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(The Geckles, the Munce, and the Ninja except Cole run from the Grief-Bringer.)
Murtessa: That horrible cry! That's Mief-Bringer, the dragon! No mistake.
Nya: You said Grief-Bringer was killed by some great hero!
Murtessa: It was! It's back. Skull Sorcerer must have reanimated it.
Gulch: (panting) The cave! The Strong-Cave!
Kai: What?
Gulch: The - the Strong-Cave. It's our ... (pants) our only hope!
Kai: Oh, finally, some good news. Guys - (Gulch covers his mouth.)
Gulch: Shh! Don't say it out loud! Do you want the Munce to hear?
Kai: Yeah, that's the point, Gulch! If we leave them out here, they'll get chewed up by that thing! Follow us, everyone!
Skull of Hazza D'ur: They flee into the mountain.
Skull Sorcerer: Bring it all down! (The Grief-Bringer smashes into the stalactites and creates a bridge across the lava.) After them. All of you!
(The Geckles and Munce take refuge in the Geckle Strong-Cave.)
Gulch: Cha...(panting) Chancellor Kai... you must order the cave sealed!
Kai: I have to actually say that? Okay, seal the cave! Now! (The Geckles turn the crank, slowly sealing the cave. Then the chain come to a stop. )
Geckle: It's stuck!
Nya: Forget the wheel! Cut the chain!
Lloyd: They're not gonna get shut in time.
Jay: Then we better buy them some time!
Lloyd: You...
Jay: Shall...
Kai: Not...
Zane: Be granted permission to traverse beyond this point. (The other three turn to look at him.)
Lloyd, Jay, Kai, and Zane: Ninja, go! (They do Spinjitzu.)
Kai: (He boosts Lloyd with his shield.) Haha! (They are surrounded.) Look out!
Murtessa: (She finally breaks the chain.) It's coming down!
Nya: Guys! Get in here!
Lloyd: Run! (They slide in just in time, while the Grief-Bringer crashes into the door.)
Kai: Hopefully we're safe for now.
Gulch: Are you kidding? We are not safe! The enemy is among us. You let them into our cave!
Jay: What? Where?
Gulch: The Munce! (The Geckles and Munce begin to murmur among themselves.)
Kai: You're doing this now?
Lloyd: Are you kidding?
Kai: Come on!
Gulch: Hide your possessions, Geckles, before the Munce steal them! Like they stole the Ivory Blade of Deliverance!
Murtessa: You stole blade! The blade of Milly!
Gulch: It's Gilly, you glop-mouthed -
Murtessa: Milly is our legend, you legend stealing stealer-of-legends! Munce, look through cave for our blade, that Geckle stole from us! Finding it would make being in prison here worth it!
Gulch: Oh, you can leave any time!
Murtessa: Oh? There is other way out of this cave?
Gulch: Of course not! Do you even understand the point of a strong-cave?
Skull Sorcerer: Geckles! Munce! Hear me! I offer you a chance! And one chance only! Send out the Ninja and I will spare your lives. I will show you mercy.
Skull of Hazza D'ur: Mercy! Mercy!
Skull Sorcerer: Send them out and you will be allowed to return to work in the mines. All shall be as it was, a time of peace and hard work. So swears the Skull Sorcerer.
Murtessa: (Simultaneously) Never!
Gulch: (Simultaneously) No way!
Murtessa: I am talking, Geckle!
Gulch: We both started talking at the same time!
Murtessa: No, I said the "Ne" in "Never" before you open mouth.
Skull Sorcerer: All of you -
Gulch: All right, who was watching? Did anyone see who opened their mouth first?
Skull Sorcerer: Here me -
Nya: Would one of you just respond?
Murtessa: Munce will never serve Skull Sorcerer!
Gulch: As much as it pains me to agree with a Munce, neither will the Geckles!
Skull Sorcerer: So be it. Grief-Bringer, my skeletons, destroy them!
Skull of Hazza D'ur: (laughs evilly) Destruction! Devastation!
Kai: It's cracking! (To Gulch) You said this strong-cave could withstand the Grief-Bringer!
Gulch: Well, we thought it could, but it's never been tested against the resurrected-skeleton-dragon and an army of evil-skeletons. Without Gilly, all is lost.
Nya: (She studies a pile of rocks.) Zane! Can you scan this?
Zane: There's a space behind this wall of rocks. Possibly a previously covered-up exit.
Nya: Listen up! There's an opening behind this rock wall! We're not sure, but it could be a way out. If we're going to bring down this wall, we need everyone's help. And by everyone, I mean everyone! (The Geckles and Munce work together to remove the rocks.)
Gulch: Look! There's something back here!
Murtessa: He's right! A chamber!
Nya: Look at them. They're working together. Side by side.
Lloyd: I never thought I'd see that.
Kai: (He enters the chamber, illuminating the room with his Fire.) Huh? No. It's a dead-end.
Murtessa: Hmm. What we do?
Gulch: There's no other way out.
Jay: No. They'll get through any minute.
Gulch: I - I am sorry. I was wrong to lead you all here.
Murtessa: Mm. You gave us shelter. I too am sorry.
Gulch: For what?
Murtessa: You Geckles value family, like Munce. You work hard, like Munce. You honor Milly, like Munce. Is possible ... we are not so different?
Gulch: I ... was a fool. I saw only the things that made us different, not the things we had in common.
Murtessa: We were all foolish.
Gulch: We have a common enemy. Let us stand together and face him as allies.
Murtessa: Agreed. Let us put aside differences and face him together.
Kai: (Sighs) This is so beautiful. Two peoples, coming together in peace, love, and harmony.
Gulch: No, we are not at peace.
Kai: But - I - I thought -
Gulch: It must be declared, formally. By you! You are the Chancellor.
Kai: Oh, uh, okay. Uh, then, by the power vested in me as Geckle Chancellor, I hereby declare peace with the Munce. (Zane throws a pebble at Kai, annoying him.)
Nya: By my power as Queen, I declare peace with the Geckles.
Murtessa: Now, we are at peace.
(The Skull Sorcerer finally breaks through the door. The Ninja, the Geckles, and the Munce take fighting stances.)
Lloyd: Wait! We'll do it! We'll take your deal!
Murtessa, Gulch, and the Ninja: What?
Lloyd: Your offer. We turn ourselves in, you let them all go, but not back to the mines. You let them free. If you swear to that, we will surrender without a fight.
Skull Sorcerer: Hmm. Agreed. (The Ninja are escorted out.)
Gulch: Once again, outsiders have risked everything to save us.
Murtessa: Now, leave us in peace, as you promised!
Skull Sorcerer: Oh, that. You didn't really believe that, did you? (The Awakened Warriors surround the Geckles and Munce.)
Skull of Hazza D'ur: Fools! Fools! (laughs)
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