Memories of Danny and the Turtles meeting Valerie and Karai flash everywhere, from when they had first fought, coming up with the plan to stop the gang war in the city and when they fought together.
LEO: There comes a time in a ninja's life when he or she must choose, between the path the others would have them follow and the true path of their heart.
Memories of Karai and Valerie being raised by both Oroku Saki and Vlad Masters then flash everywhere.
DANNY: Karai and Valerie were raised by the Shredder and Vlad Plasmius, taught ninjustu and ghost hunting by the Shredder and Vlad Plasmius and they serve both of them still, but there's something different about them. Karai and Valerie are not the Shredder or Plasmius.
LEO: And because of that, the girls are going to have to make a choice. Between serving their masters or serving their own sense of honour. Danny and I only hope, they make the right choice.
Karai and Valerie kneel before a healing Vlad Masters and Oroku Saki in a secret lab. After hearing their master's plans to get revenge on Danny and the Turtles, they both hid their feelings discreetly. Remembering their promise to Danny and the Turtles. Will they be able to keep their word?
ROGUE IN THE HOUSE PART 1
At Foot HQ, Valerie and Karai entered the main office of the building and entered the secret lab behind the wall panel where Oroku Saki was still in the large tank being healed by the viosite worms and Vlad Masters was removing the bandages from his body.
The girls bowed to their masters as Karai asked, "You summoned us Masters?"
"We did. Our recuperation has finally come to an end. The worms and the plant have done their work." Vlad Masters said as he stretched out his muscles and pulled out the IV from his arm.
"At long last, the time has arrived for my resurrection and return." Oroku Saki finished as the worms disappeared, a platform was placed underneath him, the liquid from the tank drained and the glass opened.
"As you command." Valerie said as she and Karai bowed to them.
Karai held Oroku Saki in her hands and carried him over to a brand new exo-skeleton of his armour. Valerie bought over Vlad's shirt and suit coat and handed it to him. He placed it on and then grinned as he changed into his ghost form.
The chamber of the exo-skeleton closed with Oroku Saki now inside and he was now moving in his brand new body.
"And so we stand before the world, reborn!" Oroku Saki, now once again the Shredder said ready for action. He then turned to Vlad and asked, "How do you feel my friend?"
"Ready for revenge." Vlad Plasmius answered, still grinning as they exited the lab.
"Excellent for we have little time to waste. The Utroms who hunted us and their accursed human Guardians including Maddie Fenton may have gone, but they will return in greater numbers." Shredder said. "We must be ready."
"Unfortunately my lords, we are not ready." Karai said.
"What?!" Both Shredder and Vlad asked in shock.
"Due to the futile war for control of New York, many of your followers were destroyed in the conflict." Valerie explained.
"Yes Valerie, but what we lack in numbers, we make up for with strength and loyalty." Hun said as he and Skulker both entered the room with their own grins as the muscular man cracked his knuckles.
Both Hun and Skulker bowed in front of Shredder and Vlad as Skulker then said, "It's good to see you both back in action."
"And if you come with me and Skulker, we will show you what we've been working on." Hun said.
Shredder, Karai, Vlad and Valerie followed Hun and Skulker to a helicopter where they flew them to a large ship on the ocean near the docks of New York City. They entered the massive lab that was built inside.
"First off Master Shredder and Master Plasmius, both Skulker and I have a couple of welcome back presents that I hope you will enjoy." Hun said as he stood in front of some sort of hovering tank.
Skulker snapped his fingers and appeared before them was none other than Technus, now in an upgraded form. Skulker then spoke, "This here is one of our newest scientists joining us. Nicolai Technus. He may be a bit eccentric, but he has shown great progress in our work here. In fact, he's one of the reasons we were able to get this lab up and running so quickly."
Both the Shredder and Vlad looked around, impressed by the lab that had been built. Vlad then said, "Very impressive Technus."
"Thank you sir." Technus said with a grin. He then gestured to the tank behind Hun as he added, "I had also another brain offer his assistance to me."
Hun moved out of the way, revealing a brain with one eyeball floating in the tank as he said, "May I re-introduce you to Baxter Stockman."
Valerie and Karai gasped at the sight. Vlad then spoke with a mere laugh, "This is Baxter Stockman? Hah! You've lost weight."
"Of course it's me! Look around you! Yes Technus had help from me! Without my genius, this facility wouldn't even possible. These imbeciles working for you have the technological skills of a monkey!" Baxter Stockman said, complaining about most of the Foot tech soldiers.
"And you have been naughty Stockman. Betraying us once too often." Shredder said, showing amusement at Baxter Stockman's current state. "You should've quiet while you were a head."
He laughed at his own joke. Baxter Stockman then began to say, "Go ahead and laugh Shredder! If it wasn't for my knowledge regarding…."
Technus reached over and turned down the nob at the bottom of Stockman's tank, literally turning his voice down. Hun grinned and then said, "Thanks to Technus's technology, we have discovered some of the benefits of having Stockman in this state. Allow me to demonstrate how the good doctor was induced to handing over so much of his information."
He pulled out a remote and pressed the button. Electrical currents began to immediately electrocute Stockman inside the tank, causing him to shrivel and scream in pain as the torture began. Karai and Valerie were completely appalled by what they were witnessing.
Karai was the first to speak up, "Masters, where is the honour here? His misery should be put to an end, not prolonged!"
"Do not presume to question me or Plasmius Karai!" Shredder hissed. "Stockman is the perfect example of what happens to those who betray us. Is that clear?"
All Karai and Valerie could do was nod, even though they didn't like it. Hun said still grinning, "Yes Master. A perfect example and now we shall show you, your new army."
"These are our latest and deadliest weapons of destruction. The Foot Mechs." Technus introduced as they walked into another part of the lab.
The lights came on a conveyer belt and lined up were nine robotic bodies. Two of them had clothes and skin on, a couple were complete but a few weren't finished quite yet. All of them showed similarities to the Exo-Suits the Utroms had invented when they first crashed on Earth so long ago.
Skulker then began to explain, "As you know, the Utrom Exo-Suits possess unimaginable strength and reflexes. These nine Foot Mechs that have been created, are an advanced android technology based on those Exo-Suits and they have been upgraded with weaponry. Completely under your control from this command centre."
"Why are there only nine?" Vlad asked.
"I can answer that one sir." Technus said as he showed an image of what looked to be a very advanced microchip on the computer screen. "These Foot Mechs have been constructed around an Utrom Bio-chip and even with my powers of technology, the chip is beyond mine or even any our ability to create or replicate. We were only able to recover nine Bio-chips from the wreckage of the TCRI building that the Utroms had left behind."
"But nine may be all that we need." Hun said, feeling proud of the work that was done. "No-one else on Earth will have weapons like these."
He walked over to the ones in suits and continued, "Once finished, these two will be perfect reproductions of the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of England."
He then walked over to the darker side of the conveyer belt and finished, "And I think you'll enjoy these two Masters."
The light shone on and both Shredder and Vlad gasped in shock to see there was a Foot Mech robot that looked almost identical to Master Splinter but had no fur on it. Standing next to the robot was a 12-year-old girl with black hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a red beanie, a blue hooded jumper and red shorts with converse shoes. She was practically a female version of Danny. Around her neck was a black collar with a red light glowing in the middle.
"What is that….girl?" Vlad asked.
"That Master, is almost a perfect clone we managed to create from the DNA sample we had obtained from the halfa whelp a few months back." Skulker answered. "From the research we had managed to save from the first Foot HQ building, we had continued to attempt to make a half-ghost clone army. However on the first experiment, we still had several unstable clones come out before this one. We call her Danielle and she has proven not only stable, but stronger than the other clones we had made so far."
"What is with the collar on her neck?" Shredder asked.
"It seemed that she too much like the original Daniel. After she was created, we didn't expect memories from the other Daniel to appear in her mind and she had made several escape attempts, trying to tell Danny and the Turtles about our work." Technus answered. "And so, I made the collar that keeps her under our control. Any signs of resistance and she is met with an electrical shock, but so far it has proven to keep her under our control."
"Allow us to demonstrate." Hun said with a grin.
A couple of metal squares with a crude picture of a turtle and Danny on them appeared before them from the roof. Hun then ordered, "Foot Mech, Danielle; destroy!"
The Splinter robot suddenly leapt into action and delivered several powerful deadly kicks and punches to the square, causing deep dents. Danielle suddenly changed into her own ghost form which consisted of a two piece black and white jumpsuit only her gloves were opposite colours, snow white hair and glowing green eyes.
She charged up her hands and with a roar of anger, she fired a powerful ectoblast and completely destroyed the second square, leaving nothing but ashes.
"They're perfect!" Both Vlad and Shredder said, impressed by their new weapons.
Hun and Skulker gave a cruel smirk to Valerie and Karai who both said nothing. The boat rocked for a moment before it stopped and a horn blew, signalling they had made port. Karai then reported, "We have arrived Masters."
"Good. Then we should test our new weapons." Vlad said and then said to Shredder. "Do you agree Shredder."
"Absolutely Plasmius." Shredder said, behind his armoured mask he was grinning. He then ordered Hun and Skulker, "Send those two out to hunt down Daniel and the Turtles. Find their hiding place and destroy them once and for all!"
Meanwhile down in the sewers, the sound of cheering and excitement could be heard. Danny and the Turtles were riding on their own Shell Sleds made by Donnie himself. All of them shouted out in excitement as they enjoyed the adrenaline rush.
Raph sped up in front of them and took the lead. He continued to speed through when he suddenly saw something up ahead with his headlight. He slowed down and came to a stop. The others finally caught up and stopped beside Raph.
"Hey Raph, what's the hold up….Woah!" Mikey began to ask, but it turned into a gasp of shock when he saw what was standing in front of them.
His space uniform had several rips on it and his helmet had a small crack on it. Standing before them was a Triceraton!
"A Triceraton?! Here?!" Leo asked still in shock as they climbed off their shell sleds and pulled out their weapons, ready to fight if need be.
"It can't be! The Triceratons and the Federation soldiers were beamed back by the Utroms before they left." Danny said, also in shock to see a Triceraton here on Earth.
They all remembered when they had been transported to the other side of the Galaxy, where they had first met Professor Honeycutt and Jazz, being captured and placed into a Triceraton prison and then a Triceraton Gladiator Arena. It was only thanks to the help of Traximus, Wulf and the other Gladiators they were able to escape from there. They also remembered when they returned from to Earth, Maddie and Mortu had the two squadrons of both Triceratons and Federation soldiers sent back to where they had attempted to build Professor Honeycutt's portal.
"You don't think it's an invasion, do you?" Mikey asked.
Suddenly the Triceraton groaned and held his head in pain. He was gasping for breath, indicating he was having trouble breathing.
He suddenly shouted, "Enemy….sighted! Enemy engage!"
He suddenly charged right for them, however he ran straight past them and stood in front of one of the shell sleds and began destroying it with his own two hands while screaming, "FEDERATION ROBOT!"
"Ummm….what's up with that?" Mikey asked, sharing the same confusion as his brothers about the Triceraton's behaviour.
He continued to bash against the sled until it was completely dented and out of commission. He then fell to his knees, grasping at his throat. They could hear him coughing and wheezing, trying to breathe. Donnie then realised what was going on.
"It's the air! His breather mask is cracked." Donnie explained. "He's breathing our air and it's affecting his brain. The Triceraton Homeworld has an atmosphere of nitrogen and sulphur remember? Our oxygen must be making him delusional."
The Triceraton looked at them, but instead of attacking he stood up and saluted them as he said, "Sirs! Trooper Zog, Serial Number XJ4! Reporting (cough) for duty sirs!"
They didn't know what to do, but Leo saluted back. Raph then suggested, "I think he thinks we're some kind of Triceraton officers or something."
"What should we do?" Donnie asked
"Anything that might keep big horned and ugly from ripping us limb from limb!" Mikey answered, nervousness could be heard in his voice.
Danny then thought of something and decided to speak with the Triceraton who's name was Zog. He walked up to him and spoke like a commanding officer, "At ease soldier! Situation report."
Zog stood at attention and began his report in between breaths, "Must complete mission sir."
"And what mission is that soldier?" Danny then asked.
"Must capture Fugitoide at all costs sir." Zog answered, recalling what happened back at the TCRI building. "My squadron was pursuing target when we were caught in an energy beam (gasps). Transported to co-ordinates, unfamiliar to this soldier. Engaged with Federation soldiers who were also after the Fugitoide and in the heat of battle, became separated from my unit. (Gasp) Failed to capture target and was unable to re-connect with squad. I also lost my weapon sir. Request permission to terminate self for disgraceful failure of mission sir."
Danny's eyes widened when he made that request and immediately said, "No! Permission denied, since the uh…Fugitoide mission was a success! Isn't that right General Leonardo?"
"Exactly Commander Danny. You Zog are to be commended for…your uh…survival skills." Leo finished, adding to the lie.
The soldier looked somewhat relieved at hearing that and said, "Yes sir…thank you sir… (gasp) (cough)."
"This poor guy is breathing poison." Donnie said as he turned to the now destroyed shell sled and opened up the back of it. "Maybe I can rig up a temporary breather from one of the nitrogen fuel enhancer tanks of the Shell Sled."
"Hold on! Are you nutso?" Raph asked, not believing what his brother just suggested. "If horn head here gets a clear head, he might realise that we're the enemy and wipe us out."
"But we can't turn our backs on him when he needs help. That's just wrong." Donnie said as he finished making the breather and walked over to Zog with it.
"Here, let me hook you up big guy." Donnie said, gesturing for him to bend down lower.
Zog bent down and allowed Donnie to remove his old oxygen mask and place on the new breather on him. Donnie adjusted it and made sure it was turned on before saying, "Okay, I don't know how much this will help, but you should breathe a little easier now."
Zog took in deep breaths and found his breathing to be a lot easier and back to normal. Giving Donnie a salute across his chest he said, "Sir! Thank you sir."
Donnie smiled, glad he could help. But then they suddenly heard the voice of Master Splinter, "My sons!"
They turned to see Master Splinter being held up by what looked like a twelve year old little girl, wearing a red beanie, shorts and a blue hooded jumper. To Danny and the Turtles, she looked a lot like Danny himself. But what was most concerning about them was, they looked like they had been injured badly by something.
"Master Splinter?! Are you okay? Who is this girl?" Donnie asked.
"An intruder in our lair…. I was attacked…. I barely managed to escape….this girl helped me but got hurt herself…. You must take us back…defend our home…defend…" Master Splinter said weakly before they both collapsed to the ground.
"My name is Danielle….I'm a homeless girl….I fell in the sewers and found him hurt. Please help us." The girl said, groaning a little as she held her head.
"Master Splinter! / Sensei!" Danny and the Turtles shouted and immediately ran over to the two.
Danny held the little girl as he said, "It's alright little one. We're gonna help you."
Donnie and Leo helped up Master Splinter and Donnie said, "He's hurt pretty bad. He's barely breathing! And he's cold…"
"What are we gonna do?" Mikey asked.
"We're gonna do what we're told. We're gonna go back to the lair and…" Leo began to say, but then Raph cut him off and said in anger while cracking his knuckles, "And I'm gonna kick the shell out of whoever did this to Master Splinter and this kid!"
They all headed to the shell sleds, except for Danny who held Danielle in his arms bridal style and changed into his ghost form and said, "Mikey, you take my shell sled."
"What about him? We can't just leave him here." Mikey asked about Zog.
"Then bring him, but let's go." Leo said as he positioned Master Splinter in front of him on his shell sled.
"Soldier, follow us." Mikey commanded Zog as he climbed onto Danny's shell sled.
"Sir, yes sir!" Zog said with a nod and as they rode off, Zog followed.
Thanks to Zog's strength and speed, he didn't have any trouble keeping up with them. They were halfway to the lair when they suddenly saw something up ahead that truly baffled them. They came to a stop to see standing before them was none other than a none-injured Master Splinter?
"Master Splinter?" Leo asked in complete confusion.
The others stood up, ready to fight but was also confused as to what was going on. The Master Splinter standing before them then said while gesturing to the Master Splinter in Leo's hands and Danielle, "Put them down now!"
Leo asked as the Master Splinter in his hands as he woke up, "Master Splinter, what is this? What's going on?"
"Danielle, what's going on?" Danny asked her.
All of them were unaware that Shredder, Plasmius, Technus, Hun, Skulker, Valerie and Karai were watching from the monitors through the robotic Splinter and Danielle's collar.
"Now you've done it, you muscle bound thugs!" Stockman began to speak to Hun and Skulker getting on their nerves. "We can't have two Master Splinters in the same place! And it won't be long until they discover what Danielle really is! You both botched the whole thing!"
"Back off Stockman!" Hun sneered, holding his finger over the shock button as a warning, which caused Stockman to back off.
Skulker then spoke to the Foot soldiers controlling the robotic Splinter and Danielle through her collar, "Try to get the boy and the Turtles to attack the rat. Accuse him of being an imposter."
The Foot began to type into the controls, doing what Skulker had ordered them to do.
"That…that is what attacked me. Destroy it!" Robo Splinter said with a glare at the real Master Splinter.
"It's true! It then attacked me as I was trying to help." Danielle added.
"No my sons. He is the imposter and I don't know who this little girl is, but she's obviously helping whatever he is. Put them down now!" Master Splinter said truthfully.
"Say what?" Mikey said, now really confused.
"The Turtles and Daniel will not be taken in by such an obvious ruse!" Plasmius said, getting impatient and could see that this was getting nowhere.
"He's right you two. Destroy them now while you both still have the element of surprise." Shredder ordered.
"Yes my lords." Hun said and then ordered the Foot soldiers at the controls. "You heard the masters. Activate the Foot Mech's lethal protocols and order Danielle to attack in her ghost form now!"
Robo Splinter's eyes suddenly glowed red and in Danny's arms, Danielle changed into her ghost form. Robo Splinter then got up and kicked Raph hard in the stomach, knocking him straight into Donnie and sending them falling to floor of the sewer.
Danielle jumped out of Danny's arms and blasted him back with an ecto-blast, sending him crashing into the walls and causing a large dent in the bricks. Robo Splinter then turned and hit Leo in the stomach, sending him crashing and falling next to Danny.
"Danielle's half-ghost?!" Danny said in shock and pain as he sat up.
Mikey pulled out his nun-chucks as Robo Splinter leapt to attack him next, but Master Splinter jumped in and kicked him away with a flying spin kick. Danielle then flew over with an ecto-charged fist straight at Danny who leapt out of the way, causing her to hit the brick wall and create a hole in it.
The Turtles and Zog who helped them stand back up, watched as Master Splinter and Danny fight against Robo Splinter and Danielle, who seemed to show no emotion as she fought against Danny. However, it seemed that Danielle and Robo Splinter were more powerful as they blasted and punched both Danny and Master Splinter straight into another wall.
"We have to help them!" Leo said as they pulled out their weapons.
"Yeah, but which Splinter do we attack?" Raph asked, unsure which one was now the real Master Splinter.
"Hun, Skulker, we are growing impatient. Finish them now!" Plasmius sneered.
"Take it up to full force attack and shock Danielle more to finish it now!" Hun ordered the Foot soldiers.
Robo Splinter's eyes glowed a brighter red as he was activated more. Danielle suddenly screamed in pain as the collar around her neck began to shock her hard, which Donnie noticed and shouted, "Danny, aim a blast at the collar around Danielle's neck! I think she's being controlled!"
Both Danny and Master Splinter quickly ducked out of the way as Robo Splinter and Danielle, delivered a punch each, hitting the wall instead. Danny allowed Danielle to get a bit closer to him and then aimed a ecto-laser from his finger, hitting the collar on her neck. The thing shocked her, causing her to scream for a moment and then she collapsed to the floor in her human form unconscious.
Robo Splinter then leapt up and kicked Master Splinter right in the face sending him falling down to the floor.
"MASTER SPLINTER!" Danny yelled, before Robo Splinter grabbed him by the arm and sent him crashing to the ground once more.
Robo Splinter then charged straight at Leo, dodged his sword attacks and kicked him right into one of the Shell Sleds. He dodged Raph's strikes with the sais, before leaping up and punching him in the stomach. He grabbed the end of Donnie's staff before it could hit him and flipped him right over his shoulder, before spinning around and kicking Mikey in the stomach with a leaping split kick.
He then continued to deliver a series of punches, which Mikey tried his best to block them with his arms and nun chucks.
Raph then looked at Zog and got an idea. He then spoke to Leo, "Yo! Maybe it's time to send in the reinforcements."
Leo looked at Zog and got the idea. Zog could easily take out Robo Splinter just like he did with the Shell Sled earlier. Without wasting any more time, he pointed at Robo Splinter and ordered Zog, "Soldier, engage the enemy!"
"Yes sir!" Zog said before charging at Robo Splinter and shouted, "FOR THE REPBULIC!"
He punched Robo Splinter with his giant fist, hitting him dead on and caused him to crash into the brick wall. Robo Splinter sparked with electricity as he got back up, glaring at Zog and revealing half of his metallic face for all to see.
They all gasped in shock and before Robo Splinter could attack again, Zog grabbed him and slammed him against the ground several times, before holding him above his head and ripping him apart literally in half!
He dropped Robo Splinter as it sparked and shut down. Zog was about to attack again when Leo stopped him saying, "No! Stand down soldier! Mission accomplished."
He looked at the now destroyed Robo Splinter and added, "Definitely accomplished."
Donnie began to look at the robot as Raph asked, "What I wanna know is where Robo Splinter and this halfa girl come from and who sent them?"
"And how does this kid look like me and have ghost powers?" Danny added, looking at Danielle after he leaned her against the wall.
"It does not matter!" Master Splinter growled as he stood up, his anger showing about what happened. "Whoever they are, I will not stand by while they use my likeness or a child to attack my family. We must strike back immediately!"
Raph merely smiled and whispered to Danny and Leo, "I've never seen him so steamed! I'm kinda enjoying actually."
They suddenly heard Danielle groan and wake up. She looked at them wearily and then recognised them from her memories that she received and said, "Are you Danny, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello and Master Splinter?"
"Who are you young one? How do you know who we are?" Master Splinter asked gently, though still stood ready in case she attacked this time willingly.
"And how do you have ghost powers? Why do you look like me?" Danny asked.
"Please believe me, I never wanted to attack any of you. My name really is Danielle and I'm a half-ghost clone of you Danny, created in a genetics lab from your DNA." Danielle answered, causing them all to gasp.
She then continued, "I can't remember much, but there were so many failed clones and I was the only one so far to be successful and stable. However, they didn't expect that I would have your memories Danny of you growing up with Master Splinter and the Turtles, all the good you had done, everything. I tried to escape, but each time was a failure. After that, they placed this collar on me and….I can't remember anything after that. All I remember was pain and every time I resisted, I was met with torture from this collar."
Tears began to fall from her eyes as she said, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
Master Splinter placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "It is alright. You couldn't control yourself. Do you remember the place where you were sent to attack us?"
She shook her head and answered, "No. I can't remember anything. I can't even remember who it was that sent me to attack you with the robot here."
She stood up and said after wiping her eyes, "I will however, help you stop whoever did this."
"Are you sure about this Danielle? You up for it?" Danny asked, now feeling concerned about her.
She nodded and answered, "I'm sure."
Donnie looked back at the robot and pulled out something from it as he said, "Hey, a remote control module. If this Splinter was remote controlled, we can trace the signal. You guys, stay with the robot. I'll be right back. I need some equipment from my lap and I have a brand new vehicle I've been meaning to test out."
He ran over and jumped on the Shell Sled, heading back to the lair.
Shredder and Vlad Plasmius glared at both Skulker and Hun as they saw the cameras were now longer working. They both growled out their names, "Hun? / Skulker?"
"It….it must be a malfunction and something must've happened with Danielle's collar." Skulker suggested a little nervously, knowing how much his bosses hated failure.
"Find out what went wrong! We want Daniel and the Turtles destroyed!" Shredder roared, threatening.
Donnie returned and this time in what appeared to be a very large high tech floating vehicle. Donnie then said, "Gentlemen and lady, I introduce you all to another great vehicle, the Spectre Speeder! Maddie had sent me more notes that helped me create this vehicle. It has a complete weapons package, it can turn invisible and intangible as well as the escape pod, a highly developed tracker which can track anything, high-speed turbo boosters, and a mag booster so powerful it can pick up a paper clip from over 20 miles away. And its remote controlled just like the Battle Shell, which means just by pushing the button on the remote, it'll trace the signal to wherever we are."
He connected the control module into the tracker which immediately began pointing in a direction. They all climbed into the Spectre Speeder which surprisingly Zog fit inside. Donnie immediately turned on the Spectre Speeder and took off down the sewers at top speed.
"This vehicle is incredible!" Danielle said, looking at all the tech with awe, causing Donnie to smile.
Leo then said, "It's hard to believe that you're an actual clone of Danny."
"It's like, looking in the mirror only you're younger and a girl." Danny added, still trying to get over what he learned about her.
"It's been weird for me too and it's also frustrating that I can't remember much thanks to the collar." Danielle agreed while pointing at the collar still around her neck.
"I'll have it removed later Danielle." Donnie promised. "After we stop whoever was behind the attack."
Meanwhile, Hun and Skulker went to see Shredder and Plasmius in the main part of the ship to make their report.
Hun began, "The Splinter Foot Mech has gone dark masters as well as Danielle's collar. The last signal indicates that Daniel and the Turtles, may have found the remote control module of the robot and have become aware of our presence."
Skulker then finished, "Technus however, is working on salvaging whatever we have left on the collar. It may still be functional."
"Then let them come, if they are foolish enough to try." Plasmius said as he blasted the desk in front of him. "I want them destroyed and it will be better if we do it ourselves."
"Exactly. I will feel pleasure squeezing the life out of their bodies myself!" Shredder then said before slicing the desk himself, both of them laughing evilly into the air at the thought of finally ridding themselves of their enemies.
Donnie had hidden the Spectre Speeder nearby the docks. Switching the tracker to a smaller hand-held one, they continued to follow the signal and stopped as they hid near the large ship with the Foot symbol on it.
"This is it. The signal is coming from inside that ship." Donnie concluded.
"So then it was the Foot and Vlad's ghosts that sick that Splinter robot and Danielle on us!" Raph said, curling his fist in anger.
Danielle then held her head in pain as she got a memory flash back. She gasped and then said, "He's right! I was…created in a Foot genetics lab, led by a ghost named Technus. But that's all I can remember right now."
Danny and Leo couldn't believe it. They remembered that after they had helped Valerie and Karai stop the gang war, they promised that the vendetta against them was lifted and they would leave them alone. But now….it seemed like they broke their word, but they still couldn't believe it.
"But…Karai and Valerie lead both factions and they gave us their word they'd leave us alone." Danny said.
"They swore on their honour." Leo added.
Splinter could see where they were coming from but also knew they had to face reality and said, "I am sorry my sons, but in this case we must believe what we see."
They could see loading and unloading boxes from the ship was Foot Ninja and ghost skeletons. Donnie then said, "Something tells me we're really going to be outnumbered."
Raph smirked and said, "What we need is something to help even the odds."
Mikey made a gesture and out came Zog as he said while the alien dinosaur saluted, "Boys and girl, meet Zog the Equaliser."
Danny and Danielle changed into their ghost forms as they snuck past and hid amongst the crates. Donnie then handed them each a headset for their Shell Cells. After placing them on, Leo then explained the plan, "Okay here's the plan. We'll recon inside the ship and see what we're up against."
"Ready for action sir!" Zog said loudly as he saluted and then accidentally knocked over several boxes.
Luckily Danny and Danielle were really fast and both caught them and placed them back. Danny then whispered, "Quiet soldier! This is the recon part of the mission. We need stealth, which means we have to be silent!"
Zog whispered back after saluting once more, "Sorry sir, but stealth is not one of my strong points."
"No duh!" Raph said sarcastically.
Leo sighed and said, "We obviously can't take him in there for recon. Mikey, you stay here and watch Zog, Don and Danielle….you stay here and watch Mikey."
"Hey!" Mikey whispered back in offence at the comment.
"Be ready to move. We'll contact you as soon as we know what the Foot and Vlad's ghosts are up to." Leo said and then he, Master Splinter, Raph and Danny left to go and do the recon part of the mission.
Sneaking around the crates, the climbed up the rope. Raph was the first to come up on the ship as a Foot Ninja and ghost skeleton were walking on their patrol. Raph grabbed the first ninja and covered his mouth before he could scream for help. The ghost skeleton hears his struggling however and turned around, but before he could check it out, Leo came up behind and kicked him, smashing him right in half and carrying both halves behind the crate.
Another Foot Ninja heard the noise and looked at the crate to see Leo with the skeletal remains. He was about to run and alert the ship, but Master Splinter tripped him over with his walking stick and Danny caught him and knocked him out by pinching a nerve, before hiding him behind the crate with the other one.
The four of them re-grouped and looked around for a way in the main part of the ship. Leo saw the ventilation shaft and gestured at it as he said, "Looks like our way in."
They climbed through the large ventilation shaft until they came to another opening. They looked through to see a huge laboratory and standing there checking on the progress were their enemies, the Shredder and Vlad Plasmius.
"The Shredder? Plasmius?" Leo said in shock to see that once again, they had cheated death.
"How many times do we have to take them out?" Danny groaned quietly.
"I see Shredder still gets his suits at the hardware store." Raph joked about their enemy's attire.
Danny then saw the robots and Technus at another part of the lab, looking at several strands of DNA and said, "There are more robots and it looks like Technus is working on the clone project more."
"They are manufacturing deadly assassins! They must be stopped, this facility must be completely and utterly destroyed!" Master Splinter said, already horrified by what he saw and encountered with Robo Splinter.
Leo then contacted Donnie, Mikey and Danielle said, "Don, here's the plan. We need to blow the ship sky high. To do that, we'll have to get it out to open waters away from the city. Danielle, come aboard the ship to help Raph, Master Splinter, Danny and I take the bridge and get the ship moving. Mikey, you and Zog cast off the mooring lines and then meet us on the bridge. Don, can you sink it?"
"Hey, if I can't figure out how to take out a floating Foot lab that's sitting on top of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, I might as well hang up my tool belt." Donnie replied as he and Danielle headed over to the ship and climbed aboard as quickly and stealthy as they could.
Hun, Skulker, the Elite Ninja, Shredder and Plasmius were all in the main office of the bridge as Karai and Valerie came rushing in urgently.
"Masters, it seems we have a security breach." Valerie reported.
"We found several of our guards knocked unconscious or broken apart." Karai finished.
"Hun and Skulker, take the Elite Ninja and search the ship." Shredder ordered. "If it is Daniel and the Turtles hold them. We want to destroy them ourselves with our own hands."
Karai and Valerie gasped silently at that, feeling concern for Danny and the Turtles but also remembering their promise to them after they had helped them end the gang war. Skulker, Hun and the Elite Ninja all bowed before taking off to follow their masters' orders.
Vlad noticed the concern look on the girl's faces and asked them, "Is something the matter girls?"
The girls quickly removed their looks and shook their heads, bowing in respect as Karai answered, "No. Nothing Master Shredder and Master Plasmius. Now if you'll excuse us, we will go and put the ship on full alert."
And with that they left, but in their hearts they were conflicted about what to do. Follow their masters' orders or keep the promise to Danny and the Turtles?
Zog grunted as he ripped off the back mooring line with his mighty strength. Mikey gave him a thumbs up and said, "Nice work big guy. Now let's get the front mooring."
They ran to do that, unware that several Foot Ninja and ghost skeletons had spotted them and began their pursuit to take them down.
It was dark in the bridge but Danny and Danielle provided a small amount of light with their energy as they walked up to the control panel. Raph couldn't figure out the controls and commented, "Sheesh! All these buttons and not one of them says on."
Suddenly, the lights came on in the room and they turned to see Hun and Skulker in the room grinning at them.
"Welcome aboard freaks. We'll be your cruise directors for the trip and I'm happy to tell you, you'll be experiencing pain." Hun said as he held up his fist.
"Lots and lots of pain!" Skulker added as his glowing blade came out.
The Elite Ninja smashed through the windows and surrounded them. Danny, Leo, Raph and Master Splinter held their weapons out at the ready while Danielle stood ready.
Danny then contacted Mikey as the Elite came closer to them, "Mikey, now would be a good time to bring in our friend. The secret weapon"
However, Foot Ninja and ghost skeletons surrounded both Zog and Mikey in a circle, cutting them off from the front mooring line and the ship.
"Mikey? Come in! Mikey!" He could hear Danny calling him, but he couldn't answer now they found themselves in a tight spot.
What were they going to do?!
TO BE CONTINUED….