Summary: Casey Jones thinks he can take on the criminal underworld on his own, but soon discovers that he is in over his head.
New York City. This is what it looks like after an alien invasion. We returned to a broken, almost deserted city, courtesy of the Kraang. Casey explained. The Turtles and the Lotus Ninjas invaded Dimension X to stop those alien freaks and undo the mutation of millions of people. Meanwhile, I was sidelined like a chump, salvaging food and medical supplies like it was the zombie apocalypse or something.
Casey grunted on the building rooftop in frustration.
I got totally ripped! Casey Jones should have been in that fight! Casey noted. Got to say, though, it's kind of cool how almost getting annihilated can bring the city together. Well, most of the city. Then there's the others, thieves, lowlifes and thugs, and worse, Purple Dragons.
Suddenly, a loud explosion can be heard from the bank that caused the alarms to blare inside. The Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins were carrying bags of money out of the bank's safe deposit boxes.
"Who knew withdrawing money from a bank could be so easy?" Fong said with a smile.
"Yeah, no kidding." Juli grinned.
The Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins unexpectedly found themselves face-to-face with an armed Casey Jones, who was holding a hockey stick in one hand and a baseball bat in the other while wearing his skull painted hockey mask.
"Nobody steals in my town!" Casey exclaimed dangerously.
"It's that vigilante nut." Juni said with narrow eyes.
"Let's crack him open then." Fong smiled.
The Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins charged forward to attack Casey with everything they got, but Casey easily defeated them with his weapons one by one.
Then suddenly, Casey spotted two mysterious figures standing behind their downed team.
One was a Chinese American man with a slender body and short black hair. He wore a black half opened shirt, black pants, grey shades, a pair of spiky golden rings, and a gold medallion. He also has a big Purple Dragon tattoos on his left and right arms. The other was a Vietnamese woman with a slender yet muscular body. She has platinum blonde hair cut short into a sharp bob and olive-green eyes. She wore a tight-fitting black silk tunic, black trousers, and black combat shoes. She also has a scar on her left and right cheeks.
"Ho, ho! Two new recruits." Casey said with a chuckle. "Ready to taste some asphalt, scums?"
"Not a recruit. I'm the new leader. Hun." The Chinese American man spoke.
"And I'm the twins' leader. Decapre." The Vietnamese woman added.
"Eh, I think I prefer scum." Casey said.
Casey swung several piles of money at Hun and Decapre with his hockey stick, but Hun and Decapre simply dodged out of the way that were coming at them. Casey then swung two hockey pucks at them, but Decapre and Hun easily caught them with one hand.
"Goongala!" Casey shouted as he jumped towards Hun and Decapre in the air with his hockey stick.
Casey kept swinging more hockey pucks with fast speed, but Decapre extended her left leg out and kicked the hockey pucks repeatedly with incredible speed. Hun swiftly moved in front of Decapre and delivered fast, powerful punch combo that sent Casey away to hit his back against the exit doors. Decapre then sent a small cyan sphere made of sky energy to hit Casey in the groin.
As the Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins recovered themselves, they made their escape out of the bank without the money that left Casey in great pain just when the wailing sound of police siren arrived outside.
The Lotus Ninjas and Saldana moved back to their old Crete fortress that was wrecked during the Kraang Invasion.
"What a disaster." Lee said, looking around the wasted living room. "The Kraang really trashed this place."
"Indeed, but this is our home." Saldana said firmly. "We will clean and set things right once more."
"Oh, I hate cleaning." Ellie complained. She then heard a soft groan from Pink Hallow on her shoulder. "But I call the kitchen!"
Each mystic began summoning their magic to clean the place up. Lee slowly cleaned the living room with dusting and sweeping. Donna made her way to the lab and found the entire place destroyed, making her feel heartbroken to see the destructive state of her laboratory.
"No! My lab...is ruined." Donna whimpered.
In the dojo, Saldana stepped into the center of the room and restored her family picture on the shelf in its place of honor. All her life Saldana has been proud of her children and how brave, strong ninja they had become. Michelle always has an optimistic energy that granted her incredible speed and agility. Donatella's brilliant, curious intellect served as a genuine desire to be service to the team with great accomplishments. Rafaela became the brave, strong warrior with loyal and fierce temperament that fueled her drive. And Leona has always been so driven and so focused with the dream of greatness.
But Shori has been lost to the family as if Saldana felt her son was already consumed by the body of a wolf.
"Shori, what has become of you?" Saldana wondered, looking at the black-and-white photo of her husband and her five children.
In the kitchen, Ellie quickly cleaned up the entire place with her nick of speed.
"There you go, Pink Hallow. Nice and chilly." Ellie said, putting the pink mutant inside the fridge.
Ellie opened up the refrigerator and stared at the food being spoiled and rotten.
"Our food is ruined!" Ellie whined.
Rafaela's magic quickly cleared out some of the Kraang droids on the floor until she saw Casey walking into the living room looking very mad and defeated.
"Well, look who's here." Ella grinned. "Where have you been, Casey?"
"What you should be doing, helping the city and stopping crime!" Casey yelled angrily.
"Whoa, calm down, Casey." Lee snapped. "In case you haven't noticed, we just got back here."
"Yeah, we just happened to stop a big alien invasion with the Turtles." Donna agreed as she was walking out of her lab and backing up her older sister.
"Yeah, dude, we deserve a little relaxation." Ellie concurred coolly as she walked out of the kitchen.
Casey took a deep breath and calmed down for a minute. He watched Lee, Ella, Donna, and Ellie sitting down on the couch for him to say what he has to say.
"Look, I'm sorry about yelling at you girls." Casey said. "I'm just frustrated. I'm glad you saved the city, but there's still evil out there lurking through our environment. Also, I just took on the Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins."
"The Purple Dragons and the Wuju Twins?" Lee and Donna echoed confusingly.
"Those gang wannabe wimps?" Ella and Ellie questioned.
"Yeah, them." Casey continued. "Anyway, I've beat them until they have new leaders with moves I've never seen before. Not to mention, the twins' leader got wicked magic that I'm not sure you guys would know. But, at least I stopped them from getting away with the cash."
"Sounds like the Purple Dragons have a new leader with advanced martial art skills and a new leader with unfamiliar magic for the Wuju Twins." Donna said plainly. "But you're Casey Jones. You can take down anything."
"Well, you four are way better supporter than the Turtles." Casey sighed. "But I can protect the city alone."
"Wait, Casey." Ella spoke up. "I'll come with you for a lookout."
"Sure, let's go." Casey grinned.
"Let us know if you two need backup." Lee reminded.
"We will." Casey nodded.
As Casey and Ella hopped on each rooftop in the city, they took a peek over the building for their search on the Purple Dragons and their new leader. But it wasn't them. Their eyes quickly caught the sight of Shredder and Lady Shade along with Tiger Claw, Tigress, Foot Bots, and Shadow Droids entering into a secretive restaurant.
"The Foot? The Shadow?" Ella whispered. "Guess the Dragons will have to wait."
"And there's Shredder and Lady Shade." Casey whispered back. "Things just got interesting."
Casey and Ella nodded their heads together as they jumped off from the building and snuck the secret restaurant in the back in disguises. Ella twisted her hand to make a fist and then opened it to disguise herself and Casey as waiters with her magic. Casey and Ella then went inside the building without being spotted.
Inside the secret restaurant, Shredder and Lady Shade strolled their way to the main room to have a personal conversation with Don Visiozo. Don Visiozo was known as the Italian mob boss who controls the organized crime in New York City.
"Crazy thing, that alien invasion." Visiozo said, eating his plate of spaghetti with big meatballs. "But such moments in history can prove fortuitous for businessmen like us, huh?"
"You are just a gangster, Don Visiozo." Shredder said. "You seem unaware that the power in this city has shifted."
"What are you trying to say, Shredder?" Visiozo questioned.
"Must I spell it out?" Shredder said. "I already control the Russian mob through Steranko, the Asian gangs via Hun, and the South Americans through Xever."
"And you, Shade?" Visiozo inquired.
"I already control the Russian mystic mob through Rhona, the Asian mystics via Amora, and the South American mystics through Sapphire." Lady Shade explained. "But you will declare your allegiance to us or there won't be any trouble."
Visiozo sliced his meatball on the fork and the candles, but he reluctantly agreed to Shredder's and Shade's term.
"So how might I be of service?" Visiozo asked.
"Access to certain chemicals for a project I'm working on." Shredder said quickly.
"Also, for my project as well." Lady Shade added.
"Well, I already told you about the shipment at the docks." Visiozo said.
Shredder and Lady Shade felt that someone was listening to the conservation, causing them to grab Casey and Ella quickly as they pinned to the table.
"Who sent you, spies?" Lady Shade demanded coldly.
"I'm just a busboy." Casey explained quickly. "And she's my partner who works with me in this place."
"Very well, but do not let me see your face ever again." Shredder growled.
Immediately, Casey and Ella ran out of the restaurant as they climbed up back to the rooftop from before.
"That was close." Casey said, taking a deep breath.
"Too close." Ella remarked.
"Oh, man, my heart's pounding so fast." Casey said with a hyper smile. He quickly took out his cell phone and began texting on the number pads. "That was so cool! Wait till Raph hears about this."
"Oh, brother." Ella muttered as she rolled her eyes.
At the docks, Rahzar, Fishface, Masque, and Galva began searching around the area to retrieve the chemicals for their masters.
"Xever, let's get those robot legs moving." Rahzar snarled.
"Back off, man." Fishface snapped. "We talked about this. You're not the boss of me."
"Technically I'm field commander when Tiger Claw's not around, which means I am your boss." Rahzar explained.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Fishface said.
Galva and Masque watched both Rahzar and Fishface complaining about who's the boss of who, making them roll their eyes and continue to search for the chemicals for their clan. Unknown to them, Casey and Ella were hiding behind the crates to observe their enemies.
"Just wait till those Turtles hear about this." Casey whispered to Ella.
"Yeah, they're gonna love this side of the story." Ella whispered back sarcastically.
Then, Casey and Ella jumped out of hiding to attack Fishface with their strengths. Rahzar, Galva, and Masque noticed them and charged forward at Casey and Ella. Casey took a brief fight with Rahzar while Ella took a brief fight with Galva and Masque. Casey dropped a few exploding pucks out to the ground and fired them expertly at Rahzar, who was easily hit one by one. Casey then swung his baseball bat hard to the bony dog mutant several times. Ella summoned her two powerful gauntlets in her hands and delivered a brutally fast combination of powerful punches at Galva before sending the last powerful punch to send the goo mystic mutant flying to Rahzar.
Suddenly, Fishface swiftly kicked Casey and Ella into a pile of boxes, causing the human vigilante and the red mystic kunoichi to struggle themselves up. Rahzar and Galva approached Casey and Ella to attack them, but several boxes quickly landed on the mutant dog and the goo mystic mutant. Fishface and Masque stood there in deep confusion until they got kicked by a mutant ninja turtle. It was Raphael!
"A little help?" Casey demanded, holding the suitcase of chemicals in his hands.
Raph growled and went to help carrying the suitcase. Ella then concentrated on her magical powers as she twisted her hand to make a fist and then opened it to cast a spell.
"Hanarete terepÅto!" Ella casted.
At Ella's words, a sudden gust of bright red wind started spiraling out of her palms. The wind grew and surrounded the whole area that Ella was positioned in, teleporting the three heroes away from their downed enemies.
Meanwhile, Ella and her friends were teleported in the city alley safe and sound.
"Have you taken too many pucks to the head, Casey?" Raph yelled. "And I can't believe you brought Ella with you! No way can you beat those mutants alone!"
"Well, Ella was with me and we stopped them from stealing this case, didn't we?" Casey yelled back.
"What's so important you'd risk your stupid life for?" Raph snapped.
"I don't know." Casey snapped back. "Let's find out."
Raph opened the suitcase and the heroes discovered the dangerous chemicals lined carefully.
"Dangerous chemicals." Raph said. "Good things we were flinging this case around. We'll take it back to Donnie. He'll know what they are."
"I'll make one for Donna." Ella said. She twisted her hand to make a fist and then opened it with her magic. "Fukusei!"
At Ella's words, a red mist was released from her palms and flowed around the suitcase that duplicated it into another one for herself.
"Come on." Raph said to Casey.
"No way." Casey disagreed. "You and Ella take it to Donnie and Donna. I'm going after Shredder and Shade."
"Are you crazy? Shredder and Shade are two dangerous assassins!" Raph exclaimed. "You don't stand a chance!"
"I get it." Casey said. "Just go take your little case to Donnie and Donna. Casey Jones works better alone."
"Alone? Are you serious?" Ella said. "Casey, wait! Casey!"
Casey ignored Ella and walked away out of the alley, pursuing his battle against Shade and Shredder.
At Viral's lab, Lady Shade was checking on the mystic mutant wolf Kage, who was being held in a small habitat. Kage snarled angrily at his former mother as he was banging his fists on the glass.
"Fear not, Kage. Soon you will be cured of this cursed mutation." Lady Shade said. Her face slowly turned to Viral. "Isn't that right, Viral?"
"Of course, mistress." Viral replied.
"You had better arrive at a solution soon." Lady Shade commanded threateningly.
"Mistress Shade, the Wuju Trio have arrived." Tigress informed as she entered into the lab and walked to her mistress.
In the Shadow Clan main room, Lady Shade sat on her exquisite throne chair with her henchwomen surrounded her when the Purple Dragons walked their way into the room.
"Greetings, Shade." Decapre said. She snapped her fingers and her crew brought the suitcase in the room. "We have found more chemical components you've been seeking. Hun and the Shredder wants me to assure you for that."
"Excellent." Lady Shade said. "I'm impressed, Decapre."
Suddenly, Viral slithered her way into the main room.
"Mistress, given your Kage issue, we have no equipment for such work." Viral explained.
"Then find me the equipment, Viral!" Lady Shade yelled angrily.
"Yes, Mistress Shade." Viral nodded before going to her lab.
"You could take over the factory where we found the chemicals under my propetry." Decapre offered. "And Shredder will be arriving any time soon, Mistress Shade."
"Very well." Lady Shade said, getting up from her throne. "Proceed."
Unknown to the Shadow Clan and the Wuju Trio, Casey was standing outside on the opening window of the building while listening to the whole conversation as he planned to follow them to their destination.
Back in the Crete fortress, Ella explained her older and younger sisters about her mission with Casey in the living room. But Lee wasn't too pleased about it.
"You just let Casey go off against Shade and Shredder on his own?" Lee said incredulously. "Are you kidding me?!"
"Listen, this is Casey we're talking about. Raph and I told him not to go." Ella snapped.
"Hey, girls!" Ellie said. "Donna wants us in her lab."
Ella and Lee followed Ellie into Donna's lab, where they watched the purple mystic kunoichi analyzing the chemical on her laptop.
"Well, I'm officially bored now." Donna said. "Even though it's not related to mutagen, I have no idea what this chemical is."
"Maybe it is an explosive." Ella suggested.
"Also, Viral doesn't have the equipment to synthesize these chemicals." Donna added. "Just only mutagen."
"And what kind of place would have equipment like that?" Ellie asked as she ate nacho cheese chips from the bag in her hand.
"Uh, Ellie, do you even know what's in those chips?" Lee asked.
"It's all-natural, sis." Ellie replied. She held up her bag and read the ingredients at the back. "De-enriched corn husks, hydrogenated styrodextrin, red dye 42, and tri-nucleonized."
Those ingredients made Donna gasp sharply.
"What? It's not all-natural, Ellie!" Donna exclaimed, snatching the bag from her younger sister and read the ingredients closely. "It's slightly radioactive. Also, this bag is manufactured by Auman Chemicals, New York."
"Wait a sec, isn't that place in Chinatown?" Lee asked.
"It is." Donna responded. "It's the biggest chemical manufacturing plant in the city. And if it's in Chinatown, that means it's controlled by the Purple Dragons."
"Cheesy chips for the win!" Ellie said cheerfully.
At the Auman Chemicals factory, Hun and Decapre were touring the Foot Clan and the Shadow Clan inside the building filled with boiling chemicals everywhere.
"Everything you need, Master Shredder and Lady Shade, from mixing vats, extrusion machines, kilns, bottling facilities you name it." Hun offered.
"You and Decapre have done well to bring this factory to our attention, Hun." Shredder said. "It will be adequate for our plans."
"We do have one request. Since this factory is on Dragon and Wuju territory, perhaps Hun and I should be in charge." Decapre said.
"So be it." Lady Shade agreed. "Success is to be rewarded, as failure is to be punished."
Tiger Claw and Tigress both knew that their masters were scolding about them for their countless failures on their missions. Then, they sniffed the air and knew that someone's here in the factory. But before they can react, Casey stepped out of the shadows and took out his baseball bat to smack several exploding puck bombs in their way. The mutants and mystic mutants were hit by the exploding pucks one by one. But Hun, Decapre, Lady Shade, and Shredder dodged each one to avoid the small explosions. Shredder and Lady Shade jumped down from above and landed few inches away towards Casey, who was preparing to face them.
"Looking for me?" Casey said.
"We will make your end swift, boy." Shredder said coldly.
"I ain't afraid of you!" Casey chuckled.
Shredder ominously unsheathed his gauntlets that unleashed sharp, dangerous steel claws while Lady Shade's fists glowed menacingly in blazing bright black energy.
"Okay, I might be a little afraid of you." Casey said in a quiet tone.
Just as Shredder and Lady Shade charged Casey, the human vigilante swung his baseball bat to attack as he charged. But Casey was struggling with Shredder and Lady Shade as he was getting beat up with everything they got at him. When Casey's mask was taken off, both Shredder and Lady Shade recognized him as the same boy back at the restaurant. Before the two evil ninja masters could finish the vigilante off, Casey took out his handmade taser that shocked Shredder and Lady Shade, making them yell in pain as strong electricity surged through them. Growling, Shredder and Lady Shade kicked Casey painfully across the floor that forced the human vigilante to back into a corner.
"You have spirit, boy, but we're tired of this game." Lady Shade said.
Casey whimpered as he watched Shredder and Lady Shade lifted their fists in the air to attack him.
Suddenly, the Turtles and the Lotus Ninjas arrived out of nowhere just in time to help out their vigilante friend. Leo, Raph, Lee, and Ella swiftly kicked Shredder while Donnie, Donna, Mikey, and Ellie landed behind Lady Shade with rapid kicks that kept the clan leaders' distances from Casey.
"Destroy them!" Shredder ordered his henchmen.
"Do not let them near that vat!" Lady Shade ordered her henchwomen.
Then, the fight was on. Donnie and Donna fought Fishface and Masque, Raph and Ella fought Tiger Claw and Tigress, Mikey and Ellie fought Rahzar and Galva, and Leo and Lee fought the Shredder and Lady Shade. That left Casey ready to fight Hun and Decapre as a rematch. After few minutes of fighting, the purple masked turtle and the purple mystic kunoichi discovered the substance that gave them an idea to stop Shredder and Shade's plans.
"Wait, chemicals? This must be where they keep all the additives for Mikey's cheesy snacks." Donnie said.
"And Ellie's cheesy chips." Donna added. "If we can contaminate Shredder and Shade's chemical."
"Oh, we love our mind." Donnie and Donna smiled proudly in unison.
Quickly, Donnie and Donna dodged Fishface and Masque as they took out the substance before getting knocked out of distance by the two evil mutants. As the heroes and villains were struggling to get the substance, it fell out of their hands and landed behind Hun. Before Hun can do anything else, Casey charged forward into him and threw him over from where he's standing. Decapre went charging forward to attack Casey, who swung his hockey stick to hit her that caused Decapre to fall onto Hun in defeat. Dodging the rest of the enemies while playing hockey with the substance through his skating skills, Casey swung his hockey stick and scored the substance into the mixture.
"No!" Shredder and Lady Shade shouted.
"What is that gunk, Donnie?" Raph asked his younger brother.
"It's the secret ingredient in Mikey's cheesy balls." Donnie replied.
"With the touch of Ellie's cheesy chips." Donna added.
"Say what?" Mikey and Ellie said together.
"Let's get out of here!" Leo and Lee cried.
After the heroes left the building, the orange liquid started to bubble that created a large explosion as it splashed the place covered with chemicals and all of the machinery shut down in the process.
"The Turtles and the Lotus think they've won this fight, but all they've done is delay our plans." Shredder said frustratedly.
"Get this place cleaned up and start again." Lady Shade said harshly.
At the Turtle lair, the three mystic kunoichis were sitting on the couch with Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Casey.
"Got to hand it to you, Casey." Leo said to Casey. "You kind of saved the day."
"Not to mention you took on Shredder and Lady Shade, and you're still in one piece." Lee added.
"Aw, yeah, Casey!" Mikey cheered happily.
"Yeah, you rock!" Ellie applauded.
"You guys are the best. I couldn't have done it without you." Casey smiled. "But don't think I'm 100% a team player because Casey Jones is still a solo vigilante of the night. A mysterious lone hero in a world of evil."
"Whatever." Raph and Ella scoffed.
Then, Donnie and Donna walked out of the lab after studying the chemical with some bad news.
"Guys, this is even worse than we thought." Donna said. "Shredder and Shade's mixture. It turns that it's not an explosive."
"So what is it?" Casey asked.
"I think they're working on a mind-control formula." Donnie explained. "If it works, they could use it on Karai, Kage, or us or every single person in New York City."
Leo, Lee, Raph, Ella, Mikey, Ellie, and Casey became distraught as Donnie and Donna held the chemical in their hands with slight fearful looks on their faces.