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(A storm rages above the City of Temples. Lightning strikes one of the buildings, causing it to fall. On the ground, the acolytes run away.)
Rox: When the name of time was still new, there was a war in the First Realm of Creation, a war between dragons and their mortal enemies. (A giant dragon claw walks through the city, knocking over buildings.) A great warrior of the Dragon army, Thunderfang, the Shatter Dragon of Chaos believed his war victories entitled him to become one of the Source Dragons. When he was denied this honor, he unleashed Chaos upon the fabled City of Temples. (Thunderfang uses his dark energy to destroy more buildings.) There, the devout followers of the Source Dragons, those who ran the Tournament of Sources, would have been destroyed if it were not for... the Arc Dragon of Focus! (The Arc Dragon of Focus lands on the ground and starts blasting at Thunderfang.) The Shatter Dragon, whose powers were fueled by the souls of his consumed enemies, blasted weaponized storms of chaotic power... yet Focus is the natural enemy of Chaos. (The Arc Dragon of Focus overpowers Thunderfang and the latter falls into the darkness.) In victory, the Arc Dragon of Focus imprisoned Thunderfang deep beneath the ground of the First Realm, where he remains, in chains, to this day. But all that has been chained may one day be unchained.
(Riyu is pushing a cart full of pies in the Crossroads, with Sora riding on top.)
Sora: (sighing) I bet Arin misses this place, huh, Riyu?
Lobbo: (While walking in the crossroads, he notices Sora and Riyu.) Sora, you're doing Arin's old pie run? Lobbo lobbo!
Sora: Yup, Arin's still missing, but us Ninja are working hard on finding him. Until then, I thought I'd do what Arin would do if he was still here, baking pies and bringing them to all Arin's friends and neighbors. (Sora hands Lobbo a piece of a pie.)
Lobbo: Wonderful, thank you! Lobbo Lobbo! (Lobbo takes a bite out of the piece of a pie Sora gave him.) [Screaming) Distress! Total system shutdown! Lobbo lobbo!
Sora: I'm sure his reaction had nothing to do with the quality of my pies. (Sora walks up to Fugi-Dove, prompting him to take a piece of the same pie Lobbo had.)
Fugi-Dove: Free pie? (Fugi-Dove grabs a piece of the pie.) Nothing better than- (Fugi-Dove takes a bite out of a piece of the pie.) I need my stomach pumped right now! (runs away.)
(Sora and Riyu look at each other nervously; Sora then hands more pieces of the same pie to civilians. They each take a bite out of separate pieces of the same pie, soon spitting out and then screaming and running away.)
Sora: They can't be that bad. (Takes a bite out of a piece of the same pie as everyone else.) Blech! (spewing and coughing) I should probably seek medical attention. Blech. I know what I need to do, but I don't like it. (Throws the last piece of the pie along with the tray in a trash bin.)
(In a flashback, Jay walks up to Nya and hands her a rose. She smells it, before hugging Jay. A "popping noise" is then present)
Past Nya: Aah! Stop.
(The flashback ends, Kai and Nya are walking forward.)
Kai: Stop what?
Nya: That- (groaning) - whatever! That mouth noise.
Kai: My mouth's not making any noise, Nya. Well, it is now, but it wasn't.
(They stop talking and continue to walk forward.)
Kai: (lips popping)
Nya: There! That's it. You're doing it!
Kai: (popping lips)
Kai: Oh. (chuckling) Yeah. I didn't even realize. Bet that gets annoying.
Nya: Yes! We gotta find Jay out here before you drive me bonkers, Kai.
Kai: Don't worry, those reports from the Explorer's Club about someone using lightning came from right around here. It's gotta be Jay. He's the only lightning ninja out there.
Nya: But he has no memory of being a lightning ninja. I only hope when we find him, we can convince him to come back to us.
Kai: (popping lips)
Nya: (screaming)
Nya: Stop it!
Wyldfyre: (Walking on a small cliff to the left of Kai and Nya.) Hey, you two! Hey!
Kai: How can I stop it if I don't know i'm doing it?
Nya: (Uses her Elemental Power of Water in her left hand.) I know a way to stop it!
Wyldfyre: (Jumps down from the cliff.) Hey! We found it. Look!
(They all look upwards to see blue lightning being shot from the ground into the sky.)
Nya: Jay! It has to be him. (Starts running.)
Kai: (Blocks Nya from heading towards the lightning.) We can't just rush in. His goodness is shattered, remember? Jay's more likely to fight us than give us hugs. Wyldfyre, you flank around the back and watch, in case we need backup.
(A picture of the Ninja at the Monastery of Spinjitzu in their Climber Gi sometime during The Elemental Mechs is hung up on a Monastery wall.)
Lloyd: I'm just so worried about him. Arin could be stuck alone somewhere with Ras and the Forbidden Five. That's like a greatest hits of evil warriors, and who even knows where Jay could be? He's out there, alone, and without his memories.
Cole: Nya, Kai, and Wyldfyre are following up on that lead from the Explorer's Club. Zane is tracking all the gate paths. We're doing everything we can, Lloyd.
Lloyd: (sighing) I know, but I worry it's not enough.
Cole: And if they are truly lost, there's only one place they'll end up.
Lloyd: the Land of Lost Things?
Cole: Which is where I'm headed now. Me, Geo, and the Finders will search every inch of that place. Look... we're gonna find them, and bring us all back together. Like Master Wu said, "family is key."
Lloyd: I still can't believe Master Wu caused the Merge. Why would he do that?
Cole: I don't know, but I heard it from his semi-transparent lips myself.
Lloyd: Do you really think he's departed? Because it just doesn't... feel like he's gone.
Cole: With my history, I know what departed spirits are. That was him. I'll send back anything I find. (Walks away.)
Lloyd: (sighing heavily) (Lloyd leaves the main wing of the Monastery and enters the obstacle course area; Lloyd sees Frak training.)
Frak: (In the air.) Haah! (lands, breathing hard) Yaah! (punches metal wrecking balls off the course and breaks a loop he's supposed to jump through by kicking the top off.)
Alfonzo Frohicky: Oh, no, no, no! Stop this! As Assistant Keeper of the Monastery, I demand you halt! Do you know how hard it is to find a proper obstacle course repairman?
Frak: Oh, uh... Sorry, Mr. Frohicky.
(Mr. Frohicky starts sweeping up some of the mess and Lloyd walks up to Frak.)
Frak: Did I- do something wrong?
Lloyd: That was a little... intense.
Frak: Thank you, yes, I channeled all the strength of my rage and hate.
Lloyd: You hate our obstacle course?
Frak: No, I mean, I channeled the hate inside me to access my potential. Isn't that how you do it?
Lloyd: That's never been the way of this Monastery. Ras taught you that?
Frak: Yeah... Those kinds of emotions give you strength. I've seen it work.
Lloyd: There's more than one source of strength, and physical strength alone isn't always the best way to fight.
Frak: I don't really understand, but that's okay. I'll stay up all night practicing until I get it right!
Lloyd: I like that enthusiasm, reminds me very much of Arin, but maybe you should take some time to rest. (Walks away.)
Frak: "Rest"? (Frak turns around to see Sora and Riyu approaching him.)
Sora: Frak, uh... I know it's been awkward. You're Arin's old best friend, I'm Arin's new best friend...
Frak: I'm Arin's always best friend.
Sora: What I mean is, with Arin gone, I'm trying to do his pie run for him, but it turns out I'm terrible at baking pies, and since you're the one who taught Arin to bake...
Frak: Yes! The passing-on of pie knowledge! I have binders full of recipes! I'll get everything ready! (Runs away.)
Sora: (Talking to Riyu.) Ugh... I regret this already.
(Kai and Nya run towards the lightning's source.)
Nya: (gasping) Jay! Jay, it's us!
Lightning-Tide Leader: What? Who are you? How dare you disturb our once-in-a-decade sacred Lightning-Tide Community Ceremony?
Lightning-Tides: (The triangular stack they were formed in collapses. The Lightning-Tides all groan and shout.)
Nya: Oh no, are you okay?
Lightning-Tide Leader: You ruined the whole ceremony! How dare you? (Starts charging up lightning, then shouts to the other Lightning-Tides.) Attack the interlopers!
(Sora and Frak are baking pies.)
Frak: (Frak takes his pie out of the oven.) Voilà! Perfect in every way! Now let's see yours, Sora!
Sora: (Sora takes her pie out of the oven. It's burnt.) Uh, maybe it tastes... edible? (Sora and Frak walk over to a table and place their pies down. Sora grabs a fork and eats a chunk of the pie and instantly spits it out.) Ew, yeah. It has a very specific rubbery flavor not found in most pies. How can I be so bad at this?
Frak: Look, everyone starts out in a- (Sora's pie deflates.) Okay, that defies science. Let's start again from scratch. (Sora and Frak start making new pies.) So, uh... do you have any opinions on puppets? Horrible, dead-eyed, lifeless-limbed puppets?
Sora: Wow, you're terrible at small talk, aren't you?
Frak: It's just that last night I saw this video of some guy describing a horrifying puppet that's been attacking people in the wastelands.
Sora: This wouldn't be that "Intelligent George" show, would it?
Frak: You know it? They didn't use to have that where I used to live. He's really full of wisdom. (Frak puts a new pie into the oven.)
Sora: (Sora puts her pie in the oven.) Don't believe anything he says. Intelligent George claims gravity is made up.
Frak: Can you prove it's not?
Sora: I... have no idea how to respond to that. I did once see a weird robotic puppet in the Crossroads...
Frak; Welp, never going to the Crossroads again.
Sora: ...but it's long gone, so you have nothing to fear, Frak. (Zane walks into the room.) Look, I know my pies aren't the best, but Zane likes them.
Frak: You do?
Zane: I find them quite adequate.
Sora: See?
Zane: Also, as a Nindroid, I lack tastebuds.
Sora: (sighing) Any progress on tracking Arin?
Zane: Unfortunately not. I was hoping I could trace the Gate system to determine where Arin, Ras, and the Forbidden Five were transported, but so far, no luck. Nor have I had any additional luck trying to find the smartest and most attractive member of our team.
Frak: But Sora's right here.
Sora: What?
Frak: What? Uh... nothing.
Zane: I was talking about P.I.X.A.L.
Frak: (laughing awkwardly) I knew that.
(The oven timer dings.)
(Sora and Frak open the oven, and the pie sizzles and bubbles. It suddenly explodes.)
Zane: (Starts examining the pie goop across the floor and gasps.) That is it! (Runs away into the elevator.)
Frak: (Talking to Sora.) Maybe pie goo got into his gears or something.
(Zane is examining Sora's pie exploding while her and Frak walk up.)
Sora: Are you really watching my pie "fail" on loop? You don't think I find this situation humiliating enough already?
Zane: But it is genius.
Frak: Comedic genius, I agree.
Sora: It's not that funny. (Picks up pie goop on Zane's head and tosses it)
Zane: Although I did not mean "comedic genius," I do see how it could be interpreted as such.
(Sora groans.)
Zane: But the genius I am referring to is the manner in which it is helping me discover what happened to Arin.
Sora: You're joking.
Zane: I am not. I had been tracking the possible trajectories of Arin passing through the exploding portal. I theorized the explosion dumped the travelers to a random place in the Merged Lands, but when I tried to model the equation, I obtained no tangible results, but your chaotic and comedic pie explosion made me realize that space-folding gateways may operate under chaotic variables... variables I had not been accounting for. Once I incorporate this new data... (keyboarding) ...Yes, that is it! (The screen the group had been looking at started calculating after Zane inputted this new information.) It's only a general idea where Arin could have gone, but it's the best lead we have so far.
Sora: We need to find him. (Talking to Frak.) Baking pies can wait.
Frak: If you call that baking.
Sora: Please stop talking.
(Kai and Nya are stuck in a cage, the Lightning-Tides are holding a court trial against them.)
Lightning-Tide Prosecutor: Behold! Lightning-Tides of the court, as I lay out indisputable proof that the completely guilty strangers are guilty! First, they interrupted our much-beloved sacred ceremony. Then, their stench is rather pungent. The one in red also has a voice that sounds like gargling slime.
Kai: Hey!
Lightning-Tide Prosecutor: See? Repulsive.
Lightning-Tide Leader: (pounding) Gross. Does the defense have any response to this convincing evidence?
Lightning-Tide Defense: Listen, yes, my clients are clearly guilty, but, um, uh... I got nothing. I thought something'd come to me, but it didn't.
Kai: You call that a defense?
Lightning-Tide Defense: Uh, I'd now like to add "Speaking in a gargle slime voice with a tinge of smugness" to the charges. The defense rests. (chuckling)
Lightning-Tide Leader: If that is all, I would like to pass a sentence of... The punishment of 1,003 zappings!
Nya: Hold it! (Quietly talking to Kai.) I got this. (Talking to the Lightning-Tides.) Look, this entire situation has just been a misunderstanding. My brother here and I-
Kai: Run! (Kai blasts open the cage with his Elemental Power of Fire. He shoots fire at the Lightning-Tide Leader. He then starts running away; the Lightning-Tides then chase him down. Nya stays in the cage.) Come on Nya, I've got you covered. (The Lightning-Tides throw pieces of Vengestone at Kai.) Vengestone? It cancels elemental powers! Where did you get Vengestone?
Lightning-Tide Leader: That was my favorite bench! You're going to get doubled punished now! (The Lightning-Tides force Kai back into the cage.)
Nya: Why did you do that, Kai? I told you I had this! (The Lightning-Tides shut the cage.)
Kai: I thought you meant you had a distraction so I could blast stuff!
Nya: Why would I mean that?
Kai: Cause that's what I always hope people mean. (A Lightning-Tide locks the cage with a Vengestone lock.) [lock clanking)
(Lloyd, Frak, and Zane are riding on Zanth, while Sora rides on Riyu. They are travelling to where Zane's calculations say Arin could have been sent to.)
Zane: This is the general area indicated by my calculations.
Lloyd: I don't see any sign of Arin, Ras, or the others.
Sora: (A door to one of the houses is slammed shut.) Let's check with whoever lives here. Maybe they saw something.
(Zanth sniffs.)
Sora: (Sora walks up to the house and knocks.) Excuse me, sorry to bother you, but we're looking for my best friend-
Civilian: Go away! You'll bring it's creepy wrath upon us all! (She slams the door on Sora.)
Sora: Okay, trying not to take that personally.
Frak: What's the "it" they're talking about? That can bring a creepy wrath? Don't like those words.
(The group hears roaring and head towards the noise. They see Zanth fighting Dorama's puppet.)
Frak: Intelligent George was right.
(Zanth leaps at the puppet, but the puppet moves out of the way causing Zanth to crash into the ground. The puppet then grabs Zanth by the tail and throws them into a rock.)
Lloyd: Come on! It's Dorama's old puppet! We've stopped this thing before!
Frak: Those lifeless, dead eyes...
(The puppet shoots lasers out of its eyes at the group.)
Sora: The eye-lasers are new, right?
(Lloyd's sword is shot out of his hand.)
Lloyd: Yeah, and deadly!
(Kai and Nya remain in the cage.)
Kai: Hey, where did you get the Vengestone?
Lightning-Tide Prosecutor: You mean the Glow Rocks? Dunno, we found them. Thought they'd be fun to throw at you. (Walks away.)
Kai: So you didn't know they stopped Elemental Powers?
Lightning-Tide Defense: Uh, stopped what, now?
Lightning-Tide Leader: Order! Order! We must now double punish our captives, as soon as we determine how many "double" is.
Wyldfyre: (Walks up in a Lava-Tide disguise.) No need for such silly ideas! I, as you can see, am a Lava-Tide...
(Nya and Kai groan upon seeing the disguise.)
Wyldfyre: (winks) ...and I have just received this very official pardon from the, uh... uh, Lava-Tide President, demanding all charges against these Ninjas-
Lightning-Tide Leader: Hurl the Glow Rocks!
Wyldfyre: Ah! Ugh! (Falls over.)
(Dorama's puppet is shooting lasers at Riyu. Sora, Frak, Lloyd, and Zane are running towards the puppet. It turns its head around to the group and shoots lasers at them.)
Lloyd: Okay, that thing lasers!
Sora: I don't see Dorama anywhere. Did his puppet escape from him? Here, let me make quick work of it. (Sora uses her Elemental Power of Technology on the puppet's chest.)
(The puppet shoots lasers at Sora after its chest is torn off.)
Sora: Okay, so it's not running on any sort of technology now. Magic?
Frak: This is not happening. (Dorama's puppet runs towards Frak. He uses his Elemental Power of Quake to cause the puppet to fall.) Intelligent George was right about this puppet! I think this also proves gravity isn't real.
Sora: I'm not going to engage in this conversation.
(Zane heads towards Zanth and tries to help them, but Dorama's puppet gets back up and shoots lasers at the two. Zane then runs towards the puppet and throws a shuriken at it, causing one of its feet to fall off. The puppet is temporarily stunned, which allows Frak, Sora, and Lloyd to get a look at the back of its head.)
Frak: That glow...
(The puppet shoots lasers at them, causing them to flee.)
Frak: Maybe this is what you were teaching me earlier, Lloyd?
Lloyd: I don't remember teaching anything about bizarre puppet fighting.
(The puppet smashes the rock they were at, causing them to flee again.)
Frak: No, I mean, maybe physical strength alone isn't the best way to win this fight? Oh no. I know what I need to do, but I don't like it.
(Frak runs towards the puppet, and then jumps inside a crack in its head.)
Frak: Aah! why do puppets move all creepy?
Lloyd: We gotta help him! Keep it distracted!
(Lloyd, Sora, and Zane all fight the puppet.)
Sora: (grunting with effort) H'yah! Frak, what are you doing?
Frak: Facing my primal fears! What does it look like I'm doing?
Sora: Yeah, but what are you doing that can help us?
Frak: I saw a glow from outside! Maybe something's powering this walking nightmare. (Frak strains to get further in the crack on the puppet's head, but after he stops he sees the Blue Prismatic Blade. The puppet roars at the rest of the group, but Frak then grabs the blade. The puppet then deactivates and crashes down.)
Lloyd: Is it over?
Frak: I'm stuck! I'm stuck! (sobs) Get me out of this thing!
(Sora, Lloyd, and Zane start pulling on Frak to get him out.)
Sora: What happened to facing your primal fears? (Frak is pulled out.)
Frak: I faced them, and lost. I'm now a million times more afraid of puppets.
(The town's civilians walk up towards the group.)
Civilian: Thank you! The puppet's fearful reign has finally ended. Huzzah!
(Frak hands Zane the Blue Prismatic Blade, Zane the scans it.)
Zane: I do not know exactly how this empowered the marionette, but it is an item of immense energy.
Lloyd: Then we should keep it. Too dangerous to leave sitting out here.
Sora: And it looks right we're on the right track. That sword wasn't the only thing caught in this puppet. (Sora pulls out Arin's Grapple Gun.) Arin's grapple! (Sora notices something on the ground.) Hey, look, are these tracks? (Riyu walks up and sniffs the track, he then roars and heads in the tracks' direction. The group follows.)
(Kai, Nya, and now Wyldfyre, remain in the cage.)
Lightning-Tide Prosecutor: 3,000 zaps is more than 2,000 zaps, right?
Lightning-Tide Defense: Oh, maybe? (The Lightning-Tide Defense then gasps) Counterpoint. Maybe not?
Lightning-Tide Leader: As a judge, my wisdom is extraordinary. They are equal.
Nya: Look, let me try this again, without my annoying brother and his clueless friend messing it all up.
Wyldfyre: (Talking to Kai) Who's your clueless friend?
Nya: This entire situation has just been a misunderstanding. We came here to find a missing person. His name is Jay Walker, and I love him very much. We all do.
Wyldfyre: I haven't met him, to be honest.
Nya: Jay is funny, charming, cute, sincere, the real heart of our Ninja team.
Kai: Not sure that's accurate.
Nya: We interrupted your ceremony not out of spite or cruelty, just out of innocent cosnfusion. Jay has lightning powers, and we thought, we hoped, we were about to find our long-lost friend.
(The Lightning-Tides start sniffling and crying. The leader claps)
Lightning-Tide Leader: Well said. If there's one thing us Tide-folk understand, it's innocent confusion. You are free to go. (A Lightning-Tide unlocks the cage. Nya walks out, but the cage is closed again before Kai and Wyldfyre can walk out.)
Lightning-Tide Leader: Excuse me, but she explained her case very well. You two, on the other hand, are going nowhere.
Kai: What? Ha! You think my sister would just leave us here? (Nya starts walking away.) Nya?
Nya: (sighs, then starts causing havoc amongst the Lightning-Tides with her elemental power.) Guess there really is only one way out of this place. (She busts open the cage, and then starts blasting more Lightning-Tides away.)
(Wyldfyre sets the place in flames, while Kai and Nya run. Before leaving herself, she winks at the Lightning-Tides.)
Kai: I knew you'd never abandon me!
Nya: Don't make me regret it!
(The Lightning-Tides hang up a wanted poster for Kai, Nya, and Wyldfyre.)
(A truck is driving along a road carrying supplies, but the Forbidden Five drop down from above in front of them.)
Rox: We need those supplies. Zarkt? (Zarkt uses his Elemental Power of Misfortune on the vehicle, causing the driver and passenger to run out. However, Kur then uses her Elemental Power of Decay on the two of them.)
Rox: Well done, Kur, but let them live. Now they will warn others that the Forbidden Five have returned... (Drix uses his Elemental Power of Swarm to send out a swarm of bugs to follow the driver and passenger, now running in terror.) ...and no one is safe! (Rox laughs maniacally.) Pillage whatever supplies we need for our journey to the First Land. It's time to unchain Thunderfang!