It has been a few months since the turtles had last battled the Shredder. They were hit hard. They remained underground for a couple of weeks, in recovery but also in fear, fear of the Shredder finding them. The turtles had underestimated their opponent and were now paying the consequences.
Their mother had prohibited them from searching out the Foot and told them to focus on other matters around the city. While the Foot run free, the turtles are off fighting the Kraang, trying to stop whatever they are planning. They are more important at the moment.
As for the Foot, their operation became easier for them in trying to take over the city. With no turtles around, they didn't have to worry about them sabotaging their plans.
It was a cold night in the early days of March, the wind blew over the city as it kept the small remnants of snow from melting away. The crunching sound of snow was heard on top of the rooftops. Karai and a few Foot soldiers had finished their recon mission and were heading back to Foot Headquarters, right beside the Hudson River.
As they ran, one by one, Karai's men disappeared. She did not take notice of this, she just kept on running, wanting to get out of the harsh weather as fast as possible. She jumped down from one rooftop to another when suddenly she was met with a dozen robots. The same robots who had attacked her many months before. The Kraang.
They had been set up to ambush them. They surrounded her and her men, weapons in hand and ready to fight. But she wasn't going to end without a fight.
"Foot! Attack!" She ordered as she unsheathed her ninjata, the blade glistening in the moonlight of the night.
What was left of her soldiers fought off the Kraang but they quickly realized they were outmatched. Their weapons did not make a scratch on the metal bodies, some breaking on impact. The Kraang captured several foot soldiers and fled with them to who knows where. This was getting out of hand and it was only a matter of time before Karai was captured as well.
"Foot! Retreat!" Karai ordered her remaining soldiers. Taking out a smoke bomb from her pocket, she threw it to the ground, the small object exploding with its continents spreading throughout the crisp air. Once the smoke had dissipated, the Foot were gone.
"It is true, father! Those robots I had told you about came out and ambushed us, taking most of my men with them." Karai informed her father, who was sitting in his throne room alongside Cheng.
"This is not good. It seems like we have more enemies to wipe clean off the city. I want you to investigate where their stronghold is. Recon only." Saki ordered her. "We must know our enemy before aiming a move."
"Hai, father." Karai bowed and turned to leave both men in the dimly lit room. Once she was out of the room, Cheng sighed, having held in a breath.
"What is it, Cheng?" Saki asked curiously.
"I sense something sinister is coming. I don't we should have sent Karai on this mission." the elderly man confessed.
"I'm sure it can't be anything that bad. Karai is the best soldier in the entire clan, she can handle herself." Saki reassured.
Cheng did not respond but his mind lingered on his premonition.
The turtles were getting ready to head up to the surface to find another Kraang base. Wrapping their arms with bandages and tightening their elbow and knee pads, they gathered their weapons and started to head out towards the van that was parked in the garage.
Tang Shen peered out the entrance of the dojo, watching her sons leave once more to the world above. She was hesitant of letting them go out once again, since the battle with Shredder, her worry over them had increased. Not only that but the anger she has for Oroku Saki.
Once her sons had left, she retreated into the dojo. Standing in front of the shrine that was built into the wall, she bent down to grab the katana that was displayed on the wooden pedestal. She drew out the sword enough to see part of the blade, sharp and pristine since its forging. The sleek surface reflected her face like a mirror. She stared intently into the blade.
The katana had been made specifically for her when she was still human and part of the Hamato clan. It has drawn blood and has seen many things throughout the years. The last time it was unsheathed from its scabbard was against the Shredder.
The Shredder. Oroku Saki. The man that destroyed her family.
Rage filled her hands as she tightened her grip on the sword. Perhaps she could draw her sword one last time.
She quickly pushed the blade back into the scabbard before turning around and walking right out of the dojo.
Karai made her way to a Kraang base, using her leads to figure out where they would be located. Unfortunately, her leads led her nowhere. Most of them were mere rumors. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a van, a white van with a logo of a turtle shell.
"The turtles." She stated. She knew the turtles had a quarrel with the Kraang, perhaps following them would lead to her to them. She followed not far behind them.
After driving for a while, the van stopped in an alleyway near their destination. The back door opened and the turtles hopped out with April staying inside working the computers.
"Remember the plan guys, once we're in, we find their main computer, Donnie uses the chip he made to collect and erase the data inside before hightailing out of there and blow up the place," Leo explained the plan to his brothers who only rolled their eyes.
"We know fearless leader! Not like we've been doing that for the past couple months!" Raph nagged as he shut the doors to the van.
"Yeah well, some of you have been forgetting what to do for the past couple months, Raphael." The eldest argued back.
The red turtle merely clicked his tongue. "Touché."
"There is an entrance on the roof of the building. We should be able to get in no problem." Donnie interrupted as he looked over the blueprints on his screen being hologram by his wrist communicator.
"Alright, let's go," Leo said before heading up through the fire escape to the roof. His brothers followed shortly behind while April stayed in the van. They reach the roof and observe the area.
Raphael hears faint steps from behind the roof access of the building. His gut tells him they were being watched and decides to investigate.
"The roof is clear guys," April said through her microphone to Donnie's headset which was attached to his goggles.
"Roger that. The coast is clear." Donnie said to his leader.
"Hey, where's Raph?" Mikey pointed out.
"Gotcha!" Raph appeared from behind the roof entrance with Karai in his grasp. He held her arms behind her back in one hand while he wrapped his right arm on her neck. "Thought you could sneak up on us and take us out," Raph mocked her.
"Karai?!" The turtles blurted in surprise. They hadn't seen her since they had fought the Shredder and yet here she is.
"Guys what's going on?!" April asked worryingly.
"Karai followed us," Donnie answered.
"Is that bad?"
"We'll see."
"I wasn't going to kill you!" Karai told them, still trying to get out of the red turtle's iron grip.
"That's what you want us to believe! Did Shredder sent you to finish the job?" Donnie interrogated her as he pointed his staff at her.
"My father would rather finish the job himself than let anyone else do it. Besides, I'm here on other business." She spat out.
"What kind of business?" Leo asked her.
"Not sure if I should tell you." She replied.
"Tell us." Leo drew his katana and perched the blade to her thin neck, causing Karai to cease her struggle to avoid getting cut. His azure eyes staring menacingly into Karai's dark brown ones. She could see the anger inside him even if his face remained calm. She knew he was serious.
"I won't hesitate."
He moved the blade closer to her neck, the end barely scraping the soft, pale skin. She gulped before speaking.
"I am on a recon mission. I was assigned to find the Kraang's base and find useful information that the Foot could use to get rid of them." She confessed.
"You're after the kraang? Why?" Leo asked curiously, turning to look at his brothers who seem to be taken aback by her statement. Why would the Foot be after the Kraang? Did they do something to them?
"They had ambushed and captured our men the other night after a mission. My father found that as a threat and sent me to investigate. Leonardo… trust me when I say I am telling you the truth." She explained further.
Leonardo gazed into her eyes, trying to see if she was lying to him, keeping his blade close. But she wasn't, he could see she was telling the truth. He didn't want to accept it, especially after learning who she was back when they had met but he couldn't bring himself to harm her. She has done nothing wrong against them, she had kept their secret from the Shredder.
Hesitantly, he removed his katana from her neck and gestured Raphael to let her go. She stumbled a bit but regained her footing on the snow-covered rooftop as she brought her hand up to massage her neck. Leo repointed the tip of his katana to Karai's throat, capturing her attention.
"Don't think I'm letting you go that easily. You're coming with us." Leo told her.
"Not like I was going anywhere else." She replied, using her hand to remove the blade away from her. Leo tucked it away back into its scabbard.
Karai glances at the Kraang Base, "So this is the Kraang's base. I imagined there would be more to it." She said disappointedly looking at the worn and old structure. It looked nothing more than an abandoned building.
"No time for sightseeing. Let's go." Leo ordered before jumping off the roof and heading towards the base, everyone following close behind.
Meanwhile, in Foot Headquarters, Saki was training in his dojo. It captured the essence of a traditional dojo. The entire room was built with dark mahogany for the wood on the walls, ceiling, and floor. A couple of mats laid in the middle of the floor with a couple of punching bags hanging from the ceiling. On one side of the wall was a rack of wooden bo staff and tonfa.
In the center of one of the walls is a kamidana, a miniature Shinto shrine. It is adorned with wooden sculptures of a real shrine along with a couple of cups and jewels, candles, and incense. A small photograph was also present.
Performing kata after kata, he worked his muscles to become bigger and stronger. He wasn't alone in the room, however. Sitting beside the shrine was his council and the mystic Cheng. He sat on his knees with his staff laid beside him, a tea set laid out on a tray on the floor. He held a small cup filled with the leaf water.
After executing another successful set of katas, Saki took a moment to rest, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his forearm. His muscles ached from the movements. He collected himself once more and began the kata again. Clenching his fists, he let out a deep sigh before his body started moving.
Cheng took a small sip of his tea before setting it down on the tray.
"I sense something is bothering you, Saki. Is it about Karai?" Cheng stated.
"No. It's not about her." Saki replied, knowing full well he couldn't lie to Cheng. Cheng had always been able to sense people's auras better than most people. Saki's is no exception. For nearly 20 years he and Saki had been together, he knew how to read him.
Cheng is perplexed by his answer, "Then what is it that's bothering you?"
"It's about..." Saki finished his kata. He turns his head and gazes at the photograph on the kamidana.
Inside the photograph was a young man and a young woman, both Japanese. Both had sleek black hair and bright brown eyes. The man had sharper features while the woman had more round and soft features. Both were smiling brightly.
The man and woman in that photograph were Hamato Yoshi and Tang Shen.
"...Them."
"Saki..." Cheng grabs his staff and lifts himself from the ground and comes to stand beside his sensei. He stares at the image.
"You know they are dead." He says bluntly.
"I am not so sure anymore," Saki tells him.
"How could you not?! You saw them perish! You were the one to deal them their fate! You were the one who killed them!" Cheng retorted.
"You don't have to remind me of that! I know full well about what I've done, it still haunts me to this day." Saki snapped. He takes time to relax, inhaling and exhaling a deep breath.
"Ever since I fought those turtles, I have been reminded of them." Saki started. "The way those mutants fought, they fought the same as them."
"They were trained by someone from the Hamato clan, that we know for sure. The shuriken Ocho had brought us told us that but to say they were trained by Yoshi or Shen is preposterous." Cheng reasoned.
"Cheng, I'm being serious. Those turtles fight exactly like them, one of them has to be alive!" Saki argued. "And the other one, the one that came to rescue them only further proves my point. That ninja, they had to be one of them."
Cheng sighed, shaking his head as he brought his hand to his head. "I fear your head is in the clouds, Saki."
"Believe me, I know one of them is alive."
"Tell me again once you have proof of it." Cheng turns around and walks out of the dojo, leaving Saki alone as he watches the old man leave his sight.
He sighs, turning around back to the Kamidana. He picks up two sandalwood incense sticks from the box sitting upon the shelf and hovers them above the flames of the candles. Once lit, he places them on the ashtray in the middle of the shelf. He breathes in the woody smell of the incense, letting himself relax and clear his mind.
He sits upon the mat on the floor and closes his eyes. He breathes in and out in a constant and even rhythm.
Not moments later, a cloaked figure emerges from the shadows, walking away from one of the columns adorning the room. With sword in hand, the blade glistened in the light the candles provided, allowing the patterns inside the blade to shrine through. The figure came to stand behind Saki, the blade of their sword resting slightly above his head.
The turtles and Karai enter the dimly light building and sneak their way through. After checking every room in the building, they end up on the main floor, a lab that was completely stripped and powered out, the only source of light was the light from their phones. The entire building was empty.
"It's empty?" Leo asked confused.
"April, you sure we're in the right place? It's completely empty in here." Donnie spoke into his communicator.
"I'm sure. Perhaps the tracker got messed up or something." April responded.
"So I followed you four for nothing," Karai mumbled disappointedly, crossing her arms above her chest. She began wandering around the room, glancing back and forth on the undusted decor.
"Wait guys I'm getting some readings. Something's not right." April told them. Her fingers typed away at the keys, trying to figure out the problem.
As Leo wandered around, he tripped on something metal as it had made a clanking sound. He bent over and directed his phone on what he tripped on. The light illuminated a chain, a thick metal chain. He picked it up and tried to see where it led too. It was attached to metal plates on the ground. A trap and Karai was on top of it.
"Donnie!" April called out frantically.
"April, what's wrong?!" Donnie responded, worried by the sound of her voice.
"Guys get out of there!" April shouted through the microphone.
"Karai!" Leo called out as he ran to push Karai off of the metal plates but in doing so got himself trapped inside a cage. The chain was pulled and lifted the cage up into the air.
"Leo!" Everyone called out.
"Guys! It's a trap!" Leo warned them.
Suddenly, the lights were switched on, revealing a dozen kraang with guns surrounding them.
"We got you now turtles!" A Kraang soldier shouted.
"Guys, you know what to do," Raph said to his brothers. They got out their weapons and began attacking the Kraang. Karai too joined the fray, helping the turtles take down the kraang. They managed to take care of the robots but more kept flooding into the room.
Suddenly a giant mech version of the Kraang entered the lab, his giant gun pointing directly at the turtles.
"Oh no…" Mikey said aloud.
"Run!" Raph yelled.
The giant mech began firing at the turtles who scurried away from it, dodging the rapid shots of plasma.
"Guys! What's happening in there?!" April asked worryingly. On her computer, many yellow dots covered the screen, all surrounding the turtles.
"Can't talk! Trying not to die here!" Donnie responded as he took down another Kraang robot.
Karai glanced up to the cage and the chain. She began climbing the chain up towards the cage, deciding to set Leonardo free.
"Karai." He said when she managed to get to the cage.
"Don't move." She told him. She sawed off the chain that was holding the cage in the air and let it fall to the floor. The cage broke on impact, letting Leo out of it.
"Thanks…" He said to her as she slid down the chain to the ground. She nodded in response.
"Focus on the fight." She told him.
Before she went back, Leo put his hand on her shoulder, catching her attention. He took out one of his katana from its sheath and handed it to Karai.
"Your ninjata won't work on them, use mine. It can cut through them." He told her before she grabbed his sword. It was longer, sleeker, and more lightweight but it felt powerful. She tightened her grip on the tsuka, admiring the blue tsukamaki.
"Let's show these things who's boss," Karai smirked before she headed back into the fight with Leo following behind.
"So princess of the Foot is on our side," Raph commented to his blue-clad brother.
"Quit talking and fight." Leo scolded him before both began taking on the kraang.
The giant mech stilling fired at the turtles and it didn't seem it was letting up any time soon.
"Guys! Takedown the legs!" Leo ordered as he began finding a way up the robot.
The turtles began tearing down one leg of the robot, ripping out wiring and jamming the joints all the while keeping the Kraang off their backs and avoiding the shots of plasma. They managed to take one down and were ready to take down the second one.
Karai, on the other hand, had another idea. She began climbing up the side of the robot, eventually reaching the right arm. She stayed still as the robot tried to aim at the turtles with its left. Once it slowed down, she gripped Leo's katana and jumped off the arm. Raising the katana above her head, she swung down on the left arm which held the gun. The gun was sliced clean off.
The turtles watched in awe at the action. They had never seen anything like that. Leo felt butterflies in his stomach, his face getting a little warm for a turtle. They didn't dwell on it further as more Kraang came flooding in.
As the turtles kept the Kraang busy, Karai continued to fight the mech. She had gotten behind it and started climbing again. She had slipped a few times but she managed to get up to its shoulders. She flipped the katana in her hand and dug it into the head of the mech, effectively putting it out of commission. The robot fell to the ground and crushed a few Kraang.
To say the turtles were amazed was an understatement. Karai had beaten a giant Kraang mech all by herself, no help needed.
"Wow," Leo said as Karai walked up to him.
"Never underestimate me, kame," Karai smirked. Their tiny victory was put to an end as more Kraang kept swarming in.
"Donnie! You guys gotta get out of there! There's too many of them for you to fight!" April warned the purple turtle. Her screen was overrun with yellow dots.
"Guys! What do we-" Mikey was suddenly hit in his plastron by one of the Kraang. The blow knocking him unconscious.
"Mikey!" His brothers called out.
Raph came to his side grabbed him, putting over his back, holding his arms from slipping off.
"Leo! We need an exit!" Raph told him.
"I know!" Leo replied, stressed over his situation.
"I will hold them off for you!" Karai said to him.
"What?!"
"Go get your brother to safety! I will hold them off!" Karai insisted.
"But Karai…" Leo tried to protest but his brothers wouldn't let him.
"Leo! Come on!" Raph yelled at him. Raph and Don started making their way out of the building. Leo turned to face Karai.
"Go."
Leo followed his brothers out of the building, leaving Karai to fend for herself.
Karai was able to take on mostly every Kraang that came at her but soon her exhaustion came to weigh down on her. Not looking, she was shot by a tranquilizer dart. She fell unconscious on the floor, Leo's katana slipping from her hand.
The Kraang stood around her as an unknown figure appeared. She glanced down at the kunoichi and smiled cynically.
"Excellent."
Saki continued to meditate in the dojo, breathing in the wood smell of the incense sticks burning in their ashtray.
Tang Shen, who was the cloaked figure, had sneaked up behind Saki, her katana drawn out and aimed slightly above his head.
She had managed to infiltrate Foot Headquarters without being noticed by any of the soldiers or even by Saki himself. She had always been excellent at stealth and her infiltration only proves it further. She hadn't imagined getting this far but here she was, right behind the man that had destroyed her family. The one who had destroyed everything.
She adjusted her grip on the handle of the katana, holding it tighter and lifting it higher until her sword was above her head. She took in a couple of breaths before she swung down her sword.
But no such action happened. Something on the kamidana had caught her eyes. The photograph.
She glared at the photograph, the image of the man and woman, the image of her husband and herself, the image of what she once was.
She was stunned to find such a thing with Saki. How dare he have such an image of the people he had killed?! She was filled with more anger than what she came with. She tightened her muscles and without any hesitation, she swung her blade down.
But her blade did not hit its target.
"Nani?!"
Saki had captured the blade in his hands before it had made contact with his head. Shen was taken back by this but collected her mind and kicked his back, having Saki be lunged forward onto the ground.
He turned around to get up but was pushed back down once more, Tang Shen putting her foot down on his chest. Saki ceased his struggle to get her off once Shen had pointed her blade at his throat.
"W-Who are you?!" Saki demanded.
"Someone who will bring back honor to their family," Shen responded.
She pushed her sword down to meet Saki's throat but without a second thought, he grabbed the blade with his bare hands, cuts developing on his fingers, blood dripping and staining the blade.
"You will not hurt my family ever again!" She yelled, her voice cracking at the raw emotion coming forth from her statement.
"S-Shen?"
Shen froze on the spot, ceasing her attempts to harm Saki.
How?! How did he know it was her?!
Saki used this opportunity and kicked Shen back away from him. Shen was sent flying into one of the columns of the room but she quickly recovered, her shell absorbing the impact of the crash.
Both stood up from the ground and were preparing for an attack until suddenly, the building started to shake.
"Sensei!" Someone called out from outside the room. The sounds of footsteps could be heard getting louder.
Shen took out a smoke bomb from her pocket and threw it on the floor, the bomb exploding its white powder all around the room.
Saki coughed and blew the smoke away with his hand only to find Shen had already disappeared. He stood in the room baffled at what had just occurred, blood still dripping from the cuts on his hands. He was not sure what to think at the moment nor did he take notice of the building trembling around him. He was too stunned at the ninja's presence. While most of his mind was blank, there was one thought in his mind he could not get rid of.
"Shen...?"
Opening the manhole cover, Tang Shen entered into the sewers, landing in a small puddle of sewage. She pulled back her hood, slipped her scarf down, and leaned against the brick wall. She let herself rest for a few moments, regaining her breath.
Clenching her fists until they turned white, she turned around and punched the brick wall behind her, tiny chunks landing on the ground or digging into her skin as her knuckles bled from the impact.
She felt ashamed. She was so close to dealing Saki his death but she had let herself become distracted by his words, costing her her chance for revenge. But she did not sulk on it for long, though, she would have a new chance to get at him but that won't be for a long while. She knew Saki too well, he would prepare for another attack like that once more.
But in the meantime, she will wait for another opportunity to come. She began making her way back to the lair.
The turtles had arrived home, Leonardo stepping on the gas pedal harder than usual to get home as fast as possible. Donatello had done an emergency patch job on Mikey's wound to prevent more loss of blood and infection. It was all he could've done until they had gotten back to the lair.
They stepped out of the van and into Don's lab where the garage was connected too.
"Set him down gently," Donnie directed at Raphael who was carrying Mikey to the exam table. "April, go get my med kit, second shelf."
"I could've... walked... y' know," Mikey argued as he sat on the table.
"You would've fallen. You want to have your head busted too?" Raph replied.
"No..." Mikey muttered.
"Good, now lay down and let Donnie fix you up," Raph told him as he pushed down the younger turtle onto his back.
"Thanks, April," Donnie grabbed the medkit April had brought him and opened it. Grabbing a couple of wipes and the hydrogen peroxide, he removed the makeshift gauze off of Mikey's wound and rubbed the peroxide onto it.
"Ah! It stings!" Mikey yelped in discomfort.
Suddenly, the lab's door opened. Everyone turned around to find Tang Shen coming into the room, a worried look on her face when she saw what was going on.
"What happened?" She asked as she came to be at Mikey's side, stroking his head with her left hand.
"Mikey got shot by a Kraang. Luckily the wound isn't too deep so he should heal within a week." Donnie explained to his mother as he began to glue on several clips at the edges of the cut and clipping them together to hold the plastron in place.
"I'm okay, mom. Really." Mikey reassured her as he tensed by the forced movement of his shell.
"I know you are." She said.
While Donnie continued his work, Leonardo decided to leave the lab, heading into the living room and taking a seat on the recliner. He rubbed his face with his hands and gave a hard sigh.
Raphael came out of the lab as well and walked to sit on the armrest of the recliner Leo was sitting in.
"You're thinking about her aren't you?" The red turtle said.
"I shouldn't have left her alone. I should've been there to help her take down those Kraang." Leo replied.
"You're worrying too much. You saw how she was able to take down that big dude all on her own. What will more kraang do to her?" Raph reasoned. Leo sighed at his remark. It was true, she could take them but would she last?
Raph planted a hand on his brother's shoulder, "I may not trust her but I gotta admit, she's got skill. She'll make it out of there. Trust me."
The corners of Leo's mouth curved up, "Thanks Raph."
"Anything for you, bro." Raph patted his shoulder before getting up and entering the lab once more, leaving Leo to sulk in his thoughts.
Alarms blared throughout the building. The lights flashing red every few seconds. The building shook, parts of the ceiling began falling apart.
"What is happening?!" Cheng asked, confused about the sudden vibrations. An earthquake in New York is possible but highly unlikely.
"Soldiers! Come in! What is happening?!" Saki questioned his soldiers through his communicator.
"Something's broke into the building! I-It's destroying everything and its heading straight-" The line was cut off, only static came through the communicator. Saki grabbed his gauntlet and put it on his arm and waited for the intruder.
"Get behind me, Cheng," Saki said. Cheng did what he was told and stood behind his master.
Suddenly, the doors were blasted open to reveal a giant robot accompanied by other smaller robots who had guns aimed at Saki.
"Good evening, Oroku Saki." The giant robot said.
Saki pointed his gauntlet towards the robot, "Who are you?!"
"I am Commander Kraang of Dimension X and I have come to propose an alliance with you." Commander Kraang introduced himself, putting a hand on his chest.
"You think I would align myself with someone of the likes of you?! Someone who had captured my men?! To break in here like you own this building?!"
"I am deeply sorry about that but I had to make sure I had your full attention." Kraang apologized before gesturing his soldiers.
A robot brought forth Karai, her wrists restrained and her mouth covered my a muzzle.
"Karai! Let her go!" Saki demanded furiously.
"I will let her go, once after you hear me out, or I kill your daughter right where she stands," Kraang says, another robot pointing its gun next Karai's head.
Saki was backed up to a corner, his body tensing and his hands turning into fists. He knew he couldn't afford any harm to come down to her daughter but he had no other choice. He relaxed his hands and exhaled.
"Fine… Speak." Saki said.
"Glad we can come to our senses. As I said before, I am commander Kraang of Dimension X. I come from an alien race named the Utroms and have come to conquer the Earth. You and I have a common enemy in this city, four mutant turtles if I'm correct." He explained.
"Yes, those turtles have caused us a bit of trouble," Saki confirmed.
"Those turtles have compromised many of our plans and have become a threat to our conquest. I have witnessed how well you fight and know you can get rid of those turtles." Krang further explained, adding in some praise to convince the leader of the foot.
"So I propose this alliance. I will supply you with our technology to do as you please and in return, you do everything you can with that technology to kill those turtles." Kraang proposed.
"And what do we get for getting rid of the turtles?" Saki questioned him.
"You will be spared from my conquest, have your place to continue to live while I conquer this mudball of a planet," Kraang answered.
"What do you say, Saki? Do we have ourselves a deal?"
"Saki… do not side with them. Do not." Cheng whispered his master. Something inside him knew that siding with the Kraang was a bad idea.
"If I say yes, will you give me back my daughter?" Saki asked, fully ignoring Cheng's words.
"Of course."
"Saki!" Cheng retorted but there was no way of getting through to Saki. His daughter meant the world to him and he would be damned if he lost her.
"I accept," Saki said, much to the dismay of Cheng and to the joy of Kraang.
"Good."
Kraang nodded to his soldiers, taking off the restraints off of Karai. She collapsed to her knees, finally able to rest form her exhaustion. Saki took off his gauntlet, threw it to the floor, and ran to his daughter, kneeling to embrace her.
"I will deliver my resources to your scientists in due time. And do not fail me, Saki or I won't spare you once the time comes." Kraang told him before taking his leave of the building.
Kraang is on his way back to his hideout, he opens up his communication line that is attached to his arm.
"Yes, commander Kraang?" A voice spoke from the other line.
"I want you to prepare something special for a new specimen that I have my eye on," Kraang said.
"Consider it done, sir. What specimen will it be?" The voice responded.
"The Shredder's daughter, Karai."
Saki stood in front of the window that looked out to the view of the city. He had Karai by side, afraid of letting her go after what had happened.
"I cannot believe you Saki!" Cheng yelled out furiously.
"Believe what?" Saki asked, a rather bit confused.
"Why did you side with them?!" Cheng questioned his actions, wanting answers.
"Cheng is right, why did you do it?" Karai too wanted answers.
"I did it for you," Saki answered as he turned to his daughter.
"I am nothing more than a soldier. I can be replaced." Karai told him, bowing her head down.
"You are my daughter! No one can replace that." Saki retorted.
"I do not trust them Saki, I sense a dark presence within them," Cheng warned him to which Saki agreed.
"Neither do I but if they are willing to give us their technology to get rid of those turtles, then perhaps that could benefit us in the future. Allowing us to defeat our other enemies with more ease." Saki argued.
"But we have never needed the use of such technology! The foot has never needed help from others! Ever!" Cheng retorted.
"I am the sensei! I am the one who decides what to do with this clan! They are of some use to us! They can help us defeat our enemies faster." Saki snapped. He was having enough of this conversation.
"But what if they decide to betray us?" Karai asked.
"Do not worry, I will make sure to have a contingency plan," Saki responded, reassuring his daughter.
"Your father would have never allowed this," Cheng said.
"I am not my father."
"Then he would have been ashamed."
Cheng turns to leave to his sleeping quarters, he's had enough of Saki disobeying him.
"Do not listen to him." Karai comforted her father who only sighed.
"I know… I know..."