The tv screen went blank for a few moments...
Then it came to life! Roaring static!
Then the face of pure, hellish evil appeared on the screen...
"I call to attention all the filthy, retchid, putrid, creatures of the world. LOOK UPON ME! As you sit there on your fat hinds, eating your pizza and dis-gusting filth food, you are watching the end of life as you know it. I, the Shredder, am even now taking over your police stations and news broadcasts. There is no one to save you for what is about to come. Do not try to leave your homes, lest you encounter one of my many shadow men of the Foot clan, and I assure you, they will show no mercy..
You shall forever know me as the Iron Ruler,
The Immortal Master...
THE SHREDDER!"
"Oh no..." Turtle said as she watched the tv with her brothers... "What are we gonna do?..."
TURTLE II
SECRET OF THE OOZE
FINAL
CHAPTER
"One week from now, I expect my enemies to fight me. I call upon them to die with their so-called honor. And if they do not..." Shredder points his claws to one side of the room. When the camera moves it points to a cage with about 20 people in it, including...
"APRIL!" Turtle and her brothers called out as they saw April in the cage with the other prisoners.
"If they do not... I will begin killing one of these animals every minute.." He grabbed April by the hair and she screamed. "Starting with their precious fire-haired wench."
Raphael suddenly screamed and threw his sai at the tv! It broke and fizzled out with a million sparks but no one seemed to care that the tv was now broken.
"Oh this is terrible, just terrible!" The professer paced around the room. Donny had called him shortly after they had made it home.
"How are we supposed to beat him now?!" Turtle cried standing up.
"What do you mean we?" Raph said pushing her back down.
"Hey!" She said trying to get up again but winced in pain and held her ribs.
"Raph's right Turtle." Donny said.
"Yea sis." Said Mike. "I mean not like its too dangerous or anything, but your ribs are kindof broken."
"So?"
"So.." Leo chimed in. "It means no more following us into battle. You're lucky you're not grounded 'till you're 85!"
Turtle let out a growl and went to go sit with Tokka and Rhazar, who were recovering from their own injuries.
Master Splinter walked into the room. "We need a solution to the problem...fighting will get us nowhere"
"But father! He has April! And he's much stronger than us now! With me, Tokka and Rhazar out of battle, how will we ever beat him?!" Turtle said with tears in her eyes.
"Hmmm... It seems we need an extra hand." He said, pondering. "Raphael!"
"Yes Sir." Raph said at full attention.
"Contact Casey Jones."
Raph smirked and picked up the phone. "With pleasure."
Casey entered the layer with a kick to the door.
"That tin can has MY GIRL! MY BABY APRIL!" He yelled, swinging his hokey stick into the wall, snapping it in half. "When I see Shred Head, I'm gonna kill him, I'm gonna kill him dead and this time I'm gonna make sure he's dead!"
Casey was nearly foaming at the mouth. It scared Turtle terribly, and she hugged onto Tokka.
Don approached him holding out his hands. "Casey, calm down!"
"CALM DOWN?!" He pushed Don against the wall. "MY BABY'S BEEN KIDNAPPED AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM-"
He was cut short when Raph grabbed Casey's hair and threw him across the room.
"LISTEN HERE JONES!" He said, putting a finger to Casey's chest. "You do NOT come into MY house and start breaking MY things and pushing around MY siblings. So unless you want to join the hospital wing, I suggest you CALM DOWN AND SHUT UP ALREADY!"
Casey calmed down with a huff and Raph helped him up.
"Ok." Casey said. "So what's the plan?"
"We haven't really thought of one yet." Don admitted sheepishly.
"Well." The professor said. "We could make another anti-mutagen, stronger this time, something that could change him on impact, without him having to ingest it. It would take time, but I believe it can be made. The only problem is, I would need a direct concentrated sample of the mutation. Perhaps some mutated blood cells."
Raph offered his arm bravely. "Go on Doc, I ain't afraid of no needle."
"Ah, Thank you Raphael, but unfortunately, your blood is too far mutated. It may cause the mixture to mutate him further into a grotesque animal form. I need a sample from someone who is mutated, however, closer to um...a human."
"Where do you expect to find a slightly mutated human?" Turtle chimed in questioningly.
Everyone slowly turned to look at Turtle.
"...What?"
Raph just slowly approached Turtle. "C'mere slightly mutated human."
Turtle's eyes widened.
"NUH UH! NOOOO WAY! YOU'RE NOT STICKIN' A NEEDLE IN ME!"
She tried to jump up but Raph and Leo already had her pinned down.
"Turtle don't struggle."
"Yea pipsqueak, it won't hurt none."
"NO! GET OFF ME!"
"Turtle, look at me." Leo said. "Look at me Turtle. You wanted to help us win the fight. This is the ONLY way that we can defeat Shredder. April's life, the lives of everyone rests on you now. You HAVE to overcome your fears. Do it for April, you;ll save her and the whole city if you do this."
Turtle's breathing was shaky and heavy. She hated needles. What seven-year old doesn't?! But she knew she didn't have a choice. She held her breath and closed her eyes.
"J-just do it already."
Turtle waited, and then took in a sharp breath when she felt the needle in her arm.
"JEEZ DOC HAVEN'T YOU EVER GIVEN A SHOT BEFORE?!" She yelled, trying not to vomit from the pain.
"Sorry, no." He said matter-of-factly.
When it was over she glared knives at him.
"Oh come now." The professer said, putting her blood in a test tube.
"Here sis." Mikey said, putting a Superman band aid on her arm.
"Thanks Mike." She said, rubbing her arm.
"So tell me." Raph said, approaching the professor. "How's this gonna make a stronger anti-mutagen?"
"Simple!" Said the professor, rather excited. "You see it's like using a snake's venom to make anti-venom. The cure is in the poison! All I have to do is rearrange the structure a little bit to have a reversing effect. The human cells should provide a catalyst to activate the anti-mutagen. It should bring the Shredder back to his weakened human form." He began mixing various chemicals together with Turtle's blood. "And this time, we're going to make so potent. So INCREDIBLY powerful, that with mere contact to the skin, it should revers the mutagen's effects."
Everyone backed away a little.
"Woah dude." Mikey said. "Like keep that stuff away from us!"
"Yea man!" Said Raph. "I ain't getting turned into a tiny turtle!"
"Oh, yes hmm, quite right... The anti-mutagen will have to be carried by a non-mutant."
"Hey." Casey said. "I may be ugly and scary and super awesome at the same time, but I'm pretty sure I was born this way."
"Excellent." The proffesser said. "Mister Jones shall handle the anti-mutagen then. Be careful with it please sir."
"HA! Don't worry, careful's my middle-" Just as Casey bragged about himself, he knocked over one of Master Splinter's shelves. "... Name..."
"Uh huh." Turtle said.
"Ah pipe down pipsqueak!"
"Guys!" Leo said, arms folded. "Need I remind you the entire city is in danger and we need a plan!"
"UM..." Turtle started, and stuttered a bit when everyone looked at her. "I- I have a plan."
April sobbed as she sat in the corner of her cage, curled up, hair a mess, and sobbing. She already had 3 long scratch marks on her face from when she tried to escape. However, the Shredder caught her, and she was placed in a cage away from the other prisoners. Now here she was, alone, dirty, curled up in a tight cage, and sobbing.
Suddenly, her voice hitched in her throat as she heard the guardsman opening the door to the room she was in.
The Shredder entered..
"Hello Wench."
April backed up against the cage wall.
"Get away freak!" April said, banging against the cage. "I hate you! You slime! They'll come rescue me! Then you'll be hist-"
April was cut short by the Shredder stabbing through the cage door with an angry growl! It dented the metal inward and caused April to back into the wall of the cage. She held her arm, which adorned a new scratch.
"Disgusting PEST!" Shredder spat into the cage. "I don't even know why I keep you alive..." He paused for a moment, then chuckled a deep, low laugh. "Indeed, my enemies will come whether you are dead or not."
With this, the Shredder pushed the cage, sending it tumbling across the room!
"I no longer have use for you." He said, starting to leave the room. "Expect an executioner to be here shortly. But don't worry." He turned to look at her, a black gleam in his eyes. "Your friends will join you shortly... Starting with the smallest insect of all."
"Turtle?!" April ran up banging against the cage. "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!"
The Shredder simply laughed and walked out, slamming the door behind him.
April sunk down to the bottom of the cage and cried. Her friends were in danger, and there was nothing she could do.
Suddenly, she turned to look at the door and she heard the jingling of the guardsman's keys. Oh no! The door was unlocked, and it swung open! She saw a large figure with an ax! She knew it! It was the executioner!
April closed her eyes and looked away! She couldn't bare to watch!
Casey and the 4 Turtles enter the Shredder's Lair.
"Aw man." Mikey said, his voice faltering slightly.
"C'mon guys." Leo said. "The sooner we find those prisoners, the sooner we don't have to worry about April."
Donny was looking at some kind of device. "This place is big. I've got the place mapped, but I still can't tell you what room she's i-" Just then, Don was knocked to the floor by a foot ninja!
"DON!" Raph yelled, kicking the ninja against the wall! "HI-YA!"
The ninja crashed into the next room through the wall! This wasn't good, for about 20 other foot ninjas crawled out of the hole!
"Casey!" Leo said. "Don't lose the anti-mutagen! Check doors for April!"
Casey nodded and our four heroes got to work on the foot!
Two cornered Raph, who used his sais to defend himself! Leo grabbed a ninja and flung it into the ones attacking Raph! Then Leo and Raph went to go help Don and Mike, who were tag teaming against four other ninjas! Soon an entire group of ninjas was heading towards them!
"DONNY!" Mike said. "SHELL SHOCK!"
Donny picked up Mikey by his ankles and flung him around, then released him!
Mike went into his shell and bowled over the ninjas coming at them in one fell swoop! The ninjas were down for the count!
"Well that's that." Raph said smiling.
"GUYS!" Casey shouted. "I FOUND THEM!"
They all ran into the room Casey was referring to. The room was full of prisoners, some of who was screaming at the way the turtles looked!
"H-hey calm down everyone!" Leo said, trying to calm them down.
"Yea we're here to help." Casey said. "Wheres April? Have any of you seen April O'Neal?"
"O'Neal?" One of the prisoners said, shakily."
"Yea." Another said. "Shredder took her to a private room for trying to escape."
"SHELL!" Raph yelled, banging against the wall.
"We HAVE to find her!" Casey exclaimed!
"C'mon guys," Mike said, running towards a door. "Lets find her!"
"Oh.." A deep, demonic voice said. "I'm afraid it's of no use at this point."
Everyone turned and gasped as the massive, mutated Shredder walked into the room.
"I'm afraid she's... Indisposed.."
"No.." Casey shook his head and brought up a squirt gun filled with the anti-mutagen. "You're LYING!"
"I don't lie about such things, foolish mortal."
Casey breathed heavily, tears streaming down his face. "WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU SHREDDER, HELL ITSELF WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOU!" With that, Casey sprayed the Shredder down with the anti-mutagen, emptying the gun!
Shredder covered his face with his arms, and chuckled when the gun was empty. "Are you finished?"
"W-what?! Why didn't it affect him?!"
"Oh no!" Don cried. "His armor protected his skin!"
"Now what?!" Mikey yelled.
"We FIGHT!" Raph said, charging at the Shredder, only to be knocked aside!"
"RAPH!" Everyone yelled! Everyone then tried to charge at Shredder, only to be knocked aside like crash-test dummies! Shredder grabbed Casey and threw him, knocking him right through a door!"
"A-a-ah." Casey shakily got up, bruised, with a few wood splinters. He looked up to see where he was, and gasped when he saw a small cage in the corner, and in it, A motionless April, laying inside of it.
"A-April..." Casey shakily got up, and headed towards the cage, only to be grabed by Shredder! "AH! SH-" Casey was silenced when he was thrown on the groun once more, right next to April's cage! He tried to reach out to April, but Shredder stepped on his hand. "AAAH!"
"CASEY!" The turtles ran into the room!
"STOP!" Shredder yelled, holding a blade to Casey's head! "Come any closer, and you'll lose your other precious human as well..."
"Oh... oh no.." Leo cried, seeing the motionless April in the cage.
"You said you wouldn't harm her!" Don shouted!
"I said no such thing, fool!" Shredder looked into the cage and chuckled. "You've been defeated... I should kill you all here and now. However..." Shredder kicked Casey at the Turtles. "I'll let you live with the guilt, knowing you let the people you cared so dearly about die, knowing you let 'her' die." He ripped the cage open and grabbed April's body from the cage. "I'll even let you keep the corpse-"
Suddenly, April's arm shot up, bringing a gun to the eye holes in Shredder's helmet! Except it wasn't April! It was Turtle! She had been disguised wearing April's clothes!"
"EAT ANTI-MUTAGEN SHREDDER!"
Turtle full blasted Shredder with anti-mutagen! It oozed into his eye-holes and through his mask!
Shredder dropped Turtle, holding his face, roaring in sheer agony!
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Shredder yelled and bellowed.
Turtle limped over to her brothers, hugging onto them as she watched the Shredder write in pain.
They all gasped as they saw him expelling green foam from all parts of his armor, soon, the armor itself was coated in green foam. Sounds of hissing and burning came from the shredder, he dripped green and slowly sunk to the floor. Soon, his screams stopped, as he shrunk down into a puddle of nothing but green ooze...
"Dude... like... I thought he was just supposed to turn human.." Mike said, backing up from the slime.
"H-he must have been so far gone mutated, that the anti-mutagen ended up killing him..." Don said shakily.
"How horrible..." Turtle said, hiding her face in Raph's shell, who was patting her head comfortingly.
"Where's April?!" Leo asked concerned.
"Here.." April said, coming out of a box. She was aided by Tokka and Rhazar. April was donning a night gown, given to her after Turtle had borrowed her clothing.
"BABY!" Casey ran up and gave April a nice, long, kiss.
"Awwww." Everyone said in unison, which earned a certain gesture from Casey, making everyone laugh.
"Thank goodness." Turtle said, taking off April's clothes, revealing her own clothes underneath.
"Guys!" Mike said. "I think this earns a cowabunga!"
Everyone agreed and put their hands in the middle.
"One two three! COWABUNGA!" Everyone leapt into the air and fist-bumped and high fived each other. But then noticed Casey and April haven't stopped kissing.
"Uh... Geez!" Raph said annoyed. "Don't you two ever come up for air?!"
"Shut up Raph." Casey said, backing up from April abit. "Baby, today, I thought I lost you. There were so many things I wanted to say to you that I thought I'd never get to say. SO many things I wanted to do with you."
"Well, Casey, calm down!" April said, looking a little exhausted. "I'm here now, and it's going to be fine."
"I know your here now, and that's why I need to say something before I lose you again! I guess what I'm trying to say is..." Casey got down on one knee. "Babe... Will you marry me?!"
Everyone went wide eyed, not expecting this from Casey!
"I... Yes!"
Casey and April kissed again.
"Wait... a wedding?!" Mike yelled flabbergasted! "WHERE AM I GONNA FIND A TUX TO FIT OVER A SHELL?!"
THE END!