Well, that's the first season, to be honest, I'm surprised how fast I was able to get through this one.
But hey, we get some angst, and a lot more fluff between Nova and Lloyd. :3
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*The ninja watch as Wu stays behind with Pythor.*
"You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer. Go, ninja, go! Yes." The Devourer swallows Pythor and Wu.
"Sensei."
"No." Jay says, but then The Devourer spots them. "Oh, maybe if we stand perfectly still..."
"Run!"
Jay trips. "Wait! Wait for me!"
"Fire up the engines. I said fire up the engines!" said Nya
"There's no wind. And we only have reserved fuel." said Lloyd.
"Use it." said Nya as the ninja make it to the Destiny's Bounty.
Nova watched the big snake coming towards them, she was really terrified and unable to move, as seeing it in real life was a nightmare.
"Uh, hate to tell you this, but objects in the mirror are closer than they appear." said Jay.
"Working on it. Blasters on full." said Nya.
"Whoo-hoo! Take that, you stupid snake." Said Kai, which was a mistake as it started speeding up after them.
"Uh, I think it heard you." said Jay.
Nova finally snapped out of it and yelled out loud. "WHAT THE FUCK, KAI!!"
"Nya, we gotta go faster. That thing is gaining on us." said Kai.
"We're going as fast as we can. I'll try to make it to Scattered Canyon." said Nya.
"Probability of us making it that far is less than 8 percent." said Zane.
"I didn't need to know that!" said Nova in a panic on what to do.
"Never tell me the odds!" said Nya.
"It's coming in for another attack. Port side." said Cole.
"We're losing speed. We'll drop to the ground pretty soon." said Lloyd.
"Throw everything overboard." said Nya.
"What?"
"We need to lose some weight." said Nya.
Nova's eyes started widening. "No, don't! That will only make it worse for us!" She yelled, but it went on deaf ears, as she was just standing in the middle of all of this, not able to do anything.
"Port side!" said Lloyd while the ninja began throwing out many things, including a fridge, only for the Devourer to eat it all and grow exponentially.
"Man, he sure is hungry. Does anyone else think the Devourer looks bigger than it did before?" said Jay.
"The more it consumes, the bigger it gets. Don't throw anything else overboard." said Cole.
"That's what I was trying to TELL YOU GUYS!!" Nova yelled in pure rage as her eyes became purple, but once again no one was listening to her.
"Phew. We made it to Scattered Canyons. Hold on!" said Nya.
"Ah, we lost him." said Cole a little too soon as the Devourer bites off an engine.
"Abandon ship!" shouted Nya.
"Goodbye, old friend." said Zane as they leave, and the Devourer swallows the Bounty.
"No!"
"Unh, it's gone." said Cole.
"Oh, that was too intense. All that action makes you so thirsty." said Kai.
"There's no time to rest. We need to warn people before it becomes bigger." said Zane.
"Bigger? Bigger!? That thing in one big bite crushed our entire ship! We need to save as many as we can. Uh, uh, we'll find some kind of refuge, somewhere safe to hide. Ooh, the Tombs. Yeah, they're underground. Sure, we'll be without sunlight for months, but they're perfect." said Jay.
"And what? Just give up?" asked Cole.
"You know as well as I do, we have no chance at stopping that thing!" said Jay.
"JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" shouted Nova at the group, which got their attention as they noticed her eyes were purple but more importantly, she was crying. "I fucking told you guys it would get worse if you threw stuff overboard, but none of you would listen to me, not a SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!" Tears running down her face.
"You guys acted like I wasn't even there, and... I *sniffles* I wasn't able to help in any way...." She said slowly going quiet and just wanted to be alone, as she sat down hugging her legs and hiding her face.
"Hey, stop it! Listen to yourselves. Is this what Sensei Wu would've wanted? Us fighting? Running and hiding? Giving up?" said Kai.
"But he's not here anymore." Everyone begins to mourn losing their master.
"But his teachings live on. Sensei once told me it's not the size of a ninja in a fight, it's the size of the fight in the ninja. All this training, all of these battles we've had with and Serpentine. We've persevered through so much, we can't just give up now. A ninja never admits defeat. A ninja always picks himself up when he is down. Which is exactly what Sensei Wu would want us to do right now." said Kai.
"But how do we destroy a snake of that magnitude?" Zane asked.
"Yeah, it's not like we have an extra sacred flute lying around to charm it. Or wait, haha, how about one of our awesome dragons? Oh, I forgot. They took off and left us high and dry. Or, hey, what about our golden weapons? Which will do nothing against a snake that size. Heh, oh, we are so hooped." said Jay.
"Ah, Jay's right. We would need a weapon so big." said Cole.
"Or an idea that's even bigger! Ha! Jay, you're a genius! You thinking what I'm thinking?" Kai asked.
"Probably not, but go ahead." said Jay.
"There's no time. I'll fill you guys in on the way." said Kai.
"Wha—Where are we going?" Jay asked.
"We're going to destroy that snake once and for all." said Kai.
Lloyd looked over at Nova and walked over to her. "Hey.... I'm sorry we didn't listen to you on the ship, we were all scared and....had too much to focus on." He said, trying to comfort her.
Nova sniffled but didn't look at him. "..... I-I know....everyone was very stressed out....and panicked....." She said, slowly looking at him with her eyes back to normal.
"But I was terrified.... I didn't know what to do..... I was of no use to the team when it really counted." She said while trying to wipe away her tears, though it didn't help much.
Lloyd looked at her before pulling her into a hug, which she accepted, since he had a feeling that was what she really needed at this moment.
They just stayed like that for a few minutes, and it seemed like the ninja had let them have the time to comfort each other until they were ready to keep moving.
".... Thanks, Lloyd." Nova whispered.
*Later, the ninja made it to Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk.*
"Good idea, Kai. If the Devourer likes to consume, this place is a full-on buffet." said Cole.
Jay sighs. "Looks like my parents are gone."
"Good, better for us." said Kai as he lays out a blueprint.
Nova and Lloyd tried to get a view of the blueprint the ninja was looking at, but the guys were blocking the way, so we couldn't see any of it at all.
*The Postman enters the Junkyard Whistling a tune.*
"Ugh. What's he doing here?" Cole and Kai run up to him.
"Aah! You ninja are always sneaking around, giving people heart attacks. You're too quiet." said the postman.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. But you need to get out of here, now." said Kai.
"Uh, well, now, I too have a job to do, and that's delivering the mail, which I plan to do." said the postman as he pulls out the Walkers' mail which Jay takes.
"Look, dude, my parents aren't even here. You really should be on your way." said Jay.
"Them, too? Uh, let me guess, are they at the "Take back Ninja" rally too?" said the postman.
"Uh, "Take Back Ninjago" rally?" Jay asked.
"What, you guys haven't heard? Everyone's getting together for a rally in the city. You know, to raise awareness about all the Serpentine problems that have been surfacing lately." said the postman.
"Whoa, would you look at that. You guys are inspirational." said Lloyd.
"I'm surprised it took them this long." said Nova with a small giggle, while sitting next to Lloyd on the head of the car where they could look at the blueprint.
"Wait a minute, you know what? You guys are right. Wherever you guys are, trouble is always around the corner." As the postman speaks, the ninja notice the Devourer approaching and get into battle stances. "I think I'll be leaving now, 'cause whatever you guys are up to, I want no part of it." He looks behind him to see the Devourer. "Aah! S-s-snake!" He jumps in a trash can.
Nova looked up scared but felt a hand taking hers, she looked over at Lloyd who gave her a soft smile before they and Nya went and took cover.
"Hey! It's now or never, guys! Ninja, go! fire!"
"Earth!"
"Lightning!"
"Ice!" They use the tornado of creation and take the junk around them to make the ultra sonic raider.
"Zane, now!" He plays the recording, but the Devourer dodges it.
"Zane, what was that? This isn't target practice. You're supposed to hit him, not give him a haircut." said Cole.
"May I remind you we just magically whipped up this heap of junk?" said Zane.
"Well, I hope one of us created a reverse feature because...reverse!" said Kai.
"How's this for reverse?" said Jay.
"I need your help holding him in place." said Zane.
"How's this?" said Jay as he uses a grapple hook. "Got him!"
"Before it gets away! Now, Zane. now! Take the shot." shouted Kai.
"Charm your way out of this." said Zane.
"It's working!" said Cole.
"It's got a weak spot." Kai points to a small, glowing green spot at the base of its head.
"What?"
"On its forehead. It's got a—" The Devourer strikes Zane's cockpit from behind with its tail.
"Zane!" Everyone shouted as the Devourer leaves.
"Is everybody okay?" Cole asked.
"Where's Zane?" Lloyd and Nova asked, looking around.
"Right here." Zane emerges from the damaged cockpit now missing the left side of his face, revealing the robotics underneath. "That was close."
"Too close." said Kai.
"Perfect. Now that was a total failure." said Jay.
"Not total. Did you guys notice on his forehead? It has a weak spot." said Kai.
Nova quickly covered her ears, knowing what was coming next.
"Oh, great, let me make a note of that. Giant snake has wee, itty-bitty weak spot that'll be." said Jay as he raises his voice. "TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AT BECAUSE THE THING IS TOO RIDICULOUSLY HUGE TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!!!!!!!!"
"Are you done?" Nya asked.
Lloyd looked over at Nova as she removed her hands. "How did you know that he would raise his voice?" He whispered.
Nova gave a shrug. "After living with them for a while, you get to know what they are like and what they're gonna do." She whispered back.
Jay takes a deep breath. "Yes."
"Because things just got worse. Look." said Nya.
"It's heading toward Ninjago City." said Zane.
"So is everybody else." said Cole.
"Ronin would probably already have left...now that I think about it, he might have already moved to Stiix to set up his shop." Nova thought to herself.
"If it consumes the biggest city in all of Ninjago, there will be no stopping it." said Kai.
*Later at Ninjago city.*
The ninja are scattered on the ground as the Devourer lunges at them; the Samurai Mech stops it by holding its mouth open with a light post.
"Samurai to the rescue. Again." cheered Jay.
"Its breath smells worse than Cole's chili." said Lloyd.
"I have to agree with you on that one, it was so bad." said Nova.
"Hey!" said Cole, very offended.
"Get out of there, sis!" said Kai.
"I can't! I'm stuck!" The Ultra Dragon attacks the beast and rescues Nya, Nova and Lloyd.
"Rocky! Our Dragons are back."
"It appears Dragons go through a metamorphosis when they reach adulthood. They, too, have found their true potential." said Zane.
"Ha! They couldn't have come at a better time. Go get them, Rocky! Go!" Shard's head blasts the Devourer with ice breath.
"Ice!" Flame's head uses fire breath on it.
"Fire!" Wisp's head shocks it.
"Lightning!" Rocky's head then slams it head on.
"Earth! Can Dragons get any cooler? Seriously." said Cole.
"Yes! It's running away." The Devourer strikes the Dragon with its tail.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" The Ultra Dragon hits the ground.
"No!"
"What now?" Nya asked as Lloyd turns around to find Garmadon.
"You came back!" said Lloyd, surprised.
"Sensei, you're back!" said Nova, smiling.
"Give me the weapons. I am the only one who can handle the power of all four weapons at once. It's the only thing that'll defeat the Devourer." said Garmadon.
"Uh, I thought we were supposed to do everything in our power not to let him possess the weapons." said Jay.
"I've ran every other scenario through my servers. It appears to be the only way." said Zane.
"Give me the weapons." said Garmadon.
"Kai?"
"Only I can destroy it. Or prepare to watch—"
"Quit your yammering and just do it." Kai throws him the fire sword. "When you have a chance to make the blow, it has a weak spot near his forehead." By now, everyone but Jay has given the Dark Lord their weapons.
Nova rolled her eyes and punched Jay's arm. "We don't have time for this loudmouth."
Jay lets out an annoyed sigh but gives him the nunchucks of lightning. "Uh, I don't think this needs to be said, but we're gonna need these back."
Garmadon chuckled. "I'll do my part. You just make sure he stays in one spot." He laughs and runs away.
"Stays in one spot? Stays in one spot!? How are we supposed to do that?" Jay asked.
"Don't forget: we're ninja." said Kai.
"Please let me help too!" said Nova.
The ninja looked at her along with Lloyd and Nya.
"We can't let a kid be part of this mission, besides aren't you scared of that big snake?" said Cole.
"Of course I'm scared, but if this is our only chance to take it down, then let me help. I don't wanna stand around and do nothing like back on the Bounty." said Nova with determination.
The ninja looked at each other before letting out a sigh, knowing they didn't have time for this. "Fine."
"Come on, you overgrown worm. Take the bait. Come and get me. Whoa!" said Kai as he runs throughout the city until he reaches Cole.
"Nice run. Now I'll take it from here. Whoo-hoo!" said Cole as he leaps over buildings into a Construction site. The Devourer reaches it only to find Nova waiting for it.
"Hey! You stupid worm! Try and catch me if you can!" Nova teased by sticking her tongue out, before she then went on to activating her speed boost and just started running around. Taunting it until she saw Jay, quickly deactivated her speed boost and ran the rest of the way at normal speed, until she reached him. "His all yours." She said.
"Looking for me?" It lunges at Jay only for the Lightning ninja to jump down an elevator shaft: he uses his true potential to fly up with the beast following him until he reaches the top floor.
"What took you so long?" Zane asked.
"Save the humor, Zane. Now's not the time." said Jay.
"Instead of a fire escape, how about an ice escape!" They jump across to an ice slide.
"Haha, nice one, Zane." said Jay as they fly off the end as the Devourer opens wide. "No, no!"
"Now!" The Ultra Dragon catches the two just in time.
"You think it's working?" Jay asked.
"We're about to find out." They managed to make the Devourer bite its own tail. They cheer.
"Haha, it worked!" cheered Nova.
"We did it! Now, where's Garmadon? He's not gonna hold on for much longer." said Cole.
"Look!" Lloyd pointing up, the sky becomes engulfed by dark clouds where Garmadon is on the roof of a skyscraper.
"Dad!"
"Sensei!"
"You are the reason evil runs through my blood. You bit me once. Now feel what it's like to be bitten back." Garmadon unleashes a purple energy as he jumps.
"Go get him, Dad." said Lloyd.
"Vengeance will be mine!" Garmadon destroys the Devourer and its venom spreads throughout the city. Everyone cheers.
"He did it." said Jay.
"No, we did it!" said Cole.
"It's finally over!" Nova cheered, hugging Lloyd and without thinking about it, gave him a kiss on the cheek, causing both of them to now blush.
Nova quickly pulled away and cleared her voice, not looking at him. "W-we are not gonna talk about that...i-i-it was just in the heat of the moment." she said, getting all shy.
"Y-yes just a heat of the m-moment." said Lloyd, blushing just as much as Nova, also looking away.
*The ninja walks up to Ed and Edna.*
"Ooh, our little ninja." said Edna.
"Hey, there you are, you big lug." Cole pets the Ultra Dragon. "It's good to have you back."
"I don't see my dad." said Lloyd, looking around.
"He should be around here somewhere." said Kai.
"Your analysis is incorrect. He is not here." said Zane.
"Then our Golden Weapons are gone too. Well, isn't that convenient?" said Cole.
"I'm not surprised." said Nova bluntly.
"Look, his footsteps." said Nya pointing towards the footsteps.
"I have a feeling you'll see your father again soon." said Kai.
"I know, but that's what I'm afraid of." said Lloyd.
"Hey don't worry greenbean, with us by your side, everything is gonna be fine." said Nova, smiling at him before they both looked away from each other, blushing a bit.
"..... Yeah, this isn't gonna go back to normal for a few days." Nova thought.
"Ah, Sensei Wu!" said Cole.
Nya gasped. "Wow!"
"Ha! Would you look at that! He survived!" said Jay.
"I can't tell you how glad I am to see you!" said Wu as he passes his pupils to pick up his teapot. "The Devourer left a bad taste in my mouth." He drinks some tea. "Ah. Much better. And still hot."
"Ew!" said Nova, not wanting to see this part of this episode again.
"It's good to have you back, uncle. But my father left, and he took the Golden Weapons." said Lloyd.
"Ah, very true. The ability of the weapon is truly great, but the ability to better oneself makes you limitless." said Wu.
"I couldn't have said it any better myself." said Jay.
"Besides, we have what is most important: you." said Kai.
"The pupils have become the masters." said Wu.
"Am I really gonna have to fight my father one day?" asked Lloyd.
"One day. But today we can feel good that Ninjago is saved, for tomorrow you will train for the day. Good will finally face evil and a final outcome will be decided for all of time." said Wu.
"Yeah, this is gonna happen a few times, first the Overlord, then the Golden Master, and then the Crystal King, I swear that guy is like the purple guy from fnaf. No matter how many times you kill him, he always comes back." Nova thought to herself.
"Uh, but don't worry. We're gonna teach you everything we know." said Kai.
"And make sure you're prepared for that fight." said Jay.
"Because as we all know, good will always stand up to evil." said Cole.
"And ninja will always stand up for what is right." said Zane.
"Go, ninja, go!" shouted everyone as they jumped into the air.
But for a moment, Nova thought she heard a voice in her head that sounded like the overlord.....but she must have heard wrong, after all. That would just mean something else is in store for her.