A/N: Hello. :) After a long while, a new chapter for "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has finally arrived. :)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
"New Friend, Old Enemy"
Act I
One day, a sort of martial arts master in a mask was practicing his jutsu, seemingly not knowing that a sort of ninja with a sword was sneaking up on him form behind. The moment the ninja raised the sword, though, the master opened his eyes and managed to stop the blade from cutting him down as he did so with his hands just above his head before standing up, knocking the ninja off him and pushing him back to the wall just as another rose up and tried to attack him only to miss as the master dodged before a 3rd snuck up on him only to get tossed from behind with the 2nd managing to get the sword off the ground before charging only to be met with defeat with 3 ninjas defeated before the foot lieutenant opened the door with a sort of tall, skinny man wearing blue jeans, a white shirt and blue vest next to him as well as the Foot Brute.
"Master Shredder wishes to speak with you.", the Foot Lieutenant reported before the master turned to face and kneel before Shredder.
"Master Shredder.", the master spoke.
"I trust that my greatest pupil has been using that time wisely.", Shredder pondered.
"I have assembled an army of ninjas. The Foot Clan awaits your orders.", the master responded.
"Excellent. Because I've discovered an old enemy in New York. Hamato Yoshi.", Shredder responded as the man tossed out a picture that showed Saki and Yoshi together from a time before they became enemies.
"Hamato Yoshi? Alive?", the master puzzled.
"I know. I can hardly believe it myself.", the Foot Brute concurred.
"And he is training ninjas of his own. Finally, I will finish what I started all those years ago. I want them all wiped out.", Shredder demanded.
"I will not fail you, master.", the master assured.
"I know. But to be certain, you will work alongside Xever.", Shredder responded as the skinny man stepped forward, spinning his small dagger before stopping it.
"I don't need any help. Especially from this street rat.", the master retorted.
"Are you sure, rich boy?", Xever argued.
"Anytime you want to test me...!", Chris began.
"I am not interested in your petty rivalry! Xever is familiar with the dark underbelly of this city. You will work together.", Shredder ordered.
"Don't worry, Master Shredder. We will find Splinter and his disciples and destroy them.", the master assured before Xever scoffed before the master then walked out, stepping on one of the robots on the way out.
"Awkwaaard.", the Foot Lieutenant commented.
Act II
Meanwhile, Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, April, Mona Lisa, and Venus were running over the rooftops as they cheered.
"Check it out! Yehee!", Donnie shouted before he jumped off and flipped in midair before sliding.
"Come on. Is that all you got?", April smirked before she then jumped and flipped while hiding in her turtle shell, surprising Donnie before he caught her with April popping her head out with a giggle just as Mikey then flipped while jumping off a small water tower and sliding in with April and Donnie just as the former came out of her shell the rest of the way before Venus then jumped up and launched her kana's, making a small portal before going through it toward the rooftop where Mikey, April, and Donnie are.
"Top that, turtle chumps!", Mikey goaded.
"All right, guys. Check this out.", Leo responded before he stepped back and then did front flips and flipped off one roof top and arrived on another, finishing with a cartwheel, astonishing the mutants onboard.
"You think that's something? Wait until you see this.", Mona Lisa spoke before she got out her naginata and then did a pole vault over the rooftop and landed onto the other rooftop, amazing the crowd near her.
"Cute, kiddies."", Raph responded before cracking his neck some and then leaping with a charge toward the others while April and Mona Lisa got out of the way before Raph piled on the rest.
"Hey, what was that? You didn't do any flips.", Donnie scolded as April helped him up with Mona Lisa helping the others up as well, neither one knowing that a ninja was watching them nearby.
"Oops.", Raph responded before they all heard a sound nearby and proceeded carefully toward it with their backs on the way and drew their weapons cautiously (except for April as she didn't have her own yet, and jumped out in front of the source, which turned out to be a small kitten, which meowed.
"Hold up. It's just a kitten.", Mona Lisa assured.
"Don't give up, Leo. You might actually win this fight.", Raph mocked.
"Aw. And who's this little guy? He's so cute.", April grinned, picking the kitten up.
"And its name is...", Mikey began before someone called out to the kitten.
"Mittens!", the man shouted.
"Good guess. Wait, who said that?", Mikey puzzled.
"Try looking over there.", Mona Lisa suggested, pointing to the apartment window nearby with a man speaking out from it.
"Mittens?", the man called again.
"I think that's the owner.", Donnie guessed before Mikey hurriedly rushed out.
"Whoa, hey!", Leo exclaimed as he was pushed slightly.
"Mikey, wait!", Raph reacted.
"What are you doing?", Donnie asked.
"What? I'm returning Mittens to her owner."
"Are you an idiot? Wait let me rephrase that. You're an idiot!", Raph reacted, pointing at him.
"You can't show yourself to a human.", Donnie discouraged.
"Why not?", Mikey asked.
"Because they'll freak the heck out, that's why not.", Donnie resonded.
"Yeah. How do you think I felt when I first met you guys before I warmed up to you?", April concurred.
"See? That's just it. I'm not so scary.", Mikey responded.
"Dude. You're a green mutant armed with ninja weapons.", Venus retorted.
"Look, this guy's gonna see that I'm just a regular, cat-loving dude like him. Next thing you know, we'll be best buds. This is gonna be awesome!", Mikey assured before he went further ahead.
"No! Don't! Wait!", the turtles pleaded.
"Mittens!", the man called before Mikey landed on the railing.
"Hi. Here's your...", Mikey began before the man only screamed in pain.
"Ugly, green mutant freak!", the owner shouted in alarm.
"But I got your cat!", Mikey spoke in puzzlement.
"Help! He's got my cat!", the owner shouted in alarm.
"Dude, chill! I'm just...", Mikey began as Mittens then turned around and pounced on him like a tiger, scratching his head up until April caught up and grabbed Mittens before Mikey fell down, making her, Venus, Mona, Leo, Donnie, and Raph wince.
"Here. Let me, Mikey.", April spoke as she reverted back to human form, her clothes back on as well, before walking over to the owner.
"I think this belongs to you, sir.", April grinned, handing the cat to the owner.
"Oh, thank you. Is that thing still around?", the owner asked.
"Nope. Maybe you were seeing things.", April responded.
"Yeah. Maybe you're right. Come on, Mittens. Let's see if we can get you cleaned up.", the owner spoke as he went back inside.
"Phew.", April spoke before she went over to the edge and jumped off, reverting back into a mutant turtle as she landed on top of a dumpster nearby with Leo and the others arriving as well with Mikey getting up.
"Face it. Humans will never understand you. Heck, we don't even understand you.", Raph discouraged before Mikey sighed.
"Yeah.", Mikey spoke dejectedly before Venus looked up and gasped.
"But I bet that guy would!", Venus spoke, pointing to a billboard of him as Mikey looked up in awe with Leo and the others noticing as well.
"Chris Bradford. The martial arts superstar. With a chain of dojos across the country. He's your soul mate?", Leo asked.
"We've got so much in common.". Mikey grinned.
"What if you stop standing like that?", Donnie asked.
"We'll have a little less in common, but still a lot. And look, he's in town for a Martial Arts Expo. Maybe he'll show me his secret kata, 'the death dragon.' And I'll show him my secret kata, 'the secret kata.'", Mikey responded.
"That sounds kinda tacky.", Mona Lisa commented.
"Check it out.", Mikey responded before shouting and whooping as he demonstrated his so-called "secret Kata", which was really more like a move best used for a distraction.
"But don't tell anyone you saw that.", Mikey spoke.
"No problem.", Leo agreed.
"Oh, yeah. I'm not telling anybody.", Venus responded.
"Face it, Mikey, Chris Bradford is the last person on Earth that would be friends with you. Well, tied for last, with everyone else on Earth.", Raph discouraged as several ninjas were watching them and snuck off before noticing a few more ninjas arriving and looked around to see more ninjas incoming.
"Ninjas? In New York? Other than us?", Donnie puzzled before most of the mutants drew their mystic weapons with the ninjas starting their attack by tossing Shuriken at the staff with one of them getting wedged into the Tech Bo Staff, peeving Donnie as he growled before the ninjas charged toward the mutants, who fought back as Raph started by activating his Tonfas' power and knocking 3 of the ninjas back with a grab and a toss while another was kicked back before another tried to attack only to get smacked in the back with another managing to hit him in the knee before then hitting him in the gut with his weapon and then kicking him back.
"Leave him alone!", Mona Lisa shouted as she stepped in and whacked him away while repelling another as Leo, Venus, Donnie, and Raph now found themselves at odds, keeping the ninjas' weapons away from them for a moment before Leo, Donnie, and Venus managed to get some ground only for Donnie to be forced to block with his tech bo staff for a time before striking back as Leo managed to block some sword strikes before forcing one of the ninjas back.
"Why are you so happy?", Raph asked.
"It's just nice to finally be fighting people, instead of robots, or aliens, or weed-monsters.", Raph responded.
Meanwhile, April was surrounded by the ninjas before she noticed the wall behind her and then ran form the ninjas to go up the wall, jump off and then strike them from below.
"How'd you like that?", April smirked just before the master descended on the ground and stood up, quickly knocking Leo back with a punch, prompting Raph to block before he got kicked back with Donnie trying to pole vault over him only for him to stop the tech bo staff and whack him into a wall, prompting April, Venus, and Mona Lisa to charge toward him only for the master to knock all 3 of them back with Mikey then getting out his Kusari-Fundo and launching it toward the master, who only grabbed the mystic weapon by the ball, pulled him in and grabbed him.
"What are you?", the master asked before Mikey got off and tried to get it back as the master tugged against it only for Leo to cut the line, which then reformed back, ball and all, before they all heard sirens nearby, turned to the ninjas, and all escaped.
"Okay. Let's go.", April suggested before she and the others all made off, too just before the police arrived.
Later, Leo was explaining the situation to Splinter and Shen.
"Their leader was crazy good, by which I mean he was good and seemed a little crazy. Besides, he had all these guys with him. It it wasn't a fair fight.", Leo spoke.
"What do you mean, 'fair fight'?", Splinter asked.
"A fair fight, you know, where either side could win?", Leo responded.
"So a fair fight is a fight you could lose.", Shen guessed.
"Well, yes, but...Well, what I what I mean is...", Leo began.
"You don't want to assure your victory.", Splinter interrupted.
"No, I do, but...", Leo began before Shen then swept Leo by his feet with her tail.
"Ow! Hey!", Leo exclaimed.
"Was that fair?", Shen asked.
"No!", Leo exclaimed.
"Did I win?", Shen smirked.
"I see your point.", Leo sighed before Shen moved back and helped Leo stand back up.
"Seek victory, not fairness.", Splinter advised.
"Hai, sensei.", Leo sighed before the two then continued onward, giving Leo some food for thought.
Meanwhile, everyone else was reading, at least for both April, her mother, Sandra, Mikey, and Venus were reading as Donnie was looking at the wallpaper on his laptop and Raph and Mona Lisa were doing pushups.
"Whoa, that's rad! Oh, I wish me and Chris Bradford were friends!", Mikey laughed as he even bit into the magazine comically 3 times.
"Oh, me, too! He's just so awesome!", Venus spoke.
"Mikey, you already have a human friend. Me!", April grinned.
"April, you don't count. We saved your life, you have to like us.", Mikey responded.
"Besides, you and your mom got mutated.", Venus added.
"And as you can see, we don't mind. Well, not as much, at least, but still.", Sandra responded.
"Too bad there's no place for freaks to meet people where no one can see how hideous they are.", Raph added bluntly as he exercised.
"Wait, there is. The internet! Donnie, can I see your laptop?", April asked as she turned to him.
"Uh, yeah uh, sure! Just a sec.", Donnie spoke with a blush before handing it to April, who then went to a certain website called "myface".
"Check it out, it's a site where you can make friends with anybody online.", April stated.
"Sweet!", Mikey spoke before he scooted toward April too quickly, pushing her back before typing quickly.
"Oh, can you let me have him as a friend, too?", Venus asked.
"Anything for you, Sis.", Mikey grinned.
"Venus, are you sure that's a good idea?", Mona Lisa asked.
"I have never been more sure of anything in my whole life!", Venus responded before Mikey gasped.
"Ohh, Chris Bradford's on here! He'll be our first friend!", Mikey spoke before then pressing a certain key and then waiting eagerly with Venus waiting just as eagerly, too.
"Guys, people don't always respond immed-", the redhead turtle began before Venus interrupted.
"DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME!", Venus shouted before the laptop beeped.
"But sometimes they do.", April added in surprise before Mikey gasped.
"No way! Chris Bradford has accepted our friendship! I have a friend! Thanks, April!", Mikey spoke before he and Venus took off.
"Where are you two going? Hey!", Donnie exclaimed as the laptop landed on him as Mikey tossed it aside when he grabbed Venus and absconded with her.
"To hang out with our friend, Chris Bradford.", Mikey responded.
"The guy's famous. He probably has thousands of 'friends.'", Sandra responded.
"And guess who's number 5,286?", Mikey asked.
"You two?", April guessed.
"Daniel Ramirez! And we're right next to him.", Mikey responded.
"Later!", Venus spoke as he and Mikey left.
"Well, this ought to be interesting.", April sighed.
"My words exactly.", Sandra responded.
"Should we go after him?", Donnie asked.
"Eh, he's gotta learn somehow.", Raph responded.
"But just in case, I'd better go follow them and make sure nothing happens.", Mona Lisa decided as she stood up and put her Naginata on her back from behind.
Later, Chris Bradford was closing up shop on the Rock Bottom dojo and was leaving when Mikey and Venus got down behind him and giggled.
"What up? Hey. we're...", Mikey began before Chris only launched his shuriken at Mikey, who shouted as he dodged as did Venus.
"We're being attacked by Chris Bradford!", Venus exclaimed before Chris launched another Shuriken at them.
"This is so cool!", Venus grinned.
Act III
Before the star could hit them, Mona Lisa jumped down and deflected the shuriken with her naginata.
"You leave them alone!", Mona shouted.
"Mona? What are you doing here?", Venus asked.
"Making sure you two are safe.", Mona responded.
"But we're friends!", Venus responded.
"What?", Chris puzzled.
"Yeah! Online friends! You accepted us, remember?", Mikey asked before Chris then realized something.
"Oh. Of course. Nice to meet you.", Chris greeted before Mikey and Venus eagerly shook hands, slightly unsettling him.
"Uh... Won't you three come in?", Chris asked.
"I think I'd rather wait out here, thank you very much.", Mona responded.
"Yeesh. Is your friend always this...edgy?", Chris asked.
"You have no idea.", Venus responded.
Later, Leo was explaining the situation.
"They must have been watching us from here. The perfect place to stage an ambush.", Leo stated.
"It wasn't very fair, was it?", Donnie asked.
"It's not about fairness. It's about victory.", Leo slightly snapped.
"Okay, I'm sorry.", Donnie responded.
"I'm a bit more concerned about Mikey and Venus.", April responded.
"And then...and then, Chris Bradford put on his hakama.", Venus began.
"Man, that guy can rock a hakama!", Mikey grinned.
"Yeah, maybe he'll wear it again when he takes you to the prom.", Raph joked.
"And then after that, he...", Mikey began.
"Oh, enough! You two've been going on about this for three hours.", Raph interrupted.
"Ooh, someone sounds jealous.", Venus smirked.
"You just can't admit that you were the 'R' word. 'Rong'?", Mikey spoke, signaling disgusted sighs all around before Raph scoffed.
"I'm not wrong.", Raph retorted.
"Oh, yeah? If you don't want to talk about my friend, I've got two other brothers who do.", Mikey responded as he leapt up and then landed between Don and Leo.
"Actually, I'd rather talk about anything else.", Leo responded.
"Like the concept of the silent 'W,' perhaps?", Donnie added.
"Fine. At least I still have Venus with me.", Mikey responded.
"You got that right, dude.", Venus grinned.
"Heh, but we'll go talk to a guy who likes to talk about Chris Bradford more than anyone else, Chris Bradford.", Mikey grinned.
"That's what I'm afraid of.", Mona Lisa responded.
Later, at Chris' dojo, the owner was punching a bag when Mikey spoke up.
"There's our best buddy in the whole world!", Mikey grinned before Chris groaned and then smiled as he turned around.
"Michelangelo, Mikey, the Big M. Oh, and I see your friends decided to come in as well. How you doing, buddy?", Chris asked.
"I am stupendous, Chris. Chrissy B. I gotta work on your nickname. Ooh Rad-Brad!", Venus responded.
"You know, I was just thinking how we're such close friends, and yet I know so little about you, much less your 2 friends with you.", Chris responded.
"You think we're close friends?, Mikey asked.
"Of course! Now tell me everything about you.", Chris responded.
"Well, where should I start? Ooh, I named all six of my toes!", Mikey responded, holding up his feet.
"How interesti...", Crhis began before pulling back as Mikey stuck a foot in his face, disgusting him.
"There's Stubby and Joey nails.", Mikey introduced before Chris pushed Mikey's foot aside.
"Oh, that's that that's fascinating. But I was thinking more about your impressive ninjitsu skills. You all must have an incredible sensei.", Chris responded.
"Oh, he is the best.", Venus responded.
"Now meet the stinky triplets!", Mikey responded.
"Uh, Mikey? I think that's enough.", Mona responded.
"Oh. Gotcha.", Mikey responded before lowering his foot away from Chris, who chuckled.
"Who's hungry?", Chris asked.
"Me! I want pizza! Do you like pizza?", Mikey asked.
"Yeah, sure.", Chris responded before Mikey rushed forwards and threw his arms around Chris.
"Whoa. We have so much in common.", Mikey grinned.
"Well, I can't argue with that much.", Mona responded before Chris gulped nervously.
Then, later, at a rooftop, they were sitting together, looking out over the city.
"Isn't this great? Blue skies, pizza, couple of dudes just hangin'.", Mikey asked before nearby, a rat squeaked as it scampered off.
"Yeah, I don't think there are blue skies here.", Mona argued.
"Yeah, great. Since we've gotten so close, maybe you could tell me a little more about your brothers.", Chris asked.
"Oh, oh, yeah. Uh, they're good dudes. But sometimes I don't think they respect me.", Mikey responded with his mouth full as he was munching sloppily.
"Uh, I can't imagine why.", Chris responded before the group of four were back in the dojo.
"Cool. Look at that katana! That looks old.", Venus gasped.
"I don't think you should touch that.", Mona warned.
"Yes, yes, it's over 400 years old.", Chris responded before laughing uncomfortably.
"But getting back to your Sensei...", Chris continued.
"Look, Rad-Brad, I'd love to tell you, but there's just some things I have to keep secret.", Mikey responded before pulling down the katana from the shelf and taking it from its sheath, worrying Mona and Chris, who gasped and ran forward, trying to grab the katana, but Mikey kept swinging it before Chris finally caught his arm.
"But we're friends. And friends share their secrets, don't they?", Chris asked as he took the katana from him.
"Are you saying you're going to show us your secret kata, 'the death dragon'?", Mikey asked giddily.
"Did you say the death dragon?! I wanna see that!", Venus spoke giddily before Chris replaced the katana on its stand.
"Tell you what. As a show of trust and friendship, I will teach you two the death dragon.", Chris spoke.
"All right!", Mikey and Venus spoke in unison.
"But you have to swear not to show it to anyone.", Chris spoke.
"I promise we won't show a soul.", Venus assured.
"3..., 2..., 1...", Mona counted, knowing Venus as well as she does, before later, back at the lair, Venus spilled the beans to her brothers, April, and Sandra.
"And then he kicks, twists, and sweeps the leg. Ha! The death dragon.", Venus spoke.
"That was amazing!", Leo spoke excitedly.
"Well, it does sound kinda interesting.", April commented.
"Yeah, it's devastatingly effective and complex.", Donnie agreed.
"And yet even Mikey could learn it.", Raph added bluntly.
"Thank you. Hey!", Mikey spoke as he realized it was an insult before the laptop beeped.
"It's Rad-Brad!", Venus shouted before she hurried over to the laptop.
"That's our little name for him.", Mikey explained before he caught up.
"So, what's the haps?", Mikey asked.
"He wants to get together for a little B-ball.", Venus responded.
"Really?! Can't wait to find out what the 'B' stands for!", Mikey responded before typing in and sending response before both headed for the door.
"You two're going now?", Leo asked.
"Sorry, dudes, human friend stuff. You know how it is. Oh, wait. No, you don't.", Mikey spoke with chuckles as he and Venus headed out.
At Chris' dojo, though, Chris finished up on his laptop as Xever began swinging the katana.
"The freaks are on their way. The trap is set.", Chris smirked.
"Pretty weapon for a tough guy. In prison, we made our own weapons.", Xever stated.
"I'll keep that in mind if I'm ever stupid enough to wind up in prison.", Chris responded before Xever glared and then stabbed the ground with the katana before walking away.
Back at lair, Raph and Leo were sparring as April, Sandra, Donnie, and Mona watched.
"Not quite.", Raph spoke.
"Wait, I think I got it.", Leo spoke before Splinter and Shen entered and widened their eyes in horror as the two saw Leo sweep Raph's feet, making them have a flashback of when Shredder used that kata on SPlinter just before lunging at SPlinter only for Shen to stand in his way.
"Please, stop!", Shen pleaded only for Shredder to slash downward, inadvertently harming her, although the moment he did that, it flashed back to the present.
"Where did you learn that?!", Splinter asked.
"Mikey learned it from his new friend.", Raph responded.
"The man who taught him that kata is no friend!", Splinter responded.
"It comes from the Shredder.", Shen added.
"Shredder?", Donnie puzzled.
"You mean Bradford is one of his students?", Sandra asked.
"He must be.", Shen responded.
"So Bradford's just pretending to be Mikey's friend to get to you.", April realized.
"I knew it! I knew there was something fishy about him!", Mona smirked.
"Oh, what a relief! Everything makes sense again.", Raph grinned before his eyes grew wide.
"Mikey and Venus're in trouble!", Raph realized.
Speaking of which, Mikey and Venus arrived at Chris' dojo, all in total darkness.
"Rad-Brad? Hello?", Mikey asked.
"Hello? Raddie-Braddie? Did you plan us a surprise party?", Venus asked before the master with a helmet came up behind them, making Mikey and Venus give out a startled yell and spin around before they backed up and ran into Xever before spinning away from both and backing up as they moved toward the two.
Act IV
"Tell me what you've done with Chris, or you guys are in serious...", Mikey began before both began to attack him and Venus, who kept dodging and leaping away from their attacks before eventually getting knocked into the punching bag, although they recovered, as the helmeted figure chuckled ominously.
"Haven't you figured out who I am?", the figure asked.
"Should I have?", Mikey asked before traps Chris' arms and then flipping up to kick him only to get kicked himself into the punching bag.
"Mikey!", Venus shouted as she charged toward him only to get kicked up toward one of the beams and ending up on the floor.
"We've already met face-to-face.", Chris responded.
"No. It can't be. You're the guy with the cat?", Mikey puzzled.
"You fool.", Chris spoke before removing his helmet, showing his true colors and making Venus gasp in horror while Mikey widened his eyes.
"Rad-Brad? What?", Mikey spoke in disbelief before it switched to Mikey and Venus being hogtied.
"Why...?! I thought we were friends!", Venus spoke sadly.
"I even introduced you to all of my toes.", Mikey responded.
"You two actually thought someone like me could be friends with a couple of freaks like you? Pathetic!", Chris only responded, making Mikey and Venus even sadder.
"I say we get rid of them.", Xever suggested.
"Nothing would make me happier.", Chris spoke before Mikey gulped as Venus gasped.
"But we need him. All part of the trap.", Chris responded before he and Xever left the two mutants trussed up and turned off the lights.
"Rad-Brad?", Mikey asked.
"How could you...?", Venus asked sadly before crying silently.
Meanwhile, the remaining mutants raced across the rooftops before they stopped on one of them and Don used gum on a compass to cut a hole in the glass of a skylight in order to reach in to unlock and open the window. Then, ropes dropped and the mutants descended into the dojo with the sound of a sword being unsheathed drawing the attention of Foot soldiers who were standing guard before the mutants fought their way through them until all was clear and gathered in front of Mikey and Venus.
"Guys...! You're back!", Venus whispered in surprise.
"Dudes! That was sporadic!", Mikey shouted before the other mutants shushed Mikey.
"That's not what that means!", Donnie spoke quietly before Leo cut Mikey loose while Mona did the same for Venus before Leo rubbed his head as Mona and Venus hugged each other.
With that, they all ran across rooftops, jumped down to the street, and then dropped into the sewers, neither one seemingly knowing that Chris was spying through his binoculars.
"Perfect.", Chris smirked.
"We've got them.", Xever smirked.
Meanwhile, as soon as the mutants heard the manhole cover being moved, they quickly faded into the shadows just before Chris, Xever, and the other Foot soldiers dropped into the tunnels. One by one, the mutants picked off the Foot soldiers. As he and Xever entered a central aqueduct, Chris realized they aren't alone as he even noticed that the last of the Foot soldiers had disappeared. Xever then lit the flare and held it up to see all the soldiers hanging from the ceiling.
"Show your faces!", Xever shouted before Leo, Raph, and Mona emerged from the water in the cente,r holding their weapons before Donnie, Mikey, April, and Venus emerged from behind the two villains.
"They've trapped us!", Xever shouted.
"Take 'em down!", Chris urged before the fight began as Chris charged in and decided to take on Leo, Mona, and Raph, easily holding his own, while Xever fought Mikey, Venus, Donnie, and April, doing just as well as he grabbed Donnie with his legs and lurched him toward the others as Xever smirked before the four noticed the other 3 getting overpowered by Chris Bradford, who stopped Leo's Odachi and then kicked Leo away toward Raph and Mona, all three of which turned to the other 4 before they gout up and then switched targets. This time, when Bradford tried to attack, he would up getting his wrists wrapped around Mikey's Kusari-Fundo and move it down before Donnie then got him on his knees with his Tech Bo Staff before April and Venus then both hit Bradford, knocking him back, while Xever had to deal with Leo, Raph, and Mona, getting a taste of his own medicine before he and Chris were forced back to each other.
"They knew we were following them.", Chris realized.
"That's right.", Venus responded before Mikey and Venus fought Chris on their own together, successfully beating him.
"Sweep the leg!", Venus smirked as she used the death dragon against him, knocking him back further before When Chris falls, Mikey looked over to Donnie, Raph, Mona, and Leo, who were standing at a water valve..
"Hit it!", Mikey shouted before they all turned the valve with water rushing through the gates, slamming Bradford and Xever into a large pool where they washed down into tunnels far below.
"Don't forget to flush next time!", April shouted.
"Well, that didn't seem very fair.", Raph commented.
"No, it wasn't.", Leo responded before all chuckled.
"High three!", Mikey shouted before they all did a hi three.
Back at the lair, they were all eating pizza; that is, all except Splinter and Shen, who sat, gazing into the distance.
"Um, Sensei, aren't you hungry?", Donnie asked.
"What's wrong?", April asked.
"I fear we are celebrating too soon.", Shen worried.
"Too soon? The bad guys were swept away in a river of raw sewage. By my watch, that makes it the perfect time.", Raph grinned.
"It is not that simple. Shredder knows I'm alive. And worse, he knows about all of you. It's our worst nightmare come true.", Splinter added.
"So, it's not over?", Sandra asked.
"Oh, no. It's just beginning.", Splinter responded.
"If what you're saying is true, Master Splinter..., I just hope that we can be ready for whatever else happens.", April sighed.
Meanwhile, as Mikey stared at the screen while Venus tore down all the Chris Bradford posters and proceeded to do away with any Chris Bradford related memorabilia before Raph walked over to sit near them.
"How you two doing?", Raph asked.
"This was all my fault. I should have never thought I could be friends with a human.", Mikey responded.
"Dude, my heart got torn into a million pieces by him. How do you think I feel?", Venus responded.
"Eh, don't be so hard on yourself.", Raph spoke.
"So it's not my fault?", Mikey asked.
"Of course it's your fault.", Raph responded before Mikey only sighed.
"If you tell the others, I'll beat the green off you, but you're an awesome guy. You're awesome, too, Venus." Raph assured.
"You sure? Bradford didn't think so.", Ember responded.
"Eh, he's a psychotic killing machine. You deserve way better friends than him.", Raph assured.
"You know what? You're right. Thanks, Raph.", Mikey grinned.
"Anytime.", Raph spoke before heading out only for Venus to stop him.
"Wait. One more thing. Can I have you rip those up for me? I still got some other memorabillia to take place.", Venus asked.
"Eh, never liked the guy, anyway. So, why not?", Raph smirked just as Mikey pressed a button on the laptop.
"Unfriend. Ha-ha! Revenge!", Mikey smirked before Raph tore all the available posters in half with an emboldened smirk before it then shifted to a comic book-sketch scene of sorts.
A/N: So, what'd you think? Pretty cool to finally have a new Rise of the TMNT Chapter, huh? :) Now, if you have ideas for how the next chapter of this story should go, I am all ears, so please leave your reviews as often as you can. :)