The Saint's Hope - Season 1 Chapter 9: The Way of Invisibility, a ninja turtles fanfic

The Saint's Hope

Chapter 9 – The Way if Invisibility

Disclaimer:I do not repeat DO NOT own TMNT and crew in any way cause they belong to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (Only knows as the Greatest Guys on Earth!) while other characters like Sally and many more that happen in this fanfic rightfully belongs to me and only ME!

Announcement from our writer: Another chapter down, another one to go! Well, I have seen the new TMNT movie five times now so, that is pretty much out of my system…for now. Just until the rest of Season 4 of the 2012 series comes out and the DVD of the new movie. Then, I will be in Ninja Turtle mode once again. But enough about that. Let's move on, shall we?

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To erica phoenix16

I know this is a late review, but I just want to say you did great! :)
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That's ok! I may not celebrate the day here but it is nice to pointed out.

To Demon Kirara

(Didn't bother to write your review again as you pointed againa mistake in the previous chapter)

See, I'm not the only one!
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Let's begin episode 7!

(Unknown place – unknown time)

One turtle.

One teenage turtle. All alone. Probably far away from his family and friends.

It's been a while seen the red turtle has done the intro. Might as well start off.

Ever see one of those old movies where the private eye wakes up after being knocked out cold?

He may not be a private eye of his team. That position belongs to the baby of the ninja family. But Raphael here did open his eyes. It would appear that he was knocked out for some reason. But from what and by whom? The first thing he does when he came to was shutting his eyes tight and tries to shake the dust out of them. Not to mention that he has a pounding headache.

He always says the same thing.

The rebel himself lets out a groan. "Where am I?"

He was lying down of course but in an angle. And his hands, body, legs and ankle are all strapped down by the help of buckle straps. It was on pretty tight – to make sure that, as Raph would describe by the position that he was in, a specimen would not escape. He was on an operating table. Fear starts to climb his spine. This is one of the last places that the turtle and his family would be in.

If there is one thing that Raphael hates to being tied down. He tries with all his might to free himself or yet, loosen the straps. They were just too tight. The turtle was trapped.

Okay, so it's not exactly original, but it's true. I have no idea where I am.

Abandoning his mission to free himself, Raph takes a good look around the current room that he is trapped in. Since he is strapped down to an operating table, it would appear that he is in some kind of lab. The room was a bit pitch black even the ninja could see a bit with his eyes already adjusted to the darkness. If there was a light switch in here to get a better view of the place that would be great.

Is this an operating room?

Probably.

Torture chamber?

Perhaps.

TV game show?

If you count Punk'd, then yeah. Just in the other room, looking through the window that gives a good look of the dim laboratory, appears to wear a lab coat of some sorts. He has something planned something special for the turtle and only him. And by the look of this guy, he would not have the strength to capture the mutant ninja. Or maybe he had so muscle?

Raph has taken the time to see what was in the current room. He sees a few tools, wires hanging from the ceiling and equipment in certain parts of the room. Including the ones just above the mutant. Raph could actually make out one of them. A buzz saw. An equipment so big that it can slice the poor reptile in one shot. Hopefully there wasn't anyone at the controls already. Raph needs to get out of here. Who knows what the rest of his family are doing? He takes one good look around.

Last thing I remember, I was battling a bunch of street thugs with Casey.

Speaking of which…

"Hey, where is Casey?"

Where is his best friend? What has happened to him? Whatever those punks did to him, they are going to regret it.

He really didn't get his answer right away. Only to be blinded by an unpredicted illumination. The turtle flinches away from the sudden lit-up. But it only took a second for his eyes to adjust once again due to the brightness of a small hanging lamp. But the spotlight was not his problem. The red mutant was now gritting his teeth.

It was this huge buzz saw and a bunch of needles… that were heading straight for him. Closer by the second.

Okay,…definitely not the game show.

The vivacious machine was nearly right up to his face. Any closer and he would be sporting a new ripped-up scar just straight down on his face. And he would not feel a thing. It's more like he would in a huge amount of pain. He spins his head to the side; avoiding the close blades on the tool.

There is now one question that remains inside his mind:

How will this turtle get out of this mess? He ain't exactly James Bond.

(Unknown building, Manhattan, NY – 7:39pm)

It's has almost been 24 hours. Since the loss of the Sword of Tengu.

The culprits? The only proof that this man has was a photo that were digitally copied. The same picture that was taken a few months ago during the whole Mousers operation.

The photo of four green humanoid creatures and a human girl.

No-one knows – not even Oroku Saki or his men – who they are. This was all new to them. But there inferences are all too familiar. First it was that small robbery that was pulled by the Purple Dragons that happened just a few months ago. Then not long after that, it was the sudden ambush on 's lab and the destruction of his Mousers – his prized inventions. And now, the one artefact that belongs to him many years ago was for a second in his grip and now, was taken right under from his nose. In those few months of his entire life, he was not very satisfied. He has brought his empire from the heart of Japan many years ago, only to be taken down – bit-by-bit – by a new threat. This problem needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. So the master himself can move on.

Still at his desk with his eyes closing off his vision, Saki was in deep meditation. Just standing across from the room was his right-hand man. Hun has taken his audience with his master to look at the thermal image and its copies of the five interveners. The giant himself could tell that this was troubling him. He too feels the same way. In his old gang, he has heard that they too did have trouble a few times with a bunch of strange fighters. The kind of fighters that they have never seen before. Well, only one of them who someone that they have accounted on a number of basis. And he too has a history with him. He still stays in contact with them and they did mention that he was with them.

Hun has always been faithful to his master – his adopted father – for many years now. He used to go by the name of Hunter Mason. Ever since he has started the infamous street gang, he has taken the mantle as the terrifying leader and the nickname. In his teen years, Saki has introduced himself to the young fighter and has taken him into the family. Hun has made a solemn promise that he would never betray his master till the very end.

Hun has taken a great interest of the photos. "Gecko warriors, karate frogs, turtle costume freaks," he grumbles. He too would like to see them as much as his master. And he as well would like to deal with them for causing his master so much pain in only a short time in his long life. He crumbles the photos in his huge hand. But what he is curious is about the girl that is accompanying with the strange warriors. Why is she in the company of freakish monsters? What does she have to do with them? Hun would like to know more about her.

Saki does not. He thinks she is not any importance to him. He thinks the female child nothing more but a waste of time.

Footsteps were sounded from a small distance. Coming up behind the PD thug was a familiar figure. He gives off a recognizable snicker as he comes to the light; wearing a white lab coat as he approaches the hulking giant.

Dr. Baxter Stockman is back. In the flesh. And now, missing an eye.

Just where his left eye should be, it was covered up by a dark lens that hides most of it but anyone can see the scars that came from behind it. It looks like he is a pirate but not acting the part.

His left eye was completely removed. It must have been a painful punishment.

He comes up to Hun's side and takes the image from his hand. The scientist flattens the images to observe it. "Is this a field report or a fantasy novel?" he mocks. Well, it's not a fantasy novel. They are real and Baxter Stockman has already seen them up-close before. But the problem is no-one actually believe him. And he ends up getting punished. That would explained why he is sporting a new pirate look. Now that they have proof, Saki has allowed Stockman for another chance to redeem himself. Stockman has the mind of a genius and it could be the reason why Saki is keeping him around.

He was taken off guard when Saki's hand slaps the images out of the doctor's grip. The master was no longer in his seat and was now right in Baxter's face. He was not too content about this. All these recent interventions that has happen over the past few months and Stockman thinks this is all some kind of joke.

"Fool! Was it fantasy that destroyed your Mousers robot, Dr. Stockman?" he furiously barked at the ignorant scientist. Baxter was taken by surprise as he falls onto his backside from Saki's outburst.

With his hands behind his back, Hun was watching this little show for his own amusement. He loves to see the doctor squirm at the master's feet. But who says that Stockman was the only one getting screamed at?

He wasn't prepared to meet his master's eyes when Saki comes up to him with lightning speed. Hun takes a few steps back but still holds a bit of dignity. He too knows how powerful his boss is. "Was it fantasy that took back the Sword of Tengu from your Foot soldiers?" he snaps at his own men; jabbing a finger in his direction. He then calms a bit down as he then walks to his little platform. Stockman begins to pick up the photos. "These…green-skinned ninjas and this…child are too skilled to be mere street thugs." He may not be interested in the human girl but deep down, he too is curious of her. Just who is she by the way?

Saki has his back facing them. Hun was slightly bowing to him in respect. "Maybe they're working for your old enemies?" the giant suggested. The master scrunches up his eyes and cross his arms over. Perhaps…

But Stockman doesn't quite agree with Hun's thought. No surprise there. He stands up with the fallen pictures in his hands once more; grunting in disgust. "More like a top secret government experiment," loudly mumbles the ill-mannered genius. His own little comment was heard in a split second by the master.

Using his speed once more, Saki goes up to the doctor's face once again and grabs hold of him in his grasp with no problem. This causes Stockman to drop the pictures in astonishment once more. The scared scientist was now dangling in the air by a foot thanks to his master's immense strength.

"I am not interested in theories!" Saki snaps at Stockman and throws him like a ragdoll at Hun's feet. Stockman takes the pain from the fall and lift himself up. He looks to his master was a startled expression. "I want answers."

Stockman sits up a little as he rubs his chin with his finger. So does he and everyone in the room. They all wanted to know who they are and why are they interfering with them?

Saki then returns to his seat. "You two will work together,…" were the words that Stockman and Hun were not fond of. They are polar opposites. They are the Brains and the Brawl. Sometimes it works for some but in their cases, not for them. Stockman regains himself and stands up to face him. "…find these creatures, learn their secrets,…destroy them if necessary."

Saki does not want to worry about this girl. He may have learned that she can be a strong-willed fighter just because she is with these peculiar adversaries but she was not his main concern.

Despite being rivals to each other, Stockman and Hun will do whatever it takes to find these thorns in their master's side. Either capture them…or finish them.

(The Lair, Manhattan, NY – 7:40pm)

It's has almost been 24 hours. Since the teens have returned from their mission.

How did it go? Well, at first, it was to investigate the cause of the uncommon blackouts that half the city has been happening. And after a reunion run-in with the black ninjas with the familiar red foot symbol, the Turtles and Salvadora managed to overcome them, stop the blackout cause and came back home in one piece. They also came back with a reward in tow. A mysterious sword with a mysterious past that produce a shockwave with every attack. This gives the keenest member in the family to do some further studies on it later in the future.

They decided to put the mystery for another night. Right now, it was time for training. As all the training goes, it was located in the middle of the Lair. Master Splinter has already set up a number of candle on long candle sticks; making the Lair's lightning not the only light source at the moment. So, what is tonight's training going to be about? Well, it would have to do with the bamboo sticks that he and his children are balancing on. They stand a meter off the ground as that is how long the sticks are. The teens were the only ones that are swaying from side-to-side, all while trying to keep steady. Only the rat remains still on his pole as he has mastered the lesson many years ago. It was time for him to lecture his students on a special lesson.

He used his grey paw to light a nearby candle with a lit match. Once the candle makes the flame, Splinter removes the match away from the waxed light and blows it out with a simple blow. He turns to face the rest of the audience. He remained fully balanced. His children are still rocking. It was time to begin.

"My children, tonight our training shall focus on combining two essential disciplines:…" he places his hairy hands together. "The Way of Balance…" and this is where it gets interested. He brings his hands back and gives a clap. With the loud sound made by his hands, the Lair's main lights go dark. "… and the Way of Invisibility." So, tonight session is in the dark? It would seem each lesson gets a bit more challenging! This was just like the lesson about extinguish the candle back from their old home. Before it was met by the demolishing team.

The five teens all crouch down, hoping to keep their balance as well. To make this more interesting, Sally grabs hold of her cyan bandana with her right hand and pulls it over eyes; cutting her sight from the world. Since seeing darkness is the only thing in her vision, it would help improve her sensory ability a lot more.

Mikey was the one in the middle when he turned to his left. Just before the lights were shut off, he knew his brilliant brother was right next to him. Leo and Raph were on his right and Sally was just next to Don. "Dude! You put in the Clapper?" he asked his brother. No-one has told him that Donnie has installed a system that doesn't involved controlling the lights from the switch. This proves an easier access. They never had anything like this in their old Lair. But the orange turtle didn't have time to see his oncoming father. The rat hopes onto another pole and goes up to his youngest son. With one flick, he whacks his stick on the turtle's backhand. "Ow!" he yelped. Mikey rubs the forming bruise on his hand.

"Michelangelo,…" the rat speaks up; still holding his stick high in the air. Mikey decided to shut up for the rest of the lesson. Now the turtle has got his attention, the rat can resume. "…the Way of Invisibility also includes the Way of Silence." A hidden lesson within the lesson. The rat brings his attention to the rest of his children. "I suggest you employ both if you wish to avoid my walking stick."

And that is when the rat is on the move. It seems the key is to avoid getting hit by their father in the dark. The teens try their best to keep their bodies on fragile sticks. The master flips over to the furthest pole in the corner with his stick in his grasp until he close to his eldest son. He lands in front of the blue turtle that manages to hear his footing on the pole. Just as the rat does the first swipe to the midsection, Leo easily avoids with a back flip. Just when he comes down, he puts his foot down on two separate poles; running his perfect balance. Nonetheless, he manages to keep himself up.

Splinter then moves on to his next target. He does a side flip and finds himself right behind his human daughter. He then noticed her bandana is a little lower than usual. Guess she is putting her powers to the test once again. Extending his stick on his right, he swings the chosen weapon around. But the kunoichi picks up the on-coming attack. Just as he was about to make contact, Sally pushes off her pole, gracefully flips over her rat father and heads on the shoot right behind the teacher. But instead of landing on her feet, her hands grab hold of the shoot first and she does a handstand. She then lowers her back side with her legs sticking out the side. Splinter was now smiling at his daugther's success. Her powers are growing stronger by the day.

Don decides to take a crack at it. He leaps up from his pole and does an aerial kick to the rat's head. Even with the ability to sense things in the dark other than his daughter, Splinter manages to duck the attack. Knowing that he missed his target, Donnie does managed to land on another pole.

It was Raph's turn. He runs onto a few poles before performing an aerial kick as well. The rat, once again, lunges back just Raph's foot almost makes contact. So far, no-one has land a move on the old master. There was only one attacker left. Can he do it? Apparently not if he is the jokester and the loudmouth of the family.

Mikey does a handstand flip from one pole to another and resumed his crouching position. Since his siblings have already taken a shot at their father or avoided any of his attacks, he is the last one to face the rat. Maybe there is a better way to get closer to him. An idea just popped inside the goofster's mind. He looks to his left and then right. It was Showtime. He gives a mighty clap. And just has he predicted, the lights were turned back on. In the light, Mikey can see everything now. He was hoping to use the well-lit room as his advantage. But as ninja, it totally breaks the all-time rule; darkness gives the ninjas power while light reveals its presences. As for the rat, he was standing right in front of him; holding his walking stick right behind his back.

Happy that he found his target, Mikey stands ups from his spot but wobbles a little. "Peek-a-boo! I see you!" he quietly sings. He may have found him, but was he ready for the surprise? Splinter swings his stick out and tries to hit his son in the chest. The turtle was quick to catch the end of the stick. A foolish mistake.

Splinter then wrestles his weapon right out of the turtle's grip. Thanks to the force, it causes the turtle lean back and rocking forward. He was going to fall. Mikey tries to whirls his arms but was tipped off balance. He then loses his footing and falls down. Lucky for him, he manages to grab onto the pole right in front of him. Holding onto to it with his hands and his leg wrapped around. The rat did not fall with him as well. He kept his balance as he is the trained master. He simply jumps away from his youngest and hops onto another pole, the one closer to his other children.

Still holding to the pole, he peers over his shoulder although he doesn't get a visual on his master. "Hey, don't I least get points for creativity?" he whined. Mikey did what he thought was a good idea to turn the outcome of tonight's session. But Splinter thinks he doesn't quite get the lesson.

The rat was hunching over after he made the landing. "A creative mind must be balanced by a disciplined body." Just as he straightens his back, Mikey climbs up his pole and resumes the stance. The rat looks over to his other students; they are now swaying as much as they are learning how to steady themselves. He gives another clap, eliminating the light of the place. The Lair was in complete darkness once more. "We must learn stillness and alertness, for they are the only defence against the unexpected."

As for the unexpected, here it comes.

Normally, they would not be expecting company at this time of night. But after making friends with this particular being, he was granted the rights to use their…secret entrance. The blue elevator doors open up; illuminating another light source. As soon the doors open, the traveller himself was not expecting the place to be pitch-black. He couldn't see one bit. He tries so hard for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. Even the hocky mask didn't help at all. Did he come down here to hang or tell them news? Either way, he was welcomed as the unwelcomed visitor who is carrying around his golf bag.

Only the elevator's light was shine for only a few meters into the underground home but not the rest of it. The masked figure takes a few steps inside. He then turns around and starts to walk backwards as the sound of the stone doors came to a close. Despite not seeing anything, he continues to walk aimlessly in the room. He wonders where his new green pals and the teenage girl could be. They can't all have gone to sleep. It was still early for some zzz's.

Still blindfolded, Sally turns her head to the side. She has sense the intruder. But it was a friendly intruder. Her hothead brother was the first to meet this whack bag as he called him. Just to be sure, she hops off my stick and lands a gently thump on the rug.

He has gone down the slope; looking around the place. Only just a few meters away from the training grounds. "Hey, guys?" he whispers. He was hoping that his new friends can actually hear him or they heard the doors. He was not expecting to bump into a few bamboo posts. When the first one is moved, it then bumps into the others and they all begin to fall down like Dominos. Casey quickly turned to the sound that the bamboo made when come in contact but it was too late to stop it. The boys of the ninjas family all losing their balance on the falling shoots as well, (plus the screaming) and all come crashing down; earning a nasty bumps on each individual head. Sally would have joined her family on the fall and onto the ground, but she was smart enough to avoid the drop. She pulls her bandana off her eyes and places it back on her forehead.

"Uh-oh," the masked Vigilante gulped. Casey Jones's brain went clicked. He understands why the lights were out. His new friends were in the miss of their training. They all told him about. He should have known. And they also told him about the rat. The one who is…not content.

The teens were rubbing any parts on their body that is sore. A few of them were lying on the ground. Only the irritated rat was kneeling on all four. He whips his head around and angrily looks behind.

An intruder!

Although she can't see him, she can sense him. And she can sense that her master is all edgy. She becomes all alert. She knows the stance that she is sensing. "Master Spilnter! Wai—"

Furious, Splinter leaps up in the air and tackles the surprised visitor to the ground. The rodent holds him down by the neck with the help of his stick. So many questions are now burning inside his mind. Who is he? How did he get here? And how did he find him and his family?

Thanks to Sally's scream, the Turtles all scrambled to their feet. Their master – their father – has just tackled their new friend. The one Master Splinter has…not yet to meet. This is not how Casey Jones wants to meet the father of his new friends like. The place may be dim but they can all see the position that Splinter has their friend in.

"Master Splinter, no!" Leo cried out as he and the others all rushed to them. Sally gives a clap; turning the lights back on. Splinter, keeping his eyes on the unacquainted human, still has him in his grip. "He's okay." They all surrounded them. But the rat was not loosening his hold on Casey. He's still not sure about it.

"This is Casey," Don introduced. "The nutca—" the turtle stops himself, "uh, the guy we told you about." Splinter has not lifted his eyes off of the human. He now only knows two humans and one of them is his daughter.

"You remember, the igilante-vay?" Since when does Mikey learned a new language? Scratch that, a language. He can barely speak his English. The Igilante-vay? Wait, he could not be…

"We figured it'd be okay to give him access to the lair,…" Raph explains. That is when Splinter takes his eyes off the human and looks to his second eldest son. "…you know, for emergencies and stuff."

Abashed has drawn on the elder's face. He has attacked his children's new ally to the ground without thinking. If he did this to April, he would never forgive himself. The rat removes himself from the young gentleman.

He stands up and bows in regret. "Please, forgive my rash action," he apologises. Don and Mikey all bent down and grabbed Casey by the arm each and pulls him up to his feet carefully. He was taken down by a skilled martial artist by surprise. Casey doesn't hold any grudge against the rat. He was just trying to protect his home or anyone that he knows in defence. He would do the same thing if his home or family was in any danger. And it's a good thing he still has his hockey mask on or else the rat would have down some serious damage to it.

The rat straight up his back with his stick in his grasp as Casey was finally on his two feet. He then kindly removes his mask off so the rodent can actually see a nice face, rather than the one who is covered up. Then again, his new friends, sans Sally and the rat, are all wearing masks but they have a reason to keep it on. Not to mention, the four turtles are completely different from him and the two other beings in the room. Guess either mutants plus human and ninjas must have run in the family. "No, problem-o."

The rat quickly puts on a harsh look; very similar to the one he had a while ago. "Although next time…" he jabs his end of the stick almost up to Casey's face who looks at him with an anxious expression and puts his hands up in defence. "…you would be wise to heed the ancient Japanese proverb:…" As the human rebel braced for the advice, the vexed rat walks away while gluing his eyes at him. "Phone first." He then proceeds to go and collect the fallen poles.

Casey decided to heed the warning. Give his new friends the heads-up if he wants to come over. His red pal gives him the thumbs-up. This means that Splinter is okay with him and now trusts his guts; as long as he doesn't tell a peep about them. Casey doesn't mind keeping a little secret to himself but he also doesn't mind about his new friends' home.

He takes a few steps away from the teens as he looks around. He was pretty impressed about their place. "Whoa! Raph, your crib's even more awesome than you said," he said. On his path, he accidentally kicks one of the shoots away from the rat. The master stands up a bit and shakes his head in exasperation.

The Turtles and Sally all raced over to Casey. There has to be a very good reason why he came down here. "You didn't come all the way down here for the nickel tour," Raph said as they all halted in front of him. "What's the 411 street side?"

As the Vigilante and another human ally to the group, it was Casey's job to give them the news on the surface and what's been going down. Well, Casey Jones has some news for his friends that need their full attention. He becomes a bit unease about this. Somewhat disturb by it as well. The ninjas all hand on to the suspense.

"Graffiti, it's everywhere," he walks away from the group, "all over town."

The teens all stared at him. Seriously?

Mikey looks his brothers and sister. "And I think I speak for everyone in the room when I say, 'Duh'."

They all looked back to the older human in the room. "Really, Case? Is that what you came all the way down here for and nearly gave the guys here concessions?" Sally wonders. There gotta be more to it.

"We're New Yorkers, Casey," Don asserted to their human friend. "We've seen graffiti before." Their friend acted like this is a big problem to them.

With his eyes closed, Casey had his arms crossed over with his back facing them. It turns out, there is more to it and it is a big problem. He shakes his head. "Uh-uh,…" Pulling something out from his pants pocket is what he came down for. He open his eyes and whips around to face his ninja buddies to show them a piece of paper. Make that a photo. "…not this kind!"

In the photo is a wall that is tagged with graffiti. But a special kind of graffiti. Rather than words that they normally see when they hit the roofs, it was a picture. And this picture appears to be what looks like a sword with two pointing spikes on the handle. Very similar to the sword that they have in their possession. But that is not what trouble Casey a bit. What troubles him is in the middle of the sword's blade are four small turtle-shaped figures. It looks like the Turtles are skewered by the sword itself.

"I think someone's trying to send you a message."

Looks like it. Well, to the Turtles, not to the kunoichi. Maybe they were actually more interesting to deal with trouble than some teenage girl who can kick butt and take names. Who would have down this? Maybe those black ninjas whom are looking for some payback? Or the Purple Dragons?

The team all continued to stare at the photo. "Blech! Talk about getting the point!" Mikey cringes. After seeing that picture, the orange turtle believes that he and his mutant brothers do not want to be part of a turtle kebab.

Casey puts the photo away when he noticed a certain girl's face going a bit pale. Guess she doesn't like it when something tries to threaten her family in the most repulsive ways.

"Do all the tags look like this?" Leo wonders. They might be more than they think and in who knows how many streets or dark alleyways in the city.

Casey looks down on the photo as the boys all gathered around saves for Sally. "Some are a little more graphic," he answered. It's a good thing that Casey showed them the non-graphic one. Only some in the group do have bit of a…sensitive stomach. The teens plus Splinter who has joined them all examine the photo.

This also peeks the interest of the elder rat. If there was something that threatens his children, especially his sons, he would like to get some answers. Maybe find a solution on how to deal with it. Casey lifts his head a bit and sees something over their shoulders. Just across from them caught his attention. Something… extraordinary. Normally he would see swords from a few of his ninja friend but nothing like the one that is placed in the sword stand-alone up against the wall. No-one has touched the sword since last night as it was left for further research. Casey couldn't help but stare at it.

"Hey, cool sword," he awed. "Looks just like the one in the graffiti."

Sally looks to the sword. From seeing the picture juts this one time, it does have similarities. Both of them have sharp blades on the handle but one is much larger and it was stabbing four turtles. Casey decided to get a better look. He pushed past Mikey and Don and heads towards the still weapon. Everyone else watches the adult with caution. Clearly, the guy would not be dumb enough to touch the weapon. Casey comes a little closer before standing just a feet away from it.

If he is going to what everyone thinks he's going to do, he is in for a shocking surprise. Their eyes went wide just when Casey extended his hand…towards the sword's handle. And without the metal glove.

"Casey, NO!"

But Don's yell didn't stop him. Casey's hand makes contact with the steel handle. If he had the glove on, the wielder would have the power to control it. But without it…

The sword then lights up, sending electrical sparks all over the weapon. And through Casey's arm. The force of it sends the poor but ludicrous human flying back across the room and into a jam-packed bookcase. The impact takes a few books down while remarkably, do not damage the wooden shelves. Giving a few moans, Casey rubs his head in pain from the impact. Yep. Someone should have warned him about the sword's properties. Guess he found out the hard way.

"Remind me," the purple turtle looks his older brother, "whose idea was it to invite him down here?" Well, it was a good idea for April. They just didn't think of Casey. But Raph only thought of the idea was Casey was now part of the team. Leo pushes past through them as he, Sally, and Mikey all rushed to help the rebel up. Don and Raph joined them a second later. Splinter has already made it to aid the human up by the arm and starts to drag him towards the front door. He was the one who has the picture that he took from Casey's hands before he was encounter a wicked experience.

"I thank you for this information, Mr. Jones," the rat acknowledges the adult, "but now…we must return to out training." He has prepared for him to leave the Lair in the most respectful way as possible. Even the rat has his limits of patience. They were in the miss of their training until it was rudely interrupted by his teenage children's new comrade.

Casey couldn't believe what the rat was saying. Whoever did this to his friends; they should not sit around and do nothing. They should go out there and make them pay. He was not done yet. The human ally grabs the photo out of the rat's paws as well from his grip and faces his ninja buddies.

"Wait, don't you guys want to put the smack down on the scum who did this?" he held his fist in the air. He was hoping that they would come to terms with him, being on the same level as he is. Giving the expression on their faces, they don't seem interested.

"Well, yeah,…" Mikey speaks up; taking the photo out of Casey's hand, "but it smells way too much like a setup." Only a fool would fall this kind of trick. As for the well-trained ninjas, it seems too easy for them to fall for an easy trap.

Don places a finger under his chin. He always does that when something comes across his mind. It's either an idea or a thought. "Someone's just trying to get under our shells," he clarifies, dropping his hand to the side. Raph has his arms crossed over. "Why should we stoop to their level?"

Pulling out his bat and taps into his open left palm, Casey tries again to persuade them. "But this is a matter of honor. What about all that bushy doo-doo stuff you guys always talk about?"

When he mispronounces the word, Leo scrunches up his face. He did not just say that, did he? He then points his finger at him. "That's Bushido," the blue turtle corrected him, shaking his finger at him, "which has nothing to do with payback for a bunch of…nasty wall doodles."

"And besides, it's just drawings, Casey," Sally added. "It's gonna take a lot more than this to get some actual payback."

Which leaves only one turtle left. And Casey was begging on the inside for his best friend to agree with him.

"Sorry, Case," Raph shrugs his shoulders before pointing his thumb at only a few siblings, "I got to go with my bros and sis on this one." Guess the hothead has limitations. He has finally managed to keep his head cool in situations like this.

Not for Casey Jones that is. He was pretty bummed now. Not even his best friend would join him on the task at hand. Guess he was on his own for this one. He places his bat back into his golf bag and heads straight for the front door. "Oh, man!" Casey whines. He just wishes his new friends would be on the same page as he is. Right now, he decided to leave. Maybe handle the situation by himself.

Just as he was about to open the elevator doors, something else caught his eyes once more. Instead of the sword (which he does not like to go back to), he eyes the entertainment section in the Lair.

This replaces the grim look on Hockey Boy's face with a pleased grin as he looks at the large box set. Never in his life has he ever seen so many TVs in one room. Then again, this was a large place. Who says that he can leave right away? He just got down here. Might as well bunk down here for a few hours since he now has got nothing else to do.

"Say!" he gasped. Instead of the door, he heads straight for the couch. The teens just all watched him. Leo looks to Don while pointing at Casey, the Side-tracking Dork. Don could only just give him a bewildered shrug. Wasn't he supposed to leave so they can get back to training?

Casey hops his butt onto the couch, puts his feet on the coffee table and grabs hold of a slice of nice Pizza from an open box. With food and comfort on his side, Casey was ready to kick back and relax. He grabs hold of the remote and points it at the TVs. "So what's on the tube?" he wonders to himself. He switches it on as a foreign comedy show comes on. Something in Chinese or Korean was spoken which brings laughter to the show.

Casey takes a few bites of his slice before changing to a different channel. The Turtles and Sally could only look on with a slight bothered but stumped look on their faces. They were just having a nice quiet night of training when Casey decided to come along, with some news from topside, and decided to crash the party. One question burns inside their minds now: how are they going to kick Casey out of their home now?

Well, no-one was giving an answer. So, this was going to be a long night.

(Unknown building, Manhattan, NY – 9:00pm)

It has only been a few hours or less since the order was given out. And one of them has succeeded on finding a solution to their…problem.

Despite being rivals, Hun and Stockman, forced by their master, have to work together to find anything on their potential rivals (the ones who caused them so much trouble for the past few months) to know if they are dangerous and with his permission – destroy them.

For Stockman, he has constructed something that will make their mission a lot smoother and easier than what his…partner did. It has only taken him nearly the whole day and the patch-up scientist himself could not wait any longer to reveal his surprise. He also had help from a little item that his master has obtained from their last mission. He was now standing before his master. Hun was just standing right beside the small Brainiac, arms crossed over. He only did his part by calling his own crew to send the message to the mysterious creatures. He has never seen them up close before but his men did, only a few times.

"While your oversized lackey wastes time and effort with the pointless scribblings of street thugs, I have created something useful to intercept your amphibious pests," the doctor explains. If the one with the red bandana and the fuse inside heard that, he would go nutso. Just not far from them are his latest creations. "I give you," he twists himself around and gestures to the back, "the Foot Tech ninjas."

Right at the main door were ordinary ninjas of this particular clan. But they are now the first to given the upgrade on this chosen mission. Dressed from head to toe are dark blue jumpsuits with their bandana tails hanging down on their backs. They also have black gauntlets on which covers from their ankle to their knees, and from their elbow to the palm of their hands. They have shoulder pads, a black belt across their waist, a metal face plate with orange lens and two Katanas as the chosen weapons. On their chest are the straps that hold their swords, as well as a special function. A button was located on where the heart is located in the shape of a red foot. Stockman has created a device that would be beneficial on this specific mission.

To test their new devices, the ninjas, with their arms crossed over, respectfully bowed to their master before jumping away from each other. Now, they are at opposite sides of the room. It was time for a field test. They ready themselves to see who will go first.

As they battle, Stockman begins to explain the situation to his master.

"My brilliantly designed cyber armour enhances their physical abilities, giving them increased strength…" One ninja decided to make the first move. He leaps up in the attack and heads straight for his opponent. The second one was prepared and kicks his adversary away; slamming him into the metal pillar. The force was strong enough to make a huge dent in almost the size of Hun. The first ninja fells onto the ground. Was he completely knocked out from the impact? He suddenly recovers in a spilt second. Quickly as he can be with the new armour, the ninja flips onto his feet and takes a fighting stance once more. He jumps at the ninja again, but he was too quick now and moves from the spot. "…speed,…"

The second ninja twist around in the air and does a roundhouse kick to the head. The ninja reads the on-coming move and jumps away; back to where he was before. He goes in for the aerial kick once more. But the second ninja was now instructed to unleash a new weapon. "…and stealth capabilities." Just before the kick comes in, his rival hits the button on the chest and, just like a chameleon, the ninja suddenly…disappears! The attacker lands where his opponent was meant to be and looks around. The two ninjas are now equipped with cloaking devices. Stockman hopes that this would prove difficult for their new threats.

Trying to get a lock-on, it would only a matter of time before he strike. And not a second too soon, he was strike in the back. The visible ninja recovers once more. He takes a look around more. It only been a second before he whips around and sucker-punches behind him. His fist comes in contact with something and was sent flying across the room. It ends up hitting the lit torch just close to Stockman and Hun; knocking the stand over. It must be the invisible ninja. The visible one has managed to sense it out; thanks to the new hardware.

Both Stockman and Hun only saw the torch falling down from the invisible impact as the giant was the only one who reacted to the sudden collapse of the tall candle stand.

Stockman was now very pleased with what the work that he has done in just one day. He looks to his master once more. He would seem to have somewhat a satisfied look on his face. "And all thanks to the technology," Stockman then procced to walk over to the ancient corpse within the glass class, "I was able to glean from a tiny sample of this unusual artefact you dragged up from the East River." He was halted in front of the special relic with the most fascinated look on his face. He was only granted with one scratch on the surface of it. He looks back at them and back to the object. "If you had any sense, you'd allow me to study the entire thing." That way, the inventions that he would create for his boss would be a lot more powerful than any enemy that stand in their way.

As the doctor was babbling on, Hun took that time to walk over, painfully grab Stockman by the shoulder, lift him up and carries him back to the master.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," is what Stockman said during his aching trip to the ninja master himself. A ride that he does not like. He is going to feel that one in the morning.

Despite his ninjas with a powerful upgrade, Saki was not very convincing. Well, not just yet if only Stockman's plan succeeds. "First things first, Dr. Stockman. Bring me the creatures," the master orders the scientist.

Stockman was still dangling in Hun's grip before the giant puts him down. Stockman is a man who values his personal space. And Hun here was invading it. "Just keep this…behemoth out of my way," he asked, rubbing his sore shoulder to ease the pain before walking up to man; pointing his finger at him, "and my Foot Tech ninjas will deliver the goods. I guarantee it!"

He guarantees it, eh? Well, Saki better hope he doesn't fail. He has brought him into this company and he would happy enough to…personally remove from his payroll. He stands up from his seat and walks up Stockman's face. "You have already paid the price for failing me once. Do not fail me a second time."

The warning that he gives the scientist causes him to place his hand on his face. Startled, he drags it where his left eye used to be. It has been a while since he has lost it. Who knows what he will lose next if this plan doesn't triumph?

Well, he better hope not. He has full confidence that tonight's mission will go smoothly and that he prays to his idols, that nothing else will go wrong.

(The Lair, Manhattan, NY – 9:02pm)

To the family of ninjas, it was the most torturous hour that they ever had.

Why?

Were they captured? Put against their will? Be shipped off to a science lab to be dissected?

No…it was much worse than that.

It was…the unannounced and the interruption of the rudest house guest that they ever had. And in the form of Casey Jones.

Just a while ago, the Turtles and Sally were in the miss of their daily training, courtesy of their father whom is the teacher, to be aware of the darkness, to be stability and to strike without warning. Just when they were getting into it, along comes the Vigilante himself and interrupts the whole night. He may be the new member of the team and all, he needs to learn that he can't just barge in whenever he wants to. But he did come down here for a reason. One: somebody is threatening the Turtles (minius Sally). And if there is a two: he wants to hang out with his new buddies. They all thanked for the first reason but if he had any sense that they were training at the moment, he wouldn't be down here for the second one. And now, it feels like he lives here or something. Doesn't he have a home to go to?

With the company of their…guest, the ninjas have no choice but to halt tonight's training until further notice. Everyone decided to retire and go off to do their usual idle time, for a while actually. Because who knows how long their friend will stay for?

The rat father was off in his meditation session just outside his own door. Leo was engaged in his own training session by practising a number of katas. Sally was close to the kitchen entrance as she is taken the time to test her powers once more by using a small set of bean bags. Don was at his workstation, either inventing or fixing an appliance that was recently damaged or destroyed. Raph was located in the middle of the Lair, duking it out on a box bag. This leaves Mikey who decided to join the human in the living quarters. Watching his favourite TV shows is definitely something Mikey would do when he hasn't got training and among other things.

Mikey was just reaching for the last slice of Pizza. At least eating his favourite food calms his nerves down. Not until the last slice was swipe by their…guest at the last second.

"Huh?" he muttered. Much to the ninja's displeasure, the hockey player/fighter here has already eaten most of the turtle's favourite meal while he hardly had any. Standing up, Casey was munching down on the food. He was giving a big stretch before sitting his butt on the blue couch and placing his feet on the table again.

Music was now blasting through the speakers which gives some of the family some difficulty to train. One of them apparently has finished his training and was now heading towards the living room. He thinks it was time for their friend to leave. The night does not last forever. As he gobbles up the last pizza, Casey looks to his right to see a box full of the orange turtle's DVD collection. He picks up the box and rummages through it. He wonders what his friends have in stores.

Leonardo has finally arrived to the couch. He grabs the remote that was trapped between the cushion the arm of the sofa. He grabs hold of it, aims it at the TV and presses the button. The TV was now switched off and the noise was off. The Lair was now peacefully and quiet. Well, almost.

The blue turtle then lets out a big yawn as he stretches his arms. He has been up since 6 in the morning. It would be the appropriate time to hit the hay and catch up on some sleep. He wonders if Casey was also tired too. "Woo, sure is getting, uh…late."

But Jones was not ready to leave. He just went through the box and he was not too happy with the selection. It's either he has seen them and they don't have any new ones or the amount that they have. He holds a few in the air, looking at Mikey. "These the only DVDs you got?" he asked.

Maybe this was the way to get him out of their home? The orange turtle stands up from his banana lounge. "Yeah, in fact," Mikey walks over to Casey who was about to put the box on the table, "why don't you borrow some and bring them back?" he proposed, grabbing hold of the box.

Mikey would mind if anyone takes his stuff from him. He is just like anybody who goes through his things and takes them without permission. But he decided to make an exception as he and the others are doing their best to make Casey leave at any cost.

Casey takes one DVD from the box and walks away, but instead of leaving, he heads for Donnie's computer. It also has a DVD player installed to the workstation. "That's okay. I'll just watch them here," he replied. So much for leaving. The two turtles come together and looked at each other. Casey was now pressing the Stop button continuously. He wanted to get the tray out but it was not working. It was he hitting the wrong button. "Come on. Eject, eject!" Hockey Boy was now starting to get mad. Well, if that doesn't work, he might as well do them the old fashion way. Leo was just rubbing his head in annoyance from the background.

"You useless piece of—" he lift his leg up and…drop-kick it into the machine. His heel digs into the player; denting it and caused it to sends sparks out from the back and smoke out of the crack. Casey has just destroyed the DVD player. And this also caused Mikey to squeal like a girl. Realising and regrettably of what he did, the nervous Casey bends down and looks at the destroyed machine. "So much for that plan. "Uh, think your player's broken."

The blue turtle shrugs his shoulders. He though was the only one who breaks things. Now, they have two. Don heard and saw the whole commotion over his shoulder. Now upset, he didn't bother to come over and fix the player as he was busy with his own little project. He just has another machine broken and was put on his long list of fixing-objects-that-have-been-recent-destroyed-by-some-nutcase. He now rests his head on his chin while his other hand has a small tool that makes a sizzling sound. "Uh…no problem. I'll fix it…" he turns back to face them, "in the morning." Another busy morning if this keeps up.

Casey decided to move on to the next turtle. He ditches the player and goes over the purple turtle. "What you working on?" Casey asked.

The human has arrived at the station and was now peering over the mutant's shoulder. Don has a thing of personal space. He does not like anyone looking over his shoulder, unless it is April whom he doesn't mind. He does his best to cover up his work with his arms, head and shell.

"Uh, boring stuff. Really, really boring stuff, he dully replied. Donnie here does not want

Casey went from side to side as Don tries his best to block his view. He may be a hothead like his big brother Raphael but he annoys him like his little brother Michelangelo.

Since the smartie here doesn't want help or something, Casey decided to move on to someone else. Looking to his left, he spots the young kunoichi herself. Once the others are seeing where Casey is heading, everyone dropped everything. While, definitely Leo, Mikey and Don. Horror was now going through their spines. If there is one thing that they know about their sister is that you should never bug. Especially in training. Guess Raph forgot to mention this to him.

Leo extended his hand out. Uh…C-casey. I would stay away from Sal if I were you," the blue ninja advised him. But the Vigilante ignores him and keeps on walking.

Still walking, Casey looks over his shoulder. "Ah, c'mon guys. What's she gonna do to me? Slap the crud out of me?" the rebel quipped. He was getting closer to her by the second. Casey has no idea what he has got himself into. There is nothing that they can do for him. All the teens could only pray for mercy.

Two glowing bean bags were flying high in the air and so was the glowing from Sally's hands. When she thrusts her hands forwards, so does the bean bags. When her hands go up and down, so does the bean bags. Casey was watching the whole show from behind. The first time that he witnessed her powers was when they were attacked by that Nano Monster a while back. Even though he was nearly knocked out, he managed to get a glimpse of her Telekinetic at work. He wanted to see more.

"Yo, Sally. Can you show me that fancy magic mumbo-jumbo that you did the other night?" The girl's shoulder went tense. He did not just say that, did he? She thought she said the term clearly to him before.

The kunoichi does not take her eyes off the objects. She tries so hard not to lost focus and lose her temper. She lets out a deep breath. "Not now, Casey. I'm busy." Go away, Casey. Bug someone on your own time. She pressed on with her training. But Jones still keeps on bugging.

"Ah, c'mon. I wanna see your powers. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,…"

The grown man's mocking was starting to wear Sally's patience thinner with each please he speaks. Man! He is just like Mikey! Without him knowing, Sally closed her eyes and left the bags still floating in the air. She drops her hands to the side. A devilish smile appears on her face. He's wants a show? I'll give him one. Without a second thought, Sally thrust her hand back. Just as her hand reaches back, one of the bean bags goes soaring towards the Vigilante himself.

Casey didn't have time to move when the bean bag hits him directly in the stomach!

The three Turtles all winched at the impact. They knew this was going to happen. The human's eyes almost pop out and his back hunched over. The little soft object collapse on the ground before Casey's knees makes contact. How can something that small make such a big damage?

As she turns around to face him, Sally grabs the other floating bean bag with her hand and places the other hand on her hip. "There. How's that for a show?" She's hopes that he has got the message.

The Vigilante was still clutching onto his stomach. With that much force, it almost brought his dinner up. Any lower and it would be a trip to the hospital. How weird would it be when they ask how did this happen. Luckily for him, he still has enough energy to stand up while clutching his arm around the bruised area. Casey finally makes a mental. Never bother anyone with powers. Especially if that girl is Sally.

With pretty much everyone brushing him off and the pain subsiding, Casey turns to another spot. Right in the middle of the Lair, he sees the one person that he wants to hang more than anyone. Raph was still doing a few rounds on the punching bag. Casey charges up to him. "Hey, Raph, let's wrestle!"

The human man-child tackles the mutant teen to the ground. They then began to roll all over the place. "Let go, bonehead!" Raph barked; struggling to hold back. During the tussle, they managed to knock one of the lit candles of its stand. When made contact, it blew the flame out.

The rat was now mentally regretting that he has to meditate near where his loudest son and his friend are. He places his grey paw on his forehead and shakes his head in frustration. He has four sons and a daughter to worry about. He does need another one child in the mix. It was too much to take in. When will there be a time for the rat to get some peace and quiet?

"No way, dipstick!" Casey countered it. The match was still on.

"Pukebrain!" Raph added another one. Leo and Mikey, now joined by Don and Sally, are all observing them. Right now, they were acting like a bunch of immature kids. They are all trash-talking naming each other. Sooner or later, someone is going to get hurt – both mentally and physically.

"Geek!"

"Dweeb!"

"You dork!"

Not just the children, but the rat could not take another second. First, his teens' new friend come sin and interrupts the whole lesson. And now, he had bugged almost everyone!

It was time.

Right before Raph could come up with another one; a walking stick appears out of nowhere and slams on the ground. The boys stop their playtime and they both look up to see a very discontented Splinter; looking down on them. He too was beginning to get aggravated by Casey's overdue stay at their home.

"Raphael!" the rat lets out a deep breath. What he was about to tell them was something that he would be against but it was the only way to make Casey Jones leave. "Normally I discourage excursions to the surface," he speaks as the rest of the family all gathered around him, "but I think it wise for you to take out guest for a breath of fresh air."

This was the best thing the red turtle has heard all day. He was killing for some surface time. And what better way than spend it with his best bud. Raph tangle himself from Casey and stands up with enthusiasm. "Topside? I'm all over it," he agreed. He gives his father an approving thumbs-up.

Casey also shots up like a rocket. He too is finally ready for some action. And it is with someone else. "BOOYAH!" he cried out, pumping his fists in the air.

Raph was the first one to take off running. Casey soon followed after as they both run up the ramp and head towards the elevator. "Come on, you maniac."

During the run, Casey manages to grab his golf bag. Every time that he is out, he always takes his bag with him. "Manic? Who you calling a maniac?" he shot, putting his mask on.

Internally, the rest of the ninja family let out a sign of relief. They have finally got Casey Jones to leave the Lair. But who knows when he will come back? Maybe next time, he will be respectfully and learn that his friends have boundaries. Maybe next time. But as for now, they can finally resume what they left off from training.

Mikey rubs one side of his head with his hand. "And that's how they defeated," he then puts his hands out in front and wiggles his fingers, while speaking in a dramatic voice, "The Thing The Wouldn't Leave."

Sally lunges closer to Leo. "Man, that guy needs a girlfriend." Leo couldn't help but nod in agreement. I wonder if April would be suited for him.

(On the streets, Manhattan, NY – 9:05pm)

The two hotheads of New York wasted no time as they raced up from the elevator doors to the rooftops. Now flipping from one building to another, the two men were now enjoying the fresh air. Maybe when they can take a break, maybe Raph can actually lay down some ground rules of his home like when it is the best time to come over or what not to do when Sally or Don are busy in their leisure time. They have already resumed their trash-talking from earlier.

Raph goes first since he didn't get a chance to the last time. "Nimrod!"

CAsey does a few more flip and a cartwheel. "Lightweight!"

"Gack face!" Raphael added as they both landed on a small building. Just when they were about to hit the next street…

PPPSSSSSHHHHH. PPSSHH. PPSSSHHH.

The noise was heard in the distance, followed by a few rattles. This made Casey halt for a second. This sound was…awfully familiar. He turns around so that he can see his mutant buddy and hear the noise. More were sounded as well.

"Spray paint?"

Raph just raised an eyebrow at him. "Spray paint? What kind of lame trash talk is that?" He has gotta come up with a better one than that.

But Casey wasn't fooling around, which it is a first. He did hear something. And it was close. "No, listen." He points his thumb over his shoulder. He looks to the source and so does Raph when he joined him.

Looking over the edge and into the closed off alleyway, they both see three thugs. Only two were making art on the wall while the third one appears to be on look-out duty. This looks trouble.

To get a better look, Raph and Casey do a mighty leap to the other side. Good thing that they weren't spotted by them or anyone else.

The one thug on watch has blue spiky hair with little dark green sideburns. He is wearing a long sleeve grey top with green shorts that has light green pockets, a pair of purple sneakers with white laces, a silver earring on the nose, a pair of light green finger-less bikie gloves and a purple necklace. On his top is a vertical purple strip and on the left sleeve is a large lizard. He goes by the name of Rudy.

Just where they are spraying the paint from the cans, one of them spikey red hair that goes up and has a yellow bandana with the picture of a large lizard. His goatee is the same colour as his hair. He wears dog tags that are wrapped in a chain necklace. He is wearing a black tattled singlet with blue baggy pants, a pair of metal elbow pads and he has a pair of yellow sneakers with white lacers. High on his left arm is a tattoo of swirls that looks almost like the lizard. Covered up from his hands but showing his fingers to his elbow are white bandages. He goes by the name of Spike.

And the last one is helping Spike with the paint. He has orange spiky but floppy hair with a goatee in the same colour. He has a purple headband on his forehead. He is wearing an olive green shirt with a purple collar. He has a black belt with a silver buckle, grey shorts that goes over his black pants, a pair of metal knee pads, and a pair of olive green boots. He also has a nose ring and a silver earring on his right ear. There is also a white bandage that is wrapped around on his left hamstring. Like Spike, he has also got white bandage covering his arms from the palm of his hands to his elbows. A picture of a large lizard was on the front of his shirt. He also has buck teeth. He goes by the name Reggie.

Some of thugs actually look familiar to the two rebels. Raph and Casey took a closer look at the art that they are making.

Four small turtles getting eaten…by a giant lizard.

It's not a lizard. It's a dragon.

The Purple Dragons.

So they are the ones who painted not just this graffiti but the one in the photo too. Guess they are responsible for taunting the ninjas to come out to play. Well, they managed to get one of them. And now, they are going to pay. It was Showtime.

They decided to drop in. And when they mean drop in, they dropped down into the alleyway and meet the taggers. As a trained ninja, Raph easily jumps down from a high level and land on his knee while Casey was confident enough to slide down the water pipe. Hopefully, it won't break.

The sudden appearance of a mutant ninja turtle causes the thugs to stop what they are doing and faces him. They were astonished to see the mutant once more. As they have already dealt by him and his family. With his mask on, Casey finally joins him. These two hotheads have come out to play.

"Hi, we're the Neighbourhood Clean and Green," Raph introduces himself and his friend to the punks here. The thugs quickly wasted no time to pull out their chosen weapons. "Doing our part to stamp out taggers." Spike has his two bats while Reggie whips out his chain.

Now that they are armed, it was time to rumble.

Reggie decided to strike the turtle first. Rookie mistake. He swings his chain at the head, but Raph manages to duck it. Due to the swing, he also spins around which gave Raph enough time for him to kick the thug away. One down, two to go.

Pulling out his bat, Casey takes his shot at Spike. With the Vigilante holding one bat, Spike has got two in his grip. Casey was not happy with the weapon choice. "Dude, you're totally stealing my act," he rants. I thought his hockey stick was his act? It matches with his hockey mask. But there was no time to complain. Raising his bats in the air, Spike bellows the charge. He swipe one bat but Casey, just his friend, ducks the move. Spike comes down for the second but Casey steps to the side and comes behind him.

As for Rudy,…

With the two of his boys taking the fight, he decided to call for some…backup. He rushes up to the nearest dumpster and ducks behind it. As he does that, he pulls out his cell phone and dials the number. He knows juts who to call.

The phone picks up. "We got one," Rudy reported. It was only short and simple before he looks to his left and went absolutely pale. A couple of green hands grab him by the collar; causing the thug to drop his phone, and throws him against the tagged wall. Two down, one to go.

Although he have his back facing Spike, Casey still has the skills to block the attack from behind. Now wielding two bats, Casey used one of them hold the strike made by Spike. The thug is using all his might to push him down. With Spike in the open, Casey back kicks the thug in the stomach; taking him out of the fight. And that's the end of that.

Reggie has already recovered from his bout and was ready for Round Two. If he was smart, he should have stayed down. Without a weapon in hand, he worthlessly charges at the same turtle. But the ninja, who sees this attack coming, does a spin and a kick to deliver the sucker into the pile of defeated punks. The battle was over.

Casey and Raph all approached the pile. The mutant places a foot on one of them. "Piece of cake," Casey gloated. It all seems too easy for a nightly run in his case. Shouldn't there be more Purple Dragons? If so, then where are they?

The night has not come to a close. Raphael looks up to see more trouble. One battle was over, but not the war.

"Don't be so sure." The lone turtle points to the rooftops just across from the alleyway. "Phone boy called for backup,…" Standing high the roof whilst holding onto the pole is one of them. The other just pasted its partner as he followed him too. "…and here it comes!" the two blue ninjas in black armour both landed gracefully on the concrete ground. One lands closer to them on its knee while the other landed on the road and walks towards them. They must have been observing the fight since they got the call. They looked trouble. This could prove too much for one ninja and one Vigilante to handle.

Casey was pretty much awestruck. After seeing that flip, he doesn't know if they are robots or not. "Whoa, those things aren't human." The kneeling ninja stands up before he is joined by his friend.

Raph was twirling one of his Sais. "In case you haven't noticed, neither am I." Good point, Raph.

But enough talk, it was time for Round Two.

Raph and Casey all charged at their new foes. One of them has already dealt with different ninjas before. But they got more than they bargain for. Before they can land an attack on them, the blue ninjas used their right hand and pressed the small foot icon on their chest plate. And in faded blinding light, they all disappeared. The two hotheads both stopped running. This…was all news to them.

Raph and Casey looked around. "Where'd they go?" the human wonders. They were now complete baffled. Did they pull a magic trick on them? Do they have powers like Sall—

WHACK!

Thanks to the invisible force, Raph and Casey all go flying back to the end of the alleyway. This is definitely a problem for them. They both recovered from the sudden attack. The turtle looks over to his friend. "They must have some kind of, what do you call it? Cloaking device." Guess Raph must have figured it out. It appears that they is no magic on them, but they do have devices that help them turn invisible. If he can't see them, he can sure use Sally's help right about now.

Casey stands up but still aching from the pain. "Cloaking device?" he grabs hold of his arm and rubs the sore muscle. "What are they, Klingons?" Since when does Casey watch Star Terk? Never mind, ask later.

But the fight is not yet over. The blue ninjas are still out of sight. One of them apparently walked through a puddle of water; thus leaving a trail behind. And it was moving fast and getting closer to Raph.

Got ya!

The turtle jumps at him; ready to wipe the floor on him…but was caught in an invisible bear hug at the last second. Raph can't see what the ninja is supposed to do when nobody can't see him. The red ninja was struggling in his grip.

Looks like Raph could use some help. With maybe one ninja busy, instead of charging in to help free his friend, Casey spots the two spray cans and quickly grabs them. He aims the nozzle at the cloak foe and activities it. The purple paint was released from its container and onto the unseen warrior. The paint itself hits something in the air just next to flying Raph which covers his arm and the side of his face in paint.

The two fighters can finally see one of them.

Perfect.

Now that one part of the ninja is visible, Casey can strike.

The painted ninja was stunned that some substance are on him. But he didn't have time to see the hockey stick in the Vigilante's grip. Casey swings his weapon back and hits square in the face. When impacted, the ninja loses his grip on the turtle and surprisingly, one of its orange lenses comes off. It's not just the paint that Casey sees; it is also a human eye. So, they are not robots.

Before he can take down Raph, he needs to take down Casey. Dealing with the turtle later, the painted ninja walks up to the Vigilante. With his stick at ready, Casey another swings from the other direction. But the ninja manages to block it with his arm and the stick itself was smashed into pieces, all thanks to its sturdy arm gauntlet.

Now frighten and still holding the broken weapon. "Uh-oh," Casey gulped. He and Raph were then tossed into the metal scaffoldings from the dead-end. The beings come into contact with it and it comes crashing down. The smoke caused by the crash and was settled in the next second. The two hotheads were now knocked out and were buried in a pile of metal and wood. The battle was now over with the new concealed winners.

The same faded bright light appears and out appears the blue ninjas who had their hands on the switch. One of them was still painted and is missing one lens. So, what are these blue ninjas? And why are they here for?

The two ninjas grabbed a fighter each and drag them out of the rubble and on the ground. They were sent by the master to retrieve one of their foes. Which foe are they meant to take?

"Target apprehended," the clean ninja reported, coming to a halt. And he is the one holding onto the mutant. They all came for him. The painted one has the human in his grasp and was right behind him.

He releases the masked fighter from his grip. "What about him?" It's either leave him or disposes of him. Their choice.

They decided to leave him. Because just standing at the entrance to the streets were a few of familiar crooks, would be happy enough to do the job.

"Just leave him for us."

The three Purple Dragons thugs, all now armed with a weapon each, have all recovered from their bout. Seeing that their foes have been taken care of, they wouldn't mind a little beating. They have only one person in mind. The first ninja hauls the turtle onto his shoulder as he and his partner leave the scene. Only the thugs stayed behind to deal with some…personal business with their favourite Vigilante.

Rudy was the one who spoken as the ninjas leave with the mutant and left the Vigilante by himself. The thugs all now surround the knocked out Casey Jones. "It's payback time."

The goons were ready to knock the lights out of the Street Vigilante. Permanently.

All they need to do was bring the weapons down on him…

"PSYCH!"

Casey sits up and aims the spray cans at their faces. He releases the substances and it all got in their eyes. Blinding them with wet paint, the pain in the eyes was too much to bear for. They were coughing from it and tries as they might to rub it off, not knowing that it is making it worse.

With the thugs distracted for the time being, Casey can finally make his escape.

As much as he wants to go after the crooks who took his best friend, Casey knows that he is going to need some help. And the only beings that he knows and will help him would be Raphael's brothers, sister and his father. Just before he escapes back to the warehouse, he was going to prove that their brother was taken. That is why he saw one of the broken orange lenses. The one that was smashed off one of the blue ninja. This could help.

He quickly grabs it before he heads for his next destination.

(Unknown Laboratory, Manhattan, NY – 9:30pm)

What felt like forever, Raphael finally open his eyes. The only thing that is blinding him was a bright light. It was not the moon or the street lights. It was the only source in an unknown room. Wait a minute. He is no longer outside. He gets a look around of the area.

"Oh, where am I?"

To answer his question: he has got no idea where.

Moving his arms, body and legs were now out of the question. Thanks to the tight buckle straps that are clamped down to a table that is on a diagonal position. And the dark room that he is in could be locked from the outside. He was trapped. And also, his weapons are not on him. Make that trapped and armless. But hey, a ninja is never defenceless.

Maybe when he was knocked out this whole time, they could have taken him to…Area 51. The one place in the entire world where aliens from other planets check-in…but they don't check-out.

The only things that are alive in this room are the giant, talking turtle, his pounding headache and some…weird set of needles that control by a machine, poking the ninja in all sorts of places. Being capture and strapped down to an operating table was starting to tick him off. Getting poked at was making him a little more mad. "Hey, watch where you're poking those things!"

Looking at the equipment, tools and machines in here, Raph has a pretty good idea of what this room could be.

It's a Laboratory. It has to be it. The one place that he and his family do not want to be in for their final moments. At least, Raph can show anyone if they are watching just how tough he can be. But deep down, he was scared out of his wits. Leaving the Lair would be the last time that he'll get see his entire family and in the streets with his best friend Casey.

Just then, it felt like someone just hit the rewind button from an hour earlier. Raph remembers it all. He and Casey; they were out on the streets, teaching a few punks a lesson. They were tagged graffiti – more like a message to the ninjas themselves. Took them down easy. Along came some new meat. Blue ninjas. They turned invisible. Both of them got knocked out and now…

He was all alone.

If so, where is Casey? Was he too taken? Did they leave him behind?

Or worse…

No…Casey would never take a dirt nap that easily. He could still be okay. Raph needs to get out of here. Now.

"When I get out of here I'm going to—"

Footsteps sounds were coming closer to him. "This is some nice steel." A rough voice steps into the light. Raph whips his head to his right to see that he is not alone. In his visual is a huge thug, much larger than him and Casey, with enormous hands and was dressed in a black getup with a long blond ponytail and a gold earring on his left ear. He was spotting three scars on his left cheek. Maybe got scratched by a pussy cat or something. But he also took a peek of what is on his right arm. Just near the shoulder pad was a tattoo of a red foot.

Wait. Did he sent those ninja to sic on me? Could be.

But ticks Raph off a bit was that this thug is holding weapon in his grasp. Although he did say they were nice. The giant himself was admiring the craftsmanship of the durable materials before looking nasty at the mutant. "How about telling me who gave them to you?"

Raph puts on a sly grin. He utters only one thing. "Yo mama." That is the one thing that turtle loves to do in situation like this, is to lay a good smack down.

But the big punk did not flinch. Instead, he throws the nice steel on each side of the turtle's head. The only difference is that it is only a centimetre apart. Raph then grit his teeth. Okay, dude doesn't fool around. Normally the giant's appearance would scare or break someone, but to the turtle, it didn't faze him. Throwing his weapon so close to his head, nothing.

The thug name Hun goes up to his face, getting a good grip on the Sai's handles. "I'm sorry. I didn't quite hear you." He easily pulls them out of the board and tosses them on a nearby table. On the same table as well was Raph Shell-Cell. They must take it off of him just in case tries to call for backup. Hun, as his name is called, secures the phone between his index and his thumb. A beeping sound was made when the thug unintentionally pushes a button. Hun brings the gadget up close to the mutant's face.

"You know, I get a little clumsy when people don't answer my questions," he growls. And to prove his point, using his strength, he closes the gap between his finger and thumb; crushed the phone into a smaller chunk piece. Raph just only flinched when bits of his phone flies into his face

Oh, great, he managed to take the turtle's only way to call for help. And he crumpled it like it was a twig. He may be tough, but so is Raph. And he doesn't scare the mutant one bit. Even if his sister was in the same position, she too wouldn't be scared of him.

With the destroyed device in his grip, Hun throws it back on the table. Taking his eyes off he mutant, Raph looks at the thug. The ninja was now eyeing something on his arm. At first, he noticed the red foot tattoo on his right arm but he didn't get a chance to see his left. It was much larger than the other one but a different design. It was in a shape of a giant lizard. Or a giant tricked-out dragon. Guess he had more than one tattoo. If Raph actually gets a tattoo in the future, he wonders what he will get.

Seeing this tat, he knows where he has seen this before. Anyone who wears the tattoo is public or anywhere, they belong to a very familiar street gang – the Purple Dragons. And by the looks of how large it is, this guy might be their leader. Or maybe not when Raph decided to have some fun.

"Hey, nice tat. Purple Dragon or just some big ugly chicken?" the smirking turtle mocked. Lizard or chicken, as long as Raph can have a good laugh.

But Hun here, is not exactly a smiling fool. The toughest thug that Raph has ever met in his life suddenly grabs the mutant by the head and secured his head. The turtle tries to move out of his giant grip, but Hun's strength proved too much. Feels like he snap his neck in one shot.

Hun was not going anyway. Not without some answers.

The thug comes close to his face once more. He also brings the only light in the room closer to him. This caused Raph to squint his eyes from the brightness and does a bit of a snarl too. "Let's start with just exactly what kind of freak are you anyway?" he sneers at the tiny turtle.

The red ninja is now in a tough pickle. Normally if they were someone else or if he wasn't strapped down, he would be able to get out no problem. Raph's only hope was for his best bud to get some help.

Wherever he is.

(The Lair, Manhattan, NY – 9:31pm)

It may have seen only a little time has passed. But the little time that has left was now used wisely for the ninja family. After Raph has taken their insolent visitor up to the surface, they all went straight back to training. The entire Lair was in darkness once more, the poles have all been set up and only a few candles have been lit. Splinter was on one pole; keeping a very steady poise. His children all joined him, hopping from one pole to another, by doing several of flips and jumps. Balancing on one bamboo shoot to another. It would seem that nothing will distract them this time.

Until the doors to the stone elevator opens up for the second time of the night. And out comes, if anyone would be predicating, Casey Jones. But why does he have one hand clutching to his side? Not to mention, stumbling into the dim place. He still has his mask on from when left with the red turtle and he appears to be in a dazed.

With her bandana over her eyes, Sally can hear the familiar footsteps. Oh, great, he's back. Wait. Wasn't Raph with him? Without taking the fabric off, she hops down off the pole and bends her knees when her foot makes contact with the carpet. Just when she was about to teach the Vigilante a lesson, she senses something perplexing about Casey.

And is he… staggering?

Yes, he is. Plus, he was letting out a few painful groaning.

Casey was not aware of his surrounds again for the second time of the night. As a result of this, he journey to the centre of the Lair and one of his hands was still extended out as it comes in contact with the poles. Like before, one knocks into one and the process is then repeated like Dominos. Sally pulls her headband back up to her forehead. Something is wrong with Casey. But just before his face meets the floor, the kunoichi, now feared for him, rushes over and manages to catches him.

The boys all felt the rumble under their feet but they didn't have time to move. They all went falling down to the rug floor and landed with a thud. It was deje vu. The blue turtle was close to the only lit candle that caused the place to go dim again.

With the human in her arms and kneeling down on the ground, Sally manages to produce a clap. The lights go up and everyone was as before, on the floor. The orange turtle peered over his shoulder, lying on his shell. "You can almost set your watch by this guy," Mikey complains, turns back to his family and pointing his thumb at him.

Sally gets a good view of Casey. He was all battered and bruises were all over his body. She carefully lifted his mask and sees a few more bruises on his cheeks. Casey must have been in some fight. But it does add one question: Where is Raph?

Leo comes up to the humans. 'Casey, what happened?" he wonders. Sally was now examining his sores.

But Splinter, who is now standing, has important question to ask. "Where is Raphael?" Ever father always fears for his children. Still has Casey in her grasp, Sally starts to have a knot in her stomach. Whoever hurt Casey this bad might have done a lot worse to her brother. At least he is conscious. Maybe he knows what happened.

Concerned, Casey looks up to the rat master. "The invisible ninjas took him."

What?

Raising an eyebrow, Mikey and Don both look at each other. He's joking, right? He and Raph were gone for what, 20 mins or more, and Casey comes back to tell them that invisible ninjas just appeared out of nowhere, beat him up and took their brother away. They could be just playing with them.

Mikey looks back to Casey. "Invisible ninjas, huh? This story wouldn't involve Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny by any chance?" he bantered; playing along with the joke.

Sally glares at her two youngest brothers. "Not funny, Mikey. Judging by these fresh bruises, he's not lying." Since when does she take Casey's side?

"And I got proof!"

Casey has reached down into his tracksuit's pocket and pulls something that he picked up. In his ragged gloved palm appears to be an orange lens, something from a pair of sunglasses. He figures one of them would analysis it and hopefully uses it to find his buddy. Curious to know, Donnie takes the item out of the hockey player's hand. He quickly goes over to his desk and studies it through his magnifying glass.

Sally helps Casey onto his feet as he now has the strength to walk again. They all approached the purple turtle as Leo pulls out his Shell-Cell and speed-dials Raph.

It only took a second for Don to analysis the lens. "Ooh! Some kind of optical device," he said, placing a hand on his chin. "Heavy duty hardware." Interesting technology used for in battles. But who would be smart enough to create them? Maybe Stockman? The team have not heard from him for ages.

Leo has his phone to his ear. There were a few beeps. Followed by a few more. Not a good sign. "Raph's not answering his Shell-Cell."

From seeing the strange lens and Raph not picking up, it proves that Casey was right. Raph has been taken by what he said, the invisible ninjas. But how's it possible? Ninjas can only hide in the dark, not turn invisible. There are some heroes who can and they are in the comic books. He was now full of ashamed. He has let his best friend get taken away and now feels so much responsible for losing him.

Maybe if he didn't come down in the first place, none of this would happen. And he did something in character. He finds a wooden stool, grabs it, lifts it high in the air and with one yell, he throws it in frustration. The stool itself flies over the still rat and lands on the ground; smashed into a number of pieces. Leo and Sally just witness the rebel's fit and Splinter watches him with remorse. He understands the human's sympathy. He too feels the same way. This is his second eldest son that they are talking about. But Splinter is confident that he will be fine unlike Casey.

"This is all my fault," Casey blames himself. He then proceeds to go over to the sofa.

"Don't worry,…" Casey pokes his head to Don when a sudden beep was made. In his hand was a miniature scanner that Don uses to track pretty much about anything that he can hack into it. It was just what he needed for something like this. "…I installed tracking chips in all the Shell-Cell…just in case."

That was perfect. That way, they can find Raph and bring him home.

Sally comes over to see the little screen over her mutant brother's shoulder. "Well?"

It would only take a second for the device to get a lock on the hothead's signal. It has been more than a second and what Don has got on his screen is static. "Interesting. Not picking up a signal."

It was either the signal on Raph's phone is broken, or turned off. And Don knows that he would never under any circumstance that he would switch his signal off.

The rebel himself resumes his rage and kicks the big sofa away. "Ohhh, we'll never find him!" Leo looks at the mess with the most distraught look. Something tells him that cleaning up the Lair tonight will be a lot more difficult than he thought.

The kunoichi whips around to face the masked warrior. "We will, Case. Just calm down," she assures him. But Casey Jones does not calm down so easily. He ignores her as he continues on a rampage. Guess kicking things and breaking stuff around is how he calms down.

Don ignores the noises as he still looks down on his handheld scanner. He was hoping to still get a lock on his brother. Even if the Shell-Cell is either still working, broken or out of commission. "I may be able to calibrate the scanner to trace the comms signal from your…invisible ninjas," Donatello explains; tapping a few buttons on his little gadget. If they can't get a lock on their brother, they may as well get a lock on the ninjas who took him.

Still on his uprising, Casey's next item to break was a wooden chair. He easily grabs hold of it and slams it up against the stone pillar; shattering into hundreds of bits. That is when Mikey goes up to his purple brother.

"Better make it fast," he points his thumb to the nutcase not too far from them. Don looks up to see his brother. "We're running out of furniture!"

Don looks to where Casey is at the moment. He's right. The number of their furniture is starting to decease by the second thanks to Casey's temper.

But they are what they are going to do. Find where Raph is held up. Once they get a lock on him, they will travel to where he is kept prisoner, bust him out and take him back home in one piece.

That is their plan, but first…

…they won't leave until somebody calms the hockey-head down.

(Unknown Laboratory, Manhattan, NY – 9:32pm)

A few minutes has passed since the interrogation started and Hun was not making any progress. He has dealt with a lot of men in his time but this,…this has to be one of the challenges one he has ever dealt with. And this guy is a turtle. A giant, talking, red-masked wearing, Sai-wielding turtle. Something that a certain scientist with an eye-patch has taken an interest in. Right now, he was located in a separate room where he is view it from a safe distance.

His mission – along with the buffoon in his own terms – are hoping to learn something about him. Stockman was curious that if he was created as a successful experiment that has either escape the lab or to fight against his master. Or that he was an alien from another dimension.

Whatever the answer is, Dr. Baxter Stockman will stop at nothing to get his answer.

And so will Hun. And he is still in the Main Lab. He was not scared of the creature. He likes to get his answers the hard way. The only way that he is more comfortable and very familiar with.

So far, he was really frustrated. The red turtle was not peeping anything about who he is.

"We've been over this again and again, freak." He grabs hold of the only light from above and brings it more closely to the mutant. He was demanding some answers. "I'm only going to ask you this one more time. Who do you work for? How long you been on this planet? What is the level of your technology?

Raph was now getting sick and tired of him asking questions like this. He is even more annoying than his little brother and that is saying a lot. And guess he doesn't know that Raph was born and mutated on Planet Earth in secret along with his family of mutant ninjas (and human) for the past 15 years.

And what Hun doesn't know is that while he was talking, Raph has already come up with an escape plan. If his family is not coming any time soon, he might as well get moving. Raph continues to still mess up his mind.

"Planet? Technology? Boy, are you barking up the wrong shell."

Hun was now officially up to his limit.

"ANSWER ME!" he let his anger out by punching palm into the top part – just above the turtle's head – to cause the board to rock back and forth from the impact. At this time, someone with a weak stomach would be spilling the beans right about now from the scary looking man. And spilling something else from their weak stomach due to the sudden rocking. But Raph was hanging on. Just a little more and he will out of here in no time. The rocking comes to a stop, making the mutant a sight nauseating from the motion.

"Uh, come to think of it, who do you work for? I mean, you look way too dumb to be in charge of all this," Raph question the thug. While he was talking and out from Hun's view, Raph begins to rock his right wrist back and forth. He already knows that he can't pull his own arms and legs out of the straps, he might as well loosen it. The more he continues to rotate, the more his hand begins to slide out of the strap. What Raph doesn't know that Hun is involved and in charge of a small street gang that he and the others would probably be familiar with by now.

Only a little more and then, he is free. Well, it doesn't help if the thug himself grabs hold of an active buzz saw right above his head and aims it at the turtle's face.

"Your choice." Malicious as he can be, this was his final straw. He has tied all his patience. If you can't get an answer from talking, they might as well be another way. "You can talk or you can let your DNA do the talking for you," he jeers at the mutant, bringing the buzzing tool a little more closer. Raph moves his face away from the closeness of the steel blade. "Now, is there something you want to tell me?"

Oh, Raph has something to say and it was a good thing that he wasn't sweating just yet. Because he has already loosen the strap and pulls his free hand out.

"Just…this!" He does a spear strike into the giant's guts, earning him a harsh grunt. Now distracted, Raph reaches up for something that was next to the buzz saw. Grabbing hold of the gas mask and places it over Blondie's mouth.

"Sweet dreams, lard butt!" he mocks. Knowing that he has a mask over his mouth, Hun was trying as best as he can to not into the gas. But he just couldn't take it. Take one deep breath of it and starts to violently cough. He grabs hold of his face and backs away from the board as he tries to get his breath back.

Now's my chance!

The buzz saw is still active. The turtle grabs hold of the machine and uses it to cut the remaining straps. With nothing to hold him down, he can finally escape. But he ain't going home empty-handed.

Raph goes over to the table. "Don will kill me if I leave this." He knows his brother. If anything that his smart brother created that gets smashed or broken, he will have a fit. He takes with him along with his weapons.

He rushes to the exit, kicks the door open and runs out. He only took a few steps out but was shocked to find out where he is.

A fog horn was blasted in the area. On one side, there was the Statue of Liberty. On the other was the city herself. Raph was on a boat. Well, at least he knows that he is on a small ship…still in New York. Guess there was no available flights to Area 51, eh?

Raphael walks over to the ledge. He first sees the Statue of Liberty and then he looks down to see the water. Part 1 of his Master Plan worked. Time for Part Two to kick in.

"Good thing turtles are amphibious." And how right he was. As turtles, they have the ability to breath underwater and be on dry land. Just like frogs. He leaps over the side and dives down into the water.

The only time he can finally rest easy when he finally gets back to the safe and comfort of his home…

"You FOOL!"

Stockman's voice was the next thing that Hun heard when the scientist entered the room. After witnessing the scene from his little room, the doctor himself has left his station and entered the lab. By the time he has entered, Hun has already recovered from the sudden gas attack. Stockman was not very pleased with the musclebound thug for letting the creature go. They promise their master that they would capture him at all cost. Now, how are they supposed to get more answers from him now that he is gone.

"I was this close to obtaining a DNA sample,…" Stockman snaps at the giant whom removes his hand from his face, getting a good look at the scrawny genius. "…and you let him escape."

He doesn't say anything. Only a sly grin on his face, turning the rest of his cold head to Stockman. The doctor raised an eyebrow. What has he planned?

"Precisely. I let him escape," Hun stands up, explaining it more, "to lead us to the others. Even as we speak, a squad of Foot Tech ninjas are trailing the creature."

And how right he was.

By the time that Raph has made it to the docks, the turtle climbs himself out and runs to the nearest manhole cover. He also leaves a puddle trail of footprints behind. Only to be followed by a few more trails.

"So now it's all up to your invisible boys," Hun said, making Stockman turn around and looks at the open door. "Better hope they don't blow it."

No longer fuming and now distress, the scientist touches the noticeable scars just under his eye patch.

I hope not…

Well, he shouldn't fear, right? It did work the first time around. So, the second time shouldn't be that hard. But if this fails, who knows what Stockman will lose this time.

(The Lair, Manhattan, NY – 9:35pm)

It has only been a few minutes and Don and Sally have not lifted their eyes of the scanner. Ever since the purple turtle has turned on the machine, he and his sister were watching the screen like a couple of hawks.

The others have all now waited patiently for any results. Casey has already calm down from his rampage and was now holding his hockey stick in one hand. He was ready as soon as they can get a lock on his best friend.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

That is when the answer has finally come in. A small blinking blip appears on the screen. Which could only mean one thing…

A relieved grin appeared on their faces. "We're getting a signal!" Don alerted before facing the rest of the team. "It's Raph!"

The red turtle has been located. Whatever the guilt on the shoulders of Casey Jones has finally been lifted. His best pal is A-O-K! He has got no reason to feel angry any more.

"WOO-HOO!" he cheered. He pumped his fists in the air in delight. But thanks to his hockey stick that he is holding, it smashes one of lightbulbs of Don's desk lamp. Both Don and Sal flinches at the damage.

Exasperated, the orange turtle turns to his big brother and father and points his thumb at the accidental-prone troublemaker. "This guy's bad news even when there's good news." The blue turtle and rat couldn't agree more as the blue ninja face palm himself in the face and the elder shakes his head.

The scanner is still beeping as Don and Sally both go back to the screen. "It's faint, but at least we got a blip we can follow," the smart ninja confirmed.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Took them surprise were two more blips that just appeared on the scanner. And they are tailing the main blip itself. Don spoke too soon. "Make that several blips."

That could only mean on thing. "The invisible ninjas signal?" Leo asked. Guess Casey wasn't lying about the whole invisible ninjas part.

The feared father places a hand on his eldest shoulder. At the slight touch, Leo looks to his father. "Raphael may not even be aware he is being followed."

If this was in Sally's case, she would have definitely snuffed them out. But this is Raphael and he doesn't have the same skills as his sister. And if Raph is not aware of this, then the family of ninjas are going to have so major trouble.

"Which means we got to find him before he brings in some seriously unwanted houseguests," Leo concludes. Speaking of unwanted houseguest, that is when everyone turns to Casey.

"We already got one of those,"

Irritated by that comment, Casey decided to drop it. Right now, his friend is in trouble that he is not aware of. But there was something else on the Vigilante's mind that bugs him. When he and Raph fought against them the first time, they can turn invisible which proved very difficult for the heroes. Maybe there was something that his friends

He lifts his hockey stick up. "So, uh, how do we stop something we can't see?" Casey wonders.

Sally would be pleased with this part of the mission. Because this is when her powers would come in handy. She places a hand on her hip and points her thumb into her chest, giving a wink to Casey. "Well, for me, that shouldn't be a problem." To her, this is child's play. If you have the ability to sense any presences.

As for the others, that is what Don has been working on for a few hours. "And already got us covered." He turns to his table to grab the one device that he and the rest of the team needs. On his table were the goggles that the purple turtle used last night for their operation of finding the source of the blackouts. Ever since then, he has used his time wisely to make four more.

"Turtle Vision Heat Sensor Goggles." He grabs one and places over his head. A beeping sound was made when it was slide on. "After all, an invisible body is still a warm body." He then gives a pair to the human before he passes two more to his brothers. Although he made five, Don knows that Sally wouldn't need one.

Leo slides the goggles on and bawled up his fist. The leader is ready. "Let's go."

Mikey looks over to Casey who has his mask and the goggles over them. "That's a good look for you," Mikey states. Casey doesn't know if he should be offended or not.

Knowing that their brother has escaped which doesn't scare them, it's the unwanted company that he is bringing home. The teens plus man-child's mission was to find Raphael

The five fighters decided to split-up into two groups. One on the surface. The other in the sewers.

If anyone is on the street, having a nice quiet evening, they would be scared to death if they were about to be hit by an on-coming green truck.

Driving in the Battle Shell was the orange turtle himself. Despite being the crazy and youngest of his family, his brothers and sister completely trust him behind the wheel. Because he is riding with Casey Jones who is even crazier than he is.

Mikey was still adjusting his driving skills and efforts since their run-in with a giant robot in the dump a while back. He was driving from side-to-side when his brother has radio-in.

"We're going to have to split up. Mike and Casey…"

Just inside the armour truck, Mikey was keeping his eyes and focus on the road and his ear on the communicator. He was trying to listen to his brother's orders. And constant thudding noise doesn't help either. Mikey looks over to the source to see Casey in the passage seat, drumming away on the dashboard.

Mikey slaps the human on the shoulder. "Quit it!" he barked. He places his hand back on the wheels and eyes forward. Leo continues to give orders through the com.

"...you cover aboveground."

The Sewer Slider was hovering above the sewer water, zooming through the long tunnel.

"Me, Don and Sal will cover below."

Leo has taken the driver's seat, Sally was in the passage seat and Don was in the back as he was the one holding the scanner. The blip was getting hotter.

Raph was very close.

Only a few more tunnels to go and Raph will be finally home. He was stepping in the sewer water. He was breathing deeper. The red turtle was getting a bit tired as he didn't stop to take a breath since he has escape from floating lab.

Still unaware to him, a few more tiny water splashing were just following the green mutant just only a few metres away. And they were getting closer.

Raph has almost collapse. But he can finally rest when he gets home. Or maybe, when he gets to the end of the current tunnel.

Just as he goes through the entrance way, he comes to a halt. It was another section of the sewers where a giant whirlpool was located in the pool just in front of him. A few small tunnels were pouring water out and into the whirlpool below. Raph can tell that he has been here before. It was when they went on a little Mouser chase. Through one of those tunnel was a way to get home.

He decided to take a breather. He wasn't in the rush to get home. If only he can call his family if his phone wasn't destroyed.

And he wasn't alone.

Just above the turtle were two more and a human. Only two of them were wearing goggles. The other doesn't. But she is tugging on her bandana. Just like what she did with her lesson before.

Only a few invisible ninjas approach their brother from behind with their cloaking systems on. It was a good thing that with Donnie's tracker and Sally's sensor powers was able to find their brother in this particular room.

"I spy with my turtle eye…some goons that need a good bapping," Don quoted.

Still holding her bandana, Sally raised her eyebrow. "Bapping? Really, Donnie?"

The turtle shrugs. "What?"

She just humouredly rolls her eyes. She finally covers her eyes with her headpiece and pulls out her Kodachi. So did the guys with her with their weapons. Once the goons got closer to Raph, it was go-time.

They jumped out of their hole, onto a large and followed by another and took a massive leap. They were now flying towards their brother.

Raph's senses went off (No, he does not have powers like Sally but it was more of a sixth sense like some people do). Someone's coming. But it was not the company behind him. It was coming from above him.

A grin lights up. It was his family. They're here.

"Hey!" he hollered. But his smile just dropped. "Huh?" They were all charging at him. With their weapons out. And they have strange eyewear on. Why?

"BANZAI!"

They finished their cry out and landed their ambush on the unseen party. They kick the ninjas away and landed pretty far from the brothers. Once their brother is safe, they then kicked and whacks so more away. They then prepare themselves for the next attack. Raph can't see them. But they can with the help of the goggles.

Any second later and he would be pummelled by them. It was a good thing they came just in time. But Mikey and Casey are nowhere to be seen. Hopefully, they not too far behind.

To the confused Raph's point of view, it looks like they were just kicking in the air and looking elsewhere. "Uh, guys, what are you—"

"Even hear the one about the invisible ninjas?" Don interrupts him.

From the three (two with the goggles on) point of view, a few were getting up while most of them were already standing. Once their comrades are up, they join them at charging at the new foes. The teens arm themselves; ready for their shot. But once they got to them – and to the ninjas' surprise – a few grabbed them from behind (which it is strange for Sally since she can sense anything within her reach), spun them around and toss them high above their hothead brother onto the ground like they are sacks of hay.

Raph was pretty shocked. They were more of those invisible ninjas here! And they have been following the turtle into the sewers! He can't believe that he was this close for exposing his hidden home like that! At least he didn't take the elevator back home or else they would be in big trouble.

Not a second later, Casey finally show up to see three of them on the floor and Raph, unharmed and found, just by himself. The human approaches them and kneels down by Leo's head. "Hey, did I mention that these guys were really strong, too?"

Great. Something Casey might have forgot to mention when he came for help. The blue leader groans in pain. "Might have been useful info."

The kunoichi sits up and pulls her headband up. "No, these guys throw like sissy," she sarcastically retorted. She was in pain and surprised about their hidden strength. She didn't want to admit it.

They picked themselves up by the time Mikey arrived from a nearby tunnel. As he joins them, they all witness their other brother…fighting against the invisible ninjas. Not a smart move if you can't see them. He was throwing punch after punch. He was hoping to land a hit but so far, he wasn't making a hit. The only damage that is happening to anyone is to the turtle. The cloaked ninjas were dealing with sudden attacks on him.

"Come on!" Raph brags, throwing another useless punch. He is not getting anywhere if he keeps doing this. The ninjas throw a few punches that Raph can't even see. "Show yourself you lousy…"

Out of nowhere (which he was starting to get use to), he was struck in the chin twice like someone kneed him. He was now starting to feel dizzy. Now rocking from side-to-side, he feels like he is losing just like in a boxing match. He was expecting to see stars.

"Uh,…think we should give him a hand?" Mikey suggested his team. Everyone thoughts exactly.

They all give the turtle a nod before charging forward to aid their brother. Casey stayed behind. He was going to do something that will help in aiding his friend since he can't see them without the goggles. Bringing out his golf cub and holds it against a clump of grey slop.

He swings his club back. "Fore!" Crying out the word, he swings the other way and whacks the slop into the air, just like a golf ball. The slop itself goes flying towards Raph. He sees the slop coming and shields his arms. The slop actually misses the turtle and in his place, hits something else. Make that somebodies.

The slop was instead spatted on the invisible ninjas that were just standing beside the turtle. Raph removes his arms from his face and looks right to left. The muddy ninjas were now distracted by trying to wipe the sludge off of them. Raph was now pleased with this and he can finally get some payback.

"Ah! Much better," he muttered. Just as they were about to grab the turtle, he delivers a quick spilt-kick into their ribcages and sends them flying across the room. He dusted his hands off with pride.

Everyone else was having no trouble at all in their bout. Including a certain ninja who has the power to sense any living objects. Since she can tell whether visible or not, she has not trouble getting a lock on them

Closing her eyes, two more approached her from behind. They swing their weapons at them. She dodges them to the side with no trouble. Spins around to deliver a round house kick to the head. One goes down. The second one comes to punch the back of her head but Sally ducks the move. While crouching, she flips her sword around to make the handle facing the other way. Once he is open, Sally's hand shots right up in his gut, hard. The guy goes to the floor and doesn't get back up.

With her eyes still closed, the opponents that she sense are now unconscious. Sally is now very proud of this achievement and gives a satisfied smile. She can't wait to tell her father about it.

Mikey was the last turtle with the googles on to pull out his weapon. Just right in front of him were his two on-coming foes. They too have weapons. Mikey spins his around as they come charging in. "Now you see 'em…"

One comes up, Mikey whacks him to the side.

Second one turn, Mikey also whacks him away.

"…now you don't."

Raph was now the only one not fighting. Since he doesn't have goggle son, he has already took out two guys that his friend was happy enough to help. That just leaves only three more left for Don and Leo to finish off. Don was dealing with one of his before whacking at the head; knocking him out, and Leo was blocking off the last two as well as striking them.

Don has a theory of how to bring their friend into the open. "Their cloaking controls look to be somewhere around the chest plate," he theories to his older sibling, now shell-to-shell.

Guess there is one way to find out. Leo leaps into the air, both his Katanas in his hands. "You mean…" the blue turtle crossed her arms, getting closer to his foes, "…here?"

Cross his swords a few times, slashing the hidden switches on the chest armour. Red sparks was noticed in the air, before a faded blight lights appears too. Two of the blue ninjas, holding two Katanas in their hands, have now made themselves seen, also adding a scratches and glazes on their uniform from the fight. They were astonished that they are now visible. Have these creatures already found the secret to their gear?

They both turned to face the back as they weren't ready for this. The blue turtle's attack has distracted them long enough for the purple turtle to advance on them and deliver the final blow. They fall to the ground and onto a few wet puddle near-by. Dropping their weapons out of their grip, they end up electrocuted in the water. This is why lightning does not mix well with any liquid.

Don and Leo surrounded the fallen foes before Raph and Sally joined them. "Can I call them or what?" the smart ninja bragged. The next time that the guys go up against them again, they will know where to hit to see them again.

With all their foes down and their brother safe and sound, guess there is no reason to stick around. "So,…" Raph speaks, pulling out his Sais as his siblings faces him, "…I guess that's that."

"AHHHHH!"

The teens on the ground whipped their heads to that scream. It doesn't sound like Mikey that's for sure. But it was definitely someone that they know. Someone with the hockey mask on with the goggles over it.

"CASEY!" Sally yells out.

Jones here was just floating up there…by himself. Right above the deadly whirlpool. Until a bright light appears and in its place was another blue ninja. He was kneeling on the bars of the platform above as he has the squirming Casey in his grasp.

"Drop you weapons and surrender," the visible ninja advises. He was going to let Casey fall into his own water grave if the teens don't submit defeat. The Vigilante was now scared out of his wits.

The tables have certainly turned in tonight's scuffle. How did he get capture? Maybe it happened when everyone else was busy with their adversaries. And where is Mikey? Was he capture too?

"My grip is loosening," the blue ninja from the platform spoke again. "I suggest you drop your weapons…now."

In one part, he just hopes his friend will be able to save him. But if they tried to, he and they will surely be swimming with the fishes very soon.

But the other… what's important is that they have found their brother and now, they can still get out of here while they have the only chance. They don't need to worry about him. As much as they wanted to save their friend, what can the teens do? The ones who have battled against have already recovered and have now surrounded the ninjas. Wielding a Katana each, the blue ninjas were here to make sure that they were forced to make a decision.

Casey violently shakes his head. "Don't do it, guys, I'm not worth it!"

They were all still arming their weapons at ready, hoping that this was no trick. Don looks to his siblings. "You know, he's got a point."

Everyone just looks at him. He didn't say that, right?

"You're starting to sound like Mikey, Don," Leo pointed it out.

Guess they have no choice. Throwing their weapons down, they hopes that they will hold their end of the bargain. That's when Raph realised that something or someone was missing.

The red turtle looks around. "Hey, where is Mikey?" Raph rubs his head. Wasn't he with them a few seconds ago?

Raph was lightly nudged in the middle. He eyes his sister to his left. She was looking up…much higher? The red turtle follows her direction. Just balancing high above the capturer and the captive, the familiar orange ninja was balancing himself on a steel pipe, away from the ninja's sight and in the shadows. He was recollecting his lesson from his father. The others (meaning the foes, not his family) don't seem to notice him.

"The Way of Balance and The Way of Invisibility," the youngest parrots the words from his master and the voice. It would seem that he has found the hidden message in the same lesson. These blue ninjas with the nifty gadgets can turn themselves invisible, and so can Mikey but without the gadgets. He decided to hide himself…away from their eyesight.

With them not mindful, it was time to strike. He leaps off his pipe and drops down. Just halfway, the blue capturer looks up from behind to see another turtle. Just when he has drawn his sword out, Mikey kicks him square in the face. Not only he has lost his footing, but he has lost his grip…on Casey.

The orange turtle manages to grab hold of the bar but didn't have the length to grab Casey. Mikey misses his reach to grab his friend and now, they are falling straight for the whirlpool instead!

The Vigilante was screaming as he got closer to the pool. Either one of them has to hurry to save Jones or else it will be too late.

Don was the first to move but one of the blue ninjas brought his Katana in the turtle's path. He tries to slash him with the other but Don ducks the attack, leaps up at the chance as his attacker watches him before landing on his back and pushes him off, sending the ninja to the ground. The purple ninja dives for his Bo Staff on the floor and does a handstand before springing off of the ground and jumps into the pool.

Casey was still falling. This was it. He is not going to make it. He has only live a small life and he has not yet to live many more years to go. How will his family react when they find out what happen? How will they take it? He won't know cause he will be gone.

Just as his foot touches the water, his hand quickly grabs a pole; halting his death. Only the blue ninja that held Casey as his prisoner felled in. Casey was holding onto a wooden pole. Wait. Where did this wooden stick come from?

He down to see the blue ninja's head out of the water but is now going around and around. He's still alive. He then looks up and sees a friendly face. He gives Don the thumbs up.

Don was quick enough to grab onto one of the poles that was sticking out in the small tub before lunging his stick out for his friend to grab on thus saving his life.

The rescue was a complete success. Using all his might on his right arm, Don swings his pole back & forth. As he brings it forwards, Don swings the Vigilant back onto solid ground. Now back in the game, Casey brings out his bat and gets into position. "Yeah!"

He was then joined by Mikey and Don, whom both armed themselves. With their friend no longer in danger, Leo, Raph and Sally have no reason to surrender. They rushed to pick up their weapons and join in the fight.

It is now six blue ninjas vs the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Teenager Mighty Ninja Gal and the Vigilante. Who will win?

They all charged at each other.

Only six will fall…into the whirlpool.

There was no argument that one-by-one, six blue ninjas all thrown into the vortex.

The battle was over.

Now that it is done, Casey puts his weapon away as he walks over to the edge. He looks down to see that there was no-one there. The ninjas are gone. The only ones left in the room are him and his good friends.

Jones can finally take a breather. He turns to face his friends. "Thanks guys, I owe you." He takes the goggles and hockey mask off and clips onto his tracksuit pants as he walks towards them.

Only the three of them takes their goggles off and clips them onto their belt. "We take cash, personal checks and most major credit cards."

Mikey does like to pay for his services. He still wishes he did have money over from the time that they found that armour truck when they went up to the surface for the first time as a group.

Casey can't but feel very thankful. Thankful that he has really, great friends that are looking out for him. When he is in trouble, they always came to help him. He couldn't ask for better friends. He just wishes he could reply them back somehow.

The Turtles and Sally are willing to do anything to help any friend in need. Casey halts in front of them. "Man, I'm beat! Maybe I should just crash at you guy's place tonight?"

The teens' expression just dropped. Okay, anything but that!

They have spent painful hours with him in their home. They can't survive a whole night!

A nervous Leonardo quickly steps in. "NO!" He quickly goes up to him. "I mean, nothing beats the comfort of sleeping in your own bed." He gives off a nervous chuckle.

An anxious Donatello comes up to them. "We'll give you a ride. Have you home in no time." Both he and Leo then grabbed onto Casey and proceed to pull him to the exit. A jumpy Michelangelo joins in desperation. He doesn't want anyone else eating his pizza. He goes up behind the human and pushes him in the back.

"Carry you up the stairs, tuck you in. Heck, we'll even tell you a bedtime story." The teens were pretty in frantic to make their friend leave.

Sally and Raph all followed them in pursuit. "Oh, come on, you guys. We helped him, at least let him stay for the night."

Everyone just complete stopped either walking or pushing and turned around. The Turtles all looked at Sally in shocked excerpt for Casey who was pleased. Her brothers are now thinking what is going through her mind. Has she lost it?

"You mean it, Sally?"

Sally has her arms crossed over." Yeah, I mean, I could really a new training dummy." Now, it was Turtles' time to smirk and Casey's turn to be scared. It didn't take the Vigilante that long to understand what she meant.

"Training dummy?"

"Well, yeah. Since you're staying for the night, I could really use somebody as a target for my training session." She then deviously taps a finger on her cheek of her way of thinking of something. "Maybe instead of bean bags, I could use some of the bricks that are lying around at home to thr—"

"You know what?" Casey throws his hands in the air and heads for the exit. "You guys can give me a lift home. I could really use my own bed now." With that, he heads for the exit. He has got a taste of how Sally throws the bean bags at him with her powers. He does not want to stick around for the bricks.

The mutants all stood there in a sign of relief. If it wasn't for Sally, the teens would never get a good night of peace from the hockey-psycho.

(Unknown building, Manhattan, NY – 10:09pm)

Expecting for a success report, Saki did not expect nothing but failure.

Pacing himself across the room, he was standing before his two men and their warrior just behind them. The survived Foot Tech ninjas are all lined up just behind Hun and Stockman; all rusted and damaged.

They have all failed their master. And the master was not pleased.

This was all caused by what they described by the same beings whom intervene with the robbery, then the whole Mousers incident. Then, it was the loss of the Sword of Tengu. And now, they have managed to outsmart the newest contraption that no men would ever complete.

Every time that he has plan an operation, these…creatures, plus with two humans in tow, they seem to always managed to foil them, without realising it or not.

"Another operation marred by the sickening stench of defeat!" Saki has already tasted the hands of defeat. And he does not like it one bit. He turns to his two operators. Since they were in charge of all this, they must be punishes. That was the deal. "No doubt you are both well aware of my extremely limited tolerance for failure." He turns away, letting his back be exposed to them.

As predicable, Baxter steps forward. "It was his fault," Stockman justifies as he walks closer. "This bumbling oaf let the creature escape."

Stockman's original plan, if Hun didn't do that part, was to obtain a DNA sample so he can study what kind of creature that the giant turtle was. The doctor here was hoping to make Hun to take the blame since he was the one like he said, "let the creature escape".

He thought wrong.

Unexpected, Saki grabs Stockman by the fabric near his shoulder. "The plan was sound." The master brought the scientist up to his face before looking over to his men, damaged and dirty unlike clean and slick from before. "And yet your creation failed to, as you put it,…" Saki brings him a bit closer, "…deliver the goods."

Just like what he promised at the occurrence at the operation. And now he will suffer. Stockman could only shiver in his boss's grasp before the ninja master tosses him at the foot of two FT ninjas. With the flick of his wrist, the outcome for Baxter Stockman was made.

The two chosen ninjas grabbed by the arm each and start to drag the futile specialist towards the main door. Shaken, Stockman looks to his men. "Wait, where are you taking me?"

He should know. He has already been there. Once.

As for Hun, he did nothing. He just remained on his spot. He gives a sly smiling as he watches his rival now suffering at his consequences.

Stockman continues to beg for mercy as the main doors opened up. "Take your hands off of me! I made you! I am your creator!"

This time, he didn't struggles as much. The main doors come to a close, leaving the muscle and the master alone with the rest of the ninjas.

Unbeknownst to Stockman, Hun will not be punished. It's because Saki has gave him a different mission. He would not be disciplined for letting his target go. As he wants to deal with them personal for the trouble that they caused.

Saki would like to know how his mission went. "What did you learn from your interrogation?" he asked his second-hand commander.

"I worked over a lot of tough guys in my day," Hun admits. Most of them would break when they get a good look of him. This creature to him was nothing. He didn't break a sweat. "I'm telling you, these turtles never even heard of your enemies, let alone work for them."

So, these…creatures have no knowledge of our enemies? This is very interesting. And what about the human? Still not interested. She is no use to him. His focus is on the green-skinned ninjas.

In order for their plans to succeed, he needs to know more about them. Saki turns and walks away from Hun. This gives him an idea.

"Hmm, then perhaps they can be useful to me," he stops walking, "when the time comes to confront those enemies."

It will be a matter of time. They will be just waiting for the right moment for him to make his first appearance to these strange ninjas. If he can convince them to join his side, they will help him in his search for these enemies that Hun has mention.

Finally, his endgame will finally be bore fruit, after all these years…

(Unknown place, Unknown – 10:10pm)

Three purple unusual seats were placed in the centre of a strange black room.

In those three seats are seated three people. With different description with matching hair colour. In the middle was a very thin man with a hat. He is wearing a purple button-up long-sleeve top, dark purple pants and business shoes. On his left was another male who appears to be a bit chubby than him. Wearing a purple business suit and matching shoes. The last one next to the middle was indeed a woman. She has short hair while wearing glasses. She was dressed in a white shirt with a purple coat, a purple knee-length skirt and a pair of high heels.

Who are these people exactly? No-one knows. But whoever they are, they appeared to be very important.

A strip white line with the shape of a circle in the middle, goes up to each side of the room. A being approaches them one end of the room. His own description is more different than the people sitting before him. He was a dark-skinned man who has his dark blue hair all tied up in a high ponytail and has big sunburns on the side. He is wearing something very different from his superiors before him. Hiding underneath his large grey trench coat is his blue jumpsuit. The accessories that he has were his sunglasses and a gold chain necklace with an engraved picture of a strange head on a gold plate.

He brought them news. Both good and bad.

"Masters," he spoke, "it is true." He finally steps into the light as his superiors can take a good look of him. "Our enemy has discovered our presence in this city."

The female speaks first. "And what of…"

The thin man was next. "…the four…"

The chubby man was after. "…mutant creatures and…"

And it goes back to the female. "…Miss Serenity's daughter?"

It is not just their hair colour that is the same. They all share the same tone of voice as well.

"Still an unknown factor," the man replied. "We need more information on the creatures. As for young Salvadora, it would seem our enemy does not know about her presence."

The female goes again. "Learn all you can about the creatures."

The thin man one goes for the second time. "Watch young Salvadora. If the creatures pose no threat…"

The chubby gentleman takes over. "…do not engage them."

The female takes the third time. "But if they are in the employ of our enemy…"

The chubby decided to go after the female….take the necessary steps…"

All three of them spoke. "…to neutralize them."

The man in the trench coat respectfully bows to his master. He turns away from them and leaves the chambers. He is now on a mission.

More secrets are about to unfold as we get closer to the biggest arc of all time in Season 1. Sally might be getting a bit closer to finding her answers that has plagued her entire life.

And just who are these new characters in the mix?

Are they a part of Sally's hidden past?

Are they are threat to them? Or a threat to Saki?

Who knows what might happen when we get closer. Find out next time on:

The Saint's Hope: Fallen Angel

Author's Notes: Forgive me if this chapter didn't make sense. The last time it happened, I had a few confusion from a few fans. So, I hope this fixes things up. I almost lost track of this. But the next chapter, I won't. Maybe it was that little scene with Sally and Casey. I always had trouble with making up different, especially the long ones. And it is one of those episode that you only wanted to see once or something and don't see it again. But there were some moments that made you think to go back and see it. Plus, the next chapter will be a bit easier than this one.

Also, forgive me if I tried to make the spray paint sound. So, don't hurt me. I thought that's how it sounds.

Oh! I almost forgot. I have some good news. I manage to score myself a job interview at a café that is opening up soon. If I get this job, I will not have much time with my stories. But I'll manage through. Just need to plan my schedule, that's all. Plus, I have been dying to get back into work.

Before anything else happens, we are getting closer to the big arc of all time! Yeah, I know, if you guys remember, that is when I halted the story and left it for a few years now. Well,…the difference is that is not going to happen the second time around. Maybe once I have finished Season 1, I will take a few weeks break before I get a start onto Season 2.

Also, I will upload a special surprise if you guys are up for it. Some you'll like and some you won't. But that is not any of my business. Just check it out and comment on what you think!

Other than that, this has been the first time since…well, ever, that I managed to upload a chapter within a week! Pretty cool, huh? I guess it only happens when I get involved with it and use my time wisely.

Like I said, we are getting closer to some answers by the chapter. So, anyway, don't forget to review, add me or the story to favourites or send a PM, I don't mind which one. Love to hear more from my fans! Bye-bye!

Until we meet again,

TheDragonLord2912