My name is Oroku Karai, and I have made a grave mistake.
My father, Oroku Saki, the Shredder, was taken from me. Slain by the turtle Leonardo. I intended to avenge his death, but in my anger, I left his empire defenseless. The Foot, the Purple Dragons, the Turtelli crime family, and a group of mutants led by a cat named Hob have engaged in a massive war for control of the city, resulting in who knows how many people getting hurt along the way.
I couldn't sit by and allow this destruction to continue any longer. As soon as I returned to New York, I quickly found an ally in Leonardo, since he too wanted to quell the violence caused by this war. We managed to track down what was left of the Foot to a rundown flophouse, but before we could even start putting things right, Leo's brothers show up and the Foot attack us. And just to add on to the amount of crap piled against us, some freaky robot came in and started blasting up the place.
I knew restoring order to the city would be tough, but I didn't think it would be suicidal.
…
Across the rooftops of the city, a collection of uniquely shaped figures ran across, leaping from rooftop to rooftop. They all landed one one rooftop and stepped out of the shadows, revealing to be Hob and his gang of mutants, including the like of Dogpound, Fishface, Groundchuck, the mole recently christened Dirtbag, and Bebop and Rocksteady.
"You're sure this is the right way?" Hob asked.
"Yeah, the Foot are hangin at some bum joint, two blocks away." Bebop confirmed.
"They ain't expecting an attack on their home turf." Rocksteady added. "We got an advantage."
"And how do we know we're not walking into a trap?" Fishface questioned.
That had the two former Purple Dragons stumped. They rubbed their chins, trying to come up with an appropriate answer, but came up empty.
"You two were pretty comfy with both the Foot and the dragons," Fishface continued. "And now all of a sudden you want to join with us mutants? Why is that I wonder?"
"Because the second the chips were down, the dragons bailed on us." Rocksteady declared.
"Dropped us like hot tamales." Bebop agreed. "Said they had no use for 'a pair of worthless mutants' like us."
"But now you have a place here." Hob stepped in. "We've all been rejected by this city, by the world. That's why we need to stick together, and show these pathetic humans who the new masters of the world are. So no more throwing around accusations, Xever."
Fishface grumbled in response.
"If you say so, boss." Fishface relented.
"Good." Hob replied. "Now let's go make our mark on the world."
…
Back at the crumbling remains of the Foot flophouse, the turtles and Karai managed to survive by bracing themselves against a slanted wall, Donnie's bo staff keeping it from crushing them.
"Nice timing, Don." Leo complimented. "You really saved our shells."
"Almost makes up for leader boy here leading us into-" Raph started to complain.
"Guys, think we could continue this elsewhere?" Donnie cut off. "I don't know how much longer I can hold this."
Everyone quickly moved out from under the giant slab, Donnie pulling his staff free just as it was beginning to buckle under the pressure. Everyone quickly made it out of the way before what was left of the building collapsed.
"Okay, what the shell was that thing?!" Mikey let out.
"Based on the design, I'd bet Baxter Stockman was behind it." Donnie deduced. "Which means Don Turtelli can't be far behind."
"Well this is certainly not going according to plan." Karai muttered. "Not that things ever do when you four are involved."
"No one asked you for a commentary, sister." Raph remarked before turning to Leo. "And as for you, if them dropping a building on top of us doesn't convince you that we should STAY OUT OF THIS, then I don't know what will!"
"Never pegged you to run from a fight, Raph." Leo threw back.
"First of all, I never run." Raph told him. "Second of all, this wasn't our fight to begin with!"
"Well we're in it now, hothead." Leo countered. "So you better get over it!"
"While listening to you two devolve into your usual banter with one another is nice and all," Donnie interjected, "We've got a problem."
"Now what?" Raph asked.
Donnie pointed towards the rubble, showing that the robot was pulling itself out.
"Aw, give me a break." Mikey let out.
"Stockman has definitely upgraded the durability of his robots." Karai observed. "This isn't gonna be easy."
"You say that like things have ever been easy." Donnie replied.
The robot wasted no time firing at everything in sight. The Foot Ninja began running for cover as the robot marched forward.
"Donatello, any idea how to take this thing down?" Karai questioned.
"Hey, you don't get to ask Donnie anything!" Raph snapped.
"Seriously?" Leo let out. "You're doing this now?!"
Leo then leapt forward and tried slashing at the robot, to no avail. Leo leapt out of the way of a blast as Raph ran up and tried cutting at it with his sai. As the sai just grazed the metal, one of the robots arms swung around and knocked him aside. Karai ran up and tried to cut at the robot herself, but to no avail. What surprised her was one of the Elite's and a few Foot Ninja trying their hand at taking the robot down as well.
"So, now you finally decide to listen to me?" Karai asked.
"Hardly." the Elite retorted, slicing the robot with his spear. "Once the robot is dealt with, we will destroy you all!"
"Now that's the Foot we know and loathe." Donnie remarked, trying to stab the robot with his blade end.
"Fighting side by side with the Foot." Raph let out. "Now you know this is wrong."
"Less yaking, more packing." Leo told him.
Raph just growled before running towards the robot again. It was firing wildly, trying to hit any of its many assailants. As it did, a large bus began to make its way down the street towards the brawl. Upon seeing the insanity of the scene before them, the bus driver instinctively swerved. The bus got blasted by the robot, one of the front wheels blowing from the shot. It nearly tipped onto its side, but managed to remain upright, its passengers clinging to their seats as they skidded across the road. Finally, after colliding with a nearby telephone pole, it stopped and landed on the ground. As the doors opened, the passengers flooded out in a panic. Unfortunately, there was still one person left, trapped under some debris inside.
"Someone help!" He called out. "Please! I'm trapped!"
"Shell," Leo swore, hearing the man's cries. "There's innocent people inside! We have to get them out!"
"Finally, an order I can get behind!" Raph replied, following Leo inside.
Leo cut away at the fallen debris as he and Raph came up to the injured man.
"Wh-what are you?" He asked as Leo and Raph started to pick up the debris on top of him.
"Just your average, everyday hallucination." Raph told him as they finally got the debris off.
Once the man was free, they pulled him from the wreckage and passed him off to some of the other passengers. They quickly got him away from the fight, allowing the turtles to focus on their robotic problem.
...
The police had long since left Irma's apartment, leaving her and April to do clean-up. Casey stayed to help, his eyes never leaving April as she mournfully swept up some broken glass.
"I can't believe it's all gone..." April let out. "And I was so close to the amount I needed."
Casey then came to a decision, putting down his broom and dustpan.
"Tell you what, April." Casey told her. "I'm gonna get that money back."
April paused mid-sweep.
"You're what?" she questioned.
"This means a lot to you, I can tell." Casey replied.
"Of course it does." April agreed. "My dad loved that shop. I can't just let it sit there in burnt-out ruins."
"Exactly." Casey declared. "So, all we need to do it find the jerk-wads who broke in here and get your cash back. I'm sure if we work together, we can find them before you can say, Goongala."
"But how?" April asked. "They're long gone by now. Where would we even start?"
"We start with that." Casey answered, pointing out the window.
April turned, noticing a traffic camera set up outside.
"That'll work." April remarked, smiling.
…
In the Purple Dragons headquarters, Dragon Face stood in the center of a ring addressing the massive crowds.
"Listen up, Dragons!" Dragon Face called out. "This is our moment! It's time to show the Mob, the Foot, the freaks, and everyone else that the Purple Dragons aren't just a bunch of dumb street punks! We are the future!"
The crowd roared in agreement.
"And now, for the man who's gonna lead us into that future!" Dragon Face continued, gesturing to the catwalk above him. "Hun!"
Hun was sitting on the railing as a spotlight shown on him.
"Just what I always wanted," He remarked. "A tasteful introduction."
With that, Hun leapt down onto the ring, creating enough force to shake the entire ring.
"Like Dragon Face here said, our time has come!" Hun addressed. "We owe our great standing in this city to the Shredder to be sure, but now that he is gone, we are the true force of power in this city! We don't answer to the mob, to the mutants, and especially to some punk princess who never earned her position of power!"
The dragons cheered again, this time even louder.
"Tonight, the Purple Dragons finally take their place at the top of the food chain!" Hun promised. "Who's with me?!"
The entire headquarters echoed from the cheers of his men, every single Dragon raising their fist into the air as they shouted. Hun just smiled at the prospect
…
Back with the turtles and Karai, they had taken shelter from the barrage of blasts from the robot behind some debris. Their shelter was slowly dwindling as the robot continued to shoot away large pieces of it.
"Okay, that thing needs to go down." Mikey declared.
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Raph snapped. "An entire building fell on it and it shook it off like it was nothing!"
"Well we need to think of something soon." Leo relayed. "We're running out of cover fast!"
Karai looked around and saw some downed power lines on the ground over by a fire hydrant.
"I may have an idea." she told them. "Donatello, do you think you could open that fire hydrant?"
"I think so." Donnie replied, piecing together what she was planning.
"Forget it, sweetheart." Raph dismissed, running towards the bus. "I have a better plan."
"Raph, wait!" Leo called out. "Come back!"
Raph didn't get the chance to listen as he strapped himself in and drove the bus straight at the robot. After tossing some Foot Ninja aside, the robot turned towards the bus and started shooting at it, causing it to take more and more damage with each shot. One shot managed to knick the fuel line, causing the engine to go up. The bus screeched across the street again, tipping onto its side before rolling.
"No!" Donnie shouted.
"Raph!" Mikey called out.
"I'll go help him." Leo told them. "You two help Karai with her plan."
The two nodded before Leo ran towards the bus. He used his sword to pry open the door before stepping inside.
"Raph, you ok bro?" Leo asked.
"Peachy..." Raph groaned, cutting through his seatbelt with his sai and dropping hard onto the ground. "Ow..."
Leo let out a breath of relief.
"That was too close." Leo told him, helping him up. "That stunt could have killed you."
"Oh so when I screw up, I get called out on it." Raph griped. "But it's just fine when your mistakes blow up in our faces."
"Getting involved in this war wasn't a mistake." Leo told him.
"Uh, guys?!" Mikey cried out. "Did you forget about the giant robot?!"
The two looked out to see the robot shooting at a stream of fuel leading straight for the bus.
"Table this discussion for later?" Leo suggested.
"Fine." Raph relented.
The two then ran like crazy before the blaze reached the bus, causing it to explode. The two were sent flying, crashing into a few trash cans set up on the curb.
Meanwhile, Donnie managed to use his staffs blade end to open up the hydrant, sending out a gushing spray of water. It washed over the downed power lines, causing the water to spark. Karai saw this and grinned.
"Everyone!" she shouted. "On my signal, force the robot back!"
"You got it!" Mikey called out.
They all gathered around the robot, forcing it so its back was to the sparking water.
"NOW!" Karai screamed.
Mikey and the Foot leapt to the air and struck at the robot, sending it stumbling into the prepared trap. Once it touched down on the sparking water, it began to short circuit. After fizzling out for a bit, the robot toppled over, finally destroyed.
"Nice work guys." Mikey complimented.
"Now maybe we can begin to-" Karai began.
"Destroy the turtles!" One of the Elites cut off.
Karai and the turtles braced themselves as the Foot began to close in on them.
"Guess some guys can't take a compliment." Mikey remarked, nervously.
As the Foot began closing in on them, Hob and his cronies looked down at the fight at play.
"Well well, how about this for fortuitous." Hob remarked.
"Told ya we'd find the ninja ninnies." Rocksteady told him. "And we delivered."
"And then some." Bebop added.
"So we get to take out the Foot, and crack some shells?" Dogpound realized. "Life is good."
Dogpound leapt off the building and fell towards the ground fist first. Leo looked up and saw Dogpound falling towards them.
"Move!" Leo yelled.
The turtles and Karai moved out of the way just as Dogpound's fist collided with the ground, creating a shockwave that sent the Foot flying back. As the dust cleared, Dogpound slowly stood up and looked over the ninjas present, with Hob and the other mutants dropping down next to him.
"Evening gentlemen." Hob greeted, brandishing his claws. "Hope we're not interrupting."
"Hob!" Raph snarled. "As if we needed any more trouble tonight!"
The mutants wasted no time charging into the fray, taking out ninjas and turtles alike. The spear Elite charged at Dogpound and tried to slash at him, only for Dogpound to block it with his fist. He then swatted him aside before pounding some oncoming Foot Ninja. Raph instinctively charged at Hob, but was intercepted by Fishface kicking him in the head. Raph tumbled on the ground before rolling back to his feet.
"You guys have lousy timing!" Raph called out.
"Oh, sorry for the inconvenience." Fishface taunted. "When would you prefer to breathe your last breath?"
Raph then bolted towards Fishface, his sai clashing continuously with his metal legs. Fishface tried swinging high, but Raph ducked under it before leaping up and kicking him in the head.
Mikey meanwhile was backing up slowly as Bebop and Rocksteady closed in on him.
"Uh… hi guys…" Mikey greeted nervously. "Long time, no see…. How ya been?"
"Been missing pounding your shell into the dirt!" Bebop grinned, cracking his knuckles.
"Ah." Mikey let out. "Good to know, I guess."
Bebop and Rocksteady then both tried pounding Mikey, but the orange turtle leapt out of the way at the last second.
"Hold still you little maggot!" Rocksteady snapped.
"Yeah, that sounds counterproductive, dudes!" Mikey called back, still dodging the duo's attacks.
As Mikey landed near a garbage can, he eyed the lid and came up with a plan.
"Captain America, eat your heart out!" He declared, grabbing the trash can lid and throwing it at them.
The lid hit Bebop in the face before bouncing at Rocksteady, hitting him too. Mikey punched the air, grinning widely. After regaining their senses, the two let out a huff of fury as they went towards Mikey. Seeing this, Mikey let out a nervous chuckle before taking off, yelling as he did so. The two mutants gave chase, with Rocksteady running on all fours and over turning several cars along the way.
Back with the others, Donnie and Leo saw Mikey's plight and became instantly worried.
"Mikey's in trouble!" Donnie let out. "We gotta-"
Suddenly, a laser blast came out of nowhere, nearly hitting them. Donnie and Leo turned to see two more robots like the one before appearing on the street.
"Oh come on!" Donnie screamed.
The two turtles moved quickly to avoid getting blasted.
Meanwhile in Turtelli's van, he and Stockman were enjoying the show playing out before them.
"I gotta admit Stockman, when you deliver, you deliver." Turtelli complimented. "Not only to we take out the Foot, but we'll wipe out half the cities freak population at the same time."
"A happy coincidence, I must admit." Stockman replied. "But one I came prepared for."
"Then make sure it's done." Turtelli told him. "I want them all gone."
"As you wish." Stockman replied.
…
Back at April and Irma's apartment, April and Casey managed to get a hold of the traffic cam footage with a little hacking on Irma's part. She leaned back in her chair and smiled.
"Child's play." she quipped. "Hopefully this will help you guys."
"Thanks a million, Irma." April replied.
"Anytime, April." she told her.
She then got up as April took her seat, scrolling through the footage.
"Let's see what we got here." April said aloud.
As April continued to scroll through the footage, eventually getting to the break in. Casey leaned forward, squinting at the screen. It showed two figures in hoods working to pick the lock.
"They don't look like they're part of any gang." he mumbled. "I'm not seeing a purple dragon on them, or any other symbol."
"So this wasn't related to the recent violence." April surmised. "Probably just some thieves who decided to take advantage of the chaos."
"May make it harder to track him down then." Casey guessed. "Not that I wouldn't like the challenge."
"Let's keep looking at this before we start ruffing up every low life in town." April cautioned.
As they continued watching the footage, one of the kids glanced over his shoulders. Casey gasped, hitting the pause button.
"No way." he let out.
"What?" April asked. "You recognize someone?"
"Yeah, I do." he replied, tapping the screen. "His name's Cody. He's been grabbed for B and E before, but I thought his pop sent him to reform school or something."
"Guess it didn't work." April deduced. "Know where we can find him?"
"Yeah, I do." Casey answered. "Though I may need to make a stop for my stuff."
"You don't think it'll get violent, do you?" April asked.
"In this case, I'm hoping not." Casey replied. "But, better safe than sorry."
"Then I guess it's a good thing Cody and his friend didn't steal these." April quipped, revealing her tonfas.
…
Meanwhile, Mikey was still on the run from Bebop and Rocksteady. Getting tired and wanting to end this Mikey jumped onto a nearby fire hydrant and leaped towards a street lamp. He then swung around on it before flying back towards the two mutants and kicking Rocksteady in the face, knocking him out as he landed. He then pulled out a nunchaku as he turned to face Bebop.
"Ready to join your buddy, porky?" he jeered.
"Not this time!" Bebop declared, pulling out two machine guns.
He immediately opened fire on Mikey, causing him to backflip out of the way.
"Hey!" Mikey called out. "No fair with the guns!"
Mikey threw a shuriken at one gun, clogging it, before extending his chain and wrapping it around the gun before pulling it out of his hands.
"Hey!" Bebop let out. "That's mine! Give it back!"
"Yeah… I don't think so." Mikey remarked, retracting his chain and spinning his nunchaku.
Bebop just squealed in anger as he ran at Mikey. Mikey did the same, spinning his weapon the whole time. As Bebop swung a punch at him, Mikey ducked under it and wrapped his nunchaku chain around Bebop's leg, causing him to trip to the ground, and skip right into a brick wall. The impact knocked him out instantly as Mikey got to his feet.
"This was fun boys." Mikey jeered before taking off. "Let's do it again sometime!"
…
Back in the big battle, the remaining turtles and Karai were getting overwhelmed on all sides. Foot Ninja coming from one direction, mutants coming from another, and giant robots smack dab in the middle.
Leo was fending off Hob's claw slashes as Donnie tried to hold off the ninjas. Raph was still clashing with Fishface as Karai was dodging the robots relentless blasts. Groundchuck charged at one of the robots and punctured it's metal exterior with his horns. The robot then smacked him aside, sending him flying into a building. Dirtbag picked up one ninja and threw him into a crowd of other ninjas coming towards him. He then used his tail to whip another batch aside. He then tried to attack Leo while he was still duking it out with Hob, but the blue turtle saw him coming by the reflection of his sword,and he quickly grabbed Hob and threw him into the mutant mole, taking them both out. His reprieve was only temporary when the Trident Elite leapt towards him and tried to slash at him. Leo quickly leapt out of the way and blocked another attack with his sword.
Karai quickly backflipped out of the way of an oncoming blast, only to get kicked in the back by an elite. As she fell to the ground, she quickly turned around and used her blade to block the elite's oncoming axe.
"We're not going to win this!" Karai insisted. "We need to get out of here! Now!"
"We can't just run away!" Leo told her. "We need to end this before anyone else gets hurt!"
"Do you even hear yourself right now?!" Raph called out. "There's a difference between heroic, and suicidal!"
"Never thought you'd agree with me, Raphael!" Karai told him.
"Don't get used to it!" Raph told her.
After blocking another strike with his sword, Leo quickly kicked the Trident Elite aside. Raph meanwhile ducked under one of Fishface's kicks before uppercutting him with the blunt end of his sai, knocking him to the ground. Donnie continued to block sword strikes with his staff left and right. Donnie quickly jabbed one in the face before crouching down and swinging his staff at the other two's legs, knocking them down. Karai kept batting away the Axe Elite's advancing attacks with her tanto, until finally she jumped up, kneeing the elite in the jaw, and kicking him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Whoa." Karai let out, landing on the ground. "We might actually pull this off after all."
"Uh, I wouldn't be too sure of that." Donnie interjected, pointing up.
The three ninjas looked up to a nearby rooftop and saw several Purple Dragons perching themselves on a nearby rooftop, with Hun smackdab in the middle of them.
"Leo, if we end up getting killed from all this, I'm holding you personally responsible." Raph told him.
"Why stop now?" Leo remarked.
"Dragons!" Hun called out. "Take em down."
With that, the Purple Dragons opened fire of everyone down there, ninjas, mutants, and robots. The turtles and Karai immediately ran for cover as the barrage began. It was about this time that Mikey was running up, instantly dodging and leaping over the continuous fire.
"Yikes!" Mikey let out. "Why didn't anyone tell me they brought in a firing squad?!"
After leaping over another shot, Raph quickly grabbed Mikey and pulled him behind some rubble where he and the others were hiding.
"Whew, thanks Raph." Mikey responded.
"Now will you admit this is crazy?!" Raph yelled at Leo.
"I hate to admit it, but Raph may be right here." Donnie relented. "We're in way over our heads. We have to get out of here!"
"Alright." Leo agreed. "Mikey, give us some cover!"
"You got it, boss!" Mikey replied, pulling out some smoke bombs.
He then threw them on the ground, engulfing them in smoke. The Elite ran over and leapt into the cloud, hoping to take them down, only to end up grabbing nothing but air.
Meanwhile, Hun and his men kept shooting at the crowd, with Hun even firing a rocket launcher at one of the robots, totaling it completely. This caused Turtelli and Stockman to begin considering a tactical retreat of their own.
"These punks are totalling your tin cans!" Turtelli let out.
"A minor setback." Stockman reassured. "Though, a strategic retreat may be in order."
"Agreed." Turtelli concurred. "Weasel, get us out of here!"
Weasel floored the gas pedal, preparing to screech out of there. As they pulled out into the battlefield, dodging every shot being fired, the remaining robot turned towards them and primed its laser, causing Stockman to gulp.
"Well… isn't this ironic." He noted.
The robot fired, causing the car to swerve out of control. The van then toppled over onto its roof and slid into the remains of the destroyed building, burying them under a ton of debris. Before Hun could appreciate his apparent victory, the sound of sirens filed the street.
"Crud." he cursed. "It's the cops."
Hearing the approaching cop cars, and even seeing an oncoming copter, all parties began pulling out, making a hasty exit from the scene.
…
Later, the turtles and Karai retreated back to Leo's water tower, taking refuge inside. As everyone sat down to catch their breath, the other three turtles looking around.
"Nice place you got here Leo." Donnie admitted.
"Yeah, if we knew you were moving out, we would have helped you move." Mikey added.
"I'm not moving out." Leo insisted. "I just couldn't risk anyone following me back to the lair, so I was staying here."
"She found you, so I i don't think your hiding spot is a good one." Raph muttered, gesturing to Karai with his thumb.
"Even so, it should work fine for the five of us until we can figure out our next move." Leo told him.
"Oh, I got your next move." Raph said, standing up. "We go home, call it a day, and forget all this craziness."
"And let innocent people get hurt along the way?" Leo retorted. "Not a chance. We have to do something!"
"We tried doing something, and we just added more fuel to the fire!" Raph reminded. "I've said it before and I'll say it again, this ain't our fight!"
"You might wanna get comfy." Mikey warned, taking a seat on a box. "This could take a while."
"So I've noticed." Karai remarked, leaning against a wall.
"So who's fight is it?!" Leo asked. "The countless people caught in the crossfire?!"
"You can't fight an entire city of bad guys Leo." Raph reasoned. "The only thing you can do by trying is making it worse."
"So you just want me to sit here and do nothing?!" Leo exclaimed. "I can't do that Raph!"
"No offence Leo," Donnie interjected. "but we tried it your way and you saw what happened. This problem may be to big for us to fix."
"So what, we're just supposed to forget Bushido?" Leo responded. "Our entire code of honor?"
"Where's the honor in getting yourself killed?" Raph remarked.
"We can't just let these guys run wild." Mikey voiced. "They'll tear the city apart."
"Enough!" Karai interjected. "This fighting is getting us nowhere."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
"Man, why didn't you do that earlier?" Mikey questioned.
"For that matter, why didn't you stop this war sooner?" Donnie questioned.
"I was angry then." Karai explained. "Focused on killing you guys, and by then the gang squabbles were minimal at best. I kinda thought they'd just take each other out and the Foot would pick up the pieces. I had no idea how out of hand things would get."
"And you wonder why we don't trust you." Raph remarked.
"Shut it, Raph." Leo snapped.
"What, getting defensive about your girlfriend?" Raph mocked.
"She's not my girlfriend, Raph." Leo snapped. "She's trying to fix this mess, which is more than I can say for you!"
"That's because it wasn't our mess until you dragged us into it!" Raph threw back.
Karai physically got in between the two, looking beyond annoyed.
"Will you two stop it?" she begged. "If we're going to put and end to this war, we need to work together."
"Look, Princess." Raph snarled. "At this point, the only thing that could stop this war would be the Shredder himself."
Karai went to retort, but stopped, contemplating Raph's words. After a moment, her eyes widened.
"Raphael, you're a genius!" she proclaimed. "I know how we can put and end to all this! Donatello, do you think you could-?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Raph interjected. "We? What we are you talking about?"
"For my plan to work, I'm going to need all four of you to help me." Karai explained.
"Seriously?!" Raph let out. "After you've attacked us? Tried to kill our friends? Tried to kill us?! Give me one good reason why we should even consider-"
"Because I can end the vendetta against you!" Karai cut off.
A dead silence filled the water tower, even Raph's hot headed temper cooling in the wake of Karai's declaration. Taking a deep breath, Karai repeated herself.
"Help me end this pointless war, and I'll withdraw the Foot Clan from New York." she promised. "You will never have to fear them again."
