Hi everybody. Before we start, I just wanna say, thank you all for staying with me throughout this story. Your support was very helpful. So anyway, I know you are all quite eager to see this. So let's get started.
Again; Lego owns Ninjago, and Disney owns Tangled; I do not. If I did, this would totally be another season to Ninjago.
Ch. 20 Final Battle Part 2
"You insolent mortals have been a thorn in my side for too long!" The Overlord exclaimed as he hovered above Rapunzel, Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane. "You have pestered me, time, and time again! I should have finished you the day we met! Rest assured, I will not repeat this mistake again. FOR YOU ALL DIE NOW!"
The Overlord charged a dark purple energy ball in his right hand before throwing it down onto the heroes, it exploded off the ground and threw them all back. They recovered soon after.
Rapunzel held her frying pan at the ready, and was shaking at the very sight of the Overlord. "Please tell me you guys have a plan to stop him." She hopped.
"Not really." Cole replied. "We rarely have a plan that actually works out for us."
"Regardless, we came all this way and we have no intention of backing down now!" Zane declared.
"Got that right Tin-can!" Jay stated. "Time to put the hurt on this bastard!"
"Remember, Ninja never quit!" Kai stated with determination.
"We can and we will stop him, here and now!" Lloyd exclaimed.
With that; all six Ninja yelled as they jumped high towards him, and threw hard punches towards him. He flexed his hand and a light purple shield formed in front of them, just as the Ninja we're about to make contact.
"You can try, but you will fail!" The Overlord said as he blew them all back with a dark blast before he set down on the ground.
The Overlord heard a female yell and turned to see Rapunzel smack him across the face with her frying pan. He slowly turned his face towards her, he then chuckled. "He he he, you can not be serious."
Rapunzel gulped before he slapped her away.
Eugene blocked a strike from Pythor's Anacondrai blade with his own frying pan. Eugene was on the defensive end as Pythor had the advantage in terms of physical strength. As he was about to come in for a deadly strike to the side, Pythor's blade made contact with another blade, held in the mouth of the mighty Maximus. Maximus then began a furry of slices, forcing Pythor to block, and backing away from Eugene.
Pythor was able to duck under one slice and wrap his serpent neck around Maximus' neck and began to choke the horse. He smiled evilly, but he didn't notice Pascal quickly climbing onto Pythor's face and shooting his elastic tongue into the Serpentine's right eye.
Pythor gave a yelp as he fell back; Eugene and Maximus recovered and stood together, while Pythor stood on Max's head and glared at the white Anacondrai.
Pythor gave an evil grin as he stood up. "You really think a lowly thief, a horse, and a chameleon, can beat the likes of me?"
"Yeah, kinda." Eugene replied with his own cocked smiles, along with the two animals.
"You have no idea to whom you speak." Pythor began. "I am the last of the true Anacondrai, I untied the Serpentine together, I awakened the Great Devourer…."
"Only to get eaten by it, then you teamed up with the Overlord, then got shrunk, nabbed by Chen, then helped the Ninja take Chen down, before coming back to the Overlord. Yeah, I know who you are." Eugene interrupted.
"I see you've done your research." Pythor noted.
"Yeah, and I gotta say, I'm not really impressed." Eugene began. "You used Lloyd; tried to unleash a snake god that would eat everything, including your own kind; and you even sold out your own kind. That's low, and that says a lot coming from me." Maximus and Pascal both nodded in agreement.
"Well, then why don't we spare this meaningless chatter and get right to the main event, shall we?" Pythor proposed before turning invisible; leaving the three heroes looking frustrated, as they could no longer see him.
Gothel shot her hands forward and purple electricity shot out from both of them; causing Nya and Skylar to scatter and avoid getting hit. Skylar rolled along the right side of the ground before quickly straighten up and sending a gust of wind, that knocked Gothel down.
She quickly got up, only to be greeted by a kick from Nya knocking her back.
"I'm not gonna lie. That felt good." Nya taunted as Gothel held her face.
"You two must really despise me." Gothel noted. "Even though we barley know each other."
"It's hard not to, given what you did to Rapunzel." Nya stated with anger evident in her voice. "I've met plenty of narcissistic creeps, but you are the worst!"
"Everything I did was to protect her." Gothel stated.
"Oh, please. You did all that for yourself." Skylar spat. "You're just like my father. You know what happened to him?"
"He got the ass kicking of his life." Nya answered for her friend. "Which is exactly what we're gonna do to you."
"What do you take me for? Some sort of insignificant harpy?" Gothel angrily questioned as she shot more purple bolts from her hands. Nya back flipped out of the way, while Skylar used some wind to jump high above Gothel and land behind her, putting her in a headlock.
"You're not insignificant. You're pitiful!" Skylar stated as she held Gothel down; Nya then brought multiple streams of water together from nearby plant vases and thrusted them all at Gothel. Skylar jumped out of the way as the water smacked Gothel and sent her rolling across the ground.
Gothel breathed deeply and angrily as she glared at the two girls. "You girls need to be taught a lesson." She threatened as her whole body began to surge with dark electricity.
Dungeon Tunnels
The Stabbington Brother in the black with the eye patch drove the Scythe of Quakes in the ground, creating a tremor that barreled for Garmadon. He was able to jump high over it and avoid it.
"You're going to have to do better than that if you want to get rid of me, young man." Garmadon told him. He then threw the Shurikens of Ice towards the ground of the brother. Ice formed on the floor around him and he slipped and fell. He tried to get back up, but slipped again until he stabilized himself with the Scythe.
Garmadon slid gracefully around him before swiping the Scythe out of his hands and taking the weapon.
"Stupid old man!" The brother yelled at Garmadon as he wielded both Golden Weapons now.
Meanwhile, Stabbington Brother in green without the eye patch shot a stream of lighting from the Nunchucks of Lighting at Sensei Wu. Wu was able to duck, jump, swerve, and avoid every single bolt of lighting sent his way.
"Keep on moving old man!" The brother taunted as he kept shooting bolts. "No one can dodge lightning forever."
"Good thing I don't need to." Wu stated as he shot out the Sword of Fire and shot a stream of flames which hit an incoming bolt; resulting in a small explosion. The smoke clouded the brother's vision and he coughed.
Wu was quickly able to run through the smoke just before it vanished. With the sweep of his legs, he swept the brother off his feet and grabbed the Nunchucks while they we're still in the air and jumped back.
Both Stabbington Brothers recovered, just as the two Sensei brothers both stood together, now wielding all four Golden Weapons. The evil brothers glared at the two senseis as Wu and Garmadon both looked at each other and they threw the weapons back.
"What the…? Why aren't you?" One brother questioned.
"Just because you have power, doesn't mean you should use it." Wu said wisely
"Besides, this gives you more of a fighting chance." Garmadon added. "Not that you had much of one to begin with."
Both brothers chuckled before the Stabbington brothers glared even further. "You old geezers! No one laughs at us!"
"They should learn to respect there elders, wouldn't you agree brother?" Wu asked Garmadon.
"Yes brother, I agree. Shall we teach them some?" Garmadon proposed.
"Well we are senseis after all." Wu said as he and his older brother both took martial art stances. The Stabbington brothers both yelled as the charged at the two older brothers, not knowing about the humiliating defeat they we're about to receive.
Skies above Corona
The corrupted Ultra Dragon roared as it charged forward, straight for Destiny's Bounty. It rammed hard onto the ship; causing Dareth, Misako, Ronin, and Pixal to all stumble and knock down. The dragon gripped the front of the ship and began to pull the ship down out of the air.
Dareth and Ronin, on the deck of the ship, slid towards the front, and each landed on one of the dragon's heads.
"Hey boy, it's me Dareth." The 'Brown Ninja' tried. "You remember me? I fed you, I rode you? You saved my life?"
"Would it help if we said 'please'?" Ronin also tried, but the Ultra Dragon's mind was too corrupted for their words to phase it.
Miskao and Pixal both held onto the steering wheel as the Ultra Dragon pulled the ship vertically towards the ground.
"Can you stabilize the ship?!" Misako yelled as the ship fell.
"Negative!" Pixal replied. "We're falling too fast!"
"I've got an idea!" Misako stated as she climbed onto the steering wheel. She found the gas petal and actually floored it. The ship fell at an even faster rate, with the corrupted Ultra Dragon still at the front. It fell at such a fast rate that both Dareth and Ronin screamed like little girls as they held onto each other and saw the ground coming in fast.
*BAM!*
The ship slammed hard onto the ground; with the corrupted four-headed dragon taking the brunt of it. But the front and bottom the ship was in complete splinters; and the back half was still somehow intact. Ronin and Dareth groaned as the slowly walked off the ship and they held their heads.
"Any landing you can walk away from, right?" Ronin tried, just for the sake of optimism.
Misako and Pixal both climbed off and joined the two men.
"That was an extreme landing attempt." Pixal noted. "However, I am glad that we are still in one piece."
"You said it sister." Dareth agreed.
They all looked at the body of the Ultra Dragon as it lay by the ship. "Will he be okay?" Misako asked with concern. Under the Overlord's influence or not, it was still there dragon.
Pixal then scanned the beast. "It has not suffered and permanent damage, it will live."
They all heard the sounds of fighting coming from the nearby kingdom.
"Looks like they can use some help." Dareth observed.
"Then let's give them a helping hand." Misako proposed.
"Agreed." Pixal said before the three ran towards the kingdom.
"Again, you guys are running into danger. We should be running away… oh why do I bother? Hey guys, wait up!" Ronin called.
Streets of Corona
Shade sent a stream of shadows forward, engulfing the corrupted citizens in front of him, and they all fell unconscious soon after. He was about to be ambushed from behind but the corrupted man was picked up in Gravis' gravity grip before he flung him into a nearby crowd, knocking them all back.
"Just how many people are in this kingdom?!" Shade questioned.
Karloff's body was still coated in metal; while he was getting pounded on relentlessly by the weapons of the corrupted men and women. Despite his metal skin protecting him, he was still quite exhausted.
A massive sound wave was sent forward and it blew all of the people off him. Jacob walked towards Karloff. "You doing okay?"
"Karloff, tired." The master of Metal replied. "Don't know how long I can keep this up."
"You and me both pal." Jacob said in agreement.
A couple of corrupted kids we're ensnared by Bolobo's vines and then quickly put to sleep from Neuro's mental waves.
"This is bad, we're beginning to falter and they don't show any sign of slowing down."
"What was your first clue?" Turner came in as he sped to him and held his knees in exhaustion.
"Well? How bad is it?" Neuro asked.
"Really bad. We're not even halfway. Everyone in this freaking kingdom is out for our heads." The tired Master of Speed stated.
Tox and Invizable we're both back towards a wall by at least twenty incoming corrupted men and women. Tox sent a toxic cloud forward, which caused a few to fall over, but it quickly faded and most we're unaffected as they kept coming towards them.
"That's it, I'm out!" Tox stated.
"And I can only turn invisible, but I'm out of juice to." Invizable stated.
Camille, who had taken the form of a wolf, pounced one of the corrupted women on. She quickly shifted into the form of a kangaroo and gave a hard kick, knocking that woman back into the crowd and they all fell like dominos.
"Yeah, I'm out of steam to." Camille relayed to the two Elemental Masters as she shifted back.
Ash could only maintain his smoke form for so long before a corrupted man tried to bash his head with a hammer. His head turned to smoke and he was able to avoid getting hit, he then gave a kick to the abs and knocked the man down just as Ash turned solid.
All the tired Elemental Masters once again found themselves together and surrounded by an endless horde of corrupted men, women, and children; even a few more guards.
"Anyone got any ideas? Anyone?" Griffin tried.
Before any of the corrupted people could strike, they all heard a certain cry…
"Ninja…GO!"
Misako, in a silver Spinjitsu vortex, soared forward and took down most of the front of the pack. She ceased her vortex as the crowd all fell down.
One tried to attack her, but was stopped when a Deep-Stone shuriken flew past the man's face and returned to it's user, Ronin. Ronin then came forward and ducked under the corrupted man, flipping him over his back and sent him rolling into a crowd knocking them down.
A few corrupted women found themselves suddenly tied together by a black cable that extended from Pixal's wrist as she restrained them.
"My apologize, but this is for your own good." She said.
"No need to fear. The Brown Ninja is here!" Dareth cheered as he ran into the streets and outstretched his arms. He saw one corrupted guard run towards him with a spear. Dareth screamed as he reached to a nearby door and opened it, to hide behind it. As soon as he opened it, it slammed into the corrupted guard's face, knocking him unconscious.
Dareth peeped out of the corner of the door before taking a prideful stance. "Aha! And don't be coming back for more!"
"Are you all okay?" Misako addressed to the Elemental Masters.
"Been better." Shade replied. "This is a big kingdom."
"I agree." Pixal observed. "I'm detecting a few thousand more heat signatures all over Corona, and they are all heading in this direction."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Tox, Griffin, Jacob, Camille, and Invizable all yelled at the same time.
"Yeah… I recommend retreat." Ronin advised as they saw the horde all running onto them.
"RETREAT! EVERYONE RETREAT!" Karloff yelled.
"In there!" Misako exclaimed as she pointed to an empty building with large double doors and they all ran inside; once everyone was inside, Dareth and Camille closed the large doors. Bolobo summoned vines from the ground to seal the door tight.
"That should hold, I hope." Neuro said as they all could hear pounding on the door, no doubt all the corrupted guards and civilians behind trying to break in.
Kai sent a blast of fire towards the Overlord, which he blocked with his right hand. Cole used this distraction and came in with an earth-coated fist and punched the Overlord in his face. The rocks shattered off and the Overlord blasted purple beams from his eyes forcing Cole back.
Jay shot a stream of lighting in the Overlord's back, causing him to grunt in pain; but he shot his hand forward and Jay was flung back by an unseen force.
Zane grabbed the Overlord around his neck and ice began to spread from his arms onto the Overlord's body, which spread all over until the Overlord was completely coated in ice. However, two seconds later, the ice began to crack. It cracked rather rapidly until it all exploded off the yelling Overlord, and the Titanium Ninja was sent flying.
Lloyd thrusted both his arms forward and sent a large beam of green energy; the Overlord responded by thrusting his left arm forward and shooting an equally large beam of purple energy. Both beams met and they we're locked in a fierce beam struggle. The Overlord smiled as he put in a little effort to force Lloyd's beam back as the Green Ninja was struggling.
Rapunzel tried to use this opportunity to help. She ran to the Overlord's backside and smacked him repeatedly with her frying pan. She yelled as she struck hard and hard, but it didn't seem to have any effect. As she continued to hit, she looked in terror as his head slowly turned 180 degrees and faced her, with his evil smile. Multiple tentacles shot from his back and ensnared Rapunzel. She screamed as they lifted her and threw her over his body and into Lloyd, causing them both to roll back.
"Hey! Big dark and ugly!"
The Overlord turned around and upwards to see Kai and Zane jumping high above him. Kai prepared a massive fireball with both his hands, and Zane had an equally massive sphere of ice energy in both his hands as well. They both threw their attacks and hit him dead on; causing a large explosion. A steam cloud formed from the combined fire and ice attacks.
However, out from the steam; shot more dark purple beams which smacked Kai and Zane dead on and sent them flying towards a stone wall. Multiple boulders ended up surrounding the Overlord. He turned his head to see Cole motioning with his hands before bringing them together and the boulders all clashed together onto the Overlord. Cole gained a confident smile.
His smile soon vanished as the boulders exploded off of him and Cole was flung back as well. The Overlord heard a yell and saw Jay running towards him.
"This always works!" Jay yelled as he was directly in front of the Overlord and kicked him hard in the crotch area. The Overlord merely smiled, as he wasn't affected. Jay looked confused before repeating it again, and again, and again, this time charging his foot with lightning. Each strike had no affect.
"Are you finished yet?" The Overlord questioned.
"But that always works." Jay whined before he was comically slapped away.
"Is there anything that can hurt him?!" Rapunzel questioned as she stood with the recovering Ninjas.
"We're loosing ground fast." Kai observed.
"That is incorrect." The Overlord replied. "Loosing ground implies you had any to begin with."
"He's toying with us." Cole realized. "We're throwing everything we have at him, and he's toying with us!"
"Fools." The Overlord stated. "There is nothing you can do that can harm me."
It was that choice of words that made Zane realize something. He smiled as he looked to the Dark Lord. "Did you know that we could create something out of nothing?"
Kai, Jay, and Cole smiled at this. "Let's do it!" Kai yelled. "Fire!" He formed his Spinjitsu vortex.
"Earth!" Cole formed his Spinjitsu vortex as well.
"Ice!" Zane was in his Spinjitsu vortex now to.
"Lightning!" Jay now spun in his own Spinjitsu vortex.
"Ninja…GO!" All four vortexes then merged together, and formed one massive tornado composed of the four different elements. It began to suck up the air around them and multiple objects from the courtyard, some trees, rocks, and a few other things.
"What's going on?!" Rapunzel exclaimed through the wind as she shielded her face.
"It's the Tornado of Creation!" Lloyd answered. "Anything that gets sucked up into that gets remade into something else!"
The Overlord was forced to close his eyes slightly as the Tornado of Creation raged on and sucked in more objects. It slowly began to die down until it stopped completely, and the Overlord had a curious face as he looked at the object that lay in front of him.
It had the appearance of a large tank with a massive gun-hole about equal size of the Overlord. All four Ninja we're in a dome-like cockpit at the pack, manning the controls.
"Aw yeah! Time for O.P.O!" Jay cheered.
"O.P.O?" Cole questioned.
"Operation: Punch Overlord!" Jay yelled as he pulled the trigger and a MASSIVE boxing gloved-fist shot out of the tank and punched the Overlord, sending him flying hard into the wall; creating a dust cloud.
"YEAH!" Kai, Rapunzel, Lloyd, Zane, Jay, and Cole all cheered.
Suddenly, a purple energy beam shot out of the dust could and pierced through the tank like a spear; which exploded soon after; causing the five ninja, and the princess to roll back.
"NO!" They all shouted as the Overlord slowly rose from the dust cloud.
"You are trying my patience." The Overlord said, clearly not amused with their actions.
Dungeon Hallway
Wu dodged the punches of the Stabbington brother in green, as if it we're child's play. Wu actually gave a mischievous laugh as he ducked under the punch and jumped over high over him. When the brother turned around his face made a WTF expression at what he saw. Wu was sitting cross-legged pouring himself a pot of tea.
"What.. the…? What the Hell are you doing?!" The brother angrily asked. "Fight me!"
"Why would I?" Wu stated as he finished pouring his tea. "You must have patience, at the level you are at, you aren't ready to face my pinky-toe." He gave a casual smile as he offered the cup. "Tea?"
The brother's eye twitched as he entered a fit of rage and yelled as he charged at Wu. Wu slowly sipped his tea as he shot out his left foot, and extended his pinky-toe, which smacked the brother in the face repeatedly. It ended when he flexed his pinky-toe back and sent it forward, sending the brother flying to the wall. He fell unconscious as he slid down.
Wu finished his tea. "Like I said, 'patience'."
Garmadon dodged all the attacks from the brother garbed in black with the eye-patch, and hadn't even bothered to strike back.
"What the hell! You're not even trying to hit me!" The brother exclaimed as he still tried to hit Garmadon.
"Well, you are quite excellent at defeating yourself, so there is no need for me to attack." Garmadon stated.
"That's it!" He angrily yelled as he punched and Garmadon merely swerved his head. The brother tried to kick in him the feet, but Garmadon lightly leaped out of the way. The brother tried to grab him, but Garmadon ducked and used then his own momentum against him, allowing the brother to slide and fall off of him. The brother ran towards Garmadon, reeling back a punch. Garmadon merely yawned as the brother drew closer, Garmadon stepped out of the way and the brother smacked into a wall and fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Well, that takes care of them." Garmadon observed as the two Stabbington Brothers had stars circling around their heads.
"Yes, now let us help our pupils." Wu stated as he and Garmadon both picked up the Golden Weapons and ran out of the dungeon as fast as they could.
Maximus and Eugene stood back-to-back, with Pascal looking out as well. The invisible Pythor was no doubt in this room as his laugh echoed through it.
"Where is he? Can you sniff him out Max?" Eugene asked.
The horse then dove to the ground and began to sniff like a bloodhound. He followed the scent he caught on the ground, with Pascal looking like a captain guiding a submarine, he saw something that made the chameleon shudder in fear. He squeaked and Maximus looked up to see a large flower base fly towards them and smack Maximus in the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Max!" Eugene yelled as he tried to run for him, but something strong wrapped around him. He struggled and looked up to see Pythor un-camouflage and look down at Eugene with an evil smile.
"I'm sorry, but this is where you meet your end, dear Fitzherbert." Pythor stated as he opened his mouth wide, intent on swallowing the struggling Eugene whole. Eugene looked saw Pythor's tail in front of his foot; just as the mouth was about to encompass his head, he stepped hard on the Serpentine's tail, causing Pythor to shriek and let him go.
Using this opportunity, Eugene turned around and began to punch Pythor hard in the face and the chest. Each punch did indeed hurt Pythor, but by the sixth punch, he caught the fist with his left hand and began to crush it, causing Eugene to grunt in pain.
"You are very amusing, but in the end, even the strongest human is no match for the superior Serpentine, for an Anacondrai!" Pythor boasted.
"Oh, will you SHUT UP?!" Eugene exclaimed as he picked up a large rock in his free hand and smacked it hard onto Pythor's head. The rock broke apart on impact, causing Pythor to fall unconscious.
"Thank you. You talk more than I do." Eugene stated as he caught his breath. He looked down and saw the Realm Crystal; it must have fallen from Pythor. Eugene picked it up. He looked down to Pascal who stuck his tongue at the unconscious Serpentine. "You might wanna wake up Max."
Pascal made a captain's salute before scurrying over to Max's head. He shot is elastic tongue into the horse's ear, startling it awake.
"Come on guys." Eugene stated. "Rapunzel needs our help."
Skylar and Nya continued to dodge the relentless electric assault from Gothel. Jumping, rolling, and flipping over all the purple bolts sent in their direction. Gothel tried to zap Nya, only for Skylar to send her back with a stream of wind; when Gothel tried to get up, a water tentacle wrapped around her waist. She turned to Nya as she heaved the tentacle to throw Gothel and send her rolling across the ground.
"She won't stay down, will she?" Skylar questioned.
"She might after this." Nya stated as she sent a stream of water, which hit Gothel dead on and soaked her completely. "Hey Gothel! Has anyone ever told you how ugly you are?!" Nya taunted.
At this moment, Gothel had lost all patience with these two girls. "You little brats!" She shrieked. "I'll…" Her hands surged with purple electricity again, a BIG mistake. Due to her wet body, the electricity surged throughout her body, electrocuting her and causing Gothel to scream in pain, showing a skeleton. Nya and Skylar shielded their eyes.
When it stopped, Gothel laid flat on the ground, with steam coming off of her body.
"She is her own worst enemy." Nya said.
"You said it." Skylar agreed. "Come on, the guys probably need some back up."
Eugene, Maximus ran through the castle hallways, with Pascal riding on Maximus. They ran as fast as they could, hopping to get to Rapunzel and the Ninja; however, they suddenly saw Nya and Skylar run in front of them, and they all barley stopped before smacking into each other. They all groaned as they got up.
"You guys okay?" He asked the two girls.
"Yeah, we're fine." Nya answered.
"What happened to you?" Skylar asked.
"Ran into Pythor, he's down and out." Eugene responded.
"Man, I wish I could have seen that." Nya said with a smile of satisfactory.
"What about you guys?" He asked them.
"Gothel." Skylar replied. "She's down to."
"Now that was something I wanted to see." Eugene said, with both Max and Pascal nodding in agreement.
"Come on, we need to get to the others." Nya began as she turned around. "We need to…"
They all turned around and saw a corrupted man and woman walking towards them; both baring swords. However, they weren't just any corrupted man or woman as the heroes recognized them with wide eyes.
"Are those…?" Skylar began.
"Rapunzel's Parents?!" Nya finished. It was indeed the King and Queen of Corona, now under the influence of the Overlord, just like the rest of the kingdom.
Eugene's shocked expression turned into one of anger. "He is going to pay for this."
Both the corrupted King and Queen yelled as they ran towards the heroes; however, a small blast of fire from an adjacent hallway knocked them back. They weren't too badly hurt, but they we're unconscious now.
"Perhaps you would like some help with that."
They looked down to see Wu holding the Sword of Fire and Nunchucks of Lighting; along with Garmadon who held the Shurikens of Ice and the Scythe of Quakes.
Back outside; Jay and Cole we're both held by there throats in the Overlord's hands. He held them high in each hand before throwing them at the group of heroes. Cole landed on Kai, and Jay landed on top of Zane. The four rolled back.
Lloyd reeled his hands back and tried to prepare a massive blast, but the Overlord shot purple beams from his eyes which exploded off the ground near Lloyd and sent him rolling back.
Rapunzel tried to run in again with the frying pan, but the Overlord turned around and with a look from his eyes, the pan shattered to bits in her hand. She looked up in honest terror at the Overlord and tried to back away from him.
"If those five are incapable of harming me, what hope do you have?" The Overlord taunted.
Rapunzel found herself backed against a wall and the Overlord slowly reached towards her with his hand and she was about to scream.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
An Anacondrai blade pierced out from the Overlord's chest and he grunted in pain. Rapunzel looked around to see Eugene at his back, holding the handle.
"Eugene!" She exclaimed, part of her was happy to see him, but another part was scared, as she knew his attack wouldn't do any real harm to this monster.
The Overlord's body began to shift and change. Eugene looked curiously at it, but it turned into a look of shock as the body shifter and the Overlord faced Eugene directly with an evil smile.
"Amusing, but futile." The Overlord stated as he slapped Eugene away. Rapunzel immediately ran to him and helped him up, they both looked in shock as the Overlord gripped the handle of the blade and removed it from his chest with little effort.
"How about this?!"
The Overlord looked to see an incoming, combined blast of water and wind smack him hard. Skylar and Nya pounded him with the attack hard. He then held his hand out and created a circular shield that blocked the attack and he slowly walked towards them.
However, two figures landed in front of him. He looked down to see Garmadon and Wu both kick him hard, causing him to stumble back. When they jumped togeter, they both kicked him in the face. He was now quite irritated as he sent a blast from his eyes, blowing both senseis back.
The Overlord then loomed over the two girls. He smacked Skylar away and was ready to smack Nya….
However, Jay stood in front of it and took the impact for her, sending him flying high into the air.
"JAY!" Nya shouted as he screamed and fell.
Jay had expected to hit the ground hard, but landed on something different. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself on a saddle, a horse's saddle. Jay was on top of Maximus.
"Max?" Jay began. "You saved me?" Maximus smiled. "Thank you."
Maximus gave a warm look that said 'Don't mention it.'
"No seriously, thank you." Jay continued. "I mean, you and I haven't really gotten along. And I know we have our differences, but you… you really are someone who understands me and I…."
Maximus gave a different look that said 'Don't push it.'
Jay seemed to get the hint. "Yeah you're right, we should go."
"I am growing tired of all this." The Overlord stated, but was quickly blasted by a green energy beam, along with a stream of fire and ice.
Kai, Lloyd, and Zane combined there attacks; while Cole motioned the earth to suck in the Overlord a bit and keep him stuck in it. Jay came ridding in with Maximus and smacked him across the face with a lightning-charged punch. Maximus stopped for a second to deliver a kick to the Overlord's face with his back legs.
Pascal climbed onto Rapunzel's shoulder and happily snuggled against her face. She couldn't take her eyes off this battle.
"Rapunzel, stay here." Eugene told her as he picked up Pythor's Anacondrai Blade. "I'm gonna help bring this monster down." He then ran forward.
"Eugene No!" She tried, but he was already there.
"Everyone! Attack at once!" Wu shouted. "NOW!" They all yelled as they leaped at the still-stuck Overlord. It all appeared to be in slow motion; Kai with his fire-fists, Lloyd with an energy blast, Jay on Maximus with another lightning punch, Nya with a water whip, Cole with earth-gauntlets, Wu with the Sword of Fire and Nunchucks of Lightning, Eugene with the Anacondrai blade, Skylar with a massive wind sphere, and Garmadon with the Scythe of Quakes and Nunchucks of Lightning. Just when they we're all about to make contact; the Overlord's eyes seared a bright red glow.
"ENOUGH!"
He unleashed a massive blast, which blew away all the attacking heroes; even Rapunzel found herself knocked down. The explosion could be seen on the castle, from the sky.
Gothel and Pythor both weakly limped outside, having just recovered and we're now seeing all that transpired.
"Well, looks like we missed quite a show." Pythor mused.
"Is he going to finish them?" Gothel asked. "Because I want to see it." She wanted to see them all hurt painfully for all the trouble they caused.
When the dust cleared; all the heroes lay scattered on the ground. They we're all conscious, but too weak to move. They all looked in horror at the Overlord as he loomed over them.
"Fools. All your efforts are for nothing. You each may have been chosen to wield power, but I am power! I am not some meager villain that can be thwarted by your antics. I am the source of all evil in not just Ninjago, but all the Realms that circle it." He walked towards Eugene and picked up the Realm Crystal that he dropped. Eugene tried to get it, but he was too weak to do anything. "There is no force that can challenge me; do the good guys really always win? It seems this time, they don't. Corona, Ninjago, the Underworld, The Cloud Kingdom, all of them; they are all MINE!"
He turned to the princess, who wasn't as weak as the others, due to her being further away from his attack. He slowly made his way towards her. The others tried to reach and stop him, but they we're unable.
"I really should thank you, my dear Rapunzel. I couldn't have done this without you." The Overlord loomed close to her and she frantically crawled back away from him. Pascal tried to keep him from getting closer by biting on his cape in the back, but he just blew the little chameleon away with the flick of his finger.
"You… You won't… get away with this!" Rapunzel tried.
"Is that so?" The Overlord toyed.
"I… I am not… afraid of you." She still tried, but he could see through her.
"You are fooling yourself, child." The Overlord stated. "Just embrace the fact that it's over; there is no hope, I have won."
Rapunzel closed her eyes and looked away from him. "No. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid." She repeated this over and over, but the more she said it, the less she believed it. It was then a few words from her friends came to mind.
"But we can't change what's been done, what we can do is pick ourselves up and fight. Because Ninja never quit." She remembered what Lloyd said.
"You're one of the strongest people I know. You never give up, ninja or not." Eugene's words also echoed through her mind.
"You do have a power, we all do. It's our will to never yield, to never give up. A ninja never admits defeat, a ninja always picks himself or herself up when he or she is down." Kai's words echoed through her memories as well.
"You each have your own inner strength. In each of you lies a power, a power that only you can understand. Use that power to aid you." Those we're the words of Sensei Wu.
As those words rang through her head, something came to her. Something sparked inside of her. All this time, she had doubted herself; it wasn't her lack of fighting or fear that held her back; it was her doubt.
"You're right…" She spoke lightly, earning a raised eye from the Overlord, and surprised looks from her friends. "I am afraid of you. I am afraid of what you can do and what you plan to do."
The Overlord smiled. "At the end, you see the truth. Perhaps there's hope for you yet." He mused as he slowly reached down to her, but suddenly she grabbed his golden-bone wrist, much to his surprise.
"I may be afraid of you, but that doesn't mean I can't fight back." She began as she looked at him with a serious expression. "All this time; all you've ever done in your life is hurt people." As she continued the Overlord looked annoyed, but his look changed to curiosity as her hand began to glow a slight gold color. "You manipulated Garmadon into freeing you; you corrupted Nya, Jay, Cole, there friends and families; you hunted Lloyd down for his powers; you almost killed Zane, Kai, Wu, and all the others; You tried to steal my kingdom and my family from me…" As she continued, her hands we're glowing a bright gold, and so did her hair, much to the Overlord, as well as the Heroes' surprise; even Pythor and Gothel we're shocked at this.
"How… how are you?" The Overlord wondered as this power that was coming from her, actually began to hurt him.
"You did all this, and you enjoyed every moment of it!" Rapunzel angrily yelled as she began to glow brighter. "But you we're wrong. There is always hope. And as long as I live, I will never let you hurt anyone else EVER AGAIN!"
As soon as she said that, Rapunzel was engulfed in a bright surge of golden light; which blasted the Overlord back to the wall; Pythor and Gothel both fell to the ground from the shockwave of this. Eugene, Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Jay, Maximus Cole, Skylar, Zane, Wu, Garmadon, and even Pascal all looked in amazement.
The golden light took the form of an orb, with Rapunzel's transparent image inside it. It looked almost like a sun. It hovered a bit off the ground and shined a bright light all throughout the castle's surface.
"The light! The light! WHAT IS THIS!?" The Overlord questioned as he tried to shield himself as the light was causing him intense pain.
"I don't suppose she could do that before, correct?" Pythor guessed.
"No, she could not." Gothel replied with wide eyes.
The light washed over all the heroes and they could feel their strength return as they stood up and looked in utter amazement.
"Rapunzel?" Eugene began.
"How is she doing this?" Skylar questioned.
Lloyd's eyes widened as he realized it. "Her power, she's unlocked her True Potential!"
"But I thought only we could do that?" Jay questioned. "Only the Elemental Ma…" He stopped when he realized it, as did everyone else.
"She is an Elemental Master." Kai realized.
"All this time she was unsure of herself, it was her self-doubt that was holding her back." Zane deduced.
"But now that she's over come it…" Cole began.
"Nothing can hold her back now." Nya breathed in amazement.
"The wonders of the realms never cease to amaze me." Garmadon spoke.
"The same could be said from me, brother." Wu agreed.
Eugene looked to Rapunzel inside her little son and gave a warm smile. He knew there was something special about her; looks like she's finally seen the light.
The Overlord's pain was followed by a burning rage and intense anger. "NO! I will not be DEFEAT AGAIN!" The Overlord then drew in a large amount of dark energy which then began to build up inside him; something the heroes all noticed and didn't like.
"You insolent, wretched, little CHILD! THIS IS TRUE POWER!" The Overlord outstretched his arms and sent a wave of dark energy towards Rapunzel as it surrounded her sun. "Where there is Light; there will always be Darkness!"
The transparent image of Rapunzel could be seen struggling inside her sun. This was too much for her to do alone. She looked to the heroes. "Help…me."
"She needs our help!" Eugene exclaimed.
"Then let's give it her!" Lloyd declared. "She isn't the only one who has that kind of power."
"Let's do it!" Kai exclaimed as he, Nya, Lloyd, Jay, Cole, Zane, and Skylar all closed their eyes and concentrated. They too, we're now releasing the power of there True Potential.
"FIRE!" Kai achieved his NRG form and was now a glowing transparent red, surrounded by fire.
"ENERGY!" Lloyd's body was also transparent and glowing bright green with energy circling it.
"LIGHTNING!" Jay was in his NRG form to. His body was a bright and transparent blue, glowing with lightning.
"EARTH!" Cole activated his NRG form as well. He was a transparent, bright brown color, with pebbles surrounding him.
"ICE!" Zane's titanium body now achieved it's NRG from. He was glowing bright white and appeared to be made of transparent ice.
"WATER!" Nya's body was a transparent blue as she was in her NRG form as well; she had a vortex of water surround her as well.
"WIND!" Skylar was now glowing a white-orange color that was transparent, and surrounded by a sphere of wind.
The combined elemental auras we're enough to force the darkness away from Rapunzel; the Overlord found himself surrounded by the NRG Ninjas and the Rapunzel in the sun.
"No. This isn't happening!"
Kai shot a beam of Red Fire from his body and it hit the Overlord dead on. Jay followed suit with a beam of Blue Lightning. Cole was next with a beam of Brown Earth. Zane shot a beam of White Ice after that. Nya came in with a beam of Blue Water. Skylar followed up with a beam of Silver Wind. Each attack hit the Overlord dead on, and all the beams kept a constant attack going.
NRG Lloyd looked to Rapunzel inside the sun; both nodded. Lloyd shot a beam of Green Energy. Rapunzel also followed with a beam of Gold Sunlight.
All eight attacks we're constantly hitting the Overlord as he screamed in pain.
"No way am I staying out of this!" Eugene stated with a smile, wanting a piece of the action.
"We had a feeling you would say that." Wu replied as he tossed Eugene the Sword of Fire.
"Perhaps you would like a piece of this to?" Garmadon asked Maximus and Pascal (on the horse's head), both gave anxious smiles and nods. He handed them the Shurikens of Ice; one was in Max's mouth, and the other held by Pascal.
Eugene launched a large stream of fire from the Golden Sword straight at the Overlord. Wu shot a continuous bolt of lightning from the Golden Nunchucks. Garmadon shot a stream of earth from the Golden Quakes. Maximus and Pascal both shot a combined beam of ice from the Golden Shurikens.
All the attacks hit the Overlord as he yelled in intense pain. His whole body began to crack and white light seeped from the cracks. He realized what was happening. "No!" Light shined from his eyes and mouth. "NO! NOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
*BOOOM!*
That was it; the Overlord's body exploded in a bright flash of white light. A wave of light spread all over Corona and beyond, cleansing all the darkness and corrupting that filled the air and ground, bringing back the daylight.
Misako, Shade, Ronin, Karloff, Dareth, Griffin, Pixal, Neuro, Invizable, Tox, Camille, Jacob, Gravis, Ash, and Bolobo continued to hold the door back as it was pounded away by those on the other side. However, it all stopped. They all slowly opened there eyes.
"They've stopped?" Neuro wondered.
"Maybe they all left?" Griffin hopped.
"Guys, look!" Ronin pointed to a window and they could see daylight coming through.
"Could it be?" Shade wondered.
Dareth slowly opened the door and peeked outside. A smile formed on his face. "Oh, you guys gotta see this."
They all backed up a bit as Dareth opened the wide double doors, and the remaining heroes could only look in surprise at the sight that lay before them.
Every citizen in Corona was in sight; all the guards as well. Every man, woman, and child, free from the corruption. They all looked in there hands and saw the weapons they we're holding. One guard dropped his sword before all the people dropped there weapons.
"They did it." Misako spoke with a smile. "Every ounce of darkness is gone."
"Your analysis is correct." Pixal informed with her own smile. "There is no trace of the Overlord's energy what so ever."
"So, we won?" Karloff wondered.
"Yeah, we won." Ronin confirmed.
"We WON!" Karloff shouted and he and all the other Elemental Masters raised there arms and cheered at this.
Back at the Castle; all seven Ninja touched down and reverted back to there normal forms. The golden orb touched down as well and faded to reveal Rapunzel, though she was quite different. Something they all noticed.
"What are you guys looking at?" She asked.
"You.. you… you're hair." Jay stuttered.
"It's… it's gold." Cole also observed.
Zane created a flat piece of ice that allowed Rapunzel to see her reflection. Her hair was indeed gold, blonde, just like before. Just like when she was born, it was now shoulder length as well. She looked at this with a smile as she looked at her hands.
"I… I didn't know I had it in me." She marveled.
"You already had what you needed to win, in here." Wu said as he pointed to her heart.
"You have unlocked your True Potential." Garmadon told her.
"Told you had a power." Lloyd said with a cocked smile.
"You are an Elemental Master." Kai added.
"You are so cool!" Nya spoke up as she and all the others circled her.
"Coolest princess I've ever met." Cole said.
"You really are amazing." Zane added.
"That is one cool power." Skylar added as well.
"I knew you could do it." Eugene said to her and the two stared deeply into each other's eyes; but the moment was briefly interrupted.
"NOO!"
They all suddenly turned around to see Gothel struggle outside and trip. She looked to her hands and they we're turning a pale white; and her hair was turning shaggy and white as well.
"NO! Not again!" She held her face to try and cover herself.
"What's happening to her?" Rapunzel asked.
"The Overlord was keeping her young." Lloyd replied. "But now that he's gone…"
"She's reverting back to her real age." Kai finished.
"Yeah, we've seen this before." Eugene stated.
"NO!" Gothel's body was almost compltley decayed when she set her eyes on Rapunzel and they filled with rage. "YOU!" She screamed as she charged forward with deadly intent, but Kai stepped in front of her.
"Lady, do us all a HUGE favor and just shut up!" He threw a ball of fire at her and it exploded; her body was now all dust at this point and it all lit ablaze before vanishing forever.
"Dust-to-dust; and ashes-to-ashes." Lloyd said.
"Good riddance." Nya said with slight disgust.
Rapunzel agreed that Gothel was evil and probably deserved this (again), but it still wasn't easy to watch. She soon noticed something.
"And just where do you think you're going?" She questioned, causing Pythor to stop in his tracks.
He turned around with an innocent smile. "Uh… parley?" He was then encased in a hollow ice-dome courtesy of Zane.
"The only place you're going is back to your jail cell, Pythor." Cole stated.
That earned a laugh from all the heroes, and a deep sigh from Pythor as he now gave up at this point.
Rapunzel found herself caught up in the moment that she leaped onto Eugene and gave him a deep, passionate kiss. He was surprised at first but soon went along with it.
Jay decided to do something similar. He picked up Nya, bridal style.
"Why let them have all the fun?" He cracked.
"Oh, you are so romantic." She said sarcastically with a playful eye roll before they too kissed.
Kai and Skylar both looked to each other. She too rolled her eyes before speaking.
"Oh, what the Hell?"
The two kissed not long after that.
Lloyd, Cole, Zane, Wu, Garmadon, Max, and Pascal just rolled their eyes and smiled at the three make-out sessions. After about three minutes, they stopped. Rapunzel soon found herself looking towards the castle entrance. All the others looked as well. The King and Queen, who have also been cleansed of corruption, both stepped outside.
Rapunzel smiled as tears of joy streamed down her face; she wasted no time in running to her parents and embracing them with all her might. They too smiled as they hugged there daughter.
That was sight that made all the others; Ninja, Thief, Senseis, and Animals, all give warm smiles.
"Rapunzel… you're… your hair." The Queen observed, stroking her daughter's golden hair.
"Yeah, long story." She answered.
The king turned to all the heroes. "Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, all of you… you have our deepest, and undying gratitude. We owe you everything. All of Corona owes you."
"There is no need for that." Kai said. "We just do what we can to help."
"But at the very least…" The Queen began "Let us host a celebration. To honor you and all your friends for saving us from a great, and terrible evil."
"'Celebration'?" Cole questioned. "That wouldn't mean 'Cake', now would it?" He asked in a hopeful tone.
"Well, we did just save all the Realms, again." Jay stated as he picked up the Realm Crystal
"Yes, I believe such an event is call for celebration." Zane agreed.
"Why not?" Skylar agreed.
"I never saw much of this Kingdom, maybe it's time we actually enjoy ourselves for once." Nya state.
"What do you think Dad?" Lloyd asked his father.
Garmadon stroked his chin with an amusing smile. "Hmmm, I don't know… what do you think brother?"
Wu turned to his students and gave an approving nod. Kai then turned to the king.
"We would be honored."
"You guys better be ready." Eugene playfully warned. "Corona loves to party."
Done. This was my longest chapter for this fanfiction. I hope you guys all enjoyed it. Once again, thank you all for supporting me and continuing this journey with me.
There is still one last chapter after this, so bear with me. Don't worry, nothing evil.
Once again, thank you.