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*Gayle Gossip reports on the pyramid.*
"This is Gayle Gossip from the desert, where a mysterious pyramid has been discovered. What's inside? Nobody knows. But at this moment, the ninja have arrived and are preparing to enter the pyramid with famed explorer, Clutch Powers."
*It shows Clutch's Boobytraps and How to Survive Them book. Clutch tosses it aside. He starts drinking juice.*
"Your assistance will be very helpful." said Zane to Clutch.
"Nope. No way. Nein, danke." said Clutch.
"But nobody knows what's inside. There could be valuable historical relics." said Lloyd.
"Well, I kind of already know what's in there, but who am I to spoil the fun for the others. After all, they have been craving a big quest like this." Nova thought with a soft hum.
"Treasures!" said Kai.
"Gold!" Jay gasped. "And diamonds!"
"Dead bodies." said Nova.
The ninja turned to look at her with raised eyebrows.
"Relax, it was a joke...mostly." said Nova, rolling her eyes.
"It was a bad joke." said Jay.
"A dark joke." said Cole.
"I know." said Nova with a smirk, as she couldn't help messing with them a bit.
*Clutch continues drinking his juice and shrugs.*
"You are the foremost expert on ancient structures and your book, Booby Traps and How to Survive Them, is considered a seminal work." said Zane.
"Flattered! But still no." said Clutch.
*He continues drinking the juice.*
"Professor, isn't there anything we can do to convince you?" Nya asked.
"Professor Powers! There's a call for you!" Dwayne holds out his cell phone.
"Now, Dwayne. I told you I didn't want to be disturbed." said Clutch.
"But it's...The Explorer's Club!" said Dwayne.
Clutch tosses his juice. "W-What? Give me that!" He snatches Dwayne's phone. "Ahem. This is Professor Powers."
"Don't worry, guys, he'll change his mind after this call." said Nova, as she looked around.
"Did your future sight show you that?" Lloyd asked, walking over and taking her hand in his. As to keep her from trying to steal anything.
"I didn't need to use my future sight, to know that he will be changing his mind." said Nova, rolling her eyes as she was being dragged back to the others, and Lloyd wasn't letting go of her hand.
"Yes, yes, I'm here! And don't cancel anything! I'll get back to you." Clutch hangs up and tosses Dwayne's phone. "Ugh. Well, guys, looks like you're in luck. Clutch Powers is open for business." He opens a chest and takes out an amulet and two flashlights.
"Told you so." said Nova, humming softly to herself.
It cuts to the ninja and Clutch entering the pyramid. Clutch turns on a flashlight. He runs and then stops. He shines the light at Kai. "Now, before we take another step, I hope each of you has read my book. It could save your life."
"Of course!" said Zane.
"Yeah! I love...that book." Clutch turns around and Kai winks at the other ninja.
"Oh, brother." Nova whispered, shaking her head.
*Clutch and the ninja walk into a room with a bridge.*
"Woah!"
"Chapter Eight: Rickety Old Bridges." Clutch turns around. "Only one way to cross them: fast and first." He runs across the bridge. "Last person in line usually doesn't make it!"
The ninja start for the bridge. Nya runs across the bridge. Kai and Jay trip. Cole jumps over them. Lloyd jumps over as well, bumping Kai's head, and stunning him for a moment.
"Augh!"
Kai shakes his head and runs across. Zane runs behind, carrying Jay. They make it across and Zane drops Jay. The ninja sigh in relief. Nova just used the shadows to easily get across without trouble.
"That wasn't so bad!" said Jay.
"Huh! It was actually pretty sturdy!" said Cole.
"I'm surprised it didn't break, with all of you running across at the same time." said Nova, with a smirk on her face.
"You didn't even use the bridge!" said the ninja, looking over at her.
"Not my fault that my powers are more useful in most situations." said Nova as she shrugged.
Clutch rolled his eyes. "Yeah, we got lucky. But luck runs out."
*They all walk down a hallway and come across stairs. In front of the stairs is a cobweb. Jay starts walking toward the stairs, but Clutch stops him.*
"Don't!"
*Clutch pulls up his eye patch, and reveals an unhurt eye. He starts inspecting the cobweb and Jay sees Clutch's eye.*
Jay gasps. To Cole. "Did you see that?"
"See what?" Cole asked.
Nova patted Jay's shoulder. "I saw it too, buddy."
Jay gave a small smile, glad he wasn't the only one who saw it.
"I don't like the look of these." said Clutch.
"Uh. They're cobwebs." said Kai.
"Yeah, well, that's what they want us to think! Jump over, like this!" Clutch jumps over the cobweb. "Guh!"
*Kai, Lloyd, Nova, Cole, Nya, and Zane all do the same. Jay shrugs and steps on the cobweb, snapping it.*
"Ah!"
*They all hear a sound.*
"Fuck!" said Nova.
"Gumdrops!" said Clutch.
*The stairs fold, causing Clutch and the ninja to slide down the passageway.*
"Grab onto something!" shouted Lloyd.
"I'm trying!" shouted Kai.
"There's nothing to grab, it's too smooth!" shouted Jay.
"Guys, guys, GUYS!" shouted Cole.
*A spike pit appears in front of them.*
"I got this!" shouted Kai.
"I'll help!" shouted Nova.
*Kai blasts the spike pit with Fire, while Nova used her Decay, destroying some of the spikes. They all fall into the pit. The ninja all groan.*
"He said to step over them!" said Cole to Jay.
"I did!" said Jay.
"Might wanna check your foot." said Nova, pointing down at Jay's foot.
*Jay looks at a piece of cobweb attached to his foot and smiles sheepishly.*
"If you did, we wouldn't be lying here in a pit with..." Cole sees the others looking at something. "What? What are you guys staring at?" He looks behind himself and falls backward. "Ah!"
*It shows a skeleton with a hat stuck on a spike.*
"I wonder who that was." said Zane.
"Someone who didn't stop in time." said Kai.
"I feel bad for whoever this was." said Nova.
Clutch walks over to the skeleton and pulls up his eye patch. Jay follows Clutch and looks at his eye, shocked. He turns to Kai and Zane and points at Clutch's eye. Clutch turns around with his eye patch pulled down. Jay becomes disappointed and walks in another direction.
"Hmm...Hageman. A competitor. He was good. Very good. But, he didn't read my book. And it cost him his life." said Clutch.
*Zane picks up a book from the floor.*
"Actually, he did read it." said Zane.
"Now, let me see that!" Clutch snatches the book from Zane and opens to a bookmarked page. "Aha! He stopped on chapter eight. Cobweb traps are in chapter nine." He tosses the book, and it hits Hageman's head, causing it to fall off, along with the rest of his skeleton. Clutch shines a flashlight down a hall and they start walking towards it. Jay shakes his foot and the remaining piece of cobweb falls off. The latter picks up the Boobytraps and How to Survive Them book and follows the others. They enter a crypt with sarcophagi in it.
"Wow! Would you look at that!" said Kai.
"Nobody touch nothing." said Clutch.
They stumble upon a broken pillar blocking the path. "Gumdrops."
"Cole?" said Lloyd.
"I got this." Cole activates his lava arm and lifts up the pillar. Clutch shines the flashlight down the hall. "Any. Day. Now!"
*They all run under the barrier. Cole throws it up and runs down the hall. It comes crashing down, blocking the exit. They enter a room with tiles on the wall.*
"What...is this?" Lloyd asked.
Zane scans the tiles. "It appears to be an ancient locking mechanism. If the image is properly assembled, the chamber will open."
"I have a bad feeling about this, guys." said Nova, knowing what was coming next.
"Since when do you ever get a bad feeling?" Cole asked.
"A lot actually, I'm just very good at hiding it." said Nova.
"Ooh! Like a puzzle game! Oh-ho! I'm good at these!" Jay picks up a large bone to move the tiles. "Hmm..."
"Slide that one over there." said Nya.
"Oh. Yeah." said Jay.
"Wait, wait, wait. What about.. this!" said Nya.
*Zane walks over to a wall with hieroglyphics on it.*
"No, that's not right." said Jay.
"Try this one." said Nya.
"Oh. Yeah!" said Jay.
"What does it say?" Lloyd asked, walking over to see what Zane was looking at.
Zane began reading up what he was looking at. "Beware, ye who enter the serpent's tomb." Jay moves another tile. "For her anger nearly did consume.." Jay hands Nya the bone. "..all Ninjago, until a foolish boy.." Nya moves a tile. "..with a staff of power" Nya move another tile. "her evil did destroy."
"What does that mean?" Lloyd asked.
"Gobbledygook, who knows? I haven't met and inscription, yet that made a lick of sense. I just ignore them." said Clutch.
Zane remembers his nightmare about the Serpentine sorceress in his dream. "No! Don't!"
*Jay moves the last tile. The tiles made up a drawing of the Serpentine. The room starts shaking and the tiles explode. The ninja and Clutch all fall down. The Serpentine laughs and slithers out of her tomb.*
"Free at least." said the Serpentine.
"...At least she knows other words than revenge." Nova mumbled.
"Ugh." replied Lloyd.
"Where is he?" asked the Serpentine, turning to Lloyd.
"Who?" Lloyd asked confused.
"The Treacherous Deceiver. The one who imprisoned me. Tell me where he is! And I, Aspheera, will show you mercy." said the Serpentine.
"I believe she's looking for the boy mentioned in the hieroglyphics." said Zane.
"What do I tell her?" Lloyd asked.
"Tell her the truth. We don't know!" said Nya.
"Umm..." Magic starts coming out of Aspheera's staff. "That was a while ago." said Lloyd.
Aspheera shoots Magic at Lloyd, but Nova quickly jumps in to save him, causing both of them to get hit against a wall. The ninja get up and put on their masks.
"Ow, I'm gonna feel that the next morning." Nova groans, slowly getting up while rubbing her side.
Jay charges up with Lightning. "Let her have it!" He throws Lightning at Aspheera, but she blocks it with her staff.
"Uh. I'll get help." Clutch runs off.
"Coward." Nova whispered.
*The ninja all try attacking Aspheera with their Elemental Powers.*
Aspheera laughs. She points at Kai. "You! You're a fire Elemental?"
"Yeah! And the name's Kai!" He throws fire at her. She blocks it with her staff.
Aspheera smiles. "Your fire warms me. For too long, I have been trapped in this cold, dark place. I will take your fire!"
"Oh, yeah?" said Kai.
"Kai don't!" shouted Nova, but it was already too late.
*Aspheera creates a shock wave with her staff, and the other ninja fall back. She lifts Kai in the air using her staff.*
"Ah! Ah! Argh! Ah. Ah..."
"Kai!" shouted Nya.
*Aspheera starts absorbing Kai's Fire.*
"What's happening?!" Cole asked.
"She's stealing his Elemental Powers! We must stop her!" said Zane.
"Ninja-go!" The ninja except Kai and Nova all do Spinjitzu and move towards Aspheera. Aspheera spins and knocks back the ninja.
"Woah!"
"Ah!"
"Wah!"
"Oof!"
"She knows Spinjitzu." said Lloyd surprised, before looking over at Nova who had avoided the attack.
"How?!" shouted Jay.
"Bitch back off!" Nova growled angrily, both eyes glowing purple, along with tail and horns showing up. As she ran at her, using her darkness to stop her.
"Nova, don't!" shouted Lloyd worried.
Aspheera noticed the change in Nova's appearance, which piqued her interest a bit. "Now what do we have here, I didn't think I would see a real oni here." She smirked, using her staff to block her darkness.
"I'm gonna sent you back to your motherfucking grave! Along with that staff of yours!" Nova growled, as she then went on to use Decay, but Aspheera used her Spinjitzu. Knocking Nova into a wall that began to crumble from her powers.
"Nova!?" shouted Lloyd, watching Nova hitting the wall before falling over on the ground.
*Aspheera finishes absorbing Kai's Fire and drops him on the floor, unconscious.*
"Kai!" shouted Lloyd now more worried.
Nova growled, slowly getting up, shaking her head. "I'm so, gonna have a concussion later."
*The ninja all run towards Kai. Aspheera grows a fire hood and has golden scales.*
"I thank you, Elemental. In return for your gift, I shall spare your lives." She points her staff at the ninja and lifts them up. She chains them to a wall. "May you enjoy your time in this place as much as I did. Farewell!" She slithers away.
"You won't get away with this!" shouted Lloyd.
Nova growled, using her free hand to somehow hold her head. "Lloyd, she just did, now please stop the shouting."
Lloyd looked over at Nova and only now noticed the blood running down her face. "Nova! You're hurt!"
Nova winched from the sound of his shouting. "Lloyd.....please." She said, glaring at him, not up for this.
"Sorry, forgot. But we seriously need to treat your injury, when we get out of here." said Lloyd.
"If we get out of here." said Nova, rolling her eyes.
"Wait! Can't you just use your decay power to get us free?" Jay asked, who was hanging next to them.
Nova glared angrily over at him. "As much as I would love to, I can't with how much my head is hurting right now."