Heya Readers!

I did say there was a final chapter! So here it is! :D

Credit to Rirureddo for the ideas! :D

Chapter Eight

Terror Awakened

Meanwhile back at the Foot Headquarters, the Venomous Five stood before Izo Arashi who glared at them.

"We tried sir...we almost had the brat..." Komodo Dragon said in a confident tone despite the fact Arashi was glaring at him "but those turtles and the lizard...they ambushed us..."

"The turtles and lizard ambushed you!" Arashi growled "They ambushed you! When Dr Arden created you to be stronger and faster than the Foot Ninja put together, we send you on a simple quest to get the little brat and you were ambushed by her parents and uncles!"

"The turtles and lizard are indeed trained well my Lord..." said Nile Monitor "They have worked hard since our previous encounters!"

"They are trained ninjitsu and Kung Fu fighters!" Arashi snarled "And you have been trained and have extra abilities of your own including super strength and poison! Yet you couldn't even take them!"

The Venomous Five looked at each other, despite still trying to keep up appearances of not being afraid of the Foot Lord, they felt nervous of how Arashi was towards them.

"Those fucking turtles..." Back Mamba snarled "And that whore...making us look like failures!"

"And you ugly!" Cobra piped in looking at Black Mamba slashed mouth which was slowly starting to heal yet still looked red and angry.

"Watch it spitter!" Black Mamba snarled "I'll rip out your forked tongue if you don't keep it behind your tongue!"

"Shut up snakes!" Gila Monster snarled "You want to make us look more bad?"

Black Mamba and Cobra snarled at Gila Monster and looked at Arashi who stood up from his table sipping his saki.

"Any more excuses?" he asked in a dangerous tone "Can you come up with any other explanation of why you couldn't kidnap a small mutant child from its parents and on Halloween night!?"

The Venomous Five looked at each other and Komodo Dragon opened his mouth again to speak.


Before he could say anything else, the doors opened and Dr Arden appeared.

At the sight of their maker, the Venomous Five stepped backwards almost frightened, more frightened of the Doctor than they were of the Foot Lord.

Arashi lowered his saki and looked at Dr Arden.

"Ah...Dr Arden..." he said "Just who I wanted to see..." he moved his eyes to the Venomous Five who watched Dr Arden in fear.

Dr Arden didn't need to be told what had happened as he looked at the Venomous Five and his burnt skin wrinkled horribly.

"I didn't create you to be failures!" he snarled "I didn't modify you so you would fail me! You had one simple task to do and you blew it!"

"It wasn't our fault sir!" cried Gila Monster "The turtles and lizard are strong!"

"You were supposed to bring us the brat!" Dr Arden growled "To lure those turtles and lizard to us!"

"We will not fail again Master!" Cobra hissed.

"We will not!" said Komodo Dragon.

Dr Arden glared at the reptiles for a long time, making them all feel nervous.

"I'll deal with you later..." he snarled.

The Venomous Five stepped back fearfully as Dr Arden glared at them again then looked at Izo Arashi with an evil smirk.

"I am glad you called me to you Lord Arashi..." he said "For I bring great news..."

Arashi smirked as he looked at the disfigured Doctor.

"What news do you bring Dr Arden?" he asked.

Dr Arden lifted an Ipad from his clipboard and turned it one thus showing a video. It showed several Foot Ninja and scientists in a base somewhere in a desert and looking towards the sky.

"After discovering the Ice Asteroid Belt Mor Gal Tol..." he said "the Prison of our beloved Leader Chrell...I spent weeks...months trying to find the right equipment to go up there and with artificial intelligence find him and cut him out of there..."

A joyous smirk formed on Izo Arashi's face as he listened to Dr Arden and watched the video as what looked like a large spaceship appeared in the middle of the desert and the ninja and scientists began cheering.

"I worked on the latest equipment to go up into space and find our Master" Dr Arden continued "...and the news has arrived...that our leader...Chrell...Oruku Saki...the Shredder...has returned to Earth!"

At those words, Arashi's smirk grew wider.

"You found him..." he said "Brilliant..."


The Venomous Five listened to the conversation and their brief fear of Dr Arden was over shadowed by the joy of the Foot's Former Master's return.

"Our master has returned!" Arashi smirked "And now we must bring him home to headquarters...reunite him with his suit...and his armies of ninja..."

Dr Arden nodded.

"And then will he unleash his most deadly vengeance on those who wronged him! Their screams will fill the air and the streets will run red with their blood..." Arashi snarled "It won't be long now...until we start searching for those deemed guilty...starting with...Karai..."

Dr Arden nodded with a smirk.

"She will rue the day she decided to abandon the Foot...she and Dr Chaplin..." he snarled to which Arashi and he started laughing evilly.


Meanwhile in a penthouse at the top of a tall building overlooking Central Park, a tall Japanese woman stood on the top on the balcony wearing white silken nightclothes.

The cool air blew through her ebony black hair and clothes as she looked at the skyline, she had never felt happier in her life.

"Karai..." a male voice called to her softly "Karai..."

Karai looked behind her and saw a young man with red hair and a goatee smiling at her.

"What you doing out here? It's pretty cold out there..."

Karai smiled softly.

"I was just admiring the view, Chaplin..." she said softly "We're back in New York...and I just wanted to take in the view..."

Chaplin sighed and walked up behind Karai and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her neck.

"It seems strange being here again." he said "Especially with all the memories of the past, but we're past that..."

"I wonder what the turtles are doing now?" asked Karai "And April and Casey...since the whole incident with the Tengu Shredder..."

Chaplin shivered as he remembered.

"I know it was a scary time..." he said "But it's over now...and Chrell's gone...we got our lives together now...and we're finally settled..."

Karai nodded and rested her head back against Chaplin's chest.

"You're right..." she said softly "We're not there anymore...we got each other...a life we've dreamed of, two homes...one in Japan, and one here...and married..." as she said the last part she looked at her wedding finger were a sparking diamond ring sat, Chaplin had his own on and he nodded before giving his wife another kiss.

"You made me the happiest man that day..." he said "When I saw you walk down the aisle in Japan...my own geisha bride...the lotus blossoms flying around you..."

Karai blushed as she remembered.

"I felt like the luckiest woman alive that day..." she said softly, she then gave Chaplin a knowing smile "And I think we're going to be very lucky and even more happy..."

Chaplin looked a little confused for a moment at his wife until she reached into her pocket and pulled out a small plastic stick.

Chaplin felt his heart beat faster as he looked at it, his hand was shaking as he took it.

"Karai..." he said "Is it...?"

Karai nodded.

"I had to be sure..." she said "I went to a chemist earlier today..."

Chaplin stared at the stick and he saw the blue line, his hands were shaking and he went quite for a long time.

Karai stared at her husband, a twinge of fear forming in her belly, she wasn't expecting this reaction, especially as the two of them had spoken about children before.

"Karai..." Chaplin finally spoke.

Karai almost jumped, then Chaplin looked down at Karai and a smile formed on his face along with tears in his eyes.

"Karai..." he said pulling his wife into a tight embrace and holding her close "I can't tell you how much this means to me! First you made me a happy man when you agreed to marry me, and now that's gonna be a father...it's more than I've ever dreamed...thank you for this!"

Karai felt tears stream from her eyes as her husband hugged her.

"A baby..." she said softly "Our very own child..."

Chaplin stroked Karai's cheek and leaned forward to kiss away her tears.

"This is the happiest moment of my life..." he said "You've made me so happy Karai..." he wrapped his arms around Karai again and both of them looked at the skyline of New York.

"We're gonna be a family..." Karai whispered softly.

"And a very happy family..." Chaplin said softly moving his hand down to Karai's stomach and stroking it gently "And we'll have a healthy, happy and beautiful child to call our own..."

Awww, such a sweet ending there!

But Oh my God! They found him! Shredder is back! And he is to be brought to Headquarters and reunited with his armour...and his armies from the Foot.

It seems that if the Foot's evil plans are made...Karai and Dr Chaplin will not get their happily ever after they dreamed of...

Note: Because Christmas is just around the corner, my next project will be a Christmas theme but the one after that will be a follow up to this one so stay tuned!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed 'Stirring Ripples' and I'll see you again soon!

Love Bloodrayne