(A/N: I thought i should let you know that I had chosen to change Mandy's name to Joan, after my grandmother, who had passed just last week. Even though I'm not that close, I miss her)

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Now knowing the location of the vault, Cliff and Minus were now on their way to Borg Industries. Ever since he left the hospital, Cliff sighed as he thought of his family. "You know, you can call them." Minus said. "Hear how they're doing."

"They're probably disappointed." He replied. "They wouldn't want to hear from me, anyway."

"I'm sure they won't be. Besides, we could use their help."

Sighing from the honesty, Cliff went to the communication panel and tapped a few buttons. "I am somehow going to regret it."

In the living room at the monastery, the Ninja were looking at some of Cliff's stuff they found before beeping is heard close by. "Someone is contacting us." Gabby said.

"Could be someone who knows where Cliff is." Don replied as they got up and came over to the console where Joan tapped a few buttons.

"Unidentified caller, this is the Blue Ninja." She said. "State your business."

"Joan, it's me." It was Cliff's voice on the other end.

"Cliff?"This got everyone surprised at who their mysterious caller was.

 "Cliff, where are you?" Max asked.

"Where is your current position?" Gabby asked.

"At the moment I am heading to Borg Tower." Cliff replied through the console. "The Teapot of Tyrahn was in their underground vault the whole time."

"What?" They all asked.

"Dr. Boulders told me that Cyrus was supposed to study it, but he obviously didn't. And I'm not the only one after it. He told me that Detective Xentimu is after it, and he caused that fire yesterday."

"We know." CJ said.

"And you need to know this." Joan said, prepared to warn her brother and unwilling rival. "Xentimu is Acronix."

"The Master of Time that betrayed our grandparents?" Cliff asked through the console, surprised at the warning.

"Yeah, and he's got his powers back." Max replied. "And he has a daughter, who has inherited one of his Time Powers."

"We must be cautious then. Listen, I'm going to get the teapot before Acronix gets a chance to grab it. And I may need your help."

"'Help'?" Don asked. "Why would I help you? You exposed my underwear colour of choice!"

"You kicked me in my winkie!" Max said.

"You used an EMP grenade on me!" Gabby yelled.

They could soon hear a disappointed sigh from Cliff. "Then, I guess it was a mistake contacting you." He replied, sounding depressed even more than he already was. "Fine, I'll go by myself."

They immediately regret reprimanding him for his actions against them. "Wait, Cliff!" Don yelled. "We didn't mean--" It was already too late as communication was soon cut. "Cliff? Cliff? Clifton!" He soon sighed, immediately slamming the console. "Damn! He cut off."

"We need to help him." CJ said.

"Are you sure?" Max asked. "He did say contacting us was a mistake."

"Look, we all knew Cliff since we were kids, not just as a friend, but family. My best friend... no, my brother, would want us to help him."

"You're right." Joan said.

"I agree as well." Don replied. "Time to gear up, Ninja." They immediately took off.

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At the same time as the Ninja question themselves upon regretting his actions against them, Cliff turned to Minus, sentimentally disappointed. "We're on our own." He said.

"At least it was worth a try." She replied before Cliff silently nodded.

In the early morning hours, just above Ninjago City as very harsh raining and lightning bolts went on, the Sama-craft stops and the bottom hatch opens just as Cliff and Minus came down to see the city below. "This is as far as you go. Once I get the teapot, just leave."

"Am I going to see you again?"

Cliff thinks for a bit about the question, knowing she had grown feelings for him throughout their time together. "Probably not. By the way, Minus." Cliff turns his head to her. "I've known you for 8 months, and I still don't know your real name."

Minus blushed a bit before lowering her head to hide the blushing, a little ashamed to tell him her real name. "It's Minnie." Cliff turned his head back before she looks back up, no longer blushing at her accomplice. "Minnie Xentimu."

As Cliff turned around to her ask about the name, Minnie moved closer to him, quickly grabbing his arm to pull him close to her and pressed her lips onto his. Cliff was at first surprised, but allowed her to continue kissing him before she backed away for him to look at the girl, who gave him his very first kiss. "Goodbye, Minnie." Cliff then tilted backwards, slipping down past the hatch. Minnie watched as her first kiss was free falling down into the city while putting on his helmet. Samurai I was able to spin to have his feet land first on the rooftop of Borg Industries, and looked at his surroundings. As he looked around, he comes across a ventilation shaft and came over to it. "Okay, I hope this leads down to the vault." He opens the vent cover before heading into the vents, quickly closing it back up before suddenly slipping and slides down it, but luckily didn't set off any alarms inside.

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Several minutes later, Acronix, in his time themed clothing, and a group of mercenaries stop in front of the building before Acronix gets out a communicator. "Cut the power." He said. "They'll think the storm took it out."

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By a nearby power box, a mercenary grabs hold of the lever before pulling it down. Inside the building, two Nindroid guards walk along the hallway, unaware that Samurai I was crawling through the vents, until the lights immediately went out at the same time a lightning bolt was heard. "Hey, the lights went out!" One of the Nindroid guards said.

"Switch to night vision until backup generator is online." The other Nindroid guard replied. They both immediately changed their visions to night mode and resume walking along.

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In the vents, Samurai I had also activated night vision mode on his goggles before he resumed crawling along the vents. "Come on." He muttered to himself.

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Outside the building, Acronix and the mercenaries look on as one floor after another, the lights went out. "Okay, we have 30 minutes before the backup generator kicks in." The mercenary that cut the power said to Acronix through his communicator.

"That is plenty of time." He replied before getting out some night vision goggles and turned to his mercenaries. "Let's move."

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In the vents, Samurai I briefly stopped before deactivating night vision mode to swapping to see a map on his goggles. A beacon on it was his current position while the vault was still 13 floors down. "I'm not gonna make it." He said to himself.

"Oh yes, you will." A voice on his communicator was heard, causing him to get it out.

"Gabby?"

"Surprised?" It was the voice of the White Ninja.

"How did you access my frequency?"

"Same way you accessed ours."

"Plus, we had some help from that girl of yours." His sister, the Blue Ninja, was now on the communicator.

"Minnie." He said to himself. "Listen, the power went out--"

"We know." The Green Ninja was now on the communicator as he cuts him off.

"How?"

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By the power box, the Green and Blue Ninja were looking at the bound and gagged member. "They turned it off on purpose."

"We're about to turn it back on." The Blue Ninja said as she then came up to the switch and pulled it up, turning the power back on.

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By the time Cliff had made it to the underground vault, the lights had come back on, and alarms started to wail from Acronix and his men's intrusion. "That's my sis." He said to himself as he soon came across a grate, leading into the vault.