After explaining what happened in the cave sanctuary, Sensei stood thinking for a while. Then he turned to the kunoichi and asked,
"Girls, do you still have your elemental powers?"
Flare, Christa, Auria, and Raven nodded, as they rose their platinum weapons up and they glowed brightly.
"See, they still have their elements. Why don't we have ours?" Jay asked.
"Wait, but I still have my elemental powers, and my golden powers too. Why did the guys only lose their powers?" Lloyd asked, as Sensei Wu thought about it.
Then Misako asked, "You said that Darkness used spinjitzu and that he unleashed a weird spin attack correct?"
The ninja and kunoichi nodded.
Then Misako asked, "And Lloyd, Raven, and Violet weren't part of that attack correct?"
Lloyd, Raven, and Violet nodded.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Kai asked a little impatiently, and then Misako said,
"I'm getting to that... Girls, do your platinum weapons have any special qualitites? Besides the elements and turning into vehicles?"
Flare, Auria, Christa, and Raven looked towards one another, thinking about it. Then Auria stepped forth and replied,
"Our weapons are able to unlock the elemental powers within us. They are an extension of the power that is within us. Also, our weapons can shield us from certain effects of attacks..."
"Like locking elemental abilities?" Misako asked, as the girls' eyes widened at the realization of what Misako was getting at.
"What does that mean?" Jay asked, and then Kai said,
"Our powers are locked..."
"Locked? How? Did that attack Darkness use lock our powers?" Cole asked.
"Apparently," Christa answered sadly.
"And the Platinum weapons protected us," Auria said.
"Where did Darkness learn to do that?" Flare asked, as no one could offer her a true response.
Then Zane asked, "How could we unlock our powers again?"
There was a moment of silence, until Raven walked over to Christa and asked,
"Christa, are these the only platinum weapons?"
Christa shook her head and replied, "No, there are other platinum weapons besides our own."
The ninja looked right towards Christa.
"Wait, whoa, you mean to to tell me that there are more platinum weapons?" Cole asked and Christa nodded.
"And you didn't tell us?" Jay asked.
"I didn't think it was necessary. You had your own weapons, and the other platinum weapons are not to be used but for emergencies or if the new owners are found," Christa said with a shrug.
Then Cole said, "Well, we're kind of in an emergency right now. Especially since we don't have any elemental powers, and if Darkness were to attack us now-"
"Don't even say it Cole! I don't even want to think about that," Jay said nervously.
"He's right," Kai said and continued, "If we don't unlock our powers soon, we'll be sitting ducks if Darkness decides to come back."
Sensei Wu turned to Christa and Auria and asked, "Do you know where the platinum weapons are?"
Both girls nodded. Then Sensei Wu turned to Ultra dragon and asked,
"Ultra dragon, are you still able to fly?"
Ultra dragon roared and flapped his wings meaning yes.
"I see where your going with this Sensei," Flare said.
"Sensei, what are you planning?" Zane asked, and then Sensei Wu turned to them and replied,
"I think it's best if we split up."
The others were surprised by Sensei Wu's suggestion.
"Split up? Why?" Jay asked, and Sensei answered,
"We still need to find Lucy and bring her back to Marcell. We have the map already, and you four need your elemental powers back. Christa and Auria know where the other platinum weapons are so they should go with you to retrieve them. You can take the Bounty along with you. The rest of us who can fight should go find Lucy on Ultra dragon."
"But Sensei, what if Darkness were to attack you guys?" Cole asked, and Flare replied,
"Well, it's not like you guys would be of any help. You might as well should just go. Who knows, the other Platinum weapons might choose you four as their masters."
The guys looked towards one another, and then they realized that Flare was right.
"And don't worry guys. Once we get the weapons we'll all meet up again with whoever goes to find Lucy," Christa said.
After a moment, the guys gave in.
"Well, I guess we already know where we're going," Kai said, as he stood back along with Cole, Jay, Zane, Christa, and Auria.
"I'll come along with you guys too. My old bones may slow the others down," Dr. Julien said, as he stood next to Zane and they nodded towards one another.
"I'll stay on the Bounty as well. You'll need someone to look after the ship when you retrieve the weapons," Misako said, as she stood with the others.
"Then I shall stay here as well. Someone's gotta keep this ship on course and protect those in need," Dareth said, as he walked towards the others while nodding towards Violet, which made her smirk and nod back.
As it turns out; Lloyd, Raven, Violet, Nya, Flare, Garmadon, and Wu are going to rescue Lucy while Christa, Auria, Cole, Zane, Kai, Jay, Dr. Julien, Misako, and Dareth are going to claim the other platinum weapons. Each side then said their 'Byes.'
Misako hugged Garmadon and Lloyd, who hugged her back as she said,
"Both of you, take care of each other, and be careful."
Lloyd and Garmadon pulled out of the hug and nodded towards Misako, as she smiled.
"You be careful as well darling," Garmadon said.
"Yeah, we'll be back together soon mom, I promise," Lloyd said, as they turned to hop on Ultra dragon's back.
Violet and Dareth stood holding hands with both hands, as they spoke to one another.
"Are you sure you'll be okay Dare?" Violet asked.
"Of course I will be my sweet. I'll take care of the ninja, you just go out there and fight for your right to party- I mean to save Princess Lucy!" Dareth said quick, as he blushed a little.
Violet smiled, as she nodded towards Dareth and he nodded back. The two then slowly stepped away from one another, as only one of their hands stood extented holding each other's. Then their hands parted as they continued to look at one another until Violet turned to jump on Ultra dragon's back.
Christa, Auria, Flare, and Raven exchanged hugs, as they exchanged goodbyes.
"You guys better come back soon okay? Once you get their weapons you better come back, alright?" Flare said, as Auria and Christa nodded.
"We will," Auria said.
"Don't worry, we'll be sure to regroup once the guys get acquainted with their weapons," Christa said with a smiled, as Flare nodded.
"You'll be okay, right?" Raven said in concern, as Christa and Auria turned towards her and smiled.
"Of course we will Raven, don't you worry," Christa reassured, as Auria clarrified,
"We will be fine, I'm sure Darkness won't attack us so soon. He mentioned something about having other plans."
Raven nodded. Then Christa placed her hand on Flare's shoulder firmly and looked at her with a serious expression, as Flare's eyebrow raised.
"Make sure you keep Raven safe okay Flare? We're counting on you," Christa said, and Flare replied,
"Of course I will. No one will come anywhere near her without a beating and a slap!"
"Okay, thank you Flare," Christa said with a smile, as she stepped back while Flare and Raven walked towards Ultra dragon and were ready to jump on his back.
Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, Nya, Sensei Wu, and Dr. Julien stood together, as they said their goodbyes.
"So your sure you'll be okay without us?" Cole asked Sensei Wu and Nya as they nodded.
"We'll be fine. You four on the other hand need to retrieve those platinum weapons and see if you can unlock your elemental powers," Sensei Wu said, as the four ninja nodded towards Sensei Wu.
"Don't worry about a thing Wu, I'll keep the boys in check alright?" Dr. Julien said, as Sensei Wu smiled and nodded towards hin.
Then, Kai and Nya gave each other a hug, as Kai said, "Be safe little sister, and kick some butt too."
Nya giggled as she looked at her older brother and said, "I can promise you that. Just make sure you join in soon okay?"
Kai nodded and smiled, as they separated from their hug.
"My turn!" Jay said excitedly, as he hugged Nya which made Kai just shake his head.
"You sure you'll be okay out there Nya? I mean, you could come with us or I could go with you," Jay said, as Nya gave him a look like 'I'll be fine'.
Jay just signed and said, "Well it was worth a shot."
He smiled at Nya, as she smiled back and they hugged once more.
"Aww, look how cute," Cole said tauntingly, as Jay turned to him and said,
"Hey man, shut it! I'm trying to say goodbye to my girl. Don't rub it in just because you get to stay with Christa."
Cole's eyes widened, as the others made 'Ooohh' sounds. Then they became silent, as Christa and Auria walked in. Christa just smiled and stood next to Cole, who started to blush a little, but he tried to fight the blush back. Auria stood next to Zane, who smiled at her, as she smiled back. Dr. Julien noticed this and thought,
'My son... and Auria... well I'll be...'
He smiled, as he saw Zane and Auria hold hands.
As Christa and Auria spoke to Nya and Sensei Wu, Kai turned and noticed that Flare and Raven were ready to jump on Ultra dragon. He quickly headed towards Flare's direction without the others noticing he was gone. As Kai approached, Flare noticed him and she smirked as she told Raven to go on ahead. After Raven jumped on Ultra dragon's back, Flare turned to Kai as he stood not too far from her.
"Flare." -Kai
"Kai." -Flare
Kai thought for a moment and then said,
"So, your leaving huh?"
Flare nodded and said, "Yup."
Kai looked down thinking, as Flare looked over to the side waiting for him to say something. Then Kai turned back to Flare and walked a few steps closer to her and asked,
"Well, will you be okay?"
Flare looked at Kai with one eyebrow raised as Kai clarified,
"What I mean is, you seemed a bit... out of it since we fought with Darkness and well, you do seem a little better now, but I was just wondering-"
Flare placed her hand on Kai's mouth gently, as he stopped talking. Then she said,
"It's alright Kai, you don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine, I just needed some time to think, and..."
Flare placed her hand under Kai's chin and moved his face close to her's as she whispered [although it was a little louder than normal],
"Your pretty cute when your worried my lover boy."
Kai's face turned bright red, and then he started to walk backwards while studdering,
"Uh s-so um, I'm j-just g-gonna go... AH darn it Flare!"
Kai quickly turned and ran up the stairs of the Bounty's deck to the upper deck, as Flare just laughed. Then she turned and jumped on Ultra dragon's back.
After Nya and Sensei Wu jumped on Ultra dragon's back, Lloyd was able to get his dragon up in the air and on his way, as everyone waved to those on the Bounty. A few moments later, Misako was able to get the Bounty moving as they headed towards the secret sanctuary of the other platinum weapons.
In the desert in the city of Ouroboros, the vampires and serpentine were really getting along with one another, even though the serpentine were still a little frightened since the vampire threatened to eat them before. The vampires and serpentine were able to cooperate and even share some laughs and conversations.
As the vampires and serpentine were all just minding their business and taking a break, Pythor stood on top of one of the buildings, watching. After a moment longer, Skales came up to the same roof as Pythor.
"Pythor, Marcell wishessss to ssssee you. She ssssaid she hassss a job for you," Skales said, as Pythor turned to the former Snake king.
"What sssssort of job isss it now?" Pythor asked, as Skales replied,
"She wouldn't ssssay, she just needssss you to come without quesssstion."
Pythor signed, as he started to slowly slither past Skales to leave. Skales looked out among the vampires and serpentine. Then he turned to Pythor and said,
"You know, the vampiressss and sssserpentine have been getting along rather well. I didn't think there were any ssssurface dwellersss who would be accepting of our kind, and ssssimilar."
Pythor stopped moving, and then he turned to Skales questionably and asked,
"What are you getting at?"
Skales replied, "If we could get along sssso well with the vampiresss, then maybe there isss a chancce that we could alsssso find peaccce with the humansss assss well."
Pythor raised a brow, as he looked at Skales in surprise.
"What are you ssssaying SSkales? That is abssurd! After being sssealed underground the whole time you would consssider befriending the humansss?" Pythor asked.
"Oh come now Pythor! What'ssss the point of wanting vengenccce on the humanssss anymore? It'sss not like your plan hasss helped usss any better. Besidesss, the vampiresss are accepting of ussss," Skales said, and Pythor just went "Hmph."
As Pythor turned to go, Skales said, "I don't ssssee you ssso objective when it comesss to Marcell. You ssseem to hold her in high essssteem."
Pythor looked back at Skales with a growl, as he quickly turned and left. Skales just stood on the roof as he continued to look out amongst the Serpentine and Vampires.
Pythor was slithering across the desert sand and was heading towards the center of the city, where Marcell would be. As he moved along, he started to look around and see that the serpentine and the vampires were all having a pretty good time. They were playing cards, laughing together, eating together, and just hanging out together. Pythor continued to watch as he thought,
'Well, we have been getting along rather well... but I only stood here because of my own curiosity. Now the serpentine are involved and they have already gotten pretty close to the vampires... I have no chance as their king, especially after what happened with the Great Devourer, and now befriending the vampires...'
As Pythor pondered this, he made it to the center of Ouroboros as the sun began to set. Marcell stood right in the center speaking to some vampires and serpentine. As Pythor approached Marcell, he continued to think,
'There is no other way for me to do anything else at this point. The Great Devourer was a failure, and reclaiming my title as Snake King was a failure. What else is there for me to do now? I serve under Marcell, and she serves under Silva, and Silva serves under Darkness... although I do agree with his plans and ideas... I do feel something odd about him. As if he is hiding something much more treacherous... Although I like treachery, I have a bad feeling about the kind he has in mind. Avery bad feeling under my scales..."
As Pythor approached Marcell, she turned towards him and smirked as he stood in front of her.
"Well well Pythor, it's grand to see you," Marcell said, as Pythor bowed and said,
"Yesss your majessty, and it isss grand to ssssee you assss well. Might I say you look absssolutely charming."
Marcell smiled with a suspicious look in her eyes as she said,
"Why thank you Pythor, -sign- doesn't it pain you to be extra nice to me?"
Pythor looked at Marcell with a little smile and said, "You have no idea."
Marcell just chuckled as she said, "Well, anyway, I need you to deliver a note for me to Silva. She's waiting just outside Ouroboros. I would do it myself, but I just can't stand to be close to her for long, you know."
Pythor nodded, "Yesss I underssstand perfectly," he said, and Marcell nodded as she handed him the note.
"Make haste and return here my friend, I wouldn't want you to stay out of my sight too long or I would have to assume the worse," Marcell said, and then she walked over to Pythor and stroked his head as he froze in place since he didn't expect that.
After Marcell turned her attention back to the others, Pythor slowly turned around and started to slither away as he looked back at Marcell a few times.
'She... really cares? But she's a vampire... but she did call me friend...'
Pythor was just outside Ouroboros as he thought,
'Hm... perhaps... Skales was ri-'
"Oh well this is a surprise isn't it."
Pythor's thoughts were cut off when he heard a very dark voice speak out of nowhere.
"Over here," the voice said, as Pythor turned and froze in place when he looked up and saw Darkness sitting on the wall of Ouroboros.
Darkness was grinning, as he looked down at the stunned snake. Then he disappeared and reappeared not too far from Pythor. Pythor retracted his head to himself, as he held the note and was slightly shaking.
"Um... your mossst evilnesss. I-I didn't expect y-you to be here. I thought Ssilva would've been-"
"Ah yes, well Silva had some other business to attend to so I came instead," Darkness said, as he extended a hand towards Pythor.
"The letter, if I may have it." -Darkness
Pythor nodded as he handed Darkness the letter. When Darkness grasped the paper, Pythor felt a sudden serge of evil creep onto his hand to the rest of his body. He quickly released the letter and backed away as Darkness slowly pulled his hand back and looked at the letter. He opened it and read what was written. Afterward, Darkness smiled wickedly, as he closed the letter and put it in his pocket. Then he looked up at Pythor and said,
"Thank you for your service Pythor. Ah, soon it will all be ready."
Darkness then turned to go, but he looked back at Pythor and asked, "Is there something troubling you?"
Pythor stiffened, since Darkness seemed to read his mind, but then he asked,
"Well um, y-yesss. Not with you of courssse, but I wasss wondering... what wasss the purpossse of all the work we have done sssso far?"
Darkness took a moment to speak, turning his back towards Pythor, and then he said,
"Well, I can tell you that it is pretty important, but that's all I will reveal."
As Darkness was preparing to go, a sound was heard from his pocket. He pulled out a walkie-talkie and said,
"Yes? What is it?"
Another voice was on the line that said, "The defenses have been set up, but those ninja may be coming by soon."
Darkness replied, "Then kill two birds with one stone."
The person on the line replied, "As you wish."
Darkness put his walkie-talkie in his pocket as he turned back to Pythor and smirked,
"Well my friend, it's time for me to go, and I hope you can get the rest of the work done by your deadline."
Pythor gulped as he replied, "Y-Yesss ssir."
"Good," Darkness said, as he disappeared again.
Pythor signed in relief, and then he started to slither back within Ouroboros. However, a large shadow pasted over him as he looked up and saw a creature with a large pair of dark wings fly off with Darkness standing on it's back. Pythor gasped, as he quickly rushed to the center of Ouroboros to tell Marcell all that he heard and saw.