"Those ships! Those are Triceratons!" Leo yelled out as they continued getting bombarded with lasers.
"No kidding and there's like a gazillion of them!"
"Well..out of the frying pan and into the fire as they said." Kara sighed glancing over at Dragan.
"We need tae do something now before thay completely destroy the ship..again!"
"Professor, what do we do?!" Donnie yelled out.
"We take evasive action!" The Professor ordered, turning the ship around while dodging enemy fire.
"I think we're almost out of this." April said just as one of the ships managed to hit an engine and they began descending down on the planet before them.
"Or not!" Casey yelled.
"I recommend we take plunging into the lethal crushing gravity of that gas giant philosophically."
"What's that suppose to mean?!" Donnie screamed to the Professor.
"It means we're all going to diiiiiiiiiiieeeeee!" The Professor screamed frantically as they spun and plunged towards the planet out of control.
Kara tried to grip on tightly to the controls as they spun but there wasn't much to hold onto and she was thrown out of her seat. With a yell she tried to find anything to grab a hold of but there wasn't much in sight. "Oh geez.."
"Kara, hold on!" Donnie yelled as he jumped to her rescue.
"To what?!" She yelled til he grabbed her by the waist and reached out for the Professor's leg, gripping it tightly. "Thanks Donnie." She sighed in relief but blinked when Raph was floating around til he smacked into the window.
"Raph! Hold on, buddy! I'm coming!" Dragan pulled out her pocket knife and stabbed it into the ground, using it to keep herself upright, and made her way towards him as fast as she could.
"I hate space..I hate it. I really do!" Raph yelled, the window beginning to crack from the pressure it was receiving from gravity as well as them falling towards the planet.
Dragan finally reached Raph and held her hand out to him when she noticed the planet was getting closer by the minute so she grabbed his foot and pulled him away, throwing him towards the professor as she pushed herself towards one of the stations and curled inside it just as they crashed.
"Is everyone alright?" The Professor asked, reeling is arms and legs back in while the others stood to their feet.
"I think we're fine, Professor." Kara groaned, rubbing her head some.
"Thanks for the save, Dragan." Raph stood up, popping his neck.
"No problem, Raph." She gave him a thumbs up and noticed the window was surrounded with snow. "This might be a problem."
"Alright, everyone out of the ship. We need to check the damage and see if there's any materials we can use to fix our ship." The Professor ushered everyone towards the door.
"Wait. Kara an I cannae go out thare without a means tae defend ourselves. Our regular weapons won't cut it."
"Hmm...I suppose you are right. Alright, return to the suit and weapons locker and see what you can find while the rest of us look outside." The Professor nodded to them then turned to leave.
Kara raised a brow towards Dragan but followed behind her back to where he kept the weapons at. "Is everything ok, Dre? You hadn't seemed like yourself since that planet we met "Lord Dregg" on."
"That alien was able tae destroy the weapon I had when fighting it..what if I was using ma shield an sword? It would o' done the same if it was in it's place an..I cannae let that happen. It means too much tae me tae let it get destroyed like that. I have tae hang ma sword up an adapt."
"I understand, Dre...are you sure about it though?"
Dragan stopped in her tracks and looked down at her hands. "No, I can't see myself without it..but it's ma treasure an I'd rather nae use it then have it get taken from me."
Kara nodded as they entered the room and got a look around. "Hmm..I guess having a laser pistol like April wouldn't do any harm.." She grabbed one similar to April's and holstered it on her right thigh before moving towards weapons that most suited her. Finding a weapon similar to her gloves, she slipped them on and clenched her fists but was started when not only a blade came out but it was longer, reaching past her wrist, and the end blade had a light blue shine to it. "Woooah! This looks awesome." Stars were in her eyes as she stared at the weapon. When she relaxed her hands the blades retreated back inside, grinning ear to ear. "That wasn't so hard. Hey, Dragan, look at thi-" She turned around to see Dragan staring at a rod of some sort.
Dragan stared down at it, having a sudden feeling come over her and she pressed a button in the center and was startled when a glowing, blue, pointed sword popped out from the top looking almost exactly like her sword but without the insignia and the weight. "Wow..." She swung it around as it made a weird whooshing noise. A small smile crept on her face when she noticed a gauntlet that was next to it. She took off the one she had one and slipped the other one on instead. It felt a little heavier than the one she had one but it wasn't anything she wasn't use to. She held it up to get a good look at it when a circular shield formed out of it, being large enough to cover her upper body.
"Holy cow...that's so cool." Kara stared in awe as she walked over to her, looking it over. "The force is strong in this one." Kara clenched her fist with a grin making Dragan stop what she was doing and look at her.
"Did...did ye just...?" Both girls looked at each other and started laughing.
"Sorry, couldn't help myself." Kara chuckled, calming down, and wiped a tea from her eye watching Dragan.
"This...this is perfect. I can't believe he has weapons that fit us so perfectly." Dragan stared down at it all, the shield retracting back inside the gauntlet and pushed the button again to release the sword and put it away.
"Yeah..it's interesting." Kara looked down at her gloves when she noticed Dragan leaving and went to follow after her, a question forming in the back of her mind. "How did he know...?"
When they reached the others they were greeted with freezing winds and even colder temperatures.
Kara immediately hugged herself wishing she had brought a jacket with her or something. "Aw man..it's so cold I can feel it through my suit.."
Dragan nodded, rubbing her arms some. "Despite the warm heat from the suits..the cold is overpowering it."
"Wow! Temperatures on this moon are negative one hundred and eighty degrees Celsius!"
"So cold..even in this suit. Aren't the turtles going to freeze?" April turned to the Professor while Kara clung to Donnie trying to warm up.
"No, their suits permeate a warm, invisible forcefield; like a second skin. Cozy, right?" The Professor smiled at Mikey with his hand on his back.
"Uhh..I'm pretty sure my shell froze to my butt." Mikey commented looking down at it.
The Professor and Leo walked up to where the ship was hit to look over the damage.
"What's it looking like, Fugitoid?"
"If I had to categorize our situation it would fall somewhere between probably doomed and unequivocally doomed." He said with a hint of worry that caused Leo to worry as well.
"Wait, so no power?! We won't be able to charge our suits!" Raph screamed.
"Worse, we've only got a couple of hours of oxygen and heat left." Donnie pointed out causing the worry to change to panic.
"Aw, man! I was suppose to go out in a blaze of glory with, like, giant transforming frying me with lasers! Not like this!"
"Remain calm, Casey. Yelling is just going tae run your oxygen even lower. As for heat we shuild probably huddle together. Keep Leo an the others close together."
"That's not a bad idea. Yeah, we could do that." Kara said from under Donnie's arm but blinked when April ran over.
"There's life on this planet, guys." April pointed where she saw something.
"Nonsense, this moon is made of methane ice. No life can survive here...Beep!"
"Oh, let's see..." Donnie used the scanner inside his staff to find any sign of life but blinked when he found something else. "Yes! Irrilium metal! Lots of it! About ten clicks away! Woo! Looks like it's refined too."
"Excellent work, Donatello! We could use that metal to patch up the ship."
"Lead the way Donnie!" Kara smiled as the others followed close behind, using Dragan's idea to conserve some heat not knowing they were being watched.
"The wind is getting worse..How much further?" Kara whispered, hugging herself tightly. Huddling together wasn't doing very good and most of them were slowing down. She turned around hearing April fall and saw Casey help her up.
"Come on, we're almost there." Dragan said through a shivering voice taking hold of her hand and leading her behind the others.
"The Irrilium is somewhere on that ice peak." Donnie pointed up at it and looked around for a way to get up there when Mikey slid past him laughing.
"Check me out! Michelangelo on ice!" He continued doing some tricks like an ice skater.
"You're using up oxygen too fast, Mikey!" Donnie warned him.
"What's more important, brah? Breathing or my art?" He slides in front of Donnie arms spread out and smiling.
"Breathing." Kara said plainly, rubbing her arms.
"Guys..somethings not right. Weird vibe alert." April warned the others.
"My sensors suggest we are about to be visited by.."
Before the Professor could finish his sentence they all heard roars and look up to see two salamander aliens jumping down towards them causing them all to double back in surprise.
"Woah! What the heck?!" Casey yelled in surprise.
"Newtralizers!" Leo shouted.
"You downed our ship, dishonored us, now you will fight us." The female Newtralizer said, pointing a sword at them that Dragan couldn't keep her eyes off of.
"Wait! waitwaitwaitwait..we're all honorable beings here. We did not intend to damage your ship. Please, we can help one another in this desperate plight." The Professors words seemed to somewhat calm the Newtralizers as they seemed hesitant.
"It is true we are all trapped. Cooperation is survival here but you are..outworlders." The male one said just before letting out a growl.
"Everyone is an outworlder...on a world not their own."
"Listen, sister, we don't want to fight ya. You're clearly outnumbered." Raph walked up to the female making Kara and Dragan groan at his stupidity.
"Numbers mean nothing. I do not fear you or your friends." The female glared at him, pointing at his chest.
Kara rolled her eyes and grabbed the back of his suit, pulling him away. "Don't be a Mikey, Raph.."
"Look, man! It's all good. We're all cool here. I'm offering my hand; put her there, bro." Leo smiled, holding his hand out for a shake but blinked when the Newtralizers looked offended.
"What?! I consider conciliation, and you offer the hand of combat?" The male said, narrowing his eyes at them.
"Combat? No! You don't understand!" Leo tried to explain but the Professor intervened, grabbing his hands.
"Ahh, yes, I should of warned you. To Salamandrians, the hand extended gesture means-"
"Attack!" The male Salamandrian yelled as the female charged in, kicking Donnie away then went for Casey but Raph went for her instead.
The male jumped at Leo but he jumped out of the way and fired his lasers as well as the male.
"All of you should stop fighting and rationally consider the damage to your faceplates! One crack, and death is imminent." The Professor tried to warn them all but the male Salamandrian shoved him out of the way.
"Those who dishonor us shall be destroyed!" The female yelled as she and Dragan were in combat.
"Ya like tae throw the word dishonor around a lot." Dragan charged, bringing her sword out as both their blades made contact. "We have done nothing wrong, it was a misunderstanding!"
"I will not be fooled by your trickery!" The female yelled as she swung her tail around but Dragan brought out her shield and blocked it, surprising the female. "Then I cannae let ye hurt ma friends." She shoved the shield and swung her sword, both girls fighting each other with equal amounts of skill and strength.
"I give you this, outworlder, you are indeed a worthy foe..but not worthy enough!" The female growled and swung her tail once more. When Dragan held up her shield to block it the female punched her right in the chest, knocking her backwards and kicked her away before running towards the others, still having some fight left in her.
The male Salamandrian punches Leo away as if he was nothing and shoves Fugitoid aside with his tail. Kara charges for him, bringing out her blades and blocked his sword, pushing it back as she began her assault. "You..Salamanders sure like to jump to conclusions!" She crossed her arms so that the blades over another to block his attack when she noticed the sharp ends were glowing. Unsure of what was going on she did the next thing without thinking and shoved the sword away, moving her arms in a slashing motion as a wave of energy came out of the blades and threw the male Salamandrian into an ice wall. Kara stood there in shock at what she just witnessed.
"That was...so cool! Oh, I can't believe I just did that! Did you guys just see that?!" She looked around for someone to acknowledge what just happened when she felt a presence behind her. "Never let your guard down." The male said staring down at her as went to bring his sword down but she blocked with one hand, smirking at him. "A fighter never lowers their guard." She throws it out of his hand but forgot about his tail as he swept it under her feet, knocking her to the ground and ran towards Casey as he fired his proton pucks.
"Well, I suppose I'll have to intervene." The Professor stated calmly like there wasn't a battle going on around them til Donnie was thrown into him, tossing him into a wall. "Oh dear!"
"Donnie!" Kara ran to him and bend down by his side to see if he was ok when she heard Raph yell at the female and charge for another fight. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, these guys are crazy! I've never seen someone fight with such..verocity!"
"I know..isn't it exciting? They fight with such passion..it's been awhile since I've felt such adrenaline." She looked up at the female fighting Raph her eyes wide in excitement and a smile on her face. "Let's team work this." She stood up and held out her hand to him, smiling down at him. He took her hand, smiling back and was helped up as they charged in to help Raph.
"Ugh..never been..hit like that before." Raph looked over as the female kneed Donnie in the stomach while Kara charged at her only to have Donnie fall on her. "It was kinda...nice." The female turned her attention towards Raph and charged, raising her fist at him, knocking him out.
Dragan and Leo teamed up against the male Salamandrian. "Discussion follows dishonor!"
"You're really startin' tae annoy me with the whole dishonor thing!" Dragan grits her teeth in anger but gasps when Leo lost his weapon and was kicked away but didn't look back, keeping her eyes on the enemy in front of her til Leo called out to her.
"Use the force, Dragan!"She and the male froze for a moment and she turned around to look at him. "Did you just..?" Before she could finish her sentence she felt the end of the male's tail hit her stomach and flew beside Leo, everyone else on the ground around them.
Kara slowly stood to her feet but stumbled to her knees, panting softly but blinked when the female walked over and dropped Raph on the ground. She glared their way and went to continue the fight when The Professor stood.
"I am a pacifist but even pacifist have to stand their ground once in a while." Flames replaced his eyes as guns formed out of his wrists and he began firing lasers at the Salamandrians. They ran, evading the lasers as the female brought out a weapon and threw it at him going, "Rokka Rokka." as it stabbed into the wall behind him. The center began to flash til it exploded, causing the icewall to crumble down on them, the guys huddling around the girls to protect them.
Growls came from the male's throat. "We must dig the creatures out and resume battle. It is a dishonorable death."
"No." The female stopped him. "Let them freeze. We must hurry to the Irrilium." Both Salamandrians ran from the scene.
Not even a few minutes later the Professor climbs out from under the rock pile, his eyes smiling. "No need to worry only a minor inconvenience." He said as he began throwing the boulders out aside as it they weight nothing but a regular rock first pulling up Mikey and then Leo.
"Ugh, we keep getting our shells handed to us."
"We got to keep going. Not much heat left. Come on." He stood as the Professor got everyone out safely.
The wind wasn't blowing as hard as before but it was still blowing to the point everyone was still cold as they made their way closer to the metal.
"I've been thinking..I bet those Salamandrians are after the Irrilium too."
"Another reason to hurry, people." The Professor ushered April and Donnie to go faster.
"Hey Casey, do you think a turtle can, like, date a newt?"
Dragan and Kara blinked at what they heard behind them and glanced back at the two boys, raising a brow curiously.
"Dude, what?" Casey stared at Raph beginning to laugh hysertically, slapping Raph hard enough to cause him to stumble away.
"I mean, you know, maybe um..these Salamandrians aren't so bad. Like, the lizard girls cool."
"You really are running low on oxygen, Raph." Leo shoved past Raph and turned around to look at him. "What're you gonna do, ask the giant newt out on a date?"
"Well, I mean, I don't know.." Before Raph had a chance to look up he was surrounded with Mikey suddenly by his side and Kara and Dragan right in front of him.
"Wow, you really got a crush on the salamander hottie? She's, like, bigger, stronger, and probably a better fighter than you." Mikey threw his arm over his brother's shoulders grinning down at him.
"Exactly. What a woman." Raph had such a look of awe on him, the girls couldn't help but "Aw" at him.
"Can you believe it?"
"I can't believe this is happening."
"Our little Raphie is growing up."
"I wish I brought a camera."
Raph blushed at the two girls before glaring at them and pushing them away. "Grrr..we go Irrilium to find!" He yelled making them laugh and run off but couldn't hide the little smile on his face.
"Oooh! The Irrilium is not thar far ahead!" Donnie yelled. "And I was right, the metal's completely refined."
"Good, the sooner we get off the frozen wasteland the better. Hot chocolate sounds amazing right now."
"An a warm blanket at that."
Above them the Salamandrians looked down at the turtles and the others.
"So, they survived. The robot said our collision was an accident. Perhaps we need not be enemies." The male stated, watching them.
"Commander G'Throkka, do not be foolish. They are clearly working with the Triceratons." The female placed her hand on his shoulder, having him look at her.
"We do not know that Raaaaah."
The female growls as she narrows her eyes. "They fought you four against one. They are cowardly, dishonorable fools! Rokka Rokka."
"Come, we will reach the Irrilium far faster than they will." Commander G'Throkka said as he turned and walked away. The female glared down at them, baring her teeth before following after him.
"So what happens if the aliens reach the Irrilium first?"
"Isn't it obvious, Donnie?" Kara looked his way but blinked when Casey answered first.
"I've got the answer. We take them out goongala-style!"
"Yeah, see how that turned out the first time.." Kara rolled her eyes with a groan. "They're going to leave us here to freeze to death but..I wouldn't mind fighting them again..it was interesting."
"Woah, hold up! Let's cut the Salamanders a break. They think we're the bad guys, right? What if we could convince them to work with us to find that metal stuff together?"
"Worst idea you've had and that's saying something!" Leo looked back at him.
"Thay didn't listen tae us when we tried tae make things right...what makes ye think thay'll listen now? I know ya like her, Raph, but..it's not goin' tae work. We just need tae pick up the pace."
"Forget it, Raph; let's just get to that Irrilium." After that, Leo turned back around to face ahead, everyone else following suit, unaware of Raph's plans to sneak away and find the Salamandrians.
Making their way through a chasm it was April who noticed Raph was gone.
"Guys, hold up. Where's Raph?"
Kara and Dragan looked at one another before both simultaneously facepalmed.
Leo turned around to see that Raph was indeed gone. "Oh, no I bet he went off to talk to his girlfriend."
Donnie stared curiously at his scanner when it suddenly shut off. He looked around noticing small dragon like creatures flying around.
"I've got a bad feeling about this. Yeah, we're in trouble.." Leo looked around as some of the rocks came to life forming in the shape of dragon creatures.
"Serious trouble!" One walked up to Donnie and Leo, breathing out blue flames that everyone dodged, except for Donnie, who was hit by it all.
"Donnie, no!"
Kara turned around to see him frozen solid. "...DONNIE!" She screamed, running towards him.
"Lieutenant Y'Gythgba, we are getting close to the Irrilium. Rokkaaaa Rokkaaaa."
"And by now those low-grade life forms are surely frozen."
Raph jumped from out of nowhere, pushing himself off the Commander's helmet and landed on feet, sliding a few inches with his arms out trying to look flashy. "Ta-daah! Impressed, right?"
The Commander stared at him with a scowl while the Lieutenant seemed somewhat amused. "No, but I respect your tenacity." She pulled out her laser shooter and aimed it at him, taking a step forward.
Raph took a few steps back, reaching the end of the walkway, waving his hands frantically. "Wait! Before you blast me, hold up. Look, we could..we could all work together as a team, a unit!"
"..Your braver speaks of a heroic hear, stranger." The Commander said while the Lieutenant took another step forward, aiming once more.
"But you are in our way." She fires the blaster, aiming right at his feet.
Raph flinches, curling around himself when he noticed where she fired, the ice around his feet beginning to crack. He pointed right at her, yelling, "That's not good teamwor-aaaaahhhhhh!" as he fell towards the ground.
The Lieutenant walked over to the edge, watching him fall while the Commander walked next to her. "Interesting that you chose to shoot the ice, and not the stranger."
"There is no significance to my-wha, look!" She jumped back, raising fists for a fight.
"Ice dragons!" The Commander yelled as they jumped at them, mouths wide open.
Everyone was fighting off the monsters while The Professor defrosted Donnie, Mikey and Kara keeping the monsters away from them but one managed to drag Mikey away though luckily, Casey saved him using his pucks to break the monster apart.
"You know..for scary looking creatures..these guys..are pretty fragile." Kara used the energy waves she discovered to keep the monsters at bay while the others held their own.
The Salamandrians were doing more than holding their own, fending the dragons off easily til one snuck up behind the Commander and froze him as well.
As the Lieutenant grabbed hold of one's neck to finish it off she noticed her Commander had been frozen and rushed to his aid only for more ice dragons to charge her way.
Raph managed to climb back up, looking exhausted, but when he saw the girl salamander in trouble, he immediately acted, jumping on one's face then jumped off it, slamming into another and shattering it to bits, springing up from the ground, yelling as it's remains fell around him.
The Lieutenant stared at him for a moment and walked up to him. "Stranger." She pulled out her laser shooter and aimed his way.
"Awww space apples..Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" He yelled when, cowering but blinked when he felt nothing and turned around to see an ice dragon climbing over the edge with a hole in it's head just before it fell over.
"You truly are a noble creature." The Lieutenant placed her hands to her hips and leaned close to Raph, smirking at him.
"My name's uh.. Raphael." He looked at her nervously.
"I am called Y'Gythgba."
"You are called Y'gyn..Y'gth...Y'gynength...I got an idea. Back on Earth, there's this painting of, like, the most beautiful woman in art and stuff? Um so how about if I call you..Mona Lisa?"
"As you please, Raphael." She leaned in closer, bringing her tail behind him to pull him close to her as well. "Someday, our noses will meet in flesh." She smiled and walked away, trailing her tail behind her leaving a dazed Raphael behind.
"My nose..will be ready."
Mona walked up to her Commander to inspect the damage, Raph walking next to her.
"So uh, Mona Lisa, what are we going to do about your pal?"
"Perhaps if I use a low output." She adjusted her laser shooter then tapped her knuckles against his chest. "Yes, I believe he'll be fine in no time at all."
"How's it going, Fugitoid?" Leo slid towards Fugitoid and Donnie, glancing back at them before firing at the monsters.
"Donatello is almost fully thawed out, although I think his face seems to have melted as well." He looked up at Donnie seeing his face frozen and twisted.
Kara and the others backed up around Donnie and Fugitoid noticing they were completely surrounded.
Dragan moved next to Kara, seeming worried. "Kara, I don't know how much longer we can go on. The more we fight the more oxygen we use up..If this keeps goin'..we'll run out." She whispered to Kara who stared at the monsters, narrowing her eyes. She took a step forward, opening her mouth to take a deep breath when the Salamandrians entered the scene, firing at the monsters and coming to their aid, Raph right in front of them.
"So..he was right." Kara watched them fight along side each other.
"Raph was right." Dragan had the same in awe tone as Kara, watching them.
"Woah! Raph's with the bad guys?!" Mikey popped out of nowhere, pointing at them as they took down another monster.
"We're friends now, Mikey." Raph said as he charged forward.
The Commander and Leo were once again side by side. "I am Commander G'Throkka."
Mikey landed close to them. "That name's cool and all, but I got something better. How about Laser Lizard?" He looked at their reactions to see they weren't too thrilled and shook his head. "No, no, no. Oh! G.I. Newt! Nah, I got it! Sal Commander!" The Commander stared at Mikey for a moment then down at Leo who gave him a small smile and a raised brow.
Once the fighting was over, everyone stood around piles of dead ice dragons, April kicking a rock away. "Is that all of them?"
Leo put away his sword and turned to the Commander."I won't offer my hand but I will offer my friendship."
The Commander held up his arm, hand clenched. Leo glanced towards Fugitoid but when he made no move or comment he did the same and they tapped their fists before rubbing them together. Afterwards, the Commander let out a roar in which Leo followed suit with a belch.
"Ok, that was weird. Now let's go get that Irebili-li-li-um!" Mikey shouted.
They hurried to where they Irrilium was, using Donnie's scanner and finally reached a crater where it laid in the center. "There, that's the satellite. It's made of Irrilium!" He and his brothers ran towards it when Kara, Dragan, Fugitoid, and the Salamandrians came to view.
"That's no satellite. It's a Triceraton space mine!" Fugitoids said loud enough for them to hear causing them all to jump back away from it.
"If we could deactivate it we could use the Irrilium to fix our ships, right?" Leo turned his head towards Fugitoid as he slid down to investigate it. "Hm, let me see...Yes. The Irrilium is perfect. It even contains a Dark Matter regulator."
"We better hurry. I'm getting short on power and...oh no." April turned around to see more ice monsters surrounding them.
"These aren't the turtles you're looking for!" Mikey yelled in a panic, bringing his weapon out.
"Did you just?" Kara stared at Mikey but was interrupted by the Professor.
"There are too many to fight!"
Everyone got into their fighting stances, moving around the space mine when Raph said something that surprised them all.
"I got a plan."
A few minutes later everyone was running away, yelling while the Professor, Raph, and the Salamandrians carried the mine back towards the ship, dodging the ice monsters attacks.
"Come on! Fugitoid! Hustle!" Raph yelled as they continued to run but blink when their feet made no contact with the ground. With a yelp and some screams, everyone fell over the side of the cliff and began sliding down while trying to catch the mine and attack the ice monsters.
"This is so cool!" Kara yelled as she stood to her feet, surfacing down towards the ground and sliced an ice monster in two, chuckling in excitement.
Dragan whooped and hollered, using her shield to slid down with ease and cut an ice monsters feet off, it falling and shattering to pieces.
Kara slid down to the ground with ease, her legs feeling wobbily from the bumps along the way but ran ahead noticing the ship wasn't too far.
"The ships up ahead!" Donnie yelled as everyone else climbed to their feet and ran as fast as their feet could carry them, Dragan jumping off her shield and retreating it back inside the gauntlet, following after them.
Dragan slid to a halt when she heard an explosion behind them to see Donnie and Casey running towards them with surprising speeds as part of the ground collapsed behind them. What did ya two do?!"
"Saved our behinds now run!" Casey yelled, grabbing her hand and pulling her behind them.
When they were at a safe distance and skid to a halt and looked back to make sure the ice monsters wouldn't come back and smiled, Donnie and Casey fist bumping each other.
"Quickly now, almost there!" The Professor called out to them.
Kara began to take sluggish steps, her eyes beginning to feel heavy but she shook her head and continued forward.
"We...maybe..too late.." Leo began to fall forward but April caught him in time.
Kara slowed down even more to stay behind them in case they fell over til they reached the ship. She glanced down at her suits power to see it was drastically low. "Stay strong.."
April sat Leo against the ship and Mikey joined him as the Professor immediately went to work. "Excellent! The Dark Matter Regulator!"
Casey's suit began to blare an alarm that caused him to panic. "This is it! The big freeze! We won't make it through this, Red; we're not mutants!"
"Stay calm, Jonsie...we'll be...we'll be..." She hugged her arms tightly around herself as she sunk to her knees, her body starting to go numb. "I..I feel tired..all of a sudden.."
"Kara!" Donnie and Dragan ran to her. "Don't go to sleep!"
April turned to the Professor starting to get worried. "Warm blooded or not, we're in trouble, Professor!"
"Please, don't pressure me!" The Professor ran towards the ship carrying the Irrilium and began to work as fast as he can, hearing one of the Salamandrians fall. "Faster, time, no time.."
Donnie fell beside Kara with a low groan but she reached over to help him up. "Stay...stay with us Donnie.." She muttered like a sick child and instead of helping him up though, she fell next to him with her head against his chest. "We..we..can't.." Her voice now a low whisper she slowly closed her eyes.
"Oh dear..hurrying as fast as I can." Honeycutt said in a panic.
Casey and April were next to go.
Dragan sat down beside Leo and moved under his arm, wrapping her arm around his stomach. "Leo?" She looked up to see him already gone and reached for his hand, clenching it tightly and curled around him to give him as much warmth as she could, her eyes feeling heavy. "It wouldn't hurt to...take a short nap.."
Raph was next to fall but Mona caught him. "Raphael!" She looked around and sat him down against the empty space mine, she sitting down next to him.
"Mona..I..I wi-ish..I c-could tell you..how..I..feel..." Raph was struggling to breath as his oxygen tank was running on empty.
"Raphael...believe me...I...know." She moved her tail to his shoulder and pulled him close, both of them leaning against each other as the world became dark around them.
"Raphael. Raphael." A soft voice called out to him as he began to open his eyes. "Mona? What happened?" He looked down as she extended her hand to him and helped him to his feet but he was still feeling sluggish and fell into her but quickly caught himself. He looked around to the others already awake or waking up.
"You guys ok?" April asked, looking at the male Salamadrian.
With a low growl, he responded, "We are..grateful." Mikey began to stand up, having been beside him but started to fall over only to have the Commander catch him, holding up him up a few inches off the ground. "Hopefully one day we can repay your kindness."
"Yes. One day." Mona looked over at Raph, smiling, as she took her hand in his. They began to move closer, the atmosphere around them seeming romantic only for the doors to open behind them, revealing the Professor.
"No time for dawdling! I've already repaired your craft. Not to be rude, but we have Triceratons to catch up with." The Professor squeezed between them moving towards his controls.
Raph cleared his throat softly and turned to her. "Uh Mona..look..um..What I'm trying to say is uh..-"
Mona placed a finger to his lips to shush him and smiled. "Let me say it for you, Raphael, in my own language." She threw her head back, roaring. Once she was done she brought her head close to Raph's while placing her hand against his suit and pulled him close.
Everyone stared as smooching sounds came from the two, the girls giggling at them, the boys looking confused though Casey looked more disgusted than anything, and the Commander covering Mikey's face from the view, looking away himself.
Once the Salamandrians returned to their ship they gave their farewells and departed.
"Goodbye...Mona Lisa." Raph placed his hand on the glass and sighed softly.
"You'll see her again one day, Raphael." Leo walked over to his brother and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I sure hope so.."
Donnie and Mikey walked up to them, smiling. "The Triceratons are, like, millions of astro-miles ahead. But with a little luck, we'll catch up to them."
Kara and Dragan jumped on either side of Raph, grinning ear to ear. "They won't stand a chance against us." Kara said, clenching her fist in front of them.
"Our names will strike fear into their hearts o' stone!"
Raph smiled at them then looked over at his brothers, his smile changing to a smirk as he stared ahead, laughing. "Let's do this!"
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