Intermission
"Leo are you all right, you're limping."
"My knee is bruised but I'm sure it will heal up by tomorrow."
They traveled the rest of the way in silence not wanting mention the events that passed. After reaching the lair Donatello determined that Michelangelo's wrist was sprained and would be out of action at least three weeks. Raphael and John were lucky to only escape from Lion with only soreness. Donatello taped up and then wrapped Michelangelo's wrist and made him promise not to go into any more battles until the wrist healed properly.
"There has to be a way that we can beat Lion!" John yelled.
Master Splinter emerged from his room hearing this and approached to give the turtles and their friend counsel.
"As elementary as it may seem you must remember to have patience with a situation as difficult as the one you are currently undertaking. This is only the second time in your young lives that you have faced an opponent more skilled than yourselves and only the second time that you have lost in battle--"
"How are we gonna beat someone you say is more skilled than us?" Raph interrupted.
"Do not let that deter you Raphael, skill is not everything. An opponent with more skill is not unbeatable. You have to use your own personal skills to make things easier for yourselves. For example if he is too strong for you to overcome make it so that he cannot use his strength against you. Also if you know and believe that you can end the Black Lotus' evil from spreading than you should be able to. Remember nobody is unbeatable everyone has strength or weakness that will allow him to beat or be beaten by almost anyone on any given day."
Splinter returned to his room and John left shortly after, leaving the turtles alone to talk amongst themselves.
"Do you think the Black Lotus will relocate to another place since we discovered their pad?" Mikey asked.
"Hard to say, but Lion seemed like a pretty cocky guy and I'm guessing he's in charge now so I'll say they will probably stay where they are." Donatello answered.
Early in the morning that next day Lion was on the videophone talking to an official who was at the top of the Black Lotus organization.
"Ryu is dead."
"How did this occur?"
"Yesterday he was fighting with one of the turtles and the turtle knocked him off from a great height."
"Really? Oh well this is of no consequence he was to be replace as number one Chief Officer soon anyway. I never did like that weakling, he made far too many excuses for his many shortcomings the turtle did us all a favor. Anyway did the turtles manage to defeat you as well?"
"No they weren't even close, they weren't too much too handle. I still can't get over the fact that Ryu could not defeat such weak creatures."
"So did you kill them then?"
"Sorry sir, I was unable to they escaped before I had the chance. Also I forgot to mention that the traitor still seems to be fighting alongside with them."
"He is a product of Ryu's inferior recruitment processes no doubt. Try to see if you can track down anyone who knew him while he was if us, it will be good to get one enemy out of the way until you face the turtles again."
"Yes sir he will be dealt with, the turtle problem will be over with before long."
His superior nodded and ended the conversation.
That same morning all the turtles were already awake and discovered that Leo's knee was in worse condition than he had thought, it still hurt a lot and the bruise had grown larger overnight.
"Looks like it'll just be me, Donny, and John tonight," Raph said.
"Actually Raph I think we wait a day to recover, to give ourselves more time to prepare," Don said.
John was at the dojo a way earlier than usual trying to prepare for another encounter with Lion, when suddenly he heard a loud crashing sound. The door to his dojo had been knocked down and four Lotuses were standing motionless. Two of them moved so fast that John had no time to react when they pinned him against the wall. However he broke free of their hold before the others could take advantage of the opportunity. He flipped both of them on their backs and then gave both of them a shoe to their chests. Then he had to deal with the other two, he leapt forward, kicking one in the ribcage and while landing he punched the other guy in the eye.
Then he simultaneously punched them in the stomach and struck them both on their backs, knocking them to the floor. The other two Lotuses got back to their feet and one of them grabbed John from behind and held him firmly. The one in front of him began pounding away at his abdomen for an innumerable amount of time, but as he changed his attack and swung at John's face John jerked his head out of the way and the ninja hit his partner. John was released and as the Lotus clutched his face in pain, he elbowed them both.
"Leo are you all right, you're limping."
"My knee is bruised but I'm sure it will heal up by tomorrow."
They traveled the rest of the way in silence not wanting mention the events that passed. After reaching the lair Donatello determined that Michelangelo's wrist was sprained and would be out of action at least three weeks. Raphael and John were lucky to only escape from Lion with only soreness. Donatello taped up and then wrapped Michelangelo's wrist and made him promise not to go into any more battles until the wrist healed properly.
"There has to be a way that we can beat Lion!" John yelled.
Master Splinter emerged from his room hearing this and approached to give the turtles and their friend counsel.
"As elementary as it may seem you must remember to have patience with a situation as difficult as the one you are currently undertaking. This is only the second time in your young lives that you have faced an opponent more skilled than yourselves and only the second time that you have lost in battle--"
"How are we gonna beat someone you say is more skilled than us?" Raph interrupted.
"Do not let that deter you Raphael, skill is not everything. An opponent with more skill is not unbeatable. You have to use your own personal skills to make things easier for yourselves. For example if he is too strong for you to overcome make it so that he cannot use his strength against you. Also if you know and believe that you can end the Black Lotus' evil from spreading than you should be able to. Remember nobody is unbeatable everyone has strength or weakness that will allow him to beat or be beaten by almost anyone on any given day."
Splinter returned to his room and John left shortly after, leaving the turtles alone to talk amongst themselves.
"Do you think the Black Lotus will relocate to another place since we discovered their pad?" Mikey asked.
"Hard to say, but Lion seemed like a pretty cocky guy and I'm guessing he's in charge now so I'll say they will probably stay where they are." Donatello answered.
Early in the morning that next day Lion was on the videophone talking to an official who was at the top of the Black Lotus organization.
"Ryu is dead."
"How did this occur?"
"Yesterday he was fighting with one of the turtles and the turtle knocked him off from a great height."
"Really? Oh well this is of no consequence he was to be replace as number one Chief Officer soon anyway. I never did like that weakling, he made far too many excuses for his many shortcomings the turtle did us all a favor. Anyway did the turtles manage to defeat you as well?"
"No they weren't even close, they weren't too much too handle. I still can't get over the fact that Ryu could not defeat such weak creatures."
"So did you kill them then?"
"Sorry sir, I was unable to they escaped before I had the chance. Also I forgot to mention that the traitor still seems to be fighting alongside with them."
"He is a product of Ryu's inferior recruitment processes no doubt. Try to see if you can track down anyone who knew him while he was if us, it will be good to get one enemy out of the way until you face the turtles again."
"Yes sir he will be dealt with, the turtle problem will be over with before long."
His superior nodded and ended the conversation.
That same morning all the turtles were already awake and discovered that Leo's knee was in worse condition than he had thought, it still hurt a lot and the bruise had grown larger overnight.
"Looks like it'll just be me, Donny, and John tonight," Raph said.
"Actually Raph I think we wait a day to recover, to give ourselves more time to prepare," Don said.
John was at the dojo a way earlier than usual trying to prepare for another encounter with Lion, when suddenly he heard a loud crashing sound. The door to his dojo had been knocked down and four Lotuses were standing motionless. Two of them moved so fast that John had no time to react when they pinned him against the wall. However he broke free of their hold before the others could take advantage of the opportunity. He flipped both of them on their backs and then gave both of them a shoe to their chests. Then he had to deal with the other two, he leapt forward, kicking one in the ribcage and while landing he punched the other guy in the eye.
Then he simultaneously punched them in the stomach and struck them both on their backs, knocking them to the floor. The other two Lotuses got back to their feet and one of them grabbed John from behind and held him firmly. The one in front of him began pounding away at his abdomen for an innumerable amount of time, but as he changed his attack and swung at John's face John jerked his head out of the way and the ninja hit his partner. John was released and as the Lotus clutched his face in pain, he elbowed them both.