Beyond: Origins Season Two - Part Two

**Beyond: Origins Season Two - Part Two**, subtitled **Road to Resurgence**, is an all original story arc and prologue to Beyond: Rising Force's first season. It is preceded by the Alternate Island Arc and succeeded by the third and final season of the prequel series. It is the third and final installment to the second season of Beyond: Origins and takes place in the past of Earth-20 and Earth-21's canon. There is no main protagonist as all of the original six ninja share the same amount of focus. Johnathan Destrevan serves as the mascot character and main antagonist of the arc. The League of Mafia and slowly growing Dark Horizon Syndicate serve as the villainous factions.

## Official Description

The Road to Rising Force! In the years that have passed between their last missions, the six ninja and their allies have moved on and look to the future. This can include tying up past grudges, raising and training the next generation of heroes and establishing new rules for their future. But this story isn't just about them anymore. From the shadows emerges a face from the past in Johnathan Destrevan, a man with a mission and a goal. He wants to exact his revenge upon the elemental masters and their masters, the Garmadons, for splitting apart his family's once prosperous empire. Johnathan will do whatever it takes to make their lives hell even if that includes starting his own empire. Things are about to get very interesting for the inhabitants of Ninjago.

## History

#### World of Pain

The Ninja Team disbands after seeing that their world has entered a rare period of peace. Johnathan Destrevan reminisces upon the fallout of his family's dynasty while he and his slowly growing band of mercenaries seek to grow their numbers so they can appear before the League of Mafia and attain their status as a syndicate. Lloyd copes with the recent loss of his mother by drowning out his sorrows with alcohol but is approached with some help.

#### Cold Hands

Jay gets adjusted to life as the head of his company while balancing his duties as a father and friend in the process. The International Ninja Academy is opened to the public giving Ninjago a unique oppurtunity to train its next generations of defenders. Neuro helps guide Lloyd through a series of pyschological tests to see what his mental condition is. Johnathan Destrevan learns of the death of his late sister.

#### Nature Versus Nurture

Cole and Kai team-up to give their children the best day of their little lives on Father-Child Day. While Lloyd goes through psychological recovery, Neuro seeks out someone who can watch over his adopted children. Johnathan Destrevan and his gang visit a coastal village in hopes of striking fortune on a local legend.

#### Flaming Hearts

Kai hosts a vacation for his family and friends to Chen's Island which has now become a public resort, in hopes that he can keep their spirits raised. Neuro explains the issues of someone of Lloyd's caliber reaching insanity. Destrevan comes before the League of Mafia searching for a mission to make him a lot of money.

#### The Ace In His Sleeve

Johnathan Destrevan and his gang come before the League of Mafia to gain the title of syndicate and move on to complete his own self-planned mission. Jay gets help from Zane in his battle against the deadline that is a new tech corporation that will feature many fierce opponents in the business industry. Destrevan's business partner known as the Bloodhound makes his move to exact his own vengeance upon the Elemental Masters and their allies.

#### Growth

With his Dark Horizon Syndicate finally off the ground, Johnathan Destrevan and his loyal followers lead a siege upon a Samurai Training Institute, so that they can gain more weaponry for their numbers. Nya tells Jay that the emergence of a new syndicate might be tied with the recent abduction of their daughter.

#### The White Forest

Zane and P.I.X.A.L. arrive upon a crash site in Birchwood Forest that has the local villages worried. Lloyd has a nightmare about the Alpha and other foes pursuing him through a forest but works to use Neuro's advice to brush it off as he attends to his duties as headmaster. Kai takes up a false identity to help a detective agency solve a series of abductions.

#### Reign of Terror

The six ninja reunite to decide on what to about the recent emergence of the Dark Horizon Syndicate and their exploits. Johnathan Destrevan takes account for his own success and is confronted by a rival syndicate.

#### Life At The Academy

In an episode entirely focused on some of their most memorable academy days, the young Ninja Force candidates both struggle and surpass their everyday challenges at the International Ninja Academy.

#### The Tragedy

As part of his recovery mission tasked to him by Neuro, Lloyd Garmadon looks to find a female counterpart with which he can bond with. Unbeknowst to him, Destrevan has set things into motion to make his life hell for the past actions of his father.

#### Water Over The Ocean

Nya takes the new recipetent of the Water Element, Alessia Carrow, to Raijin Island to help her train and bond with an old friend of hers whom is connected closely with water. Johnathan Destrevan reflects upon the satisfaction he got from his first encounter with Lloyd.

#### The Accident

Johnathan Destrevan decides to turn his attention to taking out another ally of the Elemental Masters that happens to be attending an opera house in Ninjago City but finds that the heroes of Ninjago are starting to catch on to his actions. The six ninja say goodbye to a long-time ally that has been there for most of their careers as ninja.

#### Searching

P.I.X.A.L. tells her daughter, Digital, and surrogate son, Vincent, the tale of how she and LLoyd assembled the team of candidates that now is shaping out to be the new Ninja Team. In the present, Destrevan deals with the consequences of his orchestration of the bombing on the opera house.

#### The Grudge

Lloyd makes a vow to a lost loved one that he will attempt to rectify the mistakes of the past by trying to talk to Destrevan, but is urged against it by Ronin who has many close ties to the criminal underworld. Cole visits his brothers and father to see how they're doing after the attack on the opera house, which they were hosting.

#### Words Through Actions

Lloyd's attempt to reason with Destrevan takes a sudden, sharp turn as the criminal burdened with purpose makes a move to harm another loved one in his life. P.I.X.A.L., Zane, Cole and Kai team up with the Police Force and other law enforcement to stop a criminal uprising in the city centre of Ninjago City.

#### The Death in the Family

In a flashback episode, the event of Master Wu's departure from the world of the living is colorized; providing the heroes with burdens that they cannot even fathom.

#### Crawl

Lloyd finds himself fallen into the trap of Johnathan Destrevan who has made the decision to play one last game with him before he ends it all. Nya and Nelson lockdown the International Ninja Academy when the Assault on Ninjago City reaches their district, but find that one student is unaccounted for, Michael. The NCPD and Elemental Masters' battle with the crime syndicates continues.

#### Scream

In the season finale, Lloyd must overcome the wit and wrath of Johnathan Destrevan if he wishes to save both the lives of his adopted children and everyone taken hostage. The Dark Horizon's assault on Ninjago City comes to a climatic end.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Ninja Team

* Kai Smith -
* Jay Walker -
* Zane Julien -
* Cole Brookstone -
* Nya Walker -
* Lloyd M. Garmadon -

#### Elemental Masters

* Skylor Chen -
* Karlof Simmons -
* Neuro Tomasu -
* Griffin Turner Jr. -

#### Young Ninja Force

* Jason C. Walker -
* Michael Hayate -
* Levi Miller -
* Kate Smith -
* Alessia Carrow -
* Sabrina Carrow -
* Brian Springer -
* Brad Williams -
* Chad Williams -

#### Ninja Allies

* Wu -
* Misako -
* P.I.X.A.L. -
* Dareth -
* Ronin -
* Police Commissioner -

### Villains

#### Dark Horizon Syndicate

* Johnathan Destrevan -
* Medusa -