Into the Breach/Transcript

(Ninja are sailing the Destiny's Bounty away from Ninjago City.)

Cole: How far, Nya?

Nya: We're going as fast as we can, but this ship needs some fine tuning for sure.

(Jay busily types away on the UHF, looks around cautiously and finds himself looking at Garmadon.)

Garmadon: (Inspects the buttons.) Hmm.

Jay: (Yells in surprise.) Aalgh! (Walks to the rest of the ninja.) Am I the only one freaking out about this?

Kai: (Sarcastically) Why freak out? Our derange, psychotic, arch-nemesis is now our house guest.

Zane: I find the term "freak out" inadequate and imprecise. I prefer to say I am deeply troubled.

Nya: (Whispers nervously.) Lloyd? Are you sure he can be trusted?

Lloyd: No. Of course not.

Jay: (Garmadon walks around inspecting the buttons.) Of course not?! That's not what you're supposed to say. You're supposed to say "yes".

Lloyd: What choice do we have? If Master Wu is right, and we're under attack by the Oni, then my father may be our best chance. And anyway, he doesn't have his powers back, so how much trouble can he really cause?

(Garmadon presses a button. Sails fold in, rusters turn off. Everyone looks at him, Garmadon walks away.)

Zane: Did he just turn off the—

Kai: (Ship starts to plummet.) Oh, great.

Ninja: (Scream.) Ahhh!!

Jay: He shut off the engines! We're gonna crash!

Nya: Zane, the emission switch! Hit the emission switch!

(Zane starts for the emission switch, but Kai crashes into him, pulling him farther away from the emission switch.)

Jay: Ah! I can see the ground! It's getting really close, really fast! (Zane makes his way for the emission switch again, hitting it just in time for the Destiny's Bounty to rise up into the air.)

Ninja: (Sigh, getting back their breath.)

Garmadon: Hmm. That button should be labeled.

Nya: (Shouts in annoyance.) Uglh! It is labeled! It says "Don't push while in motion!" (Garmadon climbs down the ladder.)

Zane: Perhaps it would be wise to accompany your father, Lloyd, to prevent further... mishaps.

Lloyd: (Sighs in anger.) Ugh, I can't believe I have to babysit my own father. (Rushes after his father.)

Garmadon: (Stares at a door.) Where does this go?

Lloyd: Nowhere. That's a closet. (Garmadon opens it anyway. A mop and a broom falls out. Lloyd sighs and picks it up, putting it back.)

Garmadon: (Turns to the door across.) And this one? (Opens it and jumps in.)

Lloyd: (Follows in.) That's our sleeping quarters.

Garmadon: This is where you sleep? In this tiny... compartment?

Lloyd: It's not a compartment, it's a cabinet. We're on a ship, remember?

Garmadon: (Walks toward the ninja's pictures.) And what are these?

Lloyd: Just pictures.

Garmadon: Do they celebrate some conquest, or victory?

Lloyd: No, they're just pictures. (Garmadon stares at the picture of a reformed Garmadon and younger Lloyd.) You know, memories, good times. (Walks toward the pictures, smiling, and remembering the good times.)

Garmadon: (Picks up the picture of him with Lloyd.) Who is that?

Lloyd: (Smiles.) That's you. (Looks at Garmadon sadly.) Don't you remember? (Garmadon turns around, thinking about the picture, and throws it.) Wha— (Tries to catch it. The glass picture breaks.) Hey!

Garmadon: Sentimentality is a weakness. If you wish to defeat the Oni, you would do well to banish such feelings. (Walks out.)

Lloyd: (Picks up the broken picture, and glares angrily at Garmadon.) Fine. (Puts the picture down.) I didn't like that picture anyway. (Starts to walk out and stops. Walks back and picks up the broken picture, placing it propped up gently, and looks at it sadly at the former connection between his father and him.)

Kai: (Sweeps the deck with Jay.) So? Did you pop up the question yet?

Jay: No, I'm waiting for the right time.

Kai: There may not be a right time. You gotta just do it.

Cole: (Pops up around the corner.) Do what?

Kai: Jay's gonna ask Nya to be his Yang.

Cole: What?! Seriously?! (Flips onto the deck with them.) That's great! Why am I always the last person to know these things?

Jay: Shh! Will you keep your voice down, please?

Kai: He's been planning it for weeks.

Cole: Weeks? Haha! You gotta just do it, Jay. It's like ripping off an old bandage. The sooner you get over it, the better. (Smiles. Kai and Jay look at Cole in surprise.)

Jay: Um, did you just compare Nya to an old bandage? (Cole blinks back in realization.)

Kai: Nice. Way to go, Cole. (Cole grins sheepishly.) Way to take the romance out of it.

Zane: (On the speakers.) All hands to the bridge. (Kai, Jay, and Cole race for the bridge. Garmadon casually leans on the rail. Kai hands signals to Garmadon that he is watching him.)

Garmadon: Ahem. (The ninja take up fighting stances in case Garmadon makes any sudden movements.) The Oni entered this realm through a portal or rift between our world and theirs. There are only one or two ways this is possible. And, I'm willing to wager, it would've been through the Realm Crystal. To stop this darkness from spreading, the crystal must be destroyed.

Zane: (Looks up on information about the Realm Crystal, typing faster and faster.) The Realm Crystal is currently housed in the new high security vault, b-below Borg Tower.

Nya: That's smack in the middle of Ninjago City!

Kai: Uh, we just escaped from there, remember? It's engulfed in a giant, black cloud of destruction, and now you're asking us to turn around and go back?

Garmadon: I asked nothing. I am telling you that if you wish to stop the darkness, the crystal must be destroyed.

Cole: And I'm telling you, forget it. Just one of those, black tentacle things, touched my foot for a second, and nearly froze me solid. We wouldn't last a minute inside the darkness.

Garmadon: That is correct. You are merely human. I, however, am Oni. I can enter the darkness, make my way to the crystal, and destroy it. I will of course, require a weapon.

Cole: Ha! Fat chance!

Lloyd: Do you really expect us to just hand you a sword and let you go?

Garmadon: If you wish to live, yes.

Lloyd: Well, forget it! No way! I wouldn't trust you with a-a-a—

Kai: A pillow. (The ninjas look at him disapprovingly.) It's the most harmless thing I could think of.

Lloyd: (Turns to Garmadon.) It's not going to happen. You're not going anywhere, not without me. I'm your son, remember? (Walks up and stands before Garmadon.) I'm Oni, too.

Garmadon: No. (Pushes Lloyd back. The ninja take up their stances again.) You are part Oni. That means you might survive.

Lloyd: Well, I guess we'll find out. (The ninja watch Garmadon as he walks out.)

Jay: (The ship arrives at Ninjago City.) Wow. Will you look at that?

Nya: Yeah. Pretty creepy, huh?

Jay: Yeah. But also kind of beautiful in a weird way, isn't it?

Nya: What are you talking about? (Jay glances at her in surprise at her tone.) No, it's just creepy.

Jay: Well, I just meant the-the colors and clouds or not. Never mind. (Shakily holds the Ying-Yang token behind his back. Gulps.) It's times like these, you realize what's really important in life.

Nya: (Smiles.) I guess.

Jay: (Turns back to look at his Ying-Yang symbol nervously.) So, um, Nya, I've been wanting to ask you something for... a long while.

Nya: Okay.

Jay: (Coughs, preparing him.) Ehem. Eh-eh-hem.

Nya: You okay?

Jay: Yeah, ehem, yeah. (Garmadon comes up behind Nya. Jay falls backwards, in surprise.) Yah! (Garmadon smiles, satisfied for ruining Jay's moment.)

Nya: What do you want?

Garmadon: Absolutely nothing. (Walks away.)

Nya: That guy gives me the creeps. (Sighs. Turns back to Jay.) What were you gonna say?

Jay: Uh. (Sees Garmadon climb down the ladder. Scratches his head.) It can wait.

(The ninja are getting Lloyd ready for his journey.)

Zane: (Places a camera over Lloyd's head.) This will allow us to see what is happening inside the cloud.

Kai: You sure you want to do this, Lloyd?

Lloyd: I'll be fine. Don't worry.

Garmadon: That assumption is unfounded. You are mostly human, that side of you is weak.

Lloyd: It's also stubborn. Let's go. Give him a sword, Cole. (Cole pulls the sword out, watching Garmadon.)

Garmadon: (Waits patiently.) Hmm.

Cole: Uhh, you sure about that? (Lloyd nods. Garmadon stares at him impatiently. Cole nervously tosses the sword. Garmadon pretends to look at the sword. Cole turns his back around.)

Garmadon: (Leaps in the air at Cole.) Hi-yAH!

Kai: (Pulls his sword from behind him.) Look out!

Cole: (Screams.) Agghh! (Jumps back in time as Garmadon strikes the sword.)

(Cole pulls out his mace quickly, and blocks Garmadon's moves. Garmadon knocks him aside as Jay faces him. Garmadon tosses Jay's nun chucks over his shoulder, and throws Jay on top of Cole. Lloyd spinjitzus to Garmadon, but Garmadon leaps over him, landing on Kai, then on Zane, and swings his sword at P.I.X.A.L. Nya jumps down from the bridge with her sai out, but Garmadon blocks her from striking him and kicks her over him. He jumps up to fight P.I.X.A.L. Zane shoots at him, only for Garmadon to strike the arrow aside.)

Nya: (Attempts to fight Garmadon again.) Ha-yah! (Garmadon kicks her back into Kai after he blocks her.) Unh!

P.I.X.A.L.: (Garmadon grabs P.I.X.A.L. by the throat.) Unh. (Garmadon throws her into Zane.)

Cole: (The ninja take up stance behind him.) Try that again. (Places his mace firmly in his hand.) Now that I'm ready.

Garmadon: (Slowly summons up his powers as the ninja look on in surprise. Looks at his powers.) Hmm. That's better. (Jumps off the ship.)

Cole: Okay, what the heck was that?

Lloyd: Conflict fuels him.

Zane: He was powering up.

Jay: He did that just to get his powers back?!

Cole: (Stomps angrily towards them.) I. Do. Not. Trust. Him!

Nya: Lloyd, are you sure you want to go through with this?

Lloyd: (Looks at the ninja.) No. But I don't really have a choice. (Jumps off the ship with his sword and parachute bag.)

Nya: Lloyd! (The ninja watch Lloyd as he dives into the city.)

To be continued.