"We're here!" Jay said, as the Grim Glider slowed down and landed.
They were outside of Fountain Falls in an area of tall trees where they were to meet King Terrin.
After the Glider landed and the ramp was laid out, the Ninja crew walked down the ramp to see King Terrin in serpent-form and a few Viporeons.
"Hey Daddy," Raven said, as she hurried over to her father.
Terrin smiled, as he gave Raven a hug when she approached him.
"Oh Raven, I'm glad your alright," Terrin said, and Raven nodded.
"We made sure she was safe your highness," Christa said, and he nodded towards her.
"Good. I'm relieved to ssssee that all of you are alright. I've got sssome information I think you all would be pleassssed to hear," King Terrin said, as he took out his little camera from his pocket-bag.
"You found out where Lucy is being kept?" Jay asked, and Terrin nodded.
Violet took a few step forward, and asked, "D-Did you really find out?"
Terrin again nodded with a smile, as he passed his camera to Auria, and said
"We found a map that showed where Lucy issss being kept. I took a picture of it."
Auria nodded to Terrin, and said, "I'm sure this will greatly assist us, your majesty."
"Good... Sssso," Terrin said and asked, "What happened during the meeting?"
Everyone turned to one another, and then they all looked down with some distress.
"It'ssss more dire than we expected huh?" Terrin asked.
Sensei Wu looked up at him and replied, "I fear it is, your highness. A man named 'Darkness' had appeared during the meeting, and he seems to be working with Silva. They wish to find the Purple ninja and use their power together to defeat the Green ninja and rule over all of Ninjago."
Terrin's eyes widened, as the other Viporeons with him gasped.
"Hm, Darkness eh? I've never heard of him," Terrin said.
"He was an evil force that attacked Aeroplane, like hundreds of years ago," Christa said.
"He defeated the Purple ninja, and attacked the people of Aeroplane." -Auria
"The Green ninja didn't fight at first because of what happened to the Purple ninja." -Kai
"But then the Green ninja went and fought Darkness anyway." -Flare
"And then he sealed him into the ground, until now." -Cole
Terrin nodded slowly, as he took in what everyone told him.
"Well, thiss is botherssssome isn't it?"
The others nodded, as Dr. Julien said,
"But there's still hope! If we find the Purple ninja before Darkness does, then the Green and Purple ninja will be able to work together to defeat him."
The others raised their heads, as Terrin nodded and said,
"Ah, ssso there isss hope yet. But how will you find the Purple ninja?"
Cole answered, "That's why we need your help, your majesty. It's the Viporeon pearl."
"The pearl?" Terrin asked intrigued, as Garmadon clarified,
"Yes, the Viporeon pearl was the Purple ninja's orb. It can reveal who the next Purple ninja is, and help unlock their powers."
"We need to locate and retrieve the pearl before Darkness tries to get his hands on it," Zane said, and Terrin nodded and said,
"Of course. Your not too far from the ssssanctuary. Raven, do you think you know the way to get there from here? Remember that sssstream and the tree?"
Raven nodded, "Yes, I remember."
Terrin nodded, "Good. Go quickly then, all of you. Time isn't being sssso kind right now."
The Ninja Crew nodded, and then they ran back towards the Bounty.
"Thanksss Daddy," Raven said, as she waved to her father.
Terrin smiled and waved back, "Be careful dear one. Very careful!"
Raven smiled and nodded towards her father, and then she turned and ran up the ramp. Nya stood at the top to make sure everyone was on board. As Raven walked up, Nya put her hand on Raven's shoulder and smiled while saying,
"Don't worry Raven. We'll protect you."
Raven smiled and said, "Thank you Samurai Nya."
Nya nodded, as they headed inside.
As the Bounty flew up, Terrin and the Viporeons waved, and then they quickly ran out of sight, heading back to Fountain Falls.
The way to the sanctuary took a little while, so our Ninja heroes took time to rest a bit and just talk. Flare, Auria, Christa, Kai, Cole, Jay, Zane, Nya, Misako, and Dr. Julien were in the control room, while the others were in their rooms.
"So ladies," Jay said and asked, "How did you get your Platinum weapons? Were they passed down or something?"
Auria replied, "No. Our weapons were made many years ago by the Masters of Aeroplane, and they left the weapons in the temple that is part of our castle in Aeroplane, so that when the next masters are called, they will claim their weapon there."
Then Nya said, "Oh yeah, Flare was telling me about the masters before."
Flare nodded with her arms crossed and said, "Yup. The Masters. Of Aeroplane. Creating weapons and stuff."
Then Christa said, "Mmhm, the Masters made the weapons so that when the time comes, the weapons will call upon their new masters to wield them, so that they will protect Aeroplane and other lands of Ninjago in need."
"Ooohhh," The four ninja said simultaneously.
"So you girls are the chosen masters?" Dr. Julien asked.
Auria, Christa, and Flare nodded in unison.
"My weapon called me one day when I was just walking around Aeroplane," Flare said and continued, "It was pretty late that night and I couldn't sleep... I guess my weapon was trying to contact me or something... Anyway, then I ended up at the temple where the weapons were, and lo and behold, when I went inside the scimitars were glowing. I reached in the glass case and pulled out the weapons when I felt something in me, like, unlock... Then I went slash-happy and started cutting at everything."
Christa nodded with a frown and said, "She was on a slashing frenzy that day. Auria, and our parents had to jump her because she was all over the place!"
"Well, it was cool okay! I couldn't control myself!" Flare said, with one arm on her eyes, as Christa signed.
"Heh heh, well it's good thing we weren't there to see that," Jay said, as Auria and Christa nodded towards him.
"So, how did your weapon call you Christa?" Cole asked, as she turned towards him and smiled.
"Oh, yes. I was standing on the helipad at the castle. You know the one you landed on when you road the aerocars. Anyhoo, I started hearing a melody of some sort, and I followed the sound to the temple where the weapons were. The gauntlets were glowing, and when I put them on, I felt waves unlock from within me. After that I was able to use the Sound gauntlets ever since."
"That's-" -Cole
"So cool!" -Jay
Cole was interrupted by Jay, which made Cole flick Jay over the head, as he continued speaking,
"Yeah, that's so cool."
Jay turned to Cole while rubbing his head and said, "That's what I said."
Cole looked at Jay with one brow raised and said, "Well yeah, but I wanted to say it."
Christa just smiled at Cole, who when he turned back to her, was a little startled to see her looking at him. She smiled a little more sweetly, as Cole smiled back nervously.
Then Zane asked Auria, "So, how did you earn your weapon?"
Auria smiled and said, "I was walking by the temple, since I would occasionally check to make sure the weapons were safe, when one day, after I closed the door and was about to leave, it opened up suddenly. I tried to close it again, but it felt as if it was being blown open. I walked inside the temple, and I noticed that the Wind fans were glowing brightly. When I held the fans to take a closer look, I felt something unlock from within, which enabled me to possess and use the power of the wind and the fans."
"Whoa" the guys all said, as Auria nodded.
"So your weapons chose all of you? It's as if they're alive," Nya said, as Flare replied,
"Well yes. The weapons seem to be alive now that you think about it."
"So, who got there weapon first?" Kai asked.
"I received the Wind fans first," Auria replied.
"Then me," Christa said, cheery.
"Then me," Flare said, as she flipped her hair.
Then Dr. Julien asked, "Fascinating. So how did Raven obtain her weapon?"
The girls were about to answer, but then they stood silent thinking.
"What's the matter?" Kai asked, as the girls thought a little more.
"Um, uh, actually... we never asked her about that," Christa said, as she looked toward Auria and Flare, who shook their heads.
"One day we just found her and she was using it. We never asked how... why didn't we ask?" Flare asked, as Auria and Christa shrugged.
"Eh, we could ask her when she comes in," Jay said, as the others just agreed.
After a moment of silence, Kai asked, "Sooo any ideas who the Purple Ninja could be?"
The others in the room grew curious, especially the guys.
"Well, if it's anyone, it might be me. You know, since Lloyd and I are best friends," Jay said.
"What?! Your not Lloyd's best friend! If it's anyone it's me. I taught the kid how to use Earth," Cole said.
"Uh, yeah, but I taught him how to use Lightning, AND he mastered it perfectly," Jay said, crossing his arms.
"What are you talking about? Lloyd learned that by himself, all you did was show him how to break light-bulbs!" Kai said, pointing at him.
Jay looked at Kai in distaste.
"Kai is right Jay, and besides, I think you can all can agree that I am Lloyd's best friend and the most capable of being the Purple Ninja," Zane said.
"Where did you get that idea from?!" Cole asked, with a raised eyebrow.
Then Jay said, "I think you have a few screws lose Zane."
"But I am fully operational and intact," Zane replied, and Jay face-palmed as Cole shook his head.
Then Kai said, "Well guys, I hate to break it to ya, but I was the one who saved Lloyd from the volcano in the fire temple when it erupted, and I was the one who trained him most of the time... So that makes me Lloyd's best friend and the Purple Ninja."
"Kai, YOUR the reason Lloyd was in danger in the first place!" Jay replied while standing up.
Then Kai stood up and said, "What?! How do you figure that?!"
Then Jay shouted, "You were SO desperate to become the Green Ninja, and Lloyd wanted to stay behind and wait for you, but since you took too long, the ledge ended up breaking under his feet and he was trapped with all of the LAVA!"
The others were just sitting back listening: Christa was intrigued and stood at the edge of her seat, Auria was stunned but she kept listening on, and Flare was just holding in her laughter the best she could. Misako and Dr. Julien just stood silent since they didn't want to get involved, although Misako was slowly shaking her head.
"Well I still saved him didn't I?! And what were the rest of you doing?! You couldn't even catch him before he fell or pulled him back or something?! NOOO! You just ran off and I saved his life!" Kai shouted back.
Before the fighting could get worse, Nya walked towards Kai and Jay, who were right in front of one another glaring, and then she put her hands on the back of each boys' head and WACK! Nya smacked both of their heads together, which made both ninja stumble back and yell out in pain while holding their heads.
Flare could no longer hold it in and she burst out laughing, which made Christa start laughing, and Auria too but she tried to cover her mouth. Misako also tried to hold her laugh, Dr. Julien just looked on in surprise, Zane was surprised too, and Cole smirked.
Then Nya said, calmly, "Look, it doesn't matter about who saved Lloyd, who trained Lloyd, or whatever. When it all comes down to it, we're a team, and when each of us does something, it's a team effort. Whether it was training Lloyd, fighting the Overlord, discovering true potential, we're all still a team, and we need each other. And whether anyone on the Bounty becomes the Purple Ninja it doesn't matter who, as long as if we find that person and they're on our side, that's what matters. We're suppose to protect the world, not fight over who does it better."
Jay and Kai both signed, as they nodded and turned towards each other.
"I'm sorry Jay. Nya's right," Kai said.
"Yeah. I'm sorry too," Jay said, as they both gave each other fist pounds.
"If anyone should be the Purple Ninja it should be Nya because you guys are idiots," Flare said with a smirk.
"Yeah, I bet Nya will look great in purple," Christa said, as Nya shook her head and replied,
"Oh no, I'm happy being a Samurai, and after all I gotta keep these guys in check."
Nya gestured towards the ninja.
Then Lloyd walked in and asked, "Hey guys are we almost there?"
"Let me check," Misako said, as she went towards the computer.
Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane looked towards one another, and then at Lloyd, as they all stood up and walked towards him.
"Hey, how's my best friend been doing?" Jay asked, as he put his hand on Lloyd's shoulder, while Lloyd looked at Jay with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh, fine. I guess," Lloyd replied, as Kai shoved Jay to the side and said,
"Are you sure about that, because since I'm your best friend I would be more concerned."
Then Cole shoved Kai away and said, "Eh, pay no attention to them. They're just acting dumb because they know that I'm your best friend, right?"
Then Kai shoved Cole back, as Jay did the same with Kai. Lloyd was just confused, and then Zane went up to Lloyd and said,
"They're just trying to see who do you refer to as your 'best friend' among us all."
As the guys quit shoving each other, Lloyd stood thinking for a moment.
"Uh well, I don't know. I mean all of you guys are my best friends. I can't choose between any of you," Lloyd said.
"Well yeah, I guess... but who's your favorite person to be around?" Jay asked, as Nya lightly punched his shoulder.
"Hey. I'm just asking..." Jay said innocently, as he rubbed his shoulder.
Nya smiled and then she whispered to Jay, "Just know, you'll always be one of my favorite people to be around."
Jay was stunned, but then he smiled at Nya and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
During this time, Lloyd was thinking about Jay's question,
'My favorite person to be around... well,
Kai is cool, but sometimes he can get hotheaded, especially when I beat him in video games...
Jay is alright, but then he gets all googly-eyed when he sees Nya, and his jokes aren't very funny...
Cole is cool too, but he's gone once he hears the word 'cake', and his cooking isn't good...
Zane is alright too, but he's just naturally wei- different...
Nya's pretty awesome, but around Jay it's too lovely, but I won't judge...
Christa so far has been nice, she'll always listen to what you have to say, and she likes to help anyway she could, but her hugs are deadly...
Auria is really cool and very skilled, but she's pretty serious though...
Flare is, well, she's never boring, but she can really get under people's skin, but I think she likes bothering people...
Of course I like spending time with my parents and uncle, and Zane's dad is nice, but he's kind of... old, so I can't really connect with him so much...
Violet is alright, she's nicer than Flare, but she's pretty serious like Auria, and I get nervous sometimes when I see her fangs as she talks, it reminds me of when I became a vampire...
Dareth, well, he's another story but he's okay...
and Raven, -sign- she's awesome, and we really connect... Raven...'
Lloyd started to smile when he thought about Raven, which the others noticed.
"AH HA! So you do have a favorite person! Who is it?" Kai asked, as the other guys moved closer to him and the girls listened intently.
"Uh, wait, I told you before I can't really choose," Lloyd said, trying to hide who he was thinking about and his blush.
"Come on dude, just tell us. I'm sure the others won't feel bad if it's not them," Jay said jokingly, as Kai and Cole looked at him sternly.
"Lloyd just tell them so that they can sit down already," Flare said.
"Hey! Come on guys..." Christa said, as she stood up and walked next to Lloyd.
"If he doesn't want to tell you he doesn't have to, don't force it on him," Christa said, as she nodded towards Lloyd, who nodded back.
"Aw, but-" Jay was cut off when Christa turned towards him with a dark, annoyed expression on her face.
Jay just took a few steps back and hid behind Nya.
'Wow, even annoyed, she's still cute,' Cole thought, as he looked at Christa.
Then Christa's face turned back to normal, as she smiled.
During that, Lloyd walked next to his mother and asked, "So, are we there yet mom?"
Misako turned to Lloyd with a smile, and replied, "Yes, we're here."