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Chapter 30: Reconstruction

In the days that followed the Overlord's decimation, much had occurred:

Jay and Lloyd traveled to the Golden Peaks with the Golden Armor and Dark Dragon Blade. As their purpose had been corrupted by the Overlord, the First Spinjitzu Master's site of creation for the Golden Weapons would become their home once more.

"Are you certain, Jay?"

The Cosmic Master of Lightning, who had managed to control his power enough to turn his eyes back to their original look when he wanted, nodded with a blank face. "Yes. Your grandfather gave us this for a purpose: to return them here so that they could never be used against the Light again." Without hesitation, he threw the armor down into the molten golden lava. With a small sigh, Lloyd did the same with the Dark Dragon Blade.

Not long after, the following events occurred:

Reopening the gateway to the greater Galaxy using his new cosmic powers, and combining it with the Golden power of creation, Jay and Lloyd established a concrete linked passageway of space travel between the different planes of existence; a cosmic hyperspace lane. Using it, Jay's Galactic Armada brought aid and relief to Ninjago. New construction forces came to rebuild Ninjago City and the other settlements of the realm. At the advice of the Commissioner and Commander Fox, Kryptarium Prison was updated so that it's security systems were similar to the Republic's prisons.

The remaining soldiers of the Dark Army and their supporters were imprisoned in the new Kyptarium, sans the faction leaders that survived. Nadakhan, Aspheera, Vex, Killow, Blunck, and Chen were sentenced to be imprisoned for life on Coruscant's Maximum Security prison.

Brad personally traveled to return Karlof's body to Metallonia, where he was honored as a Hero of the Realm.

The Dark Army Academy was demolished by the Ninja, and the grounds were repurposed for a similar purpose: To provide a new orphanage and schooling that would undo the brainwashing for all those who were orphaned under the Overlord's rule. Dareth, Ronin, and the Mechanic volunteered to operate the new grounds as the official teachers.

The grounds of the original Monastery were cleaned up thanks to the Galactic Army's aid, retrieving the damaged vehicles in the underground safehouse to be rebuilt. The Ninja personally scoured the wreckage, finding the First Spinjitzu's remains for cremation. Jay stayed behind a little longer, finding the only remaining seed of the tree that had stood in front of the Monastery for a later purpose.

Borg Tower began it's reconstruction with the aid of Droid designs and Borg's input. He was reinstated as Ninjago's Head of Technological Development, though he would now be advised by not only Zane and Pixal, but former Separatist Tactical Droids remained stationed with him to expand his knowledge of the greater Galaxy and its technology.

With the aid of Mother Talzin's Nightsister magic, Cole's ghostly state was reverted, with all that remained being a green scar on his forehead. With their new victory, the Master of Earth and Master of water announced their official engagement to their friends.

The Dark Palace, which had stood in place of the previous palace that had stood for prosperity, was cleansed of its evil taint by the Ninja and their allies. However, the next phase of reconstruction was FAR more difficult:

- Without any established leadership that remained in the wake of the Dark Army's defeat, Ninjago's populous had unanimously decided that they wanted a new Emperor, one who stands for justice and has the bloodright as the direct descendant to Ninjago's creator:

Lloyd Garmadon.

- With Lloyd as the new Emperor of Ninjago, and using his power of Creation, LNinjago's lifeforce was returned back to its peaceful state. He even welcomed Grimfax's army into Ninjago, as their own home realm was a desolate wasteland. They now occupied the area that Vex had owned during the Dark Army's rise to power.

- At Jay's request, Ninjago was welcomed as an official world of the Republic. After much deliberation with Lloyd, Brad had decided to depart from the path of a Ninja to be Ninjago's first Senate Representative, under the tutelage of Lux Bonteri.

- Now that all of the other original Ninja had spread out to serve Ninjago in their own ways, it was official that the team had retired. Cole and Nya retired to live in Ignacia Village. Zane and Pixal lived in the New Borg Tower as Cyrus's special advisors. Dareth, Ronin, and the Mechanic were now the heads of the new schooling system for Ninjago's poor and oppressed, to the gratitude of Jay. As Lloyd was the New Emperor of Ninjago, Kai now served as his right hand man, First General of Ninjago's new military forces.

However, Jay had made it clear that although he would forever loyal to Ninjago and Lloyd as its Emperor, he would remain as the First Admiral of the Galactic Armada and use his new cosmic powers to make the Greater Galaxy a greater place. Because Kai would serve as Ninjago's official military head, and Zane and Pixal as the technological advisors, Ninjago's military would expand to aid the Galactic Armada by providing new spacecrafts and energy sources.

"I hope you understand, Lloyd. I will be traveling constantly, finding new worlds and expanding the connectivity of them. But I will be visiting constantly."

"I do, Jay. We all do. You have a greater purpose, one that cannot be bound to a single world."

Grateful for his understanding, Jay's smile slowly dissipated as he came to a new realization. "You know, throughout this whole thing, I never got the chance to revisit the old Junkyard!"

Lloyd looked to Kai with hesitation. "We should probably gather the others. Jay, there's something we need to tell you..."

LIKE I SAID, VERY SHORT CHAPTER. PLEASE REVIEW. Last chapter comes out tomorrow.