S1 E12
SECRETS REVEALED
The next day at breakfast, the ninja, Kai, Lloyd and Monica were discussing their attempts to figure out who the samurai and green ninja were. So far, none of them have come close and were on the verge of giving up, even though none of them wanted to.
Silence filled the dining room for a few moments and the only sounds were coming from outside. Since the bounty has landed back on the mountain, they could hear Jay repairing the roof. And boy was that saw louder than anything.
Monica sighed, walked over to the window, closed it and turned around to look at the ninja. "Mind telling me why you're all sulking?"
"Because none of us have found out who the samurai and green ninja are," Carol said, "It's getting ridiculous. Trying to find out their identities is more of a nuisance than the snakes. Any of you girls having any luck?"
"I'll admit, these guys are elusive," Kitty said, "They're like a ghost. They're there one moment and then gone the next moment. They're way faster than we are."
"I do not want to put us down any worse, but I'm starting to believe we might never catch them," Pixal said.
"Well, I think it's safe to say, none of us are closer to proving we're the Yellow Ninja," Nya said, "This blows. So much for the bet."
Kitty groaned. "For the last time, Nya, none of us are destined to become the Yellow Ninja! Has your hearing gone bad or something?"
Nya shook her head. "My hearing's fine. I just refuse to believe that some normal girl who has no skills in the way of the ninja is going to be the greatest female ninja of them all. Sorry, I just think the Yellow Ninja has to be one of us."
Kitty looked at Kai. "Can you get anything through your sister's stubborn head?"
"Nope," Kai said, "Once something big comes up, she thinks she's one for the title."
"Well, there's your proof," Carol said, "Nya's stubborn."
"I am not!" Nya shouted.
"Girls, don't be so loud," Misako said, coming inside the dining room, "Garmadon and Wu are trying to meditate."
Nya chuckled nervously. "Sorry, my teacher. We were just having a discussion."
Misako nodded. "I can see that Wu's lesson is coming through to you all. Iron is sharpening iron. I feel you are getting closer to your true potential." She lightly tapped Carol's arm.
But even a soft tap hurt because of the heavy shoulder armor, causing Carol to react to even the slightest touch. "Ouch. Sorry, it pinches a little."
Misako chuckled. "My apologies. Have any of you seen Zelda? We were supposed to be researching the Serpentine today and adding any searches we find to some scrolls."
"The last I saw of her was yesterday when I dropped her off at the library," Nya said, "I told her Kitty was gonna pick her up. Did you go over there, Kitty?"
Kitty nodded. "I flew by on Wild Cherry, but she wasn't waiting for me. I just figured she decided to take the subway home. Have the rest of you seen her?"
"No, she never came back," Carol said, "Do you think she ran off again to go search for her grandmother and sister?"
"I sure hope not," Lloyd said, a look of concern on his face.
"I'm afraid to say that we have not seen her," Pixal said.
"I'm worried," Misako said, "She told me she would go down to the library to do some research on the Serpentine. Where else would she go that would require her to be out all night?"
"I don't know, but we need to find her," Lloyd said.
"Let's check the map," Kai told Lloyd, "We might be able to locate her through there." The two went to the main control room.
"We'll head over to Ninjago City and look around where she was last seen," Kitty said.
Nya noticed something about Kitty. And it had something to do with her attire. "Kitty, why are you wearing your old ninja gi?"
Kitty groaned. "Do I have to wear that stupid kimono?"
"Yes," the other three said.
Kitty rolled her eyes. "Fine. I'll meet you outside."
Once Kitty finally got dressed and took about twenty minutes to even walk off the Bounty, the girls decided to use their weapons to transform them into the flying vehicle that they flew in back when they were defeating the Fangpyre and helping Kitty's family. They figured it was better and more convenient since the dragons were tired out from yesterday's search for the masked heroes.
They soared through the skies and finally made it to the city, landing in front of the Ninjago City Public Library. They looked around the outside of the building before going inside.
The librarian noticed them and gave a friendly smile. "Good morning. Can I help you young ladies with anything today?"
"Yeah," Kitty said, walking up to the desk, "You remember seeing a girl in here yesterday with blonde hair and wearing glasses? Wearing a bunch of yellow clothes?"
The librarian chuckled. "Sweetheart, I see a lot of people going in and out of here. I probably don't remember."
"May I ask if she was looking for information about the Serpentine?" Pixal asked.
The librarian gave herself a moment to think before nodding. "Now that you mentioned it, yes. The same girl you just described. It's coming back to me now."
"Her name is Zelda and she's a friend of ours," Nya said, "Do you have any security cameras outside the building? We just need to see where she went. She never came home last night."
"Oh, dear," the librarian said, "Yes, as a matter of fact, we do have some cameras located outside. I'll take you down to the security room." She led them through the library past the children's section and took them to a door labeled 'Security.' She smiled. "Here we are. The security guards up on the second floor right now, but seeing as you are the ninja, I'm sure he won't mind you looking through the security footage. Take all the time you need." She walked back down the path towards her desk.
The girls went inside the security room and started looking through the footage. They looked at the footage from in front of the front doors of the library and hit rewind, sending it far back to yesterday. It kept going until they finally spotted Zelda, standing beside the corner of the building.
"There she is," Kitty said, "What is she up to?"
Nya hit play. They watched as Zelda removed a Serpentine disguise out of her backpack and ran around the corner into the alley.
"Why would she wanna dress up like a slithering snake?" Carol asked.
"That's what we're about to find out," Kitty said, "Let's find the footage that points in the alley."
Nya moved on to a different security monitor and hit rewind, letting it go all the way back to yesterday and then stopped it when they spotted the Serpentine piling up on a bus. They let it play and watched carefully as they saw Zelda run up in her disguise and climb aboard the bus.
The ninja gasped. Of all the crazy things Zelda could possibly do, she goes off with the Serpentine. Seriously, what is up with that girl?
"Why the heck would she run off with the Serpentine?" Kitty asked.
"Something tells me we're going for a ride," Nya said, fixing up the footage and hopping up from the swivel chair, "Come on, girls."
The ninja went back outside, turned their weapons back into the Silver Jet, which is the name they've decided to give it, and flew out of the city into the Sea of Sands. There they found something that was never on any modern map of Ninjago. The Lost City of Ouroboros, but they all figured it was a place where a bunch of snakes were gathered at. Which was true since all of them were sitting in the stands.
"Whoa," Kitty said, "What is that place?"
"If I had to guess, I think it's some sort of mysterious sand city that just appeared from underground and the Serpentine have decided to take it for themselves," Carol said. The others looked at her. She shrugged. "Like I said. It was just a guess."
Nya shook her head. "Let's fly in and get a closer look."
Once they flew in a little closer, Pixal was able to get a better view and was worried when she saw all the tribes together in one place. "It appears Pythor has successfully united all of the tribes. We are too late to break them apart."
"I know we ruined their last get-together, but that's no reason to not get an invitation," Carol said, "My feelings are hurt." Then she murmured to herself. "Then again, I've never been invited to anything in my life."
"Did you say something, Carol?" Pixal asked.
"No. I said nothing. Just forget I said anything even though I didn't say anything."
Nya gasped. "Look! I see Zelda down there!" She pointed down to where Zelda was trapped in a cage made of venge stone.
"Let's get down there," Kitty said.
They transformed the Silver Jet back into the silver weapons and made their way inside the snake city. They stood in the shadows of a doorway, taking in the scenery of the arena.
"Look at this place," Carol said, "I bet it has a lot of history to it."
"I can take note that they worship the Great Devourer because of all the statues and art," Pixal said.
"All the more reason to get Zelda out of here," Nya said, "Then we need to start planning. We need to stop these slither heads once and for all. It's time to send them all back underground where they belong."
They began to sneak around the corner, but they ended up in a net trap. This caused them to drop their weapons on the ground.
Zelda gasped. "The ninja!"
The four generals of each surviving tribe went up to pick up the weapons while Pythor slithered up in front of them, smiling maliciously. "Looks like we've caught the main event."
Forced by serpent warriors, the ninja were placed in the arena where hundreds of snakes were watching them.
"Oh, this is so bad," Carol said, "I don't wanna be the main event. What did he mean by that, anyway?"
"I have a feeling we're the main event," Nya said.
"Or the main course," Kitty said.
Carol gasped. "I don't wanna be eaten by snakes! I still have too much to live for!"
"I sense that this may be the end for us instead of the Serpentine," Pixal said.
"Way to state the obvious, Pixal," Nya said, rolling her eyes.
Carol took calm deep breaths. "It's okay. Let's look on the bright side. We shouldn't have to worry. The samurai and green ninja could still come around to save us. I have faith that they will."
Pythor stood in the middle of the arena. "You say you wanted a battle, and I give you one. I give you Ninja versus samurai and the green ninja!"
A giant pair of doors opened and coming through them were the samurai and green ninja, both in chains. The Serpentine unbounded them, having them come out of the battlefield.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Carol shouted, "We have to fight the samurai and the green ninja? But we don't even have our silver weapons and they have armor with advanced technology and weird super powers. It's not fair!"
Pythor laughs evilly. "I want to see once and for all who is the greatest hero. Is it the masked heroes or the ninja? Only the victor will be allowed to leave."
As the masked heroes began to walk slowly up to the ninja, they were gathering up their courage and prepared to go up in hand-to-hand combat.
"Stay together, girls," Nya said, "We never know if the Serpentine have brainwashed them."
"I can only hope not," Pixal said, "Perhaps they can join our team to fight our way out considering they both hate the Serpentine as well."
As soon as she said that, the samurai threw daggers at the ninja while the green ninja shot out green-and-gold energy beams. Luckily, they dodged them all, but they could tell the masked heroes were definitely fighting against them.
"I was mistaken," Pixal said, "They are not on our team."
"Ain't that the truth," Kitty said, running up to fight the green ninja, who knocked her over easy with his powers.
The samurai threw a throwing disc at Carol, but she ducked in time before it could get her. She laughed. "Ha, ha! You missed me!" But the disc acted like a boomerang and ended up coming back to knock Carol in the back of the head. "Ow! That hurt!"
The others went to make sure she was alright. The crowd was cheering and laughing all at once. Even Scalina couldn't help but giggle, which made Pythor smile gleefully seeing his bride-to-be happy.
The ninja were getting fed up with getting their butts kicked.
"What can we do to stop them?" Nya asked.
"Perhaps we should try the Tornado of Life?" Pixal suggested.
They all nodded and got into position, each calling out their respective element:
"Animal Sorcery!"
"The Wild!"
"Water!"
"Nature!"
"Ninja Go!" the ninja shouted together.
The Tornado of Life sucked in everything, using the objects to create a giant slingshot, and as they shot themselves out of it, the samurai spread a pair of mechanical wings and used the flapping motion to push the giant twister back. The green ninja shot out a blast of energy and made the ninja lose their focus. The Tornado of Life disintegrated and the girls were sprawled out all over the place.
The crowd was cheering. Pythor was pleased. "This is getting exciting! Now let's bring in something very... pointy." He chuckled as he pulls a lever to activate spikes to pop up from the ground."
"This is getting ridiculous!" Nya yelled.
"You want more?" Pythor said, "I'll give you more." He uses the lever again to tilt the arena, making the ninja grab onto each other as Carol held on to the only pole on the battlefield.
"Why can't anyone play fair?" Carol asked.
"The Serpentine don't make anything easy," Kitty said, looking down at how long a fall it will be if they ended up getting dropped out of the arena, "Can this get any worse?"
"We must continue to make it appear that we are fighting for real," the samurai told them in his mechanical sounding voice.
"So we're not fighting for real?" Nya asked, "You guys were only pretending? What for?"
"To help you rescue the girl. Now it's time for the plan to be placed into action. Keep up the charade and hold on to my wings." He gives the girls time to climb onto him while he looked at the green ninja. "Use your powers to hold back the snakes and save the girl." The green ninja nodded and rushed off.
The samurai turned on his jet pack and tried flying away, but with four ninja on him, he couldn't even raise up.
"There's too much weight!" Kitty shouted.
"Don't look at me!" Carol yelled, "I am not that heavy so don't you even try to say I'm fat!"
The samurai came prepared, as usual. He placed the wings on autopilot as they unattached themselves from his back and helped the ninja fly away.
"Did the samurai just save us?" Nya asked.
"He did!" Carol shouted.
"And he and that green ninja stole our thunder again!" Kitty yelled in anger, "I hate those masked heroes!"
"Go, ninja!" Zelda shouted. She then noticed her cage being opened and spotted the green ninja. "Have you come to rescue me?" He nodded and motioned for her to climb on his back. Taking out a grappling hook, he shot it up onto a sandy pole and got them out of the city, disappearing as if they weren't there.
Pythor grew angry that the heroes escaped and actually succeeded in getting Zelda back. He spotted the samurai going after the silver weapons. "Get him!"
But it was too late. The samurai beat the warriors to them. "Magnetizer activated." Using his small magnet, the strong magnetic force brings the weapons to him. He flies off, hearing Pythor growling in anger.
Meanwhile, the ninja were still flying off on the mechanical wings, wondering how in the world they were gonna get back down.
"How do you turn this thing off?" Nya asked.
"Too late to figure that out!" Kitty shouted, "Brace for impact!"
The wings dive down towards the ground and crashes, sending the ninja sprawling all over the place. Dust covered the entire area. Once it cleared out, the ninja could be seen plainly. Carol landed up on a hill while Kitty and Pixal were below. Only one ninja remained missing.
"Where's Nya?" Carol asked, coughing as dust clogged up her system.
Over on the other side of the hills of sand dunes, Nya was scrambling to get her head out of the sand. Once she got herself free, she looked around for the others. "Girls? Where are you?" Then she noticed something falling from the sky. Or rather someone clad in red. Knowing who it was, she gasped. "The samurai!" She rushes over to the masked hero just as he crashes to the ground.
After the samurai crashed landed, he got up to assess the damage. Nya came up just as the samurai took off his helmet, revealing spiky brown hair. And she knew only one person with that hair style.
"Kai?"
Kai turned around, a black scarf covering the bottom half of his face. To try and trick her, he put the helmet back on, forcing her away and speaking in a mechanical voice. "Stay away, ninja. Don't look..." Knowing he couldn't keep it secret any longer, Kai finally took off the helmet and scarf and sighed. "... at me."
"Kai, I don't understand," Nya said, "How are you the samurai? And why are you the samurai?"
"Well, it originally starts with how being a hero used to be a guys only thing," Kai said, "But now we live in a world where there's so many clubs out there that only focus on girls being heroes. No longer damsels in distress and stuff like that. Seeing a guy being the hero is becoming slim, so I found a way to be a hero. A hero who keeps himself a secret and protect the ones he cares so much for even though they have no idea who that hero is. Your not mad, are you?"
"I'm furious! You should've told me and the others!"
Kai sighed. "You're that angry?"
Nya chuckled. "Not that kind of furious. I meant that you should have told me and the others you were the samurai. That way you could help us on our missions."
"Really?"
Nya nodded. "Yes. It's funny, though. Basically it's the other way around. I've been trying to protect you when I forgot that you can protect the rest of us in return. That shows me you can clearly take care of yourself."
"Of course I can," Kai said, hugging his sister, "But it doesn't hurt to look out for you, sis." He broke out of the embrace. "You're not gonna tell the others, are you?"
"Uh, yes. You probably don't know this, but we had a bet. We said that whoever discovered the identities of the samurai and the green ninja would become the Yellow Ninja."
Kai crossed his arms. "I thought the bet was whoever found out the identities would have to do that person's bidding for a solid month. And I'm sorry to say you didn't win the bet. You haven't figured out who the green ninja is yet."
Nya sighed. "I guess that's true. So the bet isn't over. But I guess it's time to end it. And I promise not to tell anyone."
Kai smiled. "Thanks, sis."
"By the way, how were you able to get all this stuff?" Nya asked.
"It only took Jay three hours to get the technology part of it built. And Dad and I forged up the samurai armor. You'd be surprised how much spare time I have waiting for you girls to come back from your missions. You better head back before anyone gets suspicious." Kai hands her the silver weapons. "And don't worry about Zelda. The green ninja saved her while I was helping you girls get out of there."
"Well, since I've figured out your identity, maybe you could tell me who the green ninja is?"
Kai shrugged. "I'm friends with the guy. Take a wild guess."
"That's not very helpful information, but I'll take it. And Kai?"
"Yeah?"
Nya sighed and smiled at her brother. "Whenever I get in trouble, the girls always have my back. And I know you will, too. I know the green ninja has your back, but... just be careful out there, okay?"
Kai nodded. "I will."
"By the way, how are you gonna get back?"
Kai places the helmet back on his head and ties the scarf around his mouth while also speaking in a mechanical voice. "I have my ways. Sorry about the voice. Jay installed a voice changing system on the mouth of the scarf. I still don't know how to change it just yet." He started up the jet pack, waved at his sister, and flew off in the distance.
Nya turned around to find the others when she heard a voice. "Nya, wait for me!" Turning around, she saw Zelda rushing up to her. "I apologize for my actions once again. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have ended up in the slither pit."
"It's okay, Zelda," Nya said, "You have a lot of explaining to do when we get home."
Zelda nodded. "I figured I would."
The two of them began making their way through the sandy desert, searching for the others. Little did they know that they were looking for them on the other side.
"Nya?" Carol calls out, "Zelda?"
"Nya? Zelda?" Pixal shouts.
"Where are they?" Kitty asked.
That's when they realized the wings were moving by themselves, flapping up in the air. The three ninja chased after it, but it was gone in a flash. There goes their ride.
"Well, that's just fantastic," Kitty said, crossing her arms.
"You're telling me," Carol said, "We've lost Nya, Zelda's either lost or is still the Serpentine's prisoner, the samurai wings are gone, the green ninja and the samurai are nowhere in sight, and we have no way to get home."
"I wouldn't say that," Pixal said, pointing up on the sandy hill.
Standing up there was Nya with the silver weapons in her arms and Zelda standing beside her. It was only a moment later they formed up the Silver Jet and were flying home victorious.
For now.
NEXT SCENE:
The evening came quick and the ninja were glad as they stood in the bathroom and were either brushing their teeth or fixing up their hair for bed. After a long day of fighting the samurai and green ninja, they were ready to hit the hay and call it a night.
But none of them could stop thinking about the masked heroes.
Nya was finishing up her explanation about coming face to face with the mysterious samurai. "Like we all figured, he's a mysterious person. Never spoke a word. Then he handed me the silver weapons and poof, he was gone."
"Poof? He just poofed?" Carol asked, "That guy is starting to get on my last nerves. Him and the green ninja."
"Hold on a minute," Kitty said, setting her toothbrush back in the toothbrush holder, "If the samurai had his hands on the most powerful weapons in the whole wide world, why would he just give them back to you? That just doesn't make a whole lot of sense."
"Well, maybe he's not as a bad as we thought he was," Nya said, "All I do know is that we owe him our lives. Maybe he has made this all a little better. Iron sharpens iron. We should let him inspire us."
"I sense this means the bet is off," Pixal said.
"Yes, it does."
Zelda sighed, coming inside the bathroom. "I just wanted to come and wish you all goodnight. And I apologize for everything. You know how crazy I am about Ninjago's history. Once I learn about something new, I just grow curious and go up and beyond to figure out more about it. I hope you all can forgive me."
"What's done is done," Kitty told her.
"Water under the bridge," Nya said.
"You are forgiven," Pixal said.
"As long as you promise not to go off like that without telling us," Carol said.
Monica chuckled, barging inside the room. "Yeah, I think it's time we cut the act, Zelda. They're gonna figure it out sooner or later."
"What?" Kitty said.
"You mean it was planned the whole time?" Nya asked, bewildered.
"It was Monica's idea," Misako said, coming inside the room, "She wanted Zelda to go to Ouroboros and take note of what was going on."
"I installed a small video camcorder on the corner of Zelda's glasses," Monica explained, "Her part was to record everything she witnessed the Serpentine doing. And I have all the recordings on a disc. I also saved it to a flash drive so we'll have a spare just in case we lose the disc. Tomorrow I'll need everyone's full attention so I can show you what they're planning in the near future. And to discuss my plan."
"Your plan?" Carol asked.
"My plan is to send out spies. Since Zelda was caught, I can't send her out anymore. So one of you will have to become the spy in the group."
"For a pre-teen, you sure know your stuff," Kitty said, "Maybe you should be a part of our team. That is if you know how to fight."
"I can totally fight!" Monica exclaimed.
"Time for bed, Mon Mon!" Wu called out, "Would you like for me to read you a bedtime story?"
Monica groaned. "Dad, I'm too old for a bedtime story! And don't call me Mon Mon in front of everyone!" She stormed out of the room.
The ninja laughed as Zelda and Misako left the room with Nya following behind. Misako went inside her shared bedroom with Garmadon. Zelda was about to go inside Wu's bedroom when she saw Nya behind her and gave the water ninja a look of bewilderment. "Nya? Is there anything you need?"
"The green ninja saved you earlier today," Nya said, "Did you happen to see what he looks like?"
Zelda smiled. "That's for me to know and for you to find out."
Nya sighed. "Too bad. I know who the samurai is?" She saw Kai walking down the hall, overhearing their conversation.
Zelda placed a hand on her hip. "Really? Who may the samurai be?"
Nya gave a smile this time. "That's for me to know and for you to find out. I suppose that makes us even."
Zelda giggled. "Yes, it does. Good evening to you, Nya." She walked down the hall.
"You, too." Then Nya looked to her brother. "I made a promise and I don't plan on breaking it."
"I knew you wouldn't," Kai said, placing a hand on her shoulder, "As iron sharpens iron, sibling sharpens sibling. Goodnight, sis."
"Goodnight, bro."
The both of them walked back to their rooms.
Down the hall, Zelda passed Lloyd down the hall. She nodded her head to him. "Good evening, Lloyd."
"Zelda," Lloyd said, smiling, "Heading off to bed?"
"Certainly. But I would like to thank you once again for saving me today. If it wasn't for you, I would still be in the cage as a prisoner to the Serpentine."
"Anytime. Just don't get yourself in trouble like that without telling someone first."
"I promise. Cross my heart. Goodnight, Lloyd."
"Goodnight, Zelda."
With Zelda turning in for the night, Lloyd went inside his and Kai's room, fist bumping the brother of water.
"I call patrol for the city," Kai said.
Lloyd rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll take country patrol."
"Too bad we won't be able to keep the secret much longer. I knew someone was bound to figure us out."
"Oh, well. We had our fun. But it just goes to show. Guys will always be the original heroes."
Kai nodded. "Just don't tell that to the girls."
It wasn't too long before the bounty was silent and Jay had finally seized his work on the monastery for the day. All was peaceful and quiet. And good became successful once again.
For now...
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