Zenjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Episode 7 - All of Nothing

December 21, 2023
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CW: blood, injury, death (minor character death, discussion of previous death)

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"Hello, old man. What took you so long?"

The familiar voice immediately crossed Wu with irritation, frustration, and anger. Through his blurry vision, he saw a shadow of a dark figure looming over him, holding Wu's staff and three— three?— obsidian daggers.

Wu glared up at his brother.

Over several decades, Wu had watched his brother grow into his terrifying Oni side with the Great Devourer's dark influence. His features had become more pronounced as time progressed, and it seemed that Garmadon's humanity was nearly entirely hidden. Seen in how he now possessed four arms.

Lord Garmadon grinned darkly and swung at his brother with a dagger. "Speechless for once, hmm?" he taunted. He lunged forward and Wu barely twisted out of the way, sliding down the mountainside in his landing.

"I did not come here to fight you," Wu retorted. "I need your help!"

Garmadon mocked him. "Of course you do. Just like old times, isn't it?" He swung and knocked the hat off Wu's head. "Only needed to do your bidding."

"This has nothing to do with myself, Garmadon." Wu caught his hat and attacked, stealing his staff back. He landed on the mountainside, sliding down its rocky face. "For once, listen to me!"

His brother roared with laughter, taking a moment to pause and cackle before summoning another dagger. "Oh, I did listen to you, Wu. I listened to you for years, and look at where that's taken me."

"You willingly brought yourself to the Realm of Madness." Wu struck forward, knocking Garmadon back. "Do not blame me for the fate you brought upon yourself!"

"Oh, don't play dumb." He slashed at Wu, nicking the hem of his robes. "We both know I'm referring to my banishment from Zenjago. In case you have forgotten, that was your fault."

"You still escaped!"

"After a decade of meticulous planning. I molded the Skulkin army at my disposal and misled Samukai for years. I knew the power-hungry fool would betray me for the Golden Weapons, and that it would kill him. It was my only plausible ticket out of that miserable realm. And now you hunt me down to send me back?" He scoffed. "You never change, Wu."

Wu dodged his attacks. "Forget my former choices. The past is the past! I have not come to stop you— I came to warn you. Ally is in danger."

Garmadon stopped abruptly and drew back, glaring at the other. "Bringing up my daughter is a fine line between life and death, old fool. What sort of 'danger'?"

Wu gripped his staff tightly, watching his brother carefully. "The worst kind. She has unsealed the five Serpentine tombs—"

"Why would she do that?" Garmadon scoffed, crossing his lower arms. "Your teachings must have failed disastrously."

"I did not teach her. Ally did this to be like you and catch your attention; she believed that being 'evil' would make you proud and return for her." Wu notices an odd expression flicker across his brother's face. "Her plan may have just succeeded, with disastrous unintended consequences. The tribes have united to reawaken the Great Devourer."

"I never wanted her to be like me," he muttered. Then, "That's impossible. The snake that bit me as a child? It's locked in the Lost City of Ouroboros."