Disclaimer: Don't own TMNT, just Jennifer. Starting to think I need some other OC's lol. This villain was originally in Archie TMNT, just modified for 2012 continuity.
Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael were roof jumping. Michelangelo and Casey Jones were using a skateboard and roller blades respectively. All five were on patrol for anything. The threat of the Foot clan was always there but now they had the Goldens to worry about and no one was confident that trusting the new arrival Yen's words meant the man himself could be trusted, so they were looking out for Dark Oni as well. And at least in theory the Purple Dragons should have been considered too.
"This has gone rather well so far." Donnie noted energetically.
"Speak for yourself." Raph replied to his brother. "I was hoping to kick some serious evil tonight."
"Yeah, got to top the oni brawl somehow." Casey added.
"Some of us wouldn't mind the quiet night before all of this gets out of hand." Mikey said.
"We'll give it another hour and then we'll call it." Leo told them.
Meanwhile in the lair Splinter was teaching April some moves while Jennifer watched the two of them. Afterwards they were going to help Jennifer start to hone her new psychic powers. It was decided it needed to be a combined effort since April had the similar powers but the rat master was the expert at teaching things such as patience and concentration. Helping the blonde was the only reason April hadn't insisted on going on patrol with the guys, that and the looming possibility that someone else could try to attack the lair as Yen had.
"You are doing very well April." Splinter complimented the red head.
"Thank you sensei." The red head replied with a smile. "I guess I've had to learn and grow quicker than most kunoichi or ninjas have to."
"Indeed you have." Splinter agreed. "Not many of them are frequent targets of the Kraang or associated with those who have an evil and deadly ninja clan seeking their end."
"Yay for you April." Jennifer joked gently with her.
April laughed a little. "Yeah, witness my joy." She replied back.
"It is now your turn as well Jennifer." Splinter said to the blonde. "Come join us as we meditate. Focusing your mind will help you to be able to focus your innate abilities."
"Yes, sensei." Jennifer said as she joined the two of them where they sat down crossed legged and placed their hands above their knees.
"Take a deep breath." Splinter instructed both girls. "Clear your minds of any thoughts and just listen to your surroundings."
April remembered the last time she had done something like that she had heard the Kraang communication orb that was actually still stashed in Donnie's lab as far as she knew. Then from a slight throat clearing from Splinter she realized her mind was not being cleared and she tried again.
In the distance the guys could hear the sounds of Footbots and while they were not coming in their direction that didn't mean they hadn't found something worth worrying about now.
"Should we follow them?" Donnie asked.
Leo nodded. "Yes, but we need to be quiet about it. Full ninja stealth mode." He answered.
"Dude, we get it." Mikey said.
"Last time that was said Donnie's T-phone went off in the Kraang's underwater lab." Raph reminded him.
"April's not likely being chased this time." Donnie retorted.
"Guys." Leo whispered harshly. "Full. Ninja. Stealth. Mode."
The guys followed the Footbots a few blocks and found them landing in a deserted parking lot with another group of Footbots and the formerly famous martial artist and apprentice to the Shredder, the skeletal dog mutant Chris Bradford better known as Rahzar.
"What are they doing here?" Leo wondered.
"Maybe Rahzar smelled a bone." Mikey suggested, to which Raph smacked him in the back of the head.
"Come out wherever you are." Bradford chanted as they were looking around.
"Does he smell us?" Casey wondered.
Donnie shook his head. "I don't think so; he's not looking in our direction. He's looking at the storefronts." The purple masked turtle answered.
From the alley in between a drug store and a print shop came Goldens, a few white ninjas, and another guy in a gold mask. "I see the dog found us." The gold masked guy noted, seemingly amused.
"I did." Rahzar agreed. "And it was easy enough since you're not human. Why don't you show us your face, cur?"
The man laughed. "This city is so full of mutants that it really shouldn't matter." He agreed, removing the gold mask to reveal that he had the face of a bulldog, cheeks slightly puffy as befits the breed but with the cruel eyes that most also associate with the breed. "You may call me Chein Khan."
"I would have called him Pitbully." Mikey said to his brothers. "I mean he looks like a pit bull and he acts like a bully so,"
"We get it." Raph snapped. "Now shush."
"What does Chein Khan even mean?" Casey asked.
"It's Japanese for Dog King." Donnie answered.
"Guys." Leo hissed quietly.
Rahzar laughed. "You can call yourself whatever you wish. It won't matter."
"You intend to fight me here?" Chein Khan asked.
"Not just you." Rahzar responded. "You're not the only thing I smell, but the other is more cold blooded."
"Uh oh." Donnie said as they turned to see some of the Footbots were now behind them too.
Chein Khan looked up. "Mutant turtles, now I've seen everything." He decided.
"Oh, and how did you come to be dog boy?" Raph asked.
"Where did you get mutated anyway?" Rahzar questioned.
"Mutated?" Chein Khan questioned, seemingly confused.
"That's what made us." Mikey said. "Rahzar even got double mutated." The orange masked turtle snickered a bit.
Rahzar growled. "Enough talk." He stated and the Footbots started to attack, the ones on the roof going after Casey and the turtles while the ones on the ground started their attack on Chein Khan and the Goldens.
"Time for some fun." Casey stated as he brought his now special metal bat down on the head of one of the Footbots. "No enchantments required."
Raphael saw Rahzar and Chein Khan going at it and decided that the bad guys shouldn't be the only ones to be leaving impressions on each other, so he started off the roof stopping only long enough to use his sais to stab a Footbot in what would be the stomach and the head before flipping it off the roof and then going down himself. "Can't let you two have all the fun." He commented as he kicked Rahzar to the side.
"I'll tear you both to shreds." Rahzar promised.
"You're both more than welcome to try." Chein Khan gloated.
"These guys are just getting too easy." Mikey noted as he used a spinning kick and nunchuck combo to knock a Footbot off the roof.
"Tell me about it." Donnie agreed as he activated the secret switch that extended the single edged blade from the end of his bo staff, basically turning it into a Naginata. "But let's not lose focus here or we might regret it."
"More than you realize." Casey said as they saw some of the Goldens and a white ninja joining them on the rooftop. "It's starting to get a little bit crowded up here."
"I only wish that white ninja was as easy to deal with." Mikey added with a small gulp.
"At least now we know what we have to do." Leo noted as he started toward the white ninja that had joined them on the roof, kind of wanting to get some payback against the one that had taken him to the limit since he hadn't know the weakness at the time.
"Guys." Casey said as he pointed to one of the Golden's. He held up a smoke bomb and was getting ready to drop it. "I think it's time to be enchanted."
Each of the three turtles agreed and followed suit just as the bomb struck the ground. Donnie noted with some satisfaction that the Footbots weren't slowed down in the least, not so much because he wanted them to survive but because he was proven right about his hypothesis that their systems would find a way to compensate for it. The next thing he wondered is if it would affect the oni's.
Both girls opened their eyes and Jennifer even stood up.
"What is wrong?" Splinter asked them.
"I don't know." April admitted.
"It feels like…if I had to guess I'd say the guys are in trouble." Jennifer said, her thoughts going to Raph.
"Unfortunately if that is true there is nothing we can do for them." Splinter reminded the two girls gently. "We do not even know where they are."
"Couldn't that be an exercise we could try?" April asked.
Splinter contemplated that for a moment. In truth at the moment no they couldn't. But the rat master conceded that would be an interesting thing for them to try, but both girls would have to hone their skills more in order to do so, and that was if they were to work together to do it. "At the moment I do not believe so, but I will conduct some research into it to determine the best way for us to do that. It may come in handy in the future." He answered.
Both girls were a bit excited at the prospect of learning something like that, but it didn't help them now.
Splinter rose. "I believe that should be all for today." He told the girls. "I would advise against trying to find the boys but feel free to do what you need to in order to prepare for their return."
It was a game of give and take. Chein Khan was a skilled warrior, Raph had to give the bulldog that much. All three of them seemed to be on equal footing. Raph would block a swipe from Rahzar as Rahzar would elude the sword strike Chein Khan delivered. Chein Khan would block a strike from Raph as the red masked turtle jumped over Rahzar.
The white ninja blocked Leo's initial attack, but the blue masked turtle was able to dodge the kick his adversary attempted to deliver. The white ninja then attempted to bring his sword down on him and Leo blocked it with both of his katana. He then slid to the side and as the white ninja turned to follow Leo thrust one of his glowing katana into what should have been the eyes of his adversary who promptly vanished, leaving the white garment behind. "Yes." Leo whispered.
Despite clashing with Raph and Rahzar Chein Khan was keeping an eye on the fight his forces were engaged in and was not happy. "How is it my forces are losing to a bunch of robots, a human and three mutant turtles?" He growled angrily.
Rahzar laughed. "We've been trying to figure out how we keep losing to four turtles and their miscellaneous little friends for a while now." He said.
"It's because we're better than all of you clowns." Raph answered smugly.
Both dog mutants growled at him and tried to double team Raph but the red masked turtle flipped up over them and delivered kicks to the back of both their heads.
The rooftop became clear of both active Footbots and Golden's. That left Casey and the three turtles to jump down to the parking lot and head toward Raphael and the two villainous head honchos, though there were still some minions to deal with on the way.
"You boys are running out of leash here." Raph joked with a grin. "Soon it won't be a triple threat."
"I can beat all of you myself." Chein Khan threatened.
"So can I." Rahzar added.
Raph laughed a bit. "Friendly tip, don't write checks your mouth can't cash doggies." He said.
"Yeah, and don't write up a charge that your card can't cover." Mikey added as they came up.
"I'm not sure that's a saying Mikey." Donnie said.
Both dog mutants did seem slightly aggravated at the turn of events. Even together their chance of taking on all five of the good guys was less than ideal.
"You might as well just lower your weapon, Chein Khan, and both of you surrender right now." Leonardo stated.
Raphael was about to ask why they should even leave them still standing when a black fog suddenly seemed to envelope the area. From in front of one of the store fronts the red eyes that Leo thought he had seen in the alley where they had rescued Jennifer were now staring out at them. There was a deep sinister laugh that set Rahzar, Casey, and the turtle's nerves on edge. To make matters more creeptastic black hands emerged from the black fog and cloaked Chein Khan. Then the black fog vanished and the mutant bull dog was gone.
"What the hell just happened?" Raphael asked, anger masking his surprise and even a little bit of fear.
"Dude, what was that?" Mikey asked in a slightly trembly voice. He had very little compunction about showing his fear.
"Donnie, explanation?" Leo asked his smartest brother as even he had been a bit set on edge.
"Um…" Donnie stuttered and seemed to think just a minute before he finally went with. "I can't."
"Where did Rahzar go?" Casey asked, trying to focus on something other than how much that had creeped him out.
Raphael glanced around and just barely noticed Rahzar on the rooftops running away. "He's hightailing it." He answered.
"I know how he feels right now." Mikey commented.
"Again, what the hell just happened?" Raph demanded.
"You just met your first high level demon." Said a voice. They turned to see Yen with a couple of his Dark Oni, the regular kind. "That was a demon known as Noi Tai Dar, his sponsor and a great demon lord."
"You said you didn't know any of the demons." Leo remembered.
"I exaggerated." Yen admitted. "What you just saw is the extent of what Noi Tai Dar can do. He's trapped in the underworld and unable to manifest in this world without help from someone on this side."
"Chein Khan." Donnie guessed.
"Yes." Yen confirmed. "The barrier is strong enough that there is no way for me to reach him either. The only way I can stop Noi Tai Dar from reaching this world is to stop his forces here, including my brother."
"Wait." Casey said. "Chein Khan is your brother."
Again Yen nodded. "My younger brother."
Each turtle wondered how that happened but then Yen started to turn away, ending any attempt at digging in deeper to that story. "I suggest you watch yourselves." He repeated, subtly indicating that he was warning them away from interfering with his own efforts as well being careful of his brother and the demon that was sponsoring him. In moments he and his Dark Oni vanished.
"That's just great." Raph stated. "Now we have feuding brothers on top of everything."
"I think we have an idea that's like." Mikey declared and then ran as Raph started to after him.
"Enough you two." Leo said. "I think we need to tell Splinter about this. I think he'll agree the playing field has definitely changed but we need to see what he advises from there."
April watched Jennifer as she took out a few pizzas for when the guys returned. "I still think that was a really creepy feeling." She said. "And it only seemed to get worse a few minutes ago."
"I don't understand how this even works." Jennifer admitted as she was setting them on the table. "I mean your abilities were a byproduct of the Kraang's experiments and mine are…" She drifted off as the blonde girl realized she didn't actually have any idea how that happened.
"And you're not even sure what happened to give you yours." April finished for her friend anyway. "I thought a little about this and I'm thinking that the circumstances that gave us our powers aren't important. What matters is that they're basically the same thing."
"I guess you're right." Jennifer said. "It's the end that really matters I guess." She reached over for the pizza cutter. "Still, at least you know how your powers came about. I'd like to know how mine came about." She bit her lip a little.
"You want to know if there's something else your father did to you." April added.
Jennifer nodded. "Yeah." She admitted softly. "What else could he have done besides this psychic ability and apparently a form of quick healing."
"I get that." April reassured her. "I mean, the psychic abilities are kind of neat but it comes with other things too. I mean I'm immune to mutagen and I can hear their stuff. Once I heard a Kraang communication orb hidden in the sewers and another time when we were in TCRI I overheard some of Kraang Prime's invasion plans that he was giving to the other Kraang."
"Kraang Prime?" Jennifer asked.
April realized she had never seen that. Really, Jennifer had yet to see a Kraang up close. "Yeah, it's like the others that the guys described except it's bigger and somehow knows how to speak proper English." She answered.
"Hey, I smell pizza!" They heard Mikey exclaim. They came out of the kitchen to see Casey and the turtles moving past the turnstiles into the lair.
"They smell a lot better than the one you made Mikey." Leo noted with some delight.
"Jennifer just made a few pizzas." April explained as she came over to them, briefly placing one hand on Casey's arm and the other hand on Donnie's arm.
"Hey, she's a keeper." Mikey teased his red masked brother. He would have punched him in the arm but the blonde they were just talking about a moment ago came over and hugged Raphael briefly.
"April and I both felt something." Jennifer said after she pulled back. "What happened?"
"We met a demon." Casey told them. "A big one."
"Sort of anyway." Leo emphasized. "It was just red eyes and black hands, along with black fog."
"And he showed up to help his sponsor, a mutant bulldog named Chein Khan." Donnie added.
"Who just happens to be Yen's younger brother." Mikey added, wanting desperately to get to the pizza Jennifer had made.
"April, Casey, help me get the pizzas out." Jennifer requested her two human friends.
"Works for Casey Jones." Casey decided as he dropped his bag of sporting good weapons on the floor and pulled up his hockey mask. He and April followed her.
"It seems that you ran into more than you bargained for, again." They heard Splinter say from the entrance of the dojo. "What was the demons name?"
"Mew Tie Dye." Mikey tried to supply helpfully.
"That's not what it was shell brain." Donnie scolded his youngest brother.
Leo ignored his two brothers. "Yen said his name was Noi Tai Dar." He answered his sensei.
Splinter seemed grim. "I wish I knew anything about that demon." He admitted. "Just that he has been trapped in the underworld for perhaps centuries."
"Well we know he's behind the Goldens." Raph said. "We also know that the demon can't come into our world unless he's helped out by Khannie and whatever he needs to make it happen. It's a small start I guess."
"We'll just have to figure out how to deal with him." Leo stated. "We can't back out of this now, innocents are still in danger and we can't ignore that."
"Leonardo is correct." Splinter said. "Just remember, sometimes the best way to draw the line is to refuse the marker when it is offered to for the purpose of drawing."
"Huh?" Mikey asked.
"I think Master Splinter means that the best way to deal with the threat of that demon is to prevent him from ever coming into our world in the first place." Jennifer replied as the three humans came in with the pizzas and set them down.
"Correct." Splinter confirmed.
They all sat down to eat the pizza, each turtle agreeing that Jennifer did indeed to a good job cooking. "I might even let you start doing all the cooking." Mikey joked.
"Hey, this can't get any worse though, right?" Casey asked referring to the current situation. That was met with incredulous stares from the others.
How can the turtles stop their newest adversary from freeing his demon sponsor? Is that all part of the gang war? The last adversary will show up next.
