(A/N: Most may be aware, but some with time differences, yesterday marked 10 years since MH17 was shot down. My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones that day)
In what appeared to be a throne room, the left door opens and one of the Munce guards comes in. "My queen, we have visitors." He said as the other guard opens the other door for Murt as Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff follow him inside.
The queen looked like a female Munce in a brown dress, covering her feet with crystals and roots behind her throne. She gasped in surprise upon seeing them. "Murt!" She yelled.
"My queen." He replied, kneeling before her while Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff stop behind him. "Murt escape. With help from these moutsiders." He holds his hand out to the four Ninja.
"How? No one has ever returned from the caverns held by the Skull Sorcerer."
"If you wish to hear story, Murt will tell." Murt stands up.
Jay moves over to Nya. "This should be interesting." He whispered before Nya shushes him.
"Tell!" The queen yelled. Her impatient voice was scaring most of the Munce, who turn to Murt.
"We were like so many days." He replied, explaining his 'story' before raising his arms. "Always thunk, thunk, thunk." He lowers his back and swings his arms down, acting like he was using pickaxes. "And then, they came." He motions his hands to Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff, who look at each other, a little worried. "And the Skull Sorcerer was like so..." He waves his arms about. "And the Ninja went like this..." He gets down on one knee and pretends to throw punches. He stands up to kick. "...and this." Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff look at each other again with Jay and Geoff shrugging. "And then, caught like so..." He crouches down and moves his arms together, as if he was getting on top of someone. He stands up to act like he was using pickaxes again. "Thunk, thunk, thunk! But then, this!" He raises his arms. "And then, they fought, and like so..." He throws fake punches and kicks before punching himself in the chest and falls down, but he gets back up. "And like this." He starts to spin, as if he was doing Spinjitzu before turning to face the queen. "And the Skull Sorcerer was like this..." He pretends to roar in agony before collapsing, then turned around to pretend that he was crying like a baby, hitting his arms and legs about before lowering his head.
"Murt, you okay?" Nya asked, worried.
Murt soon stood on his knees. "And so it was, we are free, thanks to them."
The queen became curious before jumping off her throne over the stairs and lands in front of them. "This is true?" She asked, coming up to them. "You are Ninja from the surface? And you freed my subjects?"
"Uh..." Lloyd tries to think of an answer before Jay stood forward.
"Yes, it is, Your Majesty." He said.
She comes up to him. "I am most grateful. How can I repay this?"
"Please, it was nothing." Geoff said, coming forward. "Forget it."
"You are also modest, I see."
"Well, modesty prevents me from agreeing, but... yes." Jay said.
The queen then turned to Nya. "And who is this? Your servant?"
"'Servant'?" Nya asked, a little offended.
"Oh, no, no, no." Jay said, coming up next to Nya. "This is Nya, my wife."
"Ah, spliced, I see." She looks at Geoff, who looked confused at her staring before she turned to the throne. "Make our guests comfortable. Give them whatever they wish. Our best quarters, food, drink. Even for the spliced couple." Nya tightens her grip on Jay, making him yelp.
Within minutes, Lloyd, Jay, Nya and Geoff were all within a room for themselves that had some cots and pillows. Lloyd was sitting on his while Jay and Nya lean on theirs, and Geoff was doing squats while thinking about something. "'Spliced'?" Nya asked, annoyed. "What does spliced even mean?"
"It's another word for marriage, Nya." Geoff replied. "I know it because when Maggie and I got married, some fans weren't happy about us being 'spliced', but overtime, they got rid of it."
"Oh, well, excuse me for not listening more in school." She sarcastically spoke.
"I did." Jay said. "But, none of that matters now."
"Jay's right." Lloyd replied. "This is good. They might be willing to help us. And we can use all the help we can get."
"Good." Geoff said, finishing his squats and came up to them. "Because there is a lot we need to do."
"And, what is that?" Jay asked.
"Finding the others, dealing with that Skull Sorcerer guy, and-" Lloyd cuts himself off when he notices a mural on the wall. "Hey, look."
They head over to it. It is apparently supposed to be 'Milly' fighting 'Meif-Bringer'. "Huh."
"That must be this 'Milly' guy." Lloyd points to the figure with two swords.
A Munce guard comes in and clears his throat to get their attention, and they turn to him and another guard. "Queen Murtessa asks if you would dine with her." He said.
"Of course. We would be honoured."
The guard holds his axe out to them, scaring them. "No. Not you. Just him." He points to Geoff, surprising them.
Angered, Geoff slaps the axe aside. "Listen here, you tell the queen that we are a team." He said, referring to himself, Lloyd, Jay and Nya. "Where I go, we all go. Right, guys?" They all nod and glare at the Munce guards, who look at each other, and one nods his head, agreeing with Geoff's demand.