The Bean Brigade #9
"Time's Up pt. 2"
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"Well this is just great" Raph complained "now we got two hostages ta save, and we've lost the element of surprise."
"Maybe, but the villains have a liability too; they don't know how to employ the security systems" Don explained. "Being from the past, our future technology would be confusing to them. And the computer system does have dozens of firewalls. Even for a guy like Jammerhead, it could take them a while to hack it."
"Then we'd better hurry" Cody suggested "I just wish I knew what floor they were on."
"We'll just check 'em all and kick butt when we find 'em" Raph replied.
"Is he always this gung ho?" Samantha asked Mikey.
"Yup, I think he doesn't get enough fiber in his diet."
Meanwhile, back up in Starlee's lab, Freddi had arrived with the two Phantoms. "You guys had better let me go" she said, trying to hide her fear, "cause my friends will come for me!"
"And I'm very interested in meeting these friends of yours" came a voice with a Southern accent. Freddi turned and saw a giant bean standing nearby.
"So you're the cause of all this!" she said angrily "are you aware what you're doing to the space time continuum?"
"I'm more interested in learning who you are and what yer doing here" Hannibal replied.
"Well I'll never tell!" Freddi said defiantly.
"Have it your way" Hannibal answered, "after all, I do have ways of getting the information, most of them painful"
"My name's Freddi, I live in Brooklyn, my best friends are Samantha & Jodie" Freddi began.
"And what were you doing with those turtles?" Hannibal inquired.
"They're supposed to stop you before you go back in time and take over-I mean, what turtles?" she asked innocently.
"And just how did you know about my time travel scheme?" Hannibal asked.
Think Freddi, you can't betray the others, but you've got to tell him something…
"Well, my friends certainly don't have a magic book that allows us to travel back in time or learn about history" she said, "yup, definitely no magic book."
"I see" Hannibal replied, "well, this changes things."
He turned to his gang, "Temblor, take some of the gang down there to deal with the intruders. Take the boy and the other girls alive; they have something I want."
"And the turtles?" Temblor asked.
"Exterminate them" Hannibal replied, "as painfully as possible."
"After what that one did to my gauntlets, it'll be a pleasure boss" Temblor said, "speaking of which, how am I supposed to fight them?"
"We have a whole arsenal of futuristic weaponry up here" Hannibal explained "with a lot more once I have the boy in my possession."
"But, don't you need that to help you conquer the future and stuff?" Jack asked.
"Spicer, once I possess that magical book, weapons will hardly be an issue."
"I told you, it's 'not' magical" Freddi added, "you sure don't hear very well."
"And you're annoying" Hannibal replied "tie her up and put with her other hostage. Herring, you guard them, that's one job even you couldn't botch."
While his orders were being carried out, Hannibal looked at the intruders on the security monitors. "Enjoy your visit" he said "it'll be your last."
Meanwhile, the turtles and friends were taking an elevator to the next floor.
"I don't like this" Leo said "if Hannibal doesn't want us to get up there, why did he leave all the elevators working?"
"Maybe he secretly likes us?" Mikey suggested.
Just then, the elevator stopped suddenly. "Guess again" Raph replied.
"Lucky for us, there's more than one way to get to the top" Don said, using his bo to knock open the hatch on the top of the elevator.
"Going up" he said, flipping unto the roof; the other turtles followed suit, with Cody using Turtle X's jets to fly up, increase the size of the opening, then join the others.
Everyone then grabbed on to the robot, who flew up to the next available door.
"Next stop, bad guys and housewares" Cody joked, ripping open the door.
"Hmm, nobody here, this can't be a good sign" Raph said.
Almost minutes after he finished the sentence, a laser blast hit the wall, inches from his head.
"Now we're talking!" he exclaimed happily, his sais at the ready.
At the other end of the room was Temblor, Motor Ed, & Gearhead, armed with high-tech blasters.
"Well if it isn't mullet boy and ugly" Raph said "what's the matter? Didn't get enough of a butt kicking last time?"
"Go ahead and mock us turtle" Temblor replied "cause you're going down."
The villains let loose with their weaponry, and the turtles jumped into action with theirs. Mikey avoided a blast from Ed, only to discover that the table the blast hit melted into a puddle.
"Disintegrator ray" Ed replied "compliments of Bean dude, seriously."
"Okay, this is going to be harder than I thought" Mikey replied, dodging another blast from both the d-ray and the regular laser.
Don meanwhile, faced Gearhead, twirling his bo to deflect the blasts of the evil cyborg. "A cyborg huh? I haven't encountered many of those" he said.
"And you won't get a chance to" Gearhead replied, striking out with his arm.
Don avoided the strike and used his bo to knock the laser aside, then tripped the villain with it. But Gearhead was wily and slipped under Don's legs, kicking him from behind.
While this went on, Leo and Raph were working on double-teaming Temblor.
"You just don't quit, do ya punk?" Raph asked, using his sai to plug the hole of the villain's blaster.
He tossed the weapon aside in rage and charged his foe, but was met with a kick to the gut. Leo followed it up with a kick to the head that put him down for the count.
Meanwhile, Cody had maneuvered Turtle X over to help Don, but that was all the opening Gearhead needed.
"Neat toy" Gearhead said, "think I'll play with it for a while!" He plugged himself in, and discovered that he was unable to take it over.
"What in the?"
"Sorry, technology in the future is a bit more sophisticated than what you're used to."
"Maybe, but I bet it still melts the same dude!" Ed said, aiming his d-ray at the robot.
"You idiot, we're supposed to take the kid alive!" Gearhead said, "and you'll hit me!"
"I know what I'm doing man, seriously" Ed replied.
The exchange allowed Mikey to knock the weapons from the mulleted mechanic's hands. "Not so tough without your guns, are you?" he asked mockingly.
Turtle X then grabbed Gearhead and tossed him off; he flew for a few inches and slammed into Ed, taking out both villains.
"Bogus dude, seriously" Ed said, before collapsing.
"Well, that was easy" Raph commented "I was expecting a bigger challenge from these guys."
"There's more villains than just these" Sam added "and more floors to go."
"Plus who knows what technology they have access to" Don added.
"Hopefully no more disintegration rays" Mikey said, "I don't want to end up a pile of turtle goo."
Mikey: You're probably wondering where Master Splinter is. Well the author couldn't find a good place to fit him in, so he scrapped his part altogether. The same thing happened with Serling.
Serling: Are you telling me there was no way I could have been utilized?
Mikey: Hey, what are you doing? You're cutting into my fourth wall breaking time.
Serling: So sorry to interrupt your foolish prattling, but I am more than a little angry over my omission from this narrative.
Mikey: (confused) Eh?
Serling: I'm upset I wasn't in the story, miscreant. Master Cody obviously needs my help, and I could've been a great asset against these hooligans.
Mikey: Whatever you say, you walking wind-up toy. Anyway, in the next chapter…
Serling: (interrupting) The turtles and Master Cody deal with a duo of villains who can control wind. Will their skills be any match against them?
Mikey: Could someone get rid of this guy please?