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*Jay, chained to a wall, is reading Boobytraps and How to Survive Them.*
"That Clutch Powers guy might have run off to save himself, stranding us here, but I have to admit: his book is pretty good!" Jay hears a rumble. "It has a section for everything. Even "What To Do When All is Lost". He recommends vocal exercises, like: "Brobrogoo-goo!". " Lloyd and Nova turns to look at him. "Brobrogoo-goo!"
"How is saying a bunch of nonsense possibly going to help us?" Lloyd asked.
"It says that it keeps you calm by relaxing your face." Jay at a lower pitch. "Brobrogoo-goo! Brobrogoo-goo! Brobrogoo-goo! Brobrogoo-goo!"
"Brobrogoo-goo." said Nova, joining in.
"Seriously, Nova?" said Lloyd, not amused. Looking at her.
"Sorry, couldn't resist." said Nova, giggling a little even though it wasn't helping her headache.
Zane simultaneously said. "Perhaps Clutch didn't abandon us. Perhaps he went to seek help."
"Sure! And maybe the evil snake queen we just accidentally released from an ancient tomb is headed for Ninjago City for some sightseeing!" said Nya.
"I find that highly unlikely." said Zane.
"We need to update your sarcasm circuits, Zane. If we get out of here." said Nya.
"We wouldn't even be hanging here if Jay hadn't opened that crypt!" said Cole.
"Me?! Zane's the one that didn't warn us in time!" Jay sighs. "Brobrogoo-goo."
"How can you blame Zane?! Who opens a possibly cursed tomb without checking it out first?!" said Lloyd.
"Seriously Lloyd? You fucking opened up most of the Serpentine tombs as a kid. So you have no say in this matter." said Nova, glaring at him.
"I was being a stupid kid at that time, no need to remind me of that." said Lloyd, facepalming himself.
Nova giggled a little, but it was only making her headache worse. As she placed her free hand on her head.
"Nova, we seriously need to check your head, when we get out of here." said Lloyd, concerned.
"Lloyd, we can worry about me later, right now, we should put our focus on getting out of here already." said Nova, before looking over at Zane. "How's Kai doing, Zane?"
Zane scans Kai. "His vitals are stable. He should recover shortly."
"Good. Now we just have to figure a way out of here. Any ideas?" said Lloyd.
Jay gasps. "Maybe there's something in Clutch's book! He's got a chapter entitled "Escaping from Close Calls."
"Really? What does it say?" Cole asked.
"Uh. Let me check." Jay starts reading the book. Torches in the room slowly start to burn out. The room turns pitch black for a moment. "Aw, great! Now I can't even see!" An orange glow lights up the room. "Oh. That's better!"
"Uh, Jay? Not better!" Nya points towards the lava.
*The lava is starting to fill the room.*
Jay panicking. "Incoming lava! Don't panic! Clutch has a whole chapter on rising lava. I just have to turn to that page." The book falls into the lava. "Gah! Oh, that book was our only hope!"
"Forget about that stupid book!" Nova growled.
Lloyd turns around and stands on the wall, being held on by the chain. "Everyone! We need to get out of this room." He tries breaking the chain. "Follow my lead!"
The ninja all stand on the wall and try breaking the chain, except for Kai. The chain finally comes loose.
Jay cheered. "Yeeaa-aah!" The ninja are dangling from the wall, partially attached to the chain and near the lava.
"Nova, what are you doing!?" Lloyd shouted, as he saw her jump off the wall. Pulling the others with her.
"Aaah! She's gonna kill us!" shouted Jay.
"Lloyd! Control your girlfriend!" shouted Cole.
"Hang on tight guys, this is gonna be a one way tripe!" shouted Nova, pulling them all into the shadows.
"What happened! Where are we!?" Jay panicked.
"Nova! You aren't in the right state to be using your powers!" shouted Lloyd, looking at her furiously and worried.
Nova tried to keep her focus while ignoring her growing headache, but she took a small glance at Lloyd, noticing the look on his face. She didn't say anything as she brought them out of the shadows, right by the broken pillar.
"I was just giving you idiots, a shortcut. But this is as far as I can take us." said Nova, before she began fall to the ground, but Lloyd quickly caught her.
"The only idiot right here is you, Nova, why did you do that when you are injured? Are you crazy." said Lloyd, looking worried at her.
A small giggle came from her, looking up at Lloyd. "Looks like you are rubbing off on me, with your risk taking."
"Guys, this isn't the time for flirting, we still need to get out of here." said Cole.
Nova began blushing as she remembered the others were there too, so she slowly went on to just lean on Lloyd.
Lloyd cleared his throat, getting back to focus on the matter at hand. Looking over at the broken pillar, while having Nova lean on him. "All right, Cole. Do your thing."
Cole uses his lava arm to pull up the pillar. Jay looks at the lava flowing towards them, gasping. Nya and Zane pass through. Jay passes, yanking Lloyd, Nova and Cole. The barrier falls and almost hits Kai.
"Cole! You could've smashed Kai!" shouted Jay.
"Me?! You yanked me out!" shouted Cole.
"I already have a fucking headache! I don't need a second or god forbid a third by you two!" shouted Nova, holding her head as she was getting up, losing her balance a bit as Lloyd had her lean on him again.
"Guys! We need to stop fighting and work together!" snapped Lloyd at them. Jay, Nova and Cole look at each other. "Look, it's time we faced it. Master Wu's right. We've gone soft. Not just individually, but as a team. We have to put aside our differences and–"
"Uh, Lloyd?" said Cole, a little nervous.
"No, let me finish. We work together or Ninjago will fall for-" said Lloyd.
Zane points at lava behind Lloyd. "Lava!"
"No, not lava! I was talking about Aspheera!" said Lloyd.
"No you mossbrain! The fucking lava is right behind you!" shouted Nova, as she forced him to turn around.
"Ahh!"
The ninja start running. They run down steps and Kai bumps into a sarcophagus while being dragged, causing the ninja to fall back.
"Oh, man. I hope Kai's not gonna remember any of this." said Cole.
The sarcophagus opens, with a mummified Pyro Destroyer's body falling out of it.
"Woah! A serpent mummy..." said Lloyd.
"That's two things I don't like in one!" said Jay.
"....Okay, this is a little creepy for me." said Nova.
The ninja looks at her. "How can this creep you out. With everything else we have seen, and been through."
Nova gave a small shrug. "Even I can find some stuff creepy, now can we get going already before we become BBQ." She pointed behind them.
Lloyd and Cole look behind them and see lava flowing towards them. The ninja begins to run. The lava starts resurrecting mummified Pyro Vipers, while also resurrecting the Pyro Destroyer.
"You know, I'm starting to think this isn't your ordinary garden variety lava." said Nya.
"W-What gave you that idea?" Jay asked.
The Pyro Vipers walk out of their sarcophagi and run towards the ninja.
"Uh, aren't mummies supposed to be slow?" Lloyd asked.
"In movies, yes, but clearly not in real life." said Nova.
"Don't worry. I'll just open up a can of Spinjitzu on their bandaged butts! Ninja-Go!" said Jay, as he does Spinjitzu.
"Wait!" shouted Lloyd.
"Jay don't!" shouted Nova.
"No! No! No! No!" shouted Cole.
The ninja are all spinning while attached to the chain. The Pyro Viper tries attacking, only to be knocked back by Jay's Spinjitzu tornado.
"Ah!"
"Woah!"
The ninja are all tied up.
"Okay, I'm willing to admit that was a terrible idea!" said Jay.
"I think I'm gonna throw up." said Nova, already feeling a lot worse from the spinning along with her headache.
A Pyro Whipper gets up.
"Come on! Let's get out of here!" said Lloyd.
The ninja begin hopping. They hit a wall and debris falls on the room's entrance, blocking it.
"Ha! That should slow them down." said Cole.
*A little while later, the ninja are hopping through the spike pit and then falling on the ground. Jay turns and looks at Hageman.*
"Ah!"
"Relax! That's just Hageman." said Cole.
"You say that like I should be totally cool running into a long deceased explorer!" said Jay.
Nya gets up and picks up Hageman's backpack and pickax. "A long deceased explorer has a backpack full of gear we need to make it up to that passageway!"
They put on spike shoes. They turn around and see the lava. "Woahoh!" They run towards the passageway.
Nya climbs the folded passageway stairs using the pickax. "Did anyone know that Kai was this heavy? What did he eat for dinner last night, a cinder block?!"
"Seriously, I am done with cake jokes from Kai after this." Cole attempts to stick his pickax into the stairs, only for it to slide off. He starts slipping. "No more cake jo-o-woah!" He falls backward and slides down the stairs.
"You've, got to be, kidding me." Nova growled in annoyance.
The ninja start sliding down until Nya sticks her pickax into the stairs again.
Jay almost falls into the spikes. "Brobrogoo-goo!"
"Nya!"
"Nya!"
"Nya!"
"I'm okay! But I can't move! Or I'll lose my grip!" said Nya.
"Nobody move!" Zane starts pulling the others up.
Lava starts filling up the spike pit, just as Jay is being pulled up by Zane. The ninja make it out of the passageway. They run towards the wooden bridge and stop.
"Oh yeah! This thing! Come on! We're home free!" Jay walks onto the planks and falls through. Lloyd grabs onto the chain. "Ah-ah! Pull me up! Pull me up! Pull me up!"
Lloyd pulls Jay up. "I gotcha!"
Jay starts panting.
"Maybe that was just a bad step?" said Nya.
Nya puts one foot onto two planks, which both snap. Nya backs up, just as the whole bridge collapses.
"Brobrogoo-goo!" said Jay.
"Will you stop that?! It doesn't help!" Lloyd and Nova shouted in unison. Both having had enough of it already.
"You haven't even tried it!" said Jay.
"I already have, and I swear if you keep this up! I will fucking end you!" Nova growled.
"We need a plan!" said Lloyd, while trying to calm down Nova.
"Like what, Lloyd? What kind of plan could possibly help us get out of this mess? There's no bridge!" said Cole.
"Then we make one!" said Lloyd.
"Make what?" Zane asked.
"We become the bridge! We link our arms and hands, and we make a bridge!" said Lloyd.
"A ninja bridge!" said Jay.
"You see? You say that like it's a thing. That's not a thing!" said Cole.
"We're going to make it a thing! Look, we all know we haven't been working together the way we used to, but Ninjago is relying on us. We're the only chance they have. And if we can't bridge our differences and work together, then there is no hope." said Lloyd.
A soft smile grew on Nova's face, looking at Lloyd. "He always has the right thing to say, which is what I love about him."
"I'm not usually big on crazy plans, but we don't have much choice." said Cole.
"He's right. Let's do it." said Nya.
Jay is holding up the other ninja.
"Okay, on three, topple. One. Two. Three!" said Lloyd.
The ninja topple over and make a bridge, with Jay being on one end and Nya on the opposite end. Nya sticks her pickax into her, the side she's on.
"Okay, Jay. On three, let-" said Nya.
Jay pushes himself forward, causing the ninja to swing to the other side.
"Ow! Uh!" The lava rises up towards Jay. "Why is it always me?!" The ninja climb onto the side they're on, as Jay gets pulled up. "Ahh!"
Jay climbs onto the platform.
"Ha! It worked! "Ninja bridge!" It's officially a thing! It's a thing!" said Cole.
"Ugh. I never want to see another pyramid in my life!" said Nya.
The ninja ran out of the room. The ninja gets out of the pyramid, only for lava to surround it. "Oh no."
"What do we do?" Cole asked.
"I..I'm sorry. I failed us." said Lloyd.
"No. We failed each other." said Zane.
"We share the failure together." said Nova
"Aw, he's right. We're all to blame." said Jay.
"Especially Kai. He didn't help at all." said Cole.
"Brobrogoo-goo. Brobrogoo-goo." said Jay.
"Brobrogoo-goo." said Zane.
"Brobrogoo-goo. Brobrogoo-goo. Brobrogoo-goo."
*Pixal flies toward them in the ShuriCopter. The ninja all cheer.*
"Pixal!" said Zane.
"Glad to see you!" said Nya.
"Hold on." said Pixal.
*Pixal lowers a hook. Cole attaches the chain to the hook. Pixal flies the ShuriCopter back to the Desert of Doom.*
"Thank you, Pixal We would've literally been toast without you." said Lloyd.
"How did you find us?" Zane asked.
"The paperboy told us where you were." said Pixal.
"Paperboy?" Nya questioned.
"It's a long story. Come on. Let's get those chains off you." Pixal cuts the chains. "There is no time to waste. A Serpentine witch has raised an army and is laying siege to Ninjago City."
"This is bad." said Lloyd.
"Very bad." said Nova, leaning against his shoulder.
Kai wakes up. "Ugh. Where am I? What happened?"
"Morning, sleeping beauty." said Nova.
"Kai, buddy!" said Jay.
"You're awake!" said Nya.
"Long story short: the Serpentine witch that stole your powers is attacking Ninjago City. We've got to stop her! Fast!" said Lloyd, while having an arm wrapped around Nova, to keep her up.
*Pixal cuts Kai's chain.*
"Uh. Okay, but-ugh!" Kai touches his face. "Why does my face hurt so much?"
Jay has flashbacks of Kai being hit against different walls.
*The other ninja tries to explain all at once.*
Lloyd and Nova's chains are cut. "Here's the important thing: we're free again and ready for round two. Aspheera has no idea what she's in for now. Ninja, go!" said Lloyd.
The ninja raise their fists in the air. The ninja rides the ShuriCopter, Land Bounty, Rock Cycle, and ATV towards Ninjago City.
Nova finally could feel how exhausted she was, from everything that had happened. Along with her headache, so with a heavy sigh. She lost her consciousness.
"Nova!"
A worried look grew on Lloyd's and the ninja's faces, as they saw her almost fall out of Lloyd's hold.
*Somewhere in a dark void.*
The sound of something cracking was heard, along with a menacing voice. "Looks like you got yourself, another crack in your core, Nova.~"