Chapter 03: Enter The Shredder
The four turtles slept peacefully in their four-bed high bunk bed, exhausted from the events of yesterday.
First, they gained two new friends, one came to them and one saved from some thugs; then, they defeat a small army of ninjas and after that they found out their sensei's old archenemy is alive, then they gained a new friend named April.
They needed the rest after everything that happened.
They snored softly with each of them lost in their dream worlds.
However their pleasant dreams were interrupted by light hitting their eyes and they sat up to see April in the doorway.
"Raphael!" Said April as she was urging the Turtles to rise.
Raphael rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Ease off, April, we had a rough night." Said Raphael as he was pulling his mask from its hook on his bed and tying it around his eyes
"I'm not doing a thing until we eat some serious breakfast." Said Michelangelo.
"And we don't eat until we practice." Said Leonardo as he reminded them.
"Then let's go, I'm starving!" Said Donatello as he jumping from his bunk.
The four boys hurried from the bedroom and out into their training area.
However Leonardo (currently leading the run) skidded to a halt, causing his friends (A/N: They never stated to be brothers) to bump into him as they stopped.
They peered around the blue-clad turtle and noticed Kairu, in the middle of the floor, folded into a lotus position and meditating peacefully.
The Turtles stared at the boy and were somewhat confused.
"What do we do?" Said Raphael whispered to his friends.
"We can't practice with him in the middle of the floor." Said Leonardo as he whispered back.
"Then move him." Said Donatello.
"How?" Asked Michelangelo as he shrugged.
Raphael then cleared his throat and spoke up a little louder.
"Hey Kairu—" Said Raphael but was cut-off by Kairu.
"A. I can hear you guys; I'm not deaf." Said Kairu, still in his meditating position.
"B. I am currently meditating and will not be interrupted, i will finish in a few minutes." Said Kyle with his eyes still closed.
"But we gotta practice before we eat!" Yelled Michelangelo as he whined.
"Can't you finish later?" Asked Michelangelo.
Adam came to the training room while still rubbing his eyes.
"No, a ninja should value patience as it is a valuable skill." Replied Kairu as he opened his eyes and looks at the turtles.
Kairu looks away and closed his eyes again.
Raphael rolled his eyes.
"I say we tackle him." Said Raphael as he pointed at Kairu with his err thumb.
"I'm in." Said Leonardo as he nodded.
Michelangelo and Donatello then nodded as well.
The four of them charged for Kairu with a shout.
Splinter jumped when he heard his students shout, interrupting his meditation.
He sighed.
"I told Kairu not to meditate in the middle of the floor." Said Splinter as he shook his head.
April rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well now he gets tackled by four turtles, his fault I'm afraid." Said April as she shrugged.
The two of them jumped again when they heard four yelps of surprise and pain, each followed by a loud THUD!.
Splinter leaped to his feet and hurried off to the training room, leaving April to sip her tea and smile.
"Huh, Guess I underestimated that kid." Said April with a shrug.
Splinter entered the dojo to see his four turtle students strewn about the room, and his son in his meditative position in the middle of the floor.
"What happened?" Asked Splinter in surprise.
"Ask….him…" Raphael groaned, pointing to Kairu.
"One should not disrupt a meditating Ninja." Said Kairu.
"Least they be attacked by said Ninja." Said Kairu as he closed his eyes.
"Very good reflexive skills, my son." Said Splinter as he smiled.
Kairu smiled and stood up, opening his eyes and bowing to Splinter.
"Thank you, Father." Said Kairu.
"Get up, Turtles." Said Splinter.
"You still have practice, Kairu, I would like to assist with the instruction." Said Splinter as he was proud of his son.
"Yes, Father." Said Kairu as he nodded.
The Turtles started practicing, Leonardo going against Michelangelo and Raphael going against Donatello.
Leonardo wielded a length of bamboo instead of his swords, the wood CLACK-ing against Michelangelo's nunchakus.
As they moved and fought, Leonardo kept blocking Michelangelo's attacks.
Michelangelo's movements became quicker and sloppier.
"Michelangelo, Don't lose your patience." Said Splinter.
"Look for any openings in your opponent's defenses, find the opening and take the shot." Said Splinter.
Michelangelo tried to focus, but Leonardo's attacks became harder and forced Michelangelo backwards.
Finally, Leonardo knocked Michelangelo's nunchakus out of his hands.
Michelangelo responded by running for Leonardo and tackling him to the ground.
Leonardo moved quickly, planting his foot in Michelangelo's plastron and sending him flying into a wall and to the ground.
"I'd say you just got smoked, Michelangelo." Said Raphael as he smirked.
"Indeed, Michelangelo has much to learn about patience." Said Splinter as he crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow at his orange-clad student.
"Yeah, you gotta learn how to keep cool like the rest of us." Said Donatello as he puts his Bo-Staff away.
"I'll work on it." Said Michelangelo as he bowed.
"Good, At least you take critique well." Said Kairu.
"And now we may eat, Come along." Said Splinter as he went into the kitchen.
The boys, however, rushed ahead with whoops and cheers, pulling a couple pizzas from the fridge and some cereals from the cabinets.
"Who wants Corn Flakes?" Asked Donatello.
"I'm having Raisin Brand." Replied Raphael.
"Choco Puffs for me." Said Michelangelo.
Kairu wrinkled his nose in disgust when the boys started pouring their cereal on top of the pizzas before eating it.
April didn't look too thrilled either.
"You wouldn't have any real food, would you?" Asked April in hope.
"Of course." Said Splinter as he nodded.
He held up a plate of sashimi, rice, and seaweed.
"Sushi?" Asked Splinter.
"I guess I can hold out until we get up to the street." Said April as she sighed.
Splinter shrugged.
"Kairu?" Asked Splinter as he held the trey.
Kairu took a fish and put in his mouth.
He held the try near Adam.
"Adam-San?" Asked Splinter.
"I suppose it couldn't hurt." Replied Adam as he took a few thing out the trey.
"Are we going somewhere?" Asked Michelangelo to April.
"Don't you remember that big compound that was under the ninja's headquarters?" Asked April.
"That big Technodrome thingamajig, we've gotta check it out!" Yelled April.
"It's my only hope of getting a story out of all this craziness." Said April as Splinter ate some sushi.
"What's a Technodrome?" Asked Adam , popping a few fish into his mouth to Kairu.
"How I'm supposed to know?" Asked/Replied Kairu as he finished his fish and shrugged.
"If only we knew." Said Leonardo as he shrugged.
"We know that Shredder's connected to it, so that's the lead we're gonna follow." Said Leonardo.
Adam and Kairu nodded, musing over the information.
"Well, where do we start?" Asked Adam.
"The land below the ninja headquarters we found." Replied Donatello.
"Easily accessible through the sewers." Said Raphael.
"So long as we don't get too wet." Said Adam.
They later went threw the sewers with Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, April, Adam and Kairu were on a pipe while Michelangelo was on the ground.
The others soon landed in the water.
Adam soon held his nose.
"How can you stand it, Kairu?" Asked Chris.
"I've lived down here for years, you get used to it." Replied Kyle.
I've fail to see how anyone can live down here for years. Thought Adam.
Water soon came down.
A dead end that was blocked off by a large waterfall that led straight to their feet.
More water dropped down from the ceiling in fat drops, splattering all over their heads.
"Funny, we don't get much rain here in the sewers." Said Michelangelo as he was confused.
"It's not rain." Said April in realization.
"It's water from last night's flood." Said April as as she held her hand.
"Come on, we must be almost there!" Yelled Donatello.
He led the way as they ran through a broken section of the wall.
"It should be right…here?" Said Donatello as he skidded to a halt, the others stopping close behind him.
They looked out, but only saw empty tunnel and water dripping from the ceiling.
"You know a hot dog stand would really clean up a place like this!" Said Raphael as he joked.
"I don't get it." Said Donatello as he groaned.
"It's gotta be here, see, there's the foundation of the building that flooded." Said Donatello as he pointed up to a small waterfall coming from the ceiling.
"I mean, where could vast, subterranean compound go down here?" Asked Donatello as he looked around.
"Well, wherever it went, it left tracks." Said Kairu as he was pointing to the tank-like tire tracks in the dirt.
"That way!" Said Michelangelo as he pointed down the tunnel.
The seven of them, the Turtles, April, Kairu and Adam , hurried down the tunnel, hopefully towards whatever this "Technodrome" was.
"What a story!" Said April as she smiled happily.
"Come on, we gotta follow it!" She started down to follow the tracks, but Leonardo pulled her back.
"Wait, we must tell Master Splinter about this." Said Leonardo.
Kairu felt vibrations in the ground.
"Whatever the Technodrome is, it's big and it's moving fast, it's not going to be easy to take down." Said Kairu as he pointed in that direction.
"But if it's big, it'll be easy to find." Said Donatello.
"Come on; let's get Splinter." Said Leonardo as the others began to run.
"All right." Said Adam as he shrugged.
"Can we possibly take a somewhat drier way back?" Asked Adam
"Dude, we're in a sewer." Replied Michelangelo as he reminded him.
Adam groaned.
The Technodrome was a giant white bowling ball with an eye on top of it with weapons.
It then blasted through a wall and moved forward.
Shredder was then steering it.
"I don't believe it, my mighty Foot Soldiers beaten by a bunch of turtles, and mutant turtles at that!" Yelled Shredder.
Just then a voice was then heard on the radio.
"Saki, this is Krang." Said Krang.
"Report to me at once." Said Krang as he croaked.
"Great, terrific, we're on the run and that idiot wants to chitchat." Said Shredder.
He soon stood up and walked towards a room.
"Well, What is it?" Asked Shredder.
"Ah, Saki my old friend." Replied Krang.
"I told you, call me the Shredder." Said Shredder.
"You wouldn't be shredding anything, if it wasn't for me." Countered Krang as he was an alien brain with purple eyes.
"I have given you vast technical knowledge, but you have not fulfilled your half of the bargain." Said Krang.
Shredder then went closer to him.
"My legions are waiting in Dimension X, to storm into this world and crush it." Said Krang.
"All I ask is a body." Said Krang.
"A body which you have failed to provide for me." Said Krang.
"None of us is safe as long as Hamato Yoshi and his turtles roam the sewers." Said Shredder.
"Bah, with the body I designed, no force on earth could stop me." Said Krang.
"Including myself, that why I don't trust you, Krang." Said Shredder as he shook his head.
"And if I gave you a means to defeating your enemies, then would you trust me?" Asked Krang as he looked away then back at the Shredder.
"Possibly." Replied Shredder as he crossed his arms.
"But first tell me how to defeat the turtles." Said Shredder.
"You were the one who tried to destroy Yoshi with that mutagen but instead he gained the powers of a rat, but supposed Yoshi was near a more powerful animal." Said Krang.
"Mutate my own people, the possibilities are endless." Said Shredder as he rubbed his chin.
"All I need are animals, killers!" Yelled Shredder as he laughed manic like.
"That's quite a brain there, Krang." Said Shredder as he walks out.
"Of course it is, it's all I got." Said Krang as he croaked.
"You saw the ninja's leader in that underground compound last night?" Asked Splinter.
"Yes, Master Splinter." Replied Leonardo as he nodded.
"And now the compound has vanished without a trace." Said Splinter as he sighed.
"I fear my ancient enemy Oroku Saki still lives, and I must join you in the search for this Technodrome." Said Splinter.
"That isn't a job for us." Said Raphael as he shook his head.
"It's a job for the department of sewers." Said Raphael.
"Oroku Saki will come after all of us." Said Kairu as he reminded Raphael.
"Not just Splinter but you guys as well and I'll bet you anything once he sees me, he'll come after me." Said Kairu as he looks at the ground.
"Oroku Saki is the most dangerous and cunning man I know." Said Splinter.
"And he is a ninja of the first rank." Said Splinter.
"I'll check the newsroom." Said April as she was walking off.
"Maybe there's been some word on where the Technodrome went." Said April as she left the sewers.
"I'd like to know how on Earth we're supposed to take down this Technodrome thing." Said Kairu as he crossed his arms.
"Based on the size of the hole it left, I think it's safe to assume it's pretty large." Said Kairu as Adam nodded.
"What's your point?" Asked Donatello.
"My point is what are we supposed to do when we find it?" Asked Kyle.
"Crush it with rocks or something?" Asked Kairu as he lifted his arms.
"I say we just wing it." Said Leonardo as he shrugged.
"A thing like that can't be hard to find." Said Leonardo.
Adam sighed.
"Fine, but if we get killed I'm blaming you." Said Adam with a glare.
"Oh sure, cause that's a threat." Said Raphael as he rolled his eyes.
Minutes later, the Turtles, Splinter, Kairu and Adam were back in the sewers, much to Adam's disgust.
He was just glad they were too focused on running to focus on the water or mud or slime that he didn't want to know the contents of.
The seven moved swiftly through the corridors, keeping an eye and ear out for anything suspicious.
"Quickly, our adversary already has a head start on us!" Yelled Splinter.
"Head start?" Said Raphael as he repeated what Splinter.
"We're gonna need sonar to find this geek!" Yelled Raphael.
"So much for 'not hard to find'." Said Adam with a groan.
"Relax, Raphael." Said Michelangelo as he was leaping over a pipe.
"We've got Splinter leading us now." Said Michelangelo as he continued running.
"Yeah, Splinter will find him." Said Donatello in agreement.
"Just like sniffing out a rat—eh….hehe….a weasel." Said Donatello as he corrected his Mistake.
Splinter smiled softly at that.
A man was reading a paper at the zoo with a warthog behind him.
Suddenly everything started to rumble.
Two robots then drilled to the surface.
They soon wheeled their way to a cage where the warthog is.
One used a laser ray to destroy the bars.
The warthog then escaped.
The man and his dog where hiding behind the bench.
Another destroy another cage where it held a rhino.
The Rhino then escaped.
"Okay buddy, your coming with us." Said the robot as he threw a lasso at the rhino's neck.
The other robot then caught the warthog.
The robots then dragged the animals underground.
"Just come along, quietly, and you won't get hurt." Said the robot as he dragged the rhino underground.
The robot then came back up.
"Sorry for the disturbance folks, have a pleasant day." Said the robot as he bowed before going underground.
The man and his dog were still hiding.
The man then shook his head and stares at the hole.
"So what should we be looking for, track, seismic activity?" Asked Kairu.
"Splinter will take care of it." Said Leonardo.
"Being mutated has its advantages." Said Leonardo
"Such as my night vision and highly developed sense of smell." Said Splinter.
"Okay." Said Kairu as he nodded in understanding, leaping over a pipe.
"But we still don't know what we're going to do when we reach the Technodrome." Said Kairu as he went down.
"Go with the flow, bro." Said Michelangelo as he was sliding across a wet pipe.
"Go with the flow." Said Michelangelo in a whisper voice.
"Yeah, yeah." Said Adam as he waved him off, jumping up to run along another pipe.
"Here's another question: why would this Oroku Saki want to kill Splinter if he already took the Foot Clan from him?" Asked Adam in confusion.
"Vengeance and evil can corrupt the mind until only hatred is left." Replied Splinter.
"It is clear that Shredder will not rest until I am destroyed; I, and my students." Said Splinter.
"What about Kairu?" Asked Adam.
"No doubt use him as a pawn." Replied Splinter as he looks angry, he didn't know what to do without Kyle.
"Sounds like him." Said Kairu as he nodded.
Suddenly, a sharp vibration shook the tunnel, and Kairu felt himself go off-balance.
He yelped as he slipped and tumbled down into a smaller tunnel.
The Turtles and Splinter skidded to a halt and stared down the tunnel, wincing when Kairu hit the bottom.
"You okay?" Asked Leonardo.
"Have a nice trip?" Said Raphael as he laughed.
"When I get up there I'm gonna turn you into Turtle Purée!" Yelled Kairu as he snapped.
There was a rustling sound.
"Aw man i'm stuck, there's something on my leg!" Yelled Kyle.
"Wait, we'll come down there!" Yelled Leonardo as he was sliding down the chute.
"Hold on!" Yelled Leonardo.
"Hey I think I found something!" Yelled Kairu.
"Hurry!" Yelled Kairu.
The Turtles, Splinter and Adam reached the bottom without falling and found Kairu trapped under a little rubble.
They worked together and pushed the bits of junk and debris aside and pulled Kairu to his feet.
"What'd you find?" Asked Donatello.
"This." Replied Kairu as he was holding up a purple mask with yellow eye holes and a red foot print on the forehead.
"The Foot Clan." Said Splinter.
"I bet the Technodrome is this way!" Yelled Donatello as he was pointing down the tunnel.
"We better get going." Said Leonardo as the other ran again.
But after almost half an hour of slicing through ropes and pushing random pieces of junk aside, the seven of them only made it about ten feet down the clogged tunnel.
"Still no sign of the Technodrome." Said Raphael with a sigh.
"Where's Tarzan when we need him?" Asked Raphael as he looks at Raphael.
"Would you guys hurry it up?" Asked Kairu called from farther up the tunnel.
"Hey, excuse us if we're not all monkey-like and can climb over this stuff!" Yelled Raphael as he snapped.
"Check this out!" Yelled Michelangelo.
Kairu and Adam turned, but had to duck when Michelangelo suddenly swung over their heads on a rope, letting out a ridiculous Tarzan shout and landing many feet down the tunnel.
"Show off!" Yelled Kairu as Adam nodded.
He warily stood up and jumped onto the rope as Raphael swung after his friend.
The others followed close behind, with the only problem being Donatello crashing into Adam and the two of them falling in the sewer water.
"This way, I believe." Said Splinter as he was leading the way down the tunnel.
"Gross." Said Adam as he groaned, wringing out his cloths.
"To think you guys live down here, Kairu." Said Adam.
"You live with us too, you know, sort of." Said Donatello as he pointed out.
"Not in the water." Countered Adam.
The seven of them kept moving, the journey silent and a little awkward, at least for Adam.
He didn't know if he should talk to them or anything like that.
After all, he had only been with them a day.
So he didn't know what to do in this situation.
What could he do?, Nothing.
Except follow his new friend's "friends" and father as they journeyed through the cold, damp tunnels of the sewers.
However, they soon reached a much larger tunnel, much too large to be a part of the sewer system.
They wandered through the tunnel for a while before Adam found footprints leading down the same path they traveled.
"That rock is freshly drilled." Said Donatello as he was pointing to the smaller hole straight ahead.
"Hey look at the size of those tank tracks!" Yelled Donatello.
"That dude's driving Chase stadium around under the city!" Said Michelangelo as he laughed.
His laughter soon died, however, when they reached a small mountain of rock blocking off the rest of the tunnel.
"This could put a serious cramp in our plans." Said Raphael sarcastically.
"Really?" Countered Kairu in an equally snarky tone.
"I thought a wall of rock would be helpful in finding Oroku Saki." Said Kairu.
"Head upward, my sons." Said Splinter.
"Find some way around all this." Said Splinter as he started climbing the rocks to the top.
"I'll try to get through somehow." Said Splinter.
"Through that?" Asked Raphael in surprise.
"Oh, We rats can burrow through anything." Replied Splinter.
"He's got us there." Said Donatello as he shrugged.
"Wait up!" Yelled Kairu as he was climbing after Splinter.
"I'm coming with you!" Yelled Kairu as he was catching up.
"Why do you get to go and not us?" Asked Raphael.
"Because I'm small and you guys have shells." Replied Kairu.
"Now go find another way around, we'll meet you at the Technodrome." Said Kyle.
"Hey wait up, Kairu." Said Adam as he was catching up.
"Since when do you climb rocks?" Asked Kairu with one eyebrow raised.
"I don't, I just don't want to walk through the sewers anymore." Replied/Whispered Adam.
"Ah." Said Adam.
"All right, but you three be careful!" Yelled Leonardo as he and his friends turned and journeyed back down the way they came.
The Shredder then entered a messy room with the punks who chased April into the sewers.
"I need volunteers." Said Shredder as he puts his hands to his hips.
The punks then refused.
"We don't volunteer for nothing." Said the blonde member.
"I need two of you for an experiment." Said Shredder.
"Forget it." Said the blonde member.
"It will give you strength and power undreamed of." Said Shredder.
"So what?" Asked the African American.
"It will make you mightier then a dozen mortal men." Replied Shredder.
"Yeah, big hairy deal." Said the blonde member.
"It will enable you to get even with the four turtles who so recently humiliated you." Said Shredder.
The punks then began to run.
The Blonde Member and the African American then went through the door.
"Ah, but I only need two volunteers." Said Shredder.
They entered a room with two chairs.
"Just sit." Said Shredder.
They soon sat down in the two chairs.
"Oh, I wish I brought some comics." Said the African American.
Soon grips began to hold them and the seat became straight.
Shredder then came in with some kind of protection suit and holding a canister.
"Watcha doin' to us man?" Asked the Blonde member.
"Just relax." Replied Shredder.
The two robots then came with the animals they stole from the zoo.
"What do you need 'them animals for?" Asked the African American.
"It's all part of the experiment." Replied Shredder.
"Ah, you sure this is gonna give us all them all their powers, ya promised us man?" Asked the blonde member.
"Absolutely." Replied Shredder.
The two robots then dragged the animals to them.
"Of course, you may have a little trouble getting a date on Saturday night." Said Shredder.
He then opened the canister to reveal some kind of purple goo.
He then looks at the two punks.
The turtles were then climbing the sides.
"Donatello, are you sure this is getting us anywhere?" Asked Michelangelo.
"Of course, every tunnel leads somewhere." Said Donatello.
"You picked a heck of a time to be philosopher." Said Raphael.
They soon found a manhole cover.
"Now everybody be quiet, we don't want to make a disturbance." Said Leonardo.
Leonardo soon opened the manhole.
They soon got out at once and got stuck.
"I gotta feeling we're not in Kansas anymore, Uncle Toto!" Yelled Raphael.
"C'mon, we gotta get out of here!" Yelled Donatello as he and the other got out and began running.
While they ran but keeps getting stuck by car, trucks and more.
They soon reached an alleyway.
They began to catch their breath.
"And I thought the sewers were bad." Said Raphael.
He then notices something and stands up.
It read: Ray's Jumbo Pizza.
"Now that's what I call a serious pizza." Said Michelangelo.
They then noticed a big building with a Number 6 on the side.
"Channel 6, isn't that the station April works?" Asked Leonardo.
April was with Burne in a video room.
"Three days you've been gone April, and what do you bring me, zip." Said Burne.
"Burne, listen to me, I'm on to something big." Said April.
"Save it, against all better judgement, I'm gonna give you another chance." Said Burne.
"Somebody robbed the zoo two hours ago, the police reports in the wire room." Said Burne.
"A zoo robbery, ah come on." Said April.
"Now April." Said Burne.
April then left the office.
"I get yelled at, I get scooped out of my story, and I nearly get fired, all account of those turtles." Said April as she left the building.
"Yo sister, what's the haps?" Asked Raphael.
April then stops and looks to see the turtles in disguise of rappers.
"Give me a break, guys." Said April as she slapped her eyes.
"Well we had to disguise ourselves somehow." Said Michelangelo as he smiled.
"Try to get serious for a moment, I'm at a story that could lead us straight to the Technodrome." Said April.
"Two hours ago, a rhino and a warthog was stolen from the Central Park zoo." Said April.
The turtles then laughed out loud for that.
"A rhino and a warthog Is gonna lead us to the Technodrome?" Asked Raphael.
"They were stolen by a couple of robots who dragged them underground." Replied April.
"Robots?" Asked Michelangelo.
"Well C'mon let's go blue." Said Michelangelo as the others were then walking.
Adam and Kairu followed Splinter as he pushed through some rocks, staying right on his tail so they didn't get lost.
"Are you still behind me?" Asked Splinter after about five long minutes of crawling.
"We're still here." Replied Kairu.
"Good." Said Splinter nodded in the darkness.
"If you want, you may hold onto my tail so you will not get lost." Said Splinter as he does not want to risk loosing Kyle.
"I'm okay dad, thank you." Said Kairu.
A few moments of silence.
"Dad, may I ask you something?" Asked Kairu.
"You already have." Replied Splinter.
Kairu rolled his eyes in the dark.
"Fine, May I ask you another something?" Asked Kairu again.
"You just did." Replied Splinter.
Kairu groaned.
"Dad!" Yelled Kyle.
"I am not forbidding you from asking." Said Splinter as he chuckled.
"I was just thinking about the Turtles." Said Kairu.
"You seem to treat the turtles differently then you do with me, why?" Asked Kairu.
"What do you mean?" Asked/Replied Splinter.
"I mean you only treat them like students but you still call them your sons, and yet you have a father-son relationship with me only, why?" Asked Kairu.
"Well you are my only son, there are just my students." Replied Splinter.
"I don't know, they always seem to look up to you like a father." Said Kairu.
Splinter found the edge of the tunnel and carefully slipped down to solid ground.
He took Kairu's hand and gently pulled him down to the floor.
He continued holding his hand in the pitch darkness as they walked.
"Kairu, The turtles may look up to me like a father, but you always be my only son, the only thing I had lived for in my old life, without you I don't know what I do." Said Splinter as he looks sad in thought of loosing Kairu.
"That's Kairu." Said Kyle as he nodded.
The two of them then hugged.
"What do you think we'll be up against?" Asked Adam.
Splinter released the hug.
"I must admit I do not know." Said Splinter.
"I have not seen my old enemy in a long time." Said Splinter as he paused as they came to a wall.
"Stay still." Said Splinter as he suddenly punched through a section of the wall, causing it to collapse and let some light stream through.
Adam looked shocked while Kairu smirk.
"Is he my dad or what?" Asked Kairu as he walked ahead.
Dylan then shook his head and ran to catch up.
Splinter, Kairu and Adam both dove over a pipe and found themselves in a large cavern.
Not much to see except rocks, pipes, and….
"What on earth is that?" Asked Adam as he was pointing to the large sphere-shaped structure on tank wheels. A large robot eyeball rested on the very top of the golf ball-looking machine.
"My guess would be the Technodrome." Replied Splinter.
"Yeesh." Said Kairu.
They followed Splinter as they ventured closer to the Technodrome, looking all around and inspecting the structure.
"There must be some way inside." Said Splinter as he murmured.
"A device like this can't have many doors." Said Adam.
"Even the front door is most likely hidden or sealed away." Said Kairu as he noticed a panel open on the side of the Technodrome to reveal one of the robots that stole the animals from the zoo.
"Splinter, look!" Yelled Adam
Splinter turned as the robot appeared, swinging a long cable towards him, Adam and Kairu.
"All right, buddy, just come peacefully." Said the robot. (A/N: I can't make out what it's saying, so I'm just guessing.)
He held up his staff, but the cable hooked around the wood and yanked it from his paws.
"Don't make this any tougher on yourself." Said The robot as it tossed the staff aside and shot its metal tentacle back towards Splinter.
Splinter pushed Kairu and Adam out of the way as the cable wrapped around him and yanked him off his feet.
"Hey!" Yelled Kairu as he scrambling to his feet.
"Put him down!" Yelled Kairu as he tried to released Splinter.
But the robot disappeared inside the Technodrome, with Splinter still caught in the cable.
Kyle kept his eyes on the panel he disappeared into and strapped his tekagi-shuko to his palms.
"Kairu, what are you doing?" Asked Adam.
Kairu did not answer and he jumped up and clung to the metal, the tekagi-shuko claws helping him to scale the side of the Technodrome until he reached the panel the robot disappeared into.
He pulled out one of his Tanto and pried open the panel just enough to slip through, tumbling down a small chute and landing a little hard on the metal floor at the end of the tunnel.
He shook his head, rubbing his sore backside and groaning.
"Ow…." Groaned Kairu.
"Don't move, boy!" Yelled Shredder.
Kairu looked up to see the Foot Solders and Shredder holding a laser blaster.
"Let me guess: Oroku Saki?" Asked Kairu in a snarky tone.
"Yes, and you will speak to me with respect!" Yelled Shredder as he snapped.
He turned to the Foot Soldiers.
"Foot Soldiers, destroy him, i will deal with the rat." Said Shredder as he turned and marched out the door while dragging a struggling Splinter behind him.
Kairu tried to follow, but the Foot Solders blocked his path.
"Oh, this is going to be fun." Said Kairu as he smirked, cracking his knuckles.
He lunged for the nearest ninja, stabbing his Tanto into his leg, grabbing his wrist, and judo throwing him into a few of the other ninjas.
Another ninja ran towards him, but he swiftly kicked it's chest and sent it flying backwards and into a wall.
However, a loud CLANG rang out, and Kairu felt a burst of pain in his foot but he ignored it.
He gasped when one of the Foot Solders grabbed his arm, and he suddenly sliced his sword right through the ninja's arm.
The ninja stumbled back…..sparking and jerking and clutching the wires coming from its arm.
"Robots? Why do they have to be robots?" Asked Kairu as he ducked when a ninja swung a sword toward his head, and he quickly sliced through the ninja's torso and caused the robot to collapse.
Fast as lightning, Kyle dodged attacks and sliced through robot ninjas as they came towards her.
Within minutes, the robots became piles of cloth, metal, and wires.
He soon ran to find Splinter and Shredder.
The turtles and April soon found the hole in the zoo.
They were soon climbing down.
"April, wait here for us." Said Donatello.
"But-" Said April but was cut off by Leonardo.
"If this whole hole caves in we can dig out, you can't." Said Leonardo.
"Yeah, we know how to handle ourselves in the sewers!" Yelled Michelangelo as he accidentally lets go and falls.
The other three then joined him and went to the ground.
They soon see the Technodrome.
"Wow that was a short trip." Said Michelangelo.
Leonardo then picked up something from the ground.
"Master Splinter's walking stick." Said Leonardo.
"He's never without it, he must be in trouble." Said Donatello.
"He is." Said Adam as he revealed himself.
"Adam?" Asked Leonardo.
"I'm glad I found you guys." Replied Adam.
"Hey where's Kairu?" Asked Raphael as he looks around.
"He's inside the Technodrome, along with Splinter." Replied Adam.
"There in that?" Asked Michelangelo.
"Indeed they are!" Yelled Shredder as he laughter came from over an intercom.
"If you want to see them again, you'll have to come in!" Yelled Shredder as he opened a door.
"It's gotta be a trap." Said Leonardo as he and the others were running inside.
"I hate it when he says that." Said Raphael.
"Well of course it's a trap, who lets the enemy inside their fortress?" Asked Adam.
April was on a payphone.
"Don't ask questions, just get a camera crew down here now." Said April.
"What do you mean I gotta have a story first?" Asked April.
"This is the story." Said April.
"Oh yeah, you too." Said April as she hangs up.
The turtles and Adam then entered the Technodrome.
Shredder was watching them.
"All right, now to find out, how good these turtles really are." Said Shredder.
Suddenly a door then closes behind them.
"You get the feeling that someone has it in for us?" Asked Michelangelo.
"What was your first clue?" Asked/Replied Adam.
The walls then started to close in.
"So how do we get out?" Asked Michelangelo.
"There is no way out." Replied Donatello.
"Well that's kind of a defeatus attitude don't ya think?" Asked Raphael.
"What about that?" Asked Raphael as he pointed to something on the wall.
"It could take hours to crack the code." Replied Donatello.
They were starting to push the walls back but had no success.
"Try 15 seconds chum." Said Raphael.
"Leonardo, cut it open." Said Donatello.
Leonardo then took out his sword.
He then did cut it open.
Donatello then started working on the wires.
"I feel like a marshmallow in a nutshell." Said Michelangelo.
The wires began to spark.
The walls then went back.
"Take your time, why don't ya?" Asked Raphael.
The two robots were then speeding towards the turtles.
They tried using the wires on Raphael but missed.
He then jumped behind them.
"Lights out." Said Raphael as he put his sais towards both the robot's heads.
"Hey no fair, that hurt." Said one of the robots.
"So long guys, hey write us, when you hit bottom." Said Michelangelo as he pushed the robots to an open panel.
"You won't get rid of us that easy!" Yelled the robot as Donatello pushed him through the panel.
They soon went to a room filled with robots.
"This must be some kind of manufacturing plant." Said Donatello.
The robots soon came to life and walked towards the turtles.
"We are in deep trouble." Said Donatello.
"No kiddin'?" Asked Adam sarcastically.
"You think they wanna mix it up with us?" Asked Michelangelo.
"If they do, I don't like the odds." Replied Donatello.
"Yeah, we were trained to fight people, not can openers." Said Raphael.
"So like, what do we do?" Asked Michelangelo as he looks at Leonardo.
"You and Raphael cut around to either side, Donatello, try to get to their rear." Replied Leonardo.
"What would you and Dylan do, Leonardo?" Asked Donatello.
"Somebodies gotta take the middle side, Adam you hide, you don't know anything 'bout fighting." Replied Leonardo as he took out his swords.
"Right." Said Adam as he hid behind the door.
"Attack!" Yelled Leonardo.
They soon ran towards them.
Raphael and Michelangelo managed to duck the saw coming from one of the robots.
A robot with a hand only then grabbed Michelangelo.
"Rude, dude." Said Michelangelo.
Donatello jumped up by using his Bo and dodged the lasers coming from another robot.
He smashed the robot's eye and then pulled it out.
"Turtle Power!" Yelled Donatello.
Leonardo jumped to the Saw Robot.
"Taste cold Steele." Said Leonardo as he sliced all the saw off the robot.
"Hey punky!" Yelled Michelangelo as he hit the arm with his Nunchuck and it let him go.
He then dodged a pincer robot.
The two robots then got out of the panel.
"Hurry, we must stop them." Said one of the robots.
"Get em, Michelangelo!" Yelled Raphael.
He then destroyed the robot's pincer and it's legs.
It then fell down.
Michelangelo then pointed at something and Raphael looked.
"Get outta of my face!" Yelled Raphael as he jumped and destroyed the robot's wings and blew up.
Donatello then used one of the other robots to hide from the laser robot.
Another robot with a big hammer then destroyed the robot Michelangelo destroyed before going after him.
"We're a flanked cut off Sarge." Said Raphael as he and Michelangelo ran back towards the others.
The laser robot then stopped firing and went closer to the turtles.
Michelangelo then went out and made a funny face to it.
The robot then started to follow him.
"This way!" Yelled Michelangelo as he getting the robot's attention.
The robot then started firing lasers again.
Michelangelo managed to dodge it.
The laser robot was then destroyed by the big hammer robot when it smashed.
The hammer robot then went down.
"I've say we've decorated this place, nicely." Said Raphael.
Donatello then picked up something from the ground.
Adam soon ran to them as they soon began to run.
They soon stopped.
A panel from the top then opened to reveal some kind of metal spiky log.
"More bad news." Said Raphael.
They soon went into another direction.
"Didn't I tell ya?" Asked Raphael.
A wall then closed on them.
The log was getting closer to them.
Donatello then picked up the object he found and went to the wall.
He then put a black tape on it to keep it on the wall.
The log was getting closer.
"Hit it Leonardo!" Yelled Donatello.
Leonardo then threw a shrunken.
It then hit the part and blew up.
It then left a hole in the wall.
They soon ran through it.
The log then stopped as It hit the wall.
"The guys must be here." Said Kairu.
"I gotta find them." Said Kairu as he hurried to the door, but found it locked; however, a swift side kick easily broke it down so he could get through.
He broke into a sprint down the hallway, looking all around him for anything that could be useful.
He also kept his ears open in case he heard a commotion; a commotion equaled the turtles in his mind.
Whenever a Foot Solder came by, he quickly dispatched it with his Tanto.
"Man, these guys aren't very good. They're weak." Said Kairu as he skidded to a halt when he spied a shadow coming around a corner.
He looked all around, but couldn't see a way to hide except the single door to his right.
He rushed inside and closed the door behind him.
He pressed his ear against the door, listening for the footsteps and waiting for the people to pass.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" Asked/Yelled a voice.
Kairu spun around and his eyes widened when they befell upon Krang.
"A brain?" Asked Kairu in confusion.
"Not a brain!" Yelled Krang as he snapped.
"I am Krang!" Yelled Krang as he made some strange burping sound.
"Bye now!" Said Kairu as he spun around to leave, only for the door to open and he literally run into the Shredder.
The armored man grabbed her arm in a tight grip.
"You again!" Yelled Shredder as he growled.
"I should've dealt with you myself!" Yelled Shredder.
"Where's Splinter?" Asked Kairu as he demanded, struggling to escape Shredder's iron-like grip on his arm.
"Shredder!" Yelled Krang as he croaked.
"The Turtles are fighting their way past your robots of death!" Yelled Krang in anger.
"They're not robots of death!" Yelled Shredder as he snapped.
"They're just robots and they bring death!" Yelled Shredder.
"No need to get a hot head, Shredder." Said Krang as he chuckled.
"That helmet of yours will become like an oven!" Yelled Krang as he laughed at his own joke.
"Just tell me where the Turtles are!" Yelled Shredder as he snapped before looking at Kairu.
"Send some Foot Soldiers, Bebop, and Rocksteady over there so I can lead them in destroying the Turtles and Splinter!" Yelled Shredder as he clenched his fist.
"You're crazy if you think you can take them!" Yelled Kairu as he snapped.
"If Splinter or I can't stop you, the Turtles will!" Yelled Kairu as he went closer to Shredder's face.
"Shut up!" Yelled Shredder as he snapped back, grabbing his other arm and tying a length of thin rope around his wrists.
He pulled him forward by his bound wrists, almost dragging him down the hallway.
Kairu hardly had time to break free and attack; Shredder kept his speed up so he could only scramble to keep up.
A group of Foot Ninja joined them, along with two mutants: one a rhino and one a warthog, both wearing pants and vests for clothes.
The warthog had a purple Mohawk with a ponytail.
"Bebop and Rocksteady, I guess." Thought Kairu to himself.
The turtles then stood up and saw Splinter being tied.
"Splinter." Said Leonardo as he Splinter smiled knowing his students are safe.
Leonardo then took out his swords.
"I'll cut you down, Master." Said Leonardo.
"I must congratulate you." Said Shredder as he stopped Leonardo from moving.
He soon went through the door with Kairu.
"It's the same guys we fought last night!" Yelled Donatello in realization when the Foot Ninja surrounded them.
"Kairu, are you okay?" Asked Leonardo worriedly.
"Bloody brilliant." Replied Kairu as he grunted and he futilely tried to break free.
"If you don't count the fact that I got a crazy person holding me captive!" Yelled Kairu.
"You passed your test with flying colors." Said Shredder as he was jerking Kairu to his knees and holding his gauntlets to his throat.
"Test? What test?" Asked Raphael as he and his friends held their weapons ready.
"And if you hurt Kairu—" Said Raphael but was cut off by Shredder.
"The boy?" Asked Shredder as he laughed.
"Don't worry, I will not hurt him…yet." Said Shredder with a grim look on his face.
The Turtles glared at him, but he only continued to talk.
"Your hairy little friend knows me as Oroku Saki, but you may call me the Shredder." Said the Shredder as he Introduced himself.
"A kitchen utensil?" Asked Raphael as he scoffed.
"You would be wise to lose your flippant ways if you wish to join the honorable Foot Clan!" Yelled Shredder as the Foot Solders held their weapons.
"Why should we want to do that?" Asked Leonardo.
"Because it was I who made you what you are today!" Yelled Shredder as he told them.
"If not for me, Hamato Yoshi would never have left Japan! I followed him to this country, where I gained my advanced technology, including my rare experimental mutagen. It was I who caused you to mutate into humanoid form. You owe everything to me!" Yelled Shredder as a flashback of Hamato Yoshi finding the turtles covered in the Mutagen while Shredder was watching.
"Like I said, crazy person." Said Kairu as he rolled his eyes.
He yelped and growled in pain when Shredder grabbed a fistful of his hair and pulled his upright, pressing the tips of his claws to his jaw.
"Don't deny your destiny." Said Shredder as he told the Turtles.
"Join me." Said Shredder.
The Turtles exchanged looks, as though they seriously pondered the idea.
"Does the phrase 'go suck a lemon' hold any meaning for ya?" Asked Raphael as he sassed.
He turned to Splinter.
"Let's cut him down!" Yelled Raphael.
"Very well." Said Shredder.
"I have my own mutants." Said Shredder as he snapped his fingers.
Two doors opened on either side of the room, and Bebop and Rocksteady entered ready to fight.
"And if you won't join me, perhaps this one will." Said Shredder as he gestured to Kyle, his hair still in his fist and his claws still to his throat.
"Bebop, Rocksteady, destroy them!" Yelled Shredder.
"With great pleasure, Master Shredder." Said Rocksteady chuckled with a snort.
He and Bebop charged for the Turtles and human at the same.
"Jump for it!" Yelled Michelangelo.
The Turtles then jumped to Splinter and the two mutants crashed into each other.
"You idiots!" Yelled Shredder as he snapped and clenched his fist.
His claws moved from Kairu's neck just enough for him to take the chance; he hooked the ropes around his wrists on the gauntlet claws and fell to his back, kicking his foot up and over to hit Shredder's stomach.
He flew backwards, his claws slicing through his ropes and allowing him to jump to his feet.
He looked up and noticed the Turtles clinging to Splinter and the rope he hung from, staring down at them.
"Their mutations didn't up come their IQs as any." Said Donatello.
They soon went down and held out their weapons.
The Foot Ninja charged for them, but they were no match for the terrapin and human ninjas.
Raphael blocked one ninja's sword with his sai and kicked him backwards.
Michelangelo jumped to avoid a sword and whacked the Foot Ninja holding it with his nunchaku.
The Turtles, Kairu and Adam fought hard, kicking and punching and swiping their weapons.
Shredder watched with shock and rage as his ninjas fell to a flurry of feet and fists.
In under a minute, his ninjas fell to the Turtles' and Kairu's power.
He stepped back, not sure what to do considering his underestimate of Splinter's students and son, and their unknown ally.
Leonardo leaped up into the air and drew one of his Katana, slicing through the rope that kept Splinter up in the air.
Raphael caught the rat master before he could hit the ground, Leonardo landing beside him.
"Come on, Splinter." Said Raphael.
"We're checking out of this dump." Said Raphael.
"C'mon, you fools!" Yelled Shredder to Bebop and Rocksteady.
April was soon driving the channel 6 news van.
"I just hoped I haven't missed out on any of the action." Said April.
The Turtles led the way, through some of the sewers and up to a couple manholes.
Michelangelo and Leonardo looked first to be sure no one would see them before allowing everyone to come up.
"Rest here a moment, Master." Said Donatello as he was walking with Splinter leading him to a park bench.
"You know, that was almost too easy." Said Leonardo.
Hardly a second later had the road behind them begun to crack and break as something tried to push its way through.
"I really wish you'd stop saying things like that." Said Raphael.
They all flinched when the rock and cement exploded, and Bebop and Rocksteady jumped from the hole, this time armed with guns.
"Oh great." Said Kairu as he groaned and faced palmed.
"Because it wasn't bad enough that they're mutants!" Yelled Adam.
"Say your prayers, Turtles!" Yelled Rocksteady as he laughed.
They fired their guns, lasers shooting from the barrels, forcing Leonardo and Michelangelo to hold up the two manhole covers to block the attacks.
"Come on!" Yelled Michelangelo.
"Let's annihilate those turkeys!" Yelled Michelangelo as he and Leonardo swung their manhole covers like Frisbees.
Rocksteady and Bebop jumped to avoid them, but couldn't avoid the flying kicks from Donatello and Raphael.
"Didn't I see you in the Jungle Book?" Asked Raphael as he taunted.
But he and Donatello had to jump away to avoid Bebop and Rocksteady's blasts.
"Adam, Kairu, stay back here with Splinter." Said Leonardo ordered.
"But we can help!" Yelled both Kairu and Adam as they protested.
"Kairu: Not with that hand, and Adam: you don't know how to fight!" Yelled Leonardo countered as he joined his brothers in battle.
Leonardo then sliced Bebop's gun and it exploded.
Raphael then put his Sai into Rocksteady's gun and it exploded as well.
"Oh this is ridicules, we're never gonna stop those guys." Said Raphael.
"Yeah, those jerks belong in a zoo, not the streets." Said Michelangelo.
"Michelangelo, that's a brilliant notions!" Yelled Donatello.
Kairu looked down at his bandaged hand and realized it still throbbed, a little painfully.
When he looked up again, the Turtles ran into the zoo nearby, forcing Bebop and Rocksteady to follow them.
"Great." Said Kairu as he huffed.
He glanced at Splinter and Adam and sat down beside them.
"Not that I don't enjoy being in your company, dad, but I don't like missing out on any action." Said Kairu as he complained.
Splinter chuckled.
"Kairu, being a ninja isn't just about fighting or pounding bad guys." Said Splinter as his voice came out somewhat weakly, only making Kairu more worried.
"I am sure my turtles will defeat these mutants Shredder foolhardily created, I know you do not wish to follow Leonardo's orders, but perhaps you need to rest for a while, you are wounded." Said Splinter as he wrapped his hand around Kairu's bandaged one.
"It's just a scratch." Said Kairu fingering his bandages.
"I caught a throwing knife aimed for my friends." Said Kairu as he smirk.
Splinter kissed Kairu on the forehead, much to his dismay.
Splinter looks at Adam.
"Adam?" Asked Splinter.
"Yes, Splinter?" Asked Adam.
"What was your father like?" Asked Splinter.
Adam looked away.
"I don't know, i never met them when i was kid, i was always on my own." Said Adam as he stroked his own arm.
Splinter and Kairu only looked at him in sadness, a child should always know their parents.
The turtles lead Bebop and Rocksteady to the zoo.
"Where'd they go?" Asked Bebop as he and Rocksteady looked around.
The turtles were then waving in a cadge to get their attention.
"The party's over here!" Yelled Michelangelo.
Bebop and Rocksteady then ran to the cadges.
"Now, for the final showdown." Said Rocksteady.
The turtles backed away as they were getting closer.
They both growled at the turtles.
"Sorry we'll have to take a rain check on that." Said Donatello.
They soon ran out through a door.
Leonardo pushed a switch that locks both the door and the cadge.
Bebop and Rocksteady tried to get out.
"Now you boys have fun together, and we'll be back to check on ya in about ten years." Said Raphael.
"Dumb, Dumb, Dumb." Said Michelangelo.
"These dudes are so dumb." Said Michelangelo.
They were soon at the zoo gate.
April soon appeared at the news van and came out with a camera in her hand.
"Okay guys, where's the action?" Asked April.
"'Fraid you missed all the good stuff." Replied Raphael.
"Oh well, that's just great." Said April.
"Of course you could get a shot of those two bozos." Said Michelangelo as he pointed at Bebop and Rocksteady.
They got angry at that comment.
"Get back here and fight you little web footed creeps!" Yelled Rocksteady.
"Wow!" Yelled April in excitement as she was shooting her camera at Bebop and Rocksteady.
"You little bimbo, I'll make you eat that camera." Said Rocksteady.
They soon tried eating the bars.
"Where'd those guys come from?" Asked April.
"C'mon we must get Splinter home." Said Leonardo.
"Let's take the van, I'm not letting you guys outta of my sight, 'till I've gotten the whole story." Said April.
Bebop and Rocksteady looked at each other.
"You'll get it, remember, The Shredder's still loose." Said Donatello.
They soon went inside the van with Splinter, Adam and Kairu.
"And probably trucking around in that Techndome again." Said Michelangelo.
"Speaking of the Technodrome, you'll never believe what I found in there." Said Kairu.
"What?" Asked Leonardo.
"It was some kind of alien talking brain." Said Kairu.
The turtles looked at each other and then laughed.
"Your right we don't believe it." Said Raphael as he was putting away his tears.
"But I did." Said Kairu.
Kairu looks out the window.
Splinter notices his son's sad look and places a paw on his shoulder.
Kairu touched Splinter's hand with his and closed his eyes.
Later at night Rocksteady and Bebop were still in their cadge.
Something was emerging from the ground.
It was one of the robots that released the animals.
It destroyed the bars with his lasers like the last time.
Bebop snorted as they got out.
"What took ya so long?" Asked Bebop.
"Me Shredder wants to have a little talk with you." Said the robot as it wrapped it's vine to hold them.
"You couldn't maybe, put us back in that cadge back there, would ya?" Asked Rocksteady as Bebop nodded.
The robots dragged them underground.