Happy Easter for those who celebrate!  He's my gift to you!  😸

Pixal suddenly looks up.  "Codebreaking would be inadvisable at the moment, as I fear that there's been a break-in at the Museum of Ninjago."

"What now?!!"  Lloyd grumbles. 

"Why don't we go and find out?"  You begin walking out of the door, but then stop and look down at your feet.  "On second thought, I guess I should stay behind, right?"

Lloyd opens his mouth to agree, but freezes when Morro gives him a death glare and aggressively mouths,  "I know all of your secrets, Green Bean."

Lloyd lets out a terrified squeak.  "Oh, no, YN!  We'll definitely need you!!!"  He breathes a sigh of relief as Morro nods once at him and smirks.

-At the Museum-

Zane gets down and scans the floor by the entryway.  "I detect three subjects..."  He pauses and scans again, a confused look on his face.  "No, that cannot be right..."  He murmurs.

"What is it, Zane?"  Lloyd questions.

"The tracks do indicate three individuals who entered, but there are no signs to suggest that they have ever left.  And there's one set of tracks underneath those that have both entered and exited the building."

"Which way did they go?"

"They all lead to the Hall of Villainy."

"Well, be ready for anything, Ninja.  We're checking this out."

You all draw your weapons and approach the Hall.

"This is the official civil protection unit of ninja for the City of Ninjago!  Come out with your hands up!!!"  Lloyd yells.

Three dark figures barge past him and run for the door.

"HEY!  STOP!!!"

You manage to hit one in the back of the leg as they rush by you, and a distinctly female voice cries out and hisses.  "OW!"

You all race after them, but they seem to have vanished into the city.

Morro makes a frustrated noise and stomps his foot.  "Great!  We lost them, and they got away!!!  Now what?"

"..We go back and try to figure out what they were doing here."

Inside, Nya transforms into a wave of water and quickly swirls around all of the exhibits.  She splashes up against the Time Twins exhibit and spins around it, creating a column and drawing everyone's attention to it.  She reforms and reports back.  "The Time Blades are missing!"

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A.N: I am so excited to be releasing an OC book in the near future!!!  It will have information relevant to the story, and I plan for its release to coincide on or about the release of Chapter 8, so be ready for that when it does get released!  💖

~Best wishes, Kat