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Ch. 16 The Overlord Returns
A swirling vortex opened over the ocean in the realm of Ninjago; and the first to fly out was Kai on his Fire Dragon, with Skylar sitting behind him. Pascal was currently on Kai's shoulder. The next to fly out was Lloyd on his Energy Dragon with Eugene. Then it was Jay on his Lightning Dragon with Nya. Cole on his Earth Dragon still carrying Maximus in it's claws. Zane was the last to exit the portal as it closed. The Five Dragons came together and flew across the ocean.
Eugene held his stomach, as he felt a little queasy. "I don't feel so good."
"Here, use this." Lloyd handed him a bag, which Eugene took and immediately threw up in.
Cole looked down towards Maximus. "How you holding up down their Max?"
Maximus gave a nod, indicating that he was okay.
Zane had his Falcon on his shoulder as he wrote down a note of events that recently happened. He attached the note to one of the Falcon's feet. "Here my friend, find Sensei Wu and Garmadon and let them know what has transpired."
The Falcon gave a caw before flying in the opposite direction.
Kai's Fire Dragon then flew parallel to Lloyd's Energy Dragon. "Lloyd, can you still sense Rapunzel's power?"
"Yeah, we're not far, she's close." Lloyd answer.
"And so might be the Overlord." Skylar said.
"And Gothel, with Pythor." Eugene added.
"All the more reason to hurry, come on guys lets kick it into high gear!" Kai commanded as the five elemental dragons and their passengers flew across the ocean as fast as they could.
The Dark Island
The stone Gargoyle set down at the base of the Temple of Light; the very same temple where the Ninja received the powers to face and defeat the Overlord the first time.
The Overlord stepped off, Gothel followed next by his side. Pythor came down, still holding Rapunzel. The Stabbington brothers we're the last. The group of villains, and their prisoner, entered the Temple.
Rapunzel weakly struggled against Pythor's grip, but he wasn't letting go anytime soon. However, once she entered the temple, she couldn't help but notice all the surroundings of it. The white crystals that decorated the walls and pillars, she looked to the middle of the room and saw a golden dragon painted on the floor with a giant bell underneath it.
The captive princess looked at the walls and noticed they we're decorated with hieroglyphics, but what surprised her even more is that she recognized some of the figures in the paintings; they we're the ninja. She saw them finding a ship; fighting a giant snake, which she guessed was the Great Devourer; and even the Ninja finding this very same temple.
"What is this place?" Gothel questioned.
"This, dear Gothel, is the Temple of Light." The Overlord answered.
"'Temple of Light'? Yet it's on what you called The Dark Island. Why would a temple like this be here?" Gothel questioned.
"This is where my first adversary, the first Spinjitsu master, stored his power, so that his descendants could inherit it; this is where the Ninja gained the power they needed to face me." The Overlord explained.
"But why come here?" Gothel asked.
"Because this temple holds great power, power that I will use to take the child's and use hers to become whole once more!" The Overlord stated "And as well, I enjoy the irony of myself using this temple."
"Yes, it rather is ironic." Gothel admitted with a slight smile.
Rapunzel heard what they we're saying, there was no way she would willingly help them. She noticed that Pythor's tail was curved in front of her; she gave a slight smile with an idea forming in her head.
The Princess stomped hard on Pythor's tail, causing him to yelp and let her go. Rapunzel wasted no time in trying to make a beeline for the exit.
"Stop her!" The Overlord commanded.
The Stabbington brothers tried to gab her, but she ducked and rolled underneath their legs, she tripped one of the brothers with the swipe of her feet. When the second brother turned around to grab her she delivered a hard kick straight into his crotch, causing him to peel over. She quickly got up, but before she got to the exit, Gothel grabbed her and put one arm around her neck.
"Rapunzel stop! Stop fighting!" Gothel scolded.
"No!" She exclaimed as she pried loose from Gothel's grip. "I will never stop! I will never stop trying to get away from people like you!"
Gothel's face was evident with anger, but before she could respond, the Overlord appeared behind Rapunzel. The princess looked to the transparent evil that now stood before her.
"I'll handle this." The Overlord stated to Gothel before gazing down to Rapunzel. "You are making this far more difficult than it needs to be."
"I will never help someone like you!" Rapunzel began. "You manipulated Lloyd's dad, tried to kill Kai and the others, almost killed Zane, after all the horrible things you've done, I will never, ever help you."
"You would be wise to watch your tone, child." The Overlord stated. "Something brought you to me; call it what you will, fate, destiny, what ever the case may be; I will have your power, whether you like it or not."
Rapunzel glared at the malevolent force before speaking. "Listen up, you monster. You can try and rip me apart limb-from-limb, but without my help, you will never regain, your precious power."
"Your cooperation isn't necessary." The Overlord replied simply.
"Your pure evil, and I won't let you use my power." Rapunzel stated firmly, putting her foot down.
The Overlord simply sighed. "You really have no idea to whom you speak, do you, mortal? I am the Overlord, I am not some common villain that you can try and outwit. I am the essence of darkness and evil itself." The Overlord began to advance upon Rapunzel, and she slowly backed away from his as he continued. "I instilled terror into the hearts of even the fiercest warriors. You mortals have a limited lifespan, but I have lived for thousands of years! Compared to me you are a meager infant!" Rapunzel found herself backed against a pillar, her eyes trembling with fear as the Overlord's eyes began to glow bright red. "I will have your power! You will not resist me! If you try and escape again, I will subject you to an ETERNITY OF PAIN!"
At this point, the princess had lost all confidence, and maybe even hope. She could only look in terror at the monster who stood before her.
The Overlord turned around to the other four villains. "Restrain her. Place her in the center of the chamber. This day will mark my return."
The five elemental dragons continued to fly across the ocean and began to see something coming into view.
"Land oh!" Jay shouted as they approached the landmass.
"You're sure she's there?" Eugene asked Lloyd.
"Yeah, I can sense her power. She's there alright." The Green Ninja replied.
Cole soon noticed something. "Hold on guys, isn't that…"
"The Dark Island!" Zane realized.
"You mean the same place The Overlord was first trapped?" Kai asked for clarification.
"The same place my Dad accidentally helped set him free." Lloyd confirmed.
"Yeah, figures he'd come back here." Nya stated.
"Then lets get going, we probably don't have much time." Skylar urged.
"Got that right." Kai agreed. "Everyone keep your eyes out for trouble. No way the Overlord isn't without defenses."
Rapunzel was chained by Gothel, Pythor, and the Stabbington brothers. She was restrained to the ground, on top of the golden dragon image. Her hands and feet we're chained and stretched away from each other, exposing her body.
"Don't worry Rapunzel, it will all be over before you knew it." Gothel teased as she pocked Rapunzel's nose, as the princess glared at the wicked woman.
The Overlord's eyes soon went wide with surprise. "Impossible."
"What? What is it?" Pythor asked.
"The Ninja are here, as well as that medaling thief!" The Overlord spat. The villains looked with surprise, where as Rapunzel smiled a bit with a sense of hope returning.
"How could they have found us?" Gothel questioned.
"It doesn't matter, but I need time." The Overlord stated, he turned to the entranceway where his Stone Gargoyle laid. "My pet, I have an assignment for you."
The Elemental Dragons arrived at the Dark Island and we're about to set down. Maximus got out of Cole's Earth Dragon's claws onto the beach, happy as ever to reach solid ground.
"Okay Lloyd, where is she?" Eugene asked.
Lloyd concentrated for a moment, and then pointed up to a large summit nearby. "There! She's up there!"
"Isn't that where the Temple of Light is?" Nya questioned.
"Indeed it is." Zane confirmed. He then zoomed in a bit with his robotic eyes. "I can see Pyhtor, as well as Gothel. No doubt, the Overlord has Rapunzel up there."
"Then let's get going." Kai commanded, however, Pascal noticed something in the air that made the chameleon's eyes go wide with terror. He pulled on Kai's shoulder to get his attention. "What? What is it?" Pascal pointed into the sky and Kai saw an object speeding towards them.
"INCOMING!" Kai yelled.
The five dragons quickly scattered before the object slammed into the ground. Once the dust settled, they all could see the giant Stone Gargoyle, which was at least twice the size of one of their dragons. The Stone Gargoyle roared at them.
"Uh, I think we woke the guard dog." Jay frightenly stated.
The Gargoyle roared once again before spreading its wings and flying out toward them, but the dragons scattered again and it missed. Eugene then jumped off of Lloyd's Energy Dragon and onto the beach. He got to Maximus and immediately climbed onto him.
Eugene turned to see the ninja on the five dragons hovering and having an aerial standoff against the large Stone Gargoyle.
"Guys! I'm going on ahead! I have to get to Rapunzel!" Eugene called to them.
"Okay! Do what you gotta do!" Lloyd called back.
"Skylar! Nya! Go with him, watch his back!" Kai commanded.
"Got it." Both girls said at the same time as Skylar got off of Kai's Fire Dragon, and Nya got off of Jay's Lightning Dragon. Both girls got onto Maximus with Eugene as he snapped the reins and they took off towards the Temple.
The remaining five ninjas glared at the Stone Gargoyle, still on their elemental dragons. The Gargoyle roared, and the dragons roared back.
"Bring it on ugly!" Kai challenged as all five dragons flew and charged toward the Gargoyle and the aerial battle began.
Back at the temple
Rapunzel was now completely bound to the circle as the Overlord concentrated, preparing for what he needed to do. Gothel was outside, observing the aerial battle take place. She glanced down, and at the bottom of the hill, she saw Eugene, Nya, and Skylar on Maximus running towards the temple. Gothel quickly ran back inside.
"We have a problem." Gothel began, getting the attention of the Overlord, Pythor, and the brothers. "Rider, as well as those two girl ninjas, are on their way here now."
Rapunzel still smiled as hope continued to return to her; but the Overlord and Pythor weren't feeling the same way.
"I need more time." The Overlord grunted. "You two!" He spoke to the Stabbington brothers.
"Us?" One brother asked.
"Make yourselves useful and keep those fools occupied!" The Overlord commanded.
"We'd love to but…" The second brother began.
"The last time we went up against those guys, it didn't exactly go well for us." The first brother recalled.
The Overlord was not pleased with that statement. "Must I do everything myself?!" He then stretched his two transparent hands, sending bolts of dark purple electricity towards the two Stabbington Brothers. As the energy surged through them they could feel something, something exhilarating.
When he stopped, both brothers took deep breaths. A dark aura formed around each of them and their eyes began to glow blood red. A sight that made Rapunzel look with fear.
"I have given you the power you need, now go!" The Overlord commanded again.
Both brothers gave sinister smiles.
The Gargoyle slashed towards Kai's Fire Dragon, but he flew above the Gargoyle and behind it, his dragon then blasted a stream of fire from its mouth at the back of the Gargoyle, causing it to screech in pain.
As this happened, Cole's Earth Dragon slammed into the Gargoyle and tackled it into the beach; the Earth Dragon flew back to get some distance and blast a stream of rocks from its mouth, pinning the Gargoyle down. But the Gargoyle blocked the attack with its wings and spread them quickly that it forced Cole's Earth Dragon back.
The Gargoyle took to the air again, but once it was high enough, Jay's Lightning Dragon blasted a breath of lightning at the Gargoyle. It blocked the attack with it's shoulder and flew closer to Jay. When it was close enough it tried to slash the Lightning Dragon with it's claws, but a stream of Ice and stream of Green Energy blasted it in the back, blowing it away.
The Stone Gargoyle turned around to Zane on his Ice Dragon flying next to Lloyd on his Energy Dragon. Both dragons roared to the Gargoyle and it roared back; it then flew towards the two dragons, which split apart before it could hit either of them. It was then slammed in the front by Jay's Lightning Dragon, but it grabbed the dragon by the throat with its claws.
Kai's Fire Dragon came in from behind and slashed the back of the Gargoyle with the dragon's talons, causing it to screech in pain. Lloyd's energy dragon then swiped the Gargoyle with its tail, causing to fall into the water at the shoreline. But the Gargoyle got back up and took to the air again.
"Damn! How much punishment can that thing take!?" Cole questioned.
"My analysis indicates that this must be the Overlord's doing." Zane deduced.
"Yeah, I think we already established that Zane." Jay stated.
"But we can't give up just yet! Ninja never quit!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Got that right bro!" Kai agreed. "We have to bring this thing down now!"
All five elemental dragons roared as they flew towards the Gargoyle, which roared back and flew towards them as well.
Meanwhile; Maximus had ran and carried Nya, Eugene, Skylar, and Pascal halfway up the mountain side and closer to the temple.
"Come on Max, we're almost there! Keep going!" Eugene urged as Max continued to run.
"LOOK OUT!" Nya shouted as a boulder was heading in their direction. The horse moved out of the way at the last minute to avoid getting squished.
"Where the hell did that come from!?" Skylar questioned.
"Maybe we can ask them." Nya answered as she pointed to the Stabbington brothers who we're near a large rock pile.
"Sorry, but this is as far as you go." The brother without the eye-patch stated.
"Uh, is it just me, or do you guys look different?" Eugene questioned as he took note of their dark purple aura and glowing eyes.
"Yeah, that would be a bonus from our new friend, tall-dark-and-scary." The brother with the eye patch answered, he picked up a large rock and crushed it in his hand.
"The Overlord juiced them?" Skylar questioned.
"That's not good." Nya stated as Pascal shook his head, agreeing with the water ninja.
Both brothers cracked their knuckles, they then jumped toward the group who we're forced to scatter. One brother approached Nya, Pascal, and Maximus, and the other came towards Eugene and Skylar.
The Gargoyle was chasing Kai's Fire Dragon and Jay's Lightning Dragon, but was blasted by a stream of boulders from the bottom to it's chest, sending it flying upwards, courtesy of Cole's Earth Dragon.
"This thing is going hit-for-hit with all of us, and we're using our dragons to!" Jay stated.
"We don't have time for this! We have to end this now!" Kai stated.
"How? This thing is taking everything we throw at him!" Cole questioned.
Lloyd flew in with his Energy Dragon. "It may be able to take us one-at-a-time, but what about all at once?"
Kai smiled at that idea. He looked to the Zane on his Ice Dragon as it was being chased by the Gargoyle. "Zane! Bring it down!"
"Got it!" Zane called back, he flew upwards and dived behind the Gargoyle. Zane's Ice Dragon grabbed the Gargoyle by it's wings, he blasted a stream of ice on the wings themselves and then shattered the frozen wings with his Ice Dragon's claws.
The Gargoyle screeched as it fell towards the ground. It landed on the beach, but soon got up. It then gave a defiant roar.
"He's grounded!" Lloyd exclaimed.
The five Elemental Dragons descended closer to the ground and surrounded the Gargoyle from all sides. "Hit him Ninjas! Hit him with everything you got! Kai commanded.
Kai's dragon blasted a stream of fire; Lloyd's dragon followed next with a beam of green energy; Jay's dragon shot a massive bolt of lightning; Cole's dragon basted with a large stream of rocks and boulders; and Zane's dragon finished it with a beam of ice. All five elemental attacks hit the Gargoyle at the same time. It roared in pain as all five attacks hit him and kept going at a constant rate. Cracks formed around the gargoyle, and dark purple energy shined from them. The cracks continued to spread all of over the beast's body until finally; it exploded in a massive flash of purple light.
The ninja all looked at the massive crater, the Gargoyle was completely gone.
"Alright!" Cole cheered.
"Guess he couldn't take the heat." Jay cracked.
"We're not done yet." Kai stated.
"Kai's right, we have get to Rapunzel ASAP!" Lloyd agreed.
"Then time is of the essence my brothers." Zane said as each of the elemental dragons took off towards the temple.
Eugene and Sklyar just dodged a strong punch from the Stabbington brother with an eye patch. The punch left quite the crater in the ground. Eugene came up and delivered a good punch across the face, but the brother smiled as it didn't have much affect.
"I was so hoping for something else." Eugene said as the brother kicked him in the chest, knocking Eugene back quite a distance.
The brother was then blasted away from Eugene by a huge gust of wind. He soon got up and glared at Skylar. "Lady, you just made the biggest mistake of your life." The brother warned.
"Oh no, I've made plenty of worse mistakes." Skylar replied. She dodged a punch from the brother, but she retaliated with a kick that was boosted by her wind and knocked him back quite a bit.
Nya was busing dodging hits and kicks from the brother without the eye patch. She rolled underneath one strike and kicked him in the side, but it didn't have much of an affect.
He gave a sinister smile to Nya, before he heard a horse neigh behind him. He turned around to see a Maximus nail him in the face with his back hooves, causing him to stumble back, but he didn't have too much damage.
"Why you…" the brother began before he felt something on his shoulder, he looked to see Pascal shoot his elastic tongue into his ear. He yelped before Nya gave him a roundhouse in the jaw. Pascal hopped onto Nya's shoulder.
The brother smiled. "That barley hurt at all."
"This is just ridiculous!" Nya exclaimed, but Pascal tapped her cheek and pointed towards a pond behind the brother. She smiled at that. "Thanks Pascal." The chameleon gave a captain's salute in gratitude.
Nya rolled underneath another punch and stood less than a foot from the pond. She pulled water from it and it engulfed her hands, taking the form of massive fists.
Nya lunged at the brother and began to punch continually from her massive water-fists. First across the face, then in the gut, then an uppercut to the jaw, then to the side. Maximus followed suit with a strong kick to the gut. Nya then took the water from her fists and formed two long whips and wrapped them around the brother's neck.
Nya turned to see Eugene jump on top of the other brother's back and wrap his arms around his neck. The brother pried Eugene off of him, but Skylar blasted a stream of wind that sent him back.
"Hey Skylar!" Nya called, getting her attention. "Let's take these two for a ride, shall we?"
"You got it!" Skylar replied to her friend. She used her powers to form a tornado that engulfed the brother she was fighting. She then sent the tornado flying high into the air.
Nya began to twirl with the brother she had wrapped in her water whip. "Ninja…GO!" Nya formed her own Spinjitsu tornado and twirled the restrained brother at an inhumanly fast rate until she let go and sent him flying high into the air as well.
After about seven seconds, both brothers began their descent and fell onto the ground, leaving a large crater. They we're both still alive, but quite unconscious.
Nya and Skylar then high-fived; while Eugene, Max, and Pascal looked towards them, quite impressed. "Wow, you guys are good." Eugene congratulated.
"Thanks." Nya replied.
"But we can celebrate later, let's go save your girlfriend." Skylar said.
"Right, let's go." Eugene agreed as he, Nya, Maximus, Skylar, and Pascal ran up the hill.
The five dragons touched down at the base of the temple and the dragons vanished, allowing Kai, Lloyd, Zane, Jay, and Cole to touch down. Nya, Skylar, Eugene, Max, and Pascal came up two seconds later.
"You guys made it." Jay stated.
"Come on let's go!" Eugene yelled as he ran into the temple first, and everyone followed soon after.
Once inside, they all could see Rapunzel chained on the ground; Gothel and Pythor standing next to her, with five feet Overlord floating just above her.
"Rapunzel!" Eugene called.
"Eugene!" She yelled back.
"Overlord!" Kai and Lloyd scolded.
"Pythor." Cole grunted as well.
"Hello ninjas." Pythor greeted in a polite form.
"Sorry, but you are all too-little-too-late." Gothel told them.
Eugene ran towards Rapunzel, but before he could get to one of the pillars, he slammed into some kind of invisible wall.
"What the hell?" He questioned.
Soon, a large, dark purple, transparent, dome formed around the four pillars, keeping the Overlord, Pythor, Gothel, and the unwilling Rapunzel inside.
"It's a barrier!" Lloyd realized.
"You're too late, mortals." The Overlord told them.
"NO!" Lloyd yelled as he blasted a beam of energy. Kai then blasted fire, Jay shot lightning, Skylar threw out gusts of wind, Maximus began to kick the field, Nya shot out streams of water, Cole began to punch with fists coated in stone, Zane shot a beam of ice, and Eugene tried to slam into it, even Pascal tried to smack the field with his tail. Despite their best efforts, they we're unable to break the barrier, but that didn't stop them from trying.
"Now, then. Let us begin." The Overlord said as he sent a beam to the large bell above him, causing it to ring. Rapunzel felt an invisible force keep her pressed towards the ground.
The Overlord began to chant the incantation as Pythor and Gothel watched, and the heroes still tried to break through.
"Flower, gleam and glow. Let your power shine."
As he chanted the incantation; Rapunzel grunted in pain. Streams of gold energy flowed from her arms and legs, and they came together at the center, to where her heart was. A golden orb formed where the streams met.
"Make the clock reverse. Bring back what once was mine."
Rapunzel then began to scream and yell in pain as the orb above her heart glowed brighter and brighter. Multiple streams of gold energy flew from her body and towards the Overlord and began to surround his transparent body. The heroes tried all they could to break the barrier, but they didn't even leave a scratch.
"Heal what has been hurt. Change the fate's design."
The streams of gold energy circled the Overlord at an even faster rate as he continued and Rapunzel continued to scream in pain.
"Save what has been lost. Bring back what once was mine."
"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kai, Lloyd, Eugene, Jay, Nya, Skylar, Cole, and Zane all shouted.
"What once…. Was… MINE!"
There was a bright and massive explosion that shook the entire temple and could be seen from miles away from the whole island.
The entire temple filled with dust. The heroes all coughed as they we're blown back towards the entrance. Gothel and Pythor we're sent back to the back wall and coughed as they to tried to get up. Rapunzel's chains we're shattered from the explosion as she was blown to the side. She felt most of her strength was now gone and weakly looked up to the center of the room where there was the most dust.
"N.. n… no." She weakly said.
There was a slight cackle coming from the center of the room, which caught everyone's attention. The slight cackle began to increase in volume. The dust finally settled to reveal the being that stood in the center of the room.
He was at least seven feet tall. He was mostly made up of flowing, dark purple energy. His chest was surrounded by a golden ribcage that had dark purple energy flowing inside it. A golden bone belt surrounded the being's mid-section as dark purple energy flowed almost like the being was wearing a robe. His arms we're decorated with golden bone, even the hands resembled a golden skeletal hand which had dark purple energy surrounding them. He wore a flowing, dark golden cape that reached the floor. He bore a black helmet on his head as a pair of blood red eyes opened and had a featureless mouth, which was red inside.
The being gave a loud maniacal laugh.
All the heroes could look in honest horror at this being, while Gothel looked surprised and Pythor smiled evily.
"At last, the Overlord has returned! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"No… What…. Have I… done…?" Rapunzel weakly said.
Lloyd's face turned into a scowl as he glared at the Overlord. "No! Not again!" Lloyd blasted a beam of energy towards the Overlord.
"Take him down!" Kai commanded as he, Jay, Cole, Nya, Zane, and Skylar blasted attacks of their own respective element towards the Overlord, but he merely raised his hand and the attacks vanished in a purple mist; much to all the heroes' shock, especially Eugene.
"So… that's him?" He asked with fear in his voice.
Pascal and Maximus looked in honest terror.
An unseen force then gripped all seven ninja and they found themselves pinned to a nearby wall, unable to move. Eugene and Max both felt the same force grab and pin them to the wall to, even little Pascal.
"That's… the… Overlord?" Gothel breathed.
"Yes, he is quite magnificent, wouldn't you agree?" Pythor laminated.
Gothel's look of surprise turned into one of delight. "Yes. Yes! He is astounding! Nothing can be more magnificent than him!"
The ninjas, Eugene, Max, and Pascal all glared at the Overlord as he telekinetically pinned them to the wall.
"You… you piece of…" Jay tried.
The Overlord tisked at them. "Oh, look at all of you. You ninja have no idea what trouble you have caused me, and yet, here you are in my grasp. Oh the many ways I can finish you; each one is entertaining in it's own rights."
"No… no… I"
The Overlord turned around to see Rapunzel weakly try to get up, but she stumbled onto the ground.
"Oh, your still alive." The Overlord observed, somewhat surprised. "I had not expected you to survive, quite impressive."
Eugene glared at the Overlord once he said that, as did Pascal and Max.
Rapunzel soon felt a force around her, and her body was pinned to the wall with the rest of the heroes.
"Let her go you bastard!" Eugene exclaimed.
"You are in no positions to make demands, boy." The Overlord told him.
The Stabbington brothers had just recovered from their battle, they ran into the temple; but once they saw the Overlord, they stopped in their tracks. Their eyes trembled as they felt his power, they never felt anything so evil before.
Gothel and Pythor then approached the Overlord.
"So my Dark Lordship, what do you intend to do with them?" Pythor asked. "Perhaps you intend to drown them, or make them implode? Or better yet, you could even drop them off the mountain and watch them stain the ground below."
"I have a suggestion." Gothel began. "Influence their minds, make them fight each other to the death. I'm sure you'd find that very entertaining."
"Oh, I really like that one." Pythor stated.
The heroes all glared at them.
"No. I have something in mind for them." The Overlord said.
"Do your worst, freak." Kai challenged.
"Oh I will." The Overlord assured. "You see, for a long while, my only goal was to dominate life in all of Ninjago. But now…." He telekinetically grabbed a certain crystal that Pythor had and it flew into his hands. "Thanks to the Realm Crystal, I now have the ability to travel to every realm! I will spread my darkness across all of existence, until every being bows to the Overlord! Anyone who dares resist will meet a foul fate. I will allow all of you to live, just so you can see all the realms become mine. Ninjago will be the last realm I shall conquer, and once that happens, after your last pitiful hope is extinguish, then, and only them, will I allow death's sweet release."
"No! You won't get away with this you monster!" Nya exclaimed.
"Oh I think I will." The dark being turned to Rapunzel and she could look at him with terror. "Aw Rapunzel, how I must thank you for your assistance." The Overlord caressed her terrified face with her hand.
"Don't you touch her!" Eugene exclaimed, but was pinned even harder against the wall.
"Without you, it could have been even centuries before I could regain my full power. I really must admire you, the power you wield is quite magnificent. As a show of my gratitude, it shall be Corona that I will conquer first."
Her eyes widened and her pupils shrank in horror when she heard that. "No… you wouldn't."
The Overlord then flung them all to the back of the temple. They slammed against the wall and fell to the ground. The Overlord turned to Pythor and Gothel. "Let us go."
"As you wish." They both said at the same time.
The Overlord passed the two frightened Stabbington brothers.
"Are you two going to gawk like idiots?" Gothel questioned. "Let's go." She and Pythor then dragged them.
Once outside the temple; the heroes could only look in dread as the Overlord raised the Realm Crystal and opened a portal. Pythor and Gothel entered first, followed by the Stabbington Brothers. The Overlord turned around and gave an evil smile before speaking.
"Let the Age of Darkness begin."
He entered the portal, which closed soon after.
Done. Uh oh. The Overlord is back. Things are about to get really intense for the heroes. Can they stop the Overlord? Find out next time on Tangled with Ninjas.