba.

We met her yesterday at dance class.

She's old, but definitely
not in that grave.

I've got a hunch.

It's empty!

I bet all these graves are empty!

But why?

What if Lee puts these here

to stop anyone who comes looking
for lost loved ones?

They'd think the person
they're looking for is dead and give up.

That way, no one would ever find
his hidden underground community.

[Lee] Hey!

Who's lightninging my cemetery?

Count and Countess McCoolguy?

Stop!

[Arin] This wasn't part of the deal, Ras.

I never told you
our mission would be easy.

You have never been closer
to bringing your parents back.

Show me you have the courage
to do what needs to be done.

It's not fair.

Have the strength to save your family.

Sora is my family too.

You are defying me?

I should have never trusted you
in the first place.

So be it.

[roaring]

[Arin screaming]

[Ras grunting]

[roaring in rage]

[both screaming]

[Arin and Sora screaming]

[groaning]

[roaring]

You will enter that casket.

You can't win, Ras,

'cause we have one thing you don't.

[Arin] Each other!

[grunting]

Your loyalty to each other

will be your downfall!

[slamming, rock crumbling]

[crying out]

[grunting with effort]

[heavy slamming]

[impact echoing]

[grunting with effort]

Let's go before he digs himself out.

[exhaling deeply]

Nothing beats the fresh air
of the living world.

They're gone.

They're gone forever.

[sobbing gasp]

[sobbing quietly]

You once told me change can be scary.

I'm scared, Sora.

[intense music playing]

Now that Lee's onto us, we need to
find Lloyd and Wyldfyre, and-- [gasps]

I'm guessing Lee can still live
even with a few less of his bodies.

Let's find out.

Jay, we can't k*ll him.

It's not the Ninja way.

I'm not a Ninja!

H'yah!

[woman gasping]

That was Spinjitzu.

You're the Ninja!

Our son, Arin, was your biggest fan.

[gasping]

[dramatic music playing]