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At the base of the Garmatron, Harumi's friends fought for their lives.
"Where's Harumi?!" Ren shouted.
Carnelian shrieked in fear as a Stone Warrior raised its blade to run her through. Ren grappled with her own foe, holding back a spear from her own chest. Her gaze darting to Carnelian, Ren shut her eyes and yanked the spear out of her foe's hand, hurling the spear directly towards her friend. Before the warrior could attack her again, Ren leapt up into the air, her body shifted to that of a raven. The bird flapped away as another warrior attempted to slice at her. Ren shifted her body back to normal as she landed on Carnelian's attacker, sending it into the ground and delivering a hard kick to its head.
Seeing her chance, Carnelian lit her left fist on fire, grabbing the thrown spear as it soared into her. She caught the tip of the blade mere inches from her chest, the sight causing her breath to skyrocket. She thrust both hands onto the spear and let the fire consume it. The warrior backed away at the sight, at which point Carnelian froze the spear solid and struck the warrior over the head with it. The indestructible foe staggered, giving her time to rush to Ren.
"S-She was on the tower…" Carnelian panted, "..T-Told her not… not to go… g-got ambushed…"
"You let her go ALONE?!" Ren shouted, only to see Carnelian clutching at her side. Blood was pouring from a wound, and her hand seemed to be all that was keeping pressure on it.
"D...Do you think I'd let her go if I wasn't…. Wasn't… T-Tried... " Carnelian stumbled slightly, "...D-Dang it… I-I'm seeing double…"
"Where's Mizuko?!" Ren raised her hand to her head.
"She is currently not in the immediate vicinity," Olive's voice rang out over their comms, "I will attempt to discern her location as of present."
"Carnelian is hurt," Ren shouted, delivering a swift kick to an archer attempting to arrow her down, "She's not going to last much longer if we don't move!"
"I'll take her!" Raiden's voice sounded in Ren's comm, "Let me just… get to her!"
From across the battlefield, massive blue sparks filled the area. Raiden suddenly burst up into the air, his body surrounded in lightning as the warriors below were electrocuted into submission. When he landed, he rapidly leapt from their head to head towards Ren, his entire body charged with sparks. When he arrived beside Ren, his features were twisted with rage. His charged arm grabbed a warrior and threw him backwards, while his other hand grounded so he could reach out to grab Carnelian.
"Mizuko left to go and gather citizens to move them away from the battle," Raiden let more lightning fly as he spoke casually to Ren, "We need to make our way there!"
"No… Harumi went up there alone!" Ren thrust her hand to the massive black tower in the sky, "...She's going to fight him all by herself!"
"That… that can't be helped," Raiden hung his head, "We're doing our best to hold back the entire army right now. We lost the Helmet of Shadows, this is our only option! She… she'll have to do this herself!"
"NO!" Ren screamed, "Did you see her face?! She's not thinking clearly! Her… her father…"
Before she could continue, an arrow from across the field embedded in her right shoulder. Ren howled and dropped to one knee, her hand reaching up to see the extent. The sight of it sticking out of her flesh was sickening, and as she tried to grab hold of it, the pain made her vision shake. Raiden immediately leapt in front of his now two injured allies, lightning coursing out of his arms from his now blue sparkling eyes.
"We're getting out of here!" Raiden ordered, "Olive, tell everyone we're making our stand at the staging point!"
Ren felt Raiden's other arm reaching out to grab onto her. Gathering lightning in his legs, he charged his muscles to force himself to run faster than he normally could, carrying the two off across the field. As the three rapidly flew their way through the crowd, Ren raised her sights to the massive tower, and the terror that lay atop it.
The beast that she'd come to understand was the Overlord was perched atop his tower, watching the battle from his own amusement. A single flash of gold was so far up, it was hard to even make out what it was. It disappeared around the side of the tower, seemingly swallowed by the darkness.
"We've already evacuated the citizens," Raiden stated solemnly, "All we can do is let her handle this."
"Fine...Don't die, Harumi…" Ren whispered, clutching her arm, "Please…"
The Golden Mech took its final step up the massive tower. After Carnelian had driven the warriors off, Harumi hadn't met any resistance on her way up. The stairs wrapping around the blackened fortress seemed the perfect size for the mech as she ascended. She had considered flying up, but when she tried turrets had fired upon her. The Overlord wanted her to rise to meet him.
Harumi wasn't looking when the mech stopped. Her head was hung low, her hair stuck to her head with sweat and splatters of red. Her body almost seemed to hang limp in the controls, as though pilot and machine were reversed. The mech's dull gold stood out as a single ray of light within the purple and black that had shrouded the city,
The massive dragon form of the Overlord stood in front of her. The body that had once belonged to Lord Garmadon, her grandfather, was unrecognizable. The black dragon was almost too large for the perch that it stood on; even with his wings folded in his length made his head seem to hang off the top of the building. Just to allow Harumi to stand at the edge of the roof, his body was turned sideways with his head raised into the sky. His multiple eyes looked down to her, staring her down.
The Overlord slowly inhaled. For a moment, the mech took a fighting stance, Harumi's body still hardly moving. When he let it loose, he instead laughed. His laugh pierced the air, the mocking and degrading noise striking the hearts of all those close enough to take it in. Ren and the others below all winced as they heard the sound. Harumi did not stir.
"You have taken his mech, then? You truly are a silly little girl if you think that alone can defeat ME!" The Overlord declared, "That machine was nothing more than the sword he used to hold back the blades of fate. A sword is nothing without its true master."
Harumi did not respond. The Overlord surged forward, his wings opening wide. HIs neck wrapped around the back of her machine, while his wings moved to cover the sky above. Suddenly, her entire world was nothing more than darkness. From below, the light of the mech disappeared as the Overlord's mass seemed to swallow her into the void of shadows.
"I must at least thank you for coming this far," The beast's noise came from all around, bouncing across every surface of the mech, "Most would have given up long before now. Your very friends down below are shuddering in their skin as they look upon me. You are either a very brave, or a very foolish girl to have come this far. Either will net you the same end."
Harumi slowly raised her head. Her eyes were vacant and hollow. Tears streaks were stained into her face, and her pupils were unfocused and distant. Her hands had a death grip on the controls, the only thing that seemed to be anchoring herself in the machine. Her gaze slowly drifted towards a space off to her left.
"This is the battle that even HE could not finish. What makes you think a girl as weak and worthless as yourself could ever do that HE couldn't!?" From the darkness, glowing eyes of malice formed to stare into her, "What is it that makes you even more special than him, hmm? You are an ignorant fool to believe you could do anything by coming here! If you had stayed on that pitiful island, I would have let you lived out your remaining days in misery at least. But it seems you are eager for your end. Like father… like daughter."
Harumi's head perked up somewhat. The darkness around her vanished, and when it did she found her mech was now standing in the middle of the roof. The Overlord had taken to the skies, his wings stirring the winds. The force rattled the plating on the mech. Harumi's expression slowly shifted as she moved to let her gaze vaguely orient towards his head.
"...I'll… kill you…" Harumi whispered.
"What was that?" The Overlord laughed, "I couldn't hear you over the sound of your own fear!"
"I'll kill you…." Harumi forced out again.
The Overlord raised his head up and opened his jaws. From them, a massive plume of pure purple flame shot into the sky. The clouds that had covered the city were parted for a brief moment, only for their light to be snuffed out by the darkness plugging it up. The Overlord let his jaws snap shut, the flame pillar rising into the sky. The darkness swallowed up the sky again, leaving those on the ground to shudder as cold dread filled their bodies.
"I'll kill you." Harumi repeated again.
"Speak louder, great-granddaughter! You dishonor his legacy if you cannot even raise your voice to me!" The Overlord shouted. His face shot forward, his eyes leveling with the mech's pilot, "Or has the blood of your father dried your throat shut as well?"
Harumi's eyes shot open.
The Overlord let out a bellow as a massive burst of gold fired from the mech. A pillar of golden light, mirroring his own taunt, raised into the sky. The mech's systems grew to their peak as it was flooded with pure golden creation energy. The Overlord flapped backwards as the sword of the mech grew in size, morphing into a glistening broadsword. Its body glowed with such intensity that Ren and the others, all the way at the bottom of the tower, were forced to shield their eyes. Yet it was not the mech itself that drew the Overlord's gaze.
Harumi's eyes were glowing golden. Her elemental robes likewise turned to pure gold, the red stains upon them shining with their light. Her hair began to glisten as the white locks splayed out behind her, the energy coursing through her making it float in the air. Her hands regripped the controls of the mech, energy wisping off of her every inch. As she raised her eyes, the tears stained burned away from the raw heat she gave off, and a black energy crackled around her lips as she screamed:
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!"
The Overlord didn't even see the first swing. His instincts were all that let his feet raise up to catch the broadsword from cleaving his chest in two. He flung it away, but the mech had raised its other arm to open its palm. Golden light burst out towards him, the lasering firing off into the distance. The dragon rolled to his right to avoid it, raising his own jaws open and unleashing a torrent of dark flames directly onto the building. The entire fortress shook to its very foundation as the flames scorched the earth behind them.
Harumi screamed to him in turn, the mech placings its hands together. A Rhotate disc bigger than any had seen before formed, raising up and firing straight into the oncoming fire. The spinning disc cut straight into the flames, splitting the stream around either side of the mech. Harumi made the mech grip the sword with both hands and rush forward, firing the jets in its feet to carry it into the air to slice towards the dragon's head.
The Overlord's tail snapped across his body, striking the side of the mech as it flew into the air. Harumi went tumbling through the air, the disc below fizzling out. The dragon's fire ceased, revealing the entire right half of the roof and several floors had been melted down to smoldering purple ash and slag.
The mech had shot through the air, Harumi shouting as she brought the sword down again. The Overlord rapidly swung his body out of the way as the mech swung with brazen speed, each slice carving through the air hard enough to make buildings below shake from the wind it produced. She swung again, again and again once more, each time missing or having it knocked away by his talons. She brought the massive blade overhead, its length burning with golden energy. With an enraged howl, she brought it down overhead.
The Overlord's tail thrust up once more, spikes along its length catching the sword mid-swipe. The mech stalled as Harumi gunned with all she had, trying to push the sword down towards the dragon. With another laugh, the Overlord spun his tail about, causing the mech to soar backwards through the sky to hold onto its weapon.
"YOU CHALLENGE ME IN THIS STATE?!" The Overlord howled in mirth as his talons caught the chest of the mech in the air, "YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND YET, DO YOU? NINJAGO. IS. MINE!"
With a rapid spin of his body, the Overlord sent the mech soaring backwards into the scorched tower. The golden light pulsed as it drove through floor after floor to stop its descent. By the time it had stopped, the Overlord was framed against nearly ten floors above it. When Harumi opened her eyes, she saw the massive head looming over her, jaws opening wide to send flame straight down to roast her alive.
The mech's sword sliced out the side of the building, letting her narrowly avoid the flames. Even more of the tower was melted as the fire scorched the interior, melting floor after floor with the intense flames. The mech one more raised its arm towards the Overlord, firing off another burst of golden light towards the flying figure.
The Overlord felt the laser sting his left wing, letting out a long snarl. He turned his head towards Harumi, letting the flames spray from the building to her. The mech gripped its sword in hand and began rapidly spinning its wrist, blocking the incoming flame pillar with its rapid rotation. Harumi struggled against her control sticks, golden power crackling in her hand as she forced the controller for the arm down. The sword shot upwards and sliced straight down into the flame, sending golden light firing straight up into the beasts's jaws.
The mech lurched as a loud slice filled the air. Harumi turned with an enraged look to see the left arom of her mech, as well as the sword, falling to the ground. She rapidly spun her mech around to try to intercept with the next arm, but the Overlord had already shot down and wrapped his jaws around the midsection of the machine.
A sickening crunch filled the air as the Overlord bit down. Pieces of metal and sparks flew about as he put the full force of his power behind it, ready to tear the machine in two. Harumi yanked the control, the arm responding and firing a laser straight down into the Overlord's skull. Just above his eyes, a small hole burned into the thick skin, but the creature hardly even noticed.
The Overlord closed his jaws. The mech snapped in half, pieces flying as gravity finally took over. The two halves flew about, the now useless legs flying off towards the ground while the top half smashed into a tall building nearby. The remaining arm flopped out uselessly as it did so. Not to waste even a second, the dragon once more opened its jaws, unleashing the torrent of scorching darkness to melt the remainder of the mech and cockpit down to nothing.
"HARUMI!" Ren shouted from the ground. Her eyes focused with a terrified shock as she watched the roof melt under the assault, glass shattering as the heat filled the thing and the little glimmer of light fade away.
Like a single spark, a small ounce of light exploded from inside the flame. The light shot straight up the darkness once more, this time finding its true mark. The Overlord bellowed in pain as his throat was scorched by the pure light, causing his flames to spark out. Several feet above the now melted roof hovered a glowing ball of gold, and within the center of that gold was Harumi. Her elemental shield had transformed from green energy to pure golden power, and as her hair was now violently splaying out behind her, the anger shining within her eyes made even the Lord of Darkness give pause.
The shield dissipated, and in its place a massive golden dragon formed. Harumi's dragon had nearly doubled in size, her wingspan far larger and her jaws now far sharper. The dragon reared its head back and roared as Harumi drifted down into the elegant saddle, her hands gripping the reins. From around her body, dark energy continued to pulse down her sides, surrounding as some sort of dark aura. The dragon gave a mighty roar that shook the hearts of those nearly as hard as the Overlord's himself, then attacked.
The two dragons collided together, snapping and clawing at one another. Unable to spark fire with his burned mouth, the Overlord instead feraly snapped at the dragon as the two rolled through the air. Darkness and light both sparked and trailed behind them as they tussled, their backs colliding straight into a skyscraper. The Overlord finally threw Harumi off, sending her spiraling into the air.
The golden dragon raised his feet, forming massive Rhotate discs that began to rapidly fire straight from them faster than Harumi ever could. The Overlord soared out of the way and opened his own jaws, forming a disc and sending it crackling and spiraling towards her. The two dragons soared around one another, their discs rapidly turning and shifting to track the other as they flapped around. Stray discs collided into buildings or arced down into the streets, blasting holes into the pavement. Several level bridges were snapped as discs crashed into them.
Harumi steered her dragon straight around a building to attempt to avoid a fired disc, only to see the massive jaws of the Overlord awaiting her side as she cleared it. Harumi dropped her dragon and thrust her hands into the air, catching the disc with a massive shield of golden power. The disc spun and cut straight into the shield, shaking the entire construct. Harumi shouted and thrust her hands to the side, throwing shield and disc away from her. As the Overlord lunged forward, Harumi reached out and grabbed his upper lip, thrusting her feet down and forcing his jaws open. Golden energy gathered around Harumi as her eyes turned golden once more, sending a massive burst of energy straight from her body. The dragon howled in pain as his mouth was wrenched open, Harumi soaring backwards onto her waiting dragon again.
Her dragon shot forward again. Its teeth and claws dug into whatever surface it could find, biting down with whatever strength it had. The Overlord tried to shake her off, but she willed it to keep going. The jaws snapped. The claws raked down. The Overlord roared in pain as red lines were drawn in his flesh.
It wasn't enough.
Harumi drew her right hand back, gathering all of the power she could will inside of her. Her fist glowed so bright the gold turned to white as she thrust her hand down straight into the back of the Overlord. The massive explosion of golden energy sent a shockwave out across the skies. The dragon's back caved in at the spot.
Not enough.
The Overlord turn, thrusting Harumi off. The girl went flying backwards again, halting her momentum but forming her elemental shield as she went into a building. The Overlord's talons were upon her before she could counter. The Overlord soared straight up into the air, compressing his talons down on the shield. When he was high enough in the air, the Overlord slung her shield straight up into the air, then brought his tail upon it.
Harumi was sent hurtling towards the ground faster than she could use her newfound levitation to stop herself. She accelerated as she was sent straight down towards the streets, crashing through layer bridge after bridge as she went. When she finally struck the ground, the ripples spread out all the way to the buildings on either side, her ball cracking into the ground nearly five feet. The Overlord shot straight down from the skies to land beside her, shaking the earth as he did.
Harumi stood up unharmed, her limbs only slightly shaking. The dragon lunged forward to bite her, but Harumi sent her fist careening straight into his nose. The golden glow flared up as she shot into the air and towards him, sending her punches straight into his face. The dragon howled and began backing up on the streets, raising wings and tail to strike her off. Harumi slung her feet and hands wildly, striking whatever got close enough to be a threat to her. Each strike sent the part of the Overlord whipping backwards, several times his head cracking more buildings around them.
"The people still remain!" The Overlord attempted to shout, "Your recklessness will result in their-"
"SHUT UP!" Harumi thrust her hand down on his head, sending it to the side. Her knee came up to send his head snapping into the air, and then both of her hands thrust his neck down to crack into her foot. His entire body was sent flipping backwards from the result of the assault.
Not enough.
As the Overlord raised his head, one of his eyes was now bleeding just above it, causing his face to run with purple blood. The dragon cried out in pain and anger. As the Overlord thrust his legs and wings out to steady himself, his eyes lifted up to stare at her with a newfound malice.
The dragon rapidly ran forward, its wings carrying it faster than any run ever could. With its wings it picked up cars and ripped chunks from the buildings, thrusting them out towards Harumi. Harumi thrust her forearm and knees into the projectiles to shatter them. The Overlord shot out to attack once more, sending its jaws forward. Harumi raised her shield in front of her to prepared for it, but just as she readied herself for the impact his tail thrust about to smack into her side. She yelled out in brief pain before her body was sent straight into the streets with a massive cloud of rubble.
Harumi shot upwards to grab hold of the massively clawed foot that reached out to grab her, but the other foot wrapped around her side instead. Harumi was lifted from the ground and slammed into a building again, by now the damage to the city making the sound of broken glass sheer noise to her. Blood burst from her lip as the impact crashed into her back. She rapidly sent golden power out from her torso to thrust the talons away, swerving to avoid another thrust of those deadly jaws.
"You cannot defeat ME!" The Overlord roared, bringing his chin down atop of Harumi. The impact sent her into the ground again, making her gasp in pain again as the air was knocked out of her, "You are a CHILD, I was created BEFORE YOU WERE BORN!" The Overlord brought his tail down atop her, "You tell me to silence myself? I will silence you, PERMANENTLY!"
Harumi gathered golden power in her forearms, bracing each strike of the Overlord. His tail rapidly struck her, forcing her down further and further into the ground with every strike. Her feet buckled as she fell to her knees, her forearms raised overhead as the Overlord continued to beat her down into the pavement. She hunched over, guarding herself as each strike made her arms more and more numb.
"I am DARKNESS! I am FEAR! I am TERROR! I! AM! THE! OVERLORD!" The Overlord punctuated his final few beatings with a tail strike that shook the ground blocks away. With his last strike, he swung his tail horizontally, catching Harumi off guard and sending her flying off into the distance.
When Harumi landed, her body all but rolled off of the tree she had crashed into. She'd been knocked all the way to the park. Hazily, she forced her body up. Her vision wasn't working right. Her arms felt numb, and her legs felt slow. The sensible part of her brain told her she needed to stay down. That part was washed away with a wave of anger. She burned more power into her arms and legs to force the to move. Her body seemed to hover straight into the air.
Harumi…
Harumi snarled, she tried to move forward, but a searing pain in her chest made her stop. She looked down. Was that her father's blood, or her blood? Her… father's… blood… Her eyes set with anger again. She tried again to hover forward. Her body failed her, and she simply went down onto her knees instead. She leaned forward on her hands. Was it getting harder to breathe..?
Harumi!
"...What…?" Harumi half responded to the voice, and half simply questioned what was going on. Once more she tried to force her body to move. It was sluggish.
Harumi, listen to me. The Ninja will be here soon. You need to take the Weapons!
"Who… who are you…?" Harumi coughed. She gripped the tree. Slowly, she pulled herself upright. Her body quaked as she forced herself to move. Everything hurt.
Garmadon. Harumi… I'm here, your attacks have loosened his hold on me, Garmadon's spirit rang in her head, Harumi… you cannot defeat him as you are now.
It wasn't enough. Harumi's fingers dug into the tree so hard it splintered around her grasp. The action only made her loose her grip and start to slide down again. She coughed and made herself stand up once. She wobbled on her feet as she did, trying to make herself move. Off in the distance, she could see the Overlord slowly crawling towards her.
Harumi, please. Please. I need you to… to avenge my son… Garmadon's voice cracked, Harumi, your wield the Golden Power. You must use it. My father, when he created the Golden Weapons he shaped them using his power. Some of his power is sealed within them. You can defeat the Overlord if you tap into that power!
"Grandpa…" Harumi coughed out, "...I'm… I'm sorry… I couldn't…"
There is nothing you could have done, Harumi. I have contacted Somnam, he is having the ninja bring you the Golden Weapons. Harumi, you must not hesitate to strike the final blow. I will lend you the power that I have to allow for you to wield all four weapons at once!
"You'll… you'll die…" Harumi staggered forward, "Destroying his body… that's your body…"
It ceased to be my body the second he took it over. We do not have time. You will die if we wait! Garmadon exhaled, I brought evil upon this world. I know what I did to you, to your mother, and to my son was wrong. My head is clear for the first time in years, Harumi. I need you to do this, for me. If not for me, then for Lloyd. Do not hesitate to strike the final blow.
"Harumi!"
Harumi turned her head to side. Standing across the street from here were Kai, Cole, Jay and Zane. All of them held their respective Golden Weapons. All of them were bleeding from some point, heaving from the battle the Stone Army was putting up. Harumi slowly stumbled forward towards them, but the Overlord's head crested between the buildings nearby.
"Catch!" Kai drew his arm back, then thrust his sword threw the air at Harumi, "Take him out, Harumi!"
"You got this, Harumi!" Cole added, the scythe flying to her.
"You can do it!" Jay shouted, his nunchucks sparking as they soared through the skies.
"Avenge him, Harumi!" Zane shouted, throwing his shurikens at her, "We know you have the power, use it!"
"Insects!" The Overlord thrust his claw down towards them, scattering them as the force knocked them down, "If you believe that she will succeed as she is now, you must be clinging to the faintest hope I will leave you alive when this battle comes to pass!"
Harumi's eyes widened as she watched the ninja scatter. Her hands reached out to catch the Sword of Fire. Before it reached her, she instead felt her golden aura expanding. The aura caught the sword a foot from her body, hovering and rotating about her torso. The Scythe of Quakes was next, hovering about her body beside the sword. Both the nunchucks and shurikens caught in the aura too. It was like when the weapons had first reacted to her. When she'd become… the Green Ninja.
The weapons will give you strength! Garmadon's voice, strained now, appeared again, Take the weapons and strike him down, Harumi! I will protect you from their full power!
Harumi reached out. Her hand wrapped around the hilt of the Sword of Fire. As soon as it did, flames traveled up her arm and consumed her body. Her eyes opened wide as she felt a surge of warmth flowing through her. The injuries she had seemed to fade away as she held the sword. As the energy flowed into her, so too did her own into the sword. After a few seconds, the power in her body returned.
With a massive cry, Harumi shot into the air and towards the Overlord. The Sword of Fire raised high overhead. A pillar of flame so tall it seemed to stretch into the sky shot upwards from the Sword, raining down onto the Overlord as he lorded over the ninja. The flames burned straight into his back, earning her a wail of shock and confusion. Her hands turned and swung the sword around, slicing his back apart with pillars of flames that left scorches across the walls and the ground it touched. The sheer heat from the sword made all but Kai raise their arms to cover their faces.
The Overlord roared. He took off into the sky again, attempting to escape the onslaught. Harumi rose into the air with him, throwing the sword back into her aura and grabbing the nunchucks of lighting. She spun them, she spun them harder than anything she ever had in her life. As she did, the heavens above seem to still and split apart with the massive cracks of lighting as the dark clouds loosed hundreds of bolts of lightning down onto the Overlord's wings. The smell of burning flesh wafted to her.
Not enough.
Her left hand grabbed a Shuriken of Ice. She fired her golden power into it, causing the Overlord's entire right wing to freeze with ice. His body began to plummet from the skies. He foot came to break the ice apart, allowing him to stop before he crashed. The pain from the ice caused the wounds from her punches to crack and bleed.
Harumi shot above him, screaming as she brought the Scythe of Quakes down onto his back. The sound of the impact followed by the sound of bone snapping and crunching under the blade echoed through the sky. The Overlord cried out in pain, his tail whipping around to attack her again. Harumi spun the scythe as though it weighed nothing, then thrust it upwards straight into the tail. The force broke the tail, causing the end to crack and hang at an angle as pain coursed through it.
Not enough.
Harumi raised the sword of fire again, spinning her entire body in a rapid circle. The flames gathered around her body, whipping and crackling as they sent a flash of orange light across the blackened streets. Once gathered, Harumi thrust the Sword of Fire out, causing the flames to fire straight into the Overlord's side. The sheer force burned a hole straight into his left shoulder, exposing the now burned flesh underneath.
The hole froze over in ice, only to be crashed into the scythe. Once more ones cracked and caved in as the force of earth came down upon him. Enraged, the Overlord thrust his jaws out to wrap around her body, but lightning rained down from the skies above to rapidly burn into his head instead. As his body convulsed, the Sword of Fire sliced straight into one of his eyes, burning the entire thing from his head with an acrid stench.
Not. Enough.
Harumi screamed, pouring ounce of golden power after ounce into the shurikens of ice. The Overlord's entire body froze over, sending him straight down into the side of a building. He tumbled about, crashing down onto the streets below. The impact shattered the ice. Before she could raise another weapon, the Overlord managed to spark another flame from his burned throat in desperation, sending it towards Harumi. Harumi barely managed to send her golden power to burst it away in time, giving him time to soar back up.
Lightning shot down and surrounded the scythe. With a massive spin, Harumi brought it down on his head. The Overlord's neck snapped down at an unnatural angle, forcing him to physically snap it back into place as he looked up. The hole in his shoulder and burns on his back were beginning to heal. He could regenerate.
It had to be ENOUGH!
Harumi turned. Her arm was burning. She looked to see the Sword of Fire. Bits of golden metal were dripping onto her arm. All of the golden weapons were beginning to melt. The sheer amount of power she had in them had heated them all to their limits. Their respective elements began to leak from them like water from a faucet.
Harumi, I can't… I can't hold the power back for much longer! Garmadon shouted to her, If you are going to kill him, you must do it NOW!
Harumi's eyes focused. She looked to the melting metal. She needed this. This was enough. It would be enough. She wouldn't fail her father. Her mind raced. The Overlord stumbled onto a rooftop and growled as his body snapped back into place. She had to do something. Do it now.
Harumi grabbed all the weapons. All of them came forward, thrusting together. Her power flowed with all she had into them. Her body began to pulse gold as all the weapons heated to their absolute limit. Metal dripped together as she used her hands to hold them together, melting them all into one mass. At the same time, she forced them. She forced everything she could feel inside of them out. The power of the First Rhotate Master was sealed inside. She had to melt it out.
A combined hailstorm of fire, earth, ice and lightning shot from the weapons. The Overlord roared as the combined beams struck him, coursing through his body and draining all that it touched. He caved to the ground under the onslaught as Harumi forced everything the weapons had from them. Every drop of power. Every ounce of elements. The air around her crackled from the pressure difference, her body was sweating from the heat released, and her bones rattled from the earth shaking power she unleashed. She continued, continued even as the weapons lost all shape and melted together into one mass. Her golden power surrounded them as she wrung them for everything she had.
With a massive scream of agony and exertion, the mass of weapons burst out in power. The Overlord flinched as the raw energy seemed to pulse out from Harumi. Harumi hung limp in the air, her hands clinging to something. Something that was no longer the Golden Weapons, yet the mstill. A single weapon, a long shake with a pointed end and a beautiful dragon-sculpted flared bashing end on the other. The weapon was taller than she was. It was a weapon forged out of hatred and willpower. A true weapon. A Mega Weapon.
"W-What?" The Overlord stared at her in terror, "Y-You poured all of your golden power into that?! What sort of madwoman are you?!"
Harumi did not respond. As it was, her golden power felt… drained. The Mega Weapon pulsed with it. Whatever she had was trapped inside the thing, or being used to keep her from vaporizing just from touching it. When her eyes lifted, however, the hatred and determination wasn't gone. Instead, she spun the Mega Weapon in the air and shouted.
"I am Harumi Garmadon, Son of Lloyd Garmadon, and Granddaughter of Lord Garmadon! I am the Ultimate Rhotate Master, and I WILL KILL YOU!"
Harumi lunged forward. Everything she had left pulsed straight into her legs. The Overlord raised his head in terror, trying to spark his flames once more. It failed him, and he instead tried to take to the skies to save himself. Before he could, the golden dragon from before appeared on top of him. His body was slammed back down into the roof, wings pinned. He roared and writhed, but the golden dragon, flickering and quivering as it was, held him down.
The golden master screamed. She screamed as she shot with everything she had. Beside her, the spirit of Lord Garmadon thrusted with her. The two in spirit and reality cried out as then shot the Mega Weapon straight down towards the pinned head of the Overlord. The Overlord tried to thrust himself up, but when he did, he swore he saw Garmadon standing in front of him, holding him down with a single foot.
This is for my son. His spirit spoke his final words, You do not. Hurt. My. Son..
Harumi's strike landed. The massive blade of the Mega Weapon buried deep into the Overlord's skull, planting down until less than half of the weapon protruded from his head. The Overlord screamed out in agony as pure golden power was pumped straight into his body, directly from his skull. Harumi planted her feet down onto his face and screamed back with him as she pushed every single bit of golden power she had from her body straight into the Mega Weapon. Everything she had, everything she could ever give, she put it into the Mega Weapon.
The Overlord's writhing turned from desperation into convulsion. His eyes rolled into his head as his essence seemed to burn away from the golden power. It coursed through every ounce of his blood, every bone in his body. The evil that he carried was vaporized by the light, and as Harumi's robes went from gold to green once more, his wings flared out and flapped once. Harumi's strength failed her as she was flung from the Overlord's head and off into the air.
The skin atop the Overlord's head seemed to turn liquid. The Mega Weapon slowly floated to the surface of it, orienting itself so the bottom pointed down towards his nostrils. Once it did, it flared again. Golden power arced out in vein-like lines across his forehead. The Overlord let out another final scream as his body began to shrivel and burn away into nothing. His wings melted and then vaporized into purple mist that faded as soon as it hit the skies, his legs and tail shrunk until they were gone entirely. His barrel continued to shrink and burn away until all that was left was his head.
"NOOOO! NNNOOO! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The Overlord gave one last desperate plea as his essence fully burned away, leaving the Mega Weapon floating in the air. On the top of its massive blade, a stark black mural of the Overlord's dragon form burned into its surface on both sides. When the weapon fell to the ground, it burst out in golden light, flaring outwards in a massie shockwave that expanded across the city, across the land, across all of Ninjago. His essence, anything he had touched, was burned away by the cleansing.
Harumi fell through the skies, seeing only the flashes of light as the Overlord tried to resist his body becoming nothing more than light. As she fell, all of her energy was gone. As her robes flapped along with her fall, she could see they were no longer gold. The power in her body, was gone. Poured into the Mega Weapon. She had nothing left to give, nothing left to say, and nothing to do but fall.
"Harumi!" Harumi turned at the last minute to see an amber dragoness soaring towards her. Carnelian shot her arms out and caught Harumi as she fell towards the ground, the force causing the dragon to spiral down. Carnelian willed her dragon to send its wings out to stop its descent. The dragon went straight for the ground, hitting it roughly and thrusting forward until it dissipated, leaving Carnelian and Harumi to fall down onto the grass of the park once more.
"Harumi!" Carnelian shouted, "Come on, Harumi, oh god please don't be dead, please! I'm sorry, I'm sorry I wanted to go with you, I saw you, you were amazing!"
"C...Car…?" Harumi choked out. Carnelian moved her so she was laying on her back, allowing Harumi to watch the dark clouds above fade away.
"Yeah, yeah, it's me! You did it, Harumi! You beat him!" Carnelian shook Harumi's shoulders, "Come on, stay with me! Stay with me now! Don't, don't you leave us! Don't, don't you go leaving me! You can't leave me, not now!'
"T-The weapon…." Harumi's arms shot up to grab Carnelian's sleeves with what remained of her strength, "F-find… find the weapon… h-hide it… i-in the Golden Peaks… d-don't… don't touch it… t-the Overlord is inside…"
"Weapon? Yeah, yeah, sure, hide it in the Golden Peaks!" Carnelian smiled widely to assuage Harumi's doubts, "Come on, come on we need to get you to the others, this looks bad. Come on, Harumi! Come on!"
Harumi's head fell backwards. Carnelian yelped as her body seemed to go limp completely in her grasp. As the loss of energy in her body pulsed within her, Harumi slowly muttered something over Carnelian's wails of terror.
"I-I did it… dad…" Harumi whispered, "...T-Thank you… grandpa... " With that, Harumi's world faded to black.