Ninjago S4 E6

## Plot

Everyone is in a blimp and will be parachuting out of it. Jay broke his leg. Tensions are high between everyone since the alliance broke up thanks to Skylor. Neuro is terrified of heights. Instead of fighting for a Jade Blade, they'll be fighting for Nya today. Kai tells everyone that she's his sister. She has the proof that will stop Chen. Whoever finds her will move on to the final round. Everyone will be hunting her down. The guys have to find her before someone else does. There are eight parachutes for them, but Garmadon makes nine people. Can't Skylor just fly with Gravis's powers? Since Lloyd no longer has the golden power, he can't use his energy dragon. Garmadon says that his powers don't work because he's not controlling his fear. He has to focus. There is only one parachute left. They can't share, because they're only built for one. Lloyd gives it to his dad, and creates his dragon just in time. Chen has left some stuff in the forest to help them on their hunt. Shadow finds a bow and arrows. Cool. I've always been partial to that weapon. I can thank Katniss for that. And Hawkeye. And Green Arrow. And Link. And Pit from *Kid Icarus*. And Merida from *Brave*. And Artemis and Roy from *Young Justice*. And Hanzo from *Overwatch*. Archers are just so cool guys! Clouse and Chen have taken over the mobile base. Jay takes a mech so he doesn't have to walk on his injured leg. Lloyd and Garmadon find Nya's footprints. Um, how are they different from any other mini-figure's footprints? They know that Nya is more clever than that though. She wants everyone to follow her tracks, but wants only them to see a symbol she carved into a tree. It's the Samurai X symbol. Okay. What is she trying to tell them? Lloyd wonders if they can take his dragon, but his dad tells him to save his energy and not draw attention. Misako and Wu can't contact Dareth or Nya. Misako wonders how Wu can be so calm. Her husband and child are out there all alone. They're also Wu's brother and students, but they can't let fear cloud their thinking. That's one of the major themes this season: Fear, and how to deal with it. The guards shut the factory down and search the labyrinth for Cole and Zane. They hid in the factory. They can't all get out through the labyrinth, because some of them would surely get lost. Zane analyzed the sewer network. It's old though and can only sustain so much weight. They'll barely be able to fit everyone, but it'll work. But then Dareth is brought in, so that plan goes out the window. Lloyd and Garmadon talk about his past with Chen. Garmadon tells Lloyd the whole truth this time. There are things he's done in the past that he's not proud of, obviously. After he was bitten by the Great Devourer, it took years for him to fully be consumed by evil. He and Clouse competed with each other to be Chen's right hand and be awarded lordship. Chen was a lot simpler back then, with normal attire and red hair, which at least explains where Skylor gets it. Clouse used dark magic, but Garmadon used spinjitzu and won. Clouse said that he cheated because Chen told them that using it was forbidden. However, Chen just congratulated Garmadon for doing what he had to do to win. That was how he became a lord. The people and Serpentine weren't getting along, but everyone hoped for a truce… except for Chen, because he thought that peace was boring. Gee, that sounds vaguely familiar. Garmadon was against it, but Chen told him to never trust a snake. Chen intercepted a love letter from Wu to Misako. The letter is so heartfelt, it could change the way she feels about one of them. Garmadon didn't write it though, so he shouldn't be reading it. He was convinced by Chen to pass it off as his own, and Clouse witnessed it. That's what he meant in the fourth episode. It's what made Misako ultimately choose Garmadon, and led to Lloyd being born in the first place. Like he said, he's done things in the past that he's not proud of. He has no regrets though, because Lloyd wouldn't be here otherwise. His fear of losing Misako controlled him and led him down a dangerous path. A path he hopes to make peace with one day. Chen reveals that after today, there will be no more fighters competing. The "gifts" he gave them are tracking their every move. It's not about hunting Nya. It's about hunting them. Shadow is confronted by some guards and Clouse, and learns that the ninja were right all along. Only one can remain. And it'll be Chen. And Skylor, because daughter. Nya sees this from her hiding place. Kai meets up with Skylor. They didn't take anything from Chen. Not that Skylor needs to, of course. She claims that she wants to help him find his sister and get that spell to stop Chen. Mr. Pale has been captured as well. Clouse informs Chen that Skylor is with Kai, but they still don't know where Lloyd and Garmadon are. Lloyd doesn't understand his dad's story. He trained under Chen, but fought alongside Wu during the Serpentine Wars. He asks what happened to the truce. Chen was right when he said to never trust a snake. The Serpentine attacked first. The elemental masters fought back. They had a much harder time against the Anacondari though. They were lead by General Arcturus. Chen stood to gain more if he sided with the snakes, and asked Garmadon to help him. He was tempted, but ultimately said no. He wouldn't fight a war for him. He'd only fight to see Misako again. He and Chen went their separate ways. With him, his brother, and all the elemental masters, they stood a fighting chance. But Chen turned the alliance against each other. Garmadon saw a snake charmer using a flute and got an idea though. That's how they ended the war. The Serpentine were divided and locked away in tombs. We even see Pythor in the flashback. Chen and Clouse were exiled to the island. Arcturus and four other Anacondrai generals were put on trial and found guilty. They asked for mercy, but were refused and given the strictest sentence: Banishment to the Cursed Realm, so that they'd never set foot in Ninjago again. Garmadon himself performed the spell. Even after almost forty years, he still never told Wu or Misako about his past with Chen. He would've lost his brother and wife. Lloyd quotes his dad about controlling your fears. He says he'll make things right when they put all of this behind them. They need to find Nya first though. Back in the factory, Zane decides to use machine parts to build a roto jet to escape. Cole points out that they're underground, but he's ignored. Jay and Clouse fight. Nya hears them. She runs off to try and tell the others because Jay can't hear her. His mech's primary power is obstructed, and it blows up. Kai and Skylor head towards it. However, he sees her freeze a lake and asks how she did it. Zane was never in the tournament. He realizes that she's the spy. She reveals that Chen is her father. The reason she didn't have a tattoo was because she used the power of form. Chen shows up. Kai cracks the ice, and Skylor helps her dad. Chen restrains him with the power of nature. Nya runs into Lloyd and Garmadon. She says that they took everyone else and gives them the page. It's a transformation spell to turn everyone into an army of Anacondrai to start another Serpentine war. Kai is locked in a cage with the others. Chen is counting on Lloyd to come for them.