A month had passed since the Great Devourer's attack on Ninjago City as everyone was pitching in to get it back on it's feet. The Ninja are helping out, but it wasn't so easy for them, especially for the boys, as Garmadon had stolen the Golden Weapons they had lost their ability to use their elemental powers as well.
The boys were currently trying to put in a lamp post as Kai stood by. "Ah, finally. All fixed up and Serpentine free." Cole said with a smile.
Kai then tried to use his powers, but so far, only get a spark as he tried to lit up a flame. "Ugh, this is frustration. Our weapons are gone and most of our elemental powers are gone." He groaned as the others tried to balance the lamppost. "I mean Lydie still has hers and we can still do Spinjitzu but…" He then tried again as some heat was shown.
…from Zane's blowtorch as he welded the lampost in place.
"I just feel so, I don't know, limited." Kai continued. "Andhanks to the Devourer, our tank is out of commission, our Dragons are hurt, and now that the Bounty is destroyed, we don't even have a place to sleep!"
Zane then flipped his mask up. "No one ever said being a hero is easy," He said as Kai frowned. "Though our good deeds may never make us rich, they make us rich in other ways."
"Yeah, well, I don't feel rich," Kai sighed.
Jay then lifted a junked and headed to a nearby trashcan. "I for one enjoy pitching in. I've always wanted to feel part of a community." He said as he dusted his hand. "Speaking a which, has anyone seen girls? They were suppose to help out." He asked his friends.
"I think Lydie is around Ninjago City helping the people who lost someone during the Devourer's attack, like that girl she and Lloyd met by that collapsed building." Cole answered. "But for Nya, not sure." He shrugged.
"Been busy!" Nya said as they turned to see her and Wu coming towards them, along with riding on a motor scooter. "And found us a place to live!"
"Really? But, there's a waiting list a mile long to live in Ninjago City," Jay noted. "How did you do that?"
"I know this guy, who knows a girl, and she know this girl who knows a guy." Nya explained as Jay looked at her in surprise. "Well, this guy knows a girl who's a real estate agent, and she can help you find us a place, if you catch me drift." She said as he gave Jay a pamphlet.
"And where are you off too?" Jay asked them.
"We have to find a couple components to fix the Ninja Tank and my Dragon Ointment has finally arrived." Wu explained as he is holding his teapot. "It's a day's trip, but once we get back, Umbra and Ultrabe flying once again." He said as he then gave a playful chuckle. "Also, I love scenic drives. Ha, ha. Punch it, Nya." He eagerly said.
"Ay, ay, Sensei." Nya nodded with a smile as she he revved up and drove off with Sensei Wu.
"Yee-haw!" Wu shouted as they disappeared across the street.
"'Patty Keys, Real Estate Queen.'" Jay read with a smile. "Ha, this is exactly what we need. Once we get a roof over our heads, we can start properly helping Lydie train Lloyd." He said.
"Good, because if we know Lord Garmadon, he's not going to be taking any breaks." Cole reminded them. "Remember, the Serpentine are still at large. We're lucky Lydie made a new Sacred Flute, so even without our powers, we can still face them on." He added.
"Yeah, but without Pythor they're without a leader, so I doubt they'll be too big a problem." Kai said assuringly.
Meanwhile, by what remains of the Destiny's Bounty, the Serpentine are in the same spot the Ninja and Burmesia hid in from the Devourer as they are gathered around as Skales spoke out.
"Serpentine! We have been exiled for the lassst time!" Skales said as they looked at Burmesia with scrutiny, having learned of her hand in helping Pythor deceive them. "But fear not, I will lead you!"
But then one Hypnobrai spoke up. "Lead usss?! To where?!" He asked. "The City of Ouroboros has been desssstroyed, our underground fortesss is gone, and our tombsss are completely barren! We have no home!"
"You want to lead usss ssso badly," A Fangpyre pointed at Skales. "Why ssshould we trussst you?" she asked.
"Becausssse I wasss the one who told you in the first place not to awaken the Devourer!" Skales answered, "But no, you lisssten to that madman of a leader Pythor! Jussst asssk Burmesssia. Even ssshe knowsss that her uncle went mad." He gestured to the new leader of the Anacondrai.
"Can we pleassse not bring my Uncle into thisss?" Burmesia questioned in annoyance. "What he did wasss crosssing the line, but even I know that I'm not like him or Ssskales. Ssso how about giving him a ssshot before jumping to conclusssionsss?" She questioned.
And then footsteps can be heard as a familiar voice spoke. "You want a home…" Garamdon started as the Serpentine turned to him in surprise. "I'll give you a home." He finished with a smirk.
"Lord Garmadon?!" Burmesia said in surprise and slight resentment.
"Forgive me, I haven't been myself lately." Garmadon said to them as he held up the four Golden Weapons, which shocked Burmesia when she saw he now has her friends' weapons, meaning that they don't have their powers. "But now that I have my father's Golden Weapons, it's time that I got back to business." He said as the Serpentine murmured in interest as he walked up to them. "If I'm going to rule Ninjago, I know I can't do it all by myself." He pointed out as the Serpentine are even more interest. "The Skeletons served their purpose, but I've always been partial to snakes." He said as the Serpentine were humbled by his comment.
"So if you want someone to follow, Follow me!" Garmadon declared as the Serpentine were tempted to follow to follow him, except for Burmesia and the Generals.
"You want to follow me! Not him!" Skales said but the Serpentine were more eager in following Garmadon.
Garmadon then decided to convince them even more, turning to the Bounty's remains. "You want a home? We give you a home!" With his horn glowing, drawing power from the Weapons, Garmadon lifted the broken pieces of the ship into the air, reconstructing it and repainting it black and purple.
"The power of the Weaponsss..." a Hypnobrai said in awe as they saw what they can do.
"I give you the Black Bounty!" Garmadon introduced their new home as the Bounty landed and they all cheered.
"Imbecilesss!" Skales shouted as he rushed towards them. "Do you not remember he was just helping the Ninja or that he was one of those he sssealed usss away in the firssst place?! Now you blindly follow them becaussse of his wizardry!" He demanded, "He's not even Serpentine! Rule with me, and we rule asss brothersss and sssistersss!" He promised.
"Or rule with me," Garmadon started as the Serpentine turned to him and he pointed the Sword of Fire to the throat of an Anacondrai, "Or else…" He warned with a smirk.
The Anacondrai gulped as the decision was quite clear. Before Garmadon got on the ship, Burmesia stopped in front of him, which surprised Garmadon.
"Impressive speed." Garmadon commented in surprise before Burmesia then tried to grab two of the Golden Weapons. "W-What are you doing?! Let go!" He demanded before Burmesia manage to grab the Scythe of Quakes and Shurikens of Ice. "How dare you?!" He demanded.
"Four armsss, and yet you hardly had a tight hold of them? That's laughable." Burmesia mocked with a smirk. "My people are not your ssslavesss! Ssso if you want them, it will be over my dead body.
"Don't be childish, young Arcturus! Now give me those weapons before you…" Garmadon threatened before Burmesia pointed the Scythe at him.
"You don't jussst take them jussst becaussse you threatened them!" Burmesia called out. "A true leader mussst prove hisss ssstrength! And the only way you'll prove it them isss to defeat an Anacondrai General!" She said as she charged at him.
"So be it! I've been in this kind of fight with the Golden Weapons before!" Garmadon called out as he thrust the Sword as a fireball burst out from it as it knocked her back a bit.
Burmesia shook her head as she saw Garmadon coming as she blocked a strike from the Sword with the Shurkiens before she hit the Scythe to the ground, which caused a crack before Garmadon jumped over her and kicked her back as he gave a smirk.
"You're out of your league, young snake. You have never faced a warrior like I, even before I was like this, I could fight your father to a stand still!" Garmadon taunted.
Burmesia clenched the two Golden Weapons in her hand at the mention of her father. "Leave my father out of thisss!" She yelled as she threw the Shurikens at Garmadon, but that was a mistake as Garmadon manage to catch them in his free hand as Burmesia went wide-eyed at her mistake.
"Thank for for returning the Shurikens." Garmadon taunted with a smirk. "Now for the Scythe."
Burmesia looked around before she looked at the Scythe before she charged at Garmadon as she swung it at him, but Garmadon manage to duck and effortlessly block it with the Sword, not using the other two weapons since he know that if they came in contact, they explode in the users face before he swung the Nunchucks and zapped Burmesia, knocking her back as she dropped the Scythe.
He then picked up and smirked at his reflection in the blade, "That's better." He said as he turned to the Serpentine. "Anyone else care to challenge my leadership?" He questioned before the Serpentine shook their heads before they, except for Burmesia, Selma and the other Generals, boarded the Black Bounty as it took off.
"All hail Lord Garmadon." They all shouted as the bounty flew off, leaving the generals and Selma behind.
"Oh, darn it! Ugh! " Burmesia complained as she slammed her fist on the ground.
Selma walked up to Burmesia and place a comforting shoulder. "You tried your besst, Burmesia." She said softly.
"But that wasss risssky of to try and challenge Lord Garmadon, young lady." Skales pointed out as he slithered to her. "Why would you try and take the weaponsss from him?" He asked curiously.
"I wasss wondering if I disssarmed him of some of the Weaponsss, we might ssstood a chance and not letting him lead our kind." Burmesia said, covering the real reason since she just wanted to return the Golden Weapons to the Ninja since they need them to summon their Spinjitzu Vehicles and for them to use their powers.
"Well, it wasss clever, but we're no match for Garmadon, with or without thossse Weaponsss." Fangtom commented.
"Then, to regain command of our fellow Ssserpentine, we will have to be sssmart about it." Skales decided.
"Yeah, sssmart." Burmesia said softly, knowing that her Ninja friends are going to have a tough time to fight without their powers.
In the skies, Garmadon was stirring the bounty and had a Serpentine from each of the Five tribes on the bridge with him,.
"Your Eminence, excussse my ignorance, but why isss it we fly in the opposssite direction of the Ninja, when you have the Golden Weaponsss in your possssessssion?" The Anacondrai asked him.
Garmadon turned to him. "Because they have my children! And it is written that they will one day defeat me," he explained as he raised a brow. "What good would turning Ninjago into my own image be when that victory would be fleeting?"
"Then we dessstroy Lloyd and Lydie!" The Constrictai suggested.
Garamdon gave him a growl and a glare. "Argh! Lock him in the brig!" He ordered before the Hypnobrai took the Constrictai away. "No one will touch my children. But by getting rid of my brother and those pesky Ninja, Lloyd will never reach his full Potential like his sister. The prophecy will never be fulfilled and Ninjago will be mine... forever!" He declared.
The Fangpyre then cleared his throat. "But why are we flying away from the city?" He asked.
"Because, we are heading the Golden Peaks, Wellspring of the gold for the Golden Weapons." Garmadon answered. "Even they have secrets yet to be unlock, and once I uncover their full potential, nothing can stand in my way." He answered.
"Are you sssure?" The Venomari asked him, skeptically.
Garmadon smirked, "I have never been more certain." He declared as the Bounty's thrusters then boosted as the Bounty flew faster.
In an apartment in Ninjago City, a woman with lavender shirt and black hair, which is Patty, opened the door as the Ninja, along with Lydie and Lloyd who join them, showed them their apartment, which was rather sketchy and cheap looking.
"There's two bedrooms, one bath is a cozy dream. Who needs extras when everything is in arm's reach? Now, wait until you see the lighting," Patty said as she turns on the light, but the bulb flickers, burns out, and falls to the ground. She chuckles nervously. "Uh, who needs lights when you have this view?" She opens the window blinds, but the view was really a brick wall.
Lloyd took a sniff as they walked in, "Um, why do I smell old people?" He asked Patty.
Patty then turned to Lloyd. "Look, doll. I'm trying to work around your budget." She told him.
"Hey, we had only enough to even pay for this." Lydie said in defense. "Because when you had a flying pirate ship and circled around Ninjago, you never had to pay for rent." She pointed out.
"Still, I'm sorry dear but with the amount you showed me this is all you could afford." Patty said to her. "And I'm deeply sorry for the lost of your old home, but this is as much as I could help you."
"It's okay. We get it." Lydie said in understanding. "At least there's an extra room for the me and Nya." She state.
Cole looked around with a sheepish smile. "Uh, this looks… promising." He said, but didn't sound very convincing as he turn to the others. "Remember, guys, Sensei told us our main objective is to help Lydie train Lloyd, not kick our legs up in some swanky suite," He reminded them. "If this is all we can afford, this is all we can afford."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not rush into any decision," Jay pointed out. "I mean, if it's really all about Lloyd, don't we need to live in some place that'll make training easier?"
Kai caught on to what Jay was doing. "Yeah, Jay's right. If we have to get Lloyd ready to help his sister save Ninjago from their father, shouldn't he at least have his own room?" He asked as Lloyd smiled at their thoughtfulness while Lydie looked at them in surprise.
"Technically, that does not matter, he only-" Zane tried to argue only for Kai to gently elbow him.
Jay then gave her a sheepish smile. "We're only thinking about the children," He chuckled.
"I do have another property that you'll just love," Patty said as she led them out of the crummy apartment.
Patty then lead them to a much larger and more fancier apartment as the Ninja all gasped in awed.
"Oh man." Jay said with a smile.
"Wow. This is fancy." Lydie commented.
Patty the held her hands out, "Now, this is the eleven-bedroom Hero Suite. Floor-to-ceiling windows, digital wall television, state-of-the-art game console..." she listed as the Ninja were amazed.
"Uh, it seems a little out of our price range." Cole said, finding this way above their pay grade.
"A bit?! This place looks 10 times what we have!" Lydie exclaimed.
"Oh, sure it costs a little more, but you deserved it." Patty said with a small. "I forgot to mention, there's also a Dragon Keep on the roof." She said as she gestured above them.
Outside the building, Ultra and Umbra are flying near the building when they saw the dragon keep Patty mention.
"You have a dragon keep in the middle of Ninjago City?" Lydie asked in surprise. "We really don't know this city as well as we thought."
"Oh, you don't have to worry. You Ninja had been around Ninjago saving the day." Patty assured, "So I understand that you're all still new here."
"Nice." Jay said with a smile as they all walk up to the window. "Maybe we can get a hero discount. After all, we are the Ninja who saved he city." He suggested.
"I thought Lord Garmadon saved the city?" Patty pointed out as Jay crossed his arms.
"Uh, he's our dad." Lydie pointed out as she gestured to herself and Lloyd. "And he did helped us, we just tied up the Devourer so he could deliver a finishing blow." She explained.
"Then if that's the case, with the childrens of the savior of the city, I guess I could lower the price a bit for you." Patty said with a smile as the others smiled back in respond.
"And the rest of us can get day jobs to pay for the extra expenses." Kai suggested.
"We always said we could use a little more responsibility." Zane added.
"Guys, it's all good and all, but remember we have to train Lloyd." Lydie said as she place a hand on her brother's shoulder. "And as fancy as this place is, there's no training equipment here to help him practice." She pointed out.
Patty then moved behind them with a remote in her hand. "Did I mention the in-house training facility?" She asked as she pressed a button on a remote and showed them an indoor training grounds, with all the equipment they needed for training Lloyd.
"We'll take it!" All the Ninja said in unison.
With that the Ninja began their duties. Jay became a pizza delivery pony, Cole became the Equestria City Bank security guard, Zane became a chef, and Kai became a party entertainer while Lydie stay at the apartment to help train her brother since the boys are busy trying to pay rent.
At first, Jay, Cole, Zane and Kai had an easy time with their jobs, getting good pay and filling up their rent jar. However, they were so occupied by their jobs that they did not have a chance to help Lydie train Lloyd as she was training her brother on her own.
However, over the next days, Jay was getting tired from running all over the city and had gotten less and less tips, Zane received more and more customers and forced to speed up his body, Cole began to grow sore from standing and often mistaking normal ponies for robbers, Kai had been gone from being a party entertainer to a living-punching bag for rough playing kids. And with only his sister training him, there was still a lot Lloyd didn't know yet and Lydie was getting tired of being the only one training Lloyd.
"Oh..." Cole groan as he placed his legs in a bucket of ice water after a long day at work as Lloyd was training with a dummy before getting punted as Lydie cringe a bit as she was behind the punchbag. "My feet! I can't feel my feet!" He called out.
"There was so many of them," Kai said as he was covered in bruises and patches of dirt as he laid back on the couch. "And they wouldn't stop." He moaned with a hand over his face.
Zane was oiling his hoof before spinning it around. "My gears locked up several times. I didn't even know my gears could lock up." He said in surprise, being Nindroid means he doesn't get tired, but his inner working aren't without their limits.
"I don't even have enough energy to play vide games." Jay groaned exhaustively as he tried to reach out to the controllers before he fell to the floor tiredly.
Lydie and Lloyd came out of the training room as they look at them. "Working isn't as easy as it looks, huh, guys?" Lydie questioned dully, since she worked in the orphanage all her life, she know how they fell on their first days on the job.
"Uh, I thought you were gonna help Lydie train me when you got home." Lloyd said ot them.
"Sorry, champ, we can't until we make rent," Cole told him before he looked at Jay. "How close are we, Jay?"
Jay looked at the jar which was only a third full. "Gah! Is this thing getting bigger? We're not even close!"
"And our rent is due tomorrow!" Zane told them as he oiled his arm again.
Lydie then came over, sighing tiredly, "Well you better find a way to make rent soon," She said while cracking her back, "Because this girl can only handle so much training"
"So far, she taught me how to defend myself in some basics and some lessons Uncle Wu taught her when he taught you guys Spinjitzu, but I think it's pushing her to her limits to train me on her own." Lloyd pointed out, having notice his sister is getting tired at training him by herself.
"Well I can call a double shift." Cole suggested.
"And I can do over time." Zane added with a smile.
"Maybe I can sling a few more pizza pies." Jay said as he leaned up a bit.
"And I can make a little extra if I do the living pinata..." Kai said, causing the others to look at him with wide eyes. "Ugh, don't ask."
"Great, then our priorities are set," Cole said "Tomorrow… we make rent."
"And, uh, what about me?" Lloyd asked.
"How about you help out and fetch me some more ice, huh?" Cole told him as Lloyd and Lydie frowned.
"Maybe we should take a brake of training for a bit, Lloyd." Lydie said as she sat on a chair. "You have been improving your training lately. So we can take a chance to rest. Besides, I gotta go out and run some errands." She said and turned to the boys, "So you boys try and make rent, because if not, then at least we still had that first apartment Patty first showed us."
"Don't worry, Captain. This plan will work work." Cole assured as they all took a break while waiting for tomorrow to pay rent.
Deep in the Ninjago City subway lines, Skales and the other Generals were discussing their next move.
"Our fellow Ssserpentine followed Garmadon and those two has-beensss!" Skales told them with Selma next to him. "We're going to have to do something truly diabolical if we're going to earn their respect back. Let'sss brainssstorm ideasss on how we can do that."
"Let'sss releassse the Devourer!" Skalidor suggested.
Skales facepalmed, "No Skaildor, you idiot. We've already done that. And need I remind you what happened to Pythor! Oh, uh, sorry, Burmesia." He said to the female Anacondrai.
"None taken." Burmesia grumbled.
Acidicus suggested his own idea, "How about releasssing the ssswarm of evil beesss?"
"Ugh, Acidicusss, where would we even get evil beesss?" Selma groaned.
"I don't hear you two offering any ideasss." Fangtom pointed out as Skales groaned.
"If we had, don't you think we would've come up with one by now?" Selma pointed out in annoyance.
"Oh, this is gonna be a while." Burmesia said, seeing that their ideas are low, which explains why her uncle took charge of them in the first place.
Back in the streets Jay just got off his scooter and quickly ran over to his boss that had a few pizza pies ready. "Pizza delivery. 21st and Union," The manager told Jay, shoving the pizza into his hands. "Get it there in time, or else it's on you."
Jay was concerned about when he would get there. "Uh, how much time is left?" he asked his boss.
"Five minutes." He answered casually.
Jay however was gobsmacked "But I'll never get across town in five minutes!" He expressed frantically.
"Then I guess it comes out of your pocket." The manager answered rudely. "Now, get going!" With that, Jay rived up his bike and rolled out. He drove past some ponies going by on his bike and went as fast as he could to deliver the pizzas. A big truck drove by in his path so he quickly ducked under and kept on driving.
Meanwhile Lydie was skating across town to the store, and didn't see Jay speeding towards her. "Wah! Captain! Look out!" Jay called out.
Lydie had just enough time to turn as she saw Jay coming. "Jay?!" She yelped as Jay zoomed pass her, which caused her to lose control and skate around the city. "JJJJJJAAAAAYYYYY!" She called out as she rolled in a different direction.
"Sorry!" Jay called out as he turn back to the road with a cringe. "Oh, she's gonna kill me for that." He muttered, but he can't stop to help her since he's on a deadline.
As he drove, he heard someone yelling, "Help! Help!" He turned and saw a woman being harassed and being robbed by three thugs.
Jay knew he was pressed for time but he also had a duty to protect the people of Ninjago "Help!" The woman yelled again as Jay turned around and zoomed towards the thugs to help the mare as they laughed.
The thugs were still trying to yank the mare's bag from her Jay pulled up into the alley, "Hey what's going on here?" He asked
"Mind your own business, Ninja," One of the thugs said.
"No way," Jay glared.
"It's three blades against none," The second thug pointed out as all three pulled out daggers.
Jay narrowed his eyes and revved up his bike and charged at them. The thugs panicked and made a run for it only for Jay to ride on the walls and cut them off. "Blind alley, guys!" Jay quipped as the three ran away in the other direction with Jay right behind them. The Blue Ninja then jumped and dove towards them. "Banzai!" he cried out, landing on the three as the woman smiled at him.
"Thank you," She thanked as Jay handed her bag back, "Pizza Ninja." Jay then rode as fast as he could towards 21st and Union.
Thankfully he arrived, but he was surprised to see there were only a few houses here.
He then saw a man walking by. "Hey, isn't this 21st and Union?" He asked, wondering if he made a wrong turn.
"Sure is, but there hasn't been anything built here in years ," The man answered and walked on. Jay then got off his back and took the pizzas, wondering if whoever ordered them was here, "Hello? Anyone here?" he called out, before hearing a familiar voice.
"I'm ssstill not to sure about thisss." Selma's voice said as Jay looked towards a sewer entrance.
"Ssso, after you rob the bank, we embark on phasssse two," Skales's voice said from inside a sewer entrance as Jay walked towards it. "Ingeniousss!"
Jay looked down and saw Skales with two of the other Generals with him.
"But bosssss, when are we going to get pizza? I'm hungry," Skalidor complained.
Then Burmesia sighed, "Isss food all you think about?" She asked.
"Rob the bank?" Jay repeated, backing away from the pipe only for Acidicus to grab him from behind with knife to his throat, causing him to drop the Pizza into the hole.
"Hey look, pizza!" Fangtom said.
"Lunchtime!" Skalidor said, as munching sounds were heard while JayJay tried to break free from Acidicus's hold.
"Ah, ah, ah… Where do you think you're going?" Acidicus asked him with a smirk. "We haven't given you your tip."
Jay gulped, realizing getting fired and suffering Lydie's wrath were the least of his problems.
Three of the generals took a Subway cart and drove off while they left Jay tied up.
"Oh, come on, Jay, you got to warn the others," he told himself. "You can figure a way out of this." He struggled o get free before realizing there were too tight for him to get free from. "Okay, maybe not."
He then noticed the map on the wall that showed the subway routes and one that led to the bank. "So that's the Serpentine master plan. Wicked! Guys, I'm coming!" He then managed to get on his legs and started hopping down the subway line. "Unh! Hopefully, Cole can stop the bank robbery. And I hope Lydie forgive me of rushing pass her." He said frighteningly as he hopped through the tunel,
After Jay zoomed past her, Lydie lost all control of her skates and was rolling all over city, waving her arms wildly, "Oh watch out! I can't stop!" She cried as people moved out of the cars, came to sudden stop as the purple Ninja rolled past them.
Lydie grabbed lamppost to try and slow down but she only succeed in spinning around and going in the opposite direction. "Oh Jay, when I get off the ride, you're so dead and-" Lydie stopped her threat and gasped in horror as she camp up and on a construction ramp in the direction of the park, "No, no, NNNOOOO!" She cried as she rolled up the ramp and was sent flying into the air.
"WHHOAAA!" Lydie called out as she flew ito the park before she fall into a tall tree, which caused her to hit each branches on the way down, but each one, she felt something tugged on her but was so distracted by the falling and hitting branches to notice as she landed on the ground with her skates off.
"Ouch." Lydie groaned as she stood up and rubbed her head. "Who leaves a ramp in the middle of the city?" She asked before she suddenly felt a breeze on her as she shivered a bit. "Is there a draft here or is it just me?" She asked herself as she rubbed herself, but then once she felt her bare skin, her eyes widen as she slowly look at herself and shriek quietly as she saw she had no clothes.
"AHH! I'M NAKED!" Lydie screamed in embarrassment and quickly dove into a bush to hide herself. "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CLOTHES?!" She asked herself as she covered her chest and groin as she looked through the bush and look up as she saw her clothes were caught in each branches as they were dangling on the branches as the wind blew them as Lydie gritted her teeth. "Jay is so gonna get it!" She clenched her fist.
She quietly hide back into the bush as she kept covering her bare body as she blushed red. "I'm naked, in the park. Worse place to be in for people to see your birthday suit." She muttered to herself, grateful that no one was in the park to see her. "Is this how Nya felt when she was in her underwear in Mega Monster Amusement park? Cause if it is, I'm never teasing her about that again." She commented before she heard humming sounds coming as she stood still as she kept quiet.
Walking by was a woman, in her fifties but looking to be in her 40s, her blonde hair showed signs of graying and had a single wrinkle under each eye. She had a beige archaeologist jacket, stone green pants, boots and a bright green scarf. holding some bags as she walked in the park humming to her as she closer Lydie's bush, not seeing her.
But then, as if the universe was trolling her, one of the leaves tickled Lydie's nose, "Ah, ah, no no, not now-aah, Ahh." Lydie pleaded trying to hold in her sneeze but failed, "Aaah-CHOO!"
The woman jumped at the sneeze and turned to the bush, as Lydie shut her eyes not daring to look up, "Please don't look. Please don't look. Please. Don't. Look." She pleaded quietly.
But then her pleads were ignored as the woman called, "Hello? Are you alright in there?" She asked.
Lydie groaned in embarrassment as she was caught.
"I know you're in there. You don't have to hide." The woman assured with a soft calm tone.
"Uh, I hate to tell you, but I can't come out right now." Lydie said, "I'm uh, uh, looking for something."
"Oh, for what? Perhaps a pair of jeans or a t-shirt?" The woman asked jokingly
Lydie widened her eyes from what she said. "Uh, that's a strange subject there. Why you ask?" She asked nervously.
"Because I can see some clothes on the trees, and I was young once too, you'd be surprise how something like this can happen to a young woman." The woman giggled, having a slight blush from that experience. "Don't worry, your nothing I've haven't seen before, so come out. No ones around." She assured.
"Thanks, but I think I'm gonna have to get use to staying in here." Lydie said, staying hunkered down in the bush.
The woman sighed and shrugged, "Alright, I could helped you out with some clothes I realize are too small for myself." She said as Lydie's eyes widen at the mention of clothes as the woman walked away, "But I can tell when I'm not wanted, so I'll leave you to become comfortable with your new home." She joked as she secretly had a smirk on her face.
"Wait!" Lydie called out with her head popping out from the bush arms waving as the woman stopped. "I-I change my mind! I would like to have those clothes! And I do need your help! Please!" She begged.
The woman chuckled as she turned back to Lydie. "I knew you couldn't pass up a chance to save yourself the embarrassment. Don't worry, I was just joking. I was gonna give you these clothes either way." She said softly as she came up in front of Lydie.
"Well, would you be so kindly to give them to be, because I can't get out of this commando problemo." Lydie said as she blushed in embarrassment.
The woman giggled and offered Lydie a bag which the girl immediately grabbed and zoomed behind a tree to change.
A couple of minutes later, Lydie came out from behind the tree as she was now in a blue jeans with light purple t-shirt. "Oh yeah, this way better." She said as she turned to the woman. "Thank you, ma'am. That would've been even more embarrassing if someone else found me like that." She said politely.
"Oh, it was nothing." The woman said with a smile. "I do what I can to help. I've been in your situation before." She commented.
"Really?" Lydie asked in surprise.
"Yes, I was young, about your age, I was exploring some new areas with my husband we got separated and I tried to find him, but I trip down hill and a couple of branches ripped my clothes off me, leaving me naked in the woods." The woman said while feeling sheepishly. "When I heard my love coming I hid behind trees and bushes so he doesn't see me. It worked for a while, but once he saw me, we had an awkward moment before he gave me his jacket."
Lydie gave a laugh as the woman joined in, "Hehe, wow, it's funny how similar our situations are." The girl commented.
"Indeed, so what's your name young lady?" The woman said.
"I'm Lydie. Lydie Garmadon." Lydie greeted herself.
The woman froze for a sec as she gave wide eyes as she nearly dropped her bag as Lydie looked at her in confusion.
"Uh, are you okay?" Lydie asked in confusion.
The woman swallowed some of her saliva as she slowly walked up to Lydie raising her hands gingerly holding her cheeks. Lydie would've felt uncomfortable by this but there was something comforting about the woman's touch.
The woman gave a nostalgic smile, "You're so beautiful." She said wistfully.
"Um, thanks?" Lydie said slowly and sheepishly.
The woman snapped out of it as she let go of Lydie's cheeks as she gave a small smile. "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just, you are exactly how I see my daughter at your age." She said as she picked up her bag.
"You have a daughter?" Lydie said in surprise.
The woman smiled sadly, "Yes, but unfortunately circumstances, involving her safety forced me to leave her in the care of someone else," She said while sighing sadly, "I only hope she can forgive me for my terrible choice."
"Hey, we all make mistakes." Lydie said as she place a hand on the woman's shoulder. "My mother gave me up to my aunts when I was little, but even then I don't want to be mad at her, all I want is when I find her, is to understand why she did what she did." She said as she smiled at the woman, "So I'm sure your daughter will forgive you too."
The woman then smiled warmly at Lydie as she sigh. "You're right, I have a feeling she might understand." The woman said with a smile. "Well, I'll be off. It was nice meeting you Lydie Garmadon."
Lydie nodded, "You too, and I hope you find your daughter." She said.
"And I hope you find you find your mother, so stay out of trouble." She said as she walked off, leaving Lydie alone in the park while looking at the woman in confusion until she was out of sight.
"There's something really strange but very familiar going on with that friendly lady." Lydie commented but unsure what to think about as she slowly climbed the trees to get her old clothes and get back to Lloyd and the others at the Hero Sweet, while also wondering who was that woman, and why does she feel like she know her.
Meanwhile at the bank though, Cole was sleeping on the job until the bank owner came out. "Everything okay?" he asked, waking Cole up.
"Aah!" Cole yelped, "Nothing out of the ordinary, boss," he assured.
"Thanks for taking the double shift," The owner thanked before heading back inside.
"My pleasure," Cole assured before he yawned. "And now, for a little more beauty rest." And so, he fell asleep again. Little did he know that inside the bank vault, the three Serpentine Generals burst out of the ground and the alarm sounded, waking him up. "Uhh!"
"Take it all!" Selma told the Generals as they grabbed as much money as they could.
"Shouldn't we wait for Skales and Burmesia?" Fangtom asked.
"No, Fangtom, you fool," Acidicus reminded him. "They are carrying out the ressst of the mission, remember?"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot," Fangtom said as they grabbed all the bags of money.
"Let'sss get out of here!" Skaildor said as they jumped down the hole. Cole then arrived in the vault but was already too late.
"Huh?" He looked down and recognized the hole as a Constrictai hole. He then heard voices.
"Now, let's take the subway!" Selma said.
"Subway?" Cole repeated.
Meanwhile at the Park, Kai was entertaining another party and blowing up balloons. As he blew the balloon even bigger before it popped and he heard the alarm at the bank go off.
"Trouble? Sounds like they need me." Kai then tries to leave, but he is stopped by the woman with the kids.
"Not so fast. I still have you for another hour." She told him.
"Uh, but the bank," Kai told her, "Ponies are in danger."
"Not until my son is done playing," The woman told him as she looked toward her son only to turn and find only the balloons in her hands. She scowled at the retreating Kai. "Huh, you're fired!" She shouted.
Meanwhile at Zane's job, he was about to serve the food he made when he overheard a man talking. "It's true, at the bank," The man told the woman next to him. "I hear they stole all that money, and no one's doing anything about it."
Zane was so distracted by the conversation that he accidentally drops some eggs on a Boy's head. He starts crying and his parents glare at him.
"Uh, uh, I'm sorry," Zane apologized only to end up ruining their food even more as the head chef came out and was not pleased.
"You're fired!" He shouted as Zane's artificial skin covering his eye started falling off.
"It must be my hard drive overheating," Zane tried to defend as the family were freaked out, "I mean... never mind. I'm going!" He then ran out of the restaurant.
Where Lydie at, she manage to get her Ninja suit off the tree as she manage to do Spinjitzu to quickly put it back on before she heard the police sirens ringing as she turned and saw a few cars moving towards the bank.
"The police are heading for the bank. Something must be wrong." Lydie said as she rushed to where the bank. "I wonder if the others are close by, regardless of them having jobs, we Ninja always protect others and stop evil." She said before she stopped and notice Burmesia and Skales slithering in the alley. "Skales and Burmesia? What are they doing here?" She asked herself before turning to the bank direction and then back to the two snakes as she had a bad feeling. "Wait, they might but up to something if the cops are distracted by the bank, better follow them." She said as she sneakingly followed the two snakes without them noticing.
Then she noticed the direction they were going in, "Wait, that's the way too…" She Kaied off as fear came to her, "Oh no, Lloyd!" She panicked and quickly ran towards the Hero Suite.
Kai and Zane then headed to the Bank as Cole tried to explain himself to the Bank Owner. "I'll make it up to you, I swear," he said.
The Owner however looked unconvinced. "Hmmm, no. Why don't you go home and get a good night's rest, and go ahead and sleep in," he said sarcastically. "In fact, sleep in all day for all I care, because you're fired!" He then marched back inside as Cole sighed and his two friends joined him.
"Ugh, looks like we're all in the same boat," Kai said as all three of the got fired in one day.
"Eh, that's okay. I hated that job anyway," Cole assured. "Let's go. The Serpentine Generals are getting away."
"Which way did they go?" Kai asked.
"I overheard them saying something about the subway," Cole told them.
Zane nodded. "Good call. But shouldn't we wait for Lydie and Jay?"
"No time, Let's go!" Kai said as the three ran.
"NINJA, GO!" They did Spinjitzu and put on their armor and hoods.
As they ran, Cole spoke up. "I know Lydie's doing errands, but has anyone seen Jay by the way?" He asked.
Back in the subway, Jay continued to hop with his legs still tied up down the line. "Hello? Anyone" He called before sighing, "Boy, I think I may have picked the wrong track. I hope I see someone soon." He said as he kept on hopping.
Meanwhile Cole , Kai, And Zane had made their way into the subway and saw a train coming. They then hopped onto the train, as inside the Generals heard them land on the room.
"Sssounds like we have company boysss," Selma told Fangtom, Acidicus and Skaildor.
"But I only heard three. Aren't there five?" Skaildor question asked.
"Don't know about the girl," Fangtom said, "But we already caught the blue one, ssstupid." he told Skaildor.
"Hmm, then it'sss possssible that the purple one went after Ssskales and Burmesia," Acidicus guessed. "Alright, then we need to make sure thessse three aren't there to back them up," he said as the other two nodded.
On top of the train, the three Ninja were crawling along, trying to avoid getting blow off. Cole looked down to find a way in but found none. "Ugh, isn't there an easier way to get inside?" Cole asked, still holding on.
Kai grunted, "Not without a ticket!" He then felt something grab him. "Huh? Aargh!" he yelped as he was pulled into the train, leaving a hole on the roof.
"What the?" Cole said.
"I believe Kai just found it," Zane concluded as they looked at the opening.
"Nindroids first," Cole offered.
"Oh, you are such a gentlemen," Zane complimented as he jumped in.
Inside Kai was bound by Skalidor as Zane landed on the floor and Cole landed on his back, "Let me go, snake!" Kai demanded as the other two were surprised.
"Welcome to the part-ugh?!" Skalidor commented before Kai elbowed him.
Acidicus the approached them. "Care for a drink?" he quipped as he sprayed his venom at Zane causing to fall on Cole.
"Sorry about that." Cole apologized for standing on Zane.
"That's quite alright. Venom can't hurt-" Zane tried to assure only for Fangtom to whack him with his staff and laugh. Zane rubbed his head. "But that stings a little. Let me have this dance, snake," he said before grabbing Fangtom and throwing him to the ground.
Cole stood up, "One down, two to go-" He was interrupted when Fangtom got back up, punched him, and then tried to bite him while Acidicus restrained Zane.
"These Generals are a lot harder to defeat without our Weapons!" Kai grunted as Skalidor increased his grip.
Cole just kept dodging Fangtom's attacks. "Don't worry, these guys don't have Pythor to be their brains anymore," he assured. "Just keep fighting, we not gonna let these fools get away with this!" He then threw Fangtom against the window as it broke.
"Get away? We aren't trying to get away," Fangtom told them. "We're trying to distract you long enough for ssso that Ssskales and Burmesia could kidnap Lloyd."
"What?!" Kai asked in a concerned tone.
Selma then explained, "We never had any interessst in the money. We just needed the boy." She said as she smirked at the boys, "Who'sss the fool who needsss Pythor now?!" she mocked as she and the Generals laughed.
Inside the Hero Suite, Lloyd was taking a break from training and playing some video games. He grunted in disappointment as he didn't get the high score and tried again. Little did he know that a certain Hypnobrai and Anacondrai was lowering themselves near his window with a window cleaner lift. As Lloyd was playing, he then noticed Skales and Burmesia's reflection on the TV and gasped in fear as he turned to the window where Skales tapped on it.
"Hello, little boy." Skales said with a smirk.
"Hi, Lloyd." Burmesia said with a sheepish wave.
"Help me!" Lloyd yelled as he ran to the door, but it was locked. He tried to unlock it but only got an automatic response. "Door is locked," the security system said.
Lloyd tried to yank the door open. "I know! I want it open!" he said as he kept on pulling. Skales then cut a hole in the window as he and Burmesiaslithered in. Lloyd turned to him trembling. "What do two you want with me?"
"You ssseem to be the only thing your father caresss about." Skales told him as Lloyd tried to unlock the door again. "But with you asss our hossstage, he'll have no other choice but to let me lead the Ssserpentine! Hyah!"
Skales told as Lloyd was backed against the door. "Let'sss train, before I bid you goodbye-" Skales said before he was cut off when something hit him on the head and knocked him out.
And that something was revealed to be Burmesia's staff as the Anacondrai girl glared down at the Hypnobrai, "Not before I bid you, Good night." She said firmly before looking at Lloyd, "You okay, Lloyd?" She asked in concern.
Lloyd smiled, "I am now, thanks Burmesia." He said graciously.
"Sssorry for ssscaring you, Lloyd. But I had to play along to trick Ssskales." Burmesia explained as she held up a game control. "But now with that over, wanna play?" She offered as Lloyd smiled at the idea.
Then on the other side of the door, voices were heard. "Hello?! Lloyd?! Are you okay?! What's going in there?!" Lydie called out worryingly as she, Nya and Wu, the latter two came back ot the city after hearing from Lydie that Lloyd was in trouble, are at the door as Lloyd and Burmesia were surprised by their arrival. "
"Hey, sis. I'm okay. In fact, just playing a game with a friend." Lloyd spoke through the door as he gave a friendly smile at Burmesia as she returned the gesture.
Back in the subway, Zane ducked under a venom spit from Acidicus before he ran up the side and got behind him and punched. "We have to save Lloyd!" Cole told them before blocking a punch from Fangtom.
"We can only hope that Lydie arrived in time to save him!" Zane said as he dodged Acidicus's venom and then knocked him down with a kick.
"Just give me a weapon, and I'll take care of these snakes!" Kai grunted as he tried to break free of Skaildor's grip.
Zane then grabbed the railings. "Who needs weapons when you can make your own?!" He takes apart the railing and uses the circular piece as a make shift shuriken and knock off Skaildor, freeing Kai.
"Ha! Smart thinking, Zane!" Cole cheered as kicked Fangtom down and took off a pipe and knocked down Selma. "Here, Kai!" he threw the Pipe to Kai who used it as a sword to knock Skaildor into the wall when he tried to run.
Skalidor got up and saw Kai holding him at weapon point, "Unh! Uh, uh, uh...this was all a big misunderstanding," he tried to explain nervously.
Kai raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really?" he asked before he heard Cole speak.
"Guys," Cole said as he looked out the window, "I think I found Jay." Up ahead he saw Jay, still tied up and hopping right towards the speeding train.
Jay saw the light on the side opposite to him, "Ah, finally the way out," he sighed in relief but it soon turned into terror as he realized the light was actually a train speeding right towards him. "Ah! Not good, not good, not good!" He then started hopping as fast as he could but against a speeding train he would never outhopped it.
Back on the train, Zane and Cole hurried to the front while Kai kept watch on the three Generals. When they reached the front, they saw there was no driver. "Where's the driver?" Cole asked as they flipped up their hoods.
"The train appears to be automatically controlled," Zane explained.
Jay meanwhile was still hopping as the train was getting closer. "Oh, no. Oh, no. Aah!"
"So, it's not gonna stop?" Cole asked as Jay kept on hopping faster.
Zane pulled on the brake handle, but the train was still going too fast as it screeched on the rails. "It's not slowing down!"
Cole then helped Zane pull the brakes, but the Train still wasn't stopping.
Back with Kai, he could hear his friends struggling, and knew they couldn't do it alone. "I'm sure they could use your help, but what do I know?" Selma asked with a grin.
Kai growled, knowing that if he left to help the three Generals and Selma would escape. "Ugh, we're not strong enough!" he heard Zane grunt. After that, Kai knew what he had to do.
"I'm coming!" Kai shouted as he dropped his pipe and ran to the front. Selma and the three Generals were surprised by his loyalty to his friends before they looked up at the hole and then climbed out of it to escape. Jay kept on hopping until he fell over and he saw the other three Ninja pull on the brake handle.
"Together!" Cole said as all three pulled as hard as they could as on the roof the Generals were slithering as fast as they could to get off.
"AH! OH OH MAN! AAHH!" Jay screamed as the Train was a few feet away from running him over and closed his eyes, bracing for impact. Then with one final pull Cole, Kai and Zane finally managed to get the train to stop and on the room the Generals and Selma fell off from the sudden stop.
They got up and slithered on, realizing that Skales's plan was a failure and who they should follow from now on.
Jay opened his eyes and saw the train stopped, just barely touching his hooves, he gasped in relief and saw his friends, "Hey, there you guys are!" He said as he tried to loosen himself again. "Um, I could use a little help here?" he asked sheepishly.
The four Ninja then rushed back to the Heroes Suite and burst through the door gave battle poses, "Lloyd?! Lydie, are you here?! Are you-" Kai started before he stops and sees Lloyd and shockingly Burmesia playing video games with Lydie, Nya and Wu watching from the sides, "Kidding?" He said in surprise as he, Jay, Cole and Zane looked at the two in disbelief.
Lloyd turned and smiled to them, "Oh, hey guys. How was work?" He asked them.
"Uh, is my mind overworked from my job, because I'm seeing Lloyd playing games with Burmesia?" Jay asked in shock.
"No, Jay. You are fine. We all see it." Zane said, surprised himself.
"Uh, did we miss anything?" Cole asked in disbelief.
"Well, Skales showed up to try and kidnap Lloyd, if Burmesia didn't double cross him at the last second." Lydie explained, smiling at the Anacondrai in gratitude.
"Wait, you betray the Serpentines?" Kai asked in surprise. "And protected Lloyd?"
"Hey, I maybe a sssnake, but Lloyd isss my friend along with all of you." Burmesia said while keeping her focus on the game. "Besssides, thisss isss a really cool sssuite." She commented.
"We go away for a day, and everything nearly falls apart." Nya retorted from what almost happened.
Lydie then have a guess. "Let me guess, you four got fired while dealing with the Generals?" She asked them as they look in surprise. "Burmesia told us their plans, and knowing you guys, we ninja need to protect over your day jobs." She explained.
"And Lydie and Lloyd told me that you four had to get day jobsss to pay for thisss place rent." Burmesia added. "I didn't know you Ninja would get an extra job sssince you guysss are trying to protect Ninjago. Mussst be exhausssted." She said in surprise.
"Oh, they were." Lloyd said as he then saw something on the screen. "Ooh! I'm about to beat you Burmesia!" He exclaimed excitedly.
"In your dreams, Greenie!" Burmesia declared, getting back to the game.
Wu then turned to his pupils, "So, did you four learn an important lesson from this near disaster?"
Kai chuckled, "I guess you could say we don't need all the fancy stuff," he said, walking up to Lloyd and putting on hand on his shoulder. "We just need each other."
"Want us to help you clean up?" Wu offered.
"Well, we are a team," Kai said
Wu turned to Nya, "Nya, I think it's time for another road trip," He said.
Jay sighed, "Doesn't matter, we'll never make the rent now."
"Hold on, I think I got a better idea." Lydie said as she stood up. "Granted it might be a little cramp, but it should be enough for all of us if we share a room." She said.
"Whatever you Ninja are going to live in, you think I could join ya?" Burmesia asked as they turned to her. "Granted, I can find my own place sssomewhere in Ninjago City, since I can turn invisible, but think I could hang out with you for a little bit?" She asked.
"Sure, you can hang with us." Lydie said with a shrug. "It will be nice to have another girl to hang with." She said with a smile.
"Even if they are a snake." Nya added as the three girls laughed together.
Lydie then turn to them. "Come on guys, let's start packing." She said as they pack what they can.
Soon the Ninja were moving their things into their new home, It was a pretty decent apartment that looked far cheaper than the hero suite and much more homely than the rundown apartment.
"Patty managed to find this place during our time in the Hero Suite." Lydie explained with a smile. "She realized how expensive it was and she doesn't want us to stay in a rundown apartment, so she did some digging and found a decent place for us to stay." She said as she gestured to the new apartment.
When the Ninja entered the apartment, they saw proper walls, a kitchen next to the living space, and a couple of rooms close by and two bathrooms in them as the Ninja looked in awed.
"There's at least four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a couple of closets for us when the living space and kitchen are close to each other." Lydie quoted as the others were moving some stuff in. "And we can afford it unlike the Hero Suite and kick back and relax better than the rundown apartment. Curiosity of Patty Keys, Real-Estate Queen." She finished.
"Mmm. an excellent find, my young niece." Wu said as he stroke his beard in impress.
Jay and Kai brought in a chest, only for Lloyd to bump into them while carrying a table. "Hey." Jay said to Lloyd, but it caused him to drop the chest on Kai's legs.
Kai whimpered before held his ;egs and hopped around, "Owowowowow!" He yelled in pain as Jay chuckled, remembering something similar happening on the Bounty.
"Feels like home to me." He mused and turned to his friends, "Hey, at least we get to stay in Ninjago City a little while."
Zane nodded, "And now that without the distractions, we can put all of our energy into training Lloyd." He said as he stopped Lloyd from walking into something again.
"Who's there?" Lloyd asked before Zane help him move his table away.
Lydie then turned to Jay, "By the way, Jay. There's something me, lefty and righty have a new show to introduce you to." She asked with a menacing smirk as she cracked her knuckles. "Its called 'Does Jay Walker bend that way?'." She as she stalked towards the Lightning
Jay then realizes what Lydie is saying as he backed away, "Um, I just remember, I-I have a dentist appointment, Uh, better go and get ready so…SEE YA!" He said before he started running around screaming while Lydie chased him.
"Come here, you!" Lydie yelled as she tackled Jay to the ground as she started punching Jay sensely as the others cringed from the pounding Jay received.
Kai turned to Nya, who had an amused smile on his face, "Aren't you gonna help him?" He asked as Lydie put Jay in a head lock.
Nya shrugged as Lydie then superlexed Jay, "Considering Jay put Lydie through rolling across town like a lunatic, I think he deserves a reminder to slow down." She said, though secretly, Lydie had told Nya about her unfortunate nude moment in the park thanks to Jay, so she found Lydie's aggression towards her boyfriend much more understandable.
Kai gave a chuckle, knowing that his sister is right as he turn to Wu. "I know the Serpentine Generals and Selma got away, but you guys never told us-whatever happened to Skales?" He asked, wondering what happened to the Hypnobrai General.
"Oh, he found a home too, but it's not quite as roomy as here." Wu told him with a smirk as Jay gave a girlish scream when Lydie gave him an elbow drop to the back.
As it turned out, Skales's new home was in a prison cell in the city detention center, resulting from a choice he was given between jail or Tartarus. "Mark my word! Thisss won't be lasssst you'll sssee of me!" He screamed from behind his bars.
"Lights out!" A guard shouted as Skales turned to the door.
"Oh very funny!" he retorted. "You'll rue the day you made a fool of me!"
The guard then hit the lights off and walked away. "Yeah, yeah." He said as Skales groaned, realizing he was going to be here for a while.
Meanwhile far from the city, Garmadon and the rest of the Serpentine had reached the top of a tall mountain with a hole at the top, emitting a golden light. "The Golden Peaks, the wellspring of the gold for the Golden Weapons," Garmadon said as he held the Weapons up which glowed. From the pit of the Golden Peaks rose an orb of molten gold that floated up in front of Garmadon. The front Golden Weapons then flew into the golden orb and something began to happen within it. "Yes, it's working!"
When dragon's roar being heard, the ball exploded and everyone gasped in awe as the six weapons were replaced with a single golden Axe-like weapon. The top of the weapon looked to be the four elements of each weapon collided together as it floated towards Garmadon. He had an evil grin on his face as he reached out for said weapon.
"Behold, the Mega Weapon!" Garmadon declared before he grabbed it and the veins in his hand turned gold as he felt power surging through him and he kneeled, yelling from the overflow of energy.
"Your Eminence, are you okay?" A Venomari asked in concern as Garmadon caught his breath.
"Yes, In fact, I've never felt more powerful!" Garmadon declared as he held up the Mega Weapon. "Now to destroy the Ninja, once and for all." He declared as he gave an evil laughter as it echoed for miles.
Their echoes would soon reach Ninjago City where the Ninja were asleep in their apartment. In each of their rooms, the Boys sleeping on bunkbed, Lydie and Nya, alongwith Lloyd sleeping with Lydie, Burmesia who chose to sleep in the living room, were peaceful and silent as Wu sat in his own room and meditated.
Then the flame soon went out as Wu felt a disturbance in the balance and heard the echoes of his brother.
"I fear the balance has already begun to shift," Wu said to himself when he opened his eyes, sensing dark times ahead of them.