[growls]
Heatwave's hurt bad.
We have to do something!
Don't do anything yet. Wait there!
Wait? I don't wait!
Where are you going? You can't leave us!
[Sora] Nya...
why does this huge angry monster know your name?
This monster is Cole.
Well, sounds like Cole. Doesn't look like Cole.
"Cole" Cole?
As in the missing Earth Ninja?
- [Sora] Hero of Shintaro? - [Cole] Huh? Shintaro?
[grunting]
[thuds]
- [Cole grunts] - [Nya] Cole!
- [Nya gasps] - [grunts]
[Nya] I can't believe it!
Wow. Someone's done her homework on me.
Huh, my best friend's a Ninja super fan.
He even got a Zane haircut once.
Please tell me you're kidding.
I wish I was.
But he never said you turn into a giant rock monster.
Yeah, well, that part's new.
I wasn't sure we'd ever see you again!
- Did you find everyone else? - Not yet.
Jay is still missing.
Plus Master Wu and Pixal.
But we've got some new teammates.
[Riyu whining]
[Nya] This little guy is Riyu.
I'm Sora, new Ninja-in-training.
Wow. I missed a lot.
You don't get a ton of news here in the Land of Lost Things.
This is where you woke up after the Merge?
Yeah, I had no clue where I was.
The Finders took me in.
- The Finders? - He means us!
- I'm Fritz. - [stutters] Spitz here.
You lose it, we find it.
Hence, the Finders!
Whoa.
So the Land of Lost Things isn't just an Imperium legend?
In my old kingdom, when stuff disappeared,
everyone said it ended up here.
I thought it was just made up for kids.
No, it's very real.
And the lost things can come from anywhere.
That explains why the Dragon Energy Core is here.
Someone lost it.
Dragon Energy Core?
It's a power item we need to save the world.
Still saving the world, huh? Glad to know some things never change.
[explosion]
[rattling]
- And that's our cue to leave. - It's just more lost junk.
It's not the geyser I'm worried about...
[loud, heavy footsteps thudding]
[suspenseful music]
- [roars] - It's the Hoarder!
Run!
♪ Lost in the unknown So much to see ♪
♪ Together we will rise! ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ We fight ♪
♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪
[electricity crackles]
[suspenseful music]
Ow!
I thought "lost things" just meant socks and keys!
Sometimes, people lose cars!
Any idea how all this lost stuff ends up here?
No clue!
The only thing it all must have in common
is that no one remembers it.
[grunts]
- [loud clank] - [Hoarder growls]
And the Hoarder? Where did it come from?
[suspenseful music continues]
Beats me!
It's been here as long as I have!
Head for the noodle cup!
The what?
[music intensifies, fades]
There you are!
You have to stop running off like that.
It was worth it. Look what we found.
[Nya grunting]
That's not all you found.
Cole! You okay?
I'm fine, Geo.
[Hoarder roars]
[ground rumbling]
Why are we hiding?
That monster should be no problem for three Ninja.
Any time we've attacked it head on,
it reforms bigger and meaner.
We'll just stay hidden in here until it passes by.
[Hoarder roars]
[roaring continues]
[Hoarder roars]
[ground rumbling]
[panting] Cole,
I'll buy us some time. Go!
[tense music]
- [explosion] - [grunts]
What's wrong?
The earth.
Ever since the Merge, it doesn't feel right.
Like the land itself is screaming,
but we don't have time for that, come on!
[Hoarder roaring]
[loud thudding]
[ground rumbles]
[grunting]
[Riyu barks]
- What about Geo? - Just watch.
- [ground rumbles] - You want it.
You got it.
[epic music]
You have an Elemental Power?
- Pretty cool, right? - [loud clanging]
[thuds]
Wow.
[Sora] These sculptures are amazing.
Geo made them.
He's the Elemental Master of Fusion.
He can create a bond between any item
that can't be broken by anyone but him.
It's an Elemental Power
that can help save you from monsters
and help make art out of forgotten junk.
Turn something broken into something better.
[soft chuckle] I used to make new tech
out of old junk, even when I was a little kid.
My parents never understood it.
[Sora] This was way before I could channel
Elemental Power from Riyu.
What Elemental Power do you have?
I guess it's a... technology power?
- Huh? - It's not mine.
Riyu gives it to me.
I just channel it from him.
Don't doubt yourself so much, Sora.
They're your powers.
If you say so...
Well, maybe it doesn't matter where your power comes from,
as long as you use it for something good.
First Technology, now Fusion.
It feels like the Merge created all new Elemental Powers.
You mean, like, there's an increase
in Elemental Energy now that the realms are united?
Interesting.
What triggered your new form?
[soft chuckle]
- Well-- - [loud footsteps thudding]
Sounds like the Hoarder's found us again.
We're safe here. It can't approach the Rookery.
Did you find a new dress?
New hat? New femur bone?
Why are you always looking for bones, Bonzle?
Bones are extremely useful.
Fritz, why don't you three get dinner started for our guests.
So, if your theory about this place is right,
then those kids are also lost?
- Forgotten? - Yep.
Each of them ended up here after running away from home.
I ran away from home right after the Merge happened.
My parents had rejected me and home felt like a prison.
[sighs] Guess I could have ended up
in the Land of Lost Things
- if Arin hadn't found me. - [electric power whirring]
What's that noise?
That noise is what's keeping the Hoarder away.
[whirring continues]
Ooh!
Whoa, this thing is like stone-age Imperium tech.
Still the most advanced machine I've ever seen.
Don't tell Zane I said that.
Even old Imperium stuff is incredibly advanced.
I'm guessing you didn't assemble this?
Are you kidding?
I fuse old tires and trees together,
I've never done anything technical in my life.
This machine was here when I found the place.
[Sora] What's powering it?
Everything in Imperium runs on Dragon Power,
but you don't have that here.
[Cole] Let me show you.
[gasps] The Dragon Energy Core!
[stone thuds]
[pensive music]
[Wyldfyre] Stop smashing rocks!
Heatwave needs help, not you having fun!
Smashing rocks is helping.
Yes!
Find more of these!
[cracks]
Yes, finally!
What are you doing?
This Core is what we came here for!
Remember the whole "saving the world" thing?
This machine keeps the Hoarder away.
Without it, that monster would eat me
and the Finders alive.
Okay, no problem,
we just take you and the Finders with us.
We need all three Dragon Cores to stop the world
from shattering out of existence,
and this is one of them.
What? Something wrong with that plan?
Cole can go, but the rest of us?
Every time we try to leave,
a thick fog blocks us and guides us back.
It's like once you're lost...
you can never be found.
I stayed here to protect them.
Look, if we don't take this Core,
the entire world is in danger,
which includes everyone in the Land of Lost Things.
We have to find another way to beat the Hoarder.
But I told you.
The more we fight it, the stronger it gets.
Then maybe we don't beat that thing,
but find another way to power this machine.
Yeah, even old Imperium tech
is probably similar to the stuff I've used.
And with a little jolt from Riyu,
maybe I can reconfigure this thing
to work off a brand-new power source.
I'll need some parts though.
I'm sure all of these are scattered
somewhere in those fields out there.
Very clever, Sora.
Cole and I can take Jiro and get these parts.
How can I help out?
You've got the most important job of all.
If this works,
you're gonna be the new power source.
[Jiro growls softly]
[ominous music]
[Nya] Where did you find this?
Geo grabs all this junk from the fields. Why?
It looks exactly like a piece of a Portal Gate.
- A what now? - [sighs]
There really is a lot we have to catch up on, Cole.
Why are we doing this? Why won't you answer me?
Easier to just show you!
Come on. Do the same thing.
Why? This is pointless.
[Heatwave growls]
[gasps]
[epic music]
[soft chuckle] Pointless, huh?
How did you know this would help?
You think Master Wu
only trained me to punch and kick?
Yeah. Duh.
No. There are more ways to "be Ninja" than you think.
[power whirring]
[rattling]
So... am I gonna have to sit here forever
so this thing has power?
What? No!
That would be the worst idea ever.
Sorry. I just have no idea how any of this works.
This machine, like all things Imperium,
runs on Dragon Power.
Someone must have hooked up that Core to it to get it working.
But what exactly is a Dragon Core
and how is it like my power?
Dragon Cores were created from pure Dragon Energy
to bring balance to the world.
And we've discovered there's a connection
between Dragon Energy and Elemental Powers,
like how Riyu gives me powers.
[Riyu chitters]
Which means your power should be able to charge up
a new battery to work like a Dragon Core.
If I can build the battery properly.
Big if.
- Wow. - [rattling]
And you learned how to do all this growing up in Imperium?
Kinda.
Imperium is very advanced, technologically.
But not so advanced
at respecting its citizens or dragons.
And my family wasn't so big on love or loyalty,
so I left.
[screeches]
I left home because I'm a Munce with the coloring of a Geckle.
Munces and Geckles have always hated each other,
so no one wanted me.
Not even your parents?
I don't remember my parents.
I wish I didn't remember mine.
Even if I manage to save the world with the Ninja,
I'm sure my parents would still be disappointed in me.
Sounds like living in Imperium really broke you.
Yeah.
And sometimes I feel like I'll never be able to fix it.
[Sora grunts]
See? Of course.
Wow. Good as new.
Ooh!
Better than new, actually.
[explosion]
Sora says she needs an "influx stabilizer,
preferably insulated."
Okay, cool. I have no idea what that means.
I'm no Cyrus Borg or anything...
but I thought I knew a thing or two about engineering.
Sora though, she's on a whole other level.
- She sure seems like it. - [Jiro roars]
Jiro!
[growls]
[tense music]
What are those things?
[Jiro growling]
Imperium Drones!
How does the Empress know we're here?
What Empress?
No time, just trust me.
We gotta stop those things, quick!
Ninjag--
[yelps]
[Cole] I don't think we're going anywhere.
[growls]
It rebuilt a new hand?
[loud thud]
You help Jiro! I can distract the Hoarder.
[loud thud]
[tense music]
[Cole grunting]
[growls softly]
[Nya grunting]
[Nya groans]
[music intensifies]
[Cole grunting]
[Cole whimpers]
[Cole shouts]
[Cole screams]
[Cole shrieks]
[Cole grunts]
[Nya] These suckers are fast.
Now might be a good time to rock monster up, Cole!
Put that new power to use!
Yeah, here's the thing... I can't.
- [yelps] - What?
It's not my power.
I can only do it when Geo gives me a boost
of his Elemental Power!
[weapons firing]
[Nya grunting]
Why didn't you mention that before?
[Cole grunts]
Like you said, we have a lot to catch up on!
It doesn't make sense.
I've never heard of people
sharing Elemental Powers like that!
What about Sora and the dragon?
I'm pretty sure they're Sora's own powers!
But something is preventing her
from reaching her true potential on her own!
[Cole grunts]
[growling]
[Cole shouts]
[yelps]
The new Force Field Projectors I installed in these drones
have made quick work of this beast.
[plops]
If only the Empress still cared about capturing dragons...
[sighs] Now let's get what we came for.
[tense music]
Will this hurt?
Of course not. I don't think...
Uh, tell you the truth, I have no idea,
- never done this before, sorry. - [Riyu whimpers]
That's not super comforting.
Okay, time for Riyu to give me a power up
and I rebuild this machine.
'Cause some of us don't have
inherent Elemental Powers like you,
or Cole's new rock monster form.
Yeah. Cole's new form...
[somber music]
[Bonzle shrieks]
[objects clanking, clattering]
[Riyu growling]
Uh, sorry to interrupt,
but there's a nasty looking lady with a streak of white hair
and floating machines outside.
Dr. LaRow? No way.
I would not lie about hair that ugly.
This is all kinds of bad.
Keep the Finders safe.
- You, too, Riyu. - [Riyu chitters]
I'll try to handle LaRow.
[suspenseful music]
I'm not surprised to see my disgraced former pupil--
[groans]
Bones, extremely useful.
[sucks teeth] As I was saying...
I'm not surprised to find you in the landfill of Lost Things.
We use this region as a dumping ground
for broken experiments.
Guess you fit that description.
Broken things can be repaired
and made stronger!
Drones! Attack!
[Sora grunts, groans]
[tense music]
Huh.
[Sora grunts]
[Sora yells, groans]
What do you think of my drones' upgrades,
- Ana? - [Sora pants]
[Sora] The drone upgrades are pretty effective.
Whose work did you steal this time?
I have never stolen anyone else's work!
Because contractually, everything created
in the Advanced Systems Lab legally belongs to me.
But your experiments, Ana, are always doomed to fail,
because you never see the bigger picture.
- [rumbles] - [Sora] No!
[tense music continues]
[grunts] Time to smash you like a--
Whoa!
Not the Dragon Core!
I am having regrets!
No free rides.
- [crackling] - [Geo yells]
[Geo screams]
[Cole] Fancy meeting you here.
[epic music]
We have to get the Core from LaRow!
Agree. But counterpoint?
[loud footsteps thudding]
[Nya] Oh, no. With the Dragon Core gone...
There's nothing to protect us from the Hoarder!
Not nothing... Ninja!
[roars]
[tense music]
That monster is focused on Imperium tech?
[Jiro growls]
[Hoarder growls]
[tense music continues]
Go after LaRow! We got this.
[Jiro growls]
Get everyone out of the Rookery to safety.
I'll buy us time. Power me up.
Yeah, about that...
Come on, we don't have all day!
[whooshes]
[rumbling]
[epic music]
[Cole shouts]
[Cole grunts]
Come on,
without the machine, we have to abandon the Rookery.
No, I think I have an idea.
[Jiro growls]
[Cole] Way to go, buddy!
The Ninja could have used you to fight with us years ago!
[roars]
[Cole groans]
[tense music]
Yo, Hoarder. Interested in Imperium tech?
Well, so am I!
[Hoarder growls]
[whooshes]
[Sora grunts]
[grunts]
[epic music]
Fritz! Quick!
[grunting]
[clanging]
[Sora] Oh, wow, I wasn't sure that'd work.
Meet Sweeper.
[squealing]
A magnetic organism designed to clean Imperium sewers,
one of Dr. LaRow's many abandoned projects.
Huh, once I saw how much it wanted Imperium tech,
I took a guess as to what it was.
Luckily, I know enough about Imperium tech
for my power to pull it out.
Poor thing was just trying to do its job,
hunting for Imperium garbage.
It should be harmless now.
You saved us all, Sora.
I couldn't have done it
without getting my power up from Riyu.
- [Riyu screeches] - And I couldn't have held
that thing off without my power up from Geo.
Cole, there's something you need to know.
I... don't power you up.
Huh?
But I can't do it without you.
I know it seems that way.
But my Elemental Powers don't work on living things.
So... it's just been me all along?
I was too scared to tell you.
I thought you would leave if you didn't need me.
But I do need you.
If my new form has been part of my Elemental Power all along,
I clearly needed you to help me realize
my true potential.
[epic music]
Dr. LaRow got away.
Wow.
Looks like I missed a lot.
[clattering]
[Heatwave growls softly]
- What are you staring at? - Nothing.
You waiting for a "thank you"?
Helping others is thanks enough.
[scoffs] Is that a Master Wu saying?
I'm sure he said something like that.
This Master Wu guy sounds like he has a lot of smart ideas.
I might want to hear more of them. Maybe.
The mission was a complete success.
The obliteration of the Ninja and all who stand in your way
is now inevitable.
All hail the Good Empress.
[suspenseful music]
[intense suspenseful music]