"Morro has the Sword of Sanctuary," Misako took note of. Her voice gave out defeat.
"We know what Morro wants with the tomb," Kai said through his headset as he navigated on his makeshift snowboard. "He's after a crystal that can unleash the Preeminent to curse the sixteen realms."
"Then we must work together to make sure that doesn't happen," Sensei Wu answered. If the Preeminent ever was to cross into Ninjago, it would be the end for them all. "Nya, get us into the action." He and Misako ran to the front of the ship.
"You heard what he said," Nya said as she turned to Ronin, pulling her aqua and maroon hood on and following Wu and Misako.
"Why do you all run toward the action? We should be running away," Ronin asked, but realized his attempts were falling on deaf ears. Sighing, he grabbed the wheel and drove the Bounty into the air, turning to follow the ninja who raced behind Morro's ship. The ninja ducked as the Bounty's engines roared in their ears, floating mere inches above their heads.
The ninja's ship careened to the right, where Nya stood, poised with a cannon aimed at Morro's vessel. "Let's see how you like these water balloons," she yelled, shooting one at the ghosts. Morro and his friends dodged the balloon easily, letting it pass the skiff, almost hitting Jay's sled. "Hey! Watch it!" Jay yelled at Nya.
"Sorry!" she called back. She loaded another balloon into the gun and was about to aim it when she was surprised by Ghoultar, who swung his ghost scythe at her. Seeing him, she quickly dodged backwards, narrowly missing the sharp weapon. On the skiff, the Soul Archer pulled back one of his arrows, aiming it at Nya, then let it fly. The ghostly scream of the arrow whistled in Nya's ears. It almost hit her but was stopped by Ronin's aeroblade just in time. It also temporarily pushed Ghoultar out of the way.
Nya gazed at the older man, gratefulness glistening in her eyes. "Good job, Ronin. But who's flying the ship?"
Ronin shrugged. "That would be me, I guess," he answered, then stumbled back behind the wheel once again, managing to pull up right before the Bounty was about to hit a snowbank.
On the deck, Nya managed to grab Ghoultar's scythe handle right before it hit her, forcing him back, but he pulled back, nearly knocking Nya over the edge. Laughing, Ghoultar let himself float down from the Bounty onto Morro's skiff. It bounced and slowed under his weight.
"You big oaf!" Morro yelled at his henchman. "How are you slowing us down? You're a ghost!"
"Ghoultar likes puffy potstickers," Ghoultar apologized, rubbing his stomach.
Meanwhile, Misako let down the Bounty's anchor with Wu holding on. It ran out of chain a few feet above the ground. "Need a lift?" he called to the ninja, helping Zane onto the anchor, then reaching for Cole.
Kai jumped over a rock on his snowboard and didn't grab the anchor. "Go!" he instructed the others. "I can catch them." The anchor was pulled up and out of sight. Kai pulled out his aeroblade and aimed it right at Morro. Morro, holding the Sword of Sanctuary, looked in its reflection and saw it coming before Kai had even released the blade. "Watch out!" he warned his other ghosts, right when Kai let the aeroblade fly.
The weapon spun in the air straight towards Morro. The ghost ducked while the others jumped out of the way, accidentally falling off the skiff. The aeroblade hit the mast instead, sending it sideways to be dragged in the snow, slowing Morro even more.
Kai caught his blade and slid to the side of the skiff. "You again!" Morro growled, holding out the Sword, waiting for an attack.
"You say that as if it's a bad thing," Kai snapped back, then threw his aeroblade at Morro. Morro ducked, letting the blade pass over him, then conjured the wind towards the Red Ninja. Kai managed to grab the broken sail just before he would have lost his balance. He flipped over onto the skiff and retrieved his aeroblade.
On the Bounty, Jay watched Morro's ship slip around a corner of rocky hills. "I've lost sight of Kai."
"Keep following them!" Sensei Wu instructed Ronin.
On the skiff, Morro swung the sword at Kai's midsection. Kai jumped back, dodging the swing. He swung his aeroblade, but Morro missed that too. Morro rolled towards Kai, forcing him to turn around to face his opponent. Their blades struck each other, sending sparks flying. Both Kai and Morro jumped away from each other.
"I guess both our fates are tested!" Morro yelled, holding out his Sword menacingly. A smile graced his features. "The thing is, I already know how mine will end."
Kai grimaced to hide his terror. He couldn't kill this ghost. What made things worse was he was possessing Lloyd. He couldn't hurt Morro without hurting Lloyd as well.
The Fire Ninja changed tactics and swung his aeroblade at his opponent's sword hand, attempting to knock the Sword of Sanctuary away from Morro. But Morro saw it coming, laughed evilly, and kicked Kai in the stomach, sending him into the wall behind him. The aeroblade flew out of his hand, dropping down to Morro. The ghost caught it with ease. He stared at Kai, now unarmed and helpless.
"And now I know how yours will," Morro sneered, posing to strike Kai with the Sword.
"You'd fight someone unarmed?" Kai asked, now a bit desperate. "That's a good question," Morro replied, giving Kai false hope before yelling, "Yes!" The Sword hovered above Kai.
Kai closed his eyes, ready for the strike. It never came. What he didn't know was that Lloyd had been fighting Morro's possession the whole time and finally had had enough when Morro was about to kill Kai. You can hurt me, but you won't hurt my friends, he thought. Lloyd suddenly realized he could control his movements and held the Sword in the air, fighting Morro's urge to bring it down on his brother.
"Take the Sword, Kai," Lloyd commanded through gritted teeth. "I… can't hold him much longer."
Kai opened his eyes, caught off guard. "Lloyd?" he asked. The Green Ninja held his head and managed to lower his sword arm before he fell. Kai caught his brother, taking the Sword of Sanctuary before turning back to Lloyd. "You can fight him, Lloyd," Kai encouraged. "You're stronger than he is. Just fight him!"
The Red Ninja could only watch the fight for control of Lloyd's body. For a moment, Lloyd's complexion changed from a pale green to a normal skin color, but suddenly switched back. Kai stepped back from the Green Ninja, being cautious. "Lloyd, fight him!" he said one last time before glancing into the Sword. He saw Morro rushing towards him a second before it happened. Kai ducked, sending Morro over him and onto the other side of the ship.
"Hate to spoil what's next, but just because you're in my friend's body, watch out!" Kai kicked Morro to the edge of the ship. Morro was weakened by fighting for possession, as well as being unable to physically overpower the Red Ninja.
"I think you're going down," Kai said, knowing what was coming. He spun into Airjitzu and said, "Right… now!"
The skiff was sent over the edge of a cliff, catching Morro unaware and off the cliff as well. "Sorry, Lloyd," Kai said, before jumping on tree branches and using Airjitzu to reach the Bounty. With Kai safely aboard, the Bounty sailed off into the clouds.
This part was really tense! I was nervous when it looked like Morro was about to kill Kai. If you have any requests, let me know.
