(A/N: The full chapter title is: Nothing This Valuable Will Be So Easily Conceded)


At the workshop in the swamp, Blunck and Raggmunk were standing still as Krux and Acronix move about in circles in front of them while Machia paced behind them. "You lost the Time Blade." Acronix said.

"We had the Time Blade, and now we do not have the Time Blade." Krux said.

"Why?"

"Because you dolts lost it." They both stop in front of them.

"To a bunch of kids."

"Kids!"

"It was the Blue Ninja." Blunck said. "He came flying in on some weird, super fast bike."

"I definitely want to get one." Raggmunk replied.

"So I did the whole time bubble thing."

"He did do the whole time bubble thing. So did I."

"You used the Time Blade?" Acronix asked.

"You were not given permission to use the Time Blade." Krux said as he moved to Blunck.

"Because you do not know how to use the Time Blade."

"Because if you knew how to use the Time Blade..." Krux nudges Blunck's armour. "...you would not have lost the Time Blade!"

"Now that I think about it, maybe we didn't use the Time Blade." Raggmunk lied.

"Yeah, I don't think we did." Blunck said, also lying.

"You use the Time Blade, lose the Time Blade, then lie about using and losing the Time Blade." Acronix replied, angered.

"Okay, yes, true, but we may have come up with a way to get it back." Raggmunk said.

"We lure all the Ninjas here by telling them we'll trade the blade for Cyrus Borg." Blunck said, pointing to Cyrus, who is working on something.

"We need Cyrus Borg." Krux replied. "Without his Apparatus, my plan won't work."

"Yeah, I know." Raggmunk said. "Um... Then we take the Time Blade and don't give them Cyrus Borg."

"Double cross." Blunck said.

"Has it ever occurred to you that if we do that, the Ninja will learn the location of our secret headquarters, see our master plan and try to take our Blade?" Krux asked, disliking the plan. Cyrus smiled as he overheard the conversation.

"It has not." Raggmunk replied. "Well, how about this?"

"Instead of all the Ninja, why not just Borg's son, the Silver Ninja?" Blunck asked. "Have him bring the Time Blade for his father, we take both him and the blade."

"Seems like an interesting plan." Krux replied, before moving closer and came at Blunck's face, making him back away, in fear. "But what good will that Master of Wind do?!"

"He is like his father, a younger version of himself, so he might have the same intelligence." Raggmunk said as Krux backed away from Blunck.

"He could help build the Apparatus." He said.

"One Borg is enough." Krux replied. "Besides, he might escape once he has his father and use his power to bring our Time Blade in his hands, then tell his fellow ninja where we are, and free all of our workers. Have you ever thought of that?"

"Um, no." Raggmunk said.

"Furthermore, we need all the Time Blades, including the one you lost."

Cyrus quickly grabbed some pliers. "This is your chance, Cyrus." He said to himself. "Time for a little industrial espionage." He prepared to cut a wire before hearing the sound of a gun's hammer being pulled back.

"Are you sure you want to cut those wires?" Machia asked as she held Krux's revolver, shocking him. "They look rather important for the Apparatus to properly operate." She moves his wheelchair to make him face her as she placed the gun aside. "The way lungs are important for a human to properly operate. Now, continue working on it, or maybe we can grab your son, force him to take your place." Cyrus quickly placed the pliers down and picked up the screwdriver before Machia turned the wheelchair back to the table, grabs the gun and heads back to Krux, Acronix, Blunck and Raggmunk, who are trying to come up with a plan.

"Okay, plan B." Blunck said to the Time Twins. "Hear me out. Operation Fudge Bomb. We just need 1,000 gallons of chocolate ice cream or-" Krux placed a hand on his head, in embarrassment.

"Or a plan that will actually work." Machia cuts him off.

"You have my attention." Acronix said.

"Because of your BorgWatch's temporal scanner..." She holds his arm up to look at it.

"I should have listened to my son and didn't add that." Cyrus muttered as he overheard the conversation while working on the Apparatus.

"...we know the Blade's location." She heads over to the door and opens it to look at the swamp. "Now we just need to go and get it."


In the study at the Temple of Airjitzu, Zane looked at his left to see Jay getting excited. "Let's do this." Jay said. "Time Blade ready?" Zane holds it out as Jay and Cole get ready before they soon ran at each other while Geoff, Gewuji and Maggie look on.

As they were about to collide, Zane stabbed the Time Blade into the floor, creating a time bubble and encases them all in it. "Faster, Jay." Cole said in slow motion.

"You're so slow, Cole." Jay said it in slow motion as the door soon opened.

"Hey." Lloyd called out as he and Tania came in. "I told you guys not to mess around with the Time Blade."

"We aren't."

As they came up to the others, the time bubble soon erupted, and Jay and Cole end up crashing into each other as well as Zane and land on the ground. "That was his idea." Geoff said to Lloyd, pointing to Jay, who soon chuckled.

"I said to hide it someplace safe." Lloyd said, swiping the Time Blade from Zane as he got up.

"And we ignored you." Gewuji replied while Jay got up.

"Besides, we were, um, skill building." Cole said as he got up.

"What skill?" Lloyd asked, looking at the ruined boxes and the cracks on the wall by Blake and Nya. "Room destroying? This blade is extremely powerful and highly coveted. Nothing this valuable will be so easily conceded."

"Yes, Master Lloyd." Geoff replied, bowing.

"'Nothing this valuable will be so easily conceded.'" Cole mocked Lloyd's lecture.

"And Geoff called him Master without the 'Temporary' and 'in Training' parts." Jay replied.

"Sounds to me like someone's earned his black belt in being a wet blanket."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lloyd asked, overhearing the remark.

"I believe Cole's intent is to describe you as a blanket which has become wet, but not for the purposes of putting out a fire, but rather to extinguish our enjoyment." Zane explained, causing Lloyd to groan.

"Aw, seriously, Lloyd." Jay said. "Lighten up." He swipes the Time Blade and spins it. "It's not going anywhere." He throws it in the air and it hits Maggie's head as it lands.

"Ow!" She yelled.

"Oh, sorry, Maggie!"

Maggie soon picked up the Time Blade. "Oh, you're gonna be sorry, all right." She heads over to Jay and climbs on top of him. "Let's see how you like being hit, you jerk."

The door soon opened, causing Maggie to stop as they see Dragon come in. "I see that after victory, some of you have chosen to admire yourselves." He said. "I encourage you not to be so careless. Nothing this valuable will be so easily conceded."

"Uh, sorry, Master Wu." Cole replied, bowing.

"Maybe we had enough fun, anyway." Maggie said.

"Well put, Master." Jay said.

"'Well put'?" Geoff asked.

"Lloyd just said the exact same thing." Gewuji said, but her boyfriend then sighed.

"Kai, Nya, Blake, join." Dragon said. "This is important."

They come up to the others as Tania leaves. "I'll go help Misako get some tea." She said.

"You have had a victory. A well earned one. But Krux, Acronix and their forces remain a threat. Do not allow your confidence to cloud your vigilance. I made that mistake once." Kai just looked at the helmet and soon remembered something about the symbol. "Kai, is something troubling you?"

Kai soon sighed before showing him the symbol. "The marking on this helmet." He said. "Do you recognize it?" Dragon soon gasped as he backed away before turning around. "You do recognize it. What do you know? Tell me, please."

"This means..." He moves forward a bit. "This changes everything."

Whistling was soon heard as the ceiling is broken through and a Vermillion egg lands by Yang's portrait. "What the hell was that?" Jay asked before they turn to the hole it made.