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Chapter Twenty One: Encounter
'The signal is at the café across April's shop!' said Donatello as he stared at the red dot on the device in his hand.
'You sure?' asked Raphael, eyes fixed on the road.
The purple banded turtle nodded, 'Positively sure.'
Leonardo frowned, 'What's he doing there?'
'Probably stop by for dinner?' said Casey with a shrug.
'We'll go in and look for him,' said Gwen as she motioned to herself and the other two teenage boys.
The Fearless Leader nodded, 'Okay, be careful.'
Raphael parked the Battle Shell in the abandoned warehouse. Ben transformed into XLR8 and carried both Gwen and Cody toward the café. They zipped through the crowd like the wind and reached their destination in less than two minutes. Some pedestrians were startled by the alien but Ben ignored him. He placed both teens on the ground, 'You guys go in. I'll look around for anything out of the ordinary.'
Gwen nodded and entered the café, Cody followed suit. XLR8 ran to every alleyway within five blocks radius of the café. The Omnitrix timed out when he was about to go back to the café. He scowled and began running but stopped when he heard tins clattered on the ground. He stepped back and saw a redheaded woman being shoved against a wall by a man, there were grocery bags lying on the ground by his feet.
'Hey! Back off!!' said the woman, sounding brave.
The man chuckled, 'Oooh, a feisty one!'
'Hey! That's no way to treat a lady!' cried Ben.
The man turned to him and snickered, 'What'cha gonna do pipsqueak?'
The brunette bit his bottom lip and looked around for a weapon. He saw a brick and grabbed it then tossed it at the man who evaded it but it hit someone else the brunette didn't notice before.
The other man hissed, 'Ow! Watch it!'
'What's the matter? Can't take a hit from a kid?' asked Ben smugly.
'Why I oughtta!' said the man as he rushed toward the teen. Ben dodged his hands, rolled between his legs then turned and give him a kick from behind, sending the man falling face first onto the ground. The man sat up and growled, he whipped out a knife which glinted menacingly, 'You are dead kid!'
'Uh-oh!' said Ben as his right hand instantly flung onto the Omnitrix. He cursed under his breath when he noticed it's still charging, 'Why is it every time I need to go hero you're unavailable?!'
'Ben, watch out!' cried April.
The brunette yelped as he leapt back. He tried his best to dodge every slash. April quickly grabbed her attacker by his shirt and pulled him toward her. She fell on her back and tossed him over toward a trash bin. She stood up and dodged a third Purple Dragon thug's fist. She grabbed his arm and she threw him over her shoulders onto the ground. she dusted her hands and then turned to Ben. She looked around and then picked up a can of sardines, 'Ben, get down!'
Just as the brunette ducked she tossed the canned food toward the thug. It hit the man square on the face, again. Ben was gasping for air as he stepped away from the fallen thug. He spun around when he heard April screamed. Another thug held her with her right hand twisted behind her. The man glared him, 'Nobody mess with us Purple Dragons!'
Ben heard the beep of the Omnitrix and he quickly activated it, 'Oh yeah? Well you should know that anyone who messes with a Tennyson will get his butt kicked!'
He slammed the Omnitrix and within seconds transformed to the child-size mischief, Ditto the Splixson. Ditto split into two and they dashed toward the stunned thug. They split again and then leapt forward. One landed on his head, two grabbed his legs and the last one bit the man's hand. The man howled in pain and released his grip on April. The man stumbled back and fell onto his back.
'Hey! You thinking what I'm thinking?' asked one of the Dittos.
'Dog Pile!' said the other Dittos excitedly. They jumped into the air and began splitting into threes or fours and all of them fell onto the man, knocking the daylight out of him. The Splixsons combined leaving two who high-fived each other, 'Who's the man?'
'You are!' replied the other Ditto.
'No, you are!' said the first Ditto with a grin.
'Nah, we are!'
The Dittos did a victory dance together then helped April gathered her groceries. One of them suddenly stood up straight abruptly, 'Oh no! I forgot about Gwen!'
April raised a brow, 'What about her?'
'I left her at the café with Cody to find Mikey. The tracking device showed us he's there. I left to look around for any members of the Forever Knights or the Negative 10.'
Charmcaster stopped eating when she saw someone familiar at the entrance. Michelangelo noticed this, 'What is it Clair?'
'It's one of the Tennysons… with a redhead kid,' she whispered. The blond froze. He didn't dare to turn around and see which Tennyson it was.
Gwen looked around the café for the familiar blond haired ninja. There were about five blond haired people in the café but only one caught her attention. He was wearing a familiar black and orange shirt, a red cap sitting at the far corner with a dark haired girl. She motioned for Cody to follow her.
'She's coming this way!' hissed the sorceress.
Michelangelo stood up and grabbed her wrist. He dashed pass the startled redhead teens dragging Charmcaster with him. The sorceress' wig had fallen off her head revealing her silver hair, Gwen's eyes widened, 'Charmcaster?!'
'They're getting away!' said Cody as he ran toward the exit.
Once outside, Michelangelo carried Charmcaster in bridal style. He ran as fast as his legs could carry them into an alleyway. Charmcaster held tightly onto him when he began leaping over the walls to the rooftop. She flushed, Wow! He's strong! She turned to look back and saw Gwen following them, carrying Cody by an arm with a levitation spell.
'They're right behind us!'
'Not for long! Hang on tight princess!' said the blond. He then leapt down, grabbed a suspending flagpole then swung them crashing through one of the old abandoned apartment's boarded windows. He looked down at the sorceress, 'You okay?'
The silver haired teen nodded. Michelangelo grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the room and ran randomly through the corridor, rooms and stairs before coming to a stop to catch their breaths. They pressed their back against the wall and remained quiet. Michelangelo's ears perked when he heard shuffling sounds of feet.
'Where'd they go?' asked Cody as he looked around.
Gwen scanned her surrounding. She looked on the floor and saw footprints, 'This way!'
The blond looked down and cursed when he saw their footprints. He and the sorceress took off and leapt out the window. Charmcaster cast a levitation spell and flew toward the rooftop while the blond ninja leapt over the walls until he reached the top. He turned to the sorceress, 'Blow up the roof!'
Charmcaster was bewildered, 'What?'
'Blow it up! It'll confuse them for a while!'
The sorceress chant an explosive spell and then shot the energy beam onto the rooftop after the blond leapt to the next building. It exploded with a loud boom and thick clouds of dust began flying around. She turned away and followed the blond.
Gwen gasped when she heard the explosion; she quickly grabbed Cody's hand and pulled him out of the building just as the ceiling began to collapse. They coughed at the thick dust cloud and the redhead girl carried them to a further building with her levitation spell. They turned around and saw thick clouds for dust flying around covering the buildings close to the partially collapsed abandoned apartment.
'They got away…' she said disappointedly.
Michelangelo let out a pained cry when he felt something sharp went through his left shoulder. He fell onto the roof, skidding on his back. Charmcaster saw him fell and rushed toward him, 'Michelangelo?!'
She gasped when Sixsix fell in front of her. The mercenary aimed a gun at her but it was knocked off his grasp when a Nunchuku hit his hand. He turned to the blond who had gotten up and the mercenary pressed a button on the hidden remote on his wrist guard. The blond ninja let out a pained cry when he felt a jolt of electricity from his injured shoulder. He grabbed his shoulder and fell on his knees.
'Michel!' said Charmcaster worriedly. She chanted a spell and blasted a blue energy beam at Sixsix who did an evasive roll to the side. He took out a cube and threw it at her. It beeped and electrical bars appeared, surrounding her like a cage.
'So your name is Michelangelo, human,' hissed a voice.
Michelangelo turned to his right and narrowed his eyes at the Chimera Sui Generis. Vilgax narrowed his eyes at him too. He marched toward the blond and grabbed him by his head. The blond ninja glared at him, 'W-what the shell do y-you want?!'
'You, puny human. I've seen your wounds heal quickly and I intend to have that ability as well,' replied the alien.
Michelangelo growled, 'I'm nobody's guinea pig!'
He screamed in pain when Vilgax dug his clawed fingers into his wound to retrieve the device that Sixsix has shot into him. Charmcaster cringed and tears fell down her cheeks. She watched the blond dropped to the floor, barely conscious. Vilgax inspect the small device, 'On the contrary human, I just need some samples from you.'
Author's Little Corner:
It's been a while since Vilgax made an appearance in the ficcie. I hope nobody gets confused with the Mikey/Wrath persona thing but I assure you, if it's a Wrath angst, it's also a Mikey angst!!
Ditto: Hey! Who wants a game of Football?
Kazriku: Hmm, sounds interesting! Let's break some bones! Yeah!
Max: Ugh, I'm too old for this. I'm out.
Kazriku: Let's make it 'The Negative Ten VS Team Tennyson'!
Gwen: But we don't have enough players…
Ditto: No problemo! (Splits into two, then four, then six and so on)
Joey: Wha- HEY!! No fair!
Dittos: Who cares?! It's a game where we the good guys will surely win!
Joey: Cheater! (threw a rock at one of them and hits him on the head)
Dittos: OWW!!
Kazriku: I have a feeling that we will lose horribly… --
Driscoll (a.k.a. The Forever King): BWAHAHAHA!! On to the next chapter!