Wow okay, sorry about that you guys. I got major writer's block then something bad happened with my friend, she's okay, but it really just put me out of writer for a while. But now I am back with a longer chapter for you guys cause I felt bad, but things are starting to heat up! So as always please enjoy and leave a review and let me know what you think! :]
Leo narrowed his eyes as the four guards came into view. Two foot ninja and Bradford and Xever. He wasn't expecting that, but he had every confidence in Mikey and April. He waited silently until finally he saw them leave. All of them in the same direction. Good, they were in. The team moved quickly and quietly across the building before Leo used his grabbling gun to fire across the way to Foot building. Leo went over first followed by Donnie then Miwa, Raph and Casey picking up the rear. They unhooked the hook and silently followed Miwa through the halls making sure to pay attention for security cameras and traps. Finally they made it to the control room. Raph took out the two guards and Casey tied them up before shoving them into a corner.
"Alright." Donnie said as he got to work, "I'm assuming the Shredder changed the passwords after you left and he possibly placed a trace on them."
"What do you mean?" Casey asked confused.
"Well if he did place a trace on them, it would mean that if we used the old password Miwa knows then the wrong password would send an alert to the Shredder letting him know someone is trying to break into his system. He would likely assume it was Miwa because she knew the old password." Donnie explained working furiously.
"Smart thinking, Donnie." Leo said with a smile.
"Thank you." Donnie said back looking a little pompous. They were silent after that until Donnie let out a little cry triumph. "I'm through!"
"Way to go, Donnie!" Casey cried clapping him on the shoulder.
"I'm impressed." Miwa added with a smirk.
"Alright, where's the power siphon?" Leo asked.
Donnie typed away at the key board before turning to them, "It's on level eight under surveillance." Miwa and Raph nodded looking at one another as the purple banded turtle continued, "Leo, the throne room is on level twenty, the top of the building."
"Right." Leo then looked at everyone, "Raph, Miwa you head to level eight and destroy that power siphon. I'll head to the throne room. Casey stay with Donnie. We have exactly forty-five minutes until April and Mikey leave and head to Mr. Murakami's for the rendezvous. We all leave and get out of here by then regardless of whether our tasks are done, alright?" They all nodded. "Alright ninjas, disappear."
With that, they did.
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Mikey forced himself to swallow the bubbling laugh in his throat as he and April hid around a corner watching as Bradford and Xever, the two foot ninja having already been knocked out, raced past them chasing a shadow.
Suddenly April hissed and grabbed her head in pain causing the laughter to leave Mikey at once. "April, what is it?" He asked softly.
"I… I sense…" She opened her eyes suddenly and stood, "Someone's calling out to me. They need our help." She said seriously.
Mikey nodded and stood as well, "Lead the way." She nodded and they both jumped down off the roof and into the building. Mikey knew this wasn't part of the plan, but he also knew April wouldn't do something like this unless it was necessary and there really was someone who needed her help. Her powers were getting stronger and stronger by the day and Mikey was not going to question her or them.
April led them through the building leading down, down, down until he was sure they were under the ground. They stealthily avoided Foot ninjas and surprisingly Kraang as well. At long last they entered into what Mikey thought was a horror film. The room was obviously used to experiment on things and judging by the blood on the floor and tables, it wasn't very humane. April closed her eyes and concentrated for a moment before they opened once more and she led Mikey out of the room and down the hall of another. This time they headed for a room straight away and upon entering that room both their eyes widened in shock.
There in a see-through cell was a giant monster looking crocodile. It was easily one of the largest things they had ever seen. It had its eyes closed and looked like it was sleeping. April took a deep breath and started forward, Mikey following behind. With a gentle hand she knocked on the cell. At first it did nothing, but another knock from her snapped the monster's eyes open and it roared.
"KRAANG!" It roared smashing into the walls making the very place shake.
"We're not the Kraang!" April called.
"Yeah dude, calm down!" Mikey added. The monster didn't hear him as it continued to slam its body against the wall. "Crocodile, alligator man, chill!" Mikey hollered.
Somehow this seemed to reach the creature and he calmed down some his eyes changed into pupils instead of slits. It started breathing heavily before flopping down onto the floor. "Who are you?" He asked in a deep gravelly voice.
"My name is April, and this is Mikey." April said introducing them. "I sensed you needed our help."
The monster nodded, "Indeed I do for I am a prisoner of the Kraang."
"Why?" Mikey asked.
"They wished to use me to raise their demon master from the grave, but my species is too weak for their needs." He answered.
"What do you mean?" April asked. "And what is your species?"
"I was once a normal alligator, but the Kraang found me and started experimenting on me." He answered. "They turned me into this creature you see before you now. They found however that the only creatures with enough brain capacity to uphold what they desired were you humans. Now they simply torture me for their own needs to create an army to help take over this world."
Mikey and April shared a look, comprehension coming in. "What's your name?" Mikey asked.
"Name?" He asked confused, "I do not have a name."
"Well dude, you need a name. Fortunately for you, that's kind of my thing." Mikey said thinking hard about it. "I got it!" He cried snapping his fingers. "Leatherhead! You know because you're an alligator!"
Leatherhead smiled, "I have never had a name before."
"Well now you do." Mikey said proudly.
"Come on," April said bringing them back, "Let's get you out of here."
Leatherhead stood and Mikey and April freed him from the cell. He stepped out and smiled down at them, "Thank you." He said genuinely.
"Of course, dude!" Mikey said with a smile.
"Let's get out of there." April said and started to lead them away. That however is where everything went wrong.
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Leo jumped silently from beam to beam having finally made it to the throne room. He waited patiently listening for anything that could give him away or prove that he wasn't alone. After a few minutes he found he was indeed alone and dropped silently to the ground. He looked up and saw the Shredder's helmet was sitting the throne right where Miwa had said he put it. He cautiously made his way up the steps with swords draw and constantly scanning everything for the slightest change.
He made it to the top and reached out to grab the Kuro Kabuto, but froze when he heard a voice speak, "I am impressed you made it this far, Leonardo." Leo turned around to see the Shredder standing at the base of the stairs, dozens of Foot ninja along with Bradford and Xever behind him. "Some would say you are very brave," He chuckled, "But I prefer to think of it as very foolish."
Leo's heart started to race and hammer out of his chest. There were way too many for him to handle on his own and he was very concerned on how he hadn't of noticed them before. "Wondering something?" Xever asked with a smirk. "Our newest line from Baxter Stockman, Foot-tech ninja." He said gesturing to a couple of Foot ninja who pressed a button on their chest causing them to disappear completely. "A new feature. Helpful, don't you agree?"
Leo could only glare and grip his katana harder as he knew this fight wasn't going to be pretty, if he even survived. He sure hoped the others were getting along better than he was.
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"Okay, since when can dey disappear?!" Raph snarled as he punched a Foot ninja he could see. "You never said anythin' about dat!"
Miwa flipped backwards before throwing a gas bomb at a pack of them revealing their locations. "That's because I didn't know!" She snapped back. The minute they had entered the room they had been ambushed. Miwa jumped over to Raph and punched a Foot ninja in the face knocking him out before rounding on another. "We have to destroy that siphon!" She said their backs to each other.
"Really?! I thought we were jus hangin' out wid our friends!" Raph said sarcastically accentuating the last word with a powerful punch sending a Foot ninja flying across the room.
"Fine. You keep it up, I'll start looking." Miwa snapped with a glare. His attitude was not helping. She used a couple Foot to propel herself up before running along the tops of their heads. Finally she reached where Donnie had said it was. Jumping down and kicking a couple of Foot away, she pulled out her Tanto and sliced at the container. It broke away only to reveal nothing. "What?!" Miwa cried in shock. Anger filled her and she grabbed the nearest Foot, "Where is the power siphon?!" She snapped.
"Like I'm going to tell you, traitor." He sneered.
Glaring at him she kicked him away with a shout. Turning away she ran back to Raph, "We have to go. Shredder moved it. This was a trap!"
He turned towards her, his eyes wide before he let out a roar and slammed away the rest of them. Turning to her fully, having a slight break he asked, "What do ya mean trap?"
Miwa shook her head, "I don't know, but somehow they knew about our plan. We have to get out of here!"
Raph growled and kicked one of the knocked out Foot ninja. "Damn!" He yelled in frustration. "Dat means everyone else is in trouble too!"
Everyone nodded, "Yes, we need to tell them and get everyone out. I can only imagine the horror if one of us were to be caught by the Shredder." Both their eyes widened, "Leo!" He was in the Shredder's throne room… alone.
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Casey's fingers tapped anxiously against his elbows as he leaned against the wall.
"That doesn't really help with speed and concentration, Casey." Donnie said not looking away from the screen.
Casey sighed and pushed himself off the wall twirling his hockey stick. "Sorry Don. I'm just anxious. Its way too quiet and something just doesn't feel right."
"I know what you mean." Donnie answered. "It wasn't exactly easy to break in, but it wasn't all that hard either."
They shared a worried look. "I'm going to call the others, see how they're doing."
"No don't!" Donnie said holding up a hand to stop him. "We don't know if they have something that could detect our signals if we try."
Casey groaned but put the T-phone away anyway. "This just isn't right. I'm glad it's all going smooth, but after our luck, I don't trust smooth."
Donnie snorted in agreement, "No kidding." He then pulled out his little flash drive and plugged it in. At once it went to work downloading files upon files of the Foot's and Kraang's activity.
"How long do we have left?" Casey asked coming to stand next to him.
Donnie looked down at the clock and opened his mouth to answer when suddenly there was a huge slam against the door making both teens look up startled. Casey pulled his bat out holding both the hockey stick and bat up, "Guess time's up." He said with a glare at the door. "Did you get everything?"
"No, the flash is still downloading." Donnie said shaking his head and he removed his staff.
The door then crashed open and in flooded dozens of Foot. "It'll have to do! Get it and let's go! Goongala!" With his battle cry Casey charged into battle attacking everything and knocking them away.
Donnie went over and started working on removing it. As he let Casey fight he tried to find something else that would help, but more and more Foot ninja were coming in and he knew he had to leave.
Somehow they were able to make it out and went running down the halls back to the window that led to freedom. The alarms were blaring and Foot were everywhere. As they rounded the corner they nearly crashed into Raph and Miwa. Donnie looked down and saw they were both supporting a barely breathing Leo.
"Leo!" Donnie cried in shock seeing him in such a state. He had bruises, cuts, slashes, and the genius knew he had broken bones as well. "What happened?"
"It was a trap." Raph snarled as they all picked up Leo as gently as they could and started moving quickly down the hall. "The Shredder had him out manned one hundred to one. When we got there he was on the floor gasping!"
"Raph and I walked into a trap as well." Miwa added, "Dozens of Foot were waiting for us on the eighth floor and the siphon wasn't even there!"
"But in the records it said that was where they kept it!" Donnie argued. He knew he read that right.
"I'm sure at one point they did, but they knew we were coming." Miwa said as they finally made it to the window. Casey bared the door shut and Miwa helped Raph and Donnie attach Leo to Raph's back. Once that was done they quickly fled through the window and onto the building opposite them. Casey stayed behind to hold them off and when everyone was over he too joined cutting the rope and barely making it to the other side.
They raced down the stairs of the abandoned place reaching the bottom and breathing heavily. "What went wrong?" Donnie asked confused.
Miwa shook her head, "I have no idea, but we need to get Leo to a hospital."
Donnie shook his head, "Not like this. Until he reverts back, we can't risk it. We can take him back to the lair and I'll start working on him." Suddenly a thought occurred to him. "What about April and Mikey?"
"We already tried reaching them and all we got was static." Raph answered angrily, but they all could tell how worried he was.
Donnie felt his heart stop for a minute. "I'm going back." He said before turning to walk away.
Casey pulled him back, "Dude, are you out of your mind!? We just barely got out of there!"
"April could be in real trouble and Mikey too!" Donnie argued.
"That may be true," Miwa began, "But they are both trained and for the time being we can't risk going back in. Leo needs our help. April and Mikey would understand."
Donnie shook his head about ready to snap at her when suddenly the entire building shook.
"What was that?" Casey asked as they all looked up. Another violent shake met them and this time something crashed through the windows shattering them. Looking over all their eyes widened as they realized what it was. "Bomb!"
They all barely had enough time to jump away from the devastating device before it blew. The smoke and debris began falling as another bomb was hurtled into the building. "They're trying to bring the place down!" Miwa cried. "We have to get out!"
They all started racing away doing their best to try and avoid the bombs and debris falling around them when they stopped, noticing something missing. They looked over and saw Donnie racing the opposite way.
"Donatello! We have to go!" Casey shouted running up to him and stopping him.
"I'm not leaving without April!" Donnie cried back glaring at him.
"Screw dis!" Raph shouted before throwing Leo's limp body onto Miwa and grabbing Donnie around the shoulders, spinning him, and socking him in the face.
"What the heck are you doing!?" Miwa shouted as Donnie fell like a sack of bricks.
Raph caught him and both he and Casey picked him up running out of the room, "He won't listen so we make 'im!" Raph answered.
Miwa didn't like it, but she nodded nonetheless knowing it had to be done and ran out of the building as everyone made it out just as the last of it exploded burying everything beneath the rubble.