Hey, everyone! I cannot believe how much feedback I got on my first TMNT story! Thanks to all of you who reviewed. It really made my day. I recently watched Captain America (which was awesome!) and I thought about how similar he is to Turtle Titan, as far as costumes go. I then realized that I really couldn't find many stories in which the Justice force is featured. So, that's how this story came to be. Now that school's about to start, I have a lot of studying to do. Though I will be occupied, I hope to update this story at least once a week. I apologize if there are any mistakes in this story, I'm in a bit of a rush. I hope you all enjoy this!
Warnings: Um, I don't think there are any! I don't like cussing, so you don't have to worry about that. There will be no slash. If anything, I would say violence, but I don't think there will be any more than just beating up bad guys.
Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT or the Justice Force. I don't own any copyrighted material that I may have referenced in this story either.
Michelangelo could hardly stand it. He was practically jumping off the walls with excitement. He had been driving his family crazy all day with his antics, not that he really cared. They could deal with it. He didn't know how long he could cope with this waiting, however.
"Just a couple more minutes and it will all be over," Mikey said to himself, his gaze never leaving the clock.
The seconds hand on the clock seemed to go an inch per hour. It endlessly taunted him with that cursed ticking. He wondered if it was another form of Russian water torture. Or was it Siberian? Chinese? Well, it didn't matter what country it was from; the clock still wasn't moving any faster. Mikey smiled gleefully as the hand reached the halfway mark. Just thirty more seconds to go. Twenty-nine. Twenty-eight. Twenty-seven...
A voice interrupted his mental countdown. "Hey, Mikey. What are you doing?"
Mike turned his head around to see Donatello standing in the doorway of the kitchen, a cup of coffee in his hand. "Oh! Hey, Don. I'm waiting."
"What are you waiting for?" Don inquired, taking a sip from his mug.
"Eight o' clock," Mike replied, a hint of longing in his voice.
"Is there a movie marathon on then?" Don guessed.
"Dude, have you completely forgotten? I'm going out with the Justice Force, man! We're gonna go fight crime, beat up guys, and all that good stuff."
"Oh, yeah. Today's February 29th, isn't it?"
Mikey looked at his older brother with a completely dumbfounded expression on his face. "Where in the world have you been all day?"
"My lab."
Mikey sighed. "Figures. You're always in there."
Donatello frowned. "I had work that needed to be done. I'm finished with it now, though. I had just come out to ask you if you wanted to watch something, but I guess you're otherwise occupied."
Michelangelo let out a withering cry of defeat. "Dude! You pick today of all days to actually do something fun?"
Don smirked and shook his head. "Well, I guess I'll have to go do something else. You said you were leaving at eight, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, you'd better hurry up and leave. You're going to be late."
Mikey shrieked and jumped out of his seat as he looked back at the clock. "Oh my gosh! I'm so going to be late! Donnie, you're making me late!"
Don chuckled. "I'm not doing anything. You're the one standing there like an idiot."
Mikey stuck out his tongue. "You truly are evil, you know that?"
Michelangelo rushed over to the counter and picked up his uniform. He hadn't bothered to put it on before; he knew Raph would have teased him endlessly about it if he had. Raph was going to cause him enough trouble as it was, seeing as he had set a booby trap for him. Thank goodness he would be away when the bomb of Raph's anger exploded...
"Well, I'm off! I'll probably be back sometime tomorrow morning. See ya' later, Donnie!" Mikey called as he ran off into the sewers.
"Be careful, alright?" he heard Don yell after him.
Mikey shook his head. "Older brothers," he thought as he rushed to the nearest manhole. He quickly donned his uniform and headed up to the surface. Then, with extreme agility and speed he climbed up to the rooftops and sprinted off to the set meeting place. On the way, he daydreamed about the awesome criminals they would put in jail. They might even find a super villain! The "Turtle Titan" smiled as he thought of all the praise he would get for saving the city once again. And he would get to see some of his best buds, Silver Sentry and Nobody. He had both of their action figures at home.
He knew he had reached the meeting point when a familiar voice called, "Miche-I mean, Turtle Titan! I'm so glad you could make it."
Mikey looked up to see Silver Sentry hovering beside him. "Hey, dude! You kidding? I wouldn't miss it for the world!"
"Hello, Turtle Titan," said Nobody, who appeared from the shadows.
"Nobody! It's nice to see ya' again! Where's the rest of the team?"
"Since we've got the Turtle Titan on our side, we figured we didn't need to bring the entire team. Most of the members are relaxing at home, enjoying a well deserved day off," S.S. explained.
"It's nice that they got to take time off," commented Mikey. "I mean, they're on duty all the time."
"Speaking of time, we're wasting it. Let's go already," said Nobody. "Crime waits for no one."
"Alright then. Are you ready, Turtle Titan?" asked Silver Sentry.
"As ready as I'll ever be!" Michelangelo replied cheerfully.
"Good. Let's go, Justice Force!"
Silver Sentry flew off and Nobody ran after him. Mikey whooped loudly as he used his grappling hook to swing across the buildings. His brothers only wished they were that cool. He felt like Spiderman, the crisp, cool air rushing to his face.
"Maybe this is why Raph likes riding his motorcycle so much," he mused.
The February air was icy but Mikey didn't care. He hadn't been topside for a while. Don had fussed that it was too chilly, and since they were cold-blooded, their bodies would shut down. With this knowledge, protective older brother Leo had limited their exposure to the cold. When they went on their training runs, it was only for an hour or so. Raph had gone out anyway, so it wasn't a big problem for him, but Mikey hated being stuck in the lair for so long.
Now, however, he was finally free-and for the entire night! He hoped that they got to do some awesome kick-butt action. As though his wish was instantly granted, Silver Sentry stopped on a building bordering an alley. Nobody and Turtle Titan quickly caught up to him. S.S. held a finger to his lips and then motioned with his hand, telling them to come closer. He looked down into the alley, and the other superheroes followed his gaze. There in the alley was a man. He was clothed in black, and a dark hat shadowed his face. He held a briefcase in his right hand, and by the looks of how he was walking, it was pretty heavy.
The small team of heroes watched as the man stalked towards the end of the alley. He looked around himself, to see if he was being followed. Not catching sight of anyone, he walked up to one of the doors in the alley. He took a key ring out of his pocket and stuck one of the keys into the doorknob. He turned the knob, took his keys back out, and walked into the building, closing the door behind him.
"Who was that guy?" Michelangelo whispered.
"I don't know, but he looked very suspicious," replied Silver Sentry. "I'll use my x-ray vision to see what he's up to."
Turtle Titan and Nobody were silent as a look of concentration came over their comrade's face. They watched as Silver Sentry scowled at the building. After a while, he looked back to them, the scowl still present on his face.
"I should have known," he said in a grim tone.
"Who is it?" Mikey asked.
"Dr. Malignus."
Mikey gasped. He was both ecstatic and terrified. He would get to defeat a super villain! He'd been waiting for the rematch for ages. Ok, maybe he hadn't, but he was sure as heck waiting for it now. He was also scared though, because he had thought that Dr. Malignus was in jail. Of course, he knew that no matter what a person did, the villain would always get back out of jail. Take the Joker, for example. He couldn't even remember how many times Batman had put him in jail, and yet he still caused trouble. Also, Dr. Malignus was the baddest of the bad-besides the Shredder. He would stop at nothing to put the superheroes out of business for good.
"So, are we going in after him?" Mikey finally managed to ask.
"Of course. Every minute we're out here is a minute he could be using to harm innocent civilians," Silver Sentry replied.
The Justice Force leaped off the building and landed in the alley. They approached the door cautiously, ready to strike at any minute.
"Nobody, do you still have those lock-picking devices?" S.S. asked.
"Yes, I have them right here," Nobody replied.
"Good. Could you take care of this lock? I'm afraid that if I broke down the door it would make too much noise."
"Not a problem."
Nobody took out a small device and thrust it into the lock. He then turned the doorknob and opened the door. Mikey gulped. The walls of the building were covered in white tiles. The fluorescent light bulbs reflected off the tiles and nearly blinded him. It reminded him of a lab. Mikey shuddered. He hated labs.
"Guys, I have a bad feeling about this," he said quietly.
The others ignored his warning. "Alright, team, let's go. Remember, the Dr. has very advanced weapons, so be on the lookout. We don't know what he's got hiding in here, but my guess is that it's something dangerous, and it's something big."
"Roger that," Mikey said with a grin.
The team slowly walked down the hall, not making a single sound. The path seemed to go on forever, but they finally reached a large room. Many unidentifiable contraptions were scattered about. The desk that sat at the far end of the room was covered in papers with complicated equations and blueprints-only Don would know what they meant.
"No one's here," said Nobody.
"Think again," called a voice from behind.
The three heroes quickly whirled around. "Dr. Malignus," Silver Sentry said.
"Ah, if it isn't my old friend, Silver Sentry. It's so...nice to see you again," the Dr. sneered.
"It's never nice to see you, unless you're in jail!" Turtle Titan quipped.
"Oh, the Turtle Titan. We meet again. I'm afraid you won't be so lucky as you were in our last encounter."
"Luck had nothin' to do with it, dude."
"Enough talk. You know why we're here, Dr. Malignus. What are you up to?" Nobody asked in a harsh tone.
Dr. Malignus chuckled sinisterly. "I guess you'll just have to find out the hard way. Activating code red! Annihilate these imbeciles!" he shouted.
All of the machines in the large room were instantly turned on. They all turned to face the heroes. The largest machine fired up its cannon.
"Uh-oh. Guys, this doesn't look good," Mikey said.
"Justice Force, attack!" Sentry ordered.
All chaos was unleashed. The large machine fired a ball of glowing, blue light at Turtle Titan. He shrieked, but nimbly jumped out of the way. The light hit the wall instead. Mikey looked at the damage; it wasn't pretty. The entire wall had been destroyed. Mikey gulped as he backed up and headed to the smallest machine.
Silver Sentry lunged at the large machine. He tore the cannon off, but it in turn electrocuted him. Mikey looked back at him.
"Sentry! You ok, man?" he yelled.
"I'm fine!" he grunted. "Don't let yourself get distracted. Finish the mission!"
"Yes, sir!"
Mikey headed to the smaller machine which was glowing red. He got it to lock onto him and moved to where another machine was. Just as the two were about to fire, he jumped up into the air, and the two destroyed each other. Mikey smirked and moved on to the other machines.
Nobody stealthily avoided being caught by any of the machines. He cautiously sneaked behind the machines and ripped out their wiring, instantly shutting them down. He and Michelangelo teamed up to take down one of the larger weapons. Mikey was the distraction-something he was very good at being-and Nobody took out the machine from behind.
It wasn't long before the machines were destroyed and the entire room was filled with their torn off parts. "Alright! We sure showed Dr. Malignus, didn't we?" Mikey exclaimed.
"Well done, Turtle Titan and Nobody," Silver Sentry congratulated.
Dr. Malignus, however, was not intimidated. "I wouldn't say that congratulations are in order yet, Silver Sentry. You think you've won, but you're wrong! Now I have you right where I want you."
Without warning, three cages dropped down from the ceiling and trapped each of the superheroes. The three tried to break free, but it was no use. Not even Silver Sentry could escape.
Dr. Malignus laughed evilly. "Goodnight, Justice Force. I hope you sleep well," he said as he reached up to the wall and pushed a red button.
"No!" cried Michelangelo, but there was nothing he could do. The cage glowed and he felt pain stinging him all over. He fell to the ground. The last thing he saw was Dr. Malignus laughing his sinister laugh. Then darkness crashed over him.