The Sons of Garmadon took Lloyd to the Temple of Resurrection.

"So this is your true face, without the mask. No wonder you covered it." Lloyd says to Harumi

Harumi growled "Bite your tongue, Green Ninja. The fight is all but over"

"Where are you taking me?" Lloyd questions

"Trapped in the Palace of Secrets all my life, it gave me time to make a few...alterations, you could say. Yes, Aria destroyed the palace, but I was careful to make sure she didn't damage the Temple of Resurrection" Harumi replies

"The Ninja have survived. They are in the city" Ultra Violet informs Harumi

"What was that you said about the fight being over?" Lloyd questions smugly

"Let them come. If anyone tries to stop me, I always have my insurance policy" Harumi points to Misako getting thrown into a cage.

"Mom!" Lloyd shouts

"Lloyd? She's crazy. She wants to bring back your father" Misako says

"I've been so looking forward to this...family reunion" Harumi laughs

"Let her go. This is between us" Lloyd says angrily

Harumi smirks "No, Lloyd. There was never anything between us. It hurts, doesn't it? There's nothing more powerful than a blow to the heart. We found her after she tracked down young Wu. Helpful of her. Prepare the ceremony. We begin at nightfall"

"I won't let you get away with this" Lloyd says angrily

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The Sons of Garmadon have Lloyd trapped in another cage.

"What are you doing?" Lloyd questions

"The three Oni Masks alone won't bring back your father. For the ritual to succeed, I also need a hair from the son" Harumi plucks his hair "and from the wife" Mr. E lowers Misako's cage, making Lloyd's go up, she plucks her hair.

"And I already collected one from the brother, dear little Wu. So are we all ready to begin?" Harumi asks

Ultra Violet, Killow, and Mr. E goes to Harumi with the masks. Harumi is holding Aria's spellbook.

"Good. You've brought the masks. Any trouble?" Harumi asks

"Nothing the others can't handle" Killow replies

"Then the ceremony is ready" Harumi smirks

"I get it. I hurt you. And you want to hurt me, but isn't the way. You don't have to do this. We will stop you" Lloyd declares and the Sons of Garmadon laugh.

"You put too much faith in your friends, Lloyd" Harumi says "Place the masks in position"

They did as Killow brings out Aria.

Harumi holds out Aria's spellbook to her "remember blondie, one false move and your boyfriend can go for a swim"

"Oh no, water" Aria says sarcastically "how tragic"

"Aria" Lloyd says

Aria takes her spellbook and holds her arms out "you know I'm gonna need these cuffs off to use my powers"

Harumi carefully and reluctantly took off Aria's cuffs, restoring her powers.

"Now-"

"yeah yeah perform the spell or you'll drown my ex-boyfriend" Aria turned some pages in her book before stopping on one, Harumi looked at it before letting her continue, Aria held her hand out above the fire "Clotho venge. Clotho decer. Clotho haeed" she was saying it as slow as she can without any complaints from the sons of garmadon

Misako panicked "Lloyd, it's starting. Where are the Ninja? Aria can't stall the spell for long"

"Clotho venge. Clotho decer. Clotho haeed, Clotho venge! Clotho decer! Clotho haeed. Rip the fabric between realms! As your ruler I call upon you! Connect me to...the Departed Realm"

The portal started opening

"I call upon thee lord of many names. Lord of Destruction! King of Shadows! Lord Garmadon! Garmadon!" Harumi shouts

"Leave my father alone!" Lloyd shouts

Aria sensed the ninja and quickly out the spell as the ninja all came in and attacked the Sons of Garmadon.

"The Ninja!" Harumi shouts

Aria turns to them "Hey idiots there's a trap!"

They submerge Lloyd into the water.

"My son! Help him!" Misako calls out

"hold this pyro" Aria hands her spellbook to Kai "keep it safe"

Aria runs and jumps into the water.

"Don't worry Aria's got him, we'll get you" Cole runs over to Misako and breaks open her cage

Underwater Aria swam to Lloyd's cage, he moved back as Aria grabbed hold of the cage's bars and used hellfire to melt them, the fire's so hot that it works underwater. Lloyd swam out of the cage and over to her. He put one of his arms around her waist and swims them to the surface.

Lloyd climbed up and helped Aria up, she coughs up some water.

Lloyd pats her back "easy"

A knife was thrown and hit Aria's shoulder, she held her arm in pain. In anger Lloyd uses his energy to create a shockwave that knocked out the Sons of Garmadon and Harumi. Lloyd carefully pulled out the knife in Aria's shoulder, thankfully it wasn't too deep.

Aria laid against Lloyd's chest and he wrapped his arms around her as the Commissioner and his forces storm the area to arrest the villains with a screaming Harumi.

"It's over" Lloyd sighs in relief

"once I heard the ninja I knew it was time to end the spell" Aria looks up at him "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine" Lloyd hugs her a bit tighter and she hisses in pain "I'm so sorry, your shoulder-"

"It's ok Lloyd" Aria turns around and kissed his forehead "I'm ok"

Lloyd looks at his mom "I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry I dragged you into this"

"You didn't drag me into anything. This isn't your fault" Misako replies

"I should have known. I should have seen through Harumi" Lloyd says

"Your only mistake is that you're trusting, good, and see the best in people" Misako reassures him

"Not anymore" Lloyd looks down

"About time" Aria comments

"Drop it honey" Lloyd looks at her

"Oh am I your honey again?" Aria questions smirking

"You're in big trouble young lady" Lloyd pinches her nose "how dare you break up with me for that stupid reason"

"ahhh nuuu" Aria swats his hand "stoooop"

Lloyd chuckles "whether you like it or not your my girlfriend, you don't have a choice"

"heh" Aria stands up "good luck with that then"

"mhm" Lloyd smiles

Aria walks to Kai to get her spellbook as Lloyd finds Harumi in a cop car.

"Please Lloyd. You were right. This isn't me" Harumi pleads

"Stop. Save it for someone who cares" Lloyd glares at her "It looks like you were wrong. You weren't the one who got away"

Harumi charges at Lloyd but he closes the doors on her.

"What the heck is this thing anyway?" Kai asks as he hands Aria her spellbook

"It's my spellbook" Aria replies putting it out of sight as the other ninja gathered around "a little fact for you boys, nobody else would've been able to perform that ceremony except for me, that's why they needed me and of course Lloyd was the perfect bargaining chip against me"

"Couldn't you have turned into a dragon or called upon your guards or something" Jay says "then you wouldn't have had to performed the spell"

"The Sons of Garmadon were the ones completely in control of the situation" Aria tells them "My guards wouldn't have made it in time and if I had turned into a dragon they would've drowned Lloyd immediately, my attempts to save him in that form would've been futile"

"Yeah she has a point" Kai agrees "and once again we were assisted by our enemy"

"Ha" Aria smirks "you all are so pathetic"

"Well these pathetic ninja are kicking your ass right now 'dark lord'" Jay says "good has won once again and evil has lost"

"Jay don't start a fight" Nya sighs

Lloyd thinks back to what Mistake said 'in retrospect, if you two were to battle.. she would surely be the victor'

"The Sons of Garmadon may have lost, but I haven't lost anything" Aria crosses her arms

"Eh.. what's that supposed to mean?" Jay asks

"Bye ninja" Aria begins to walk away

"Wait what's that supposed to mean?" Jay repeats turning to Zane

"It means their was a hidden motive behind what Aria has done in the past week" Zane tells him "she most likely has her own plan that was disrupted by these events"

"I wouldn't doubt it" Cole sighs

Lloyd sighs

"Greenie!"

Lloyd looks up at Aria in the distance.

"See you next time!" Aria blows him a kiss and waves before leaving

Lloyd chuckles "yeah.. that's my girl"