Chapter 3: King of Shadows

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The five Ninja and Wu sail to the Frozen Wasteland on a boat to retrieve the Shurikens of Ice.

"I spy something... white!" Jay exclaims turning to the other ninja

Cole sighs "Could you try to be quiet for once? This ain't easy"

The boat stumbles as they're sailing ahead. Aria almost falls off but Zane catches her.

"careful" Zane says "you should sit down"

"yeah, thanks Zane" Aria agrees and sits down

Jay groans "I spy something broken"

Kai looks worried "If Sensei knows the way to the next Golden Weapon, then why isn't he steering the ship? We've been drifting aimlessly for miles"

"Sensei's wisdom is beyond my own" Zane tells the others

"The most powerful move in Spinjitzu can only be accomplished when all four elements are combined. Earth! Ice! Fire! Lightning!" Wu jumps down

"And this has nothing to do with me" Aria says laying down on the boat "look at that cloud... it's a nice cloud.. cloud god give me some action!"

The boat crashes on icy land.

Aria stands up "that wasn't me"

"We are here" Wu announces

The Ninja then walk to the Weapon's direction and come across a few frozen skeletons.

"Whoa... looks like someone's already been here" Cole says staring at them

Zane sees the Shurikens of Ice "The shurikens!"

Zane reaches for them in mid-air, but gets frozen in the process.

"Oh that's not good" Aria says

"Zane!" the others shout and Aria covered her ears

This also awakens the Ice Dragon at the same time. 

"Dragon!" Aria shouts "Move out!"

The Ninja then escape the Frozen Wasteland with the shurikens and a frozen Zane. They crash onto a dead end, unfreezing Zane in the process.

Zane looks at them "...Ow"

The Ninja head to the Floating Ruins to collect the Nunchucks of Lightning. The Skulkin are following the Ninja.

"We're being followed" Zane points out

"Now let's go!" Jay shouts

The Ninja climb to the top of a ruin attached to the ground by a chain.

Jay sees the Nunchucks of Lightning "Heh, alright!"

"Jay" Aria warns

Just as he is about to leave, the Lightning Dragon appears out of nowhere. 

"Fuck you!" Aria shouts at the dragon

"Don't anger it" Kai says picking her up

"Fuck you fuck you fuck you!" Aria ranted

"Ok we get it" Kai covers her mouth

Jay instinctively jumps off the ruin with the support of his gliders while his fellow comrades follow suit. The Ninja escape to the Forest of Tranquility, where they are celebrating as Wu meditates.

"Come on, Sensei. Join us" Kai encourages

"There is still one weapon left! We must get our sleep!" Wu orders

"but sensei" Aria whines

"You are 10, bed" Wu orders

"Aww, Sensei, give the kid a break. Look, you gotta admit, we're kicking their boney butts" Jay argues

"Come on get up here. Show us some moves" Kai says

"hm.. I guess I could" Wu stands up and walks over "Now this move is very special"

"But if done incorrectly, will it lead to disastrous consequences?" Zane questions

Everyone starts laughing, thinking it's a joke.

"Zane, is that a joke?" Kai asks "A sense of humor... you found it!"

Aria laughs "now this is a family. Go sensei"

Wu starts singing and dancing "Shake what your momma gave you. Yeah, look at this one now. Hmm... oh yeah. Spin round. Oh yeah. I put my feet"

Kai and Jay laugh and join him dancing, with Cole playing the drums and Zane meditating. Aria sits next to Cole and claps while laughing. Soon they all sleep.

Aria whines and wakes up to see Kai running away "..Kai?"

Aria gets up and sees Wu waking up. She runs over to him and shakes him fully awake.

"Sensei Kai-"

"hurry" Wu says standing up

The two run after Kai to the temple of fire, when they arrive they see Kai struggling to fight shadows. One of the shadows disarms him and picks up the sword. Wu runs out and attacks the shadows, retrieving the sword back.

"Brother. I see you protect one, but what about the other three?" Garmadon questions

"They are safe! Far from your grasp, Garmadon!" Wu shouts back

Garmadon laughs "I wouldn't be so confident"

Garmadon shows Kai and Wu what is currently happening at the Forest of Tranquility. Cole wakes up in front of a Skulkin Warrior and reaches for his scythe, but it is taken by Kruncha while Nuckal stands on top of Zane and Jay and Samukai wields the collected Golden Weapons.

"My brother must not unite the four weapons. We must keep them apart!" Wu instructs

As Wu, Nya, and Kai attempt to escape the Fire Temple, Garmadon wakes up the Fire Dragon to stop them from doing so.

"Awaken, guardian of the deep! They're stealing the Sword! You must not let them escape!" Garmadon shouts

Wu jumps on top of the Fire Dragon's head as it reaches out of the lava. It roars angrily, making Nya scream. 

"Aria move or you'll get crushed!" Wu shouts

Aria runs inside before the dragon seals them inside the temple so that they would not escape.

"Aria over here!" Kai shouts and Aria runs to him

"There's no way out! He's taken away all our options" Aria tells him

"All but one" Wu jumps onto a rock suspended on the lava

"Sensei, what are you doing?!" Kai questions

Wu cuts the rock using the sword.

"No, you fool!" Garmadon shouts

"If he is to bring the other weapons here, then I will take the Sword of Fire to the Underworld. It is my sacrifice to pay" Wu says

"No! It's mine. I shouldn't have come on my own. You don't have to do this! There has to be another way!" Kai shouts

Wu drinks his last cup of tea "Aria.. remember who you are" with that he falls off into the Underworld.

"No!" Kai shouts

"Sensei!" Aria shouts

"Then I will see you there, Brother!" Garmadon's shadow follows Wu to the Underworld.

"This is all my fault. Sensei won't be able to hold up for long" Kai says

The Fire Dragon appears behind them.

Nya shakes her head "Forget Sensei. What about us? Look!"

The dragon roars and they back up.

"D-dragon" Aria holds onto Kai's arm

Kai stares at it "this isn't good"

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