Space Invaders

A few weeks after the Nexus tournament, the Turtles and Anti-Heroes were relaxing in the lair, with Don and Mikey playing a video game while Angel and Sylvia were watching and waiting for their turn while Leo and Raph were sparring, along with Nebula and Xeron. Neyla and Scar were tending to the wounds that Sly received while battling Phantom as they and the Turtles fought Drako and Ultimate Ninja.

Neyla and Scar noticed how quiet the raccoon Hunter was being and she asked her boyfriend. "Sly...is something on your mind?"

Scar asked as he immediately knew what was on his brother's mind. "You're worried about Black, aren't you brother?"

Sly nodded softly. "Yes, I am, Scar. I just can't shake the feeling that one day he'll track us to this Earth."

Neyla asked, as she and Scar as they feared the same thing as Sly. "You're worried about what he'll do to lure you out?"

Sly stated softly to his girlfriend. "Neyla, you and the others saw firsthand how ruthless and merciless Black was when he and I fought during the finals and when we fought to stop Drako and Ultimate Ninja from taking over the Nexus."

The Turtles, Splinter, Nebula, Xeron, Sylvia and Angel, who had been listening to Sly, Scar and Neyla talking also feared the same possibility as their raccoon Hunter friend: Phantom tracking Sly, Neyla and Scar to their Earth and all of them couldn't even begin to imagine what he'd do to lure Sly to him and force him into fighting him again to the death.

Meanwhile, in outer space

A huge fleet of Triceraton ships had just orbited outside Earth's atmosphere! In the mother ship, Zanramon was entrusting the attack on Earth to his most loyal and trusted soldier: Commander Mozar. Zanramon stated while smiling coldly outside the mother ship's windows. "So this is planet Earth...not too shabby."

Mozar asked, as he was ready to begin the invasion. "Shall I give the order to our troops to begin the attack, my Lord?"

His master answered with an evil smirk. "Indeed, Commander Mozar! Have your troops attack without hesitation. If my hunch is correct: the Anti-Heroes who dared to assist the Fugitoid slip through our fingers will come running to protect their temporary home."

Mozar smiled coldly with a solemn bow. "It shall be done, Emperor Zanramon." He would then stated through the ship's intercom systems. "All Triceraton Republic forces! This is Commander Mozar, begin the attack! Ground troops and attack sleds, begin the first phase of the attack!"

All the Triceraton Forces then roared out. "FOR THE REPUBLIC! LONG LIVE EMPEROR ZANRAMON!"

Back on Earth

The people of New York would be screaming and running in fear as the Triceratons would be shooting at them without any warning. The Triceratons riding the attack sleds would be destroying multiple cars and buildings while the mother ship had destroyed multiple military bases from outer space! The Turtles and Anti-Heroes, whom would be witnessing everything from the lair, would stare shocked and horrified at what the Triceratons were doing: slaughtering innocent civilians until Zanramon had sent a holographic message on multiple TV screens. The Triceraton tyrant would state, "People of Earth! I am Zanramon, ruler and leader of the Triceraton Republic Army. If you wish to know why my people and I are attacking your planet, it rather simple: you Humans are harboring four fugitives who call themselves Anti-Heroes. Two of them belong to a race of alien Hunters known as Yautja, one who call herself Xeron the Destroyer and one known as Nebula!"

The Turtles, Neyla, Angel, Sylvia and Splinter would stare shocked as Zanramon displayed four holographic photos of Sly, Scar, Nebula and Xeron on live TV. Zanramon would continue, "These four beings assisted a scientist that held useful information escape mine and my people's grasp. These four criminals claim to value the lives of innocent beings...well let's put that to a test." He would nod to Mozar, who nodded in return and ordered five of their ground troops to force ten captured humans down onto their knees as they screamed and begged for mercy. Zanramon continued, "I will give you Anti-Heroes only two hours to give yourselves up to my army. If you refuse these people die...starting with this human woman!" Mozar smiled evilly as he took out a large sized saber and raised it above the crying woman's neck.

Both Angel and Sylvia had covered their mouths as they couldn't believe what was about to happen before Xeron and Nebula held the two teenage girls close to them as they said. "Don't watch!"

The Turtles, Splinter and Hunters could only watch in complete horror as the woman simply cried for help before Mozar decapitated and executed her on live TV! Scar growled angrily towards the heartless Triceraton tyrant. "Zanramon has gone too far."

Sly growled angrily at what he made Angel and Sylvia almost witness on live TV as Nebula and Xeron soothed/comforted them. "I'm going to kill him."

Raph stated with the same ire as his two Hunter friends. "Count me in, Sly. That dinosaur's gonna to wish he never showed his face on this planet."

Leo would state with Mikey and Donny. "We're with you and Sly as well, Scar."

Neyla stated, as she was also with her boyfriend and brother. "So am I."

They then turned to Master Splinter, asking for his blessing before they went to the surface to confront Zanramon and his forces. Although he didn't wish for his sons and friends to face the Triceratons, the wise rat stated, as was angered by the sadistic execution of that poor innocent woman and Zanramon nearly traumatizing Angel and Sylvia for life. "Go, my sons and friends. Stop the Triceratons and save the city."

Before Leo and the others left the lair, Nebula called out to her friends and new siblings. "Xeron and I will join you guys shortly after we make sure Angel and Sylvia are alright."

Angel said softly to her older sister and teacher. "Sylvia and I will be alright, Nebula. Go with the others to help save the city."

"Are you both sure?" Xeron asked while rubbing Sylvia's cheek in comfort.

"We're sure, Xeron. We have master Splinter here with us, so we'll be alright." Sylvia answered before hugging her teacher and big sister.

"All right. But both of you stay here and don't leave. With the Triceratons out there, no human on this planet isn't safe, especially not the both of you if they were to find out that you're close to us." Nebula told them both before she and her lover and girlfriend kissed both of the young ladies' foreheads before joining the others.

After they exited the lair, Scar and the others had agreed on a plan of attack: they would separate into teams of two in order to care of the Triceraton ground forces while three would take care of the attack sleds. Leo and the others agreed to the plan: he and the others would deal with the Triceraton ground forces while Sly, Neyla and Scar would take out the attack sleds with their plasma counters.

Leo and Raph took care of the Triceratons attacking innocent civilians near Madison Square Park, Don and Mikey were facing a squad of Triceratons attacking April's neighborhood and her nearly repaired antique shop. Nebula and Xeron were rescuing the homeless community camping near the East River, having been friends with them through the turtles and were thanked by one of the homeless, a man who used to be a once famous pianist who accepted the Anti-Heroes and Turtles and wished them luck with defeating the Triceratons, along with other homeless people wishing for them to win and save the Earth...which they gladly thanked them for and promised that they and their friends would stop Zanramon and Mozar.

Meanwhile Sly, Scar and Neyla had easily taken out half of the Triceraton's attack sleds, shooting them out of the sky and killing the pilots, ripping out their spines and skulls. After defeating half of the Triceraton's ground and air forces, the Hunters and Turtles raced to the Manhattan Bridge, where Zanramon had Mozar executed that poor woman and hoping he hadn't killed the remaining 9 captured civilians.

Shortly after reaching the Manhattan Bridge, the Hunters used the thermal vision of their masks to detect how many hostages were still alive...and were saddened to see only six remaining civilians still alive. Sly stated while banging a fist into a destroyed car. "Those bastards...they killed three more hostages!"

Leo asked, surprised by how many innocent people were still alive. "There are only six hostages left?"

Neyla stated while shaking her head sadly. "The Triceratron ground forces we battled must've gotten a message to Zanramon's second in command, Mozar."

Nebula stated, as she and Xeron knew that the tigress Hunter's theory was correct. "We think you might be right Neyla...since one of the Triceraton troops Xeron and I fought had managed to contact Mozar before we ended his life."

Don stated plain and simple. "They'll be expecting us."

Mikey asked since he and his friends knew the remaining six hostages wouldn't last long if Mozar decided to take his frustrations out on them. "So what's the plan? Cuz', I'm going to guess a direct attack is totally out of the question."

Scar stated, as he had the perfect strategy all thought out. "I have a plan that might be those hostages' best chance at getting off that bridge alive."

Raph asked, as he and the others turned to the full blooded Yautja. "What's the plan Scar?"

His Hunter friend answered. "Leo: you, Raph, Don and Mikey approach the bridge and act as decoys: having Mozar and his remaining troops focused on you. While you keep Mozar distracted, Sly, Neyla and I will approach the bridge cloaked and will take out the rest of his troops as quietly as we can."

Xeron asked softly. "What about me and Nebula?"

Scar answered plain and simple, "You 2 are with us. The less troops there are on the bridge, the greater chances those hostages get to go home alive."

Not finding any argument against Scar's plan, since everyone knew it was perfectly thought out, Leo and his siblings had sneaked on over to the bridge while sticking to what cover they could find and silently landed on the roof of a double-decker bus without drawing any unwanted attention!

Once they were in position, Raph shouted towards Mozar's direction. "Hey Horn-Face! Over here!"

Mozar and his five guards had turned to see the Turtles standing defiantly on the roof of the bus and stated while snorting. "You creatures are not the ones my people and I want!"

Leo stated as he, Raph, Donny and Mikey had drawn out their weapons to take on Mozar's guards. "Tough luck...because this is our home planet and our city you're attacking and we don't tolerate murderers like you slaughtering innocent people who have done nothing to you or your people!"

The Triceraton Commander stated while drawing out his saber and pointed it directly at the Turtles. "Take those walking and talking turtles, men. They may be more useful to us alive than these worthless Earthlings."

His guards stated while saluting his orders. "Sir yes sir!"

Meanwhile, while Raph and the others had distracted Mozar and his guards, Sly and his team had successfully approached the bridge and made swift work of the Triceratons that were searching for any other humans they could use for bargaining chips by either netting them or silently killing them with their glaives, spears and throwing discs while the Assassin lovers either snapped their necks or slit their throats.

Once the grunts were dealt with, Sly, Neyla and Scar had taken up shooting positions that gave them the best vantage point over Mozar and the remaining hostages. After the Turtles had made quick work of his guards, Mozar had grabbed another hostage...a teenage boy, either 13 or 14 years by the back of his neck and brought the tip of his sword right near the left side of his face.

Leo stated as he, Mikey, Raph and Don stared shocked that the Triceraton would actually murder a child. "Stop! Let the boy go!"

Mozar countered while smiling darkly. "Bring me the Anti-Heroes...and I'll spare the human child!"

Raph stated angrily, "He's just a kid, you heartless beast! You'd really murder an innocent kid just to get what master wants?!"

Mozar countered coldly. "Oh please! Spare me the heroic and moral foolishness! And I always thought Traximus was a royal thorn in my side!"

Leo asked as he and his brothers were surprised he knew their Triceraton friend. "You fought alongside Traximus when you were both on the same side?"

Mozar stated simply. "Yes...as a matter of fact, Traximus and I were what you might call 'brother's in arms' when we both served our Lord Zanramon faithfully. But he destroyed our friendship when he refused to lead our forces in glorious battles across the galaxy and began building his 'resistance group' after the Anti-Heroes escaped with the Fugitoid!"

But before any other words could be exchanged, Mozar felt something on his chest and glanced down to see three lasers aimed directly at his heart! Knowing what the lasers were and that the rest of his troops were dead...Mozar simply smiled while forming a fist and pounded it against his armored chest while shouting. "I know you and your sibling are here, Yautja! Show yourselves or this child's blood will be on your hands not mine!"

Even though they had the perfect opportunity to kill the evil Triceraton, Sly, Neyla and Scar sadly glanced at each other as they couldn't take the chance if it would meant the teenage boy would be killed mercilessly...and deactivated both their lasers and plasma casters.

Leo, Mikey, Don and Raph had also frowned, along with Nebula and Xeron as they completely understood their Hunter friend's reasons for not taking the shot: they didn't want to risk the little boy dying if they missed.

Mozar smiled as the Hunters had shown themselves. "A wise choice, Yautja scum...now discard your weapons and come on down here!"

Knowing they had no choice but to comply with his demands...Sly, Neyla and Scar had begrudgingly did as they were told and discarded their masks and weapons, along with the Turtles, Xeron and Nebula.

Mozar then contacted his supreme leader through their communicator while presenting his prisoners. "Lord Zanramon...I'm pleased to report that I've captured the Anti-Heroes who aided Professor Honeycutt in escaping our grasp...along with unexpected bonuses: a female Hunter and four mutated turtles."

His leader and master smiled and stated evilly. "Excellent work, Mozar. I will be sure to promote you to General for your greatest achievement! I will send a transport ship to your current location right away."

Mozar bowed solemnly. "I live to serve you, my Lord."

A while later

Shortly after the Turtles and Anti-Heroes had surrendered themselves to Mozar in order to save the life of the boy he used as a human shield, Sly and his friends had been brought to the Triceraton homeworld, where Mozar and his remaining men had them locked up in a labor camp, where other prisoners were being forced to mine for something in the soil and cliffs.

Scar snarled softly. "Damn that bastard Mozar! We had a perfect shot at him..."

Raph stated while placing a hand on his friend's shoulder. "You, Sly and Neyla did the right thing Scar. That freak threatened to kill that boy back on the bridge if we didn't surrender ourselves."

Knowing that his friend was right, as Mozar indeed would've murdered that defenseless human child if he and his siblings, along with Nebula and Xeron hadn't given themselves up to Zanramon, Scar simply nodded in agreement: as he, Sly and Neyla had made the right decision.

That was when they spotted a human prisoner: a young man in his early 20's had tripped and dropped a bucket filled with amber glowing gems shining brightly...much to the guards anger as 1 of the guards growled. "You! Pick those Magma stones up!"

The prisoner attempted to pick up the crystals he accidentally dropped, but was moving too slow, due to being greatly malnourished and dehydrated: just like half of the other prisoners, which suggested they hadn't had anything to eat or drink the past couple of days.

The other guard snarled as the prisoner was moving too slowly. "Pick them up faster!"

The young man replied before going into a huge coughing fit. "I...I'm...t-trying!" Before he attempted to load the bucket, but unfortunately spilled the gems again due to his coughing fit...much to the guards annoyance.

The first guard roared while drawing out a Triceraton laser saber. "RARHHH! You useless insect!"

The prisoner cowered in fear, as the agitated guard was seconds away from ending his life...and was surprised to hear the Triceraton cry out in pain and stared surprised to see Sly standing in front of him!

The raccoon hunter growled threateningly after landing a powerful flying kick to the guard's chest. "Leave him alone! He's sick!"

The second guard was about to draw out a saber of his own, but never got the chance as Neyla and Leo had landed a simultaneous power kick to his chest, knocking him to the ground beside his friend! The other prisoners stared surprised, as the Anti-Heroes and Turtles stood beside their raccoon Hunter friend and protected the weakened/sick prisoner as Scar stated. "You heard my brother! Leave this prisoner alone, he is ill!"

Knowing that they had no chance of defeating the Anti-Heroes themselves, the guards glared angrily and stated before walking away. "Lord Zanramon will have your heads for this, Yautja freaks."

After the guards had left, Nebula and Xeron, along with their friends had turned to the prisoner and the blue skinned Assassin asked softly. "Are you alright?"

The prisoner answered while getting his coughing under control. "I-I'm alright. Thank you."

Donnie asked as he could tell the young man was clearly from Earth. "What's your name?"

The prisoner answered. "Tomas. My name is Tomas."

Leo asked softly. "Where are the Triceratons having you and the other prisoners dig up these crystals, Tomas?"

Tomas answered while panting softly from dehydration. "These...These Magma Stones are..incredibly invaluable to Zanramon and his people...as they are worth a fortune...on the black market. The Triceratons sell these crystals as payment...for their...for their weapons and ships."

Raph asked softly while calling Tomas by a nickname. "How long have you been here, Tommy?"

Tomas asked, still panting softly. "What...year is it on Earth?"

Donnie answered truthfully. "It's the year 2005."

Tomas sighed softly. "The Triceratons abducted me four years ago. Half of these people have been here longer than me and some of them are from different planets. My folks probably think I'm dead."

Neyla stated softly while cupping Thmas' cheek gently. "We're going to get you and these people out of here Tomas."

The human prisoner stated before closing his eyes to rest. "I wish I could believe that."

Scar informed his friends while scanning the weakened human. "He is not dead...he just lost consciousness. But...I fear that his condition is not good."

Sly asked his brother. "How bad is he?"

The full blooded Yautja answered his raccoon brother honestly. "His heart rate is incredibly low and he has got numerous bruises all over his body, especially to his chest and face. His rib cage is greatly damaged: several bones have been fractured and healed."

Neyla stated softly. "Those bastards have probably been abusing these poor prisoners just to obtain these bloody crystals."

Xeron stated while glaring hatefully at Zanramon. "I'm so going to murder that genocidal asshole for a warlord."

Nebula stated softly. "You've got that right, babe. And I'm gonna help you do it."

"Us as well. His skull will make a fine addition to our collection." Scar added after his assassin friends.

However...that was when something truly unexpected happened: a loud explosion had erupted and blew the side fence apart! Mikey asked, deeply surprised. "Whoa! How did..."

That was when the guards had returned with reinforcements. "Get those prisoners back to the barracks! The Resistance is here!"

The Anti-Heroes and Turtles then spotted a small number of Triceratons wearing black/blue facial masks forged from metal and armed with laser rifles storming the labor camp, shooting at the guards with one speaking in a familiar voice. "Hurry men! Get those prisoners out of-" Before he noticed 4 familiar faces. "Sly? Scar, Nebula?"

The Turtles smiled as they recognized his voice, along with the Hunters and Assassin lovers and shouted. "Traximus!"

Their Triceraton friend and ally replied, surprised at seeing his allies and friends here. "My friends! How are you..."

Scar answered for them. "Zanramon and Mozar attacked Earth, old friend. Mozar took a little boy hostage and threatened to kill him if we did not surrender ourselves to his pathetic excuse for a master."

Traximus sighed heavily after hearing what his former friend and 'blood brother' had done. "Mozar...you blind, ignorant fool. How could you do something so dishonorable?"

After they had liberated half of the prisoners, along with Tomas from the camp, Traximus and his forces took the Turtles and Anti-Heroes to their hideout, which was an abandoned bunker 30 miles outside the Triceraton city capital, where Traximus and his people offered his friends/allies along with the prisoners food and water.

Once the prisoners were given a room to rest/sleep, Traximus asked his friends to help him and his remaining forces in launching a full scale assault on the city capital, which would put an end to the endless war between the Federation his people, which Sly and his friends gladly agreed to help in any way they could.

There you go, my friends, the chapter is complete. Next, I will complete the invasion before starting the Worlds Collide arc. Rate and review. See you soon, my friends