Peek-a-Boo
Grunting could be heard as the Destiny's Bounty flew through the sky and Kai was seen doing Airjitzu while trying to reach for a flag on top of the mass. He was about a few inches from reaching it before his Airjitzu suddenly went out and he fell back down. He grunted again as he tried to reach for the flag, but nowhere close to it. "Seriously!" He grunted as he was taking a breather. Kai then tries again, only for the same result to happen while Ronin looks down near while on deck was himself, Jay, Zane and Melissa as they were wearing new armored Ninja suits.
"Aww, just short," Ronin taunted from the top of the mast, mocking the Ninja as they practiced while looking up at him. "Like your temper, Kai." He said as he ate an apple.
"Let me try." Jay spoke up. "I'm forsure better Airjitzu'er than you, Kai." He bragged.
"Oh, yeah?" Kai questioned as he stood up. "And when did that happen?"
"Like now!" Jay called as he then did Airjitzu as he flew up to the flag, but he lost his balance as he fell down to the deck.
"Oh, yeah, that was so much better than me," Kai commented.
"It… It was." Jay said with a frown.
"That wasn't Airjitzu, that was Fail-itzu!" Ronin joked while pulling out an apple.
"Or Stupid-itzu," Kai added.
Melissa rolled her eyes in amusement. "How about I show you how it's done." She said before taking a deep breath and did Airjitzu, which was colored purple, and she made it to the top of the mass, she then looked down with a smile. "How's that for Airjitzu?" She asked with a smirk.
The boys looked at her in shock. "Seriously?! How did you master that faster than we did?!" Kai questioned.
"Clever, Melissa. You literally went up above the boys." Ronin teased with a smirk.
"Well someone has to put the boys in their places." Melissa said with a chuckle.
"To master the powers of Airjitzu, we must uplift, not put each other down, Ronin," Wu mentioned as he walked out on deck.
Ronin took a bite of his apple. "You closed the shop for a week, you gotta let me have some fun," He replied with a mouthful. "Aren't Nindroids supposed to be precise?"
Kai groaned. "These new suits are heavy." He said to the new armor they have as it was weighing them down. "Why can't we just use our old ones?" He asked Wu.
"These are embedded with Deepstone," Wu answered. "They will protect you from being possessed."
"Yeah, well, maybe the name 'Airjitzu' isn't uplifting enough," Jay mentioned as Nya put him down. "Maybe we need something more inspiring, like… Cyclondo!" He shouted before he did Airjitzu, but he overshot the flag as he gave a yell.
"Missed. Again," Ronin called before Jay fell past him and caught his apple. "Hey!" he complained as Jay landed on his legs while holding Ronin's apple as he gave a laugh.
"Cyclondo," Jay smugly stated as he took a bite out of Ronin's apple.
"We're not calling it that, Jay." Melissa said with a dull look.
In the Ninja's quarters, Cole was sitting in his bed with a sigh, without Deepstone armor since he's already a ghost, feeling sad about his bodiless as Nya walked in with a Ninja Suit of her own with golden armor and her phoenix symbol now water related while her suit is light blue as she gave a sigh and walked up to Cole.
"Don't feel like training?" Nya asked, wanting to know how Cole was feeling.
"In case you haven't heard, I'm a ghost," Cole reminded her harshly before he turned to her. "And don't tell me we can fix this, 'cause we can't. This is just…" He trailed off as he looked at the cup in front of him as he raised his hand. "...who I am now." His hand phased through the cup as he flopped onto his bed. "I don't feel anything anymore."
"Sensei told us our paths in life are never a straight line." Nya said to him. "Take me for instance, I thought I was always destined to be Samurai X, but now I'm training to become the Water Ninja, no matter how awful I am at that." She said with a small chuckle while Cole listened. "All I know is, Ninja never quit." She recites while hopping onto Cole's bed.
"But I'm not a Ninja anymore. I'm a ghost." Cole reminded her.
"Then what do you do?" Nya asked with a small smile. "I think that's something you have to answer on your own." She added while Cole gave in thought to her words.
Kai then stepped in. "Misako's about to debrief us about the next clue." He said to them,
"We'll be there in a moment." Nya said to her brother.
"And sis, that color suits you well." Kai complimented with a smile as he walked off.
"Thanks. It's my favorite color." Nya said with a smile.
"No, Nya, thank you." Cole said as he then caught Nya in a hug, but when Nya tried to hug him back, her hands went through him as Nya gave a frown as Cole couldn't get a proper hug. The Earth Ninja looked at his hands before he focused and made his hand solid, which made him able to hug Nya as he gave a smile, seeing some comfort.
In another room, the group crowded around as Misako did a slideshow of each sword section. "Now that both Morro and you have Airjitzu, it's time to turn our attention to the second clue, the Sword in the Cloud." Misako stated.
"Me senses tell me it could be many a swords," Zane spoke up with a pirate accent before Misako flipped through many projections of different swords as he listed them out. "Thar be the Fire Sword, the Sword of Destiny, the Golden Cutlass."
The others looked at Zane in confusion while Jay gave an amused look. "I thought you fixed his voice?" Melissa questioned.
"We did, and then I made it better," Jay explained with a snicker.
"The Sword of Invincibility, the Sword of Invisibility," Zane continued to list out some swords while the others chuckled in amusement.
"You're right, he is better." Kai said with a chuckle.
"The Blade of Ruin," Zane finished.
"Aye, Zane," Misako said with an amusing smile. "And to add to your colorful account, there are many more swords. But it wasn't until Morro and his allies commandeered Nya's Samurai Mech that it all became clear." She then turned the slide to the sword symbol. "It's the Sword of Sanctuary, protected in the Cloud Kingdom."
"Cloud Kingdom?" Ronin scoffed. "I know every square inch of Ninjago. There ain't no place called the Cloud Kingdom."
"You're right, Ronin." Wu said to them. "It isn't in Ninjago. It's in a parallel realm that can only be reached through the Blind Man's Eye."
"The Blind Man's Eye. The powerful storm that soars across Ninjago from high above the clouds," Nya questioned, "But's altitude is too high for the bounty to reach,"
"Unless we ascend the tallest mountain in Ninjago," Rachel said as Misako clicked to the next slide to show a picture of a mountain and multi-colored cyclones going into a huge hole in the sky. "The Wailing Alps."
Wu then steps next to the screen. "Yes. The Wailing Alps. When the Blind Man's Eye passes its peak, you five Ninja will jump into the eye of the storm using Airjitzu to cross over into Cloud Kingdom, to take possession of the Sword of Sanctuary."
"Whoa, whoa, Sensei, you're throwing around some big words here, but I think you got one wrong," Jay spoke up. "It's Cyclondo, not Airjitzu." He said before getting a strong whack to the head, "Ow!"
"We are not calling Airjitzu Cyclondo!" Melissa said, giving Jay a look
"So, this Sword of Sanctuary that we're after, what makes it so special?" Cole asked the eldered women in wonder.
"It's special because within its blade you can foresee your opponent's next move," Wu explained.
"And whoever gets it will have a huge advantage," Misako added as she turned off the projector. "Lights, please." Luci turned on the lights as Misako continued. "This is about more than finding the next clue to the Spinjitzu Master's tomb. This is about saving my son. You cannot fail."
"Well then let's do this." Melissa said with determination. "Boys, follow me."
"Woah, woah, woah!" Jay spoke up. "You're leading us now?!"
"Yeah, I am taking back leadership." Melissa told them.
"But what about ye fear of ghosts, lass?" Zane asked.
"Two reasons." Melissa told them. "One: it's because if Yang's temple taught me anything it's that despite my fear of ghosts, it's that if you wanna succeed in your goals you need to push your fear aside, when you do that you'll accomplish anything." She explained which made them all smile.
"Nice to see you got your confidence back." Kai said with a smile.
"And out of curiosity, what's the second reason?" Cole wondered.
"That you four suck at leadership that you couldn't lead a marching band." Melissa said with a brow as Nya and the adults chuckled at that. "It's no wonder why Lloyd and I are the leaders and have to keep you boys in line." She said in a dull tone.
"Hey! We worked out well before you both came into the team!" Jay said in offense.
"But that's because Sensei was leading you before you had official leaders of the team." Melissa said with her arms crossed.
"It's true. You four would've failed if I hadn't led you during your training." Wu said with a brow while stroking his beard.
"Anyway, let's get going." Melissa told them before turning to Zane. "You don't mind if I ride with you on your mech, do you Zane?"
"Actually, Melissa." Nya said with a smirk. "I have a special surprise for ya."
"You do?" Melissa asked with interest. "Okay, knowing your surprises, Nya, it's gotta be something cool." She said with a smirk.
"You know it. I'll show you when we get to the Wailing Alps. Been putting in the final touches." Nya said as Melissa gave an exciting look.
Nya is on the bridge as the Bounty flew straight to the Wailing Alps while the others looked at the mountain ahead, shivering from the cold. "It's getting really cold," Jay said while shivering.
"Freezing if you asked me," Kai said while shivering as well.
"That's the Wailing Alps for ya." Melissa commented. "The most coldest mountain in all of Ninjago." She added as Nya came to them.
"Guys, we need you down below." Nya said to them. "And you're gonna love the surprise, Melissa."
"Due tell." Melissa said with a smirk.
As the Bounty flew closer to the Wailing Alps, it started freezing as some ice started to coat it. While below deck, the three Ninja's old mechs are inside while a two new ones are made for Zane and Melissa. Zane's mech is all white with blades on its elbows.
"Melissa, allow me to introduce you to your very own mech!" Nya gestures to a purple mech with some blasters on the arms while having two big swords on the back while the hands act like claws, having a metal straw-hat shape on the top above her and it was in her color scheme.
"My own mech?!" Melissa asked in excitement.
"That's right." Nya said with a smirk. "This mech is based on Kai, Jay, Cole's amd a little bit of the Golden Mech, it had blasters that can revert into swords, a grappling hook in case something happens, a net that can trap its enemies, including ghosts and last but not least it has a good sound system as well." She explained before turning to Melissa with a smirk. "So, what do you think?"
"Oh, what do I think? I think if Lloyd saw this, I would've rubbed it in his face after he had that Golden Mech, because this is so awesome! I love it!" Melissa cheered in pure joy at seeing her own mech as she rushed up and jumped on it as she put on her hoodie.
"Wait a minute, she has a sound system?!" Jay exclaimed in shock.
"Hey, why don't our mechs have one?!" Kai asked his sister with a brow.
"Sorry, boys. Knowing your taste in music, you would've played it full blast and cause some trouble." Nya said with a smirk. "And I placed Melissa's hit tune there."
"That song never gets old." Melissa said as she pressed a button on her mech, which turned on the music of her first public song.
"They say, go slow. And everything just stands so still."
"Now I am considering writing another song." Melissa said while bumping her head to the music.
"And without your Mechs, you'll never be able to survive the extreme conditions on your own," Nya instructed them as each of the Ninja, except for Cole, were wearing winter hoodies on their heads and boots. "We've also installed headsets into your hoods for easy communication. Try it out." She said as they mounted into their mechs.
Jay then cleared his throat as he spoke. "Tell me, Zane, how tall is this mountain?" He asked.
"The precise elevation of the Wailin' Alps well over three leagues and 28 fathoms," Zane answered in his pirate accent while Jay snorted in amusement.
"Zane's so much cooler," Jay quipped.
"Melissa's mech is cooler as well." Kai told him.
"Remember, once you get to the peak, you'll only have one shot to shoot the Blind Stallion's Eye. Don't miss," Ronin advised as he walked up to the release lever.
Cole was feeling uncertain about this. "I don't know guys, you had time to practice. Maybe I should sit this one out." He suggested.
"Don't even think about it." Kai spoke up. "You may be a ghost but you're still part of the team."
"And if it weren't for you getting the first clue, we wouldn't even be here," Jay reminded him.
"Meaning we're doing this with you or not at all," Melissa told him with a smile.
"So what are you gonna do, Cole?" Nya asked as he turned to her. "Are you in or out?"
Cole thought for a moment before he gave a determined expression and focused hard enough to make his hands solid and grab the handles on his mech. "Open the hangar doors." he ordered.
"Opening hangar doors!" Ronin repeated as he pulled the lever, which made the alarms went off and the bottom of the floor began to open.
"Woo-hoo! Ha-ha!" Jay cheered. "Is anyone else getting a tingling feeling?"
"Yeah, frostbite," Kai answered nervously.
"Hang on to your hoods, boys!" Melissa advised.
"Drop 'em!" Ronin called as Nya pressed the green button the got the hooks off the mechs.
"NINJA, SNOW!" the Ninja called as their mechs fell through the floor as they all yelled and fell from the Bounty while Cole started screaming while flaring his mech around. The four out of five Ninja landed their mechs perfectly on the snow. But they looked up as they still heard Cole screaming as he crash-landed right in front of them.
"Cole, are you okay?" Kai asked in a worried tone.
Melissa and Jay quickly picked Cole up as he sighed. "Gotta work on that landing," He said as he turned to the others. "Hey, you sure you want me along? I can hardly control my new body let alone this piece of metal." He said unsurely.
"Hey we all have our bad days," Jay told him with a smile. "We pick you up so you can return the favor."
"Jay be right." Zane spoke up. "The only way we're gettin' up ye mountain is if we be a hardy crew."
"This isn't about who's a ninja, a nindroid, a boy or girl, or even a ghost. Above us all else, we're family," Melissa told him with a smile, "And as Iron sharpens Iron, Siblings sharpens Siblings."
Cole then felt inspired as he spoke. "All right family, let's do this," He said as he moved his mech while the others followed along as they could see Blind Man's Eye moving towards the peak of the mountain in the sky.
At the bridge of the Bounty, the group are looking at the monitors while checking the position the Ninja are while also following the wind current of Blind Man's Eye with a timer counting down from three hours.
"The Blind Man's Eye will be passing the peak in T-minus four hours," Nya informed.
"Good, then if there isn't any trouble, they should be able to get there in time," Wu stated.
"Just out of curiosity, why is it they call it the Wailing Alps?" Ronin asked in wonder.
"Because the unnaturally strong wind gusts blow through the canyons, it creates a sound akin to a whale song," Misako explained. "They say some gusts are strong enough to blow someone clear off the face of the mountain."
"Right. No trouble at all." Ronin said sarcastically after hearing why it's called the Wailing Alps.
"I have a terrible feeling about this." Luci said in concern.
Back on the mountain, the Ninja were still trekking, "Ah, not so bad when you get the hang of it," Cole commented, now being able to control his ghost body better now.
"So this Sword of Sanctuary, you really think you can see all your opponent's attacks?" Jay asked with an interesting smile. "If we had that kind of power, not even Morro could stop us."
"But if Morro got his hands on it, nothing can stop him, which is why we cannot fail." Melissa said with a serious tone. "We just have to keep climbing."
After a bit of walking, Kai let out a groan. "Zane! How much further is it to the top?!" He asked.
"Thar be a long way," Zane replied. "At least 100,000 steps up."
"A hundred thousand!?" Melissa exclaimed before groaning, "Thank goodness I'm not counting," she complained.
"267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273," Jay counted each step they took before something caught his eye. "Oh look, a little goat." He pointed out in the distance a Walloper that mooed.
"That's not a goat." Kai spoke up. "Don't you remember? We rode one of those."
"It got horns. It's a goat." Jay argued.
"Even giraffes have horns." Kai pointed out. "And that's not a goat. It's a yak."
"A yak? No way. Maybe it's a cow." Jay said.
"I'm about to have a cow." Kai said in annoyance as they continued forward.
Zane then noticed something in the snow, "Arr, look, tracks." He told the others.
"Maybe it was another Wolloper?" Kai guessed.
"No, way too big, and it's on two legs," Jay noted.
Zane leaned closer and inspected the footprints as he scanned them. "These tracks are fresh, Zane. Be careful," Pixal advised him in his head.
"Pixal has analyzed ye tracks," Zane said as he stood up. "We not be the first ones to climb this pass today."
"You think it was Morro?" Kai asked.
"Who else is crazy enough to be at this altitude?" Jay questioned, knowing it's obvious. "If he's ahead of us, we're bound to cross paths."
"Are you sure you are okay to face him again, Melissa?" Cole asked in concern.
"We were told that Morro lost the Allied Armor thanks to Nya. So he wouldn't have brought so many ghosts with him." Melissa said to him.
"So that means you have gotten over your fear of ghosts?" Jay asked.
"Oh, no. I'm still afraid." Melissa said to them before turning to them. "But someone has to. And for Lloyd's sake, I can't let my fears get in the way of that. No matter how terrifying it may be. I mean, Cole's a ghost. I may keep getting startled by him, but that doesn't mean that I don't see him any different, he's still the same Cole that we know, and whether he's a ghost, human, unicorn, it doesn't matter because he is and will always be a brother to me and to us."
"Aw, thanks." Cole said with a smile before they heard the sound similar to a whale song. "What's that sound?" He asked before a wind gust came into view.
"Wind gust! Anchor down!" Zane shouted as they all had each of their Mechs drive their claws into the ground.
"Hold on, everyone!" Melissa called, but then Cole's mech crashed into them, sending them down as they slid down a bit before the four steady themselves while Cole was about to fall off the edge.
"I can't hold on!" Cole shouted as Zane used his grapple to grab Cole to prevent him from falling off as he sighed in relief. "That was close. I owe you one." He said as Zane pulled him up.
Melissa took the lead as they began to climb again. "Come on, there's still a lot of mountain to go." She said as they continued climbing.
On one of the highpoints of the mountain from where the Ninja are, Morro, who was in Nya's possessed mech, and his three ghosts looked down at where the Ninja were.
"So, they are following us," Morro said with a look.
"We're too far ahead. They'll never catch us," Soul Archer assured as Morro groaned a bit.
"What is it, Morro?" Bansha asked.
"Lloyd's spirit continues to fight my possession." Morro answered while grunting a bit. "He's getting stronger." He added, feeling Lloyd's still fighting his control.
Bansha gave a scoff. "You have already lost the Allied Armor, we cannot fail to secure the Sword of Sanctuary." She said to him, since they lost the armor, they can't get resummoned or call for backup.
"We could go faster if you abandon Lloyd's body." Soul Archer suggested. "These winds don't affect us ghosts."
"Our Master would want us to--" Bansha tried to say.
"The Preeminent is not here, I am." Morro reminded them firmly. "And need I remind you, only a Spinjitzu Master can find the Tomb. If I leave Lloyd's body now, the sword would be useless." He said as he moved the mech forward. "Our master sent me to find the tomb, so until she's freed, you serve me. Understand?" He questioned while giving looks to his three remaining ghosts as they stood together with their heads down.
"Yes, Morro." The three ghosts said.
"At least let me slow them down." Bansha suggested. "You summoned us for a reason."
"Very well, send them a message," Morro said with a nod. "Something they'll hear loud and clear to slow them down while we make it to the top." Bansha nodded and floated to the edge as Morro and the rest of the ghost continued onward. Bansha released a mighty scream, which caused an avalanche to form in the mountain.
At the lower part of the mountain, the Ninja continued climbing before they heard the scream. "Now what's that sound?!" Jay questioned as they all stopped.
"Another gust?" Cole asked.
"No, that sounded more like a shriek than a wail," Melissa noted before they heard rumbling and saw a wave of snow rushing toward them, "But I know what that is: AVALANCHE!" She screamed in panic. "RUN!" She ordered as they all started running.
The Ninja kept running before the avalanche came up close to them. "Here it comes! Hold on!" Kai shouted as they were all caught in the avalanche and were sliding down as they all screamed.
Cole was in his mech as he tried to regain control, but his hands went through the handles. "I can't control my mech!" He yelled in panic.
"Me neither!" Jay yelled out next.
"The avalanche is too strong!" Kai shouted as Jay then saw a big rock ahead of him.
"No! No!" Jay screamed as his mech crashed into the rock, causing it to break into pieces as Jay flew into the air before he landed on the foot of the mech as he started screaming and saw a cliff ahead.
"Jay, take my hand!" Cole called as he got out from his mech and raised his hand to Jay, but it went right through him the second they touched.
"Concentrate, Cole!" Jay shouted as Kai got out of his mech and saw a tree ahead as he quickly jumped on and grabbed the branch.
"I got it," Kai said with a smile. "Hey, guys, I-" He was cut off when his branch broke and he started screaming as he landed with Jay and slid down with him.
Zane tried to get out of his mech but he was stuck, "Argh, Blimey! I be trapped!" He exclaimed as Melissa managed to gain some control of her mech.
"Zane, grab on!" Melissa told him as her mech grabbed Zane's hands, "Jay, Kai, jump onto Zane's Mech!" She ordered.
Jay and Kai jump onto Zane's mech as Melissa then stabs her mech's hand down, trying to slow down, but still heading towards the edge.
"The snow is too steep! I can't get a grip!" Melissa shouted as she tried to keep a tight grip but kept slipping.
Cole then saw they're getting closer to the cliff. "What do I do? What do I do?" He asked himself before he gave a determined expression. "What do you do, Cole? You don't give up!" he declared as he then saw a snowball rolling down next to him, giving him a crazy idea as he dived down into the snow and into the snowball. As the others screamed on Zane's mech while Melissa still tried to find a grip as they were nearing the cliff. But they saw the snowball moving in front of them before it took the shape of a snow golem and caught them by grabbing Melissa's mech legs, with her holding onto Zane's, before they could fly off.
Melissa looked up at the snow creature and noticed a familiar face with glowing green eyes on it. "Whoa! Cole! Is that you in that thing?!" She asked in shock, as were the others.
"Just picking you up to return the favor," Cole answered from in the snow as he moved the two mechs with a swing which caused them to yell as Cole put them down as the others got off the mech.
"You possessed the snow," Kai said in amazement as the snow golem dissolved to reveal Cole underneath it.
"Yeah, I guess I did," Cole said in surprise, not knowing he could do that.
"Ha, ha, ha!" Jay laughed in joy. "First we get Cyclondo, then we get a ghost on our side!"
"'Tis good to see you smile, matey," Zane said with a smile before turning to Melissa. "So what be our new course, Melissa?"
"Okay, so we lost three mechs, but we're up in spirit than before." Melissa noted as she looked at the distance of the mountain they fell. "Still, my mech could make up the time thanks to Nya. But how are you guys gonna catch up in Zane's Ice Mech? And we've lost a lot of ground." She pointed out.
"How about we see what else I can do?" Cole suggested with a smirk under his mask.
A moment later, the Ninja, who are on Zane's mech, are moving faster than how Zane's mech was before as it started jogging faster up the mountain at high speed with Melissa's mech taking the lead.
"Woo-hoo!" Jay cheered.
"It's like your possession has giving his mech boosters!" Kai called in amazement as they all looked down at Zane's monitor, which revealed Cole in it, having possessed the mech.
"Boo-sters? That some sort of ghost joke?" Cole asked with a smirk.
Melissa gave a chuckle. "Glad to hear your sense of humor hasn't changed, Cole!" She said as she then fired a grapple up the mountain and pulled herself up to the next level of the mountain. "Okay, I'm gonna send my grapple down to pull you guys up!" She called out.
"No need! I got this!" Cole shouted as he made Zane's mech latch onto the wall, much to their amazement.
"Whoa, Cole, you've transformed into a Spider Mech!" Kai exclaimed in excitement.
"You know, this ghost thing isn't that bad after all," Cole said happily as they kept scaling the mountain.
At the Bounty, the others are watching in amazement when they see Zane's mech climbing the mountain to catch up with Melissa's.
"How are they going that fast?" Ronin questioned in surprise.
"Cole," Nya said with a proud smile, "He's found his second wind." She told them.
"Well, they're cutting it close," Ronin said with a concerned frown. "The Blind Man's Eye will be touching down shortly."
"Then let's hope they'll make it." Rachel said hopefully.
Meanwhile, Morro and the ghosts were treading carefully on an edge of a cliff before they saw something up ahead. It was revealed to be a temple at the side of the mountain.
"The Hanging Temple. The summit isn't far," Morro said before Bansha noticed something below them.
"Impossible," Bansha said as she pointed down, which they followed before they saw the Ninja in Zane's mech heading towards them as Morro growled in frustration.
"You said you got rid of them!" Morro yelled at Bansha.
"I wiped them off the face of the mountain!" Bansha stated as they saw the Ninja closing in.
"Clearly you didn't wipe hard enough," Morro retorted before he looked at the mech, jumping off it. "This mech is slowing me down. I'll go the rest of the way on my own on foot." He said as he started walk
"But, Morro, the wind…" Soul Archer tried to say.
"I control the wind!" Morro yelled stubbornly. "You three control the situation. Make sure they never make it to the top." He ordered firmly as he walked off.
With the Ninja, they are still scaling the mountain before they see the temple above them. "The Hanging Temple. We're not far," Melissa said to them.
"Ghoul-Tar fight!" Ghoul-Tar exclaimed as Soul Archer aimed his bow and fired his arrow at the Ninja.
Jay looked up as he gasped. "Incoming!" he yelled as the arrow managed to hit Kai on the chest as he gave a yell.
"KAI!" They all exclaimed in worry.
"No! No, no, no," Jay muttered, but Kai got up and saw that he was unharmed and unchanged as he sighed in relief.
"The armor really works," Kai said in relief. "I didn't turn into a ghost."
Melissa took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "Push through the fear, push through the fear." She told herself before Nya's mech, with Ghoul-Tar in it, came into view and fired grapples on the two mechs and pulled them up, "Hey, that belongs to my best friend!" She told the ghost.
"It's Ghoul-Tar now!" Ghoul-Tar yelled as he tossed the two Mechs away.
Cole turned and saw Morro running across the bridge. "Morro's getting away!" He called before Bansha blocked him.
"And you're not!" Bansha said as she gave another shriek, which made the Ninja cover their ears before they all avoided the icicles from the lines.
Kai drew his Aeroblade. "Who's ready for some exercise, 'cause we're about to do some exorcism," He quipped.
"Now that is a ghost joke," Cole commented as Ghoul-Tar moved the mech forward to them.
"Ghoul-Tar chop!" Ghoul-Tar yelled, but before he could do anything, Zane came in and started fighting Ghoul-Tar.
"The Blind Man's Eye!" Melissa shouted as they saw the swirling vortex moving closer to the peak. "We can't let Morro jump through it before or without us!" She called as she saw Kai clashing blades with Bansha.
"Don't think we're not trying!" Kai shouted as he kept clashing blades.
Jay was about to help, but then a ghost arrow missed him. "Somebody almost got shot here! Where's the archer!?" He exclaimed as Cole looked up.
"On the rooftop!" Cole answered as he pointed above as Jay turned to see the Soul Archer aiming his arrow at Jay. The Lightning Ninja quickly drew his Aeroblade and threw it at the Soul Archer, who dodged it.
Kai is fighting Bansha as the ghost witch managed to stab the floor, causing it to break as Kai was about to fall. "Kai, think fast!" Jay called as he threw his blade to the wall, which Kai quickly held onto before the floor broke completely as Bansha charged at him, which he quickly dodged as he held two blades.
"We have to figure out how to get rid of these windbags before it's too late!" Kai exclaimed before wailing sounds could be heard as a strong gust of wind started blowing.
"Oh! Speaking of wind!" Jay called out as he drew his blade down. "Anchor down!" He yelled as they all tried to hang on, but the wind was blowing them away as they held onto Zane's mech again as Melissa clamped her mech down as she grabbed hold of Zane's ice mech. "Now I feel like a windbag!"
"Hang on tight!" Melissa yelled out as she and the others held on tightly.
Near the top of the mountain, Morro was fighting the wind as he tried to use his powers to stop it. "Stop it! It's me that controls the wind!" He called as he struggled to fight it. "STOP!" He yelled as he put more strength in his powers as the wind finally ceased as he sighed in relief. "That's better." He added as he continued forward.
Back on the Hanging Temple, the wind gusts died down, "I wanna get off this stupid mountain I hate heights!" Cole complained.
"Come on, Melissa, get this tin can back on its feet!" Jay called out.
"On it!" Melissa said as she pulled Zane's Ice Mech up and brought it to its feet. But the Ghoul-Tar laughed as he came over to them as he grabbed the two mechs as Jay, Cole, and Kai got off Zane's while Ghoul-Tar fought with Melissa and Zane's.
"Now where did the Archer go?" Jay asked, looking around.
Behind you!" Kai pointed behind him as they saw Soul Archer firing another arrow, which they quickly dodged as the archer ready another arrow. Jay quickly drew his blade and threw it at Soul Archer, which caused him to stumble back and yell as he fell.
"Ha, ha. I got him! I got him!" Jay cheered, but then he saw his Aeroblade continue spinning until it was out of sight as he groaned. "Argh! And I lost it."
"Come on, we have to get out of here!" Kai called as the three boys rushed off while Melissa and Zane continued to fight Ghoul-Tar as said ghost laugh.
"Ghoul-Tar never let you leave!" Ghoul-Tar called with a smirk as Melissa and Zane looked at each other as they pressed a button, causing some cables to latch around Ghoul-Tar, which confused him as he turned to the two Ninja.
"Then it's off the plank for you!" Zane yelled as he pressed a button as he and Melissa jumped off their mechs as Zane's Titan Mech took to the air along with Ghoul-Tar as he screamed and rolled down the mountain in a huge snowball.
"Have a nice trip!" Melissa waved with a smirk.
Bansha and Soul Archer looked down and saw the Ninja escaping. "They're getting away!" Bansha exclaimed.
"We'll see about that," Soul Archer said as he drew his arrow and fired it at the Ninja, which Zane saw as he quickly dodged it. But the arrow hit the bridge, causing it to be possessed as he gasped and rushed off.
"RRRRUUUNNN!" Zane yelled to the others as they turned and saw the bridge becoming possessed as they ran faster with screams before they made it to the other side before the bridge was completely ghosted.
"Come on, there's no time to lose," Melissa said as they continued onward.
Back at the peak of the mountain, Morro continued to climb the icicles to the top before he looked down and saw the Ninja close to him as he growled in frustration.
"Ah! There he is! We're still in this race!" Jay called.
"Then let's keep climbing!" Melissa said as they climbed up the mountain, but Morro kicked a big icicle down, but Cole and Kai drew their blades as they smashed it and protected Jay.
"We can do this. We're almost there!" Kai encouraged them as they kept climbing. Jay slipped as he nearly fell before Cole grabbed his hand.
"Concentrate. We got this," Cole said to her as he pushed Jay back up as he held onto the icicle.
Jay saw his Aeroblade next to him. "Hey! I knew it'd come back to me!" He happily called as he took his blade out of the icicle.
"We're gonna miss the Blind Man's Eye!" Melissa exclaimed as they saw the vortex getting close to the peek.
"Oh, no, all this way for nothing," Jay said in despair as another Wind gust started blowing, which made Morro slip before he tightened his grip, knowing he couldn't use his powers this time, while the Ninja did the same.
"We'll never make it in time!" Zane called to them.
"We will if we do one thing," Melissa said with determination as they all know what he's thinking.
"Cyclondo!" Jay called in realization.
"But I never practiced it!" Cole pointed out in worry. "What if I don't make it?! What if I just blow off the mountain?!"
"Just trust us!" Melissa said before she jumped off her icicle and then did her Airjitzu and flew past the boys and Morro and landed on the peak before looking down. "Okay boys, your turn!"
Kai, Zane, and Jay then jumped over as they did Airjitzu, which Kai was red, Zane was white, and Jay was blue. "Now it's your turn!" Kai shouted to Cole as they flew up towards Melissa and landed on the peak.
"I made it! I Cyclondo'd!" Jay cheered.
"Yar! What about Cole?" Zane asked before they looked over the edge to see him still holding on to the icicles.
"You can do it, Cole!" Kai encouraged him. "We'll catch you! Remember, Family sharpens Family!"
"The only thing sharp here is this icicle that I'm holding on to!" Cole shouted back as he clutched the icicle harder.
"Come on, Cole! You're the strong one!" Kai encouraged him. "Even Jay can do it!" To that remark, the Lightning Ninja felt insulted.
"Oh, thank you very much, Fireboy," Jay said sarcastically.
"Cole, just jump!" Melissa called out.
Cole clutched the icicle hard as he looked down before looking up. "What if I can't grab hold of your hand?! I'll fall and die!"
"No, you won't!" Melissa shouted. "You're a ghost now, and ghosts can't die!"
"Ghost can't die," Cole repeated. "Ghost can't die! I'll do it!" He finally let go of the icicle and performed Airjitzu, which is colored brown. He flew past Morro and to the top before landing on top of the others.
"Oh! We did it!" Jay cheered as they looked up.
"Look! The Blind Man's Eye!" Kai exclaimed as the vortex was right above them.
"We've got one shot," Zane reminded them as they stood up.
"Then let's make it count," Melissa declared.
"Siblings. sharpens Siblings." Cole recited as they all looked at the vortex and got into ready position.
Morro managed to reach the top before he saw the Ninja doing Airjitzu. "Cyclondo!" Jay exclaimed as they flew up.
"No!" Morro cried as he reached his hand out to them as the Ninja flew up to Blind Man's Eye and disappeared into the vortex. "No! NNOOOO!" He yelled out as the vortex shrank and went further up, showing that he missed the jump.
Back at the Hanging Temple, Soul Archer and Bansha heard Morro's yell and knew what that meant, "Pah, he missed it," Soul Archer.
"There will be other opportunities." Bansha assured him before she realized that one ghost was missing. "But where's Ghoul-Tar?" She questioned.
Back at the Bounty, the group kept monitoring the Ninja's position as a red dot just vanished from the peak of the mountain. "Their beacons. What happened? Where did they go?" Nya said in worry.
"They made it." Wu said with a smile. "They've crossed over to the Cloud Kingdom." He said as they all cheered, but then Nya saw a giant snowball go down right past them, which caused everyone to stop cheering.
"What was that?" Ronin questioned as they looked out and saw Ghoul-Tar exiting Nya's mech, which returned to normal the second he left as Ghoul-Tar moved around in dizziness.
"It's a…" Luci stammered.
"Ghost." Rachel said with a serious look as Ronin went down on deck.
Ghoul-Tar just regained his bearings before he was trapped in a Deepstone cage. "Fresh catch of the day." Ronin said with a smirk.
"Bring him aboard. I want answers." Wu demanded as Nyalooked at the mountain where the Blind Man's Eye is still above, hoping the others made it okay.
Melissa and the other Ninja slowly opened their eyes as they could no longer feel the cold air blowing on their faces. "Did we make it?" She asked the others as they all groaned while they sat up on a cloud. They took off their hoods before they saw multiple floating buildings out in the distance.
"The Cloud Kingdom," Cole gasped as they reached their destination before they stood up.
"Now, let's find that Sword of Sanctuary," Jay said before they walk towards the kingdom for the next clue to the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master.
A/N: And that is Peek-a-Boo, and The Ninja have beaten Morro to the Cloud Kingdom, Melissa has a new Mech and despite being afraid she's willing to put her fears aside to save Lloyd. I hope you all enjoy reading this chapter, leave a review and tell me what you think.
Up Next: The Ninja make their way through the Cloud Kingdom to get the Sword of Sanctuary before Morro does.
Here's the Cast List.
Tara Strong as Melissa; Vincent Tong as Kai; Michael Adamthwaite as Jay; Kirby Morrow as Cole; Brent Miller as Zane; Kelly Metzger as Nya; Paul Dobson as Wu and Ghoul-Tar; Kathleen Barr as Misako and Bansha; Andrew Francis as Morro; Veronica Taylor as Rachel; Alyson Court as Luci; Brian Dobson as Ronin and Soul Archer; Jennifer Hayward as Pixal.