Back to the Bounty- Halfway up a cold mountain:
"It's cold up here," Raven said, as she was rubbing her arms with her hands while she, Lloyd, and Marcell were walking up the mountain trail.
"The higher the altitude, the colder it's going to get," Marcell said, as she was walking ahead of the two Ninja.
Marcell, Raven, and Lloyd were traveling up the mountain on their own, since the others needed to stay behind to watch over the other Ninja and the Bounty. They continued their quest up to the mountaintop to see if they could find Time Sensei.
On the Bounty's deck:
Queen Malentha and Sensei Reine stood looking after the three when they started traveling up the mountain.
"Hey Reine. I just thought..." Malentha said, as she continued to watch the others disappear up the mountain.
Reine turned towards Malentha and replied, "What is it?"
"Isn't Time Sensei your actual sensei?" Malentha asked, as she turned towards Reine.
"Yes, she is," Reine said.
"Then why aren't you going with them to see your sensei? I'm sure she would be very happy to see you," Malentha asked.
"Well, I would love to see my sensei again, but with the conditions that the Ninja are in, I wouldn't want to leave them now," Reine replied.
"I could watch over them for you," Malentha offered.
"I wouldn't want to trouble you," Reine said.
Malentha raised an eyebrow with half-closed eye lids, as Reine rubbed the back of her head and smiled sheepishly.
Near the top of the mountain:
"What the?" -Lloyd
"That's cool." -Raven
"And it's not just the weather." -Marcell
Lloyd, Raven, and Marcell had finally made it to the end of the mountain trail when they noticed that the trail led onto the top portion of the mountain, and that there were two large doors about two stories high as the entrance. The mountain ground was white with a layer of snow, and the doors were made of pure marble with two square carvings within the door frame that curved on the top tips. The door knobs were round and made of brass, and the there was a small, round blue button just above the right door knob.
Marcell, Lloyd, and Raven stood before the doors, and after looking towards one another and nodding, Lloyd pressed the blue button. A door bell chime was heard of 'The Weekend Whip,' as the three looked towards one another with one eyebrow raised.
"Just a minute peoples! I'm coming!" A woman's voice said from behind and further away from the double doors.
"Th-That voice," Lloyd whispered, as he remembered hearing that same voice from his dream, the one who was telling him something about the sunrise.
"Are you okay Lloyd?" Raven asked, when she heard him mumble something.
"Uh, it's nothing," Lloyd said with a smile, although Raven could see in his eyes that it wasn't just nothing.
"... Well, if there is something wrong, you'll let me know right?" Raven asked.
"I will Raven, don't worry," Lloyd said as he nodded, and Raven nodded back.
"I'm comiiiinng!" The woman's voice said from behind the doors as it drew closer.
"Don't leave us out here all day Time Sensei!" Marcell called out with a small smile.
Then rapid footsteps were heard that led to the doors, and after they came to a stop, the door clicked and opened. Before the three stood an older woman with calm, enthusiastic eyes, and a big smile on her face. She wore gray lipstick with blue eye shadow. Her hair was light gray, and it reached just passed her waist with a rubber band that held it together near the bottom, while the hair near the sides of her face was loose and free. She wore a hat like Sensei Wu's, but most of it was white while, as it neared the top, it turned light blue. She wore a white shirt and white pants underneath a gray robe that she wore on top, and a gray rope that tied around the waist. The rope had white fur rolled up on the edges of it, and she carried a small dagger in a light blue sheath on the side of the rope. She had some wrinkles on each of the outer sides of her eyes, and one near the left side of her lip.
"Hello my dear friend! It's been so long since I've seen you! And you as well Raven," Time Sensei said, as she stepped forward from behind the door, gesturing towards Marcell and Raven.
"It has been long Time Sensei. Too long," Marcell said with a smile, as she and Time Sensei bumped fist twice up and down and once forward.
"I-It's really you again. Time Sensei," Raven said, as she shook hands with Time Sensei.
"It's a pleasure to see you both alive and well. Oh, and don't worry about the Gem of Ages Raven. I think it's better that it's been destroyed now," Time Sensei said, as Raven gasped and asked,
"How did you know?"
Time Sensei chuckled and said, "I know a lot of things my raven-haired friend."
Then Time Sensei turned towards Lloyd, and her eyes widened as she grinned and said,
"The Golden Spinjitzu Master has finally come! It's a pleasure to finally meet you Lloyd."
"Huh? You know my name?" Lloyd asked, and Time Sensei snickered and said,
"I know many things my dear good fellow. But why are we out freezing our heads off? Follow me my good people, and let's talk more inside."
Time Sensei turned around and headed through the doors, and Lloyd, Raven, and Marcell followed her inside.
The way through Time Sensei's home was a little tricky, but manageable. The first place they entered was a small platform with railing all around it, besides one side which was where the stairs began. The inside of the walls was made of the mountain, but from the low temperatures it had a bluish hue to the rocky walls. The floor was made of some kind of metal that reflected the walls, which made them have a light bluish hue to them, as well as the railing. The staircase actually spiraled downward on the cave wall, with a railing on one side of it so that you wouldn't fall off. The lower they traveled down the staircase, the larger the spiral became. Then, when they finally touched ground, they were in a very large room, with the same bluish cave walls and light-bluish metal floors.
However, there was more technology in this room: On the opposite side of where the stairs touched the ground was the largest computer screen that any of them have seen, along with a desktop that held numerous buttons, levelers, switches, and other controls that were each glowing their own color and would occasionally beep. On the left side of the stairs was a doorway, without a door, that led to another room that had mechanisms and machine parts inside used as storage and for spare parts. Opposite to that room, was another room that actual had a steal door and it was locked. On the right side of the large computer screen was another door, but it was a steal door painted white, and it was also closed.
Time Sensei, Marcell, Lloyd, and Raven were able to make it to ground level, as Time Sensei explained a few things about her home.
"Here's the main control panel for whatever I use it for, like watching who is climbing the mountain, and for a defense mechanism if someone tries to break in. Also, I can order food from on here and have it transported from the bottom of the mountain up to here. How cool is that! There are so many more things, but I don't want to bore you with the details, hahaha," Time Sensei said, as she stood in front of the computer system and leaned on it as she spoke to the others.
"Over in that 'no door' room is where I keep extra supplies and stuff like a storage room. The white door near the computer system is my own room. It's off limits since it's a bit messy from papers and blueprints that I have," Time Sensei said, as she smiled and waved her hand towards each place she mentioned.
"What about that room?" Raven asked, as she pointed to the room with the steal door.
"Well that's the Experimental room that connects to the Time room. It's quite fascinating really. I can show you if you'd like, but I'm sure there's something you would want to ask me first," Time Sensei said, and she tilted her head to the side as she clasped her hands together and set them just above her belt.
"Oh yes we do! We need your help to figure out how the First Green Ninja and First Purple Ninja unlocked their powers. Can you help us?" Raven asked.
"How the first two unlocked their powers? For what reason?" Time Sensei asked.
"You see, Time Sensei, our enemy Darkness locked our powers and we don't know or have anything to unlock them with... and since Darkness is the First Purple Ninja we know for a fact that he isn't going to help us, and that we don't have time to waste. We have to unlock our powers again soon because if he comes for us now, we'll be powerless against him. Please Time Sensei. Is there anything you can do or have that can help us learn how Darkness and the First Green Ninja unlocked their powers?" Lloyd asked.
Time Sensei bit her lip and looked away from them to think about it. Then she turned towards them and smiled brightly, as she said,
"Of course I will help you guys. But for you to know how the first two acquired their powers, you must see the reason as to why. For you two to truly understand the First Green and First Purple Ninja, you must know all that had happened in the past up to the time when Darkness was sealed."
"But Time Sensei, we might not have the time to learn all of that," Marcell said.
"Oh don't worry, there's plenty of time to explain everything. But since long conversations aren't very fun, I'll just show you what happened with my completed Time-Seeing device. I call it... the Time-Seeker. Probably not the most unique and witty name, but who cares about that! The device itself is more important," Time Sensei said, as she started making her way to the steal door.
"You really finished it?" Marcell asked.
"Yes. Although Marcell... I think it's best if Lloyd and Raven alone use the Time-Seeker and learn of their predecessors past. There are some things I need to talk to you about. Okay?" Time Sensei said, as she held her hand on the knob of the steal door and looked towards Marcell.
"Eh, alright Sensei," Marcell said, as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Okay great, let's get inside and I'll get you two set up," Time Sensei said, as she opened the door.
The inside of the first room was large and rectangular, with two long solid tables that went across the room like a road from the door, and on the right side of the tables was a large open space. On the ceiling was various robotic arms, and some with tools as the hands that almost covered the whole ceiling, and there were vials and bottles with various colored liquids set on the tables. There was also large cabinets on the left side of the wall that held tools like telescopes and hot plates for experiments and observations.
After being impressed with the numerous amount of tools and equipment, Marcell, Lloyd, and Raven followed Time Sensei to the right side of the room, where a lone steal door with a titanium door knob and lock stood in the center of the wall.
"Now to get to the Time room. Hold onto your heads dea~ars," Time Sensei said, as she waved her hand over the lock, which mysteriously unlocked the door.
Then Time Sensei pulled the door open and gestured for the others to follow.
When they entered the room, Raven, Lloyd, and Marcell looked on in awe and fascination. All around the Time room, even the ground, was all black with colorful dots like stars littered across it. It wasn't clear how large the room was, but it was very big indeed, and around the center of the room was three large spheres. These spheres stood in a triangular format with each standing on one corner of a titanium triangle rail that connected on the ground below the floating spheres. Each sphere was twice the height of a person, and they glowed from an inner light that radiated a shield around it in a sphere shape, and a glowing essence would continuously flow out from them like a mist. The inner lights in each sphere was white, while each sphere was it's own color: one was blue, the other was green, and the last one was purple. The sphere and essence of the spheres were continuously spiraling around the inner lights.
"What are those?" Raven asked, as she pointed to the spheres.
Time Sensei closed the door behind them, which made the star lights around the room glow brighter to illuminate the room just enough.
"Those are part of the Time-Seeker. Well, they are the Time-Seeker," Time Sensei replied, as she started walking towards the blue sphere.
"That's the Time-Seeker?" Marcell asked, and Time Sensei turned around and nodded.
"Yes, it is. Now, Lloyd. Raven. Come forth!" Time Sensei said, as she stood in front of the blue sphere with her back towards it and her hands behind her back.
Raven and Lloyd looked towards one another, and then they moved ahead, as they stood before Time Sensei.
"Now, young Ninja, you are going to learn the history of the First Green and First Purple Ninja. This Blue Sphere-Light behind me will unveil the past of that time. That's actually it's function; to replay past events that have occurred to the viewer. I will set the Sphere-Light so that it will show you the right past time, and then all you'll have to do is place your hands on the inner light. Don't worry about the outer shell, it's more intangible than it looks," Time Sensei said with a reassuring smile.
"Are you sure it's safe for us to do this?" Lloyd asked.
Time Sensei waved her hand in front of her and said,
"Don't worry Golden Ninja boy. You'll both be fine, darlings. Just be wary that, what you may see, may NOT be pleasant."
Lloyd and Raven nodded, and then Time Sensei turned towards the sphere, as she pulled forth one of the necklaces that were hidden under her shirt with a lone blue stone on it. She tapped just the outside of the Sphere-Light and a keyboard and screen appeared before her, made of the essence of the sphere. Time Sensei typed some times, and then she tapped the screen with the blue stone, as the keyboard and screen retreated into the sphere and was absorbed by the inner light.
"Okay loves. The coordinates of times are set. Go ahead and put your hands on the inner light, and don't worry, we'll watch over you two, right Marcell?" Time Sensei said.
"Sure thing Time Sensei," Marcell replied, as her right hand stood on her hip.
"Okay. Go ahead dearies," Time Sensei said, as she moved out of the way next to Marcell.
Lloyd and Raven walked closer to the sphere, and then they stood a few inches from it.
"D-Do you think we'll be okay?" Raven asked Lloyd.
"Yeah. I'm sure. What's the matter? Are you nervous?" Lloyd replied and asked.
"Well, it's just... Darkness is the First Purple Ninja, and I'm kind of nervous to see how he became the way he is now," Raven said, as she looked downward.
Lloyd looked downward as he took a moment to think about it. Considering how much trouble and hardship Darkness has put him and all of the Ninja through, Lloyd still held some doubt that someone as dark as him could have once been a defender of the world. Lloyd shook off those thoughts, considering that the truth was going to be revealed now, and he said to Raven,
"We need to do what we must. I know your nervous, but don't be afraid. I'll be with you Raven."
Lloyd extended his hand towards Raven, and then she smiled and took his hand into her own.
"Let's do this," Lloyd said.
"Right," Raven said.
Then the Second Green and Second Purple Ninja walked just passed the outer shell, as they reached out and touched the inner light. In a flash from the inner light, Lloyd and Raven closed their eyes, as their minds were sent to another time. They stood where they were standing with their hands still on the spheres, as the outer shell that contained both of them became more opaque.
"What will they actually see in there?" Marcell asked Time Sensei.
"They will see what they need to. The past of the First Green and First Purple ninja was not clearly written in any scroll, and I know that their past is a key factor for these two and the future that may await," Time Sensei replied.
"If this Sphere-Light shows the past, then can I assume the other two show the present and future?" Marcell asked.
"You are correct my friend. The blue Sphere-Light is the past, the green is the present, and the purple is the future. Although, the future isn't set in stone, so it occasionally has multiple outcomes," Time Sensei said.
"Can I look?" Marcell asked in curiosity.
"-Chuckle- Sorry Marcell. Somethings are best left not known until later," Time Sensei replied.
"Aw," Marcell said, as she pouted, and Time Sensei just smiled.
"Now Marcell, I believe we have some catching up to do. How's Lucy and your people?" Time Sensei asked.
"Well Time Sensei, let's take a seat," Marcell said, as she rubbed the back of her head.
History is about to be revealed. Are you ready?