Day Of The Departed
Disclaimer: I just own Jeanette!
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The sun shone brightly and hot on the Sea Of Sands. All was quiet until a loud rumbling is heard in the distance. A large motorcycle tore across the ground. "Move, move, move! We're running out of time! Pick up the pace!" Kai yelled into the communicator.
Another large vehicle jumped into the air from the hill. "Yes Ninja! It's up to us to save the day!" Cole exclaimed. "Again!"
"Wooohooo!" Jeanette cheered brightly as she drove her own new Raidar Bike, courtesy of Cyrus Borg. "Gotta love my adoptive father!" She smiled brightly.
"Roger that Kai!" Nya called from her own Raidar Bike. "Zane, do you have a read?"
"It maybe too late!" Zane said with worry from his Titanium Ninja Tumbler. "Unless we break all speed limits! Increase velocity!"
"Ninja, I've reached the randevu point. Where are you?" Master Wu asked into Lloyd's dashboard.
"The musieum is still five clicks away!" Lloyd exclaimed from his Ultra Stealth Raidar Bike, after appearing from the dust clouds. "We're on our way!"
A small craft caught up to them from the air in the Super Sonic Raidar Jet. "Look up kids! Jay to save the day! Race ya there Lloyd!"
"I still don't understand how you got the Super Sonic Raidar Jet." Lloyd said with a shake of his head.
"Uh, cause I called dibs! Guy who calls dibs first, gets it! Right Cole?" Jay asked, no answer. "Cole?" Realization hit him. "Lemme go get him! He's drifting off again!"
Lloyd, Jeanette, Nya, Zane, and Kai continued on speeding their way towards their distenation.
"Ninja! Time is of the essence!" Wu called.
"Copy that!" Jeanette said.
"Right!" Cole said, once he and Jay caught up to the others. "Engage!"
"We have one last shot, if we want to make it!" Lloyd called. "Combine for maximum inpact!" He comanded.
The vehicles began to combine. "Locked!" Kai confirmed.
"Loaded!" Nya added.
"And, jet speed reporting for duty, sir!" Jay said as he lowered the jet and latched it into the combination. Cole, Zane, Lloyd, and Jeanette put their vehicles in place.
"Fire all engines!" Lloyd ordered, before they all zoomed off.
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The Ninja sped through the city, tore through the streets, and finally screeched to a stop at the Ninjago Museum. They jumped out of their vehicles and raced over to Master Wu, who was waiting for them as he stood at the top of the stairs.
"Master Wu!" Jay exclaimed. "Are we too late!?"
Wu looked towards the sky, where the moon shone a green color. "There maybe time."
The Ninja hurry up the steps. "NINJA-GO!" They call out, using Spinjitzu inside. Misako, and Wu quickly follow.
Minutes later, the Ninja are walk out of the gift shop, carrying orange lanturns and feeling more relaxed. "Mission accomplished!" Jay announced.
"Good thing we got to the gift shop, before they closed." Lloyd said.
"This is going to be fun!" Jeanette smiled, holding her own lanturn.
"Have you ever done this before, Jen?" Cole asked her, while looking at her.
"No." She shook her head. "I was too busy being in hideing from Morro's enemies." She explained, as Misako walked over to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"This is a great importance to all Ninja." She smiled.
"It's a great experience for us Ninja, to honor those who have passed on before us." Master Wu added as he walked over to the two. "To honor the past."
"Ooooh! This is my favorite holiday!" Nya exclaimed. "I love all the lights!"
"And the costumes." Kai added.
"And the candy!" Jay finished, he turned to a kid wearing a costume, the kid gave him a piece of his candy, before walking off with the rest of the kids. "Best day of the year!" The blue Ninja said with his mouth full as they walked.
"Yes, enjoy the fun and festivities." Wu encouraged. "But never lose sight of the true meaning of the Day Of The Departed. Today is about remembrance." He reminded them. "We light lanturns to remember our ancestors ... and to settle our debts."
"Yeah, yeah, got it, got it!" Jay bobbed his head. "Lanturns, ancestors, debts, but candy too, right?"
"The Ninja!" A voice called, and the team turns around to see a man walking over to them. "And Master Wu!"
"Dr. Saunders." Wu greeted.
"Oh please, we're all friends here, ah, you must call me by my first name. Yes, Sander, yes?"
Jeanette leaned towards Cole. "Is he for real?" She whispered. "He's acting funny."
"I think so." He answered with a nod.
Kai snorted, hearing the two, he leaned towards his sister. "Dr. Saunders?" He whispered to her.
But Saunders heard all three of them, and chose not to take offense. "At your service!" He laughed cheerfully. "I am so pleased to be seeing you at this time now. We are opening our exhibit. Come! You see! Come!" He lead them over to some double doors, and opened them. "Might I presenting ... the Hall Of Villainy!" He announced, and the Ninja all gasped with amazment. The mannequins looked very real. Saunders pointed to each one, introducing them. "Cryptor!"
"Very realisic." Zane said.
"Kozu!" Saunders continued.
"Uncanny!" Lloyd said.
"Chen!"
"Memories." Kai said.
"Samukai!"
"Is ... he looking at me?" Jay asked nervously.
"Maybe from the past." Wu told him as they started to walk past Morro.
"And Morro!"
As they continued on, Jeanette stayed behind to look at the mannequin of her brother, and she couldn't help the tears that glittered in her eyes as she reached out and gengerly touched the leg of the mannequin of her brother.
He was mean, evil, a monster, he didn't give a damn about anything. And on mild or board days he was nice to her (those being rare days) Morro was still her older brother - her blood, a few tears rolled down her cheeks.
She was so caught up in staring up at her brother, that when a hand gently landed on her shoulder, she jumped and turned to see Master Wu standing there.
"I know how you feel, my dear." He told her gently as she turned to face him. "To be on seperate sides of good and bad, hurts. I have felt that for years."
"But your brother got a chance to redeem himself." Jeanette said. "By turning himself around and doing good by fighting by your side, and making amends with Misako and Lloyd."
"The important thing to remember." Wu said as he reached toward her and gently wiped a tear away from her cheek. "Is that Morro still had good left inside him before the end."
Jeanette lowered her head. "I really miss him. Is that wrong, am I wrong to think that?" She asked with a whisper.
"No, dear one." Wu shook his head. "You have every right to miss Morro, just like I miss my own brother. They were our blood, our family, our very first best friends."
Jeanette tried not to cry, but her tears started to slid down her cheeks.
Wu wrapped his arm around her shoulders, gently pulling her close to his side. "Come, my dear. We should catch up to the others."
Jeanette noddedly mutely, the two looked up at the manniquin of Morro for a long moment, before Master Wu gently guided her out of the room.
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Here it is! Day Of The Departed!