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"Alright. Alright. We can get Lloyd back. We can get Lloyd back!" Gregory got up and held the Realm Crystal up towards the sky letting the moonlight shine down upon the reflective surface of the crystal, "Cursed Realm. Bring Lloyd here. Bring Lloyd back here to me!" Gregory's eyes began to glow with glimmering green light as he felt Morro's spirit inhabiting his arm just as Gregory himself was doing the same allowing both of them to access the Realm Crystal. "Return Lloyd to us. Focus and release him of the bindings containing him." Gregory closed his eyes as the Realm Crystal began to glisten with light blue energy summoning forth another portal in the sky dropping Lloyd down from within whom was now wearing Garmadon's sensei robes, "Lloyd, are those Garmadon's robes!? How did you get those from the Cursed Realm!? And...Why..." Gregory and Morro both lowered the Realm Crystal as they gazed upon Lloyd's surprisingly more grown up appearance until Gregory noticed that he was no longer watching but instead he was borderline examining each of Lloyd's details. "My dad is in the Cursed Realm, he gave me his robes as a sign of my ascent into becoming a sensei, he knows I can do it and I have hope in myself. I have hope that I can become a sensei and I want you to help me Gregory." Lloyd walks up to Gregory until he finally noticed how abnormal Gregory now looked while he was being possessed by Morro which made Morro and Gregory disconnect allowing Morro to exorcise himself from Gregory, "Hello again Lloyd, I would say it was good to meet you but I have something to deal with right now." Morro turned to look at the Preeminent as she stood up revealing that her entire body was encased with various buildings allowing her wield limbs. "Looks like this ain't gonna be easy. If I do not return from this then. I am truly sorry for everything I caused. I will make this right, I promise you Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon. I will fix this before anybody else gets hurt." Morro was looking towards Lloyd who was staring at him in surprise and terror then he turned to glare at the Preeminent as wind began to swirl around his hands allowing Morro to quickly run over to the edge of the ship, "No! Morro! Wait! You have no idea what you're doing! She'll destroy you!" Lloyd and Gregory tried running after Morro only for him to quickly dive off the boat using his aerokinesis to levitate himself over the water as he flew towards the Preeminent watching her slowly approach the ship.
"Preeminent! This ends here! You will not curse this Realm! I will never allow you to hurt the people of this world! I will oppose you until I am cast into the depths of the Departed Realm! This I swear until my final breath! Do you hear me!?" Morro flew towards the Preeminent as she tried swiping him down using one of her four arms despite the pain radiating throughout her body then Morro was grabbed in the air holding him in place, "No! Morro! We need to help him! We have to find the others Gregory!" Lloyd was panting softly then he rushed away once Gregory nodded the both of them began searching the ship until they found the other ninja who were all grouped together in the control room excluding Nya. "What? Where the hell is Nya!? Where the hell is she!? We need everybody! We can't just lose someone!" Gregory felt the tremble in his voice as tears formed in his eyes then he pushed past Cole and Jay trying to find Nya until he noticed her gazing at the Preeminent, "Nya? What the hell is she doing?" Gregory began walking over to Nya until he sensed the sudden increase of Elemental Energy surrounding her body then he stepped backwards once he realized what he was sensing. "Elemental Power...I've felt this type of energy once before, when Lloyd unlocked his Golden Power. The power of the True Potential! Everyone get down!" Gregory took a step backwards as water began to swirl around Nya causing her to begin floating upwards causing a sudden transparent orb form around her body with swirling blue energy sparking around her, "You're right, she's actually done it. She's unlocked her True Potential..." Lloyd stood next to Gregory as they both watched Nya's body emitting pure Elemental Energy then Nya raised her arms up towards the sky summoning the full power of the ocean itself. "My name is Nya Smith. Daughter to Ray and Maya Smith. Sister to Kai Smith. AND YOU! WILL! STOP!" Nya shut her glowing ocean blue eyes then she let out a powerful scream causing the water around the boat to start rocking around as pressure shot through the water around them, "Everyone hold on! We're entering Hollow's Trench!" Ronin's voice sounded like a mixture of fear and concern as the boat began to travel over Hollows Trench allowing Nya to spread her newly unleashed potential to connect her consciousness with the ocean for just a moment to start raising water level.
"Looks like fate has other plans for us Preeminent. I will see you in the Departed Realm once they're finished destroying you." Morro began to chuckle softly as the Preeminent slowly approached the nearly endless drop of the Hallows Trench which Morro could just sense was incoming so he just closed his eyes until he heard the immensely loud sound of water moving, "LOOK OUT! GIANT WAVE INCOMING! PROTECT THE PREEMINENT!" Soul Archer flew down and held the hundreds of other Ghosts that were desperately trying to help keep the Preeminent standing until a giant wave of water slammed into the Preeminent coating every Ghost in sight with a sudden splash of water causing hundreds of Ghosts to explode into green mist. "Nya did it, she really did it...Goodbye Ninjago, I fixed my mistake at last..." Morro took a deep breath as the Preeminent finally took the last step onto the cliff leading down into the Hollows Trench cracking the rock of the cliff knocking the Preeminent off balance sending it and Morro hurdling down into the ocean causing Morro to dissolve away as the Preeminent desperately tried to save herself, "She did it! Nya actually did it! She stopped the Preeminent!" Gregory, Lloyd and the other Ninja ran over to Nya as the orb of pure Elemental Energy around her disbursed dropping her to the ground as each of the ninja have her a supportive hug despite her confusion about the situation itself. "Woah! What the heck is going on!? I just...I was looking at the Preeminent then I felt this sudden wave of power shooting through my body and then I just lost focus on everything around me..." Nya was gasping softly as she tried understanding the situation then she looks at Gregory who was staring into the distance where the Preeminent was still slowly drowning in the Hallows Trench with a strange glimmer in his eyes, "When Morro and I connected through possession, when I felt his Ghost connect with me, I felt his pain and torment, but I also felt his determination and confidence. Morro is not just some villain, he was just a child who was betrayed by destiny and he died an innocent child. Today we defeated a great evil. But it was not just because of us. We won this battle because of Morro. He deserves to be remembered. He deserves to have this moment known because he is like us. He was Morro. Master of Wind. The possible Green Ninja. And he was my friend. Even when he hurt me." Gregory narrowed his eyes then he started channelling pure Elemental Energy into his hands only to fire it into the sky sending out a sudden powerful explosion across the sky.
"You're right Gregory, he was just a kid, and he does deserve to be known, the both of us felt him and so he does deserve to be remembered, maybe not right this moment, but we will find a way to do it" Lloyd placed his hand onto Gregory's shoulder as they listened to the cheering of the people on the boat then they watched the distant remains of Stiix slowly crumbling into the sea, "The City of Stiix has fallen, but we saved the people and stopped the monster. We saved the citizens at least" Gregory smiled softly as the Preeminent finally fell into the depths of the ocean disappearing from view as she finally dissolved away into nothing but ghostly green mist that dissipated moments after it came into contact with the oxygen. "Good job you two, things might not have gone the way we intended but we stopped the Preeminent" Jay smiled softly as he looked at Lloyd and Gregory finally being able to have a properly peaceful moment together until he noticed Gregory hesitantly crossing his arms, "And now, we go into the future, Morro will be our compass for what happens next, he might've not started out as a hero in this battle but her certainly left this conflict a hero" Lloyd took another gentle breath as the breeze flew past while all of the ninja walked over to the Lloyd and Gregory joining the both of them as they looked into the distance listening to the cheering of the citizens on the ship as the sun was rising in the sky as a new dawn for Ninjago.