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Battle for New York (Part 1)
I hum as I place a few plates of rice in front of everyone. Well, everyone except Mikey and Donnie. Where were they? They're missing dinner. "Thank you, Amelia," I hear from Splinter. I nod and I wipe my hands on my apron. I hear footsteps and I grin. "Are you trying to scare me, Leonardo?" I ask said turtle, not even turning around. "Aww…you're good, I'll give you that," I hear and he wraps his arms around me. "Happy anniversary," he whispers before kissing my cheek. I smile. "Happy anniversary," I whisper back. It was finally our one-year anniversary. I got him something really special…
I hear shouting coming from the basement. It sounded like Mikey and Donnie. I raise an eyebrow. "It's gonna explode!" I hear from Donnie. My eyes widen and I run to the basement, Splinter following me. I swear, Donnie…I run inside to see Donnie attempting to kill Mikey. Splinter and I look at each other and nod before pressure-pointing Mikey and Donnie. "What is going on in here?" Splinter asks. "Can you maybe not blow up my house?" I question. April walks in. "Since when did retro-mutagen start doing that?" she asks. I look over to a batch of retro-mutagen, which is now sparkling.
We all sit in the living room while Donnie scans the mutant cells with his micro-scope. Mikey was trying to make Plutonium for the retro-mutagen by stuffing different things in it. Donnie tried to stop him, but a drop of Mikey's concoction fell into the retro-mutagen. It was going to explode, but it didn't. I should have let Donnie harm Mikey…trying to blow up my house! Hmph. "Wow! It's bonding rate is phenomenal! Haha, I can't believe it! This will save me months of lab work! Okay, let me see. One small drop and I'm able to transform an entire vial of mutagen into retro-mutagen!" Donnie explains with a laugh as he turns mutagen into retro-mutagen. I gape in amazement. Somehow, Mikey had made retro-mutagen? "Mikey, you're awesome!" Donnie exclaims. "I know," Mikey replies, playing with one of his action figures and a slice of pizza. "Wow, did we step into some kinda alternate dimension here?" Raph asks. "Mikey actually did something useful," Ann mutters.
"Okay, what chemicals did you use to help create the rapid cellular bonding?" Donnie asks. "Uh, I think I added a bunch of stuff like uranate, anolite, uh, moronic acid, and some, uh, garlic-cappuccino pizza?" Mikey answers sheepishly. I gag a bit at the last words. "Nope. Same dimension," Ann mumbles. "Are you kidding me? You do one awesome thing and you can't even remember how you did it?!" Donnie says angrily. "Donnie, you probably wouldn't even have retro-mutagen right now if it wasn't for him," I reply in defense. "Indeed, Donatello, be glad that Michelangelo's tomfoolery yielded the gift that it did. Focus on the goal at hand. You must find all the transformed people of New York and change them back," Splinter explains. But the city is almost empty. What could have happened while we were gone? "But, Sensei, we don't even know what happened to them," Leo remarks. "I think I know," April answers, and we all turn to her. "They were taken to Dimension X by the Kraang. I can see them in my dreams, millions of mutated humans trapped there," April points out.
"So we drop into TCRI, break into their portal, and zap ourselves to Dimension X," Raph says, punching his fists. "Yo, we can do this! We can save New York!" Mikey exclaims. "And I've got the perfect new invention to storm Dimension X!" Donnie exclaims with a smile. Why do I have a bad feeling about this?
"A water tower. That's your new invention?" Leo replies. We were standing in front of, surprise, a water tower…Donnie, you're slacking here. We all laugh. "Oh, man!" Mikey exclaims. "Wow, that's one giant step for mankind, Donnie. Nice," Raph says. "Are you serious about this, Donnie? How is a water tower gonna help?" I ask in disbelief. "It's not exactly what it appears to be," he retorts before he spots something. "Get down," he whispers and we all hide. I spot a Kraang Stealth Ship flying around as it scans the area. "They're scanning for humans," Leo whispers. Oh no…two humans are spotted and are captured. They are thrown in front of the Kraang. "Prepare to be mutated by Kraang," a Kraang says. "Please! No!" the woman pleads. "Don't do it! No!" the man begs. Leo and I look at each other and nod before we push the two out of the way. "Phew! Are you two all right?" Leo says. "Run! Alien turtles!" they exclaim, running away. I roll my eyes. "No, that's okay! It's not like we saved your lives or anything!" Leo shouts and I hear footsteps. Leo turns around with a gasp. I jump up and slice the robot in half. "Booyakasha!" Mikey exclaims, spinning his nunchucks. "Let's kick some Kraang!" Raph yells and we procced to fight the Kraang. Unfortunately, we are outnumbered.
"This isn't good, bros and sis," Mikey comments. I thought we were done for until a piece of bread is thrown at a Kraang. Huh? What's bread gonna do? A Kraang picks it up and inspects it. "Oh, bread!" I hear and Pigeon Pete flies down, taking down the Kraangdroid! We all look in shock. I was not expecting him to come back again…it's been a while since I've last seen him. He turns to us. "Oh, hiya guys!" he exclaims before something roars. I see…Leatherhead! "Leatherhead!" Mikey and I shout happily as he takes down a few Kraang. Someone appears and presses his fingers to his head. I gasp in realization. "Doctor Rockwell?" Donnie asks in disbelief. Didn't think I'd see him again, either. And he had a strange helmet on his head. Pigeon Pete laughs as he flies around. "Pigeon Pete?" Raph asks. And then someone giant takes down the rest of the Kraang. I gasp and back away a bit. No…
"You," Leo says as we look at Slash. He-He tried to destroy us! What's he doing with Pigeon Pete, Dr. Rockwell and Leatherhead? "Greetings, Turtles, Amelia! Long time no see," he replies with a roar. "Raphael, good to see you brother, and the rest of you. Turtles, Amelia, meet my team, dedicated to fighting the Kraang. The Mighty Mutaninals! Ya already know my second-in-command," he finishes as Leatherhead approaches. "Leatherhead!" Mikey and I exclaim, hugging him. "Heh heh, it's good to see you too, Amelia and Michelangelo. All of you," Leatherhead replies, hugging us back. Donnie stares at Dr. Rockwell, who was getting something out of his fur. "And what, dear boy, are you staring at?" he asks. "Doctor Rockwell?" Donnie asks. "Indeed! The Kraang experimented on my mind, giving me psychic powers and accidentally returning my vast intellect in the process!" he explains, hanging upside down and blowing a raspberry at Donnie.
So he has psychic powers now? No wonder why he can talk… "Rockwell's the brains of the team. And this is the final member of the Mighty Mutanimals," Slash replies, gesturing to a shadow in the distance. Pigeon Pete reveals himself, a few pigeons surrounding him. "Pigeon Pete? The world's most useless mutant?" Raph asks. I punch him in the shoulder. There are worse mutants than him, trust me. Mutagen Man was useless in my opinion. "Hey!" Pigeon Pete exclaims, stumbling a bit to the ground. I help him up. "Thanks, Amy. I've toughened up a lot since the last time you saw me! I was just a pigeon-boy, now I'm a pigeon-man. I'm the team spy!" he explains. "More like decoy," Raph mutters and I glare at him. Slash throws some bread on the ground. "Ooh, bread!" Pigeon Pete says and immediately dives for it. I see he hasn't changed much.
"Some leader, Slash. Using your teammate as bait!" Leo retorts. "You got a problem with that, Leonardo?" Slash asks. I point to him angrily. "You attacked us," I hiss. "You tried to destroy us! You injured Ames!" Leo angrily comments. "I wasn't right in the head then. It was the mutagen!" Slash answers, putting a hand on his head. "He did help us, and everyone deserves a second chance," Mikey explains. I narrow my eyes at him. I don't trust anyone who tried to kill me. Leatherhead puts a hand on Slash's shoulder. "We trust him with our lives," he says. I close my eyes. I can't trust him. What if he tries to attack us again? "Come, Turtles and Amelia. Meet our benefactor. Then you will surely change your mind, Amelia and Leonardo," Slash replies, starting to walk away, the others following. I glance at Leo. Is he for real? Leo sighs in defeat. "Fine. But if this is a trap, your shell is ours, Slash," Leo says before we start to follow the others to the Mighty Mutanimals' lair.
We arrive at a warehouse and as soon as we do, the Mighty Mutanimals disappear. "Huh?" Leo asks and a bright light shines in our eyes. I see a shadow behind it and we all pull out our weapons. "Greetings, Ninja Turtles and Amelia," I hear. I KNOW that voice… The shadow reveals himself to be… "Kurtzman?" Leo asks in shock. "Good to see you boys…and lady. Been a long time," Kurtzman says. Who else are we gonna run into? Jared? "We thought you got mutated like the rest of New York!" Raph exclaims in shock. "I made it through. I tried to find you five, but you were gone. Fortunately, I tracked down these noble warriors to help keep up the fight against the Kraang," Kurtzman explains. "I wouldn't exactly call them all noble," Leo replies, glancing at Slash, who growls at his remark. "No one on the outside knows what's really going on. The military, the media, they're no help. They're all controlled by the Kraang. But now that the turtles and Amelia are back, we can stop the invasion, together!" Kurtzman finishes.
Uh, excuse me? Working with the turtle who targeted us and tried to kill us? "What?!" Leo, Slash, and I exclaim. "No way!" Leo and I shout. "I'm not teamin' up with them!" Slash yells, gesturing to me and Leo. "That's enough! We can't afford to waste any more time. The Kraang have spent the last few months building a mutagen missile, which they're gonna fire at the earth itself," Kurtzman explains, showing us a slideshow. A picture of a green woman pops up and my eyes widen. Kurtzman gasps and goes to the next slide. "Just ignore that," he tells us. I cross my arms, raising an eyebrow. "There's enough mutagen in that payload-
"To mutate the earth into another Dimension X," Rockwell finishes, interrupting Donnie. "It's rude to finish other people's sentences, Rockwell," Donnie comments. "Well then, clearly you'll have to speak faster, Donatello!" Rockwell argues, and we all start arguing, except Mikey and Leatherhead. "I'm not gonna team up with some turtle and little miss sunshine over here," Slash says. Leo narrows his eyes. "Don't you dare talk to my girlfriend that way!" he shouts. "Can't we just give pizza a chance?" Mikey asks as we all argue. "Oh no! They found me! I don't know how, but they found me!" Kurtzman exclaims. Didn't he say that when we met him? I look around and see Kraang everywhere. "It is the ones called Turtles and Pinkie. And the others calling themselves the Mighty Mutanimals," a Kraangdroid says. I know he did NOT just say that. "Get 'em!" Slash orders his team. During the fight, I notice Kurtzman trying to get something from his desk. Why does he always need to get something?!
"The Kraang intel!" he shouts. I raise an eyebrow. I guess it was important this time… a stray blast hits Kurtzman. I gasp. "Mr. Kurtzman! No!" Pigeon Pete shouts in dismay. Leatherhead picks him up. "Mutanimals, we're leaving!" Slash shouts. "Ninjas, Ames, fall back!" Leo orders and we all leave.
We're back at my house now, where we're treating Kurtzman's wounds. He groans. "All the intel I have on this Kraang missile is on this drive," he tells us, handing me a flash drive with a groan. "You, the Turtles, and Amelia have to work together," he explains. I frown at this. "I don't think that's a good idea," Leo replies. "We agree on that much," I finish. "Whatever problem is between you, you both have a common purpose. We're running out of time," he says before closing his eyes. Oh no… "Jack! Is he…?" Slash doesn't finish his question, since we all knew what he was going to ask. Splinter presses a finger to Jack's neck. "No. He is fine," he explains. "I'm going to need to cauterize the wound. We need alcohol, bandages, meds," April explains. Casey stands up. "I'm on it, Red. There's a pharmacy down the street. I'll hit for supplies," he replies before leaving. "The seven of us will take care of him. You must unite and stop that missile before it is too late. And no, Miwa, you cannot go," Splinter orders. Karai pouts and crosses her arms.
We all gather in my room, Donnie looking at his laptop. "I've got it! We can disable the guidance system, or better yet-" Rockwell pops his head from next to him. "Hack in and send the missile somewhere it can't do any harm!" he finishes. I can see why Donnie finds that annoying. "You stupid psychic chimp," Donnie retorts and Rockwell screeches in response. "Okay, we ninja in from above, and then we drop down and disarm the missile," Leo explains. "Forget it! I say ground attack. They won't even know what hit 'em," Slash argues. "A ground attack is way too risky!" Leo shouts, glaring at Slash. Raph pushes them away from each other. "I think the only way this mission is gonna work is if we do both," he replies. "Forget it, Raphael. Leave this to the Mighty Mutanimals! Come on, guys! We're outta here!" Slash says and he jumps out my window. The other Mutanimals start to leave as well. "Leatherhead? Wait, hold up!" Mikey remarks, reaching out to them. "Just let 'em go, Mikey," Leo comments. "It's not worth it," I finish.
"We need a way to drop down on that missile. Donnie?" Leo replies, looking at the smartest of the group. "I've got something that just might work," he answers.
Leo and Raph groan as we look at the water tower again. "Not this again!" Raph exclaims. "Are we gonna flood the place?" Mikey asks. Donnie jumps up to the water tower. "Not exactly," he answers. "It's hard to take you seriously with things like this," I reply to Donnie, gesturing to the water tower. He turns a valve and the water tower opens up to reveal a blimp! "Whoa," Leo replies in awe. "I give you…the Turtle Blimp!" Donnie explains. "Cool!" I exclaim. "Uh, what is it?" Mikey asks and I slap my forehead.
We are now riding the Turtle Blimp. Leo and I look down at the city. "Ames?" he asks. I turn to him. "I'm sorry we have to put our anniversary on hold…" he explains softly, closing his eyes. I smile at him. "Leo, it's okay. We're helping our city, that's good enough for me," I answer. He grins at me. "I promise after this, we'll go on a proper anniversary date," he tells me. "I'll hold you to that," I reply, kissing his cheek. Raph looks down at something with a telescope. "The Mutanimals' ground attack is the perfect distraction. While the Kraang are focusing on them, we'll stop the missile!" Raph replies. I raise an eyebrow and look down to see that the Mutanimals are attacking the Kraang, just like Slash wanted. I roll my eyes at this. Okay, he got one thing right, that doesn't make him trustworthy. "See, Leo, Amy? Maybe we're meant to work together. Huh? Huh? Yeah?" Mikey says. Leo crosses his arms, not answering the question. We sneak on top of the missile, Raph holding on the rope that held Donnie.
"Now, according to Kurtzman's data, the missile guidance system uses a form of binary code," Donnie says to himself. I look up and see something flying towards us. "Um, guys? What's worse than regular Kraang?" Mikey asks. Leo sees them and looks in shock. "Flying Kraang?!" Leo and I exclaim. They fly towards us. "Everyone cover Donnie!" Leo orders. But Raph can't, he's holding onto Donnie… A Kraang flies towards me. I jump up and hit it with an ice dagger. Suddenly, there's rumbling coming from the missile. I stumble a bit. "Oh snap! Dudes! Dudette!" Mikey screams. I think this thing is about to launch! "For the glory of Kraang!" I hear. I snap my head to below the missile. Was that Kraang-Subprime? Before I can see who it was, the missile launches, with us on it!
We all scream and I try to hold onto the missile. Raph dangles from the rope he was holding Donnie with. "Donnie! Make it quick! We're about to leave the atmosphere!" Raph shouts and I look to see clouds. I can also see darkness up above. "Stop pressuring me!" Donnie exclaims, pressing some buttons from the missile's panel. "Setting a course for the heart of the sun!" he shouts, punching a button. We all scream as we fly higher. "Now what do we do?!" I shout. Leo looks down. "Jump!" he orders and we all jump off the missile. We all scream as we start to fall. I can feel myself catching on fire at the speed we were going! "Activate Turtle gliders!" Leo orders, and we all pull a string, activating our gliders.
I sigh in relief before we all scream. We fall on top of the Turtle Blimp, and bounce onto the railings. "Wow. Too close. I saw my life flash before my eyes," Mikey replies. "What did you see?" Donnie asks. "Pizza. Mostly pizza. It was awesome!" Mikey answers. I slap my forehead. "At least we stopped the missile," I reply. I see Pigeon Pete eating a loaf and a Kraang inching towards him. Slash saves him from harm and I smile at this. He really does care for his team…I jump onto the Turtle Blimp and we fire balls of trash at the Kraang. They retreat and Donnie lands the Turtle Blimp. "Leatherhead!" Mikey exclaims, hugging the gator mutant. "My friend," Leatherhead replies. "I was so scared I would never see you again," Mikey says. I smile. "Nice job back there, Pete," Raph comments, about to give Pigeon Pete a high-five. But Raph moves his hand away. "Aw, too slow!" Raph exclaims. I roll my eyes.
"You know," Donnie clears his throat, "I think there's room enough for two mutant geniuses in this city, Rockwell," he says. "I concur. Of course, warm-blooded mammals are still considered far more intelligent than inferior, cold-blooded tiny-brained reptiles," Rockwell answers. I giggle at this. Leo and I turn to Slash. "We gotta admit, Slash, we're impressed," I say. "You stepped up and saved your teammates when they needed you the most," Leo finishes. "Told ya I changed, Amelia and Leonardo. I'm a different kinda turtle now," Slash answers, offering his hand. Leo and I shake his hand. "All right, fellas, time to storm TCRI! We go to Dimension X and save the citizens of New York," Leo tells us. I smile. "Yeah!" I exclaim. Leo gives me a look. I know that look. "You cannot be serious!" I exclaim. "Oh, I'm serious, Ames. You need to go back home," he tells me. I narrow my eyes.
"Leo, we need her," Donnie explains. "But I'm not risking her life anymore. The Kraang are still after her," Leo retorts. I sigh and gesture to the others to follow me. They do so and I face them. "Listen, ever since I've moved here, I've changed a lot. But in a good way. That's because of you guys. We've started to grow and love as a family. I can't back down now. I don't care what happens to me, as long as we get everyone, and I mean everyone, back. That's why I'm still here. I would have gone back home if it wasn't for the fact that my home is trouble. We're a team, and most importantly, a family. And family is there for each other. I want to help you…and I don't mean by staying at home. I have to help my city, our city. You have to understand that. So what do you say?" I say, holding my hand out. They look at each other and I glance at them. They all smile and put their hands on top of mine. "You're right. We need all the help we can get," Leo tells me. "But if anything happens, you're going straight home," Raph replies. "We have to be there for each other," Donnie says. "Booyakasha!" Mikey exclaims as we throw our hands up in the air.
Now all we need is to break into TCRI, and save New York…and possibly the world.
Angel: Trivia will be stated next episode, since this is a two-part episode. And also the part where Leo and Amy actually celebrate their anniversary. Bye!
