Ninjago, Season 5: Possession

[The ninja are flying on their Elemental Dragons looking for a mutant Fangfish over the Endless Sea]

Lloyd:
Getting ahead of yourself, Kai? Heh, I'm leading this charge.

Kai:
[gets splashed with water by Lloyd] Aah!

Jay:
[laughs] That's one way to cool off a hothead.

Kai:
Hey, no one messes up my hair! [splashes water]

[Zane spits and coughs up water]

Cole:
You okay there, Zane?

Zane:
Affirmative. It'll take more than a little water to take me out.

Jay:
[sees the Fangfish] Oh, what about a big fish? Incoming!

Zane:
Oh, no!

Cole:
There he blows!

P.I.X.A.L.:
Based on its weight and size, this is the mutant Fangfish terrorizing the coastal village and depleting their food source.

Zane:
P.I.X.A.L. says this is the one.

Lloyd:
And now that he's taken the bait, let's reel him in and get him to the aquarium.

Jay:
Let me guess, Kai, you caught one that big once?

Kai:
Heck no. He was twice the size. [the Fangfish lunges at him] Whoa!

Jay:
He's almost as hungry as you, Cole.

Cole:
And twice as ugly as you, Jay.

Lloyd:
It's time for the catch of the day. In line formation!

[They line up their dragons]

Cole:
It's right behind us!

Lloyd:
Now!

[They split up, making the fish land in a boat, and the ninja cheer]

Jay:
Now that's what I call hook, line, and stinker!

Kai:
Looks like we made this place safe to fish again. If your father was still here, he'd be proud. You've become a great leader, Lloyd.

Lloyd:
No, we're a great team. Can't say I don't miss him. With my dad gone, sometimes I question where I'm going. Sometimes I worry about who I might become.

Kai:
I know how that feels. After I lost my dad, I lost my way. But I was lucky to have my sister watch over me. Don't worry, big shot. [playfully noogies Lloyd] I'll watch over you from now on.

Lloyd:
Hey, no one messes up my hair.

[In Ninjago City, the ninja are trying to sell fliers for Steep Wisdom]

Kai:
Uh, Steep Wisdom. Enlightenment in a cup!

Woman:
Steep Wisdom? Never heard of it.

Cole:
Best little tea shop in Ninjago.

Zane:
First cup is free, with a flier.

Jay:
Take... Why won't you take the flier? Just take the flier! [sighs]

Kai:
[groans] I see no one else is having any luck.

Jay:
Oh, it's as if they think I'm passing out a communicable disease. I mean, sure, I have a cold sore, but it's hardly contagious.

Cole:
Aah! [he and the other ninja back away]

Jay:
What? What?

Wu:
I need ink and parchment to make an imprint to see what's on the staff.

Zane:
Kai and I will take you to our quarters, while Jay and Cole will keep him busy.

Cole:
Oh, that's honorable of you to nominate us.

Jay:
Yeah, we didn't fare so hot last time. Why is it that you get off with the easy task?

Zane:
Because I'm the intelligent one.

[Morro arrives at the Library of Domu]

Morro:
[turns to a monk] Sensei Yang's scroll. Where is it?

Monk #1:
Oh, yes, Sensei Yang will be sorely missed. His teachings will always—

Morro:
[grabs the monk] Where's the Scroll of Airjitzu!?

Monk #1:
It was s-stolen a-a few days ago by that thief they call R-R-Ronin.

[Morro throws him and runs off]

Monk #2:
Uh, excuse me. Uh, could we get your autograph?

Morro:
Autograph?

Monk #3:
You're the Green Ninja, right? Mind if we all get a selfie with you?

[Morro grunts as they take a selfie with him, the result showing him with a grimace on his face. He then runs off]

[The ninja are riding to Stiix in the desert]

Jay, Cole, and Zane:
[singing] 92,898 bottles of tea on the wall, 92,898 bottles of tea, you take one down and pass it around, 92,8-

Kai:
Enough! I'm really thirsty, so we don't need to keep singing about tea!

Cole:
Ho, ho! Someone should've had their breakfast.

Kai:
Ugh, we've been following the sun for hours. We should've arrived at Stiix already.

Zane:
But Stiix is on the eastern coast. We should be riding away from the sun.

Jay:
Why are you just telling us now?!

Zane:
Because Kai wanted to lead.

Cole:
Great! We're officially lost! You know, we had a leg up, but nooo, Kai wanted to lead!

Kai:
I swear, my gut says we should be following the sun.

Jay:
Ugh, you're arguing with a Nindroid. He's a walking computer. Why is it when Lloyd's gone, we look to Kai? We should really be following Zane.

Cole:
You know, he is the most logical choice.

Kai:
Well, I still think it's that way. And when I learn Airjitzu first, we'll see who's right. [his Walloper starts following the others] Hey, no, this way! Ugh! [his Walloper doesn’t listen] Ugh, fine, we'll follow Zane.

[Zane sees something up ahead and speeds up on his Walloper]

Cole:
He's already found something. Let's go. [they see train tracks] Train tracks.

Zane:
They lead straight to Stiix.

Jay:
Hey, you hear that, Kai? They lead to Stiix. We follow Zane and look what happens.

Kai:
But Sensei said the path we seek is never a straight line.

Zane:
He also said to rely on each other to guide.

Jay:
Yeah, Kai. Pfft.

Jay, Cole, and Zane:
[continue singing] 92,897 bottles of tea on the wall, 92,897 bottles of tea, you take one down…

[Wu, Misako, and Nya arrive back at Steep Wisdom]

Nya:
Who needs to go on an epic quest when my services are best needed here?

Misako:
[whispers to Wu] You need to tell her.

Wu:
She's not ready.

Misako:
And you waited this long to tell them about Morro, and how did that go? [to Nya] Nya, dear, we didn't exactly hold you back to care for the shop.

Nya:
Really? Then why?

Wu:
[sighs] Um, there's something I haven't told you about your parents.

Nya:
Ah, you can save it. Kai already told me that Chen dangled that carrot too. We looked into it and we know our father used to be a Master of Fire. Not exactly mind-shattering.

Misako:
But did you know your mother was the Master of Water?

Nya:
I...I didn't know that. You mean—

Wu:
Yes. As Kai took on the traits of your father to become a Fire Ninja, for the sake of saving Ninjago, you must train to become the Master of Water.

[Nya faints]

Misako:
Huh, you're right. She wasn't ready.

[Nightfall]

Ninja:
[singing] …No more bottles of tea on the wall! [all laugh]

Zane:
That was enjoyable! Let's do it again.

Jay, Cole and Kai:
No! [laugh] Hahaha!

Wrayth:
You think a train can stop a Ghost? Your world will pay dearly when Morro finds the tomb. And when he does, he will take possession of the—

[He pulls on his chain, splashing himself with water and dissolving]

Cole:
What, uh, what just happened?

Zane:
He went... ka-blooey.

Jay:
Yeah, but he was just gonna tell us what was in the tomb. Couldn't it have waited another second?

Kai:
We may not know what's in the tomb, but we do know one thing: how to stop a Ghost.

Cole, Jay and Zane:
Water?

Zane:
Unusual. I guess it's true. The path we seek is never a straight line.

Jay:
Uh, speaking of straight lines, if that train's heading to Stiix, wouldn't it be faster if we...

All:
[chase the train] Hey! Wait for us! Slow down! Slow down!

Kai:
We want the scroll, Ronin. What do you want for it?

Ronin:
Two hundred.

Jay:
What? Two hundred? We don't have that kind of dough!

Ronin:
Come on, you guys once had the Golden Weapons. You honestly telling me you've never pinched anything?

Kai:
No, we don't pinch! And we don't even have pockets.

Cole:
What if we were to tell you all of Ninjago depends on it?

Ronin:
Well then, that changes everything. Four hundred.

Jay:
Argh, you can't just double the price!

Ronin:
My shop, my rules.

[The ninja huddle together]

Kai:
All right, so my gut says—

Cole:
What do you think, Zane?

Kai:
What, my opinion doesn't matter?

Jay:
We don't listen to your gut anymore, Kai. Zane's the leader. You just get us lost.

Zane:
Well, I say we give him what he wants. I sense if we won't, Morro will.

Kai:
All right, but let me negotiate. [turns back to Ronin] Two hundred.

Ronin:
Four hundred.

Kai:
Three hundred.

Ronin:
Four hundred.

Kai:
Three-fifty!

Ronin:
Four-fifty.

Kai:
Deal!

Jay:
[facepalms] Ugh.

[The ninja walk out the shop]

Jay:
[sarcastically] Nice negotiations, Kai.

Kai:
I didn't see you do any better.

Zane:
[sees a Strangle Weed creeping up to Cole's ankle; speaking backwards] Watch out! The Strangle Weed! Cole!

Cole:
What's wrong with him?

Jay:
I don't know. I think he's talking backwards. Slow down! We can't understand you!

Zane:
[speaking backwards] Strangle Weed! Strangle Weed!

Cole:
AH! STRANGLE WEED! IT'S GOT ME!

Kai:
[in the crane, confused as to what Zane is trying to say] You want me to drop it? All right.

[Jay and Zane manage to get Cole untangled from the Strangle Weed. Kai drops a wooden post from the crane, and it causes the dock to start collapsing. Cole, Jay and Zane quickly run off the dock as it collapses. The dock foreman watches in dismay, and Kai gets out of the crane to see the dock ruined]

Kai:
[turns to the foreman, awkwardly] So, heh, how about getting paid?

Jay:
His voice mod's on the fritz. I can fix it, but it's gonna take time.

Zane:
[speaking backwards] It's not that bad, is it? [sighs]

Cole:
Sorry, Zane, you tried to lead, but I guess it just didn't work out.

Kai:
[sighs] No money, no scroll. And it couldn't have happened at a worse time.

Jay:
What are you, a bunch of quitters? Sure, we can't understand Zane, but did we ever? And Kai's the last person I'd want to follow.

Kai:
Hey!

Jay:
But now, I'm in charge. We may not have the money to buy the Scroll, but I say we don't need it.

Cole:
And why's that?

Jay:
'Cause we're gonna steal it!

Cole:
Jay, we're ninja, not thieves!

Jay:
Yeah, but we're stealing from a thief. Haven't you ever heard, two wrongs make a right?

Kai:
Uh, Jay, I don't think that's how it goes.

Zane:
[speaking backwards] It's "two wrongs don't make a right."

Jay:
Shut it, Mush Mouth! I'm the leader and what I say goes. After Ronin locks up tonight, we steal the Scroll of Airjitzu!

Zane:
[speaking backwards] Another one of Morro's friends!

Kai:
I think he said "Another one of Morro's friends".

Kai:
Thanks for the pick-me-up.

Ronin:
Remember what I said about second chances, and I'm gonna hold you that deal. So long, and I hope you get your friend back. [leaves]

[Kai meets up with the other ninja]

Cole:
Second chances? What did he mean by that?

Kai:
We may have lost out on the Scroll, but he thinks there may be another way to learn Airjitzu.

Cole:
We're still gonna fly?

Jay:
Really? Another way?

Zane:
[speaking backwards] This is great news.

Cole:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a sec, Ronin only makes deals in his favor, and you're a horrible negotiator.

Jay:
Kai, what did you give him?

Kai:
I sort of gave him... my shares of the tea farm... along with all of yours.

Jay:
You what?!

Cole:
Wu's gonna flip!

Zane:
[speaking backwards] That's horrible news!

Kai:
I did what I had to, and for Lloyd, I'd do it again.

Cole:
You're right. But I have to ask, if Morro has the only Scroll, just how are we gonna learn Airjitzu?

Kai:
Let's just say, it's not gonna be easy. We have a ghost of a chance.

[The ninja arrive on a tour to Yang's Haunted Temple]

Patty Keys:
Welcome to Yang's Haunted Temple, the historical landmark and former home of Sensei Yang, the notorious sensei without a pupil, infamous for creating the lost martial art of Airjitzu. Unfortunately, we can't take our tour groups inside, for rumors say anyone trapped inside its walls at sunrise, will be turned into a Ghost permanently. But, if you listen closely, maybe we'll be able to hear the Ghost of Sensei Yang himself looking for his lost pupils.

Zane:
[yelling] I HOPE IT’S NOT A RUMOR, FOR IT’S OUR ONLY HOPE!

Cole:
Ah, sorry about my loud friend. He's a little hard of hearing.

Patty:
Known for his un- [clears throat] -usual teaching methods ...

Kai:
[to Jay] I thought you said you fixed him?

Jay:
At least he's no longer talking backwards. I guess my tinkering got his volume level stuck, heh.

Zane:
AT LEAST YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME NOW!

Zane:
[points to a dumbwaiter behind Jay] THERE'S A DUMBWAITER!

Jay:
[offended] Hey, watch who you're calling— [realizes what Zane meant] Oh, a dumbwaiter! That can take us down.

[The ninja open the front door, but almost fall down the Ethereal Divide]

Jay:
What is it? What's down there? Oh, wait, don't tell me! I don't want to know!

Zane:
WE APPEAR TO BE TRAPPED WITHIN SOME KIND OF INTER-DIMENSIONAL ETHEREAL REALM!

Jay:
Oh, I told you not to tell me, Zane! Knowing that just makes things worse!

Kai:
[sees a moving painting of a ship in the sea] Uh, guys? Are paintings supposed to move?

[Jay taps the painting, and water comes out of it, slowly flooding the room]

Cole:
Why would you touch the scary picture, Jay?!

Jay:
I didn't know it would do that, Cole!

Misako:
Now that both Morro and you have Airjitzu, it's time to turn our attention to the second clue, the Sword in the Cloud.

Zane:
[in a pirate accent] Me senses tell me it could be many a swords. Thar be the Fire Sword, the Sword of Destiny, the Golden Cutlass...

Kai:
[to Jay] I thought you said you fixed his voice.

Jay:
I did. [snickers] And then I made it better.

Zane:
...the Sword of Invisibility, the Sword of Invincibility...

Kai:
[snickers, to Jay] You're right, he is better.

Zane:
...the Blade of Ruin.

Jay:
Tell me, Zane, how tall is this mountain?

Zane:
[still speaking in a pirate accent] The precise elevation of the Wailing Alps be well over three Leagues and twenty eight Fathoms.

Jay:
[snickers] Zane's so much cooler.

Jay:
[sees a yak] Oh, look, a little goat!

Kai:
That's not a goat. Don't you remember? We rode one of those.

Jay:
It's got horns. It's a goat.

Kai:
Even giraffes have horns. And that's not a goat, it's a yak.

Jay:
A yak? No way. Maybe it's a cow.

Kai:
I'm about to have a cow.

Fenwick:
In this realm, we strive for greater understanding and let go of distractions. There is no television, no video games—

Jay:
No video games? Hmph, not impressed.

Zane:
[pirate accent] It appears all any lad does here be writing.

Fenwick:
That is because here, our words matter. You see, in Cloud Kingdom, we are the Writers of Destiny. It was here that it was decided that Lloyd should be the Green Ninja. And just now, that Zane should find his voice again.

Zane:
[voice now back to normal] I sense my vocal pattern has returned without any repairs.

Jay:
Ugh, he doesn't talk like a pirate anymore.

Nobu:
Fenwick's convinced there's no way to stop the Queen of the Cursed, so he's agreed to help Morro only to help himself. But he doesn't know you've escaped. You have to get the Sword of Sanctuary, or else Morro will have too big of an advantage.

Cole:
Tell us where it is.

Nobu:
The tallest tower. But you must hurry, they're already headed there.

Kai:
Guess there's no time to take the stairs. You thinking what I'm thinking?

Kai, Cole and Zane:
Airjitzu!

Jay:
Cyclondo! [groans] Why isn't it catching on?

Zane:
We're almost to the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master.

Cole:
Yeah, can't believe we're almost there after all we've been through.

Kai:
I can't believe I'm underwater.

Cole:
You? What about me? Just how thick is this glass?

Wu:
[on screen] We're heading to your location now. With Morro already ahead of you and able to foresee the traps protecting the tomb with the Sword of Sanctuary, it's going to be up to you four to find the Realm Crystal before he does.

Jay:
Hehe, Cole's a Ghost, Kai can't swim, we have no magical sword or Elemental Powers. [laughs nervously] What could go wrong?

[After no more traps are active, the ninja are each standing on a tile]

Kai:
I can make it. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump. [tries to use Airjitzu, but the tiles under him fall; crawls back]

Cole:
But what else comes with a hop, skip, and a jump? You trigger one more trap, I don't know how much more we can take.

Jay:
The clue clearly said this is a test a Spinjitzu master cannot do. So… [shouting] WHY ARE WE NOT LISTENING TO THE CLUE?!

Kai:
Trust me, I can make it!

Morro:
All you ninja do is talk. Blah, blah, blah! I'll stop you from talking!

Kai:
[as they stand in front of the skeleton of the First Spinjitzu Master; gasps] It's him. The First Spinjitzu Master.

[The ninja all kneel before the skeleton]

Zane:
The Realm Crystal. [takes the crystal out of the skeleton's hands]

Kai:
How does it work?

Morro:
[appearing while no longer possessing Lloyd's body and holding him hostage] How it works is you'll hand over the Crystal, or say goodbye to your friend!

Lloyd:
[weakly] I'm sorry. I couldn't stop him.

Morro:
Stop stalling! Give me the Realm Crystal, or else!

Kai:
We're not stalling! We're thinking! [huddles up with the other ninja; whispering] He's totally right, I'm stalling. What are we gonna do?

Kai:
Shouldn't we be going to Stiix? The longer we wait, the worse it'll get.

Wu:
We need to stock up.

Jay:
On what? Magic tea that will make us invincible? Give us special powers? Is it gonna give us four arms?

Wu:
Sadly, no magical tea today. I had to sell the rest of the merchandise along with everything else.

Zane:
What? You sold your business? But that was for your retirement.

[Cyrus Borg arrives]

Cyrus:
Ah! Hello again, ninja.

Wu:
While we were away, I had Borg use the money from the tea farm to create us some new toys to balance the scales. They are expensive, you know.

Cyrus:
It's been so long, I hardly recognize any of you. Lloyd looks older. I see a Water Ninja. A titanium Nindroid. Cole is a...a ghost? Huh. Jay looks shorter. And then there's Kai.

Jay:
Hey, what do you mean I look shorter?

[In the Cursed Realm, Lloyd finds his father chained up]

Lloyd:
Dad!

Garmadon:
Lloyd? [Lloyd runs to him and hugs him] My son.

Lloyd:
I'll get you out of here, Dad. [tries to break the chains]

Garmadon:
There's no use. These chains will not break.

Lloyd:
Where are we?

Garmadon:
The Cursed Realm is the Preeminent, and the Preeminent is the Cursed Realm. Son, you're in the belly of the beast. But if you're in here...

Lloyd:
Morro is the Green Ninja, and he's stolen the Realm Crystal. I tried, Father...

Garmadon:
You must not give up. If he has the Crystal, all is endangered.

Lloyd:
But how? I'm not the Green Ninja anymore.

Garmadon:
It was never the color of the gi that made you who you are. It was the color of your heart. Don't give up.

Lloyd:
I won't, Father.

Garmadon:
You must leave here and destroy the Preeminent. Save Ninjago. Save the Realms.

Lloyd:
But if I destroy it, it could destroy you.

Garmadon:
Whatever happens to me, wherever I am, I will always be with you. There comes a time when every boy must become a man. What sort of man, is up to him.

[Wu summons his dragon and finds Morro struggling to break free of the Preeminent's grasp]

Wu:
Take my hand!

Morro:
Why, so you can take the Realm Crystal and use it to find your own prized pupil?

Wu:
You are all my prized pupils, but none of us can do this alone. You're strong, Morro, but it takes others to make us stronger, even me. Take my hand, so we can be stronger together. Please, Morro!

Morro:
[grabs Wu's hand, then glances at the water] You can only save those who want to be saved. Goodbye, Sensei. [gives Wu the Crystal before letting go, allowing himself to be pulled into the water, killing him]

Wu:
[screams in despair] MORRO!!!