The Shredder strikes back pt.2
The Elite ninja sent Leonardo flying through April's apartment window, causing everyone to panic. Everyone crouched over the seriously injured Leonardo in shock. Enraged, Raph asks Leo "Who did this to you?!"
Leo wasn't able to answer because of his wounds, so Raph heads toward the window and vows to get revenge. "I'm gonna find out who did this.'' Leo said exasperating "No...Raph…w-wait. He's back...the... Shredder...". With that, Leo fell unconscious.
Frightened and confused, April asks "What? What did he say?". Mikey replies "He said 'the Shredder's back' ''.Confused and skeptical, Raph says "No way, we were all there, we all saw what happened that night on the roof".
"Now none of you will leave here alive!" Splinter intervened before Shredder could deliver the final blow." Shredder, noooo!" he cried as he blocked Shredder's claw." You destroyed my family once, I will not allow that to happen again." Splinter struck the Shredder with his cane and leaped toward the water tower.
Raging with fury, the Shredder dashed for Splinter, kicking and slashing while Splinter avoided with ease. As the Shredder slashed at one of the water towers supports, Splinter saw this and had an idea. With each slash, Shredder missed Splinter and got the supports instead. The tower began creaking and swaying as Splinter said, "This is for my Master Yoshi!" He leaped in the air and kicked down the remaining support.
Shredder and the Foot tried to run, only to be washed off the building by the rushing water. Trying to regain steadiness, the Shredder looked up only to see the tower fall and crush him.
Remembering that dreadful night, Donnie explained "There's no way any human could've survived that." "We're not dealing with any human. This is the Shredder." reminded Raph. Scared out of his shell, Mikey says "If you read comic books, you'd know the bad guy always comes back, ALWAYS!" "We need to get Leo out of here." April urged.
"She is right." Splinter agreed. "We must leave now." Mikey looks out the window and notices that there are many Foot ninja assembled on the rooftops of all the buildings surrounding April's apartment. "Guys, we have company!" Mikey says in fear.
"What's the plan?" Mikey asked desperately. "Leo's always the one with the plan. So what are we gonna do without Leo to come up with a plan?" "No time for a plan." Raph said simply.
"Why not?" Mikey asked worriedly. The response came from some Foot Ninja bursting through the windows and smashing the glass. Mikey let out a small, girl-like scream. The two stepped back as the Foot Ninja approached them, brandishing their katanas threateningly. Mikey leaped to the couch and pushed it away from the wall to create a protective barrier while more ninja burst through the kitchen windows.
"Master Splinter!" Donnie called. "Grab Leo! We'll cover you!" He drew his bō staff and skillfully blocked one of the ninja's swords, swinging his staff around as he fought the assassins. While the Turtles and Splinter battled the Foot, April dragged Leo to a sheltered spot and tried to tend to his wounds.
Suddenly, a Foot Ninja much larger than his comrades, jumped on top of the couch and held his sword raised, ready to strike the orange-masked turtle. "No!" Splinter yelled as he jumped into the air, landing a hard kick to the large Foot's chest sending him flying backwards and to the floor. Splinter turned to Mikey as he peered over the couch.
"No!" Splinter growled as he leaped into the air, landing a hard kick to the large Foot's chest and sending him flying backwards and to the floor. Splinter turned to Mikey as he peered over the couch. "I will hold them off. Help April get your brother down the stairs and out through the antique shop!"
Splinter began whacking ninjas left, right, and center with his walking stick, knocking back any ninja that approached him.
Splinter glared and suddenly swung his fist up and backwards, his knuckles connecting with the nose of the Foot Ninja trying to sneak up behind him. The familiar sound of a bowstring reached the rat's ears as an was arrow aimed for his chest. He caught the projectile skillfully and snapped the arrow in half. "Enough! Raphael, Donatello, cover the rear! Michelangelo, I told you to help April get Leonardo downstairs!"
Mikey jumped up as some Foots approached him and his brother and April. He swung his nunchakus and beat back the ninjas, allowing April to drape Leo's arm over her shoulders and haul him up to his feet.
"I can walk….." Leo groaned, trying to push April off him. He groaned as another wave of pain hit him hard. April grunted a little, readjusting the turtle. "Leo, lean on me."
"April….leave me…." Leo urged. "Get away if you can…..this is our fight…not yours." "Not my fight?" April repeated angrily. "Look, Leo, we're all family now. I could never run out on you!"
April smiled too. "Let's go." April opened the door, but yelped at the sight of many more Foot Ninja on the other side, all of them armed with katanas. They advanced for the April and Leo, but Leo suddenly kicked the door shut and right into their faces.
The ninjas' grunts of pain sounded, followed by a few thuds. Seconds later, the ninjas burst through the door, but walked right past April and Leo as they leaned against the wall. Mikey leaped for a ninja and kicked one into his friends, causing a domino effect that sent the ninjas tumbling down the stairs.
"Ladies and gentlemen, turtles and rats, run do not walk to the nearest exit!" Mikey announced from the doorway. Donnie then yelled to Raph "Raph, this bus is leaving!"
He, Raph, and Splinter slowly backed out the door, but the Foot Ninjas continued to advance. Splinter and Donnie hurried out to join April, Mikey and Leo at the stairs. Splinter took Leo's arm and helped April support him.
"Mikey, make yourself useful and scout out the shop." Mikey replied, "Gulp! No problem."Mikey then scouts ahead and discovers that four Elite Guards are waiting for them in the store. "Nice hats." says Mikey while avoiding a thrown spear. As Mikey runs back up-stairs, Donnie tells Mikey "Wrong way, Mikey!"
Mikey answers "Wrong way my foot! Poor choice of words. Major ambush down there!'' "We don't have a choice, there pouring in through the windows upstairs." Donnie replies. "Hey!" Raph called down the stairs as he blocked attack after attack. "What's the story down there?"
"There's some seriously mean-looking guys down there!" Mikey called. "Mean-looking?" Donnie scoffed. "Duh." "Don, wait!" Mikey cried, following his brother
"Raph!" April called. "The guys ran into something bad in the shop!" "Hey, I got my hands full up here!" Raph grunted. Splinter ran up the stairs, just as a ninja raised his sword and swung it down for Raph. The turtle's sais saved him from getting sliced in half.
"Go." Splinter ordered, punching the ninja aside. "Assist your brothers. I will protect Leonardo." Raph nodded and ran down the stairs, jumping over Leo and April as he joined Donnie and Mikey.
Splinter began fighting the ninjas as they crowded around him. A Foot Ninja suddenly kicked him sharply in the back, sending him crashing to the floor. He tumbled and rolled, landing right next to the broken banister.
Splinter grabbed two poles from the banister and broke them free, turning to face the incoming ninjas. Using the poles and his elbows, Splinter beat back about three more ninjas as they swung their katanas for him.
He knocked his opponents unconscious, dropped the wood in his hands, and used his foot to kick his walking stick back up to his hand. When Raph got to the shop, he Donnie and Mikey began fighting the elite ninja, though with little results. Even the three of them weren't enough to take them out.
"Master Splinter!" April called worriedly. "He's getting worse!" "We cannot stay here any longer!" Splinter urged, kicking a ninja over the railing and to the floor. Still, the ninjas continued to advance towards him as he backed down the stairs.
"Leo!" Raph called, trying to rouse his brother as he helped him stand. But he was forced to push Leo aside as the trident-wielding elite attacked him again. Raph drew his sais and spun them, glaring at the ninja.
April suddenly screamed, backing away from Hun as he advanced towards her. Raph ran forward, jumped up, and kicked Hun back through the door and away from April who slammed the door shut after him. Raph, Donnie and Mikey rushed to Leo's side, staring at him worriedly. But the blue-clad turtle could only groan in pain.
Eventually, they hurt the ninja somewhat. Suddenly, the elites disappeared in a puff of smoke, only to reappear at the front door of the antique shop. Someone outside kicked the door straight off its hinges and marched inside. The turtles and Splinter immediately knew who this was, though they had no idea who that kid was standing next to the armored man. "Oh crud." Raph said. "It's really him." Mikey sighed.
"Like Leo said." Shredder took a few steps toward them, standing proud like a king. "You freaks have been a thorn in my side long enough. Splinter suddenly leaped into the air and landed between Shredder and his sons, glaring harshly at Shredder. But he didn't attack; not yet. "No one opposes the Shredder."
Shredder declared. "And now I will have my revenge for our last encounter. Say farewell to each other while you still can." "Oh yeah Mr. Spikey Pants?" Mikey scoffed. "Well, you're the one who should be saying….farewell…..to…..uh…to yourself!" "Oh yeah, Mikey." Raph groaned. "That got him." "Hey, I'm under a lot of pressure here." Mikey protested. "Silence!" Shredder shouted. This is going to be quite interesting.
"This attack is nothing more than a cowardly gambit." Splinter snapped at the Shredder. "Wearing us down by sheer numbers. It is not the way of the true warrior!" Shredder's eyes widened a little, obviously insulted by such a comment. But his glare returned seconds later. "Guys, I say we shred his butt once and for all." Raph proposed. "For Leo. You with me?" Donnie twirled his bō. "Till the end."
"Which hopefully isn't going to be anytime soon." Mikey added. "Right?" Donnie, Raph, and Mikey suddenly leaped for Shredder in anger. Raph came first, with a swift kick that Shredder dodged before planting his fist in the turtle's face.
Raph hit the ground as Mikey ran up, only for Shredder to swipe his claws and force Mikey to the ground. Donnie leaped into the air and slammed his staff down. Shredder stepped aside quickly and kicked Donnie sharply in the side, stealing his bō and forcing him to fly backwards and hit a pole. Then the elite guard, foot ninja and Gwen stood by their master. "Finish them off!'' Shredder said with hatred.
"This rodent is mine." With that, the elite guard Gwen and the foot attacked the turtles. Gwen was first to attack them, and she beat them with ease. "Who the heck is this kid?!" Raph pondered. Donnie replied "Who cares, just protect Leo." Just as Gwen and the foot were gaining advantage, the sound of a motorcycle engine reached their ears and made them look outside.
Gwen ducked and covered her head as a motorcycle suddenly crashed through the window, screeching to a halt. The rider revved his bike and charged for the elite ninjas, shifting the bike to slam into the ninjas and send three of them flying out the broken window. He turned to the final ninja and drove his bike straight towards it.
The ninja jumped onto the bike, but the rider slammed on the brakes and ninja flew backwards, hit a cabinet, and caused the piece of furniture to fall on him. The rider put the kickstand down and dismounted the bike, lowering the hood of his trench coat-like jacket. "Now that's what I call crashing a party."
"Casey!" Raph called happily. The rider in the hockey mask, Casey, pulled a wooden baseball bat from the bag on his back. "Though I've never seen a lamer party in my life!" He knocked two elites aside when they approached him. "Where's the band?" He approached April and looked down. "You okay, babe?" Casey asked April.
April smirked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't call me babe. "Shredder, having seen his best ninjas beaten so easily by a mere vigilante, growled in frustration and ordered, "Obliterate him!" The Foot Ninjas advanced for Casey, armed with swords and other sharp weapons. "This can't be the band." Casey scoffed, stowing his bat away and drawing a golf club and hockey stick.
"I want rock n' roll, man. Good thing I brought my own drumsticks!" He twirled his weapons as Raph, Donnie, and Mikey stood up with their respective weapons, ready to fight again.
"Now, who wants to be the drum?" "Goongala, goongala!" Casey shouted, charging into battle with Mikey, Donnie, Raph and Splinter right behind him. The fight began again with renewed vigor as the Foot Ninja and even Gwen were beaten back. As the heroes were just winning, Hun burst through the door and went straight for April and Leo. As Hun was about to hit April, Casey turned to Hun and glared, jumping away from his fight to deal with the brute.
He caught Hun's fist in his golf club just as he pulled it back, interrupting the hit meant for April. "Hun, never ever threaten her!" He dodged Hun's swinging fists and whacked him on the back of the head with his hockey stick forcing the large man to stumble into the ninjas. The redhead smiled. "Casey…I…I….."
"Yeah, well…." Casey coughed nervously. "What a day, huh? Well, gotta run!" Raph, Donnie and Mikey fought off more ninjas when they saw the shredder walk to Leo, raising his gauntlet to strike. The guys tried to stop them, but Gwen interfered and knocked them to the ground.
Splinter saw this, attacked Gwen leaving her unconscious and he leaped at Shredder yelling "NO!" Splinter suddenly kicked Shredder multiple times in the chest, knocking him away from Leo and April. The rat back flipped and landed softly, glaring at Shredder. "You strike a wounded warrior, you have no honor."
"I fight to win!" Shredder snapped, making his point clear on the matter. Splinter only glared and jumped aside when Shredder lunged for him. But Shredder's attacks became fiercer and faster, connecting with Splinter's chest and stomach with each blow. "Leo, don't!" April shouted, but it was too late. Leo rammed into a dish cabinet and sent it toppling, missing Shredder and Splinter by inches. The adrenaline faded though, and Leo fell backwards.
April caught him quickly, but the turtle had now gone limp. "Leonardo…" Splinter whispered in despair. "No." Splinter growled, stepping between shredder and his sons. "I will not allow you to destroy my family." "My sons, retreat!" He jumped into the air, Shredder following him. But he moved swiftly to land softly on the floor and kicked a cabinet over on top of the Shredder, trapping him long enough to run to Leo's side. "Great!" Raph grunted as he knocked a ninja aside and ducked from a sword aimed for his head.
"But where to?" "Back there!" April pointed to a metal door on the back wall. "You got it!" Mikey nodded, grabbing the door and pulling it open. "Everybody in here! We can hold them off!" April and Splinter carefully dragged Leo and Gwen inside the room while the others fought off the ninjas as they backed up.
With that, the Shredder disappeared into the blazing fire. "Well this is great." Raph said sarcastically. "Small, dark, and no way out. Perfect for making our last stand." "It's a walk-in cooler." April explained. "This shop used to be a grocery store once upon a time." "Fascinating." Raph sighed, though he clearly did not mean it
Shredder suddenly burst from the cabinet on top of him, shouting in anger. The foot were trying to open the door to retrieve Gwen and the turtles but couldn't. All of a sudden, police sirens were heard in the distance.
"Foot ninjas –disappear." Shredder ordered his troops. He then grabbed a metal object and placed it so it would jam the door. He released a fire bomb and it exploded releasing massive flames. He then cut open the large gas pipe by the door, saying "Like the phoenix, I have risen from the ashes. And into my fire, you shall fall."
Mikey then piped up."Kinda quiet out there. You think they all just went home?" "Yeah, we scared 'em off by running into a closet and locking the door." Raph scoffed, then sniffed the air. "Hey, I smell smoke." Donnie sniffed as well. "I smell gas." "Mikey…." Raph glared at his brother, who only shrugged. "No, not that kind of gas." Donnie clarified. "Hey, this door's getting hot." Mikey pulled on the handle. "It's jammed! It won't open!"
He banged his shoulder on the door, but it didn't help. "Gas plus flame equals…" Casey's eyes widened. "Let's book, now!" "We gotta get out of here!" Raph called, stabbing at the door with his sais. Michelangelo started pounding on the door with his nunchucks.
The flames became larger and larger as they inched closer to the gas leak, and when they did the shop blew up, causing the entire building to become engulfed with flames and explosions.
TO BE CONTINUED?
