"I don't like this Leo" Raph said, as they continued upward "we've gotten past three floors now and we ain't run into bad guys."
"What's wrong with that?" Mikey asked, "after those last battles, I could use a break from fighting."
"I think he's worried that it means that Hannibal probably has something really bad cooked up for us" Don explained.
"Oh, it's bad all right" came the familiar voice.
"Jammerhead, I figured we'd run into eventually" Leo said.
"And I was hoping to run into you guys too" Jammerhead said "I still owe you for sending me to prison!"
"Well you'll have to collect another day, cause yer going right back" Raph replied.
"Not a chance, Street Phantoms, attack!"
The turtles lept into the fray and began exchanging weapon blows with the Phantoms & Jammerhead. Cody dodged one of their attacks, then hit his assailant with the hockey stick, knocking him into the far wall.
"So what did Hannibal offer you for your services?" Leo asked, using his katanas to block Jammerhead's blades.
"I get to help myself to as much tech as I want" he replied "with this kinda stuff, I can make loads of credits."
"It's going to be hard to spend all those credits when the future is gone" Leo added.
"What are you jawing about?"
"If Hannibal achieves his goals, it could destroy all time" Leo explained, "this future will be wiped out, and none of us may exist. What good will your credits be then?"
Jammerhead said nothing, and instead continued the attack.
Samantha & Jodie stood by and watched all the fights, and didn't notice the Phantom until he materialized behind them.
"Hey!" Jodie shouted when he grabbed the Book; Don saw the girls were in trouble and quickly knocked one of the Phantoms aside.
He jumped over to aid the girls, but it was too late; the villain phased through the floor with the Book in hand.
"Bad news guys" Don announced, "one of the phantoms grabbed the Book."
"And that means you shellbrains are finished!" Jammerhead replied "so long, losers!"
and he and the remaining Phantoms phased away.
"Um, this is bad, right?" Mikey asked.
"Very bad" Samantha explained "if Hannibal figures out how to use the Book, and combines it with whatever he used to travel here…"
"We know, all time will cease ta exist" Raph said "ya told us like, three times already."
"But I like existing!" Mikey cried, "and there are so many video games I haven't played yet!"
"Then we'd better hurry" Leo said "and hope Hannibal doesn't learn the secrets of the Book."
At that moment, Jammerhead was presenting Hannibal with the aforementioned Book.
"Finally, exactly what I need ta become ruler of all time and space" Hannibal said, "and no one, not the turtles, or the monks, or those Titans can stop me, cause they won't exist."
"Hey, if you wipe out the future, what happens ta me?" Jammerhead asked.
"How the heck should I know?" Hannibal replied "if ya like, I might find a way ta keep ya from disappearing into nothingness."
"Forget that!" Jammerhead said, producing his sword "you're not wiping me out of existence!"
He pressed the sword closer to Hannibal "here's how things are gonna work, me and the Phantoms are gonna get what we came for, and then you're going in a giant burrito. Then we'll use your little time travel devices to go back in time and steal even more stuff."
"So unambitious" Hannibal replied "is money all that's important to ya? No wonder yer just a common street hood."
"At least I'm going to be hanging around, which is more than I can say for you" Jammerhead replied.
"You don't get it, do you boy?" Hannibal said, "allow me ta remind you who's in charge here."
Before Jammerhead had a chance to react, he was frozen solid. The other Phantoms looked to find out what had frozen their leader and saw Control Freak standing nearby with a blaster of some kind.
"Chill out, Phantoms!" he said, blasting as many as he could; the others phased away, and he went to give chase.
"Ignore them" Hannibal said "they can't stop me now. Spicer, use the lathe and create a time bubble, so's y'all won't disappear when I rebuild time in my glorious image."
"On it boss" Jack replied.
"And my dear Control Freak" he said, "I need you to keep those turtles occupied until I finish up here."
"Not a problem" CF replied "I've got some new weapons they're just going to love."
With the majority of the Bean Brigade defeated, the turtles ran into no further opposition as they made their way upwards. Eventually, they arrived in the hallway where Starlee's lab was located.
"Ready yourselves guys" Leo cautioned "now that we're in the home stretch, Hannibal will probably pull out all the stops."
"Let 'em try" Raph replied "we beat everything he threw at us so far."
"That's only because you haven't faced me!" CF replied.
The heroes noticed the portly villain standing between the door; he was wearing a black costume with a helmet that resembled Darth Vader's.
"Who in the shell are you?" Raph asked.
"I am your doom" CF replied "and a deadly master of the light-sword." He pulled out the aforementioned double-bladed weapon "now prepare to suffer the fate of all those that oppose the Empire of Evil."
Leo used his katanas to block one of the blades, with Raph kicking the villain in the stomach.
"I'm not through yet" he said pulling out a small handheld laser "I've set my phaser on 'annihilate'."
He blasted at the turtles but Mikey reflected the beam with his nunchucks and hurled one, knocking the weapon from his hands.
"No matter, you will be no match for my awesome powers" CF replied and began moving his hand as though he were choking someone "hey, how come my powers aren't working on you?"
"Oh brother" Raph said.
"A word of advice" Leo said "it's not the weapons that matter, it's the one that uses them."
"And kid, you suck at fighting" Raph replied, right before kicking him into the door.
The heroes passed through the door and got their first glimpse of Hannibal, who was holding both the Book and the Sands of Time.
"Aaaaah!" Mikey screamed.
"What are you yelling for?" Don asked "you knew he was a giant bean."
"I know, but it's still pretty freaky."
"Ahh welcome turtles and friends" Hannibal said, "sorry I don't have time to meet you all formally, but I'm late for my ascension to godhood."
"Surrender the girls and return to your own time" Leo ordered.
"And if I don't?"
"Then we'll turn ya into bean curd!" Raph yelled.
"I'd like to see ya try that" Hannibal said, "but again, I have time to conquer. Bean Brigade, deal with them."
The members of the Bean Brigade quickly emerged and ran towards the turtles. "Didn't we just beat these guys?" Mikey asked, as he dodged Gearhead's blows.
"I had to retrieve them, they are essential to my new world order" Hannibal replied.
As they fought, he pried open the Book. "Stop him" Sam shouted "if he opens up a time vortex, we're all doomed!"
"Speaking of doomed, shouldn't we be in a time bubble?" Jack asked, before getting knocked aside by Don's bo.
"Good point bro" Ed said, "let's get to the safety zone before we're wiped out of existence, seriously."
The BB retreated, and allowed the turtles to attack Hannibal, but he avoided their skills and hurled Mikey into the attacking Leo. Meanwhile, the room filled up with a green mist from the Book, which evolved into a giant whirlpool.
"Time's up, I'm afraid" Hannibal said, "it's been fun, but now I have a date with the dawn of time. Sands of…"
Before he could finish, Leo tackled him, knocking the hourglass from his hands.
Hannibal glared at the turtle, "you think you've stopped me? All you've done is delay the inevitable."
And he reached over and picked up another weapon he had created, a disintegration ray. Leo dodged the blast, which destroyed a table, and blocked a few more.
"This reminds me of something I told your fat flunky" Leo said, "'It's not the weapon, but the person who uses it that matters.'"
"And I should care, why?" Hannibal asked.
"Cause no matter what weapons you have, you can't beat us!" Leo shouted, slicing the gun in two with his katanas. Hannibal tried to run, but found himself surrounded by the turtles and Cody.
"It's over" Leo said, "admit defeat and we'll return you to your time to face trial."
"Thanks, but I'd rather not" Hannibal replied "Moby Morpher!"
Before they could stop him, Hannibal transformed into a hawk then flew over and grabbed the Sands of Time, then turned back to normal.
"Now then, as I was saying, Sands of…"
He wasn't able to finish the last word before Don knocked the hourglass away with his bo.
"Time's up for you" Raph said, punching the evil bean.
He stumbled backwards into the open Book, and before the turtles could react, was sucked into the green vortex.
"Noooooooo!" was the last thing they heard before he disappeared.
Don then used his bo to close the Book before anything else happened.
"The boss is gone" Jack observed, "now what do we do?"
"I'm for grabbing the Sands of Time and blowing this place" Ember replied; she phased through the floor and grabbed the discarded hourglass. "See ya losers!" she taunted, just as Control Freak ran into the room.
"Wait for me!"
"Don't let those three villains from the other time periods escape!" Jodie shouted.
"On it!" Leo replied.
"Sands of Time!" and in a flash, the villains were gone, except for Temblor, WV & Gearhead, who had been tackled by the turtles. Within minutes, they were knocked out.
The heroes then quickly freed the captive Starlee & Freddi.
"Oh Cody, I knew you'd come and rescue me" Starlee said happily, grabbing her crush in a tight hug.
"Hey, what are we, chopped liver?" Mikey asked.
(Instead of Michelangelo, a man with a tiki mask-like head and a graduation cap is present).
Professor Pester: Attention readers of I, the great and extremely handsome Professor Pester have seized control of your foolish little website. Now you will only write stories about me, and my frequent victories over those foolish piñatas. And there is nothing you can do, you miserable…
(Sound of a toilet flushing, and Mikey comes back in).
PP: (nervously) Uh, pay no attention to the turtle exiting the bathroom.
Mikey: Dude, I warned you about this (produces nunchucks)
PP: Ow! Ouch! Not in the face! I have no regrets!
Mikey: That takes care of that. Anyway dudes, I know it looks like it, but the story isn't over yet. There's still a few loose ends to tie up, and information concerning the future of the BB.
PP: Speaking of things that are loose, could you pop my shoulder back in?
Mikey: Eww!