(Metalhead)
Superjoeyf721: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like it. I actually do plan to have the Turtles, Splinter and April find out Peter Parker is Spider-Man, but it is going to be at least a little while before that happens.
Noobisland: Okay you're right, that would be hilarious, and now I feel like I have to include that idea, so thanks for the suggestion.
Spectacular Webhead 11: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like the story, and both of the shows are great, and since they seemed to mesh pretty well together, I figured that a crossover would be the way to go. Yep, MJ is in on his secret, but she and Peter aren't getting together in this story. She's just gonna be a really close friend to him, someone that he can confide in with his problems, both for Peter Parker and Spider-Man stuff. As far as the Turtles and Splinter finding that out goes, I do plan for them to find out, but it's going to be a gradual process. Don't worry though, the secret will be out with them soon enough.
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Another night, another battle in a Kraang base.
"Holy crap they've got pew pew guns, I love pew pew guns!" Spider-Man found himself, along with the Turtles beside him, being forced to dodge an oncoming barrage of lasers, courtesy of the large number of Kraangdroids in front of them "As long as they're not shooting at me, which they always are!"
"Forget the quips Spidey, just keep moving and make sure not to get blasted!" Leo barked from where he and the others were in the middle of dodging the lasers themselves "Don't let yourself get surrounded by them, and don't forget the golden rule-"
"Make sure not to get a laser to the face?"
"No, the rule that failure is not an option."
"Well duh, I figured that was pretty obvious by now."
"Actually it's not, because when you really stop to think about it, technically failure is always an option, just not the preferred one." Donnie pointed out.
"I can think of a few other options right now, staring with webbing your mouth shut."
"I'd personally vote for slapping you!" Raph barked at him, then paused and shot a glance over towards Spider-Man "Did we just agree on something?"
"First time for everything I guess, but for now there's always a time for beating the every loving crap out of Kraangdroids! While avoiding being shot at. Hey speaking of which, Mikey you've got a few on your right!"
"You're right or my right?" asked Mikey.
"The side where the alien robots are trying to shoot your head off right! Anyway someone go and smack them already, who's the closest?"
"I've got them!" Donnie brandished his bo staff and brought it down on one of the Kraangdroids from behind, only for it to not even budge from the blow "Oh you've gotta be kidding me, I hate this freaking thing!" he was met with a Kraang preparing to shoot at him with a laser gun.
"Hey buddy, I think you lost this!" Spider-Man suddenly threw a nearby crate at the Kraangdroid, sending it crashing into a nearby wall and ripping its head clean "What happened to all that talk about ninjas always staying vigilant and stuff? You got the giant wooden baton, you might as well put it to good use with these guys."
"Don't you think I would if I could?"
"Apparently not if you're standing there griping about it." Spider-Man promptly dodged a series of lasers from a nearby Kraangdroid and landed a solid kick to its head that knocked the head clean off the robot body, with the other Turtles taking down a few Kraangdroids with ease using their own weapons "Besides it's just these guys and they're kind of idiots, how much worse could it possibly get right now?"
"Kraang, that which is known as the present is being a positive time to be the testing of that which is known as the energy cannon." and then the Kraangdroids opened up the doors to the warehouse and rolled out a giant energy cannon.
"...Ask a stupid question, get blasted in the face with a giant energy cannon. Of course that would be how it goes for me."
"It doesn't matter what that thing is, we have to stand our ground." Leo tightened his grip on his weapons as he braced himself, with the other Turtles following his lead. Spider-Man not so much however "Spidey come on, I say stand my ground and you're supposed to pose with us."
"Yeah I'm gonna pass on that, because this isn't Power Rangers. Also you say to stand our ground now, what about when that thing starts shooting at us? Remember the whole talk we had about coming out alive?"
"Of course I do, but as the leader of our team it's my job to make sure that my subordinates don't lose their nerve in the heat of battle."
"And again I say, that's only gonna be valid until they start firing that thing at us, and then it's going to be meaningless."
"No it's not, because we're going to stand our ground!" Leonardo then looked ahead to where the energy cannon was prepaing to fire "But then again, you might have had at least a few valid points yourself."
"And there we go. So I'm thinking that when that thing starts firing, we run around screaming like a pack of idiots. Sound good?"
"Works for me."
"Just checking. RUN!" and so the five of them scattered as the energy cannon began emitting a series of energy beams that forced them to go on the evasive.
"Holy hell!" Donnie was forced to pull his head into his body to avoid an energy beam, only to poke his head back out and realize his staff had been mostly incinerated "Oh come on, you've gotta be kidding me!"
"If you're gonna grip then do it when you're not in the line of fire!" Spider-Man promptly latched onto Donnie using a stream of his webs and yanked him behind a nearby crate "Okay, if you're gonna vent then this is a good place to do it."
"It's so frustrating that I don't have any words for it, not at the moment anyway. I mean seriously, how in the hell am I supposed to go up against advanced alien technology with nothing but a stupic wooden stick?!"
"You can try using it to smack them in between the legs." he was met with a dull look "What, you did ask and it was the best I could think of on short notice."
"Yeah well, I think we've got bigger problems." the two of them glanced over to where Leo and the other Turtles were being cornered by a number of Kraangdroids and the energy cannon "That definitely isn't good."
"Kraang, destroy those who call themselves the Turtles and the one known as Spider-Man when that which is the signal is the signal that is given by that which is known as me."
"And that's worse." Donnie looked around the interior of the warehouse, his mind racing to find a solution, until he spotted a forklift placed behind the energy cannon "That on the other hand might be what we need to stop that energy cannon. If I can throw a shuriken at the right angle, I should be able to hit the on button and send it careening into the energy cannon."
"Points for putting the big brain to use, but I think I have an idea that's a lot better. And when I say better, I mean a hell of a lot more fun and better for relieving stress." to that end, Spider-Man leapt out from their hiding place and latched onto the forklift using a stream of his webs, then using his enhanced strength, he swung the forklift around and sent it smashing sright into the energy cannon just as it was preparing to fire, causing it to explode in a ball of pink flames "See that guys, that right there is the sweet sight of some much needed catharsis."
"That's catharsis for you?" Leo shot him a raised eyebrow as he, along with Raph and Mikey, made their way out of the window of the warehouse.
"In all fairness, I've got a pretty fair amount of pent up frustration and rage stemming from my personal life that I don't get to let out very often, if ever."
"Huh. Fair enough I guess. Anyway the Kraang are taken care of, we're gonna head back to the Lair then. You coming?"
"Give me a minute, I have to make a call." so he promptly hid himself behind a crate and pulled up his mask as he pulled out his phone "Hello? Hey MJ, yeah it's me. I just wrapped up a little bit of business regarding the Kraang. How are things going with you and May? Okay good, I'm gonna take care of a few things, then be back in an hour or two. Alright thanks again, see ya." he hung up and breathed a sigh as he pulled down his mask 'Well that's one less thing I have to worry about right now. It's only been about a week since I found out MJ knows I'm Spider-Man, but thing have actually been going pretty well because of it. It feels kind of nice having someone else I can talk to about my problems, both as Peter Parker and as Spider-Man. She said that she wanted to help me out however she could, but I did make it clear that I don't want to put her in danger by doing anything too stupid like taking her into a fight, and given what happened with her, Liz and Mark in that bar that one time, she wasn't keen on being in that kind of situation again, so we came up with a sort of mutual agreement. If she can't help me on the front lines, she can make sure I don't have as much to worry about behind the scenes, so she offered to start doing smaller things to help me out, stuff like running errands for me or helping me with cover stories, or just checking on May for me and keeping her company when I can't be there. I guess Captain Stacy was right, having at least one person there to watch my back does a lot of good after all. Stacy huh… At least I'm on good terms with him, the Spider-Man side of me is anyway, but Gwen… No, I can't afford to think about that right now. For the time being, my focus has to be on working together with the Turtles and stopping the Kraang, so no one else gets hurt.' a loud clanging noise drew his attention, and he looked over to see Donnie dragging the damaged body of a Kraangdroid towards the exit of the warehouse "You're still here? I figured you would've left with the guys by now."
"Yeah well I'm not just a ninja, I happen to be a scientist too, and a scientist wouldn't deserve to call himself that if he missed out on this golden opportunity." he gestured to the Kraangdroid he was carrying.
"You consider that a golden opportunity?"
"How could I not? This is advantaged alien technology from a race more advanced than almost anything you could find on Earth!"
"In this country at least, I think I remember hearing about these two small countries, one of them in Africa and one in Europe. Wakanda and Latveria I think they were called."
"I'll be sure to keep those bits of information in mind for later, but I still stand by my claim of this being a golden opportunity."
"...You know what, you might be onto something there." Spider-Man promptly webbed one of the other leftover Kraangdroids to him and slung it over his shoulder "I think I might just take you up on it too."
"You're gonna try and reverse engineer it yourself?"
"I can just see the possibilities. If I can reverse engineer this kind of technology and figure out a way to incorporate it into my own abilities and equipment, who knows what I can do with it. The possibilities are endless! I mean just think about it. I have been meaning up upgrade my gear, and the first thing that comes to mind is making a new mask that lets me analyze my surroundings, or maybe a new set of web-shooters that can let me use all sorts of new combinations, a bunch of them I've already got all sorts of ideas for, some of them I've already tried out."
"That sounds incredibly, but do you really need alien technology in order to do that?"
"Not really, but I didn't before more because of a lack of materials than anything else. I'm not exactly overflowing with spare cash to use on new materials and gear."
"Well if it's materials you need, I have plenty in my lab you can use."
"Really?"
"Yeah sure, it's the least I can do for a fellow intelligent mind that appreciates technology and the utilization of a golden opportunity."
"Huh. Thanks man." Spider-Man shot a grin at Donnie from underneath his mask 'Finally, another guy who gets science like I do. I haven't had any of those since… since Gwen actually. No none of that right now Spidey, you've got other things to deal with… starting with reverse engineering a piece of of alien technology and giving yourself some upgrades.'
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Anothey day came, and the reverse engineering process was in full swing.
"This is amazing, there's no other word to describe it!" Donnie hadn't wasted any time in getting to work on the Kraangdroid and figuring out how it worked "This technology is light years ahead of anything I've ever seen! I mean take a look here, do you know what this piece does?" he held up a random piece of tech from the droid body "Do any of you know what this is?"
"It looks like some kind of neural transmission interface, but I don't think I've ever seen one this advanced before." Spider-Man studied the piece for a moment, then went back to looking over the Kraangdroid body he had procured for himself "Seriously, imagine all of the possibilities of what a guy can accomplish with this stuff."
"I know, I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it! This is so much better than working with some stick that breaks every time you try to use it!"
"Tell that to the rat master supreme up there bringing in the new stick for ya."
"Wait what?" Donnie looked up to see Splinter presenting a bo staff to him "Oh. Right. Listen with all due respect sensei, there's no chance that I can fight alien technology with nothing but a six foot wooden staff. I was hoping that maybe I could upgrade my weaponry."
"I see." Splinter frowned in thought for a moment "So what you wish for is a seven foot staff, that is interesting."
"No not like that, I was talking about using modern technology."
"Ah, so you're referring to a solar powered staff."
"Cut it out sensei, I'm being serious."
"I am aware of that, and yes you may upgrade your weaponry."
"Oh that is totally not fair, you can't just- Wait a second, did you say yes?"
"I did. Ninjas are known to have improve their arsenal from one century to the next, and as such we are masters in the art of adaptation."
"That's totally amazing, thank you sensei! With this kind of technology at my disposal, I'm going to be an unstoppable force!"
"Until you meet an immovable object." Spider-Man commented from where he was still looking over his own Kraangdroid.
"Ha, smart guy jokes, I like that. Seriously though, imagine the possibilities of what I can do with this kind of technology. What should I make, a pair of electric sais, multishot shuriken, or maybe a set of plasma swords? Oh man I just gave myself goosebumps."
"Just don't ask anyone to feel them, that's pretty creepy, and that's coming from the guy whose own lovelife is pretty much a burning dumpster fire."
"Duly noted."
"But do not lose sight of what is most important." Splinter drew his attention back to him "Keep in mind that the purpose of technology is to be a means, not an end. You are the one that must prevail in the heat of battle, not the weapon that you use. You cannot treat combat as a video game."
"Wait that's it, I can just turn combat into a video game! Thanks sensei, this is gonna make me the greatest ninja of the modern age!" and so he dragged the Kraangdroid into his lab.
"...I believe I brought that one upon myself."
"You're not gonna hear me object to that." Spider-Man glanced up at Splinter as he slung his own Kraangdroid over his shoulder "And how exactly can a staff be solar powered?"
"That was simply my way of, how do they call it, making a funny."
"...Good try, points for effort. You make it work." and so he made his way into the lab and looked over at Donnie "You mind if I stash my own project in here?"
"You don't have anywhere to put it for yourself?" Donnie shot him a raised eyebrow. Or would've if he had eyebrows.
"I usually try to keep my Spider life and my personal life separate from each other, even though it turns out that's hard as hell, and I don't really have anywhere to put this."
"Oh. Okay then, go ahead."
"Thanks. Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling that once these little projects of ours are done, they're gonna turn out to be pretty interesting."
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Another day came, and work on the secret projects in question continued.
"Alright if Mikey wakes up and asks, tell him Raph ate his pizza." Spider-Man made his way out of the kitchen with a slice of pizza in hand, earning a series of looks from the others "What, I'll have you know that working on new weapons and gear made from alien tech needs some fuel in the tank."
"We're not judging you, just making some observations, now come over here and take a look at this post I got." April ushered him over to where her laptop was set up "This is a message board that I had set up to collect all sorts of unusual sightings around New York, people send in pictures and videos and whatever else they think works."
"Huh. That's pretty interesting."
"Thanks, me and my cousin set it up."
"You have a cousin?"
"Yeah on my mom's side, her mom and my mom were sisters. She actually lives here in New York too, over in Forest Hills."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, and last year she started going to the high school in Midtown after she got accepted into their theater program."
"...Note to self, follow up on that later."
"What was that?"
"Nothing. So you and your cousin set this up?"
"Yeah, we had actually been talking about doing something like this since the end of our junior year. Around the time of…" April looked over at Spider-Man and cringed slightly "Around the time you fought the Green Goblin."
"...Oh." Spider-Man cringed underneath his mask, but quickly pushed those feelings aside "So why exactly did you guys set this up?"
"Well aside from trying to keep any new insane crime lords from rising to power by exposing them before they can gain too much power, and I've been getting some stuff that we should be able to use to track the Kraang and find my dad and the other scientists they've kidnapped over the past few months. Take this video of a gas explosion for example." she pulled up the video and showed its contents.
"And from the smoke emerges a lone Kraangdroid."
"Where?!" Mikey bolted upright from where he was sleeping in the tireswing, only to end up falling into the water and splashing both Leo and Raph as a result.
"...Well if nothing else, you've gotta give him points for being alert."
"Are you being sarcastic?" April shot him a raised eyebrow.
"More or less. Anyway this is as good of a place to start as any, me and the guys will head out and check it out tonight."
"Why not now?"
"For me, it's because a crap ton of people out there think I'm a murderer for the whole Green Goblin incident, so I'm kind of trying to keep a lower profile during my whole crime fighting thing for awhile. As for the Turtles, you know as well as I do that they can't risk letting anyone see them out in the open."
"Yeah well, I don't have that sort of risk slowing me down." April promptly shut her laptop and started making her way towards the exit.
"Okay, I think that's our cue to intervene." Leo was quick to bar her way "April think about this for a minute, it could be dangerous."
"Of course it could be dangerous, this is New York for crying out loud. But you know what else could be dangerous? Standing between me and my father."
"...Okay then." and so Leo stepped aside and allowed April to make her way out of the lair, and once she was gone he let out a sigh "This can't possibly end well."
"Not like you had much of a choice." Spider-Man shot a glance over at them "Word to the wise guys, that's a pretty clear showing of pure and unbridled girl anger. If you're smart then you'll fear it, and if not… then it means you basically have a death wish."
"You did say that once before."
"And?"
"And now I believe you."
"I figured. Anyway I'm gonna head back into the lab and keep working on my little project, maybe make a call while I'm at it, and you guys let me know if she comes up with anything on the Kraang. Cool? Cool." and so he made his way back into Donnie's lab, closing the doors behind him as he did so, and once he did he pulled out his phone and glanced over at Donnie "You mind if I take a call in here?"
"Can't hear you, knee deep in inventing." Donnie gestured to the headphones he wore as he kept on working on his own invention.
"Fair enough, speaker phone it is." so he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
"Hello?"
"Hey MJ, it's me."
"What's up Tiger, and what the hell is that grinding noise?"
"Oh I'm with one of the guys, you know the smart one."
"Right, the one pining after a certain redhead whose dad got kidnapped by… what did you call them again, Stormtroopers?"
"They basically are in all but name, I mean they look kind of like them and god knows they shoot like they do, but that's not the point. About that certain redhead… there was something I wanted to ask you."
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Meanwhile, with that certain redhead…
Contrary to Leonardo's beliefs regarding the situation, April proved that she was actually able to handle herself quite well, given the fact that she was actually able to spy on a few Kraangdroids having a conversation, mainly regarding their plans to unleash a large amount of Mutagen into the city's water supply. However, one of the Kraangdroids overheard as April accidentally knocked a nearby fire extinguisher onto the floor, but she was able to outsmart the Kraangdroid by sneaking up on it from behind and knocking it out a window using a lead pipe.
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Meanwhile, at the Lair…
'Woah, so Dr Mindstrong was taken over by the Cortexicons and Captain Ryan had to destroy him in a… surprisingly brutal fashion…' in typical fashion, Leo had his eyes glued to the TV screen during another episode of Space Heroes "What a hero…"
"You watching Space Heroes again?" Spider-Man poked his head out of the door to the lab and glanced over at the screen "Which one is this?"
"It's the one where Dr Mindstrong is taken over by the Cortexicons, so Captain Ryan has to blast him in the face. It's a lot more gory than I was expecting."
"That's nothing, you should see the episode later in the season where he meets this hot space chick and falls in love with her… it doesn't go well."
"That bad?"
"Nowhere near as bad as anything I've been through before." he shuddered at the memories 'One more good thing about Summer vacation, not having to go to school means that I don't have to see everyone in my grade, which means I don't have to deal with any girl drama, like the fallout of me breaking up with Liz. On one hand, that means I don't have to worry about that until the first day of my senior year, even though that's probably gonna suck. On the other hand, it means that aside from MJ, it means that I don't get to see any of my actual friends, like Harry… or Gwen. No no, shake those thoughts off Parker, you've got other stuff to focus on right now.'
"So did you just want to watch?"
"What? Oh right sorry, I got lost in geak stuff again. No actually I finished a sort of rough draft of my little project, and I wanted to see what you guys thought of it and get some feedback."
"Alright, bring it out here."
"Awesome. And don't tell Raph about it, I wanna see the look on his face." and so he rushed back into the lab and came out a moment later with a large object about the size of him, covered in a black tarp "You're gonna love this, I just need to step into it." and so he stepped underneath the cover along with the object in question.
"Oh good, you finally finished watching Space Heroes." this was when Raph made his way out of the kitchen with Spike on his shoulder "What the shell are you guys doing?"
"What they're doing is bearing witness to one of the greatest achievements of Spider kind, in the form of something that will revolutionize my ways of protecting the city from the Kraang, the Foot Clan and all of my other enemies. Gentlemen, and Raphael, I present to you… the yet to be named Spider-tech battle suit!" the covers were then removed to reveal… what looked like the form of a giant red and silver exoskeleton. There was a brief silence hanging over the group, until…
"GIANT MECHA ROACH! KILL IT!" Raph barred his sais and promptly charged towards the giant metal form in a blind rage, only to be stopped by it grabbing him by the throat and throwing him across the living room, leaving him to crash against a wall.
"Tone it down a couple of notches, that's not the actual thing." the red and silver form subsided to reveal a suit of armor with an arachnid-based design, with the same silhouette as the typical one from the Spider-Man suit, only larger and silver in color, the rest of the color scheme being red and housing a series of silver parts on the back, with four mechanical arms sprouting out of the back of the suit, and the faceplace lifted to reveal the face of Spider-Man inside the suit "So what do you guys think? I reverse engineered this bad boy from the Kraangdroid that I took with me from the warehouse."
"Okay, that's cool and all, but why bother?" asked Leo.
"You mean aside from wanting to explore an avenue of new possibilities? I've got a lot of crazy and powerful enemies out there, and guys like the Beetle and Hydro-Man are just the tip of the iceberg. You've seen what they can do, the Beetle you saw first hand. Besides it's just like your rat master said before, you gotta learn to adapt."
"That… is a fair point."
"The point is that the Kraang and the Foot probably have some kind of crazy tech or skills that we don't even know about, so I have to be ready for them. There's also the fact that there are plenty of my old bad guys out there that are still on the loose, like Mysterio and Kraven, not to mention the Venom symbiote, and god only knows what new ones are gonna come out at one point or another. The bottom line is, I have to be ready. Plus it smells like a new car inside this thing."
"So why the hell did it look like a giant cockroach for a minute?" Raph shot a glare at him.
"Oh that's just an outer layer of defense that happens to look like the exoskeleton of a gigantic mechanical cockroach, not that you guys are likely to run into that or anything, but it provides an extra layer of protection from some of the really powerful big bads I face. That and making it look like a giant cockroach exoskeleton would scare the crap out of you and I'd get a gigantic kick out of it."
"So the bottom line is that you spent the last day and a half screwing around with a piece of alien tech to make some suit of armor meant to do what you already do?"
"And do it better. So what did you do with your day?"
"Pretty much anything else. So do we get to fight it now or what?"
"Not a chance, this thing still has a ton of bugs to work out, and even then I still have to learn how to use it properly. You think I learned how to use all of my powers in the span of a single day? Even before I actually started putting them to use, I had to learn how they work."
"So how are you gonna do that?" asked Leo.
"The same way that most science happens, a ridiculous and fairly comical amount of trial and error that probably involves a lot of explosions."
"That sounds totally awesome!" Mikey looked at the new tech suit with stars in his eyes "So what are you gonna call it?"
"Well like I said, the name is a work in progress right now so-"
"Oh wait I got it, call it this thing the Iron Spider! Get it because you're a spider, and you got that whole metal suit-"
"Yeah yeah, granted it's not made of iron but I get the idea. I actually did consider calling it that, but keeping in mind that Iron Man is already a thing, I didn't want to get accused of stelaing any of his ideas or designs. Aside from the quips and being snarky to people that I don't like, I do happen to pride myself on having a strong sense of originality." the front of the suit opened up and Spider-Man stepped back out "In any case, the fact is that I've got a lot more work to do on this thing before it's ready to take out into the field. Hopefully Donnie is gonna be up for giving me a hand with that when he's done with his little pet project."
"Speaking of which, what exactly is Donnie up to right now?" asked Leo "Is he still messing around with his own thing in there?"
"You're about to find out, last I checked he was putting on the finishing touches. Anyway I'm gonna stash this back in the lab for now, good luck dealing with what Donnie is referring to as the future of ninjutsu." and so he grabbed hold of his yet to be named tech suit and dragged it back into the lab.
"What does he mean the future of ninjutsu?" Leo soon received his answer in the form of a loud stomping noise that ended up causing the ground to shake slightly.
It was then that a small yellow and gray turtle robot stomped its way out of the lab, and it revealed the megaphone in its mouth as it spoke "Take me to your leader."
"...I don't suppose either of you guys wanna-"
"No." was the simultaneous chorus from Raph and Mikey.
"Didn't think so. What are we looking at right now anyway?"
"I'm so glad you asked." Donnie made his way out of the lab, with Spider-Man following behind him "If I could have your attention gentlemen, and Raphael, I'm presenting to the three of you the future of ninjutsu."
"...I always thought the future of ninjutsu was gonna turn out a lot taller." Raphael noted dryly.
"One would think that until they get the chance to look at you." Spider-Man gave a wide grin from underneath his mask, earning a low growl in response "Yeah, I'm funny."
"You're a pest who thinks he's funny."
"Actually I am funny, but I understand that humor can be subjective."
"Hey check this thing out, it's so cute." Mikey then went up to the robot and started tickling it under its chin, only for it to sprout wings, a flamethrower, rocket launchers and several other types of very unsettling weapons.
"Oh yeah I probably should've warned you, it hates being tickled. Seriously, I tried the same thing a little while ago and it kicked me right in between the…" Spider-Man shuddered at the thought, then subsequently looked away "Yeah. Anyway, Donnie you up for doing some exposition on this whole thing?"
"Way ahead of you." Donnie gave a wide grin as he retracted the robot's weapons "Seriously, do you have any idea how cool this thing is? I used the Kraangdroid I recovered in order to reverse engineer it into this little thing of beauty right here."
"Okay, but why bother with that to begin with?" asked Leo.
"Didn't you hear Spidey's whole thing about being prepared for anything? The same principle can apply here, and now that we have the drone here, it can handle all of the dangerous stuff so that we can stay out of harm's way."
"Oh wait, I think I get the idea." Raphael shot an annoyed look at Donnie "You built this thing for wimps that are too scared to go into a fight."
"Far from it Raph, it's for wimps too smart to go into a fight. Wait a second."
"Oh wait, I've totally got this!" Mikey's face lit up with inspiration "I say we go ahead and call this little guy Metalhead! Why that you may ask?"
"We didn't ask." Spider-Man pointed out dryly, only to be ignored.
"It's because it's got a head and it's made of-"
"Yeah I know Mikey, we get it."
"I don't need a toaster to fight my battles for me." Raph grumbled.
"Yeah, you say that after my big toaster smacked you around like a rag doll."
"Actually for once, Raph has a point." Leo frowned slightly "Donnie this thing is ridiculous, it takes the whole point out of being a ninja."
"Quite the opposite, if anything it's exactly the point of being a ninja." Donnie told him "Ninjas area meant to adapt, just like I'm doing with this, now watch this. Attack the drone, and be sure to give it all that you've got."
"Are you sure about that? I don't want to break this new toy of yours."
"You wouldn't, but someone else on the other hand-"
"I sure as hell do." Raph stepped forward and barred his sais just as Metalhead was activated, and with a low growl he charged forward.
"Nope." with just a single movement of the controller, Donnie had Metalhead grab Raph by the sais and stop him in mid air, then fling him around like a rag doll (think of what Hulk did to Loki in the first Avengers movie) before throwing him into a nearby wall.
"Nice, that's twice he's been chucked into a wall today alone, and I'm willing to bet what little money I have that it's not going to be the last either." Spider-Man noted from where he hung from the ceiling, phone in hand.
"Wait, you're recording this while I'm having my brothers fight Metalhead?"
"Two reasons for it. One, in the name of research and feedback. Two, it's probably gonna be really funny to watch this later with snacks."
"...Good point, now let's do this!"
"And that's all I need to hear, now Booyakasha!" Mikey and Leo promptly dropped down next and started attacking Metalhead relentlessly with their nunchucks and katanas respectively, but still not leaving a single scratch on it.
"Oh yeah, I'm gonna have fun with this one." with the press of a button, Donnie had Metalhead stop Leo's katana and Mikey's nunchuck by catching them each in one hand, using it to slam the two of them together, then stepped on Leo's foot hard enough to make him scream in pain, and then subsequently kick him hard enough to send him (and Raph, who was behind him) into the wall behind them.
"Ha! Called it!" Spider-Man caught Donnie in a quick fist bump just as Mikey got sent flying into the wall with the others "Nice one."
"I know right, you saw that just as well as I did. I kicked all of their shells and I didn't even have to use the laser cannons."
"Which I found kind of disappointing if I'm being honest, I kind of wanted to see the laser cannons in action."
"Yeah I know, anyone with taste is able to see that easily enough, but we're gonna get the chance all too soon. Just face it, as long as I have this controller in my hand, I'm unstoppable."
"You wanna bet?" Raph pulled himself to his feet and smacked the controller out of Donnie's hand with a smug grin on his face "You were saying?"
"That you take the fun out of everything." Donnie went over to fetch the controller, only to notice that Splinter was standing over him "Oh hey sensei I'm glad you're here, I was hoping that I could take Metalhead for a spin tonight and see how he does."
"...You may." Splinter gave a simple nod, though the response took a moment to register.
"That is totally unfair, you can't just- Wait, what was that?"
"You have created this new weapon from your own resourcefulness and ingenuity, and now we must see for ourselves how well it works."
"Well that's amazing, thank you sensei."
"But keep in mind that this is a test only, and you are not to take it into combat."
"You don't have to worry about that sensei." Donnie bowed to Splinter as he left the room, and then he gave a huge grin.
"Let me guess, you're gonna take it into combat aren't you?" Spider-Man shot him a dull glance from his place on the ceiling.
"You bet your web-shooters I am! Why don't you bring your suit along too?"
"No way, it's nowhere near ready yet. I still have a lot of things to add, and then I need to test it before I take it out into the open. Frankly I'm not sure taking your robot into combat is a good idea either."
"It'll be fine, what's the worst that could happen."
"Exponentially worse stuff whenever someone is stupid enough to say that out loud."
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Nightfall came, and the stars were shining brightly over New York.
"Remember, ninjas rely on stealth." Leo and the others (with Spider-Man in tow) made their way along a series of rooftops throughout the city and stopped when they came to a certain alley "We have to move swiftly, and more importantly, we have to move silently."
"So your new pet robot pretty much defeats the purpose." Spider-Man jerked a thumb back toward where Metalhead was trailing behind the group, clanging and stomping and making a series of comically loud noises with every move it made "Seriously, I'm pretty sure it set off every single car alarm in Midtown."
"You know this area of the city?"
"I've pretty much been all over the city at one point or another. Keep in mind that I've been doing the whole superhero thing for a little over a year now."
"Yeah well I don't know about the two of you, but I kind of like this thing." Raph knelt down and patted Metalhead in a rather affectionate way "It actually goes pretty well amidst the sirens and all of the screaming in terror and crying for help."
"You mean the ones that sound when people get a look at you?"
"Yeah well I say that all of you are just jealous, because the four of you have to be out there in the cold while I'm here helping myself to Mikey's last slice of pizza."
"Hey!" Mikey promptly punched Metalhead on the arm, only to end up recoiling in pain "Ow, what the shell is that thing made of?"
"Well I guess the head isn't the only thing that's made of metal." Spider-Man gave a grin under his mask, only to be met with a few groans "Okay fine, that one sounded better in my head, but in all fairness you guys don't have much room to complain about quips when-" he cut himself short when a certain ringing started going off in his head "Hold that thought, get down." he crouched down and motioned for the others to do the same, with Metalhead doing so in a very loud and fairly obnoxious fashion.
"Is this that sixth sense thing you told us about?" asked Mikey.
"Yeah it's called my Spider Sense, it lets me have a heightened awareness of my surroundings and lets me know when someone is getting close."
"Guys get down here, it's just me."
Spider-Man poked his head down into the alley to see April standing there, and he and the others leapt down there to meet her at eye leve "Well better you than a pack of muggers who think they can be the next Big Man."
"Didn't you put away the Big Man back on Valentine's Day?"
"He made bail and he's been keeping a pretty low profile since then, but his operations were pretty much crippled. We'll get him eventually Though Valentine's Day this year wasn't a super fond memory for me for a few reasons. Anyway what about you, are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine, but you're not gonna believe what I found out in-" April was cut off by a loud crash, courtesy of Metalhead landing in a dumpster and then climbing out "Okay, apparently I'm not the only one who has some explaining to do."
"Well it's still a lot stealthier than running around at night in red and blue spandex. Say what you will about me, but at least I'm self aware."
"Fair enough, but seriously, what the hell is that thing?"
"The byproduct of Donatello screwing around with advanced alien technology for about a day and a half. Mikey dubbed it Metalhead."
"Yep, pretty catchy isn't it?" Mikey gave a grin.
"Yeah, go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back after we stop the whole alien invasion thing for tonight, okay?"
"Oh sorry about this guys." Metalhead's mouth opened and revealed the megaphone, which also released the screeching and static noise from the volume "See I'm still getting used to controlling this thing and- Wait hold on a second." the mouth closed "Sorry, the megaphone button got stuck for a second."
"And now my eardrums are bleeding underneath my mask. Anyway getting back to the Kraang stuff, what did you find out?"
"Nothing good, I can tell you that much." April told him "We gotta do something about it and fast, the Kraang are planning to poison the city's water supply with Mutagen!"
"Yeah you're right, that's definitely not good. If the water supply gets infected the entire city is going to become a disaster area, there's gonna be mutants everywhere, and I'm pretty sure that only a few of them are gonna be like stuff out of comic books instead of being hideously deformed or sadistic."
"Or better yet, think of all of the friends we could make!" Mikey was immediately met with a series of WTF looks from the others, Spider-Man included "Well excuse me for being the kind of guy that likes to look at things glass half full."
"Yeah dude, points for the optimism and trying to keep the upbeat attitude no matter how bad it may look, that's more or less part of my own shtick, but there's a time and a place for that sort of thing, so let's focus on saving the city okay?"
"Fine."
"Good, now let's go."
"I'm with you guys, the Kraang don't stand a chance!" Metalhead prepared to take off running, only to be stopped by the disapproving looks it was getting from the others "What?"
"Sorry Donnie, but we're gonna need you to hang back for this one." Leo told him.
"What? Why?"
"Just take a look around and you'll see for yourself. The fact is that Metalhead is just too clumsy, all it's gonna do for us is get in the way."
"What the shell do you mean clumsy?" it spread out its arms in exasperation, only to end up knocking over a few trash cans "Uh… I did that on purpose in order to emphasize the point that I'm trying to make."
"Forget it Donnie, you're not coming." and so the other Turtles and Spider-Man took off in the direction of the warehouse.
A downcast Metalhead hung its head, though it quickly perked up as it looked at April while the two of them were making their way towards a nearby rooftop, stealing the occasional glance in her direction, and then he started trying to make conversation "So… do you like heavy metal?"
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Meanwhile, inside the warehouse…
"Okay, there they are." Spider-Man looked down at the various Kraangdroids from where he was crawling along the ceiling, with Leo and the other Turtles moving around in silence "Huh, you know they look kind of cute when they're totally oblivious to the inevitable smackdown they're about to get. Alright boys, I think it's time for us to sound off. Raph?"
"I'm ready to bash some bots." Raph pounced his fist into his palm and gave a smirk.
"Leo?"
"I'm up for destroying some droids." Leo gave a grin.
"Mikey?"
"I'm totally up for cleaning some closets." Mikey was met with a few dull looks "Uh… I meant to say crush some Kraang?"
"I would've gone with bashing some brains in personally, but that's not bad. Alright you guys, I think it's about time for us to get to work. Who wants to go first?"
"I call dibs!" Raph leapt down towards two Kraangdroids and promptly began stabbing them with his sais, and subsequently held one of their heads on his sais like a kabob.
"You know if they weren't robots, I'd be a lot more disturbed at how brutal and twisted this sort of is. But you know, they're machines so I'm not. Does that make me racist? Whatever, time to crush some Kraang, and that's your cue Mikey."
"Way ahead of ya! Booyakasha!" Mikey leapt down to the ground and started pounding on two more Kraangdroids, only to eventually be yanked off by Spidey's webs "Too far?"
"Making sure you don't go too far, being a bro and all that. Speaking of which, booyakasha? What the heck does that even mean?"
"I don't have a clue, but it's definitely fun to yell."
"Fair enough. Alright let's go." and so the four of them went on the move on ground level and started maneuvering their way towards where the other Kraangdroids were gathering "Yep it's official, glowing green ooze in high tech canisters never ends well. Alright let's go and-"
"Alert!" one of the other Kraangdroids collapsed to the ground behind them loud enough to alert the others, and subsequently pointed at Spidey and the Turtles "Eliminate that which is known as intruders!" and then it promptly stopped moving altogether.
"...I don't know why, but a very large part of me wants to say this is Raph's fault. But that's for later, right now just run like hell!" Spider-Man promptly took off running, with the Turtles doing the same in various directions, as the Kraangdroids started shooting at them.
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Meanwhile, outside the warehouse…
"Looks like the fight got started." April and Metalhead continued watching the events unfolding from their place "I just hope that the guys are okay."
"Yeah…" Metalhead slowly turned to face her, Donnie's voice still coming through it "Would you just look at her, she's so beautiful… And what makes it better is that with this monitor, there's no way she can tell that I'm staring…"
"You do realize you never muted that thing right?" April was met with a yelp of terror.
"Uh… well of course I did! I mean if it was muted then you wouldn't be able to hear me joking around like that!" and then the megaphone came out "Man I hope she bought that…"
"You know you turned on the megaphone."
"Of course I know that!" the megaphone was shut off "So change of topic, how do you think the fight is going in there?"
"Well if I had to guess-" April was cut off by an energy beam blasting through part of the roof, and then Spider-Man being sent hurtling past them and crashing into the building behind them "It could be going better."
"I can vouch for that…" Spider-Man let out a pained groan as he fell onto the roof with an audible thud "Ow…"
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Meanwhile, inside the warehouse…
"Come on come on, go where the lasers aren't shooting at!" Leo led the other Turtles throughout the warehouse in an attempt to evade the various Kraangdroids shooting at them "I mean it case it wasn't clear, I'd like to avoid another one of us getting shot through a building!"
"Yeah well in case you didn't notice fearless leader, we're running out of-" Raph was cut off when the three of them rounded a corner, only to end up stuck behind a series of crates "Room to run like hell."
"That's just great, now they have us trapped."
"Or here's a thought, maybe we're the ones who have them trapped." Mikey poked his head out from behind the crates, only to duck back down to avoid a series of lasers "Nope, it's us. What, you can't blame a turtle for trying right?"
"Hate to break it to you Mikey, but it doesn't do much when we're trying to avoid getting shot in the head. Now we're gonna have to-"
"Coming in hot!" this was when Metalhead dropped down through the roof and subsequently crushed a few Kraangdroids underneath its metallic feet "Hey guys, bet you're glad I didn't stay behind now aren't you?"
"What in the hell are you doing, what is wrong with your arms?"
"Uh… my hands aren't on my hips?"
"No!"
"Oh right sorry, I forgot to press the button." Metalhead repositioned it arms just as the Kraang began shooting at it, only for it to not even be affected by any of their attacks "There, you guys got that out of your system? Good, because now it's my turn! Time for you buckets of outdated bolts to eat some hot lasers!" it summoned a laser cannon in one arm and started shooting at the various Kraangdroids around it, bringing them down with ease, as well as a fair amount of obvious glee courtesy of Donnie "Yeah that's right, you want some of this? Now this right here is exactly what I'm talking about!" it summoned its Rocket Fist that started flying around and beating down even more Kraangdroids in a matter of seconds before returning to its rightful place on Metalhead's right arm "Hey tell me something Raph, how does it feel to be shown up by a toaster?" the only reply he was given was a scowl "Yeah that's what I thought."
"Dude, burn!" Mikey pointed behind him.
"Yeah thanks Mikey, I thought that was a pretty good one."
"No not that man, I mean burn!"
"What do you- Oh right, got it!" Metalhead whipped around to face the Kraangdroids that were coming at him from behind, and subsequently torched them using its flamethrower extending from its arm.
All the while, on particular Kraangdroid watched the scene unfolding from the sidelines, and a certain realization seemed to dawn on it "That thing which does violence at Kraang… used to do violence for Kraang." so the Kraang powered down and exited the droid body.
"Yeah that's right, how do you like me now Kraang chumps?"
"Now you got them bro, show them what a Turtle can- WOAH!" Mikey and the others were forced to duck underneath a barrage of lasers from Metalhead "Hey what the shell dude?"
"Oh crap sorry Mikey, hold on I just gotta- Yeah there we go!" Metalhead was quick to get back to shooting at the Kraangdroids, as well as their Mutagen supply in the warehouse, with a burning passion "Here's some for you, and some for you, and you can bet that I saved plenty for the rest of ya! How do you like that one?!" but this came to a head when the laser cannon accidentlally struck a few nearby barrels of fuel, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the rest of the Mutagen, but also knocked Metalhead into a wall, breaking the control signal in the process "Wait what, crap I lost the control signal! Hang on guys I gotta- Oh wait, this isn't gonna be good."
"Okay, definitely gonna be feeling that in the morning…" Spider-Man let out a pained groan as he swung his way back into the warehouse "Hey guys."
"Took you long enough to show that mask again." Raph shot him a dry look.
"Give me a break dude, I just got blasted through a building, that's not the sort of thing you shake off right away or- Wait a second, Spider Sense going nuts." he looked over to see a certain Kraang attach itself to Metalhead, causing its eyes to glow purple as the Kraang took control "Okay, call it a hunch but I'm pretty sure this is gonna be monumentally bad."
"Yep, I can pretty much vouch for that. Listen up guys, if you can hear me say this, then you might wanna run."
"You heard him guys, things just went sideways in one of the most colossal ways possible."
"Alert." Metalhead, now under the control of the Kraang, took a few steps forward in a very ominous fashion amidst the flames "The ones that which are called Turtles and the one that which is called Spider-Man will now be called Turtles and Spider-Man that are that which is known as… destroyed."
"Case and point."
"Oh." Mikey suddenly breathed a sigh "You know that's kind of a relief."
"...What?"
"I mean I was really afraid at the beginning of the sentence, but then I sort of just lost interest in what he was saying."
"Yeah you say that now, just wait until the thing starts shooting at you."
"I know but-" Mike was cut off by Metalhead pointing a laser cannon at them "Okay, I believe you now dude."
"And there you go. Also, RUN!" and so the four of them scattered.
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Meanwhile, at the Lair…
"Come on, come on, come on!" Donnie frantically rushed around mashing several buttons on his controller and trying to fiddle with the TV, to no avail "Dammit this isn't working, but maybe I'll be able to override-"
"Donatello." a firm hand clasped his shoulder, courtesy of Splinter "I believe you know as well as I do that the time for games has come to an end."
"...You're right sensei, the others need me."
"They do, but you will need to be prepared. Here." he handed Donnie a bo staff.
"Thank you sensei." Donnie accepted the bo staff and strapped it to the back of his shell, then bowed to Splinter and promptly took off running out of the lair.
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Meanwhile, at the warehouse…
"Crap crap crap crap!" Spider-Man and the other Turtles continued to find themselves forced onto the evasive as they dodged the oncoming barrage of Metalhead's lasers, though once he found an opening he fired a series of webs to block the laser cannon "Okay the thing is down, now give this tin can everything you've got!"
"You heard the Spider, everything you've got!" Leo and the others promptly charged in and started attacking Metalhead relentlessly with their weapons, only to end up barely even scratching it, not that this deterred them in any way "Don't let up with the attacks, this thing has to have a weakspot somewhere!"
"My personal vote was to aim for the places where it keeps firing the weapons, like the laser gun or where it shoots the tiny missiles out of its eyes."
"Where it shoots the what?!"
"Oh yeah, your brother had a lot of fun with that one."
"Hang on a second dudes, this one always works!" Mikey let up on attacking Metalhead with his nunchucks and landed a solid kick right between the legs, only to recoil in pain "Okay, that almost always works."
"That would work in principle, but keep in mind that there's gotta be something down there for you to kick. Way to think like a New Yorker. Also, get the hell down!" Spider-Man promptly grabbed onto Mikey using his webs and yanked him and the others out of the way as Metalhead began to unleash a series of projectiles from its eyes, which he promptly disabled using a series of webs "See what did I tell you, eye missiles!"
"Enough of that which is known as witty banter." Metalhead stepped forward, along with a number of remaining Kraangdroids "Now Kraang will destroy you, which one wants to be the first to be destroyed by Kraang."
"How about none of us. Counter offer, which one of us wants to be the first to slam a giant metal pole into your heads?"
"How about me!" this was when Donnie dropped down onto the scene with his bo staff in hand, raring and ready for a fight "Now how was that?"
"Amidst a pretty good reason why you oughta test your stuff before you decide to jump the gun and take it into a fight. As for the entrance though, I give that a solid 9/10."
"Chastise me for all of this later. You and the guys deal with the other Kraangdroids, I'm gonna handle Metalhead on my own."
"Fine, but once they're out of the way I'm coming in to give you some backup."
"Hopefully I'm not gonna need any of that for this." Donnie brandished his bo staff as he watched the others charge after the Kraangdroids, while he himself turned to Metalhead "Come on, give me your best shot."
"It is the maker of the tech which was the tech that was the tech of Kraang." Metalhead wasted no time as it unleashed one of its rocket fists.
"Crap crap crap, this seemed so much cooler when I was the one controlling it!" Donnie was quickly forced onto the evasive, but once he found an opening he used his bo staff to knock the rocket fist away and sent it back to Metalhead, leaving it to hit it square in the face, and then he went on to unleash a barrage of attacks with his bo staff, though none of them had any actual effect on it, and then he was forced to go on the evasive again to avoid the oncoming barrage of lasers, one of which blew off part of his bo staff "Dammit not again, now what?"
"That which is known as the Turtle will be that which is known as destroyed." Metalhead then unleashed a barrage of missile projectiles from its eyes, forcing Donnie to evade the incoming explosion, which also knocked Metalhead off its feet in the process.
'So much for old school triumphing over advanced alien tech, now what?' Donnie looked around at the surroundings in front of him, and his eyes fixated on a nearby pillar that had been damaged by the fight 'Huh, you know what that might work. Hey Kraang, get a load of this one! The one who is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat!"
"The comment that is made by the Turtle shows ignorance of Kraang, and the one referred to by the Turtle as mother-"
"Oh for the love of god, just come and get me already!" Donnie promptly charged through the incoming barrage of eye missiles and the blasts from the laser gun, causing them to instead hit the broken pillar, which promptly came down as Donnie braced himself for the impact. When the dust settled however, Donnie opened his eyes and saw that his bo staff, with a naginata spear protruding from the end of it, had stabbed Metalhead square in the chest "Well then, I guess there's only one thing left to say… BOOYAKASHA!"
"Sounds like he definitely earned that one." Spider-Man let out a sigh as he finished webbing up the last Kraangdroid "A job well done if I had to say so."
"I don't know man, it sounds kind of weird to me when he says it." Mikey gave a shrug.
"It sounds weird anyway when you say it, but it does kind of have a nice ring to it. Maybe I'll take a crack at screaming that at the top of my lungs at some point."
"That which is known as the revenge will be had on those who are called the Turtles and the one that is called Spider-Man." on that ominous note, the Kraang detached itself from Metalhead and scurried away with its metaphorical tail between its legs.
"Not gonna lie, those little things always creep me out on some level." Spider-Man cringed a bit as he watched the Kraang squirm away "Either way I call that a success, not a bad day's work."
"Yeah I'm with him for once Donnie, not bad." and then Raph started being himself "You know except for the part where you built that stupid thing in the first place, and the part where it broke while we were fighting for our lives, and the part where it turned on us and tried to kill us, and then the part-" he was cut off by his mouth being webbed shut.
"Ah, how I missed the ability to hear myself think."
"Yeah, I already get that as it is." Donnie let out a sigh as he just looked away.
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About an hour passed, and things finally seemed to be settling down for our heroes.
"Alright, that's enough of that for the night." Spider-Man let out a yawn as he made his way out of the lair and found most of the guys screwing around with a video game, but Donnie off a little ways away messing around with another invention "I think I've done enough work on the suit for tonight, a spider's gotta get some sleep after all. Oh and by the way, I'm gonna be calling it the Mutant Spider Suit for the time being."
"Because it was made by the Kraang and they mutate stuff?" Donnie guessed dryly without looking up from what he was doing.
"Well you don't have to take the fun out of it." Spider-Man then looked over and noticed how downcast Donnie looked "You okay man?"
"Yeah I'm fine, it's just…" he let out a sigh "This whole thing was my fault. My obsession with trying to be advanced and using this kind of tech almost got us and my brothers killed. You were right before too, I should've actually tested Metalhead before taking it out into the field."
"Yeah you screwed up, but no worse than most of the times I've screwed up, and god knows that's a lot of them."
"How many of your screw ups have almost gotten people killed?"
"A pretty fair amount of them to be honest." that earned him a raised eyebrow, or would've if any of the Turtles had eyebrows "But what matters is how we choose to rectify them and make things right, and you know how we do that? By making sure that everyone involved comes out alive, and you did just that. You stopped the Kraang from poisoning the water supply, you saved the people of the city, and you took down an advanced robot that puts anything out of Tron to shame using nothing but a wooden stick. I'm pretty sure most cavemen must be jealous as all hell of you right about now."
"Are you talking about actual cavemen or is that a jab at one of your enemies?"
"A little bit of both, though if I had to pick one enemy in particular that's a jab at, it'd probably have to be Rhino. God knows that he's got the brains of a caveman."
"Still though, thanks Spidey. Maybe you're right."
"I like to think I am, it's not the sort of thing I get to enjoy too often."
"And maybe Master Splinter was right too. Maybe when it's in the hands of someone who knows and understands how to use it, there really isn't a better weapon to bring into a fight than just a simple wooden stick."
"Except for whatever you have sitting in front of you right?"
"Except for what happens to be a laser-guided wooden stick that launches missiles!" he slammed this new weapon into the ground, only for it to start shaking and producing a large amount of smoke that filled the room.
"...It's not supposed to do that is it?"
"No, no it is not."
"Didn't think so. RUN!" and so everyone in the room scattered, through Spidey couldn't help but smile underneath his mask as this happened 'Well one thing is for sure, things never get boring when I'm around these guys. Now part of me can't help but look forward to whatever is coming our way next.'
A/N:
Of course it's not a Spider-Man story if there isn't some good old-fashioned science and inventing going on, to show off his ingenuity and resourcefulness. Plus it gives me the chance to get in a little bit of bonding between him and Donatello, since the two of them have a fair amount in common, especially in two areas: A shared love of science and technology, and the ridiculous amount of trouble they go through with girls and romance.
So yes, I did mention the Iron Spider Suit when I introduced Spider-Man's own suit made from stolen Kraang tech, though that's not the official name of it. For the time being at least, I'll be calling it the Mutant Spider Suit, a name that was pitched to me by a friend of mine. I will admit that the Iron Spider is where I got the inspiration for the suit though, since I thought it would be cool for Spider-Man to have some kind of secret weapon, and I wanted to give him the chance to see what he can do with Kraang tech.