Aria opened her eyes, she looked around. She was in the hidden bounty, Wu was sitting down next to her bed.

"Good to see you are awake" Wu said standing up

"What happened?" Aria asked sitting up

"the ninja found you unconscious at the bottom of the mountain, what do you remember last?" Wu questioned

"A Gold dragon" Aria replied questionably

"It is what I feared" Wu said worried "Lloyd now has the golden power, meaning your powers are depleting, if it wasn't for the golden powers in your heart you wouldn't be awake right now"

"I already know about that, but are you saying I would be dead if I did?" Aria questioned as she stood up

"No no no" Wu said quickly "You misunderstand, you would only be unconscious until your father was destroyed, but now... I'm afraid you have no powers until then"

"You're saying my father has to be killed for me to get my powers back!" Aria shouted "My father is evil but I wouldn't wish for him to die!"

Wu sat her back down "Calm down, the natural power of good and evil is balanced until one side makes a move, so the natural order of your elemental powers depleted in order for your fathers to balance with Lloyd's"

"Then why did I pass out when Lloyd got his golden powers?" Aria questioned

"The sudden drain of your powers put too much stress on your body that you blacked out" Wu explained "as I already explained you're awake because of the golden energy in your heart put there by my father so you could live"

"But now I have no powers" Aria said sadly

"who knows what you are capable of" Wu said encouragingly "only time will tell"

Aria smiled weakly "thanks sensei"

"I already explained to the ninja, they know" Wu said

Aria looked worried "everything?"

"...everything" Wu replied

Wu walked out of her room. Aria changed her clothes and headed out to the ninja.

The Ninja are celebrating their restored powers by shooting down coconuts.

"Enough! Are you trying to reveal our hidden location?" Wu said angry

"Sorry sensei" the ninja apologize

"Be wary of overconfidence, Ninja. While it is true your powers can defeat the Stone Warriors, only Lloyd alone has the power to defeat Garmadon. When it is all over, then we will see who laughs last" Wu says

"Yes, Sensei" the ninja say

Aria walks over looking worried

"uh hey Aria" Jay says nervously

Aria looked at them, she could tell from the look in their eyes they were all unsure or scared of her except for Cole.

"hey" Aria said

Lloyd walked over and took her hand "everything ok?"

Aria looked at him and saw in his eyes their was nothing but the same old Lloyd she knows and loves.

Aria smiled and hugged him "yeah, everything's fine"

"why don't you go see check on Zane's dad and the falcon's repairs" Lloyd suggested, Aria nodded and walked away

"What's wrong with you guys?" Lloyd questioned "she's the same Aria we know and love, her dad doesn't make who she is, even if you don't trust her, I still do"

Lloyd walked away angry while Kai, Jay, and Zane stood there looking guilty.

"He's right guys, Aria's been a ninja since before we were, it was her choice. So what her dad's the Overlord, I've known that but Aria's still my cousin. The smart ass lovable Aria we all love" Cole said

"You're right, if it wasn't for Aria saving us twice from the stone army we would've been in trouble" Jay agreed

Kai sighed "I guess we all just got a bit worried, but Aria's done nothing wrong. She's only hit Jay to shut him up but she's never hurt anyone"

"We need to apologize to her" Zane stated "she is our sister"

"I'm gonna go look out for stone warriors" Aria said before she walked away into the forest

-

Risking everything, the 4 Ninja disguise themselves as Stone Warriors, and escort Misako to Lord Garmadon's camp, pretending to have captured her. While Lloyd and Aria stayed back at camp.

"What's going to happen when this is all over?" Lloyd asked "do you really think we can win"

"I don't think we can win" Aria took his hands "I know we can, you've trained hard for this day"

"Why are you so confident in me?" Lloyd questioned

"Because I've known you all our lives Lloyd, we've been together since we were born. Our lives are connected together" Aria lays her head on Lloyd's shoulder "I've watched you go from a bratty kid obsessed with being like his father to the greatest ninja of all time. You have the heart and will of the green ninja, all you have to do is believe in yoursef like how I believe in you"

Lloyd looked at her and she lifted her head up off his shoulder, he put his hand on her cheek and kissed her. Wu walked in and stopped at the door.

Wu cleared his throat and the two pulled away extremely red, Wu chuckled "Sorry to disturb you two"

Aria pushed Lloyd away and stood up quickly "disturb what, nothing was happening"

Lloyd laughed and stood up

"The ninja were spotted, they have the helmet" Wu informed them

"We're on it" Lloyd said seriosly, he then turned to Aria and whispered in her ear "you're cute when you're embarassed"

Lloyd ran out of the room while Aria shouted "Lloyd Garmadon!" and followed him out.

Wu chuckled "ah young love"

-

When the Power Drill emerges in the jungle, Garmadon is quick to pursue. After a frantic chase that ends in the Power Drill being disabled momentarily, Garmadon goes for the kill, only for Lloyd to blast it with his powers.

"Lloyd!" The ninjas shouted happy to see him

Lord Garmadon emerges from the wreckage, weakened and vulnerable; from the Power Drill, the Ninja encourage Lloyd to finish him off. Despite everything at stake, the Green Ninja is unable to strike the fatal blow, forcing him to jump aboard the Power Drill with Aria as the Ninja make their escape from the advancing Stone Army.

"I couldn't do it" Lloyd said sadly

Aria put her hand on his shoulder "It's ok"

Kai turned his head to look at them "hey Aria we're all really sorry for how we acted earlier"

"yeah you're still a ninja through and through" Jay added "we wouldn't be here without you"

"You're our sister and we never should've doubted you" Zane finished

"We're really sorry" the 3 said together

Aria smiled "aw don't worry guys, I love you all"

At the Celestial Clock, the Ninja meet with Master Wu and desperately look for the Helmet's pedestal with minutes to spare. The hunt is interrupted when the Stone Army arrives, but Misako retrieves the helmet when one of the clock's rotating arms knocks it from General Kozu's hand.

The Ninja finally find the pedestal and replace the Helmet, but it's one second too late; the countdown has ended, and the final battle is upon them. As the clock fires a mighty energy flare inland. The Stone Army push back the ninja to the edge of a cliff. Lord Garmadon and the Overlord laugh.

"Warriors, grab my daughter!" the Overlord ordered

"No" Aria cried as the warriors grabbed her, Lloyd immediately protected her

The Overlord growled and the Stone Army captures Nya before the Ninja fall down the cliff. Thankfully they were able to survive the fall.

"This is all my fault. I should've taken the shot!" Lloyd shouted frustrated

Cole sighed "We're all at fault, kid. It's just the way the cookie crumbled"

"Ah! Are you still making jokes? They have Nya, and you're making jokes?" Jay tackles him.

"It was just a poor choice of words!" Cole shouted

Just before Jay punches Cole, Aria grabbed him and threw him onto the sand "Enough! We have lost enough. We don't need to lose our focus"

"Forget focus. We have to get my sister" Kai said

"By the time we get back up there, they'll be gone. We will get your sister, but the clock has reached a zero and the Final Battle could start at any moment. We must head back to the Bounty to get prepared" Misako said

Aria hugged Lloyd "don't be discouraged, he's your father, I understand"