Chapter 56: Testament of Time

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In the past at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, young Wu and Garmadon send the four Time Blades into the time vortex, with young Acronix and Krux following the blades as the rift closes.

Past Garmadon looks surprised "Did Krux and Acronix just..."

"It appears they chose being lost to time over facing their punishment." past Wu says.

"The outcome is not as we intended, but Ninjago is now safe." the woman besides them sighs.

"Are you alright?" past Garmadon asks her.

"I will be," the woman responds with a smile, "I'm still an Oni after all."

Another time vortex forms and the Iron Doom lands directly in front of the gate of the monastery. The door to the Iron Doom opens and the future Krux and Acronix step out.

"They look confident, overly so" Acronix says.

"Heya, Ice, am I seeing things or are those the guys we just beat?" the Past Master of Lightning, Jay's mother, questions.

"Indeed they are, Lightning" the Past Master of Ice replies.

"Why, yes, we are. You have already stopped us once today. But that was before we had a legion spawned from the Great Devourer" Krux laughs

Jay's mother whines, "Aw, I thought I was gonna finally go on my honeymoon. Really cute guy, too. Cliff is an actor, and when I look into his eyes—"

"Stop! Focus, everyone" Past Wu interrupts.

"Vermillion warriors!" Machia calls out and points to them, "Attack!"

Past Wu tries to fight them off and is about to be finished off until Kai and Nya destroy the warriors attacking them with their powers.

"Ray! Maya! You've returned!" past Wu shouts surprised.

Kai disguises his voice, "Uh, yes. And we have, um, studied these warriors. To defeat them, you cannot allow them to reform."

"I thought the forging of the Time Blades exhausted you" Past Garmadon says.

"Is this really the time to be questioning them?" the woman asks as she pulls out a pair of fans.

"Hey... is it just me or does she look familiar?" Nya whispers to Kai.

"Layla, look out!" past Wu shouts.

The woman turns her head to see Krux out of the Iron doom with a time blade, she smirks before throwing one of her fans. Catching Krux off guard, it sweeps under him and sends him onto the ground. Layla held her hand out and the fan came back into her hand.

"Oh please, I let my guard down once, and you think I'll do it again?" Layla questions with a smile.

"That... would be Aria's mother." Kai whispers back to Nya.

"The resemblance is obvious," Nya mutters, "thank god Reika's not here."

The past Elemental Masters begin to get the upper hand in their fight with the Vermillion. As they're about to finish off the last of the Vermillion, the Vermillion all explode back into their component snakes.

"Why did they stop?" Kai questions as he groups up with Nya.

The Elemental Masters watch as the snakes slither up the Iron Doom, entering parts of it in the process. Acronix and Krux then order the Iron Doom to arise, causing the snakes in the Iron Doom to give the machine life. The Iron Doom then towers over the monastery.

"Argh, seriously? Normal snake samurai are hard enough. How do we stop that?" Jay's mother complains

Past Wu approaches them, "You know this enemy. What do we do?"

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