Standing on one of the tallest building of Ouroboros was Skales as Serpentine chanted Skales as they praised him as their one true king, for he had ended the false reign of Garmadon. Selma, Acidicus, Fangtom and Skalidor then approached him, Selma gave him his staff, Acidicus and Fangtom gave him a crown and armor to symbolize his place as leader and Skalidor gave him...a box?
Skales looked at the sheepish Skalidor before he knocked the box out of his hand. "Idiot!" he said before waving to his new subjects, thanking them before whispering to the other Generals to join with the crowd while Selma stood next to him.
He then turned back to thanking the crowd for their praise before he made his speech. "Hypnobrai, Venomari, Conssstrictai, Fangpyre and Anacondrai! Hear me! The troubled reign of that duplicitousss human Garmadon..."
"You're it," A Hypnobrai woman tagged a Venomari, not paying attention to Skales's speech.
"No, you're it," He tagged back.
"...isss finally at an end. And with that madman of a leader Pythor, no longer misssleading usss all." Skales continued his speech, "at lassst, our time hasss come."
"Hahaha, no you!" the Hypnobrai Woman laughed as she slaps the Venomari on the back of his head.
"We SSSerpentine mussst now unite in a common dessstiny: to sssecure our place as rulersss of Ninjago, and not let thossse other insssufferable sssurface-dwellersss win," Skales declared as he smirked. "Ssso as my first order, I sssay we burrow beneath all their beloved city!"
The Serpentine cheered at the idea. "to bury them ass they once buried usss!" Skales added as the Serpentine cheered louder, "Fellow SSSerpentine, it'sss time we knock Ninjago City back down to sssize!"
In Dareth's Mojo Dojo, Lydie and Lloyd are blindfolded as they stood back to back as their friends surrounded them with their weapons readied.
"Don't rely on your eyes," Cole told them. "Use your ears."
Lydie smirked and scoffed, "I'm the Master of Darkness, I'm use to fighting where you can't see." She boasted as she and Lloyd took a defensive stance as the Ninja were prepared to strike before Dareth walked in.
"Uh, guys, I'm teaching a class later, so I appreciate a clean dojo," Fareth told them before they began sparring. The Ninja all swung their weapons at the Garmadon siblings but Lloyd jumped and kicked away Zane's shurikens and knocking Jay off balance. Lydie then caught Cole's scythe and used it to block Kai's sword. Lydie then duck as she gave the scythe to Lloyd as he then used the scythe to spin around and kick each of them back. He even kicked Cole right at Dareth before he rushed back in.
Lydie heard him coming and quickly jumped out of the way as she crashed into the scythe before dodging Jay's nunchucks and Kai's sword. He then twisted and redirected Cole towards Dareth's fake trophy shelf, "Ah! No! No-no-no-no!" Dareth yelled as he frantically fixed his shelf while the two siblings continued to kick away the other Ninja and even kicked Jaytowards the window, which he almost crashed through if Dareth had not opened the window, and sent him flying outside before he closed it again, without letting him back inside.
As the other Ninja picked themselves up Lloyd and Lydie then used his elemental fire powers as green and purple flames appeared their hands and some sparks landed on the floor. Dareth yelped and quickly stomped out the fire with his foot and then sighed in exhaustion.
"Hey, open the window!" Jay shouted from outside as he banged on the window. "Let me in!"
Meanwhile back on the Bounty on the roof of Dareth's Dojo, Wu was looking out at the city before he took off his hat and pulled out a very old photo of himself as a teenager noy, along with his brother with very pale skin and black kimono and red eyes, an early sign of his change to evil, and a blond-hair young Misako.
Wu sighed sadly, remembering how simple and good everything was back then, desperately missing the old days. He was so busy reminiscing that he did not notice, Misako was behind him. "I'd forgotten how pale Garmadon's skin was before his change to evil was complete," Misako spoke up, making Wu jump before he quickly put the photo away and his hat back on.
Wu cleared his throat and turned to her. "Misako, once again you slip through my defenses," He remarked, trying to play it cool.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry." Misako apologized with a small smile as she brought out her bag. "I brought out my research on the prophecy of the Ninjas Yin and Yang. I thought maybe we could go over it together." She said as she gave Wu her bag.
Wu opened the bag as amount of scrolls fell to the floor. "Hmm, my…" Wu remarked as he saw the amount of research. "There's so much. It will take days." He picked up on of the scrolls before the photo in his hat slipped out and he put it back up.
"I should have chosen you to look after Lloyd and Lydie," Misako said as Wu was looking at the scroll.
"The past is the past," Wu reminded her.
Misako gave a smile in respond. "Yes, but there is always the future." She said as she walked up towards him.
The two smiled at each other as they held hands for a tender moment before rumbling can be heard that shook the bounty as they let go.
"The ground moves, I fear from unnatural causes." Wu said as they joined the other Ninja in the dojo.
"NGTV reporter Gayle Gossip on the scene of what appears to be earthquakes rocking all the city Ninjago." On a television, the reporter, a crimson-brown hair woman wearing glasses and a pink suit, was holding a microphone while standing near a park. "But it's an earthquake like no other, as scientists have yet to pinpoint the cause. And more frightening still, the aftershocks are getting stronger."
"What do you think this could be?" Cole asked the others as the dojo shook.
"Wouldn't be surprise if it was Garmadon." Kai frowned. "We haven't seen him for a while since we traveled into the past." He pointed out.
"He would never," Misako defended her husband. "My husband is evil, but he would never do anything to put our children in harm's way."
Wu nodded. "Misako's right. He only tried to thwart Lloyd's training." He then stroked his beard. "This is something else."
"But what is it?" Jay asked.
Zane quickly whistled and his falcon landed on his foreleg. "My friend, be my eyes and look for danger in the streets from above," the Ice Ninja told his falcon as he opened the window and the robotic bird took flight to patrol the city.
"In the meantime, we better surf the streets and help the people before they get hurt in the cross-shakes of the quakes." Lydie instructed as the others nodded as they went out to do just that.
Unbeknownst to any of them, the cause was not happening above ground, but beneath them. The Serpentine were executing the plan Skales came up with as a few Constrictai and some Anacondrai were drilling underground. "Drill, baby, drill!" Skales shouted as they continue further underground. But then a drop of green Devourer's venom fell on his arm. "Uegh, disssgusssting!" He repulsed, shaking his arm, "The Devourer'sss infernal venom has ssseeped everywhere!"
Skales then bumped into an Anacondrai. "Why are we ssstopping?!" He demanded.
The Anancondrai bowed and gestured behind her. "Forgive me, your Highnessss, but we've hit sssomething that we can't dig through!" She said.
"Impossssible!" Skales said as he slithered forward, "There isss no such thing!" He was proven wrong as in front of him was a giant stone wall covered in strange markings and a stranger language.
"It'sss ancient," Selma said as he studied the wall drawings. "Perhapsss older than the SSSerpentine themssselevesss."
Meanwhile on the Island of Darkness, Garmadon was climbing up a cliff as instructed by the Overlord.
Garmadon grunted as he pulled himself up. "This is madness! You test me?! Lord Garmadon?! Ninjago's rightful ruler?!" He demanded.
"Patience, Garmadon." The Overlord told him. "All will make sense in time. For now, follow my instructions."
"To what end?!" Garmadon demanded, "What is so important at the top of this cliff?!"
"The key to the greatest army ever seen." The Overlord answered, "And the means, to the greatest weapon ever known."
"What good will these things do for me, marooned on this uninhabited island?!" Garmadon asked him, before gesturing to the Endless Sea. "How will I return to Ninjago?!"
"My master plan has been in the works since the beginning of time." The Overlord told them as he flew by them."Every piece moves in perfect harmony like the gears of a clock, slowly shifting the balance of power back to darkness. Every piece, that is, but you."
Garmadon growled as scrapped the ground. "Alright then!" He jumped off the cliff and just barely grabbing on to the edge as he continued climbing.
Meanwhile back in Ninjago City, many people were running as the earthquakes were getting worse and debris from the taller buildings were dropping down onto the streets.
One dog was barking at her owner, who was across the street. "Oh, Snickers! Stay there, Mommy's coming!" The woman shouted as she ran to her dog, only to get caught in the middle of a crevasse. Her dog barked to help her but the mare waved her off, "Oh, stay where you are! Help! Help ME!"
Just then, the Ninja came rushing to her. "Ninja to the rescue! Go!" Lydie declared before she jumped, before the rest followed her lead,
"Go!" Lloyd said jumping after her.
"Go!" Zane spoke next.
"Go!" Kai after Zane.
"Go!" And finally Jay as each Ninja grabbing the prior one's legs, leaving Cole holding the living human chain steady.
"A few more inches, guys!" Lloyd grunted as he could see his sister barely reach the woman at the bottom. Cole were holding on as best as they could while the dog was barking at them.
"We appreciate the support, doggy," Cole told the dog before Lydie grabbed the woman hands. But then the ground under began to crack and broke off as the dog jumped off and the Ninja almost fell as the dog kept barking again.
"No more help, please!" Cole groaned as he managed to pull the rest of them out with all their might.
"Oh, thank you!" the woman told them as she reunited with her dog.
"No sweat," Lydie told her as Cole panted.
"Speak for yourself. I did all the heavy lifting." Cole complained.
"These things keep coming with no warning!" Kai groaned as Wu and Misako.
That's it. A warning," Misako said as she, and Wu rushed over to them before she unraveled a scroll. "The scrolls said the earthquakes would be a warning." The scroll showed them a picture of many people of Ninjago running in fear as the ground beneath them was split open while claws of shadow rose out from the fissures. "A warning for something far worse to come."
"Far worse?!" Jay repeated. "What could be far worse?!"
"Wait, mom? The indestructible stone warrior we fought yesterday, where did you find that thing anyway?" Lydie questioned as she had a thought.
"He was buried under the city's museum." Misako answered her daughter.
Jay then gasped in fright as the ground shook again. "You don't think there's more, do you?" He asked in a worried tone.
"Be on guard, Ninja," Wu told them. "We must be ready for whatever comes our way."
Meanwhile underground beneath the city, the Serpentine were stuck in one place as they cannot drill through the wall in front of them while covering their heads from the venom dripping from above. This made Skales really frustrated. "I will not accept defeat! Thisss wall mussst be dessstroyed if we are to bring down Ninjago City. Call for every SSSerpentine and-" Skales ranted before he saw a certain scrawling on the wall. It strangely looked like a Hypnobrai with a familiar crown on its head. "What'sss thisss?"
"It looksss like you, SSSkalesss," Skalidor noted.
Skales however frowned, "That's impossssible." He tried to get a better look, only to be obscured by an Ananacondrai. He frowned and grabbed her shoulder. "Get out of the way, imbecile!" He demanded as he pushed the Anacondrai away.
"Sssorry." The Anacondrai troop apologized
Skales looked at the wall and feeling it. He then touched a button, causing the door to raise itself open and revealing a hidden chamber. "Ssspooky," Skales commented as he and the Serpentine walked in. Seeing a lever and pulling it, it turned on hidden lights in the chamber, "Ssspooky."
The room revealed to contains rows upon rows of countless Samurai Warrior statues covered in dust.
"Sssamurai ssstatues?" Selma asked in confusion as the Serpentine spread out and studied the statues. They could tell by the way they were carved that some of them were male while the others were female.
"Look at me, I'm a ssstiff," a Venomari joked as he stood at attention and acted like one of the stone statues.
"Ssso ssstiff!" a Hypnobrai woman said before the two laughed together.
But what they did not realize was that the venom of the Devourer had oozed into the chamber and started dripping down on to the statues. Their eyes glowed green as row by row the Stone Army was reanimated, turning from stone to flesh as the drew their weapons at the intruders.
"What?! It'sss a trap!" Skales shouted in alarm before he pointed his staff at them. "Attack!"
His army charged at the warriors. As some of the Serpentine clashed weapons with the warriors, they saw their weapons getting broken in half. Their arms did no damage on them.
"They're indessstructible!" a Fangpyre called out as other Serpentine tried to use their powers on them, but they also had no effect on these warriors at all. They were immune to the Hypnobrai's hypnotic gaze, the Fangpyre could not bite through their armor, the Venomari's venom slid off their shields and weapons, the warriors were able to pry the Constrictai coils off them and were able to see the Anacondrai through they're invisibility.
"Our powersss are uselessss againsssst them!" Acidicus noted to Skales. "Do we retreat?!"
"No retreat!" Skales shouted as a few of the warriors surrounded him. "We're SSSerpentine, we fight to the very lassst sssnake!" He spun around and knocked down the warriors surrounding him with his tail. The Serpentine then did all that they could to fight back against the Stone Army, but the Warriors managed to overpower them and marched their way towards the exit.
Skales sat up and saw as the Samurai Army marched out the entrance was closing. "We'll be trapped underground again!" He warned as he slithered as fast as he could to the exit. "No! Thisss can't be true!" Try as he might Skales couldn't reach the exit before it sealed shut, trapping the Serpentine once again, "NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!" he screamed as he cried and banged on the door, before he coughed from the extended scream, only to continue after briefly catching his breath.
The Serpentine watched as their new leader futilely banged on the door while crying. Skales was overcome by shame; he had failed! Just like Pythor before him, he had led the Serpentine to ruin and worse, right back to where they started.
Selma saw Skales crumbling in pieces as she went up to her and place a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Ssskales, it will be alright." She tried to assured.
"No, it won't be!" Skales shouted as he punched the ground. "All that effort on getting revenge on thossse who trapped usss underground, hasss only to led usss to end up right back where we sssstarted!" He then looked ashamed. "I wasss a fool to think I could a greater leader than an Anacondrai! I ssshould've followed Burmesssia'sss example when she joined the Ninja. Ssshe knew better than any of usss." He said in defeated as he looked down at the ground.
"Then perhapsss her example should be the one we ssshould follow, " Slitheraa said as he and the other Generals approached, "Ssskalesss, you are a great leader. But even greater leader knows ssstiff when to ssstand assside and pave the way for a new and greater leader."
"My old friend, you're ten timesss better than Pythor when he led usss, but even one leader can't lead alone." Fangtom pointed out. "They mussst have hisss comradesss for advise and wisssdom to know what to do." He said.
"You were the one who wanted usss to rule asss brothersss and sssistersss…" Acidicus added. "You were the one who got rid of Garmadon."
"If anything, you're our better leader than Pythor! All he cared about wasss himssself, when you put all our needsss firssst!" Skalidor told him as the rest of the Serpentine cheered in agreement.
Skales looked at his people in shock. Even after leading them to be trapped again, they still believed in him. Selma then held his shoulder and smiled. "You may not be the greatessst leader Skalesss, but that doesss not mean you are not a great leader. If anything, you ssshould perhapsss lead usss until the day comesss our true leader comesss to us." She said wiht a warming smile. "And we ssshould follow Burmessia's example and try and mend our waring passst if we want to sssettle the differencesss of us sssnakes and the sssurface world in the future." She said.
"She is correct, my king," An elderly voice remarked, coming from deep within the chamber. Soon four figures slithered out of the shadows and the five of them looked like Serpentine Generals, only older and their staffs are a different color of metal. The female Hypnobrai Elder had a dark blue staff, the female Fangpyre Elder had a crimson red staff, the male Venomari Elder had a dark green staff, the male Constrictai Elder had a dark orange staff and the female Anacondrai had a dark purple staff.
"There isss a greater threat on the horizon, and for usss to face it, we mussst abandon our warring waysss and move forward," the Hypnobrai Elder said.
"For as they sssay in Ninjago, 'The passst is the passst'," The Fangpyre Elder started.
"'…and the future isss the future'," the Venomari Elder finished.
"Ssso we mussst leave the passst if only to embrace out future." The Venomari Elder explained.
"If we are to have any hope of sssuviving what isss to come." The Anacondrai Elder said wisely.
Skales listened to their words before nodding and turning to Selma. "You've alwaysss been by my ssside, Ssselma. And for that, I think it'sss time to ssshare this burden." He said.
Selma went wide eyes when Skales said that, having a feeling what he meant. "Y-You mean…?" She trailed off in stunt.
Skales nodded and looked to his subjects. "Fellow SSSerpentine, though we are once again trapped here in the underground, we ssstill keep our ssspiritsss high, asss we build a new age of peace, here in our new home, until our true leader comes!" He declared as the Serpentine cheered before he took Selma's hand, "And SSSelma, my oldest friend and…my love, I thank you for helping me realize how to be a true leader. And for that, I ask if you will help me protect our people until we find our true leader."
He held out his hand as Selma looked at it in shock. After an encouraging smile from Skales she gave a tearfuly smile and nodded, "I will." She said as Skales pulled her into kiss with their eyes closed in bliss. A glow engulfed Selma body as her legs then merged to form into a tail, she held Skales's hand as the Serpentine cheered for them and Slithraa looked at them proudly.
"Thank you, my brothersss and sssistersss, I promise to help SSSkalesss and my fellow Generalsss guide you to a greater future!" Selma promised before turning to the elders, specifically the Hypnobrai Elder. "Now Mamba, you sssaid there may be a greater threat for usss to face."
She nodded. "Yesss. Now gather round everyone, and lisssten to the Curssse of the Golden Massster," Mamba said as every Serpentine listened carefully.
Meanwhile above ground, a Samurai Warrior burst out of the ground in an alleyway as it roared of its freedom. Zane's falcon flew by and saw the Samurai Warrior destroy a fire hydrant and was sending the footage back to Zane himself.
"Sensei, it's just as we feared!" Zane told Wu. "Another Samurai Warrior is loose on the streets."
The ground beneath them began to burst as another one was rising behind them and scared them as more and more burst from the ground.
"No, no, no!" Jay shouted as more and more for rising out of the ground around them. Three of them turned a corner and saw the Ninja.
"No! We're under attack!" Wu shouted as they took a defensive position.
All throughout the city, the Samurai Warriors were terrorizing the city while the news reporter from earlier kept her broadcast going with her assistant.
"As this army of samurai warriors sweeps over the city, no one is safe!" Gayle Gossip reported as some of the Samurai Warriors were chasing down people down the street. "Mayhem and destruction are their only want." On the televisions, Gayle could be seen talking as another Samurai Warrior cuts out a glass shaped like itself, "Attempts at communication have failed, prohibiting even the desperate option of surrender! The Royal Family has already called for a massive evacuation!"
At Doomsday Comics Rufus ran out of his store when the Stone Warriors broke in before he noticed an Illuma-sword on the ground, "What's this doing here?" He wondered before he took and charged back in.
But then he ran back out while holding a bunch of comics he manage to grab as a stone warrior chased him.
At the bank, the bank owner found himself cornered by two Stone Warriors before he locked himself in his own safe.
As he trembled inside, he suddenly wished he hadn't fired Cole, as he could really use the Ninja right now.
At the Royal Palace, the guards tried to hold back the Stone Warriors but could do nothing against them.
"Stand firm, men!" The commander ordered. "We have to protect the Royal Family!" He called out as he pushed a stone warrior back, only to get pushed back himself.
The Emperor and Empress stood behind their guards while standing protectively in front Harumi.
"Mother, Father what do we do? What are these things?" Harumi asked worryingly.
"We don't know. But I'm afraid we must leave, its not safe hear anymore." The Emperor said to their daughter.
"Then we must find an evacuation point and-" The Empress was interrupted when a Samurai Warrior appeared to the side of them with a sword raised as she and Harumi screamed in terror.
But before the warrior could strike, a beam of green energy blasted it away. Then rushing towards them was Lloyd and Lydie, "Looks like you could use a hand." Lloyd told the Royal Family.
"Lloyd!" Harumi cheered in relief.
"Oh, Ninja. We are relieved that you are here." The Empress said with a relief smile.
"Don't worry your majesties, we're gonna get you out of here!" Lydie as she blasted the Stone Warrior back, "Follow us!" She said as they cleared a path for the Royal Family as they and the guards followed behind them while some stay back to keep the stone warriors at bay.
On the streets, a stone warrior was walking before he picked up a mailbox and saw the mailman behind it as he looked at the stone warrior and rushed off.
"What about the privacy of the mail?" The mailman asked as he rushed to an alley and rode off into his bike.
At Grand Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo, a stone warrior walked into the dojo and cornered some of Dareth's pupils. "Run!" Dareth told his pupils as he popped up in front of the stone warrior. "You picked on the wrong dojo." He grabbed a sword from the weapon wall, swinging the sword at him before she quickly caught it and tossed it behind him.
Dareth however looked undeterred. "Okay, amateur hour is over," he said before striking the stone warrior with a scythe only to get punted towards his 'trophy' shelf and then rolled out of the way of a punch. "Nice knowing ya!" he waved before running out.
Dareth ran outside until he bumped into Gayle Gossip's camera stallion and the two fell.
"That's it, I'm out of here!" the camera man said as he quickly got up and ran away.
"Quitter!" Gayle Gossip shouted before she quickly turned to Dareth. "You. Wanna be my camera man?"
Dareth looked at Gayle in awe before fiddled with the camera a bit nervously, "Uh, not really but yeah?" he said.
"Great, follow me!" Gayle misheard as Dareth reluctantly took the camera and stood up. "I need this shot." Dareth pointed the camera at the chaos around them as the stone warriors were trashing the city. "You getting this?" Gayle asked.
"I hope so," Dareth told her before he pointed the camera back to her.
"Ahem… I'm standing outside Grand Sensei Dareth's Mojo Dojo, training headquarters of the Ninja, only to find that even here, no one is safe," Gayle reported, completely unaware that one of the stone warriors spotted them from behind her.
"Uh, Gayle, um-" Dareth try to warn her as the stone warrior approached from behind her.
"Hey! I talk, you film!" she interrupted.
"But Gayle-" Dareth tried to warn again as the stone warrior got closer.
"No buts!" Gayle interrupted again before she was grabbed from behind before he was kicked away by Zane who then caught Gayle.
"You seemed to be in need of assistance. "Zane said before the others rushed over.
"Thank, ." Gayle thanked as Zane put her down.
And then more stone warriors came charging at them.
"Stay strong. Show no weakness," Landrush said as they stood their ground.
Then at the last second, the Ultra Sonic Raider appeared, knocking the Warriors away as Wu, Burmesia, Lydie and Misako jumped off while Lloyd remained inside with the Royal Family.
"We have to protect the people!" Wu told the younger ones. "Gather as many as you can and get them to our evacuation point!" He instructed.
On the Ultra Sonic Raider, Nya contacted them, "We got problems with that evacuation point guys!" She said as she was hovering the Bounty while having trouble landing. "I can't find a safe place to land!" She called out as stone warriors were on the ground as they tried to jump onto the bounty but couldn't reach it.
"Dang it! We need a safe place to land the bounty if we wanna get the people out of here!" Lydie called out in frustration. "But where? These stone warriors are everywhere!" She called out.
Gayle then rushed to Lydie and Wu. "There might be a place safe to land your ship. The NGTV office building has a helipad on the roof." She told them.
"Yes. Higher ground." Wu said with a nod. "Lloyd, tell Nya to head there!" He told his nephew.
"You guysss go without me. I'm ssstaying." Burmesia said, which surprised the group.
"What?! Burmesia!? You have to come with us!" Lloyd pleaded when he heard her.
"I know. But I need to ssstay and find my fellow Ssserpentine." Burmesia reasoned. "They're no match for the Ssstone Army, I need to make sssure they're okay." She said in worry for her people.
Lloyd looked unhappy to see her go but knew she needed to as he nodded, "Will we ever see you again?" He asked in concern.
Burmesia gave a chuckle. "Don't worry, Lloyd. We will sssee each other again sssomday. You follow your dessstiny. I'll follow mine and find my people." She assured to her friends.
"Good luck, Burmesia, stay safe." Lydie said with a smile.
"I will, until we meet again, go ninja, go." Burmesia said as she slithered off and turned invisible so she could go find her kind.
After Burmesia gone, Gayle then stood in front of the camera and held up her microphone.
"Citizens of Ninjago City who have yet to evacuate the city, head towards the NGTV building rooftop," Gayle told the people of the city. "Our Empreror, Empress and our heroic Ninja will evacuate you from there! But hurry. We're running out of time."
Across the city, everyone saw Gayle's report and immediately rushed to the NGTV building for the evacuation.
Wu turned to Misako. "And you, stay out of trouble," he told her.
"Looks like that won't be possible," Misako commented as more stone warriors appeared.
Lloyd looked behind him and saw even more coming. "Uh oh, there's more of them!" he said.
Just as they were getting close, Ultra Dragon and Umbra landed and knocked the ones behind them down.
"Yeah! Ha! Ha!" Lloyd cheered. Then the two dragons landed before the warriors in front of them and roared in challenge.
Wu then turned to Lydie and Lloyd. "Lloyd, did you practice your Elemental Quakes with Lydie?" He asked.
"Who needs to practice, when you're natural?!" Lloyd bragged.
"He's got a point there." Lydie said in agreement before the two jumped and their hands glowed, Lydie's purple while Lloyd's earth orange before they slammed them down to the ground. The sudden quake caused the ground to break, forming walls to block the stone warriors.
As the e stone warriors tried to attack while the others boarded the Ultra Sonic Raider, Ultra Dragon and Umbra attacked.
"Thanks, fellas." Lydie said as she petted Umbra and Lloyd petted Ultra.
"Now see if you two can help us find a way out of here." Lloyd said as he and Lydie jumped back and landed onto of the Sonic Raider.
Umbra flapped her wings, blowing the stone warriors way before Ultra then froze the the wall into ramp the Ultra Sonic Raider jumped over it and rode away.
Lydie then turned to the two dragons, "Good! Now save yourselves, and anyone who can't get the building in time!" She ordered.
The two dragons roared in response as they flew off while the Sonic Raider drove off and the stone warriors yelled.
Back on the Island of Darkness, Garmadon finally managed to climb to the very top of the spire, "Hah, finally, made it, to, the top!" He panted as he then found an odd machine that seemed to be made of gold. "What is this? Some sort of clock or a planetarium?" He asked in awed as he approached it and saw a helmet that looked like one of the stone warriors but it was all black and more Garmadon's size.
"This is the Celestial Clock, created to countdown to the final battle." The Overlord spoke as Garmadon looked at the clock and the helmet. "Once one take the Helmet of Shadows, the clock will start." He said as Garmadon eagerly was about to grab it before the Overlord continued. "But be warned, though he who wears the Helmet of Shadows can travel between the islands at will, once it is removed, the countdown cannot be stopped." He warned.
"Any more warnings?" Garmadon asked impatiently.
"No," The Overlord answered.
Satisfied, Garmadon took the Helmet of Shadows, replacing his own with it as he placed it on his head. As Garmadon laughed evilly as he gained new armor like the Stone Warrior's but all in black and had a tattered purple cap flapped over his back.
Then, automatically, the Celestial Clock began ticking down, "At last, the countdown to the Final Battle has begun!" The Overlord declared as Garmadon watched as the planets of the clock started rotating a revolving around, "This helmet is your birthright, and with it you control the army."
"What army?" Garmadon questioned.
"MY army." The Overlord answered as Garmadon laughed sinisterly that luck is finally at his side.
Back in Ninjago City, the people of Ninjago City entered the NGTV building as the Sonic Raider packed in front of it as the Ninja and their friends exit the vehicle and rushed into the building.
"Barricade the doors!" Lydie called out as they all did just that with the furniture that was in the room. "Now quickly, everyone up the stairs." She said as everyone ran up the stairs.
Dareth looked up and saw how many stairs there were to the top. "Stairs? It's twenty floors!" He complained before he walked over to an elevator. "Let's just take the elevator, guys."
"It is unwise to take the elevator during an emergency, Dareth," Zame admonished him.
Dareth merely shrugged as the elevator reached ground floor, "Yeah, well I'll take my chances," he said, but his tune soon changed as a stone warrior was also in the elevator. It tried to attack him, only to step in a bucket, slip back into the elevator, and end bouncing around it like mad as Dareth dialed it to the lowest level. "Okay, stairs it is! Let's get climbing, everybody!" Dareth said as they all ran up the stairs.
They continued to run up for a few floors, but Dareth was running out of breath. "Guys, I need to rest." he panted before he heard a noise. He looked down and then out of nowhere...A stone warrior popped out under the stairs.
Dareth screamed and zoomed up the stairs. "Second wind!" he yelled as he ran past Misako, knocking off her researcher contawithout her noticing. As they all ran up the stairs, the stone warriors were catching up.
"Keep going," Lloyd told Harumi as they made it to the top and the citizens kept running to the rooftop. "We've got this!" He said as the Ninja stood at the stairway.
Harumi smiled. "You always do," She said before Harumi smiled back and nodded before they went their ways.
"We must buy time for the getaway." Zane advised as they were prepared to fight.
"Okay, team! Give these stone freaks what for and by time for the people to board the bounty!" Lydie instructed as they nodded.
"NINJA, GO!" All six Ninja shouted in unison as they did Spinjitzu and ride down the railing of the staircase before coming to a halt at a few stone soldiers. Cole elbowed one in the face before he knocked it down and a few of them behind it like dominos. Kai, Zane and Lydie then did Spinjitzu to knock them over the edge and to the ground floor.
Lloyd then jumped in front of some more. "Light up!" he declared as he fired a blast of green light at them.
"And Lights out!" Lydie finished as she the blasted them off the stair while Lloyd, along with Jay pushed them over the edge.
"Ha! Not so tough!" Lloyd mocked only to see they were not hurt and still climbed up. "Whoa…so tough." He said.
"Those Stone Guys take a licking and come back kicking." Lydie commented.
"Let's hope we bought enough time," Zane said.
Kai then looked towards the door. "Come on sis, we're counting on you," He said quietly.
Everyone made it outside and was wondering where Nya is. "Where's the Bounty?" Dareth asked as they looked around for it.
Misako then saw something that made her smile. "Look!" she shouted and pointed to the Destiny's Bounty flying in. The everyone cheered as Nya brought the Bounty onto the landing platform. Wu and Misako were about to join hands before the crowd got in the way and he was forced on to the Bounty.
"Hurry, they're coming!" Lloyd told the people as they walked onto the deck, while the larger dragons carried as many creatures as they could on their backs. But then Misako realized her bags were gone.
"My research!" she cried as she knew the only place it could be and rushed back to the entrance.
Lloyd and Lydie then stopped her, "No, Mom! It's too dangerous to go back!" Lloyd cried.
"There's too many of them down there! You can't face them!" Lydie added in worried.
"That research is too important to leave behind!" Misako argued before she smiled sadly and kissed her children's forehead. She then turned and rushed back to get her research back.
"Now, now!" Kai shouted as they lead some creatures below deck. Wu struggled to get past the crowd as the photo was coming out of his hat and he pushed it back in.
Once inside Misako saw her bags tangled in the lighting. She then turned to the Stone Warriors coming right her, as she dodged and fought her way through them before sliding down the railing.
Some of the stone warrior Warriors managed to get onto the roof and charged at the Bounty. "They just keep coming!" Lydie complained when she saw them.
"Hurry, hurry!" Kai told everyone as they headed below deck.
Then one of the stone warriors with a hammer jumped up to one of the front boosters and smashed it.
Nya gasped as she got a warning alarm, "Uh oh, this is bad." She spoke. The boosters then got ready to lift off. "We have everyone? We've gotta get out of here! Are only remaining booster won't last much longer!"
"We have to wait for our mom!" Lloyd told her.
"We can't leave without her"
Wu then darted his eyes around and then remembered something.
[Flashback]
A young Misako was holding a baby Lydie in her arms humming a melody as the baby girl cooed and reached her little hands to her mother. From the Doorway, Garmaodn and Wu watched her with smiles.
Wu turned to his brother, noting the big smile on his face, "I say brother, this is the first I've ever seen you smile so much." He joked.
Garmadon barely acknowledged the joke as he continued smiling at the sight of his wife and daughter, "I just can't take in enough of the sight of my girls." He said before frowning in worry, "It breaks my heart knowing someday, I cannot be with them anymore." He said solemnly, looking at his hand where the evil flowed through his vein.
"Do not worry brother, they will be alright." Wu assured, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Garmadon turned to his brother. "Wu? If there comes a day when I can't be there for my wife or my children anymore… promise me that you will always protect them," he asked his brother.
[Flashback Ends]
"I promise," Wu whispered before he jumped off the ship and then bounced off the Samurai's heads before rushing back to the entrance.
"UNCLE!" Lloyd cried to Wu.
"What are you doing!?" Lydie called out to him.
Wu did not even look back as the Bounty took off, "Keeping my promise to Garmadon!" He answered as battled his way through the stone warriors.
Misako could see her bag below where she was and just out of reach. As more stone warrior appeared, she slid across the railing and swung on the lights to get to the bag. She managed to grab them but lost her grip and nearly fell off before she managed to grab onto the ledge.
Wu saw her in trouble and the only thing stopping him from reaching Misako was the stone warriors climbing up the stairs. He spun around his bamboo staff and took a battle stance as he began to fight off the stone warriors to Misako. As Misako held on to the edge, she heard fighting while she watched the stone warrior Warriors and their weapons falling off the edge and towards the bottom. One even grabbed her bags.
The stone warrior laughed before Misako screamed as she lost her grip on her saddle bags and dropped them and the warrior. The stone warrior screamed as fell and Misako caught her bags with her leg.
"Can't hold on..." Misako groaned as she was losing her grip.
"Misako, hold on!" Wu called out as he fought off the stone warrior Warriors and raced to her.
"...much longer!" She shouted as a tear was running down her face.
Sensei Wu knocked down a few more Warriors as he was getting close to her. The moment she could no longer hold onto the railing, she was about to fall when Sensei Wu quickly caught her by the hoof.
"I have you now!" Wu said as he pulled them back up onto the stairs. They stared at each before more stone warriors appeared. They leapt from the edge and ran, "This way!" Wu the lead Misako into another room but there was only a shear drop in front of them. "There's no place to hide. We have to fight! Do you still know Spinjitzu?" Wu asked as he turned to the stone warriors.
"Did you forget you and Garmadon could never beat me?" Misako joked as she bumped him.
Wu looked sheepish at her. "I confess, we wasn't really trying," Wu admitted.
Misako smirked. "Neither was I," she said as they turned back to the stone warriors.
"NINJA, GO!" The two shouted as they both did Spinjitzu and did their best to fight off the stone warriors.
Lloyd and Lydie look at the building worriedly for their uncle and mother, "We have to go back!" Lloyd told Nya.
"I'm sorry, Lloyd," Nya said as she stayed on course, "But if we go back now, I don't think our boosters can make the rest of the trip." She said.
"We can't just leave them! Circle the building for any signs of them!" Lydie yelled as Nya flinched but quickly nodded before they saw a stone warrior tossed out of a window.
"There they are!" Kai called out.
"Nya! Sescend!" Zane said as Nya looked to him in confusion, "Do it now!"
Both Wu and Misako were surrounded and outnumbered as they were backed up into a corner near an open window. "I'm glad we go together!" Wu told his sister-in-law.
Misako looked out the window and saw something that gave her an idea. "Then let's go!" she told Wu, implying that they would jump, as he looked at her like she was crazy. But her smile dismissed those thoughts. Then with one giant leap, they jumped from the building...
...and onto the deck of the Bounty, "What?" Wu said in surprise before a strong wind blew off Wu's hat, Misako caught it but the photo of their youth was lost to the wind. Wu sighed sadly as he watched the photo fly away.
Misako then passed him his hat. "The past is the past," she said to Wu.
"But there's always the future," Wu smiled.
Lydie and Lloyd smiled at the two, "If mom wasn't married, I'd think they be pretty cute." Lydie commented to her brother as he looked at her amusedly.
'Oh yeah, bet you'd say that if you saw mom with dad.' He thought to himself as Lydie perked up.
"Wait, Lloyd? What was that?" Lydie asked in confusion.
"What was what? I didn't say anything." Lloyd said in confusion.
Lydie scratched her head in confusion, 'I'm not going crazy am I?' She thought.
'I don't think your crazy.' Lloyd retorted mentally as he crossed his arms.
Then both Garmadon siblings then froze with wide eyes as they looked at each other in shock. 'Wait? You heard that? I heard you? You heard me?! What's going on!?' They both thought together in shock while pointing to themselves and one another before they shook their heads.
"D-Did we just…" Lloyd trialed off in shock.
"…Read each other's thoughts?" Lydie finished in shock.
The two stood quiet as they look at each other before they gave a wide smile. "Awesome!" They both called out as they high fived each other.
"But how did we just do that?" Lloyd asked in surprise while also amazed.
"I don't know. We've never been able to do that before." Lydie said in wonder. "Maybe we could talk to Uncle Wu about it later." She suggested.
"Yeah. Because this is new kind of thing we got." Lloyd said in agreement. 'It could take some getting use to.' He thought.
'A lot of getting use to, because this could get weird.' Lydie added as they all then frowned as they saw the Stone Warriors destroying the city as chaos was around every corner.
Then suddenly, the Stone Warriors stopped and began moving west towards the coast. "They're leaving." Nya said in shock.
"But way?" Kai asked in wonder.
"Something must be commanding them. But what?" Zane wondered.
"I believe they are being summoned by their master." Misako spoke in grim. "Someone must have found someway to control the Stone Army."
"And I believe we know only one person capable of that." Wu said as they look off into the west side of Ninjago as they looked off into the distance.
On the Island of Darkness as the Celestial Clock continued ticking, Garmadon stood atop a tall spire, "Garmadon is back, baby!" Garmadon declared. "Garmadon, is BACK!" He let out maniacal laughs on the Dark Island.
And above them, the Overlord watched Garmadon howl with laughter. If it he had a visible mouth, it would have been known that he was smirking right now. "…All according to plan," He said to himself.