Episode 14: Shirt Craze
Nya's new fashion line becomes the centre of attention in Ninjago City, unaware that they had been laced by Anger-Bone beforehand, causing the others to fight among each other.
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A massive crowd was gathering just outside Ninjago Academy as Kai, Cole, Jay, Zane and LJ, without their jackets on, were at the front as Nya was standing nervously on the stage among other girls as a middle aged man comes up next to the podium next to them. "This is the moment we have all been waiting for." The man said. "The winner of the Recycling Material into Fashion Line is... Nya Smith."
The crowd cheered and applaud as Seliel, who was next to Nya, shook her head in disappointment and walked off the stage while Nya came up to the podium. "I just don't know what to say." She said. "I guess I should be thanking everyone for their encouragement, but I also want to thank the other girls on their hard work and most of all, to the Power Rangers, who inspired me to make this fashion line." The crowd cheered and applaud again as a middle aged woman comes up to Nya and shook her hand.
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Several minutes later, the Rangers walk along the campus as the stage was being cleared off. "Well done, Nya." Jay said.
"Yeah, what material did you use again?" LJ asked.
"I managed to get the recycling plant to recover old scrolls and used the paper to make the fabric that I call, Parch Paper." Nya replied as she sat down. "I just hope that it sells well."
The middle aged man soon came up to Nya as they soon turn to him. "Nya, I forgot to mention my name." He said. "My name is Boan Green. As winner of Recycling Material into Fashion Line, I like to know what type of materiel was used."
"Just some old parchment paper."
"Okay, thank you for your time. Work to the Bone will be glad to hear that." Boan then took off as they look on.
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At the car park, Boan heads over to a nearby tree and leaned against it. "The Maroon Ranger was easily fooled, master."
Samukai suddenly appeared behind him. "You did really well, Anger-Bone." He replied.
"Thank you, Samukai." Boan grabs hold of his neck and pulls on it, peeling the skin, revealing a skull, and removed his suit, showing sewing machinery all over himself. "Now, to make those shirts."
"Remember, I want everyone in Ninjago City fighting to wear one... especially those Rangers."
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At the entrance to Ninjago Academy, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, Nya and LJ come up to the bus stop. "Hey, we're gonna head over to the mall and then to the Beach Park, you want to come with us?" Jay asked Nya.
"No, thanks, I gotta call this fashion line." She replied as a bus showed up and the door opened, allowing some passengers to come off. "See what percentage I get from the shirts' profits."
"Your loss." Kai sarcastically said before they get on and the door closes before taking off.
As Nya walked away, Skylor and Seliel look on as Seliel growled. "I can't believe she won." She said. "This is outrageous. I mean, mine was obviously the best."
"We should run an investigation." Skylor replied. "I hate to do this to Kai's sister, but there must be some mistake."
"Let's do just that."
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Inside a warehouse, close to Darkley's Boarding School, many Skulkins were throwing parchment paper into a machine, dissolving it before it travels down a chute to a nearby machine that was draining the water while the sloppy remains of the paper travel down another chute into a machine where strings are coming out and Anger-Bone sews it all into rolls of fabric, very fast that there was already a lot of rolls as some were now being used to make some shirts. Samukai walks along a catwalk, observing a conveyor belt below where the shirts are about to be coated in some sort of steam, emitting from a nearby cauldron as Kruncha, Nuckal as well as some Skulkins pour in some chemicals from vials and beakers while Nuckal was eating some cotton candy before Samukai came up to them. "All these shirts will be coated with that concoction we found in the science room that made our volunteer very angry." Kruncha said as the Skulkins kept filling the cauldron with the vials and beakers of the chemicals.
"Good." Samukai replied. "But we still need something to keep customers coming back like kids to candy."
"Any ideas?" Nuckal asked as he ate some cotton candy.
"Cotton candy!" Samukai soon grabbed it. "Perfect!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey! My candy!" Samukai soon threw it into the cauldron, causing him to groan.
"That'll make them irresistible. And when they put them on... it's goodbye, happy days."
Samukai laughs as he and Kruncha walk away. "Yeah, great." Nuckal sarcastically said while looking in the cauldron. "Glad you're happy. I've been saving that for weeks." He then looks in it. "Maybe it's not dissolved." He soon placed his skull in it before getting out and growled. "Ah, forget it, it's just a bunch of spun sugar!" He soon walked away. "I'll get another one sometime later!"
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Several minutes later, at a park with a view of the beach, a shirt stall is setting many of the shirts with some civilians wearing some as they try to advertise them with people starting to come up to them.
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Close by, people were passing by Kai, Cole, Jay, Zane and LJ, who walk along the waterfront. Kai, Jay and LJ had ice cream in their hands while Cole and Zane had some soda cups before noticing a big crowd over by the shirt stall, arguing, fighting over which type of shirt they should go with or showing them off to their friends. "Hey, check it out." Kai said. "Nya's shirts are starting to become popular."
"We should check it out." Jay replied.
"Don't want to miss out on the craze." Zane said as they head over to the stall.
"That's my size." A middle aged man told a young man as he tried to grab his shirt. "I want this. I want this."
Kai, Cole and Zane pass by a stand of shirts to go up to another stand as Jay grabs a white one with blue, grey and black lines. "Excuse me, young man." A man said, swiping the shirt, despite wearing a black one with white and grey squares on it. "That one's mine." He soon walked away as Jay soon took a blue one with yellow lines, white squares and pink stripes.
The moment he puts it on, he suddenly gets angry before turning to the man who swiped the shirt as he was looking at another one as a middle aged woman was also looking at it. "Give me that back, you old fart!" He yelled as he swiped it and the woman pushes past him.
"That's just fine." A woman said, wearing a black shirt with white and grey squares on it, as she hands money to the cashier as a man, wearing a white shirt with blue, grey and black lines, was beside her. "Walk home then." She walks away, pushing Kai aside, who is wearing a red shirt with black and grey triangles.
"People sure are in a grouchy mood today." He said.
"Yeah, like you're always so pleasant." Jay replied sarcastically as Zane, wearing a white shirt with blue, grey and black lines, and Lloyd, wearing a green shirt with black vertical line and white horizontal lines, look at his shirt.
"I don't think so." Zane said before LJ soon jabbed his ice cream at the back of the left side of his shirt.
"Oh...!" He sarcastically said as he lets the ice cream drop to the ground and Zane looks at the stain on his new shirt. Kai and Jay soon laugh before Lloyd did so as well.
"Oh, you little weasel!" Zane soon prepared throw the contents of his soda at LJ, but he manages to get out of the way as the soda hits Kai. As Kai screamed from it hitting him, the others soon laugh at him as Kai looked at his new soda stained shirt.
"How about a mixture of both?" Cole, wearing a black shirt with white and grey squares on it, asked as he swiped Kai's ice cream, dunked the ice cream off the cone into his soda before shaking it and pours it onto LJ's head, which goes down his new shirt. This gets the others to laugh as LJ tried to get the sticky combination out of his hair.
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Close by, Skylor and Seliel walk along the park and see the stand. "What?" They asked.
"They're making and selling them now?" Skylor asked.
"We gotta put a stop this." Seliel replied as they head over to the stand.
By now, Kai, Zane and LJ got what excess stain they could off of their shirts before they along with Jay and Cole start pushing each other. "What makes you think that shirt is better than mine?!" Kai asked Zane as Skylor and Seliel start grabbing the shirts and take them to a nearby bin.
"You ruined my new shirt!" LJ yelled, hitting Cole's left shin.
"Hey, what are those two girls doing?" Zane asked, pointing to Skylor and Seliel, who were taking the shirts off the stands and throwing them in the bin.
"They can't just do that to good shirts!" Jay yelled and the crowd cheered.
"Get them!" Cole yelled aloud.
Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, LJ and the crowd ran at Skylor and Seliel as they kept throwing the shirts in the bin before they see the crowd come at them. "Hey, what's the big idea?" Skylor asked as Kai, Zane and some of the crowd grab her while the others had Seliel.
"You obviously don't like this type of fashion!" Kai replied as they carry them to a nearby pool.
"It was supposed to be my fashion line that was the winner!" Seliel yelled. "Put me down!"
"Gladly." Cole sarcastically replied as they soon came to the edge of the pool and threw them in with big splashes.
"Okay, let's see what good shirts are still left!" Jay yelled as the crowd soon took off and Skylor and Seliel surfaced to look on, in anger, watching the crowd push each other about.
"We. Should. Call. The. Company. Instead." Seliel said, angered as she got out and helped Skylor out.
"I agree." Skylor replied before sneezing.
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In Lloyd's office at Darkley's, Samukai looks through the telescope to see Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and LJ arguing and laughed. "5 out of 6 ain't bad." He said.
"'Ain't bad'?" Nuckal asked as he came up to him. "We need to impress Master Garmadon by getting all the Rangers."
"Since when did you get so grouchy?"
"Since you didn't get all the Rangers."
"Very well. I'll send some Skulkins to deal with them and the Maroon Ranger."
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In her dorm, Nya was pacing about while waiting for someone to answer her phone call before a click is heard. "Yes, this is Nya Smith." She said. "I wish to talk to Boan Green about my fashion line winning project." She listens for a bit. "There is no one named Boan Green who works for Work to the Bone? Well, did you receive my project at all? You didn't like it? Okay, I understand. No, thanks, sorry for wasting your time. Have a nice day." She soon hung up. "The guys need to know." She soon went to her door, opened it and ran out, quickly closing her door.
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At Beach Park, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and LJ were still pushing each other about as Anger-Bone and some Skulkins look on from behind some bushes. "Time for some more pushing about." It said before moving over to the crowd and the boys.
The crowd turned to see some Skulkins and scream before taking off while Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and LJ just stayed behind, still arguing and pushing each other about. "Let's just say I have a certain crush on-" Jay was cut off when he was suddenly pushed down and they look to see the Skulkins and Anger-Bone.
"Hey, stay out of this!" Kai yelled, pushing a Skulkin down and it comes apart.
"Oh, so sorry." Anger-Bone sarcastically replied. "I'm just here to make you even more angry!"
"Get lost!" LJ yelled, pushing Anger-Bone, knocking it back.
"Yeah, go bother someone else!" Zane said, pushing another Skulkin down and it comes apart.
"Guess I caught them on a bad day." Anger-Bone said. "I'm gonna make my exit."
Anger-Bone takes off as they look on. "Hey, come back here, something!" Cole yelled, about to go after it, but a Skulkin holds him back. "Get out of my way!" He pushes it down, causing it to come apart before he looked up to see Anger-Bone was gone. "Great." He then turned to a nearby Skulkin. "This is all your fault!" He pushed it back a bit.
"Guys!" Nya was heard as she ran over to where they were.
"Oh, look, it's Nya." LJ sarcastically said. "Let her deal with these piles of bones."
They turn to each other as Nya poised when the Skulkins run at her. Nya charged at a nearby Skulkin before grabbing it and forced it down to roll on the ground with it before raising a leg to kick another Skulkin, knocking its skull off before getting up while grabbing picking up to Skulkin and threw it at two more, knocking them all down and causing them to come apart as another one grabs her from behind. "Hey, guys, I could use a little help here!" She tries to elbow it, but it moves to the side.
"Deal with it yourself, sis." Kai said before turning back to push Zane back.
"Morons." Nya turned to see a Skulkin charge at her before she jumped up to kick it, causing it to fall and come apart before landing and elbowed the Skulkin holding her, forcing it to let her go. She soon grabbed hold of her and throws it over a nearby deck's railing, causing it to land in the ocean with a splash. Nya sighed as she sees the boys still arguing. "Oh, come on." She starts to head over to them.
"My shirt is ruined because of you!" Zane said to LJ.
"Well, I still have my hair all sticky!" He replied before turning to Cole. "Because of him!"
"Guys, it wasn't my fashion line that won!" Nya said as she came up to them.
"Don't worry, I think it was a winner." Jay replied. "NOT!" They all soon laugh.
"Snap out of it!" Nya immediately pulled on Jay's shirt's right sleeve, which completely rips off.
"Hey!" He soon became shocked and shook his head about. "Nya, what just happened?" He sees the tear on the shirt before taking it off and throws it away. "It feels like I just awoke from a dream."
"It's the shirts. That Skulkin had them designed and laced. Help me get them off of the others."
Nya grabs Kai's and pulled it off as Jay did the same to Cole before taking off LJ's and Nya took off Zane's, causing them all to stop and shook their heads. "Oh, my head." LJ said, placing his hands on his forehead before moving them back. "Wait, why is my head all sticky?"
"You okay, sis?" Kai asked, not knowing the situation.
"Of course." Nya replied, going along with it. "I called Work to the Bone, and it turns out they never heard of Boan Green and my design wasn't the winner."
"Then how do we find him?" LJ asked.
"Maybe if we destroy where they're making the shirts, it can draw him out." Nya raises her arm to look at her Spinjitzu Watch.
"Wait, I think I know where they're doing them."
"Lead the way, kid." Kai said before they take off.
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In Lloyd's office at Darkley's, Samukai sees Anger-Bone coming in and he turns to it. "Have you manage to get the male Rangers more riled up?" He asked.
"As best as I could." Anger-Bone replied. "Though the maroon one must've found out about our plan."
"Then we better-" An alarm was soon heard as they head over to a nearby monitor to see the Rangers heading up the hill.
"The Rangers are here! And they're not wearing my shirts anymore!"
"They what?!" Lloyd was heard as he came in, wearing his fez hat and bathrobe.
"Oh, my lord." Samukai said. "I didn't know you woke up."
"Because that alarm just did? Whoever you are, deal with them at once."
"Yes, master." Anger-Bone said as it took off.
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Outside, the Rangers come across the warehouse as Cole turned to LJ. "How did you know where it was?" He asked.
"We did home economics in here." LJ replied. "Hated it."
"Let's move in." Kai said as they came up to a nearby door, open it and head inside.
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In the warehouse, the Rangers move along the room as they come across the machine making the shirts and were still being made as a Skulkin soon spots them. "Hey!" It yelled. "It's the Rangers!"
All the Skulkins turn to see them as Kruncha and Nuckal came down. "How did they get in here?!" Kruncha asked.
"Never mind that." Nuckal replied. "Get them!" The Skulkins charge at the Rangers before they quickly raise their left arms up.
"Spinjitzu!" They both said. They move their right thumbs to their Spinjitzu Watches while LJ kneels down as he moved his left arm close to his right shoulder as his right hand touched the Emerald Spinjitzu Watch.
"Emerald Power!" LJ added.
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The Rangers move their left hands by their right shoulders as they move their right elbows back while LJ jumps in the air as he held his arms out. "Ninjago!" They start spinning as their assigned coloured tornadoes soon appear and engulf them. They soon disperse revealing the Rangers, in their Ranger suits. They were on their right knees with their right arms spread out and their left arms in front of their right knees while LJ lands with left leg out while the right knee was bent, left arm spread out to the side and right arm in front of him before they look up as their assigned colour wind soon engulf their heads, turning into their assigned coloured helmets with LJ's height extending.
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The Rangers poise before getting out their weapons and charge at the Skulkins as they grab some office equipment. LJ swings his chain whip at a Skulkin while blocking its pole at the same time before moving to the side and forced his whip forward, making it move into another Skulkin, breaking them both apart. Kai, raises his left sword to block a Skulkin holding a foldable chair while striking another Skulkin's leg with his right sword, knocking it down and it comes apart before moving his sword downward, making the first Skulkin lower its weapon, moved his sword around opposite shoulders and swung them, the right sword taking off the head while the left takes off the top half of its body. Nya spins her spear before holding it out to the left, blocking a Skulkin holding a foldable desk before quickly kneeling down to avoid a strike from it, moves her spear underneath its legs and moved it up, forcing the Skulkin into another one, getting crushed by the desk while the Skulkin that held it came apart. "Two birds with one stone." She said.
Jay spins his flail around his body before moving it to the side to strike Kruncha, who holds a clipboard, but he raises his weapon to strike through it and turned around to face Jay's back before pushing him, knocking him down and causing him to lose his flail. Kruncha pulls it out and swings it while throwing the clipboard away before preparing to strike him, but he rolled to the side, moved his legs up to wrap them around the chain before placing his hands down and bounced off of it to kick him in the head while grabbing his flail at the same time. Zane swings his bow at one Skulkin before getting out an arrow and strikes another Skulkin before firing it at another one, elbowed the first Skulkin and kicked the last one, knoc them all down and they come apart before he jumped up, placed his bow on the ground and spun, kicking another Skulkin, causing it to come apart. Cole raises his hammer to block Nuckal's wooden board before backflipping and lands on the staircase as Nuckal came up to him and swings his weapon at him, but Cole soon struck it, breaking it apart. Cole then went to strike him again, but Nuckal ducked down to avoid it before kicking Cole down and was about to strike with the broken piece before Cole quickly grabbed his legs and forced him down. "This is getting hard." He said as he got up and vaulted off the staircase, coming up to the other Rangers as they regroup.
"Lousy Rangers!" Anger-Bone was heard as it came up to them. "I knew I should've took you down back at the park."
"Well, now you get the chance." LJ said.
"Spinjitzu Ranger Red!" Kai said as he posed like a lion. "Fire!"
"Spinjitzu Ranger Black!" Cole said as he posed like a bear. "Earth!"
"Spinjitzu Ranger Blue!" Jay said as he posed like an octopus. "Lightning!"
"Spinjitzu Ranger White!" Zane said as he posed like a tiger. "Ice!"
"Spinjitzu Ranger Maroon!" Nya said as she posed like a phoenix. "Water!"
"Spinjitzu Ranger Emerald!" LJ said as he posed like a dragon. "Energy!"
"Power Rangers: Spinjitzu!" They all yelled before they stood up straight and poised. "Ninjago!"
"Then let's do this." Anger-Bone said.
"Kai, you and the others deal with the machine, I got this." LJ said.
"Be careful." Kai replied before LJ charged at Anger-Bone.
Anger-Bone charges at LJ, who quickly somersaults over it and tried to strike, but Anger-Bone grabbed hold of his arm and kicks him, knocking him back. LJ immediately raised his chain whip out before charging while swinging it and prepared to strike it, but Anger-Bone grabbed hold of it. "Is that all you got?" It asked.
"I'm just getting started." LJ replied before getting out his sword and struck it, making it let go of his whip.
The other Rangers move up the stairwell before coming across the machine still producing the shirts. "Time to blow the machine." Kai said. "With some electricity."
"I like the way you think." Jay replied. "Spinjitzu Blaster!"
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Jay held the flail out while Zane places his bow on top of the flail, Cole places his hammer on top, Nya places her spear underneath the bow and Kai places his swords one each end of the bow, creating the Spinjitzu Blaster. Cole and Kai held the sides while Nya and Zane were knelt down, using their respective shoulders while holding onto the sword handles and Jay held the flail handle. "Lightning Power!" Jay places his hand on top of the blaster. The end of the blaster soon starts emitting energy and expands. "Ready? Fire!" The blaster fires its shot.
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The shot hits the machine, causing it to shake about and emit electricity. "Let's go! This thing's about to blow!"
"You didn't think this through, did you?" Nya asked.
"No!"
They pass by LJ and Anger-Bone, who is knocked down as Zane immediately grabbed LJ. "This place is gonna blow!" He yelled.
"We better get out of here!" LJ replied, taking off.
"I'm not letting you leave alive!" Anger-Bone yelled, grabbing Zane's ankle, making him trip, but LJ quickly kicked it, picking Zane up as he did so and they run while the machine starts emitting smoke.
"Let's get out of here!" Nuckal yelled as he and Kruncha quickly head for a nearby window and jump out of it, breaking it as they did so.
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Outside, Kai, Jay, Cole and Nya get out before turning to the door. "Zane, LJ, hurry up!" Jay yelled.
Zane quickly comes out before LJ did so at the same time an explosion was heard inside and the warehouse immediately blew up, knocking them all down and demorphing as they did so. Several minutes later, they wake up to see Zane getting up, groaning before he turns to see LJ on the ground, groaning. "LJ." He said as he and the others came up to him as he gets up, but groaned and knelt down before clutching his left ankle. "LJ, are you okay?"
"It's my ankle." LJ said. "I think it's broken."
"Let's get him to a doctor." Kai said as he and Zane help him up and they all take off.
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In his office at Darkley's, Lloyd charges at Samukai, who has his back against the wall. "I cannot believe you had a monster attack the Rangers without my permission again!" He yelled. "Not to mention my son is injured."
"Then that means they're one Ranger down." Samukai replied.
"That still doesn't give you the right to hurt my son!"
"Can't we at least go after them while they're vulnerable."
"No. I have something else in mind. Stand over there!" He points over to the rug before Samukai did so. "Time in the dungeon will teach you a lesson." He pulls the plant, opening the trapdoor and Samukai goes through. "One of these days, Rangers. One of these days."
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At Mistaké's Tea Shop in the mall, the Rangers were seated at a table before Nya joins them. "I heard back from Work to the Bone, they apologize in advance." She said. "Some votes got lost in the mail and the winner by default is Seliel, with her recycled citrus skin."
"Don't feel bad about it, sis." Kai replied.
"I know. But parchment paper is hard to come by, any type of citrus peel is easy.
Mistaké came up to them with a tray of tea mugs. "Here are your orders." She said, handing them out before turning to LJ, who has a bandage around his injured ankle and a crutch nearby. "Have some of this, young Garmadon." She places a mug next to his own. "Stinging nettle. Said to help dealing with inflammation."
She walks away before LJ takes the mug and has a sip, groaning from the taste. "Awful taste." He said to himself.
"Well, with LJ having a busted ankle, we're one Ranger down." Zane said.
"And Garmadon knows it."
"Well, we better be careful when he attacks again." Cole said.
"And be ready for him." Kai replied. "No matter what."
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