As Team one flew across the sky on Ultra dragon towards where Lucy was being kept, they were discussing plans about how to break in and get Lucy out without trouble. They settled down in a forest area at one point because Ultra dragon needed some rest before they headed to the island. During this time, they were preparing themselves for the break in or if anything went wrong and they would just have to fight. Sensei Wu was meditating, Garmadon was also meditating, Nya was fixing her armor from the damage it received from before, Violet was just sitting under a tree resting, Raven was speaking to Ultra dragon to find out what he knew about the land and the base where Lucy was, Lloyd was watching over everyone, and Flare was sitting by herself near a cliff edge looking out above another forest area.

Lloyd thought it was odd that Flare was just sitting alone, so he went over to where she was to talk to her. As Lloyd approached Flare, he saw that her two platinum scimitars were laid out before her. Lloyd stood a few feet from Flare, as she just continued to look down at her weapons and then up over the cliff.

Then Lloyd said, "Uh, hey Flare."

Flare looked towards Lloyd and simply said "Hey."

"Soo Flare, what's up?" Lloyd asked, as Flare looked up at him and then looked down at her scimitars.

Flare signed and said, "I don't know man. I've been thinking about what Darkness said to me before when we were all fighting. He said that I was fighting him with a "broken weapon." I'm not sure if what he said was true or not, but if it was true... then..."

Flare picked up her two scimitars and was examining each one, and asked,

"How would I put them back together? and what would happen if I did?"

Lloyd looked at the scimitars and then at Flare, who just looked at her weapons with frustration, confusion, and... sadness. Lloyd then looked at the two scimitars and thought,

'Darkness... is he telling the truth? Hm... if he is telling the truth, then there has to be a way to put them together, right?'

Lloyd walked closer to Flare to look at the scimitars. He extended his hand towards them and asked,

"May I?"

Flare looked up at Lloyd for a moment before standing up and handing him the scimitars. Lloyd looked at both weapons and he turned around and was slashing the air with each one. Lloyd looked at each weapon more carefully to see if there was a switch or a cut mark or something that would show they were once one or if they can be brought back together... but he found nothing. The light and dark scimitars looked like just two normal weapons. Then Lloyd placed both of the weapons together side-by-side. The weapons glowed momentarily, but nothing happened. Then Lloyd pulled them apart and said,

"Hmm. There's no switch, no cut mark... nothing. Was Darkness even telling the truth?"

Flare responded, "Well that's what I'm trying to figure out. Didn't ya hear what I just said before?!"

Lloyd replied, "I did hear what you said Flare, and I'm just trying to help. You don't have to yell!"

Flare looked away, but then her expression softened as she turned back to Lloyd and said,

"I'm sorry Lloyd. I just get frustrated when I don't understand something."

Lloyd looked towards Flare, a little surprised, and said, "It's okay Flare... Wow, I mean, you don't usually apologize."

Flare signed, and said, "Because I usually mean what I say."

Lloyd laughed as Flare smirked at her own words. Then her smirk faded when she looked towards the scimitars.

"I've used those scimitars for a few years now, and well... I thought I knew all I could about them, but now I found out that they use to be one whole weapon. It's surprising, but a little insulting to my intelligence."

Lloyd nodded as he looked back at the two weapons.

"It's pretty weird huh? A weapon of light, and a weapon of darkness. How could these two opposites have been toge-" Lloyd trailed off, as he thought about his mother and father, before Garmadon became good again.

Then Flare said, "Well, my parents are opposites in that sense, and they got married."

Lloyd looked at Flare, then at the scimitars, and then back at Flare. Flare looked at Lloyd suspiciously as he looked at the weapons and her. Then Lloyd held up the scimitars and said,

"These weapons, your parents, and mine too. They were opposites... and yet, they still were able to look past their differences and love each other... like how the scimitars are able to fight together."

Flare thought about that, and then she quickly grabbed her two scimitars. Lloyd's eyes widened at how quick Flare was able to take her weapons out of his hands, but he stood silent as he watched Flare look at her weapons with a new light in her eyes. Then Flare said,

"So... these weapons are like my parents. Two opposites... and I have both they're light and darkness... so, if these scimitars reflect my parents..."

Flare held her weapons out in front of her, and as she slowly moved them together she said, "Then together, the true weapon would be the reflection... no... the shadow of... myself."

As the two scimitars connected, they began to glow very brightly: one in white light and the other in dark light, as a soft gray light illuminated from between the two weapons. Lloyd was covering his eyes, as he saw the convergence of the two glowing weapons and the soft gray color dominating over both of them. The others at the camp noticed the light show and immediately came running over, as they shielded their eyes.

When the light had finally ceased, the others looked and gasped when they saw Flare:

She was standing before the others with a large scimitar in her hand. It had a platinum handle like a pirate handle with a sharp curve on it and orange stripes on the curve. The blade was large with a sharp, broad point at the tip, and it branched out in sharp points on the outer curve of the scimitar. The blade itself had a soft grey color at the tip and pointed side, and a dark grey color on the rest of it. Flare's clothes had gained a dark gray color on her inner shirt, her gloves, and her belt. The leg wrappings were orange, and she had a golden sash on her back to carry weapons. Her attire had dark grey shoulder armor, and the rest was orange with the scimitar drawn in gold on the front of her gi.

Flare looked up at the others with a smirk, as they continued to look at her in shock.

"It's alright guys and girls. Continue to look upon my awesomeness with high esteem," Flare said.

"What just happened?" Nya asked.

"Flare, why is it everytime your left alone something awesome happens?" Raven asked, as she examined the new scimitar.

"Well that's just how I roll," Flare said, as she shrugged.

"How interesting... your weapons fused together. How did you do it?" Garmadon asked.

Flare looked at her weapon, and then she said, "Well, my weapon is a shadow of myself. Once I realized that, it just sort of happened... Oh, and I figured out it's true name."

The others looked towards one another, and then back at Flare.

"What is it's true name?" Sensei Wu asked.

Flare smirked, as she raised her weapon up and said, "It's true name is: The Shadow Scimitar of Umbra."

Team Two was traveling on the Bounty to find the other platinum weapons. Auria and Christa were in the control room discussing the whereabouts of the platinum weapons, as they looked at the map on the computer screen. Misako and Dr. Julien were in the control room as well: Misako was steering the Bounty, while Dr. Julien was assisting Auria and Christa with the map. The other guys were all on the Bounty's deck. They were trying to train, although they missed having elemental weapons.

"Oh man, that GUY! Locking our powers. When I get my hands on him-" Jay said, but was cut of by Cole,

"If you get your hands on him. Frankly, I think he'll just wipe the floor with you."

"Oh haha Cole. Last time I checked, wasn't he wiping the floor with you, Kai, and Zane?" "

Whoa, hold on Jay. You don't have to get the rest of us involved," Kai said.

"I agree with Kai, and I don't think you were doing much better than we were Jay," Zane said.

The four guys looked at one another, and then they just hung their heads low, as they signed.

"Ah come on guys, I'm sure you'll do better next time," Dareth said and continued, "But I know that I was able to defeat the perpetrators who tried to attack everyone on the Bounty before."

"Oh really? You defeated Silva and her minions all by yourself?" Jay asked, as Dareth gulped and rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, um, I stalled them, and I at least defeated one of them. Misako was the one who fought with Silva, and Nya fought with Ryan."

Jay's eyes widened, "What?! Ryan was the one who fought with Nya?! Why that two timing jerk! What's with that guy?! He helps us then he goes against us!"

Kai smacked Jay over the head, as Jay rubbed the spot where Kai hit him.

"What was that for?" Jay asked.

"Keep your voice down Jay. Remember, no one is suppose to know that Ryan helped us or that would cause trouble for him, and us too," Kai said in a whisper.

Jay signed.

"Dude, Silva is Ryan's mother. Even if he fights with us, he's only doing it because of her. It's nothing personal," Cole said, as Jay signed and nodded.

"Wait, Silva is Ryan's mother?" Dareth asked, as the others looked towards him.

"Oh yeah you weren't here when Auria and Raven found out. They told us the same night after they found out," Kai said.

Dareth's mouth dropped open, as the other ninja just nodded. Then Christa came on deck and said,

"Guys we're almost there, we should be landing soon. Oh, and there's some snacks downstairs as well."

"Snacks? I'm in!" Jay said, as he started running ahead of the others.

"Hey, don't eat it all Jay!" Kai called out, as he ran inside too.

"Wait for me!" Dareth called, as he ran in.

Zane walked inside. Christa just giggled, since she saw how excited the boys were for food. Then she turned and saw that Cole was still on deck.

"Are you coming Cole?" she asked, as Cole rubbed the back of his head and said,

"Yeah, um, I just, you know, I mean, since they're gone now, maybe we can, I mean if you want to, we could just talk for a minute."

Christa blushed a little and said, "Oh, um, sure, of course, why not, I mean, they are downstairs, and we're alone."

Cole nodded, and then they both walked over to the Bounty's railing, and were looking out at the land below.

"So, what should we talk about?" Christa asked without making much eye contact since she was nervous.

"Well, um, so how are you today?" Cole asked, also not making much contact for the same reason.

"Oh I'm fine, very good... especially right now," Christa said, as Cole blushed a bit.

"Oh, um, yeah, that's great! That's good." -Cole

"Yup," -Christa

Then Cole asked, "So, um, I'm sure you would like to learn more about spinjitzu right? Since your part of the team and all."

Christa lightly laughed and said, "I already know how. Sensei Wu told me about it when we were at Fountain Falls, and Flare demonstrated for me and Auria too."

Cole's eyes widened and he asked, "Really?"

Christa took a few steps back and said, "NinjaGO!"

As Christa spinned, a yellow tornado had encased her with visible sound waves that emanated from the tornado around her. After a moment, Christa stopped spinning and shook her head, as she looked at Cole and said,

"I'm still trying to get the hang of it though."

Cole was shocked, but then he snapped himself out of it and said, "Wow, your pretty... I mean pretty good at spin jitzu! And you know... if you want some extra tips, I wouldn't mind lending you a hand."

Cole was blushing more, as Christa smiled, nodded, and said,

"Oh, I would like that very much Cole, thank you."

Cole rubbed the back of his head and said, "No problem."

Then Christa looked out among the land, while Cole did the same.

After a moment of silence:

"Cole, what do you think of the view, isn't it beautiful?" Christa asked, as Cole looked out among the terrain of forest, river, and mountains.

Then he turned towards Christa and said, "Well, the view is breath taking, but..."

Cole reached out and held Christa's hand. Christa turned towards Cole in surprise, as they finally made direct eye contact.

"Your view is way better," Cole said, as he stroked Christa's hair with his free hand.

Christa's eyes widened, as her face became more red. Then she turned away quick from Cole and smiled, while she put one of her hands on her face, and said,

"Aw Cole that's so cool man. Thank you."

Cole smiled and blushed.

"Heh, your welcome," Cole said, while still holding Christa's hand and looking away.

Then Christa turned towards Cole and saw that he was blushing. She smiled and said,

"Aww, your so cute when your blushing. All red on your face."

Cole looked towards Christa quick which made his blush even redder.

"Uh, um, I... am cute?" Cole asked, as Christa nodded and said,

"Your already h-handsome, and when you blush... your even cuter."

Cole's eyes widened and he asked, "Y-You really think so?"

"Very much," Christa replied with a nod.

Then Cole said, "Uh, t-thanks, and your your..."

Cole took a moment to gaze into Christa's eyes, and he also saw how lovely she looked with her hair softly blowing across her face, and how her hair complemented her skin, making it look like she was glowing. Then Cole said,

"Your amazing... and so beautiful."

Christa blushed and smiled at Cole, as they both looked towards one another and held both hands together.

"Eh hem... I hope I'm not interupting anything."

Christa and Cole jumped, as they looked and saw Auria standing not too far from them with her arms crossed. Cole and Christa released hands, as they looked towards Auria with wide eyes and fearful looking expressions. Auria looked at both of them, and then she smiled and said,

"We have more food downstairs for both of you, and some cake as well."

Cole felt his stomach growl when he heard cake and asked, "T-There's cake?"

Auria nodded. Then Cole looked towards Christa and she nodded, as Cole smiled and headed downstairs. Christa looked towards Auria after Cole left, and Auria looked towards Christa. Auria's expression was serious, while Christa's was nervous. Then Auria's face softened to a smile, and she said,

"He is strong, brazen, loyal, and a natural leader. The others also agree, although he can be a bit stubborn at times, he is all-in-all a great ninja."

After Auria finished, Christa smiled as Auria nodded and began to walk back into the Bounty.

"Of course, I'll still be watching him. But I just wanted to let you know what I have concluded thus far," Auria said, as Christa's eyes widened and she nodded.

Afterward, the two sisters walked into the Bounty to eat some food and get ready for landing.

"The Shadow Scimitar of Umbra, hm? Than your elemental ability is shadow manipulation," Sensei Wu said, as Flare nodded and said,

"Well, we'll see what else I can do with my new-old weapon."

"Hmph, well you can test out your newfound abilities when we reach Lucy's location," Violet said, as Flare smirked and said,

"Now there's an idea."

Ultra dragon had also followed the others, and then he started growling at some tall bushes nearby. The others looked at where Ultra dragon was looking at, and prepared themselves when the bushes began to rustle. After a few more seconds, a person emerged from the bushes. They were brushing off the leaves and twigs from their clothes.

"Oh my indeed, being caught by so many trees and snagged by those branches. How unruly..."

The person looked up at the others and noticed that they were there. This person was a woman, who had dark brown hair with grey streaks in a bun that had some hair hanging loose from the bottom. She wore a black jacket open with no sleeves, a grey shirt under the jacket, dark blue pants, and a small, brown traveller's backpack.

She stood looking at the others, as they looked at her.

Then Flare asked, "Hey... what are you doing here?"

The woman looked up at Flare and said, "Oh... I was in the neighborhood gathering some herbs when I saw a light and went to investigate. It's very nice to see you again Flare."

Flare nodded halfheartedly, "Yeah, it's alright to see you too Ms. Kerri."

The others were confused except Raven, who said,

"Hi Ms. Kerri it's been a while since we've seen you."

Ms. Kerri turned towards Raven and she stood stiff. She looked at Raven up and down.

"Raven... oh my gosh, how long have I been gone! Look at how big you are," Kerri said in shock, as Raven clarified,

"Oh no Ms. Kerri, it's just that I turned older from using the Gem of Ages, and I broke it so now I'm just older."

Ms. Kerri thought about it, and then she nodded and said, "Oh, okay... phew! I thought I was falling behind in time. That would've meant that I'm getting older, and I wouldn't want to be."

Then, as Kerri approached the others, Ultra dragon started to growl again, until Lloyd told him to calm down.

"I've been away so long in this forest, I haven't been able to keep up with what's going on. So how have you all been doing? And who are all the others I don't know? New friends?" Kerri asked.

"Oh, yes. This is Nya, Garmadon, Sensei Wu, Violet, and Lloyd," Raven said, and then Kerri bowed and said,

"It's nice to meet you all, my name is Kerri."

The others also bowed. Then Kerri said,

"So, what's going on? Where are all of you headed? And where's Auria and Christa?"

"They went on a separate path. They have other business to attend to," Flare said with her arms crossed.

"Hm, well, I guess I'll see them later," Kerri said with a smile.

"Yeah. Oh! We gotta go," Raven said, as the others nodded.

"Go?" Kerri asked.

"Um, yeah, we have to save a princess from certain peril," Raven replied.

"Oh my, well then let me help you. I haven't been doing much anyway besides getting lost in this forest," Kerri said.

"I don't know Ms. Kerri, I mean we're going to have to fight and stuff," Raven said and Flare added,

"Yeah, and I need to test out my new power."

"Oh please can I come? I won't interfere, and I definantly will stay out of the way, especially when it comes to you Flare, after that slashing incident in Aeroplane," Kerri said, as Flare just frowned.

"Does everyone remember that?" Flare asked, while shaking her head, as everyone just laughed.

"Are you guys okay if she comes along?" Raven asked, as the others looked towards one another and nodded.

"It would be our pleasure," Sensei Wu said, as Raven turned and nodded towards Kerri, who smiled and bowed again. Ultra dragon snarled a little, and Lloyd turned to him and said,

"What's the matter boy? I know we didn't plan on another person coming along, and you'll probably get a little tired, but it's better than just leaving her here alone."

Ultra dragon snorted and just turned to his side so that the others can climb on.

After everyone was on board, Ultra dragon flew up in the air and was heading towards Lucy's location at the tower.

"Oh my gosh, this is amazing!" Kerri said, as she stood up and felt the wind in her hair as they flew across the sky.

"Pretty awesome huh Ms. Kerri," Raven said, as Kerri nodded.

"It's wonderful," Kerri replied, as she looked around the land and saw the ocean just ahead.