Darkness Within/Transcript

(In the Crystal Temple, Lloyd wakes up to find himself hanging from Vengestone chains.)
Lloyd: What?
Harumi: Enjoying the view?
Lloyd: (He sees the Council of the Crystal King carrying the Golden Weapons.) Weapons of Spinjitzu. How did you get those?
Harumi: Settle down, Lloyd. We have a long day ahead of us and we wouldn't want you wasting your strength. We got them from the monastery. Where else?
Lloyd: Master Wu would never hand them over without a —
Harumi: A fight? Oh yes. And what a fight it was. But in the end, your friends failed. They're gone now, like the other ninja.
Lloyd: No. You're bluffing!
Harumi: I don't bluff, Lloyd. You should know that about me by now.
Lloyd: You're lying. You're lying!
Harumi: How does it feel, to have no one left? I know that feeling well. I went through the same thing after the Great Devourer took away everything I had in this world. After I lost my parents, I felt so alone. Now it's your turn to feel that grief. You can let it overwhelm and destroy you, or you can let it harden and strengthen you, as it did me.
Lloyd: You're the reason I'm alone. You're the one who did this! Which makes you no better than the Great Devourer. And you're gonna pay, Harumi, I swear! I will make you pay!
Harumi: Ooh, there's that darkness again. Just like your father.
Lloyd: (He takes several deep breaths to calm himself.) You're wrong. I am nothing like my father.
Harumi: Mm, perhaps not. Perhaps I underestimated you. (She spins Lloyd around.) I have a ritual to prepare. It is time for the coming of the Crystal King.
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(In the collapsed subway tunnel, the ninja take refuge under the BRTM-12.)
Jay: Zane, please tell me your communicator still works.
Zane: Unfortunately, no.
Cole: Couldn't this get any worse?
Kai: Don't ask that question! Every time someone asks "Can this get worse?" It always gets worse! (A rat appears next to him.) Aah! Shoo! Shoo. Told you so!
Jay: I hate rats!
Zane: Rats are exceedingly clever animals with an impressive survival instinct.
Kai: Hey, thanks for the random rat facts.
Zane: That rat, for instance, seems to have found an opening between those rocks.
Jay: What? Where?
Kai: Can you see where it goes?
Zane: No, but I can find out. (He crawls after the rat.)
Cole: What do you see? Is there a way out?
Zane: There is a gap that leads up. But I do not know how far it extends.
Cole: Good enough for me.
(The ninja crawl through the gap one by one. Jay slips and the area begins to collapse again.)
Kai: Look out! The tunnel!
Cole: Looks like we're not going anywhere after all. Unless you see anymore rats sneaking past.
Zane: I do not.
Kai: They know we're here. They're coming for us.
Cole: Yeah. All we have to do is hang tight. P.I.X.A.L. will get us out somehow.
Zane: May I suggest a word game or story to help pass the time?
Jay: Ooh! I got a fun song. You guys all know the one about the trapped samurai who's only got enough ramen to last 72 hours?
Zane: That song does not appear in my databank.
Jay: Ha! It's a classic!
Kai: Uh, I don't know it either.
Cole: I think you made it up.
Jay: Well, you would be wrong. Here goes. (He clears his throat and sings.) Oh cursed ramen! Why have I so little left? Oh cursed ramen, I am on a noodle quest. Hey! Oh cursed ramen, why have I so —
(The tunnel begins to collapse again. A boulder comes down on them, and Cole holds it with his powers.)
Jay: What do we do?
Kai: We gotta brace them with something!
Zane: With what?
Cole: Figure — something — out, quick! Because I — I can't —
(The ninja struggle to support the boulder.)
Cole: I — I'm sorry, guys.
Jay: It's okay.
(Suddenly, the boulder is lifted.)
Cole: What?
Jay: What's happening?
Nya: Hiya, boys. Need a hand?
Jay: Nya! (The ninja are lifted out of a hole.) Nya! You did it!
Cole: That was ... close.
Nya: You guys okay?
Jay: (sighs) Let's get back to the monastery. I need to change my pants.
Nya: Oh, uh. About that ...
Kai: What?
Nya: The monastery, it's ... gone.
Kai: Gone? What do you mean, gone?
Nya: It's been destroyed.
Kai: How?
Jay: Who did it?
Nya: All of them. All our enemies. Aspheera, Vangelis, Pythor, and the Mechanic, all working together. They destroyed it and took the Weapons of Spinjitzu.
Zane: What do they need those for?
Nya: I don't know. But I know who's behind it. Harumi.
Jay: Harumi?
Cole: How is that possible?
Nya: I don't know. Somehow, she's back.
Zane: Where are Master Wu and P.I.X.A.L.?
Nya: They're okay. They're setting up the new base for us.
Kai: We have a new base?
Jay: That was quick.
Nya: Actually, it's more like an old base.
Kai: What are you talking about?
Nya: It's easier if I just show you. Grab on! This mech isn't gonna last much longer.
(They blast off in Nya's mech. On the ground, Hounddog McBrag throws away his sunglasses angrily.)
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(In the desert, Nya's mech begins to give out.)
Nya: Just — a little — longer!
(The mech crashes into the ground.)
Kai: That was close.
Nya: (To her mech) Thanks for saving us one last time.
Jay: Hey, I remember this place.
Kai: This is the old Sam X cave!
(They enter the cave.)
Kai: Whoa.
Jay: Oh, boy, is it good to see you!
Wu: Jay. Cole!
P.I.X.A.L.: Zane! Are you hurt?
Zane: I am fine.
Kai: Is it true that Harumi is behind all this?
Wu: I fear so. And they have destroyed our home.
Cole: Home is where your family is. We're all right here.
Wu: (He shakes his head.) Not all of us. Not Lloyd.
(The last MiniPix appears from behind the computers, fixing the equipment.)
Cole: Who's that?
P.I.X.A.L.: May I introduce, MiniPix Seven.
Skylor: I thought they didn't have names.
P.I.X.A.L.: This one saved our lives. Giving it a name seemed the least I could do.
(MiniPix Seven successfully restores the electricity and celebrates.)
Zane: Nice to meet you, MiniPix Seven. (He shakes its hand.)
Kai: What does Harumi want with the Weapons of Spinjitzu?
Skylor: We don't know. They didn't say. But, knowing Harumi, something bad.
Cole: Whatever her plan is, she's had a lot of time to put it together.
Kai: She's been shadowing us for years.
Jay: Yeah, and Harumi is not the kind of person you want to give a head start to.
Nya: We need to find Lloyd. All hands on deck.
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(In the Crystal Temple, Lloyd struggles to free himself.)
Lloyd: Harumi. You don't have to do this. It's never too late to correct a mistake.
Harumi: It's not a mistake, Lloyd. I thought about it carefully. Balance is the problem. It results in strife. True peace will only be achieved when one side wins, and darkness is stronger than light. (To the Council) We're ready. Put the weapons in place. Aspheera, commence the ritual.
(The villains let go of the weapons, which hover above separate stands.)
Aspheera: Ven-ge-ictin. Ven-ge quisay!
(Pythor mocks her as she speaks.)
Aspheera: Ven-ge ictin! Ven-ge quisay! Ven-ge fosar! Ven-ge jovit! Crystal King! Ven-ge ictin! Ven-ge quisay! Ven-ge-fosar! Crystal King! Ven-ge-ictin! Ven-ge-quisay! Ven-ge-fosar! Ven-ge-jovit! Crystal King!
Harumi: Crystal King, my lord. Follow my voice. It is I, Harumi. I summon you forth. Break free of your bonds. Take form! I summon you back to your rightful place as supreme ruler of Ninjago!
(The Overlord emerges from the crystal and laughs.)
Overlord: Yes. (to Lloyd) What was it you said to me the last time we fought, hmm? Oh, yes.
Lloyd: Overlord?!
Overlord: "It ends, now." (He laughs menacingly.)
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