The Foot Elites had soon attacked the turtles, Splinter and Viola, but Raph was kicked back into the panel while Leo fought against two of the Elites.
"Leo, when you promised me an ocean voyage, this wasn't what I had in mind!" Raph called out as he fought against the Elite and kicked him back.
"It looked so much nicer in the brochure!" Leo called back as he defended against the two Elites.
Splinter seemed to be handling himself just fine against the Elite attacking him, mostly dodging his attacks before he blocked the Elite's axe with his walking stick. But then he looked over and saw two Elites coming right for him and he had no way to defend against them.
Viola had then jumped in when the Elites were closing in on Splinter, grabbing one of the Elite's spear, using all the strength she could gather to lift him in the air and tossed him across the room, then used the spear to block the other Elites attack and pushed him back.
But the Elite had suddenly stood up straight, not bothering with another attack, which confused Viola before she had sensed someone coming at her from behind, using the spear to block the assailants attack and she was face to face with Vanessa.
"We got to get this puppy out to sea!" Leo called out, then used his communicator, "Donnie, what's the 411?"
"I made it to the engine room" Donnie spoke, "About to do some creative rewiring"
Raph continued to fight against the Elite soldier for a while before he moved out behind him and kicked him into the panel; he then looked over to see Splinter still fighting against an Elite.
"Yo, baskethead! Catch!" Raph shouted as he threw his sai at the Elite.
He had easily blocked it, but when he turned back, he saw that Splinter had disappeared and he looked over at the main control panel and pushed a lever forward, then gammed his walking stick into the panel to make sure that it couldn't be reversed.
"Vanessa, please, you have to listen to me!" Viola pleaded as she continued to defend against her sisters attack, opposed to the idea of fighting her, "I'm you're identical twin sister, not a clone; why can't you remember? What has the Shredder done to you?"
"The only thing I remember was Shredder saving me from the fire when you attacked!" Vanessa shouted as she continued to fight Viola, but every time her weapon struck hers, the back of her head tingled.
Viola's eyes widen a bit, "The fire? Vanessa, Shredder was the one who-!"
The whole ship had suddenly jerked, knocking everyone down; Viola had been knocked into Vanessa and as they crashed, Vanessa's head was struck against the panel and the tingle became a horrible headache. Vanessa cried out a little as she gripped her head, trying to get the pain to stop and when she cracked open her eyes, her eyes widened in shock as she gasped.
Viola looked completely different and vaguely familiar as Vanessa saw that she had longer hair and very short bangs and a strange thought ran across her mind unconsciously: she's always hated her short bangs.
When Viola had saw the way the Vanessa look, she gave the same look as she reached up to touch Vanessa's face.
"Nessie?" Viola said, using her old nickname when they were little.
Just when Vanessa was about to say something, Viola had sensed danger and she looked to see an Elite coming her way and she didn't have time to react and she was knocked back.
"Viola!" Raph called out as he rushed over to help her up and Leo was soon right beside of them.
"Leo!" Mikey called out, "We're in trouble!"
"Guys, there's a problem!" Donnie called out, "As in a major ninja problem!"
The three gasped when Hun stepped forward and he had Splinter wrapped up in chains.
"Tell me about it" Leo groaned.
"Hun, if you harm one hair on master Splinter's body, you're gonna wish you were never born!" Raph threatened.
"That's big talk for such a puny reptile" Hun said, "Now put down you're weapons before the rat gets exterminated!"
"No, do not give up your weapons" Splinter told.
"Master Splinter… I'm sorry" Leo said and he and Raph dropped their weapons.
Viola glared harshly at Hun as she tossed her spear towards him and it stuck into the ground right in front of him as a threat.
"Good kids" Hun said.
"We'll see who's a good kid when Splinter's out of your reach" Viola threatened.
Vanessa began to back out of the room undetected, completely confused about what had just happened to her and what she had just saw, wondering what was happening to her as her head continued to ache. The turtles, Viola and Splinter were on their knees, all tied up, waiting for someone to come in.
"Where's your sister?" Raph whispered to Viola.
"She must have snuck out" Viola whispered back, "And I think I figured out why she can't remember me; I don't think the Shredder has brainwashed her or anything, she must have somehow gotten amnesia after she pushed me out of the building and the Shredder is using that to his advantage"
"You two, stop talking!" Hun ordered.
"Bite me meathead!" Viola snapped at, "That is if you can after I get free and smash your teeth in!"
"You're really rubbing off on her Raph" Leo teased.
"I can be a pretty good influence" Raph joked.
They heard a noise and they looked over to see Karai walk in, closing the door behind her and turning the wheel on the door to lock it.
"Hey Leo, it's your buddy" Raph mocked.
"Not now Raph" Viola lightly scolded.
When Karai stepped closer to the group, she was a bit surprised to see Viola there as she almost thought it was Vanessa sitting there; it raised a few questions, but she ignored them as there was more important matter.
"Leonardo, I…" Karai spoke, sounding hesitant as she spoke, "I wish you had never come to this place, now it has fallen upon me to slay you all"
"So much for your word of honor" Leo said in a disappointed tone.
"I… I am sorry, but I must follow my master's orders" Karai said and drew one of her swords.
"Face it bro, she's as bad as the Shredder" Raph said.
"I should have known better than to trust you Karai" Leo said.
Karai raised her sword in the air and the two stared intensely at each other; Viola had noticed that Karai's hands were shaking lightly and was hesitant about dealing the final blow to Leo.
"Wait!" Hun called out and stepped over behind of Leo with his swords in hand, cutting Leo free from his restraints, "Let's make this a little more interesting" Hun then stepped back and tossed Leo's swords to him, "Now, show us what you got swordboy" Leo jumped up and caught his weapons, "Take her out and I just might let the rat go free" Karai had drew her other sword and the two prepared to fight.
"I can't let you do the Shredder's dirty work without a fight Karai" Leo said.
"I am honored bound to serve him" Karai defended.
The two circled before Leo attacked first and the two were evenly matched, though Karai had tripped Leo, he landed on his feet and the two were pushing their swords against one another.
"If you serve the Shredder, then you have no honor!" Leo said.
"You are wrong!" Karai said as she pushed Leo back.
"I was taught honor, bushido means everything to a true warrior!"
When Karai came at Leo, he blocked the attack and he gave a hard kick at her, knocking her back onto the ground.
"I was raised to live by that code; can you do that?" Leo twirled his swords before he placed them back in their sheaths, "Can you live with honor? Show me, here's your chance"
Karai stood to her feet, grabbed one of her swords with both of her hands and charged at Leo, who didn't move a muscle to test Karai's loyalty to honor. When Karai raised her sword, everyone gasped as it came down, but it stopped just a hairline close to Leo's head; Karai pulled her sword back and it fell to the floor and Hun laughed as he clapped his hands.
"So the Shredder's little pet doesn't have the guts to do her job" Hun mocked and stepped forward, "Move over girly, watch how things get done New York style" Hun cornered and loomed over Leo, "Trust me, this is gonna hurt you a lot more than it hurts me"
Just when Hun was about to strike Leo, everyone had heard a loud pounding noise at the door and when they looked over, they saw the door break down and Zog charged in, striking Hun down with one blow.
"There's no need to fear, Michelangelo's here!" Mikey cried out as he ran in and kicked down two of the Elites as they came at him.
"Mikey!" Leo called out in relief, then he looked over and saw Donnie jumped in through the broken window and take down another Elite, "Don!"
When the Elite next to Splinter was about to strike him, Viola jumped up, looping her arms out from underneath her and then grabbed the trident, pushing it back to hit the Elite in the stomach with end before giving a kick to his face, knocking him down. Leo jumped over and freed Raph, Splinter and Viola from the restraints.
"Alright!" Raph cheered, then reached over to grab his sais, "For a minute, I thought I was gonna have to sit this one out!"
Raph threw his sais and they pinned an Elite into the wall, then Donnie came in and struck him in the stomach. Splinter had then knocked down another Elite and everyone looked over to see Zog take out an Elite before Hun came in.
"First a bunch of turtles, now a big ugly dinosaur?" Hun questions, "It's a freak show!"
Zog charged at Hun, striking him in the chest with his head, but Hun didn't go down so easily and attacked Zog; the two seemed evenly matched at first, but then Hun kicked Zog down. Hun then walked over and ripped a large pipe out with his bare hands and threw it at Zog, knocking him down hard. Hun loomed over Zog, laughing at him, then Zog had reached up and lifted Hun in the air, then he threw him through the door outside and he fell into the bay.
"You did good Zog" Viola said.
Leo looked over at Karai and she lowered her weapons and looked ashamed.
"I have failed my master" Karai said regrettably.
"It is alright" Splinter said as he stepped in front of her, "You could not do your duty because it went against your honor" Karai looked up and Leo smiled reassuringly.
"Guys" Donnie called out as he looked at a watch he was wearing, "We've got about five minutes before this ship buys a one way ticket to the bottom of the ocean!"
"Time to go!" Mikey exclaimed, "Zog, we're moving out!"
"Come on Karai" Viola said as she placed a hand on Karai's shoulder.
"I shall find my own way out" Karai said.
Viola gave a single nod before rushed to catch up with the others; as the group was running around the corner, they had stopped as they looked to see that the Shredder and the Foot Mech were standing right across from them.
"Well, well, well, quiet a menagerie" Shredder said, "A rat, four turtles and a Triceraton, if I'm not mistaken"
"Shredder!" Leo exclaimed, "I guess we should have known we'd meet again!"
"Yes, but I think this will be the last time" Shredder motioned a Foot Mech forward and it blasted at Raph, causing him to fly in the air and smash into the wall.
Viola had rushed to aid him while the others charged at Shredder and the Foot Mechs; a Foot Mech had stood across from Raph and Viola and shot at them, but they jumped out of the way in time. The turtles battled the Foot Mechs and it was difficult to attack them and even harder to defend against them as they were too fast and too strong. Splinter and Shredder were faced off against each other.
"How many times must we do this rat?" Shredder questioned irritably.
Shredder tried to sweep kick Splinter, but her easily jumped out of the way, then when he swiped at Splinter with his gauntlet, he only gazed his shoulder. Zog was fighting against the two nearly human Foot Mechs and smashed his fist through the Foot Mech's chest before tearing it in half, but the upper half of its body was still active. Shredder jumped and kicked Splinter back, but then Splinter reached behind him to pick up the coiled rope and tried to wrap the Shredder up, but he easily broke through it. Mikey was facing off against a headless Foot Mech.
"Hello?" Mikey called out as he waved his hand in front of the headless Foot Mech, "Is there anybody there? Hey, I'm talking to you!"
When Mikey tried to hit the Foot Mech with his nunchaku, he was electrocuted; Mikey began to back up and as the Foot Mech followed him towards the railing of the ship, Mikey reached up to grab the hook above him and he swung around to try and knock the Foot Mech into the ocean, but it had grabbed onto Mikey's ankles and electrocuted him again.
Mikey couldn't knock the Foot Mech off of his and the shocks were getting worse; suddenly, the Foot Mech's arms were sliced off by a flying object and it fell into the bay. Mikey looked up to see Vanessa catch her tessen with one hand and they had looked at each other in silence before Vanessa held out her hand to him; Mikey smiled up at her and took her hand.
As Zog continued to fight against the human Foot Mech, the one he had torn in half grabbed his leg and exploded, knocking him down momentarily before charging at the other Foot Mech head on, smashing it into pieces. Raph was charging at the Foot Mech firing at him and jumped at it and grabbed at the cannon on its arm; the Foot Mech continued to fire and Mikey and Vanessa had to duck out of the way to avoid the blasts. They looked over and saw that the shots were getting closer to a bunch of explosive barrels near them.
"Raph, watch out!" Mikey called out.
Raph looked over and saw that the shots were close to the barrels, but it was too late and another shot was fired right at them and caused a huge explosion on the top deck. The explosion had caused the floor to collapse underneath them and they had fallen down into the laboratory below and a fire broke out in there as well. But as they fell, Vanessa had hit her head against a beam and fell lifelessly to the floor and Viola had fell right across from her.
"Vanessa!" Viola cried out and rushed over to her.
Viola turned Vanessa onto her back and tried to support her head, but she felt something wet and when she pulled her hand away, she gasped when she saw that her hand was coated with blood. Vanessa's eyes fluttered open and when she looked up at Viola, she looked the same as she did when she had bumped her head in the control room and the whole scene seemed to change.
The place was still on fire, but it looked more like a building then a freighter; she tilted her head to the side and the Shredder came into view and she had a mixture of emotions at the sight of him, mainly them being of anger. Viola looked to where Vanessa was looking and saw that Shredder was about to stomp on Splinter and this unimaginable anger welled up inside her that she's been suppressing for so long.
"SHREDDER!" Viola screamed and charged at him.
Shredder turned around and saw Viola running at him and he didn't have time to react; Viola jumped in the air and gave a hard kick to Shredder's chest, sending him half way across the room.
"I have had enough of you!" Viola exclaimed as she ran and punched the Shredder, easily avoiding his attacks, "Hurting my family! Hurting my friends! Hurting everyone I love!" As Viola continued to attack Shredder, she was backing him up towards the hole in the floor that was filled with flames, "And I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone every again!"
Viola ran and gave a swift hard kick to Shredder's chest and knocked him into the inferno below; Viola looked down, panting to catch her breath before she collapsed to her knees, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders.
"Guys!" Donnie called out after he lifted the heavy beam that fell on him when they fell down below off of him, "We've got two and a half minutes before this place is about a thousand feet underwater!"
"You small brained terrapin" a familiar voice called out and Donnie looked to see the state Baxter was in, "Look what you've done to my lab!"
"Stockman? Is that you?" Donnie stepped to stand in front of the jar tank he was in, "Man, you've really let yourself go"
Donnie jumped a bit when Baxter slammed his brain against the glass. Leo, Raph and Mikey were still fighting against the Foot Mechs and Leo had sliced the one his was fighting in half. Raph was avoiding being shot at, but Mikey had been caught by a claw that the Foot Mech shot out of at him; as Raph was circling with the Foot Mech, Zog had attacked from behind and rammed his fist through the Foot Mech's chest and tore it in half.
"Nice timing soldier!" Raph complimented.
"Mission: destroy Federation stronghold at all costs" Zog said.
"I like the way you think, let's do it!"
Mikey continued to be pulled in by the Foot Mech and its stomach plate had opened up and saw blades had come out. Mikey struggled against the claw on his shoulder, but it was too strong; he then used his nunchakus to pry off the claw and it caused the Foot Mech to stumble back into the fire below.
"That'll teach you to keep your claws to yourself!" Mikey mocked.
Viola had placed Vanessa on her shoulder and rushed over to the others as they gathered together.
"Oh no!" Donnie gasped as he looked at his watch, "We've got less than a minute to get out of here!"
"Here, let me carry her" Raph offered.
Viola placed Vanessa in Raph's arms and they all began to make a run for it, but they didn't get far as the Shredder jumped out from the inferno and landed in front of them.
"This is the end!" Shredder said, "You will never get off this ship alive!"
"And neither will you, because if we're going down, I'm taking you with us!" Viola exclaimed and was about to attack, but Zog placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
"This Federation worm is mine!" Zog exclaimed and charged at Shredder.
Shredder charged as well and their fight began, but Shredder struck Zog hard, causing him to back us; Zog then grabbed a broken beam and used it to smack Shredder down, then when he was flat on his back, Zog struck him again. Shredder seemed down and out as he just laid there lifelessly, so Zog turned his back to him.
"Victory!" Zog cheered. The turtles and Viola gasped.
"Zog, no!" Mikey exclaimed as they watched the Shredder rise again. Shredder raised his gauntlet in the air and struck Zog in the back and he fell to the ground.
"Triceraton fool!" Shredder said, "All who oppose me are fated to parish! You mutant scum should know that better than anyone!"
"My family has opposed you for a thousand years and we're still standing on our feet!" Viola exclaimed.
"Which is why I had tried to take your family out while you and your sister were merely infants!" Viola's eyes widened, "After I have slayed your parents, you were to be next, but then those vile Guardians interfered and taken you to Japan, hiding you away so that I would not find you"
Viola's fist clenched so hard that her knuckles turned white and her nails were cutting into her palm, "You… you monster!"
"I have tolerated you all for far too long!"
Just when Shredder was about to attack, Zog was standing once again and he grabbed Shredder from behind and the turtles cheered.
"Sirs" Zog spoke, "Tell them Zog fought bravely" Zog then began to walk towards the ledge to the fiery inferno, "For his comrades, for the republic"
"Zog, no!" Viola called out.
"For victory!" Zog then fell into the fire below.
"We have to save him!" Raph shouted as he was about to go after him, but Donnie held him back.
"It's too late" Donnie said, "He's gone"
"My sons" Splinter spoke as he stood in front of everyone, "He has given us our lives, we must not dishonor his brave sacrifice"
The whole ship then began to quake.
"Come on!" Leo exclaimed, "Let's go!"
As the ceiling began to crumble, the turtles, Splinter and Viola made a run for it onto the main deck.
"It's gonna blow any second!" Donnie shouted.
Everyone ran towards the railing of the ship and jumped into the water and the freighter exploded and began to sink; everyone soon resurfaced to watch the freighter go down into the ocean. Everyone was soon on the docks, looking over the ocean.
"You know, it was a real honor having Zog as one of us" Leo said, "He was a great warrior"
Viola was sitting on the ground with Vanessa's head in her lap and she was gently running her hand over her head.
"Vanessa" Viola whispered, "You have to wake up now, you're safe now" Vanessa continued to lay lifelessly and Viola's eyes began to overflow with tears, "Please Vanessa, I've lost you once, I don't want to lose you again"
Viola lowered herself to lay her head on top of Vanessa's and started to quietly cry; the turtles and Splinter were standing over her, feeling sorrow for her loss once again. As Viola continued to cry, she suddenly felt a grip on her elbow and when she lifted her head, she watched as Vanessa's eyes fluttered open and they soon made eye contact. Nobody spoke as they didn't know if Vanessa still had amnesia and thought she was on the Shredder's side or if she had her memories restored to her.
Vanessa then reached up and lightly gripped onto Viola's long side bangs and gave a small half smile, "I've always hated you short bangs too, you looked like a dork" Viola gave a laughing cry, relieved to know she finally has her sister back as were the turtles and Splinter.