Ninjago S7 E1

## Plot

Far, far away from Ninjago City lies the ruins of the old, burnt down monastery. Okay, I know we just saw it last season, but it still looks so pretty! Besides, those events were undone via time travel, so they don't count. The place is looking a bit better, with small amounts of flora and fauna popping up. Amazing what time will do, huh? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Wu is there, looking at his watch, when suddenly, a multicolored portal opens up in the sky. A figure exits the portal, and is surprised to see Wu looking so old. They decide to finish what they started, and fight. Wu has been waiting decades to end this, but the figure says that it doesn't feel that long to him. After the events on the Day of the Departed, the ninja are cleaning up the museum. Cole is still getting used to having a corporeal body again, especially when his hands glow at random times, causing him to drop stuff. He still has that awesome looking scar. Nya uses an age old time travel phrase, causing Zane to remind her of the dangers of time travel from when he and the others did it. Oh, you don't know the half of it! Kai and Nya find a portrait of their parents, Ray and Maya. They don't know that much about them. They disappeared when Nya was three. Cole finds a large painting depicting a battle that none of them recognize. A young Wu and Garmadon are fighting two figures at the old monastery. Lloyd wonders if he'll ever live up to their legacy. It dates back to forty years ago today, during the first Serpentine War. Dr. Saunders comes in and claims that it was just a minor skirmish, maybe even a myth, but the ninja point out the size of the painting, and ask who Wu and Garmadon are fighting. He tells them a legend about twin brothers called the Hands of Time, because their elemental power was the ability to control time. They were called Krux and Acronix. Actually, Acronix is named after the software used to process the show, Acronis, and Krux is named after the word crux. Acronix is the figure that Master Wu is currently fighting. I honestly feel bad for the monastery, which is destroyed even more in the fight. Still, it's a really cool fight. Ronin and Dareth are helping Misako move their stuff into Master Yang's old temple. They find a box of Nya's old Samurai X stuff that should've gone to her cave. They debate whether to send it there, sell it, or put it on display somewhere. Acronix's sword falls over the cliff, and Wu threatens to drop him if he doesn't yield. He relents, and Wu says that the battle between the Hands of Time and the elemental masters finally ended today, at precisely six p.m. However, the portal opens up again, and a green blade falls out, causing weird stuff to happen all over Ninjago, as a green wave of energy spreads everywhere. People are suddenly teleported, with no idea how they got there. Time moved forward by one minute. Acronix grabs the blade and keeps fighting Wu. It's called a time blade, and it can accelerate time. The ninja are trying to figure out what's going on, and discover that it was a temporal energy displacement. Despite Wu putting up a great fight, Acronix uses the blade's ability to basically teleport, and zaps Wu with it. The ninja decide to head to the monastery to find out what's going on. Lloyd remembers that Wu said he was going to the monastery to finish an old fight, and that it was best if he went alone, because the season can't be allowed to end at the premiere by having Wu act reasonably for once. At least this time, Wu admits that he made a mistake. He uses spinjitzu, which causes Acronix to lose the time blade. He kicks Wu over the cliff. He loses his staff, but is able to hang onto a branch. Acronix gets the blade back, and the ninja arrive in the Bounty. They learn that he's Acronix. They fight him. Also, Nya does spinjitzu for the first time. Kai sets the monastery on fire again. Seriously? Acronix reveals that he knew Kai's father. Lloyd, Jay, Cole, and Kai fight him while Nya and Zane put out the fire. He moves forward in time and leaves. The ninja think that he was killed during the explosion that was caused when they used their powers on the time blade. They look around for Wu. Cole is able to catch him before he falls, and his hands glow again. They have a lot of questions for him. He says that there's a lot to tell them, and not much time. At the museum, Dr. Saunders meets with… Acronix. It's revealed that Saunders is actually his brother Krux.