11x16 - The Never-Realm

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Go, Ninjago ♪

♪ Jump up, kick back
Whip around ♪

♪ Hey, go, Ninjago ♪

[Lloyd] "The Never-Realm."

[Akita] My land was once
peaceful and pristine.

But that changed decades ago,

when the Ice Emperor
imposed his will

and corruption upon us
and destroyed my people.

Now there is no one left
to defy him...

but I believe one day,

someone will stand up
against him.

I believe heroes still exist.

[Ninja yelling, grunting]

[thuds]

[Lloyd grunts]
Everyone... okay?

[grunts]

Great, now I know
how my socks feel in the dryer.

[Kai] I think I swallowed
my teeth.

[both grunting, groaning]

I'm not liking
this Realm so far.

Me... Ugh. Neither.

[computer beeping]

We're off the map.

Coordinates unknown.

Looks like we made it.

From what Master Wu said,

getting here
isn't the hard part.

It's getting home.

The Traveller's Tea?

Good. Whatever happens, don't--

-[rumbling]
-What was that?

Oh, no.

What? What is it?

-No, don't!
-[rumbling]

[gasps]

We have to get out of here!

Now!

[all yell]

[yells]

[Nya] Cole!

[Kai] Hey!

Grab my hand!

-Come on!
-[grunting]

[scoffs]
Worst parking spot ever.

[sighs]
I thought for a sec.

[gasps]
Oh, no!

-What?
-The Traveller's Tea.

It... it's gone!

[scoffs]
Well, that's just great!

That's awesome!

Now, we're stuck on a mountain
in the middle of a blizzard

with no vehicle, no supplies
and no way back!

[groans]
How could you drop it?

We nearly fell over a cliff!
I had other things on my...

Guys! This is not helping!

Nya, anything on the tracker?

[Nya] Nothing.

No signal.

[Jay] No. Of course not.

That would be too easy.

That would give us hope.

So, what do we do?

We need to get off this mountain
before we all freeze to death.

[wind whistling]

[ominous music]

[Jay quivers]
Finally!

[quivering]
I'm so cold.

[quivering]
If I still had my powers.

I could whip us up a fire.

[quivering]
It's not your fault.

[growling]

-[gasps]
-Run!

-[wolves barking]
-[Ninja panting]

[grunts]

Lloyd!

[wolf snarling]

[growling]

Why aren't they attacking?

I don't know.
That's really creepy.

Let's go, before they come back.

[all gasp]

What happened to them?

[Nya] Whoa...

I can hear a heartbeat.

Looks like they've been frozen.

Frozen by what?

[tracker beeps]

Lloyd! I just picked up
a faint signal.

From the Mech!

Where?

-[beeping]
-That way. Due east.

What about all these people?

We can't just leave them
like this.

They're still alive!

There's nothing we can do
for them now.

We don't even know
what happened.

We have to keep moving.
It'll be dark soon.

We can come back and help them

when we figure out
what happened.

-[beeping]
-The signal's very faint.

Must be some interference
or something.

Maybe it's the cold.

Or the beacon on the Mech is...

-[growling]
-Oh, great!

I'm getting
a little tired of this!

Yeah, I think I'm done running.

What do you say, guys?

Here they come!

Let 'em have it!

[yelps]

[grunting]

[yelps]

[grunts]

Nya. Use your powers!

I'm trying,
but nothing's happening!

We're surrounded by water!

It's all frozen!

-[growls]
-[yelps]

-[whining]
-[all barking]

[heroic music]

Come. Come. Warm yourselves.

-Thank you!
-Thank you!

[sighs]
That feels good.

Who are you?

What is this place?

Oh, this is my home.

I am Sorla,
of the People of Great Lake.

Who are you?

Where do you come from?

Far away.

Beyond the forest?

[murmuring]

Beyond the mountains?

-Yes.
-[murmuring]

We come from...
from a place called Ninjago.

We're looking
for a friend of ours.

His name is Zane.

Oh, we have seen no one
for many years.

[Sorla] We are the last tribe
on the ice.

The others have all fled south,
and soon, we too must go.

The cold grows too strong.

The ice, too thick.
But perhaps, Sorla can help.

Look, come.

Look into the hearth fire.

[crackles]

Tell me again
the name of your friend?

Zane.

And the place
from which he came?

Ninjago.

Show us, spirits of the earth,

spirits of the lake...

Show us the fate
of Zane from Ninjago.

-[Lloyd] Whoa!
-[Nya] Wow!

[gasps]
The Emperor!

The Castle of Ice!

I... I am sorry for your loss.

What do you mean?

You cannot save your friend.

He has been taken prisoner
by the Ice Emperor.

For decades,
he has ruled this realm,

crushing all
who stand in his way.

His Ice Castle is on
the other side of the mountains.

A bitter, foul place
where the ice is corrupt.

A place we do not go.

Zane is there?

In this Ice Castle?

Can you show us the way?

You cannot!

It is too cold!

The ice there is evil.

Dark Ice!

[Sorla] No one goes there

but the Emperor
and his Blizzard Samurai.

And they are inhuman.

Only a fool would go there.

Your friend is lost.

No.

I refuse to believe that.

Zane is strong.

I know him.

And he would never
give up on us,

and we're not gonna
give up on him!

-Yeah!
-Yeah!

And if you think
we're not fools,

you've got another thing coming.

Ninja never quit.

All of you speak as one?

We speak as one.

Your friend is very fortunate.

But be warned.

The Emperor's general, Vex,
sees many things.

[Sorla] The Dark Ice serves him.

If he knows you are here,
he will warn the Emperor.

-Vex?
-He will send his Samurai.

They feel nothing.

They fear nothing.

They will come for you.

[foreboding music]

[Vex] My Emperor.

[sighs]

Why do you disturb my thoughts?

I bring a warning, my Emperor.

Strangers, from a distant realm

come to challenge you.

They may be here
for the prisoner

and to defy your rule.

[Emperor] They must be...

punished.

They must be destroyed.

[Vex] Show them your might.

Show them what happens to those
who defy the Emperor.

Send my Ice Samurai.

[Emperor] Command them
to destroy the strangers.

And all who aid them.

Yes.

And all who aid them.

As you command.

[closing theme music]