(As the ninjas close in on their final clue to the location of the First Spinjitzu Master's tomb, Ronan steals the Sword of Sanctuary to give to Morro.)

Season Five: Episode Seven
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I watch, helping along to ghost-proof the shop.

Kai places a bucket of water over the doors.
Zane places a sign that says 'keep out'.
Jay places bamboo sticks over our moat.
I help Nya fill water balloons.

"If Morro And his ghouls show up here looking to steal the Sword of Sanctuary, they won't know what hit them," Kai says.

The door to the shop opens, the water bucket falling. My heart jumps as Cole flips away, the water missing him.

I rush over to Cole, making sure he's okay. "Watch it! You know, not all of us are immune to water," he yells out, quite shaken.

Kai sends an apologetic look Cole's way, the alarm ringing. "Intruder! Pull!"

I wince, watching water balloons strike the mailman, dousing him in water. "It's not Morro, it's the mailman," I whine, wiping the splashed water off my face.

"No wonder you're going out of business," he shouts, shoving a paper into my hands. I hand it to Kai, who opens it. "He's right, it says they're going to shut us down unless we make business."

"Well, we can't tell Ronin or he won't stick around."

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My mother has brought us all into the shop to talk. "Have you found out where the tomb is," I ask, leaning onto one leg.

"Not yet, but we think we know how to locate it," she explains, Sensei walking into the shop. Zane holds up his falcon. It projects the third symbol: a skull.

"To bring you up to date, the skull refers to the tomb's entrance."
"It is also my father resting place. It is protected by three deadly tests designed to keep anyone unworthy away."

"Yeah, but where is it," Cole cuts in. I tune out the conversation and walk around the shop. Ronin sneakily walks out, seemingly searching for something.

"Where are you going," I ask, my guard raising. He freezes, turning to me in a slow fashion. "I, Uh, I'm going to check up on Nya, she finally reversed the flow," he explains. I hesitantly nod my head, realizing I've missed the entire talk.

"He's getting away with the sword!" I hear all of a sudden. I jump back and run outside, tackling Ronin off his feet.

The boys follow, but drop over the alarm system and continuously get hit by water balloons, besides Cole. I use a nearby bamboo stick to try and get there sword from Ronin, but he has the advantage.

He uses the sword to see my moves before they happen, and push me away and into the moat. Kai helps me out, Cole keeping a distance from the soaked boys.

"Argh, I don't think this was the best idea," I groan, wringing out my hair. Zane, Jay, and Cole run into the shop, helping my mother and Wu.

"Look," Kai shouts, pointing to Ronin flying away on his vehicle. We both use Airjitzu to try and reach him, but to no avail, we fall back down.

"He's getting away, to the Bounty!"
Sensei pushes the boys, stopping them. He then does moves and summons his elemental dragon. The boys keep running, Wu allowing my mother to get onto his dragon. I summon my own and follow them.

I take the lead, soaring next to Ronin. I look into the vehicle and see no one. "It's a trick," I should, letting my dragon disappear and fall onto the Bounty.

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"Well, he's obviously taken the sword to Morro," Jay shouts. "But where could he be?"

"Nya, I know you're not one of us yet. But if your gonna-" I cut Cole off by placing my hand over his chest.
"That's enough," I warn.

"We all knew that path to save Lloyd wouldn't be a straight line. We were all fooled by Ronin, but that doesn't make us fools," Sensei says, going into a wise explanation.
"Guys, right now we shouldn't be butting heads," I whine, stopping my snickering at my words. Jay nudges me also laughing.

Zane's flacon projects something up, while Sensei sends Jay and I outside as we continue laughing.
"Hey," I whine, after they shut the door. "I can't help it."

"You said, 'butt heads'," Jay snickers again, making me laugh. The doors swings open, out coming everyone.

"Prepare, we're going to the Caves of Despair."

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"Sis, he's... lying! Don't listen...to...Ronin!" I grab my head, searing pain running through it.
"What is it," Cole asks, Zane helping me up.

"It's-it's Lloyd," i gasp. "He said, to not listen to Ronin, but I didn't get anything else," I sigh, rubbing my aching head.
"It's okay, like Sensei said, his may be a misstep but it could lead us in the right direction," Kai advises.

Zane spots a symbol and we enter the cave. We walk up to five lanterns. Before Kai touches it, Jay pulls him back. "What if it's a trick? Sensei said, there were three obstacles we have to get past."

He rolls his eyes, and grabs the lantern. I grab mine next, rolling my eyes at the superstitious boys behind me.

They all hesitate to grab their own, so I grab them and toss it at them, giving them no choice but to catch the lanterns. "Just lanterns."

We walk into what looks like a cave-in. "What's that smell," I ask, being hit by a putrid scent. Jay covers his nose.
"My senses pick up traces of Kethanol," Zane says. "A highly flammable gas released from deep mining."

I scuffled my feet, pulling my hood over my face. "It's ash," I say, kicking at the burnt substance. "Everything has been burned."

"We cannot stay long," Zane says, pointing to the geyser. "It may ignite any moment."
Cole brings me over to where it looks like a set of bones. "Is it the First Spinjitzu Master?"

"No, it's Morro," Kai says. I look at the face, seeing it smudged, almost looking like paint. "Guys, this is a trap," I realize, putting the pieces together.

"It is trap," I hear the voice of Ghoul Tar say. He slams his scythe into the floor, blocking the entrance with rocks. "There's no way out," Kai yells.

Zane scans for a opening. "Pixel has located an opening." He shows us where, but we're all a little superstitious.

Cole suddenly picks up a rock and covers the geyser with it. "Why did you do that," both Zane and I yell. "It solved that problem."

"Correction."
"You made it worse."
"The pressure with compact the explosion, making it bigger by ten," I shout, pulling my hood off, making it easier to breathe. 

"Cyclondo," Jay shouts, using Airjitzu, us following. We flip and run our way around, looking for a way out.

Somehow I'm pulled down and into a car, that starts moving. Cole and I are in one while the boys are in one in front of us. "Now what?"

They goes at record speeds, leaving us screaming. At some point, we hit and bump and Jay flies into our car, still screaming.

We come to a dead end, getting launched over a ton of lava. I shut my eyes closed, feeling someone's arms wrap around me.

I get enough courage to open them, seeing Cole lift me into Ronin's airship. "Aha! I could kiss Ronin," Cole cheers. I glare at him. "Or you," he says, giving me a kiss. I sigh happily, his lip touching mine. He's controlling his form.

I climb into it and see it in autopilot. "Here we go again," I sigh. I slump down and fall asleep, missing Ronin's message.