At Ed & Edna's Scrap 'n' Junk, Vermillion Warriors were loading metal into a recycling truck as a crane drops some in. "Yes!" Blunck said. "Keep it coming! Can't disappoint Commander Machia." As he talked, Ed discreetly heads over to a forklift. "No, not the Hands of Time's pet." He says the last sentence with sarcasm.
Ed drives the forklift around a pile of scrap and charges at them. "I reserve the right to refuse service to you!" He yelled, running a few of them over and they come apart.
Edna quickly comes out with a broom and starts sweeping the snakes away. "I don't think they saw your sign in the front window, honey." She replied.
"Take your fangs off my parents, you damn dirty snakes!" Jay yelled out as he came in on the Raider bike, jumps off, lands with a roll and fires a bolt of lightning, hitting a warrior and it falls apart. "Mom! Dad! Are you okay?"
"Oh, well, I'm now very late for my quilting circle... Say, shouldn't you be on your honeymoon?"
Jay turned back and fired bolts of lightning at the warriors. "Well, it's their fault Nya and I couldn't go on our honeymoon at all."
Blunck looks at Jay before putting a hand to his head. "The ninja mustn't interfere." He said. "Get over there and take him down."
As Jay was busy, shooting bolts of lightning at the warriors, two come up to the forklift and start shaking it. "Whoa." Ed said as they shook it. "Whoa!" Jay quickly runs over and catches Ed as he fell out while the warriors knock over the forklift. "Oh, Jay, what's happening? These fellas came out of nowhere and started grabbing things."
"Yeah, they do that." Jay replied as one of them came to Edna.
"Oh!" Edna yelled as she held it back with her broom. "Now that's rude!"
Jay fires a bolt of lightning at it, making it come apart and catches his mother. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you. I'm gonna get you both out of here on my bike." He points to the Raider bike, only to see it stripped into parts for the metal. "Argh, son of a bitch!"
In the swamp, Vermillion Warriors patrol around it while inside, Acronix comes up to Krux, who is looking at Cyrus. "Everything is moving along according to plan, brother." He said. "The metal is coming in by the snake load, and our-" He clears his throat. "-labourers, are already hard at work on their various projects. How's it going with Borg?"
"Poorly." Krux replied. "He's barely made any progress on the apparatus." He shows him a component before turning to Cyrus. "And I thought you were supposed to be this era's greatest inventor!"
Cyrus groaned as he banged a fist on a notepad, sending a pencil flying, and grabs a spoon. "How the hell can I create anything with these substandard materials?" He asked before throwing the spoon away. "Chunks of metal, tiny scraps! And these!" He picks up a couple of Dareth's fake trophies. "These aren't even good trophies!" He grabs a hook. "And don't get me started on these ****ing ancient tools!" He throws it over his shoulder. "Sorry, I can't do it."
"Excuses. In my day, we built with anything at hand. Craftsmanship meant something. I suspect you can build the apparatus, you just don't want to." He immediately pulled out a Ruger Super Blackhawk and pulls back the hammer.
"Okay, yes. And you can't make me! Not even with an empty gun either."
"Maybe I should've had that lookalike of yours captured too. Blake, isn't that his name?"
"Leave my son out of this!"
"Then, get to work."
Cyrus soon held the bird up. "**** you."
"Don't be so sure." He puts the gun away while he and Acronix soon turned to the doorway as Machia was coming in. "Ah, Commander Machia! I see you received my message."
"I did." Machia said as she walked up to them. "What was so important that you pulled me from the battlefield? I'm reluctant to leave details up to those fools, Blunck and Raggmunk."
"It appears one of our workers is reluctant to do his job. I was hoping you could... motivate him."
"With pleasure." Machia climbs onto the table and crawls over to Cyrus.
Her snakes around her helmet come at Cyrus, as he backed away in fear. "No." He said as Krux sips some tea. "No, no, no, wait!" Acronix soon went behind his brother. "I'll do whatever you want!"
"Yes... I know you will." She moves her snakes close, causing Cyrus to scream and Acronix to flinch while Krux smirked.
"So...so, so tickly! So, so terribly awful!"
"I like her." Acronix quietly said to himself. "She's...mean."
"Sounds like someone has a crush." Krux replied, teasing his little brother.
"I do not!"
In the Sea of Sand, a vortex appears in the sky and a Time Blade, glowing blue comes out and pokes into the ground, creating a bubble which spreads.
Back in the workshop, Acronix shrugged. "I mean, she's cute, sure. On the surface, but deep down, she's a pile of snakes." The moment he finished his sentence, the waves passes through them, slowing everyone down as Krux and Acronix soon realise what is happening.
At Mega Monster Amusement Park, a Vermillion Warrior kicks Lloyd back as the wave hits them, slowing them all down, as Cole, Gewuji and Maggie were also affected. Geoff had stabbed a Vermillion Warrior's sword into the ground and kicks one down as the wave hits them, slowing them down. "What is this?" Geoff asked, deep voiced and slow motioned.
At Ed and Edna's Scrap 'n' Junk, Jay and a warrior were about to charge at each other as the wave passed through them, slowing them down while Jay strikes the warrior with his nunchucks. Back in the workshop, Machia was slowly walking away from Cyrus as the twins were wondering what is going on before the wave shrinks, returning everyone back to normal. "It has arrived, brother." Krux said as Acronix checks his BorgWatch before Krux turned to him, annoyed. "Did you not hear me? The next Time Blade has arrived!" Acronix doesn't answer. "Which means we should be out looking for it. And yet you play children's games?"
"I am trying to discern the blade's location on my smartwatch!" Acronix replied. "However, if you keep distracting me-"
"Fine, fine! As usual, you have far to much faith in technology. Doesn't seem like a very smart watch to me."
"Actually, the BorgWatch is the smartest smartwatch ever." Cyrus said as he held up a screwdriver, knocking a trophy over. "There's a heart rate monitor, a GPS unit, and even a temporal anomaly locator." Cyrus drops the screwdriver as Acronix presses a button, opening a projection of the Sea of Sand. "Hmm?"
"The Time Blade is at latitude 34 degrees, longitude 28 degrees." Acronix said, noticing a beacon on the projection as Krux turned to Cyrus, who shrugs.
"Very well, it appears technology has its uses." Krux replied as he starts to move away. "Maybe. Sometimes."
"Hm, the Eastern Sea of Sand, given the Time Blade's location, our troops at both the scrapyard and Mega Monster Amusement Park can get to it before we can." Machia said as she looked at the beacon before sighing and turns to Krux. "I'm afraid Blunck and Raggmunk are in the best position to retrieve it."
"The Blade is now our top priority. Commander Machia, make it so."
Machia places a hand on her head. "Blunck, Raggmunk, hear me."
At Ed and Edna's Scrap 'n' Junk, Jay poised as the Vermillion Warriors were coming at him. "Message received, Commander Machia." Blunck said as he had a hand on his head before moving the other hand to it. "Vermillion Warriors, we're leaving. Take the builder, now."
"Vermillion Warriors?" Jay asked. "Really? That what they're calling-" A warrior pushes past Jay and grabs Ed. "Hey!"
"Let go of me!" Ed yelled as he was held by the warrior before Jay immediately runs at it. "Watch it!"
Jay grabs hold of the warrior and they end up crashing to an old car before another old car lands on top of it, blocking Jay's exit as Ed turned to see Edna brushing away some of the snakes while the warriors head for the truck. "Take her, she may be a builder also." Blunck said, pointing to her.
"Wait, wait!" Edna yelled as the crane drops the metal it had and moved over to her. "I don't like to go anywhere without my purse!" She soon screamed as the crane grabbed hold of her and the truck takes off.
"Edna!" Ed yelled.
The rest of the warriors head for the truck as it prepared to leave the junkyard. "Put me down!" She screamed again as the open crane bar slammed into the sign, breaking it off. By the pile, Vermillion snakes slither away as Jay uses his lightning power to knock the car out of the way and slowly crawled out before seeing his father, pointing to where the truck was. "Help!"
"Mom!" Jay yelled as he ran. "Hang on, I'm coming! Gotta form my dragon!" He skids to a stop and held his hands together. "Come on, Jay, you can do this. You can do this." He tries to form his dragon, but to no effect. "Oh, I can't do this, I'm too freaked!"
"There's meatloaf in the freezer, honey!" Edna was yelling from a distance as the truck was far from the junkyard before Ed came up to Jay, who removes his hood, and they sadly watch the truck leave, with Edna as the Vermillion Warriors' hostage.
