Darkness offspring

Secrets discovered

The Time Twins and Vermillion bring Wu to their Vermillion Dome of Doom.

Krux: Such balance. Such power. When Ninjago is finally under our rule, they will sing songs about our triumph today, brother, and—

Acronix: Oh, you're so right, brother. How you doing back there, Wu? Perhaps he's gone deaf with old age.

Wu: Unfortunately, no. I can hear every one of your attempts at humor.

Machia: Move it, old man.

Acid: hey! Don't talk to him like that.

Machia: hm, is that so?

Blunck: This stinks. She got the Time Blade back. Totally made us look bad with Krux and Acronix.

Raggmunk: I wouldn't worry about it. They still need us.

Krux: Commander Blunck. Commander Raggmunk. We need you!

Raggmunk: See? Coming.

Krux: As you know, my brother and I had been worried about the leadership of the Vermillion warriors. And this mission certainly did not go as planned. The idea was simply to obtain the Time Blade. But now we are carrying a prisoner.

Blunck: Here it comes.

Raggmunk: Someone's in trouble.

Acronix: Commander Machia, your initiative in capturing the ninja's Master impressed us. You are promoted to the rank of Supreme Commander of the Vermillion Army.

Machia: I am honored.

Acid: (mind: supreme commander, what a joke.) (Overlord: it will certainly be a joke.)

Machia: what's a joke?

Acid: oh uh, nothing.

Krux: Commanders Blunck and Raggmunk will report directly to you.

Raggmunk: What? Undeserved.

Blunck: So unfair.

Machia: Did you say something?

Raggmunk: Well deserved.

Blunck: So unfair... that it took so long!

Wu: Isn't all this celebrating and promoting a bit premature? My ninja are still out there. And Acid is right here.

Krux: Six of them against all this? They have no leader. They have no Time Blades. They have no chance. And with Acid with us, there is no way we'll loose.

Acronix: One can only imagine how helpless they must feel. I almost feel sorry for them. Almost. (The Army laughs. Acronix's BorgWatch beeps.)

Krux: What are you doing?

Acronix: Sharing this with all my Instabook followers. "Achieved... total... victory."

Krux: Why must you ruin every good moment with your modern techno-garbage?

Acronix: And why must you be so stubborn about staying in the ancient past?

Wu: psst ... psst, Acid.

Acid: hmm, (goes to Wu) what do you want old man?

Wu: please Acid, this isn't you, I know you don't want to do this.

Acid: heh, that's where you're wrong. (Wu sees Acid's purple eyes) I do, I really do, hehehe.

Lloyd: (He gives a speech to the team.) Hey. This fight is as far from over. I know we had a setback, but—

Kai: It's always darkest before the dawn. Blah, blah, blah. Come on, let's get going already, okay?