•The World Isn't Ending• (Cole x Reader)

🪱~Samuri Snake~🪱

In the Temple of Airjitzu, Wu sips his tea. "Ah. Another cup please, Misako."

"Okay, but drink it slower this time. Healing Tea doesn't work on a burnt tongue." He drinks the tea. "Sip! You are quite impatient."

"The same could be said of them."

"Okay, Master Wu, you've had your tea. Now can we talk?" Cole asked

"Ask any question you wish." Master Wu replied

"Who did we fight in the monastery?" Cole questioned

"That was Acronix." Zane answers

"From the painting?" Kai pondered

"Twins look alike!" Lloyd exclaimed

"Or was it Krux?" Nya asked

"Definitely Acronix." I said glancing at her

"Is he from the future?" Zane brought up

"How does he speed up time like that?" Kai spoke

"Was he from the past?" Cole questioned

"Who ate my pudding cup?" Jay shouted as we all stare at him. "What? He said ask any question. I put my name on this. Just because we're in a new dojo doesn't mean we disobey the refrigerator rules!" We stare at him again. "Right. Sorry. Guy in monastery. What's his story?"

"Well, to answer that, I must begin at the end. It was forty years ago, shortly after the Serpentine Wars. When I was a much younger man. As you know, we fought valiantly, but our enemies were strong, and our powers alone were not enough. It was the discovery of the magic flutes that allowed us to finally defeat the Anacondrai. Their leaders were banished. And peace was returned to Ninjago."

"Hold on a sec. So that guy at the monastery is an actual Elemental Master of Time?" Cole wondered out loud

"No. Acronix was an Elemental Master of Time, like his brother, Krux." Master Wu sips his tea. "After helping us win our hard-fought peace, they betrayed me, Garmadon, and the others. The so-called Hands of Time felt they controlled the most powerful Element, therefore entitling them to rule all of Ninjago."

"What did you do?" I asked slowly

"We had to stop them. And it would take all of us. Garmadon, myself, and every Elemental Master." Master Wu explained

"Even our parents?" Kai put in

"Of course. Kai, Nya, your mother and father were great fighters, but it appeared even they had met their match. Acronix was a skilled warrior, one of the best I've ever seen, but his real power was his ability to control the forward movement of time. By sending himself forward, he was always ahead of the action, as if he had super speed. However, a slow progression can be just as dangerous. Different power, but equally effective. One Master of Time was bad enough, but like the hands on a clock, there were two. Krux's power was the opposite of his brother's. He could reverse time. It's a huge advantage in combat. Know your opponent's next move, know how to counter it. He could even control time to the point of halting it. Of course, he didn't halt himself. We knew we had to prepare. Fearing that next time, we would not be so lucky." Sensei answered

"You said the Hands of Time were unbeatable, yet you beat them. How?" Lloyd asked

"The way one often defeats an enemy—by taking away their weapon." Master Wu responded

"I thought it was to make them your friend." I remarked whispering to Cole who snickered remembering that lesson

"But their weapon was Time." Zane spoke up