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Chapter 12 – No hope of return

Outer-space was everything the ninja thought it would be…spacey?

It was so weird for the ninja in space as they all floated around the rocket like idiots. It was kind of disorienting for Lloyd, and the others would sometimes bump into each other…but the only one seeming to enjoy was Jay.

"Wait, what am I doing?" Star asked, and being the Master of Shadows and Gravity, she was easily able to put herself flat on her feet…whether it was on the floor, the wall or the ceiling, she didn't care as long as she wasn't floating around like everyone else.

"Oh, this is a dream come true! Look, I'm flying, guys!" Jay said happily as he continued to 'swim' through the air.

"Ok, I don't know where you are, Jay, but you've clearly forgotten we're in fucking outer-space!" Kai said angrily.

"I'm enjoying it because I thought this was the kind of things only Fritz Donogan got to do," Jay said as he walked in circles in the air.

"Dude, Fritz is a fictional character in a fictional story plot…THIS, what we're in right now is real!" Lloyd pointed out and then hit his head on a support beam.

"Well, then blame yourself, Lloyd because you were the one that got me hooked to Fritz Donogan's comic books," Jay protested.

"Focus! We still need to take control of the ship to prevent them from retrieving the Golden Weapons-WWHOOOOAAAA!" Lloyd said but was then bumped by Kai and was sent flying.

"But we'll have to go out the same air-lock we came in since there's no other access to the ship's cock-pit," Kai said as he rubbed his head from the pain of hitting Lloyd.

"And the last time I checked: space has the tendency to 'knock the breath out of you'," Star said as she walked across the wall, or maybe it was the floor, to catch Lloyd and stop him from flying anywhere else.


"Innitiate auto-sequencing," Cryptor told his Nindroids, and Mindroids used little jets on his feet to fly over to the control panel, and there were also magnets in his feet that kept him glued to the floor to prevent floating.

And they could see a distant comet up ahead from the ship's cock-pit.


"Enjoy this while you can, Jay because in about five minute…the ship will be detatching," Zane said as he looked at the monitor that the ship's blueprints and a timer that was at four minutes and fifty-five seconds and counting.

"Uh, I'm not an astronaut, I'm a ninja, Zane. What is that supposed to mean?" Kai questioned.

"It means we're in the portion of the ship that will be detached…and then we'll be drifting out in space forever," Zane replied sadly.

But suddenly the screen of the ship went all static, and they saw the sensei brothers, P.I.X.A.L., Nya and Kate appear on screen.

"Hello? Anyone there?" Nya asked.

"We're right here, Sis," Kai replied. And everyone back in Cyrus' office cheered.

"It's good to hear that you are all still alive, and we're here to help you. P.I.X.A.L. discovered in the ship's blueprints that near the front of the ship is an A2-storage compartment, and there should be just enough space-suits for all of you inside," Sensei Wu explained.

"Ok…but how are we gonna get to the space-suits…without space-suits?" Cole questioned.

Garmadon covered the mic on his head-set.

"Oh, they are COMPLETELY out of their element," Garmadon said quietly, "how are we even going to get them back?"

"We heard that!" Star called.

"Yeah, uh, some enlightenment and motivation would sound better right now," Lloyd added.

"Remember this: if you cannot change your circumstances, then change yourselves," Sensei Wu said firmly.

"Hmmm…anyone got a clue as to what the hell that means?" Kai asked.

"His words of wisdom usually take while to set in…BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WHILE!" Jay said angrily and even grabbed the camera and shook it angrily, so Cole had to pull him off.

"Zane, remember, you don't need air like the rest of us…you are still a machine," Kate pointed out.

"Kate's right. I AM the only one who can go out there without a suit," Zane said, and then Star volunteered to take his hand and walked with him to lead him to the air-lock.

Star pushed the button and pushed Zane into the room that separated theirs from the door that lead out of the ship.

"Good luck, Zane," Star said, and Zane nodded before she pushed the button to lose the door behind him.

Zane then drifted over to the door, and he was reluctant to push the button to open the door. And he was right to because as soon as the door opened, the air was sucked out, and it would've taken Zane with it if he hadn't grabbed the side of the rocket.


The Nindroids saw that they were even closer to their destination: a large comet with a long blue tail.

"We are fast approaching the comet. Prepare to disengage," Cryptor instructed his Nindroids, and as he did, none of the noticed Zane was climbing over the windshield at first, but Zane didn't expect to see the Nindroids, and it took him by surprise so badly that he accidently lost his grip.

"No…no, no!" Zane beseeched as he tried to grab the rocket again, but he only drifted back.

Zane soon found himself many yards from the rocket, and drifting even further away, and he started to hyperventilate as he was spinning out of control.

"C'mon, Zane, you can't give up this easily…your friends need you…Ninjago needs you," Zane told himself, and closed his eyes tightly and concentrated.

And when he opened them again, he shot ice beams from his hands, and they rocketed him through space, and back to the ship near the A2-storage compartment. Once he put in the correct passcode, the door opened for him. He floated in, and he saw five suits.

"Zane, hurry up," Lloyd begged out loud as he and the others looked at the clock…that was at twenty seconds and still counting.

"Disengage," Cryptor finally said, and the others back at the office waited with suspense when they realized the boosters were detached…and they heard nothing.


"We're fine! Zane did it!" Lloyd said on the radio, and they all cheered happily.

"At least we can stay on this ship as long as we need to," Lloyd said as he switched on his helmet's flashlights, along with everyone else.

The ninja were all clutching tightly to the wing of the ship as it continued to travel through space.

"You need to get to the access hatch ahead of you; that'll take you to the cock-pit, and then you can commandeer the ship," Nya instructed into the radio communicators in the ninjas' suits.

"I'm more focused on the fact that we need to be careful. If one of use falls off, we'll be drifting forever!" Cole pointed out.

"Don't worry, no one's gonna die alone in space with the Master of Shadows and Gravity around!" Star called back, as she was farther along than the others since she was easily able to just walk using her gravity-manipulating powers.

"Well, I just wait to see the looks on those Nindroids' faces when they find out we're stowaways," Jay joked.

"Like you, Jay, they're dick-heads with no expressions," Cole protested, and no one knew that the Nindroids had picked up the ninjas' suits' signals…they were exposed.

"Oh yeah? Well, Zane's a nindroid, and he's not stupid AND has feelings," Jay retaliated.

"Give it a rest, you two. Right now, we need to keep going and get to that hatch!" Kai shouted.

"No need to be a bitch, Kai," Jay grumbled.

"Get them," Cryptor growled, and some Nindroids went out the hatch the ninja were trying to get to, and the ninja were shocked to see the Nindroids had already found them.

"The ninja have stowed away on the ship," Crytpor informed Pythor on the radio.

"Continue the course for the comet. They're obviously getting help, sssso track down the signal of whomever isss aiding them," Pythor instructed.

"Damnit! They know we're here now!" Cole growled.

And then the Nindroids began to fire at Star since she was closest.

"Oh, this is stupid!" Star shouted, so she spread her arms out like wings, and a force of gravity so strong knocked all of the fleet of Nindroids off of the ship, and they all struggled to get back to the ship, but to no avail.

"Whoa, nice one, Star!" Kai commented…and Star blushed.

"HEEEEEEEEELP!"

Star's gravity attack seemed to have also knocked Cole off, and he was also drifting off.

"Help me, guys!" Cole cried again.

"Fritz Donogan, to the rescue!" Jay cried and grabbed a safety-tether line from the side of the rocket, attached it to his suit, and jumped off towards Cole.

"Gotcha!" Jay said after he grabbed Cole by his feet, "how about not getting so carried away next time?"

Star was using her gravity powers to pull the line and bring them back towards the ship.

"Buddy, I owe you," Cole sighed.

"Really? Ok. Then stay away from Nya," Jay said flatly.

"Uh…anything else I could do?" Cole asked.


"Take the ship through the comet's tail," Cryptor commanded, but the Nindroids were doubtful.

"But, sir…the comet's tail has a dangerously high volume of debris," one Nindroid pointed out.

"Exactly," was all Cryptor said, and it was apparently enough to make his Nindroids shrug it off, and so they sped towards the tail.

As they were going through the tail, they could hear the others trying to talk to them from the office, but there was too much interference to understand what they were saying.

"What? We can't here you correctly our here; it's a very bad signal!" Kai shouted into the radio.


Back at Cyrus' office, the others were getting worried.

"They can't hear us because of the thick interference coming from comet. And they're about to land," Sensei Wu stated.

"But we need to warn them about who else lives on that comet," Garmadon added.

"Um, yeah, about that…Pythor's found us again, and he and the Nindroids are on their way up here as we speak," Nya said worriedly as she looked at Pythor, Nindroids and a metal container they were carrying as they walked onto the first floor.


"The transitions of whomever issss helping the ninja are coming from this building," Pythor pointed out and they sat the metal container that was carrying the Over Lord down.

"Don't do too much damage by tearing this place apart when looking for the ninjas' allies. It will play a very important part for when I have the Golden Weapons," the Over Lord growled loudly from inside the container, and then the Nindroids spread out for the search.


"We need to leave…RIGHT NOW!" Kate screeched, and then she even began to hyperventilate.

"Whoa, whoa, Kate! Calm down! What's wrong with you," Nya asked with concern as she made Kate look her in the eyes to calm her down.

"She's right, Nya. We don't just need to make sure our equipment stays undamaged, but we need to make sure Kate remains unharmed as well. I will explain later; right now, we should get out of here," P.I.X.A.L. said firmly.

"O-ok," Nya said with confusion at first, "grab all the equipment you can, and then head for the window."


The ninja were having a lot of trouble staying on the ship while going through the comet's tail; they had to form a chain, and Cole was the one who was holding both the ninja AND the ship.

"Don't let go, Cole!" Lloyd called.

"Why the hell would I let go?!"

But right at that moment, they finally made it through the tail, and they were now flying through the treacherous terrain of the comet.


Pythor, the Nindroids and the Over Lord-in-the-container entered Cyrus' office, but everyone was gone.

"Thosssse damned cowards have already fled," Pythor hissed with disappointment.

'Oh, no matter. Go! Prepare the factories…we'll need to be ready when Cryptor arrives back with the Golden Weapons," the over Lord said as he opened his container, and he stepped out.

Given time, he was able to strengthen himself, and go from a blob-like mess to a shadowy figure that limped out and had a long, faint, golden and dark purple aura that trailed behind him.

But little did they know that the others haven't really left the building; they were right below the window outside on a window-washing panel.


When the ninja awoke, they found that they were each scattered all around a remote area…but they were still on the comet at the same time.

"Everyone still got all their limbs?" Jay groaned.

"Look, over there, it's the ship!" Cole said and pointed at the Nindroids' ship that has appeared to have crashed.

When they got into the cock-pit, they found not one Nindroid.

"I would start this thing, but they took the launch key," Cole sighed when he saw that the launch key was not it it's slot on the control panel.

"We may not have the key, but we've got the next best thing. Come check this out: lunar-rovers," Lloyd said as he lead them to the ship's loading-bay, and they say some large rovers, "looks like they were kind enough to leave us one AND tracks to follow."

But it seemed it was a bad idea for them to all pile into the one rover, because it was too cramped.

"Ouch! Will you get your fucking blaster off of me, Jay?!" Cole grunted angrily.

"That's my leg, Idiot!" Jay protested.

"AH! Ok, who touched my crotch?" Kai asked.

"Sorry, I thought that was the shift-stick!" Star admitted, and grabbed the real shift-stick and the rover sped up.

And pretty soon, the ninja saw the other lunar-rovers by a cave entrance with a golden light burning from the inside.

"You think that's where Kate sent the Golden Weapons?" Lloyd asked as they parked.

"No, I'm sure there are many more golden-lit caves we have to search," Cole replied sarcastically.


The inside of the cave was huge, and there were cave stalactites everywhere.

"Oh…so…s-shiny," a Nindroid chanted and reached out to the giant golden ball that was the Golden Weapons that have forged on their own for so long.

"No, wait!" Crytpor tried to warn the Nindroid, but it had already placed his hands on the golden ball and instantly disintegrated.

"Do NOT touch it! Its power is too much for only one to handle…only the Over Lord can withstand their combined power now," Crytpor instructed, but he didn't have to because after the first Nindroid died, the others were too scared to near it again.

"Yup, I'd say those are the Golden Weapons," Kai stated quietly so that they wouldn't be discovered in the cave by the Nindroids.

But suddenly Zane felt on odd, crawling sensation on his right hand. When he looked down, he found what looked like a dark-green rhinoceros-beetle that had red eyes and a glowing body, wings and shell.

"Whoa, look at the pincers on that thing," Star commented with amazement, as the pincers of the beetle were quite larger than a beetle's back on Earth.

"Ooh, it's cute!" Jay said as he grabbed it, and it didn't bite him.

"It's. A. Bug. And it's extra-terrestrial; we shouldn't be messing with it," Cole said angrily.

"I'll call you Glowy," Jay said, completely ignoring Cole. But then the beetle began to fly around.

"Oh, isn't that cute? He's flying," Jay sang, and then the bug landed back on his helmet.

Just then the ninja heard Sensei Wu trying to talk to them again, but it was still to static-y to understand.

"W-what? Sensei, we didn't here that. Sensei?" Kai asked.


The others had set up their equipment at Garmadon's monastery.

"The E.T. life there is dangerous. Stay away from them," Sensei Wu said firmly on the radio.

Just then Misako walked in with some tea. She poured some for Kate, and handed it to her.

"Here. This should help; you especially, Kate. I've been in the same place you are before, so I know how you feel," Misako said as Kate took the tea, and she was surprised that Misako knew, "this tea is special; it will regenerate the both of you."

"Long ago, a meteor landed in Ninago," Nya began as she was reading a book about extra-terrestrial life out loud, "it was assumed it came from the exact comet you're on. Inside of the meteor were the fossils of a dangerous parasite that feeds on metal. DON'T COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PARASITES!"

Now, THAT was something the ninja were able to hear on the radio, and it was bad because now there were hundreds of the glowing beetles all over them.

"AAAAAAHHHH! GET 'EM OFF!"

"They're everywhere!" Lloyd shouted.

Pretty soon, the ninjas' screaming and hollering caught the Nindroids' attention as the ninja even began to try and loose the beetles by running away from them, but they only followed them.

"Let's go!" Crytpor yelled because by now, they have already uprooted the Golden Weapons from the ground and had already loaded them onto a lunar-rover. And then the Nindroids all drove out of the cave with the Golden Weapons; the ninja were left behind to battle against the beetles.

"Out of all places I had to go, why fucking space?!" Cole asked angrily as he continued to swat away the bugs, "if there was one circumstance I could change, I'd change ever coming here!"

"If you can't change your circumstances…change yourself," Lloyd repeated Wu's words, "that's it! Guys, this is what Wu meant! These parasites are no different from the Star-Teeth; I got an idea, c'mon!"

The ninja followed Lloyd out of the cave to see what he was planning.

But the Nindroids were still getting away with the Golden Weapons as they were getting closer and closer to the ship's landing site…but the ninja were driving in their lunar-rover and they weren't far behind.

"These glowing, parasitic-beetles aren't just a pest, they're also a weapon!" Lloyd said as the beetles flew ahead and started to annoy the Nindroids, and feed on them and their rovers.

The parasites were even enough the distract some of the Nindroids, causing them to crash…but not all of them, especially not one carrying the Golden Weapons.

"C'mon, we gotta get that launch key!" Kai shouted, and then he and the rest of the ninja jumped out and onto the Nindroids' rovers, while Lloyd stayed back in their rover to continued to drive it.

The ninja then began to fight the Nindroids that were on top of the rovers, but Cryptor, who was driving the rover carrying the Golden Weapons, sped up even more.

And once the ninja cleared every other rover of Nindroids, they took them for themselves, and used them to keep up with Cryptor.

Suddenly Kai used his fire powers to jet-pack himself over to Cryptor, and he then leaned in and stole the ship's launch key from Cryptor's clutches.

"Keep your fuckin' gold!" Kai shouted, and then once again used his fire powers to get back over to one of the other ninjas' rovers.

And it only got better when Cryptor didn't look where he was going, and suddenly crashed into the side of a mountain. And the ninja cheered as they drove passed him and kept going towards the ship.

But when they got there…the sight before the was horrifying. The ship was being swarmed and consumed by the parasitic-beetles.

"No…the ship. We can't get home now," Lloyd said sadly.

"Yeah…but…neither can the Nindroids," Jay said trying to lighten up the moment…but he was wrong.

"So long, Ninja. See you in hell!" Cryptor said, and the ninja looked back, only to find that Cryptor and a few other remaining Nindroids activated rocket boosters on their feet, and they blasted off while carrying the Golden Weapons away with a giant net.

"No!" Lloyd cried as they got away.

"They got away with the Golden Weapons…we've failed," Kai told everyone on the radio back at Garmadon's monastery.

"But…can't you still get back?" Nya questioned with worry.

"No…the ship…it's totally destroyed…we're not coming back," Kai stated, assuming they would be his last words.


You think THIS chapter was interesting? Just wait for the next one, I be you'll NEVER guess what Kate will reveal...except for you, Applejack, you already know Kate's secret, so don't tell anyone!

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!