Enter The Ninjaverse

CHAPTER 40

"I'm in position," Harumi stated calmly, standing in the middle of a raised train track.

"Team B is in position as well," Sun's voice came over the comm Harumi had in her ear.

"Team L is too," Lulloyd's voice came over, "Just, tell us when to do it."

"Wait until you see the train," Harumi informed them, "Then blow the tracks. We'll only get one shot at this, so make it count."

"Because nothing bad ever happens when you say that," Monty's exasperated voice sounded off, "Incidentally, how many weeks till your retirement, Harumi?"

Harumi took her hand off of her comm, not wanting to deal with Monty's sass. Her team, Team A, stood on the middle of the tracks. Behind her stood Lloyd, Zane, Cole and Garmadon. Lulloyd and Sun each had a similarly divided team, stationed at specific tracks a good distance away. It seemed that this version of Ninjago was sadly far behind her own, meaning that they were still using trains. They were sleek trains, all designed by Borg Industries and made to run on a clean-burning fuel, but they still relied on rails. It was so primitive to Harumi.

With the destruction of the Nindroid production line, the Emperor's fortress was that much more vulnerable. They, however, needed to gain even more of an advantage if the plan to take down the Emperor was to work at all. That plan involved the trains, specifically what was inside of them. According to Nya, each train was fully automatic and contained power cores that were highly unstable and easy to turn into explosives. Given that the trains were all that was allowed outside of the barrier the Emperor put up, it was also vital to shut them down. Zane had decoded a message that stated a shipment of weapons was coming from the palace and being sent out to aid in suppressing some of Sun's allies in the north. Their objective, therefore, was two fold: to steal the power core and weapons for their own plans, and ensure the train didn't leave the city.

To that end, their plan was simple. Once the train was in range, Team B and L would blow out a large portion of the track using both the Bounty and Shadow's arsenal. The train would be forced to take a detour that would force it to loop almost entirely around the city to get to the exit station. That would take it right into the path of Harumi's team, Team A. They would board the train and complete the heist, then link up with the other two teams to transport the stolen goods to a safe location.

"Do you think there will be someone onboard?" Lloyd asked Harumi as he walked up to her.

"This Emperor has been extremely cautious looking at his fortress," Harumi pointed out, "I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't want to just send a train out with no protection. We did just blow up one of his main safeguards."

"Be on guard," Garmadon warned Cole and Zane, "Once we are onboard, we do not know what to expect. We have only fifteen minutes at most to complete our task. If the train leaves the city before we complete our mission, we will have to rework our plans until we can find another shipment."

"Speaking of shipments," Nya came in over the comm, "I think we're about to have a big one!"

Harumi looked down the tracks. Sure enough, in the distance, a little silver, purple and blue train was starting to slide down the tracks. It was designed in a very curvy and sleek fashion, with about ten cars it seemed. The middle car was black compared to the rest, which Harumi assumed the power core lay inside. She looked down to her Borg watch. If her estimations were correct, she could use this to bypass security and disengage the core from the train by hacking into the main system. To do that, they needed to get onboard.

"Isn't it getting a little close?" Jay asked over the comm.

"Steady," Garmadon replied firmly, "Wait until the last moment to hide our presence!"