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NMNT Chapter 14: The Search for Splinter
-The Lair-
"Okay, we've searched the Shredder's building and every other place the foot have been encountered. We've scoured every sewer tunnel, back street and dark alley in the city with only one area left," April said as she huddled over a map of New York City that was laid out on a coffee table and circled every aforementioned spot.
"The worst part is, we don't know if Master Splinter is still alive," said Donatello who was sitting on the couch.
"Uhh, I don't even want to think about that," said Michelangelo.
"Until we learn otherwise, he's alive and awaiting our rescue," said Leonardo. Raphael angrily beat up the punching bag. Each blow that he made got more and more violent until finally he relented and sliced the bag open with his Sais.
"I'm done comin' home empty handed! We find Splinter, tonight!" he growled.
"Great, another punching bag down the drain," remarked Naruto.
-With Mikey: The Sewer Tunnels-
Mikey went back and forth, side to side, and searched every nook and cranny that he could find as he cruised along in the sewer slider. He shone lights everywhere, but he could not find any trace of Splinter.
-With Raph: On the Streets, Night-
Raph sped along both the seldom used and semi-used streets and stair cases with the Shell Cycle. But there was no sign of Splinter.
-With Don: In the Skies, Night-
As Don flew into the night with the portable hang-glider, he activated the Turtle-Vision goggles that he had placed on. Then he towards the ground for any thermal traces of Splinter, but he could find none.
-With April and Naruto: The Junk Yard, Night-
April and Naruto drove around in the now repaired Battle Shell. They any and all devices that would help them find Splinter. Sadly though, they couldn't.
-With Leo: Inside an Abandoned Building-
Leo, with a flashlight in hand, crept quietly and scoured the entire complex. But there wasn't anything that could lead him to Splinter. As he exited, his Shell Cell rang.
"Please tell me someone found something," he answered exasperatedly.
"Nada from the sewers," Mikey answered.
"Nothing on the roofs either," Don answered.
"Or the junkyard," April answered.
"Lots of rats, but none of them ours," Naruto answered.
"Man, where the hell is he?!" Raph asked angrily (now we are focusing on his end).
"Keep it cool Raph," said Leo, "We'll find him." Raph just growled angrily but then stopped in his tracks when he saw a mugger jack an innocent bystander's car.
"Hey-WHOA!" yelled the bystander as he was thrown out of his car by the mugger.
"Help! That's my car!"
"Buddy, have you picked the wrong night," Raph muttered angrily as he revved up the shell cycle and sped after the car thief. It was a lengthy chase through alleys, under elevated subway bridges and even through some buildings (the thief even made a gas station explode with Raph riding through the flames, because that's how much of a bad-ass Raph is). Meanwhile, up on the roof tops Leo watched the chase unfold.
"Aww great," he muttered as he went after Raph.
Back on the streets, the thief looked behind him and saw that Raph wasn't in the rearview mirror. As he chuckled, thinking he was safe, Raph appeared from out of nowhere and landed on the hood of the car. Then he took his Sais and stabbed the engine, making it start to smoke and slowly die down. As the car stopped in front of some garbage in an alley, Raph pulled the thief out of the car.
"You feelin' like takin' what don't belong to you punk?!" he asked angrily as he held him in the air by his neck.
"Let him go Raph," said Leo as he, Mikey and Don stepped out of the shadows. Raph growled as he set the car thief down.
"Beat it," he said bluntly. The thief complied and ran as fast as his legs would carry him.
"Raphael, this doesn't help anything," Leo said.
"Helps more than you think!" Raph replied as he took off his helmet and threw it towards the ground.
"Gotta admit, the dude knows how to blow off steam," remarked Mikey.
"Maybe; but if we're going to find Master Splinter, we have to keep a lid on it," said Leo.
"Well, prowlin' around ain't cuttin' it anymore Leo," replied Raph, "We need somethin' to go on."
"What about the guardians?" Don asked, "If you think about it right after they disappeared, Splinter disappeared."
"Yeah, they coulda' taken him easy," said Mikey.
"Somehow we need to hook up with one of those guys," Raph suggested.
Leo pondered for a bit, and then said, "Raph, we just might have something to go on." Just then the Battle Shell came groaning and spluttering into view. April then opened the door.
"Sorry," she said, "After your patch job on this rig, even my grandma's tractor runs better." Just then police sirens could be heard in the distance as Naruto opened up a side door.
"Come on guys, cops are combing the neighborhood," he said as he waved them in. Then he turned to April and asked, "Maybe I should drive?"
"Nah," replied April, "I think I'm getting the hang of it." She then sped away back to the lair.
-The Rooftops: The Next Night-
The guardian that Leo had talked to was making his nightly rounds when suddenly he gasped at the sight that lay before him. There up on the Shredder's headquarters, the Foot symbol was flashing on and off. He then activated his Holo-communicator.
"Guardian, what is so urgent?" asked one pair of eyes.
"The symbol upon the Shredder's building has been re-activated," replied the guardian.
"Yet you had reported the Shredder dead," said a second pair.
"He has deceived us before," the blue-haired guardian replied.
"Investigate," said the third pair of eyes.
-On the Shredder's Japanese Rooftop Garden-
The guardian leapt down from out of nowhere and made his way towards the entrance to the now abandoned/destroyed throne/training room. As he crept into the room he gasped. There in front of him (slightly obscured by the shadows) was the Shredder, standing tall and proud.
"No, the Shredder is alive!" he whispered. Wasting no time, the guardian took out his sword and made it glow. Then he leapt out of his hiding place and swung at the Shredder's chest. But for some reason, the Shredder never made a move to defend himself. Instead, he simply fell as if he were still dead. On closer inspection the guardian saw that "The Shredder" was made up of scrap metal, sticks, twigs and a sand bag which was labeled 'Kill Me'.
"What?" he muttered. Then he heard a noise behind him and swung his sword.
"Wait, WAIT!" Naruto yelled as he put up his hands, "I know you've been duped, but don't you think this is a little extreme?" Then the four turtles leapt down from the ceiling.
"Easy," said Leo, "We're not here to fight."
"If you have laid a trap for me, be prepared for a fight," replied the guardian with a look of anger on his face.
"Our bad, it was his idea," said Mikey as he pointed at Naruto.
"Oh sure Mikey, blame the guy who set it up instead of the guy who had the brilliance to come up with this plan," replied Naruto as he gave Mikey a look of annoyance. Then he looked towards his neck which was still at the swords tip.
"Now, do you think you can turn this off and away from me?" he asked.
"We're looking for answers, that's all," said Don.
"Look else where," said the guardian, not lowering his sword away from Naruto's neck.
"Cool, elsewhere it is," said Naruto as he discretely dropped a very tiny tracking turtle shell shaped device onto the guardian's sword, "Now, how about putting that sword elsewhere?"
"Our Master's missing, and we intend to find him," said Raph. The guardian then slowly made the sword stop glowing and put it away into his trench coat.
"I cannot help you," he said as he started to walked away.
"You once called yourself our ally. If you are, then at least tell us if he's okay?" Leo asked.
The guardian stopped in his tracks as he hesitantly turned towards the group of five and hesitantly said, "I…cannot say." He then threw a smoke bomb of sorts and disappeared into thin air.
"Naruto?" Leo asked.
"One Turtle Tracker duly planted," replied Naruto.
-The Streets: Night-
The group of five ran and leapt as fast as they could. Don (who was carrying a duffel bag) was leading them thanks in part to his portable tracking device. He then took a glance at the screen.
"He's still on foot, passing 'Eastman' and 'Laird'," he said. Meanwhile, the guardian leapt across rooftops and bounded through alleys. The five followed in pursuit.
"Come on," said Naruto as they hopped from street lamp to street lamp. Don then glanced at the screen again.
"Man this guy's fast, he's already past 'Wolf' street," he said, "This way!" Up ahead, the guardian checked to make sure no one had seen him. He checked and was (in his own assumption) correct. Then he continued on with the group of five behind him. As he rounded a corner, the group decided to hide behind it and peek to see where he was going. But they all saw nothing.
"He's not here," said Naruto.
"His signal disappeared in front of that building," said Don.
"But it's just an office building," said Leo.
"So was Shredder's, and that place nearly killed us," said Raph.
"But why would he go in there?" Don wondered.
"To have his taxes done?" Mikey suggested. Don just set the duffel bag down and took something out.
"Let's find out for sure," he said.
-Inside the Building-
A receptionist was looking at some security camera monitors when he heard a small tapping noise at the door. He opened the door but found no one there. Unbeknownst to him, a small round green object made its way inside the building. As the receptionist made his way back to his post, the object popped out four legs, a small extendable camera and a small antenna.
-In an Alley way-
The Battle Shell was hidden away so than any onlookers would see nothing. Inside the vehicle Mikey, Leo, Raph, Naruto and April all watched Don work a remote control for the small spy robot and watch the screen in front of him.
"Now let's see what's behind door number one," he said as he maneuvered the device towards the door. Just then the receptionist backed his office chair into the robot. It spun and made the screen appear very disorienting.
"Ugh, I'm getting car sick," said Mikey as Don fought for control.
As Don stopped the spinning, he noticed something and said, "Uh guys, here's a new wrinkle." The screen showed the words: Techno Cosmic Research Institute.
"I don't get it," said April.
"Techno Cosmic Research Institute," said Don.
"So?" said Leo.
"Yeah?" said Raph.
"Huh?" asked Mikey.
"Say the first letter in each word," said Naruto.
"What, T C R I? Sorry, it's not ringin' any…..bells," said Mikey as the realization dawned on him.
"T.C.R.I., that's the-the," Raph started to say.
"The-the," Leo continued.
"The what?" asked April, "Tell me!"
"T.C.R.I. was printed on the canister of ooze that mutated them into what they are now," Naruto replied.
"The secret to our origin could very well lie inside the walls of that building," said Don. As he maneuvered the robot he said, "OK, let's snoop around." Then he noticed that the others, including April, were huddled around him watching both him and the screen.
"Uhh, you guys are sucking all the oxygen right out of my personal space here," he remarked.
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry," they all said as they moved away but immediately came back. Don then moved the robot towards a door labeled security.
"Jackpot, the security control room," he said, "The brains to their security system."
"Can you look underneath the door to see what we're up against?" Leo requested.
"I think so," Don replied. He extended the camera to see underneath, only to show that someone was heading right for the door.
"Uh-oh," he said as the door opened and spun the robot around and around. Then it was immediately crushed by an oncoming set of wheels. The screen then showed static.
"Well now what?" April asked.
"Master Splinter might be in there. Answers we've been looking for our whole lives might be in there. So that means we're going in there," replied Leo with a determined look on his face.
-The Lair: The Next Day-
Leo stood in front of the fourteen televisions, all of them showing the T.C.R.I building at a different angle.
"Now, what exactly have we found out about T.C.R.I? April?" he asked.
"Okay, T.C.R.I. is a highly successful new technologies company that's been around for the past twenty-five years and who's head corporate liaison is a Mr. Mortu," she replied as she brought up a picture of Mr. Mortu on her laptop.
"These are the blue-prints from the city planner's office from when the building was constructed," said Leo as the prints appeared on the TVs.
"Looks as boring on the inside as it does on the out," said Mikey.
"Here's some of what the spy cam showed before it became road kill: surveillance cameras cover the perimeter and the roof, all laced with alarm sensors," said April as she brought up the information on her laptop.
"So, what we need is someone smart, capable and techno-savvy enough to get in, find the alarm cutoff and….cut it off," said Leo.
"ME!" Mikey suggested.
"No," said Leo bluntly, "April."
"Me?" April asked incredulously.
"You'll sneak in past the guard, enter the security control room and deactivate the cameras and alarms," said Leo.
"Okaaaay," replied April.
"Here's a schematic of some basic security panels you're likely to find inside," said Don as he handed her a small device with a screen showing the schematics.
"Once the alarms are off, you'll contact us on the Shell Cell and we'll gain access through the roof ventilation system," said Leo.
"Makes…total sense," replied April.
"After we're in, you'll reset the alarms and surveillance cameras and sneak back outside unnoticed," said Don.
"It all rests on your shoulders girl, so no pressure," said Naruto.
"Uh-huh that's all good. There's just a teensy-weensy tiny detail about this plan, there's a guard sitting at the front door!" April exclaimed.
"We'll be employing an old ninja trick: 'The Art of Distraction'," Leo replied. Just then, as if on cue, the pod doors opened and out stepped Casey with a wooden baseball bat in his hand.
"Somebody call for a distraction?" he asked.
"Well, it'll be interesting to see how you handle things," said April.
-T.C.R.I. Building: Night-
April walked in wearing a business suit (and a hidden earphone) and held her head high as she addressed the receptionist.
"May I help you," he asked.
"Yes, I'm Dr. Vander Pepper of NMNT University. I'm here to see Mr. Mortu," she replied.
"Mr. Mortu doesn't make appointments," the receptionist responded.
"Listen, I've come a long way for this meeting at his request. So either get him on the phone or I'm gone," April demanded. The receptionist then picked up a telephone.
"Dr. Vander Pepper?" Naruto asked.
Just then Casey came barging in (also wearing an earphone and wearing a brown trench coat) and yelled, "I want to see the boss man right now!"
"Remember Casey, just stall long enough for April to slip in and slip out," said Leo.
"Yeah, so don't screw this up bone head," Raph remarked.
"If anybody's goin' to screw up, it'll be you freak face," Caey replied in an annoyed whispered voice.
"Yes?" the receptionist asked.
"I gotta complaint about one a ya' products," Casey replied as he took out a toaster.
"T.C.R.I. does not manufacture toasters sir," said the receptionist.
"Oh yeah, says it right here," Casy said as he showed the bottom which was inscribed with the acronym R.I.T.C.
"That says R.I.T.C. in red crayon sir," said the receptionist.
"Moron," said Raph.
Casey ignored him and demanded, "Now I want to see the head geek or I'm gonna tear this place a new one." To emphasize his point, he took out his wooden baseball bat and started to smash the toaster. The receptionist pushed a button which summoned a female guard.
"Give me a toaster or give me death!" Casey shouted, imitating Patrick Henry. Then he started to wrestle the receptionist and guard. April took advantage of the sudden brawl and headed towards the security room, but muttered, "My life is in the hands of a lunatic."
Very quickly she came across the security room. As she entered, she gasped at the sight before her. Everything around her looked like it came from outer space.
"Impressive," she whispered in awe. Then she looked at the basic security schematics that Don gave her.
"Okay, I'm looking for the splitter from the main junction box which should look like….absolutely nothing in here," she said as she looked around.
Meanwhile, outside a grappling hook attached to a cable latched itself onto the edge of the building's rooftop. Just then, the five heroes (who were all wearing microphone headsets, while Don was also sporting his duffle bag) started to walk across it like a tight rope. As the got closer to the ledge April said, "Guys, This isn't going to work."
"What's the matter April?" Don asked.
"I don't recognize the technology," she replied, "Nothing makes sense in here. I can't turn off the roof alarm or the cameras."
"Uhh, anybody have a Plan 'B'?" Mikey asked.
"April, we'll handle the camera; just turn off the alarm any way you can," said Naruto.
Inside, April walked up to a cylindrical looking console and replied, "Whatever. Don't come whining to me if we all get captured, tortured and stuff." As she stood in front of it she muttered, "A floor plan would be nice." Suddenly a screen with strange text showed up, glowed and activated the console which gave a hologram of the entire building.
"Cool," she said. Then she walked up to it and pondered for a bit.
"Now, how do I turn off the roof sensors?" she asked. Just then the holo-building's roof (which was glowing blue) stopped glowing and a voice announced, "Roof sensors off."
"Guys, you're good to go," said April.
Back at the front door lobby, Casey swung his bat at the receptionist and guard while shouting, "GOONGALA!" Then the receptionist tackled him. While this confusion was happening, the guard took the opportunity to look at the security cameras and found a bird fluttering in front of the rooftop camera.
Back outside, Naruto was lying down on the ground and flapping the wings of a bird puppet in front of the camera.
"Hurry up with that picture Leo," he muttered. In front where Naruto was lying down, Leo took a photo of the city with and instant film development camera.
"Got it," he said as he saw the finished photo. Don then mounted the photo in front of the camera, making it look like nothing was there.
"I don't know what bothers me more: this thing actually works or that Don carries around a pigeon puppet," Mikey remarked. They all walked over to the roof ventilation shaft, but when Raph kicked it away they found that it had a false bottom.
"Hey, it's a fake. It doesn't go nowhere," said Raph, "What kind of people would put a fake vent on their roof?"
"The kind who wants this place to look normal," said Don.
"So now what?" Mikey asked.
"We cut through a window," Naruto replied. The four turtles then put on industrial strength suction cups while scaled the building by building up chakra in his feet. They then scaled down to a random window where Don took out a circle window cutter. He activated the device, but no matter how many times it spun around it couldn't make a dent.
"Diamond edge blades and they're not even scratching the surface," said Don as he put the device away and felt the window's surface, "This is no ordinary window glass."
"We better think of somewthin', cuz' who knows how long that bat-happy idiot in the lobby can keep it up," said Raph.
Back in the front door lobby, Casey was smashing up the receptionist's security console.
"What kinda customer service is this?! I simply refuse to be treated this way! Attica, Attica!" he said imitating Al Pacino. The receptionist and female guard looked at each other and their eyes glowed. The receptionist then took out a device and pressed a button which made some steel doors seal them inside the room. Then the guard yanked Casey's bat out of his hands and snapped it like a twig.
"Uhh, fellahs I got a news flash for ya: things are not what they seem in here," he said to the five heroes.
"Keep 'em busy Casey, how tough can a couple of guards be?" Raph asked. The receptionist and the guard then took out glowing, electric cackling police batons.
"I think I'm about to find out," Casey replied.
Back in the security room April received a message from Don.
"April, the roof and windows are a no-go," he said.
"You want another way in? No problem," she replied. Then she commanded, "Find me an entrance point."
"Exhaust cover currently active," the voice announced.
"Here we go. There's some kind of exhaust opening on the west side, 9th floor," she said.
"We'll check it out," Leo replied.
Back outside, the five heroes followed the direction April have given them and came upon what appeared to be a window.
"There's nothing here," said Raph.
"Hold on," said Leo, "You hear that, air is coming out. You can feel it too."
"Amazing maybe it's some kind of hologram," said Don.
"Finally a way in," said Mikey as he put his hand through the holographic window.
"Mikey wait!" the others collectively shouted. But Mikey just stuck half his body through the window.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed as he saw the inside of the ventilation shaft. Suddenly a glowing ball of energy appeared from out of nowhere and started to head towards Mikey.
"AAAAAHHHH!" he shouted as he pulled himself out just as the energy ball exited. He tried to regain balance, but gravity overpowered him and he started to fall.
"Mikey!" Naruto shouted as he ran down to save him. He then formed a daisy chain of shadow clones to catch and hoist Mikey back up to the wall.
"Give me a heart attack why don't you," said Naruto as he helped Mikey up.
Back inside the front door lobby (man we're jumping all over the place aren't we) Casey was thrown in the air slammed against a wall. He quickly recovered and jumped out of the way just as the female guard swung her glowing electric baton. He was then picked up by the receptionist whose eyes glowed.
"Ya know, you gotta work on your customer relations," he said as he slipped out of his trench coat and made the guard and receptionist swing and hit their batons at each other, throwing them on the floor in the process. Casey picked both of the batons up. As he swung them around, one baton died on him.
"Aw crap," he muttered. Gaining an extra boost of confidence he leapt in the air and shouted, "GOONGALA!"
Meanwhile in the security room April was listening in on Leo's request.
"Say that again," she said.
"There's a booby trapped hologram on the 9th floor exhaust port. It's active and it's the only way inside. Can you shut it down?" Leo asked.
"Standby," April replied. Then she commanded, "Deactivate 9th floor exhaust port."
"Plasma exhaust port deactivated," said the voice.
Outside the exhaust port the holographic window disappeared. The group of five cautiously made their way inside. Just then they came upon a ceiling vent.
"We're in April," said Don.
In the security room April smiled at the news. "That's great guys." She then shut off the hologram of the building. Just as she did, the door to the security room opened. April gasped quietly, hid behind some equipment and tried to make her presence unknown. A man (presumably a scientist) wearing a green trench coat entered and made his eyes glow. As he got nearer and nearer April's hiding place, Casey came up from behind and electrocuted the man rendering him unconscious.
"April you in here?" he asked.
"I take it things got a little out of hand?" she replied as she came out of her hiding place.
"These people mean business. Let's get outta here," said Casey. Just then the other baton he was holding died on him. As April headed for the exit Casey stopped her.
"Hang on, you don't want to go in there. Believe me," he said. Banging could be heard from the other side. Casey then took the baton and stuck it between the door handles, preventing the receptionist and guard from getting them.
"This way," he said as he led her toward the other side of the hall way. Suddenly they we're stopped by the arrival of two guards. And on the hallway to the left of Casey and April, Mr. Mortu and another guard arrived.
"There they are Mr. Mortu!" said the guard who was with Mr. Mortu.
"Can we take them?" April asked.
"Nope, we don't have a chance," Casey replied, "But at least we can go down fighting." He then got into a fighting stance and yelled, "GOONGALA! BRING IT ON YOU CORPORATE GOONS!"
"What, no!" April protested, "No one is bringing anything on!" She then noticed a purple scooter looking object.
-Five Seconds Later-
"WOOOOHOOOOOOO!" Casey shouted in joy as he and April burst through the front door of the office building and into a dark alley. In the dark alley, the Battle Shell was waiting for them (apparently this was how the entire group got there). April then stopped the scooter and was relieved to find that no one had followed them.
"Well that went better than expected," said Casey.
"And your expectations are whacked!" April remarked, "I'm pumping so much adrenaline I won't be able to sleep for two weeks!"
"Anyway, mission accomplished. I gotta admit you did a good job. I can see what Naruto sees in you," said Casey.
"What do you mean by that?" April asked. But before Casey could answer her, they were both interrupted by Don.
"Are you guys safe?" he asked.
"Barely," April replied, "Listen guys there's more to this place than meets the eye."
Back in the exhaust port her warning sounded like this, "There's m..or….e to th…is pl-" before her transmission was cut off.
"April, April?" Leo asked trying to reach her.
"We lost her," said Naruto.
"My guess is there must be some kind of signal dampener in here," said Don as he and the others took off their head sets.
"Guys," Raphael whispered as he signaled for the others to look through the ceiling vent. A man walked by rolling a cart full of chemicals. As soon as he was far enough away, the five heroes silently leapt down into the hallway. At the end of the hallway was a door. Leonardo then led the group through it. On the other side of the door was a small room with three more doors. Michelangelo opened the door on their right and saw another small room with three more doors.
"Déjà vu," he said, "It's just like this one."
"Scout this floor and meet back here in five," said Leo. As they all went through a door (Naruto paired up with Donatello) they all found themselves in a Scooby-Doo like situation where the doors would either advance or back-track them. Eventually they all found themselves back in the hallway where they started.
"Okay, that was weird," said Naruto.
"Makes you feel like a lab rat lookin' for cheese," Raph remarked.
"It's like this is designed to keep people going in circles," said Don. Just then they could hear people coming in the hallway. They hid inside the nearest room just as two people pushing a cart full of chemicals came in.
"Just be glad we weren't on security detail tonight," said one man.
"Why?" asked his partner.
"They had some nutcase smashing up the lobby over a toaster," said the man.
"Oh, that's why they're all reportin' over to decontamination; hee hee hee, poor slobs," said his partner. As they disappeared from view, the group of five came out of their hiding place.
"Mikey and I will check to see where this elevator goes," said Don.
"Then Raph, Naruto and I will follow those two," said Leo.
"Hang on," said Naruto as he made a shadow clone for Don and Mikey, "This guy will go with you two."
"Thanks bro," said Mikey.
-With Group 1: Don, Mikey and the Shadow Clone-
Mikey stopped the elevator doors from closing and let in Don and the shadow clone.
"Hmm, ten floors and fifty buttons," said Mikey, "Let's see where you take us." He then pressed a random button. The elevator moved and stopped in a hallway that looked like the one from before.
"Try another floor?" the shadow clone suggested.
"Good idea," said Mikey as he pushed another button. But again the elevator stopped at another hallway.
"Didn't we just do this?" Mikey remarked.
"They're all the same," said Don, "Just like the rooms."
-With Group 2: Leo, Raph and Naruto-
The two cart pushers moved at a leisurely pace and entered and exited from door to door. Then they made a right turn. The group investigated and found that there were no doors, but there was no sign of the cart pushers.
"Where'd they go?" Raph asked.
"I have a hunch," said Naruto as he put his hand through the wall, revealing it to be a hologram.
"Let's hope it doesn't have any booby traps," said Leo as they all stepped through.
-Group 1-
The elevator stopped at another hallway.
"Should we?" Mikey asked.
"Next," said the shadow clone. Mikey then pressed another button. As the doors opened they group quietly gasped and hid on the ceiling. There in the hallway coming right for the elevator were two security guards.
"Mortu so over reacts, I didn't even touch that guy in the lobby," said the male guard.
"But you touched Newman and he touched that guy in the lobby," said his female partner. They then entered the elevator and pressed a combination of buttons.
As the elevator moved, the female guard remarked, "This suit is killing me, I can't wait to get out of it." The elevator then stopped and opened up to a completely different room. As the group of three exited, their eyes widened at the sight before them.
"Wow," whispered Don. There before them was a gigantic room filled with an intricate system of what appeared to be both inorganic and organic pipelines and cables The two security guards stood on top of circular platforms. Then the floor opened beneath their feet and they slid down.
"Did you see that?" Mikey asked.
"Uh-huh," both Don and the shadow clone answered. As they got closer to where the security guards once stood Mikey remarked, "Personally I would have fired the interior decorator."
"Just look at this place, it's like some kind of techno-organic fusion. We're going down," said Don.
"Looks like a giant stomach to me, which means I don't even want to know what down there entails," said the shadow clone.
-Group 2-
As the group of three stepped through the wall, they came upon a completely different room. Up ahead they saw what the cart pushers were doing with the chemicals.
One cart pusher went towards a communication station, pressed a button and said, "OK, decontamination lines have been re-filled." As they left, the three heroes stepped out of the shadows.
"I hate to think what these clowns have done to Master Splinter," Raph muttered.
"We don't even know if he's here," said Naruto.
"He's here alright, I can feel it," replied Raph.
-Group 1-
Don took out some rope, attached it to an overhead pipe and made sure it was secure before descending down with Mikey and the shadow clone. As they peered at an entrance from over head, they had a good view of three security guards and a cart pusher. Then came something unexpected: the guard in the front started to peel his body off revealing an exo-skeleton robot suit just like the Shredder had fished out of the river. Mikey started to scream but the shadow clone covered his mouth.
"Can this freak-show get any weirder?" the shadow clone asked. His question was answered when the robot suit had peeled of the midsection of his human skin. There smack dab in the abdominal cavity was a stout, pink, tentacled alien. Don then started to scream but the shadow clone covered his mouth. Then he started to scream but both Don and Mikey covered his mouth. The other "people" in the room started to peel off their bodies revealing other pink aliens. Then the aliens hovered out (using a hover disk of sorts) to a large machine*.
As they took their places, a voice said, "Decontamination commencing." Large robotic claws then picked up the robot bodies and put them in a pool of blue liquid. Next they picked up the "Human Skins" and put them in an orange pod. Then hoses came down from the ceiling and started to spray the blue liquid all over the pink alien's bodies.
Meanwhile in another part of the building, the blue haired guardian that Leo had talked to entered a command center of sorts. Just then the three pairs of eyes made their full presence known. One pair belonged to a middle aged rotund bearded male. Another pair belonged to a thin middle aged male whose cheek bones were prominent and was wearing a strange square hat. And the third pair of eyes belonged to a short-haired woman.
"My lords, you have summoned me," said the guardian.
"Guardian, your report states that security had to remove a tracking device from you this evening. How did it get planted on you without your knowledge?" the thin man asked.
"The whiskered human and the turtles are…..resourceful," the guardian replied.
"We also found one of their damaged surveillance devices inside our lobby," said the rotund man.
"And they have somehow overcome our own devices," said the woman.
"We are most troubled," they said altogether.
"We Utroms have remained undetected for centuries," said the thin man.
"And none of our domains had ever been infiltrated," said the woman.
"Until now," said the rotund man.
"Everything we have been working towards, our chance to go home is at risk," said the thin man.
"The group I encountered does not know anything for certain. Their human allies did not even get past the lower corridor," said the guardian.
"However the girl that was with them appeared to have manipulated our security systems, interrupted our holo-shield and seriously compromised our amity among humans," said Mr. Mortu as he entered the scene.
"Your assessment?" the woman asked.
"There is no doubt in my mind; the turtles and the whiskered human are in the house," Mr. Mortu answered.
"Find them!" the three now apparent leaders commanded.
-Group 1-
"Attention," a voice echoed out, "This is an intruder alert! All search protocols are in effect! We have a breach! We have a breach!"
"Uh-oh," said the shadow clone.
"I think we've been found out," said Don. Meanwhile at the decontamination station in front of the group the aliens, now known as Utroms, pondered amongst each other.
"Intruders?" said one.
"My skin can take another scouring," said another.
"There they are," said a third noticing the group of three hanging in front of the entrance.
"Oh boy," said Mikey.
"CHARGE!" the Utroms shouted.
"Up we go," said Mikey as Don pushed a button which raised all three of them back up.
"After them!" shouted an Utrom as it and the others flew after the three heroes on their hover disks and used a tube to go up.
Near the elevator, as Don and the shadow clone helped Mikey up the Utroms attacked with the now apparent laser cannons mounted on their hover disks.
"Follow me!" said Don as he Mikey and the shadow clone went down a tube.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH H!" they all shouted al they slid down fast. They quickly came out the exit but not before discovering that they were all covered in an orange sticky gross smelling substance.
"Ugh, I am officially grossed out," said Mikey. Just then Utroms in robo-suits came charging at them with electric batons in their hands.
"Get them!" shouted an Utrom. Soon they were joined by the Utroms on laser firing hover disks. The three heroes ran as fast as their legs would carry them.
-Group 2-
As Leo, Raph and Naruto rounded a corner, they were spotted by three Utroms on laser firing hover disks and two robo-suited, electric baton carrying Utroms.
"Uh-oh," said Leo as an Utrom on a hover disk started to fire. As the group of three heroes was chased down a hallway they came to a fork in the path.
"This way!" Naruto shouted as he led the others down the left hallway. At the end of that hallway was a door that opened up into a room full of orange egg-shaped pods. There they prepared for an ambush knowing that a fight was inevitable. As the five Utroms entered, Naruto attacked the three that were on hover disks while Leo and Raph focused on the robo-suited ones.
Naruto threw some shrunken but they were, unfortunately, easily disintegrated by the lasers.
Raph and Leo managed to make their opponents shock each other and knock each other out, but they both quickly recovered.
"Man, we take em' out but they keep on comin'," said Raph. Just then a door opened up behind them, and out stepped Don, Mikey and the shadow clone.
"Hey, fancy meeting you here," said Mikey.
"This way," said the shadow clone. As the six ran, Naruto grabbed his shadow clone and said, "Sorry about this. YAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" He then threw his clone into the group of Utroms and made them fall down buying a little time in the process.
"STRIIIIKE!" exclaimed Naruto as he caught up with the others. The five heroes then entered another door which also had a room full of orange egg-shaped pods.
"Naruto, can you make some debris fall in front of the door?" Leo requested.
"No problem," said Naruto as he formed a Rasengan and slightly obliterated an enormous piece of technology making huge chunks fall in front of the door. As the dust settled, the group took a look around the room and noticed something strange. All of the pods were filled with Utroms.
"Whoa, Matrix City," said Mikey.
"What is this place?" Raph asked, "The morgue?"
"I hope not," replied Leo, "Because look!"
There, in front of them, stood a pod which held Master Splinter.
"Master Splinter!" exclaimed Don. They then all ran up to the pod. Don then noticed a monitor next to the pod.
"Is he dead?" Naruto asked.
"I don't think so," replied Don, "From what I can tell, this looks like a bio-suspension unit. He's probably in stasis."
"Let's cut him out!" Raph exclaimed as he took out his Sais.
"Wait we might do more harm than good," said Leo.
"Leo's right," said Naruto, "We don't understand this technology."
"We can't just leave him in there," Mikey protested, "Don figure somethin' out!"
"Okay! Just…uhh…just give me a minute to study this," replied Don. Just then the Utroms barged in through the debris.
"Careful with your weapons discharge," said the de facto Utrom leader (who was on a hover disk), "We cannot afford to damage the techno-organic equipment in this chamber." Just then an Utrom fired his laser cannons making the room explode and shake briefly.
"What did I just say?" the leader asked with an annoyed tone and facial expression.
"Sorry," said the Utrom.
As all the Utroms started to close in on the group of five Naruto stood in front of them, did some hand signs in rapid succession, took a deep breath and said, "Wind Style: Giant Gust Breakthrough Jutsu!" He then blew out a large gust of wind that blew the Utroms all over the place. One Utrom lost control of its hover disk and started to fire the laser cannon all around, making anything that made contact with it explode and shake. One laser blast was headed for the pod Splinter was in.
"OH NOOOO!" Don shouted as he leapt in the path the laser was headed for and got hit and knocked away into a room with a machine that had a giant circle and was surrounded by what appeared to be three beam generators. Don landed at the foot of this machine.
"DON!" Naruto, Raph, Mikey and Leo yelled. They then took advantage of the confusion and went away to help their injured brother. Just then Mr. Mortu entered the chamber.
"What have you done?!" he asked as he surveyed the damage.
Back in the room with the large machine, Leo and the others came to Don's aid.
As they helped him up onto the machine, Mr. Mortu came running in and commanded, "Stop! Listen to me; you must get off there immediately!" Before anyone of the group of five could ask why, a realization dawned upon them.
"I can't move my feet!" Mikey exclaimed. Suddenly, the machine started to rumble to life as the generators started to glow. Mr. Mortu ran to the control panel and started to try and turn the machine off. But nothing he was typing did any good.
"I can't stop it," he said with genuine concern in his voice, "It's too late."
Then the group was engulfed in a white beam of light and their bodies became blue and transparent. Then piece by piece, they were either disintegrating or being digitally broken down. Mr. Mortu shielded his eyes as an extremely bright light engulfed the entire room. As the light dimmed down, the group of five was nowhere to bee seen on the circle.
Mr. Mortu hung his head in sadness.
"They're gone," he whispered in a lamented tone.
*Again, I tried to describe this cleaning machine, but I couldn't accurately describe it.
And that my dear readers is the end of this story. Another really good WHAM episode too. Some other news I have: I will be adapting season 5.
Man; I have shortened the 26 episode season into 14 chapters. A pretty good accomplishment if you ask me.
("It shouldn't; you combined 2 two parters, 1 three parter and skipped 6 episodes.")
No one asked you.
As for the story in general, I didn't expect this to be a phenomenal hit or for it to be highly acclaimed. I just took an idea that I haven't seen done before (sorry Dark Signer I don't mean to make you sound bad. From the way you responded to my PM, I understand) and I did it. These category of stories are in a mainly untouched part of . Still I am very pleased (and surprised) at the positive amount of reviews and PMs that I got.
Now to answer a couple of more questions that has popped up in my PMs.
1. "4Kids TMNT did some shorts, are you going to adapt those?"
Yes. More specifically, I will put them at the end of a chapter. But as for which season, I haven't decided on that yet because I haven't finished watching them all.
2. "Who is Naruto going to end up with?"
If you haven't interpreted this from the story, then you'll just have to find out. For those of you that have, good job.
Now I won't be updating for a while, mainly because of two reasons. Reason #1: I have to watch the next batch of episodes in season 2 and adapt them. Reason #2: I am retaking the ACT in October and all my energy has to be focused on that. So when will I begin to work on season 2: when I can. Do I have a set schedule for all of the seasons: No; they will come out when they will come out and they will be done when they're done.
NEXT TIME ON NMNT: WHERE ARE OUR HEROES? ARE THEY ALIVE? ARE THEY SAFE? TUNE IN NEXT TIME IN:
NMNT: SEASON 2.