I'm back everyone!
People-waiting-for-update-on-It's-Not-OK: GLARE Raising pitchforks.
Sorry. ^_^' I know people want me to finish that story but I'm not good with writing sequels, I didn't even want to write it at first because of all the anatomy involved.
Anyway, ever since I wrote my one-shot, "Super Turtles: Sacrifice" there have been many people who claim, that as fan fiction authors and TMNT fans, we don't do the Super Turtles justice. There have been nearly a hundred one-shots that allude to Same As It Never Was, there are stories and even comics that people have written but here, only two one-shots have been about the Super Turtles and I have promised to change that. Some time ago I did have a poll on my profile about either writing a Super Turtles story or a sequel to "Where's Leo?" Well, the Super Turtles story won overall so, I'm beginning the story as of now.
Now it's time for an extremely long note. If you think you can completely understand the Super Turtles' emotions and actions then skip this, if you would rather have an explanation as to why that act like they do, please read this note.
One, despite seemingly to kill Graviturtle in that Super Turtles one-shot, you probably think that alludes to my normal obsession of trying to kill Leo in multiple ways, so you probably believe that Graviturtle is my favorite. This is untrue, sorry fellow Leo fans but my favorite SuperTurtle is actually Shellectro, though Don is not my favorite turtle. Which brings me to my second point of this note.
Second, these characters are the Super Turtles, not the TMNT. They do not act the same and they have different personalities, if you're looking for the normal TMNT with super powers, you should find a different story.
Third, I plan for about ten (10) chapters in this story.
Forth, I expect someone to review, if no one does, this story will be deleted.
Fifth, those of you wanting to know what happened to Graviturtle, in that one-shot I wrote, hang on, I'm going to write a sequel one-shot to it, so people please stop getting worked up about it.
Sixth, I had to study the episode very closely so if I miss something obvious please point it out.
Seventh, I've done some research on the background of the original Super Turtles.
They were created by Peter Laird in 1993 but of course they weren't used until the 2k3 TMNT version was created and here's the story behind them in the Mirage Comics:
(The link to this article can be found in my profile, check my DeviantART page for some Super Turtles pictures.)
When aliens apparently threatened to attack Earth, a man named Lucks stepped up to unify a world government under his control to combat the menace. Chairman Lucks hired a team of scientists, led by his friend Doctor Shreddarius, to create an army of bio-mechanical soldiers to defend the Earth, the Terrorkinetics. Little did Lucks know, Shreddarius was experimenting on four turtles to use as soldiers against Lucks in the event of a double-crossing. Unfortunately for Shreddarius, the chemicals he was using to perform his experiment exploded, gravely injuring Shreddarius. Shreddarius was later reconstructed as a cyborg, and the four turtles grew to become the Super Turtles. Sliver, a rat that mutated after licking Shreddarius' chemical-infected wounds, trained the Super Turtles to use their super powers. As Lucks and Shreddarius' friendship and political relationship grew, the Super Turtles were dispatched to save Lucks' rule from rebel factions. Lucks presented the Super Turtles with a new base of operations, the Shell of Justice, where Sliver used torturous methods to strengthen the Super Turtles. Shreddarius and Sliver occasionally sent one of the Terrorkinetics out into New York City, making it seem as if it had gone rogue. In reality, this was to test the Super Turtles' mettle against live foes.
Unfortunately for Lucks, Shreddarius, and Sliver, two former scientists who had worked under Shreddarius, Jonas Case and Neil O'Malley came to the Shell of Justice to explain the truth; the alien invasion was a fabrication so that Lucks and Shreddarius would have power over the world. Case and O'Malley convinced the Super Turtles to fight against Shreddarius and Lucks, although Sliver, blinded by loyalty to Shreddarius, refused to accompany them, and even attacked his students to prevent them from rebelling. The Super Turtles reluctantly defeated their master and joined Case and O'Malley's cause.
To quell the uprisings around the world against their regime, Lucks sent the Terrorkinetics to dispose of the rebellion. The Super Turtles broke into Lucks' compound, and faced off against Shreddarius and the recently recovered Sliver. Both villains were soundly defeated. Lucks himself attempted to attack the Super Turtles, but he was not a fighter by any stretch of the imagination, and was easily stopped by Griddex. However, Shreddarius had escaped. The Super Turtles then go on live TV, with Case and O'Malley, and declare that the world's nations have their previous control returned to them with Lucks behind bars. The Super Turtles pledged to defeat the remaining Terrorkinetics and Shreddarius, as well as any other entities that abuse their power to attempt to control the people of the world.
An unspecified time later, the Super Turtles battle Shreddarius and a select number of Terrorkinetics - Slaythereen, Frisbat, Armorgga, Gnet Gnet, and K'nign. The Super Turtles defeat the six of them, but then feel the eyes of another on them... an Utrom scientist looking into their world from the standard TMNT universe.
Eighth, the personalities of the Super Turtles:
Graviturtle (formerly known as 'Captain Gravity' in Laird's 1993 sketches): It's easy to see the resemblance to Leonardo in him. Both sound and act like each other. Now, everyone knows Leonardo worries excessively but this seems to be absent in Graviturtle's mind and while they both have great perspectives when it comes to the importance of a mission the leader of the Super Turtles appears to be more content with himself. This is particularly strange though since the Super Turtles lost their father to evil. It alludes that they had to grow up more quickly and have come to accept who they are and what they can accomplish before they reach their limits. Also, Graviturtle puts his strategic mind forward more than Leonardo appears to and he's obviously not easily ashamed or humiliated.
Griddex(formerly known as 'Grid' in Laird's 1993 sketches): The thing I noticed first was his outfit. I'm guessing it's made of some kind of other worldly material. I don't think even our earth's spandex stretches that much. The blue was a great contrast to the fire red we usually see on Raphael. Unlike the red banded turtle, Griddex seems less likely to 'jump the gun' when it comes to battles and he doesn't appear to be too hostile towards his brothers. I don't particularly know the limits to his ability to grow and shrink but there are obviously some. The closest superhero to him I could find would be the Giant with The Ultimate Avengers. In his case there was a limit to his growth ability so that's what I'm assuming when it comes to Griddex.
Shellectro (formerly known as 'Electroboy' in Laird's 1993 sketches): YAY! Time for my favorite SuperTurtle! Ok, I love his ability to control lightning and electricity. Where Donatello himself doesn't actually get much character development in the TMNT 2k3 series his super hero counterpart does seem to stand out more and he appears more confident than the purple clad turtle. Both share a mass of intelligence although the Super Turtles' dimension is clearly more advanced therefore Shellectro's intelligence would be greater than Donatello's. Also, he seems to have more patience, although like I've said, Donatello hasn't had much character development so this characterization is based solely on his absence of hostility when Michelangelo called him 'Sparky.'
Blobboid(formerly known as 'Mr. Blob' in Laird's 1993 sketches): I love this guy's super powers. Ironically, when it comes to the normal turtles I prefer the blade wielding Leonardo and Raphael but it's actually the opposite when it comes to the Super Turtles. My favorite still stands as Shellectro although Blobboid is a very close second. Now, there seems to be more maturity in Blobboid than there is in Michelangelo, although they both tend to avoid danger by using others as shields. As for the closest superhero I could find to Blobboid it would be either Mr. Fantastic with his shape shifting ability or the classic Plastic Man, yes Plastic Man was a real superhero, believe it or not. Now I believe, unlike Griddex he doesn't seem to have a limit of how many ways he can transform, I'm guessing that he can only stretch himself so thin but then again his body is more plasma-like than solid so he wouldn't have as many limits as the others.
Ninth, (I know when is this note going to stop? You can still skip it if you've been reading.) there are three different versions I've seen of the Super Turtles, their original Mirage forms, the 2k3 adaptation and more advanced designs I'm guessing that was stylized in the 'Back To The Sewer' version. I haven't read many of the Mirage comics so that one is going to be put away, and I never liked the redesign they put on the turtles during Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer, so the latest design is being trashed. I'm going to stick with the 2k3 design and personalities because I'm more familiar with them than the others.
Tenth, I wanted to make this completely about the Super Turtles alone but I've had requests to have Mikey reappear in their dimension. I want to hear people's thoughts on this. Should I include Mikey? Don't say to put all of the TMNT in it, this story is supposed to be solely for the Super Turtles, but I worry not including one of the TMNT would make this story a complete flop.
Now, last but not least, the disclaimer!
I do not own the Super Turtles! (Wow that's a nice refreshing thing to say after always saying TMNT. I guess they would be the TMST or something like that. ^_^'
Anyways, enjoy this tale.
In. Out. In. Out. Forward. Back. Up. Down. Out. Back. Curl. Up.
CRASH!
Blobboid ran from the training room as Shellectro's hologram battle scene faded into the dust particles used to create it.
"Shellectro, what's wrong?" Graviturtle, leader of the Super Turtles team asked as the plasma built super turtle entered the main hall of the Super Turtles' home.
"It's the Brainstone," the electricity manipulating Super Turtle reported, pointing to a large screen on the wall, which showed the scene of a giant, rock built creature breaking down a wall as security guards ran from the tumbling debris.
"How the shell did he get out?" Griddex asked, the largest of the superhero team coming up behind his brothers.
Blobboid groaned as he walked up beside Griddex, "Please tell me that it was only him."
"That's the other thing," Shellectro informed them as he reached out and pressed a glowing purple button on the control panel, "He wasn't the only one that got out."
The screen showed static for a few seconds before a great looming shadow came into focus, revealing the form of a large, muscle bearing purple tinted creature.
Graviturtle gasped, "The Transmognifier!"
"I thought he was being held in Crystal Band City halfway around the world," Griddex protested.
Graviturtle's eyes narrowed, "Don't you guys find it strange that they both escaped from the same facility at the same time when one wasn't even supposed to be there?"
"Ah, my brain hurts!" Blobboid said.
"Exactly my thoughts Grav," Shellectro said as he watched the purple creature scoop up a fallen pillar and throw it at a brave security guard who had ventured back in to save one of his friends that had been trapped under a pile of rubble.
"When did this report come in and when did this occur?" Graviturtle asked, getting right into the mission before them.
The olive skinned turtle turned towards his brothers with the news, "The report just came in minutes ago, but this happened three days ago."
"How could it have happened three days ago?" Blobboid asked, "The Transmognifier and the Brainstone never stay quiet when they get out. We would've heard something by now."
"Yeah," Griddex agreed, narrowing his eyes angrily at the screen as the Transmognifier punched through a wall, truthfully he despised anyone that was stronger than him and that purple muscled creature was one of the few beings in the universe that could actually boast a talent of superior strength against his.
"I have a feeling that someone else is behind this," Graviturtle said stoutly before turning to his dark green skinned brother, "Grid, you were the one who mainly patrolled the city this past week, has anything unusual occurred?"
Tearing his eyes away from the screen, the super strong Super Turtle answered, "Nothing unusual, no."
A quiet hum came from the genius electricity manipulating turtle as he activated a program to triangulate the coordinates of the prison, although the bottom right of the screen showed a small video window of the Brainstone breaking out of the prison. While Griddex held a rivalry with the Transmognifier, he himself held a similar one with the Brainstone. Despite being a clump of rocks he had one of the highest IQ status in the universe.
"You ok bro?" Blobboid asked as he noticed a familiar look falling over Shellectro's face.
"I'm fine, but I'll be better when we get those two back in prison," he said with a underlying hiss to his voice.
Blobboid gulped, he didn't like when those looks came over Shellectro's and Griddex's faces. They got very scary at those times.
"Can you pinpoint their locations?" Graviturtle asked, a plan already forming in his mind, although it was a varying plan simply because of his lack of knowledge of all the details of their enemies.
"Triangulating coordinates now boss," the genius stated as different colored lights began dancing across the screen.
Blobboid walked to Graviturtle's side, about to whisper something when Shellectro's computer lit up.
"Found them!" the olive skinned turtle said.
Fearing that Griddex and Shellectro would go directly to their nemeses Graviturtle turned and said, "Shellatron 2000, show locations."
The computerized voice belonging to the central unit of the Shell of Justice spoke back, "At once, Graviturtle."
The green symbol of the Super Turtles appeared on a screen above them before breaking into rectangular sections of green light and flying off the screen before uniting once again to display the symbol in the middle of their meeting room. The T symbol vanished as the green light expanded, revealing a map with two blinking red dots.
"Brainstone location: Mestville Valley. Transmognifier location: Cabison City."
"Why would the Brainstone be there?" Blobboid asked, rubbing his head in confusion, "Aren't all the people there like, cavemen?"
"Yes," Shellectro answered, "And technology there is forbidden."
"So why would a being with such technological intelligence be drawn there?" Graviturtle asked, looking at all of his brothers.
"I think I know," Griddex said, "I've been there a few times and while they don't have technology, there is an excessive amount of valuable crystals they keep within the highest cliffs."
"That must be it!" Shellectro said with a shout of triumph, "I've heard of those crystals, most are normal but a few have uncanny and mystical abilities."
"Like what?" Blobboid asked.
"Just watch," the genius turtle said, "Shellatron 2000, display file dxc10."
"Accessing file. File opened, displaying contents."
7 jewels of different colors appeared on the floating hologram, each glowing with a mysterious energy.
"Their called the seven gems of discord."
(A/N: Yes, for those of you familiar with it, these gems are an allusion, or indirect reference to the Chaos Emeralds found in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.)
"Alright," Graviturtle said, "But what of the Transmognifier in Cabison City? The town was deserted decades ago."
"I'm guessing that there's something there he wants to find," Shellectro said.
Griddex smirked, "Or he just wants to smash something and I'll help him by smashing his head in!"
"Enough Griddex," Graviturtle said, his hand going to the handle of his whip threateningly.
Griddex growled and glanced away from the leader, knowing that if he tried anything he'd be stuck to the ceiling for the rest of the day.
"That's more than enough information," the leader stated, "Shellectro and Blobboid you two head to Cabison City and see what the Transmognifier is up to, stop him if you can, but if you can't, return here. Griddex we're going after the Brainstone."
"But the Brainstone could-"the genius super turtle's speech was cut off.
"No Shellectro, I know how you get when you're around the Brainstone, there's a reason I never let you fight him, plus, your intelligence will give you and Blobboid an advantage over the Transmognifier if you have to engage him in battle."
"Come on Grav, let me handle the Transmognifier," Griddex protested.
"No way," Blobboid protested, "When it comes to you and the Transmognifier it's scarier than Shellectro and the Brainstone!"
"Exactly my point," Graviturtle said, "I know from looking over previous reports that some of the gems in the Mestville Valley contain Utromidium, if the Brainstone uses that to his advantage it would be more beneficial for me and Griddex to face him."
This was true, despite them losing their powers around the Utromidium element, the mineral affected Shellectro and Blobboid faster than Graviturtle and Griddex. Although Graviturtle and Griddex would lose their super powers, Graviturtle was naturally swift while Griddex was still stronger than any of the usual beings on the planet even without his powers. However, since electricity ran through Shellectro himself and Blobboid's entire frame was made of a plasma-like substance if they came into contact with Utromidium, they were pretty much useless when it came to fighting anyone face to face without their powers.
"Fine," Shellectro said stubbornly, getting to his feet and walking towards an opening skylight.
"Great, you team me up with the one that could turn me into a cyborg before morning!" Blobboid said before walking to the electricity powered super turtle.
"Remember, your mission is simply reconnaissance, don't engage in battle unless strictly necessary."
"Yes sir," the two departing super turtles sighed.
Shellectro expelled electricity from his hands and feet before lifting off of the ground, while Blobboid grabbed his ankle.
(A/N: I'm guessing Shellectro's flying ability would be faulted by anyone grabbing his arm. I picture the propulsion of his powers like the engines of a jet plane, so if like, he was holding something, his balance would be thrown off only being able to expel the electricity from one hand and he would run into a building or something while flying. It's only a theory. I'm also assuming that because of his plasma-like form, the current of Shellectro's electricity would safely pass through Blobboid's body without causing damage, the same reason I believe would cause harm if Griddex was the one hanging on. That's personally why I'll always have Graviturtle pulling Griddex along when they have to fly and Shellectro pulling Blobboid along. Ok, I just wanted that to be clear.)
"Let's go," Graviturtle said, taking to the air and reaching down to grab Griddex's hand.
"I hope the people there are ok," Griddex thought as they flew past the statue that stood in front of the Shell of Justice afteer exiting from the skylight like the others.
The statue was gold and stood half as tall as their headquarters, a dedication to the warrior that had come to their world from a different dimension. Hamato Michelangelo.
This is all I have for now. In the next chapter, we'll see Griddex and Graviturtle taking on their enemy. I thought I would start with them since they're going to be the hardest to write for. Also, I despise that both their names start with a G. It's so annoying! So if you get confused where I've made the mistake of switching them in the story let me know.
Anyways. PLEASE REVIEW! Pretty please with a promise to update tomorrow if I get at least three reviews. Two chapters/updates if there's more. ^_^
~Moonsetta