Surprisingly, it took less time than they thought.
"That wasn't so bad, now was it?" Patch smiled to the others.
Lionel shrugged as they entered the old subway station. "Guess not..."
"Okay, guys, I think I'm ready this time..." Sabrina said. "It can't be too hard if it's all of us against that ninja group, right?"
"Especially with the Turtles on our side!" Atticus added.
"All right... I guess it's time to go now..." Cherry said before taking a deep breath and an exhale. "I mean... What could happen? It's not like the Shredder will be back or whatever. He's gone."
"I dunno..." Lionel replied. "If Bebop and Rocksteady were there, I doubt Tatsu is running things by himself. He has to be taking orders from somebody."
"You don't think it could be Uncle Sombra, do you?" Atticus's eyes widened.
"Maybe," Lionel shrugged. "But did you hear those two mutant morons mention anybody else?"
"Cherry, did you?" Atticus asked.
"Uh, I don't think so," Cherry shook her head with a shrug. "I have a bad feeling at the pit of my stomach, but I'm not sure if it's bad vibes or too much pizza."
"Maybe a little of both," Lionel replied as his fingers began to glow. "Still, might as well bring the Star Saber with me just in case. I'm gonna go Samurai Jack style on that diabolical fool!"
Atticus agreed and soon brought out his Sword of Friendship.
"Okay, then... We're ALL GOING!" Lionel exclaimed triumphantly.
They then moved on out to help out the Ninja Turtles.
Nearly all of them were brave, but some of them were scared.
"Keep on your guard, everybody," Lionel explained. "those Foot ninja could be anywhere, so watch yourselves!"
"Don't be scared... Don't be scared..." Cherry coached herself.
"Atta girl!" Lionel whispered back.
They continued staying quiet as they snuck through the junkyard to find Raph's location.
Patch sniffed around just to be sure he could track down the turtle.
"Freeze..." Atticus told them all.
They soon stopped and they found two ninjas walking around like they were on guard duty. Lionel snapped his fingers to make them all invisible so they could sneak past.
"Gross... I can see inside my eyelids..." Cherry muttered.
"Shh! Cherry, keep it down!" Atticus whispered loudly.
"Besides, it only makes us invisible to everyone ELSE." Lionel replied.
The ninjas looked around, walking off as they thought they heard something.
"Phew... They're going the other way." Mo said in relief to that.
"Lucky us." Lionel muttered as the Turtles snuck in to free Raph, who was all tied up.
"Mike... Donny... Leo... They were here?!" Cherry's eyes widened.
"Wel, of course they were," Lionel replied. "They're not gonna ditch their brother."
"Come on, we better go too in case anything happens." Patch said to the others.
The others nodded, and proceeded behind.
"The perimeter's quiet." Donatello commented.
"Yeah, a little too quiet." Leonardo added in agreement.
"Hmm... Come on!" Michelangelo replied before having them follow him so they could get to Raphael.
The brothers snuck into a clearing and saw Raphael, tied to a pole, bound and gagged. They soon moved out at a time so that they could help him out.
"You know, given the layout of this junkyard, and the proximity of certain structures if they were gonna spring a trap, they'd probably do it right about-" Donatello told the others as they came to help Raphael.
Suddenly, a net popped out of the ground, and captured the other Turtles.
"If it's too good to be true," Lionel shrugged. "Then it's probably false."
"All right, who did this?!" Cherry began to strike poses. "Show yourself, coward!"
A man in bladed armor stepped to the front of the crowd of ninjas.
Lionel went pale. "...The Shredder...!"
"Heh, nice try, but I'm not falling for that." Cherry smirked, not turning around.
"I am not joking, Cherry, I'm as serious as a heart attack." Lionel replied as he turned her around to face the bladed villain.
"Heh..." Cherry smirked until she turned around with wide eyes. "What the-?!"
"Hello there, my guests." Shredder growled which made sweat suddenly bead over Cherry's face as her heart raced from the nerves upon seeing him.
"Surely you didn't intend to start the party without us, did you, Saki?" Krang croaked as he, Bebop and Rocksteady emerged as well. "After all, without our new business partner this would have never come to fruition!"
"Whaaaat the-?" Cherry shivered slightly from seeing Krang up close.
"Yeah, that's Krang," Lionel nodded. "I recognize him cuz he looks like an alien brain with a robot-suit."
"Yeeeh..." Cherry shuddered slightly from Krang's appearance.
"She doesn't look like she could do much damage." Krang laughed to Cherry.
"That's what you think, you octopus-handed piece of used-up-chewing gum." Lionel snapped.
"Yeah!" Cherry added. "Neener, neener, neener~"
"Oh, Cherry." Atticus sighed to that a bit.
Shredder just smirked. "In fact, without our new benefactor, Mr. Sombra, we would have never gotten Operation Turtle Extinction off the ground." he chuckled evilly.
"Oh, please, like King Sombra is here." Cherry replied as she backed up before hitting someone.
Sombra stood over her. Cherry looked back to him.
"Boo." Sombra smirked.
Cherry yelled out and ran off, shivering behind Atticus.
"Uncle Sombra." Atticus glared.
"So YOU'RE the uncle Atticus has told me so much about," Lionel remarked. "I wish I could say it was nice to meet you, but, well, with you wanting to destroy Cherry and all... It ISN'T."
"And you must be her new boy toy." Sombra smirked to Lionel.
"Ooh, you get banished a thousand years and suddenly you think you're the next Jerry Seinfeld, huh?" Lionel scoffed, pulling out the Star Saber. "And for the record, it's none of your business."
Sombra chuckled. "I suppose we shall see as I join my new allies."
"How do you always find us whenever Atticus has to save the day?" Cherry asked. "How do you always know where to get me? How do you always know what's going on?!"
"I have eyes and ears everywhere, little girl," Sombra told her. "Everything would be just fine if you hadn't butted in like you always do."
"Ah, nuts to you, bozo!" Lionel snapped. "Just cuz you always gotta follow Atticus around like a huge creepnik doesn't justify your actions."
"Oh, but he's my heir..." Sombra smirked. "He must accept his destiny."
"NO! NEVER!" Atticus glared to his evil uncle.
"Yeah! Atticus should be free to follow his own destiny!" Lionel agreed. "Just cuz you're his uncle doesn't mean he has to follow in your stupid footsteps! I'm gonna slice and dice you like sashimi, jerk!" he added as he swung his sword around a few times.
"This should be quite entertaining for all of us." Sombra grinned to both Shredder and Krang.
"The Star Saber?!" Krang exclaimed in shock. "I thought that was just a mere legend... But it IS real! Quickly, you fools, kill the Turtles NOW and deal with their friends posthaste!"
"Oh, don't worry... Things will be just fine in my grasp..." Sombra smirked.
Cherry looked nervous, but soon got ready to fight as she glared to him. "I'm not gonna let you scare me anymore, Sombra."
"Yeah, and you never scared ME to begin with!" Lionel added.
Sombra merely laughed to them. "All right, let's do this then, and I'm surprised you're without your teacher to protect you."
"I-I don't need him, because... I'm in-independent!" Cherry glared, trying to stay brave.
"He's busy," Lionel retorted. "STAAAAAAAAAR... SAAAAAAAAAABER...!" The sword glowed as it seemed to glisten in the moonlight.
Sombra gave a dark grin to them.
"We've been waiting for you all... This should be interesting." Shredder said to the group.
"Enough talk," Lionel snapped. "Let's GO!" he let out a fierce roar as he swung the sword.
"Bring it on then..." Sombra grinned. "I'll gladly take you and Cherry down so Atticus can realize his destiny."
And so, began a fight between them all. Lionel and Cherry began dueling with Krang and Sombra while Rocksteady activated the lifting crane to drop the Turtles on the spiky crystals.
"You fight almost as well as a man." Sombra smirked to Cherry.
"Funny. I was just about to say the same thing about you!" Cherry glared.
"Ha! Sick burn!" Lionel replied as he slashed at Sombra, and the spot where he had been cut seemed to glow like burning paper.
Sombra flinched and snarled before glowering towards Lionel.
"Ooh, that's gotta sting." Cherry commented.
"Sting like a hornet, it does!" Lionel replied before slicing at him again. Another piece of Sombra seemed to burn off of his body as he cringed in pain.
"Haha!" Cherry grinned as she soon jumped onto Sombra's back and hugged his neck tightly. "Hmm... I think I might be a little thirsty."
"Get off of me!" Sombra growled angrily as he thrashed about wildly.
"Might not wanna do that!" Mo replied as she made a huge throng of vines emerge from the ground and pin Sombra to a nearby wall, knocking Cherry off of him. "Concentrated evil isn't good for your digestive system."
Cherry soon fell on her knees before glaring towards Sombra.
"This'll hold ya for now." Mo smirked to Sombra.
Sombra growled at her.
"And since getting cut by this hurt ya..." Lionel realized before turning to Atticus and handing him the sword. "Would you care to do the honors, old friend?"
"Hmm... I suppose I could..." Atticus replied, taking the sword.
"Oh, come now, Atticus... You wouldn't kill your own uncle?" Sombra replied innocently and nervously through the throbbing pain.
"If you WERE his uncle, you wouldn't force him to follow in your footsteps," Lionel retorted. "He is his own person with thoughts and feelings and desires of his own!"
"Well, you can't please everybody..." Sombra replied.
Atticus soon yelled out and charged towards Sombra only for him to teleport out of the way.
"Cheater! Cowardly snake!" Lionel snapped. "Come back and take your slicing like a man!"
"I can't help nature." Sombra smirked.
Cherry soon tried to tackle Sombra, but he teleported and she fell flat on the ground.
"You're an embarrassment." Sombra mocked Cherry as he teleported again.
"Look who's talking, Vapor-face!" Lionel snapped, poofing the sword back into his hands. "Why don't you quit wussing out and fight me like a man, you gutless snake!"
"Don't tempt him..." Cherry groaned, looking up from the ground.
"Oh, a ssssnake, am I?" Sombra smirked as he stepped over Cherry. "Wouldn't you like to see how snake-like I can be?"
"Jafar wore it better." Cherry muttered.
"Heh, yeah," Lionel replied before facing Sombra. "Bring. It. On. Bitch." he emphasized each word.
Sombra soon started to laugh before getting louder and louder as he glowed a bit before bringing out his human form with his own sword. He then slashed his own sword in the air before clashing swords with Lionel.
"Careful, Lionel!" Cherry cried out.
"You got it!" Lionel nodded as his sword collided with Sombra's.
"So, let's see how big and special this Lionel really is." Sombra grinned.
Cherry soon zipped away to get out of the fight so she wouldn't get hurt.
"Uncle Sombra, you don't have to do this." Atticus said softly.
"Oh, but I must," Sombra replied. "If you're going to rule the Crystal Empire, then you can't trouble yourself with such distractions like so-called friends."
"I'm not ruling the Crystal Empire, and Cherry is my best friend!" Atticus replied. "She was the sister I never had, and I wouldn't trade her for anything or anybody!"
Cherry's eyes widened before smiling tearfully to that.
"I couldn't agree more," Lionel replied. "And we're gonna throttle you!" He spun the sword and jammed it into Sombra's chest.
"Ooh..." Some of the others winced.
Sombra's eyes widened from that.
"Oh, my God..." Atticus muttered.
"Oops..." Lionel replied. "Oh, jeez, too soon?"
"Well... Look at that... You've pierced me..." Sombra said as he put his hand on his chest and held out his hand to find blood. "Good shot, Lionel..."
Everyone looked to each other. Sombra soon seemed to fall flat to the ground.
"Um... Thanks... I think..." Lionel replied.
Cherry and Atticus walked up to Sombra together. Sombra didn't appear to move or do anything, so they thought he was dead. Cherry came to check for a pulse only for Sombra to grab her by her throat and hold her into his face.
"It was a good try!" Sombra soon growled. "I'll be back for you yet!" He soon let go, shoving her against Atticus and teleported himself away from them as he was shown to actually not be dead.
"And next time, I won't be so nice!" Lionel remarked. "Next time, I'll let Atticus finish you!"
"You okay, Cherry?" Atticus asked.
"I-I'll be fine..." Cherry replied as she held her throat. "I wasn't scared."
"Good... Because during all that, the Turtles managed to get free!" Lionel replied, before doing a Samurai Jack impression. "But I swear... One day, Sombra WILL be defeated, once and for all."
"But for now, let's help out the Turtles with their own problems." Atticus decided.
"Right!" Lionel replied, returning to his normal voice. "Let's kick some shell!"
"It shouldn't be too hard..." Cherry said, cracking her neck, knuckles, and then elbows a bit.
"Ooh..." Patch grimaced from that.
"That hurt a little." Cherry winced from her elbows popping before glaring in determination to fight.
And so they leapt into the fray, beating the Foot Soldiers roundly and giving them a run for their money. Sabrina laughed as she was able to help out until someone grabbed her and she felt overwhelmed before screaming.
Back at the hotel...
"No, Mother, I swear I thought the Bubonic Plague was a band, I didn't know it'd wipe-out half of Europe..." Drell mumbled in his sleep until he heard some screaming which seemed to wake him up. "Huh? ...That sounds like... Sabrina!" he then woke up all the way. "I gotta help her or I'll be in big trouble with Hilda and Zelda!" he soon narrowed his eyes as he soon put himself into good shape and changed his clothes after showering and looked focused. "Hang on, Sabrina! Uncle Drell is coming!"
Back at the junkyard, everyone soon came to help Sabrina since she was their friend.
"Hands off, Krang!" Lionel snapped. "Or else I'll boil your butt and serve you at a sushi restaurant!"
"This is quite an interesting friend you have here," Krang chuckled as he examined Sabrina. "She seems to have a powerful energy source deep within her."
"Let me go, you slimeball!" Sabrina cried out.
"Didn't yer mom ever tell ya it isn't nice to manhandle a lady like that?" Atticus asked. "Wait... Anybody else hear something?"
"That kind of rumbling?" Patch asked.
"Yeah... I hear that too," Mo said. "We should probably move."
"Why?" Cherry replied.
"Sounds good to me!" Lionel replied as he picked Cherry up easily and moved her out of the way.
"Whoa!" Cherry yelped.
Drell soon ran in and stopped, breathing heavily and looked beyond angry and more angry than anyone had ever seen him before.