Warehouse Waltz (Part II)
The man Micheal had met earlier that night entered the ring and declared him the winner. As they both exited the ring the spotlight was directed toward the catwalk, where a man with a microphone was standing.
"Let me just welcome the new members and also congratulate them for accomplishing what they did in the ring. For all you new members out there I am Kagemi Ryu, chief officer of the Black Lotus. I bring big news to everyone present, our plans for domination of the city will move forward thanks to the arrival of Lotuses from Japan who will help us deal with our reptile problem. To the new members initiated tonight I want to tell you that you are entering into something greater than you are, something which may allow some of you to reach greatness."
He walked away and the spotlight returned to the ring.
"What do I do next?" Micheal asked the announcer.
"After passing the initiation you'll begin training for rank determination, however that's not for another couple of days. Don't worry our members will find you when you're needed."
Micheal thanked him for his help and pedaled home as fast as possible. By the time he got home it was close to eleven. After a slow weekend crawled by Micheal was in a hurry to describe to his Sensei what had happened.
"After I beat Bruce their leader umm... something Ryu said Japanese Lotus members arrived to help out in the city. I think he also said that the Japanese Lotuses are here to fight some lizards or reptiles or something so they can takeover."
"The best thing you can do for now is to stay away from them unless they're at your front door. Uh, where did you say this place was?"
"I was fighting at the old plastics warehouse. Why?"
"I've got a friend who's a cop, he might believe me if I told him about this," John lied.
After Micheal left John closed the dojo in a rush and raced to the lair and told the turtles of Ryu's renewed aggressiveness.
"I think we should strike tonight, the sooner we do the better."
"Yeah we can't give them anytime time to prepare their forces," Donatello added.
The others agreed and they loaded up on shurikens and grabbed their own weapons before exiting. Soon they were walking down a tunnel that would lead them directly to their destination. An hour and a half later they stood only a few yards away from the warehouse. Leo moved the manhole out of the way and he and everyone else climbed out of the sewers. There were two guards at the door who were easily taken care of by Michelangelo and Donatello thanks to a diversionary trick.
"That was easy," Mikey grinned. They walked through the front door and noticed that the whole warehouse was lit and there were Black Lotuses everywhere.
"Whoa they're are a lot of these guys!"
"Hey it's those green freaks!"
Anyone who hadn't already seen them was now staring at John and the turtles. Three rookies tried to attack Donatello and he whacked all three with his bo-staff and they all fell to the ground. Meanwhile Michelangelo had his shell pinned against a wall because to Lotuses had forced him backward. One thrust his fist forward to punch Mikey, but he jerked his head out of the way. He quickly shoved the Lotuses into each other and kicked them away.
John and Raph helped each other take on the groups of Lotuses attacking them. A rookie jumped forward to attack and Raph stabbed him badly and then knocked two more to the ground with a turning kick. John flipped an assailant onto his growing pile of 'fallen' Lotuses. Another Lotus charged at him and he delivered a shattering blow to the attacker's Adam's apple. John held out his hands to act as a springboard and Raph leapt on top of them and sprung off doing a three sixty kick, knocking out three people.
Leonardo in the meantime was battling with an instructor and had a big advantage, his dual katanas. The instructor didn't even have a chance, before he knew it his neck had been sliced. Even though badly outnumbered John and the turtles were hardly being challenged by these under trained Americans. Suddenly the spotlight was shining on Ryu, who was once again standing up on the catwalk.
"These creatures are my bane; you pathetic fools should stand aside and let me deal with my 'problems' myself. Leave us now!"
Within seconds the room was vacated and from the place where everyone left someone emerged.
"Meet the toughest bastard you will probably fight other than me, the 'Lion' " Ryu chuckled.
"Looks like we're gonna have to split up to take these guys on," Raph said.
"Fine, Raph and John fight this Lion guy, the rest of us will take care of Ryu," Leonardo ordered.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello climbed up the ladder that led to the catwalk as fast as possible.
"Stay back, there isn't much space," Leo warned Don and Mike.
Leo inched forward to face Ryu and readied his katanas. For the first time Leo was able to see him face to face. Ryu's face was marked by a deep scar, which stretched from his right ear to his forehead. His slicked back brown hair looked greasy and he was already sweating. "Get ready to die!" Leo screamed. Ryu quickly moved into action and leapt up and grabbed a dangling chain with both hands and kicked Leo's chest with enough force to make him drop his katanas. Ryu let go of the chain and continued to attack. He once again kicked Leo in the chest and then closed in to deliver a left hook to Leo's jaw. Leo fought back and began clubbing Ryu's gut and jaw with his fists. Then he gave Ryu a quick knee to the gut and grabbed him by the neck with his right hand.
Leonardo slammed Ryu's head into the railing, but was stopped from repeating it thanks to an elbow to the face. The bleeding had not yet begun on Ryu's forehead, but there was a big bruise just waiting to explode open with another hit the same spot. He turned around and shoved Leo backward into the other railing. He stopped early and kicked Ryu back into the railing, Ryu jumped up and grabbed the chains once more and began kicking furiously at Leo's face. Leo blocked most of the strikes however and yanked Ryu down.
Leo was tripped instantly and Ryu got up to stomp away on Leo's shell. Leo rolled out of the way of the next hit and then stood; however they both hesitated before attacking again. Both were a bit fatigued and wore the damage of each other's blows. Ryu charged forward and knocked Leonardo back into the railing, but did not attack with enough force. He was close to teetering over so Ryu tried to shove him once again, but Leo grabbed and speedily heaved him over the railing at the same moment he was falling back. Somehow Leo nimbly grabbed onto the ledge of the catwalk and Ryu luckily grabbed hold of Leo's ankle.
The man Micheal had met earlier that night entered the ring and declared him the winner. As they both exited the ring the spotlight was directed toward the catwalk, where a man with a microphone was standing.
"Let me just welcome the new members and also congratulate them for accomplishing what they did in the ring. For all you new members out there I am Kagemi Ryu, chief officer of the Black Lotus. I bring big news to everyone present, our plans for domination of the city will move forward thanks to the arrival of Lotuses from Japan who will help us deal with our reptile problem. To the new members initiated tonight I want to tell you that you are entering into something greater than you are, something which may allow some of you to reach greatness."
He walked away and the spotlight returned to the ring.
"What do I do next?" Micheal asked the announcer.
"After passing the initiation you'll begin training for rank determination, however that's not for another couple of days. Don't worry our members will find you when you're needed."
Micheal thanked him for his help and pedaled home as fast as possible. By the time he got home it was close to eleven. After a slow weekend crawled by Micheal was in a hurry to describe to his Sensei what had happened.
"After I beat Bruce their leader umm... something Ryu said Japanese Lotus members arrived to help out in the city. I think he also said that the Japanese Lotuses are here to fight some lizards or reptiles or something so they can takeover."
"The best thing you can do for now is to stay away from them unless they're at your front door. Uh, where did you say this place was?"
"I was fighting at the old plastics warehouse. Why?"
"I've got a friend who's a cop, he might believe me if I told him about this," John lied.
After Micheal left John closed the dojo in a rush and raced to the lair and told the turtles of Ryu's renewed aggressiveness.
"I think we should strike tonight, the sooner we do the better."
"Yeah we can't give them anytime time to prepare their forces," Donatello added.
The others agreed and they loaded up on shurikens and grabbed their own weapons before exiting. Soon they were walking down a tunnel that would lead them directly to their destination. An hour and a half later they stood only a few yards away from the warehouse. Leo moved the manhole out of the way and he and everyone else climbed out of the sewers. There were two guards at the door who were easily taken care of by Michelangelo and Donatello thanks to a diversionary trick.
"That was easy," Mikey grinned. They walked through the front door and noticed that the whole warehouse was lit and there were Black Lotuses everywhere.
"Whoa they're are a lot of these guys!"
"Hey it's those green freaks!"
Anyone who hadn't already seen them was now staring at John and the turtles. Three rookies tried to attack Donatello and he whacked all three with his bo-staff and they all fell to the ground. Meanwhile Michelangelo had his shell pinned against a wall because to Lotuses had forced him backward. One thrust his fist forward to punch Mikey, but he jerked his head out of the way. He quickly shoved the Lotuses into each other and kicked them away.
John and Raph helped each other take on the groups of Lotuses attacking them. A rookie jumped forward to attack and Raph stabbed him badly and then knocked two more to the ground with a turning kick. John flipped an assailant onto his growing pile of 'fallen' Lotuses. Another Lotus charged at him and he delivered a shattering blow to the attacker's Adam's apple. John held out his hands to act as a springboard and Raph leapt on top of them and sprung off doing a three sixty kick, knocking out three people.
Leonardo in the meantime was battling with an instructor and had a big advantage, his dual katanas. The instructor didn't even have a chance, before he knew it his neck had been sliced. Even though badly outnumbered John and the turtles were hardly being challenged by these under trained Americans. Suddenly the spotlight was shining on Ryu, who was once again standing up on the catwalk.
"These creatures are my bane; you pathetic fools should stand aside and let me deal with my 'problems' myself. Leave us now!"
Within seconds the room was vacated and from the place where everyone left someone emerged.
"Meet the toughest bastard you will probably fight other than me, the 'Lion' " Ryu chuckled.
"Looks like we're gonna have to split up to take these guys on," Raph said.
"Fine, Raph and John fight this Lion guy, the rest of us will take care of Ryu," Leonardo ordered.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello climbed up the ladder that led to the catwalk as fast as possible.
"Stay back, there isn't much space," Leo warned Don and Mike.
Leo inched forward to face Ryu and readied his katanas. For the first time Leo was able to see him face to face. Ryu's face was marked by a deep scar, which stretched from his right ear to his forehead. His slicked back brown hair looked greasy and he was already sweating. "Get ready to die!" Leo screamed. Ryu quickly moved into action and leapt up and grabbed a dangling chain with both hands and kicked Leo's chest with enough force to make him drop his katanas. Ryu let go of the chain and continued to attack. He once again kicked Leo in the chest and then closed in to deliver a left hook to Leo's jaw. Leo fought back and began clubbing Ryu's gut and jaw with his fists. Then he gave Ryu a quick knee to the gut and grabbed him by the neck with his right hand.
Leonardo slammed Ryu's head into the railing, but was stopped from repeating it thanks to an elbow to the face. The bleeding had not yet begun on Ryu's forehead, but there was a big bruise just waiting to explode open with another hit the same spot. He turned around and shoved Leo backward into the other railing. He stopped early and kicked Ryu back into the railing, Ryu jumped up and grabbed the chains once more and began kicking furiously at Leo's face. Leo blocked most of the strikes however and yanked Ryu down.
Leo was tripped instantly and Ryu got up to stomp away on Leo's shell. Leo rolled out of the way of the next hit and then stood; however they both hesitated before attacking again. Both were a bit fatigued and wore the damage of each other's blows. Ryu charged forward and knocked Leonardo back into the railing, but did not attack with enough force. He was close to teetering over so Ryu tried to shove him once again, but Leo grabbed and speedily heaved him over the railing at the same moment he was falling back. Somehow Leo nimbly grabbed onto the ledge of the catwalk and Ryu luckily grabbed hold of Leo's ankle.