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Alice's P.O.V
"Another cup please, Misako," Sensei Wu politely asked.
"Okay, but drink it slower this time. Healing tea isn't going to work on a burnt tongue," Misako chuckled, pouring him another cup.
"Sip! You were quite impatient," Misako lightly scolded when Sensei Wu drank it down again.
"The same could be said of them," Sensei Wu chuckled, refering to us. I wanted to wait until he could answer our questions, but the others were impatient.
"Okay, Master Wu. You've had your tea. Now, can we talk?" Cole impatiently asked.
"Ask any question you wish," Sensei Wu nodded.
"Who did we fight in the monastery?" Cole asked.
"That was Acronix, right?" Zane added.
"From the painting?" Kai wondered.
"Twins look alike!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Or was it Krux?" Nya added to Zane's question.
"Is he from the future?" I asked.
"How did he speed up time like that?" Kai queried.
"Is he from the past?" Cole added to my question.
"Who ate my pudding cup?" Jay finished. We all turned towards him with expressions that say Really, Jay?
"You're kidding, right?" I asked incredulously.
"What? He said 'ask any question'. I put my name on this. Just because we're in a new dojo, doesn't mean we disobey the refrigerator rules!" Jay defended.
"You done with your little tantrum yet?" I teased. Jay stuck his tongue out at me yet again.
"Well, to answer your questions, I must begin at the end. It was forty years ago, shortly after the Serpentine Wars. When I was a much younger man," he started. I even started to picture this in my head. I didn't want the others to be left out, so I projected it to their heads as well, even if I surprised them.
"As you know, we fought valiently, but our enemies were strong, and our powers alone were not enough. It was the discovery of the magic flutes that allowed us to finally defeat the Anacondrai. Their leaders were banished, and peace was returned to Ninjago," he continued. Yeah, we know this already. Can we skip to the weird guys with the colorful blades?
"'It is done, brother Garmadon,' I congratulated my brother.
'Indeed, Wu,' he agreed.
'Today Ninjago is finally at peace. A great victory, and one we could not have achieved without each of you...the Elemental Masters,' I smiled at all the Elemental Masters. They cheered.
'Smoke, Metal, Lightning, Shadow, Fire, Water, and Time!' I listed."
"Hold on a sec. So that guy on the monastery is an actual Elemental Master of Time?" Cole inquired.
"No, Acronix was an Elemental Master of Time. Like his brother, Krux," Sensei Wu corrected, taking another sip of his tea.
"After helping us win our hard-fought peace, they betrayed me, Garmadon, and the others. The so called 'Hands of Time' felt they controlled the most powerful element, therefore entitling them to rule all of Ninjago," Sensei Wu explained.
"What did you do?" I asked, interested in the story now.
"We had to stop them...and it would take all of us. Garmadon, myself, and every Elemental Master," Sensei Wu answered. Kai and Nya glanced at each other.
"Even...our parents?" Kai hesitantly asked.
"Of course. Kai, Nya, Alice, your mother and father were great fighters, but it appeared even they had met their match," Sensei Wu described. Here we go with the mental movie again.
"Acronix was a skilled warrior. One of the best I've ever seen, but his real power was his ability to control the forward movement of time. By sending himself forward, he was always ahead of the action, as if he had superspeed. However, a slope aggression is just as dangerous. Different power, but equally effective. One Master of Time was bad enough, but like the hands on a clock, there were two," he continued. A can see a fight in my head.
"Krux's power was opposite of his brother's. He could reverse time. It's a huge advantage in combat. Know your opponent's next move. Know how to counter it. He could even control time...to the point of halting it. Of course, he didn't halt himself.
'Their unbeatable, brother. How do we stop them?' Garmadon asked me.
'I don't know. Time is the tread that sews the fabric of the universe,' I answered.
'And it appears that they have all the needles,' Garmadon added.
'Control time-!' Acronix started.
'Control everything!' Krux finished.
We knew we had to prepare, fearing that next time, we would not be so lucky."
"You said the Hands od Time were unbeatable, yet you beat them. How?" Lloys inquired. Yep. I think that's the million dollar question on all our minds.
"How one often defeats an enemy...by taking away their weapon," Sensei Wu answered.
"Wait, but their weapon was time," I said, really confused about that.
"Indeed.
'Are they done?' Garmadon asked.
'They are,' I answered. I put the bag over my shoulder down and opened it, revealing the blades.
'Here they come,' Garmadon warned.
Our only hope was four blades, hastily forged from Krono Steel.(Tell me if that's right or not) The Time Blades.
Krono Steel is the only metal that can absorb energy. Stripped of their powers, Acronix and Krux were just two ordinary men, easily subdued. But, the ability to control time is too great for anyone to possess. Garmadon and I knew the Time Blades themselves were a threat, that had to be eliminated, forever. We created a temporal vortex to dispatch the blades in time, where they would to the ages. But Acronix and Krux refuse to admit defeat. They thought they were more powerful than time itself," Sensei Wu finished.
"So what happened to them?" Cole asked.
"Krux disappeared into time itself, and I knew Acronix was going to return yesterday, so I waited. He was the remaining loose end to tie. Now, he is no more," Sensei Wu answered as he was helped by Misako to a more comfortable chair.
"You mean, like, permanently?" Lloyd asked.
"Never my intent, but it was his fate. Now Acronix is gone forever, along with that Time Blade. It took four decades, but the Hands of Time will never again threaten Ninjago," Sensei Wu explained.
"One question. How'd you know Acronix would return at the monastary at that exact moment?" Lloyd asked.
"Why didn't you ask for our help?" Jay continued.
"How many Elemental Masters were there?" Zane queried.
"Our parents. You said they were there," Kai added. He really wanted to know more about his parents.
"That Time Blade keeps coming back to my mind. What exactly did that one do?" I wondered. I was expecting Sensei Wu to answer, but he quickly, and I mean quickly, fell asleep.
"No more questions for today. Your Master fought a powerful enemy, he needs time to recuporate," Misako shoo-ed us out.
"Hey, I just realized," Cole called our attention, shutting the doors behind him.
"The mural we saw at the museum. That must be the battle he just told us about," he said.
"Naw, I thought it was just a pretty picture of fluffy unicorns!" I exclaimed sarcastically.
"Acronix was a so called 'myth', and we totally busted him!" Jay cheered, high-fiving Kai.
"Except now there's nothing to do," Kai mused.
"There's always something to do, Kai. You just have to look," I said. Kai jumped a little. I giggled.
"The temple still needs unpacking," Lloyd observed, pointing out the boxes all around us.
"Lloyd's right," Cole sighed.
"Kinda wish we hadn't busted him," Jay said.
"Jay, I think you just jinxed it," I feared.
"Hey, Nya. Wanna hang out?" Jay asked hopefully.
Nya smiled at him.
"So, you wanna hang out?" Cole asked.
"Hmm...let me see if I'm not busy...nope. I'm all yours," I teased.
"Whoa, sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt," Kai interrupted as me and Cole were about to kiss.
"I didn't see anything," Kai said quickly with his hands covering his face.
"What's up, Kai?" Cole asked.
"Something you need to see. Hurry!" Kai turned and ran into the door, as he still had his hands over his eyes. I laughed.
"Are you okay, Kai?" I asked through my laughs.
"Yep. Yeah, I'm fine," Kai waved off.
"That's why I camped out all night," I heard when we got there. Everyone else was already there.
"I never miss a Borg store product debut. Borgpad, Borgpod, I even bought the Cyrus PDA. I guess you could say I'm the 'borgest' fan. Hahahaha. Borgest. Get it? Hahaha. Anyway, I'm pretty excited," a man in a brown suit, sort of like the ninjas years ago, said.
"That was a really stupid joke," I commented.
I watched as the debut commenced. The music guy missed his cue, like, three times! Then, chaos happened as someone crashed the party.
"That was the scene just moments ago in downtown Ninjago, where the launch of the new Borgwatch waas tragically mared by a Samurai," the newsman announced.
"Well, Kai. You said there was nothing left to do," Cole smirked.
"And ninja-ing certainly beats unpacking," Jay added.
"Doesn't anything beat unpacking, though?" I smiled.
"Too bad there's only one Samurai. They don't really need all of us," Lloyd pointed out.
"So, how do we decide who gets to deal with this?" Kai asked.
"I suggest randomly assigning each of ourselves a digit, then manually engaging a cube with graphical representations of each number, to make a random, unbiased selection," Zane suggested.
"Roll dice," he shortened.
"So, your idea is to roll dice? Why didn't you say so rather than make it fancy?" I asked.
"Yeah. Or, we could just see who gets there first!" Nya countersuggested, her competitive side showing.
"RACE YA!" everyone yelled. They all ran out of the room as quickly as they could. Me? I'm using my way.
I rolled my eyes at their antics and teleported myself to the scene. Won't this be a surprise when they get here?
I surveyed the scene to see what we were dealing with. Through the window of the store, I saw an orange skinned person with some armor on him. I moved closer to the store, wanting a better look at him. The orange person turned around to throw something out the window, and I saw snakes coming out of holes in the helmet. The person looked like an orange mummy by its face. I turned and ran to the car on the other side of the street. I ducked down behind it, hoping it couldn't see me.
"We got here the exact same time," Kai stated. That was fast.
"Oh, darn. Now who do we decide who gets to fight?" Cole complained. Is that all you think about right now, Cole?
"Is that Dareth? Maybe he'll-," Kai started. He stopped as the guy in the brown suit was thrown from the store and landed in front of them.
"He's going to feel that in the morning," I sympathized.
"Sup? I roughed him up for ya, but feel free to finish the guy off," he groaned before faceplanting into the street again.
"Just roll the freaking dice already!" I yelled at them.
"Alice? When did you get here?" Lloyd asked.
"Few minutes ago," I shrugged.
"Then you won. You fight him," he pointed me inside.
"What are you doing there anyway?" Cole wondered.
"Just surveying the scene," I nervously chuckled. I didn't want to tell them that I didn't want to go because I was afraid of snakes. Ever since the Tournament of Elements and all that, I became afraid of snakes. Can I just not fight that snake and say I did?
"Why don't you go fight him since you won the race?" Jay asked.
"I don't want to take the priveledge of fighting him from you," I lied. Let's hope they bought it.
"Hey, Zane. Still have those dice?" Kai asked. Yes! They did!
"I have virtual ones," Zane said. A minute of silence happened where Kai was waving his hand like an eager child.
"Alice," Zane called. You've got to be kidding me!
"Oh boy," I breathed. I gulped and put my hood on and my staff out. I stood up from behind the car I was hiding behind and moved forward.
"You need any help?" Cole asked, concerned when he saw my expression before.
"There's only one, right? I think I'm good," I smiled. I made my eyes confident that I could do this, but my stance, grip on my staff, and body language said otherwise.
I cautiously and hesitantly walked in the destroyed store. When I walked in, I noticed the lack of the snake. I looked around.
'I don't see them anymore. Do you think they left when you guys were fighting and choosing who got to tackle the snake?' I asked.
'Behind you!' Lloyd yelled.
I quickly turned around and blocked the snake's sword with my staff.
'Thanks,' I thanked.
I pushed them away and jumped over to the other side of them. Before I had a chance to swipe the feet from under them, I was kicked away. I fell into the street, in front of the others.
"Nope. Couldn't do it," I groaned.
First part of battle done here. Second part is next chapter. I just had my hair done! I went in there wanting one thing, then came out with something completely different! My hair was cut shorter, dyed red(which I love! I've been trying to my mom to let me change my hair color for forever!) and my eyebrows waxed. The end result was amazing from before. It looks so fabulous! It's so flippy too! I constantly flip it!
Alice: You done yet?
Turtle: Hey, I wanted to share my first ever experience in getting my hair dyed and my eyebrows waxed!
See you later my little ninja turtles. Review?
