Terrorsect: My brethren, let us recite the ancient prophecy. When the stars align with the tower of black...
Scythehead: She will come forth with unholy attacks...
Nightspore: Terror and fear are all she spreads...
Toughtusk: Where fate shows all the bodies to behead...
Redhead: She is fear, terror, and distress.
Black Bots: She is our queen...
All: Our Shadow Empress!
Johnny: Aw Yeah! Half-pipe, Rim Rush, Zen Zip. I'm telling ya Sensei, I'm feeling extreme today!
Sensei Kang: Remember Johnny, the mind is a better tool than the body.
Alison: But the Shadow Master has been away from this world, we don't need to worry.
Rocket: Yeah, he's not coming back. But you guys know full well who is, don't you?
Henry: The Shadow Empress.
Olsen: The embodiment of all darkness.
Yolanda: But, doesn't she have a human form?
Sally: She does, but that has yet to be determined.
Johnny: Yeah, but there's still some street thugs that need a lesson!
Alison: Not in my vision of a peaceful Metro City!
Johnny: Johnny Blade, Shinobi Up!
Alison: Alison Winslow, Shinobi Up!
Rocket: Rocket Richards, Shinobi Up!
Yolanda: Yolanda Garner, Shinobi Up!
Sally: Sally Barnes, Shinobi Up!
Olsen: Olsen Blake, Shinobi Up!
Ninjas: Mega Ninjas, go!
Terrorsect: So, there are even more adversaries to deal with. No matter, she will rise despite the interference.
Jimmy Lee: "Go to the temple," he said. "It'll be easy," he said. Yeah right, as if he knew what was gonna happen here tonight!
Billy Lee: Let's not get too hasty, we're not sure what we're looking for.
Clara: We've arrived here, where light dares not shine.
Blaster(whispering): Is that good or bad?
Nightspore(thinking): Oh, you'll find out soon enough Dragon Warriors. I've seen to it that nothing stands between us and the long awaited completion of our prophecy!
(Earlier today)
Nightspore: There you are, Marian. I'd nearly given up on you.
Marian: Who are you?
Nightspore: A friend. Or at least, I'd like to be. Come. We have much to see, and who knows what we'll discover. For starters... Where could we be?
Marian: This place... feels familiar.
Nightspore: It does, doesn't it?
Marian: Wha...
Nightspore: I know. You're probably wondering how we got in, aren't you? Well, it's a blur to me as well. Do you recognize that child? You might know, she must've had big dreams about the future.
Young Marian: Wind, please.
Gina: Not now, darling. Mommy is in a hurry.
Marian: That's my...
Nightspore: Your mother, yes. It is.
Gina: You know your place is here. Oh, stop with the pouting. It's very unbecoming. Now, Mother needs to rush off for just a teensy tiny moment. I won't be gone long, this cottage is isn't going to clean itself.
Nightspore: Treated like a maid? Ugh, I know how that feels. Say, why don't you both wait for her to come back together, hmm? I'll see you all a little later.
Gina(having stole a baby from right under a governor's nose): Hush, child!
Policeman: Selena!
Officer: After her!
Sheriff Jones: She went this way. Follow me, we'll find her. Where is she? Where is Selena?
Young Marian: Mama?
Deputy: She's getting away!
Officer: Aw, she'll be long gone by the time we're done here.
Young Marian: Mama...
Sheriff Jones: No one's going to harm you, little one. You're safe with me.
Young Marian: I... I want my mama.
Nightspore: Ah, there you are! And just in time… What'd I miss?
Marian: She abandoned me. My own mom abandoned me.
Nightspore: I'm sorry that happened to you, Marian. Sometimes the most painful truths are the most difficult to remember. You've always felt outshined by Selena, haven't you? And you always will, unless...
Marian: Unless? You're talking about an alternative, what is it?
Nightspore: Nothing important, all you have to do is follow one simple order.
Marian: I will do whatever you ask.
Nightspore: That's what everything else will be, my dear. What can you do until then?
Selena: Thanks for everything Clara, you're the best. Look, I know these last few months haven't been easy. But I want to thank you for everything.
Marian: Same here.
Jimmy Lee: Okay Selena, time to see what's behind curtain #1!
Clara: This must be it, the Black Emerald. Go get it, Selena!
Selena: Okay. Marian!? What are you doing!?
Marian: I'm fulfilling my destiny!
Jimmy Lee: Marian?
Billy Lee: Marian. No!
Shadow Empress: Heh. I tried to warn you, Selena: You have to be careful who you trust.
Jimmy Lee: Why are you doing this? You're our friend, you can't do this!
Shadow Empress: Did you care about me? Did you actually notice me?
Billy Lee: What have you seen?
Shadow Empress: A lot!
Selena: And... You saw all of this while we were in the temple?
Shadow Empress: I saw everything, Selena!
Selena: Mari, if what you're saying is true, it means-
Shadow Empress: It means that I'm Gina's own daughter. And your destiny belongs to me.
Chop: Man, that's dark.
Kona: What?
Chop: I've never heard that before from Marian, she never told me she had a mother!
Black bots(approaching the four Dragon warriors): Hiyah!
Vortex: We got company.
Blaster: We noticed.
(Soon, Johnny and the other Mega Ninjas arrive.)
Yolanda: Heh. Just the way l like them. Dumb and ugly.
Johnny: Me too.
Rocket: Yo, I spy with my little eye, none other than the Double Dragons! And those Dragon Warriors too!
Vortex: Aw, you're too kind.
Johnny: Hey Rocket, I see them too. I'm Johnny Blade, and we're the Mega Ninjas!
Alison: Alison Winslow.
Rocket: Rocket Richards.
Yolanda: Yolanda Garner.
Sally: Sally Barnes.
Olsen: And Olsen Blake. And we've been doing the same thing you have, not that you do it better. I mean, you guys are legendary.
Jimmy Lee: Well, aren't we honored?
Johnny: Yo, story time is over. Right now, we need to escape!
Yolanda: And then what?
Johnny: And then, we try and figure out what's driving a girl like Marian to do this!