A/N: Here's the second part! Please review and let me know what you guys think! :)
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The Shredder Strikes Back: Part 2
"The worst has come to pass, my son Leonardo was out on a training exercise when he was ambushed and chased across the city by the dark forces of the Foot. He was returned to us broken and battered, only to deliver a terrible message. He's back. The Shredder. I had foolishly thought the worse had come to pass but now I fear it has yet to come." ~ Master Splinter
"What?" April asked. "What did he just say!?"
"He said the Shredder's back!" Mikey said to the others.
"No way!" Raph said from his spot by the window, Sais drawn. "We were all there. We all saw what happened that night on the roof." Mikey stood and walked over to the window himself.
"If you read comic books, you'd know the bad guy always comes back. Always!"No one could really argue with the youngest turtle. They never lived normal lives so that could very well be a possibility. Garnet still sat behind Leo, arms gently wrapped around him to keep him from falling over.
"We need to get Leo out of here!" April said as she pointed to the door.
"She is right, we must leave now." Splinter said.
"Uh guys." Mikey said, catching the attention of everyone in the room. "We got company!" Surrounding the building were Foot ninjas, further proof of the truth of Leo's warning. "What's the plan? Leo's always the one with the plans so what are we going to do without Leo to come up with a plan." Mikey said to everyone. Garnet rolled her eyes before shifting Leo a little as he started to slip. Raph came over the window.
"No time for a plan." He said.
"Why not?" Mikey asked, only to receive his answer seconds later. Foot ninjas came through every window. Don looked around before turning to Garnet.
"You and Master Splinter take Leo, we'll cover you guys." He said as he pulled his Bo-staff from its holder. The fight began. Garnet turned to April and Master Splinter.
"Help me move him." Quickly, the other two helped the woman move the eldest turtle behind the couch Mikey had moved so that they could put Leo behind it. Once he was settled, Garnet peeked over the top of the couch to see Mikey flying over. The largest Foot ninja she's ever seen followed and was about to bring his katana down on Mikey before Master Splinter jumped into the air and kicked him squarely in the chest, knocking him backwards.
"Michelangelo, Garnet. I will hold them off, help April get your brother down the stairs and out through the antic shop." Mikey turned to look at his injured brother and the two women.
"Leo?" He asked quietly.
"My swords. Where are my swords?" Leo groaned out. Garnet laid her hand on his forehead.
"It's alright, don't worry about it Leo." She said softly.
"Take it easy bro; we're getting you out of here." Mikey said before he looked back over the back of the couch. Each of their brothers were being spread thin over the number of ninjas they had to fight.
"Raphael! Donatello! Cover the rear! Michelangelo! I told you to help Garnet and April get Leonardo downstairs!" Splinter said before jumping back into the fight. Mickey turned to his sister and the redheaded woman.
"Let's do this." He said before he and Garnet each put one of Leo's arms around their shoulders. As they turned, some ninja were advancing towards them. With a glance at his sister, he dropped their eldest brother's arm before pulling his nunchucks from his belt. He began to battle as well. April came over and wrapped Leo's unoccupied arm around her shoulder as the two women made their way to the door.
"I can walk." Leo said. As he tried to remove his arms from around their shoulders, his knees buckled. April almost fell from the sudden weight while Garnet tried to hold him up the best she could.
"Leo, bro, you need to lean on us." Garnet said as she waited for April to regain her balance.
"Garnet… April… Leave me. Get away if you can. This is our fight, not yours." Leo said to the women.
"Not our fight?" April asked.
"Guess what Leo, we may not be blood related but we're family. All of us. And that means wed never run out on you." Garnet glanced around the room. "Now let's go." Slowly, they began walking towards the door. April reached out and opened it, only to receive a very unwelcomed surprise. On the other side of the door were more ninjas. As they backed up, Leo surprised Garnet. He pulled his arm from around her shoulder quickly and using the last of his strength to kick the door closed. Garnet reached back out and grabbed his arm to put it back around her shoulder.
"Mikey!" Garnet called out to the closest turtle. They moved Leo to the side of the door right before the ninjas came rushing in. Mikey growled slightly, a sound that Garnet hardly ever hears, and attacked them. He knocked them down the stairs. He came rushing back into the room.
"Ladies and gentleman, turtles and rats, run do not walk to the nearest exit." He said, pointing down the stairs.
"Thanks Mike." Garnet said as she and April began leading Leo down the stairs.
"Raph! This bus is leaving!" Don said to the hot headed turtle. Garnet glanced back as Don and Master Splinter followed them. Raph was still upstairs in the apartment. She took in a deep breath through her nose, knowing that Raph could take care of himself before she focused on the task at hand.
"Be alert, the shop is our only exit and they know it." Master Splinter warned Mikey as he walked downstairs. Don followed him down the few steps he had gone down.
"Make yourself useful and scope out the store." Don said pointing down stairs.
"No problem." Mikey said before descending down the steps. Garnet's ears twitched towards the door to the shop when she heard it open.
"It's quiet… maybe too quiet. I've always wanted to say that." Garnet rolled her eyes and shook her head before listening for another moment. When she didn't hear anything, she motioned for them to continue moving. Suddenly, Mikey came running back up the stairs.
"Wrong way Mikey." Don whispered to him.
"Wrong way my foot." Mikey said. Garnet raised an eyebrow.
"Poor choice of words." She said. The orange banded turtle nodded before speaking again.
"I know." He said. "Major ambush down there!" Mikey pointed back towards the door.
"We don't have a choice. They're pouring in through the windows upstairs." Donnie said before pointing back the way they had just came.
"Hey, what's the story down there?" Raph yelled down to the group.
"There's some seriously mean looking guys down there!" Mikey yelled back to the older turtle.
"Mean looking?" Donnie asked. "Duh!" He said before walking around Mikey to go down into the shop.
"Don, wait!" Mikey followed the brainy turtle. Don busted into the room and about a minute later came crawling out, looking up the staircase.
"Raphie! We got trouble down here!" Don called to the older turtle.
"Like I don't got trouble up here?" Raph called back before focusing on fighting. Master Splinter entered the room after the two youngest turtles.
"The Shredder's Elite Guard. They are the deadliest of his warriors, lethal assassins." Master Splinter explained before holding his hand out so that Garnet and April would stop.
"Raph, the guys ran into something bad in the shop!" April called up the stairs. Garnet craned her neck over Leo's arm to see.
"Hey, I got my hands full up here!" Raph called back down before throwing another kick at a ninja. Master Splinter ran from the shop, back up the stairs to Raph.
"Go, assist your brothers. I will protect Leonardo." Splinter said as he took the hothead's place. Raph ran down the stairs before jumping over Leo, Garnet, and April.
"Be careful Raph!" Garnet called to him. He turned quickly and smirked.
"Always." Garnet watched the object of her affections run into the room before she dropped to her knees. Leo had dragged both women down with his weight. It was just a sudden drop that there was no way they could have prepared for it.
"Sorry." He mumbled. Garnet nodded her head before planting her feet on the ground, pushing his weight up to try and place him on his feet.
"You're alright Leo." She said before looking over at April, who nodded her head.
"Master Splinter, he's getting worse!" The looked down at them before back at the remaining Foot ninjas on the second floor.
"We can't stay here any longer." Slowly, Splinter began backing up while keeping an eye on the Foot ninjas. Once they had all been defeated, Master Splinter ran to help his sons. Garnet sniffed the air when she caught familiar, unwelcomed scent.
"What's wrong Garnet?" April asked when she noticed the younger woman's change in demeanor.
"Someone's here." April gave her a look and Garnet glanced around. "Other than the Foot, I've smelled this one before." Suddenly, Leo was lifted off the women's shoulders and they were pushed forward. Instantly, Garnet's crimson eyes became golden with cat-like slits as pupils. She turned and saw Hun behind them, that's where she'd smelled the scent before.
"You're friend doesn't look too well." Hun said while placing the finger of his other hand under his chin. Garnet snarled at the man, who simply smirked. He turned and looked Garnet in the eyes. "Should I put him out of his misery?" In what seemed like a second, her transformation was done and she'd attacked Hun. With jaws wide open, she jumped at him and clamped her powerful teeth down on his right shoulder.
The man yelled out as her canine teeth sunk deeply into his skin. He dropped the eldest turtle before wrapping a large hand around one of Garnet's back legs, trying to pull her off. It definitely hurt but until Leo was safe there was no way she was letting go.
"Leo!" Mikey yelled before he and April quickly moved him into the room. Once her brother was out of harm's way, she released his shoulder from her jaw. Hun held his shoulder in pain, trying to spot some of the bleeding.
"Damn mutant…" Garnet's growls became louder. The large man moved faster than she thought he would. It was quick when Hun's fist came down on her head before his other came around her neck, chocking her slightly before he threw her into the same room as her brothers. She hit the wall hard, before she hit the floor. The sheer force from the throw caused her to lose her transformation, becoming her human form once again. She sat up just in time to see the door being kicked in by a familiar figure.
"Oh crud." Raph said. Garnet nodded.
"It's really him…" Mikey said almost in disbelief. "Like Leo said." The Shredder walked into the room, the air just becoming tenser, the storm outside added a nice effect too. Reminded Garnet of the first time they faced him.
"You freaks have been a thorn in my side long enough." The Shredder said, his voice sending chills down the woman's spine. Master Splinter suddenly jumped down in front of the teenagers. "No one opposes the Shredder and now I will have my avenge for our last encounter. Say farewell to each other while you still can."
"Oh yeah, Mister spiky pants? Well, you're the one who should be saying farewell to, uh, yourself!" Mikey said as he pointed at the Shredder, looking proud of what he had said.
"Oh yeah Mikey, that got him." Raph said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Hey, I'm under a lot of pressure here!" Mikey defended himself.
"Silence!" The Shredder yelled.
"This attack is nothing but a cowardly gambit, willing us down by sheer numbers. It is not the way of the true warrior." Master Splinter said to the metal man.
"Guys, I say we shred his butt once and for all." Raph said. "For Leo! You with me?"
"Hell yeah!" Garnet said as she pulled her Tessen from their holders.
"Till the end!" Don said as he skillfully twirled his Bo-staff.
"Which hopefully won't be anytime soon." Mikey said as he got his nunchucks ready. "Right?" He asked before following Raph into battle. Raph jumped to place a kick on the Shredder's head but he was easily deflected. Mikey didn't fare any better. Don almost landed a hit with his Bo-Staff but was kicked back and into a pillar in the room. Garnet growled before her eyes changed back to gold. She ran at the Shredder, opening a Tessen, extending the blades before slashing at the man.
It didn't even leave a scratch on his armor. When she saw that, she quickly back flipped away from the man before he could sink his claws into her again.
"I thought I killed you!" He said to her, she could almost imagine the glare he was sending her. She smirked and dropped into a fighting stance.
"It takes a lot more than a couple claws to the side to kill me." She said.
"Then I'll be more than happy to oblige." Shredder said as he lunged for her. She jumped out of the way of his bladed hand before his other came around and punched her in the gut. This knocked the air out of her and sent her flying into a wall, making a nice dent in it. She slumped to the ground and coughed slightly before looking up at the shadow looming over her. Suddenly, Master Splinter jumped down in front of her, causing the large man to take a step back. "Finish them off. This rodent is mine." He said to his Foot Elites.
"Guys…" Garnet struggled to her knees as the Foot Elites closed in on her brothers. Suddenly, the large glass window shattered and a motorcycle drove in. Garnet couldn't stop the smile that spread across her face. With his motorcycle, he took out all of the Elites. He turned it off and stepped off, pushing the hood of his trench coat down.
"Now that's what I call crashing a party." Garnet finally managed to stand up and walk over to her brothers.
"Casey!" Raph said with a smile across his face. As the man walked closer to the group, he took out his baseball bat.
"Although, I've never seen a lamer party in my life." He said as he struck down two of the ninjas. "Where's the band?" He asked Raph before turning to April. "You okay babe?" Garnet blinked and looked at Raph.
"Oh no he didn't!" The pair turned back to watch April and Casey's first meeting.
"Don't call me babe." April said back calmly. The Shredder's growl reminded them of the situation at hand.
"Obliterate him!" The Shredder commanded.
"This can't be the band…" Casey said as he pulled a golf club and his hockey stick from his bag. "I want Rock 'n' Roll man! Good thing I brought my own drumsticks." Garnet rolled her eyes and chuckled a little bit. "Now, who wants to be the drums?" He asked. The teens and Casey fought the Foot ninjas until Hun busted through the door, his shoulder bloody. Garnet smirked.
"Whoa, what happened to Hun?" Mikey asked before kicking another ninja down. Garnet did a spin back side kick before turning to the youngest turtle.
"My teeth happened." Mikey smirked and gave his sister a high five before punching another ninja. Garnet watched Hun and noticed his eyes were on April and Leo. "Oh hell no!" She said, running towards them while changing into a Mountain Lion. She snarled right before latching her jaws onto his left forearm. He raised his right arm as high as he could (she had already bitten that shoulder so it wasn't very high) and brought it down on her head. She saw stars and her head instantly began to throb. He brought his arm over her head again and was about to bring it down when it was caught by a familiar golf club.
"Hun, never, ever touch her again." The large blonde man tried to punch Casey but with Garnet weighing him down it made it quite difficult. Casey easily got behind him and hit him with his hockey stick, sending him flying into a group of oncoming Foot ninjas. Garnet shook her head to clear out the stars before jumping to battle. She could hear the sirens but there wasn't much she could do considering she couldn't talk and she was fighting some evil ninjas.
"Mikey, Garnet! Look!" Raph called to the two youngest siblings. They turned and saw Leo trying to stand on his own. He began to fall forward and Garnet managed to catch him, while in her Puma transformation, and allowed him to lie across her back. Suddenly, the Shredder's shadow loomed over them. He raised his clawed hand, Leo jumped slightly and Garnet's lips pulled back into a fierce looking snarl.
"NO!" Master Splinter yelled out as he kicked the Shredder away from the pair. "You strike a wounded warrior, you have no honor."
"I fight to win." The fight between Master Splinter and the Shredder seemed to be going to their father's side, at least until somehow the Shredder landed a cut on the rat's chest. This seemed to throw the entire fight. Leo, who couldn't stand watching their father get attacked by the evil man, used all of his strength to ram himself into a case, toppling it over between Splinter and Shredder. Garnet ran over and caught Leo as he fell back. Splinter watched his eldest son and daughter and his remaining three sons were pinned by Foot ninjas.
"No, I will not let you destroy my family." He said to the Shredder. "My children, retreat." He said before backing up.
"Great, but where to?" Raph asked. Garnet lay beside Leo and watched as April glanced around the room. She pointed to a large metal door in the back.
"Right there!" Mikey glanced back before nodding.
"Got it." He opened the door and flipped on the light. He turned back to the fighting groups. "Everybody in here, we'll hold them off." Master Splinter and April drug Leo into the room, followed by Raph, Don, Casey, Garnet, and then Mikey closed the door behind him, locking it. Garnet shifted back into her human form, exhausted. She has never had to transform more than once a day, maybe once a week. Two in one day was draining. She noticed Raph look around the room.
"Well, this is just great. Small, dark, and no way out." The turtle replaced his Sais to their place on his belt. "Perfect for making our last stand."
"It's a walk in cooler. This shop used to be a grocery store once upon a time." April told the group.
"Fascinating." Raph said with an emotionless voice. He glanced down at Garnet before offering her his hand. With a deep breath, she accepted it, trying to ignore the pain in her shoulder and hip joints. Raph noticed this and wrapped an arm around her and pulled his into her side, allowing her to rest all of her weight against him. After a few minutes of silence, Mikey spoke.
"Kinda quiet out there. You think they all just… went home?" He asked.
"Yeah, we scared 'em off by running in a closet and locking the door." Raph said before both he and Garnet began sniffing the air. "Hey, I smell smoke." He said.
"I smell gas." Garnet said.
"Me too." Don said as he nodded. Raph turned his gaze to Mikey and laid his only available hand on his hip.
"Mikey…" He said in his warning voice. The youngest turtle shrugged his shoulders.
"Not that kinda gas Raph." Garnet said and immediately, they all knew what kinda gas it was. Mikey touched the door before pulling his hand back.
"Hey, this door's getting hot." He then wrapped his hands around the doorknob and tried to pull it open but it wouldn't budge. "It's jammed! It' won't open!" He kept trying to pull it open.
"Gas plus flame equals… Let's book now!" Casey said as he put the pieces together. Raph gently lead Garnet to a wall and helped her lean against it before he made his way to the door.
"We gotta get outta here!" Raph said as he and Mikey tried to use their weapons to get the door to open.
Suddenly, the shop blew. The whole building went up in flames. Everything the siblings had brought with them and everything April owned… gone in the blink of an eye. All because of the Shredder.