Ch 8. Facing the Ultimate Ninja.

Inside the factory, the group of six whirled around to the front of the office to find the doorway blocked by at least half of dozen foot bots, Tiger Claw, Rahzar, and Fishface along with a strange human neither the turtles nor their human friends have seen before. But upon hearing a gasp from Usagi, Leo immediately guessed it to be the Ultimate Ninja.

"Ue-Sama," Usagi snarled angrily as he slowly began to unsheathe his swords. "So it is true, you have taken up with this warlord the Shredder."

"Miyamoto Usagi," The tall red-haired human spat out as he stared with hateful eyes at the samurai through a dark red mask, his eyes dark and filled with venomous hate for the white rabbit. "I knew my father would send you after the scepter."

Leo watched as the ninja brought his hands up to unsheathe the katanas on his back and he couldn't help but notice how much similar this human seem to the Shredder. On his right hand was a gauntlet with three long protruding claws while on his left a metal glove with shorter, but just as sharp, claw-like nails. The dark blue clothes were covered by gold metal armor and were barely hidden by a long dark purple cape torn and ripped at the bottom. Leo shook his head when a small feeling of déjà vu came over as he briefly thought back to the first time he and his brothers fought the Shredder. But this time he was determined to have him and his brothers along with all his friends return home unharmed.

The turtles, Casey and Karai carefully began to remove their own weapons as Tiger Claw waved his blaster back and forth and Fish face expertly twirled his butterfly knives in his fins.

"Let's take these annoying creatures down," Rahzar growled to the others as he held his claws up and glared at the intruders.

"Not yet," Tiger claw responded. "Master Shredder will want to deal with them first."

"I see we have a new mutant to add to the list." Fishface looked at Usagi, "I always did like rabbit stew." He sneered.

"The rabbit is mine." Ue-sama sneered at the large fish as Usagi slowly began to make his way toward the door, his katanas held in front of his body ready to do battle.

The turtles and their friends quickly took a defensive position while Usagi and Ue-sama began to face off. "Donnie," Leo glanced back at him. "See if you can take down the force field and get the scepter out of that case." He ordered. "Raph, Casey," He turned slightly to look at them. "You're our second line of defense, stay here and watch Donnie's back."

Leo again ignored the angry glare he received from Raph as he looked over to Karai, "Let's deal with these morons." He told them. She nodded at him and the two rushed toward the three mutants and foot bots.

Usagi ran toward the Ultimate Ninja with his swords raised. He jumped into the air and brought one sword down on the large human while bringing his other sword up and around, slicing through a foot bot's head. The ninja raised his sword blocking the samurai's swipe while bringing his gauntlet up in an attempt to slice into Usagi but the samurai ducked and quickly brought one sword against the ninja's claws while blocking the sword with his other katana from the side.

Leo quickly disposed of two foot bots then ran toward Tiger Claw and quickly began swinging his katanas back and forth, deflecting the blasts coming from the tiger's weapon with the metal of the sword. Tiger claw roared angrily as one blast was directed back toward him and hit his arm causing him to drop the blaster. The tiger reached out and angrily grabbed at Leo's katana trying to block a swipe aimed at his side, but Leo ducked and rolled under his paw, falling onto his shell he kicked upward into the cat's stomach. He jumped up and sliced his katana through the air inches from the tiger's face causing Tiger claw to stumble backward. The large cat growled and unsheathed his sword, he charged after the smaller turtle with a loud roar.

Karai barreled through the few remaining foot bots then charged toward Fishface and Rahzar with a loud yell. She ducked under Fishface's metal leg as he attempted to roundhouse a kick to her head but stumbled forward as she ended up behind him and side kicked him in the back while at the same time throwing her tanto at Rahzar's head causing the large skeleton dog to duck. Rahzar growled and ran toward her only to get hit by one of Leo's throwing stars. Karai flew several punches to Fishface forcing him back against the wall, she then turned and side kicked Rahzar as he once again tried to rush toward her.

While Casey and Raph watched the battle unfold in front of them, Donnie attempted to figure a way around the force field and shut it down using his t-phone to hack into the small computer on the glass case. Finally, after only a few moments, Raph took out his sais and twirled them expertly in his hands. "I'm not sitting this one out." He muttered.

Casey removed a hockey stick from the bag on his front and nodded. "Casey Jones doesn't sit out on the action either." He said as the two of them moved toward the door and jumped into the fray.

"Raph!" Leo watched as his red banded brother threw a left hook to the large mutant tiger. "What are you doing?" He demanded. "I told you to watch Donnie's back!"

"I'm not gonna sit on the sidelines and let you have all the fun!" He yelled as he then ran toward Fish face and slashed his sai against his metal leg. "Besides, Donnie can take care of himself."

Leo blocked a punch from Tiger Claw. "He needs to concentrate on the force field!" Leo reminded him pushing the tiger away from him. "Oof." Leo grunted as Tiger Claw kneed him in the stomach causing him to reel backward. Leo clenched his jaw angrily and with a loud roar rushed toward the tiger, fist raised with swords held tightly. He swung his katanas wildly at the tiger's head while Tiger Claw attempted to block each swing. Finally, Leo jumped into the air and round housed kicked the large tiger in the face and knocked him onto the floor dazed.

After forcing Tiger claw away from him; Leo took a moment to look around and survey the situation. Usagi was holding his own against the strange ninja while Karai and Casey were fighting alongside Raph and battling Rahzar and Fish face. Tiger claw was slowly getting to his feet, with a low growl he began to once again stalk his way toward the blue banded turtle while behind them, still in the office working furiously and concentrating on everything but the action around him was Donatello. So focused on his task he didn't notice the office side door slowly opening.

Leo watched in horror as a tall dark figure dressed in dark armor began to make his way toward the purple banded turtle. As he turned once again to face Tiger claw, he let out a loud yell. "Donnie!" He screamed. "Behind you!"

Donnie looked up in time to see the Shredder's bladed arm come bearing down on top of him.

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Outside the factory, April was dodging acid spit coming from Stockman fly while Mikey attempted to dodge around Bebop's laser beams. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched as Gennosuke and Rocksteady glared and wrestled back and forth with each other.

"Another rhinoceros," Rocksteady stated in his heave Russian accent as he and Gen traded blows. "And here I thought I was the only one."

"In my realm there are many of us." Gen retorted. "You would be nothing special."

"Then I should be glad I am here." Rocksteady said as he gave a hard shove and threw a punch to Gen's snout.

Gennosuke snarled and charge angrily at Rocksteady. He punched the rhino in the middle and gave an uppercut to the jaw. He watched in satisfaction as he reeled backward. Rocksteady fell against the wall and glared angrily at Gen as he wiped his lips of blood. "Now comrade," Rocksteady glared angrily as he slowly stood up and made his way toward the other rhino, "You have made me very mad!"

Gen removed his katanas and readied himself to face the large mutant. "Then let me help you rid yourself of some anger." He growled as he ran toward him.

April threw her tesin and using her mental powers, caused the deadly but beautiful weapon to slice through several bots before having it come back to her. She turned to see Mikey slice through a few of his own bots with his nun-chucks before turning back to Bebop. The annoying warthog continued with his fancy footwork while again throwing laser beams at the youngest turtle.

But Mikey, with his own fancy foot work managed to easily dodge around the warthog and hit the pig on the nose. "Ow!" Bebop put his hand over his throbbing snot. "Damn you turtle, you hit my piggy nose!" The warthog quickly disappeared and began slapping and hitting Mikey in the face from all sides.

"Ow!" Mikey exclaimed. "Hey no fair!" He yelled as he fell on the ground.

"All's fair in love and war!" Bebop laughed as he reappeared and planted his foot hard on the turtle's chest. He began to push down hard but was quickly shoved from the side by a flying Rocksteady. The two fell hard into the side of the shell raiser. As they struggled to sit up, April levitated a few trash cans and smashed them into the two mutants causing them to finally lose consciousness.

"Now you've done it!" Stockman fly yelled out. He started toward her ready to spit more acid when he was suddenly hit with an exploding throwing start. Temporarily blinded, Stockman smacked into the wall and fell toward the ground landing in a trash bin which causing the lid to close down hard. Using her physic powers, she levitated another trash can and placed it on top keeping the bin closed tight.

April quickly took out her t-phone and attempted to call Leo but there was no answer. She ran toward the other two. "We better get inside and see if the others are okay." She advised them. "No one's answering their cells." Without any further haste, the three warriors ran to the top of the roof and quickly made their way inside the factory.

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With a loud and startled yell, Donnie rolled to the side and away from Shredder's gauntlet as it came down barely missing him. Shredder leered down at the genius and, making a fist, withdrew the middle blade out of the gauntlet, swiping at the turtle making it difficult for Donnie to remove his bo staff. The purple banded turtle continued to move away from the Shredder, crawling on his back while dodging the large blade protruding from the metal glove until the Shredder finally forced Donnie back into the corner of the wall.

Leo turned and was just about to run to his brother's aide when he was suddenly grabbed by powerful large paws. With a startled cry, he was lifted up and thrown against the wall. Dazed, he watched as Tiger claw made his way toward him.

Usagi, meanwhile, hearing Leo's warning to his brother pushed Ue-sama away and turned in time to see the Shredder advance on the young genius. With a roundhouse kick to the ninja, the white rabbit quickly turned and ran back into the room, swinging his katana toward the large human and blocking the blade from coming down on the cornered turtle.

Their weapons locked and the two stared angrily at each other as they pushed against each other hard, both trying to force the other back and away from the scepter.

"Donatello!" Usagi called out. "Get the scepter out of the case!"

Donnie took a deep calming breath and quickly got to his feet, he ran back to the case and, wary of the two feuding warriors a few feet from him; began to once again bypass the force field and open the glass box. "Just a few more seconds!" He yelled out as he typed furiously on his t-phone.

Usagi continued to battle the large armored spiked human, unaware that Ue-sama was coming toward him; an angry hateful glare could be seen in his eyes. He raised his sword as he approached the rabbit. Out of the corner of his eye, Usagi saw a gleam of silver being raised over his head. He gave one final shove upward forcing the Shredder backward and attempted to dodge the swing of the sword as it came down on him. But as Usagi turned away from the sword, the ultimate Ninja's spiked gauntlet came around and sliced through the rabbit's right side.

"Usagi!" Leo screamed out as he watched the rabbit fall inches away from Donatello, his face grimacing in pain as he grabbed his side.

Leo attempted to get away from Tiger Claw but the large cat continued to attack mercilessly. Leo looked around as he continued to block and dodge the cat's large fist and sword. On the other side, Raph, Karai and Casey were still battling against Rahzar and Fishface, they looked bloodied and beaten but were still holding their own. Donnie had jumped to the side when Usagi fell close to him, he stopped what he was doing and managed to pull Usagi away from the both Shredder and Ue-sama but the two evil humans were now advancing on both of them, their swords raised and ready to do them both in. And, Leo realized, there was nothing any of the others could do to stop them.