Chapter 8: Dread on Arrival (flashback scene is in italics)
A few years ago, Hutchins was a happy family man with a wife, two kids and had both his eyes. One normal afternoon, he'd just returned from the palace. Since he had a family, he only worked there part time.
"Hey, everyone. I'm home." Hutchins called, when he got into his house. "Dad." said his two kids, a boy and a girl. They hurried over to him, and gave him a hug. "Hey kids, where's your mother?" "In her study." answered the boy.
Hutchins went down the hall, and knocked on a door. "Come in." called a voice from the other side. He opened the door, and saw his wife at her computer. "Hey, honey." he greeted. "Hi, how was work?" asked his wife.
"It was all right, but it feels good to be home." Hutchins told her. Suddenly, their apartment started shaking. "Mom, Dad, what's going on?" asked their daughter. "I don't know." Hutchins answered.
They all hurried outside, and saw that all the other tenants were running, screaming, and panicking. "What's going on?" Hutchins asked a man running away. "The Great Devourer, it's coming this way." the man told him, and continued running.
"We've got to get out of here." Hutchins warned his family. They all ran down the hall, at first they tried to get to the elevator, but it had already left. "What do we do?" asked Hutchins' wife. Hutchins quickly looked around.
"This way." he told his family. They hurried down the hall, and went to an emergency exit. As Hutchins got out he waited for his family to follow, but the shaking of the building caused the doorway to collapse.
"Are you all, okay?" he asked his family on the other side. "We're fine, we'll find another way out." Hutchins' wife called.
As Hutchins went downstairs, and tremor came, and the whole building collapsed! Ambulances came and picked up the injured. Hutchins just lied on a gurney, a paramedic had put gauze and bandages over his right eye.
He couldn't find his family, all he saw were paramedics loading three body bags into an ambulance. From that day on he held many grudges. He had a grudge against the Ninja for not being able to stop the monster, and against the royal family for not doing more to protect the people of the city.
But he saw Garmadon as the real hero, since he was able to stop the beast.
Back in the present Hutchins stood in front of the Destiny's Bounty, as they headed to the city. "Boss, everything's just about ready." Ultraviolet told him. "Good. I've waiting for this moment for a long time." Hutchins replied.
Down below deck, Lloyd was tied up, and locked in a room. Even if he did manage to escape, the other members of the Sons of Garmadon were guarding the door. "What do they want with me?" he wondered.
Meanwhile the rest of the Ninja, Toddler Wu, Princess Harumi, and Pixal (who they rescued after taking care of the sea monster) were riding into New Ninjago City on the sea monster. "I still can't believe we're doing this." Harumi mentioned.
"Not everyday you ride a sea monster, huh?" asked Kai. "Like Master Wu told us, the best way to beat an enemy is to become their friend." Added Jay. The sea monster stopped in front of the police station, much to the shock of an officer, and they all went inside.
The Commissioner Stevens was behind his desk, sipping coffee, when everyone burst inside. "Sir, we need to prepare for disaster." cried Cole. "We need weapons, tons of them." added Jay. "They're coming." warned Kai.
"Whoa, whoa slow down. What's the problem here? I can handle anything, monsters, zombies, a djinn?" asked Commissioner Stevens. "Djinn?" asked Harumi confused. Nya and Jay looked at each other with smiles.
That djinn had brought them closer together. Then Jay snapped out of it. "It's not any of those things. It's the Sons of Garmadon, they've got all three Oni masks and they're gonna resurrect Lord Garmadon." he told him.
"And Hutchins is the leader." added Nya. "Hutchins, you mean the royal advisor to the royal family?" "The same." answered Harumi. "We need everyone for this." Said Pixal. "Don't worry, I got you covered." Commissioner Stevens told her.
He hurried out of his office with the Ninja following. He whistled really loudly to get everyone's attention. "Everyone, whatever you're doing or working on put on hold. Something big is about to happen, and we need all hands on deck." He announced.
Meanwhile Hutchins and the Sons of Garmadon had reached their destination. "We're here." Hutchins said. They took Lloyd out the room, dragged him off the ship. He looked around, and saw that he was back at the palace.
"Why'd you bring me here?" He interrogated to Hutchins. "While we were all out in the jungle my colleagues were busy doing some remodeling to the old palace." Hutchins explained. They went inside, and up some wooden stairs.
Then they came to what looked like an alter of some kind. "Welcome to the Temple of Resurrection." announced Killow. Other members were still fixing and tidying things up, to make the temple perfect.
"Sir, I just got word that the rest of the Ninja and the Princess are in the city." Ultraviolet informed Hutchins. "See, once they get here, we're going to stop you." Lloyd threatened. "Oh, I'm not worried. I have some insurance." Hutchins told him.
He gave a signal to his men, and they lowered a cage. And in the cage was Misako. "Mom!" Lloyd called. "Lloyd, he's insane he wants to bring your father back for his own destruction." Misako warned.
"Put him with his mommy, we have work to do." Hutchins ordered. "Yes, sir." obeyed his minions, and Lloyd was put into the cage with his mom, and lifted off the ground.
When night fell, the Sons of Garmadon were getting ready, but the Ninja were ready to strike, as they got close to the palace. At the alter, Hutchins went to the cage. "Now for the last part." he told them.
"What do you want from us?" snapped Lloyd. "In order for the resurrection to work, I need DNA samples from Garmadons relatives. So one from you." Hutchins explained, plucking a hair from Lloyd's head.
"And one from his wife." He plucked a hair from Misako. "Luckily, I already have a hair from his brother." Killow, Ultraviolet, and the other members were keeping an eye out for the Ninja. "So far no sign of them." Killow informed.
"Keep an eye out. You know how sneaky those Ninja are." advised Ultraviolet. "Right." he replied. On the road, police cars were heading towards the palace. "Is everyone ready?" Commissioner Stevens asked over his walkie talkie.
"We're all ready, sir." an officer answered over the walkie talkie. When they got there, they stopped, and he spoke into a megaphone. "Sons of Garmadon, listen up. We're gonna give you one chance to resolve all this in a peaceful manner."
They laughed. "This is gonna be fun." Ultraviolet told the others. Killow used the Mask of Deception to pull the megaphone out of Commissoner Stevens hands. "Fine, then. Attack!" Commissioner Stevens yelled.
With their tasers, night sticks, and stun guns the officers raided the palace, while the Sons of Garmadon fought back. "Okay, Ninja we've got them distracted." Commissioner Stevens said into his walkie talkie.
In the canals of the city, the Ninja were traveling in a high tech submarine. "Thanks, Commissioner Stevens, we'll take things from here." Kai told him. "You're almost there, Kai, just take a right, then a left." Pixal advised.
"Thanks, Pixal." said Kai. "Those wannabe followers won't know what hit them." Nya told them. Meanwhile Harumi was on the Destiny's Bounty with Toddler Wu and Pixal. As she played with Toddler Wu, she couldn't help but feel worried.
"Pixal, do you think Lloyd's okay?" she wondered. "Do not worry, Princess. Lloyd's faced Serpentine, the Overload, ghosts, and other dangers, I'm sure he'll be fine." Pixal comforted. Harumi smiled a little at hearing that.
Back at the Temple of Resurrection aka the palace, Hutchins was just about to start the ceremony. Killow, Ultraviolet, and Mr. E came with the three mask. "We're ready." Hutchins said, satisfied.
"I'm giving one last warning, think about what you're doing." warned Misako. "Yeah, my father's evil side was bad enough, but having him pure evil is probably too much to handle." added Lloyd. "Quiet. We're about to start." Hutchins snapped.
The three held up the masks, and the alter began to glow, the masks floated in mid air, and Hutchins began chanting in an ancient language. Out in the courtyard, one of the members was patrolling.
He got suspicious when he saw some diving equipment. But before he could fully investigate, Nya grabbed him from behind and dragged him away. The Ninja sneaked into the palace, being careful to stay out of sight.
As the alter glowed, and the masks span around Hutchins kept chanted, then he said in English, "Open a rift to the Cursed Realm." Above the alter, a purple vortex opened, and strong wind started blowing.
Curious, the guards standing outside the door turned around to see what was happening, but when they turned back around, they saw the Ninja. "Hey, guys." said Cole. They beat them up, and then hurried to the alter.
"I summon the Lord of Darkness, the Master of Shadows, Lord Garmadon." Hutchins announced. "Who dares to call me?" Garmadon's voice called from the vortex. "That's Lord Garmadon all right." said Jay.
"We gotta stop this." Kai told them. They stormed the scene, and began battling the Sons of Garmadon. "What...the Ninja?" Hutchins asked himself. He then turned to Killow, and ordered, "Feed 'em to the fishies."
Killow pressed a button which opened a pool of water full of sharks, and lowered the cage. "Cole, you get Misako and Lloyd, we'll take care of these guys." Kai told him, as he kept fighting. "Got it. Don't worry, Lloyd, and Mrs. G, I'm coming." Cole replied.
He battled with Killow, then freed Lloyd and his mom. "Thanks, Cole." said Lloyd. "No problem, but we've still gotta stop, Hutchins." Cole reminded them. But the portal was getting bigger, the wind kept blowing, and the sound of Lord Garmadon's voice was getting clearer.
"What do we do?" asked Jay. "I have no idea." Zane answered. "But you're a Nindroid you're supposed to have all the answers." Getting an idea, Lloyd, started to do Spinjitzu, and the others followed suit.
Lloyd then kicked Hutchins out of the alter, and once he was out the portal closed and the winds stopped. "NO!" yelled Hutchins.
The police came, and took the Sons of Garmadon into custody. As they were being loaded into the vehicles, Pixal and Harumi came in the Destiny's Bounty. Harumi looked around and saw Lloyd by his mother.
"Lloyd." she said happily, running towards him. "Harumi." Lloyd replied back. "You're okay, I was worried." "Don't worry, we had it covered." "Where's Hutchins?" "He's over there." Misako told her.
Harumi looked and saw Hutchins being put in the back of police car. She still couldn't believe it. "It's all over now." announced Nya. "Yeah, it was quite a battle, but we've defeated the Sons of Garmadon and stopped their plot." added Zane.
"Great, but now, (yawns), I could really use some sleep." said Jay. Before leaving Harumi took one last look at the palace, her home, and then joined the others.
But little did they know, back at the alter, Garmadon's hand reached out of the pedestal in the middle. Things were far from over.
That's chapter 8, plz review