Note: Credit to MergingEmperor7 for the references in this chapter
Chapter Forty
Back in the other lab, Leonardo, Donatello, Streex and Slammu had been overpowered by the Seavites, Black Mamba and Nile Monitor and the black snake had texted Dr Arden to say that they had gotten their prisoners.
Leonardo struggled in the clutches of Slash.
"Where's Kemeko?" he shouted at Black Mamba "Where's my daughter?"
"You better not have hurt her!" Streex screamed "Nor Pandora!"
"Shut up!" Nile Monitor snarled as he held Streex and Slammu tightly.
Black Mamba smirked.
"Oh, that little gem won't get far! Nor will that Hybrid brat!"
"You mean they got away?" Donatello cried then looked at Leonardo, slight relief forming on his face and Leonardo also looked soothed by the news.
If Pandora and Kemeko had escaped, more than likely they would have called for help in Mutopia.
"But they won't get far!" Black Mamba snarled "The scouts will find them and bring them in! And then Master Shredder will have his granddaughter back!"
Nile Monitor smirked.
"That's going to be a shock to the kid's system when she realises you've kept that secret hidden for a while!" he taunted Leonardo who glared.
"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you!" Donatello growled defiantly "Knowing Pandora and Kemeko! They'll be calling for back up from the Dragon! And you know how it ended for you idiot's last time!"
Black Mamba and Nile Monitor looked at each other as they remembered that time, they were confronted by Tyroth after they had chased Monalisa and Sephie into an abandoned school and after he had arrived to help, the mighty dragon had beat all of them to a pulp with his amazing strength and magical powers.
"That damned Dragon!" Nile Monitor growled "I couldn't sit down for weeks after that!"
Black Mamba hissed.
"Well even if the brats did call the Dragon to come and rescue you, by the time he and his band and freaks arrive, the master's will have carried out their plan! So, you will have failed in your mission regardless!"
She looked up at her comrades.
"Dr Arden has summoned us!" she growled and lead the way out of the lab.
Meanwhile in the other lab, Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm stood over Ripster, Jab, Monalisa, Raphael and Michelangelo who were held in the clutches of Komodo Dragon, Gila Monster, Killamari and the octopus.
Dr Arden tapped his syringed fingers on his arm as he gloated at the prisoners.
"I have to say, you had a lot of guts coming in here, trying to find out our plans and botch them!" he said.
"Anything to stop you taking over the city!" Monalisa snarled.
"Well, sadly this is one quest you failed!" Dr Arden smirked "Your friends have been captured; they cannot help you now!"
"Fuck you!" Raphael shouted "I swear Arden! When I get free, you better say every prayer you have as I'll rip you to shreds!"
Dr Paradigm tutted.
"You're a loudmouth turtle, aren't you?" he asked, "I'll be looking forward to silencing you for good!"
"Get away from him Paradigm!" Ripster spat "You wait! I'll chew you to pieces!"
Ripster then chocked as he was squeezed hard around the waist by Komodo Dragon.
Dr Paradigm just laughed.
"You talk tough Street Shark! Your father was just as defiant! He failed to stop me! And now you and your brothers have failed! At Midnight tomorrow, the plan will be executed! And New York will be mine!"
"You mean ours!" Dr Arden corrected sternly.
Dr Paradigm turned to Dr Arden who was frowning slightly at him and the Venomous Five hissed in unison.
"Ah yes!" Dr Paradigm chuckled nervously as he started to sweat slightly "My mistake! I did mean us!"
Ripster and Jab also frowned wondering why Dr Paradigm was looking a little nervous, but they didn't get a chance to think as Dr Arden walked over to Monalisa and began to stroke her cheek much to her disgust with his syringe covered finger.
"Seeing you looking helpless is the most beautiful thing ever slut!" he drawled "I shall look forward to strapping you to my table!"
"Get off her, you ugly quack!" Raphael roared.
Dr Arden ignored Raphael and gripped Monalisa's cheeks hard.
"But first, I think I'll let the Master's have their way with you in the dungeons!" he hissed and Monalisa's eyes widened.
"I for one am hoping to make you suffer, especially after what you did to me!" he placed his hand on the burnt side of his face.
Monalisa glared again then sucked hard before spitting in Dr Arden's face defiantly.
Dr Arden recoiled in disgust then slapped Monalisa across the face.
"Disgusting freak bitch!" he growled.
"Good aim babe!" Raphael smirked at his mate who gave a smirk back and winked.
Just then, the doors opened, and Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm saw Black Mamba enter with Nile Monitor and the other Seavites with their prisoners.
"Leo! Donnie!" Michelangelo cried in fear.
"Streex! Slammu!" Jab and Ripster gasped.
"Guys!" Leonardo struggled in Nile Monitor's grip "Are you okay?"
The others nodded but their view was obstructed by Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm as they approached the new prisoners.
"Ah, the rest of the party has arrived!" Dr Paradigm smirked.
"And all the prey has been caught!" Dr Arden hissed "Oh such a wonderful day this is! And what fun is to be had!"
"Where do you want the scum to be put, Dr Paradigm? Dr Arden?" Slash asked.
Dr Paradigm looked across to Dr Arden.
"They will be taken to the Dungeons!" he said, "Where Lord Arashi and Lord Shredder will decide what to do with them!"
"Very well!" Komodo Dragon agreed.
"Not by you lot!" Dr Arden barked holding up his hands.
The Venomous Five and the Seavites looked confused.
"Well, if not us, then by who?" Killamari asked as he held onto Michelangelo tightly.
"Our new soldiers!" Dr Arden answered, and he held up a remote control and pressed a button.
The Hamato Clan and the Sharks were confused but they soon saw several doors around the labs open and they were horrified to see over thirty giant mutant Sharks, all almost resembling Ripster yet their skin tone was very dark blue to almost black, and they were bigger than Komodo Dragon!
"What the fuck!?" Raphael shouted.
"What are those creatures?!" Michelangelo cried.
"Megalodons!" Donatello gasped "But…aren't they extinct?"
"Those aren't Megalodons!" Ripster corrected as he struggled against Komodo Dragon "They're fakes! They must have enhanced the DNA to make them look like Megalodons!"
"Well, I'll be remade as a trout!" Streex commented, yet Slammu and Jab looked terrified.
Monalisa looked sickened.
"What the hell did you do!?" she demanded as she glared at Dr Paradigm and Dr Arden who looked proud of themselves.
"Merely another successful experiment!" Dr Arden answered as the Giant Sharks stepped over to the Veneomous Five and the Seavites and relieved them off their prisoners.
The Hamato Clan and the Ninjas tried to fight as they were exchanged, but they were unable to as the fake Megalodons grabbed them and held them in tight grips.
"Impressive, aren't they?" Dr Paradigm smirked.
"We call them…" Dr Arden said, "The Armaggon's!" Dr Paradigm said along with him.
"Lame!" Michelangelo snapped defiantly.
"You wait!" Slammu shouted "Pandora and Kemeko will have summoned the turtle's friend Tyroth!"
Michelangelo's eyes lit up as he heard that.
"You mean Lotus Blossom and Little Geisha escaped?" he asked to which Streex, Donatello and Leonardo nodded in confirmation, and Raphael and Monalisa looked relieved.
"That's my girl!" Raphael said.
"There is hope!" Ripster cried then smirked at Dr Paradigm and Dr Arden who looked furious.
"Curses!" Dr Arden growled and looked at Dr Paradigm "Then we may need to speed up progress! We shall speak to the Masters!"
Even though Dr Arden didn't show it on the surface, he was feeling terrified as he remembered the occasions, he had faced Tyroth and he and Arashi had almost perished by his hand twice when he went full berserker on them, first time was when he thought Monalisa had been killed, and the other was for the kidnapping of his family.
"I know you're feeling scared doctor!" Leonardo spat as he looked at Dr Arden "You wait! Tyroth will slaughter you all when he gets his paws on you!"
"Yeah! And he won't be sloppy that's for sure!" Michelangelo jeered.
"Shut up!" Dr Arden shouted then looked at the Megs.
"Get those freaks down to the dungeons! We will join you shortly!"
The Megs holding the prisoners nodded then started to walk out of the dungeons with the Sharks and the Hamato Clan in tow.
"And for the record freaks!" Dr Arden shouted as the Megs left the lab "By the time your Dragon ally and his friends get to New York! It'll be too late! Plans to commence execution will be sooner now! And you'll have to live with the fact you couldn't save your precious city!"
The Hamato Clan and the Sharks paled as they heard that as well as Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm's evil laughter.
"Guys?" Michelangelo asked fearfully.
Leonardo and Ripster looked at each other in worry then Leonardo closed his eyes as he silently prayed.
"Oh Kemeko, Pandora…please…I hope you've gotten help!"
Meanwhile, Pandora and Kemeko had heard the conversation between the ninjas in the Dojo as they hid in the vents, and they learnt about the bombs being planted around the city and how they would be detonated to go off when the order was given.
"Shit!" Pandora cursed as she looked back at Kemeko "This is really bad news! The whole city is in danger of getting mutated or gene slammed into being mutant slaves! We've got to stop them!"
"But how?" Kemeko asked.
"We need to find the source of the bombs, remember Uncle Don's lectures during School time?" Pandora said.
Kemeko thought for a moment.
"Yes!" she exclaimed.
"All bombs, especially ones scattered have a prime source! So, unless there are ninja present with the bombs waiting for the word 'go', which I highly doubt if they don't want to get caught in the blast, or at least inhale or contact the formula that will mutate them, it must be rigged up to a remote!"
"Absolutely!" Pandora said, "It could be similar to radiation exposure which they wouldn't want to be close to."
"Trouble is." Kemeko said "Where do we find it?"
Pandora thought for a moment.
"I don't know." She said "But my guess would be the labs! that's where Dr Arden's serums are created! Along with his ugly freaks of nature!"
Kemeko gulped fearfully.
"The labs?" she asked, "Dad told me about them, stuff of nightmares!"
"I heard from my parents too!" Pandora agreed "But we need to go there if we have any hope of finding the source for the bombs, and maybe even learn where our family and friends are!"
Kemeko chewed her lip, but she nodded in agreement.
"Come on then!" Pandora said, "let's move!" she then began to crawl through the vents.
Kemeko gulped and started to follow her cousin again.
"Keep your ears open for any other useful information!" Pandora whispered back "Eyes open, ears to the ground!"
Kemeko agreed.
"Right with you Pandora!"
So the Hamato Clan and the Sharks have been caught and are being dragged to the dungeons by Dr Arden and Dr Paradigm's new Mutant Fake Megs! Named the Armaggon's!
For many TMNT fans the Armaggon's are a reference to the actual TMNT character Armaggon who was a mutant (Or Alien, depending on which continuity) Shark and was an enemy of the turtles in the Archie Comic books, and many of the video games and most recently in the 2012 series.
Meanwhile, Pandora and Kemeko are locating their way through the vents in the Foot Headquarters, where will they end up? And will they found out what happened to their family, friends and the Sharks?
Well, keep checking back to find out!