(The screen pans around a golden teapot with three blue panels surrounding it and Jay yells and grunts. Zooms in on teapot and reflection reveals a skeleton being kicked by Jay, grunting once again. Jay whips out his nunchucks, fighting the skeleton who is dodging his attacks. Jay knocks the skeleton away and four more skeletons drop from the ceiling. Jay grabs the teapot handle and turns it, switching the first blue panel to red, which flips around to reveal Kai.)
Kai: Ninja, go!
(Kai does spinjitzu, defeating the skeletons. A skeleton is knocked down a ramp, and under it is stretching his arms. Skeletons sprint down the hall and Cole ghostly emerges from the wall so the skeletons run back only to find a punch from Zane crashing through a barrier of ice. Kai and Jay come sliding down the ramp with excitement and all four ninja line up together facing the screen. Cole comes forward and pounds the floor tripping the skeletons into the wall. The ninja go into fighting stances. Samukai crashes through the wall and charges at them. A green light appears and the green ninja emerges. He lands and punches Samukai with green Energy.)
Kai: (In projected voice.) Do you have the golden scroll, Lloyd?
Lloyd: (In projected voice.) I sure do, Kai! But I don't know what is says. Can anyone help me read it?
Ninja: We can! Because reading is the first step to every adventure. Go, reading, go!
Dareth: And... Cut! Brilliance plus perfection! Clean up, little fellas, and make some headway here. That's a wrap!
Nya: A wrap? We just got here.
Crystal: Yea, Dareth said—
Dareth: Hey, hey! There's my boys! I knew you could Spinjitzu but that acting knocked me out. (Notices Crystal.) Oh hey Crystal, your interview with T.V. is in an hour.
Crystal: I told you Dareth, I'm not going on T.V.
Dareth: Why not!? (Notices Nya) Oh, hey, sweetheart. Mind sticking around for a segment to teach girls how to apply makeup?
Nya: (Looks to the back corner, angered.) You're gonna need makeup when I rearrange your face! (She walks over to punch Dareth, but Crystal holds her back.)
Jay: Woah! Easy! Nya is one of us now, there's no reason she should be treated differently.
Dareth: No reason? You added a girl to the group. You know how much that hurts your image? You're a boy band, a hunk machine!
Crystal: Hey I'm part of the team too!
Cole: Yea, Crystal was the one of the first people on the team.
Crystal: And the team is not just boys Dareth.
Nya: Yea!
Lloyd: We're equals. Our power comes from no one being more important than the other.
Kai: Important? No. Irresistible... uh, debatable. (Winks at fangirls in the doorway. Girls scream and try to run to him, but guards stop them and Crystal sighs in annoyance.)
Dareth: (Chuckles.) I don't tell you how to do your business, don't tell me how to do mine. Remember how every time you save Ninjago no one cared? Well, now Dareth's in charge and Dareth says don't change the recipe. You boys are the face of the franchise, and competing with Crystal for popularity!
Cole: Wait, we are what now?
Jay: Competing?
Dareth: Sure, since her new song Shatter Me was posted the phones are ringing of the hooks! And now you're all the face of Teen Idol! (Whips out a magazine with Lloyd on it and Jay and Cole on each side on a heart with Nya in it.)
Lloyd: (Reads title) "Sensei Lloyd"? But I'm only a Sensei-in-training.
Cole: And what's this about me and Jay still fighting over Nya? That's old news.
Dareth: Who cares if it's real or not?
Crystal: Uh, it does matter Dareth!
Dareth: Oh and I almost forgot, Crystal you need to get a love interest soon.
Crystal: Uh, why?
Dareth: Because all girls need someone. Or else their not important.
Nya: What! Why you little-
Crystal: Ok, ok, Nya why don't we calm down. (She puts her hand on her shoulder and she calms down)
Dareth: And anyways Isn't this what you've always dreamed of? You're the hottest thing in Ninjago!
(The ninja make it to the destiny's bounty after a getting away from all the fans.)
Wu: Look inward. When one is a ghost, one may have new abilities. Focus and discover them. (Cole turns invisible and reappears.)
Cole: Whoa. Did you see me? I disappeared! I mean, did you not see me?
Wu: Very good, Cole. Only you can unlock what is truly inside. That is it for today.
Nya: Dareth wants me to teach girls how to cook? How about I teach them how to do this? (She sprays water on the training bots. Meanwhile, Crystal and Jay play a game of chess with Zane watching.) Like, Crystal, do you know what he said!?
Crystal: Yea I did Nya, and I'm going to talk to him later. (She moves a chess piece)
Nya: You already did that and that didn't work.
Zane: That is only because he refuses to listen.
Crystal: And that's why he's not my music song manager. (Jay moves a piece)
Nya: Well someone better make him listen or he's going to end up in the hospital.
Crystal: (She moves another piece) Check mate!
Jay: Aww! Come on!
Zane: Crystal wins again.
Cole: Ah, Minidroid Chess. So what's the tally now? A hundred games to none? (Laughs.)
Zane: Actually 99 games to 1.
Cole: Seriously!? (He laughs)
Styx: Yea, I didn't know you were this bad Jay.
Jay: Yea, yea, Set them up, Zane. Me and Crystal are going again. What's got you so cheery?
Cole: Remember back in the tomb of the first spinjitzu master, when we all saw the reflection of our future selves?
Crystal: Yea.
Jay: You mean when you couldn't see anything?
Cole: Yeah, it wasn't because I'm a goner. It's because I can disappear. (He disappears then reappears)
Jay: Oh, then why don't you make like a ghost and vanish? I need full concentration.
Cole: Oh, touchy, are we? Teach him a lesson, Crystal. (He leaves.)
Crystal: (Sighs.) You still haven't told him what you saw in your future's reflection, have you?
Jay: And ruin our friendship? No thanks. Besides, even if it were true, her mind's made up. It's never gonna happen. (Sighs.) I was fine until I saw us together. Now it's all I think about.
Crystal: That doesn't mean you give up on her. She's just going through a lot right now. She thought she was supposed to be Samurai X but now she's the water ninja who isn't being given a fair shot.
Zane: Nether are you though.
Crystal: Yea but I'm ok with it. Sooner or later all of this is going to blow over and you and Nya will be together.
Jay: (Sighs) I just wish I could know for sure.
Misako: Bad day? You're supposed to hit them, not destroy them.
Nya: I'm a girl, but I'm also a lot of other things. But what does that matter when everyone only sees me as one thing: the girl ninja. (Groans.) Even Crystal at least get's a little respected. I just wanna be given a fair shot.
Misako: Why? To make things easier? The harder it is, the more you will excel. You'll never be happy if you let the world define you. You've got to define yourself. (She finishes repairing the bots.) Now, again. And this time, destroy all the targets.
Nya: (She sees Jay staring at her.) What are you looking at?
Jay: (Sighs.) See? Even though it's fate, I still can't win.
Crystal: Checkmate. Again.
Zane: A hundred to zero. (Jay groans and falls his head to the table)
Lloyd: Sensei's back, and there's trouble. (Everyone goes to the bridge.)
Kai: What is it? Have they sold out of Kai action figures? I knew there wasn't enough—
Crystal: Let Master Wu speak Kai.
Wu: It appears when you destroyed the Cursed Realm, one ghost escaped. And you know him all too well. Clouse. Security footage shows him buying a train ticket that will arrive in Stiix in just a few hours.
Cole: Clouse? The sorcerer from Chen's island? What does he want with Stiix? That place is just a salvage yard now.
Wu: That's why I want you to go there and stop whatever it is he is planning to do.
Crystal: Ok, then lets g-
Kai: But Dareth wanted us to visit the hospital for that Grant-A-Wish thing.
Lloyd: Hey, we take orders from Sensei Wu, not Dareth. Lil' Nelson only has a broken leg. If his wish is to be a ninja for a day, that day can be tomorrow.
Crystal: Lloyd's right, our duty is more important than our publicity. Suit up.
Misako: They are growing up.
Wu: Yes, they are. But I'd still like to think Ninjago would fall apart without us.
(The ninja ride on their elemental dragons.)
Nya: Back to the grind.
Jay: Ha, if it weren't for the Bounty, I don't think we'd ever get any peace and quiet.
Kai: We're just over Ninjago City. Isn't that where Lil' Nelson is? What do you say, drop by for a quick stop? In and out.
Lloyd: We don't have time.
Crystal: Lloyd's right, we need to get to Stiix now.
Zane: Technically, we do. As long as we don't encounter any problems.
Cole: What does Sensei always say? Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
Crystal: (Sighs) What say you Lloyd? (They all look at Lloyd)
(The ninja are at the hospital.)
Lloyd: As a part of the Grant-A-Wish Foundation, we dub you an Honorary Ninja for the Day.
Boy #2: Aw. I wish I broke both my legs.
Nelson: Could you stay to sign their casts?
Nya: Aw, I wish we could, but duty calls.
Cole: Uh, not sure how far we'll get. Looks like we've got company.
Crystal: What do you mean? (Jay and her looks out the window to see their fans.)
Jay: How'd they find us?
Kai: "Reply. Of course I'm at the hospital. My hair is sick. Haha. Send."
Nya: Are you sending out a Chirp?
Crystal: Seriously Kai!?
Kai: Uh, my followers have needs too.
Zane: If you recall, I said we would get to Stiix in time minus any problems. This constitutes a major problem.
Cole: Yeah, well, I don't see us flying out of here with these birds in the sky. (They see helicopters.)
Lloyd: Cole's right. No Dragons. If we're gonna escape, we can't be followed.
Crystal: Then we go by shadow.
Woman #4: "His hair is sick." (Gasps.) He is here! Aah! (The fans grab the guard and go past him.)
Officer #1: For Pete's sake, put me down. I'm a grownup! Whoa!
Cole: They're coming. What do we do? How are we supposed to travel by shadow?
Nelson: You say I'm a ninja for the day, call me...the Purple Ninja! (He kicks the door open.)
Nya: That hood looks legit.
Crystal: Did you make that?
Nelson: You have a lot of time on your hands when you break both your legs. This way. Double Leg, hyah! (He opens another door and closes it on the fans.) This is as far as I can go. Follow this up to the rooftop. From there, take back streets. I'll hold them off at the pass.
Lloyd: Lil' Nelson—I mean, Purple Ninja, thanks.
Nelson: No. Thank you. You made my wish come true. (The ninja take the stairs.)
Cole: Phew. Looks like we lost them.
Lloyd: But the nearest rooftop is still too far to jump.
Kai: Airjitzu?
Crystal: But what about Nya?
Nya: Yea, what about me. I just learned how to make a water dragon. I haven't even earned my Airjitzu suit yet.
Zane: But if we don't leave now, we'll never get to Stiix to stop Clouse.
Jay: We're a team. We stick together.
Nya: Thanks, but I can stick up for myself.
Cole: He was only trying to be nice.
Jay: It's okay. Right now, we're just having our first fight.
Nya: What do you mean "right now?" And just what are you implying by "we?"
Crystal: Uh. (She looks at Jay for a answer but he doesn't have one)
Lloyd: They're gonna see us. Quick, take cover. (Everyone but Nya uses Airjitzu to hide behind a billboard.)
Crystal: Nya, you need to hide too.
Jay: Ugh. Forget what I said, just take my hand.
Nya: No. What did you mean when you said "we?" I'm a ninja, and I'm nobody's girl.
Cole: Just take his hand, Nya. Or else we're gonna be spotted. (A helicopter flies by.)
Kai: Too late.
Styx: So much for stopping Clouse.
Lloyd: Ugh. Let's just hope he missed his train. (Clouse makes it to Stiix.)
Cole: Ugh. They found us. Now what do we do?
Dareth: Just do what you're doing, but don't run away from the cameras. Run toward them. Ninja visit hospital. This is gold!
Lloyd: We don't need more publicity. We need less. We have to get to Stiix to stop Clouse.
Crystal: Yea!
Dareth: Could be a big scoop. Say no more. Hop in!
(the ninja make it to Stiix Zane scans Stiix's citizens for Clouse)
Pixal: I detected no trace of Clouse.
Zane: He isn't here.
Crystal: Great we lost Clouse, who knows what trouble he could be getting into now.
Cole: Yea, Crystal's right. He could be long gone by now.
Kai: But look what I found. A Kai action figure. Some fan probably lost it. No way anyone threw this out. Practically priceless.
Lloyd: No sign of Clouse. (He says on his communication device)
Misako: Better keep looking. Wu's at the library of Domu researching what Clouse could be looking for. If I hear anything, you'll be the first to know.
Lloyd: Come on, guys. Let's keep our eyes peeled.
Jay: Look, another Kai doll. There's dozens.
Kai: Ugh.
Crystal: Stiix's citizens really don't like you Kai. (Jay and Cole laugh)
Kai: Yea, yea, yea, lets just find Clouse.
(Time skip to the ninja sitting on a table.)
Lloyd: Uh, no sign of Clouse?
Cole: I don't get it. You'd think they'd remember seeing another ghost.
Crystal: Yea, he didn't even leave a clue. There's been no sign of him leaving Stiix, but he isn't even here.
Nya: Yea, so where could he be?
Kai: I know. I haven't even been asked to give a single autograph. Not that I want the attention! (The citizens shush him.)
Man #1: (On TV) Where are the ninja? This reporter has the answer.
Lloyd: Hey, can you turn it up?
Man #3: Hey. No one here cares for them fruit-coloured ninja.
Cole: Excuse me. What fruit is black?
Jay: Uh, blackberries?
Cole: Shut it, Jay.
Crystal: The better question is what fruit is white.
Jay: Yea, that makes more sense.
Man #1: (On TV) They're calling it the Crime Wave of the Century.
Nya: Guys, listen.
Man #1: (On TV) Earlier today, Green ninja Lloyd Garmadon was caught on tape robbing the city bank.
Lloyd: Whoa! That looks like, um, me.
Crystal: How is that possible?
Man #1: (On TV) And that's not all. At Mega Monster Amusement Park, Zane was on a rampage of vandalism and mayhem.
Zane: Hey, wait. My memory has no recollection of that.
Jay: (Grunts.) Someone's pretending to be us.
Nya: But why?
Cole: And how?
Reporter: Any comment about your son's offences?
Ed: Jay would never do this. And if he did, he had good reason. I hope.
Jay: You hope? It wasn't me, Dad! It wasn't me!
Cole: Jay, shh.
Man #3: You believe them? They destroyed our village, act like they saved the place, and then go around doing as they please.
Kai: Yeah. You're right. Ninja, ugh, hate 'em. (Whispers) Maybe now is a good time to leave.
Crystal: Yea, lets go. We need to get to the bottom of this.
Commissioner: The ninja are at large. They are armed and dangerous. And they have legs. If you see them, do not approach. Call local law enforcement so that we can apprehend.
Styx: Technically all humans have legs. So that isn't much of a danger.
Cole: Who cares lets just get out of here.
Zane: Hello, local law enforcement? We are the—
Lloyd: Zane, what are you doing?
Zane: I am programmed to obey the law. Not telling them our location would be a direct violation.
Man #3: Hey, aren't you—
Jay: No, no. We're not the ninja. We're that other group with a Nindroid, a ghost, 2 girls—
(The people go to the ninja)
Kai: Ah! Six on six. At least it's an even number.
Lloyd: We're not gonna fight them. Right now, it's us who look like the bad guys.
Crystal: Lloyd's right we need to leave, Now.
Jay: But how are we supposed to defend ourselves? Witty banter?
Zane: Statistically speaking, your witty banter tends to only get us into more trouble.
Styx: He was being sarcastic Zane.
Kai: I liked it better when they were fans.
Nya: (Jay uses Airjitzu on himself and Nya to fly across to another roof.) Thanks for the help.-
Officer #2: I've got a visual.
Jay: -There's no time. Come on!
Cole: There's nowhere to hide.
Kai: There may be one place. Ninja, go! (He drills a hole with Spinjitzu.)
Man #3: They're under the floorboards!
Lloyd: Mom, we're in a bit of a jam.
Misako: I saw the news and I'm on route. Looks like you've gone from fame to framed.
Crystal: And we'll never find out who did this to us unless we get out of here.
Man #4: I can hear them over here.
Man #5: Someone get on those cranes! Let's find those ninja!
Man #6: I think I saw one right below us.
Man #7: Crane three. Down. Now.
Man #8: Ten feet east. Now! Did we get them?
Man #9: Can you see them?
Crystal: (The ninja manage to get on a crane.) Look the bounty!
Kai: Ha! Home, sweet home!
Officer #3: Take her down. (They hook the Bounty.)
Misako: Oh, no. Ugh.
Commissioner: Lower all the cranes and check them out! Those fruit-coloured bozos could be hiding anywhere.
Lloyd: We need to split up.
Cole: Split up? But we're all in this together.
Lloyd: We have a better chance of getting out of here if we divide.
Jay: Nothing good comes when we're split up. That's when bad things happen. Chen's Island, Yang's temple, Morro's possession. All bad things.
Crystal: You both are right, but we have no other choice, we have to go.
All: Now! (They jump off.)
Man #10: This one's empty, sir.
Man #11: I hate them fruit-coloured ninja.
Officer #4: We didn't catch the ninja, Commissioner.
Commissioner: We will. Oh, we will.
(Wu opens a book.)
Wu: "Be careful what you wish for." Hmm.
(Nadakhan appears in front of Wu)
Nadakhan: Did someone say "wish?"
I'm adding more parts with Crystal to keep this book interesting. Hope you like it!