Summary: Everyone has something Weather Queen has, but she's not giving it up without a fight.
Outside the city, the Lotus Ninjas and Casey are celebrating a special day inside the Sonicruiser. The entire futuristic vehicle was decorated with skulls and rock n roll theme.
"Come on, dudettes! I know it's my birthday and all, but I can't take it anymore! What's the surprise?! Where are we going?!" Casey said.
"Chill, Jones. We're gonna rock your birthday in one exclusive field trip of the lifetime!" Lee grinned.
Suddenly, a shock wave of purple electricity shot out of nowhere and hit the Sonicruiser, causing five teenagers to jump in the air and land on the floor inside the vehicle.
"Yo, what the heck was that?" Casey asked in confusion.
Ella and Ellie exited out to open the hood and saw the engine was surging with purple electricity.
"The heck happen to the engine?!" Ella exclaimed with wide eyes.
Cardcaster stared outside the city from the window inside her apartment building. Her roommate Weather Queen was putting her violet lipstick in front of the mirror.
"Hm, looks like your electro upgrade trick works." Cardcaster said.
"Of course!" Weather Queen smiled confidently as she held her arm that has attached to the bracelet she found. "News flash, this bracelet has been an absolute charm from the moment I've found it!"
"That bracelet isn't the one that captured your charm." Cardcaster grinned.
Ever since Weather Queen and Cardcaster joined Azalea's Sentinels of Mystics, they have developed romantic feelings for each other and made their decision to move in together.
"Let's head out tonight." Cardcaster said with a smile. "I heard that Asiate restaurant has a stunning view and delectable cuisine."
"Sounds like fun." Weather Queen smiled back.
Suddenly, the door busted open that alerted Weather Queen and Cardcaster.
Ella, Ellie, Lee, and Casey gathered around Donna, who was twitching her left eye in horror at the sight of the Sonicruiser's engine being broken.
"Okay, I can fix this." Donna said. "But how in the world did a shockwave like this shuts down the Sonicruiser?"
"Relax, Donna." Casey said assuredly. "It might be low battery on the engine."
"Yeah, it's not like this night could get any worse." Lee said with a confident smile.
Suddenly, an explosion came from the apartment above the Lotus Ninjas and Casey. They looked up to see Cardcaster and Weather Queen came flying out and landing on the road roughly.
"You were saying?" Donna asked sarcastically.
Weather Queen and Cardcaster slowly lifted themselves up with groans as they looked up to see Azalea and the Shadow Quartet standind from the hole.
"Hand over the Akuma bracelet, stormy!" Azalea demanded with a glare.
Weather Queen lifted her arm with a glowing Akuma bracelet and fired a powerful purple lightning bolt at Azalea, who easily deflected the attack with one hand just as the Shadow Quartet ducked behind her.
"Hate to rain your parade, but finders keepers!" Weather Queen announced.
Weather Queen fired more powerful purple lightning bolts at Azalea, but Azalea jumped into the air and flew past the lightning bolts with remarkable speed.
Azalea spun around and fired black energy bolts at Weather Queen in a tornado-like fashion. Weather Queen dodged the energy bolts and swiftly jumped on the roof of the Sonicruiser. She then looked up as a large mechanical hand was heading right towards her from above.
A razor playing card suddenly enlarged itself into a shield above Weather Queen to protect her from the mechanical hand. Weather Queen turned to Cardcaster with a smile.
"Take that, you wicked witch!" Weather Queen shouted.
Then, Azalea landed in front of the Ella and Ellie.
"Oh, the Lotus Dragonesses. Gotta love these family encounter!" Azalea greeted sinisterly.
Another mechanical hand suddenly appeared above Ella and Ellie, who immediately moved out of the way before it can hit them as they quickly jumped into the Sonicruiser.
"Okay, let's make Casey's birthday fun!" Ella ordered. "Casey, will you and Donna do the honors to fire the weapons?"
"Which ones?" Casey asked with a sinister smile.
"All of them." Donna smiled wickedly as she and Casey stared at the buttons with satisfaction.
Cardcaster summoned three playing cards surrounded by a bright green energy field in front of her and threw them forward that hit Artemis, Cressida, and Athena to the ground. Aphrodite released several green plasma shockwaves from her body that blasted Cardcaster away to the building wall. She then looked to watch Donna and Casey staring at her with sinister faces.
"Huh?" Aphrodite muttered in confusion.
"Let it rip!" Donna shouted.
"Don't have to tell me twice!" Casey shouted.
Donna and Casey placed their fingers on the red and green buttons. Two large cannons appeared on either side of the Sonicruiser as both cannons fired green energy missiles in rapid speed. Weather Queen was able to move away from the missiles. But the Shadow Quartet and Cardcaster were knocked hard to the ground by the rapiding missiles.
Then, a large black magic circle appeared below Cardcaster and summoned a capsule that locked her inside. The capsule hovered its way on the mechanical hand just as the Shadow Quartet was recovering their strengths.
"Wait a minute! Donna, Casey, hold your fire!" Ella ordered.
Casey and Donna quickly stopped pressing the buttons. Everyone watched the Shadow Quartet laughing sinisterly as they swiftly backflipped on either side of Azalea and the mechanical hand started hovering in the air.
"WEATHER QUEEEENNN!" Cardcaster yelled.
"CARDCASSSTTTEERRR!" Weather Queen shouted.
Azalea and the Shadow Quartet took off into the sky, leaving Weather Queen, the Lotus Ninjas, and Casey stare at the mechanical hand disappeared into the sky with wide eyes.
At the urban park, the Lotus Ninjas and Casey gathered Weather Queen, who was tied up in magical chains to the ground by Ellie's magic.
"That magic ring looks cool, but why Azalea want it so bad?" Ellie questioned as she was pointing her finger to the ring on Weather Queen's finger.
"The heck would I know." Weather Queen answered truthfully. "All I know is that it's been enhancing my lightnings and it's incredible!"
"Wait a minute! That's the same kind of ancient tech magic from those Shadow Clan witches we're searching for back at the Antiquorum!" Donna said as she closely examined the ring. "That ring is an Akuma Ring. We can't let Azalea have it."
Donna pulled out one purple shamballa bead from her bracelet and tossed it in the air to create a futuristic purple single-shot laser rifle in her hand.
"Now, be a dear and hand over the ring." Donna grinned.
Ella, Lee, Ellie, and Casey stared at Donna with shock faces.
"Donna, are you insane?!" Lee protested in shock.
"As long as she cooperates, I won't blow her to bits." Donna said assuredly as she walked closer to Weather Queen.
Casey quickly stood in front of Donna that prevented her from moving further.
"Now, wait just a minute, Donna." Casey said firmly. "Weather Queen might be a villain, butwe gotta help her get her friend back from Azalea. And what the heck is that?"
The Lotus Ninjas followed Casey's pointing finger to see a mechanical silver grey leopard-like robot coming towards them. Ella, Ellie, and Lee let out a scream as Donna stood in front of them and aimed her laser rifle at the leopard robot. But the leopard robot stopped right in front of them and dropped a note from its mouth before sprinting away.
"Is that a note from Azalea?" Lee asked in confusion.
"What else it could be?" Donna said.
Casey picked up the note and stared to read it.
"Give us the ring or your card playing friend becomes a robot toy. Signed, the Shadow Quartet." Casey read. He turned to the Lotus Ninjas. "It's offical. We gotta help her."
"Why should we?" Ella asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.
The Lotus Ninjas turned around to Weather Queen, who was giving them a serious look on her face.
"Look, I really need your help." Weather Queen said. "After the news fame left me, I was alone until I met that card magician, who changed my life. She's more than a friend. She's like a sister and a..."
"Alright, fine. Let's go get your girlfriend back." Ella said.
Weather Queen arrived at the automated warehouse and began approaching towards Azalea and the Shadow Quartet. Cardcaster looked at Weather Queen with a concern look on her face as she was unable to use her card magic to break free out of the capsule.
In the shadows, the Lotus Ninjas were hiding behind the crate boxes. Their plan was for Weather Queen to distract Azalea and the Shadow Quartet, so they could ambush the bionic witch.
"Azalea, I come here to make you a trade." Weather Queen said.
"Trade?" Azalea asked. "I accept."
"No, you can't!" Cardcaster shouted inside the capsule.
"But before I could hand over the ring, I have a sweet offer that you might like." Weather Queen said.
"Oh, a lifetime supply of dollies?" Cressida asked excitedly.
Athena stared at Cressida with a deadpan face while Artemis and Aphrodite shook their heads in annoyance.
"No." Weather Queen replied. She turned to point to the crate boxes, where the Lotus Ninjas were hanging behind. "Them!"
"Hey, what do you know? She gave us up." Donna whispered sarcastically to her sisters as she crossed her arms with an annoy look on her face.
Weather Queen fired purple electric zaps that blew up the crate boxes and knocked the Lotus Ninjas into the air. Azalea summoned a large black magic circle from her hands and a floating mechanical hands grabbed the Lotus Ninjas tightly.
"Why do I get the feeling that we should've saw that coming?" Lee said.
"Sorry, ladies. Nothing personal." Weather Queen said simply with a shrug.
"And that's where I'm come in!"
Everyone looked around for the source of the male voice, unaware of the Lotus Ninjas smirking on their faces.
Casey jumped down from the ceiling with his high-tech hockey stick and fired a large black energy sphere that blown Weather Queen away, allowing the Akuma Ring to drop to the ground from her finger. He quickly grabbed the Akuma Ring and fired two more black energy spheres that hit the mechanical hands and freed the Lotus Ninjas at the same time.
"Tonight's headline: this birthday dude is gonna kick your butts!" Casey declared.
Ella, Donna, Lee, and Ellie stood on either side of Casey with devious smiles.
"You didn't really think Weather Queen would double cross us if we tracked down her girlfriend. Did not see that coming, did ya?" Lee commented.
"What a shame for you, Weather Queen." Azalea said. "Your friend can go, but I'll keep you instead."
A black magic circle appeared under Weather Queen and it shallowed her into the capsule while another black magic circle appeared above Cardcaster and it shallowed her out of the capsule.
"Hey! Release me!" Weather Queen shouted as she pressed her hands on the glass.
"Hey, birthday boy, let me to help you guys." Cardcaster said as she ran over to Casey. "All I wanted is for me and Weather Queen to have a nice night out. Isn't that too much to ask?"
Casey looked at his friends and then looked back at Cardcaster.
"Fine." Casey said with a shrug. "This day hasn't gone any worse, so what the hay?"
The Shadow Quartet instantly sprinted their way to battle the Lotus Ninjas, leaving Casey and Cardcaster on their own against Azalea.
Azalea fired two concentrated beams of black energy from both hands, but Cardcaster summoned a large playing card to protect herself and Casey from the attack. Azalea growled and looked to see Cardcaster aiming her playing card that sent out rapid icicles to break Weather Queen free from the capsule. Azalea then rushed in front of Casey and snatched the Akuma Ring from him before lifting him in the air with her black magic and tossing him away to the wall.
The Lotus Ninjas successfully defeated the Shadow Quartet and turned around to see Azalea holding the Amuka Ring.
"Finally, another Akuma Ring is mine for the taking." Azalea said with a dark grin.
Azalea snapped her fingers and a black swirly portal appeared below the defeated Shadow Quartet as they began sinking into the portal. Azalea then waved her black glowing hand around in a circle and summoned a large swirly portal behind her. She placed the Akuma Ring inside her compact and jumped into the portal.
"Great." Donna groaned. "She got away with the Akuma Ring."
"No! My precious ring!" Weather Queen cried. She then shrugged with a careless face. "Oh well, it was fun with that thing while it last."
"Good." Cardcaster smiled as she hugged and kissed Weather Queen on the cheek. "Let's go. We have a night out to go to."
A black playing card marked with a gold queen appeared below Cardcaster and Weather Queen, and they took off into the sky.
"Hey, Case, we're sorry if your birthday hasn't turned out as we planned." Ella apologized.
"Are you kidding? This was the best birthday ever!" Casey grinned.
"Well, we're glad you enjoyed it." Donna said with a smile. "But we still got a very special cake with your name on it back at the fortress."
"Let's go!" Lee exclaimed as she grabbed Casey's arm and pulled him away. "You gonna love the flavor we made!"
Donna, Ella, and Ellie exchanged smiles as they followed their dessert-loving sister and their birthday friend all the way home.