A/N: Hello, everyone. Thank you for your patience. I have finally finished Part 2 of "Rise of the Turtles" from "Rise of the TMNT" (2012). Now, since watching the first episode of the original Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I thought about what would happen if the turtles in TMNT 2012 first met Baron Draxum in a similar manner as well, which was another reason for this series I'm creating. Oh, and I forgot to mention two things. Okay, three. First off, the rest of the cast are Kevin Spacey as Baron Draxum (due to his great voice for Hopper in "A Bug's Life"), Sam Richardson as Munnin, Timothy Simmons as Huggin, Elizabeth Olson as Thraxum, Danny Jacobs as Snake/Snakeweed, Nolan North as Kraang (unless he was already mentioned), Jim Meskimen as Carlos Chiang O'Brien Gambe, Rob Paulsen as Foot Lieutenant, and last, but not least, Maurice LaMarche as Foot Brute. I was planning on bringing Vern (voiced by Will Arnett) in, but bconfer368 didn't really like the guy, so whether or not he should appear at all is up for debate. Secondly, the series is actually in 2-D animation unlike the original TMNT 2012 series, mostly because I want to see or at least figure out, how it would look, especially with Titmouse Ltd. and Nickelodeon Animation releasing it in this story as would be shown after the credits with an instrumental version of the new song that played in the last episode in this story. And thirdly, as you already know, April and Sandra will be mutated. As for how, I cannot say yet. You'll just have to read it and see. Also, there was a certain song from TMNT 2012 that played when Leo told his brothers to fall back with Donnie agreeing, saying, "No argument here!" in response in the episode called "Enemy of my Enemy" that I wanted to add in this chapter, but couldn't because I don't know what it's called. If anyone knows where I can find the full, high quality version of this song and what it is called, please let me know so I can put it in for future use in this story. Anyhoo, enjoy. :)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
"Rise of the Turtles, Part 2"
Chapter 1
Mona Lisa: "Previously on 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'."
First, it showed the same alleyway where the two guardsmen attacked 15 years ago, a rat passed by near the sewer hatch before Leo opened it up and looked over both ways before then showing the mutants were running across rooftops before Donnie spotted something, or rather, someone, as did Mayhem, puzzling him.
"You are going up to a strange and hostile world. Stay in the shadows.", Splinter warned.
"Huh?", Mayhem puzzled.
"Guys. Look at that.", Donnie spoke, pointing to four strange men, two beetle warriors with their mutant Cerberus-like dogs, and one mysterious being with a silver cloak and a black helmet as they burst out and closed in toward them.
"Attention, O'Neils. You have been chosen for our special project, courtesy of Baron Draxum.", the first lieutenant stated as Kirby was being escorted into the van before it showed April getting carried off by the mysterious being as the 2nd lieutenant carried Sandra off.
"You're coming with us.", the being spoke.
"Let go of me!", April urged before Mona and Donnie kicked the mysterious being and the 2nd lieutenant in the back, prompting them to release April and Sandra, who were sent flying up before landing in Mona's arms as was her mother for Donnie's case.
"Gotcha!", Donnie assured.
"You're safe, now.", Mona added in assurance before April noticed a special necklace that she knows Mona wears.
"Mona...? I-Is that you?", April asked.
"What? H-How do you know who I am?", Mona puzzled.
"Watch out!", Mikey shouted before the 2nd lieutenant whacked Donnie and Mikey with his sword like a baseball bat, whilst also barely cutting off the necklace with the vial around it before claiming it at the same time Mona was inadvertently kicked away by the 2nd lieutenant's dog, knocking them toward the garbage cans and bags with Mayhem landing in-between bags just before the 2nd lieutenant spoke to the radio in the van.
"We have the subjects and the vial!", the 2nd lieutenant spoke over the radio as the van doors, which showed Sandra and April all tied up and their mouths all taped up, closing before Donnie shouted.
"They're getting away!", Donnie shouted as he gave chase toward the van before it then showed Mikey preparing to attack only for the strange man to stop the nunchuck with his right arm and then showed Mikey tilting the strange man to the point that he lays on his back before noticing that the strange man was actually a robot this whole time as a purple eye blinked out and went back on before it powered down and a brain with eyes and mouth was seen just behind the shirt before awakening with an angry squeal as Mikey spoke.
"The big guy was a robot and he had a freaky weird alien brain thing in his chest!", Mikey spoke before it then showed Raph caught up to the van and leapt on top of it, prompting the driver to turn sharply, shaking Raph off in the process before going a different direction and then the six mutants and Mayhem circled around back toward the van and opened up the back door of the van, dropping a canister of mutagen toward the street as it rolled toward Mikey, surprising him and Mayhem as Mayhem gave a surprised sound as he and Mikey were intrigued by the glowing canister of mutagen as Leo spoke.
"One of the kidnappers will eventually show his face. And when he does, we'll make him tell us where he took them.", Leo
"Second Mom?", Mikey puzzled.
Chapter 2
From the sight of the mutagen, the 6 mutants only had one common reaction.
"Whoa...", the mutants spoke in awe.
"What is that?", Mona puzzled.
"Hold on. Isn't that the...?", Leo began.
"Mutagen that turned us all into what we are now.", Donnie finished.
"Let's drink some!", Mikey suggested.
"Say what, now?", Venus puzzled as Mayhem showed a similar reaction.
"Why would you do that?", Raph asked.
"'Cause if you mutate a mutant, you get a super mutant.", Mikey responded.
"That seems like a sound argument.", Venus agreed.
"Oh, yeah? What about the fact that you could wind up as a puddle of goo on the sidewalk instead?", Mona argued.
"Oh. That argument seems solid, too. So conflicting.", Venus responded.
"Well, either way, it's an improvement.", Raph assured jokingly.
"Guys, this is huge. Whoever kidnapped those people are somehow connected to what happened to us 15 years ago.", Leo urged.
"How is that possible?", Donnie asked.
"I'm guessing that the brain aliens that Mikey tried to tell us about would have something to do with that.", Mona guessed.
"That's right, Mona. With alien robots, anything's possible.", Mikey agreed.
"Anyhoo, let's get down to business.", Venus spoke before she lifted the human's head up just as he recovered.
"All right, pal. Who are you, where did you come from, and why did you help those baddies kidnap the family?", Venus interrogated.
"Name's Snake and I got nothin' to say to you hideous freaks.", Snake responded.
"Well, that's too bad. Like it or not, we're not leaving without any answers. Besides, we're just more of an acquired taste: you just need to know is a little bit more.", Mona responded before Venus tossed Snake over to Donnie and Mikey, who held him by the arms.
"Want to elaborate on that, Raph?", Mona asked.
"Do I? You see, we were just regular guys until we got hit with a little of this.", Raph spoke as he opened the mutagen canister and threatened to pour it on him, although fortunately not going too fast.
"Wh-What are you doin'?!", Snake asked worriedly.
"Playing a little game I like to call 'mutation roulette'. Now, you could turn out handsome like me, or you might end up disgusting and deformed, like Mikey, here.", Raph responded, peeving Mikey.
"Hey!", Mikey responded.
"Okay, not only was that unnecessary, that was uncalled for.", Mona commented.
"Hey, I just tell it like it is. Anyway, you feel lucky?", Raph spoke as he then slowly poured the mutagen toward Snake, frightening him to the point that he had to blab out the answers they needed to avoid mutation.
"Okay, okay! They call themselves the Kraang. They've been grabbing scientists from all over the city for someone named Baron Draxum.", Snake responded.
"Baron Draxum? We just heard that name earlier.", Mona spoke in slight surprise.
"Well, that worked pretty good.", Leo grinned.
"Of course it did. Would you wanna end up like Mikey?", Raph agreed.
"I'm right here.", Mikey responded.
"What do they want with these scientists?", Leo asked.
"And what's Baron Draxum working on?", Mona added.
"I don't know.", Snake responded before Raph got out the mutagen again and shook it a bit.
"All I know is they're taking them out of the city tonight and taking them to the Hidden City for Draxum's experiments, but I don't know where!", Snake responded.
"This is awesome! The girl's dad is a scientist, I'm a scientist. Ohhoho, she is so gonna like me.", Donnie chuckled giddily, puzzling Mayhem.
"I don't think you're her type.", Snake commented.
"For once, I can agree with him. Unless April is a mutant turtle like you, Donnie, I don't think it's anywhere near the realm of possibility. Her being your best friend, though, I guess it could work.", Mona concurred.
"Where are they now?", Leo asked.
Later, Snake was guarded and kept watch on by Mikey as he, Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mona, and Venus were now on a rooftop as Mikey even did some sweet moves, only earning a facepalm from Snake on the side of the kidnapper's head while Mayhem grinned as he blinked his eyes as Leo surveyed the area that Snake mentioned earlier with a helicopter on the helipad and the three Kraang guarding the entrance.
"So, how does it look out there, Leo?", Mona asked.
"There's gotta be like 20 of 'em down there.", Leo responded.
"Yeah, and that's just the ones we can see.", Donnie agreed.
"All right. An all-you-can-beat buffet.", Raph spoke boldly as he got out his mystic Tonfas.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Raph. We can't just rush in there blindly.", Mona responded.
"Mona's right, Raph. We need a plan.", Leo concurred.
"I can understand this coming from Mona, but why?", Raph puzzled.
"Well, let's explain, shall we? In case you forgot, there are innocent lives at stake here. If we mess this up, they're goners, and that would not look good on our hero repertoire.", Venus responded.
"Then we won't screw it up.", Raph assured.
"It's not that simple, Raph.", Mona retorted.
"Boy, I could sure go for some of that pizza right now, huh?", Mikey stated just right next to the mutants, peeving them.
"What? I can't be the only one that's hungry.", Mikey spoke.
"Uh, Mikey? Weren't you supposed to be watching him?", Mona asked, making him realize that he made a mistake, puzzling Mayhem whilst allowing Snake to escape.
"Oh, geez.", Mikey spoke from realizing that mistake as Snake laughed before taking off.
"Get him!", Leo shouted before he caught sight of Snake going down the stairs and pursued with Mona going next after him, then Raph, Mikey (with Mayhem in tow), Venus, and Donnie before Snake jumped off with the mutants following in pursuit with Donnie, Mikey, and Venus heading for the wall.
"Talk about a dead end. What now?", Venus asked.
"Maybe he went over the wall.", Donnie guessed.
"Uh, have you seen his body, Donnie? Not exactly in good shape like we are.", Venus commented.
However, Mikey agreed.
"I'm on it.", Mikey spoke before Donnie gave him a leg-up, lifting him in the air.
"Alley-oop!", Donnie spoke before lifting Mikey up through the wall, only for him to fall down hard and land on the ground.
"Ow. I don't think he went this way.", Mikey groaned in pain.
"See? I told you he wouldn't go there.", Venus spoke to Donnie.
Meanwhile, though, Leo, Raph, and Mona ran the other way and stopped near the swing set before the trio eventually noticed Snake behind the dumpster and came up with a plan to trick him before Mona spoke to Raph and Leo.
"Well, that's just great. We let him get away. Again.", Mona groaned.
"Whoa, Whoa. Hold on, Mona. Leo's the leader. That means he let him get away again.", Raph spoke.
"You're not helping.", Leo whispered.
"I'm not trying to help.", Raph responded.
"Okay, okay. You want me to lead? Fine.", Leo whispered before Mona spoke up.
"So, what do we do now?", Mona asked.
"We go back to the lair, gear up, and at midnight, we drive Snake's van right up to the gate. The Kraang will think we're him and we'll cruise right in to Baron Draxum.", Leo responded.
"And then, we bust some heads?", Raph asked, making Mona giggle a bit.
"And then, we bust some heads.", Leo responded before the trio left.
"I love a happy ending.", Raph spoke as the trio left, seemingly unaware that Snake was listening.
Later, back at the lair, as Donnie was making preparations for something that can aid him and his brothers in their first mission, Raphael was seemingly speaking to Mona in his room.
"I know you're a little worried about me. Look, I'm not gonna lie to you. We've never gone into a fight like this and...I don't know what's gonna happen, but you don't have to worry. I will make it back. I love you, man.", Raph spoke before it was shown that he was actually talking to his pet turtle named Spike, puzzling Mona.
"Um..., what?", Mona puzzled before Mikey and Venus popped in.
"Aw. Are you talking to your pet turtle?", Mikey asked.
"No. Shut up.", Raph responded.
"Dude, you were totally talking to your pet turtle.", Venus spoke in giddy awe with cute eyes.
"What are you two doing here anyway? Shouldn't you all be getting ready?", Mona asked.
"That's adorable.", Mikey only responded.
"I'm gonna crush you!", Raph spoke as he got out his tonfas, generated a red mystic force field around him, and began chasing Mikey, frightening him.
"I'm gonna shellac you!", Raph threatened.
"Oh, boy...", Mona sighed in response.
Meanwhile, Leo and Shen were surveying his plan which was more like a metallic nut with a pencil, a couple of brushes, a button, a die, and an eraser.
"Any thoughts, Leo?", the Snake mutant asked.
"You know what, Shen? I think this plan is gonna work.", Leo grinned in response before Splinter walked in.
"No plan ever survives contact with the enemy. It is how you react to the unexpected that will determine if you and your brothers and sisters succeed.", Splinter responded.
"Sensei, do you think I'm ready for this?", Leo asked.
"Leonardo, I made you leader for a reason.", Splinter responded.
"What is that reason?", Leo asked.
"That may be something you have to learn yourself.", Shen responded.
"There's so much riding on this. What if something goes wrong?", Leo asked.
"Failure is a possibility every leader must face, Leonardo. It is something Shen and I had to face in Japan during my final battle with my enemy, the Shredder. Years ago, Oroku Saki, as Shredder was called then, had been my friend. But the love of a woman came between us. He could not accept it and his jealousy turned outward into a vengeful attack. And while he could not defeat me that day, my world fell and crumbled around me as the battle nearly took the life of my beloved Tang Shen, and while she indeed survived the attack, we lost our baby daughter, Miwa.", Splinter responded as he flashed back to when Shredder attacked him in the flaming dojo even showing a point when Shredder leapt up and aimed to slay him, only to wind up slashing Shen instead, quite by accident, before later, Splinter helped Shen up as they watched the dojo burn in flames before flashing back to the present.
"But that's my point, Sensei. You and Shen lost everything.", Leo stated.
"We lost many things. My family, my home, my name. But, we gained many things as well, like the six of you.", Splinter grinned in assurance.
"And look how well we turned out.", Shen added with a grin.
"Don't worry. We can handle this.", Leo assured before Mikey screamed in panic with the supercharged Raph chasing him.
"Get back here!", Raph shouted with Mona going after him.
"Take it easy, Raph! He's not worth the effort!", Mona urged before Leo and Splinter sighed as Shen giggled a bit.
"Maybe I better go with you to be on the safe side.", Shen suggested.
"No. My sons and daughters risking their lives is one thing, but you risking yours? I cannot condone this.", Splinter spoke worriedly.
"Think of all the times I snuck out for necessary provisions for our children, Yoshi. My stealth is bound to have improved by now.", Shen assured.
Then, Splinter sighed after a moment.
"If you wish to go along, I will not stop you. Just promise me you will all return in one piece.", Splinter sighed.
"We will.", Shen nodded.
Chapter 3
Later, at the same area Leo saw earlier, in the center, the mysterious being brought out a mystic compass before placing it on a wall and forming a capitalized M on it, creating an apparent portal before jumping through it and then heading down to an apparent city underground and then headed for the citadel where a sort of mutant with a golden helmet with horns, one on each side, was waiting in his lab with a sort of big mutagen tank in the center before he then walked up to the being and spoke while stepping out of the shadows.
"So, where are they?", the mutant asked.
"They're currently held in a cell as you requested, Draxum.", the being spoke in reply.
"They are, eh? And the vial?", Draxum asked.
"Your lieutenants suggested that I hand-deliver this to you.", the being spoke while getting out the vial before Draxum received it.
"Hm. Excellent work returning my vial to me and bringing the special specimen to boot, Thraxum. Although, I think it's time I see the subjects myself to be certain.", Draxum suggested.
"Of course. Whatever you think is best, Draxum.", Thraxum responded, earning a smirk from Draxum.
Later, up above, inside the cell, the Kraang were guarding the cell that April, Sandra, and Kirby were locked inside in.
"Hey. You can't keep us in here like this. We know our rights.", April shouted while banging the door from inside.
"I...don't think they care about that, April.", Kirby spoke.
"These men aren't exactly the kind of people that can be reasoned with.", Sandra added.
"We can't just sit here. We've gotta do something.", April urged.
"Like what?", Kirby puzzled before April smirked as she got an idea.
However, just as April began feigning her pain, Baron Draxum arrived and noticed the cell and then motioned to the Kraang, asking them to open it up.
"Ohh! Oh, my stomach! The pain is unbearable!", April groaned before the cell door opened, revealing none other than Baron Draxum, earning gasps from April, Kirby, and Sandra.
"I assure you I have no interest in your pathetic stomachaches.", Draxum spoke before two small black demons named Huggin and Munnin hopped off Draxum's shoulders and landed near the couple.
"But we would like to hear more about those stomach pains.", Munnin spoke before Huggin popped up and laughed, making Sandra gasp before April seized the opportunity and tried to catch Draxum off-guard, only puzzling him as she even tried to tip him back and even bit into his shoulder with little to no success as Draxum showed little to no reaction other than sighing.
"Well, I guess that's one way for her to come with us.", Munnin commented.
"Should we, uh...do something about that, Boss?", Huggin puzzled.
"No need. This nuisance's attacks won't do as much good the way she is now. But my experiment can change that. Droids? Bring the scientist and the other subject with you and follow me. We've got some experimenting to do.", Draxum issued to the two Kraang droids as April was still trying to fend him off, but with little to no effect.
"You don't suppose she would keep doing that the whole way, do you, Huggin?", Munnin asked.
"Of course not. As pathetic as humans are, they aren't so gullible as to continue that poor excuse of an attempt of resistance, right?", Huggin responded.
Later, however, even when April, Kirby, and Sandra were taken by Draxum and the Kraang to Draxum's lab, the first former was still trying with little to no success.
"Okay. I stand corrected.", Huggin spoke.
That was when Draxum removed April from his shoulders and placed her inside the laboratory capsule where Kirby and Sandra were just placed in.
"Why don't you relax and stay a while? Once my experiment succeeds, you won't need to worry about stomach pains where this is headed. Once it's ready, April O'Neil, you and your mother will become part of an experiment that will change the very nature of humanity. For now, I must finish my preparations with the vial. Until then, enjoy your brief stay.", Draxum spoke before turning around and walking up to his tank with April then turning to Kirby and Sandra.
"Well, I guess we can just sit here.", April spoke.
Meanwhile, Snake sighed as he readied his gun with the two Kraang droids with him at the entrance.
"They'll be here any minute.", Snake spoke to the Kraang in his right.
"Kraang, are those who are coming to this place coming to this place?", one Kraang asked.
"I lack that knowledge, Kraang. I will inquire of Kraang of that knowledge. Do you have the knowledge of those coming to this place are near this place, Kraang?", the second Kraang asked, peeving Snake as he growled before he finally shouted.
"They're TURTLES! Call them Turtles! 'Are the turtles here?'!", Snake responded before one of the Kraang on the ceiling noticed the vehicle.
"There are lights of a vehicle which contain that which you wish us to call 'the turtles' coming to this place which you wish us to call 'here'.", the Kraang spoke, flustering Snake.
"What are you talking about?!", Snake exclaimed before turning around to see the van driving toward the entrance with Snake readying his gun before he and the Kraang began firing, only for the van to show no signs of stopping, prompting them to hit the deck before the van rammed into the entry gate and exploded with Snake landing on the dirt and then looking back on the explosion only for a broken canister of mutagen to land on the ground as its contents were spilled out toward Snake, making him groan in pain with those groans growing louder into screams as he then quickly went through a mutation with his voice getting deeper and scarier as he grew numerous roots and even a big flower as well.
Meanwhile, the Kraang were surveying the damage to the van.
"The ones coming to this place are not in the vehicle bringing them to this place.", the Kraang droid stated.
"Then in what place are the ones called the turtles?", another Kraang droid puzzled.
Sure enough, the turtles, along with Mona and Venus were climbing up the wall when no one was looking with Shen already on top of the building while the Kraang were distracted.
"This should buy us just enough time, my children.", Shen spoke with a whisper.
"Wow. Lucky thing that van showed up to distract 'em.", Mikey grinned, earning a sigh from Donnie, who unwittingly hurt himself with his climbing spikes, although not too bad.
"Uh, Mikey, That was the plan. Leo, Raph, and I knew Snake was hiding in the alley, so we convinced him that we'd be in the van.", Mona whispered.
"But we weren't in the van.", Mikey responded.
"Exactly. That's the whole point.", Mona whispered in response.
"Look. Just keep climbing.", Leo added.
"Can do.", Mikey grinned before he and the others kept climbing.
Inside the storage unit, as several Kraang droids were marching by, an air vent grate landed just behind two of them, prompting them to notice not only Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Mona, and Venus, but also Shen before the Snake mutant hissed while going down the vents before quickly attacking them to the point that they were knocked unconscious before ceasing her hissing.
"There. That should do it.", Shen spoke before she led the way with Leo and the others following them with Donnie growing astonished by the metallic alloy.
"Wow. I've never seen anything like this. They're using a metal alloy that...I don't even recognize.", Donnie spoke in awe.
"Gosh. A metal alloy even you don't know about. It boggles the mind.", Raph spoke in slight annoyance and sarcasm.
"Dude, you wanna talk metallurgy with me? Bring it.", Donnie goaded.
"I don't. And...", Raph began before Leo cleared his throat.
"What part of being in an enemy lair do you not understand?", Leo whispered.
Then, as soon as they got there, they noticed a lone door guarded by the Kraang.
"Whoa. Those are the alien robots you and Mona saw, Shen?", Donnie asked.
"Unfortunately.", Shen responded.
"Looking back on them now doesn't exactly bring up any good memories for me.", Mona added.
"What am I, chopped liver? And where have I heard 'alien robots' before, huh? Oh, yeah. I've been saying it for hours!", Mikey shouted, inadvertently drawing attention to the Kraang, who quickly opened fire at the mutants who charged in to attack them.
First, Mikey used his Kusari-Fundo to wrap it around the Kraang droid before smacking him to the ground and taking off while Donnie used his tech bo-staff to smash the Kraang droid against the wall as it acted like a big fist. Then, Raph used his tonfas to create a force field around himself and then smash the Kraang droid into the ground as if it were a rag doll before then tossing it toward another, disabling that Kraang droid as well.
"Heh. Puny robots.", Raph smirked before then powering down and noticing Mona turning her mystic naginata staff into a powerful Masamune and then slashing the incoming droids, causing a bright purple liquid to spew out from the suits as it practically splattered before Venus used her kana's to create portals to teleport the laser blasts straight toward the Kraang droid, disabling it as one of the blasts hit it in the eye while Leonardo used his Ōdachi to cut through the Kraang droid, deactivating it in the process before it powered down, causing a sort of brain alien to pop out and shriek at them, frightening Leo, Donnie, Raph, and Mayhem while Mona and Shen were shocked and Venus was just disgusted before Mikey whacked it in the head, knocking it unconscious before Mikey picked it up.
"See?! See, it's a brain thing! I told you! I told you, but did any of you believe me? No! Because apart from Mona, Venus, and Shen, you all think I'm just some bonehead!", Mikey spoke angrily.
"Easy, Mikey. I don't think you'd wanna yell that loud, otherwise...", Mona warned before the alien screeched awake and bit into Mikey's arm.
"Ow!", Mikey shouted.
"This happens.", Mona finished before Mikey then shook the Kraang off his arm, inadvertently toward the button to set off the alarm.
"No!", Leo shouted as he ran to stop it from hitting the alarm, only for the Ōdachi to shoot out a blue mystic energy before it formed a ring in front of the alarm, causing the alien to cross through the portal before landing on the ground through another portal opening near the ceiling straight toward the ground before it scurried off with a screech.
"Okay, did my sword just do that?", Leo puzzled.
"Maybe it's how your sword works when using its mystic powers.", Mona guessed.
"I did say it has more mystic power than you realize, didn't I?", Shen added with a grin.
"Oh, yeah. You did. Now, let's move.", Leo spoke.
"Move where? The door probably won't even budge.", Raph asked before Mona found the possible answer on the ground as it came in the form of a sort of medallion.
"What about this? Could this help?", Mona asked as she picked the medallion up.
"Hopefully.", Donnie spoke before noticing the conduits above.
"These conduits could be leading us to that area, anyway.", Donnie added.
"Oh. That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing, Donnie.", Raph spoke sarcastically.
"Meathead, the conduits are all converging toward the door, which means whatever's going on behind that door is important!", Donnie reprimanded in response before he headed toward the door with the mystic medallion before Leo smiled and pointed the way they should go before Mona spoke to Raph.
"He does have a point, Raph.", Mona concurred with Donnie.
"You got slammed.", Mikey chuckled a bit before Raph then grabbed Mikey's finger and crushed it a bit.
"Mercy!", Mikey exclaimed before Raph released him, allowing Mikey to lick his finger.
"Not cool.", Mikey whined a bit.
Later, Mona placed the medallion on the door before the symbol of it flower bright blue and began spinning the dial around quickly, causing a sort of circle to etch itself on the door while glowing bright blue as well before Mona then moved the medallion around, forming an M on it before the mouth opened up, revealing a portal both inside and below the holding cells.
"Guys. Check it out.", Mona spoke, pointing toward a mystic portal.
"I can't believe it. This is unprecedented. Who would've thought that there was an actual portal right here? I wonder where it leads.", Donnie spoke.
"Hopefully someplace that we need to get to and soon.", Mona spoke.
"You and me both, Mona.", Shen agreed.
"I just hope it's someplace where we can kick butt.", Venus added.
"You don't say. How about you check it first?", Raph playfully suggested before pushing Donnie over, causing him to fall through the portal as he screamed before Raph, Leo, Mikey, Shen, Mona, Venus, and Mayhem both followed while falling through the portal just as the Kraang noticed just the door after the mouth closed and reformed into a door, puzzling it before it then went away.
Meanwhile, the mutants were going through a sewer pipe like gateway before eventually arriving on the ground of the Hidden City with four out of five turtles landing flat on their chests while Shen, Venus, Mona, and Mayhem landed safely.
Once the rest of the mutants got up, they were quite surprised to see a whole city of mutants in the air.
"Uh, anyone know where we are?", Raph asked.
"That's a really good question.", Donnie added.
"This must be the Hidden City. Splinter and I went there once not long after our mutation. In fact, you could say you led us here when you were kids.", Shen replied.
"Whoa. A whole city for mutants underground? Why couldn't we have just lived there?", Mikey puzzled.
"We can admire the city later, Mikey. Right now, we have to find and rescue the kidnapped family.", Leo urged.
"Oh. Got it.", Mikey responded before Leo and the rest went up the stairs.
Later, Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Shen, Mona, Venus, and Mayhem arrived the building just up ahead in a sort of lab with April and Sandra inside one capsule and Kirby in another.
"We found them.", Donnie spoke.
"Wait, guys. There he is.", Leo spoke just as Draxum just finished booting the machine up as the canister opened up to show a purple liquid with green bubbles in it with Draxum then opening the bottle and pouring the vial through a hole, sending said vial across the vine all around the canister before sending it to the very top to be charged ionically and then placed inside the mixture, turning it into mutagen.
"What's he doing, Donnie?", Leo asked.
"Not sure exactly, Leo, but...it looks like he's making his own mutagen.", Donnie responded before the mutagen tank is complete with the mutagen now finished before the top opened up, allowing the oozesquitoes to drink up the mutagen and store it in their behind-like containers before two of them moved closer to Draxum, who then went over to April and Sandra and then lifted them up, binding them in vines.
"What's going to happen to us now, Dad?", April asked worriedly.
"I'm not sure, April. Just hang in there.", Kirby urged.
"Frankly, you two possess genes that are normally unaffected by mutagen alone, but this vial can help it do more. For you see, this vial is the key to unlocking your hidden potential genetically encoded in your half kraang genes. You humans should feel honored, for you will be the first of many to be reborn. First, you will change and then, you will be perfect.", Draxum assured.
"Um, is this going to hurt?", April asked nervously.
"It will...if I'm doing it right.", Draxum responded before placing the two oozesquito drones on April and Sandra, prompting them to bite April and Sandra, giving them a sort of small prickly feeling before the oozesquitoes then dispensed their special mutagen inside their bloodstream before flying away.
"Huh. Well, that wasn't...", April began before she and Sandra began to feel excruciating pain as their bodies started glowing green for a moment before they started to change.
For April's case, her shell formed on her back, quickly tearing off her shirt while her fingers and toes each fused into three fingers and three toes on each hand and foot with her skin finally turning green as she even grew scales.
"Please, make it stop! Make it stop!", Sandra shouted as she grew fur first before gaining cat-like features such as a tail, musle, and pointed ears while her hands became paw-like in appearance and feet turned into paws.
"Oh, my gosh! My skin feels like it's on fire!", April shouted as she and he mother were mutating as Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Mayhem, Mona, Venus, and Shen gasped in shock during the mutations, even Kirby as he grew worried for them as Draxum smiled in surprise.
"April, Sandra, no!", Kirby shouted.
Once they were finished, April and Sandra panted heavily from their mutations before looking at themselves with the latter fainting after seeing herself. However, once the former finished seeing herself, April screamed loudly in horror before snapping at Draxum.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! I'M A FREAK!", April shouted before Huggin laughed in joy and spoke giddily.
"I know, right?! A freakishly purty one at that!", Huggin chuckled.
"Yeah, being human is totally overrated. Ask anyone.", Munnin added.
"The mutations worked. Just like it did all those years ago...", Draxum spoke in wonder.
"'All those years ago?'", Mona puzzled.
"Wait, Draxum was involved with what happened to us?", Venus puzzled.
"Apparently, yes. He was involved, but just not directly.", Donnie responded.
"This can't be happening! This can't be happening! This can't be happening!", April hyperventilated.
"It's okay, April. We'll figure this out like we always do...", Kirby began.
But before he could finish, April only snapped fearfully at him.
"FIGURE THIS OUT?! Dad look at us! We're mutants freaks!", April snapped in panic.
"That's what you think. But what I see is perfection.", Draxum retorted.
"Buddy, you are insane if you think this is perfection. Change us back!", April shouted angrily in response.
"Change you back? Never. You are perfect just the way you are. And finally, after all these years, I can continue my work.", Draxum responded.
That was when Thraxum came in with a report.
"My lord, there are intruders in the fortress. They might be here for the test subjects.", Thraxum reported.
"I already know, Commander. Find them and bring them to me.", Draxum responded before Raph shouted.
"Well, you don't have to look very far, ya freak!", Raph shouted, attracting Draxum's attention.
"What?", Draxum puzzled from noticing the 7 mutants with Mayhem involved before Raph shouted to Draxum.
"Okay, Baron Draxum! Whatever you did to those ladies, undo it right now, and we'll be more than happy to let you walk out of this with your horns still attached to your head.", Raph spoke, not knowing that Draxum was in puzzlement at first, and then positive awe from seeing them, his own apparent creations.
"You're...beautiful.", Draxum spoke in teary-eyed awe.
"Don't worry. We'll get you out of there in a second.", Donnie assured with a shout to the recently mutated redhead turtle.
"Okay, giant lizard thing.", April responded.
"Uh, turtle, actually. I-I'm Donatello.", Donnie introduced.
"April.", April introduced back.
"Wow. That's a pretty...", Donnie began before Leo slapped Donnie.
"We have to draw Draxum away from April and her parents, Donnie!", Leo urged.
"Oh, right. Yeah, sorry.", Donnie remembered.
"Okay, everyone. On my mark, we all attack. One..., two...", Leo began before Venus jumped up.
"Three!", Venus shouted as she leapt upward and gave out her battle cry while descending.
"Seriously? You didn't even wait for my mark!", Leo spoke in frustration before Venus landed on top of the capsule for Kirby and began trying to cut at the cage only for Huggin and Munnin to lift her up into the air before Draxum turned to Thraxum.
"Commander! Send down every available Kraang droid we have. We can't let them escape!", Draxum urged.
"Yes, my lord.", Thraxum responded before taking leave of the lab while Draxum began to attack by getting out a purple orb of sorts, clutching it with his hand, and then smashing it against the ground, releasing purple tentacles toward the mutants, who quickly jumped off in time and began sliding on them.
"Heh. That all you got?", Mona asked.
In response, Draxum then got out three more purple orbs before tossing them out with the orbs then landing in the ground before a sort of giant monster with some golden armor and a golden cybernetic left eye erupted from the ground.
"What the heck?", Raph puzzled.
"Guess I spoke too soon.", Mona guessed.
"Holy Mackerel.", Donnie reacted.
"Seriously?", Leo spoke in slight frustration.
"Aah! It looked at me!", Mikey shouted.
"Get ready to jump, children!", Shen warned before the gargantuan monster then grabbed the tentacles and whipped them to the ground.
"Jump!", Shen shouted before she and the mutants managed to jump off the tentacles and land back on the ground before the giant monster roared at them just as Huggin and Munnin passed by, still dealing with Venus.
Then, Draxum shouted to the creature.
"Capture those specimens!", Draxum Commander before the monster then charged toward the mutants.
"Booyakasha!", Mikey shouted before they charged toward the monster with Leo running up one side and using his Ōdachi to cut through one of his legs while Mona turned her naginata staff into a masamune and cut through another on another side, causing it to land on the ground and roar before the monster then grabbed the floor with his hands and crushed some of it into debris to toss toward the Turtles only for them to scale the debris quickly with Mikey launching Raph toward the monster with his Kusari-Fundo with Raph then punching the monster by the face toward the ground with which Donnie quickly seized the opportunity to jump up via his jet pack and then create two rockets with one facing up and the other facing down before the boosters started just as Donnie began spinning it before launching it toward the monster and then shouting.
"Incoming!", Donnie shouted before the mutants cleared away from the staff, allowing it to hit the monster by the head before the boosters activated and then slammed the monster to the ground with the staff returning to Donnie.
"Ha! How'd you like that?", Donnie smirked.
"Whoa...", April spoke in slight awe before the smoke cleared.
"Impressive. With your training under me, you would be as formidable as I had hoped.", Draxum commented.
"No thanks, Draxum. Last warning: turn them back to normal and surrender, or else.", Leo warned.
"Heh. Baron Draxum does not surrender.", Draxum responded before the main door to the lab opened with hundreds of Kraang droids led by Thraxum marching forward and surrounding the mutants in all areas.
"Ready your weapons and fire on my command.", Thraxum spoke before the Kraang readied their weapons.
"It's that creep who kidnapped the family!", Donnie shouted.
"'Creep'? Oh, no. This 'creep' is merely my commander. Her name is Thraxum, and she did me an excellent service by bringing those two specimens to me.", Draxum explained.
"Wait, what?!", Leo exclaimed before the others joined in for their reactions as well.
"Thraxum's a girl?!", the mutants exclaimed in surprise as did April and Kirby while Mona, Mayhem, and Shen just gasped.
"You watch your tone, mutants! Just be thankful that the humans' time on this planet will soon be heading to a close.", Thraxum retorted.
"All right, guys. Time to put all our training to use.", Leo spoke before he and his team charged forward with Venus still busy with Huggin and Munnin.
"Just hold still, will you?!", Venus shouted as she was still carried off by Huggin and Munnin.
"Fire!", Thraxum shouted before the droids then fired from their guns with Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Mona, and Shen deflecting the lasers toward the kraang, disabling some of them just enough not to be overwhelmed, at least for the moment.
Meanwhile, Draxum got out two purple cocoons, clutched then with his hands, and then created bio-gauntlets for his arms for combat before Raph and Leo charged in only to get blocked and struck for Raph's case while Leo leapt yo and struck only to her blocked with Leo swiftly dodging the attacks before Mikey turned up and tried to attack Draxum with a slam, but missed as Draxum dodger the attack two times and blocked it before Donnie, Shen, and Mona charged in with all 6 present mutants jumping up toward Draxum in all directions, only for Draxum to swiftly slam the ground with his bio-gauntlets, causing not only a quake, but also an updraft of wind, sending Shen straight toward the Mutagen tank before splashing in while Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, and Mona were pushed back by the attack before noticing Shen inside.
"No!", Leo shouted worriedly.
"Cease fire!", Thraxum shouted before the Kraang stopped firing.
"And that's why Baron Draxum...!", Draxum began before Huggin crashed into Draxum.
"I'm sorry, boss.", Huggin groaned woozily before passing out as it was made known that Venus got past them as she was even bashing against Huggin and smashing Munnin against the ground until they were unconscious.
"What'd I miss?", Venus asked playfully.
Meanwhile, Shen jumped out from the Mutagen tank and landed, intriguing the present group before the Mutagen dropped down, revealing Shen in the most unexpected form: her human form, much to her own surprise as well.
"Shen...?", Mikey spoke in surprise.
"Y-You turned back to normal?", Leo added in surprise.
"But...how?", Mona asked.
"That's...awesome.", Raph added in surprise.
"Incredible is more like it, Raph.", Donnie added.
"Okay, I give. How did you know it could work?", Venus puzzled.
"I didn't. I'm just as surprised as you.", Shen responded.
April, however, was practically seething with a bit of jealousy.
"OH, COME ON! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!", April shouted.
"No!", Draxum shouted before then shooting a sort of webbing from his right hand straight toward Shen, trapping her.
"Shen!", Leo spoke in worry.
"Ohohohokay. You did not just do that to our Mom.", Venus spoke in a peeved tone.
"You tell him, sister!", Mikey agreed before launching his Kusari-Fundo at Draxum, but missed as he dodged before the villain noticed how it was not falling to the floor, nor going back.
"Huh?", Draxum puzzled as he then turned to notice the spinning ball coming to life as a mystic flaming skull as it laughed mischievously.
"Uh-oh. Not again!", Mikey shouted as he then wound up going around the lab like a pin ball, smashing up the Kraang in the process, causing some of them to go down to the same ground level as the present company and inadvertently tampered with the power core of Draxum's Mutagen tank, causing it to spark out before then moving around for a bit before headed towards Draxum with another mischievous laugh only for Draxum to dodge the attack with Mikey landing on the ground.
"Ow...", Mikey spoke weakly before getting back up and then shaking his head quickly to keep himself from getting woozy.
"Shen, are you gonna be all right?", Raph asked.
"Let me worry about this. Go help your brother.", Shen urged.
"On it.", Raph spoke before then activating his red mystic force field and then charging toward Draxum with a roar.
Then, as Shen struggled to break free from her cocoon, she was inadvertently mutating back into her mutant serpent form as she grew fangs while her eyes turned green with cat-slit eyes before the cocoon broke, revealing her snake-like armor from before as she hissed, much to Leo and the others' worry, and April's slight relief, seeing as she wouldn't have to suffer being a mutant alone with her mother, although it wasn't said out loud, as Raph was busy fighting Draxum with punches up until he heard a loud hiss, distracting him.
"What?", Raph puzzled before Draxum took the opportunity to kick Raph toward the wall.
"Right. Should've seen that coming.", Raph groaned just as the Kraang moved in toward the mutants.
"Kraang, attack! Now!", Thraxum shouted.
"Kraang, destroy for Kraang!", one of the Kraang stated before the Kraang began firing again.
"I'll take care of this one!", Leo assured before he charged forward with his sword in hand before the Ōdachi began glowing blue markings and sparked with blue electricity before Leo then leapt up and slashed downward toward the kraang below, puzzling it as it beeped before Leo then noticed the sword pointing upward before then creating two portals, one below the Kraang droid, causing it to fall through, and the other above, which materialized before the droid fell through it and toward the same portal, trapping it in an endless loop.
"Kraang is getting that which is known as diizzzyyyyyy!", the Kraang droid shouted while falling through.
"Everyone, fall back! There are too many enemies out here! And bring the family with you!", Leo shouted.
"Working on it!", Donnie responded before smashing the Kraang that were nearing April and the unconscious Sandra with his Tech Bo-Staff while Mayhem teleported as many Kraang as he could toward Leo's trap and went back to Mikey's side with a determined nod.
"Mom, wake up! We gotta get out of here!", April urged while shaking the unconscious cat woman before she started to come to and saw April.
"April? W-what's going on?", Sandra asked.
"No time to explain yet, Mrs. O'Neil. We gotta move and fast!", Donnie urged before he, Leo, Raph, Mikey, Mona, Venus, Shen, Mayhem, and even April, Sandra, and Kirby ran to catch up to the mutants fleeing from Draxum and the Kraang.
"After them, you fools! Don't let them escape!", Draxum commanded as some of the Kraang recuperated and gave chase up until the others reached the spot where they arrived outside.
"I hope this works.", Mona spoke before placing the medallion on the stone with the big "M" on it, traced it, and made a portal before jumping through just as Draxum noticed and growled angrily before jumping upward and then going through said portal.
Back at the surface, Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Mona, Venus, Mayhem, Shen, April, Sandra, and Kirby burst through the portal with Draxum crossing over into it before he tried to grab April and Sandra, only for Kirby to notice this with a gasp.
"April, Sandra! Look out!", Kirby shouted before Draxum caught Kirby instead.
"Kirby!", Sandra shouted.
"Dad!", April shouted at the same time Sandra did.
"Don't try to follow me. You all know what I'm capable of.", Draxum spoke before he jumped off with Kirby in tow.
"Yeah, as if we'd listen to you, Draxum.", Raph spoke before the Kraang who were already there prepared to open fire.
"No time for that now, Raph! We gotta move!", Leo urged before he and the mutants, including April and Sandra, ran off with the Kraang firing at them.
Eventually, the team burst out the doors, leading to the top of the building.
"Get the door!", Leo urged before Raph then saw one of the Kraang header for him and then tried to close the door, but with little to no success at first as it tried to attack only for Raph to grab one of its arms and dislodge it while kicking it away before using its mechanical arm to keep the door from being opened.
"That'll hold 'em.", Raph spoke in assurance, only baffling Leo, Donnie, Mikey, Shen, Mayhem, Mona, Venus, April, and Sandra.
"What?", Raph puzzled.
"You are seriously twisted.", Leo commented.
"Thanks.", Raph responded with a grin.
"I still have one question, though. How do you know me?", Mona puzzled.
"Because you're my friend, Mona. I still have half of my necklace and everything.", April responded while getting out her necklace, surprising Mona a bit before she then looked back on hers and started to realize what it could mean before she and April placed their halve next to each other and it then read "BFF M+A", much to Mona's surprise.
"April. I-I didn't think I'd see you again...", Mona gasped a bit before she and April hugged each other.
"Neither did I. Although, I still don't know how exactly you got mutated.", April responded.
"Well, it's kind of a long story.", Mona responded before Kirby shouted.
"April!", Kirby shouted before April noticed him with a few Kraang droids and Draxum.
"Dad! He's over there!", the redhead turtle shouted.
"Let's get him!", Leo urged before he and his team ran in only for Draxum and the Kraang to notice.
"I told you to stay put!", Draxum shouted.
"We never were any good at following orders.", Raph retorted just before a new mutant appeared and towered above them.
It had spiky vines, flytrap-like hands, and an exposed heart with a protective coating on it, worrying the mutants present as the mutant have screeching growls.
Chapter 4
The mutant roared before speaking.
"You did this to me. Now, you're going to pay!", the Mutant growled.
"It's Snake! He mutated into a...giant weed!", Leo exclaimed.
"Who?", April puzzled.
"Long story, but to keep it short, he drove the van when you and your family were kidnapped.", Mona replied before Snake screeched and then tried to love his legs, but with not much success at first.
"That's weird. You think he'd be mutated into a snake.", Mikey commented.
"You mean like Shen is?", Mona asked.
"Yeah, you would, if you were an idiot.", Raph retorted.
"But his name is Snake.", Mikey responded.
"So?", Raph asked.
"That doesn't always mean that's the case, Mikey.", Mona added.
"You don't understand science.", Mikey responded.
"Maybe you're the one who doesn't understand.", Mona retorted before Snake finally managed to split his legs back into two and stomped once on the ground.
"I'll crush you, Turtles!", Snake threatened.
"Uh, would it help if we said it was an accident?", Donnie asked before Snake only prepared to attack.
"So, heh, I'll put you down for a 'no'.", Donnie spoke nervously before Snake made the first move only for Leo to jump up and then slash at one of his vines, surprising Snake and scaring Mikey as the bright pink-purple liquid landed near Mikey, making him scream.
"Ew! Eeeeeeeew! Don't let it touch me! Don't let it touch me! Aah! It touched me!", Mikey shouted as the liquid landed on Mikey's leg.
However, one of Snake's vines grew back, piquing his own interest of what he can do as he smirked.
"It grew back? No fair!", Donnie complained before Draxum landed behind April and Sandra before then grabbing them and taking them to the Kraang.
"April!", Donnie shouted.
"Go rescue them, Donnie! We'll take care of him from here!", Leo urged before Donnie put back his tech bo-staff and then ran toward Leo, who had his hands ready before lifting Donnie up with his hands as soon as he stepped on them before Donnie was then sent flying up toward the helipad area and then ran for the helicopter with Draxum waiting near the helicopter.
Meanwhile, Snake was attacking the Turtles with Mikey and Venus cutting off the vines before getting knocked back with Leo then trying it with his Ōdachi, but with not very much success before getting knocked back as well with Raph closing on from behind Snake and then scratching him in the legs with his climbing gear before stopping upon noticing the liquid all over the gear in disgust.
"And...yuck.", Raph spoke as he shook the liquid off the gear.
"How about I give it a go?", Mona spoke before then charging forward while turning her Naginata Staff into a masamune and then cutting off Snake's legs, causing him to tumble to the ground before Mona caught up to Leo, Raph, Mikey, Mayhem, Venus, and Shen but not before getting caught by one of his vines and tossed toward them, although she recovered just fine.
"Snakeweed is really powerful!", Mikey commented.
"'Snakeweed'?", Mona, Raph, and Venus puzzled.
"Yeah. His name was Snake and now he's a weed, so...", Mikey began.
"We get it.", Raph interrupted.
"We just have to hold him off until Donatello gets back!", Shen responded before the Kraang suddenly burst from the doors and turned their attention toward the Turtles.
"That is, if we can avoid getting shot at by alien robots.", Leo finished.
"With brains!", Mikey added.
"Get it together, man!", Venus responded as Snakeweed and the Kraang had the mutants surrounded.
Meanwhile, Donnie caught up to Draxum just in time to notice April, Sandra, and Kirby getting carried off by the helicopter as Draxum spoke.
"You fight like untrained buffoons! But under me, you can become powerful warriors!", Draxum spoke before Donnie then got out his Tech Bo Staff and began fighting off Draxum with as he tried to attack but missed, although he got blocked once, before Draxum prepared to counter with his bio-gauntlet, now in the shape of a blade, only for Donnie's Tech Bo Staff to form a fist and then strike Draxum in the cheek, knocking him back before Donnie then leapt up to the helicopter an managed to grab onto the bottom railing before trying to climb up while mostly hanging on.
Meanwhile, while Leo, Mikey, Venus, and Shen were fighting off the Kraang, Raph and Mona were fighting Snakeweed and cutting the vines up until the Kraang attacked while shooting, giving Raph and Mona their cue to take their leave away from Snakeweed at least as the Kraang were shooting Snakeweed, who retaliated by knocking everyone to the ground. Literally. Raph then spoke to Leo afterwards.
"What's the plan again, Chief?", Raph asked.
"I'm working on it!", Leo responded before he was suddenly grabbed by one of Snakeweed's vines inadvertently giving Leo an idea.
"Wait. The power conduits.", Leo realized before he was starting to get swing around.
"Are you really gonna start talking about that again?", Raph asked in a peeved tone.
"Take it easy, Raph. Maybe Leo has an idea.", Mona assured.
"Mona is right. Whatever plan he has, if it works, we will succeed.", Shen agreed.
Sure enough, Leo did have an idea.
"Perfect. Raph, Mona, Mikey, Venus, Shen!", Leo shouted before giving signals to them, only this time, they understood.
At that point, the five mutants began distracting Snakeweed up until Leo freed himself from Snakeweed's grasp and ran off.
Meanwhile, Donnie was trying to climb up only for the door to open with a kraangdroid preparing to fire.
"Oh, good. For a second there, I thought this was gonna be too easy!", Donnie spoke sarcastically before the droid began firing, only to miss as Donnie then turned around and then flipped back, lodging a ninja star on the droid's head before flipping him off, causing him to fall before turning around and firing at Donnie, but missed again as it hit the helicopter instead, causing it to tumble with both April and Sandra falling off and holding onto the bottom railing of the helicopter for dear life.
"Hold on! I'm coming!", Donnie assured before both April and Sandra fell off with slight screams before Donnie leapt off with him then catching April while Sandra landed on the livid Draxum, who growled angrily before Sandra scratched him up before jumping off and then catching up to Donnie and April.
"Phew. I guess being a cat woman is good for something.", Sandra sighed.
"You okay?", Donnie asked before April looked up to see Kirby getting carried away in a helicopter.
"Dad...", April sighed.
"I know, sweetie, but these weird mutant turtle things came here to save us, and to top it all off, one of them is your best friend. Are you really going to leave her behind? Or are you going to get out there and help her fight?", Sandra urged, puzzling April at first before she gave a determined look that stated that she's going to fight.
Meanwhile, Snakeweed roared before launching his arms at the 5 mutants but missed as they jumped upward and avoided them before turning toward the kraang and made funny faces at them, prompting them to open fire before they left, leaving Snakeweed prey to the lasers while backing up toward the power generator with Leo getting on top of it just before Donnie, April, and Sandra caught up.
"What are they doing? They're leading him straight to the power generator! That's incredibly stupid! Or brilliant. Or...or both.", Donnie spoke as Leo got our his ninja stars before Draxum roared as he was descending toward Donnie.
"Look out!", April shouted while pushing Donnie out of the way.
Then, Draxum looked up in anger at April.
"Where did you get the gall to do this to me?", Draxum growled.
"Uh, hello? You mutated me and my mother. I thought it was obvious.", April responded.
"I hate it when someone doesn't show any gratitude.", Draxum sighed in response before charging toward April.
"Set me up, D.", April urged before Donnie then got his cue and then knelt down with his hands ready before April ran toward him with Donnie lifting her up in the air before April then kicked Draxum back toward the area where Snakeweed was being led into a trap as the stars were planted on his back.
"Ha!", April smirked.
"Let's try and get her. Compared to Draxum, she could be easy.", Sandra suggested.
"I'm not so sure about that, Mrs. O'Neil.", Donnie responded before Sandra only yowled and hissed like a cat as she charged toward Thraxum on all fours and leapt toward her only for Thraxum to stop her in midair with just one raise of her hand.
"Big mistake.", Thraxum spoke before sending her back with a shockwave.
"Mom!", April shouted.
"Mrs. O'Neil!", Donnie shouted at the same time April shouted before Sandra then landed on the ground on all fours.
"Phew. Good thing cats always land on their feet.", Sandra sighed in relief just before Leo started goading Snakeweed elsewhere.
"Hey, come and get me, Stinkweed!", Leo goaded before making a funny face, prompting Snakeweed to attack only to miss with Leo then getting on top of him before then doing a taunting dance at the Kraang, causing them to open fire at the power generator as he hopped off before Draxum shouted.
"Turtles! Why are you trying to stop my plans?! We are all in this together!", Draxum shouted.
"Hey, uh, Draxum, no need to alarm you, but there's going to be an imminent explosion right behind you.", Donnie stated before Draxum looked behind him just in time to see the power generator then shocking Snakeweed before exploding, sending the power generator upward and then falling toward Draxum.
"Aw, nuts.", Draxum groaned a bit before the generator landed on top of him with pieces of Snakeweed falling all over the area before Shen spoke up.
"We must get out of here.", Shen urged before she left with Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, Mona, Venus, Mayhem, April, and Sandra following close by.
Meanwhile, Thraxum caught up just in time to see Draxum recovering as he got the generator off him and stood up while the Kraang gathered around.
"Kraang, the ones in this place are not in this place where they were.", one Kraang droid spoke.
"The ones are called turtles, Kraang. They are dangerous to what we are doing in this place and other places.", the second Kraang droid spoke.
"Yes. I am knowledge of that. The Turtles must be eliminated. From all places.", the first agreed before the Kraang inside the droid smirked.
Meanwhile, however, Snakeweed laid motionless until his heart suddenly grew less pale and started beating again.
Meanwhile, Splinter and Shen commended Leo for the success of his mission.
"I am impressed, Leonardo. From what Shen told me, you proved to be an effective leader under the most difficult of circumstances.", Splinter grinned.
"Thank you, Sensei. And I think I figured out why you made me leader.", Leo stated.
"Oh? Why is that?", Splinter asked.
"Do elaborate.", Shen added.
"Because you sensed inside me a true warrior's spirit that could forge us all into the heroes we were destined to become.", Leo spoke with a grin.
"No.", Splinter responded as Shen giggled.
"No? Then, why did you make me leader?", Leo asked.
"Isn't it obvious?", Shen responded.
"Because...you asked.", Splinter responded.
"That's it?! But you seemed so certain you were right.", Leo spoke in surprise.
"As a leader, you will learn that there is no right and wrong. Only choices.", Splinter spoke.
"So, you could have chosen any of us?", Leo puzzled.
"Yes.", Splinter responded.
"Even Mikey?!", Leo added.
"No. That would've been wrong.", Splinter chuckled in response.
Meanwhile, in the lair, April sighed dejectedly over what happened to her and her mother back in the Hidden City in Draxum's lab.
"Well, it's official. My life is over.", April sighed in complaint.
"Don't say that, honey. It'll be okay.", Sandra assured.
"No, Mom, it's not going to be okay, not as long as I'm a mutant freak. I just wish I could be human again.", April sighed sadly.
However, much to the present company's surprise, especially her own, April started changing back while going through the same stages she went through, but in reverse. After that, April was now back to normal human form before she noticed her normal human hands herself.
"Wha...? I-I'm human again! But how? When? Why?", April puzzled.
"It must be whatever was in Draxum's vial that was added to the Mutagen. It must've given you and your mother the ability to change back and forth. That could explain why Shen was back in human form when she emerged from Draxum's Mutagen tank.", Donnie guessed.
"Are you serious? That's awesome!", April shouted as she started mutating back into a mutant turtle with her skin color turning green.
She moaned in wonder as her fingers and toes began to fuse into three fingers and three toes again before even growing a shell and scales, ripping out all her clothes before her mutation is complete once more.
"Ooh. I could really get used to this.", the mutant redhead turtle grinned.
"Oh, yeah! Welcome to the family!", Mikey grinned as he put his hand on her shoulder, making her giggle a bit.
"April, what does that mean?", Sandra puzzled.
"It means we both have powers, Mom, and we can use them to get Dad back. Who knows? Maybe even find June.", April responded.
"Honey, I miss your sister, too, but we have to face the facts. She's gone.", Sandra responded.
"No, Mom. She's out there somewhere. I know it.", the redhead mutant turtle retorted.
But before Donnie had the chance to ask who June is, Mikey shouted.
"EVERYBODY, COME HERE! WE MADE THE NEWS!", Mikey shouted.
"What?", April puzzled.
In the TV, it showed news being aired by Carlos Chiang O'Brien Gambe as the footage came from the police.
"A report of, get this, Ninjas in New York! Don't believe me? After residents reported a disturbance, the police recovered this.", Carlos spoke before it then showed one of the throwing stars accidentally left behind before Donnie and Mikey grinned.
"For Channel 6 News, this is Carlos Chiang O'Brien [clicks] Gambe saying, 'Hiya!'", Carlos spoke before the news concluded.
"This is awesome! We're gonna be famous!", Mikey chuckled.
Splinter, however, had a different take.
"You must be more careful. The ninja's most powerful weapon is the shadows. Being brought out into the light is a dangerous thing.", Splinter warned.
"Relax, Sensei. It's one little news story.", Raph assured.
"It can't be that bad, Mr. Yoshi.", Sandra assured.
"Yeah, I mean, how bad can it actually be?", April asked in agreement.
Meanwhile, the answer was about to be made known as three people, two of which happened to be soldiers with one skinny and a bit elderly and the other being quite big in both girth, height, and muscle (although both had an orange glowing symbol of the Foot Clan embedded in their faces with the top of said symbols giving off flames), saw the news from New York in Tokyo, Japan.
"Master Shredder, we have reason to believe that someone is amassing a ninja army in New York.", the Foot Lieutenant spoke.
"What?", Shredder puzzled.
"It's true, Master Shredder. It's even in the news from New York.", the Foot Brute responded while playing the news out in Channel 6.
"Ninjas in New York. Don't believe me? After residents reported a disturbance, the police recovered this.", Carlos spoke before it then showed one of the throwing stars accidentally left behind and then seemingly getting back up before falling down as the news was rewound a bit before then playing forward.
"...recovered this.", Carlos repeated.
"No... It's not possible.", the lieutenant spoke in surprise.
"How could it be? We thought he was destroyed by the fire. Him and Shen. Not that you meant to dispose of her, but still.", the Foot Brute added in response.
"Master Shredder, what are your orders?", the lieutenant asked.
"So..., my old enemy is in New York and training his own army. At last, I can finish what I've started so long ago. Prepare my jet.", Shredder ordered.
"Yes, Master Shredder. Splinter won't know what hit him.", the Foot Brute agreed before taking his leave to prepare his jet before picking up his three-spiked helmet and putting it on before standing up.
"I'm going to visit an old friend.", Shredder decided before the scene shifted to a comic book-sketch scene of sorts.
A/N: So, what did you guys think of this chapter? Pretty awesome, right? Now, if any of you TMNT fans have ideas with what should happen in the next chapter, especially with April getting much more involved now, feel free to pitch your ideas in your reviews and help bconfer368 out. He's still my main guy for ideas, but you can still give out yours if you want, just as long as you're not pushy about it. I'm open to suggestions. Oh, and as you could probably see, I updated this story's cover image to help it look the part. Until next time. :)