Chapter Three: New Heroes
In the turtle lair the next day following the fight with the Purple Dragons, the turtles were doing their own thing. Donatello was in his lab, Raphael was back at the punching bag, Leonardo was practicing his fighting skills and Michelangelo watched TV. Michelangelo had his eyes fixed on the TV screen and more specifically news reporter April O Neil, a tall red head with average blue jeans, bright yellow jacket with a grey shirt underneath. "Hello and this is April O Neil for Channel 6 news, and the police found members of the dangerous Purple Dragons out cold outside the police station late last night. The police threw these members into a cell and they have all woken up with no memory of what happened." Michelangelo excitedly got the attention of Raphael and Leonardo but not Donatello. "Guys, guys come here quick." The other two turtles walked away from what they were doing and saw a very excited Michelangelo on the sofa. "What is it Mikey?" Asked Leonardo. "We and our awesome activities are on the news." The two walked over to the TV and watched with Michelangelo what April had to say. "Police have found a shop which was broken into by the Purple Dragons and found more members but these ones were dead either with vicious stab wounds or slice marks or sliced in half." Michelangelo looked around at Leonardo and Raphael. "I suspect we have a vigilante or vigilantes roaming around New York but we can't be sure, as soon as there's more on this story I'll let you know this has been April O Neil for Channel 6 news." Raphael turned off the TV and threw it on the floor, which annoyed Michelangelo. "Hey I was watching TV." "Yeah but it's not like it's making you any smarter." Replied Raphael.
Splinter appeared from the dojo, and the three turtles turned towards him. "My sons, I am impressed by your achievement in taking down some of the Purple Dragons." The three looked at each other feeling accomplished. "However," The turtles suddenly dropped their accomplished faces. "I am not happy with your actions being talked about on the news. I thought I told you to stay in the shadows and not be seen OR heard." The three looked at each other awkwardly and uncomfortably. Leonardo suddenly stepped forward confidently and said, "We did sensei but," Splinter darted his eyes towards him which made he begin to chock on his words. "We…we." "Leonardo." "Y…yes sensei?" "You were meant to lead your brothers, and you have but not in the way that a true and proper leader should." Leonardo looked down disappointingly. "Luckily, they have no idea that you did it and the Purple Dragon members can't remember what happened so you are in the clear…for now." The turtles sighed in relief as Splinter went and walked away back into the dojo. "Man…that was close wasn't it?" Michelangelo awkwardly told his brothers. "Man if the Purple Dragons are that easy then I can't wait to start taking down the Foot Clan and that mysterious Shredder clown." Raphael gloated. "Remember Raph, we've never met the Foot Clan or this Shredder guy so we have no idea what he's capable of." Leonardo responded. Raphael suddenly looked around, noticing the absence of someone. "Hey…where's Donnie?" "I'm in my lab." The three walked into Donatello's lab, seeing a number of different gadgetry and machinery either unfinished or too unstable to use. Donatello was sitting at his desk, observing something underneath a microscope. "Hey Donnie what are you looking at?" Wondered Michelangelo. Donatello took his face away from his microscope and turned towards his brothers, looking quite exhausted. "Guys, I've been looking at this metal object I found from the pocket of one of the Purple Dragons we defeated last night. There are these markings on it which I've spent hours observing but I can't understand them." Donatello's brothers walked up to the metal object which he removed from underneath the microscope. They took a closer look at the metal object, which they as well noticed was quite an unusual shape. "I've tried my best to identify these markings anyway I can but I have had no luck." "Perhaps I can help." The turtles turned and Splinter approached them. Splinter walked closer towards the metal object, observing the markings and gave a noticeable unhappy face. "What's wrong sensei?" Asked Leonardo. Splinter looked at his sons with a concerned face and explained to them, "Those markings, they say…we shall despise, find and destroy our enemy and his army, our enemy…the Shredder." The turtles looked at Splinter with shocked faces all around. "Shredder? That means that the Purple Dragons are at war with Shredder and the Foot Clan." Donatello said. "Yes. The war between the Purple Dragons and Shredder with his Foot Clan is a war to be the true Kingpins of New York. Shredder and his Foot Clan want to destroy the city with fear, and the Purple Dragons want to destroy the city with mayhem and destruction, and they are at odds to claim control over the New York citizens." "But we can stop them right sensei?" Asked a sincere Leonardo, but Splinter looked at him, with doubt in his eyes. "I honestly hope so my sons, I hope so."
In a huge dim lit dojo in an unknown location a tall Japanese man covered by the dim lighting meditated on the dojo floor. A young Japanese woman with red highlights in her black long hair entered the dojo while the meditating man didn't respond to her presence. "Father." The young girl said in Japanese. "What is it Karai?" Asked the man in Japanese. "Our enemies the Purple Dragons have been found in a shop, some dead and others have been taking to the police after being found unconscious outside the police station." The man suddenly shot up onto his feet and faced Karai, his face covered by the dark. The man and Karai then continued their conversation in Japanese. "Who did this to the Purple Dragons?" "I don't know, but I think there are vigilantes out there fighting back. But the weird thing is that there our Foot ninjas took the security footage and saw the people fighting the Purple Dragons did not look human." Karai looked at the man and saw disbelief in his eyes, giving her great unease as she continued to speak. "I…I know you don't believe me, but I know what I saw, and I don't think their human. However, I think that with enough brute force you, Oroku Saki, and the Foot Clan can take down these vigilantes." Oroku Saki continued his expressionless stare at Karai. "Who or whatever these vigilantes are, the fact is I created the Foot Clan to restore my honour, and my armour gave me the name that people fear, the Shredder. And seeing that vigilantes have taken down a bunch of our enemies, make me worried about what they can do to the Foot Clan. As much as I want the Purple Dragons to crumble under the weight of me and my Foot Clan, these vigilantes have taken down a number of them makes me certain of what I want. I want you and the Foot Clan to find these vigilantes, bring them to me and then we will see what they want and we will continue our journey to gain victory." Karai nodded in response and the man, Oroku Saki or Shredder continued to stare at her evilly.
