The Demons and Masters

Ninjaball Run

Lloyd was upside down and using one hand to support himself.

"Focus."

Wu proceeds to pour some tea.

"In order to bear the fate of Ninjago on your shoulders, you must first learn to bear the weight of all of us."

Lloyd is using his feet to balance the ninja and Wu. Zane is on top of (Name) little hands as she is standing on Lloyd's feet Zane while holding Kai and Jay in his arms, and Cole is standing on his head. Cole has Wu on his shoulders. The ninja are all nervous. (Name) was not nervous at all, in fact she looked like she was having fun. Wu sips some tea.

"Focus." "Sensei, I'm starting to think this was a bad idea." "Yeah, Sensei, he's just a kid." "I'm more surprised that (Name) is not wobbling when Lloyd is." "(Name) has always had good balance due to meditating on her top of her staff. Plus in order for him to succeed, we must all trust one another." "I trust all of you."

Behind them, outside, some machinery is heard as Lloyd starts straining from holding all the weight on his feet. A wrecking ball slams into the wall, making everyone fall and land on the ground. (Name) however landed on her staff and sat there.

"What was that?"

They get up and see a builder and foreman, wearing hardhats, who unexpectedly notice the ninja. Dareth emerging from behind beaded doorway.

"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!! This wasn't supposed to happen until tomorrow!" "Tomorrow?"

The foreman turns into the builder.

"Let me see that order."

The builder hands him the order slip and he looks at it.

"Oh, yeah. My bad. Sorry 'bout that. We'll be back in the morning."

They both leave. Dareth groans as he picks up one of his trophies, which is bent.

"Uh, Dareth, what is this all about?" "Well, I fell behind on some of my payments and some developer named Darnagom Enterprises is buying the entire block to put in some stupid frisbee-golf course. They say if I don't come up with 50,000 by tomorrow, the dojo is gone." "But, we already lost the Bounty. We can't lose the dojo now." "My trophies. Oh, my fakes trophies!"

Dareth sobs.

"I knew they were fake!" "Wait a minute. Darnagom? When you rearrange the letters, it spells—"  "O grandma?" "No! Garmadon!" "Right."

Jay laughs.

"That would make more sense." "Um, my dad is behind this?" "If he destroys the dojo, where will we train Lloyd?" "Any chance you got 50,000 in that teapot of yours."

Dareth asked Wu.

"Worry not, Dareth. You're not in this alone. We're all with you." "Did someone say 50,000—?"

Nya asked as she and Redson came in. Jay gasped.

"You didn't happen to win the lottery?" "No Blue Boy." "No, but I heard about Ninjaball Run!" "Ninjaball Run?" "It's the biggest road race in Ninjago, with a prize of 100,000 big ones. And it's tomorrow." "I thank you, little lady fighter, but you're talking about the most dangerous race known to man. Only the most serious of racers even stand a chance." "But didn't you just do a few upgrades on our Ultra Sonic Raider? Maybe we might stand a chance." "And I can enter with my Dragon. You did say I needed the practice." "So it is agreed. You will all enter this Ninjaball Run to save the dojo."

Nya noticed Dareth sobbing.

"Are you still crying?" "Yes. But these are happy tears."
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The following morning, there is a big crowd as several racers are waiting in line along with the Ultra Sonic Raider.