In the Hangar Bay, the ninja are having a discussion.
Cole: How could anyone be moving that much Vengestone across the city?
Zane: Not by air. It would be detected by local air traffic control. Underground, perhaps?
Lloyd: I told you, the Serpentine say nothing's travelling through the unused subway tunnels. They'd know.
Cole: But it's moving somehow. We're missing something. Let's start over with what we know.
Kai: Ugh, we've been at this for hours. We're just going in circles!
Jay: Any ideas, Nya?
Nya doesn't respond, focusing on glasses of water instead.
Cole: Nya? We need you to focus up, buddy!
Kai: Ugh. Nya!
Nya: You don't have to yell. I'm right here.
Cole: Any ideas on the Vengestone? Who the buyer is? How they're moving it? Anything?
Nya: No.
Cole: We're gonna need a little more effort than that.
Nya: What's the point?
Lloyd: Excuse me?
Nya: Lloyd, you said Toge wouldn't want us to quit. That he'd kick our asses and tell us to get to work. And you're right. But you forgot something. We weren't truly a team until Toge was here. And whether we realized it or not, he was the glue that held us together.
Cole: What are you saying?
Nya: I'm saying I don't think we can do this without her.
Kai: You're acting like you're the only one who misses him. We all do. But at least the rest of us are trying to help instead of being mopey and useless!
Jay: Hey! You came to me. I didn't ask to be here!
Lloyd: We're all pretty keyed up right now. Maybe we need a break.
Nya: What's a break gonna do? We know all there is to know! The Vengestone would be spotted if it were being moved by air or through the known... tunnel system.
Cole: Nya? You got an idea?
Kai: Or have you just totally lost it?
Nya: I... might have something. Zane, can you pull up a map of the subway tunnels below the city?
Underground, the ninja enter the abandoned subway N line through a manhole.
Kai: Why are we here? We already know the Vengestone isn't being taken through the subway.
Nya: Not the active subway lines, but the N line was shut down years ago. It's abandoned!
Zane: According to zoning plans filed with the city, the N line was never completed.
Nya: What if the city stopped building the subway tunnel, but someone else finished it?
Cole: This is where the tunnel ends.
Nya: Or, does it?
Cole: Maybe this whole section of wall rotates around or something.
Zane: Scans detect no hinges or mechanisms of any kind.
Just then, they notice movement behind them. Cole approaches to find a man sleeping inside.
Cole: Ah! Huh. I don't think he's breathing.
Suddenly, the man sits up, and the ninja scream, except for Zane.
Old Man: Where have you been? I've been waiting here for hours. Got another shipment for ya.
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Ninjago: Swift Winds
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