A couple of months later, when the wounds were all healed and broken bones mended, training started up again and it was often pretty strict and hard to wear them all down. But if they were going to take down the Shredder, they had to be prepared.
Donatello made sure that they had all they would need to take down even Foot Tech ninjas. To see them even if they were invisible. But then, was it wise to take on the Shredder at his base, or somewhere else?
Raph knew that the Shredder often went down to the docks to secure weapons for his empire. Maybe it would be better to take him on down there than at his base. Hence, not all of his men would be with him down there. A few yes, and there could always be back up, but there was more of a fighting chance.
Raph and Casey began doing stakeouts down at the docks to find out what shipments were going to the Saki Enterprises. And they even began inviting Don as well to help destroy these shipments.
Shredder always got so mad when his business arrangements went down in flames. He had been told it was a man and some little green men doing it. He knew it was the turtles. They were interfering in his affairs way too much. They would need to be dealt with, once and for all.
When he usually went out on business affairs, he was not wearing his armor. It would make him maybe a little bit easier, if just slightly to take down, as he didn't have the pointed spikes on his human body suit. But his fighting skills were still sharp.
As the turtles and Splinter were aiming to take the Shredder down at the docks instead of at his home base, that way he was away from the majority of his Foot soldiers, Randall was being involved with this plan too.
"You said that the Shredder is an Utrom. What does he look like exactly?" Randall asked.
"He looks like a bright, pink blob of brain in the stomach of a human suit is what he looks like." Raph admitted. "He jumped on my head the first time I saw him and I couldn't get him off. He may be small, but he's a nasty little bugger."
"And that's saying something since he doesn't have a body." Mikey added.
"He also has tentacles that are his hands and feet when he's not controlling a machine." Don said. "He has sharp teeth too."
Now Randall could understand how this Utrom had stayed on Raph's head. The tentacles. He just wanted to be prepared for this sight too. He had heard much about it.
Mikey even drew him a picture what he remembered what he looked like. He also drew a different Utrom, one that was friendly, like Mortu.
Randall saw the difference between them. Mikey's picture reference was pretty accurate when his brothers and father saw the pictures.
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Lately, the Shredder had been dealing with a guy named Ruffington down at the docks. He was wanting his barge loaded with the cargo.
All the turtles, Casey, Splinter, and Randall were down here to stake out the warehouse and wait for the Shredder to come to this business deal. Raph and Casey were sure he would be here.
And indeed, at 11 on the dot, the Shredder came in his limo to talk to this Ruffington that his loading speed was a disappointment.
Don was using some binoculars at the moment to see what was going on inside the warehouse. They were all on top of the warehouse, looking down. Earlier, Leo and Raph had snuck inside and planted some explosives of their own onto some of the Shredder's cargo.
The limo was pulling into the warehouse now and stopped. Oruku Saki got out of his car.
Randall saw the guy in his human look. Right now, he looked just like a boss, as he was at that.
The turtles were glad that Randall had killed Hun, because that big ape bodyguard was always around usually, and he had been tough to fight at times, how it was in the past.
Shredder went up to the blonde man that wore glasses.
"Ruffington, if my barge is not full by dawn, you can kiss your job for me goodbye." Shredder threatened.
"I've been going as fast as I can, Mr. Saki, but things keep getting delayed because of these vigilantes." Ruffington exclaimed.
"Just get the job done by dawn." Shredder ordered.
"Yes, Sir." Ruffington said grumpily. He was tired of his business being threatened.
"Now, my sons." Splinter said. "Now is the time."
At that, just as Shredder was heading for his car, there was the sound of glass breaking, making the humans look up in shock and down came some green creatures. Along with a grey rat and human ally of their own. Randall stayed up on top to wait. He made himself vanish.
"What?! The turtles!" Shredder said angrily.
"We're here to shut you down for good, Shredder!" Leo shouted at him. He pointed a katana at him.
Shredder was a bit unprepared for this, as he didn't have his armor with him. But he knew he could take these reptiles and their master even as he was.
"You will not stop me!" Shredder growled back. He readied himself for a fight.
"We'll see about that!" Don replied back.
The turtles and Splinter moved in to attack the Shredder and the henchmen that were around, as they began to try to fight back. These were Ruffington's workmen. They all instantly grabbed for a gun or a pipe or something to try to knock these enemies out or kill them. They were tired of their interfering too.
Randall made his way in through the window, but still kept a low profile. He was on the ceiling, but was making his way down to the floor, but just staying above it.
While his friends were fighting the henchmen, Shredder was trying to get back to his car. He pulled a summoner out of his pocket and pressed it. It was to summon his Foot ninjas that were the closest. They should be here soon.
Splinter managed to get to the Shredder and knock him back away from the car. "You will not leave, Shredder. We are going to finish this!"
"Nothing would make me happier, rodent!" Saki said to him angrily.
Splinter and Saki squared off and went head to head. Saki threw punches and kicks his way. Splinter would dodge and jump away or block his blows with his stick.
It didn't take too much for the turtles to deal with Ruffington and his workmen. They weren't ninjas and most were unconscious or had run away. So had Ruffington. He didn't want to get caught. Besides, it wasn't his fight with the turtles. They were after his boss.
The turtles now came to the their father's aid. They were ready and willing to deal with the Shredder. They normally weren't killers, but this was just one enemy who had killed millions of other beings throughout the galaxy and here on Earth with no mercy or honor, even though they didn't know that. He had to be dealt with, and before his minions would show up. Likely, there were already some on the way here.
All the turtles and Splinter and Casey began to attack the body suit, and Saki knocked them away most of the time, but there were a few hits in that started to make the damage known that this was not a human at all.
Leo and Raph's weapons got the best blows in that started to disable the body's power sources.
Randall was seeing the robot body that the turtles had talked about. He saw a partial grey on the face under the human artwork, with a red eye.
Aside from the stick he used, Splinter was also using a bow and arrows. Splinter shot at the enemy a few times and he just pushed the arrows away like they were nothing at all. But when Splinter managed to get an arrow into the stomach area, the Shredder screamed in pain and rage. He immediately pulled the arrow out, and that was when his attacks became even more ferocious.
The turtles were kicked into boxes and the walls. So was Casey. The blow to Casey's head knocked him out. Splinter was the only one facing him. But when the turtles came back at him, they got to where the body was being even more disabled.
Splinter leaped over the robot body and using a chain from an open box, he swung the chain onto the head of the robot and gave a big jerk. It knocked the body over finally.
That was when Leo came up and sliced the clothing off the middle, making the pink Utrom appear to them, if ever so angrily.
"It's over, Shredder!" Don declared to him.
"I don't think so. My Foot ninjas approach even now."
"You will never command the Foot again!" Leo said.
"Let's just squish him now!" Raph had his sais at the ready. He wanted to do him in so bad.
The Utrom growled and jumped onto Raph's head again. Raph tried to get him off, with his cries being muffled.
"What? Speak up. I can't hear you." Shredder mocked him.
Randall couldn't believe he was seeing what he was seeing. But then, he knew his role in this. He got down from the wall and went over.
Even Leo was having trouble getting the ugly little pink blob off of Raph's head.
Being invisible meant the enemy couldn't see him without special goggles. Randall got close enough to Raphael, and though he didn't act like an animal a lot of times, a good weapon Randall did have was his teeth.
Randall growled a bit and he gave it all he got. He closed his sharp teeth on the backside of the pink blob. He bit down hard, and he soon tasted blood in his mouth.
The Shredder cried out so loud that he finally let go of Raph's head and he was pulled off.
There was some shaking of him and then he was thrown into a box.
It dazed him for a moment, but he was still kicking. He growled at his enemies.
Raph was glad he was free of the blob on his face. Now he just wanted to end it.
Just as the blob was trying to get near them again, an arrow went through the air and into the Utrom's head. Splinter had shot it.
Randall finally appeared to them. He was standing next to Raph. He had purplish blood on his mouth and teeth.
The Shredder cried out for a second, but then, he fell over, dead.
"Well, we finally did it." Leo said.
"We took out the Shredder!" Mikey said with a smile.
"Yes, now we must get out of here before the rest of the Foot show up."
"Let's get Casey and go home." Leo said.
Raph and Leo picked up Casey and carried him out of the warehouse to where their truck was and they got out of there before the Foot finally arrived.
The mutant family and Randall were glad it had gone as it had. Now they would never have to deal with the Shredder again, but there was still his clan to deal with. More than likely, one of them would step forward to take his place. But it would be a human, not an evil Utrom.
When the Foot finally did arrive, they saw their boss's remains of a robot, and a little pink blob with an arrow sticking out of its head. There was blood coming from its backside and the front from the arrow wound. There were teeth marks from where Randall had bit him, and bit him good and hard to draw the blood.
The Foot had been informed of the Utrom race for a long time, but they had never known that their head honcho was an Utrom too. This was a surprise. New leadership would arise later.
The turtles, Splinter, and Randall got Casey back to their lair and bandaged his head, letting him rest on their couch. He woke up soon after. The others were all by him. Randall had also cleaned his mouth off.
Casey's vision was blurry at first, but soon focused.
"So, did we win?" Casey asked dizzily.
"Yes, Casey. The Shredder is finished." Leo replied. "How are you feeling?"
"My head hurts, but fine."
"You hit your head pretty hard on the wall." Don said.
"And thanks, Randall, for getting the Shredder off of my head." Raph said to the purple lizard.
"Welcome." Randall replied.
"You must have bit the Shredder pretty hard to draw his blood, didn't you, Randall?" Don admitted.
"Yes. I could taste it too. Nothing I would want for food. Just glad to be able to get him out of the picture." Randall responded.
"Yeah, now we don't have to worry about the Shredder anymore." Raph said.
"Yes, my sons, but we can't let our guard down. They will surely seek revenge against us for slaying their master." Splinter warned.
"We'll worry about that when the time comes, Master." Leo said. "We're just glad our battle with the Shredder is over on that part."
"Yes. My Master Yoshi's spirit can finally rest in peace." Splinter said.
Casey stayed and he was kept an eye on to make sure he didn't have a concussion. He would have to take it easy for a few days.
Randall may not have fought much in this battle against the Shredder, but he was glad to have helped at all. And he hadn't gotten hurt this time when facing him. Chances were that the Shredder hadn't even known what was biting him. And even if he did know, it was too late for him now.
The next day, Casey was taken to April's, where he continued resting under her watchful eyes, plus Randall's too at times.
Randall had heard the story of what had happened to Splinter's sensei too. Splinter had even shown a picture of him in his room to Randall before. Splinter had also said that he had been born a normal rat in Japan, but came here to this city with his master before the Shredder and his Foot clan had killed him. And it was shortly after that that Splinter had found the turtles.
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