(A/N: I can probably imagine people asking "Where are their Zords?, When are they getting their Zords?" Well, wait no further)

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Jay's parents Ed and Edna visit Jay to show him what they have been working on to help the Rangers, but an unfortunate accident forces them to change their plans.

———

On the streets of Ninjago City, civilians walk along before some Skulkins show up, causing them to scream and run away. Several minutes later, Kai, Jay, Zane and Cole, all in Ranger form, show up, only to find the Skulkins in pieces and in a pile with the civilians cheering. "What?" Cole asked.

"They're defeated before we could grace them with their presence." Zane replied.

"Can you believe it?" A young woman asked as she turned to them. "Who knew you guys had a fifth Ranger?"

"A fifth Ranger?" Kai asked. "But there's always been four. I mean, who did this?"

"The Maroon Ranger."

"Maroon?"

"Never mind that now, we gotta get to class." Jay said before they soon take off.

———

Several hours later, at Ninjago Academy, students were getting ready to leave for the day as the bell had just rung. In a recreation room, some students were busy doing random stuff, including the Rangers, who were playing on a game console while Nya and some students watch, some expecting to use it later. Kai laughed as the character he was controlling came behind Zane's and struck it, defeating it as Jay's had struck Cole's before time was up and it showed Jay is the winner. "Oh, yeah!"

"Well done, Jay." Cole said.

"How do you learn to do that?" Kai asked.

"I actually played games at home." Jay replied.

"At the monastery?" Zane asked as they stood up and left, allowing others to take the controls while the Rangers and Nya sat down at a table.

"No, where I lived before the monastery. I used to live in a junkyard, then I met Cole and Master Wu."

———

6 Months Earlier

At a junkyard, Jay, with glasses on with the left lense cracked and wearing a black shirt, blue overalls and sandy coloured sneakers, was working underneath a car while slowly breathing before slithering was heard and screaming as he immediately came out and saw an elderly couple being held by red and white snakes as one came up to him. "Wait." He said, taking his glasses off and puts them in his overall pocket, about to fight it before one came up behind him and grabbed him.

As it was about to bite him, Cole, in his Ranger suit, shows up and kicks the snake down, making it let go of Jay, who falls to the ground and his glasses come out, completely breaking as Cole soon turned to the snakes by the elderly couple and slammed his mallet down, creating a shockwave, which knocks them down before flute music is heard and the snakes starts taking off as Jay and the couple see Wu, with a flute. "A spinning victory." Cole said as he demorphed.

"Cole, it may be wise to demorph in front of a potential, but it is unwise to demorph in front of others." Wu replied as he came up to him and then pointed to Jay's parents.

"Sorry, Master."

Wu soon turned to Jay, who slowly got up. The back of his clothes were covered in mud. "Jay, we have been looking for you. We have a bit of a proposition for you."

"Um, okay." Jay said.

———

Present

"So, that was how you became a Power Ranger?" Kai asked.

"Yeah, it was hard, at first, but I got use to it." Jay replied. "But we can't talk about that now. Those people yesterday talked about a Maroon Power Ranger." They don't notice Nya looking away.

"I agree, I mean, who does he think he is?" Kai asked. "Stealing our thunder before we could have a chance to arrive." Honking was soon heard, causing everyone, except for Jay, who shook his head out of embarrassment, to look out a nearby window to see a rather skilfully mended and modified 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe. It included a self-made bonnet covering the engine, expanded to add some more seats at the back and a roofless, and doorless interior. The seats were red and made of leather. The occupants in it had helmets and goggles on.

"It looks like we're about to have some visitors, and loud ones at that." Nya said.

Jay soon groaned. "It's my parents." He replied, not looking at them. "Please don't say anything. They like to talk a lot."

———

Outside, the driver was still honking the horn as he drove into the car park. He then made a right turn before coming up near a brown Acura CDX and skidded to a stop, unintentionally bumping into the car, and causes it to move forward before it crashes into a brick wall, causing the alarm to go off. "Uh oh." The driver said.

———

Inside, Jay was shocked at what his parents had done and turned to Kai. "Um, uh, whose car did they just crash into?"

"The principal's." Kai said. The students soon cheered, including the Rangers, Skylor and Seliel, except for Jay, who immediately ran out of the room.

———

Outside, the driver and his passenger take off their helmets, get out, and look on in shock at their damage as the car was still wailing. "Oh!" The driver said. He was an elderly man with white hair and a small goatee on his chin, wearing a blue shirt, green overalls and brown boots. His clothes were partly caked in oil. "Take a note, Edna. Either better brakes or a better bumper." He looked at the car and then his own as he said it.

"I'm writing it down, Ed." Edna, the passenger replied, getting out a notepad. She was wearing a brown fur coat, pink shirt, black jeans and black boots.

Soon, Jay, Dareth and a security guard come out to see the damage as some students, taking photos of the crash on their phones. "Ahh, my favourite chocolate car!" He yelled. "I saved up every nickel and quarter for this beast." He soon started to cry as the security guard turned off the car alarm and sees the students taking photos.

"Back inside, kids, nothing to see here." He said, motioning them to leave and they do, groaning as they did so.

"I'm so sorry, Principal Brown." Jay said before turning to his parents. "Mom, dad! What are you doing here?"

"On, look, it's my baby boy!" Edna replied, coming up to him and hugs him. "It's been so long since we've heard from you!"

"Ma, I called you yesterday."

"Well, it's not soon enough, son." Ed said before he looked at the academy. "Wow, Ninjago Academy, eh? So glad Wu got you enrolled."

"Let me guess, he had you enrolled you to get close to that new Ran-" Edna was soon cut off when Jay covered her mouth.

"Mom, not in front of the principal." He whispered, pointing to the still crying Dareth as the other Rangers and Nya came out.

"Sorry, darling." They then look at the damage. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry about your car, sir. Our jalopy is a little clumsy."

"That's not a good excuse." Dareth said, getting up. "Mr. Walker, since it was your parents who wrecked my car, you're the one fixing it in shop class. And a week in detention."

"Gah!" Jay yelled. "Thanks a lot, dad."

"But, Mr. Brown, I wanted to show Jay something at my junkyard." Ed said to Dareth. "Maybe I can also work on your car there."

"Not good enough." Dareth replied before turning around and head to the security guard. "Geoffrey, watch Mr. Walker as he mends my car and get the cost of the parts needed for it so I can send it to his parents."

"Uh, yes, sir." Geoffrey said as Dareth went inside before he did so too.

Edna then noticed Nya. "Oh, and who are you?" She asked, coming up to her. "You are so cute! You're just my son's type."

"Mom!" Jay yelled, in embarrassment.

"It's a pleasure meeting you." Nya said.

"You never told me the Red Ranger was a girl." Edna said to Jay.

"Uh, no, my brother is the Red Ranger." Nya motions her head to Kai.

"Uh, hello." Kai said. "You met my sister Nya, and I'm Kai."

"Ed Walker." Ed replied, shaking his hand. "My wife Edna. And we own a junkyard just outside the city."

"We have a bit of a surprise for all of you, but now we have to put it on hold now since that horrible man has just put Jay in detention and car detail." Edna said.

"Ma, that horrible man is the principal." Jay replied.

"Oh, I know, but still."

———

At Darkley's Boarding School, LJ was in the armoury, doing an inspection before sighing. "How goes our inventory?" Lloyd asked as he came in.

"We're low on weapons and out of armour." LJ replied. "I did tell you that they just started blacksmithing classes here."

"I doubted you again. We're gonna need some more metal."

"I know just where to get it." LJ walks out as Lloyd follows him.

———

In the office, LJ moves the telescope away from the window to another one and looked through it. "Ah, yes. The scrapyard." He then turned to Lloyd who had just came in and looked through the telescope to see the junkyard himself. "The Blue Ranger's parents own it. It's the perfect option."

"Surprise them at night. Take as much metal as we need. And choose a Skulkin to combine with some of the metal."

"Yes, daddy."

———

In a garage at Ninjago Academy, Jay, wearing his overalls and shoes as well as a white tank top, removes the damaged front bumper from Dareth's car while the other Rangers and Nya were listening to Ed and Edna. "And, you should hear about the time he burnt his hand pouring hot water from a kettle." Edna said as Jay measured the front of the car for a replacement bumper before they start to laugh.

"If you don't mind, I'm trying to focus." Jay replied as he turned to them before looking back at the tape measure. "Besides, shouldn't you be heading home by now? It's going to get dark."

"Well, I suppose we could get back." Ed replied as they head for the open garage door.

"Edna, it was a pleasure to hear about Jay's first potty time." Cole said.

"Oh, if you thought that was good, wait until you hear the story about the time I caught him kissing his pillow." Edna replied.

Jay growled. "Ma, there's dangerous skeletons out there because Lloyd Garmadon has returned." He said.

"Ok, we're going, we're going." She and Ed get in their car and put their helmets and goggles on before Ed starts the car. "So, you promise to come to the junkyard and visit your mother and father?"

"Yes, I promise! Once my detention is over. It's getting dark. Uh...your headlights are working, right?" Ed turns them on. The headlights completely blind them.

Ed laughs a little. "Like 'em?" He asked. "I used a little extra juice." He soon turned them off before driving off, tooting the horn. "Bye, son! I couldn't be more proud!"

"And bring Nya with you, will ya?" Edna asked. "I can see why you like her."

"Mom!" Jay yelled, embarrassed.

"Now that they have left, perhaps Jay can teach us the art of... ...kissing pillows." Zane chuckled before Jay growled and closed the garage door as the others laugh.

———

On a highway, just outside of town, it was almost dusk as Ed and Edna's car was moving along it. "I don't think he's coming, dear." Ed said.

"Stop it, Ed." Edna replied. "He's coming."

"Well, it was my fault he got put in detention."

"I guess so. Lights, dear, it's getting dark."

"Right." Ed turns the headlights on. "Thanks, sugarplum."

———

It was now nighttime as in the garage at the academy, which was lit by some construction site lamps, Jay had just replaced the taillight and indicator bulbs and fitted new plates on it before sighing. "Just underneath the car to go." He said as he grabbed a carjack, puts it under the car and starts moving the lever up and down to raise it.

Kai and Nya soon came in. "Hey, Jay, didn't expect to see you here." Kai said as Jay stopped pumping the jack. "Still working on that thing?"

"I have to. Just can't believe my parents had to come visit and crash into the car. They shouldn't have come in the first place." He resumes pumping the jack until it reaches its capacity.

"Well, we're gonna head to our dorms, so, try not to stay up too late." Nya said. "Last bus leaves in 10 minutes."

"Of course, Nya." Kai and Nya walk out as Jay grabbed a nearby cart and starts to look underneath the car. "What a mess!"

———

At the junkyard, where there was a sign saying 'Ed & Edna's Scrap 'n' Junk', Ed drives his car through the entrance before coming up to a nearby post, which light was the only one not working since the others around the junkyard were. He gives it a jolt by crashing into it and the light comes up. "Home, sweet home." He said as they removed their helmets and got out. While Edna heads to a nearby trailer, Ed grabbed a nearby toolbox and heads over to something covered up by a tarp. "And back to the grind."

"Oh, sweetie, you've been working on that thing day and night." Edna replied.

"Well, I got an extra week of preparation until Jay might show up. This'll be a surprise for him and the other Rangers."

"Oh, you're right." She closes the door and Ed starts working on the object covered by the tarp.

As he was working on it, something passes by, causing him to look around. "Uh, Edna? Was that you?"

"What, Ed?" Edna came out of the trailer. She had removed her shoes, jacket and shirt, and was in the process of putting a pink nightshirt on. "Are you hearing things again?"

"Uh...you turned on the security alarm before you left, didn't you, hon?"

Edna heads over to a nearby panel and opens it, only to find it damaged beyond repair. "It's been sabotaged!"

The lights soon went out, causing Ed to get out a pipe wrench. "Whoever's out there, my son's a Power Ranger!" Suddenly, Skulkins appear around them, some wielding swords, metal trays or other metal parts they could come across. "Call Jay, hon. We're being ambushed!"

"How about we wait until he calls you?" LJ was heard as they turn to see him on top of the trailer before he throws a phone's receiver at their feet. The cord was cut off before a Skulkin, wearing armour all over, came up next to him. "SkelArmour, grab the oldies."

"You gotta learn how to respect your elders, sonny jim!"

"Silence!" SkelArmour yelled as it jumped to the ground before he and the Skulkins surround them.

"Ed!" Edna yelled.

"Be strong, Edna." Ed replied as they come close. "I won't let them hurt you."

———

The following morning, in the garage at the academy, Jay sighed as he checked underneath the car while his back laid on the cart. Dareth soon came up to him. "Walker, how is my car?" He asked.

Jay wheeled the cart out to look up at him. The top part of his overalls, tank top, parts of his face, shoulders, elbows and hands were caked in oil. "Well, it took me all night, but I got the radiator replaced, the headlights replaced and mended and sort out the bumps on the bumper, but the bonnet still needs some work." He replied as he sat up and wiped himself with a rag. "I'm afraid I can't straighten the dents out, but if I had a bonnet just like this, I can get it a fresh coat of paint."

"Well, how about this? I'll let you take my car to your parents and replace the bonnet, and I'll cancel detention."

"Thank you."

———

Several minutes later, Cole was pulling a rickshaw with Wu sitting in it. "Why...do... I... have to pull... the rick...shaw...?" He asked, tired.

"Because all the others called dibs on the car." Wu replied, sipping tea. "Now, put your back into it."

———

In Dareth's car, Jay, now wearing clean clothes, was driving with Nya in the passenger seat while Kai and Zane were in the back. "I cannot believe we get to drive the principal's car to your parents' junkyard." Nya said.

"Yeah." Jay replied. "I just hope they don't tell more embarrassing stories." As the junkyard comes into view, Jay stopped the car, got out and looked around as Nya, Kai and Zane got out and Cole and Wu arrived with Cole trying to catch his breath.

"What is it?"

"It's quiet. My family's never quiet."

———

They soon ran into the junkyard and look around. Muffled shouting was heard as Jay soon saw it was coming from an old fridge nearby, handle blocked by a pole, came up to it, kicked the pole off and opened it, showing his tied up and gagged parents. "What happened? Who did this?"

He removes their gags. "Oh, sweetheart, you came!" Edna replied.

"Boy, you gotta get out of here." Ed said. "You shouldn't have come. It's the Skulkin!"

Yelling was soon heard as the Skulkin from the night before, SkulArmour soon surround them. "Hello, uncle!" LJ was heard as Wu turned to see him on a nearby pile of tyres. "Looks like we're not the only family reunion. I'm glad you brought the Rangers. I could you some help taking out the trash. SkulArmour, get them!" The Rangers soon split up as Nya and Wu came up to Ed and Edna.

Jay charges at some Skulkin before spinning downward, stands on one hand and kicks two with his legs before bouncing into the air and kicked another one in the head, knocking it off before he landed. Kai and Zane flip around before grabbing hold of a Skulkin by its arms and legs respectively. Zane soon jumped up as Kai soon spun, allowing Zane to kick some Skulkins before he lets go and lands on another while Kai threw the Skulkin he was holding at a row of more Skulkins, knocking them all down like bowling pins. Cole raises a leg to try and kick SkulArmour, but it moves out of the way before punching him, knocking him back. Cole then jumped up and tried to kick it with both legs, but its armour makes him fall back before the others came up behind him. "Time to show them that no one messes with my family!" Jay said before raising his left arm. "Ready?"

"Ready." The others said, raising their left arms.

"Spinjitzu!" They all said, moving their right thumb to their Spinjitzu Watches.

———

The Rangers move their left hands by their right shoulders as they move their right elbows back. "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 before they look up as their assigned coloured winds soon engulf each of their heads, turning into their assigned coloured helmets.

———

"Oh, wow, he looks so cute in that Ranger outfit, Ed." Edna said, moving her head close to her husband. "Don't you agree?"

"Whatever you say, Edna." He replied.

Jay soon turned to Nya. "Nya, take my parents and hide in the trailer." He said.

"On it." She replied before she and Wu came up to Ed and Edna before moving them to the trailer and head inside.

Kai raised his arms and crossed them together to block a Skulkin's strike before punching it in the ribcage, grabs its left shoulder bone, spins around it and kicks it, knocking it into another Skulkin before turning to another one. Cole kicked a Skulkin forward before doing a handstand and used his feet to trap its skull and tilted back, throwing the Skulkin into a junk pile. Zane jumps along some Skulkins before coming up to SkulArmour and tried to kick it, but it forces him back, knocking him down onto his chest before Jay somersaults over him to kick SkulArmour. "Hey!" He yelled as Jay tried to kick it, only for SkulArmour to grab his leg and kicked him in the leg, knocking him down onto the ground.

As SkelArmour raised its leg to strike Jay, something soon knocked it down and it rolled back before the figure rolled onto the ground and stood up. Jay turns around and sees it was a Ranger, but different from him and the others. The Ranger's suit was maroon with a gold belt. There was an engraving of a dragon, breathing water on it. The Ranger was holding a spear. "The rumoured Maroon Ranger." He said before he held his hand out to him. Jay reluctantly takes it before the Maroon Ranger takes off to fight some Skulkins as SkulArmour gets back up and tried to charge at Jay, who quickly turned to the side, got out his flail and struck it from behind, fazing it before Cole strikes it with his mallet and Kai strikes its back with his sword. "L.I.E. Blaster!"

———

Jay held the flail out while Zane places his bow on top of the flail and Cole places his hammer on top, creating a blaster. Zane and Cole held the sides while 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 fired the shot, hitting SkulArmour, causing it to scream and explode.

They separate their weapons and look to where the Maroon Ranger was, only to find him gone, and a pile of Skulkins in pieces. "He was quick." Cole said.

The trailer door soon opened and Nya, Wu, Ed, Edna came out. "Well done, son." Ed said as Edna hugged Jay, who had just taken his helmet off along with the others. "You did it."

"Yes, it wouldn't have been done it if it weren't for that new Ranger." Zane replied.

"New Ranger?" Nya asked.

"Yeah, it was the Maroon Ranger we were all talking about yesterday." Jay replied.

"Well, don't expect the Maroon Ranger to help you out of this situation." LJ called out as he got out a lab flask, filled with green liquid, before throwing it at SkelArmour. "Grow, SkelArmour!" The flask breaks upon hitting SkelArmour and the green liquid starts to sizzle all over it before it stands up and starts to grow, laughing as it did so.

"Wow, I'm big and I'm rigged!" SkelArmour yelled once it had fully grown.

Everyone immediately backed away. "How do we take down a big Skulkin like that?" Cole asked as he and the other Rangers put their helmets back on.

"I got him!" Kai said, getting out his swords and jumped up very high to try and strike SkelArmour, but it slaps him, knocking him into a scrap pile before it collapsed on top of him and buries him in it, causing LJ to laugh at his incompetence.

"Well, son, maybe these could help." Ed said as he came up to a nearby machine, covered by a tarp. He soon pulled it back, revealing some machines. "Like them? I call them Zords." He points to the Zord looking like a bear. "Black Bear Zord." He then points to the Zord looking like a white tiger. "White Tiger Zord." He then points to the Zord looking like a blue octopus. "And the Blue Octopus Zord."

"Wow!" Jay said.

"Cool!" Cole said.

"Astonishing!" Zane said as Kai got out and saw them.

"Awesome." He said before turning to Ed. "Do I get one?"

"Sorry." He replied. "I only had enough time to make three. But, I'll work on special ones for you and the Maroon Ranger in case he wants one. Try them out, son."

Jay gets into the Blue Octopus Zord and it starts up. "Alright!" He said as Cole got into the Black Bear Zord and Zane got into the White Tiger Zord.

"Now, I also added a component that might combine them together. Try them by using your powers."

———

Cole, Jay and Zane place their right hands on their consoles as they soon glowed and they rise up. "Here we go." Cole said.

The Blue Octopus Zord moves its tentacles downward as four of them combine into a leg while the other four did the same with the body and head moving down. The Black Bear Zord comes on top of the Blue Octopus Zord as its legs retract into the body and stands upright. The White Tiger Zord comes up behind the Black Bear Zord as its bottom legs combine with the top legs and connects with the back of the Black Bear Zord before the head covers Black Bear Zord's and opens up, revealing a face before poising.

———

Inside the cockpit, Cole, Jay and Zane look around and are excited. "Wow." Cole said.

"Impressive." Zane said.

Ed's image soon appeared next to Jay's monitor. "Like 'em, son?" He asked. "Took me a tremendous amount of time to get them prepared."

"We love 'em." Jay replied. "Guys, like our blaster, how about we call this the L.I.E. Megazord?"

"Great name." Cole replied.

"L.I.E. Megazord, online!" They all said.

———

Outside, Kai, Nya, Wu, Ed and Edna look on as the L.I.E. Megazord moved to SkelArmour while LJ was shocked at the big Megazord. It raises a fist to punch, knocking SkelArmour back before it soon charged at the Megazord before it knelt down to avoid the kick.

———

Inside the cockpit, Jay, Zane and Cole were amazed by the sudden kneeling. "Wow, it probably knows our every command." Cole said. "Jay, I could kiss your father."

"I don't think he would approve." Zane replied, not understanding him.

"It was an expression, Zane." Jay said.

———

Outside, with its leg raised, the Megazord grabs hold of SkelArmour's other leg and pulls it, knocking it down.

As the Rangers were fighting with SkelArmour, Wu soon jumped onto the tyre mountain and poised in front of LJ, who did so as well. "Young nephew, must I teach you whose side you should be on?" He asked.

"I'm always on my father's side, uncle." LJ replied.

"Can't you see, Junior? Your father is using you. And you're the Chosen One!"

"What?"

SkelArmour quickly gets back up and kicks the Megazord back as he did so, making it crash into the pile of tyres, causing Wu to jump back as it collapsed, burying LJ, who yelps, in them.

———

In the cockpit, Jay sees a few buttons. "I wonder what this button is." He immediately pressed one.

———

Outside, a panel on the front of the L.I.E. Megazord and a flail comes out, which it grabs before the panel closed and spun it, emitting electricity. "Wow, a flail that emits electricity!"

———

"What do we call it then?" Cole asked from inside the cockpit.

"How about the Spark Flail?"

"I like it."

"Spark Flail, final attack!" They all said.

———

Outside, the L.I.E. Megazord swings the Spark Flail around before moving it to the SkelArmour. It screams before falling back and explodes. LJ growled as he came out of the pile, knocking some tyres off of him before getting up, covered in sand, oil and charcoal, and saw SkelArmour being destroyed. "One of these days, Rangers." He said before walking away. "One of these days."

———

"A spinning victory." Jay said from inside the cockpit.

———

Outside, Wu came over to the knocked over tyre pile, only to see LJ's drag marks and footprints before looking ahead to his direction.

———

Later on, the Ranger had demorphed and were currently in the trailer, talking about the day, eating some crumb cake. "Those Zords will do very well." Kai said.

"Of course." Ed replied. "And it'll take me a while to come up with a Zord for you and that Maroon Ranger." He then turned to Edna. "Take a note, Edna."

"Sure thing, Ed." Edna said, writing on her notepad.

"We must not dawdle on our present, we have to concentrate on our future." Wu said. "Lloyd and his son must be stopped, no matter what."

"Oh, yeah, I just forgotten why I came here." Jay said. "We came here to get a replacement bonnet for Principal Brown's car."

"Oh yes." Ed replied. "Well, better get that tape measure before we find the right size for it."

———

They soon exit the trailer before coming outside, only to see something disastrous. "Oh, no." The car was completely crushed from SkelArmour's attack. Jay immediately crouched down, covering his face with his hands. "This is gonna get me expelled."

"Well, at least you'll get to spend more time with us." Edna said, not bothered about the predicament.

"This is why he should've left the car with me." Ed said.