15x03 - The Shape of Nya

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[theme music]

-♪ Jump up ♪ -♪ Jump up ♪

♪ Kick back ♪

♪ Whip around and spin ♪

[Lloyd] The Shape of Nya

[Cole] How could anyone be moving

that much vengestone across the city?

Not by air, it would be detected

by local air traffic control.

Underground, perhaps?

I told you, the Serpentine say

nothing's traveling through the unused subway tunnels.

-They'd know. -But it's moving somehow.

We're missing something.

Let's start over with what we know.

[sighs] We've been at this for hours!

We're just going in circles!

Any ideas, Jay?

[Cole] Jay?

We need you to focus up, buddy.

[groans] Jay!

[yelps]

You don't have to yell, I'm right here.

Any ideas on the vengestone?

Who the buyer is? How they're moving it? Anything?

No.

We're gonna need a little more effort than that.

-What's the point? -Excuse me?

Lloyd, you said Nya wouldn't want us to quit.

That she'd kick our butts and tell us to get to work.

And you're right.

But you forgot something.

We weren't truly a team until Nya joined.

And whether we realized it or not,

she was the glue that held us together.

What are you saying?

I'm saying I don't think we can do this without her.

You're acting like you're the only one who misses her!

We all do.

But at least the rest of us are trying to help

instead of being mopey and useless!

Hey! You came to me. I didn't ask to be here!

We're all pretty keyed up right now.

Maybe we need a break.

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...

Jay? You got an idea?

Or have you just totally lost it?

I... might have something.

Zane, can you pull up a map

of the subway tunnels below the city?

-[keyboard clacking] -[computer trills]

[squeaking]

[ominous music]

[metal scrapes]

[Kai] Why are we here?

We already know the vengestone isn't

being taken through the subway.

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.

What if the city stopped building the subway tunnel,

but someone else finished it?

[squeaking]

[Cole] This is where the tunnel ends.

[Jay] Or does it?

Maybe this whole section of wall rotates around or something.

Scans detect no hinges or mechanisms of any kind.

[rattling]

[yells] Huh.

I don't think he's breathing.

[all yelp]

Where have you been?

I've been waiting here for hours.

Got another shipment for ya.

Let me guess? Vengestone?

What else?

That's high-grade Shintaro v-stone right there,

as promised.

Just need a signature.

[blazing]

Hey, hey! Lookie at what I'm looking at!

The real-deal Ninja!

I was expectin' you knuckleheads at the truck yards

but all I got was some multi-colored phonies!

You wanted us, you got us!

Ready to turn yourself in?

Uhm, let me think...

Nope. But I am ready to party.

Combat style!

Huh?

Gonna be a real short fight,

since you wore something flammable to a battle

with the Elemental Master of Fire!

Uh, Kai, the vengestone...

Suppresses elemental powers, right.

Could happen to anybody.

But you know what vengestone doesn't suppress?

-This baby! -[Kai] Look out!

-[yelping] -[intense music]

[groans]

att*ck!

[Kai] No harm in some light exercise.

[Jay] Fighting low level thugs! Again!

-Excuse me? Um... sir? -Why's this light exercise so hard?

Miss? I really need a signature. Hello?

-Watch it! -Sorry, sorry. My bad!

[grunting]

Ehm, sir! I really need a signature.

Just a warning.

Those other wannabe Ninja are moving in on your turf.

-[blazing] -[Miss Demeanor grunting]

-[grunts] -[sword clanks]

We're not worried.

Watch where you're throwing!

Hello?

I require assistance!

[grunts] You and me both!

[evil laughter]

[Miss Demeanor] Hey, what's up?

You Ninja outta practice or something?

You used to be great!

You need to step it up before those other guys

start horning in on your--

[Teal Ninja] Whenever there are criminals...

[Fuschia Ninja] Wherever there are--

Blah, blah, blah. Fireball!

Oh, no, no. att*ck!

[fast-paced upbeat music]

[grunting]

Hey!

[grunting]

Excuse me! We're in the middle of a fight here.

Yeah, this is our fight!

[grunting]

Super punch!

-By the power vested in us... -[grunts]

...by Mayor Trustable,

we hereby arrest you all!

How did they do that so quickly?

[expl*si*n]

Most impressive.

Will someone please sign this?

Anything for a fan.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[siren wailing]

Oh, great job, Ninja!

Thanks, Commissioner...

[Teal Ninja] Thank you, Commissioner.

Just making good on the trust the mayor has placed in us.

The mayor... right, well,

I'll just thank you on behalf of the citizens.

Let's get moving!

So, uh, thanks for the help back there.

I mean, not like we needed it. So...

We most definitely needed it.

We don't do this for the thanks.

Protecting the weak is what makes all this worth while.

-Weak? -Yeah,

anytime you need help, just call us.

We really admire you old timers.

You're the reason we got into this business.

Old-timers? Who you callin'--

What Fuchsia Ninja is trying to say

is sometimes we all need help.

Sometimes we get a little rusty or out-of-shape

or uncoordinated... like you!

"Out of shape?"

We just found a shipment of vengestone,

plus the villains behind it!

Actually, you found the middleman,

or is it middle-woman?

We would have found the villain behind it all

if you hadn't blundered into our operation.

We had a tracking device planted in the crate.

We were gonna trace it to its final destination.

But let's not cry over spilt vengestone.

[Orange Ninja] We gotta hop!

Apparently the mayor wants to thank us, personally.

I'm starting to hate them.

Ex-Ninja? Old-timers?

Who do they think they are?

The New Ninja of Ninjago City.

And their arrival was fortuitous.

Without their help, it is likely we would have been defeated.

I calculate our odds at--

I don't wanna know our odds, Zane!

I want to know what we're going to do about this?

About what?

About the fact that we're being replaced!

Do you even care?

Nobody is replacing us, Lloyd.

And you know Zane doesn't care.

He turned down his emotion chip.

Yeah, we're all dealing with losing Nya differently.

Right, some of us are even talking to glasses of water!

[screams] Nya!

Look what you did, you... You clumsy...

Jay. Sorry, I didn't--

[grunts]

Oh, that does it!

[Zane] Ninja. Please desist.

Such a violent display of emotions

is unbefitting a team.

Then maybe we shouldn't even be a team anymore!

[action music]

Fine by me!

Consider this my resignation letter!

[sprinkler alarm blaring]

What is going on here?

[bubbling]

Jay?

Nya!

Jay, I need...

your help...

What can we do? Just tell us!

-There's... a way back... -Nya!

-but I need to... -Nya!

...drain away my powers before I lose my sha--

-[Jay] What did you do? -Apologies.

But freezing her was the only way

to maintain her form.

Is she okay?

Affirmative.

In her aqueous state, she should experience no damage.

She said she needed to drain her powers away!

-But that's impossible! -No, it's not.

Kai had his powers taken away, remember?

Yeah, I remember.

Real well.

And if you're thinking what I think you're thinking...

That is out of the questions!

There has to be another way.

Master Wu, you spent the last year

searching for a way to bring Nya back.

Have you found anything? Anything at all?

[sighs] I have not.

This is the closest thing we've ever had to a plan to save Nya!

This is a mistake!

She can't be trusted!

If we let her out of prison, even briefly,

lives will be at risk. [sighs]

I... I cannot be part of this.

Everyone is safer with Nya back.

This is a big decision.

A decision we all have to make as a team.

So the question is,

are we still a team?

All in favor of going after...

[heroic music]

Okay, then. It's decided.

We go get Aspheera...

and save Nya!

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