The Shredder stood before them all, ready to take them out, but they knew they had to take him out first.
"Prepare, all of you, for a slow, agonizing end to your small and worthless lives!" the Shredder exclaimed.
"Alright! Let's not give him an easy target! Spread out and get ready!" Leo ordered. He and his brothers were determined to finish this.
Their human friends stepped forward voluntarily. "Your friends are right beside you, till the very end." Joy declared.
"Remember, we have to weaken him by separating him from his guantlet and helmet. It's our only chance." Leo explained.
"There are no chances left!" Shredder stated and started to charge at them.
…
Around the castle fortress, the other forces were doing their best to hold off the Shredder's armies.
"Commandos, give it everything you've got! We don't have to be nice! Remember, these are undead ghouls!" Bishop ordered his commandos.
Flying tengus came down and flew off with a few Purple Dragons. Others were being chased and driven off. The Shredder's minions were too powerful against the average human without a gun.
Undead ninjas started coming out of the ground and Bishop fired at them while they were able to take out other humans. But then, Bishop wasn't like the average human. He took out a flying tengu and even a Stone Oni warrior.
He fought off more ninjas and finally had a moment to call the commandos to him. "Commandos, rally to me!" he ordered.
The commandos were trying to take out all that they could. But the power from the Shredder's forces were becoming overwhelming. Raptar even took a mace and did a spinning motion as he bravely slammed through a Stone warrior. He smashed it to pieces.
Silver Sentry tried to do the same, but he got punched pretty hard. He was sent flying back into a Japanese building.
"Sentry, hang on!" Nobody said. He and Metalhead went to save their leader. They began pulling rocks and pieces of debris off of Sentry. They soon found him. He was still alive.
Nobody pulled Sentry out of his spot. "Silver Sentry, what's happening?" he asked.
"We're losing!" Sentry replied seriously.
Inside the castle, Dragon Face came out of his unconsciousness. "Forget this nonsense! Nothing is worth fighting demons!" he declared angrily, until he saw where he was. He saw lots of gold and jewelry lying around him! "Nothing, except this! If I gotta risk my life, I might as well be rewarded for it!" He grabbed some pearls and began to collect some more of the treasury.
Back where Karai, Stockman, and Chaplin were, they were beginning to recover from what had happened. They hadn't been picked up like the acolytes had.
Chaplin was the first up and he looked for Karai. He saw her form lying down. "Mistress? Mistress Karai!" he got up and made his way over to her to see if she was alright. "Mistress?" he asked. She woke up and looked up at him. "Thank goodness you're alright. Let me help you." he said gently.
Over a few feet away, Stockman's image was flittering in and out of static. "Help me!" he ordered.
Bishop came over to him and kicked him. "Stockman!" The image of Stockman came back online perfectly. He looked up at his boss. "On your feet! There's work to to do!" Bishop ordered.
Stockman managed to push himself up. "Why can't I ever be left alone to expire in peace?" he demanded.
Bishop went over to check on Karai. "Karai, you're alive. Now, if you haven't noticed, we're losing. You've got to use your link with the Shredder and continue your assault." he declared to her.
Karai knew this. She jerked off Chaplin's hands. "Stand back." she ordered and got into her pose for meditation again. Her energy radiated from her. She tried to reconnect with the enemy.
Bishop then ordered Stockman and Chaplin, "You two, protect her. I have to go see if we have any forces left." he said and left.
Chaplin recognized Stockman from when they used to work together. "Dr. Stockman! You and I are a team again! Isn't it just awesome?!" he proclaimed.
Stockman had always felt jealous of the younger man, and disliked him. He reluctantly replied, "Thrilling beyond words. This day couldn't possibly get any worse!" He was annoyed by Chaplin's presence.
…
Out in the arena, the Shredder was charging at the acolytes.
"Here he comes. Everyone, focus!" Leo ordered.
They all had their chi energies ready to use against him. Shredder tried going for Raph first, but he dodged the weapon.
"Run, but you cannot hide!" the Shredder mocked him.
"Oh yeah! Bring it on!" Raph smiled, wanting to face him and have a good challenge. He jumped onto the Shredder's horse and met the Banrai against the Shredder's weapon.
Joy tried to go up and help her best turtle friend, but the Shredder threw Raph off and into her.
Torra tried next, but he easily knocked him over. Mikey tried next, but the Shredder caught him in an energy field, like Karai at her building. He did a squeezing motion. It made the orange wearing turtle cry out in pain. He lost his focus and the Shredder dropped him to the ground, hard. Then he tried to send him back to a big, thorned tree.
Don tried to block him from getting there, but Mikey was pushed hard into him, sending them both back into the tree, hard. They were both rendered out.
Leo, Adam, and Faraji were all that were left.
"Rush him all at once! Now!" Leo ordered.
The three friends tried to take the Shredder all at once as ordered, but the Shredder seized them all in his energy fields. It stopped them too from getting to him.
Over behind a few trees, Randall came to his senses again. He didn't see his tonfas, but he heard an evil voice. He got up and went to see what was happening. He got there just in time to see the Shredder holding Leonardo, Adam, and Faraji in a green energy field. He wasn't sure what to do at the moment.
"Aw! The Mystical Fangs of the Dragons." Shredder pointed out. "Children should not be allowed to play with such powerful toys! The consequences could be… deadly!" his eyes fired up dangerously. Then he increased his strength of power on the three of them.
It made them all cry out in pain. And then, there was a big blast of light. Randall had to close his eyes. This was very scary, even for him. But when he looked again, he couldn't believe it! He had a feeling his friends were dead. This couldn't be happening!
But after the blast took place, Splinter also came to his senses too. He began running to find his sons. He finally got to the edge of the trees. He saw the human acolytes first. He also had a cut on his right arm from the tree. He went over to Torra and felt for a pulse. He found none.
Then, he looked over and saw the turtles. His sons! "No! Not my sons! Not my sons!" He ran over to them. As he looked down in grief upon them, he stated, "It cannot be! My worst nightmares, come true! My children! They have all been…! This can't be happening!" Splinter yelled in anguish. He fell to his knees. Then he fell a pat on the shoulder.
Splinter looked to his left, and he saw the old man. "Ancient One."
The old man felt bad for Splinter, but then, he screamed out in pain as a green flash of energy struck him too. Splinter's eyes widened. The old man fell forward, now dead too.
"No! Not you too!" Splinter said sadly. Then he whimpered in fear as he heard the evil laugh of the Shredder. He looked up in fear. Randall had stayed back out of shock, but he saw what was happening.
Splinter's eyes were wide as the Shredder was coming for him next. "Now, it is your turn to perish, Nezumi!" Shredder exclaimed and he started to come for him.
Splinter would fight till the bitter end.
Randall wasn't going to let that happen! He bared his teeth, growled and vanished from sight. He charged full speed at the demon horse carrying the Shredder.
Just as the Shredder was getting close to Splinter, Randall was close enough and made a powerful leap at the demon. He came into contact with the armor, but not the deadly spikes on it.
The Shredder felt a heavy weight hit him, and he fell off his demon horse, screaming in surprise as he and the weight went down together to the ground.
Randall managed to land on his hands and feet and he backed away. "Take that, you evil, pathetic demon!" he snarled angrily.
Splinter was a bit surprised that the Shredder had even fallen off the demon horse like that. He hadn't done that in his vision. But then, he heard the voice. It was Randall!
The Shredder sat up and looked around, not seeing anything. "Whatever you are, I will make you pay for that!" he snarled angrily.
Then, surprisingly, out of the amulets on the turtles, four Dragons, their avatars, roared into action. It got the Shredder's and Randall's attention, as well as Splinter's.
The Dragons combined into one life force spiritually, and out of that combination was the spirit of Splinter's Master Yoshi!
Randall was amazed at this and jumped away even though he wasn't seen. He knew that something big was about to take place if it involved a spirit.
"Master Yoshi?" Splinter stated. He had seen him in the vision. He was glowing in a golden flame. He got in front of Splinter, ready to face him.
The Shredder still had his weapon in his hand. He was charging at Yoshi. Splinter was worried he would finish him again, like in the vision.
As the Shredder laughed evilly, and charged and thought he was going to kill his adversary in front of him, Yoshi grabbed the weapon in the Shredder's hands. He lifted him up and slammed him head first into the ground. Then, Yoshi floated into the air, twirling the Shredder's weapon.
The Shredder regained his feet and stared up at Yoshi. "I do not know who you are, but know this: you will suffer greatly for this!" He started to use a new ball of energy, and that was when Yoshi used the weapon to slice it back on him.
A huge cut slashed across the Shredder's chest. He cried out in real pain. His own energy had been used against him.
While the Shredder was writhing in pain, Yoshi then looked over at the turtles. He began to give his soul back into the their chi amulets. It gave them back their lives.
Randall watched from the treeline. This was amazing! He knew his friends had been dead, but now, they were back! He never would have imagined anything like that!
Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey began to rouse and get to their feet after rubbing their heads a little. "My sons!" Splinter ran up to greet them as they were coming to.
Shredder held the wound in his chest. "This changes nothing!" he snarled angrily. Then, he reached for the sky and started doing something else. Stuff began to get drawn more toward the Shredder.
"He is reconcentrating all of his powers." Splinter stated.
Randall then took this time to run to his friends. He reappeared to them. "Are you guys alright?" he asked in concern.
"I think so." Don replied.
"Hold on, everyone. Now is not the time to discuss this." Splinter said.
…..
Over by the castle, Bishop, his commandos, and what was left of the Purple Dragons were shooting at all the creatures still coming at them.
"Hold the line, Men! Hold the line!" Bishop ordered. Then, all of a sudden, the creatures started to evaporate into the air. "What's happening? Why are they retreating?!" he demanded. He growled as they were gone now.
The Purple Dragons were in shock when the creatures began to evaporate too.
Everyone on the Justice Force was also baffled by what was going on too.
The Shredder's powers were coming back into their creator, thus shrinking on the island's city. Everything the Shredder had created, was going back to the way it had been formally.
It even passed over Stockman, Karai, and Chaplin.
"What's happening?!" Stockman exclaimed.
"The Tengu Shredder is pulling his energy back into himself!" Karai stated. She was still trying to re-establish her link with him.
Dragon Face was also greedily trying to grab as much treasure as he could get into his arms. As the energy passed over him, his treasure went too. He grumped at having lost his prizes.
The Shredder finally finished drawing all his energy back into himself. He glared angrily at the little family in front of him. He now saw the lizard with them too.
The turtles looked around themselves. "Everything's changing back. Do you think, do you think it's over?" Don asked in amazement.
The Shredder mock laughed at them and he began to change into another form. Wings sprouted from his back.
"Not by a long shot!" Leo declared.
The Shredder proceeded to change into his Dragon form.
Randall had never seen that before, but he was now.
Splinter turned to the turtles. "Now, my sons. Reach deep within yourselves. Manifest your avatars, and fight!" he ordered.
"I have faith in you guys." Randall added.
"We can do this. Remember what the Tribunal taught us. We have to work together." Leo declared.
The turtles all closed their eyes and focused, bringing on their chi marks again. Their chis made their bodies begin to glow brighter. Splinter and Randall had to shield their eyes from the blinding light.
The four turtle brothers then went up into the air again, like they had done at Karai's. They were once again, transformed into their Dragon avatars.
The new Dragons all roared their rages and went to face the Shredder's Dragon. They all lined up in front of him.
Splinter and Randall got off the battlefield. They knew it was going to get ugly before it got better.
The evil Dragon flew up onto the city's buildings and started blowing fire everywhere.
Don and Mikey's Dragons flew in to try to stop him first. They blew their own fires at him. They got too close and the evil Dragon smacked both of them away.
Taking a deep breath, Leo's Dragon blew his own fire into the Shredder's, blasting him through some taller buildings, making them collapse. He finally landed and made a mark in the streets.
Don, Mikey, and Leo all came to see what it looked like. Raph was the next one who tried to make a move on the evil Dragon. He roared as he tried to get a hold on him, but the Shredder hit him in the head and Raph was thrown over some other buildings and he landed on top of a sailboat, sinking it.
Don and Mikey landed down in front of the Shredder Dragon. Shredder began firing on them. He blew them back over some other buildings.
Leo's Dragon looked up as his brothers were blown away. Then it started after him! He dodged the first blast, but he flew a short distance away and the Shredder began firing on him. Leo shielded his face from the angry fire blasts.
…
Over at the ruins of the Mayor's office, where had once been the Shredder's new castle fortress, Karai had finally gotten her link reestablished.
Stockman and Chaplin were watching over her.
"I feel it. I have linked with the Shredder's energy. And now, he'll pay!" Karai opened her eyes, and they began to glow green. Green energy began to flow into her once again.
…
In the air, Shredder could feel his energy being drained again. He stopped firing long enough for Leo to notice and he took the chance to go charging at the evil Dragon at full force and they rammed through some buildings, landing in one large one.
There was the sound of glass and stone breaking and smoke went everywhere.
The Shredder got up and saw the blue Dragon lying next to him, unconscious. He got up and was going to settle with that wretched Karai, once and for all! How dare she steal his energy!
From his place on the ground, Randall saw where the evil Dragon was heading after he had seen Leo's Dragon try to take him out and he didn't. He knew that the Shredder Dragon would be heading for Karai.
"He's heading back for Karai. I have to help her." Randall declared.
"Be careful, Randall." the wise rat said.
The lizard nodded. He then turned and ran back to see if there was anything he could do.
The Dragon Shredder had just come back to the ruins where Karai, Chaplin and Stockman were.
Stockman cried out in fear and tried to move, but the Dragon seized him in his mouth!
"Dr. Stockman!" Chaplin called out and tried to shoot the Shredder.
Shredder knocked the young scientist away with the flick of his hand. He was knocked into a wall, rendering him unconscious too. Then he bit Stockman's machine in half.
Then he began to walk over to Karai, intent on going to eat her! He roared angrily in her face.
Randall managed to get back to Karai just in time. He saw the Dragon there. He knew what he was going to do was real foolish, but he wasn't going to let this demon spawn destroy everything!
This time, Randall didn't blend. He snarled and ran to attack the Dragon! He jumped onto the Dragon's head, by the jaw line. He used his own sharp teeth to bite down hard on the throat.
The Shredder snarled in pain and he raised his head, taking his attention off of Karai for the moment. He backed away trying to deal with the monster on his throat.
Randall bit as hard as he could, snarling, but then, he felt a swipe against his body. He let go of the throat in pain. He was swiped away by the Shredder's clawed hand and he was thrown hard into a wall, his back having made contact with it first. His head hit the wall hard, also knocking him unconscious. Some blood came from Randall's lower back where the claws had slashed him.
The Shredder Dragon knew he was wounded a little, but it was nothing. He went back to deal with Karai. He thought he had dealt with the lizard finally.
Just as the evil Dragon was about to bite down on Karai, there were two tails that wrapped around the Shredder Dragon's upper and lower jaws, and began to pull him upwards.
Donatello and Raphael had a grip on his jaws. They pulled him up further away from their friends. Mikey then made a charging blow into the Shredder's chest. He made him go crashing to the ground.
Karai continued to concentrate her mind. She could feel the energy being drained into her more.
Mikey got up and watched as the Shredder Dragon began to shrink back to his normal self. He finally was back to normal. He finally stood up.
Then, Leonardo's Dragon came down and picked him up and flew him into the air.
"What? Nooo!" Shredder screamed in rage.
Leo had him with his back feet. Then, he let go of him. He went flying back toward the ground, but instead, Raph's Dragon whacked him hard with one of his tails. The Shredder was sent flying back into a wall, hard.
He got back up again and was ready to use his guantlet to power up a punishment, but he saw his guantlet had come off of him from that last blow. "Huh?" he looked around and saw it lying on the ground a few feet away.
Mikey picked up the guantlet in his mouth and bit down hard onto it, destroying it. Then, he jumped over at the Shredder, picking him up in his mouth, and he threw him over a few more yards. It made his helmet come off as well.
Leo slammed his left foot down on the helmet, and roared proudly.
The Shredder looked in shock and he screamed in pure rage that his helmet was destroyed. He began to run over to Leonardo.
Just as he was closing in, from above, Don had jumped down on top of him, making a big hole in the ground. The Shredder was stopped for the moment. But now, he was greatly weakened.
The four Dragons stood around the hole, and then, they began to glow and change back to normal, as turtles. The turtles' energies were being used once again. Their amulets began to shatter.
The Shredder looked up angrily.
From the final amulet and all the energy from the turtles combined, Master Yoshi was once again in front of the Shredder. The demon regained his feet.
Yoshi held a sword in his right hand.
"I will fight you, to my very last breath!" Shredder exclaimed angrily, figuring this being was behind everything.
Yoshi responded with, "This, Demon, is your very last breath!" Then, he leaped into the air and sliced the sword in his hand right through the Shredder's body straight down the middle.
The Shredder screamed in pain and rage as he finally felt down in energy pieces, gone for good.
The turtles were now watching what was going on. They were still in their own energy fields. Yoshi turned to look at them. He placed the tip of his sword on the ground.
"Master Yoshi." he heard Splinter say as he came up to him. He smiled at his master.
Yoshi smiled back at the rat and he gave him a rub on the face. Then he began to evaporate into thin air.
Splinter gasped.
The turtles were finally released from the energy fields. They dropped to the ground, making them all grunt in the process.
"Wow." Mikey said as he sat up. "That was beyond amazing!" His brothers all looked at him, Leo smiling and agreeing silently. Raph and Don didn't say anything.
They all began to cheer finally. "We totally kicked shell, bros!" Mikey stated proudly.
"Wait, where's Randall?" Leo asked.
"He went to go help Karai." Splinter said.
"We need to go find him." Don declared. They all went back to where the castle had been to see it was all in ruins. They saw that Chaplin was helping Karai up.
Raph spotted Randall by the wall. He was starting to regain his senses, but he was badly hurt.
"Randall!" Don cried out. The turtles and Splinter ran up to him.
Raph helped the lizard to his feet. "Can you walk, bud?" he asked in concern.
Randall held his head. "Think… so." he muttered.
"We need to wrap those wounds." Don admitted, seeing the big slashes across Randall's lower back.
Splinter had some bandages and he took them out. Don and him wrapped the lizard's lower back. They would get some further medical supplies back at the lair.
The sun was soon up. Everyone was leaving and had regrouped.
Bishop had called for a chopper to come and get him and his team. Two commandos carried Stockman's head portion that contained his brain.
"Come along, Dr. Stockman. That brain of yours is still intact, and I'm not finished with you yet." Bishop declared.
Stockman's image was a little static-like. "It seems the pain will never end." he admitted as he was carried onto the chopper. It carried them away to wherever their next place would be.
The Justice Force also rejoined with the turtles for a moment, but then, began to fly back towards the Justice Tower. Silver Sentry paused to tell them.
"Well, looks like you did it. You turtles saved the world! And I thought that was our job." Sentry stated. Mikey smiled proudly at him.
Don had Randall on his feet next to him, walking and standing, supporting his weight.
"We all did it, together." Leo proclaimed to the Sentry.
Sentry saluted them and he flew off to join his fellow justice heroes.
Then, the four human acolytes came walking up. So, they were alive too? That was good. But they sure had missed the final action.
"Man, am I glad you guys made it!" Raph declared.
Joy and Torra were helping Adam walk. Faraji led the way.
"You better be. You owe us." Joy replied back sarcastically.
Then, there came a surprising voice, then everyone glanced over behind them. This was a voice that Randall didn't recognize though.
"You have all done well. We are all proud of our acolytes. You have done great things." It was Kon's voice! Behind them, Kon, Chikara, Juto, and Hisomi-Shishos were walking toward them.
The acolytes were all totally shocked. Mikey held his head for a moment, "Hello! Where did you guys come from?!" he exclaimed, pointing.
Don kept a hold on Randall as he looked at his little brother. "Didn't we see you get destroyed?" he asked.
"Have you so soon forgotten your first lesson?" Juto demanded.
Randall wondered what their first lesson was.
"Perception is not always truth. All you think you know…" Kon started.
"About this world, about yourselves, even about reality itself." Chikara added.
Leo remembered the rest. "All this and more, will be challenged." he finished.
"Indeed." Kon replied, then he blasted in front of him. There, appeared the Ancient One, alive!
The old man was holding his back in discomfort. "My back is killing me!" Then he looked up behind him, seeing his masters upside down. He could see them glaring down at him. "Aw! Honored ones, I felt you were near." he smiled up at them innocently.
"If you were so near, why didn't you jump in when we were gettin' our shells kicked?!" Raph demanded.
"We knew that the karmic wheel of fate had to turn unhindered by our interference. We were forced to let events unfold as they should." Kon explained.
"Yoshi's demise was a part of that." Chikara added.
"As was his coming here to New York as a guardian of the Utroms." Kon went on. Splinter was listening intently. "For without that, you, Splinter, would not exist." Splinter opened his eyes.
"Nor would your sons." Juto added.
The turtles, Randall, and the human friends all joined Splinter.
Master Splinter now felt some true relief that he had some answers as to why everything had played out like it had. But he would still miss Master Yoshi.
"What will the Tribunal do now?" Splinter asked.
The four Tribunal members floated into the air. "It is time for us to move on." Chikara stated.
"We would be honored, Young One, if you would join us on the Tribunal." Kon offered the Ancient One.
"The honor will be all mine." the Ancient One accepted the offer, then turned to the acolytes and Splinter and Randall. "Splinter, you are family." he said with a tear in his eye. He wiped it away. "I will miss you." he admitted with a smile.
Splinter came over to him and kneeled in respect. "And I you, old friend."
"And I trust you five will stay out of trouble?" he questioned the reptilian friends.
They all had smiles on, Randall too, despite his injuries. "Hey, it's us. We hate trouble." Mikey remarked sarcastically.
"Of course, you do." the Ancient One used some of that same humor. Then, he too, floated into the air to be with his masters. They all flew high into the sky and disappeared. They were just going back home to Japan.
Karai and Chaplin had been captivated by what had just happened, and had remained silent, until now. "So, what now, Mistress?" Chaplin asked.
Karai took his hand. "It is a new day, Dr. Chaplin. Let us see what it brings." she replied, but before they began leaving, she whispered to Leo. "Thank Randall for trying to save me." She smiled and then, she and Chaplin began walking off into the sunshine, together.
Leo led the way and the others began to follow him. Don kept helping Randall, with Raph now joining him. Joy and Torra kept helping Adam. They were going to head over to April's first, and then the lair.
"So, who's hungry?" Mikey exclaimed, holding his stomach.
Splinter smiled. "Michelangelo, my sons, Randall, whatever you would like, it is on me." he stated. "All of you, come. Let us celebrate. Together."
The sun shined down on the city on New York proudly. It had been saved from true evil that could have destroyed everything on Earth.
Only time would tell what their further adventures would be. But Randall and Adam both would also be fine and recover from their injuries.
On the way back to the lair, Randall had to tell his friends something. "I thought I lost you guys when I saw you dead." he admitted.
"We were, but Yoshi brought us back." Leo said.
"Did you see anything on the other side?" Randall asked, curious.
"Yes. We were told it wasn't our time yet, and we still had much to accomplish in this life." Don said.
"What was it like?"
"It was like, our bodies were just floating, and no pain. It was strange, but a good strange." Raph admitted.
"We were just glad to be able to come back. What would this city be without us?" Mikey asked.
"I would have missed you greatly." Splinter said.
"I would have too." Randall admitted. "You guys are now my brothers. My father, my family."
"And so are you, Randall." Splinter said happily. "You did well in the battle too. You did what you had to do, despite how it turned out for you."
"We'll get you well again." Don said with a smile.
"Before she walked away, Karai also said to thank you for saving her." Leo smiled.
Randall smiled. He had found his true family among these mutants. He had a life that he would be happy to keep. He and his family continued on to April's and from there, the lair for the medical treatment. Leatherhead was there to help out too. He was glad they were all okay after what they had finished. LH had been on standby. They would have a victory feast after Randall's treatment.
The date for winning back their freedom was July the 4th. Such the right day to be called Independence Day!
The End
Thank you all for reading this. I have enjoyed writing this masterpiece. Though I take no credit for most of the actions in this story, from rewriting of many chapter from the series itself. I know I don't own those actions of TMNT, or Monsters, Inc. This has been the longest story I've ever written. This will be continued in part three, coming soon.
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