"Charlatans!" Pythor yelled as he was in Chen's camp in the abandoned station, in a jar, held by Chen. "Frauds! Two-bit phonies! Vicious heartless bastards!"
"I don't get it, how are we gonna get enough sweat out of this guys to fix all of us?" Chope asked Chen as he opened the jar.
"The simplest plan is often the best." Chen replied as he moved to a mouse's exercise wheel and dumped Pythor in it. "The more complicated ones are so much more fun to watch!" He soon placed a small jar over Pythor's head, connected to a funnel. "NOW RUN!"
"A true Anacondrai would never demean himself!" Pythor yelled, flipping the bird at Chen. "I have my honour, you know."
"And we have a swamp rat!" Kapau replied, coming in with a swamp rat in his hands.
The rat growls and heads inside the wheel, causing Pythor to scream and run along the wheel as the ran chases him inside it. "As you can see, fear is a powerful thing." Chen said as Pythor's sweat moves along the funnel and Chen held his hand out at the end of the funnel for the first drop to his hand. The hand immediately turned back into its Anacondrai form.
"Oh, the essence." Chope said. "It's working!"
"Soon, I'll have enough to make my entire army permanently Anacondrai. And now that one problem is dealt with, it's time we give the Ninja one of their own. It's time to spread some fear."
Several minutes later, in the Badlands, noodle trucks exit the tunnel leading to the abandoned station and turn left.
In the Samurai X cave, Blake, Skylor and Misako see the Ninja and their masters returning. "We got here as fast as we could." Kai said as they came up to them and took his sword from Skylor.
"25 noodle trucks have been spotted heading toward Ninjago City, just 50 clicks away." Blake replied.
"Let me guess, they ain't hauling noodles." Cole said.
"25 trucks could hold 250 Anacondrai." Zane replied. "If they get to the city before we do, the city will be theirs."
"And they'll have achieved the pivotal first foothold in the war." Geoff said.
"We have to stop them." Lloyd proclaimed.
"I've already warned the others to head them off at the pass." Blake replied. "They should be able to hold the line until you offer support. I had them equip themselves so we could communicate with them."
The screen soon changed, showing Shade. "We're in position." He said on the screen. "If they show up, we'll be sure to put up a fight."
"They're coming to your location soon."
Powder soon appeared on the screen. "I see them." He said.
On the outskirts of Ninjago, the Elemental Masters see the trucks coming their way. "Let's show them what we're made of." Spider said as he removed his coat and tossed it aside before he and the other Elemental conjure their Elemental Dragons and took to the sky. But as they prepared themselves, they see the trucks going in different directions, heading away from Ninjago.
In the Samurai X cave, Shade was on the screen. "The trucks." He said. "They're goin' every which way."
"What do you mean?" Gewuji asked. "Aren't they going to Ninjago City?"
"I don't know where they're goin', but they ain't going together."
"There are 13 densely populated villages within a 10-click radius." Misako said, looking at another screen, showing a map with the trucks going in different directions.
"They aren't planning one attack, they're planning multiple." Kai replied.
"What do we do?" Patrice asked as he appeared on the screen. "You told us to stay together."
"Chen knows he can't take you all on at once." Oni replied. "He's trying to split you up."
"But even if one of those trucks makes it to a village, the people won't be able to defend themselves." Magna said. "My father lives at Darkley's."
"We have to protect the people." Lloyd replied. "Tell the Elemental Masters we have to split up." He soon takes off. "We'll each intercept a truck and stop it from reaching those villages."
"Whatever happened to 'We fight as one'?" Jay asked.
"Walker, shut up!" Gewuji yelled. "This isn't a vote. This is stopping the end of our world as we know it."
Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, Gewuji and Magna soon start taking off as Nya looked at the covered up ship. "I'll stay here and prepare the Bounty." She said as Kai nods before they leave. "We'll have to prepare for the worst."
"What's my father up to?" Skylor asked.
The trucks move along paths or roads as they made their way to the villages. "You heard our orders, split up and intercept those trucks!" Shade yelled to everyone as they soon split up.
Back in the Samurai X cave, Blake came up to Nya as she was working on the Bounty. "Why aren't we in the air?" He asked.
"We just gave the old gal a makeover." She replied. "It's gonna take some time for her to warm up."
"I've notified every ally we have." Geoff said as he came up to them. "We're gonna need all the help we can get."
"Oni, whatever reason this doesn't work out, I'm glad you're home." Dragon said before walking away as Oni tilted his head.
"There's something wrong." Misako said as she came up to him. "What aren't you telling me?"
"We're on the threshold of war and I'm a man-snake." Oni replied. "Take your pick."
"You're my husband. I know you better than that. There's something else."
Oni looked at Dragon as he was helping, Nya and Blake. "No, no, no!" Nya said to Blake. "This one goes there, that one goes there. Right?"
"Do you remember what Dragon told you about sending you a letter?" Oni asked.
"Yes." Misako replied. "He was heartbroken when I told him I didn't get one from him and I told him that I only loved you."
"It's because Chen made me burn it."
"What?"
"He intercepted it and told me about it. I was angered at first, but when he told me to burn it, I refused and then he threatened to kill you, and Dragon."
"And you believed him?"
"He showed me Arcturus' dagger."
"He showed it to me too." Geoff said as he came up to them. "He threatened my sister with it if I didn't attend a worshipping ceremony. That man has manipulated everyone's lives. If we need someone to blame, it should be Chen."
"But, you burnt the letter." Misako said to Oni.
"It's time I started making things right." Oni replied. "Go ahead." He moved his hands away, expecting her to slap him, but after a moment, she just hugged him.
"I can't. Dragon shouldn't have tried writing to me." The lights soon go out.
"Blake, what just happened?" Dragon asked.
"I'll have her back online in no time." Blake replied.
On a highway, a truck speeds away as Zane pursued it on his Power Dragon. He tires using his Ice power to freeze it, but it was quick to miss the shots before it comes across the tires, making it slide a bit, knocking some tiles off the highway wall before Zane's dragon fired a shot, hitting the road ahead of ice as it soon stopped and was immobilised. As Zane sets down, he notices another truck up ahead and has his dragon fly after it.
Out in a desert, Patrice was pursuing a truck as he passes by a police vehicle with Cornelius and Sean, both eating donuts before they saw Patrice's dragon. "Oh, we got ourselves a dangerous creature on our hands, Torset." Cornelius said as they put their seat belts on. "Sean, drive, you dipstick!"
Sean starts the car and drives off after Patrice, sirens wailing. Patrice sees the car and sighs. "First I pursue a truck and now a cop car is pursuing me." He said as he turned back and continued pursuing the truck. "I need to lose 'em."
The truck sees a big gap in front but the Anacondrai driver hits the accelerator, speeding up and flies into the air before completely going over the gap. "Yee-ha!" He yelled as he kept driving.
Patrice's dragon flies over the gap as Sean looks on. "Cornelius, I don't think we'll make it." He said.
"We will." Cornelius replied. "Step on it!" The cop car goes fast before hitting the edge and flies for about two feet before crashing into the edge of the other side of the gap. "What a horrendous crash."
In the abandoned station, Pythor was still on the wheel, running from the rat as his sweat was being collected by Chope, who is holding a beaker. "The trucks are in position." Kapau said to Chen. "It's time." Chen starts to move away.
"What about me?" Pythor asked. "You can't just leave me here. Where's the honour in that?"
Chen soon turned around. "Oh, right, honour." He replied. "Like you said, we aren't real Anacondrai." He soon got into the Roto Jet and starts it as he laughed. "No, we are not. No, no, no." He continues laughing as he and the other Anacondrai take off with the other Anacondrai in the blade-copters.
On the highway, Magna pursued the truck heading to a nearby village before a van comes from around a corner, nearly hitting her dragon before it immediately stopped. "What the ****ing hell are you?!" She asked the driver as she turned to the van as it turned down the road where the truck was going. "You great damn big shitfaced, whorebag, jagoff, law-breaking bampot! **** you!"
In a village, a kid runs after a ball as a truck was about to cross a bridge to the village, but Lloyd, on his Power Dragon soon came and fired a shot of Energy at the truck, denting it before firing another shot at a rock formation as the truck was about to cross the bridge where the ball was. Lloyd's dragon soon fired a shot of Energy, hitting the bridge and causes it to blow up as the truck soon reversed and continued down the path before Lloyd looked to the kid, who picked up the ball, which deflates. "Sorry, kid, no time to explain." He said before taking off after the truck.
"Wow!" The boy was amazed before turning to his friends. "Hey, let's play dragons!" He throws the ball away and heads into the village.
In the Forest of Tranquility, a truck moves along as Cole, on his Power Dragon pursued it. "Not a chance, pal." He said. "Can't let you finish this delivery route." His dragon fired a shot of earth, making a roadblock in the truck's way, causing it to stop before it goes around and continues on. "Oh, not giving up, huh? Neither will I."
At the Mountain of a Million Steps, a truck passes by as Gewuji, on her Power Dragon, was chasing after it as she conjured a big spear of glass and threw it. It hits the back of the truck, before she conjured another spear of glass and threw it. It hits one of the tires, causing the damaged tire to blow up. "Gotcha!" She yelled as the truck kept going, but slowly as the truck was now going on three tyres.
In Ninjago City, a truck makes a left as Kai pursues it on his Power Dragon, which runs along two buildings before jumping off as the van made another left as it comes across a group of school kids crossing the road. "Outta the way!" Kai warned before he lands his dragon in front of them and his Power Dragon fired at the truck, making it turn left to avoid the fire shot before he continued pursuing it as it enters the park and skids along, mud splattering on Zane's statue. "Hey! Not cool!"
The truck immediately got out of the park, almost crashing into the elderly woman from before as Kai continued pursuing it. "I thought I told you to move your dragon, young man!" The elderly woman yelled, honking her horn.
"I've gotta get him out of town." Kai soon used his fire power to prevent the truck from turning right as he continued pursuing it before the dragon fires at the back of it, sending the back of the truck up a bit before it continued on before the dragon and Kai fired at the directions the truck intended to take. "Now, that's what I call getting back onto the right track." He chuckles.
In the Samurai X cave, Nya, Geoff, Blake, Oni, Dragon, Misako and Skylor look at the screen as Zane was on it. "Zane, have you diverted the truck away from the villages?" Dragon asked.
"Yes, then once it's at a safe distance, I plan to take care of the Anacondrai." He replied.
Magna soon appeared on the screen. "The truck I'm pursuing is away from Darkley's." She said.
"Good work." Dragon replied. "The people are safe."
"No, they aren't." Skylor said as they look at the screen where the Elemental Masters are being tracked.
"Skylor's right, we aren't pulling them away from the people, they're pulling us!" Geoff replied before heading to the screen. "Stop the trucks!"
In an snowy forest, Jay moves after a truck while on his Power Dragon before it soon started firing at the truck, making it stop. In the Glacier Barrens, Zane stops in front of the truck he was pursuing.
At the Mountain of a Million Steps, Gewuji has her Power Dragon fire a wall of glass in front of the truck, making it crash through and the truck stopped.
Back in the forest, Jay checks the back of the truck he stopped as the driver was unconscious. "Alright, snakes, you're about to be charged!" He yelled as he opened the back of the truck, but it was empty, causing to gasp. "No! It can't be!"
"Everyone come back now!" Dragon yelled through their communicators.
Up in the mountains, Lloyd's dragon disperses, causing him to fall onto the ground. "I'm not afraid." He said. "I can do this." He soon gets up. "I have to get back." He tries to conjure his dragon again, but fails. "I can't. I'm too afraid."
"It was all a trap!" Oni said. Cole was in the Forest of Tranquility.
"Then that means..." Misako said. Kai was in the Sea of Sand, close to the Anacondrai tomb.
"The greatest victories..." Dragon said. Zane was in the Glacier Barrens.
"...have no battle." Gewuji was near the Mountain of a Million Steps.
"Our worst fears have come true." Geoff said. Magna was outside of Darkley's.
Back at the village Lloyd passed by, the boy plays with a paper dragon before Kapau comes up behind him, takes it and tears it up as the boy ran to his parents with the fake Anacondrai coming around the village. The villagers run away as Chen laughed. "The New Serpentine War...has just begun." Oni proclaimed.