AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey I'm so sorry about the long wait guys. Uni assignments has been keeping me really busy but I'm will be on Semester break soon and updates on this story and some of my other stories should be a lot quicker then.
Anyway here's the new chapter and I hope you enjoy
PREVIOUSLY ON DANNY PHANTOM AND THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES:
Suddenly the crystals started glowing and releasing a bit of a high pitched noise. Danny, Leo, Raph and Master Splinter heard the noise and came out as Splinter asked, "Donatello what is it? What is happening?"
"What's with the noise?" Raph asked.
"I'm….not quite sure" Donnie answered a little nervously.
Suddenly the alarm went off and Leo asked, "Now what is it?"
"Something tripped a permitter alarm in one of the old subway tunnels" Donnie said as he went to the monitor screens.
As they watched the camera they suddenly watched something zoom right past the camera at top speed causing everyone to shouted, "WOAH!"
"What in the world?" Leo asked. Raph pulled out his sais and said, "Sewer rats are getting bigger"
They walked all the way through the tunnel until they finally came to the end of it which led them to an old subway tunnel. Old trains were sitting on the tracks and the entire place was dark giving it a completely gloomy look.
"What is this place?" Danny asked.
"There's a whole network of abandoned subway tunnels from the early 1900's down here" Donnie answered as they started walking down the tracks, holding their torches to the path to give them light.
They all turned and saw right behind them was a huge rocky looking monster with razor sharp teeth. They all gasped and Danny changed into his ghost form as it then roared causing the tunnel to shake and rock even harder. The support beams suddenly collapsed and the entire tunnel started coming down. Danny and the Turtles screamed and shout as they all started running to escape the collapsing subway tunnel.
They all looked around to see broken containment units, dissection tables, a control centre and all different kinds of tools and scientific equipment.
"Anybody got a clue what this place is?" Danny asked. Mikey asked as they began to walk around the place, "You wanna wild guess?"
Danny was silent at first but then answered, "No"
Donnie looked at all the equipment and said, "I'm seeing devices related to physiology, biology, geno-analysis and paranormal studies…my guess this is a genetics lab. They were experimenting with mutation and something to do with the paranormal"
The video showed the Foot Ninja symbol causing them all to gasp in shock. Donnie said, "It's the sign of the foot"
"Why is it every time we get into trouble that symbol is stamped right in the middle of it?" Danny asked.
He pressed a couple of switches and suddenly one of the archives started playing showing multiple Foot tech soldiers working in a lab. The main scientist then appeared and started talking, "Day one. Project commences. Master Shredder believes his enemies have taken refuge underground. Our foot soldiers have been unable to locate them so the genetic division has been directed to mutate human subjects so they can explore deeper into the earth. One of Master's allies Vlad Masters has been most generous in providing the technological equipment and one of his own ghostly allies to assist us with our project"
The screen turned to a man on an examination table and standing near him was a few Foot tech soldiers along with Technus! The man looks in fear as needle comes down from one of the machines and straps onto the man and started injecting a green substance in his arm.
"Thanks to Technus here, we were able to stable the substance with ectoplasm to mutate the subjects. The subject appears to be in some discomfort but this is a minor annoyance"
The next log played and this time showed the head scientist looking down in disappointment as he said, "Day 733. We have received a message from Technus that the settlement we found was not what Master Shredder was looking for. He has pronounced the project a failure. We've been ordered to shut down the operation and destroy the creatures"
The next log played and this time the creatures were attacking the lab and destroying it, Foot tech soldiers ran screaming as they were attacked. The head scientist shouted over the chaos, "The creatures have freed themselves! They are more intelligent than we ever dreamed! They….they have been manipulating us all along waiting for their moment to escape! NO! NO! KEEP AWAY! NOOOOOO!"
"So there's always one guy in the monster movie who freaks out because he can't take the pressure and I'm gonna do an impression of him right now!" Mikey exclaimed and then he screamed as he ran out of the lab, "GET ME OUTTA HERE!"
"Not that I ever agree with him but he's got a point" Raph said.
"Agreed. Fun's over. Let's go" Leo ordered and they all started heading out of the lab.
Donnie pulled out the crystals and held them together to light their way but just as they were leaving the rock wall in front of them suddenly melted and a blue and white creature came out, next came a red clawed monster and then came the rocky formed monster they had encountered the first time.
Danny changed back into his ghost form as they all got their weapons out ready to fight. Mikey then asked nervously, "Guys? This isn't the end of the movie is it?"
TMNT S01E14: Notes From The Underground Part 2
All of them backed up into the lab as the creatures kept coming towards them roaring. Mikey then exclaimed, "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'ZOINKS!'"
The blue creature on the right screeched as it shot acid from its mouth at them, they all jumped back just before it could hit them and watched as it melted the floor and created a massive hole. They all pulled out their weapons and stood ready to fight them.
"Okay you guys take the three on the left" Mikey said.
"There are only three" Raph said annoyed.
"There's one for each of you and since Danny's already helping ya, I'll just be the odd turtle out" Mikey said with an innocent smile.
The creature with the claws snapped an entire metal desk off the floor and sent it flying right at them, Danny quickly put up a strong dome shield around them and blocked the desk from hitting and it landed on the ground.
Danny dropped the shield and then he, Leo, Raph and Donnie began to fight against the creatures while Mikey stood there watching for a few moments. Donnie whacked the one with claws a couple of times before Danny then blasted it with a couple of ecto-blasts, the creature swiped at them with one of its claws but just as they dodged that one, it then grabbed them with its other one and threw them to the wall.
Leo fought against the blue creature, he dodged a strike from its hand but then suddenly was picked up and thrown against a pole. He stood back up and sliced a piece of pole off and threw it at the creature but it simply spat more acid at it and melted it completely. The clawed creature was about to strike at Donny and Danny when Danny put up a shield and deflected the strike and then Raph kicked it away from them.
They all then watched as the rock monster climbed up the wall and chewed a huge hole in the roof before climbing into it. Raph then saw it was heading for Mikey while his brother was distracted and shouted, "MIKEY!"
He ran over just as the rock monster was about to fall right on top of him and pushed it away from Mikey and said, "Watch your back you oddball!"
"You just called me odd didn't you?!" Mikey asked offended as Raph was tackled down by the rock monster. Mikey then said not doing anything to help Raph, "I'm not odd! I'm eccentric!"
Danny caught Donnie as he was thrown towards Mikey and helped him up as Mikey whined, "Raph thinks I'm odd"
"Okay one you're just being sensitive and two it's hardly the time to complain about Raph" Danny said glaring in annoyance.
"Sensitive! If there's one thing I hate is when people call me sensitive!" Mikey snapped and Danny and Donnie went back to fight against the clawed creature.
Leo surfed on a lab table and sent it straight into the blue creature hitting it dead on and pushing it into a power box causing it to get electrocuted and groan in pain as it fell to the ground. It sat up to see Leo charging at him and spat more acid towards him, Leo quickly took cover behind a broken control panel and avoided getting hit by the acid.
Danny and Donnie kept attacking the clawed creature with their weapons but it blocking them every time with its claws. Mikey stood ready to fight against the rock monster but yelped in fright as it roared at him and ran off, Raph jumped on the rock monster's back but it grabbed him by the arm and threw him right off him. Raph landed on his feet and stood beside Mikey as he shielded himself from the rocks the rock monster was throwing at them.
"I know these monsters are vicious abominations but guys we are not holding our own out there" Mikey said. "NOW LET'S DIG DEEP!"
Leo continued to dodge the acid being thrown at him which hit the containment chambers instead and started melting their support systems. The creature stood in front of the chambers and shouted, "YOU WILL TAKE NO MORE OF US!"
"We're not here to take anybody!" Leo said and then saw as the containment chambers began to break and was about to fall right on top of the blue creature.
Leo immediately reacted and pushed the blue creature out of the way saving them both from being crushed and cut by the glass. The blue creature looked at Leo confused. Leo then asked, "Why have you attacked us?"
The clawed creature then punched Leo right into a wall and before he could hit the ground, Danny flew up and caught him and placed him back down. Leo then said, "You know something Danny, they're thinking we're somebody else"
"So we're getting our butts kicked because they think were someone who has probably attacked them before?" Danny asked feeling a little annoyed.
Donnie, Mikey and Raph stood with Leo and Danny as Donnie suggested, "Then I vote we get the shell out of here"
"Run away? That ain't my style" Raph said not liking the idea of running away from a fight.
"Call it a tactical retreat" Leo said. "Let's move"
Donnie pressed the button to unlock the door, everyone except Raph left the room. The monsters then started charging at him and he quickly started following his brothers as he said, "Tactical retreat. I can live with that"
They all ran to another part of the lab but when Donnie tried to open the next door, the lock wouldn't budge and he exclaimed, "IT'S SEALED TIGHT!"
"Danny any chance of phasing us out?" Raph asked.
Danny went up to the walls and tried to phase his arm through but his arm turned tangible again before he could try and he answered, "No good. My powers are still charging up from when that force field zapped me"
As they saw the monsters were getting closer, they all quickly ran and shut the door. At first they all sighed out in relief but they're relief was short lived when one of the creatures began pounding against the door, creating huge dents and showing that it would not be long before they broke through.
"Somebody gonna answer that?" Mikey said nervously.
Suddenly the door was ripped right off its hinges and the red clawed creature came through, they all then gasped as behind them the rock creature broke through the earth behind them and stood ready to fight. They all pulled out their weapons once more ready to fight against the creatures as they inched closer and closer to them.
And just when they thought it was all over, the blue creature walked up to the red clawed creature and ordered, "No!"
The blue creature then walked up to them. Raph then said, "Just say the word bro"
"Easy guys. It's okay" Leo said.
The blue creature than sniffed Leo and then Danny. It stood back and then asked, "Who are you?"
"Not who you think we are" Leo answered. The creature then pointed at the crystals and asked, "Then why do you carry those?"
The stone creature and stood by both the blue creature and the red clawed creature as Danny answered, "We found those crystals in a cavern where we're living. Why do you want to know?"
"Those crystals are the embodiment of evil! Why have you come here?" The blue creature answered and then asked.
"Because one of you ogres came sniffing around our place looking for trouble" Mikey answered as he got ready to fight but Donnie stopped him and said, "We're just here to look for some answers"
"I'm Leonardo and these are my brothers Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Danny" Leo introduced.
The blue creature looked at Danny in confusion and asked, "Your brother here is half-human, half-ghost. I can smell the ectoplasm on him. Why is that?"
"I was adopted into this family and as for why or how I'm part ghost, apparently it happened when I was just in my mother's womb" Danny answered. "Now you haven't answered our question about why you guys came lurking around our home?"
"We were drawn to your habitat when your crystals were activated" The blue creature answered. Donnie frowned at Mikey and asked sarcastically, "Gee, wonder who could've done that?"
"Their energy is a sign of danger to us so we considered you dangerous, although we usually sense them coming from deeper below" The blue creature finished.
"Below? You mean there are more of these crystals down there?" Donnie asked. "We just like to find out where they came from that's all and maybe…."
The blue creature seemed to know what Donnie was about to ask and snapped in fear, "NO! It is a forbidden place! Something unspeakable dwells there amidst the crystals"
It looked down and finished, "There are some things man was never meant to tamper with"
Mikey was about to say something but Donnie quickly covered his mouth. The blue creature looked at Mikey strangely and said, "He is an odd one"
They all then started to head back to the lab. Mikey then whispered among Donnie and Raph, "I don't trust these guys"
"Why?" Raph asked. Mikey then answered nervously, "Try the fact that they're monsters!"
"Yeah well to some people so are we" Donnie pointed out.
"I can't believe Shredder had you genetically altered as diggers just to search down here for some enemy" Leo said. Danny shook his head in disgust and added, "And I can't believe that Vlad Masters had helped him with it as well. Both of them are seriously crazed up fruitloops"
"Yes and they did so without remorse. We were forced against our will to do their bidding" The blue creature said in hate and anger.
"So they just snatched at you random? From where?" Danny asked.
"The streets, our offices, our homes and anywhere a shadow could conceal a Foot soldier or even one of Master's ghost allies" The blue creature answered. "We don't know why we were chosen"
"What's your name?" Leo asked.
"I am Quarry of Tunnel Squad Three" The creature answered. He then gestured to the other two and finished, "The others are Stonebiter and Razorfist"
"No not what the Foot called you. You real name?" Leo asked.
Quarry was about to answer but found he couldn't and said, "My memory is….ARGH! The experiments performed on us have stripped us of who we are"
"Yeah. We saw the video log entries" Danny said. Raph then added, "Well don't worry about Shredder or Vlad Plasmius. They got their due"
"Yeah they made the mistake of messing with the ninja turtles and Danny Phantom. There's a lesson to be learned from that if you know what I mean" Mikey said with a grin.
Suddenly an alarm began to go off and Quarry looked at the computer and said, "Oh no! The others! They tripped an alarm in the East Delta Tunnel. Hurry! We must activate the energy shield"
They all ran over to the other computer controls but when Quarry tried to activate the shield, nothing worked and he exclaimed, "No! Oh no! No!"
"Don't do a 'no! no!' I hate 'no! no's!'" Mikey said.
"It's no good! The shield will not activate! We have no power, no force field and they're heading this way" Quarry said.
"Uh…yeah. We kind of met your force field" Raph said guiltily. Mikey then added, "And Raph kind of broke it"
They all heard roaring coming from the tunnels. Leo then asked, "What is out there?"
"The others. Other test subjects like us" Quarry answered as he started to try and fix the power. "They endlessly prowl the tunnels"
"Why do you have to keep them out?" Leo asked. Quarry then answered, "Because they attack us. They're violent and uncontrollable. They're minds have deteriorated from the genetic mutation"
"Then what about you three?" Danny asked.
Quarry was silent at first but then answered as he looked down glumly, "Madness looms in our future as well. One day our minds will fully deteriorate and we will become just like the others"
Quarry fixed the wires but although the power came back on, the crystal didn't activated and neither did the force field. Quarry then said, "They crystal is completely burnt out. It is hopeless"
The roaring became louder and they all got their weapons out ready to fight and Danny also lit one of his hands with ecto energy. Quarry however said, "Weapons will do no good. Your brother's powers may hold them back for a few moments but not long and without the force field, we won't stand a chance against them. They'll be on us in minutes"
Donnie went over to the crystal and pulled it out but it completely crumbled in his hands and he asked, "Is that what these crystals are? Power sources?"
"Yes but that was our only one. When we found it in the catacombs we paid dearly for it" Quarry answered.
Danny went through Donnie's bag and pulled out one of their crystals and asked, "What if we used one of ours?"
"They're too small. It will not last" Quarry said after taking one look at it.
"It only has to last until they give up and move on" Donnie said as he grabbed the crystal off Danny and placed it in the machine.
Stonebiter, Razorfist, Danny and Raph ran over and shut the doors holding them off against the oncoming creatures. Quarry checked the monitors and exclaimed, "There is no spark!"
Donnie tapped the crystal and said, "For some reason it just won't power-up. Maybe the connections to this contact nodes were charred"
"Or maybe it's upside down?" Mikey suggested which Donnie frowned at and said, "It's not upside down Mikey"
The other creatures began banging against the door trying to get in, one of the creature's claws almost slashed Raph's head but he managed to duck just in time. Donnie fixed some of the connections and said, "Okay let's try it again"
The creatures broke through and Raph, Danny, Stonebiter and Razorfist stood back with the others as the came in. Donnie was about to place the crystal in but hesitated for a moment thinking about what Mikey said and decided to turn the crystal the other way and instantly it began to glow and a force field surrounded them and started pushing the other creatures back away from them.
The other creatures began swiping and striking against the force field trying to break through but they couldn't. Mikey smirked at Donnie and said proudly, "Don't think I didn't see that Donnie. It was upside down"
Eventually the other creatures gave up and left and a few moments later, the crystal burned out and the force field dropped. Quarry then said, "They have left but tomorrow they will be back. They always come back"
"Then you better have a bigger crystal" Leo said. "You said you got them from the catacombs?"
"Yes but we will not survive another journey to the Forbidden Zone" Quarry said glumly.
"What makes the place so forbidden?" Mikey asked.
"The ancient catacombs stretch for miles. We were forced to explore it and many of us never returned" Quarry answered.
"Uh…maybe they got lost?" Mikey suggested nervously.
"They were taken! By a ghostly entity, there was never any sign of a struggle. They were just gone" Quarry said.
"Look I understand why you don't want to go down there but there aren't a lot of options" Leo said. "You need another crystal and fast"
"And since we're the ones who kind of fried your security system we'll go with ya" Raph said. "Right guys?"
"Absolutely / We're there / Definitely" Leo, Donnie and Danny answered. They all then looked at Mikey who didn't answer.
He chuckled nervously and said, "You know, the corner hardware store has a sale on generators that would really get this force field humming. So I'll just go upstairs and…"
Danny however grabbed Mikey's arm and said, "Oh no! You're coming whether you like it or not you big chicken"
Mikey yelped as he was dragged along. They all exited the lab with Donnie using the second crystal to light the way along with Danny's ecto energy after he changed back into his human form. Quarry could sense the fear in his friends and said, "Be brave"
Quarry then decided to ask Danny, "So young man. Exactly how are you half-ghost? You never really answered back there"
"Well as I said I was found as a kid by Master Splinter with only a letter from my mother. It turns out she had to leave me in order to protect me from Shredder and Plasmius at the time but in her letter it turns out that when my mother was pregnant with me, she was exposed to ecto-radiation which somehow affected me and gave me ghost powers" Danny answered. "So Master Splinter took me in and raised me with Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey. To me these guys are my family and hopefully we find my mother one day"
"You are very lucky young one. I hope you find your mother one day wherever she is" Quarry said.
"Um….is anyone else bothered by the fact that we're heading into a place that even monsters are afraid of?" Mikey exclaimed.
"He really is a strange one" Quarry commented. Raph then commented, "You have no idea"
A few minutes later Quarry and the others had shown them a short cut down but Donnie, Mikey, Leo, Danny and Raph all screamed as they slipped and slid down the rock like it was some sort of slide and landed at the bottom just at the edge where sulphur water rock pools were.
"Shortcut! In what mutated imagination could that be considered a shortcut?" Mikey asked in annoyance as they got up. Behind them Quarry, Stonebiter and Razorfist merely climbed down as Quarry said, "Sorry. We forgot you can't scale rock"
"Let's try and avoid that mistake in the future okay?" Raph requested.
Mikey suddenly sniffed the air and cringed in disgust as he exclaimed, "Whew! Who cut the cheese?!"
"You're smelling a sulphur pool Mikey" Donnie said.
"Coming from a turtle who lives in a sewer, trust me when I say this place stinks" Mikey said still in disgust.
"We must keep moving. The others wander down here for this is their territory" Quarry said as they began to walk on the rocks over the pools.
Leo suddenly stopped when a bubble from the pool floated in front of him and when it popped there was a tiny creature inside about to bite at his face but Quarry's long tongue suddenly caught it and he ate it in just a few chews.
"Ewe" Leo whispered in disgust.
"We learned to eat and live off the land for it lives off us" Quarry said before they continued their journey.
Razorfist broke through the walls and then he along with Stonebiter and Quarry began to scale the wall on the side. Danny changed into his ghost form and said, "Grab onto each other and then grab onto me"
They did what Danny said and then he used his strength to fly them over to catch up with the others as they came to a ledge that hung over a whirlpool of water. Quarry then said as they landed behind them, "This is it"
Suddenly Razorfist, Quarry and Stonebiter all jumped into the whirlpool and were carried off. Leo then said, "Following monsters off a cliff may not be the smartest thing we've ever done"
He then jumped off into the whirlpool followed by Donnie and Raph as Mikey said "No but it's certainly the grossest. That thing looks like a giant toilet"
Danny then jumped in and with a sigh Mikey then jumped in while shouting, "COWABUNGA!"
As Mikey fell out of the waterfall and landed in the water, his eyes widened as he noticed ahead was a row of very sharp crystals. He tried to swim against the current but it was too strong and he yelped as he came closer to them, "I'M GONNA GET TURTLE SKEWARD!"
Suddenly just as he was about to be impaled, Stonebiter grabbed Mikey by his head with his mouth and pulled him out of the water and placed him on the ground but still had his head in his mouth.
"Let go of his head Stonebiter" Quarry said.
Stonebiter did what he was asked and then Mikey said, "Do that again and I'll give you a taste of a real turtle dude!"
"How far away from the crystals are we?" Danny asked as he changed back into his human form.
"They're here in the catacombs but from this point on we must keep very quiet" Quarry said they headed for a tunnel.
Donnie held the crystal up to see the walls and recognised the symbols and asked Mikey, "Hey Mikey you recognise these symbols?"
"They're just like the carvings in our lair" Mikey answered as he saw them.
"Yeah same material decorator" Raph commented.
As they entered the tunnel Mikey then noticed something above and stopped at the entrance while the others pressed on. Quarry then noticed a large crystal on the wall and said, "This crystal will do. We needn't travel any further into this evil place"
Mikey continued to look up to see some rocks moving from the roof and suddenly they all broke down and a spider like monster suddenly started to come out roaring at Mikey. He screamed and started heading for the others, "WAIT UP!"
He ran right past them while screaming, "WE GOT MONSTERS RIGHT BEHIND ME!"
They all turned to see the monster coming towards them. Leo then ordered as they began to head to the exit, "EVERYBODY LET'S TAKE COVER!"
"But that way leads to…" Quarry began to protest following them but Leo cut him off, "No choice! Let's go!"
They all ran until they came to a closed doorway. Razorfist, Quarry and Stonebiter all tried to break and melt the rock but nothing worked. Donnie then looked at his crystal and got an idea as he saw an empty slot by the door and placed the crystal in but nothing worked.
"Get ready guys" Leo said as he got his swords out.
Donnie then thought of something and turned the crystal around the other way and placed it back in the slot and suddenly the door opened. Donnie stood in the entrance and called out to them, "Hey it worked!"
They all then looked and suddenly some kind of beam of light circled around Donnie and before they could say anything, there was a bright flash of light and he was suddenly gone right before they're very eyes!
"DONNIE NO! / DONNIE! / DONNIE?! / NO!" Danny, Raph, Leo and Mikey shouted in shock.
"He's gone!" Mikey exclaimed.
They all turned to see the other creatures coming towards them and then Mikey said as Danny changed into his ghost form and pulled out his sword, "And in a couple of minutes we'll be goners too!"
"And here it ends" Quarry said as they all stood ready to fight.
TO BE CONTINUED…..