Heya readers!
Last place we left off, April, Bends, Casey, Splinter and the girls were attacked in the Battle Shell by the Venomous Five! Oh no!
Whilst the three humans and Splinter were captured, Pandora and Kemeko managed to get away, yet what happened next? Well read below to find out!
Note: Some parts refer to Tyroth Darkstorm's fanfic 'Nemesis'.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Meanwhile unaware of what had taken place outside, the Sharks and the Hamato Clan skulked through the building trying to find their way around without being seen.
They had been given instructions by Bends and April and were soon getting close to their target and they had cut the communication until they needed the next instruction or unless there was a problem.
The Sharks had managed to move through the hallways from below listening in on the conversations of the ninja as well as find out where the Seavites were hiding.
As they moved, they kept in touch via their earpieces.
"Leonardo, Ripster here, how are you getting on?"
"Going well, managed to keep to the shadows, despite the risks of being exposed." Leonardo spoke "One wrong move and this'll all go up in flames!"
"Let's keep at it then!" Streex's voice was heard.
"I wish we could get some action soon fearless! My sais are itching for some playtime!"
"Rein it in Raph! You'll get your chance!"
"Listen to your big brother honey."
"Yes dear!"
Michelangelo's snickering could be heard over the earpieces to which Raphael growled.
"No time for messing around guys!" Donatello scolded "We need to keep focused."
"You heard him!" Jab added.
"Man, I do agree with Raph, I'm eager to get my teeth into Paradigm and his rotten bottom-feeders!" Slammu's voice was heard.
"Calm down boys!" Ripster spoke "Just stay quiet and hidden!"
Before long, the Hamato Clan and the Sharks arrived at a rendezvous point which they agreed would be the third floor down from the top.
Monalisa crawled out of the air vent and flipped onto the floor in a vacant room.
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo appeared from a respected door each and the Sharks arrived not long after from different doors.
Leonardo did a quick head count making sure everyone was together and Donatello looked up to check for security cameras, which luckily there weren't any.
"Okay, all present and accounted for?" Leonardo asked.
"Here!" everyone said together holding up their hands.
Ripster looked at his brothers.
"Okay boys…we're close to bagging Paradigm!"
The other three Sharks looked pleased.
"This has been a long time coming that's for sure!" Streex spoke.
"He's gonna pay for all his crimes! And for what he did to our father!" Jab agreed.
"This is for Fission City, our father, New York and our friends!" Slammu said.
"You'll get your chance at justice!" Raphael growled as he gripped his Sai "I can't wait for a rematch with those ugly Seavites!"
'Likewise baby!" Monalisa agreed "Especially those that laid their hands on Pandora!"
Michelangelo swung his nun chucks.
"Step aside! I'll give them the treatment they deserve for hurting my Little Geisha!"
"You do that man!" Streex quipped.
"Everyone!" Leonardo held up his hands "You'll all get your chance, but right now we need to find out where Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm are with their mutation device, we got to make sure it doesn't leave the building!"
"There's only one place it'll be!" Donatello said, "The Labs!"
Monalisa shivered slightly as she thought of the place that gave her nightmares, the labs where that evil doctor had tortured her and experimented on her.
Raphael noticed her discomfort, as did the others but Monalisa gripped her fans.
"I may have nasty memories and nightmares about that hell hole, but I'm going in there!" she snarled "Dr Arden and I have a lot of scores to settle!"
"You won't be alone though!" Leonardo said fervently "We're in this together!"
"And so are we!" Jab said.
"Okay!" Leonardo said "Here's the plan! Like we discussed we'll split into two groups! One will take the left and infiltrate the first lab, the other the second!"
"Got it!" everyone agreed.
"Donatello, Slammu, Streex and I are group one." Leonardo said "Raphael, Monalisa, Jab, Ripster, Michelangelo, you're group two!"
Everyone agreed and they placed their hands on top of one another.
"Okay gang! Let's do it!" Leonardo spoke.
"Shark attack!" the Sharks cried, and they threw their hands into the air before moving off in different directions to infiltrate the labs.
Meanwhile back in the city, not far from where the Battle Shell had been, a large dumpster lid was lifted and Kemeko peeked out.
After being chased by Cobra and Gila Monster, both girls had seen a large dumpster and quickly dived in before the lizard and snake could catch up with them and they had stayed hidden until the two Venomous reptile mutants had left.
"Are they gone?" Pandora's whisper was heard from deep inside.
"Shush!" Kemeko hissed and her eyes darted around the area then she lifted the lid more.
"Yeah! They're gone!"
She lifted the lid higher and stood up before pulling Pandora up.
"Phew! They gave up looking for us!" Kemeko sighed.
"Phew is right! And peeewooh! This stinks!" Pandora gagged as she pulled a banana skin as well as some greasy paper off herself.
"Well, at least in here they couldn't smell us out! Or taste us for that matter!" Kemeko replied as she lifted the lid further off the dumpster and looked around as well as brushing off some trash that got stuck to her.
"Yeah, coast is clear!" she confirmed.
"You sure?" Pandora asked holding her breath and listening hard as well, yet all she heard was the slight wind in the alley, and the city traffic.
"Sure as sugar," Kemeko answered as she climbed out of the dumpster, and Pandora followed suit.
"Gah! I don't know what's worse, that dumpster or Cobra's breath!" the Hybrid groaned.
Kemeko didn't answer but walked through the alleyway to look for the Battle Shell.
"Hey wait up!" Pandora called chasing after her cousin, and she found her looking at the battered Battle Shell as well as the remains of the battle and struggle that had taken place.
"What are we going to do now?" Kemeko asked in despair as she looked at the remains of the Battle Shell, its roof torn open, and the back doors ripped off.
"Bends, Grandpa, Aunt April, and Uncle Casey are captured, and…and…" a few tears formed in her eyes.
Pandora walked up to Kemeko.
"They've been taken! And who knows what the Shredder will do! Without their guidance, dad, the Sharks, and the others will realise and…and..."
Kemeko couldn't continue and she burst into frightened sobs, a rather pitiful sight.
"There's no way they'll continue the mission now the others have been captured!" Kemeko wailed.
Pandora instantly hugged Kemeko close.
"Don't cry Kemeko." She comforted yet she felt just as scared as Kemeko's words were true.
Kemeko rested her head on her cousin's shoulder and cried more.
"They're doomed!" she wept "They're doomed!"
Pandora hugged Kemeko and she soon felt tears of fear fill her eyes too, as she thought of what was going to happen to her parents, Aunt, Uncles, grandfather, and the Sharks.
Kemeko was right, now that the remaining adults had been captured, they would be used as hostages and be used against the Turtles, Monalisa and the Sharks to surrender into giving up, then whatever Paradigm and Dr Arden were planning, it would mean the end of the world!
Pandora swallowed hard then looked down at Kemeko.
"Kemeko!" she shook the crying Asian girl and made her look up.
"Get a grip! We need to do something!"
"Do something?" Kemeko asked.
"We have to help!" Pandora said fervently.
'What? How?" Kemeko asked quickly wiping her eyes.
"We gotta go in there and rescue them!" Pandora said to which Kemeko's jaw dropped.
"What? Are you crazy? We're just kids!" Kemeko shrieked.
"You got a better idea?" Pandora demanded.
Kemeko nodded.
"Yes! We should get help! Get on the phone to Tyroth and the Knights!"
"But they're all the way in Chicago!" Pandora argued "Even if the Ninjet brought them here, it'll take more than a couple of hours to get here, and by then it'll be too late and those evil monsters in the Foot Building may then have executed their plan!"
Kemeko opened her mouth to speak but she closed it again like a fish as she thought about what Pandora said.
The hybrid was right, even if they did call for help from their friends in Chicago, it would take a while for them to get here and knowing the Foot from what they learnt from their parents, they wouldn't waste a second to put their plans into action and given the fact they had acquired hostages, and it wouldn't be long before the Hamato Clan and the Sharks got wind of what happened and they too would be captured.
Kemeko sighed defeated.
"We got to do something!" Pandora said, "And standing here panicking isn't getting us anywhere!"
"You're right!" Kemeko sniffed wiping her eyes with her sleeve then took a deep breath "So what do we do?"
"Well, since Cobra stole Mr Swinger, I'll have to rely on my claws and tail." Pandora replied as she looked at her metal claws and the blade on her tail.
"But what about me?" Kemeko asked "I haven't been given my weapons yet, and I haven't even been out in the field! I'm only eleven years old!"
"Let's search the Battle Shell!" Pandora suggested "I know our parents keep spare weapons in there, come on!"
Both girls ran up to the Battle Shell and began to search the hidden compartments in the seats and floor.
Kemeko opened a small compartment in the floor, and she found some black clothes, pulling them out they consisted of a full body jumpsuit and a mask, she guessed it was one of the disguises used during missions.
She quickly whipped off her current clothes and pulled on the garments, despite being a bit big for her they fitted around her quite well as the material was stretchy for comfort, and she tied her long hair up in a bun.
Pandora meanwhile lifted one of the seats and she grinned triumphantly when she saw what was there.
"Ah ha!" she cried as she saw several kunai knives and shuriken stars as well as some small katana daggers.
"Perfect!" she instantly took a fanny bag and began to fill it with the metal stars as well as some kunai knives.
She also filled another fanny bag which she handed to Kemeko.
At the same time, Kemeko picked up a couple of small katana daggers.
"These will suffice!" she said as she did a few stabbing moves with them, almost like how Leonardo moved when he trained and fought, the way of Bushido as well as grace and balance.
"Okay, we're armed." Pandora said as she patted herself down, "Now we need to figure out how to get into the building!"
"You got a plan?" Kemeko asked.
Pandora chewed her lip.
"I'm thinking!"
She then went to the computers which luckily hadn't been damaged in the fight and loaded up the map of the headquarters.
"Well, here's the map! I wonder if there's a way of downloading it onto our phones so we can use it without having to try and memorise all this?"
"I think I can!" Kemeko smiled then sat at the computer before taking her and Pandora's phones and attaching them to the system then after a few clicks she downloaded the content onto the phones.
"You're a genius Kem!" Pandora praised.
Kemeko grinned then picked up a couple of spare earpieces from a drawer near the computers.
"We can use these to keep in touch should we be separated!" she said handing Pandora one and the hybrid placed it on her right ear.
"Testing, testing, one, two, three!" she said then gave Kemeko a thumbs up.
Kemeko winked but her face fell.
"Kem? Are you okay?" Pandora asked.
"I'm scared!" Kemeko admitted "I've never been in the field before, and you, you've only dealt with grade one Purple Dragon thugs, never anything as huge as this!"
Pandora sighed.
"Kemeko," she said in an honest tone, "I'm scared too! Even though I've begged and pleaded for a chance to help fighting the Foot and the V5, being in this situation, I'm crapping myself!"
"You are?" Kemeko asked "But…you boast about not being scared at all! You're not afraid of anything!"
"I am terrified!" Pandora said "And yes, I'm admitting it! I didn't admit before, not even when we were attacked by Vulstrun in Mutopia! When he had you in his grip! I was ready to fight him, to sacrifice myself for you! To save your life! You! Sonia, Freya, and Loki! You're not just my cousin Kemeko! You're my sister! My honoured sister!"
Kemeko felt tears well in her eyes and she hugged Pandora tightly.
"I love you so much Pandora!" she sobbed.
Pandora held Kemeko close, her own tears falling.
"I love you too little sis!" she wept.
Both girls held each other for a moment then pulled apart.
"Okay, you ready?" Pandora asked.
Kemeko nodded.
"Ready!" she replied, determination flashing in her grey blue eyes.
"Then let's go save our family!" Pandora stated and she and Kemeko left the battle shell to head to the Foot Headquarters.
So the Hamato Clan and the Street Sharks have no idea what's happened, and Pandora and Kemeko seem to be our heroes only hope!
How ill this all play out? Well, you'll just have to wait to find out!
