Misty and The Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitzu (Ninjago)

The Ascent

~In the Heart of the Mountain~

Wu had lined them all up as they thought up a plan. Cole was standing at attention arms behind his back. Misty was beside him with Vania next to her. Cole was wearing the armor they had found it seemed almost as if it had been made for him.

Here are the facts. We are lost underground, separated from our friends who are being hunted by an evil necromancer and an army of reanimated skeletons. We have very few weapons and no way out, but we are not giving in to despair. Where there is a will, there is a way, and we will find it. I want suggestions. Ideas," Wu stated matter of factly. He paced up and down the line looking each of them in the eyes as he spoke.

Misty's lips were purse into a thin line, anxiety ate away at her.

"I've got an idea. But this one's a little nuts," Cole suggested smirking

"This one"? Plundar said

"Let's hear it," Wu said

Cole pulled out his weapon from his back and drew on the ground with it, "These are the tracks we found earlier, which I'm guessing lead to the surface. And let's pretend this is the mine cart," He grabbed a mushroom from Fungus's hat. "We take the wheels off, then strap the axle to the mech like a pair of giant rollerskates, and use the mech to propel the other carts back up the tracks. Propelling, please?" he said gesturing to Fungus, and Fungus makes the mushroom glow and spin with magic. "Then, we get in the carts, and go zipping back up the tracks, like this." He sets the mushroom on the ground, which zips along the tracks he drew, then flies up and explodes into the air.

Misty winced when it exploded.

"Explosion is us?" Korgarn asked voicing out loud what her fear was.

"That idea seems a little ... what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah. Nuts." Plundar said pointedly

"I told you that at the start! Yeesh, nobody listens." Cole scoffed placing his weapon away.

"Well, I don't hear any other suggestions, so unless you guys want to give up and just go back to Rock-Bottom..." Vaina said

"I vote in favor of Cole's plan," Wu said

"As do I," Fungus agreed

"Korgran also,"

"Well, Plundar? What do your dice advise?" Fungus asked turning to the thief.

Plundar threw away his dice, and said, "I'm deciding this one, and you've gotten me this far, so I'm with you all the way,"

They turned to Misty, and Cole offered his hand out to her. "What do you say?" he asked

Misty swallowed hard, but she grabbed Cole's hand, "I'm in... till the very end,"

They go to work getting ready, first knocking off the wheels of the mine cart, and attaching them to the mech. Cole and Wu climbed into the mech.

"I don't get it! There's no buttons, no dials. How are you supposed to operate this thing?" Cole asked, and then crystals began to glow at his touch, and the mech rattled, "What?"

"What did you do?" Wu asked

"Nothing! I - I barely touched it!" Cole stammered

"Hmm. Is it possible that this mech is powered entirely by Elemental Energy?" Wu said thoughtfully.

Cole touches the crystals again, and the mech powered up. "Haha! This is gonna be a piece of cake!" He shouted almost instantly he nearly crushed the others on the ground. As the mech stumbled around on the makeshift roller skates, "Sorry, my bad," he said sheepishly.