It's the final Chapter
Ultimate chapters come after penultimate chapters. Keep that in mind if you write stories. This chapter will be a final chapter/epilogue
The battle had gotten a lot smaller, but more brutal for both sides, as more surviving troops from the other finished battles arrived at Ninjago city. Officially bringing the entire war to Ninjago city.
To Wu it was a bit poetic, since he had heard from Older Lloyd that the first place the Older Timeline's then-Master Chen; his then-apprentice Griffonstone, who was called Garmadon and all the older timeline Serpentine troops invaded Ninjago city first and foremost, this unpredictability of attacks caused Ninjago to become the Empire it became.
Wu wouldn't allow that anymore. This time, he was sure that all wars with Griffonstone have ended in Ninjago, though he didn't know how Griffonstone was killed.
To light elemental users, like Wu and his students Griffonstone's death seemed like a dark veil that covered a huge amount of space lifted to reveal a giant glowing light.
Though not all of the darkness that veiled everything was lifted, so Wu ventured a guess that either Griffonstone somehow survive or is dying slowly. Wu would like to venture the latter.
Elemental Masters have joined in the battle, all intent on ending it. While Lloyd Griffonstone had led Wu, Misako, Lloyd and the four main elemental masters into hiding, all the other elemental Masters joined together and rebelled against the Empire due to it's laws against the Elemental Masters.
The Elemental Masters had failed due to it's predictability. That's something Lloyd Griffonstone had utilised, what the Empire thought Elemental Masters would do to rebel, he had utilised that the Empire thinking that many soldiers would work to pull the entire Empire into a very huge battle.
Lloyd Griffonstone didn't just stay in one of the Empire's cells for almost his entire childhood and not learn anything.
"You will die!" Taa, the assassin for Griffonstone, screamed
"Am I? I faced many trials, including trials that don't belong to Ninjago, and you're just an assassin for an Emperor who apparently only knows Ninjago… who's the most skilled one here?" Wu asked, resisting the urge to laugh.
Three planes went down a tunnel, to find a toxic area, with a broken bridge, Lloyd remembered it as the place where he faced the first monster on his way to see Older Lloyd.
"Lloyd. Why couldn't you come to Kan'tinua village without breaking the bridge?" Older Lloyd sighed
"Sorry. I was caught up in battle" Lloyd apologised, embarrassed
"Do you know how long it took me to build that bridge, especially with the monster there?" Older Lloyd asked, frowning
"Ah… leave the kid alone, I would've done the same thing… in fact, I did, the first time I went to Ninjago during the Power Orb War" Jason recalled, making Older Lloyd frown
"So, Lloyd, ever heard of Dark Magic?" Older Lloyd asked, he could almost hear Garmadon screaming at him not to 'corrupt his son'
"Yeah… I used it twice, once when I opened the portal to the Cursed Realm" Lloyd then shivered as he continued "And while facing the Wind Monster"
"So that's what the spike of darkness was" Older Lloyd replied in a 'oh, so that's what happened' tone
"Yeah…" Lloyd mumbled
"Sorry then, but you'll need to use dark magic again, but I can teach you to control it. Mixing Dark Magic with Golden Power can result in…" Older Lloyd paused, obviously intending something
"It can result in a burst in the space-time continuum, opening a portal to a specified location, time and timeline" Jason continued what Older Lloyd was saying
"If it destroys Griffonstone's army, then I'll do it!" Lloyd firmly stated
"Good. Let's go quickly!" Jason ordered the two others, who both nodded
The three planes quickly got out of the toxic area and saw desert again, Lloyd was relieved to see desert that wasn't Gontroda, he hated that place, especially after what happened.
The three planes zoomed from the desert, quickly came along the blurs of green that was obviously the forest, everything blurred as the planes went at their full speed.
Wu was duelling Taa. The two moved away from each other, as they both looked right to see Kai standing there, though, his eyes were different, they were a more intense shade of orange.
Kai's hair was now no longer all brunette, instead, it had a more fiery orange tinge to it, though his clothing was the same. Everyone stopped to glance at Kai, who had apparently appeared out of nowhere.
"Kai…" Nya breathed, shocked at his changed appearance
"I hold the power of my older self, and myself, surrender, or I shall use that power" Kai calmly suggested
"No matter what, we always obey Griffonstone!" One Serpentine warrior exclaimed
"Griffonstone is defeated! Your empire is over!" Kai growled, as he activated his elemental blade, which was even more fiery and had a glow of gold on it. Wu widened his eyes.
"NEVER!" All the older timeline Serpentine shouted, as Kai curled his lips in a half-smile.
'Their loss', Kai thought, as he slowly raised his hand, all the Serpentine loyal to Griffonstone suddenly felt themselves picked up, all the newer timeline Serpentine loyal to Skales sighed in relief. Kai floated up as the Serpentine did.
"At least he identified usss" One Serpentine warrior loyal to Skales told the Hypnobrai General
"Yesss. It would've been horrible if he didn't" Skales remarked, as all the Older Serpentine were picked up and piled up into a giant ball of Serpentine.
That's when the three planes flown by the two Lloyds and Jason flew to Ninjago city. Wu smiled broadly, as he saw Taa flying into the ball. The planes disappeared, Jason fell to beside Wu, while Lloyd and Older Lloyd just fell in front of them.
"NOW!" Older Lloyd exclaimed, Lloyd focused all his anger, and shot it at the form of power.
Black power came out of Lloyd's hands, while Golden Power came out of Older Lloyd's hands, as they struck. Older Lloyd's eyes turned gold, as he began to chant a spell.
"Undercity no ni hairu hito-tachi o tsuihō pōtaru o sakusei shimasu." Chanted Older Lloyd, as a dark golden portal slowly opened, in order to banish the inhabitants of the Under-City.
The thing about the Under-City is that if a person is banished to the Under-City, they can't see someone who willingly went to the Under-City and vice-versa.
"Kai! Throw the pile of Griffonstone's servants down here!" Older Lloyd pointed at the portal once they were done
"Noted!" Kai shouted at them, as he threw his hands down, throwing 'the pile of Griffonstone's servants', as Older Lloyd put it, down the portal.
Kai used his newfound power to push the Serpentine down the portal, which was a little tight for the pile.
Screams of 'I hate you' and 'I will get my revenge!' were screamed as all of Griffonstone's minions were fit down the portal, which disappeared once they were all put in. The sky quickly turned back to blue, the cause being the sudden light that overtook the darkness.
Everything was back to normal, as Kai's fiery orange hair turned back to brown, and his intense orange eyes turned back to fiery red. Kai stopped flying and dropped down immediately, Older Lloyd and Lloyd both stopped using their elements.
"WE DID IT!" Older Lloyd exclaimed, raising both of his fists ecstatically
"Our burden is finally over" Older Zane intoned happily, coming up behind Older Lloyd
"Good job at killing the Emperor and the Apprentice, Kai" Older Cole smiled broadly
Kai sighed, "It wasn't me who killed the Emperor, and I definitely didn't kill the Apprentice"
"What? Then… are they alive?" Wu asked, concerned for what them alive could mean for Ninjago, Jason, who was beside Wu, briefly glanced at the Sensei with the same feeling
"No. They killed each other, 'The Apprentice', turned good!" Kai exclaimed, in an urging tone
The atmosphere of the victory for Kai, Lloyd, Jason, Older Lloyd, Wu, Older Cole and Older Zane suddenly turned from happy to serious, as all their smiles faded, and the five stared at Kai.
"Really? The Apprentice was the murderous second-in-command of the Empire, and he turned good?" Older Cole asked, disbelieving
"Yeah. You don't have to believe me, but when the Emperor was torturing me, he picked up the Emperor and threw him into a pit of Dark Matter" Kai recounted, calmly
Silence took over, as elemental masters and Serpentine began cleaning up some bricks and rubble that remained from the war. An angry female civilian came up to Older Lloyd.
"Where were you all these past three months?!" The civilian asked, making Older Lloyd glance at her quickly.
The Ninja did not bunch of angry citizens of Ninjago mobbed the Elemental Masters and Serpentine for 'not helping justice'
Wu frowned, not that he had anything agains non-elemental masters, but there were times where Wu thought that the non-elemental master didn't really give the elemental masters credit sometimes for creating and protecting them.
"Oh right" Older Lloyd giggled, "I forgot"
He then turned and raised both of his arms, hands wide, he then cleared his throat, but not moving a bit. A gust of wind was felt by everyone, as Older Lloyd performed a very big spell he never performed.
The civilians stopped shouting and the Serpentine that was trying to barricade the citizens stopped barricading and they all looked at Older Lloyd, the Elemental Masters who never saw Older Lloyd were confused of how there were two Lloyds.
Due to the wind, no one really heard the words Lloyd Griffonstone said, but after his mouth stopped moving, Bright light shot out of the former Garmadon's hands, and a golden aura was formed around him that just got bigger.
An explosion of light made everyone fearful, as light blinded absolutely everything, and all everyone could hear was the pained screams of Lloyd Griffonstone.
Confused gasps and mummers were made once the screams stopped. No one could see a thing, only light. The Elemental Masters swore they felt many people waking from the dead at a very fast pace.
The light faded from everyone's eyes, as dead bodies strewn everywhere suddenly were standing up. The civilians and elemental masters all gasped. The Elemental Masters kept standing, as a little girl walked towards a man that had just been revived. The girl and the man conversed for a bit, until they both embraced
The Elemental Masters realised what Older Lloyd chanted, a rare revival spell! There was charred land where the still alive and unbanished Older Timeline folks were standing… and no older timeline people, excluding Nancy of course.
"Dad?" Nancy called out in desperation, as a tear fell from her eye. Great sadness overtook her as she realised what had happened
"Oh no… it seems that Older me is… simply… not there" Zane choked out
"I began to like Older Cole!" Cole growled angrily
"And I began to like all four, Older Jay was so funny!" Jay exclaimed sadly
Lloyd officially lost both of his dads. That was for sure. Tears came out of his eyes, as a distraught Misako came over to Lloyd.
"You loved him, didn't you?" Lloyd asked his mother seriously, looking at her
"Yes. He was… a good man, but ultimately, your father was the true one for me." Misako answered
"W-what now?" Lloyd closed his eyes in emotional pain
"We rebuild Ninjago, it continued without Older Lloyd, and it sure will without him" Misako answered, though not sure of it herself
Lloyd couldn't take it anymore, Misako hugged her son as he cried on her shoulder. Nancy put a hand on the piece of charred land where her father was. Jason came up and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I would have told him if he hadn't died" Jason bent his legs and went close to Nancy
"Yes. Now what? I simply cannot continue without my dad" Nancy sadly told Jason
"I am like… a noble in Kan'tinua Village, you could easily become an archive keeper there" Jason suggested, even he was sad of Older Lloyd's death
"I'm not going to become a librarian again. Maybe a cook, or maybe a waitress" Nancy thought out loud
"You can become both, at the more food-related sectors of Kan'tinua Village. We have very… sophisticated restaurants" Jason replied politely
"Thank you, Jace" Nancy wailed, as she started crying, Jason held her tight, as they both sat down fully.
Kai glanced at all the mourning ones, as he closed his eyes once again, his pain wasn't done yet, Older Kai and Older Lloyd were killed, and he would be lying if he said that he's too strong to cry out this one.
"Well, I might have not lost my Older self the same way you guys did, but it hurts all the same" Kai muttered to himself
"Kai, are you alright?" Nya came up behind Kai and asked, she hated to see everyone mourn at such a happy moment
"Yeah." Kai unconvincingly lied, as he walked straight ahead, everyone now needed to continue, Kai knew that, it would only take a while.
In another realm, Older Cole, Older Zane, Older Jay and Older Lloyd confusedly glanced at each other. They found themselves in a room made of stone, inscriptions on the walls, and no windows. There was a pedestal at the centre of the room, which the Older Timeline Ninja were right behind.
On the pedestal was a golden katana. The hilt was obviously 100% gold, while the blade looked more silver and… glowy, like an elemental blade. The blade had spikes coming out of it
"Welcome" A kind voice greeted, a man appeared. He looked exactly like Sensei Wu, except, his robes were fully gold and glittered
Older Lloyd widened his eyes in surprise, and asked confusedly "Dad?"
"Yes son, it is me, Old Timeline Wu" Older Wu answered, glancing at his other students
"Sensei!" Older Jay, Zane and Cole happily greeted then bowed in unison
"In basic, you four are all dead" Older Wu informed the four seriously.
The four gaped, dead? Older Lloyd wondered, that, since they were dead right after Older Lloyd cast the spell, shouldn't the other civilians be dead too?
"Dead? So… we live here or something?" Older Cole bluntly asked, Older Lloyd rolled his eyes, 'right to the point', he thought of Older Cole
"No. Only three of you will be transported to the Light Side for your good deeds, but the one who takes the Golden Blade, on the pedestal, will be able to live in the living plane. Make your choice wisely." Older Wu answered, before he faded and disappeared like the ghost he was.
Older Lloyd instinctively took a step back, as he glanced at Older Zane, the one who had forever been his teacher, and taught him the most, after Older Kai, who wasn't there.
"Lloyd, you're the youngest, you should take the sword" Older Cole motioned Older Lloyd
"No no, You take it, I want to see Nya again" Older Lloyd replied with passion
"You have Nancy to take care of. You need to teach the young ones" Older Zane pointed out, urging Older Lloyd to take the blade
"We have nothing else to do, while you, others depend on you, you are needed" Jay added, making Older Lloyd immediately give in to the urges
"Fine then, only because others need me, and plus, maybe it would be a bit selfish to let the others mourn" Older Lloyd replied to them with, as he gloomily walked forward.
Older Lloyd walked forward, the Golden Blade seemed to be humming with power as he came closer. It seemed to be… calling him. He widened his eyes in extreme fear. He questioned himself, 'Should I do this?' and, 'Why am I doing this?'
He closed his eyes and tried to quell his fear, he reassured himself and fear was replaced with confidence. Older Lloyd half-smiled as his confidence overtook his fear. He opened his eyes with fiery determination, his friends and former teachers were telling him to take the blade, despite he was saying no.
He realised that there were no one for his teachers, yet everything was for him, he had two children, a woman who loved him and students to teach. He had to be alive to have and do it all, he had so much to live for.
He quickly took steps forward with a powerful appearance, both of his hands slowly grasped the hilt of the blade, getting the rough feeling of the blade, he the raised the blade, which came out of the pedestal to reveal a long blade.
The blade was seeming to… sing to Older Lloyd, everything transformed, as the Golden Ninja's vision warped and blurred.
His clothes became more white and the blade teleported from his hands to being attached to his back. His utility belt disappeared, and his golden eyes glowed, becoming more white to make an whitish gold shade.
Older Lloyd was introduced to a very different environment, he looked down to see that he was on plains. Older Lloyd was not surprised to see his hands empty, as he already knew where the blade he picked up went.
Older Lloyd then looked up to see the sky, but it was bluer than any part of the sky in Ninjago, despite Kan'tinua Village's efforts to preserve the environment and make an environmentally friendly city, that was part of the morals of a Time Ninja.
But, he damn well was not in Ninjago, that's for sure. He looked ahead to see a palace, it looked like it was made of stone, and there was a… floating mountain behind it.
Older Lloyd was curious of where he was, he had a feeling that he wasn't in the Ninjago realm at all. He was at one of the fifteen other realms. He would find out where, in secret. He looked right to see two transports coming at him, he jumped out of the way just in time.
They were used for racing, that's for sure. Both of them were going so fast, that Older Lloyd only saw pale orange and green blurs only.
"Racing, huh?" Those were Older Lloyd's first words in this realm, as a half-smile curled the lips and he continued "I might be able to build a machine that travels back to Ninjago with… whatever the prize is for the official races here!"
The End.
Older Lloyd is apparently in another Realm, but that's what the sequel is for. Older Lloyd in another realm was the only way to keep Older Lloyd out of the way of Season 5. And Lloyd still needed to mourn the loss of his father, having another father figure simply wouldn't help at that stage. I actually think that Kai became leader due to something, and him having a lot more power that came out three months before Season 5 actually seemed logical for the 'something'.
Anyway, the sequel's for continuing this story, and for the sake of it, has anyone seen the Lego TV show Legends of Chima, since the sequel will be a crossover to that. Look out for the prequel: A Darker Ninjago. Also the sequel: Power of Love