Previously on Ninjago: The ninjas manage to find Aspheera as they try to find a way to stop, Lloyd try to take the staff away from her but in the process, Lloyd lost his grip, Harumi tries to do the same, but in the process leaves to a shock to all as they realizes that Harumi still have her golden powers after touching the staff, before she can do anything else however, Aspheera stole the staff back forcing Lloyd's group to retreat. For the other half of the group, they found out more about Aspheera and her history, they found out that their master Wu is the person Aspheera is looking for. Will the Ninja stop Aspheera for coming to Wu? Will Wu face his past? Will Harumi continue to control her golden power? Find out now!
Chapter 9: Under Siege
In the Monastery of Spinjitzu, Master Wu told Kai, Cole, Jay and Pixal (Who showed up early) is telling a story that when he was a boy with his brother Garmadon, they have have gone to the serpentine pyramid as they cross the line of the serpentine side when the FSM formed a peace treaty so that if they stay on their side, his people stay in the other. And since the two of them crossed the line, they were locked up, but as Aspheera made a deal with them for freedom and secret keep in exchange for her to learn Spinjitzu, they made a promise so they left the pyramid. As they go home, their father asked them where have they been and they lied that they were at the lake trying to catch a fish, they both find out their father made two scrolls called Forbidden Spinjitzu and ask if it's for them, but they weren't since they were to dangerous. Wu was struggling to sleep that night as his mind was in the promise he made for Aspheera, the next day Wu teaches Aspheera spinjitzu, it took some time for her to get the skill right, but after a few practice, she finally did it, she learned Spinjitzu. But then, the next day, the villagers evacuated since Aspheera have used her Spinjitzu to overthrow the king, so Wu convinces his brother for help and uses the scrolls that their father told them not to use to stop Aspheera's uprising. The scrolls have power to amplify an elemental master's abilities, the problem is too powerful and dangerous to use but they use them carefully to stop Aspheera, after she was locked up, she swore revenge on Wu once she got out of her prison.
Wu finished the story as the others were in shock.
"You're the Deceiver!?" Jay claimed in shock.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You broke your own father's law, snuck into the land of Serpentine, and nearly started a war?" Kai asked in shock as Wu looked nervous.
"It-Its wasn't quite that-" Wu stammered but he was cut off by Cole.
"And you befriended a snake and thought it would be a good idea to teach her Spinjitzu?" Cole pointed out.
"Well, it was complicated-" Wu said but was cut off by Pixel.
"And then you stole a dangerous scroll from your father, the First Spinjitzu Master, and broke the law again to defeat her?" Pixel added as she and the Ninja stare at their master in disapproval until Wu snaps.
"Yes, okay! Yes! I admit it all." Wu called out. "What can I say? I was young, and reckless, and-and.." he then sighs as he continued. " ...foolish. I never thought to hear the name Aspheera again. I thought all of this was in the past." he said as the monastery rumbled, startling the Ninja in surprise.
"What was that?" Pixel asked the group.
"The past is catching up to us." Kai said while looking to Wu as the all ran outside as they see Pyro Vipers as a Fire Fang spits out fire balls at the monastery gates.
"Look out!" Cole called out as the fireball almost hit them but dodge out of the way as they climbed over the gate wall looking at the army. "Looks like Lloyd and the others didn't slow Aspheera down much." he pointed out.
Kai turns to Wu angrily. "This is because of you, Master Wu." he angrily pointed, "You're our teacher. The one that's always lecturing about responsibility, and-and True Potential." he added.
"I made a mistake. I never thought this would come back to haunt me" Wu replied as they dodge another fireball.
"I can't believe this!" Kai yelled as another fireball hit the Monastery.
"Get down!" Jay called out as they all duck behind the walls of the monastery as Cole turned to Wu.
"You said your father created two Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu, correct?" Cole asked.
"Yes." Wu replied. "We used them to defeat Aspheera, which made my father very angry. He hid them from us." he explained.
"Hid-" Cole was cut off by dodging another fireball but continued. "Hide them where?" he asked.
"I don't know." Wu answered with a sad frown.
"Well, someone must have found them." Kai pointed out. "Because Aspheera got one of the scrolls at the museum." he added.
"So, where's the second scroll?" Jay asked.
"If the scroll was at the museum, logic would dictate an archeologist or explorer found them." Pixel said as they all thought for a second and then their eyes widened in realization.
"Clutch Powders!" Jay, Cole and Kai yelled out.
While at the city, Zane is still piloting the ShuriCopter with Lloyd, Nya and Harumi riding with him.
"Great." Lloyd said. "The whole city's under attack and we have no idea where Aspheera is."
"Not to mention that Harumi still has her golden powers after touching the staff." Nya pointed out to Harumi behind her.
"Which I have no idea how I still have it." Harumi said as she looked at her hands.
"We'll worry about it later guys." Zane said, "Right now, we need to find Aspheera before things go down even worse." he announced as his webcam showed Cole who is calling.
"Lloyd, Nya, Zane, Harumi!" Cole called out.
"We're here, but with bad news. We lost Aspheera" Zane informs them.
"That's okay, we found her. She's attacking the temple!" Cole replied as the group gasped.
"What?" Lloyd asks in shock.
"Yeah, that's not all. We found out who the Deceiver is. And, um," Cole hesitated but blurted it out. "Well I'm just gonna say it. It's Wu." he said that caused Nya, Harumi and Zane to gasp in shock.
"What?" Lloyd asked again in shock
"How is that possible, of all the people, why Wu?" Harumi asked in equal shock.
"It's a long story. The good news is, we have a plan. We know how to defeat Aspheera. There's another scroll out there somewhere, and we think Clutch knows where it is." Cole informed them.
"Great, so where's Clutch's?" Nya asked as they didn't know where he was after the pyramid in the desert.
"If he was at the pyramid and ran away and the city's under attack, where would he be in times like this?" Harumi asked as they thought of where Clutch is now.
At that thought, Clutch is at the Ninjago City hospital in the middle of the siege. He relaxed and then a doctor nurse came to him.
"Mr. Powers. You hit the emergency call button? What's the emergency?" the doctor asked.
"So, could you raise my bed just a smidge—one smidge. Two would be too many." he asked as the doctor did so and left in annoyance. "Now this is what I call living." he said with a smile.
Back at the monastery, the Vipers are still trying to break down the door.
"Fire Fang, destroy the doors!" Aspheera demanded as Fire Fang continued to blast the doors with the Ninja covering behind the dragon statue.
"All those doors aren't gonna hold much longer." Cole called out.
"And we just replaced them." Jay said out loud that it will be the third time for them to fix the doors again.
"What do we do!?" Cole said as he was opening to suggestions.
"We still have a few surprises in store. P.I.X.A.L.!" Wu called out.
"Come on." Pixel said to the others as she flipped a hidden switch from the wall.
"When we renovated the temple. P.I.X.A.L. thought it would be wise to corporate several new defensive measures." Wu explained as Pixel releases two machine guns with water and shurikens in them on each side of the outside door of the monastery fighting the Vipers.
"Ho, oh, oh, water shurikens! Nice. Yeah!" Jay cheered "Get back!" he called out as the enemy pushed back a little.
"The Deceiver uses his weapons against us!" Char yelled in fear but Aspheera was not surprised.
"Bah, parlor tricks for one who possesses his Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu." Aspheera said as she used the scroll and blasted the machines guns away. "Fire Fang, the door!" she ordered as the Fire Fang destroyed the gate door.
"Run!" Kai calls out as Pixel leads them back to Hangar Bay as Aspheera and her troops get inside through the door.
"Come out, you coward! Come out and face me!" Aspheera yelled out for Wu.
"Yes! Face Aspheera! Queen of the Serpentine, and rightful ruler of all Ninja—" Char said as Aspheera turned to him.
"Oh, stop blathering, you fool, and ransack the temple! Find him!" Ashpeera ordered as Car turned to the troops.
"You heard her! Stop blathering and start ransacking! Go!" Char ordered as the troops searched through the monastery.
The Ninja made it to the Hanger Bay as they ran to the computer.
"We'll have to make our way out through the vehicle bay doors." Jay said as Pixel looked through the cameras that showed the Vipers surrounding all entrances.
"Negative. We are surrounded. We cannot get out that way." Pixel said.
"Great. Now we're trapped." Kai angrily called out and glared at Wu "Another thing I blame you for." he points his finger at him in accusily as Cole walked between them.
"Kai, uh, maybe it's time to back off Master Wu and focus on what to do next." Cole told him as Kai walked away leaving Wu to sigh as Cole turned to him. "Aspheera stole his Elemental Fire. He feels useless now and that's why he's so angry at you." Cole told him to lighten the mood as Wu looked at Kai with thought.
"P.I.X., if we can't get out of here on foot, what's the plan? You usually have something up your sleeve." Jay asks her in despair.
"Well, it's not complete yet, but there is this." Pixel then pulls a lever that reveals a new mech, it was 2 as big as their old one that it's shoulders and it's arm and legs are green while its whole body is white with golden blades at the corners of its arms and legs and with wings. Jay cheers at the sight of it.
"New mech!" Kai cheered as well.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get to work." Jay called out as they got to work on the mech.
Pixel grabbed a part and threw it to Kai. "Weld that to the manifold." she instructed him.
"On it." Kai nodded as he put the part in and tried to use his fire power, but remembered that he doesn't have it anymore thanks to Aspheera. He sighs in remembrance. "Oh, right. I'll just grab the welding torch, I guess." he said in sadness as he grabbed the welding torch and weld the part in as Wu looked at him in gult with Cole next to him.
"If it weren't for me, he'd still be able to control the Element of Fire." Wu sighs. "He's paid the price for my mistakes." he added.
Back at the Ninjago City's hospital, Clutch is typing his next story with a typewriter.
""That's when I knew that both the treasure and her art would belong to me."" Clutch chuckles. "Excellent! Finally enough peace and quiet to work on my memoirs." as he continued typing, Zane, Harumi, Lloyd and Nya came busting in, startling.
"We need the second Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu!" Lloyd called out.
"It is logical for you to comply." Zane added.
"Time for you to earn your keep, explorer boy!" Nya yelled.
"We need to know where the second scroll is!" Harumi added.
"What?" Clutch asked in shock. "No, no, no. Don't tell me. I don't want to know. You want to know why I don't want to know? Because it sounds like you want me to go on an adventure and NO THANKS!" Clutch yelled out at them.
"You're an explorer. All you do is adventure!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"No. All I did was adventure. Now all I'm gonna do is cash big checks for writing books about those adventures. Cha-ching!" Clutch pointed out.
"You gotta be kidding me with this guy?" Harumi mumbled to herself.
"Dr. Powers, all of Ninjago is at stake." Zane pointed out.
"Can I tell you something about Ninjago? Its fate is always at stake. Besides, I've got a broken leg. I couldn't help you even if I wanted to. Which, I do not." Clutch said while pointing to his cast foot.
"But without the second scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu, we'll never—" Nya explained but was interrupted by Clutch.
"Oh, the second scroll? That's what you're looking for? Ha! No problem. It's at the Explorers Club." Clutch explained.
"Great!" Lloyd said with a smile. "You're a member. You can help us."
"Yeah, no. you see, that's the thing. Sounds like the beginning of an adventure, so, uh, how should I put this? NEIN!" Clutch yelled.
"You are a complicated and lazy man, you know that?!" Harumi pointed out with a golden glow in her eyes but Clutch didn't see it.
"Not that lazy. Complicated yes but not lazy." Clutch pointed out.
"That's it! You're coming with us whether you like it or not." Nya yelled as she tried to push Clutch out of bed.
Clutch then pushed the emergency button frantically as the female doctor came in. "Oh, my! Oh, doctor! Heh, I'm feeling woozy." he pretended to be sick.
"Oh, no! Your visitors would have to leave." She said as two more male doctors came in and kicked the ninja out.
"But we-" Lloyd tried to explain but they won't listen.
"Back off mister!" Zane yelled to get them off his back.
"Come on. We don't need his help anyway." Nya said as she walked out.
"At least we know where the second scroll is. Come on Lloyd let's go." Harumi told beside him as they turned and looked at Clutch who winked and clicked his tongue at them. "He's really complicated." she said as Lloyd nodded as they walked out as the female doctor closed the door behind them.
The Pyro Vipers and Elemental Cobras are unable to find the Ninja as they search through the Monastery. One Pyro Slayer is attacked by Wu's Chicken. Aspheera groans in annoyance.
"Enough you fools! Find me the Deceiver!" Aspheera ordered.
"B-But we searched everywhere." Char explained. "H-He's not here. Maybe we should take a break. Get some dinner and come back with a full belly and a fresh set of—" Char was cut off by Aspheera.
"Silence!" Aspheera yelled as she tried to shoot Char with a beam of fire, but missed as it hit that dart board instead and the elevator to the Hanger bay revealed itself. "A lift, by the-the, a lift!" Aspheera cheered.
"Yes! Well done, my Queen! We have found it together! All hail the Queen!" Char cheered as he pushed the button.
"Now." Aspheera laughed a bit. "I will have my revenge!" they waited for the elevator to open but nothing happened as they waited.
"Revenge in a minute. Sometimes it takes a while." Char explained as Aspheera glared at him as he pressed the button again simultaneously. "Anyyy minute." he said.
In the Samurai Cave, a constol was beeping green in alarm as Jay noticed it.
"Oh, no! Someone's called the elevator! P.I.X.A.L.!" Jay called out as Pixel went up to the console and deactivated the elevator.
"I've stopped it. But it's safe to assume they know where we are." Pixel explained as they are now discovered and still trapped.
"What do we do?" Cole asked the group.
"Oh, I wish Lloyd and the others were here." Jay asked as they needed more help.
"I guess we're just gonna have to fight them. Power, or no power." Kai said, even without his powers, he can still fight.
Wu then called out. "No. I will pay for my own mistakes. Alone." he said as he will face Aspheera alone.
The Ninja are shocked to hear from their sensei, "You can't do that. Aspheera would destroy you." Cole exclaimed.
"Perhaps that is for the best." Wu counter.
"Wha—How can you say that?" Jay asked in confusion.
"Because Kai was right." Wu pointed out. "I cannot be your master. I cannot teach you to take responsibility, if I run away from my own. You have paid for my mistakes. For that, I am sorry. Allow me, now, to make amends." he said as he walked closer to the door.
"Master Wu, don't." Kai said as he stopped him and walked closer to him. "I'm sorry I was angry. We all make mistakes. But giving yourself over to Aspheera would be another one. She can't be trusted. She'll still be dangerous and on the loose and—besides all that, we're family. We stick together. No matter what." That's when Wu smiled as he and Kai embraced each other in forgiveness as Jay started sobbing as they turned to him. "What?" Kai asked.
"That... was beautiful." Jay said while sobbing at the same time.
"Let's get ready to kick some Serpentine butt. Together." Cole announced as they were ready to fight. All the Ninja (Except Wu) cheered as they're ready to fight.
Will Lloyd's team get the second scroll? Will the other half of the team hold out? Will the Ninja defeat Aspheera? Find out next time!
A/N: Okay, that took a little longer than expected, even though I have to focus on both ninja teams at the sametime. I'm starting to think I need to focus on just Harumi so I can speed things up, that is if it is okay for the fans. Those of you think of this idea, let me know.