Crystallized Arc: A Lesson in Anger

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On the rice fields, villagers flee from Vengestone Guards, and Cole blasts a few guards away from them.

Cole: Ha! Invincible, my butt!

The guards get up.

Cole: Oh no!

His car is sent flying through the air.

Cole: Yikes! Uh, slight problem here.

Jay: Hang on, Cole, ole' buddy, I gotcha! Come on, Cole. I think it's time to get out of here! Jump on my bike!

Cole: Just gimme a sec here!

Jay: Cole, we have to go. Now!

Toge arrives on the Destiny's Bounty and fires at the Vengestone Guards.

Toge: You okay down there?

Cole: Yeah! But my engine is fried!

Toge: Jay, can you tow Cole's vehicle back to the Sam X Cave?

Jay: Yeah, I think so. What about you?

Toge: I'll meet you there. We may have found a way to stop all this!

Cole: That's great! How?

Toge: It's easier to just show you.

The ninja arrive at the Samurai X Cave.

Cole: So how do we stop these things?

Wu: We've discovered that our enemies have a weakness. They may be impervious to Elemental Power, but not to the Oni Form.

Jay: Oni Form?

Wu: In the beginning, there was the dragon and the Oni. Order and chaos, creation and destruction. You have been taught to channel Elemental Power, which comes from the dragon. But the Oni has an equal and opposite. And the highest form of that power is the Oni Form.

Kai: How did you learn this?

Garmadon: From me.

Kai: Garmadon?

Nya: Look out!

Zane: Master Wu, get down!

Garmadon: Really? This again?

Jay: (To Lloyd) What happened to his other arms?

Wu: We saw my brother use it against the Crystal Warriors. It was most effective. And Lloyd is part Oni. If Garmadon can teach him how to achieve his Oni Form, we might have a chance.

Kai: You sure about this, Lloyd?

Lloyd: Not even remotely. But I did see Garmadon use it, and it worked against them.

Wu: Unfortunately, I see no choice. The Crystal Island drains the power from your vehicles. The Vengestone army nullifies your elemental powers, leaving us defenseless.

Garmadon: I understand your mistrust. But I have changed since last we met. And I shall do my best to be a kind and patient teacher to Lloyd.

He begins to train Lloyd.

Garmadon: This is terrible! Spin!

Nya: (To Kai) What happened to kind and patient?

Garmadon: How can you be doing it so wrong? The Oni Form comes from within! You must embrace all your emotions, your anger and frustration, and then release it!

Lloyd does acrobatics across the cave.

Garmadon: No, no! You're doing it with your body, but not with your mind!

Lloyd: With my mind?

Garmadon: Yes! With the connection between your mind and soul! The inside of your personal reality! You must find it, feel it, and crush it! Only when you have conquered your inner form, can you control your outer form! Now try again! Assume your Oni stance, and spin!

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