Akeno and the corrupted people watched for a bit longer, as they noticed that the cracked Platinum Orb slowly started to spin. Then it spun faster and faster, as it started to glow brighter and larger.
"Everybody run!" Akeno yelled out, as he and the corrupted people ran for their lives out from where they came from.
Lloyd and Raven watched for a moment longer, but the light was so bright, even for them, that they flew upward out of the temple.
Outside, the corrupted people and the Temple guards were running out of the temple hastily, as they stood just outside of the gate. Many were confused, as well as the Mountain leaders, who stood between the temple and the gate. Elder Vidur was with them as well, and they all heard a strange sound coming from the temple.
Geran wasn't too far from the leaders, as he stood looking at the temple.
"They did it," Geran said to himself, although Elder Vidur heard him.
"Who did what, Geran?" Elder Vidur asked.
"Uh... -Sign- I asked Meir and Akemi if they would break the Platinum orb so that the others wouldn't get it," Geran replied, as Elder Vidur and the Leaders gasped.
"YOU told them to do it?!" Akeno cried out, as he was already approaching them, and overheard Geran's confession.
"Well its better to be broken than in YOUR hands! You know about the Platinum orb and that it's power is unknown! I couldn't take the chance of you and the corrupted ones getting it and most likely destroying everything!" Geran shouted at Akeno, as the corrupted man looked away in hurt and anger, mostly at himself.
"Look!" Belia said and pointed towards the top of the temple.
A concentration of swirling Platinum energy stood at the top of the temple. Everyone from all around Aeroplane was looking towards the bright light, as it grew larger and was close to being the size of temple. The people watched in amazement, as did Raven and Lloyd, and they saw that the Platinum energy was forming into something.
It was a mostly translucent being, besides the heads, wings, claws, and teeth that were opaque. The being had two heads that connected towards the translucent body, and each head had a pair of white teeth and a 'V' shaped armor of Platinum on each head that reached from the front snout to just passed the back of the head. The four claws on each of its four feet were white, and the end of its long tail had a double platinum hook on it. The being lifted it's two heads to look at all the people, as the platinum wings of this glowing creature started to spread out, which released white feathers from the wings that were gently falling down.
As the people, Raven, and Lloyd looked in awe at this magnificent beast, the two headed creature looked at them with one head having green eyes and the other having purple eyes, each with black slits.
Then the creature lifted it's front feet up and slammed them down, as the temple roof cracked, while the creature roared into the sky with its two heads.
The deep and echoing sound of the creature danced in the air above it for a moment, before spreading out downward and out towards the people in a large platinum wave that seemed to go right through them. Everyone covered their eyes from the brightness of the waves. The corrupted people fell back on the ground, while the others were pushed, although some people were hit but the power didn't seem to leave them.
The light-based, Platinum waves traveled far and quickly through the skies, even passed Aeroplane to the other mountain regions. What was interesting also, was that the temple under the creature's feet was restored, and the walls were transformed to a glowing white, as the inside was transformed from gray stone to platinum stone.
After this was done, the platinum creature ceased it's roaring, and lowered it's heads as the eyes were closed. Then the platinum creature started to fade away outwardly, until it completely disappeared within the temple.
The people finally opened their eyes when they felt and heard that it was over. They looked at the temple and saw that the Platinum creature was no longer there. Then they turned and noticed that the once corrupted people who fell down, we're waking up, but they were no longer corrupted with evil. After taking a moment to talk with them, the people began to rejoice in having their friends and loved ones back to normal.
Between the temple and gate, the leaders were a bit dazed from the wave and we're shaking it off, while Elder Vidur and Garen stood with Akeno, since he fell to the ground. They were able to help Akeno on his feet, as he stood up and shook his head to knock away the remaining dizziness.
"What... what happened? I feel... I feel normal again. I'm back," Akeno said as he looked at his hands and then towards Elder Vidur and Garen.
"Yes. It looks like everyone has returned to normal," Elder Vidur said, as he heard the rejoicing of the people just outside of the gate.
"Whoa man... What was that?" Adara said, as she looked towards the top of the temple, and back towards the others.
"It was like a, like a two headed dragon," Peter said, as he rubbed the side of his head.
"It could have been a bird," Kaage said.
"But a bird doesn't have teeth," Makani said, as Kaage thought about it and shrugged.
"A Platinum dragon," Elder Vidur said, as he looked at the temple.
"Yeah, that's what we'll call it. 'The Platinum dragon,'" Rai said, as he emphasized the name with a slow sweeping of his hand.
"Excuse me! Elder Vidur, Prince Lorato!" A female voice was heard approaching them from the gate, as the whole group turned to see Midori.
"M-Midori," Akeno said, as he walked just passed the group towards his wife.
"A-Akeno," Midori said, as her eyes widened to see her husband, normal again.
"Oh Midori!" Akeno cried out, as he moved towards her.
"My Akeno!" Midori also cried out and quickly moved towards him.
They both embraced in a tight hug, as the others watched with smiles on their faces.
"Your back. You've come back to me," Midori said in happiness.
"Yes, I'm back... but Akemi and Meir are the ones you should thank for that," Akeno said, as he became a little sad.
Midori noticed his sadness, and as they parted from the hug, she asked, "What's the matter de-"
Akeno noticed that Midori cut off, and when he looked at her, he saw that she was looking over his shoulder toward the temple. When he turned around, Akeno saw who Midori was looking at. The others also turned to see who they were looking at and they le gasped.
Two people were walking out from the temple entrance. They each wore clothing that was their signature color of green or purple, but they had shoulder armor with three horizontal spikes made of platinum on. They also had platinum-colored belts around their waists, and hoods that had a platinum head guard in the shape of a 'V' on the foreheads.
The two people removed their hoods, revealing themselves as Meir and Akemi. They were still holding hands, as they took in their surroundings, noticing that the sky was lighter than before.
"Meir, it's morning," Akemi said, as she looked to her left and saw the sun rising.
Meir looked towards the sunrise, and he smiled and said, "Yeah, there's always light after the darkest of times, huh?"
Akemi turned towards Meir and smiled at him, as he smiled back.
"Meir! Akemi!" They heard a voice call their names, as they looked ahead and saw Midori and Akeno running towards them.
"Mother! Father! -Gasp- Daddy!" Akemi called out in pure delight as she started running toward her parents, along with Meir, who followed her.
Akemi embraced her parents, as they hugged her back, and they were nearly sobbing. Then the three looked towards Meir, and they grabbed him at the same time to give him a hug. Although he was nervous and surprised at first, Meir just shrugged and hugged his soon-to-be family members.
"Aw, look at them. It's so wonderful," Nami commented, as she cupped her hands together near the side of her face.
"So cute," Belia said.
"Yeah it's nice, but that Platinum dragon was epic, yeah?" Adara said, as she snapped her fingers.
However, when she snapped her fingers, a flame had appeared on her fingertips. The others looked at her in awe as they saw that her hand was on fire. She look at her hand in puzzlement and then she started to freak out, saying,
"M-My hand is on fire! Fire!"
However, Nami saw that her hand was on fire so she moved one foot forward, and with her hand she snapped it forward as water sprang from her hand and extinguished the flame. As everyone looked on in amazement and bewilderment, Nami was more surprised at what she had done that she stood staring at her hand.
"What on earth was that?" Peter asked, as the leaders were silent from confusion.
"This must be the Platinum orb's work, or better yet, the Platinum dragon," Elder Vidur said, as Akemi, her parents, and Meir approached the group.
"A Platinum dragon?" Akemi asked.
"Didn't you see it? It was standing on the tower not too long ago," Rai asked.
"We didn't see a dragon when we were up there," Meir replied.
"What?!" The leaders asked simultaneously.
"We were standing on the tower, both of us, and we didn't see a dragon. We only saw you guys down below," Akemi replied.
Elder Vidur scratched his chin, and then he nodded and said, "I see... so you didn't create the Platinum dragon, you were the Platinum dragon."
Everyone looked at Elder Vidur with widened eyes, as they realized his revelation.
"That's..." Peter said but was interrupted by Rai, who said,
"Awesome!"
Peter flicked Rai over the head, as he said "Ow" and rubbed his head.
"Why did you hit me?" Rai asked with a pout.
"I wanted to say it," Peter said, and the others started laughing.
"I wonder if all of you share in this power," Elder Vidur said.
"What about you?" Lerato asked.
"I don't feel very different, but my assumption is that, maybe, some people received some powers while others did not."
The group looked at one another, and then they looked towards Meir and Akemi.
"You have saved all of Aeroplane and all of our friends and family. We are grateful to you, heroes," Lerato said, as he nodded towards them.
"Please, Prince Lerato," Akemi said.
"There's no need," Meir added.
But Lerato said, "Yes there is."
He turned toward the people, who started walking through the gate, as Peter lifted him up to stand on his shoulders so that he could be seen and heard.
"Everyone! Meet the heroes of Aeroplane and all of Ninjago: Meir and Akemi... the Ninja of Ninjago!" Lerato announced, as Meir and Akemi were pushed forward a bit to be seen by the people, as they cheered.
The couple looked towards one another, and then they smiled, as they turned back toward the people and waved, humbly.
Lloyd and Raven watched in perplexed surprise, but with more understanding as a blue wave was coming to show them something else. They stood firm and closed their eyes, although they spoke to one another, while the blue wave was changing their surroundings.
"So, they really are the First Green and Purple ninja," Raven said.
"Yeah. I didn't expect that," Lloyd said.
"And that means... Darkness... is Meir," Raven said.
"That's right... his real name is Meir," Lloyd said.
"How did he change so much?" Raven asked in a sympathetic tone.
"I don't know, but I got a feeling we'll know soon enough," Lloyd said.
"I'm scared to know," Raven admitted, and Lloyd moved closer to her, as he wrapped his free arm around her, comfortingly.
"I'm scared too, but we have to know what happened. We have to know about the past, so that we can change the future," Lloyd said, and Raven breathed out calmly.