Ninjago: The Cursed Spirt Arc (5)

Chapter 90: Phantom's Mischief

The ninja, Misako, and Wu gathered back at the shop. "Great, this is just great. Ronin has the sword and is probably going to sell it for a fortune to pay off his stupid debt," Anna cursed.

Jay scoffed and said, "Well, obviously he's taken the sword to Morro."

"But where's Morro?" Zane questioned. "He could be anywhere."

"Gosh, we shouldn't have left the sword so unguarded. Anna, I thought you were supposed to hide it," Kai snapped.

"I did," Anna replied. "And he found it," she added.

"He wouldn't have if you'd just done your job right," Kai spat.

"That's a lot of talk coming from you, who can't even do anything right!" I put the sword in the box, and then he found it. For all I know, he could have seen where I hid it," She huffed.

"Look, Nya, I know you're not a ninja yet, but if you're gonna be one of us-" Cole began to say but Nya cut him off "I'm sorry. I should've told you when I first suspected Ronin would steal it,"

"Enough!" Wu shouted, and the ninjas stopped their argument. "We all knew the path to save Lloyd was never going to be a straight line," Wu said, breathing heavily. The tension in the air was thick. "We were all fooled by Ronin, but that doesn't make us fools. At a time like this, we mustn't butt heads but put our heads together."

Then, out of nowhere, Jay snickered a bit. Anna raised an eyebrow. "I don't understand, what's so funny?" she asked, fighting the urge not to blast a ray of magic at him.

"I'm sorry. You said 'butt heads,'" Jay excused himself, and his team shook their heads in disappointment and disbelief.

The falcon squawks, and they look up. "The falcon?" Kai questions as it projects a message from Ronin, which says:

"I can't talk loudly, but I wanted to let you know, Nya, you were right. Morro didn't hold up his end of the bargain. And Misako was right too. The scroll and sword did reveal the tomb. I know where it's located. I know you don't have the sword, but I know you can beat them to the tomb," he then lets out a gasp as he says, "They're coming."

"Where is it? Where's the tomb?" Cole asks quickly.

"The Caves of Despair!" Ronin shouts, and the message starts glitching. "The -tomb- is- in-the-Caves -of -Despair!" That was the last thing he said before the message finally cut off.

Anna narrowed her eyes as she said, "Caves of Despair? That's where we found the Scythe of Quakes."

"We've been there," Wu recalled. "I don't remember seeing any tomb."

"But there are still miles of unexplored mines. It could be there," Misako said. Nya then argued, "But why should we believe him? It could be a trap."

"We don't have the scroll nor the sword," Kai remarked. "With Lloyd's life at stake, what other choice do we have?"

Cole nodded and said, "We're in."

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me," Nya reminded. "What good will it do us if it's all just a setup?"

"The ninja are right. Even a misstep could be a step in the right direction," Wu uttered "We cannot afford to do nothing. The ninja will go. As for Nya, you're still not ready,"

Zane puts his hand on her shoulder as she groans and the ninja walk out the shop.

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At Stiix, Ronin feel to the ground as Morro comes out oh his body, "It's a wrap," Ghoultar confirmed and Morro laughs evilly, Ronin felt some irritation, and a neurotic feeling creeping up his body, for him not to feel overpowered or intimidated by Morro he grinned and said "Pretty good impersonation. But they'll never buy it was me,"