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Gayle Gossip reporting from Ninjago City's Old Town,

where the Summit of the Merged Lands is set to begin.

This will be the very first time

representatives from all of the Merged Lands

have ever been called together,

and people here can't stop talking about it.

Ninjago City is about to go down in history!

We really like all the other lands?

Some are weird.

[chittering]

Accidents in the city.

Masked weirdos escaping the sewers.

Not to mention that weird "performance" with robots attacking people?

Was it truly fiction, or something much more sinister?

Could all of this be part of a darker plan

the inept authorities... [cough] the young ninja

...are hiding from the unsuspecting citizens of Ninjago?

Like, what's up with these ninja?

No hate, but-- Hate it!

Disagree. The young ninja are still doing the thang!

Now, let's tune into Percival Tartigrade, elected leader of Imperium,

the land that just suffered a major attack

from its former ruler, Empress Beatrix,

as he prepares to begin the summit.

It is no longer time for us to fear our differences,

but to celebrate them!

The summit of the Merged Lands will be an expression of unity,

sharing cultures, resources,

and agreeing to stand up to evil and protect one another!

[reporters shouting questions]

I really hope the summit goes the way Percy wants it to.

How?

Cryptor and the Loyalists are out there now with Beatrix,

who's still dangerous, even if she's unconscious.

Yeah, doing this Operation Mentax?

I don't know what a Mentax is, and I don't think I wanna know.

Why you all so worried?

I'm worried nothing happens, and this summit'll be super boring.

Talk, talk, talk.

I'm pinching myself to stay awake already!

Where's Sora?

It's not like her to not be here.

I know why she's not here.

She's... kinda furious with me.

Please tell me you didn't bake her one of those pies she hates.

No, a little worse.

I sorta accused her parents

of being evil Loyalists of Beatrix.

[gasping]

Yeah, I got Sora to confront her parents.

It didn't go well.

Look, I can see how her parents' history could make you suspicious,

but sometimes, parents are just bad parents,

not secret evil outlaws.

I realize it was stupid.

Now, Sora's not answering my calls.

She's gotta show up.

Happy to see you, too, Ninja.

I've checked the perimeter.

Nothing suspicious, which makes me nervous.

If our enemies attack, this supposed moment of peace

could become the single most tragic event of all time...

and it hangs on us.

[Percival continuing] ...but we did not see...

[Cryptor] Today,

the Merged Lands will finally crumble under our boots.

All hail the Good Empress!

♪ Lost in the unknown ♪

♪ So much to see ♪

♪ Jump up, kick back whip around and spin ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ Whip around and spin ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ For what's right ♪

[Percival] ...which we learned

when we realized our freedoms had been slowly stolen

by the creeping threat of a leader whose greed...

[sighing] Our father never would have stood

for what you've become, Beatrix.

Huh, Ras...

did my sister just use you like a pawn

and throw you away, like she does everyone?

Guess it doesn't matter.

You're probably long gone.

Just more fodder in Beatrix's need for power.

Whoa, very... intense set-up.

Of course, it is.

We can't let our guard down for a second.

We were just told the last delegates are about to get here.

Then the Opening Ceremonies will begin right after that.

Since I have eyes in the sky,

I'll keep you aware of anything suspicious.

The rest of us will be on the streets and in the summit.

[typing]

Loyalists could be hiding anywhere, ready to strike at a moment's notice.

They could even be people we know.

[Frak] Riyu's already keeping an eye on things outside.

The rest of us know our lookout spots and assignments.

We're missing someone.

Where's Sora?

-[Arin sighs] -[Sora] Here.

Sora, I...

I looked over the plans, Zeatrix.

Euphrasia, you're with Arin.

I'll stay inside with Frak and Wyldfyre,

but I think one of us should stay up here to protect Zeatrix.

Me?

You're Empress Beatrix's sister.

You're probably a target.

Ha! You don't think I can protect myself?

You're needed out there, Ninja.

I don't like the risks.

I don't need any help.

All right, I'm gonna say the thing.

You ready?

[hopeful music]

Ninja...

make it happen!

[whispering] "Go."

Uh-- Go!

[hopeful music]

Sora, wait.

I don't want to be around you, Arin, but we have a job to do,

and that's the only reason I'm even speaking to you right now,

so, get to work, and so will I.

[epic music]

[Roby] Ugh.

Where's this last delegate coming from, the farthest edge of the Merged Lands?

On a turtle?

'Cause this is un-fashionably late.

They RSVP'd yes, though they did it in an unorthodox way.

Personal question.

Did you punch Arin in the stomach and call him a dweeb?

'Cause that's what I would have done if I were you.

So... that place of nonstop dawn

no one seems to remember?

Maybe the last delegate's from there?

[reporters clamoring]

No, that delegate's clearly from the Spectral Lands.

Must be that guy Arin met.

Uh, I mean, that guy... someone met.

Someone dweebish.

[fun music]

So, that's it?

That weird land we ended up in sent no representative?

Like I told you, no one knows what land that could be.

It must be part of somewhere else.

I don't think so.

You sure everyone's here?

[crowd cheering]

Hold on a second.

There is a delegate missing!

Where's Lloyd?

Lloyd's off on a mission.

Wait, you expected Lloyd to be the delegate for Ninjago?

He's the most well-known and trusted citizen.

Ugh, this is going to make Ninjago look bad.

If Lloyd's not coming,

then there has to be a second-in-command, right?

-Ugh... -Funny you should ask that.

[crowds cheering]

[fanfare music]

All clear here, so far.

Ditto.

Same.

Nothing suspicious outside.

Don't get lulled into lowering your guards.

Remember, you've got the...?

Touch.

You've got the...?

Power.

[exciting music]

Greetings to all!

I am Percival Tartigrade of Imperium,

and I'm honored to welcome you to the Summit of the Merged Lands!

In no particular order, because we are here as equals,

I would like to introduce Tyr,

from the First Land!

[crowd applauding]

Then, Lee from, you guessed it, the Land of Lee!

Arrakore from Djinjago!

Master Suetonius from the Cloud Kingdom!

Baron Frye, the Pontifex Magicus Ex Nihilo from Mysterium--

Hold it right there, weirdo--

Oh! Uh... my bad. [chuckling awkwardly]

I mistook your face for a Loyalist mask.

Uh, that-that sounded worse than I meant it to sound.

Ugh... I'm a Serpentine, and I totally prejudged a Devonian.

anything suspicious.

Don't beat yourselves up.

It happens.

[Percival] Akita from the Never Kingdoms!

[applause]

And lastly, but certainly not leastly,

Wyldfyre from Ninjago!

[crowd applauding]

I deserve this!

For countless generations, we all lived separately,

most of us never even knowing each other existed,

but a supernatural force brought us together.

No one knows the reason for it, but here, starting today,

we can make the Merge mean something tremendous!

Thrust together by circumstance...

Maybe Operation Mentax isn't gonna happen.

Thoughts, Zeatrix?

Zeatrix? Come in, Zeatrix?

...but destiny is better shaped through cooperation...

[Sora] Frak, what's the word?

No sign of her,

but no sign of any struggle, either.

It's... wait...

hold on.

[draft gusting]

Ah, never mind.

Those masked goons couldn't have taken Zeatrix out this way.

Everyone would've spotted them.

This is an unprecedented time of fear--

fear of each other,

fear of change.

As you all know,

Imperium was recently the center of an intense battle.

Some of your lands...

[making static sound]

As much as I love and deserve this recognition,

I can't just stand there doing nothing.

We need a replacement delegate so I can get into the action!

[making static sound]

[Arin] Working on it.

Zeatrix isn't answering her comms, but...

maybe she still has them.

[Euphrasia] What do you mean, Sora?

Maybe I can reverse the signal and turn it into a homing beacon.

Found it!

Okay, they're moving her

through the west passageway towards the exit.

We've gotta cut them off!

Roger that. We're on the way!

[Riyu growls]

[Percival] Imagine a Unity Agreement between all of us,

each land sharing cultures,

ideas.

The Merge has given us a unique opportunity

to achieve unprecedented community by uniting together!

What about natural disasters, like MergeQuakes?

Uniting won't help everyone.

For kingdoms like ours,

having to help lesser kingdoms will just bring us down.

[crowd gasping and murmuring]

How is your agreement good for everyone?

What do we get out of it?

[growling]

[sniffing]

[Arin] Riyu, the exit we want is right here!

Where are you going?

[Riyu growls]

Riyu!

Now's not the time to listen to your stomach!

[sniffing]

[Arin sighs]

[Percival] I see how this agreement

might not seem like a one-to-one benefit for every land,

but it is.

There will be no more threats to any of us.

If there is an issue, the Council of the Merged Lands

will solve it without conflict.

The greater good will help all.

[crowd murmuring in disagreement]

Hey! Show Percival some respect, you blockheads!

Frohicky! Perfection!

You'll be great. Best ever.

Don't vote for any bad laws!

[cameras clicking]

Arin and I are at the west exit.

[Sora] The Loyalists who have Zeatrix

should be coming out those doors any second now!

What?

Where's Zeatrix?

[Frak] Huah!

The comms!

It was a decoy!

Then, where did Zeatrix go?

[Arin] Riyu!

[sniffing]

[growling]

[mumbling]

[Arin] Riyu had her scent!

[weapons powering up]

Well, the good news, we found Zeatrix.

[Loyalists roar]

[Percival] For most of Imperium's history,

we were an advanced realm with the most cutting-edge technology,

and when the Merge happened,

we assumed we were superior to all others...

[Riyu growls]

[roaring]

[grunting in combat]

[gasping]

They snuck up on me.

No idea what they want me for.

[Sora] Told you you could be a target.

[Ninja grunting in battle]

[Wyldfyre] Look out below!

Can't say I didn't warn ya.

H'yah! Order up!

[Arin] Ha! I think we have the upper hand.

Huah-ah!

[panting]

[engines approach]

[Sora] I think we have a problem.

[Cryptor] Loyalists, attack!

Never did I dream of needing help from the outside,

but if Imperium kept believing we could do it alone,

we would be conquered by now.

H'yah! H'yah!

[Frak] Go, go, go!

[Arin] H'yah! Ha!

[straining]

What? Ugh!

[Sora] Zeatrix, you know powers aren't working!

The Loyalists are after you!

Get to safety! We got this!

But I can't just...

[Sora] You have to.

You know I'm right!

I...

[sighing]

[Riyu growls]

[growling]

[Cryptor] Leave no one standing!

[action music]

[growling]

H'yah!

[Arin] H'ah! H'yuh!

[growling]

[roaring]

[groaning]

Riyu!

[panting]

Oh...

[power surging]

H'yah!

Yaah!

Ah! Ugh.

[Arin] Haah!

Zeatrix!

[Frak] Yaah!

Oh, come on, can't we get a break here?

[Cryptor] We have what we need!

Regroup!

Alone, there is a limit to what you can achieve,

but together?

Together, we have no limits!

[everyone cheering]

[applause]

[groaning]

[grumbling]

[Arin sighs]

I can't believe we blew it again!

Wait, where's Sora?

You gotta be kidding me.

Sora? Sora, can you hear us?

Sora, please! Sora, please res--

[powering comms off]

[tense music]

I'm worried about him.

Something's troubling Zilvar. I can sense it.

This whole journey's been tough for all of us.

The sooner we get to the Abyss and destroy that Weapon,

the better.

That thing breeds danger wherever it goes.

[internal voice] You must destroy it.

It's too powerful and too dangerous.

But destroying it could prevent your people from coming back.

Do you even trust that's possible?

He was one of your tribe.

How could you not trust him?

[portal opening]

A scion of the tiger tribe?

How is that possible?

I don't recognize you.

You knew me once,

and I certainly know you, Zilvar Slashclaw.

[owl hooting]

[Ras] I was a mere cub when you left our tribe.

My stripes were another color so many years ago,

and I changed my name when my master saved me from certain doom.

Back then, I was known to you as Zeras.

Young Zeras?

Is it really you?

I go by Ras now,

and have since that horrific day.

I thought you had died on your trek.

We all did.

Either that, or you had abandoned us.

I would never abandon our tribe.

If I'd known you'd survived,

I would've done anything to find you.

Knowing I failed you fills me with shame.

You can still make it up to me and our tribe.

I just need you to do a task for me.

The Weapon of Desolation was created

from the very essence of my master.

If that weapon is destroyed,

it will greatly hurt the one I serve.

Who is this master

that would create such a horrible Weapon?

That does not concern you.

What does

is that the Ninja cannot succeed in destroying it.

I need your help.

I'm setting into motion a series of important events,

and I cannot take the time to focus

on this unexpected wrinkle in my master's plans.

Of course I want to help you,

the last son of my tribe,

but in the wrong hands,

that weapon could lead to the obliteration of all the Merged Lands.

Such fears are short-sighted!

My master and I are in the process of undoing the Merge,

and in that process, we could bring back our tribe.

Bring them back? How?

By capturing all the Source Dragons,

and through controlling their power,

we will undo the Merge and build a new reality...

one that will revive our people.

No, this plan is evil.

Capturing Source Dragons?

Blasphemy!

Think of our tribe!

Think of Mei!

Mei died with a pure heart,

and if I were to help you to commit unspeakable acts

for a master who clearly does not respect the Sources?

That would be an insult to Mei and to all our people.

You should be ashamed of yourself, Zeras.

[growling]

You have no right to insult me!

I've done everything for our tribe...

the tribe you failed to save!

Don't challenge me.

If you won't do it,

then I'll be forced to take down the Ninja myself,

after I destroy you for betraying me and our people!

You betray our tribe, not I.

[whistling]

-[roaring] -Ah!

I will not let you harm the Ninja!

[roaring]

[Jay] Zilvar with the last-minute save.

Thanks, buddy.

I knew you were a good egg the moment I met you.

I was not hatched from an egg.

[Jay] Yeah, okay, noted.

What made you come after us?

I...

[internal voice] You must not destroy the weapon.

You heard Zeras. He can bring your people back.

You cannot tell the Ninja.

I had a feeling you might need me.

[internal voice] This could be all you've ever wanted.

Your tribe, your family...

Yes, but at what cost?

We're here.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]