small warning in this chapter- you will see alot more mature content as it progresses.
Zena left the home with information she didn't expect to receive, mainly on krux. She slowly started to understand why he acted the way he did. And she hoped to help Acronix get his brother back. She was friends with Krux, who use to impersonate as Dr. Saunders, she hated Krux for betraying her, but it's the past.
She quietly walked through the town, Amyiah nowhere to be seen. Infact the town was REALLY quiet. "Hello? Is anyone there?" She asked out loud, but heard a loud snap of a twig. She whipped her head around to the direction and sawn the familiar pale golden eyes.
"So..thinking you can come to my home...learn MY secrets....and think you and your friend can just leave with the Illumina Time Flowers?" Krux hissed as he held up a unconscious Master of Weather. Zena stood there silently, shocked. "Krux...i didn't even mean to know your past...we came here because your brother fallen into some coma....we need those flowers so he could waken up. Or else he won't." She explained, he didn't listen.
He dropped the girl and took out a sword. "Fine. Want the flowers? Defeat me in a duel." He said as he pointed the very sharp blade at her. Though Zena could tell that it wasn't exactly Krux. He would of atleast cared for his twin. "You're not Krux...", she muttered, backing up a bit. "I am~ just a better version." He said in a low tone, which REALLY creeped her out.
She ended up dodging the swinging blade and had his feet in ice before she could make a run for it. She needed to find a weapon to even out the playing field. But there was no blacksmiths in the village. Not that she sawn.
It was all cat and mouse by now, her mechanical heart pounded violently against her chest. The moonlight just barely giving her enough light to see. "Zeeena~", Krux cooed. He wasn't close, but she could hear him. She quietly pushed herself past a tight spot. But knocked over a flower pot. "Oh?~ Zena~" Krux cooed again in a more creepy tone. Her breath quickened, making a large ice wall to block off where she came from.
She maneuvered herself to the other side. But she screamed when she was grabbed and thrown to the ground violently. She looked up quickly at Krux, who stared down at her with a creepy smile. The darkness never made it any better. "Found you~", he cooed again. Her processor pratically stopped when he quickly pinned her down. "Get off me!" She yelled as she kicked at him. But he didn't get off. "Make me" he muttered.
It made Zena force the wind onto him, pushing him up into the air. But with his iron grip on her, she went with him. "You think this is gunna work on me?!" He yelled as he flipped her behind him, making Zena crash into a roof and him falling down onto the ground. He growled and got up, the armory lucky enough helped him, but he heard a loud whine of pain from the roof.
But then there came crying from agony, Krux growled and shook his head. "Stay down. It's your fault for allowing me in. You can't get rid of a corruption." He muttered to himself. It was true, the Time Corruption is a powerful energy. A dark one at that. Can effect a host in many ways. In Krux's case, he could pratically be counted as possessed. But no other being was inside of him. He was battling his own mind.
Krux threw the sword down and yelled, dropping to his knees and grabbing chunks of his raven black hair. In time he calmed down, but as his cold hearted self again. He got back up and picked up the sword, quietly walking to the house and inside. Finding the Air ninja to be in pain while her arm and hand was crushed under heavy rubble.
"PLEASE...PLEASE KRUX...G..GET IT OFF!!" She yelled whilst agony took over again. Making her cry more. He didn't do anything besides stare at her with a twisted smile. "No." Was all he said before he drove the sword into her already broken arm. Making sure she was down securely. Her cries only because louder, barely could breath due to the pain.
Even her mind fogged from the overwhelming pain. Without Krux knowing, she sent out a distress signal to her brother. Which he got immediately. Krux kneeled down to her and forced her to look at him. "Could of been useful for my plans. Let me tell you this. If you help me with sucessfully bringing ninjago city to the ground, then I'll leave you, your friends, even my brother alone. Which means I won't hurt anyone." Krux said lowly, she had nothing to say as she was rapidly bleeding.
Let alone trying to contain her sobs, he just pushed her down further. Getting up and swiftly removing the sword. Taking his time to clean it off with a nearby rag. "Forgot you was a robot. You don't bleed actual blood..but oil." He muttered as he was a bit disgusted with the oil on his blade. But his being distracted allowed a opening for her to make some wind to violently push him back through the wood wall.
But it use up alot of her strength, she tried to stay awake but she ended up passing out in a mere of seconds. Krux groaned from the tingling of pain down his back. He slowly sat up and winced in pain once he finally registered the mass pain in his hand. Turns out that the blade had cut his hand open, but not deep enough for stitches. "Fucking bitch...that was your last mistake.." he muttered as he got up slowly. But he was quickly pinned down by a shadowy figure.
"Nice try." Shade muttered, making sure Krux couldn't move. His metal heals dug into Krux's legs, which made the time twin grit his teeth. "I'm going to find Amyiah.. then the flowers. Make sure he doesn't leave." Zane said to shade before he moved the rubble off of Zena, then picking her up. He left right after shade nodded in agreement.
Krux moved his good hand and grabbed a piece of wood and flicked it at shades face, he yelped by the sudden small punture and let go. Giving krux the advantage to smash his head into the rubble. Knocking Shade out cold. Krux huffed and got up slowly. He grabbed the sword again and decided to follow the Droid.
But he stopped as soon he sawn the other ninjas, he scoffed quietly. "Next time then." He muttered as he turned around and ran off, though as much he hated it, he hijack a car just to get away from the village.
The ninjas founded the flower, which to them was very gorgeous. "What is this flower even called?" Nya asked as she held the small bundle that was already picked. "I have no idea-" "they are called the Illumina Time Flowers. Grown by The Time Keeper herself, Rhea." A young lady spoken, which caught the ninjas attention. "Who are you?" Lloyd asked quietly.
"Just a lady who is here to help, if you take her to the pond in the middle of the town, it can heal her wounds. Acronix had the water there be infected with the Fast Forward effect for the village." She said before she disappeared into the night. Which everyone looked at each other confused. But they decided to take her advice and take the Air ninja to the pond. Which all of them gotten a good look at the Statue that was infront of it.
Zane was hesitant with the idea, but he rolled up her sleeve and set her down. He sat down himself before he let her broken arm into the water. "Not sure if this would work-" he was startinf to say before a green glow came from the pond. The wound closed up in a mere of seconds, even it was cleaned. Though it didn't explain how it could heal a droid. "Woah." Jay muttered as he watched the effects slowly go away. Zane took her arm out and scanned it, finding it perfectly healed, even the metal mended back together.
"Wow...this is impossible..", Zane muttered, but he decided to try something. He took some water into his hands and gently tilted it above her forehead, doing the same to Amyiah. In a matter of a minute, both girls was able to wake up with no pain. "Ugh...what happened.." Amyiah muttered as she sat up, feeling very sleepy. "Krux...he...he attacked us..." Zena said, beind held by her brother protectively.
"If Krux is being this ruthless. Then we have a major problem on our hands.." Lloyd mentioned, he looked around for any sign of Krux. But nothing. "He is too strong...he is way clever than the last time..." Zena muttered, rubbing her face.
"We need Ray and Maya....