[3P POV]
As Theo and the others contemplate on their loss they realize that the time has come ever closer for Lloyd to finally face his father to decide the fate for all of Ninjago, and though Theo already knew the result he would still do as much as he could to help; the Ninja as well as Wu, Nya, and Misako come from behind the trees and approach Dr. Julien/The Tinkerer.
"What was that sound? Th- the horns!" Dr. Julien points out "The Celestial Clock has reached zero and now Garmadons ultimate weapon is now operational, and the final battle between good and evil has all but begun" Wu states "Now Lloyd must face his father" Misakol adds on.
"Lloyd, your focus gives strength to invoking the power of the Golden Dragon, you cannot lose faith now everything rests on your shoulders" Wu says "But Sensei you saw what happened when I tried to face my father I- I froze; I cant fight him" Lloyd explains.
"You must, it is written in the scrolls" Wu states "Enough about whats written in the scrolls, what matters is you, Lloyd, take it from someone who had a recent encounter with someone obsessed with destiny; all you have to remember is that you make your own destiny, not the scrolls, not the First Spinjitzu Master, not your mentors, only you" Theo says in defence to Lloyd.
"Is no one else gonna question or praise that amazing speech right there?" Jay asks out of context; Kai rolls his eyes "What also matters is that my sister is safe, and since you protected her, that is something we should all really praise and give our gratitude to" Kai says parallelling Jay however being more relevant.
"Yeah, thank you Theo I would have been a real gonner without you, I owe you one!" Nya says with gratitude "My pleasure" Theo responds smiling; seeing this Jay seems to get jealous 'dont worry Jay, shes all yours" Theo casted the thought into Jay's head with the Element of Mind and winked at him, hearing this Jay regains his gleaming personality.
"Back on topic, remember Lloyd your father is just as scared" Misako reassures "Then the battle will be decided by who is willing to fight" Wu issues "You wont be alone, ill be right behind you; you have my fire!" Kai states "You have my Earth!" Cole adds "My Ice!" Zane adds "And Lightning!" Jay adds "And you have my power!" Theo culminates.
"Were all in this together kid!" Cole says "Then what are we waiting for? Lets suit up!" Lloyd issues, which after they do they head towards the Stone Army Fortress "Get down, now!" Lloyd issues to everyone.
"They wont know what hit them" Kai says "Time to chop wood!" Jay adds on "NINJA GO!!" the Ninja save Theo chant before kicking the door of fortress "Uh, Where the heck is everybody?" Jay asks "Ah and here I was all ready to release the thunder!" Cole says; surprisingly despite his element being Earth.
"The Ultimate Weapon is gone, where did it go?" Kai asks; the Mechanical falcon approaches the Ninja "My Falcon Friend wants to show us something" Zane points out; the Falcon leads to the weapons tracks "Woah, thats one big weapon!" Lloyd says surprised due to the tracks size.
"It appears to be heading towards the coast" Zane says "But why? wouldn't he try to use it on us?" Lloyd asks "Not on us, on Ninjago, he always wanted to turn our world into his own image, now we know how it will be done" Wu says "But if he starts turning things evil the balance will shift and allow the Overlord to cross over into our world" Misako explains.
"Then we have to make sure my father never fires that weapon!" Lloyd issues; the Ninja start running but as they do Dr. Julien runs out of stamina quite quickly "Father!" Zane says as he walks back to his father "You go on without me, im an inventor, not a fighter, ill only get in the way" Dr. Julien says.
"But what will you do?" Zane asks "Ill be back at the Bounty waiting for you to return in one piece, but dont worry a part of me will always be with you" Dr. Julien says "Be safe father" Zane says before having the Falcon land on his shoulder and running back to the Ninja and waving back to his father which he does the same; the Ninja all run off.
"Uhm, is anyone else thinking about how this might be our final fight together?" Jay says trying to bring up something to talk about "Both incorrect and irrelevant Jay, lets just focus on the fight" Theo issues blandly.
The Ninja all run up and eventually find the "Ultimate Weapon" on the coast nearly ready to fire and of course, Garmadon and the Overlord on top of it "Father, dont!" Lloyd screams to him "Lloyd…" Garmadon says as he turns around to face everyone.
"What are you doing? Press that button!" the Overlord commands but Garmadon pays him no heed "So the balance has sent my son, my brother, my wife, and the Ninja to try to stop me?" Garmadon asks to [technically] no one.
"Dont do it! If you alter the balance it will allow the Overlord to cross over" Misako explains "The balance will be destroyed and we will all pay dearly" Wu adds "Dont listen to them, they betrayed you!" the Overlord persuades.
"I dont wanna fight you but I will if I have to, this is about more than just us this is about what is right!" Lloyd issues to his father "And he wont be alone" Theo says "Yeah!" the other 4 Ninja reciprocate.
"Dont you see? I will never do what is right, the evil in my blood can never go away, it has corrupted every ounce of my fiber, every bone in my body! I am Lord Garmadon; destiny took my family from me and the only way for us to be together is to turn everything in this world into my image! You will all see what I see, feel what I feel!" Garmadon issues.
"It is not too late" Misako tries to convince Garmadon otherwise "Youve made your decision, and I have made mine!" Garmadon issues before he walks up to the button "NO!!!" Everyone except for Theo screams "Garmatron warming up… In T—-" the Garmatron responds "Warming up?!You could have warned me it had to warp up!" Garmadon shouts at the Overlord.
"How could I? You were monologuing…" the Overlord responds "We have to get to the top and shut it off!" Lloyd issues to everyone "Stop them!" Garmadon orders General Kozu; the Garmatron fires at Lloyd but Misako manages to block it "Go!" Misako says to Lloyd; he leaps over the Garmatron coming face to face with his father once more.
Garmadon and Lloyd are about to engage in a fight but Kozu mages to catch him off guard and hold him down "Got you!" he says as he pins him "--One" The Garmatron finishes counting down before releasing a missile of Darkness; Theo simply waves his hand and uses the elements of Wind and Gravity to cause the missile to implode in the sky rather than reaching Ninjago.
"That one, if we are to take over he must be stopped!" the Overlord indirectly motions to Theo "Yes!" everyone cheers, of course excluding the side actively fighting against the Ninja and their allies.
"Again!" Garmadon orders "Enough!" Theo issues before telekinetically lifting the majority of the Darkness Missiles into the sky via the Oni Magic of the Oni Warlord of Deception "Enough! I have had enough of losing, it seems the time must come shorter than I had anticipated" The Overlord states.
"The time for what?" Garmadon asks confused "This!" and as the Overlord says this Garmadon is surrounded by a light but inverted purple shade which sent a minor shockwave that sent Lloyd flying off of Garmatron.
Garmadon's body starts to mangle and warp "Wh- What are you doing to me?!" Garmadon asks enraged, confused, and scared "Taking my place as the true ruler of Ninjago!" the Overlord responds "No! The world will be remade in my image, not yours!" Garmadon states in a last ditch attempt "Goodbye 'Lord' Garmadon" the Overlord says as he finishes the possession process leaving Garmadon nearly a true SHADOW of his former self.
"Now I will take you out myself!" the Overlord says as he runs to the beach standing ready for Lloyds arrival "Go get him Lloyd, but be careful this is no longer your father, he will not hold back" Theo assures Lloyd before Lloyd runs up to the beach to face him.
Theo watches as the battle progresses with each side making decent process specially the Ninja with taking out the Stone Army and the smaller contraptions; Lloyd however was not doing too well, but still the outcome of the battle was still unclear to most, Theo however did know the answer.
Finally the Overlord recovers from one of Lloyds energy blasts and flies straight towards him creating a crater in their wake; I cant hear what their saying but I know still know what it is, finally the two blasts collide before the Overlord finally pushes through and manages to catch Lloyd in his beam.
Theo's eyes glow a bright purple as he moves at beyond superhuman speeds and creates a blast of both Shockwave and Destruction from his palms and fires it at the Overlord before he can injure Lloyd enough to break his leg.
The Overlord manages to recover and flies up to the Garmatron, he considers destroying the Ninja now but realises with Theo there he needs to fully regroup "ENOUGH, we dont need to waste our time with their pestering, we will go to Ninjago City to finish this once and for all!!" The Overlord issues to the Stone Army.
As the Overlord says this a vortex forms and the army manages begins to run through it "If they leave that means well be stuck here with no way to get back, Get to the vortex, now! Im there IM THERE!"
Kai says as he desperately tries to get in the portal, however this attempt proved futile as the portal gate closed just slightly beforehand "NO!!!" Kai screams, Dr. Julien finally arrives and with the bounty "Hey, want a lift?" Dr. Julien jokingly asks and everyone cheers.
"Here, ill bring the hook down" Dr. Julien says "No need doctor" Theo says as his hands grow a bright green and in that instant the entire team is warped to the bounty "Please warn us next time you do that" Jay asks "Will do" Theo responds smugly.
Lloyd, completely uninjured walks up to me smiling "Thank you Theo if you hadnt saved me from… my father, I dont know what would have happened to me" Lloyd thanks Theo "That wasnt your father" Theo states "Yeah, but you know–" Lloyd says with a slightly sad expression "Sorry, my bad" Theo apologizes "Its okay I know you only wanted to cheer me up so thank you" Lloyd once again thanks.
"Uhm, sorry to break this great bonding moment but may I remind you weve got a monstrosity to stop" Kai states "And anyway how are we going to get back in time anyway? We dont exactly have the fastest engines" Jay adds.
"Leave that to me" Theo once more smirks as his eyes and hands glow a bright pink as the engines get modifies and enhanced out of nowhere and supercharge the contraption causing them to get to Ninjago at great speed; finally they arrive at the main building spire.
The hook falls down and so do the Ninja but before Lloyd goes out Theo stops him "Lloyd wait" Theo says "What is it?" Lloyd asks "If your going downt there you might as well take this" And as Theo says that Golden Energy starts to materialize as the FSM's Golden Mech forms in it "Is that–" Lloyd says but is cut off "Its not mine, just passing it on to its rightful user, now lets get down there and kick some–" Theo says but stops himself, Lloyd and Theo both drop down.
"Brace for impact!" Lloyd says as he charges into the fortress and manages to break his way in and take out a few Stone Warriors, unfortunately a blast of Darkness directly from the Overlord manages to incapacitate the mech quite easily; the rest of the Ninja arrive and Lloyd manages to get out of the damaged mech.
"I know weve always drawn a crowd but this is ridiculous" Jay states half-heartedly "How can you make jokes at a time like this?" Kai asks clearly annoyed by Jay's antics "Hey if im going down, might as well go down laughing" Jay responds "If this is how we are going to go down, I am proud to be fighting alongside my brothers" Zane adds "Here here" Cole reciprocates; Theo just sighs but even under that disappointed looks small genuine smile tugged at Theo's face.
"Keep fighting, never give up!" Lloyd issues "Ninja never quit!" Kai adds "NINJA GO!!" all the Ninja save Theo shout as they all summon their Spinjitzu with colors of Red, Brown, White, Blue, Green (with sparks of Gold), and slightly shaded Amethyst.
"Guys we gotta make it to that tower!" Kai points out "On it, oh and heres your warning" Theo 'warns' "Wait wha–" Jay is cut off as once again the Ninja disappear and reappear in a flash of green energy.
"You cant complain now" Theo states blandly "Thats- thats fair I guess" Jay responds, theo briefly smirks "Wait, why is the Stone Army frozen?" Kai asks; as everyone looks down they are all dumfounded.
"That dosent matter cmon!" Theo says as they all race up the building "Look out!" Jay says as he and Lloyd manage to just barely dodge the cloud of darkness, however it catches Cole "Go on without me!" Cole says with his voice strained; the rest of the Ninja are forced to continue
Jay also gets caught shortly after "Dont look just keep climbing!" Kai issues as they all continue upwards "From my calculations with the distance remaining to the top the odds are that only one of us is going to make it!" Zane states "Then lets beat the odds!" Lloyd issues.
Noticing that Jay and Cole are corrupted they briefly stop "Go on, ill hold them back!" Zane stated before clashing with the other two Kai, Lloyd and Theo remain "Wait Kai, we have to stop this isnt our fight" Theo issues "But you said you would always be right behind me" Lloyd says sadly "And we will be, but remember what I told you, no matter how powerful any of us may or can be, only you can truly defeat your father" Theo states.
"Then I better get to it!" Lloyd states before running off as Kai and Theo cheer for him, Lloyd finally reaches the top and Theo watches closeby and they finally get a good glimpse of the Overlord's 'true' form.
"Overlord, I have come here to fight you!" Lloyd issues "Look around, look at your friends, 'friends' under my control, it is over EVIL HAS WON!" the Overlord states "A Ninja never quits" Lloyd states; the Overlord laughs "You dont even have a Sword" the Overlord mocks "I dont need a sword" Lloyd responds before charging up his power and shielding himself.
"Then all I have to say is… GOODBYE" the Overlord says as he fires a beam of immense power from his mouth which causes Lloyd to pull through and shield with his powers as much as he can, and as he reaches the puch near the end of the building, Lloyds inner power awakens.
Golden and White Light culminates and reaches its zenith as Lloyds transforms into a Golden Gi and levitates mid-air "I am the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master" Lloyd issues for the world to hear; Lloyd then atatcks, defends, and counters against the Overlords attacks before summoning the Golden Dragon and facing the Overlord on similar Draconic footing.
"You cant defeat me, where there is light there will always be SHADOW!" the Overlord states "Unless my light is bright enough!" Lloyd responds as he engulfs the Overlord in Golden Energy before retuning back to the building top "THIS ENDS NOW" Lloyd states "You cant defeat me!" the Overlord repeats before engulfing Lloyd in a shadowy cloud.
Theo could not see what was happening inside but he knew what was happening; minor cracks of golden and white light came out from the cloud before evaporating it instantly and purifying the entire realm with his power.
As everyone is left at the ruins of the building they were standing on and anroundTheo watches as everyone embraces each other for the hardship they endured, Theo just watched and this time did genuinely smile.
"Lloyd!" everyone cheers save Lloyd, Theo, and Misako "You were great son" Misako says "Because of you Ninjago is safe, because of you there will be a tomorrow" Wu adds "Bring it in!" Theo says smiling before hugging Lloyd.
"Speaking of which, if the Overlord should ever decide to show his face again around here, well be ready" Kai states "And next time well be a little more humble" Cole adds "And a little more wise" Jay adds "And with better catchphrases" Jay culminates and everyone laughs, even Theo.
"We will all miss your father–" Misako says trying to comfort Lloyd before a man coming out of rubble becomes visible "Lloyd… What- what happened?" he asks "Garmadon is it really you?" Misako asks; Garmadon smiles at Lloyd "Dad? DAD!" Lloyd says as he runs up to hug his father; Misako walks up to him as well.
"Every ounce of evil and venom is… gone" Misako says happy but still dumbfounded "I feel good, its been so long!" Garmadon says happily "Good to have you back brother" Wu says smiling to Garmadon "Wu! Good to be back!" he says as they both somewhat embrace each other.
"Ah would you look at that, who would have thought we would ever see the day? Think we should dogpile them?" Jay says and then asks jokingly for the last part "Lets give them their moment" Kai said which they all respected.
"Its been quite a ride fellas" Cole says "You think there will be others?" Zane asks in response "I hope so, I liked being a Ninja its not like we have many other skills" Cole says "Ha! Speak for yourself im looking forward to doing a little inventing, maybe some model building, dabble in poetry–" Jay is saying but is cut off.
"Jay is right, weve come a long way and theres no reason why we cant use what we learned in our everyday lives, and who knows we may have gotten the balance right today, but theres always tomorrow; theres no way of knowing whats around the corner but as long as theres something worth fighting for, theres always a need for a Ninja, and well be ready!" Kai issues to his team.
"Hey Theo?" Lloyd alongside Garmadon and Misako looks at Theo "You coming?" Lloyd aks smiling; Theo reciprocates the bright smile and walks up to them and seeing what the future has in store, but then again he already knows, but that is why its important to remember to make some New Legacies, not just follow the old ones, and that is exactly what Theo will do.