|~Tick Tock~| Ch. 9

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(The Ninja watch as Zane breaks his breath-holding record.)

Kai: Ten minutes! He just broke his own record. The guy's inhuman! (Zane is shown on the ocean floor. He pets a fish before resurfacing. The ninja cheer for him.)

Cole: Amazing!

Jay: We're not worthy.

Zane: I broke the record?

Kai: You destroyed it!

Destiny: More like he took the record, and smashed it in the face about 10 times!

Zane: That is a figure of speech, yes?

Destiny: Mhm.

Jay: Okay, okay. Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking? We've been training for so long, I don't think we can get any better. Just think about all we've accomplished.

(A flashback starts, showing Kai running across hot coals, Jay spinning on a metal rod on one hand during a Lightning storm, Cole attempting to lift a barbell only to add on more weights before lifting it, and finally Destiny blasting several training bots, before returning to the present.)

Zane: The question should be raised. Perhaps we have reached our full potential?

Destiny: I dunno. But if this is what it feels like, then it feels good.

(They head inside the Destiny's bounty to find Wu.) 

Zane: Well, every morning I do five hundred push-ups.

Kai: Five hundred? Ha, try a thousand.

Jay: Hahaha, I do a thousand and one.

Destiny: It doesn't matter how many push ups you guys do, cause I'LL always be doing more.

Jay: Even more then a thousand and one? Cause that's what I do.

Cole: What is this, amateur hour? Sounds like my warm-up. Sensei, what does True Potential look like if—(They see Master Wu putting away a katana.)

Zane: Our apologies, Sensei. We've interrupted you.

Wu: (Sighs) I'm sorry if I've been distant lately. My mind has been elsewhere since Lloyd has gone missing. What can I help you with?

Cole: Sensei, what if we've done enough training? What if we've reached our True Potential? What if we're ready?

Destiny: What if all those "what if's" are true? Then what?

Wu: Hm. You might have reached peak physical condition, but you've yet to reach your inner potential. In each and every one of us, there are obstacles that hold us back. Only when you conquer that fear will your heart be free. Only then will you reach your True Potential. Only then will we have a fighting chance to stop the Serepntine from releasing the Great Devourer.

Destiny: Hmm, that isn't gonna be easy.

Zane: And more importantly, we have some more training that must still be done in order to reach our True Potential.

Wu: If it only were that easy.

Kai: Then we are going to do everything we can to reach our True Potential.

(After Wu tells his tale, the ninja are dropped off at the mountain, later hanging up missing fangblade posters)

(Nya hangs up a missing Fangblade poster.)

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