Chapter 20: City at War Part 3

Pete's P.O.V.

Karai was standing there with her tanto pointing directly at Leo's face. She turned to face us and instantly hate started to boil over in my gut. Nobody threatened my family and got away with it.

"Drop your weapons." She commanded. Raph stepped forward and growled ready to defend us. She brought the tip of the sword to Leo's neck and Raph twirled his sais. "I said drop your weapons."

We all looked at each other, getting a read from each other's facial expressions before Mikey, Donnie, Casey and I dropped all of our weapons. If anything happened though I still had my powers to fall back on. Raph still held onto his own, ready to fight some more which wasn't the smartest thing since the three of them were more skilled than all of us put together.

"Um, Raph, didn't you hear the nice lady with the knife?" Donnie asked.

"Don't do me any favors, Raph." Leo said.

"Bro, put them down." I said taking a step forward. Raph spun them and tossed them to where Leo and Karai are, they embedded into the roof top near Leo's arm.

"Perhaps now we can talk." Karai said stepping back letting Leo up.

"Oh, you wanna talk." Donnie said putting his hands on his hips. "Cause I kind of got the expression that you wanted to kick our shells."

"If I had wanted to destroy you would not be alive to talk." Karai said.

"Ok, let's talk." Leo said straining bit from the weight on his chest. "But, it's going to be difficult with your tanto at my head."

Karai stepped back and Leo flipped back onto his feet. I relaxed for just a moment until Raph started flipping to his sais. He grabbed them and went to attack the female ninja, only to be blocked by Leo's katana.

"Raph, no!" Leo said as they both struggled. "I gave her my word of honor."

"Your honor?" they broke apart and Raph backed up until he was almost level with Casey. "Bro, you're really getting under my shell."

"Come on Raph, let's hear what the pretty ninja lady has to say." Casey said putting his hand on Raph's shoulder. Raph growled but he didn't say anything else.

"As I told you, my name is Karai." The two henchmen bowed down before her and one of them reached into his shirt and pulled out a medallion. "And I command the Foot Clan in Japan." She showed us the shiny Foot symbol on the medallion. "I am here to restore order to the New York faction of the Foot when you turtle- men destroyed the Shredder you threw the city into chaos. We in Japan hoped all parties would destroy each other like a snake which consumes itself. Leaving the city once again under the Foot's control. But we did not expect the city to be consumed in the process. If the Foot is to regain control of its New York operations I will need your help."

"We done talking yet?" Raph asked pulling out his sais which he put away. "Is it time to fight?"

"You are impudent. If you were my retainer I would have you beaten." Raph didn't like that as he was about to lunge at her so quickly, Mikey, Don and I grabbed him.

"Oh yeah, your Foot alright. You even sound like the Shredder." Raph said.

"Lady, even if we wanted to I don't see how we can help you." Donnie said.

"Yeah, and we really don't want to." I said stepping back once Raph was cooled down. "This war is out of control. We're in over our heads as it is."

"Yes, I know, but, I have a plan to stop this war."

"Then why do you need us?" Leo asked.

"All plans must have their contingencies. Make your decision." She walked away and Leo stepped into the middle of our semi-circle that we made.

"Well, what do you think guys?" he asked.

"I think she can swim her butt back to Japan." Raph said.

"I think she's perfect, looks, brains, and she's a ninja." Casey said.

"What does she mean by contingencies?" Mikey asked.

"She means we're plan B." Leo said.

"And that makes me wonder what exactly she wants us to do." I said.

"There seems to be one thing missing from this equation." Donnie said.

"Right, there is." I nodded once I thought about it.

"Uh, excuse me, what's in it for us?" Donnie asked.

"Three things: One- you can save New York from being torn apart; two- you can clean your streets of the Purple Dragons and the Mob; and three- The Foot and the Foot Elite are honor-bound to slay the one who defeated their master. They shall be relentless; they will destroy you, your master, and your comrades. But, if you help us, there will be no revenge for the Shredder's destruction." She walked away and we huddled together.

"Listen, this is the chance we've been looking for. We can set things right. It may be a deal with the devil but at least it's a devil we know. I say we play along for now." Leo said.

"The turtles team up with the Foot? It sounds crazy." Donnie said shaking his head.

"I don't know Leo." Mikey said.

"I don't exactly feel comfortable with it, but if it will clean up the streets I'm for it." I said.

"I've heard enough!" Raph exclaimed standing up straight. "There's no way I'm teaming up with little miss Foot."

"Raph, listen to me. We all know this thing is too big for us to fix." Leo said.

"Listening to you is what got us into this mess in the first place." Raph said.

"We have to take this opportunity!" Leo exclaimed.

"Oh, is that the honorable thing to do?" he asked sarcastically. "You guys can be the Foots little toes if you want but not me. I'm out of here. You comin' Case?" he said as he walked to the edge of the building.

"You know Raph, I was always taught that no matter what you fix your mistakes. I'm stayin'." Casey said.

"Pete?" he asked.

"Sorry Bro, as much as I don't like the Foot, the city is the top of my priority at the moment." I said looking away from my older brother.

"Whatever." He said as he jumped off the building and into the shadows as it was already morning.

"Well?" Karai asked.

"We accept your offer of alliance." Leo said.

"But no funny stuff." Mikey said.

"We never had much reason to trust the Foot before." Donnie said.

"Especially me." I said.

"The Foot as never had to ask for aide before." Karai said with a bow. "Now let us begin, we haven't much time. Listen closely."

Karai told us the plan and it made me nervous. Basically she was going to use a voice changer and dress as the Shredder and lead the group back to the Foot tower. So there we were waiting for night to fall because that's when Karai wanted it to happen.

Mikey's P.O.V.

Karai busted into the top part of the Foot tower and we waited to see if the Foot, the Mob and the Purple Dragons followed her. She walked up to us and Donnie stepped forward.

"So?" Donnie asked.

"Ha!" she said in Shredder's voice that sent chills down my shell. "They have all taken my bait and have followed me here. They shall arrive within minutes. They are in…" she took off the helmet. "for a surprise."

"Nice voice synth technology. You sound just like the Shredder." Donnie said.

"Hearing the Shredders voice gives me the shivers." I said with a shaky.

"Yeah, it kind of makes memories come back." Pete said quietly.

"I don't understand how you can serve someone as evil and dishonorable as the Shredder." Leo said.

"You knew the Shredder only as a merciless enemy. I knew another side of him. It was he who discovered me many years ago in Japan after my parents had abandoned me. He took me into his home. He allowed me train alongside him and thus I learned the art of ninjistu. I respected him and he trusted me. To me he was Oroku Saki, he was more than just my master, he became my father. It was his destiny to find me, it became my duty to serve him. As it became your fate to slay him. Thus we are all servants of fate." It actually made a lot of since once you thought about it.

"I'm not so sure." Leo said. "Master Splinter said we are free to decide our own paths. That our lives are dictated by our choices."

"They are here mistress." The big guy said walking up beside Karai with his sword ready to be unsheathed.

"Looks like your plan is working." Donnie said.

"So far. But we must plan for the unexpected." Karai said.

"That's why we're here." Leo said.

"Yes, now conceal yourselves and let us see what fate awaits us." We left to hide ourselves and I saw Pete climb up into the rafters. I followed him and we waited. Karai put the helmet back on and took the sword.

"Prepare yourselves." She said.

The first to appear was a couple of the mob guys. The leader had a bazooka on his shoulder pointing it at Karai.

"Steady boys." The main guy said as the rest of the mob came in behind him. From behind Karai the Purple Dragons made their appearance. Then the Foot ninja jumped in from the side window, officially surrounding Karai and the two Foot from Japan. Then the Elite ninja appeared in a flash of smoke. I looked at my brothers from the rafters as we watched what was unfolding.

"You know; this plan kind of stinks." I said. "What are we supposed to do again?"

"Well, if Karai's plan works nothing." Donnie said.

"She'll get the Foot and Hun to wipe out the Mob. Then she'll get the Foot and the Dragons to stand down. The war will be over." Leo said.

"That sounds good." I said.

"Only if her plan works though." Pete said from the other side of Don.

"What happens if it doesn't work?" I asked.

"Then its us against all of them." Leo said.

"Like I said, this plan kind of stinks." I said looking back down to what is happening below.

"This war is at an end. I have returned to resume control of the city." Karai said.

"Master Shredder, we thought you were destroyed. We serve you always." The Elite said as they bowed.

"Master, I remain your servant as will the Purple Dragons." Hun said as he bowed his head.

"Good, I command you to rid me of this pestilence." Karai said as she pointed the sword at the Mob.

"Yo, wait a minute. This ain't right. We want to take over Shredder's turf. No get it back for him." Dragonface said.

"Traitor! You dare!" Hun said as half the Dragons faced the other half.

"Shredder, we have a saying in our family, but you'll never live to hear it. Fire!" the leader Mob said. The mob fired onto the Foot and the Dragons.

"Purple Dragons! Take them out!" Hun said from behind the Foot.

"Forget Hun, every man for himself." Dragonface said. Half the Dragons then began to fire on the Mob.

"Go! Go!" the lead Mob yelled. The Foot formed a protective circle around Karai and her stooges to protect them from the gunfire. I am very surprised none of them have been shot yet.

"Foot, protect your master." One of the Elite said.

We had to start dodging stray missiles that came our way as the fight progressed. But it looked like the plan was working. At least.

"Yo, Dragonface!" Hun turned and shot a missile at his second-in-command. He dodged one and fired on back which Hun deflected by shooting another one causing a concussive force that knocked everyone back.

"Looks like the plan is going to work after all." Leo said as we stood together in the rafters.

"Hey, I almost forgot Shredder, here is a little present from your old friend Baxter Stockman." The mob guy through a bomb right to Karai. The bomb blew and Karai flew back knocking her helmet off revealing her true face to the violent group. Hun bent down and picked up the helmet.

"Master?" he asked as he looked at the voice changing box. "Karai!" he growled as she was helped to her feet.

"To impersonate our master is sacrilege." The Elite said. "You dishonor him." The Foot began to ready their attack.

"Looks like it's time for plan B." Leo said. We jumped down and started to fight. We had our butts handed to us though. With all three groups against just the five of us it was bound to happen. Then we got surrounded with Casey entrapped in a net.

"Okay, we're out numbered, out weaponed and surrounded. What do we do now?" I asked.

"We make peace with ourselves and prepare our bodies for destruction." Karai said.

"Yeah, I'm not okay with that. I'm only 15." Pete said

"Funny how you didn't mention that part in the plan earlier." I said.

"Mistress, you must leave immediately." One the Japanese guards said.

"No, I will stay here and see this through." Karai said.

"The Shredder may have raised you Karai, but you're nothing like him." Leo said.

"How so?" she asked.

"You understand honor." Leo said.

"Hun! Eliminate them all and we will not forget your help when the Elite controls New York City." The Elite said.

"That's the first thing I heard since this stupid war began that makes sense." Hun said as he raised his gun at us. Just as he was about to fire though, a throwing star came out of nowhere and embedded itself into the gun causing it to not work and explode.

In the smoke something was attacking and throwing out the bodies of the unconscious Foot. Out of the smoke was a shadow walking that we couldn't quite make out. That is until he stepped out and turned out be Raph.

"Hey guys, miss me?" he asked twirling his sais.

"Raph!"

"All right!"

"Thank god!" were the cries that were heard at the return of our hotheaded brother. The Elite began to attack and Leo turned to Raph.

"I thought you were sitting this one out." Leo said.

"Well, I calmed down, thought about it and realized I was being an idiot." Raph said as he tossed an Elite away like it was nothing.

"You did that all by yourself?" I asked as I knocked a couple of ninja unconscious.

"Well, I kind of had a little help." Raph said pointing back at the smoke. Out jumped Splinter as he kicked away a couple of ninja.

"My sons, I was worried we would be too late." Splinter said.

"Nah, we had everything under control." Donnie said.

"Well, almost everything." Pete said with a smile.

"Turtles, let us finish this." Karai said as she fought.

We tagged teamed the remaining Foot ninja until they all were unconscious. Karai walked over to where the Elite ninja laid and held up the medallion she had.

"Do you not know this symbol on this seal?" she asked. The Elite stood up and answered.

"Yes, it is the Shredder's seal. The seal of the Foot" the elite said.

"Then you are honor bound to obey me for I represent the Shredder." Karai said.

"We will not." The Elite said. Karai lifted her sword and the Elite bowed his head and Karai brought the sword down. Just cutting the weird hat upon his head.

Hun was over on the other side of the room and picked up a pillar. He smacked it against her sending her across the room. He began beating her with it.

"I will never serve you!" he said. Before he could bring it down on her one more time Leo and Raph came up to him and punched him at the same time. Then the two began beating him until he was kicked out the window by Karai. In the distance we heard the telltale signs of sirens but Karai wanted to get the Foot on her side.

"Swear fealty to me. Swear it!" she said pointing her sword at him.

"I…I swear mistress." He stammered as he lowered his head. "Diason!" they bowed down to Karai swearing their fealty to her as well.

"What's happening? What'd I miss?" Casey asked as he got out of the net.

"Thank you. I am in your debt." Karai said to Leo. "I shall keep my promise. The vendetta is lifted. The Foot will not take revenge for the slaying of their master."

"You are honorable, Karai. I know you will keep your word." Leo said.

"You stood with me to the last. All of you have great strength and courage. I hope in the future when our paths cross we will not be enemies." Karai said.

"Only fate can tell." Leo said.

"Regrettably fate is not the only master we must serve." Karai said as they jumped out the window as well. Leo turned to Splinter, we still had a couple minutes before the cops decided to come up the tower.

"Master Splinter, I'm sorry. I just had to something and I…" Leo said as Splinter interrupted him.

"It is alright, my son. Sometimes you must follow your heart even if others tell you not to." Splinter said with a kind smile.

"Thank you master." Leo said.

Then we all went home. And relaxed from the hard fight we had.