Marcell walked over to Lucy to help her stand up along with Ryan.
"Thank you, big sis, and my dear," Lucy said with a smile, as Marcell and Ryan smiled at her.
"What? What do you mean 'dear?' And Ryan, I believe I heard you refer to my sister as 'sweetheart.' What the heck is that about, huh?" Marcell asked with an arched eyebrow, as Ryan and Lucy both sweat-dropped.
"Hee hee. Well sis, Ryan and I are dating now," Lucy said with an innocent smile, as Marcell's eyes widened.
While Lucy and Ryan talked with Marcell, Nya was able to hug and slap Kai over the head, as well as Jay. They accepted her love and punishment. Then Nya hugged Jay again, as he hugged her back and gently combed her hair with his hand.
"You did great Nya," Jay complimented.
"So did you Jay," Nya also complimented.
Kai was happy to see them together, and then he turned to look for Flare. He didn't have to look for long because Flare was standing right next to him.
"You gonna give me a hug, fire guy, or what?" Flare said, as she turned towards him and smiled.
"Of course, shadow lady," Kai said, and he and Flare hugged.
When they pulled back, Kai laid a kiss on Flare's forehead which surprised her, but then she chuckled and stroked his cheek with her backhand.
Christa was helping Cole to stand up, as he shook his head to remove the dirt from his hair. Some of the dirt landed on Christa's hair, and she tried to remove it but she couldn't see well. Cole noticed what he accidentally did, as he removed the few pieces from her blonde hair while apologizing, although Christa told him it was no trouble. After taking off the dirt, Cole brushed his hand through Christa's hair to make sure it was all gone. His strokes became more gentle, as he rested his hand on Christa's shoulder while looking at her with a gentle smile. Christa looked up at Cole when he placed his hand on her shoulder, and she couldn't help but smile back.
Zane was helping Auria up on her feet.
"Are you alright Auria? Is your biological and mechanical systems functioning properly?" Zane asked as he was overlooking her.
"I am fine Zane. Everything is fully functional and in order, thankfully. Are you okay?" Auria asked, as they held both hands together.
"Yes, I am, especially since you are alright," Zane said, and he kissed her hands, which brought a pink blush over Auria's cheeks.
"Zane, my son!" Dr. Julien said, as he approached the two while they separated their hands.
"Dad," Zane said, as he hugged his father.
"I can't be any more proud of you than you've made me Zane, but then again..." Dr. Julien said, and he turned to Auria and reached for her hand as she gave it to him.
"Being compatible with a lovely Cynoichi makes me all the more joyous. It puts my mind at ease to see your life progressing upward," Dr. Julien said, as he held Zane's hand too.
"I'm glad you feel this way dad. You don't know how much it means for you to say this," Zane said, with a smile while his eyes accumulated water.
"Your very kind, Doctor," Auria said, feeling her eyes slightly water too.
Dr. Julien brought Auria and Zane's hands together, as he stepped back and smiled, while Auria and Zane hugged.
In the Turret Cannon, the one percent of power remaining sparked to zero, as a hidden red switch was activated. The sound of a speaker turning on was heard, as everyone looked towards the turret. A voice spoke through the speaker,
"Self-destruct sequence has been activated. Five minutes until detonation."
Surprise and shock fell over everyone, until Marcell stepped forward with gritted teeth and furrowed eyebrows, and said,
"Are you kidding me?! There just so happens to be a self-destruct sequence in there too! How did Darkness know to build that?! How did he have the time?! Why does every time things are looking up for the heroes, something like this just happens to happen?! Give the heroes a break man!"
"That's what we intend to do!" Sensei Reine's voice called, as everyone turned to see Sensei Reine parking near them on an aerocycle.
"Sensei Reine!" The kunoichi said in delight.
"And Time Sensei too," Sensei Reine said, as she turned around and Time Sensei arrived surfing on a metal board as she stood afloat near them.
"Hello dearies! I came to assist with this," Time Sensei said, as she took an icosahedron crystal from her pocket that fit in the palm of her hand.
The light in the center of the crystal was changing colors every few seconds and swirling around inside, as a gold ring of intangible light circled around it.
"This is my latest project: The Crystal-porter! It can attach to something, while the other crystal that matches it's ring can be placed somewhere else and even put at a time limit so that the something will teleport to it. It's quite amazing actually, and now it'll be put to great use since that giant gun-thing is about to explode," Time Sensei said happily, as the others were intrigued but a bit surprised at her cheerfulness in that moment.
"See ya lovelies! You know what to do Reine!" Time Sensei said, as she headed towards the TC on her actual hover-board.
Sensei Reine took out a crossbow from behind her back, as the other Crystal-porter was ready to fire on the crossbow.
"Hey Marcell, are you feeling good enough to launch this porter to space while I drive?" Sensei Reine asked.
"Of course I am," Marcell said, as she took the crossbow and jumped on the back of the aerocycle.
"Will you be okay Sister? Sensei?" Lucy asked, with concern.
"Don't you worry lil' sis. We got this. You guys take it easy. You've done a lot to help us, so we're returning the favor," Marcell said, with a wink.
"Be careful Sensei!" Flare said, and Sensei Reine nodded.
Then Sensei Reine flew upward with the aerocycle and Marcell in the back, as they headed passed the clouds.
"How high do you think we can go?" Marcell asked.
"Passed the clouds. Although the air is going to get thinner, so we have to move fast. Set the porter for three minutes," Sensei Reine said, and Marcell did so.
They made it to the clouds.
"Do you think Time Sensei knew about this? I mean, we helped her finished this Crystal-porter and now we need it," Marcell asked.
"Well, she definitely earned the title 'Time Sensei,' since she is always on time," Sensei Reine said.
A radio went off on the aerocycle, as Time Sensei's voice was heard, "Okay ladies! Shoot it up!"
"Alright! Fire Marcell!" Sensei Reine said, as the aerocycle stopped flying up but stayed afloat just above the clouds.
Marcell aimed the crossbow straight up, and fired as the Crystal-porter went flying straight up. While the Crystal-porter flew straight up out of the atmosphere, Marcell settled on the aerocycle, and Sensei Reine turned downward to get back to the Ninja team.
After three minutes, the TC shined in multiple colors, and then it disappeared. The Ninja team looked up, along with Time Sensei since she landed next to them, while they saw something small flash way far up into the sky. Marcell and Sensei Reine were able to make it down to the Ninja team, when an explosion erupted in space, although it was much smaller since it was so high up. Everyone began to cheer and clap and whistle, as their mission was a success.
During this celebration, Ryan looked towards the clouds where Lloyd and Raven were battling within.
'Come on guys. We completed our mission… now complete yours too,' Ryan thought.