My name is Leonardo. When I struck down the Shredder, I thought I was reading the world of a great evil. What I didn't anticipate was the power vacuum that Shredders death left in the city. Now, every single criminal faction that exist in the city is vying for Shredder slice of the pie. And more and more innocent people are getting caught in the crossfire. I can't let this happen. Not when I'm the cause of all this.

Nighttime in New York City is known to be lively and vibrant, especially for a certain quartet of mutant turtles. The four brothers were on one of their nightly training runs, jumping across the rooftops in High Spirits, every now and then a ore hauler could be heard, usually coming from a rather excited Michelangelo. He had a pair of headphones stuck in his ear listening to a song on his Shell Cell.

"Darkness Falls and the city calls,

Time to play wouldn't have it any other way!

Free at last, we step outside,

To run around. No need to hide!

On the rooftops, when the day is done.

Gonna be busting out for a Midnight Run!

Runnin free, in NYC!"

As Mikey landed on a rooftop, he eyed a billboard with a bullseye logo on it. He then took out his nunchaku and spun it around in a showy and stylish manner before extending the chain towards it. The blade of his kusarigama embedded itself into the target, only for it to land in one of the outer rings. Mikey slap his fingers, letting out a small hiss.

"So close, and yet so far." He let out as Donnie landed next to him.

"Watch a master show you how it's done." he said with a grin.

Picking his staff up like a javelin, he launched it at the target. It looked like it was headed right for the bullseye, but he missed by scant inches, hitting the innermost ring instead.

"What?!" Donnie exclaimed.

"So much for being the master." Mikey taunted.

"I still got closer than you did." Donnie pointed out.

"Take it easy boys." Leo spoke as he landed on the roof. "Why don't I show you both how to do it."

Leo then pulled out a sword and started flipping towards the billboard. He charged at it, letting out a war cry with each step. With one final leap, he tumbled through the air until he stabbed his sword into the sign, only for it to land right in the center of the innermost ring.

"Looks like Donnie is still the closest." Mikey declared.

Just then, Raph's sai came out of nowhere and hit dead center of the target.

"I win." Raph spoke.

"I give you a ten for accuracy," Mikey commented. "But a one for style."

"Yeah, well I don't know about all those fancy moves." Raph commented as he retrieved his sai. "I prefer just getting the job done."

"Doesn't mean we can't do both Raph." Leo told him, pulling out his sword. "Master Splinter says that grace and form should flow together in beauty, creating true power."

"Wow." Mikey let out. "It ain't Splinter if it ain't deep."

"Whatever." Raph decided. " C'mon, let's keep up with the run."

He then perked.

"In fact, I got an idea." he declared. "How does a little game of Follow the Leader sound? I'll go first."

"Fine, but since when did you become leader?" Donnie asked.

"Since right now!" Raph declared, taking off.

"Not for long!" Leo yelled back as he and the others took off after him.

Raphael took off onto the rooftops, the other three Turtles quickly catching up to him. My key turned his song back on, singing along as they all did their best to keep up with Raph.

"Kicking into overdrive, feels so good to be alive.

Time is right for having fun on a midnight run.

Running free, in the NYC!

Time to party on a midnight run."

After landing on a rooftop, Raph managed to grab onto a loose clothesline, swinging across a rather large gap between buildings.

"Hey Mikey!" Raph called out. "Just your friendly neighborhood turtle man!"

"Not bad!" Mikey called back, swinging from another clothesline. "But you look more like Raph-zan, lord of the jungle to me!"

"So what's that make you? Jane, or Cheetah?" Raph jeered.

Before the banter could continue, something caught the red turtle's eye.

"Hey guys." He called out.

Mikey and Raph landed on a nearby rooftop and peered over the edge as Leo and Donnie ran up to them.

"What's up?" Donnie asked.

"Some kind of deal going down." Raph answered, gesturing down.

The four of them looked down to see some men in business suits, presumably Turtelli's men given how they were dressed, meeting with some cloaked figures in an alleyway.

"You got the stuff?" the lead thug asked.

"Do you have the payment?" one of the cloaked figures asked.

"Here." the leader replied holding up a briefcase.

The leader tossed the case to the shadowy figure, who caught it and placed it on the ground to open it up, revealing a large sum of cash inside. The figure took out a wad of cash and started counting the bills.

"You're seriously gonna count all that?" The leader asked. "We ain't got all night."

The figure growled a bit before replacing the money.

"This, is only half of what we agreed." He told him.

"Relax," the leader reassured. "The other halfs coming. Just as soon as we leave with what you promised us."

The figure then closed the briefcase and moved aside with his foot before stepping out of the shadows, revealing himself to be a Foot Elite.

"You, are not going to leave." the Elite told him before drawing his trident.

Several Foot Ninja then came out of the shadows to join their Elite leader.

"Foot Ninja, exterminate these insects." The Elite ordered.

"Exterminate us?" the leader repeated in shock. "We'll exterminate you! Let em have it boys!"

With that, the gangsters opened fire, causing the ninjas to scatter. While some were shot down, one made it to the fire escape and leapt down to kick a thug in the chest. He kicked another thug from behind and grabbed his gun. The gun was then shot out of his hands as the thugs continued shooting at them. One Foot Ninja threw several throwing stars at the thugs, nailing some of them in the chest, killing them. The fight carried on like this, with both sides taking shots at each other. A stray bullet was fired upwards near where the turtles were watching.

"Yikes!" Mikey let out, backing up.

"Come on!" Leo called out, drawing his swords. "We gotta get down there!"

"Whoa, Leo!" Raph called out, stopping him. "Where ya going? Those are all bad guys down there."

"But… it's not right." Leo replied.

"Right or wrong, that's not our fight." Raph insisted.

Just then, the sounds of a coming helicopter caused the turtles to hide as a spotlight showed down on the two criminal groups.

"Freeze!" the officer called out. "This is the police! Drop your weapons!"

A few more cop cars pulled up outside the alley, causing the two groups to scatter.

"There, ya see?" Raph pointed out. "Here come the good guys. A happy ending."

With that, he took off, with the other turtles following after.

"You really think that's the end, Leo?" Mikey asked.

"I don't think so, Mikey." Leo replied. "I'm afraid it's just the beginning.

In Japan, Karai sat alone in a japanese garden, deep in meditation. The events of her journey through time and first hand viewing of the Foots early history had been an eye opener. Ever since, she had been forced to deeply reconsider the Foot, Shredder, and even her own sense of honor. Her thoughts were chaotic and conflicted, unable to choose between her duty to the Foot, and what she knew to be right.

Her thoughts were interrupted by one of her aids entered the garden.

"Mistress Karai." The aid spoke, breaking her trance. "Forgive my intrusion, but I have dire news from New York."

Karai became troubled by this, fearing what could be wrong.

"What is it?" She asked, turning to him.

"The word is that with the Shredder gone, the powers under his control are vying for territory." He explained. "To put it bluntly Mistress, the city… is at war."

Karai's jaw dropped as she tried to process this information. Shaking her head, she got to her feet.

"Prepare my jet." she ordered. "We fly out immediately."

The aid bowed in response before taking off.

"It's time to set things right." Karai declared.

A few nights later in New York, Leo sat in front of the TV, flipping through the various news networks. Each story that came across the screen was worse than the last. Talk of destroyed buildings, drive-by shootings, and innocent people getting caught in the crossfire had the blue turtle seeing red. He threw the remote at the TV, watching as it bounced off the screen. His unusual display of aggression caught the eye of Splinter, who turned to his son curiously.

"What is it that troubles you, my son?" Splinter asked, walking towards him.

"Sensei, did I do the right thing?" he asked. "Killing the Shredder?"

Splinter was a bit taken aback by this.

"That is a… difficult question to answer, my son." Splinter admitted. "I have raised you four to believe that all life is sacred, even that of an old rivals."

"It's just…. I knew things would be different with him gone," Leo continued. "But I thought some things would change for the better. Instead, everything just got worse."

"Are you out of your shell?" Raph asked as he and the others came up towards them. "We did this city a favor taking out bucket head!"

"Did we Raph?" Leo countered. "It's war up there! People are getting hurt! Don't you feel even a little bit responsible?!"

"No!" Raph answered. "Whatever Hob, Turtelli, and those other jerks wanna do to each other, it's not our deal!"

"It is!" Leo responded. "Even if we didn't mean to make this happen, we did!"

"I kinda get what he means." Mikey chimed in.

"No one asked you, Mikey!" Raph threw back.

"Come on, we've taken on alien invasions!" Mikey continued. "What makes this any different?"

"The difference is that those were target at the world itself." Donnie responded. "This is just a bunch of gangs going after each other."

"And what about all the innocent people caught in the crossfire, huh?" Leo questioned. "What about them?!"

"My son, it is the nature of a good heart to want to do all the good that he can." Splinter told him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "But if you choose to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders, you will only succeed in being crushed under its weight."

"So I- I'm just supposed to sit here?" Leo demanded. "Do nothing?!"

"This situation is not something one can just charge into." Splinter explained. "Perhaps something can be done at a later time, but now it's too dangerous for you to get involved. So yes, for now, you must do nothing."

Leo stood there for a moment, then began backing away.

"I'm sorry Sensei." he let out. "But I can't do that. I can't!"

He then turned and ran out of the lair.

"Leonardo!" Splinter called out to no avail.

"That went well." Mikey let out.

"What a bonehead." Raph commented.

April stood in front of a mirror, tying an apron around her waist. Clipping a nametag to her shirt, she let out a sigh.

"The things I do for an extra buck." she sighed.

Putting on her best reporter smile, she walked out into a local diner and approaching her first table.

"Hello, welcome to Westway Diner." she greeted.

She took the order of a young couple sitting at the table, then moved onto her next table.

"Hello, welcome to-" she cut herself as she realized who was sitting at the table. "Casey?"

"April!?" He let out, looking up. "What are you doing here?"

"I work here." she answered.

"Really?" Casey wondered. "What happened, lose your news job?"

"Thankfully no," She told him. "I'm just trying to earn a little extra money."

"Saving for something special?" Casey asked.

"You could say that." April replied, playing with her notepad slightly. "I'm trying to get the 2nd Time Around rebuilt."

"Really? Cool." Casey commented.

"I've almost reached the amount I need." April continued. "A few more shifts and I can start ordering the repairs."

"Sweet." Casey congratulated her. "In that case, get me two slices of your favorite pie because we're celebrating."

"You got it." April replied before heading to the kitchen.

Across town, Leo had set up shop in an old water-tower, determined not to go home until things were settled. He plopped down onto an old cot, letting out a long, weary sigh. He'd been out all night, doing what he could to try and help.

"It's not enough..." he muttered, rolling over on his cot.

He had his back to the door, a piece of old, metal sheeting set up in from of a large hole. Because of this, he was taken off guard by the sound of someone entering his small camp. He quickly sprung from his cot and drew his swords.

"Show yourself!" He ordered.

The door fell back into place as a showy figure threw up their hands.

"Whoa there." a familiar voice called out. "I come in peace! I even left my tanto outside."

"Karai?" Leo realized, lowering his swords.

He reached over and turned on a small, battery-powered lantern. It illuminated the space, revealing Karai standing there. She kept her hands up as Leo looked her over, surprised to see her tanto gone from its sheath.

"Hey Leo."

"Hi." He let out, still dumbstruck. "What are you doing here? I thought you went back to Japan."

"I… came back." she replied, lowering her hands. "I heard about what's been going on. Couldn't stay away."

"I see." Leo noted.

Karai sighed, looking around Leo's set-up.

"I'm surprised you're out here by yourself." she told him. "You're rarely without your brothers these days."

"They're…. Back home." He answered. "It's just me out here."

"Seriously?" she questioned.

"Seriously." Leo answered. "Splinter says it's too dangerous to get involved but… I just couldn't sit around and do nothing."

"I know the feeling." Karai told him. "Though I'm surprised Chung- I mean Splinter said such a thing. He was never afraid to stand up against the odds before. What makes this any different?"

"I don't get it either." Leo admitted. "We should be out there, especially if innocent people are getting hurt because of us…. Because of me."

"Because you're the one who killed my father." Karai pieced together.

"Yeah…" Leo responded.

"Honestly, it's my fault." Karai admitted. "I was so… so angry at your brothers, at you for what you did. I let myself get consumed by vengeance that I shirked my duties as the Shredder's heir. I just thought that Nakumo would just do it all for me"

"I guess we're both screw-ups then." Leo jeered. "Where is Nakumo anyway?"

"Don't know." she answered. "Last time I saw him was before I sent Queen Cobra after you. By the way, she's not a threat. No more poison in her system after what you did."

"That's good to hear." Leo responded. "So the Foot are running around without a leader."

"Pretty much." Karai agreed. "They're scattered across the city with the Elites acting as the brains. Unfortunately, the Purple Dragons are running their own thing, and Bebop and Rocksteady joined up with some one-eyed cat. Bob? Rob?"

"Hob." Leo corrected. "We have a history."

"No surprise there." Karai quipped. "You seem to have history with the entire city."

"Eh, what can I say? Me and my bros tend to get around." Leo remarked.

Karai chuckled a bit in response before sitting down on a small crate.

"So, I'm guessing we're probably the only ones standing between this city and its ultimate doom." she remarked.

"Pretty much." Leo confirmed. "I've been doing what I can here and there, but it hasn't been doing much."

"What we need to do is get all the gangs together." Karai told him. "Specifically, the Foot. If we can get all the splinter groups back together and under control, the others should, and that is a big should, fall into line."

"The phrase, easier said than done, comes to mind." Leo replied.

"Believe me, I know." Karai admitted. "But it's the only plan we've got. I'm technically supposed to be their leader, and if they're still loyal to my father, they'll honor his final wish."

"Alright then." Leo relented. "If only because we don't have another plan. First we need to find the Foot."

"Luckily, I know where to start." Karai said, getting to her feet. "I was doing surveillance for the past week, trying to figure out the lay of the land. It's how I found you so easily."

She walked over to a map tacked to the wall, pointing at a warehouse on the east pier.

"The Elites are meeting with Don Turtelli's gang here at midnight tonight." she told him. "It may be our only chance to catch them."

"Then we better get to that meeting." Leo declared.

They slipped out of the watertower, Karai pulling her tanto out of the support beam. Leo noted it was within easy grabbing distance of the door, something that made him raise a non-existent eyebrow. She shrugged.

"What?" she asked. "We are technically enemies."

"Touche." He replied.

With that, they were off.

...

It didn't take the two ninjas long to reach the east warehouse. Creeping along an adjacent roof, they looked down at their target, Karai producing a pair of binoculars.

"I'm not seeing anyone." she announced before passing the binoculars to Leo. "You?"

Leo took a look around the area and saw a back door opening up.

"There, rear entrance." He pointed out.

They vaulted across another rooftop until they had a good view of the back entrance. They watched as the elites slipped out, closing the door before moving a dumpster in front of it.

"Something tells me that deal didn't work out." Leo guessed.

"And my father trained us to never let an opposing party walk away from a deal."

"I got a bad feeling about this." Leo dreaded. "We need to get in there."

Karai nodded as the two made their way down to the warehouse. They landed on the roof, looking through the skylight to see several of Don Turtelli's top enforcers unconscious on the floor.

"They're alive, for now." Karai noted.

Leo looked around as well and saw something on the floor. It appeared to be a piece of hi-tech machinery, and as Leo squinted at it, he realized it was Kraang in nature.

"We gotta move!" Leo let out, pulling out a sword and using it to break the glass.

He and Karai quickly drop down into the warehouse and immediately got to work. They each grabbed one of the goons on the floor and ran them over to a nearby garbage chute. Once all the goons were out, Leo ran over to the bomb and pulled out a sword, carefully sliding it into the casing.

"Ease does it." He said to himself. "Easy…"

Finally, he got it in far enough and opened up the casing. Unfortunately, the inside of a mess of wires. He went wide eyed at the sight as Karai walked up.

"You sure you can do this?" She asked.

"Hey, Donnie does this sort of thing all the time." Leo replied. "How hard can disarming a bomb really be?"

"We're doomed." she voiced.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence." Leo muttered before turning back to the bomb.

He looked over the layout of the device before eying what he believed to be the right wire. He then took his sword and sliced through the wire. The timer continued counting for a few moments before slowly dying. Karai let out a sigh of relief as Leo wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Guess we're safe after all." she let out.

"See?" Leo replied. "No sweat."

All of a sudden, the bomb began beeping rapidly, the countdown starting up once again. The two exchanged looks, then grabbed each others hands and went running for the window. Leo pulled Karai close, curling around her as he smashed through the window, seconds before the bomb went off. The explosion shot the two out the window and through the air, landing in the water below as the building. They surfaced, spitting out water as they stared at the flames.

"Next time, we just run." Karai insisted. "No playing Donatello."

"Duly noted." Leo relented.

They swan to the shore, getting out of the water. As Karai wiped water from her face, she glanced over at Leo.

"Why is it that whenever we're together, either I get wet, or something blows up?" she wondered.

"Just turtle luck I suppose." Leo remarked before they ran off.

"You know, you didn't have to walk me home, Casey." April insisted, pulling her jacket tighter around herself.

"I know, I wanted to." Casey replied. "Besides, the streets are getting crazy these days. You never know who's gonna try something."

"I suppose so." April allowed. "But you forget, I'm almost a kunoichi. I think I can handle a few..."

Her words trailed off as they rounded a corner, seeing several cop cars parked in front of Irma's apartment complex. Their lights were flashing and Irma seemed to be giving a statement to the detective in charge.

"Uh oh..." April let out.

April quickly walked over to Irma as she was wrapping up with the detective.

"Irma, what happened?" She asked.

"April, someone broke in!" Irma explained in barely contained hysterics. "They took everything! The TV, my laptop, all of my electronics!"

April suddenly went pale, turning towards the apartment and running in. She made a beeline for her room, Casey following after her. Once he caught up to her, he found her staring as an overturned dresser where a large, metal lockbox was sitting, the lock having been smashed open.

"They took it..." April gasped, falling to her knees. "All my money… everything I'd saved..."

Tears welled up in her eyes as she put her head in her hands, breaking down into sobs.

"It took me months to save up..." she cried. "Where am I going to get the money now?"

"April I…" Casey consoled, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."

Back down in the lair, Donnie had a map of New York laid out on a table with five crude mannequins set up. One was a bobblehead with black sharpie covering everything but its eyes. Another was a small garfield toy with one eye scribbled out. A third was a Colonial Mustard statue from a Clue board game. A fourth was a rubber duckie colored purple and a fifth was a plastic turtle with a blue headband. Donnie picked up the plastic turtle, turning it over in his hand with an air of worry and confusion.

"Where are you Leo?" Donnie muttered.

Just then, a pair of dice rolled across the table.

"Seven!" Mikey cheered, throwing his fists in the air.

"Mikey, what are you doing?" Donnie questioned. "Can't you see I'm trying to work here?"

"I know," Mikey replied, moving the garfield toy seven times on the board. "I'm trying to help."

"By turning my strategic map into some sort of tabletop game?" Donnie asked dryly.

"Makes the movements seem more realistic." Mikey reasoned as Raph walked up.

"What are you two doing?" He asked.

"Mapping out the gang war to try and find Leo." Donnie explained. "You see, it's been going like this."

He grabbed the bobblehead, holding it up.

"The Foot used to be the top of the food chain." he explained. "And everyone else fell into line. However, without Shredder around, the Foot lost their hold on the top spot, and everyone wants it."

He set the bobblehead down, picking up Colonial Mustard.

"Turtelli made the first move, moving in on Shredder's turf." he continued as he grabbed the purple duck. "Normally, Hun and the Purple dragons would stop them, but Hun's got his own plans now. Leaving a large portion of the Foot's territory open for grabs."

He set down both of the toys before continuing on.

"And as we learned from last time," Mikey went on, knocking over Colonel Mustard with Garfield. "Hob and his boys made a power play against Turtelli, and grabbed a ton of territory. It's chaos."

"So how does any of this help us find Leo?" Raph asked.

"Because, knowing Leo, he'd go where there's the most fighting." Mikey concluded, plucking the turtle from Donnie's fingers and dropping it in the center of the map.

"We head there, we find Leo." Donnie surmised.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Raph remarked.

"There is something that bothers me." Mikey voiced. "What do you think Turtelli and his mobster buddies are gonna do now that they're in last place."

Across town, Turtelli was meeting with some of his lieutenants to figure out what to do next.

"This is an insult, Don Turtelli!" one of them spoke up. "We've been getting kicked around by those mutant freaks while the Purple Dragons and the Foot are dividing up the city. We have to take action, now!

"We gotta do something." Another one insisted. "My own mother's giving me disrespect!"

"It's downright criminal I tell you." a third commented.

"All of you, shut up!" Turtelli yelled. "I hear ya, already. And it just so happens that our new friend, Baxter Stockman, has a battle plan that he promises will wipe em all off the map."

"That I do, Turtelli." Stockman assured the mobster. "Trust me when I say that you will not be disappointed with that I have in store for our enemies."

"Then let's get going!" Turtelli ordered. "Tonight, the city will be ours."

Meanwhile, Karai and Leo caught up with the Foot Ninja that bombed the warehouse and followed them from a safe distance. After several minutes of traversing rooftops, the Foot Ninja came to a stop at an old run down building. The two landed on the roof and piered through a hole to see the Foot Ninja training.

"So this is where they've been hiding out since Shredder died?" Leo questioned.

"Yep." Karai answered. "How the mighty have fallen..."

"Yeah…" Leo agreed. "You sure about this?"

"No," Karai admitted. "But it's our only shot. If I can convince the Foot to come back with me as my father wished, I can regain control of the criminal underworld and put an end to this pointless war.

"And if you can't…" Leo questioned.

"Then it's just the two of us against them." Karai answered, gesturing down to the veritable army below them. "All of them."

Before either of them could make a move, something grabbed them both from behind, pulling them away from the hole. Leo managed to break free and spin around, only to realize it was all three of his brothers, Raph still holding Karai.

"Yeesh, you'd think you weren't happy to see us." Mikey remarked.

"Guys?" Leo let out. "What are you doing here?"

"Making sure you don't get into something you can't get out of on your own." Donnie answered.

"We're like the calvary!" Mikey joked. "But without the horses.

"And considering the company you're keeping, I'd say we got here just in time." Raph added, glaring at Karai.

"I'm not your enemy, Raphael." Karai insisted, fighting every instinct to struggle in his grip. "I'm not going to hurt any of you."

"Yeah well I got some scrapes on my shell that would beg to differ." Raph remarked.

"Let her go, Raph!" Leo ordered.

Raph growled for a minute before shoving Karai off. She stumbled, then recovered, rubbing her arms where Raph had held her.

"Look, I know that I've made some… mistakes in the past." she allowed. "But right now, I just want to stop this war before more innocent people are killed. I don't want that on my conscience."

"You can do whatever you want for all I care." Raph threw back. "Just count us out of it. Come on, guys."

"No Raph, I'm staying." Leo declared. "I have to see this through to the end."

"See what through?!" Raph questioned angrily. "This ain't our war to deal with."

"Yes it is, Raph!" Leo insisted. "Don't you get it? None of this would have happened if we hadn't killed Shredder!"

Mikey went pale.

"Uh… Guys?" he let out.

"Taking out Shred-Head was the best thing we could have done for this town!" Raph retorted, ignoring his brother.

"Guys?" Mikey tried again.

"And look what's happened since!" Leo countered. "Gangs fighting, people getting hurt! How is any of that a good thing?"

"Guys!" Mikey shouted.

"What?!" Leo and Raph let out as they turned towards him.

He pointed behind them and they all turned around. As they did, they found themselves staring at all four Elites, as well as a large number of foot soldiers gathered on the edge of the broken rooftop.

"I hope we're not interrupting." One of the Elites declared, tightening his grip on his trident.

The turtles readied their weapons as Karai stepped forward.

"Elite Guard!" She declared. "I order you to stand down! This act of defiance is over!"

"You are not worthy to order us!" The Elite retorted. "You abandoned your right to lead. And now you stand with our masters greatest enemies?! Your fate is sealed!"

The other elites began brandishing their weapons, the other Foot soldiers following suit. Karai drew her tanto, backing up slightly.

"Okay… Plan A bombed." she muttered. "What's Plan B?"

"Us against all of them." Leo answered.

With that, the Foot charged at them full force. Leo quickly used his swords to block two oncoming ninjas. He clashed blades with them for a bit before kicking one of them aside and punching the other in the face.

Donnie quickly jabbed his staff in the stomach of one oncoming ninja before spinning around and smacking a second one aside. He saw a third coming at him, swinging a sword, but he quickly ducked it and swept his legs out from under him, knocking him to the ground.

Raph blocked one sword strike with his sai before abruptly kicking the ninja in the stomach. He then did a spin kick at another oncoming ninja just as he came up. A third ninja dashed towards him and tried swinging his sword at him. Raph, however, blocked with his sai, using his weapon to snap the blade before hitting the ninja with the blunt end, knocking him out cold.

Mikey spun his nunchucks as he slowly backed towards the broken edge of the roof. He had bashed away one ninja after another. One ninja continued swinging his sword at Mikey, only for the strike to be batted away by a nunchaku.

"Say haven't we met before?" Mikey asked.

The ninja said nothing as he continued swinging.

"Yeah, at the big fight at Shredders." Mikey continued. "Come on, you have to remember me."

Finally, Mikey wrapped his nunchaku around the ninjas blade and flung it out of his hands.

"I knocked you flat on your-" He finished before kicking him in the face. "Butt!"

Karai meanwhile, was fending off several Foot Ninja with her tanto blade. She just elbowed one in the face before blocking a sword strike of another. She quickly kicked him aside before backing up towards Leo. The two were back to back, fending off ninjas at a rapid pace.

"I have to admit, I never thought I'd find myself here." Karai told him.

"What? Fighting off members of your own clan?" Leo questioned.

"Fighting side by side with you." she corrected.

Leo was surprised by that, but smiled regardless as he blocked another sword strike and punched out another ninja.

Mikey just took out another ninja with his nunchucks as an Elite ran towards him. Mikey saw this and extended his chain towards him. The Elite leapt out of the way of the attack before kicking Mikey in the chest and knocking him into the building.

"Mikey!" Raph let out as he held off several Foot Ninja.

He quickly shoved them off as he charged at the Elite and tackled him into the building, causing them both to fall to the ground hard. Raph slowly picked himself up as he went over to Mikey.

"You ok, bro?" He asked as he helped Mikey up.

"Yeah, I'm good." Mikey reassured.

"You better be." Raph told him as Foot Ninjas began surrounding them "Cause we ain't alone."

Back up top, the fighting continued as Leo took note of his missing brothers.

"Mikey and Raph went down inside!" Leo called out. "We have to stick together!"

"Then why are we just standing here?" Karai exclaimed. "Let's go!"

With that, the three pushed past the remaining Foot forces on the roof before jumping down into the building, landing right beside Raph and Mikey. All five exchanged looks of determination before charging at the Foot full force. Each one of them taking down as many Foot Ninjas as they could.

Donnie bashed one ninja away before jabbing another one in the gut. As he fell to the ground, Donnie noted even more coming. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

"Hmm, Bo Staff, plus a crowd of enemies that all look the same," He pondered. "Equals a once in a lifetime chance to try out one of my favorite movie stunts."

With that, Donnie activated his blade attachment and stabbed it into the ground. As the Foot Ninjas closed in on him, Donnie leapt into the air and spun on the staff, taking out the ninjas with a few deft kicks. He landed back on his feet, grinning widely.

"Wow, I can't believe that actually worked." Donnie marveled.

Leo at present was fending off several Foot sword attacks at once as he was driven to a wall. He dodged and blocked them as best he could, but they were becoming more numerous and more rapid by the second. Finally, he ducked under them and rolled out of the way.

Mikey was dealing with his own hordes when he was kicked in the shell by an oncoming Foot Ninja. Before he could even react, he was punched in the chest by another one, knocking him back.

As Raph kicked aside another oncoming ninja, he was tackled to the ground by several more and they began wailing on him relentlessly.

Karai was a blur of motion, blocking blow after blow with her tanto while unable to perform any offensive maneuvers.

While Donnie was blocking a sword strike, a second Foot Ninja came up from behind him and knocked him to the ground. Donnie quickly turned over and blocked a sword strike with his staff, the owner of which continuously pressing down on him.

"Guys…" Donnie let out. "I think we're in big trouble!"

Outside the building, an unmarked van pulled up alongside the building. The driver, one of Turtelli's top lieutenants, turned to his passenger with a skeptical look.

"You sure this is the joint?" he questioned.

"You're questioning me?" Stockman snapped, leaning forward and staring at the man. "I know where all of Shredder's operations took place, as well as all of the back-up shelters he kept around the city. This is the one right in the heart of the city, the most strategic place to hide out during these turbulent times."

"Trust him, Weasel." Turtelli insisted. "He hasn't been wrong yet."

"Yet..." Weasel repeated.

"Relax," Stockman reassured. "When they behold my latest creation, it will be, as they say, curtains for them."

The cyborg then pulled out a small remote from the glove box, hitting the large red button in the center. Upon pressing that button, something large and covered with a tarp began to move in the back of the van. Two men immediately opened the back doors, letting the machine out onto the street. It used a sensor in one of its optics to scan around the alley before finally settling on the building. A built-in thermal imaging system quickly locked onto the multiple figures inside, identifying them as Foot Ninjas and Turtles. The machine then fired a laser at the building, blasting a hole in the wall and sending several Foot Ninja flying. The turtles and Karai turned to see the massive robot entering the building.

"Whoa." Leo let out.

"That would be so cool if it wasn't trying to kill us." Mikey said with a slightly nervous edge to his voice.

The robot fired its laser again, causing all ninjas present to scatter. Leo and Karai took refuge behind a piece of fallen debris as the robots rampage continued.

"What the shell is that thing?" Leo asked.

"No clue." Karai admitted. "But it's gonna tear us apart unless we think of something fast."

Leo took another look at the robot and saw one of its optics scanning around.

"I think I have a plan." Leo relayed. "But I need you to draw its fire so I can take out its targeting system."

"Just try not to take so long!" Karai told him before running out.

Karai then bolted towards the robot and leapt on top of it, slashing at it with her tanto. One of its metal arms tried to grab her, but she quickly leapt into the rafters to dodge. She then leapt from rafter to rafter to avoid the barrage of blasts aimed at her. While that was going on, Leo stepped out and ran towards the robot.

"Time to get the job done." He said to himself, leaping forward.

As he leapt through the air, he brought his sword down on the robots optic sensor. He then pulled the sword out, blackflipping back onto the ground as the robot staggered back. It then began firing randomly all around, causing Leo and his brothers to move. One stray blasts forced Karai to leap down as it hit the rafters. The blasts to the rafters and even some of the pillars caused the roof to begin caving in and the building to collapse. The turtles and Karai looked up in horror as Raph turned to Leo.

"I hope you're happy, Leo." Raph growled as the building began to crumble around them. "I hope 'doing the right thing' was worth it."