The Battle of the Second Monastery/Transcript

(In the Imperium Palace, Dr. LaRow and Jordana hold Arin and Sora at gunpoint.)
Dr. LaRow: Ugh. Such as waste, Ana. You were the brightest student I'd ever seen.
(Jordana grunts and looks displeased.)
Arin: Ana? Uh, you've got your wires crossed, scientist lady. That's Sora.
Dr. LaRow: We named the dragon Sora.
Sora: (To Arin) My birth name was Ana.
Arin: Oh. Now I'm embarrassed.
Dr. LaRow: Hm. Maybe you don't know your friend as well as you thought. (She sees Riyu bump the cage.) Oh, you won't get your elemental spark through the impenetrable walls of that cage. I know you get your energy off that dragon. Seems you and I aren't that different, both using these beasts for power.
Sora: No. You drain them! You hurt them! Riyu shares his power. His choice.
Dr. LaRow: You use that dragon when you need him, just as I use mine. Maybe you learned more in my lab than you realized. But not enough to know how to pick the winning side. (She activates her communicator and shows them the battle outside. Sora gasps.) That's right. I'm going to make you two watch as your friends — (Suddenly, the ground quakes.)
Jordana: What's happening, Doctor?
Dr. LaRow: I ... I don't know.
Sora: Another MergeQuake?
Arin: Feels different. Maybe it's ... hope.
(They watch as the Monastery of Imperium rises from the ground.)
Kai, Nya, and Zane (onscreen): Ninja never quit!
Sora: Hello, hope. Welcome to the party.
(She and Arin tackle the scientists.)
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(Outside the palace, Lloyd approaches the other three ninja.)
Lloyd: Kai? Nya? Zane? How'd any of you get here?
Nya: If I had any idea, I'd tell you.
Zane: Do not ask me. I was only activated moments ago.
Beatrix: What are you waiting for? Get them!
(Ras kicks a Claw Hunter off their Photac Beast. They charge forward.)
Kai: Uh, didn't you come here to stop the Photacs? 'Cause now there's a lot more!
Lloyd: Yeah, quick update. Fight the beasts, help the dragons. Oh, and the wild kid is on our side.
Kai: What wild kid? (He sees Wyldfyre shooting Heat at one of the Photacs.) Is she doing Fire? Uh, she can't do Fire. Fire's my thing!
(They try to attack.)
Nya: Whoa, these beasts are tough.
Lloyd: What is that thing?
Zane: When I interfaced with it, it self-identified as the "Monastery of Imperium". It shares similarities with our own Monastery of Spinjitzu.
Nya: Any tips you're not sharing on how to bust these things up?
Lloyd: You can't. They're indestructible.
Nya: Oh. That's an important detail. You were gonna mention that when?
Lloyd: We're buying time. Sora and Arin still have a plan, I think.
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(In the palace, Arin attacks Dr. LaRow causing her sword to fly into the air.)
Dr. LaRow: No. I detest physical brutality. I surrender!
Arin: That was easier than I thought.
Jordana: (She catches the sword and starts shooting at the two.) You'll never escape the vengeance of your lifelong nemesis, Ana!
Sora: Who even are you?
(Jordana growls in anger. In a flashback, it is revealed she was the scowling girl with the volcano in Sora's class. She scowls in the background through all of Sora's achievements.)
Past Mr. Koenig: Ana, this is already far more advanced than any of the other science fair projects. Is this some kind of a ... a hard light? How did you do this?
Past scientist: Astonishing. Your indestructible hard light technology is more than deserving of this. (He gives Sora a medal.)
Past Mr. Koenig: Ana? Ana? Ana! Oh, right, she's been excused to work in the lab of the great Dr. LaRow. (He chuckles. Jordana screams in anger.)
Jordana: Since then, I've devoted myself to achieving more than you. I even took your spot at the Advanced Systems Lab, and everyone says I'm way better than you'd have been.
Sora: Wait, I think I remember you. Was your hair a different color, maybe?
Jordana: No! It was always this color! (She shoots at them angrily while Dr. LaRow slips away.)
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(Outside, the battle continues. Wyldfyre creates a Heat wall to block the Photac Beasts. Kai uses his fire to attack.)
Wyldfyre: Not bad fire, but don't worry. I'll give you some pointers later.
Kai: What? (To Lloyd) There can't be two Elemental Masters of Fire at the same time. It's impossible. Also, it's rude.
Lloyd: I can't make sense of it either, which is pretty much how everything's been going for me lately.
Zane: (He creates an ice wall around them.) I have calculated our odds of winning this battle.
Kai: Oh, fun. I'm guessing they're pretty solid.
Zane: Retreat is our only option.
Lloyd: Retreat to where? We're trapped in the middle of Imperium.
Zane: The second monastery. Its fortified walls will keep the Photacs out. At least temporarily.
Wyldfyre: No retreat! No surrender!
Kai: The impossible kid's right. We're in this fight, so let's fight.
Lloyd: I still can't raise Arin and Sora on the comms, and our only hope is to give them time for their plan. Barricading ourselves in the monastery could buy us that time.
Wyldfyre: Fine. Let's do your cowardly plan. (She roars.) Dragons, attack! Dragons, go!
(She leads the dragons into the monastery.)
Rapton: Oh, no you don't. (He fires a missile, but Nya closes the door in time.)
Ras: You can't hide from us, ninja! Even in there!
Dr. LaRow: Lord Ras! Lord Ras! I ... I come bearing bad news. Uh, the prisoners we had? Not exactly imprisoned anymore.
Ras: Free? All you had to do was babysit them! (He leaves.)
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(In the palace, Arin and Sora hide from Jordana's attacks.) 
Arin: Remember the obstacle course? The dodges Lloyd taught us?
Sora: How could I forget? We practiced that for, like, infinity hours.
(The two run towards Jordana, dodging her blasts.)
Jordana: You won't be able to forget me now, Ana! (She swings her laser sword at them, but they use it to break their handcuffs.) Oh, come on!
Sora: (She takes the sword.) Seriously, I still don't remember her.
Arin: Let's get Riyu!
(Jordana leaves the palace.)
Ras: (He lands before Arin and Sora.) You'll go no further.
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(Outside, Beatrix and the Claws of Imperium are unable to get into the monastery.)
Beatrix: I gave you those beasts for a reason. Those doors will crumble under their indestructible force.
Rapton: I like the way you think, Empress. If we line up in alternating —
Beatrix: Just smash the doors, Rapton!
Rapton: Charge!
(The Photac Beasts ram at the doors as the ninja watch from inside.)
Lloyd: Sora? Arin? Hello? Anyone? Their comms are still down.
Nya: Or worse.
Wyldfyre: I didn't like running away anyway.
Kai: Hard agree.
(He and Wyldfyre share a fiery high five.)
Lloyd: We could fight the Empress all day, but these dragons can't get caught in the crossfire. We need Sora to shut down those Photacs.
Nya: (She looks at the portal they came from.) Or ... we get the dragons out of here. That portal is how Kai and I came here. If we could activate it again, we could send all these dragons somewhere safe.
Lloyd: Would that work?
Zane: This gate appears to be linked to our monastery. But it is designed for smaller transports. Based on its power readings, it could not handle the transfer of this many dragons.
Lloyd: Can we increase the power of that portal gate?
Zane: It would need to be an extraordinarily large increase.
Nya: We're right outside the palace. I bet there's something in there that could power the gate up.
Zane: (He scans the area.) I do detect a tremendous energy source. It is not in the palace. It is beneath us. I have never seen such a singular reserve of energy.
Lloyd: It's probably a giant battery that runs this whole kingdom.
Kai: Whatever you're gonna do, do it now. These things are gonna break through any minute.
Lloyd: If this weird version of a monastery is anything like our home, then under these floor plates ... (He starts hopping across the floor.) Should be an old obstacle — ah! (He screams as he falls down a flight of hidden stairs.) Don't worry, I'm fine! And I found a way out! Come on, Zane!
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(Ras faces Arin and Sora in the palace.)
Ras: Give up, and we will spare your lives. The alternative is, I will crush the life out of both of you. Either way, that dragon will belong to me.
Sora: Never!
(Ras attacks, but Arin and Sora dodge his blows.)
Arin: Someone's got anger issues!
Sora: (She leaps onto Riyu's cage.) Up here, ugly! (She gets Ras's attention, and Arin trips him from behind.) I can't believe you looked.
Arin: Did we win? Did that stop him?
Sora: As impressive as that was, I don't think all his strength is in his right knee.
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(Lloyd and Zane run through the vents and see an orange light.)
Lloyd: That's gotta be the power source up there.
Zane: Affirmative.
(They enter to find a giant glowing sphere.)
Lloyd: What is that?
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(In the palace, Arin and Sora taunt Ras.)
Ras: You are nothing but feeble gnats!
Arin: Feeble gnats? As opposed to those really strong gnats, I guess?
Sora: (She laughs.) Nice, Arin.
Ras: You cannot comprehend the enormity of my plans! You are insignificant. (He strikes Arin with his hammer and renders him unconscious.)
Sora: Arin, no! (She tries to attack Ras, but is sent flying into a control panel.)
Ras: You should have taken the first option.
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(Lloyd and Zane examine the sphere.)
Lloyd: This place ... I feel strange.
Zane: This sphere itself is not the energy source. But my scans indicate the immense power is inside of it.
Lloyd: Is that ... a dragon?
Zane: If it is, it is larger than any dragon previously recorded. These machines are how they are attempting to drain this dragon's power.
Lloyd: I thought we freed all the dragons. I had no idea Imperium imprisoned something like this. We have to get this dragon free!
Zane: If we do, I am uncertain how we will get it and the other dragons out of Imperium. We do not have the power source we need.
Lloyd: We're ninja. We'll find a way. This dragon is coming with us. Let's see if we can unlock this thing.
(They approach the sphere on a hovering platform.)
Source Dragon of Energy: Do not free me.
Zane: The dragon appears to be speaking telepathically.
Lloyd: Yeah, some of them do that. You get used to it. (To the Source Dragon.) You're imprisoned! We can help you!
Source Dragon of Energy: The capture of a Source Dragon is not a simple process. In their act of confining me, the Imperium has threatened the very fabric of existence. The realm world has tentatively stabilized since my capture. To free me now, at this moment, could destabilize it once again and result in total destruction.
Lloyd: But we can't just leave you here.
Source Dragon of Energy: Can you not comprehend the damage that would do to your world?
Zane: He appears determined not to be free.
Lloyd: Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too. And without a power source, we can't get the other dragons out of Imperium either.
Source Dragon of Energy: As an Elemental Master, you have contained and transferred dragon power before.
Lloyd: (To a confused Zane) You've missed a lot. (To the Source Dragon) How do you know that?
Source Dragon of Energy: I am a Source Dragon.
Lloyd: Yeah, sorry, we, uh, haven't heard of you before.
Source Dragon of Energy: I have enough power in a single claw to shatter Imperium into pieces. But, mystically imprisoned, I can do no such thing. However, Elemental Master, I can give you power to act as my conduit.
Lloyd: Like I did with the Matriarch Dragon? Then I could power up the portal and free the others!
Source Dragon of Energy: But taking my power is dangerous. Your life may change forever.
Lloyd: If it will save those dragons, that's a risk I'm willing to take.
Source Dragon of Energy: And that is exactly why you are capable of being a conduit. Approach the sphere.
(Lloyd reaches out and touches the sphere. His eyes glow, and he finds himself sucked through a vortex into a mystical land with symbols in the sky. Then he falls and lands in a desert, a massive ninja graveyard before him. Finally, the Source Dragon of Energy blasts him with his fire.)
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(In the palace, Ras faces Sora.)
Ras: You didn't really think you had a chance, did you?
Sora: You didn't really pay attention to where you punched me to, did you? (She reveals that she had freed Riyu with the control panel. Riyu powers her up, and she traps Ras with the bent cage.) Always great to see you, Ras.
(She and Riyu approach Arin, who wakes up. He sees Ras in the pile of metal.)
Arin: Wow. I have questions.
Sora: Come on, we got work to do. (They head outside.)
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(In the monastery, the ninja wait anxiously.)
Nya: Any time, Lloyd and Zane.
Kai: We've faced worse, Nya. Uh, maybe not.
(Behind them, Lloyd bursts through the ground, glowing green with dragon power.)
Wyldfyre: Could he always do that?
Kai: Not that I'm aware of.
(Without a word, Lloyd powers the portal, and the dragons escape through it. He then collapses. Zane runs to catch him. Just then, Rapton bursts through the doors.)
Rapton: Where are they? Where are the dragons?
Kai: Dragons? I don't see any dragons. Huh, you must have the wrong place.
Rapton: We will crush you! Claws of Imperium, tear this ninja apart — whoa!
(The Photac Beasts begin to glitch.)
Nya: What the?
Beatrix: (She gasps.) My Photacs! My beautiful Photacs!
(Sora arrives and destroys the Photacs. The beasts vanish.)
Rapton: (He tumbles down the stairs.) Oh, not the face! (Sora steps on him.) Ugh, my back!
Arin: Where are all the dragons?
Nya: They went that way, where we should be going right now! (They turn and run to the portal.)
Rapton: No one escapes from Rapton! (He slams into the door.) Ugh. At least no one saw that.
Beatrix: No one? The dragons are gone. The ninja have insulted me. And I am surrounded by nothing but incompetence! (She strikes the ground, and boulders fall near Rapton.)
Rapton: Oh no.
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(Some time later, back in the Monastery of Spinjitzu, Lloyd awakes in his room.)
Lloyd: What? Where ... back in the monastery? Our monastery? How long was I out?
(He heads out to the courtyard to find Sora and Riyu.)
Sora: Lloyd! You're awake!
Lloyd: And you're training ... on your own?
Sora: Uh, yeah. Uh, look, I still don't know if these are my powers or Riyu's, but I realize now I have a responsibility to use them. Not sure where this is gonna take me, but I'm excited to find out.
Lloyd: Where's everyone else?
Sora: Probably in the new dragon stables.
Lloyd: New dragon stables?
Sora: You sleep for days, a lot changes. Some of the freed dragons want to stay here. Even that fire child, who may or may not have burned up Master Wu's old carpet. (She gestures towards a burnt carpet.)
Nya: Look who decided to rejoin the living! Welcome back.
Kai: We got a lot to catch up on. Uh, you hovered and your eyes were all white and — and you had powers like I've never seen! Zane told us what happened, but really, what happened?
Lloyd: I'm still trying to figure it out myself. I saw things. Visions. And they weren't all good. (He notices Arin looking glum.) But could you hold on a second? (To Arin) Hey, Arin. You okay?
Arin: I'm fine. Glad to see you're awake.
Lloyd: You don't seem fine.
Arin: I knew when all this started, it was probably temporary, 'cause the other ninja were gone.
Lloyd: What was temporary?
Arin: Training, learning, me becoming a ninja. I get it. If you have all of them, you don't need me anymore.
Lloyd: Arin, you could be a better ninja than any of us. You taught yourself Spinjitzu. You have the potential to be the greatest ninja that's ever existed. This really isn't about training, is it?
Arin: I lost my parents in the Merge. I guess I've been trying to find a new family ever since.
Lloyd: And you have, Arin. You, Sora, Riyu, and Wyldfyre. One thing I know about family is that it's just like being a ninja. There's always room to grow. (He gives Arin his old hood.)
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(In the palace, Ras, Rapton, and two Claw Hunters approach Beatrix and bow.)
Ras: All hail the Good Empress. We are preparing more dragon hunting squads.
Beatrix: (She slams her fists on her throne.) I don't care about dragons. Those ninja humiliated me. They need to be destroyed!
Ras: You're losing sight of the big picture. With one Source Dragon —
Beatrix: I have no time for more of your failures, Ras.
(A Claw Hunter handcuffs Ras.)
Ras: What? What do you — (He is electrocuted by Rapton.) The plan will not work without me.
Beatrix: The dragons are gone, so my holding cells are empty. I have plenty of room for you, Lord Ras. (She presses a button, and her throne transforms into a mech.) It's time to enter this battle myself.
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