The Power Within/Transcript

(In Imperium, the MergeQuake that Beatrix opened grows in size.)
Beatrix: It works!
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(Atop the broadcast tower, the ninja and the Resistance stare at the rift.)
Rapton: Come on. Beatrix got her MergeQuake weapon online? She's gonna destroy us all!
Dorama: Ah, the Empress has such incredible flair for the dramatic.
Rapton: You're gonna be destroyed too, you washed-up clown!
Dorama: Oh. It appears I did not think this whole thing through.
Sora: It's not over yet, Rapton.
Arin: Yeah, not sure what you know about ninja, but we never quit.
(The ninja and Percival leave.)
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(Outside, Lloyd, Zane, and Nya try to convince Beatrix to stop.)
Lloyd: Empress! You don't want to do this!
Zane: If you continue to use that weapon, you will push the MergeQuakes to the tipping point!
Nya: It'll create an unstoppable MergeQuake Storm that will destroy all of reality!
Beatrix: Lies! You just want my power for yourselves. But my destruction of you ninja will be legendary! (She turns to address the protesting Imperium citizens.) And all you traitors to your Empress. You are no better than the ninja! No one will rule this kingdom but me, and I will destroy everyone who stands in my way! (She opens fire at the citizens and the ninja, causing them to get pulled into the rifts.)
Lloyd: Move!
Beatrix: Behold my true power!
(She fires randomly. The citizens scream and flee.)
Citizen 1: The Empress has lost it! She's the real traitor!
(Sora helps some citizens to safety and rushes to join the other ninja. She is seen by her parents.)
Sora's mom: Ana?
Kai: (To the other ninja.) Beatrix has really gone off the deep end! What do we do?
(Beatrix laughs maniacally, still firing her weapon.)
Lloyd: What we do best. Ninja, go!
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(The ninja charge at Beatrix, attacking with elemental powers and Spinjitzu.)
Wyldfyre: Eat flame! (She shoots fire at Beatrix, but is pulled into a rift.)
Kai: Wyldfyre! No! (He charges at Beatrix in anger.)
Beatrix: Her fate will be all of yours. Blasted out of existence!
(The ninja take cover as she opens rifts all around them.)
Lloyd: We gotta get that weapon from her!
Arin: I got this! (He pulls out his grappling hook, but they are nearly pulled into a rift. They escape, but lose the hook.)
(A citizen is nearly pulled into a rift, but Jiro rescues him.)
Citizen 2: Never thought I'd say this, but, thank you, dragons!
Percival: (To fleeing citizens.) Come on! It's safer in the bunker!
(A child is pinned down by a fallen lamppost, and Percival runs to help her. She escapes, but Percival is pulled into a rift.)
Sora: (She rounds a corner and bumps into Zane.) Zane?
Zane: I cannot determine how to get in her proximity to disarm her.
Sora: (She studies Beatrix's mech.) We don't have to get close to her. I just need a burst of elemental power from Riyu, and I can dismantle her weapon from here. (She spots Riyu next to Kai.) Riyu! Let's do our thing!
(Riyu runs to her, but Beatrix fires at him. He is pulled into a rift.)
Sora: Riyu!
Arin: No! Not Riyu! (He sees Beatrix aiming at Sora.) Sora! (He picks up a rock, gives it Spinjitzu, and throws it at Beatrix's mech. The powered rock blows a hole through the mech.)
Lloyd: You finally figured out how to do Object Spinjitzu!
Arin: I'm not sure. I just know after losing Wyldfyre and Riyu, I couldn't lose someone else I really love.
(Beatrix screams in anger.)
Zane: She is pushing us dangerously close to the tipping point.
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(In the Imperium Prison, the storm causes the locks to malfunction. Ras kicks down his cell door and leaves.)
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(In the city, Beatrix continues to fire randomly.)
Kai: (He hits her with a fireball.) This is for Wyldfyre! Eat flame! (He tries to attack, but Beatrix sends him into a rift.)
Nya: Kai! No!
Rapton: (He pulls Nya to safety.) Come on! Let's take her down like a dragon!
Nya: Since when are you on our side?
Rapton: The world ending can change a man's attitude, young lady.
Arin: There's no way to get close to her!
Lloyd: Yeah, that's why I called in something that might help. (They look up to see the Master and Dragon Mechs landing before them.) Remote autopilot.
Arin: This is why you're the leader.
(Beatrix runs through the city with Nya and Rapton in hot pursuit. She fires at them, and Rapton is pulled into a rift. Lloyd and Arin in the Master Mech punch her, detaching the MergeQuake weapon from her mech. Arin detaches the Dragon Mech and runs to the dropped weapon, but Beatrix trips him.)
Arin: No!
(Beatrix throws him aside, then engages in battle with Lloyd's Master Mech.)
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(In the streets, Sora runs past her parents.)
Sora's mom: Ana! Ana!
Sora: Mom? Dad? You see now I was right about Imperium? You have to get to safety! This is too dangerous!
Sora's dad: No, you need to come with us!
Sora: What? I — I... I can't! I have to help stop the Empress! She's going to destroy everything!
Sora's mom: No, you need to trust the Empress! She wouldn't do any of this without a reason!
Sora: Didn't you see the video? The reason is that she's evil!
Sora's dad: That video has to be fake! Our Good Empress would never do those things.
Sora's mom: We've missed you, Ana. Don't abandon us again.
Sora: (She watches Lloyd battle Beatrix.) I didn't abandon you. You abandoned me! I thought I had to prove myself to you, but you should never have to prove your worth to your own parents.
Sora's dad: You're young and naïve, Ana. Just come back to your family!
Sora: I have a new family now. One that loves me for who I really am!
(Beatrix opens a rift behind Lloyd and Arin.)
Lloyd: Eject! Eject! (He and Arin eject just before the mechs are pulled into the rift.)
Beatrix: This ends now, ninja! (She aims her weapon directly at them.)
Sora: No! (She activates her powers and gets hold of the weapon.)
Beatrix: What's going on?
Sora's mom: Ana? You have elemental powers?
Sora: I do. And my name... (She detaches the weapon telekinetically.) Is Sora! (She successfully dismantles it.)
Arin: Sora!
Beatrix: You will never stop — (She screams as Arin knocks her into a rift with Spinjitzu.)
Arin: That's for Riyu.
Lloyd: You did it. I knew the elemental power was yours this whole time.
Sora: You were right. I thought I needed Riyu... Riyu. (She looks down sadly.)
Arin: That little dragon was a hero.
Zane: I don't mean to interrupt, but the Empress has caused us to reach the tipping point. The world-destroying MergeQuake storm has already begun.
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(In the Crossroads, giant MergeQuakes open in the sky, before combining into a huge rift that covers the entire sky. A shockwave sweeps through the sky, jolting Jiro, Zanth, and the Destiny's Bounty.)
Arin: (He gasps.) The Crossroads! My home is being ripped apart, again!
Lloyd: We know how to stop this. We have two Dragon Energy Cores with us. We just need — ugh! (The Bounty's engine fails and it falls.)
(Zanth notices this and turns back. Sora lands on the Bounty while Zanth flies off.)
Zane: Your arrival is unwise! Why are you not flying on your dragon?
Sora: 'Cause she's a little bit occupied.
(Below the Bounty, Zanth glows pink and grows in size.)
Arin: Did you know Zanth could do that?
Sora: Nope! Looks like the hero dragon of Djinjago has hidden talents.
(Zanth grows to the size of the Bounty’' and attaches herself below it. She flies towards the Crossroads, carrying the ship on her back.)''
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(In the Crossroads, the citizens flee in terror.)
Lobbo: (He is pulled towards the sky.) Never forget Lobbo! Lobbo Lobbo!
Sora: I got your back, Lobbo!
(The ninja rush through the Crossroads, rescuing citizens. Zane uses his powers to save two Greenbone Warriors from a truck.)
Bone Warrior: The Ice Ninja Zane?
Bone Guard: Are the ninja really back?
(Zane saves Grab-Barg, and Arin rescues a dog.)
Arin: Aww, who's a good boy? (Suddenly, a rift opens before him, and he sees his parents inside.) Mom? Dad? (The rift closes again.)
(Zane rejoins Lloyd, who has the Cores in his hands.)
Lloyd: The Spirit of the Temple said we need to unite all three Cores, but the third one's back at the monastery! There's no time to get it here!
Zane: It is already on the way.
(The Spinjitzu Race Car arrives on autopilot, carrying Mr. Frohicky and the third Core.)
Frohicky: I am not prepared to drive in these conditions! Look out! We're sorry! (He screams in terror until Zane stops the car with ice.) Did I bring the thing? To the place?
Lloyd: Yep. Still the best Assistant Keeper of the Monastery ever.
(The ninja regroup and stare at the three Cores.)
Arin: All three. Great. Now what?
Nya: Just, put them together, maybe?
Arin: Ugh, why didn't they come with an instruction manual?
Zane: Like all things involving Source Dragons, the details we have are stunningly vague.
Sora: The Source Dragon. That's it! Lloyd, you're the conduit. If these Cores were made with the Source Dragons' power, then you might be able to process their power.
Arin: We don't know what that would do to Lloyd!
Lloyd: I have to give it a try, if it's the last thing I ever do. (He touches the Cores and concentrates.) There's too much chaos. I can't focus. I can't do this!
Arin: If you were me or Sora, what would you tell us?
Lloyd: (He sighs.) Ninja never quit.
(He travels through a vortex and reenters the mystical land with symbols in the sky. He concentrates and hears Wu's voice in his head.)
Past Wu: When there is no calm outside of you, you must find the calm inside of you.
(He powers up and levitates in the air. The Cores spin around him. They release a shockwave that sweeps across the world, closing the giant rift. He then collapses.)
Lloyd: What happened?
Arin: You saved the world!
(Lloyd looks up and screams. Kai, Wyldfyre, and Riyu all land on him.)
Sora and Arin: Riyu! (They embrace him.)
Kai: Uh, where's my hug?
(Nya approaches him with arms outstretched, but Wyldfyre tackles him first.)
Wyldfyre: I'm good at dragon hugs.
(All around them, citizens fall from the sky.)
Citizen 3: What happened? I thought we were goners.
Gus: The ninja saved us. It's true! They're really back!
(The citizens cheer.)
Sora: Do we take these things back to the temple now?
Lloyd: No. I have a better idea.
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(Under the Kingdom of Imperium, Lloyd and Riyu approach the glass core, carrying the three Dragon Cores.)
Lloyd: Hello?
Source Dragon of Energy: The conduit. Why have you returned?
Lloyd: To set you free.
Source Dragon of Energy: Your intention is noble, but freeing me could destabilize the very cosmos.
Lloyd: That was before I had these. They were made from Source Dragon energy. They stabilized the MergeQuakes, so I think they could stabilize the aftereffects of your release too.
Source Dragon of Energy: Gifts from my kind to the First Spinjitzu Master. Do you not know what you could do with the power contained in those items?
Lloyd: I'm not sure I really understand what they are.
Source Dragon of Energy: As all elemental powers come from my kind, you hold in your hands their condensed power.
Lloyd: Elemental powers come from you?
Source Dragon of Energy: Of course. I am one of the seven Source Dragons. Where did you think elemental powers came from? Yet, you wish to sacrifice such power to free me, a being you do not know. Why?
Lloyd: It's the right thing to do.
Source Dragon of Energy: Perhaps he was right about you.
Lloyd: Who was right?
Source Dragon of Energy: (He extends a claw.) This dragon with you. Who is it?
Lloyd: Oh. This is our friend Riyu. I told him I was coming here, and he seemed excited to meet you.
Source Dragon of Energy: You are a very special creature. I have come to a decision. I accept your sacrifice, conduit.
(Lloyd lifts the Cores to the sphere, and they pass through it.)
Source Dragon of Energy: Perhaps we will meet again, before the end of this cycle.
(With a flash of light, the Source Dragon vanishes.)
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(Back at the monastery, Lloyd and Riyu return from their journey. Jiro, Zanth, and Heatwave fly playfully. Sora works on her mech, but gets frustrated.)
Sora: Ugh! (She sees Riyu running to her.) Hold up, Riyu. I know you're just trying to help me with a little boost, but I need to train to do this myself now. I figured out what was holding me back from my True Potential. Some part of my mind thought, if my own parents didn't think I was worthy, then I must not be. (She hugs Riyu.) Thanks. But now that I know what the problem is, I'm trying to work through it. If I hit my True Potential once, I know I can do it again.
(Lloyd smiles at Nya and Zane, who are watching Sora. He heads over to Arin, who is throwing shurikens at a Wyldmelon.)
Lloyd: Great throw, Arin.
Arin: Sure, if I was just trying to hit the melons. But I'm trying to give what I throw Spinjitzu power.
Lloyd: And you don't have the same panicked emotions you had earlier?
Arin: What good is a power if I can only use it when I'm terrified? Ninja aren't supposed to be scared.
Lloyd: That's not true. It's natural to be afraid for the people you love. You lost a lot in the Merge. It'd be strange if you weren't worried about being left alone again.
Arin: Yeah. I guess you're right.
Lloyd: Don't fight how you feel. Try to use those feelings for something positive.
Arin: Ninja never quit.
(Nearby, Kai shoots fire at some cans.)
Kai: Ha! Can you top that?
Wyldfyre: (She laughs.) Does a swamp dragon love moss? (She blasts her cans with fire.)
Kai: Okay, that was undeniably awesome. But now, let's talk precision.
Wyldfyre: What's precision mean? That I'm perfect and have nothing left to learn? Hmm, cool.
Kai: No. It means, with time and practice, you'll get even more awesome than you already are. (He turns to the cans.) Hold on a second. The cans I hit burned to ash, but yours melted.
Wyldfyre: Does that mean I get more points?
Kai: No, but it might mean that maybe we don't have the exact same powers.
Arin: (A timer goes off, and he rushes into the monastery excitedly.) They're done! Alright!
Nya: And Cole said the earth was screaming. And then, Master Wu's ghost called to him.
Zane: That makes three of us who have had ghostly communications from Master Wu.
Lloyd: We might have stabilized this new world, but I have a feeling we're only beginning to unravel the secrets that it holds for us.
Arin: Do I hear celebration pies?
Kai and Wyldfyre: (They gasp.) Pies!
Nya: Mm! Oh, yay yay yay!
Arin: Here you go.
Kai: Oh, this smells so good.
Sora: You've really outdone yourself this time, Arin.
(The ninja chatter among themselves while having pie. Next to Wu's portrait, a ghostly figure resembling Wu floats away.)
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(In Imperium, Sora's parents watch a broadcast in which Percival addresses a council.)
Percival: Everyone will get a voice in New Imperium. Let's figure this out as a group, the way the ninja do. If we learned anything from Sora, formerly Ana of Imperium, it's that positive change is possible.
(On the streets, a hooded figure walks past people watching the broadcast.)
Jordana: Ugh, you're nothing but a failure, Jordana. You'll never be as good as that cursed Ana.
Ras: (He emerges from the shadows.) No. You'll be better. Everyone tried to drain that Source Dragon. Only you succeeded.
Jordana: Ugh. My work set off a chain reaction, almost ending the world.
Ras: Your work was perfect. It was the ninja that ruined it. But do not worry. My master has more plans.
Jordana: Ha. What plans? The Empress disappeared, just like I plan to.
Ras: Beatrix was not my master. She was only a tool. I thought I could use her technology to find other Source Dragons, but she proved unreliable. However, there are other ways to achieve our goals. I've spoken to my true master about you, Jordana.
Jordana: True master?
Ras: You are the only one in the kingdom who has shown real ability to aid in my master's plan. The raw Source Dragon energy you drained, did you hold any in reserve? (Jordana shows him a vial.) Mm. With that raw energy, we can unlock forbidden secrets. Dark powers the world has not seen in centuries. And no one, not even the ninja, will have a chance of stopping us. (He turns to leave, then stops.) Are you coming?
(He walks away, and Jordana follows him.)
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