The Quiet One
In Primeval's Eye, Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi are running through the jungle in fright as a creature was following them from behind as it gave a roar as they ran as fast as they could while some trees tumbled down while Harumi tripped down before Lloyd helped her up. "Come on!" He urged as the three kept going.
They kept running before they fell down into a ditch as they fell into a small hole in the crack as Lloyd raised a finger to tell Harumi and Melissa to stay quiet as the create was over them while trying to find them as the two kept silent before the creature marched off with a roar as Lloyd and Melissa sighed in relief.
"I thought the Grundles were supposed to be extinct." Melissa muttered in shock.
"Well then that is one angry fossil." Lloyd said.
Soon, Lloyd looked over head as he saw the close is clear before nodding to the girls as they climbed up. Lloyd grunted a bit in pain as he tried to look at the map on his arm while using his sword to support himself. "Are you okay?" Harumi asked in concern.
"Yeah. Just… need a second." Lloyd said as he tried to look at the map as he lifted his arm up a bit, but cringed.
"Lloyd, easy on that arm." Melissa said to him. "Trust me, I know how it feels."
"Yeah, I kinda got that." Lloyd muttered.
"Let me help." Harumi said as she adjusted the makeshift sling. "How's that?"
"Feels good, thanks." Lloyd said with a smile as Melissa's eye twitched a bit seeing how close Harumi was to Lloyd.
"Okay, now that we lost the beast, can we get back on track on finding the last mask?" Melissa reminded them. "Are you sure we're heading the right way, Lloyd?"
"Pretty sure." Lloyd nodded as he looked at the map. "If this map is right, there's a river that runs through Primeval's Eye that way." He pointed his sword in a direction. "And the river leads straight to the hidden Oni Temple that holds the third mask."
"Uhh, I don't know." Harumi said uncertainty. "Maybe it would be smarter to turn back and try to find the others. I mean, your arm is still pretty bad, Lloyd, and we're all alone out here."
"Don't worry. I'm doing okay." Lloyd assured her.
"And not to mention, we might be miles away from the Bounty if we don't even know where it is. We can't turn back now." Melissa added.
"Yeah, we can't take the chance." Lloyd said in agreement. "If the Sons of Garmadon get to the mask first, they'll have all three."
"So we have to keep moving and make sure they don't get that mask." Melissa said with determination.
"Okay." Harumi nodded.
"But Lloyd, how about you rest that arm for a while and let me take a turn." Melissa suggested as she took Lloyd's sword and walked up to the bushes and cut them away. "Follow me." She added as Lloyd and Harumi followed after her.
A bit far from where Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi are now, the rest of the Ninja are still at the Bounty while trying to make repairs from the crash as Zane looked around and scanned the area as Pixal walked up beside him. "Any sign of Lloyd, Melissa and Harumi?" Pixal asked.
"Negative." Zane shook his head. "Should I gather a search party?" He suggested.
"In this jungle, it's better to stay with the Bounty." Pixal stated. "Let's get her mended and the computer up and running so we can re-establish our comlink." She said as she and Zane walked back to the others to continue repair of the Bounty.
Cole was whistling a song to the baby while Jay and Kai were fixing the left thruster. "What do you think that baby's name is? You think he looks like a Cole Jr.?" He asked them with a smile as Jay managed to get Pixal's sword out of the thruster and turn to Cole.
"I think you should put the baby down and help us out." Jay said with annoyance. "Okay, Zane. Give it another try." He said, but only received static on the radio.
"Zane?" Kai asked after noticing it. "Come in, Zane."
"Oh, great." Jay groaned. "Now the radio's not working." He complained before they heard a growl from an unknown creature in the jungle, which startled them.
"What do you think that was?" Cole asked nervously as he put the baby in his carrying bag on his back.
"Probably just some cute little critter?" Kai suggested in fear.
"Or a big critter." Jay said in fear. "A great big vicious critter with lots of teeth and claws and pincers."
"You can't tell all that from how it sounds." Cole said to Jay with annoyance.
"Oh yeah, if you listen real carefully." Jay said as he leaned close to the sound before beeping sounds were heard, startling them.
"Did you guys say something? Zane asked while he and Pixal were on the bridge, working on the console.
"Heh." Kai said sheepishly. "Any luck reaching Lloyd, Melissa or Harumi?"
"Pixal and I have only been able to repair the shortwave comlink." Zane explained. "It appears we won't be able to find them until we get the Bounty over these trees." He explained as he reached a lever. "Ready to test the thrusters?"
"Let's give it a go." Cole spoke up.
"Fire it up." Kai added.
"Go for it." Jay said as Zane and Pixal pulled some levers, which started up the thrusters.
"Haha! It's working!" Cole cheered.
"I'll say! Fi-ya!" Kai cheered, but the thruster burned out as it gave a smoke.
"Shit! Cut it off!" Cole called out.
"Abort! Abort!" Jay exclaimed.
"Shut it down! Shut it down!" Kai cried out as Zane and Pixal shut it down as they looked down and saw the others covered in soot.
"God damn it! That's it! I had it!" Jay exclaimed as Zane gave a chuckle. "First, we crash land in who knows where, surrounded by who knows what and now this!" He exclaimed in frustration.
"Well, at least Cole Jr.'s fine." Cole said as he showed the baby on his back, who is still clean and gave a giggle. "So we can give the diapers to Jay." He joked.
"Hahahaha, hilarious." Jay said sarcastically before some zooming sounds were heard. "What? What was that?" He asked before Nya came in with the now fully operational Samurai mech.
"Look what I found." Nya said with a smile.
"My suit!" Pixal cheered before stopping herself. "Uhh I mean, your suit." She corrected sheepishly.
"It's okay, Pixal." Nya assured with a wink as the mech opened up as she got up and landed next to Jay. "You're Samurai X now." She said as Pixal smiled. "There was also a note on it from Lloyd." Nya said as she revealed a leaf note. "He, Melissa and Rumi are going to the temple."
"Then they're okay." Cole said in relief.
"But we're still grounded." Kai reminded them. "Let's get back to work, before the Sons of Garmadon pick up our trail."
"And hope that they don't find Lloyd, Melissa, and Harumi." Cole added.
"And also hope that Melissa hadn't killed Harumi yet, because of what you three did." Nya said, giving Kai, Jay and Cole a look. "Seriously, if Melissa wasn't jealous before she'll most definitely be now!"
"Yes, what you three did was highly illogical." Zane said to them naturally.
"It was supposed to be a joke!" Jay said in defense.
"How should we know that Melissa might take it seriously?" Kai added.
"Have you met her?" Nya questioned with a brow.
Meanwhile at the far end of the jungle, the Sons of Garmadon stopped when they saw the smoke from the crash Bounty bellowing from the distance as they all stopped with Enaz, Killow, and Ultra Violet were in front of the others. "The Bounty went down, just as The Quiet One planned." Killow said.
"Hmm. This is gonna be fun." Ultra Violet said with a crazed laughter.
"Uh…" A biker spoke up as the three Generals turned to him with a worried look. "It's just…"
"What is it?" Killow questioned him with a look.
"What about the others who went?" The biker asked.
"And the stories about the sea monster." The second biker added.
Killow stepped out of his bike and picked up the first biker who spoke by the leg and shook him. "And what do you think The Quiet One will do to you? Hmm?" Killow questioned him.
"It'll be worse than whatever we find out there, I promise you." Ultra Violet assured, since she knew whatever Primeval's Eye will give them is nothing compared to The Quiet One's wrath for their failure.
Enaz's eyes started to glow for a bit before looking at Killow. "The Quiet One is on foot to the Temple." He reported.
"Then let's make sure we give the boss a ride after the mission." Ultra Violet declared as she gave a crazed yell as the Sons of Garmadon drew off into the jungle.
As Melissa cuts through the foliage, Harumi and Lloyd follow behind, "Stuck in a palace all your life, did you ever imagine you'd be in a place like this, Harumi?" Lloyd wondered.
"Trecking my way through Primeval's Eye? Not so much." Harumi admitted.
"Is that so?" Melissa asked curtly as she cut some more.
"Why yes. But to be perfectly honest, I always dreamed of being a Ninja like you." Harumi said with a smile towards Lloyd, which surprised the two as they kept going as Melissa kept cutting the way.
"So, according to this, we're almost to the Black River. We just have to get past this part that reads 'Strangeler's Path'." Lloyd stated after checking the map, which made Harumi and Melissa stop in shock by that.
"Uhh. Did you say Strangler's Path?" Harumi asked in shock.
"That doesn't sound like a pleasant name." Melissa said uneasily.
"Or cheery." Harumi added. "Why is it called that?"
"Places like these always have colorful names." Lloyd assured them casually. "Half of the time, it doesn't mean anything. The Caves of Despair, Blind Man's Eye, Hiroshi's Labyrinth." He listed out.
"Island of Darkness?" Melissa said with a raised eyebrow to him.
"Okay yeah but that's just o-HOOOAAAHHH!!" Lloyd suddenly screamed as something grabbed his leg and dragged him away.
"LLOYD!" Melissa and Harumi called out in shock as Lloyd was being dragged away as they chased after him.
"GIRLS!" Lloyd shouted next as he lost the map as he was dragged across the jungle floor, trying desperately to grab onto something and stop whatever was pulling him but couldn't.
Lloyd kept being dragged until he saw a Strangle Tree as it snarled and opened its mouth as Lloyd was starting to panic.
"You're kidding me?!" Lloyd shouted as he tried to get away from the tree as he was drawing close to its mouth before his sword then landed on the vine as the Strangle Tree screamed as the vine that held Lloyd was sliced off and the creature closed its mouth in pain.
"Thanks Melissa, I knew I cou-" Lloyd stopped when he saw that it wasn't Melissa who threw the sword, it was Harumi. "What the? Harumi? But, how did you? How did the tree--?" He stammered as Harumi went up to him and helped him up. "How did you do that?"
"I don't know. You were gonna be eaten. And Melissa didn't have enough time to make it." Harumi said to him. "I-I-I got lucky, I guess."
"Luck?!" Lloyd exclaimed. "But you were way over there and you have no fighting or Ninja experiences! So how could you possibly-" Lloyd tried to say before Harumi grabbed and planted her lip on his.
Lloyd's eyes widened in complete shock and fear as he knew that Melissa was going to murder her and him. He glanced to the side and saw Melissa standing there, with a look of shock and betrayal on her face.
Lloyd instantly pushed Harumi off of him. "Melissa! Wait, it's not what it looks like!" He said frantically as Melissa's face turned to full on fury as her fists clenched.
"Lloyd… you… you BASTARD!" Melissa yelled out in anger as she stormed up to him. "How could you do this to me?! After everything we've been through together!"
"Wait, Nonononono! I-It's not what you think!" Lloyd said fearfully with his hands raised. "I can explain, you see what happened was-"
"I don't wanna hear it!" Melissa shouted in anger with her eyes glowing purple, which made Lloyd flinched back in fear. "I had a feeling that you might be having eyes for the Princess for a while now and what you just did just proved it!"
"What?! No! That's not true!" Lloyd told her. "I only-"
"What? You think she's prettier than me? Smarter than me? Sexier than me?!" Melissa questioned, marching up to him.
"Melissa, please, just let me expla-" Lloyd tried to say.
"What's the matter, can't you compliment your new girlfriend to your ex?!" Melissa questioned before turning to Harumi, "Well maybe, I'll see what she has to say herself." She said before marching up to Harumi.
"E-Ex?" Lloyd muttered quietly in shock.
"M-Melissa, please just calm down," Harumi tried to ease fearfully.
"I told you on the Bounty to back the fuck off you Royal bitch!" Melissa yelled out in rage as she charged up her powers in her hands, "And here's to show I wasn't bluffing! Because I never bluff!" She said as Harumi's eyes widened.
But before she could attack, Lloyd quickly jumped to her and grabbed her wrists, moving her away from Harumi. "Melissa, please, I'm begging you! If you just let me explain what actually happened, I can-" He tried to say.
"Aha! You're choosing to protect that whore over me! You do like her!" Melissa called out, glaring at him
"No! That's not true!" Lloyd said to her, quickly letting go. "Melissa, please, I don't love her, I love you! I always have since we've met! And I will always love you! My feelings for you have never changed! Just please! Let me explain myself!" He begged her pleadingly.
"No! I don't wanna hear another word from you!" Melissa shouted with anger. "You've made your choice and now you're stuck with it." She said as she grabbed the sword and stormed off.
"Melissa! Wait!" Lloyd called out to her but she refused to turn around as he held his head in panic. "Oh fuck! Shit! Damn! What the fucking hell do I do?! How the fuck do I fix this when she won't even let me explain?!" He said frantically.
Harumi watches this as Lloyd was having a breakdown while Melissa walked off in anger while cutting the way as she picked up the map and walked up to Lloyd. "Uhh, I really shouldn't have done that, should I?" She asked slowly.
"No, you should not have done that." Lloyd said as he snatched the map from her hands. "And on the plus side, at least we know why they called it Strangler's Path. And now Melissa is pissed at me, and after what she just said I'm worried that she might… she might…" He refused to finish that sentence before turning to Harumi with a firm look. "Look, you are a nice girl, but get this in your head, I. Don't. Like you. That way." He elaborated firmly. "My heart will always belong to Melissa and if she breaks up with me because of what you did… I don't know what I'll do." He added as he marched off with the map in his hands while feeling a hurt while Harumi watched with a frown as she gave a secret smirk.
"I can tell." Harumi added.
Meanwhile back on the Bounty, Zane andPixal were still on the bridge while trying to get the console back on online as Zane was setting up the connection while Harumi kept flipping the switch. "Try now." Zane said as Pixal flip the switch.
"No." Pixal answered.
"And now?" Zane asked as he made another connection as Pixal flipped another switch.
"No." Pixal repeated in frustration, which Zane noticed.
"I detect frustration from you." Zane said as Pixal turn to him. "Yet that emotion is not needed for this task. Is something wrong?"
"No." Pixal said as she looked away with her hands together before she quickly corrected herself. "Yes." She said as she looked down for a moment. "Zane, may I ask you something?" She asked.
Zane gave a small smile. "You have half my heart. You can ask me anything." He said as Pixal gave a smile.
"Was I more… useful inside the computer?" Pixal asked in wonder with a frown, which surprised Zane by it.
"What sort of question is that?" Zane asked in surprise.
"You can be honest with me, because I want to be a useful member of the team, but I would prefer not to return to the computer." Pixal explained as she looked at the monitor she once operated inside as Zane gave a surprise look from it. "I like having a body, but if you require my assistance in your headset-"
"The choice has always been yours, Pixal," Zane said as he caressed her cheek, "And I for one, prefer having you like this," He said with a warm smile as Pixal leaned into his touch.
"Good." Pixal said, feeling much more at ease as the two got back to work.
"Now?" Zane asked.
"Still no." Pixal answered after flipping the switch again but sounding much happier.
Somewhere in the jungle, the Sons of Garmadon stopped as Killow got off and walked up to Enaz and Ultra Violet. "Why have we stopped?" Killow questioned them.
"Because I don't fly." Ultra Violet said while gesturing to the large gap to the otherside of the jungle.
Killow saw this dilemma and saw how far down it was before he noticed some stone pillars by the center of the gap as he gave a smirk and turned to his comrades. "Why fly when you have this?" He asked as he held up the Mask of Deception as he put it on and gave a laugh as the mask glowed and horns sprouted before he then used its powers to levitate some rocks around them before forming a bridge in the middle as he took off his mask and turned to his comrades. "Now… let's ride." He declared as they all cheered and rode across the bridge as they got closer to the Bounty's location.
Back at the Bounty. the Ninja were still making repairs, the girls were picking out the foliage while the boys were fixing up the machinery, "Ahh. I wonder if Lloyd, Melissa, and Harumi are okay." Cole said as he started fixing the controls while Kai moved some branches away.
"I'm sure they're fine." Kai waves off. "With Lloyd and Melissa, they can protect Harumi. They do make an unstoppable team."
"Yeah, true. But if Melissa's jealousy gets the better of her, it might not be pretty." Cole said uncertainty. "Pass the wrench?"
"Got the wrench?" Kai asked Jay who was by the tools.
"Wrench coming your way." Jay said as he tossed the wrench to Kai, who caught it and gave it to Cole.
"But still, I have a bad feeling that Melissa's jealousy actually will get the better of her." Kai said with concern. "You don't think…?"
"No, no, that's crazy." Cole told him. "Lloyd and Melissa would never cheat on each other. And if that was the case, I would be staying clear of that rocket fuel. Pliers?" He asked with his arm out.
"Got pliers?" Kai asked Jay.
Jay looked at the tools and frowned, "I don't have the pliers," He said before a small hand held out the pliers for him, "Oh, thanks," He said, taking the pliers before realizing what he saw and shook his head and gasped when he saw the baby, now toddler age, wearing a beige onesie hoodie, giggling and jumping a bit. Jay gawked at the toddler in shock, "Cole? Uh, I thought you put the baby down for a nap?" Jay asked the Earth Ninja.
"You mean little Cole Jr.?" Cole asked. "I did, but he was pretty restless."
"Uh-huh, yeah, then why is little Cole Jr. standing in front of me and passing me the pliers?" Jay asked as the Toddler started jumping around.
"Huh?" Kai, Cole and Zane said before they went to Jay and saw the toddler walking around and giggling.
"Cole Jr. is walking now?!" Cole asked in shock. "I don't know much about babies, but are babies supposed to walk?"
"No. No, they are not." Kai shook his head. "And I don't think they know what pliers are." He added as the baby went to the table and held up a teacup and blew at it before taking a sip. "And they definitely can't do that." He added in disbelief.
"Okay, now I've seen it all!" Jay exclaimed in exasperation, "Now I really quit!"
The toddler turned to the Ninja with a smile. "Ah. Ninja Never Quit." He said, giving off a giggles while the Ninja all looked at him in shock and disbelief.
"Guys, I don't think that's Cole Jr…." Jay said as the toddler giggled again as The Ninja now realized who the baby was. "That's… Master Wu!"
Back in the jungle, Melissa is still cutting the way with Lloyd's sword, but was still venting in anger while Lloyd and Harumi followed from behind as the three haven't said anything after what happened earlier while Lloyd kept eyeing the map while trying to distract himself.
As Melissa was cutting the way, she was now face to face with the markings of the Sons of Garmadon which startled her as she stepped back, bumping into Lloyd and Harumi as they gave startled yelps as they saw the symbol.
"The Sons of Garmadon insignia." Lloyd muttered as they looked at the boat.
"Even this far, they were here?" Melissa questioned with a brow.
"But… what is it doing here?" Harumi wondered as they got on the boat as the two ninjas inspected it. "Is anyone there?"
"No, it's abandoned." Lloyd answered as they entered the cabin.
"From these cobwebs, it hasn't been used in a while." Melissa noticed while seeing the amount of cobwebs around and how rundown the boat is a bit.
Lloyd then noticed something on the counter. "The same map?" He muttered as the three eyed the map on the counter with a key on top of it as Melissa took their map from Lloyd and compared them.
"They're the same." Melissa confirmed.
"I thought no one knew where the Oni Temple was located." Harumi stated.
"So why are there two maps?" Lloyd questioned before he had a thought. "The Quiet One must have sent an expedition looking for the temple."
"Doesn't look like they've got very far." Harumi muttered.
"Oh you think?" Melissa questioned with a brow. "But the question is where did they go? What happened to them?"
Harumi then picks up the key. "Maybe we'll have better luck." She said as she went to the wheel and inserted the key as the engine sputtered, but after a moment, the boat then started moving, making the three push back a bit as they gave surprise yelps.
"The boat works, let's get going." Lloyd said as he grabbed a long stick and went to the front while poking the bottom for any rocks in them as Harumi stears it while Melissa just watches. "Five feet. That's okay." He muttered as he felt some rocks. "A little left. More rocks." He instructed as Harumi turned left. "Not too fast. It's pretty shallow around here. That's good. Keep her steady."
Harumi then thought about something. "Do you guys think it's possible to bring someone back from the dead?" She asked.
Melissa and Lloyd stood in silence while not facing her. "We've seen a lot of things in our lifetimes. At first I didn't. Now I'm not sure." Lloyd answered.
"Well, anything can happen in Ninjago. It's a possibility, like a certain father of mine." Melissa muttered with a sneer.
"Does any part of you want to see your father again, Lloyd?" Harumi asked.
Lloyd stood in silence for a moment before he turned to her. "I had Ninjago's greatest villain as my dad. It was an… unusual relationship." He admitted. "But as much as we fought… I still miss him." He said as he felt the river. "A little to the right." He said as Harumi turned a bit right.
"And, what about you Melissa?" Harumi asked.
Melissa stiffened up and frowned even harder as she turned away from them. "No. I rather not talk about my piece of shit father." She muttered with her arms crossed. "But I will say this, I hope he burns in hell and remains forgotten for the rest of eternity."
"Melissa, why would you sa--" Harumi tried to say before Lloyd spoke.
"Don't ever mention her dad, Harumi. Even us Ninja swear to never mention him to Melissa." Lloyd advised. "Besides, her father is not someone you want to meet. Trust me."
Harumi nodded as she kept quiet and changed the subject. "Well, I would do anything to see my parents again." She said to them.
"I don't blame you." Lloyd said as he kept feeling the water. "But if they bring my father back, the thing that scares me the most is…"
"He won't be the man you recognize?" Harumi asked as Lloyd gave a nod. "He wasn't the greatest villain."
"No?" Lloyd asked. "You probably grew up thinking it's Morro, or the Devourer."
"Or the Overlord." Melissa said in a dark tone as her eyes flashed purple a bit.
"Don't tell us, Pythor." Lloyd added with a smirk.
"No." Harumi shook her head. "It's the one you both never even knew was there in the first place. The one that gets away." She said to them.
Melissa and Lloyd then had a thought. "The Quiet One." They muttered before Lloyd kept poking the water while not noticing a giant creature below the water line.
Meanwhile, back on the Bounty, the Ninja gathered around and looked at the Toddler Wu. "So, he likes tea and he went through a growth spurt. That doesn't mean he's Wu." Nya tried to deny it.
"Master…" Toddler Wu started as he then got a quick sip from his tea. "Wu." He said as they all gave surprised looks as they were familiar with the gesture.
"That's him alright." Nya said with a sheepish smile. "But how the hell did he get so… young?" She wondered.
"Who knows, he's a living fortune cookie." Jay said as Toddler Wu took a sip only to see that the cup was empty. "Everything he does is a puzzle meant to torture us!" He shouted as Toddler Wu tossed the cup away.
"Maybe we'll never know." Cole said with a shrug.
Nya then realizes how Wu got young. "Don't you remember? He was touched by the Reversal Blade when he disappeared in time, right?" She reminded them as Toddler Wu went to the table and try to reach the teapot.
"So?" Kai asked slowly.
"So what if the Time Blade did more than stop his aging?" Nya suggested as she walked up to Toddler Wu while Jay pick up the cup. "What if it somehow made him younger? Like really young." She added as Toddler Wu gave a laugh as he gestured to the teapot as Nya pick it up.
"If your assumption is correct, logic would dictate that he would begin again more rapidly once the effects of the blade have worn off." Zane summarized as Jay walked up with the teacup.
"So that explains how a baby can learn to walk overnight, but how long until he's, you know, back to good old Wu?" Jay asked as Nya poured some tea into the teacup. "I mean, no offense. You look good for your age." He said as he gave Toddler Wu the teacup as he giggled.
"Only time knows the answer," Pixal said with a smile before they heard Ultra Violet's yell and bikes revving as the Sons of Garmadon are drawing closer to their position.
"Yeah!" Ultra Violet called as she drew her sai.
"And our time is running out." Kai said to them. "How soon till we get outta here?"
"Not soon enough." Nya shook her head as Pixal rushed up to her mech and got on.
"Pixal, what are you doing?" Zane asked in surprise.
"Slowing them down." Pixal answered as she put on her helmet and started up her mech and took off as they watched her go while Zane gave a concerned look.
"She can handle herself." Nya assured Zane. "We need to get this ship in the air. All hands on deck!" She called out as the Ninja then around the Bounty.
"Let's go, little Wu." Cole said as Jay gave Toddler Wu to him as he gave a giggle. "You looked after us. It's only fair we looked after you."
Meanwhile, the Sons of Garmadon are driving through the forest as Ultra Violet gives crazed yells before blaster shots were fired as they looked up and saw Pixal above them as she fired her lasers at them as Killow fired missiles at her, which she avoided as she landed in front of the Sons of Garmadon's path as she whacked some bikers away.
Killow gave a chuckle as he aimed his missile, launching them as Pixal stepped back to avoid them as she kept fighting.
Back on the Bounty, the Ninjas tried to get the Bounty online as fast as they could. "The timing of their arrival is unfortunate." Zane spoke up. "We have not yet had a fully successful engine test."
"Fully successful?!" Jay repeated. "It blew up in my face!"
"Uhh, in our faces!" Kai corrected him.
"Let's not argue over the details." Nya said to them, seeing that now's not the time.
Back with Harumi, Melissa, and Lloyd, they were still riding the river. "No rocks. No rocks." Lloyd said while still poking the river.
"Spider in the house~ Sleep sleep~" Harumi sang as she steered the boat. "Spider bit the mouse~ Sleep deep~ Don't wake up or else-"
"Will you shut the fuck up with your damn singing?" Melissa said with a deathly glare. "You're already on thin ice with me." She muttered while looking back with her arms crossed.
"Okay. Okay. I'll stop." Harumi said softly.
"Melissa, I know you're mad, but can you take it a bit easy when--" Lloyd trailed off when he felt something with his stick. "Stop the boat." He suddenly said as Harumi stopped the boat as the two girls turned to him as he poke the water. "There's definitely rocks in the water. We need to find another--" He trailed off when his stick was taken and pulled away. "What the heck?!" he called as the stick was taken below water. "That's definitely not a rock. We're not alone." He said as the boat shook, which made the three give startled screams.
"What was that?!" Harumi asked.
"I have a feeling that we might've found out what happened to some of the Sons of Garmadon goons." Melissa said seriously. "Start the engine. Go! Go!" She called as Harumi quickly started the engine as the creature went above and went back down.
"Hurry!" Lloyd urged as Harumi got the boat started and took off at high speed as the boat bumped a couple of times as Lloyd and Melissa turned to the back and saw the creature following.
"What's in the water?!" Harumi called out.
"Whatever it is, it's gaining on us!" Lloyd called.
"Is this as fast as this thing can go?!" Melissa questioned.
"It won't go any faster!" Harumi stated as the creature came up a bit from behind, making Harumi scream in panic.
"We need to lighten the load!" Lloyd called as he started tossing anything off the boat with Melissa along as Harumi kept steering the boat as the creature then went under them, which made the two Ninja rush to the front before a giant pincer broke the tip of the boat, causing them to stop.
"What do we do?!" Harumi asked in fear as they came to a stop before another claw came out from behind and destroyed the proller, causing them to be at drift as they stood in silent before the claw came out as Lloyd quickly took out his sword and tried to slash it, but the claw broke his sword as he tossed the handle away as the two claws came into view as Harumi screamed.
Just then the claws stopped before going back into the ocean and the creature swam away, confusing the three. "What?" Melissa asked in surprise.
"Why did it stop?" Harumi asked in confusion.
"I don't know. It's like something kind of… scared him off." Lloyd said to them as the boat kept moving. "We have to get to shore."
"The current's pulling us away." Harumi said to them.
"What current?" Lloyd asked.
"Uh, Lloyd." Melissa said as she pointed forward as the boat moved around and bumped into some rocks as the current kept pulling them forward while Harumi kept trying to regain control, but failed.
Lloyd then looked ahead and his eyes widened. "We need to go the other way!" He said.
"What?!" Melissa asked in disbelief.
"Why?! That thing is back there!" Harumi added.
"Reverse! Reverse!" Lloyd called as he grabbed a rope while Harumi tried to pull the lever.
"It doesn't work!" Harumi called out.
"Hold onto something now!" Lloyd called out as Harumi then looked ahead and saw something that made her eyes widened. "Hold on!"
"Uh-oh." Harumi muttered as she quickly grabbed the rope from Lloyd.
Melissa gave a deadpan look, having a good idea of what's up ahead. "Don't tell me, we're about to go over a huge waterfall?" She asked dully.
"Yep." Lloyd and Harumi answered dully.
"Sharp rocks at the bottom?" Melissa asked.
"Most likely." Lloyd said while Harumi hummed in agreement.
"Bring it on." Melissa said with a straight face as she grabbed hold of the rope as the boat went over as Harumi shrieked before they went over. "BOOOYYYYYAAAAAAAHHHHH! AAAAAHHHH!" She called out as Lloyd and Harumi screamed before the three fell into the water.
Back on the Bounty, the Ninja managed to successfully bring the Bounty back online as they cheered as the Bounty moved a bit. "Thrusters?" Nya asked.
"70 percent." Zane answered.
"Systems?" Nya asked as she held the lever.
"She'll live." Kai answered with a smile. "Get us in the air." He said as Nya pulled the lever. "Wait, what about Pixal?"
"I said it already. She can take care of herself." Nya assured with a smile as she looked at the monitor, she then noticed some red dots on the map of Ninjago beeping, which caught everyone's attention.
"What's that?" Jay asked.
"The trace program the computer was running to find the Quiet One's location." Nya explained before the tracer turned to a certain location. "It's finished, but that's odd." She said with a frown. "It's said it originated from the Bounty."
"But that…" Kai said in shock. "That can't be."
"Yeah, that's impossible." Cole agreed.
"The only ones on the ship were us, Pixal, Lloyd, Melissa, and…" Zane started off.
Nya gasped in realization. "Holy shit! Harumi's the Quiet One!" She exclaimed in shock, which made them all look in shock.
"We must warn Lloyd and Melissa immediately!" Zane said as Nya rushed to the comlink, but Ultra Violet used her sai to block her.
"Ah, ah, ah. I wouldn't do that if I were you." Ultra Violet said as the Sons of Garmadon gathered around as the Ninja put on their masks and got into a ready position. "The Quiet One wouldn't allow that." She added as the Ninja then started fighting the Sons of Garmadon as Morro rushed around to protect Toddler Wu while the Ninja kept fighting them off as the Ninja seemed to have the edge.
But then, Enaz and Killow brought out the two Oni masks as they all laughed as they slowly put them on as the Ninja surrounded them.
Back at the spot where Lloyd, Melissa, and Harumi fell in, the boat floated back up while tilted over as the three resurfaced from the water as they coughed and swam to shore as they laid on the ground while regaining their bearings.
"That was… fun." Melissa muttered as she coughed a bit before Lloyd got back up and noticed something behind the waterfalls as he smiled.
"Girls, we made it." Lloyd said with a smile.
"Yeah, barely." Harumi said tiredly.
"No, I mean we're here." Lloyd said as he stood up. "To the temple. Look." He pointed ahead as the girls looked ahead and saw a temple that has a shape of an Oni head behind the waterfalls.
"The Temple to the Last Oni Mask." Melissa muttered as the three eyed the temple.
Harumi however, gave a sinister smirk at the sight of the temple as she then looked at Lloyd and Melissa, seeing how close she is in succeeding her plan.
Harumi really is the Quiet One.
A/N: And that was The Quiet One, and holy shit! What a freaking chapter! Melissa is pissed off about what she saw from Lloyd and Harumi, but unfortunately she doesn't know what actually happened! And not only that but we found out that Harumi is The Quiet One, this is bad. I hope you all enjoy reading this chapter, leave a review and tell me what you think.
Here's the Cast List.
Sam Vincent as Lloyd; Tara Strong as Melissa; Vincent Tong as Kai; Michael Adamthwaite as Jay; Kirby Morrow as Cole; Brent Miller as Zane; Kelly Metzger as Nya; Caleb Skeris as Wu; Britt McKillip as Harumi; Maggie Blue O'Hara as Ultra Violet; Garry Chalk as Killow; Frank Welker as Enaz; Jennifer Hayward as Pixal.
