In a lab within Fountain Falls stood King Terrin in human form and a few Viporeons, standing in front of the crystalized Queen of the Viporeons. Anaca was present, as well as two other Anacondrai Viporeons: The older one's name was Mysteria, while the younger one's name was Vinda.

"What shall be done now your highnessss? Do we wait and ssssee what thossse youngingssss plan on doing?" Mysteria asked.

"Oh Myssssteria pleassse, I am sure the Ninja probably know what they are doing. Remember our little princessss issss among them," Vinda said charismatically.

Mysteria just snorted and said, "Oh pleasssse Vinda, when did young little nephodytessss do sssomething without messsing up?"

Anaca turned towards both snakes with a forbidding expression, as they bowed down.

"I apologize Anaca," Mysteria said.

"I do assss well," Vinda said, and then Anaca turned away from them.

King Terrin was more attentive towards his wife, who was still trapped within the crystal prison. He had tested some methods to break her out of the crystal, but they didn't work. He was trying one last method that he and Dr. Julien had thought long and hard about... the final test.

'Let's see if this works my love,' Terrin thought, as he typed in a few numbers on the computer next to him.

The machine arms around the crystal began to move. One of them held a beaker of glowing, light-blue liquid.

'Let's see if this remedy can really help you my dear. I've tried to break you out before, but instead of me breaking you out, I can give you the strength necessary to break yourself out.' Terrin thought.

The machine arm with the beaker stood above the crystal and turned over slowly, as it poured the liquid over the crystal prison. After the vial was emptied, the arm moved away, as well as all the other ones. The crystal began to emit a brighter light than usual. Terrin and the three other Viporeons stood watching, as the crystal glowed brighter, and then suddenly the light faded off to a dim glow. Terrin looked at the crystal a moment longer, and then he punched the computer keyboard as it smashed inward and sparked numerous times.

"Are you kidding me?! All thissss time I took to make that rejuvenator ssserum and all the time ssspent to free her from thiss crystal NIGHTMARE! And NOTHING?!" Terrin yelled out, as he turned away from the computer after kicking it.

"Your majesssty, calm yoursssself. Thiss issss no time to become enraged and unorthodox," Anaca said, as Mysteria and Vinda stood hiding behind her.

Terrin signed and said, "I know. I just... my wife... so long she hasss been trapped in there. I miss her ssso much, and Raven does too."

"We all do ssssire," Anaca said with her head hung low.

CRACK!

Terrin and the Viporeons quickly turned to the source of the noise. Upon the crystal prison stood a large crack that went vertical on the crystal. Mysteria and Vinda gasped, and Anaca stood with her eyes widened. Terrin was in shock so he just stood still. Then another crack was made horizontally across the crystal. Terrin and the Viporeons backed away from this one, and the next couple of cracks that followed.

Suddenly, the crystal prison burst in pieces that shattered across the room. Terrin blocked himself, as did the Viporeons. When they removed their arms from their faces, their eyes all widened in shock. There stood a woman with long black hair, and two pieces of hair in the front with two beads on the tip of blue. Her shirt had three horizontal bands across it with grey at the top, dark blue in the middle, and black at the bottom, with a purple hood. Her royal blue pants had multiple zippers and purple horizontal stripes on just the bottom. She stood before the King and the Viporeons, as she opened her eyes. The Queen took a breath of fresh air, and then said,

"Hello my dear, my people. It's so great to see you all again, and to breathe fresh air once more... Where's Raven?"

"Well, here we are, back close to home," Christa said, as she spun around.

Team two had landed the Bounty on a large flat surface on the top of Mount Soaria. Everyone was outside the Bounty on the ground floor.

"Huh? We're back here again?" Jay asked, and Christa nodded.

"The platinum weapons are located within this mountain. Christa, if you may show them the way," Auria said, as Christa nodded and turned around to a certain spot on the floor.

"Wait, your not coming?" Cole asked, and Auria shook her head.

"I've decided it would be best if I stood outside to protect the others and the Bounty. But don't worry, Christa knows the way," Auria said.

"Yeah, you guys go get your special weapons while we look after the Bounty," Dareth said, as the others nodded.

Zane turned and looked towards Auria concerned, and she smiled at him to show that she was alright, which made Zane do the same.

"Found it!" Christa said, as she stomped the ground and stood back.

Suddenly, the ground trembled and opened up where Christa stomped. It was s stairway that led downward in a large spiral. (Similar to the Serpentine cave dome, but it's a little smaller.)

"Okay, let's go guys," Christa said, as she started walking downward.

"Do we have to go down there? It's kind of dark," Jay asked, and Christa replied, while walking down,

"Well it's not-not-not... AAHHH!"

Christa went running up out of the cave and grabbed onto Cole, who was standing close by. (Of course he was right there. ;) )

"Whoa, whoa. What just happened? Are you alright?" Cole asked in shock and concern, as Christa looked at him with wide eyes and said,

"It's really dark. I was overwhelmed!"

The others signed in relief.

"Here, take a flashlight Christa, just for you," Misako said with a smile, as she handed a flashlight to Christa.

Christa took the flashlight respectfully and said, "Oh thank you so much Misako. This will work nicely."

Christa hugged Misako, and she hugged back. Then Christa went and hugged Cole, who blushed but then he noticed that the other guys were looking at him tauntingly, especially Jay and Kai who were ready to make a comment. Cole furrowed his brows, and then he wrapped his arm around Christa, while holding his head up high like, 'Yeah, say something!' The three guys' eyes widened as they held up their hands defensively, and Cole nodded in approval. Christa then looked at Cole and smiled, while he smiled back.

After like a minute, Christa was leading the guys down into the cave. Zane was the last to leave, as he waved towards Dr. Julien, and he waved back.

"Well, what should we do now?" Dareth asked.

"Now we wait for them to return," Misako said, as she walked into the Bounty.

Dareth then walked in as well. Auria stood outside, looking out after the others left. There was a moderate breeze in the air that blew towards the left side of Auria. Suddenly, Auria felt a sharp pain on the left side of her head, and she held that side and cringed a bit.

"OW-A!" Auria yelped, as Dr. Julien immediately came over and asked,

"Are you alright Auria? You look like your in pain?"

Auria shook her head and said, "Um, I'm okay Doctor. Don't concern yoursel- AHH!"

Auria held her head tighter, as the pain came back sharper.

"Let me take a look," Dr. Julien said, as Auria moved her hand away slowly.

Dr. Julien pushed up his glasses, as he moved her hair a little and gasped as he said,

"Oh my... Auria, you have a scar of some sort on your head."

Auria's eyes widened and she replied, "What do you mean a scar? I don't remember receiving a scar, let alone on my head."

Dr. Julien inspected further by moving Auria's hair more and using a little light he carried in his pocket. Then he said,

"Yes, this is indeed a scar, but it is more of a burn, and there are two small indentions. I'm sure I can fix it for you Auria."

Auria looked at Dr. Julien and said, "If you may, Doctor."

Dr. Julien smiled and nodded, as he turned around and quickly entered the Bounty. Auria also followed behind him, a little stressed from this new discovery.

"Man this place is really dark," Kai said, as they descended the steps down the dark cave.

"I know right? Even Zane's glowing head isn't helping so much," Jay said, as Zane looked at him unamused.

"I found the light switch," Christa said, as they finally descended the stairs to a flat ground level.

After Christa flicked a blue switch, five lights went on that were on the walls of the cave that aimed near the center of the room. Then a final light shined down from a higher location that aimed right in the middle of the cave's ground level. The guys gasped when they saw what was in front of them. There were four glass cases side-by-side that contained four, glowing platinum weapons:

The first weapon was in the form of a long sword with a few extra sharp tips to the translucent, platinum-colored blade. The handle had platinum and red stripes that spiraled around the handle up to the blade. The upper sides of the handle piece extended out to the sides in the form of red and orange flames.

The second weapon was in the form of nunchunks with platinum spikes on the bottom of each side. The color from the spikes to the chain went from dark blue, up to a light blue, and then platinum color, as it reached the blue and platinum colored chain that sparked with electricity.

The third weapon was in the form of a scythe, with a black and platinum colored staaff that spiraled from the bottom halfway up, and then the rest was vertical stripes of orange and platinum up to the blade. The scythe's blade was translucent platinum that, when it reached the tip, was multicolored in red, green, blue, black, and yellow.

The fourth weapon was in the form of two shurikens. They were a translucent platinum-color with five sides, and opaque white on the tips that lightly curved clockwise. There was a hole in the center and four small white dots around it.

The ninja were awestruck as they looked at each of the weapons.

"Oh my gosh. They're like the golden weapons, but cooler!" Jay said excitedly.

"Dude, they look awesome... or is it the dramatic lighting?" Cole said, as he looked around and then back at the weapons.

"What magnificence and grand craftsmanship," Zane said.

"Guys... I call first dibs on the sword!" Kai called out, as he ran towards the Platinum fire sword.

"Hey wait a minute! I call the nunchunks!" Jay yelled back as he ran forward.

"I got the scythe!" Cole called out, and he ran towards the scythe.

"I call the shurikens!" Zane yelled out, and he too headed towards the weapons.

Right before each of the guys stood a foot from the weapons, Christa jumped down right in front of them with a thundering sound as she landed. The guys skidded to a hault, as they saw Christa standing before them with her hands on her hips and one eyebrow raised.

"Guys really? Be gentlemen! These weapons are special and sacred. You should be humble and thankful that your even here!" Christa said, as she looked at each of the guys with a dissatisfied expression.

The four ninja straightened up and bowed to the kunoichi standing before them.

"Forgive us Christa. We became over excited," Zane said.

"We didn't mean any disrespect Christa," Cole said.

"Yeah, we're sorry," Kai said.

"Really sorry," Jay said and nodded.

Christa's face softened, as she nodded with a smile and said, "Thanks guys, and it's alright."

Then Christa moved to the side and said, as she pointed to each weapon,

"You can now take each of your weapons: The Sword of Rapid Flames, the Nunchunks of Shocking Lights, the Earth Scythe of Raging Rocks, and the Ice Shurikens of the Frost. Take your pick, see if they'll accept you."

The ninja nodded, and then they each, slowly, approached the platinum weapons.

Zane was the first to open the glass case to the Platinum shurikens. He slowly reached out and picked up the weapons as he carefully examined each one, and then... his eyes opened wide, as he felt a chill up his spine. A whirlwind of ice and snow surrounded him. The ice shurikens glowed immensely, as Zane closed his eyes and let the power of ice overtake his senses. His clothes began to change as well: His shoulder armor turned blue with four spikes, and the gloves, belt, and leg wrappings turned gold. The rest of his clothes turned pure white, with the shurikens drawn in gold on his shirt.

Cole was the second to open the glass case to the platinum scythe. He held the scythe up towards the light, and then he felt his arm trembling, as it spreaded out to the rest of his body.

"Oooohh maaan!" He said, as the scythe glowed brightly, and he let the power of Earth pulse through him.

Then his clothes transformed: His shoulder armor turned multicolored like the blade of the scythe, and his gloves, belt, and leg wrappings turned silver, and the rest of his clothes were black, with the scythe drawn in silver on his shirt.

Jay was the third to open the glass case to the platinum nunchunks.

"Whoa, these are so cool," he said, as he started to twirl the nunchunks around.

Then Jay felt a strong jolt through his body, as the weapon glowed more vividly.

"Wwwhhhaattt iiisss hhhaappeenniinngg?" Jay studdered, as he was being electrocuted by the nunchunks.

'Wait a minute, it's not hurting me? Then...' Jay thought, as he let the power of lightning surge though him.

Then his clothes changed: the shoulder armor turned dark blue, and the gloves, belt, and leg wrappings turned silver, and the rest of his clothes were blue, with the nunchunks drawn in silver on his shirt.

Kai was the last one to open the glass case to the platinum sword. He was examining the sword when it just lit on fire.

"What the?!" Kai said, as he looked at the flaming weapon, and then he felt a wave of heat across his body. Kai closed his eyes, as he felt the fire inside his heart grow even stronger. His clothes also changed: his shoulder armor turned red with four spikes, and his gloves, belt, and leg wrappings turned gold, and the rest of his clothes were red, with the sword drawn in gold on his shirt.

The guys were all standing with their eyes closed, as the power from the platinum weapons unlocked their powers and gave them an extra power boost. As the lights from this spectacle faded, Christa removed her arm from covering her face. She gasped in awe, as she noticed the changes in appearance of each of the guys.

'Whooooa... hey... why didn't my clothes change like that?' Christa thought, as she shook it off when the guys opened their eyes and started to look towards one another and make comments.

"Oh SNAP! Look at us, we're glowing!" Jay said, as he looked at himself and the others.

"Yes, I sense that the platinum weapons have not only unlocked our powers, but have also boosted our overall skills in combat and elemental usage," Zane replied.

"Wow, this is so cool. I can't wait to show Nya, and Flare," Kai said, while looking at his sword.

"Dudes check us out. We're hot!" Cole said, as he swipped his scythe.

"Come on guys, we gotta get serious. We're suppose to meet the others after they save Lucy," Kai said.

Then Jay asked, "What? Dude your not even remotely wow'd by this?"

After a moment, Kai summoned fire from his sword that engulfed the whole blade in a red flame with white sparks that sprang up a few times. Then Kai replied,

"Are you kidding me man? OF COURSE I think this is AWESOME!"

Kai slashed the blade in another direction from the others, and a fire slash continued off his blade and sliced a part of the cave wall, leaving it with a large scorch mark.

"FIIYYAA! So that's how Flare did it... eh hem anyway," Kai said, as he retracted the fire from the sword.

"We have more important things to consider now since the others are fighting to save Lucy. Who knows what danger they could be in right now," Kai said.

Then Zane replied, "He's right. Although we have acquired our weapons, we should immediately set a course for the rendezvous point to see if the others need assistance. Knowing Silva, and Darkness, there's a high probability that they've set up a defense mechanism of some sort."

"Then there's no time to lose. Let's head out of here guys," Cole said, as he turned towards Christa with one hand extended towards the stairs and said,

"After you Christa."

Christa smiled and said, "Why thank you Cole. Your such a gentleman."

As Christa walked ahead with Cole not too far behind, the other guys followed and they were holding in their laughs, especially Kai and Jay since they saw Cole being such a gentleman with Christa. However, Cole heard their slight giggles, and looked up to see that Christa's back was turned. Cole then used his Platinum scythe to hit the stair below him, which made the stairs below flatten out, and left the three ninja sliding down while yelling out in panic.

"WHOA WHOA!"

"HEY!"

"OOHH!"

Cole just smirked, while Christa turned to look, but then Cole started moving her forward up the stairs.

"What happened to the guys?" Christa asked.

"Eh, don't worry Christa. They'll be perfectly fine," Cole said, as he looked down at the others with a cheeky grin.

"COOOLE!" Kai yelled out at the bottom of the stairs with one fist up, while Jay and Zane were trying to get up.