In the courtroom, the ninja are awaiting trial.
Cole: That was the fastest trial I ever saw in my life. How did they convict us so quickly?
Kai: I blame Dareth.
Dareth: Why me?
Kai: Because you're our lawyer, Dareth!
Dareth: I told you guys. I took three weeks of law classes. Three weeks! And it was mostly how to get out of traffic tickets.
Skylor: Maybe the judge will go easy on them.
Wu: He is nicknamed "Toughbutt".
Toge: I think you might overreacting a tad bit Sensei.
Dareth: I don't think that's a nickname. I think that's his last name.
Kai: Nobody's last name is "Toughbutt".
Guard: All rise. The honorable judge William Horace Toughbutt presiding.
Toughbutt: Please be seated.
He bangs his gavel.
Toge: Okay so it is a last name.
Dareth: See, I told you.
Toughbutt: In all my years as a judge, I have never seen such a callous disregard for public safety as I have in this case. The ninja put the entire city at risk by freeing the convicted criminal Aspheera, and then helping to arm her with the very weapon she used to attack this city. Do you have anything to say in your defense before I pass judgement?
Dareth: Uh, well, I'm not sure I would put it exactly like that.
Toughbutt: How would you put it exactly?
Dareth: Okay, yeah, that's what happened. But what about all the times the ninja helped this city? Like when they fought Garmadon? Or Unagami? Or the Quiet One? We have to take that into account too, don't we?
Toughbutt: I have. Which is the only reason I'm not sentencing them to life in prison. Instead, I'm sentencing them to five years in Kryptarium Prison!
He bangs his gavel again. The decision causes an uproar among the observers.
Dareth: Wait, what?
Toughbutt: Order! Order in the court!
He bangs his gavel as the ninja are taken away.
Toge: Nya. Nya!
Nya: Toge!
Dareth: Your honor! Can't we work something out? Like community service! Or, or sweeping! Or some light trash pickup!
The door is slammed on him. At Kryptarium Prison, the ninja are taken to their cells.
Kai: I can't believe it. After all we've done for Ninjago.
Jay: Oh this is bad! This is really bad! Do you know how many people in here probably hate us?
Inmate: All of us!
Jay: Eh, hey, roomies.
Zane: It would appear there are only four beds, but six of us.
Nya: That's the least of our problems.
Cole: Yeah. I don't think I'm gonna be sleeping much.
Zane: If you are certain, I will take a bunk.
Cole: Huh?
Jay: How can you be so calm about this?!
Lloyd: You know full well he turned off his emotion meter, Jay.
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Ninjago: Swift Winds
FanfictionToge doesn't know much about his parents only that they left him on the steps of a Shaolin temple. The boy was raised by monks and now he trains with a family friend named Wu, as he trained the boy to become the master of Air. Him and four other nin...
