Author's Note: And welcome back! Were you patient? I hope so. Here's Chapter 1, aka the first episode. Now, let's get going.

Chapter 1 "Things Change"

11 years later...

In the sewers of New York, Master Splinter balanced a lit candle on his cane, the only light source in the Lair.

"Remember," he began, "to be a true ninja, you must become one with the shadows. Darkness gives the ninja power, while light reveals the ninja's presence. Now, can you extinguish this without revealing yourselves?" He then flicked his wrist, so that the cane would toss up the candle so that he can catch it. Don went first. He lunged for the candle, but Splinter moved it out of the way, causing his son to crash into the wall.

"Too noisy Donatello." Mikey jumped at Splinter, swinging his nunchuck. Splinter just got up, making Mikey fall on Don.

"Too clumsy Michelangelo." In the darkness, a chain popped out from behind the rat. Unfortunately, the chain wrapped around his cane.

"Oh no," Tia whispered. With the flick of the wrist, Splinter thrusted the cane forward, sending his daughter into her brothers. Splinter just sat back down like nothing happened.

"Work on your aim Terentia." Raph made the next move. He lunged at Splinter, who ducked just in time. Raph almost fell but he caught himself and tried again. He ran towards Splinter again. Splinter just placed his cane at Raph's feet. Raph tripped over it then crashed into the heap of mutant turtles.

"Poor choice Raphael." Suddenly, Leo dropped from the ceiling, sliced the candle with his two katana, and caught the candle on one of his swords. He moved the sword closer and blew out the flame, making the Lair go dark.

Splinter turned out the breaker switch and said, "Well done Leonardo."

"Nice job guys," Tia said, giving her each of her brothers a high-three. Tia always congratulated her brothers, whether they all passed or just one passed. It made them feel better.

But Raph wasn't too happy. "Teacha's pet," he said, annoyed.

"Ninja dropout," Leo commented, tossing Raph the candle.

Mikey and Donnie reacted to this by saying, "Oooh!" Raph crushed the candle in his hand and angrily walked over to Leo. Tia knew this was going to get ugly.

The two got ready to fight each other, when Splinter interrupted them, then sighed, "My children, if you are to become true ninja, you must work harder." The five turtles all sat down to listen as Master Splinter continued, "Your path in life will not be an easy one. The outside world will not be a friendly place for you. You five are different in ways the surface dwellers would never understand. To survive, you must master these skills I teach you. Ninjutsu powers of stealth and secrecy. You must become Kage, shadow warriors, and you must never be discovered by the outside world." While Splinter was talking, a fly was bugging Mikey. When Splinter finished, Mikey caught the fly, but Splinter noticed. Suddenly, everything started to shake.

"What is that noise?" Splinter asked. The turtles stood up.

"Whoa!" Mikey said. "Earthquake!"

"In New York?" Donnie pondered. "Possible but not likely." Before any of them knew what happening, hundreds of weird looking robots with two legs and a metal mouth filled with sharp teeth, crashed through the turtles' Lair. As the robots marched, the five ninjas pulled out their weapons.

"What are those things?" Leo asked.

"New York City cockroaches?" Mikey joked.

"Whatever they are," Raph said, "they picked the wrong party ta crash." With that, he kicked one of the robots into the air and it crashed into the floor, there it was stuck and struggling to get back on it's feet. The other robots charged at them. Donnie destroyed some with his Bo staff. One robot bit his staff, but Donnie whacked the robot into the ground, destroying it. Mikey had some fun destroying robots with his nunchucks.

He picked up two robots, threw them into the air and called out, "Hey, Leo! Sissy! Think fast!" Leo sliced one of robots then another. Tia caught the other robot Mikey tossed with her kyoketsu-shogei. Once it had a firm grasp, she set it into the wall. Another one jumped at her. But, she tossed the knife part at the thing, stabbing it.

Master Splinter, unfortunately, was getting surrounded by those robots. But he held his ground and destroyed as many as he could.

Leo was the first to notice and called out to his siblings, "We have to help Master Splinter! Come on!" As they made their way, they destroyed more robots. Some of them thought it was cool to chew through the Lair's support pillars. As Raph got closer to Splinter, Leo noticed the Lair collapsing...and the ceiling was going to fall on Raph!

"Look out!" said Leo, pulling his hothead of a brother out of the way. The ceiling collapsed, destroying the rest of the robots and separating the turtles from Splinter.

"Oh no!" Leo said.

"Masta Splinta!" said Raph. The five ninjas ran over to the ruins.

"Master Splinter?" Leo called. "Master Splinter! No!" Just then, Raph noticed one of the robots wasn't finished off. So he walked over to it and stomped its head with his foot.

"What the shell are those things?" Mikey asked, looking at one of the destroyed robots.

"Whatever they were," answered Raph, who then kicked the robot Mikey was looking at, "they're junk now." Leo, Tia, and Donnie tried to find a way to get to Splinter.

"Master Splinter," Leo called, "can you hear me?"

Nothing.

"Donatello," he asked, "anyway to-" Leo stopped when he heard dialing. "What are you doing?"

"Shell Cell," Donnie told him, holding a turtle shell-shaped device to his ear. "I'm calling Master Splinter. I hope." On the other side of the collapsed Lair, Splinter heard a ringing sound. From his robe, he pulled out his Shell Cell.

"Hmm," he asked himself, pushing a bunch of buttons, "which button do you press to answer this thing?" The turtles heard Splinter and were happy to hear their sensei was all right.

Leo took the Shell Cell from Donnie. "Master Splinter," he asked, "are you all right?"

"Hello?" Splinter said, unaware that the phone was answered.

"Master Splinter."

"Hello! Stupid device."

"You don't have to press anymore buttons," Leo said. "You already answered it." This time, Master Splinter was listening.

"Ah," he replied. "Leonardo, whatever those mechanical menaces are, they have managed to eat through the support structure of our home. We must leave right away. Meet me at the old drainage junction near Southpoint." Donnie reached into his bag, took out a piece of paper, blew off the dust, and unfolded it. It was a map.

"If we take the south conduit," he said, "it'll intersect with the old drainage tunnel."

"We'll meet you there, Sensei," Leo said, hanging up the Cell.

"What'd he say? What'd he say?" Mikey asked, who didn't hear what Splinter told them. "Did he mention me?" Raph replied to this by shoving him.

I

As they all got ready, Mikey was saying goodbye to their home.

"Goodbye broken pipe," he lamented. "Goodbye grungy pay phone. Goodbye dented manhole cover. Goodbye home sweet home."

"Hello cruel world," Raph commented. "Come on." With that, he dragged his brother by his mask and they all set off. They walked out and saw the sewer tunnel was a wreck.

"Looks like those things have been through here," said Leo.

"These walls are seriously compromised," said Donnie. "It's lucky this roof hasn't caved in." Suddenly, they stopped.

The roof had, in fact, caved in.

"You were saying?" Raph said.

Leo sighed in disappointment, "Can't go forward. Can't go back."

"Looks like we go up," said Raph. He turned around and started up the ladder.

"Hitting the surface is a bad idea," Leo said, stopping Raph from climbing any higher.

"We don't have any other way to go, Leo," Tia told her brother.

Leo sighed in frustration, "All right. But we're only going up to go down the next manhole, got it? No fooling around. Remember what Sensei said. It's dangerous for us to be seen, let alone captured. We need to stay out of sight."

"We got it the first thousand times, Leo," Raph said. "Just follow my lead." Raph continued up the ladder.

"Well, that's satisfying," Tia said sarcastically and followed her brother up. Following her was Leo, Mikey, and lastly Donnie. Once Raph got the top, he pushed off the manhole cover and jumped out. Tia followed him. Leo looked around before getting out.

"Come on, Leo move it," Mikey teased. "I don't wanna be staring at your butt any longer than I have to." Suddenly, a motorcycle came by. Leo ducked back into the sewers, while Raph and Tia hid in the shadows. Once it passed by, Raph spotted the manhole cover on the other side of the street,

"Manhole cover twelve o'clock," he said. "Follow me, sis." A few flips later, the two turtles made it to the other side unnoticed. But an armored car was heading their way. Raph and Tia hid behind a parked car nearby.

"Now what?" Raph groaned. The armored car parked in the area of the manhole. Both ninjas hid in the shadows of a nearby building. Four men with the designs purple Asian dragons, either as tattoos or on their clothing, got out and headed into that building the car open.

"Stay here, sis," said Raph. He looked under the car and saw it was on the manhole. "Great," he said, now mad. "Just great. The old turtle luck comin' true to form." He got up and kicked the car.

"Shh!" Tia hissed.

"Way to be stealthy, Raph," Leo said sarcastically, causing Tia to flinch in surprise. Usually, none of the other turtles could sneak up on their sister, unless her mind was on something.

"Yeah," Mikey teased. "I don't think they heard over in Jersey."

"Gimme a hand," said Raph. Mikey was about to say something, but Raph added, "Don't even think about it, Mikey." Leo shook his head in disappointment. "Ahh, forget you guys," said Raph, "I can push it myself." Just as he started to push the car, the men inside the building were coming back. One of them said something, but it was inaudible.

"Hide, Raph!" Leo called. "Come on! Hurry!"

"Don't just stand there!" Tia added. In a instant, Raph jumped into the car. His brothers and sister face-palmed themselves.

"Poor choice, Raphael," said Mikey. This time, the four men came out with three duffle bags full of money.

"Did ya see the way that guy squirmed when we took his cash?" one of the men, the Leader, said to his friends. "Sheep, man. Sheep to be fleeced by us wolves." They tossed their bags into the car. None of them noticed Raph inside, because he was holding himself on the ceiling. The Leader closed the door, pressed some buttons which locked the door, climbed back into the car, and drove off.

"Oh, man," Leo said.

"Imagine their surprise when they open the back of that truck," Mikey said.

"This is exactly what Master Splinter was talking about," Leo said. "We gonna get him out of there."

"Last one to the roof hatched from a rotten egg!" Donnie said, using his Bo staff and a fire escape to fling himself onto the roof. Following him was Tia, Leo, then Mikey. Once on top, they looked down to where the car was heading. And they found it.

"We can cut them off at Third and First," Leo said.

"If we run like crazy," answered Donnie.

"Is where any other way to run?" Mikey asked.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Tia said, running towards their destination. "Let's go save our brother!" And rest of the turtles followed their sister, jumping from building to building.

I

The armored car parked into an alley. They still didn't Raph was in the car.

When they all got out, the Leader told one other, who was bigger than the others, "Hey Two-Ton, watch the truck. We wouldn't want somebody to steal our stolen money." The rest of them went inside, while Two-Ton stayed out.

On top of a nearby building, the turtles stood.

"How are we going to get Raph out of there?" Leo asked. Mikey and Tia looked at each other, then both of them nodded.

"Don't worry about it, Leo," said Tia. "Mikey and I will start with phase one." They jumped down from the building they were standing on. Once they landed on the ground, they two turtles got into position. Tia looked around for something as a distraction. Then she spotted an empty can. She picked it up and tossed it. It landed with a clack. Two-Ton heard the can and turned around to see who was there. Tia hid in the shadows to not be seen. Suddenly, Two-Ton felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Hey," said Mikey, hiding in the shadows, "this is a no parking zone. Here's your ticket. And here's your fine." He gave Two-Ton a shift kick in the face, knocking him out cold.

"Nice work, you guys," said Leo, landing on the ground. Donnie followed Leo to the ground.

"Thanks," Tia said, coming out the shadows. "But, Mikey's the one who came up with the plan."

"Eh, it's a ninja thing," said Mikey, feeling good from the comments from his brother sister gave him.

"Now, let's get Raph out of there," Leo said. Meanwhile, their hotheaded brother inside the car was banging his fists up against the glass and yelling to get him out.

"Man," Mikey said, looking at the keyboard lock on the car, "whatever happened to good old fashioned padlocks?"

"Where's the fun in that?" Donnie said, pulling out two screwdrivers and his goggles from his bag. "This one's all mine." Raph continued his yells for freedom.

"What's that, Raphael?" Mikey teased. You're gonna have to speak up, dude. I can't hear you." This ticked off Raph so much, he punched the window. "Okay," Mikey said, "that I heard."

"I'm trying to work here," Donnie said, turning around then went back to work. Tia looked around the alleyway. Something wasn't right by it. Then she realized it. Two-Ton wasn't in the alley. Tia turned back around, only to see Mikey still teasing Raph by making gestures that he can't hear him.

"You know, if I were you Mikey," Tia said, "I'd stop while I'm ahead."

Mikey turned his head and said, "Ah, he can't do anything, sis."

"Right now, yes," said Tia. "But what do you think will happen when he's free? When he gets out, and if he beats the shell out of you, don't say I didn't warn you." Just then, Donnie finished picking the lock.

"Hey, Raph," Mikey said. "Welcome back, bro." To Mikey's surprise (but not Tia's) Raph charged out of the car and tackled Mikey.

"What a hothead," Leo said.

Tia sighed and called out to Mikey, "Hey Mike. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so." Then, she heard something. She turned around and her eyes filled with fear. "Guys?" she said, pulling out her weapon. Donnie and Leo turned around as well. She hated it when she was right, but hated it even more when she was right twice in the same day.

"Uh, Raph?" Donnie said, pulling his Bo staff and backing up to the wall.

"We don't have time for this," Leo said, pulling one of his katana and using his free arm to guide Tia behind him while they backed up to the wall.

"And why not?" Raph asked.

It was Mikey who gave the answer. "Because we're not alone." Immediately, Raph stopped attacking his brother and they pulled out there weapons. Several men with the same dragon design, including the Leader and Two-Ton, walked over to the turtles. Each of them carried a weapon, some had a chain, others had a pipe.

"Look at the freaks!" one of them said.

"What's with the giwby costumes?" another said in a mocking tone.

"This ain't Halloween," Two-Ton said.

"You're goin down, freaks," the Leader said, twisting a staff over his head. "Nobody messes with the Purple Dragons, especially wearin' stupid turtles costumes." The five turtles responded to these insults by attacking the Purple Dragon. After the short fight, the Purple Dragons ran off, afraid of the turtles.

"Gimme some green!" Mikey said to Tia, who gave him a high-three.

"Well," Donnie said, "that was easier than excepted."

"I hope there's more of those guys," Raph said. "I'm just gettin' warmed up."

"Uh, well," said Mikey, turning around, "it looks like you're gonna get your wish, Raphie-boy." Behind them, standing on top of a building, were several people all dressed in black, even black masks, and the design of what looked like a red dragon footprint on their chests.

"Are those guys ninjas?" Tia asked. The group of ninjas jumped down and circled the turtles.

"Well, they're certainly ninja-sk," Mikey said, readying his nunchucks.

"Be ready for anything," Leo told them, readying his katanas.

"I am so gonna enjoy this," Raph said smiling. Then the battle begun. First, the turtles got the upper hand. But, it wasn't long before the other ninjas slowly began to win. At the peak of the battle, Raph asked Leo, Mikey, and Tia, "How many of these goons do we have ta bat before they get the hint?"

"Really?" Mikey said. "They just keep comin'."

"Time to switch to Plan B," Leo said. "Donatello?" During that last part, Donnie had been trying to hot-wire to armored car.

"Almost there Leo," he answered. Just then, he connected two wires which started the engine. "This bus now leaving for anywhere but here," Donnie said, sitting up to the steering wheel and closing the driver side door. Three out of the four turtles outside the car put away their weapons.

"Come on," Leo said to Raph. "We're going." Donnie started to drive off. Quickly Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Tia jumped into the car just in time. Unfortunately, their exit was kind of bumpy.

"Whoa! Nice driving Don. For a turtle with no license," Mikey said sarcastically.

"Hey," Donnie said. "You want pretty? Or you want effective?" Pretty soon, Donnie got the hang of it.

"I gotta tell you," Mikey said to his siblings, "this has been one mon do bizarro day. First all those metal robot things underground. And what's with those ninjas? Ninjas in New York City? Besides us? It's just not right!"

"Talk 'bout just not right? Check this out," Raph said, unzipping one of the duffle bags the Purple Dragons left behind and dumped out the contents. Hundreds of stacks of dollars fell to the floor of the truck. This got Mikey excited.

"Show me the money, baby!" Mikey cheered, holding two stacks of money in his hands.

"This isn't founders keepers, Mikey," Leo said firmly, pulling one of the stacks out of his brother's hand.

"Well, what are we gonna do with it then?" asked Tia. She was on the ground picking the money Raph spilled back into the bag.

Suddenly, Leo called out, "Stop!" So, Donnie did. Leo grabbed the duffle bags, even the one Tia had, and took the other stack of money out of Mikey's hand, sat on the passenger sit and called out to the two police officers in the police car next to them, "Take care of this money, will you guys?" He tossed the duffle bags onto the hood of the car, then Donnie drove off, all the to the drainage junction. As said, the turtles saw Splinter sitting in a meditation pose. There were destroyed robots all around him, even a giant hole in the floor.

"Master Splinter!" they yelled in happiness. They ran over and hugged their father.

"Yes," Splinter said. "I am glad to see you too my children."

"Master Splinter," Leo said, "so much has happened today."

"Yes, yes," Splinter replied. "There will be time to tell me all about it, Leonardo. But first, I wish to take you all home." This surprised the turtles.

"Home?" Mikey asked.

"We got no home," Raph said. "Those robots trashed our pad. Remember Sensei?"

"Do not worry," their father said. "I think I have found a solution to our, current housing problem. Follow me." Master Splinter jumped down into the hole.

Tia shrugged and said, "Well, last one down hatched from a rotten egg." And she followed her sensei into the hole. Following her was Leo, then Donnie.

"Cowabung-AH!" Mikey said just as he got pushed down the hole by his brother. "Not funny, Raph!" Mikey called up the tunnel.

"Oh, yes it is," Raph chuckled, then jumped down the hole. After a quick, yet painful landing, they made it. They picked themselves up and followed Master Splinter down another tunnel, only required walking.

While Mikey caught up with Splinter, Tia asked Leo, "Do you have a guess on what Master Splinter's gonna show us?"

Leo thought about it a second, "Hmm. Well, he said this had to do with our home."

"Maybe we're moving?"

"Probably."

"If we are, then this will be the third time I've been right all day."

"Huh?"

Tia sighed, "First, Raph attacking Mike. Then, those Purple Dragons after I noticed that guard was gone."

"Well, why didn't you say anything until now?" Leo asked.

"It wasn't the right time," she said.

Leo thought about this for a moment and said, "Fair enough." Just then, they made it their destination. They arrived at a huge, strange, yet beautifully carved chamber. It was two stories high, and it was colored blue and an earthy orange.

"Whoa!" Mikey said. "This is beyond awesome!" Right away, they started to look around and found a room for each of them.

"You see, my children," Splinter said. "Change is good."

"We couldn't agree more Master Splinter," said Leo.

"Good," said Splinter. "So, let's see you kids clean up for a change. This chamber is filthy." Immediately after, the five turtles whined in disappointment.

AN: Finally! I'm REALLY sorry i couldn't post another chapter since January. You see, I've posting my chapters at school and since January til about May, got blocked. So I had to postpone my fanfic. And with summer vacation coming really soon, I won't be able to post more chapters until school starts again. But, I did update my chapters so if you haven't re-read them, go and do that. Anyway, please review, cuz I'm not getting a lot of them. So please do that.

Until next time, bye and have a great summer vacation!