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Disclaimer: I wish I owned Ninjago but sadly I don't. *sad sigh*
(Rosie's POV)
On the Bounty, everyone rushed to the main room with a giant screen on one of the walls, Cole told me it's called the "Bridge". Nya took Xavier downstairs to one of the bedrooms. Kai typed in something and a video feed came on of Ignacia, showing the last half hour. Two figures led an army down the street, the security footage caught what the figures were saying. After a few seconds, I realized who they were. "Mommy? Daddy? What's wrong with them?" I asked.
"How do we explain this?" Lloyd mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck. "We don't know what happened to them, but we will try to get them back." Kai promised. Everyone looked back to the video tape, as everyone in the village started to leave I watched mommy and daddy take the man back inside the building. Two nindroids guarded the entrance after they left.
"So that's where they went." Lloyd said. "What are we going to do now?" Jay asked. "I heard Zane say something about their 'headquarters', but I don't know where that could be." Lloyd said "What else did they say?" Kai asked. "They mentioned someone called 'Master' and the two 'missions' they were on, which were to capture me and to march on Ignacia. But that's it." "Master? Could that mean the Overlord?" "Or could it mean Cryptor? Both were there that night."
"What are you talking about? Who's the Overlord? And what night?" I asked. Everyone looked at me. "I forgot she was still in the room." someone muttered. Cole walked over to me and opened my backpack, pulling out one of mommy's journals. I watched him flip through the pages, he turned it around and showed me a sketch and a story. "The Final Battle? What's this?" I asked. "Read this, Rosie. Hopefully it will answer your questions. If you still have questions after reading this, you can always ask us."
I looked at the sketch, it showed a white dragon fighting a bigger black dragon on the roof of a large building, it looked like there were three figures climbing the stairs on the side of the building. "Cryptor always said that he wanted to take over Ninjago, this must be what he wanted." "How can we stop them? They know all our moves and attacks!" "How can we outthink them? Mel's unpredictable and Zane will plan out every attack to the degree." "We'll have to try to outthink them." I started reading as they talked. "There we were, stuck on the Dark Island with no way off and Lloyd, the Green Ninja, injured..."
(No POV)
*italics mean Overlord now
Mel and Zane walked through the hidden fortress, looking around for their Master. In the main area of the building, the Overlord greeted them. "My two pawns have arrived. Have you successfully captured Ignacia?" "Yes, Master. Ignacia is under our control, but we bring other news." Zane said with a bow. "We came in contact with the Golden Ninja. He was almost in our grasp-" Mel said, but the Overlord interrupted. "He ALMOST was?!"
Mel bowed her head lower and drew back, frightened of her Master's wrath. "He escaped before we could capture him." she said in a small voice. The Overlord growled angrily and yelled, "You fool! He is the key to my physical body! You must pay for your failure!" Four nindroids came and grabbed Zane and Mel, hooking them to the metal tables, facedown. Their arms were strapped above their heads. Mel panicked, seeing her husband about to be punished alongside her. "Don't punish him, Master! I'm the one who let him get away! Master, please don't punish Zane! I will take his punishment for him!" she pleaded.
But he wouldn't listen to her desperate pleading. The Overlord walked over with a whip, "This will teach you two not to fail me again!" The Overlord then struck them ten times each. Tears poured down their faces as they screamed, they begged for mercy and forgiveness as he struck them. "Forgive us! Master, please! Forgive us! We won't let you down! Please forgive us!" they screamed.
As the Overlord walked away, he growled, "Do not fail me again, or the punishment will be far worse than that." The four nindroids unhooked them and dragged them to their room, laying them on their bed. Mel and Zane groaned in pain, their backs felt as if they were on fire. "I-I'm s-sorry, m-my l-love. I-I'm s-so s-sorry." Mel sobbed. "I-it i-isn't y-your f-fault." Zane replied through clenched teeth, he groaned as he moved his arm to hold her hand. "W-we c-can't l-lose t-the G-Golden N-Ninja a-again." Then the pain suddenly overwhelmed them, they quickly blacked out. A nindroid came back an hour later and put medication on their backs as they laid unconscious. After he was done, he left a note from the Overlord, We attack Jamanakai Village at noon. Be prepared to fight.
