A Sinister Shadow/Transcript

(The episode starts with a montage similar to the intro sequence, with Harumi narrating the flashbacks.)
Harumi (narrating): My name is Harumi, the Jade Princess. You may think you know my story, but you don't. As a child, the ninja were my heroes. Until the day the Great Devourer attacked Ninjago. Although my parents found a way to save me, they couldn't save themselves. The ninja, my beloved heroes, had failed me. Failed us all. I was adopted by the Emperor and Empress of Ninjago, making me a princess. But becoming royalty couldn't fill the emptiness in my heart. So I began plotting my revenge. I resurrected the greatest enemy the ninja have ever faced — Lord Garmadon. But the results went out of my control. The city was attacked yet again. I couldn't let another family be torn apart like mine was. That's how people think my story ended. But sometimes, an ending is merely a new beginning.
Past Crystal King: Harumi. Awaken. Hear me.
Past Harumi: Where — where am I?
Past Crystal King: You are with me. I have been watching you for some time, princess. Your skill and daring have impressed me. But you have chosen a poor champion.
Past Harumi: I don't understand.
Past Crystal King: You have placed your faith in Garmadon. A poor choice. He failed you, and you were abandoned again.
Past Harumi: Who are you? How do you know all this?
Past Crystal King: I am the Crystal King. And I have the power to restore you, if you will serve me.
Past Harumi: But I don't even know who you are.
Past Crystal King: A shame. I expected courage from you, Harumi, not reservation, not fear. But it seems I was wrong. Enjoy eternity in the Departed Realm.
Past Harumi: No, wait! I'll do it. I'll serve you.
Past Crystal King: Very well. Then I shall grant you life anew.
(Harumi wakes up in the rubble of a building, holding a crystal.)
Past Crystal King: Good. Now dig us out of here.
Past Harumi: (She tries and fails to lift the beam trapping her.) I — I don't have the strength.
Past Crystal King: You do now.
(The crystal glows, and so does Harumi's eyes. She pushes the beam off and emerges from the rubble.)
Past Harumi: Now what?
Past Crystal King: Take me to the place where you revealed your true face for the first time.
(Harumi arrives at the Oni Temple.)
Past Harumi: The Oni Temple.
Past Crystal King: Go to the altar. Place the crystal on the pedestal, like a seed. From it will grow a new dawn.
(Harumi has a flashback to when she betrayed and fought Lloyd in the temple. She then places the crystal into the pedestal.)
Past Crystal King: Excellent.
(The Oni Temple is crystalized.)
Past Harumi: You — you're the Overlord!
Past Overlord: I have had many names. Dark Lord. Golden Master. Crystal King. And yes, Overlord.
Past Harumi: I can't serve you. You'll destroy everything.
Past Overlord: Destruction comes from conflict, from the eternal struggle between light and dark. I will end that struggle. If you serve me, I will destroy the Balance and end the conflict once and for all. There will be peace in the dark.
Past Harumi: I will serve you.
Past Overlord: Good. Then my first command is this: Build me an army.
Past Harumi: I've recruited mercenaries before for the Sons of Garmadon, but—
Past Overlord: I didn't tell you to recruit an army. I told you to build one ... out of Vengestone. Let my enemies' weakness be my strength.
(Harumi bows and leaves.)
Harumi (narrating): Vengestone is difficult to come by. It took a lot of searching, but I eventually found a nearly endless supply.
(She arrives at the Kingdom of Shintaro.)
Past Vangelis: Greetings, Princess Harumi. How good to see you again.
Past Harumi: Vangelis.
Past Vangelis: Unfortunately, we must postpone our negotiations. I have visitors arriving any moment. Visitors I do not think you want aware of your presence.
Past Harumi: What visitors?
Past Vangelis: The ninja.
Past Harumi: The ninja could ruin everything! Your so-called "perfect city" runs on the money I paid for that black market Vengestone!
Past Vangelis: Do you really think I am unprepared for the ninja? I control Shintaro in ways you cannot imagine. (He opens a box, revealing the Skull of Hazza D'ur and transforming into the Skull Sorcerer.) Fear nothing. My Geckle and Munce workers will provide every ounce of the Vengestone your Crystal King requires. And if the ninja are destroyed in the process, so be it.
(Behind them, the doors are knocked. Harumi hides, while Vangelis transforms back to his normal form.)
Past Vangelis: Enter!
Past Hailmar: It is with great honor, King Vangelis, that I present the famed ninja of Ninjago.
Harumi (narrating): But of course, King Vangelis was defeated, putting an end to his Vengestone mines. And the blame for this lay firmly on ...
(In a rice farm, the ninja reveal themselves to Miss Demeanor and her henchmen in a flashback.)
Past Henchman #1: The ninja!
Past Miss Demeanor: Ooh, I've been waiting for this! I've worked so hard to make it to the top. And it's actually happening! Oh, wait, wait, wait, I had a line for this. Oh yeah, I've got a warm welcome planned!
Harumi (narrating): With King Vangelis's operation shut down, I had to get the last of the Crystal King's Vengestone from ... less reputable sources.
(The flashbacks end.)
Lloyd: You were there all along? You were the mysterious Vengestone buyer we were trying to track?
Harumi: The greatest villain is the one that got away. Remember?
Lloyd: So you're using the Vengestone to build an army? But what are you gathering all these villains for?
Harumi: Well, I needed enough players for my villainous volleyball team, of course.
Lloyd: Are you serious?
Harumi: Of course I'm not serious!
Lloyd: Well it's hard to tell with you sometimes!
Harumi: How you ended up leading Ninjago's greatest heroes is beyond me. It's amazing how gullible you are.
Lloyd: I don't normally fall for things like that, but I'm a little frustrated and confused right now.
Harumi: (laughs) Well, this is only the beginning of your frustrations. Because the next part of my plan involves breaking into your precious Monastery of Spinjitzu.
Lloyd: Is that what this is about? You're trying to take over the monastery?
Harumi: (laughs again) No. I have zero interest in your monastery. But I am interested in the weapons of Spinjitzu, which are inside the monastery.
Lloyd: But why? What do you need them for? They no longer have any power.
Harumi: You of all people should realize power is never really destroyed. How many times have you and your ninja lost their powers, only to regain them?
Lloyd: Harumi!
Harumi: What? I'm clearly trying to leave in a dramatic way!
Lloyd: There's something I need you to know. You once told me you never actually had feelings for me. That it was all just a trick. Maybe that's true. But, my feelings for you are real.
Harumi: Then why didn't you come for me?
Lloyd: I did!
(In a flashback, Lloyd frantically searches through rubble.)
Past Lloyd: Harumi? Harumi!
(The flashback ends.)
Lloyd: I searched through that rubble with my bare hands.
Harumi: You didn't search long enough.
Lloyd: I understand you hate me. And maybe I deserve it. But either way, I can't let you get your hands on those weapons. (He frees himself from the chains.) So, I'll just be going now. Sorry, Rumi.
Harumi: No. I'm sorry, Lloyd.
(Lloyd turns to see Mister F approaching. He attempts to use his powers, but fails.)
Lloyd: My powers!
(Mister F kicks Lloyd down and shoots his crystal gun at him to stop him.)
Harumi: In the presence of this much Vengestone, you are powerless, Lloyd. There's nothing you can do to stop the coming of the Crystal King, and Ninjago will finally find peace — in the darkness of his rule.
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