Bishop knew he had them now. He knew they wouldn't give up on their brother. Then the beeping came on again and that call came in again.
"Excuse me, gentlemen. I have a call to take. I'll be right back." Bishop said.
He talked to the ghost man again and he said he was sending special agents. The coordinates were being sent as they spoke.
When Bishop came back out, it was decided that Splinter, Randall, and Leatherhead would stay with Donatello to make sure that the bad guys weren't going to do more harm. Leo, Raph, and Mikey headed back to New York to get this relic for Bishop to save Don's life.
"Donatello's condition continues to deteriorate. There's not much time." LH said.
The three friends left behind looked at each other sadly, then turned to Stockman. "Dr. Stockman, we were told that you would adminster the cure to Donatello." Splinter stated.
Stockman sent another load of a retro-virus into the cell of the man roach. Nothing happened. "To think I've sunk so low, that my unparalleled genius would be used to save the life of one of these… freaks." he said to himself.
"Where is the cure, Stockman?" Randall came up behind him.
"I'm pulled from sweet oblivion, for what? This!" Stockman went on, ignoring them. Then he was grabbed from behind.
"Show us the cure now!" Leatherhead demanded angrily. He grabbed the man and held him down. He was ready to punch him.
"Cure? You stupid animal! Agent Bishop lied! There is no cure!" Stockman said angrily.
"WHAT?!" Splinter and Randall said in unison.
Leatherhead growled. His eyes even changed to slits that they did when he got ultimately angry. He held Stockman up. "You inhuman, souless monster!" He slammed him down on the machinery.
"Leatherhead, please." Splinter raised his hand to his shoulder. "I share your anger, but this will not help Donatello. We need solutions, not vengeance."
The croc whined and let go.
"You'd be wise to listen to your friend, Animal." Bishop was back.
LH growled at him. "I've been waiting a long time for this! Now you will know the meaning of pain!" He tossed Stockman aside.
"Randall, help me with Leatherhead." Splinter advised.
"Dr. Stockman is working on a cure. He's still the best hope that Donatello has for survival." The croc stopped advancing on him, but he glared angrily at him. "Harm me, and Stockman stops. And your friend has no chance!"
LH roared angrily. Splinter and Randall came over and pushed him back gently. "Fine, for now, villain." He walked away from his friends and toward Stockman. "Dr. Stockman, show me what you have so far." he demanded.
Stockman reluctantly began to show Leatherhead the components used.
Randall stood beside Splinter. "I noticed that man roach over there in the other cell." Randall pointed out.
"He's Stockman's test subject." Bishop said. "To make sure we get the desired results, especially if you want Donatello back."
"I was saying that I recognize him as the one that originally infected Donatello. I was there the night my friend got slashed by him." Randall declared.
"Well, then, he is helping us now too." Splinter said.
"He better be." Randall growled at the man roach and at Bishop. He didn't trust that psychopath either. He also stepped in to aid Leatherhead in finding a cure for Don.
…
Leo and his two brothers had made it back to New York and had asked for April and Casey's help in locating the Dark Dragons' lair. Casey knew where they were, as well as the coordinates provided to them.
The turtles and their human friends had a plan.
The Dark Dragon headquarters were designed a lot like the Foot's headquarters. Just different signs. Yogami was still trying to keep the same look as the Shredder, the Utrom Shredder. He would never truly be him, but he had proudly followed him.
The turtles had the necessary supplies to try to take out the Dark Dragons' armory. Raph was going to be in charge of that. Leo and Mikey were going to be in charge of getting the relic. They knew what they needed to do and wanted to do it fast. They all wanted to get back to Donatello, fast.
They would regret it for the rest of their lives if their brother died while they were gone. They were glad that LH, their father, and Randall were still with him to make sure that Bishop didn't have Stockman do something stupid, but then, Bishop was also capable of taking them captive too.
The turtles and April and Casey were now at the headquarters. They split up. It was nice to be back in New York, but were only there temporarily.
April and Casey were parked in the Battle Shell outside and close to the Dark Dragons' hideout. Leo called in to April, "April."
"Go, Leo." she replied.
"We've made it to the Dark Dragons' Garbage Disposal Area Facilities." Leo stated as he and his two brothers ran inside, unseen. "Time for you and Casey to do your thing."
"Casey's heading into the power station now. Stand by." April said.
Casey got out of the truck wearing a custodian look, carrying a mop. He had a computer virus to install. "Hey, if we're putting in a computer virus, how come you're not going in?" he complained to April, since he knew she was better at computer stuff.
"Because I don't look like a janitor." April told him.
"Gee, thanks." Casey remarked grumpily. He was glad wasn't a real janitor.
"Keep us posted, April." Leo said. "We're moving into position now."
"Roger that." April replied.
"Well, here's where the fun starts." Leo declared to his brothers. They began to make their way inside even further.
"All of the building's garbage goes through chutes that lead to an incinerator." April explained.
"We're going in through the furnace? Isn't that going to be… odd?" Mikey asked.
"It's our only way in, and that's not all. Once we get through the incinerators, we go up the chutes." Leo stated.
"Which Yogami has secured, with a deadly grid of lasers." April added.
The three turtles were running hard, trying to avoid being burnt by the incinerator's fires that was always right behind them just they passed by them. They had now made it to one of the chutes and were waiting for Casey to do his thing.
"When the power drops, we go up the vent." Leo said. Right now, they were all running in place, but it seemed like more on a treadmill since they were on a moving belt. "We got to beat the emergency power kicking in."
There were fires still coming right at them, and the grid was still on. "Uh, Leo? Why is the grid still on?" Mikey asked, almost in panic.
"Casey, April, cut that power or we're Turtles Flombe." Leo exclaimed.
In the control room, Casey had trashed the security guard and he was unconscious. Casey was now trying to operate the computer. "I put in the stupid virus, but it ain's workin!" he shouted angrily.
"Casey!" Mikey shouted in fear.
There was a fire coming up right before them. "Casey, we really need that power out… now!" Leo exclaimed.
Casey knew he couldn't let his friends down. He picked up one of them, ready to toss it. "Alright, you stupid computers. We're doing this old school. Goongala!" he yelled as he threw the computer into another one, thus killing the power in the building and quite a distance in the surrounding neighborhood.
"Wahoo!" Casey shouted happily. He hoped his friends were okay.
The turtles finally stopped running and the purple lasers disappeared. "Grid's down." Leo said. Then he gave his bros a hand with getting into the vent.
At the top of the building, Yogami had fires blazing in his office, for just in case of power outages. He saw the lights go off. He had two associates in front of him. "Find out what is going on." he ordered and his minions ran off.
Yogami closed his eyes and tried to sense what was going on. Then he sensed his old enemy. "Leonardo is here. But why? Why would he come here?" he asked himself. But whatever the reason, he was going to make sure he didn't leave.
Raph was up the vent first, then Mikey, and Leo last. "Good work, Casey. We're in." Leo told Casey. The grid came back on from the emergency power kicking in. "April, start phase three. Get to the copter."
"On it." April replied. She and Casey began their way to the copter now that their friends were in. It was going to take a little while to get where they needed to go.
"Remember, we get what we need, and get out." Leo reminded his brothers, who both nodded.
This sure felt like one odd mission that they were doing without Don beside them. Hacking a building's security was his job, other than April's. "Raph, you know what you have to do. Mikey, you're with me." Leo ordered. The guys started climbing up the vent.
In a secret portal that the turtles didn't even know they were being watched, the Foot Mystics were watching them.
"Everything goes according to plan, my brothers." The Metal one decreed.
"Soon, we will all be free." The Earth one proclaimed.
…..
The three turtles split into two groups; Raph going off on his own. He was used to doing that. He went to find the armory while Leo and Mikey went to find the relic.
Raphael searched carefully and watched some ninjas run by, who were obviously on alert. Once they were gone, he kicked the end of the vent open and dropped down to the floor. He saw the large mechanical machines that had once been used to destroy his former home months ago.
"Ooh! Toys!" he said mischievously. What he planned was some payback.
Leo and Mikey were still in the vents. Mikey saw some ninjas run by as he was climbing down below Leo. Leo reached another floor, and said, "End of the line." He pushed out the vent's opening, and came out scrunched down, Mikey following.
"Isn't it a little suspicious that Bishop knows exactly where this thing is?" Mikey asked in a low voice. "Even what floor it's on?"
"Absolutely." Leo replied. "Wait, this looks almost familiar." He walked over to the doors, but how could this be here? "We need to find out what floor-" he began, but stopped when the doors automatically opened.
Leo and Mikey withdrew their weapons. In it revealed a new temple and the Foot Mystics, looking like statues. They remembered these guys.
"Oh!" Mikey whimpered.
"Crud!" Leo said. Neither he nor Mikey wanted to fight these guys at a time like this.
"We're backing up, and we're avoiding the obvious trap." Mikey guessed. Leo looked at him, then said, "No. Bishop's relic is directly above us. The elevator in the back of this chamber will take us there. We go through!"
"I knew you were going to say that." Mikey stated.
The two turtles went through the room toward the temple stairs with caution. Leo went up the stairs quietly, not paying attention to the statues. Mikey on the other hand, looked up at one of them and cringed with fear. He didn't want to face this guy, or any of them. He finally started running after Leo.
Leo had made it to the wall of curtains. He pulled one aside. He knew it was there because of the coordinates. He pressed the button and the doors opened with a foggy mist. They got on it without making a sound. They didn't see the statue come to life, having actually seen them go through and get on. They wanted them to go through.
The elevator took Mike and Leo to the floor above where they just got in, and it opened up again. "I'm still getting over the shock of being alive." Mikey exclaimed. "Why didn't the magic guys attack us?"
"Can't worry about it now." Leo took out one of his katanas and aimed it. "Let's just get this thing and get out." he said.
"You know, the instant you touch it, the whole place is going to go nuts, right?" Mikey pointed out. It was usually true in most movies and other places that guarded something valuable.
Leo very carefully slid his katana under the crystal gem before them, holding still to make sure he had his goal right. Both turtles looked on, waiting for the outcome. The crystal fell onto the sword and Leo pulled it back quickly and he flicked his sword, making it land in his left hand. He and Mikey cringed, expecting an alarm to go off.
But nothing happened. A moment later, they opened their eyes and let out sighs of relief, chuckling about it. They had what they had come for.
Leo put his katana away, and then, the elevator doors opened. It was Yogami, dressed in Shredder armor again. "No! No! What are you doing?!" Yogami demanded.
Leo and Mikey turned to face him angrily. "Raphael, now would be good." Leo called Raph.
In the armory, Raph had set explosives onto the mechanical war machines. He was standing by. He was standing on a nearby truck with a raised platform. He giggled and took out a remote. "Contact. Ignition. And blast off!" he exclaimed.
The armory and machines began to blow up on contact. The blasts made the building shake, making even Yogami, Leo, and Mikey gasp. Yogami crouched down.
"Give me the pendant!" Yogami ordered.
Leo threw the crystal to Mikey. "Whoa!" he caught it. Leo then got in front of him defensively.
"Give it to me now!" Yogami demanded and charged with a battle cry.
Mikey back flipped away, back to the stand where the pendant had been before. Yogami went after him. "Give me that! You don't know what you are doing!" He nearly got Mikey's head with his blades. Mikey dodged, and threw it back to Leo.
Leo jumped over and took a katana, and caught the gem. He aimed his sword at the man's neck. "Hold it right there, Yogami!" he demanded.
"You cannot take that!" Yogami stated.
"Watch us!" Leo retorted angrily.
Yogami's legs were standing widely apart. Mikey then ran and slid in between them. Leo tossed him the pendant again. He ran for the elevator. "See ya, wouldn't want to be ya!" Mikey joked.
Leo made sure he had made it, but was side swiped by the man. Leo got down and jumped for elevator. Yogami followed. He attacked Mikey in the elevator. His blades nearly coming close to imbedding Mikey's head as the orange wearing turtle screamed in panic.
Mikey was crouched on the floor of the elevator, protecting the gem with his life. Yogami struggled to get in as the doors were trying to close, but he got in and pushed Leo against the wall as he tried to protect Mikey. Yogami tried to throw a kick at Mikey, who dodged once, but the second kick that came threw the gem out of his hands.
Yogami had a hold of Leo's wrists, but then kicked off of Leo's plastron, pushing him down. But both turtles leaped into the air, grabbing Yogami's legs. They had to keep him from getting the gem back. They weren't going to fail Don!
They both pulled the man toward the doors and the elevator opened up just in time. They threw Yogami out of the elevator and into his office.
Yogami got up and ordered his own Elite guards, "No! They must not leave! Get them!"
The Elite guards vanished.
The elevator doors were closing when the Elites appeared. Mikey had managed to grab the gem when he was stabbed at. Mikey screamed in terror.
"Mikey!" Leo cried out. He took out both katanas, ready to defend himself and he locked his swords with two Elites behind him. He pushed them off the elevator, while Mikey was chased off.
While Leo and Mikey were trying to avoid getting hurt, Yogami got on his intercom. "Dark Dragons! The turtles have infiltrated the building! Send all units to my location! They must not escape!" The man ordered.
Leo did a spinning floor kicking action to defend himself from the Elites. He sent those two down and he checked on Mikey.
Mikey had one on each side of him. The one in front of him tripped him and he fell onto the one behind him. The one in front tried to bring his weapon down upon him, but something happened. A green orb, kind of like a force field, protected him!
Mikey was in shock. He instantly retaliated and got off the guard. The two Elite tried to go after him again.
"Mikey! Take the pendant and run! I'll hold them off! Just get out!" Leo shouted his orders.
He didn't have to be told twice. Mikey ran for the exit, but that was when the doors just opened again by a mechanical war machine. The Elites had tried going after Mikey again, and Leo had blocked their path, weapons clanging.
Mikey whimpered at what was coming into the room, thinking it was an enemy driving it. He backed up.
The doors were pried open. Then the voice spoke, "Get out? I just got here." Raph exclaimed happily. He was ready to give the Dark Dragons a taste of their own medicine. He aimed up the guns and started firing.
Leo made sure to jump out of the way, as did the ninjas. Even Yogami. His office was being destroyed. The Elites then turned their attention to the machine. Their weapons pierced spots on the machine, and broke through the glass where Raph was driving it.
Raph jumped from it, joining his brothers. The machine fell over.
Leo helped Mikey to his feet as Raph came up. "Hey, I got an idea. Let's get the shell outta here!" Raph stated.
They all were ready to leave this place. They had what they came for. Then, there was, "I think not!" Yogami proclaimed. The turtles looked over and a ton of ninjas were pouring into the room, surrounding them. They were far outnumbered.
"Is the phrase, 'Worse Case Scenero' running through anyone else's mind?" Mikey asked fearfully.
"It doesn't change the exit strategy." Leo said. He called Casey, "Casey, top floor, east wall. We need an exit, now!"
The Dark Dragons were getting ready to fight the turtles, but they heard a helicopter sound. "NO!" Yogami heard a copter.
"You got it, Leo." Casey replied and fired some missiles.
The turtles crouched down for safety. The wall exploded and ninjas ran off or were knocked away from the blast.
Yogami pushed a piece of debris off himself. He coughed and saw his three enemies getting up.
Mikey was under a piece of debris. "Auntie Em? Toto? Are we home yet?" he asked in a goofy way.
"Up and adam goofball. Casey did it." Raph said, helping him up. "Let's go!" Then they all ran for the exit.
Yogami glared at the turtles angrily. "NO!" Then he demanded a challenge. "Leonardo! Face me!"
Leo was at the rear of his brothers. He heard it and was about to answer the challenge, but Mikey put a hand on his shoulder. "Get in, get out right? It's not about Yogami, right?" Mikey reminded Leo of the plan.
Leo turned to Mikey, then replied without a regret, "Right." He put his katana back into its sheath. Then they turned and continued on the way out.
"Stop them! Someone stop them!" Yogami ordered. He charged after the turtles.
The three turtles got to the edge and instantly jumped off the edge. Yogami got to the edge and saw what happened next.
Leo, Raph, and Mikey had landed on a rope ladder from the helicopter. Casey began pulling them up while April flew it away.
Yogami was defeated for the moment. The gem was gone and he knew what it meant. He would lose control of the Foot Mystics soon! Since the turtles were Karai's allies, they must have been taking it back to her, or so he thought.
"NOOOO!" His yells of shame echoed in the air.
April and Casey were glad to be part of the plan to help their friends, but they again, had to stay behind. Mikey held the gem as Leo and Raph took over pilot duty to get back to Nevada as quickly as possible.
"I hope Don is okay." April said.
"Me too." Casey agreed with her. "They'll make sure he's alright, April." He gave her a hug as they watched the copter heading west once again.
….
Back at Area 51, after going through all the agent compound chemicals and such, both Randall and Leatherhead had studied them. They combined several combinations. They both stood by, with Bishop and Splinter behind them. Stockman was still preparing some.
Another set of a retro virus was set into the test subject's fluid cell and this time, there was an instant reaction. The man roach began to look like he was panicking. But it was molting the now dead skin.
Bishop was impressed. "Impressive, Mr. Leatherhead and Mr. Randall. And to think I wanted to dissect you." he stated. They both growled at him. "What a waste that would have been. You two are even more brilliant than Dr. Stockman." he complimented them.
"What?" Stockman stated, dumbfounded.
To the reptiles, that was quite a compliment coming from an evil scientist.
"And it's Mr. Boggs to you!" Randall growled at Bishop.
"So, it works?" Splinter asked, concerned.
The skin finished molting off the man roach, revealing a pure human man.
"Doctor, prepare an airborne version of the cure for the New York outbreak, as well as a sample for Donatello, if his brothers can fulfill their side of the agreement." Bishop ordered and walked away.
The three friends were now satisfied. They were sure Don's brothers would come back successful.
They began to get Don prepared to get his sample by putting him back in the cage they had designed.
And the copter soon landed. The doors opened up once again.
Bishop and Splinter were there to greet them. Leatherhead and Randall were over with Don. "My sons." Splinter said as they came over.
"Hand over the item. Then you'll get your dear brother back." Bishop stated with an evil smile.
Splinter looked up at his sons and they all nodded at one another. Mikey approached Bishop and gave him the gem.
Then, suddenly, red lights and sirens started going off, alarming all the mutants and Randall. But they weren't going to leave Don behind!
"Base Destruct Sequence Initiated!" The intercom exclaimed.
"This base has been compromised by your presence. You have fifteen minutes to collect your brother and vacate the premises. Pleasure doing business with you." Bishop said slyly before going underground again and was gone.
The others ran over to where LH and Randall were with Don in his cage. Leatherhead was now administering the cure to Don like a tranquilizer. He was awake now and roaring in annoyance.
"Leatherhead! Randall! How's Donny?" Leo demanded to know.
They backed up. "We'll know in a moment." Randall replied with a smile. He and the croc already knew it would work.
The cage's door opened up. The roaring had stopped. The others all gasped as out stepped, not what was a monster turtle, but the real Donatello! Naked, but it was him!
Don opened his eyes, back to normal. "Hi, guys. What's up?" he asked. Then he started to wobble.
Leatherhead came up and steadied him. "I have you, my friend."
"Way to go, Donny! Welcome back!" came the others greeting him.
"We have to get out of here, now!" Raph exclaimed. He grabbed onto Don next and they all made a run for it to the chopper. They were all happy Don was back, but they could continue the reunion later.
"Hurry! This place is about to blow!" Leo demanded.
Leo took the pilot's spot and got the copter in the air just as the base began to blow up beneath them. They were glad they had Donatello back, the real one.
"Welcome back, my son." Splinter said as he clasped right hands with his son.
"I hope you guys didn't go through too much trouble for me." Donny said.
The others all cringed, but, for the moment, they could put on an act. "Nah!" Mikey replied.
Even though they had all been through a lot to get Don back, and having made that deal that might come back to haunt them later, at least they had all saved Don's life. They were more than glad to have him back to normal. They went back to New York.
In New York, before they got back, Bishop's government officials went through the sky, dropping the new cure down to mutated monster creatures. The same went for in the sewers. All the creatures were now back to normal as well. It would be nice for the turtles and Randall to not have to worry about these dangerous creatures anymore.
Todd, the former roach man, was also released to go home, with a new set of clothes. But he had been explained to what had happened to him, though as to who were his saviors was kept a mystery.
…
In a hideout some distance away from the Area 51 base that was now no more, Agent Bishop and Dr. Stockman had the ghost man on the the video screen and were ready to receive the information about protecting the planet from aliens.
But, instead of the laser reading information, it blew the crystal to pieces.
"I don't understand." Stockman said.
"You lied." Bishop walked closer to the video screen. "This has all been an elaborate lie."
The ghost man laughed evilly before saying, "It has been a pleasure doing business with you, Agent Bishop." and vanished off the screen.
"Who would do this? And why?" Stockman asked.
"Who, indeed?" Bishop agreed with him.
From the portal the Mystics had, the Water Mystic turned himself back from the ghost man. Bishop's face was shown looking stunned at having been tricked.
The four other Mystics came over. The Water one said, "The crystal is destroyed."
"And with it, Yogami's hold over us." The Fire one said.
"He thought because we could not touch it, he was safe." The Earth one said.
"But now, it is dust." The Metal one finished, and began to change. He turned into a more humanoid figure.
The other Mystics then all changed into more humanoid beings. Heralds. Evil magical beings.
"Now, we are free to resurrect the true Shredder." Metal decreed.
They all put their staffs together in a bond of their brotherhood in the middle before they vanished. They were on their way to start a new reign of terror.
…
Once the turtles, Splinter, LH, and Randall all arrived back home, Donatello was so glad to be home. They all saw that Don's health seemed better than how it was the last time they saw him before they left for the last monster hunt.
Don got a new mask and new gear to replace the ones he had lost when he had started transforming. He also still did have that cut on his leg. It was also re-bandaged.
If there was one thing Don wanted when he first got home, it was some food. He hadn't had a decent meal in at least a few days. He had been so nauseated before his mutation that he couldn't keep anything down at the time.
Mikey and Randall gladly made a big celebration meal to welcome Don's return to normal. Leatherhead was happy to stay for it. April and Casey also came over for dinner.
When they saw Donatello back to normal, April couldn't help but burst out in tears. He was a sight for sore eyes. She ran and hugged him.
"Welcome back, Donny!" April sobbed.
"It's good to have ya back to normal, bro." Casey said, patting him on the shell.
"Thanks." Don replied. He held April until she let go.
When the food was ready, everyone was more than ready to help themselves. The mutants and Randall hadn't slept or eaten much in the last few days, being so worried about Don, so now, they were making up for it. Aside from Don's sickness being cured, they were all famished.
Don was told to eat slow so he didn't upset his stomach again. He grabbed nearly everything that was being served, as they were his favorites. His whole family was glad to share in the meal. They all ate the food slow.
Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, some sushi, some fruit and veggies, and even pizza was served for dinner. There were some brownies for dessert. It was like a Thanksgiving dinner for the second time.
After the meal, there was a little TV time to let the food settle a bit before they were going to head to bed. They all needed some rest. It had been a long sixty-eight hours of dealing with everything. April and Casey left when their friends were ready for bed, but Randall wanted to stay longer.
Don was going to be put on bed rest for a little while to make sure that he was going to be fine. He had so much rest he had to catch up on from not being able to while he had had his 'cold.' It had kept him up, along with just wanting to work on his inventions and upgrades to the new lair.
The lair was pretty finished by now. It just had to be kept taken care of was all, like any home.
Leatherhead stayed for a few more days to make sure things stayed good with Don's health. It did. He was finally able to go home as well.
Randall took over as his doctor, so to speak, as did Don's family. They made sure that Don took it easy. They didn't want him stressing himself should he have a relapse.
One day, while Don was resting, Randall brought him in a book to entertain himself. "Here's something new that April got for ya in the mail." he said to Don.
"Thanks, Randall." Don replied. "Uh, Randall, I was just wanting to know what you might want for your birthday?"
Randall stiffened. "I uh… hadn't really thought about it. I know it's close, but I think seeing you alright is the best gift I could get for it. You don't need to make me anything. You are one of my closest friends, Don. After all I have seen you do for your family and me, the least we all could show you was how far we were willing to go to save your life." he explained.
"You were part of the solution that saved my life, I heard, along with Leatherhead." Don stated proudly.
"Yes, I was. Stockman wasn't doing hardly squat to know what he was doing. Plus, we know that he was being so reluctant to want to save you as it was." Randall said.
"I can understand why. We've interfered in his evil plans so much would be why. We knew him long before you did." Don said. "But anyway, I am happy that you did help to save me."
"After all the kindness and respect you have shown to me, I would return it in a heartbeat." Randall replied. "Now if only that slash on your leg would heal. That's not normal for a wound to persist as long as that one has."
Don looked down at his leg at the bandages. That was true. He was tired of wearing bandages on his thigh. He was tired of that wound. Now if it would just heal.