Warehouse Waltz (Part III)
Getting up the next morning the bruises and hits he had suffered yesterday and earlier were all forgotten. He stretched quickly and saw that everyone else was already awake. Michelangelo was playing videogames; Leonardo of course was meditating, Donatello working on some project, and Raphael listening to a CD. John trudged into the kitchen and opened an old pizza box.
"Breakfast of champions, ha, at least I got my daily serving of fruit" he muttering as he bit down into what had to have been two to three day old mushroom and pineapple pizza.
After finishing two slices he walked over to where Don was reading.
"Good morning Don."
"Morning."
"So what time are we leaving to fight?"
"I don't know somewhere around twelve I guess."
"We'd probably have the element of surprise if we changed routine and attacked at seven or eight o' clock."
"Fine we'll leave at seven."
When it was finally seven o' clock Raphael and Donatello prepared their weapons, as well as some shurikens.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot, I finished the other S-Links. Here Leo, Mikey, take these you'll need it for later," Donatello said.
"Why would we need it later?" Leo asked.
"When we defeat Lion we'll call you so that you can call the cops. Then they'll be able to arrest anyone found in the warehouse."
"Not to mess up your brilliant plan or anything, why do I need to call when you guys will have one of these things with you?"
"I'm pretty sure we'll be too busy running from the hordes of ninjas chasing after us, besides this way you'll know that we're still alive and that Lion is finally beaten."
"Good point."
Raph and Don took their S-Links and John already had his in his back pocket so they finally left. They traveled through the same route as before and reached their destination not too long after. Peering out of the manhole Donatello saw no lookouts and motioned for the others to follow him up. Walking through the door it seemed as if the stepped into a different building. The warehouse was finally being converted into a true hideout. There were multiple speed and heavy bags set up and weights too and the Black Lotus symbol could also be seen all over. But what mattered most was in the center of the warehouse. Lion was barking orders to Lotus grunts that were doing heavy lifting and moving furniture.
"Hey Pussy we're back for rematch," Raph said as he brandished his sais.
Lion snarled at the insult and glared fiercely at Raph. All the Lotus ninjas turned to see Don, John, and Raph near the exit and formed a semicircle near the far sidewall. Lion approached Raph until they were barely an arm's length away from each other. Raphael saw the big bandage on Lion's left calf and knew he had to take advantage of it. He faked an elbow to Lion's face and Lion seeing such a telegraphed move put his hands up to block. Raph immediately stabbed the bandaged calf with his sai, but could not pull it out. Lion yanked out the sai and tossed it at Raph who expertly dodged it. He jumped forward and landed a kick to Lion's chest. Lion grabbed him by the neck and began punching away at Raph's gut until he threw him into the ground. Forcing Raph to drop his remaining sai, Raph was slow to get up so Lion took advantage.
He stomped on Raph's shell once, but Raph responded with a scissor trip. Raph got up before Lion could and slammed his knee onto Lion's calf. Lion reached for his calf in agony and Raph attacked again. This time he was stopped and shoved backward. Raph raced forward and recieved an elbow to the face and as he was dazed was also hit with a thunderous blow to his stomach. Lion uppercut Raph with enough force to send him flying back. Raph didn't take much time to get up and he and Lion grappled, each of them struggled for dominance. Lion was beginning to gain the upper hand, but was stopped. Raph kneed him twice and gave him a strong head butt.
They broke away from each other and each took some time to breathe. Raph was first to attack; his spinning kick was blocked though. Lion flipped Raph over his head and he landed hard. He rose to his feet slowly and bombarded Lion with kicks and punches, he tried blocking them but they were too strong to block. The full force of each blow was felt and he was tiring and slowing. However he was not ready to give up and fought Raph the same way in which he was attacked. Raph ducked and avoided a couple but Lion's strikes were pretty powerful too. Lion dropped to one knee but quickly rose back.
Donatello called to say that Lion was close to defeat and called Leo to let him alert the police. Raph used his knuckles and rapped away at Lion's face. Lion swung at Raph and missed badly, Raph got behind him and gave him a face plant, Lion was down for the count.
"Ok lets book!" Raph yelled.
Raph grabbed one of his sais and John tossed him the other as they escaped the warehouse. Donatello found a chain for the door to keep anyone from escaping. They seemed to on their way back to the sewers until they noticed someone blocking their path; it was a Black Lotus member.
Getting up the next morning the bruises and hits he had suffered yesterday and earlier were all forgotten. He stretched quickly and saw that everyone else was already awake. Michelangelo was playing videogames; Leonardo of course was meditating, Donatello working on some project, and Raphael listening to a CD. John trudged into the kitchen and opened an old pizza box.
"Breakfast of champions, ha, at least I got my daily serving of fruit" he muttering as he bit down into what had to have been two to three day old mushroom and pineapple pizza.
After finishing two slices he walked over to where Don was reading.
"Good morning Don."
"Morning."
"So what time are we leaving to fight?"
"I don't know somewhere around twelve I guess."
"We'd probably have the element of surprise if we changed routine and attacked at seven or eight o' clock."
"Fine we'll leave at seven."
When it was finally seven o' clock Raphael and Donatello prepared their weapons, as well as some shurikens.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot, I finished the other S-Links. Here Leo, Mikey, take these you'll need it for later," Donatello said.
"Why would we need it later?" Leo asked.
"When we defeat Lion we'll call you so that you can call the cops. Then they'll be able to arrest anyone found in the warehouse."
"Not to mess up your brilliant plan or anything, why do I need to call when you guys will have one of these things with you?"
"I'm pretty sure we'll be too busy running from the hordes of ninjas chasing after us, besides this way you'll know that we're still alive and that Lion is finally beaten."
"Good point."
Raph and Don took their S-Links and John already had his in his back pocket so they finally left. They traveled through the same route as before and reached their destination not too long after. Peering out of the manhole Donatello saw no lookouts and motioned for the others to follow him up. Walking through the door it seemed as if the stepped into a different building. The warehouse was finally being converted into a true hideout. There were multiple speed and heavy bags set up and weights too and the Black Lotus symbol could also be seen all over. But what mattered most was in the center of the warehouse. Lion was barking orders to Lotus grunts that were doing heavy lifting and moving furniture.
"Hey Pussy we're back for rematch," Raph said as he brandished his sais.
Lion snarled at the insult and glared fiercely at Raph. All the Lotus ninjas turned to see Don, John, and Raph near the exit and formed a semicircle near the far sidewall. Lion approached Raph until they were barely an arm's length away from each other. Raphael saw the big bandage on Lion's left calf and knew he had to take advantage of it. He faked an elbow to Lion's face and Lion seeing such a telegraphed move put his hands up to block. Raph immediately stabbed the bandaged calf with his sai, but could not pull it out. Lion yanked out the sai and tossed it at Raph who expertly dodged it. He jumped forward and landed a kick to Lion's chest. Lion grabbed him by the neck and began punching away at Raph's gut until he threw him into the ground. Forcing Raph to drop his remaining sai, Raph was slow to get up so Lion took advantage.
He stomped on Raph's shell once, but Raph responded with a scissor trip. Raph got up before Lion could and slammed his knee onto Lion's calf. Lion reached for his calf in agony and Raph attacked again. This time he was stopped and shoved backward. Raph raced forward and recieved an elbow to the face and as he was dazed was also hit with a thunderous blow to his stomach. Lion uppercut Raph with enough force to send him flying back. Raph didn't take much time to get up and he and Lion grappled, each of them struggled for dominance. Lion was beginning to gain the upper hand, but was stopped. Raph kneed him twice and gave him a strong head butt.
They broke away from each other and each took some time to breathe. Raph was first to attack; his spinning kick was blocked though. Lion flipped Raph over his head and he landed hard. He rose to his feet slowly and bombarded Lion with kicks and punches, he tried blocking them but they were too strong to block. The full force of each blow was felt and he was tiring and slowing. However he was not ready to give up and fought Raph the same way in which he was attacked. Raph ducked and avoided a couple but Lion's strikes were pretty powerful too. Lion dropped to one knee but quickly rose back.
Donatello called to say that Lion was close to defeat and called Leo to let him alert the police. Raph used his knuckles and rapped away at Lion's face. Lion swung at Raph and missed badly, Raph got behind him and gave him a face plant, Lion was down for the count.
"Ok lets book!" Raph yelled.
Raph grabbed one of his sais and John tossed him the other as they escaped the warehouse. Donatello found a chain for the door to keep anyone from escaping. They seemed to on their way back to the sewers until they noticed someone blocking their path; it was a Black Lotus member.