Season 9: Resistance

**Season 9** of Beyond: Rising Force, subtitled Resistance is preceded by Season 8 and is succeeded by Season 10. This season covers events such as: The Splitting of the Ninja Team, Reign of Garmadon, Salvation of Earth-52, and the Battle of the Heroes. The team is focused on as a whole. The mascot characters are Jason, Natalie, Vincent, and Levi. The main antagonists are the Sand Baron and Lord Garmadon. The Elementals and Infected and Garmadon's Alliance serve as the villainous factions. The season takes place a few weeks after Season 8.

The four ninja: Jason, Natalie, Levi, and Vincent have been banished to an alternate reality, where it‘s a dystopian wasteland. The other Ninja are trapped in Ninjago under the rule of Lord Garmadon. While the remaining ninja evade the dark lord, Johnathan Destrevan is planning to usurp the Dark Lord's power for himself.

## Overview

History repeats itself. The Ninja Force is in shambles as only a few weeks ago, Garmadon killed the Four Ninja and Amber before taking over the city alongside his alliance. With their friends supposedly gone, the remaining members of the Ninja Force are at a major low point. Their leaders, Michael and Kate are trying to come up with a plan to take out the Dark Lord and his followers as they look for a way to escape the city. But they soon find that other Elemental Masters and vigilante known as the Shifter have partnered together to help them rise up against the evil occupation.

Meanwhile, Jason, Vincent, Levi and Natalie awake in a war-torn reality that seems to be a collapsed version of their home. They try to figure out what's going on but soon find that a corrupt Elemental Master of Sand has taken over the realm and is utilizing zombies to terrorize the remaining human population. After helping release them from his prison, the Resistance on that realm enlists the four to help them bring down the Sand King and find the cure to the mutant virus. If their help is proven useful, then they can find the Reality Atlas and get home to help their friends.

It looks like both teams of heroes have quite the work load ahead of them. While they embark on these dangerous adventures to save these two universes, they will meet new and old characters, discover new locations and places, and learn of new stories in this finale to the Emperor's World arc. Can the Earth-20 Resistance overthrow Garmadon to avenge the fallen? Will the Four Ninja be able to help the Earth-52 Resistance to take down the Sand King and save the people from the virus? Will they find their way home?

## History

#### Far From Home

The four ninja wake up in a distant reality where all of Ninjago was presumably buried by the Sea of Sand, which Natalie prompts them to find signs of civilization and maybe a way off the planet; meanwhile back in Ninjago, the remaining ninja hide out from Raven’s Generals and Garmadon who has appointed himself as Emperor of all Ninjago; Johnathan Destrevan is broken out of Kryptarium Prison by General Hammerhead.

#### Survivors

Jason, Vincent and Matthew find themselves in the presence of Earth-52’s resistance group as one of there leaders knows Natalie from when she was under the Skullcrusher’s influence and might have a way to get her back; Natalie meets a boy named Lucas while being held in the prison beneath the Sand King’s stronghold and finds that there’s another section of her past that she needs to recover; Kate and DIGITAL hatch a plan to break out of the city when they are approached by some new heroes with a plan of their own.

#### Assembly

Michael, Alessia, Kate and the others become introduced to the Elites and two unknown warriors whom one of which claims to be looking for her sister Amber Brown; Garmadon journeys to the Dark Island to search the mines for any existing traces of Dark Matter for his new Collosus Legion that he plans to use to defend Ninjago from outside threats; Jason, Matthew, Vincent and the Resistance launch a rescue of their captured comrades.

#### The Emperor's Right Hand

Natalie is reunited with Keith and begins to regain memories of her past with him as she formally introduces him to her teammates while sharing their story to the Resistance members; the Resistance back on Earth-20 begins their escape from the city while being chased by Destrevan and the Garmadon Loyalists; Garmadon makes his new army of Collusus swim back to Ninjago as he encounters the spirit of his brother; Brad makes plans for a new contraption that can help him get his powers back.

#### The Vengeful

The Sand King sends his generals and the Infected out into the ruins of Earth-52’s Ninjago City to search for the Resistance’s secret bunkers; Jason, Vincent, Matthew and Natalie help the Resistance plan a new way to get their home back from the Sand King’s hold; Back on Earth-20, the Resistance arrives at Mount Ninja and begin assembling their arsenal of vehicles for their counterattack on Garmadon’s rumored new army; Michael makes a vow to the others that he is willing to die to keep.

#### Confrontation

The Earth-20 Resistance and Garmadon’s Loyalist Army clash as they are eager to take back the city from Garmadon’s hold; Michael and Garmadon get a long awaited rematch while Brad uses his new armor suit to take out the Avian Mutants; the Resistance of Earth-52 is forced to fight against the Elemental Barons and some groups of the Infected in a violent and unexpected clash; Sabrina finally makes her leap back into action.

#### Michael's Demons

As the Resistance’s attack failed and they were forced to retreat, Michael hides out in the city as Garmadon’s troops close in on his position; the four ninja and the Resistance on Earth-52 head out of the city regions to find that earth’s Monastery of Spinjitzu and collect some artifacts to help them with their final stand; Garmadon begins to have hostile tensions against Destrevan as he begins to sense he has intentions of betrayal.

#### Chaos

Michael sneaks into Garmadon’s Fortress and faces off against his grandfather’s clone alongside the traitorous Destrevan in an act of wanting revenge for his friends supposed deaths; Keith and Lucas reconcile with memories of their past as the Resistance of Earth-52 scours through the Monastery’s vaults; the Sand King has his own flashbacks of Earth-52’s past; Back on Earth-20, the Resistance goes over their options for how to save Ninjago City and everyone in it.

#### Tale of the World's Most Dangerous Family

Now under the Garmadon Loyalists’ capture, Michael is imprisoned alongside Destrevan after failing to take down Garmadon and learns more about his family’s past; As Michael remains imprisoned his friends in the Resistance hatch their plan to get their redemption and take back the city; the Earth-52 Resistance returns to the Colonies after their success at the Monastery and begin building their weapon to take down the Sand King’s Castle’s Tower Defense.

#### The Burning Desire

Kaen offers Natalie a deal for in case the Resistance’s weapon doesn’t do it’s job and take down the tower defenses; Matthew notices that Keith and Lucas could use their powers and prompts Jason to give them a pep talk; Chad leads a squad of the Resistance back into the city through the sewer to scan Garmadon’s Fortress’s layout so they can make the air strike successful; Michael plots his escape but is soon assisted by an unexpected force.

#### Homecoming Part One

The Resistance begins their attack on the city with Alessia and Liberty at the lead and push through the defense of Garmadon’s Loyalists; Michael and Zeke escape the stronghold in an attempt to get back to the Green Titan Mech but must avoid the Collosus Titans; the Earth-52 Resistance begins their attack on the Sand King’s Castle which they are met by heavy brutality from the Infected; Jason hones his powers to help Skurge’s crew get the Salvation in the air.

#### Homecoming Part Two

The four ninja, Keith, Lucas, and Skurge face off against the Sand King and Infected Ninja in an final showdown; Natalie takes up on Kaen’s offer so she can gain a few new power-ups against the Sand King; Michael and Zeke fight the Collosus Titans using the mech to keep them away from the rest of their allies; Garmadon gets met by the brute force of Brad’s new armor suit; Vincent gets the Reality Transport ready for when they head home.

#### The Emperor's Errors

The four ninja return to Earth-20 to get their rematch against the fully-powered up Garmadon while the Resistance finishes off his loyalists; Brad searches the city for the Green Titan Mech as Garmadon defeated it much earlier; Keith and Lucas reunite with the now purified people of their reality.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Resistance (Earth-20)

* Michael Hayate - Asher Angel
* Alessia Carrow - Katie Cassidy
* Sabrina Carrow - Laura Bailey
* Brad Williams - Jeremy Shada
* Chad Williams - Taylor Gray
* Liberty Brown - Erica Lindbeck
* Cody Howard - Troy Baker
* Brooklyn Tomasu - Tara Platt
* Luke Allen - Andrew Francis
* Ronin - Brian Dobson
* Silent Streak - Michael Donovan

#### Resistance (Earth-53)

* Jason C. Walker - Steven Yuen
* Natalie R. Walker - Tiya Sircar
* Levi Miller - Tyler Labine
* Vincent Roberts - Josh Keaton
* Keith Garmadon - A. J. LoCascio
* Lucas W. Garmadon - Blake Anderson
* Skurge Elton - David Lodge
* Big Berta -
* Shino -
* Gunderson -
* Slav -
* Okino -
* MAP8 -
* Marie -
* Anna -
* Sam -

### Villains

#### Patriarchs/Sky Scavengers

* Lord Garmadon - Mark Oliver
* Johnathan Destrevan - Neil Kaplan
* General Hammerhead -
* Chopper Maroon - Sam Vincent
* General Venom -
* Ultra Violet - Maggie Blue O’ Hara
* Mohawk Junior -
* Stinger -

#### The Elementals/Infected

* Sand King - Christopher R. Sabat
* Infected Kai - Vincent Tong
* Infected Zane - Brent Miller
* Infected Nya - Kate Higgins
* Infected Cole - Daniel Hemmey
* General Lym -

## Sets

### Spinners

* 71887 Spinjitzu Smash - Jason
* 71888 Spinjitzu Smash - Natalie
* 71889 Spinjitzu Smash - Vincent
* 71890 Spinjitzu Smash - Matthew
* 71891 Spinjitzu Smash - Alessia

### Playsets

* 71892 Cody's Street Cycle w/ Sidecar
* 71893 Resistance Buggy
* 71894 Ice Leopard Tank
* 71895 NINJAGO City Escape
* 71896 Michael's Samurai Titan Mech
* 71897 Sand King's Chaos Creature
* 71898 Bullet Train Chase
* 71899 Lord Garmadon's Collusus Rumble
* 71900 Resistance Stealth Raider
* 71901 Destiny's Salvation
* 71902 Sand King's City Fortress
* 71903 Lord Garmadon's Doom Tower

## Notes

* This is the first season for the Ninja Force to be split into two separate teams
* This is the final installment to the Emperor's World Arc Trilogy
* This season marks the second time Garmadon took over Ninjago City in the history of Ninjago
* This season marks the first appearance Cody, Brooklyn, Luke, and Liberty
* This marks the only appearance of Keith Garmadon, Lucas Garmadon, and Earth-52 in Beyond: Rising Force. However, this does mark their first appearance in the Beyond Franchise.