After parking the Bounty in a hidden area of trees and vines, only ten people decided to enter the sanctuary;

Kai, Zane, Jay, Cole, Lloyd, Flare, Auria, Christa, Raven, and Violet decided to go together,

while Nya, Misako, Garmadon, Sensei Wu, Dr. Julien, and Dareth stood behind to watch the Bounty.

"Oh my dear Violet, I wish you well as you dwell in that mysterious cave of, uh, sacred, um, sanctuary-ness and retrieve the..." -Dareth

"Viporeon pearl," -Violet

"Yes that's it! The Viporeon pearl!" -Dareth

Violet just shook her head and signed, as she went up to Dareth and gave him a peck on the cheek. He stood almost frozen, as he stared at Violet with his hand on his cheek.

"You'd better be careful Dareth while I'm gone, and take care of the others with you alright?" Violet said, as she turned to follow the others to the sanctuary.

Dareth took a moment to shake his head out of his stupor, as he called out to Violet in happiness,

"I will my darling Violet! I shall not let you down! I will protect those in need and wait for your return!"

Everyone staying on the Bounty waved at those who were leaving and wished them well.

As the Ninja, Kunoichi, and General entered the cave, they noticed that it was a pretty large entrance, and that there was no light the further you dwelled inside.

"It's getting p-pretty dark in here," Jay said nervously.

"I got it," Zane and Auria said simultaneously and activated their lights.

Zane's head was glowing, while Auria's hand was glowing a bright, pale-blue color. They both looked towards one another in surprise and then they smiled, while the others were amazed.

"Talk about having something in common," Cole said, and others nodded.

They continued onward in the cave and then they noticed a light at the end of the cave. As they drew closer and the light grew brighter, Auria and Zane turned off their lights.

As everyone entered the next area, it was a giant, circular, cave room. There were a few crystals on the ceiling that illuminated some of the room in a light blue color. There were rocky stairs that lead up to a wide platform that led to more stairs which led to another large platform, and so on to form seven staircases and seven platforms. The rest of the cave room was a bottomless pit that wasn't very visible since the crystal lights were on the ceiling. On the final platform stood a pedestal made of silver and rock, with a silver dish on the top, and the Viporeon Pearl resting on it.

"There's the pearl," Raven said, as she pointed towards the gleaming orb.

"Oh good, it's still here," Kai said, relieved.

"So Darkness hasn't come here yet. Haha! We did it!" Jay said, happily.

"Let's not celebrate just yet. We need to get the pearl out of here first," Auria said, and they all started walking up the first staircase.

"How come the pearl is over here and not at Fountain Falls?" Cole asked, and Raven replied,

"My mom thought it would be better if the pearl had it's own resting place."

"That's kind of weird though, don't ya think?" Flare asked, and Raven just shrugged.

"We'll discuss that topic at a better time. Let's just get the pearl and get out of here," Violet said, as she started walking a little quicker than the others.

"Yeah. The sooner we get it out of here, the better," Christa said, as they walked across the first platform.

Raven, Lloyd, and Violet were ahead, while the other ninja and kunoichi followed close behind them. Right when the first three started walking up the second staircase, a voice had frozen their movements... a very dark and sultry voice,

"Well, well, well. This is very nice isn't it?"

Everyone quickly turned around to see a man in a black hood, with dark red eyes, looking at them with a devious grin.

Some Minutes before:

Outside, Dareth was on patrol on the Bounty's deck, while the others were inside. He was practicing some of his... techniques.

"Oh yeah Darkness! You wanna try to mess with my girl?! And with my friends?! HiYA! Haha, the penguin, Ber Ber, the-" -Dareth

"The Fool and his Animal techniques!"

Dareth jumped, as he looked towards the railing, and saw Silva standing there with a cheeky grin, as she watched him train in amusement.

"AH! WHOA!" Dareth yelled out, as Silva just chuckled.

"So, Guy. You think your a ninja?" Silva asked, as she perfectly balanced her way across the railing.

Dareth coughed to clear his throat, and then he said. "Eh hem! Miss, I am Dareth, the Brown Ninja! And I don'tthink I am a ninja, because I am a ninja."

Silva's dark grin widened, and she asked, "Oh. Well then, you should have no problem handling a few of my minions huh?"

Silva snapped her fingers, and then six people in black and white stripped shirts with black pants, gray hoods, and various weapons jumped up on the Bounty's deck, surrounding Dareth.

"Oh...my..." Dareth said, as the minions approached him slowly.

"Hmph, you guys may outnumber me..." Dareth said, as he pulled a small flare gun from his pocket and shot upward.

Silva's people looked up at the lights in amazement at the colors and brightness, as Dareth slipped away from them. After the lights were gone, Silva's minions looked around and saw that Dareth was gone. Then they heard shuffling and turned to see Dareth, Nya in her new Samurai suit, Sensei Wu with a metal staff that had a sharp point, Misako with a hunter's knife, Garmadon with his own metal staff like Sensei's, and Dr. Julien with a tazor and...a clipboard? Anyway, then Dareth added,

"But, you can't outnumber US!"

Each side prepared for a fight, as they ran towards one another.

"Attack!" -Minion One

"Charge!" -Dareth

Silva watched the clash with interest, as she saw how skilled the others were, even though four of them were kind of old. Garmadon was dodging attacks and making his opponent attack the ship, which was pretty painful since he was kicking solid wood. Misako was also dodging, and tripping her opponent, while blocking attacks and tossing the minion overboard. Dr. Julien was blocking with his clipboard, and then he tazored the minion.

"Gotcha!" Dr. Julien said when the minion hit the floor, sparking.

Dareth was running around his opponent in a circle as he was yelling out his animal techinques, which annoyed the minion as they held their ears. Then Dareth yelled out "HEEYAH!" as he kicked the person overboard.

"Yes! I DID IT!" Dareth yelled out, happily, with his arms flailing in the air.

Sensei Wu used his spinjitzu on his opponent, as he tripped them with his metal stick overboard. Then Silva looked forward with a more stern expression, as she saw Nya walking towards her, while dragging her opponent and dropping him on the floor, and Misako, who had the same serious expression. Misako and Nya had a stare down with Silva until she smirked and pointed behind her. Nya and Misako tilted their heads to look, and their eyes widened, as they both gasped when they saw Darkness walking into the cave sanctuary. Nya was able to jump over the Bounty's railing and did a front flip as she landed on the ground below. Silva would have gone after Nya, but Misako was standing close by with her knife ready, and Silva didn't want to pass up another battle with her former friend.

As Nya started to run, Silva just smiled darkly and called out,

"Go now!"

Misako wasn't sure what Silva meant, but then Silva lunged towards her with her glove blade, as Misako readied herself for another fight.

As Nya was heading towards the cave sanctuary, she skidded to a hault as a dark flash appeared not too far in front of her.

"Ryan!" Nya said, as Ryan looked up at her.

"Nya," he said in a somber tone.

Nya held up her sword and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Stopping you from interfering with Darkness, apparently," Ryan said bluntly.

Then Nya said, "Ryan, please, we don't have to be enemies."

Ryan looked down for a moment, then he looked up and said, "I'm sorry Nya, but... this is the way it has to be."

"No it doesn't! You have a choice Ryan, even if Silva is your mother, you still have a choice..." Nya said, as she slowly lowered her weapon and looked straight into Ryan's eyes.

"And she does too," Nya added, as Ryan looked at Nya, a little stunned.

He looked away, but then he turned back towards Nya and said,

"As I said, I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do right now."

Ryan's hands started glowing white and red, as Nya raised her sword back up.

After a short stare down, they both ran towards one another: One of them was sad from what she just heard, while the other was angry from his situation.