Spike The Spinjitzu Master
25: Return of The Overlord
Previous ChapterNext ChapterWe open to a dreadful shot of the Dark Island as the Celestial Clock finally reaches it's countdown, as the sunsets on this dreadful day, the Clock finally had reached to 0, and had fully completed the cycle. The Horns of Destruction proceed to activate, bringing a sound of fear and despair across the whole island. The clock starts to shoot a beam from it's center and soon shoot's across the entire clock till it goes far across the island in a blinding light.
The beam shoot's directly to Garmadon's camp where the Ultimate Weapon was being made, and as Garmadon opens his eyes from the bright light, he starts to see the Ultimate Weapon in it's complete form..
"Behold.. my final gift to you.. Garmatron!!" Overlord announced as the weapon finally shows itself, and it reveals itself as a near unstoppable cannon with deadly weapons all around it, and as the machine opens itself up, it starts to show one of the biggest cannon's ever which could be shot all the way from the island, to Ninjago itself.
"It's.. it's beautiful!" Garmadon said with amazement as the rest of the Stone Army finally arrives and comes up to report to him.
"We've retrieved your helmet, and a prisoner, my dark lord." The general says as he's holding Nya in chains who was trying to break free from them.
"You'll never get away with this! My friends will put a stop to you!" Nya said with rage while the warrior's were keeping her from breaking free.
Garmadon chuckled in a sinister way as he walked up to her, and he had the perfect idea on how to use her.
"Red doesn't seem to be your color, I think it's time we try on a darker shade. Hand me the Dark Matter" Garmadon said sinisterly as he gags her while she tries to get it out.
Another one of the warrior's comes up to him with a container of the matter, and begins bringing it to her.
"I believe we've found our first test subject!" Garmadon said with a smirk while Nya is forcefully brought to it and wasn't able to escape..
Back with Spike and everyone else, they were running back to the base as the horns were heard across the whole island, they were all in a state of despair right now, and if they don't do something soon, all will fall to darkness.
"Finally.." Spike said with some relief as they made it back to Julien who was looking over the area.
"What was that sound? The horns?" Julien asked with fear as they all could hear it.
"The Celestial Clock has reached Zero. Garmadon's ultimate weapon has been completed, and the final battle has all but begun." Wu answered while Lloyd looked down with guilt which made Spike pat his back to comfort him.
"Now Lloyd and Spike need to face him, or all will be lost." Misako replied while Spike clutched his fist hearing this.
"And I will not hold back against him when it comes.." Spike replied as Allison rubbed his shoulder to calm him down.
"Dad.." Allison said with guilt while Julien noticed someone was missing.
"Hold on a minute, where's Nya?" Julien asked again which made everyone look down with regret.
"She's been taken by the Overlord, but we'll get her back. At the moment there are greater things at stake, like all of Ninjago." Wu replied which frustrated Jay hearing it.
"Who cares about Ninjago? She was my... my..." Jay said with guilt before Kai came in to finish it.
"And she's my sister, i know her being captured is tough, but she's tougher, tougher then most of us. We'll see her again." Kai assured while everyone took off they're masks.
"Wow Kai.. your.. taking this a lot better then I honestly thought you would." Spike said with surprise which made Kai turn to him.
"She was taken from me once, I've learned a lot since then, if I saved her once, I can save her again." Kai replied which Spike understood since he saw it happen when they went to the past.
"Let's hope we can." Spike prayed as they all went back to the topic.
"Lloyd, your focus gives strength to give power to the Golden Dragon, you cannot lose faith now, everything rests on your shoulders." Wu instructed as he turned to Spike for a little help too.
"Spike, I know you've had a lot to go through since we met, but even when I first saw you, I saw something special in you, just like Lloyd. What you've been able to do here shows you have the strength to be something even greater then you realize, your powers of Crystal are unique, different, and if what we've seen from the prophecies is true, you and Lloyd combined may be what we need to stop Garmadon." Wu encouraged while Spike looked down and tried processing that.
"I don't know if I'll be able to do much, I had the moment to take down Garmadon, me and Lloyd both did. But when Lloyd froze.. I did.. I.. I.." Spike said with a studder before Wu continued on to finish.
"You've so much here then you've realized Spike, you and Lloyd are what will decide the future of Ninjago, You both must push past whatever fears you hold within you, and embrace your true calling." Wu instructed again which only made Spike nod in understanding hearing that.
" I understand.." Spike replied as Misako went to encourage them too.
"Remember Lloyd, your father is just as scared, but with the two of you combined, it could be what Ninjago needs." Misako assured while everyone drew they're weapons.
"You won't be alone, we'll be right besides you. You both have my fire." Kai swore as he held out his blade.
"And you have my Earth." Cole declared while he held his one out too.
"And my Ice." Zane added as all of them put on they're masks again for the fight.
"And Lightning!" Jay finished while Allison gave Spike another hug to help him too.
"And you have your daughter with you dad, I'll fight besides you to the end.. no matter what." Allison assured which made Spike smile while they all felt motivated to go now.
"We're all in this together guys!" Cole assured while Spike stood besides Lloyd and they both nodded and felt ready to go.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Lloyd declared as Spike drew his blades and felt ready to go.
"We're coming for you Garmadon!" Spike shouted as all of them took a moment to prepare for this final fight, this may be the last battle they have if it's foretold, and with the stakes at hand, they can't fail this.
Everyone made they're way through the forest and prepared to make they're way to storm Garmadon's camp, they were soon finally at the gates in front of them, and Lloyd and Spike both led the charge for what will come.
"Get down, now!" Lloyd whispered which made all of them duck to the ground quickly to avoid being seen.
"They won't know what hit them!" Kai said with a confident look as they all prepared to fight.
"This is it guys, are you all ready?" Allison asked while she held her spear out.
"It's time to chop wood..." Jay replied while all of them finally charged at the gates.
"Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed again before they burst down the doors at once and expected everyone to be here. But they all soon realized the camp was entirely abandoned, and almost nothing was left because of it.
"Uh.. where the heck is everyone?" Jay asked with surprise while they all loosened up a bit.
"And here I was ready to release the thunder!" Cole said with frustration which made Spike raise an eye again.
"Don't you mean Earth or something like that?" Spike pointed out again since he's the Master of Earth after all.
"The Ultimate Weapon is gone! We're too late!" Kai said with fear as they all saw the huge weapon being made was gone, and they all tried searching around the camp to find them.
"Nya? Nya!" Kai shouted across the camp hoping they'd hear from her, but they didn't get a single response.
"Not a single sound.. it's.. really creepy.." Spike said with a shiver until they finally heard something, and they looked up and saw Zane's falcon had been flying over the area, most likely knowing where it is.
"My falcon friend wants to show us something." Zane announced as they saw it fly alongside really large looking tracks that looked like it was from a tank, and they all saw it had burst down the walls of the camp and drove through the forest, tearing down everything in it's path.
"Whoa.. that's one big weapon.." Lloyd said with surprise as they saw the tracks move forward.
"I think it could be a large tank or something, with how big that cannon we saw was, it could destroy anything it hits!" Spike said with realization which was very concerning.
"And it appears this tank is heading towards the coast!" Zane said as this looked very likely.
"But why? Wouldn't he try to use it on us?" Lloyd questioned again which Allison didn't believe.
"Us maybe, but for you though? I doubt it, he's still your father Lloyd, even if we have to, he's still trying his best to avoid it." Allison replied which may make sense.
"Allison is right, he wouldn't want to use it on Lloyd, but on Ninjago. He always wanted to turn it into his own dark image, now we know how it will begin." Wu said with fear which made Spike gulp hearing that while feeling very nervous about the thought of it.
"But if he starts to turn Ninjago evil, the balance will shift and will allow the Overlord to crossover into our world!" Misako explained which made things even worse.
"Then we can't let my father fire that weapon! Come on!" Lloyd encouraged as everyone began running along the tracks to find it, but they soon heard Julien was starting to slow down from his old age, and Zane quickly went to check up on him.
"Father.." Zane said with concern as Julien stood up to explain things.
"You go on without me, I'm an inventor, not a fighter, I'll only get in your way." Julien explained as he got his stamina back.
"But what will you do?" Zane asked with worry for his safety.
"I'll be waiting back at the Bounty for you to come back in one piece. But don't worry, a part of me will always be with you." Julien assured while he gave him one last hug for now.
"Be well father." Zane prayed as his falcon landed on his shoulder before he went back to the others.
"Be safe." Julien replied as all of them began running through the forest in order to reach the weapon.
Everyone was running through the forest as fast as they could, they could feel themselves getting closer to the fight, but as this happened, they all felt so much flash before them as this happened.
"Um.. is anyone else thinking about how this might be our final fight together?" Jay asked with concern while they tried keeping up they're stamina.
"Yeah.. it wasn't that long until sensei found us, and when we met Spike, that was something I'm sure none of us expected huh?" Kai replied while they all turned to Spike.
"Yeah, it's been quite the ride since I've come to this world, I still have to question what was causing the Crystal Mirror to act the way it did which sent me here, maybe it had something to do with the Spinjitzu Master himself?" Spike suggested which no one could really answer.
"Eh we don't really understand how your world works there buddy, even with all you've told us about it. But at least you've gained a lot of great things from being here right? You got powers, a daughter, and us to help you out, can't imagine what it must've been like if you were left alone right?" Cole replied which made Spike feel grateful knowing that.
"Yeah, things may not have been the same that's for sure, I'm just glad I got to be apart of a team like this, reminds me of Twilight and her own group, they all got to do great things and help Equestria when it needed it. We're kinda doing something similar like that right?" Spike questioned as a strange shadow jumped over the trees without any of them noticing..
"Guess you can say that, but it's still been a great time with you. Remember when Kai thought he was gonna be the Green Ninja guys?" Jay joked which made everyone laugh hearing that.
"That was an enjoyable memory!" Zane replied while not noticing something was behind him again.
"Even as a baby I knew Kai wouldn't be it, though I can see some people arguing against that honestly." Allison replied while Kai shook his head remembering that.
"Or how about when Cole was hypnotized by a Hypnobrai, and we had to fight him?" Zane reminded which they all laughed at again.
"You HAD to destroy my treehouse." Lloyd said sarcastically from remembering that.
"Or how about the time Sensei came out of the guts of the Devourer's belly? Drinking Tea!" Zane reminded which made everyone groan in disgust hearing that.
"That was so gross!" Cole replied while everyone kept running forward.
"Yeah, I thought he was a goner!" Jay replied which made Wu smack his head with his staff.
"Wrong again mr Empty Head!" Wu joked again which everyone laughed at once more.
"Burn!" Spike joked while he high fived Wu from hearing that.
But before any of them could keep moving forward, something suddenly rushed across they're path which they were able to see which stopped all of them in they're tracks.
"something is wrong here!" Cole said with surprise while everyone looked around the area.
"What was that?" Allison asked while they kept they're guard up just as they heard a crack nearby.
"I sense an evil presence.." Zane said with worry while they all braced themselves.
"Where? Where?!" Jay asked with fear while Wu noticed something above.
"Above us!" Wu warned which made everyone look up, but a red blur of light suddenly came right through the group and hit Cole in the face before any of them could notice.
"Ah, my jaw! That hurt!" Cole said with anger as they all saw a.. red Spinjitzu Tornado spin in front of them, it spun around the group and soon knocked Spike and Lloyd into eachother which made everyone mad.
"Back off my father you punk!" Allison hissed while they helped them up and got ready to fight this person.
But as the tornado finally faded away, everyone gasped with horror with what they're seeing in front of them.
"Nya!" Jay said with horror while Wu tried stopping him from getting closer.
"That is no longer Nya!" Wu warned while Kai felt furious with what they're seeing.
"What did they do to my sister?!" Kai asked with anger while he clutched his fist.
"He must've used the Ultimate Weapon to turn her into his own evil image!" Misako declared as the figure was revealed to be Nya, but she had been turned into a dark and twisted version of who she once was.
Nya yelled with anger and got into a fighting post to stop they're progress.
"Garmadon must've sent her to slow us down. We have to stop them from firing that weapon!" Wu warned as the dark Nya pulled out a spiked ball attached to the chain, and she screamed as she twirled it around and charged at them.
"That sick freak! He'll pay for this!" Spike shouted as he backflipped away from one of her attacks and landed a good distance away from her.
"What are we supposed to do?! Use our powers on her?" Cole suggested which Jay didn't like at all.
"No! I don't want to hurt her!" Jay refused which Kai had to agree with.
"Jay's right, we just have to find a way to keep her..." Kai said right before the spiked ball was thrown into his face which knocked him down very hard." From hurting us!" Kai finished while in great pain from that.
"How are we going to stop her?!" Allison asked as she saw Nya charging at her, and Allison used her swift movements to avoid any attacks she threw while blocking them with her spear.
"Lloyd, Spike, you go on ahead With sensei and Misako! Allison and the rest of us will take care of her!" Cole instructed with a serious look.
"But you said you'd always be behind us!" Lloyd said with fear while they all were walking in front of them.
"We will be, we'll catch up as soon as we can!" Kai assured while Jay tried using Spinjitzu on her, but only got hit with the ball in the chest which made him gasp for air feeling that.
"That.. hurt.." Jay said with pain while he tried stopping her from using the chain.
"The ninja are right, we must go!" Wu advised which made Spike run with Lloyd and the others while Allison and the ninja stayed behind.
"We'll still be behind you!" Misako assured again while Spike looked back at them one last time.
"If any of you let Allison get hurt! I swear I'll make you regret it!" Spike threatened which made them a bit afraid knowing that.
"Don't worry dad, we'll be fine, go!" Allison screamed while she flipped over Nya's chains and knocked them out of her hands with her spear.
"Triple Tiger Sashay!" Cole shouted as he ran directly towards her and was about to knock her down, but Nya used a strange power which stopped Cole in place, right before she grabbed his hands and twisted them which made him scream with pain before he got thrown down, Nya restrained Cole's arms before she kicked Cole straight into everyone like a bowling ball while she looked ready to keep fighting. Everyone got back up and charged at her while making battle cry's, and they all tried they're best to hold her off.
As all of this was going on, Garmadon and the rest of the Stone Army made they're way to the coast so they could finish this now. Everyone could see the ocean in front of them, and far across it, was Ninjago itself.
"Ninjago is now within reach! Activate the weapon so all will know of your rule!" Overlord encouraged which made Garmadon laugh evilly from hearing it.
"Yes.. load the cannon!" Garmadon ordered the commander who made the other warrior's carry rocket's full of Dark Matter in them towards a lower part of the weapon to fire it.
"Finally.. my darkest dream.. will now become a reality!" Garmadon said with confidence while he was about to activate the cannon..
"Father! Don't!" Lloyd shouted from behind him which stopped his progress.
"Lloyd!" Garmadon said with surprise while he turned around and saw him, Spike, Wu and Misako had arrived to stop him here and now.
"What are you doing?! Activate the weapon!" Overlord ordered as all of them saw he was right above all of them.
"Don't fire that weapon! You don't know what your doing!" Spike shouted as they knew the Overlord was using him at this point., but Garmadon wasn't convinced at this at all, and felt only anger from seeing they're here.
"So my father has sent my son, my brother and wife, and a little dragon from a different world to stop me?! It looks like my little surprise has kept the ninja busy!" Garmadon mocked while Spike growled in anger with what he did to Nya.
"Don't do it! If you do, the balance will be altered, and the Overlord can cross over into this world!" Misako warned again which Wu tried backing up.
"The balance will be destroyed! And we will all pay dearly!" Wu warned too while Spike drew his blades.
"The Overlord's just using you! Why do you think he's giving you these weapons and power? If you fire that weapon, you'll only be dealt with when the time comes!" Spike warned too as he can see through this clearly by now.
"You liar! Don't listen to them! They betrayed you! That dragon was sent to this world for one reason only, to defeat you alongside your son!" Overlord refused while turning to Garmadon again.
"I don't want to fight you, and I know you don't want to fight me! This is about more then just us, it's about what's right!" Lloyd warned one last time which Garmadon didn't listen too.
"Don't you see?! I can't do what is right! the evil in my blood can never go away! It has corrupted every ounce of my fiber.. every bone in my body! I am Lord Garmadon! Destiny took my family from me, and the only way for us to be together again is to turn the world into my image! You'll see what I see, feel what I feel!" Garmadon monologued which made Spike role his eyes at.
"It is not too late!" Misako warned again which Garmadon had enough of.
"You've made your decision, now I've made mine.." Garmadon said with anger as he was marching directly to the button to press it.
"No!!" Everyone screamed as Garmadon finally pressed the button which activated the weapon.
"Garmatron.. warming up.. in t minutes.. 20.. seconds.." the machine spoke which infuriated him knowing this gives them a chance.
"Warming up?! You could've told me it had to warm up!" Garmadon shouted to the Overlord who was still above all of them.
"How could I? You were monologuing." Overlord said in defense which was a good point.
"We have to get to the top!" Lloyd shouted as all the warrior's were charging to them to fight.
"Let's not waste another second! Hurry!" Spike screamed as he slammed his blades in the ground and shot multiple pillars of crystal directly into the warrior's which knocked them away, Spike breathed fire on one of they're machines and was able to damage it enough to the point it fell over.
"10.." The machine counted down while Spike gave Lloyd a boost and threw him into the air, Spike then deflected multiple sword slashes from around him and jumped onto the machine, he climbed up the weapon with skill and was about to make it to the hatch, but one of of the warrior's grabbed his legs which halted his progress for a brief moment.
"Let me go freak!" Spike shouted as he kicked him away while Lloyd landed on the top to try and stop him.
"No!" Garmadon said with frustration as the two tried pushing eachother back to stop eachother.
"5.. " the machine counted down again while Spike flipped onto the top and delivered a drop kick to Garmadon's face to knock him down.
"3.." The machine continued as it's voice was getting deeper by each count, but as Spike lunged at the button to try and stop it, the commander of the Stone warrior's grabbed Spike's tail and threw him into Lloyd just before he was able to stop it which horrified everyone.
"No!" Spike screamed as the machine finally finished it's countdown..
"1..." The machine finished as it was finally finished with it's warm up, and finally shot a rocket of Dark Matter directly to Ninjago to begin the takeover..
"NO!!" Misako shouted with terror as the missile flew through the dark clouds in the sky.
"We're.. losing.." Lloyd said with fear while Garmadon laughed mockingly at this.
"I.. win!" Garmadon said with victory as everyone watched with dread as the missile fired over the sea.
The missile flew all the way over to Ninjago across the sea, and the people who were unfortunate to be caught in the blast turned into near mindless versions of themselves just like what happened to Nya as the sunlight was being completely covered by the dark clouds from the blast.
Garmadon laughed with victory as the plan was finally working, and it was only gonna get worse from here.
"Again!" Overlord encouraged as another missile was being loaded.
"Again!" Garmadon ordered again while Spike got thrown off the machine to prevent him from stopping this.
"No, this can't be happening! I.. I have to stop this!" Spike screamed as he turned back to the top of the machine and shot another crystal blast to the commander, that hit him in the chest which knocked him to the wall of the machine which was able to free Lloyd for now.
"The balance is shifting!" Misako warned as they felt everything around them changing from this change.
"Lloyd! You must focus to put a stop to this!" Wu instructed once again, this made Lloyd try to harness the power within him so he could stop Garmadon, he created a large pillar of light that came from his body which almost broke him free, but the moment was ruined when Garmadon opened up a trap door and he fell through it and flew directly to the ground again.
"You think you can stop me?!" Garmadon asked with anger as he turned to the button again and fired another powerful blast across the sea towards Ninjago.
"Our worst fears.." Wu said with regret while Misako looked down with guilt knowing what's about to happen from this.
As all of this was happening, Allison and the rest of the ninja were trying to hold back Nya from harming them, but she proved to be a very tough foe with the corruption that's taken her over.
"Was she.. always this strong?!" Allison asked with frustration while she tried holding back the chains as everyone was being beaten down badly.
"No.. she.. usually has her mech suit to help her out.." Cole said weakly as all of them tried getting up.
"We have to find a way to help her!" Kai shouted again while Nya kept yelling at them all.
"Tell that to your sister! it's 5 against 1 and I think she's winning!" Cole shouted again while Allison was trying to hold her back the best she could.
"Come up with something quick guys! I can't.. hold her back much longer!" Allison shouted while she was pushing against her to buy them some time.
"I have an idea! Let's try using our powers to trap her!" Zane suggested while he drew his blade again and shot an ice blast between they're feat to separate them, Allison flipped back to them as they all stood ready to fight against her again. Nya threw some dagger's at them which got blocked by Jay who sent an electric shield around them thanks to his blade.
"Cole, think you can blind her?!" Jay asked looking up at him which was a good idea.
"Got it!" Cole replied as he slammed his weapon on the ground which created a shockwave of dust to shoot from the ground which blinded Nya for a moment.
"Ah! My eyes! I can't see!" Nya said with pain while she was walking around without focus.
"Kai! cut that tree down now!" Jay ordered again while pointing at it.
"No problem!" Kai replied as he shot a blast from his blade which cut the top of it down to encase Nya.
"I know where your heading!" Zane replied as he froze the top of the tree around her to trap her for now.
"Great work guys, that should hold her for now." Allison said with relief while Nya tried breaking free from this.
"Sorry sis, this club just became boys only!" Kai apologized which offended Allison.
"And what does that make me Kai?!" Allison hissed which made him nervous on how to respond.
"Uh... we'll.. talk about that later.." Kai said nervously while all of them began running through the forest to catch up with the others.
Things were getting even worse for Ninjago as the next blast Garmadon shot reached another village, and like what happened before, all the villager's and things around it were turned into dark and twisted versions of themselves, losing all the color and life that helped keep the balance in place, but now that more of Ninjago has turned, this could only mean one thing..
Back on the Dark Island, everything was getting worse as the sky started to flash with lightning while the Overlord began laughing like a maniac.
"We tried.." Lloyd said with guilt while Spike looked very afraid of what's about to happen.
"I'm sorry guys, but.. there's nothing we can do for this.." Spike said with regret as they all heard the Overlord's laugh.
"It is done, the balance is shifting." Misako said regretfully as lightning was flashing over the whole sky.
"Overlord?! What is happening?! Why are you laughing?!" Garmadon asked with anger while the Overlord felt everything around him shift.
"You've helped offset the balance! And because of that, I can now crossover into your world! I am.. finally.. free!" Overlord said with malice as he was floating towards the sky.
"Wait a minute! You stole that from my playbook! You can forget about it! Ninjago is mine!" Garmadon argued back which made the Overlord laugh one last time.
"No.. it was never going to be yours.. it.. is... mine!!" Overlord screamed just as a bright light flashed below Garmadon and a pillar of light appeared around him which blinded everyone for a brief moment.
Garmadon started to scream with pain as he felt something horrible happening to him, and at this moment, Allison and everyone else just arrived after catching up with them.
"Sorry we're late, what'd we miss?" Jay asked with worry as they saw Garmadon fall on his knees from the pain going through him.
"What.. the.. heck?!" Allison asked with horror with what they're seeing.
"Holy unholy.." Jay said with horror while Garmadon looked at his hands and saw they were becoming very sharp claws.
"What is happening to me?!" Garmadon asked with pain while Spike covered Allison's eyes for this.
"Don't look Allison.. please..." Spike begged as they couldn't do anything to stop this.
Garmadon fell onto his knees and felt every part of his body transforming, and as the transformation was finishing, the Overlord began to speak from his body as he transformed into a horrific monster after what Garmadon's done.
"The metamorphosis.. has begun!!" Overlord screamed as he took control of Garmadon's body and was now in complete possession of it.
"Metamorphoses? What does that mean?" Kai asked while turning to Zane.
"Metamorphoses is a biological process, when someone or something changes into something new." Zane explained to the others who were horrified hearing that.
"Yeah, something very ugly!" Cole replied as they saw Overlord laughing like a maniac with his new form.
"Father.." Lloyd said with horror while Wu held him back again.
"No Lloyd, that is not your father anymore." Wu said with regret.
"But what about the prophecy? It said we have to face my father!" Lloyd argued back while they looked at the Overlord again.
"You still must, but now the Overlord has possessed him, unlike your father, he will show you both no mercy." Misako warned which made Spike clutch his claws again while he drew his blades.
"Then we won't hold back either!" Spike shouted as he twirled his blades around.
"Let's do this! Ninja go!!" Everyone screamed once again as they used Spinjitzu and charged into battle, Lloyd used his Energy to shoot a wall of fire in between the enemy lines, and everyone flew through it and used it as cover to take down the warrior's in front of them.
Zane used his powers to freeze another group of enemy's while Cole helped out and used the Earth to blow them away, Kai ran towards one of the machine's with buzzsaw's and slid directly under it, he used his blade and cut through it easily and tore the thing in half to destroy it.
Spike used Spinjitzu on another group of enemy's and then used his blades to take down the larger machine's around him, Spike's eyes changed to blue again as he used his lightning powers, and Spike screamed as he shot a large bolt of lightning across the beach which knock down a large number of them. Allison wrapped her tail around one warrior and slammed him across the ground to another, she screamed with rage and grabbed it's leg before she circled around and threw the warrior far into the ocean thanks to her strength.
But all this fighting wasn't mattering as the Overlord was still on the machine, and was preparing to fire it once more.
"I need more evil.. but where to attack next? Ninjago city.." Overlord said maliciously as he could see the city even from all the way here, the machine locked another blast to go to Ninjago city, but he couldn't fire any missiles since the Stone Warrior's were too busy with fighting against everyone else.
Wu and Misako knocked one more warrior away from the loading machine to stop it .
"Jay!" Wu shouted as they threw it to him who got ready to deflect it.
"This one's out of the ball park!" Jay declared while he struck the thing and sent it far away into the ocean to avoid any more damage.
"See to it personally, that the cannon is loaded!" Overlord ordered the commander who nodded respectfully and tried to attack Wu again. But Wu had enough of this guy with all he's done, and Wu backflipped in the air and kicked him in the chin which sent him flying, Wu then leaped directly to him and did a spin kick against his chest and sent him directly into the loading machine instead.
The Overlord thought this was another missile though, and he soon pressed the button which shot the commander flying across the sea which made him scream with terror, and that made everyone laugh hysterically as they saw him go far away.
"Okay, that's honestly pretty funny." Allison said with a chuckle as she punched the same stone warrior before in between his legs again which made him scream with pain.
The commander screamed as he went flying all the way to Ninjago City, and unfortunately had crashed directly into Darreth's dojo after a rough landing, and Darreth looked very unhappy to see him here again after what he's done.
"You just messed with the wrong dojo mister!" Darreth threatened as he snapped his fingers which summoned the rest of his pupils to the room who looked ready to beat him up.
"Pupils, attack!!" Darreth screamed while all the children yelled with rage and proceeded to overwhelm him which resulted in him being beaten up badly.
The Overlord slammed his fist against the machine and had enough of the time being wasted.
"Fine! I'll do it myself!" Overlord declared while he looked below him.
Kai and Jay did a drop kick on more warrior's and knocked them down just while they heard another weapon powering up.
"Look out Jay!" Kai warned which made react just in time to flip over the lasers fired at him before he and Kai climbed up the weapon and kicked the warrior off it.
"Sorry, only two can dance this dance!" Kai declared as he took control of the weapon on the side and began firing down on the rest of the warrior's on the beach.
As all of this was happening, Spike and Lloyd finally made it to the top and prepared to finish all of this.
"This.. ends.. now!" Lloyd declared as Spike got in a fighting stance.
"It's time to finish this Overlord." Spike said with a growl as they both stood they're ground while the Overlord got ready to fight them too.
"The final battle has begun." Misako said as they could only watch this happen here.
"Let's hope they are ready for this." Wu prayed while Lloyd focused himself for this moment.
"All this time.. everything has been leading to this!" Lloyd said with anger while Spike growled at the Overlord in a threatening way.
"Stupid boys! I've been planning this, for thousands of years!" Overlord mocked which they didn't want to hear any more of.
"Enough with the monologuing, it's so cliche!" Spike said with annoyance while he charged another blast of crystal.
"Eat green!" Lloyd screamed as they both shot a blast towards him which knocked him down for just a moment, Spike drew his blades and jumped in the air and was about to strike him, but the Overlord grabbed his blade just in time and threw Spike to the ground and tried pinning him down.
"I.. won't.. let you win!" Spike screamed as he shot fire at him again which made the Overlord scream again while Lloyd delivered a strong kick to the back of his head which freed Spike.
"Get him dad! Go!" Allison shouted as the Overlord charged 4 separate blasts in his claws before he shot them a the two, but Spike flipped into the air while Lloyd climbed up to barely avoid it, but the Overlord was fast. Before Spike could even react, the Overlord suddenly slashed at Spike hard enough to send him flying off the machine, Spike had fell to the ground but quickly recovered and flipped off his feet to get a better landing, but he saw the Overlord punch Lloyd right in the face which sent him flying into the air and to the ground making him groan weakly.
"Lloyd!" Spike said with fear as he was rushing over to him to help, but the Overlord flew directly in his path and shot more blasts directly towards him, but Spike was able to role out of the way and make it back to Lloyd who just got up, Spike drew his blades again and shot multiple beams of light across the beach which made a straight line of crystal's emerge from the ground directly beneath the Overlord. And Lloyd followed that up by shooting another beam of Energy directly at him which sent him flying into the forest.
"Yes!" Jay said with victory thinking that put him down, but the Overlord was still going, and he used two of the hands like jets to propel himself upwards above the entire forest.
"No!" Jay said with fear as the Overlord charged directly at the two of them, and Spike got in front of Lloyd and held his blades together and braced himself for his next attack.
The Overlord slammed down on the ground towards them like a rocket, and he quickly used his power and shot a blast directly towards one of Spike's blades and was able to blow it out of his hand leaving only one left which slid across the beach.
But Spike couldn't even react in time enough for another blast to shoot directly to his other blade which knocked it out of his last hand too, leaving him with neither of his blades.
"No.. don't give up Spike!" Spike told himself as the Overlord marched to them in a menacing way.
"The battle between good and evil! I can do this for eternity! But can you two? Your friends can't help either of you now! You are all alone!" Overlord screamed towards them which made them even more furious.
"No.. we are not alone! I know my father is still in there! He'll fight with us!" Lloyd screamed which made the Overlord struggle as Garmadon was trying to fight back the corruption.
"Lloyd!.. stay strong! Spike.. please protect him!" Garmadon begged as he was holding the Overlord back for a brief moment as his body was flashing between both of they're forms.
"Come on Garmadon! Don't let him win!" Spike encouraged as he shot a fire blast towards Overlord and burned him really badly, Lloyd followed this up by charging at him and he delivered a strong upper cut to him in the face sending him into the air, Spike screamed as he jumped towards the air and punched him extremely hard across the chest which sent him down to the ground, but the Overlord was still going, and he only laughed mockingly at these pathetic attempts to harm him.
"You are both fools! I cannot be stopped! You both are just delaying the inevitable!" Overlord screamed as he poured more power into both pairs of his hands and shot a wave of power at them both. But Spike and Lloyd together both shot as much power as they could into the wave to try and hold it back, and they were caught in a wave battle that was getting tougher by the second.
"Fight him father!" Lloyd begged as they could still see flashes of Garmadon who was trying to fight back.
"Lloyd..." Garmadon said weakly as he felt himself fading away.
"Fight him!" Lloyd screamed even more as the power was starting to overwhelm the both of them.
"You will not... take...." Garmadon was trying the best he could to make the Overlord stop this, but he was starting to fade away as he was taking full control over him.
"My.. son!" Garmadon screamed in a weak voice before he finally faded away, leaving only the Overlord in charge of his body.
"No!" Spike screamed with terror as the Overlord laughed like a maniac at them once again.
"Stupid boy.. your.. father.. is.. gone!!" Overlord screamed as he finally overpowered the both of them and the blast hit them directly which sent them both flying across the beach, but the Overlord wasn't done with them yet, and he took off into the air directly towards Spike and grabbed him by the neck.
"You are a fool to think you could defeat me dragon! I know who and where you are from.. Spike! You think you were meant to defeat me, but it was all to delay.. the inevitable!" Overlord screamed before he threw Spike directly towards the ninja which made Spike scream as he crashed into the ground and landed right near Allison who was horrified seeing this.
"Dad!" Allison screamed as she quickly picked him up who looked very weak from taking this hit.
"You were never meant to defeat me you pathetic little dragon, you and your little friend, were only meant to fall to me!" Overlord mocked even more as he aimed the canon directly towards Lloyd who was knocked out after the last hit he took, but was being checked on Wu and Misako at the very moment.
The Overlord laughed in an evil way once again and was about to fire directly at all of them.
"You were always so... green.." Overlord said in a menacing tone before he pressed on a button and shot another blast directly towards them, but just before they all were hit with it, the Bounty had went right in between them and took the blast instead which started to spiral it out of control.
"I may not be able to fight, but I can fly!" Julien screamed as he started to run out of the Bounty before the dark clouds engulfed him. He jumped off the deck just in time as the Bounty crashed to the beach, and Julien fell face flat on the sand and tried getting back up.
"That went well.." Julien said as he was trying to adjust his glasses again.
This infuriated the Overlord, and he had enough of all of this.
"Enough! We don't need to waste time with they're pasturing! We will go to Ninjago City to finish this.. once and for all!!" Overlord declared as a large portal opened up in front of the beach which lead directly towards Ninjago city.
"No.. don't.. let them escape!" Spike said weakly as they saw the army marching towards to portal to finish this.
"If we leave, we'll be stuck here with no way back! Get to the vortex now!" Kai screamed as he tried rushing towards the portal before it closed as the dark version of Nya had caught up with them..
"Bye bye! Forever!" Nya said mockingly as they all were making they're way through. Just as he made it there, the rest of the army had crossed through it, meaning the Overlord was now making his way to Ninjago city. As Kai tried making one last jump to make it.. the portal closed before he could, and they were all left stranded on the island with no known way back.
"No!!" Kai screamed with terror towards the sky while everyone looked down in defeat.
Spike was being taken care of by Allison while the rest of the ninja were looking over Lloyd after he blacked out, Allison retrieved his blades and gave it to him who looked defeated after this fight.
"Here dad.. these can help you right?" Allison asked hopefully while Spike looked down with guilt not knowing how to respond to it.
"I.. honestly don't even know anymore.." Spike said with guilt for what's happened here. He and everyone else looked down at Lloyd, and they waited for what felt like ages for him to wake up, but soon enough, he finally did, and he groaned weakly as he was finally opening his eyes.
"Did.. me and Spike win?" Lloyd asked weakly as he saw everyone here was very worried for him.
"No Lloyd, and that's all that matter's.." Wu said with some relief as they helped Lloyd up who tried to move.
"But.. the.. prophecy.." Lloyd said with pain as he tried to walk, but he fell to the ground after feeling a great pain in his leg.
"We didn't do it.. we.. couldn't defeat him.." Spike said regretfully as he went to Lloyd and tried to help him move.
"My leg.. I think it's broken.. are you okay at least Spike?" Lloyd asked hopefully while Spike was trying to recover from the damage he took too.
"I think a couple ribs in me are broken.. but.. it's not too much for me.. I think I'll be okay.. but.. I'm afraid we lost.." Spike said with sadness while they marched towards the beach ahead of them.
"We really didn't win?" Lloyd asked with guilt while Spike looked down shamefully for losing this fight.
"What's important is, we didn't lose either of you. We should all just be grateful, the both of you are okay." Wu replied as they could see the sun rising over the horizon, but it couldn't help lighten the mood they're feeling now.
Spike helped Lloyd move around the beach, and they saw a special symbol on the ground after the Bounty took that massive hit.
"The symbol of Destiny.." Lloyd said with sadness as he picked it up so they could both look at it.
"Destiny showed us who was stronger today, but destiny also wanted us around to fight another day. We didn't lose the battle, today.. we just lost another fight.." Lloyd said as they all stood together and took in the moment and looked at the sea in front of them knowing what will come soon..
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