Ninjago S7 E3

## Plot

At the temple, the team is trying to figure out who the samurai snake guys were. Kai says that something about the helmet feels familiar. Wu isn't acting like himself. Basically, when he was hit by the green time blade, it accelerated his aging. An hour for us is 24 hours for him, which piles up fast. Zane is still offline, and Borg is the only one with the technology to bring him back online, but he's missing. Nya might be able to reboot him with the computer at the Samurai X cave. Cole and Jay decide to go with her to help. Lloyd stays to look after Wu. Kai goes to the museum to ask Dr. Saunders about the helmet. Krux and Acronix put the captured Borg in a sarcophagus. It's time for phase two of their plan. Soon, they'll have thousands of Vermillion warriors at their disposal. There are three Vermillion commanders to control an army of that size: Raggmunk, Blunck, and Machia, who is a girl. I only bring it up because there are so few female antagonists on this show. Sure, we also had Skylor and Dogshank, but they both reformed, or at least switched sides, even if Dogshank's was undone. They're also all subservient to male antagonists instead of being main ones themselves. Spoilers, but during the entirety of the show's 15 season run, there only ended up being two. The commanders have been bred to be strategic thinkers with superior intellect that can communicate with the other warriors telepathically and control them through the hive mind, but Raggmunk and Blunck get into antics that are played for laughs. They're also fighters, so they're very aggressive and get into fights a lot. At the cave, Zane doesn't wake up, but they can see the last thing he saw through his video feed. Nya slows the footage down, and they see that Zane was hit by something blurry. She tries to slow it down even more, but they lose the connection. Wu notices that Lloyd seems distant. He feels like he should be doing something as a master in training. Wu can't exactly teach him in his current state. Kai arrives at the museum. He sees the portrait of his parents and thinks back to when he first saw Nya. Krux and Acronix receive word that he's there. Nya upgrades the computer and slows down the footage even more. They see that it was Acronix with the time blade. He fast forwarded into a blur, which is why Zane never saw him coming. He took Borg. They remember that he saw someone before that, and see that it was Dr. Saunders. They realize that he's working with Acronix and the samurai snakes, which means that Kai is in danger, so they head to the museum. Zane still hasn't woken up, but Nya has him on a restore and reboot protocol. Pixal can't wake him up. Kai meets with Saunders, who claims that the helmet is a cheap knockoff. Kai decides to look around. All throughout Ninjago, Vermillion warriors are kidnapping people who are the best at what they do. Saunders tries to get Kai to leave. Suddenly, he realizes why the helmet is so familiar. It's just like the ones Krux and Acronix were wearing in the painting. It means that Krux is still around somewhere. Krux loses his fake mustache, and Kai realizes that Saunders and Krux are the same person. While on their way to the museum, Nya, Cole, and Jay see the Vermillion Warriors kidnapping people. Cole and Jay stay behind to try and stop them. Kai and Krux fight. Kai sees that he kidnapped Borg, which means that he took out Zane. Cole is still having trouble with his earth punch. The Vermillion escape with the people into the sewers. Nya arrives at the museum. Kai and Krux keep fighting. Kai says that he'll defeat him, just like Wu, Garmadon, and his parents did before him. However, Krux claims that Wu lied, and that Kai's parents actually fought *with* the Hands of Time instead of against them. Before they can continue, Acronix finally shows up. They defeat Kai, but Nya shows up to help him. They fight, and Acronix uses the time blade to escape with his brother and Borg. At the cave, the others wonder why the Time Twins are kidnapping all of Ninjago's builders. Kai is thinking about what Krux said about his parents being traitors, but doesn't tell Nya. Zane finally wakes up. He says the numbers four, seven, two, one, and nine, and then shuts down again.