Chapter 3: Nowhere to Run
The Science Ninja Team and the Ninja Turtles have both set out to look for Berg Katse and his Galactor members. On that same night, Katse and his Galactor men have joined forces another notorious organization, the Foot Clan, headed by Karai.
Hours later that night, the Ninja Turtles and the Science Ninja Team are still lurking in the shadows either on ground or on top of the buildings, looking for Galactor. All of them meet up in front of April O'Neal's apartment window, with apparently no luck in finding Galactor.
"Sorry, dudes." said Mikey. "Nothing came up."
"Did anybody see anything suspicious, at least?" said Ken. Everyone shrug. "Blast it!" he said.
"What if he already escaped?" asked Jinpei.
"Yeah, that's what I'm thinking." said Raph.
"I don't think he's escaped." said Ken. "Dr. Nambu said that he didn't notice any strange activity."
"That means we can't give up." said Leo. "We have to keep looking until we find them."
"You're right, Leonardo." said Ken. "As long as we have a chance, we can't stop."
April, who is talking to Casey inside of her apartment, notices the nine ninjas talking right outside. "Hey, Casey, look." she says, as she points toward outside the window. Casey turns to look and see them talking too.
"Hey, it's those guys and they're talking to…guys in weird outfits?" said Casey.
She then walks to open the apartment window to get their attentions. "Hey guys!" she says. "What's going on?"
"Huh?" says Joe. "Who is she?"
"That's our friend April." said Donnie. Casey then walks beside April. "And that's our other friend, Casey."
"So you do have human friends?" said Jun.
"Yeah. Well…just those two, really." said Donnie.
"What are you guys doing here this late?" asked April. "And who are they?"
"They're the Science Ninja Team." said Leo. "We're helping them find this criminal organization called Galactor."
"Galactor?" asked April. "Never heard of them."
Casey looks at the capes on the Science Ninja Team, recognizing them from the news. "Hey, are you the same guys that took out some of those Foot Ninjas last night?"
"Yeah, that was us." said Ken.
"Not bad!" said Casey. "Maybe next time I'll kick some tail with you guys."
"Yeah, maybe next time, Casey." said Leo.
"I do think it's time we rest up." said Donnie. "We gotta save some energy if we are to look for them tomorrow."
Ryu and Jinpei both yawn. "Yeah, I agree with Donatello." said Jinpei. "We should really be getting some sleep."
"Then we'll be heading back to the sewer." said Leo.
"The sewer?" said Jinpei. "I don't want to sleep in a sewer!"
"Relax, Jinpei." said Ken. "Remember, it's more like a house than a sewer anyway. We'll be just fine there."
"Crud!" said an angry Jinpei.
"See ya guys." Leo said to April and Casey. "If we need any help, we'll come back."
The nine ninjas head back to the sewer, unaware that they're being spotted by a Foot Ninja, who is just across the street in on top of another building. Silently, he calls Karai.
"Master Karai, I've spotted them." he says. "They seem to be with the ninja turtles as well."
"The Ninja Turtles?" said a surprised Karai. "But I made a truce with them."
"Well it seems they may have terminated that truce." said the ninja.
"Fine!" said Karai. "Tomorrow, we will strike first. Find Hun and inform him of this, for we will surely need his help."
"Gotcha!" says the ninja. Both hang up. Katse, who just happened to be nearby, walks up to Karai.
"May I ask what's the problem?" said Katse. "You seem kind of concern."
"It's those science ninjas. They've teamed up with four others." said Karai.
"What?" said an angry Katse. "Those fools are making a move?" Karai turns around to look at Katse. "Oh I'm not worried." He then thinks up an idea. "Hey, I got it! In the mean time, we could repair our mecha to destroy those nine pests!"
"Mecha?" asked Karai.
"Yes! Mecha! These are huge artificial beings that we use to fight against the Science Ninja Team. Normally, they would use their little ship called the God Phoenix to battle them but as of now, they're unable to use it. So I say we start repairing this one right now while we still have a chance. What do you say?"
Karai looks down for a second. "Fine! You may repair this…mecha." She takes out her katanna and points it to Katse's throat. "But only if you don't harm anyone else. Are we clear?" Katse looks angry for a little bit, stalling on his answer. "Uhh…yes. We will indeed use it only on the Science Ninja Team and their friends." He then turns around in anger, swearing that he would get rid of Karai as soon as possible.
The next day, inside the sewer home of the turtles and their master, the turtles practice their fighting abilities as the Science Ninja Team and Splinter watch.
"Hey, they're not so bad." said Joe. "Makes me wanna get some of that action."
"You know, I think when we get back, we should do more training too." said Jun.
"Yeah." said Jinpei. "I use to think training was boring but these guys make it seem fun."
"I train these turtles to achieve great perfection in their art." said Master Splinter. "Both youth and experience can make a great warrior. You five are ninjas too so also remember that." Ken starts think about how Master Splinter reminds him of a grandfather.
During the training, Leonardo gets the best of Raphael, disarming him of one of his sais. "You're still a little too aggressive, Raph." said Leo.
"Oh so you think you're somehow good enough to tell me of my actions!" said Raph.
"I'm only telling you this so you won't lose in your next fight!" said Leo.
Raphael picks up his sai. "And I suppose you're gonna stand there and lecture somebody when you got the better of them! You know, I could have disarmed you while you were talking!"
"Oh boy, here they go again." said Mikey. "Just too bad there's no pizza around to enjoy it."
"Well on the bright side, we've seen worse arguments than this." said Donnie. "It might not get any worse."
"Haha those two going at it." said Jinpei. "Remind me of Ken and Joe."
As he watches the turtles practice, Ken's wristband lights up.
"This is G-1. Over." he says.
"Gatchaman, have you been able to find anything?" asked Dr. Nambu.
"Not yet doc. We tried our best last night but nothing came up. We'll check again, shortly after our friends finish their training."
"Be careful Gatchaman. Don't get careless out there. Remember to be aware of anything suspicious. I still have my faith in you and the others, including your friends. So does the ISO."
"Right. I promise we'll find them."
"Umm…Ken?" said Mikey. "I hate to be a bother but just how many names do you have? You said you were Ken the Eagle, then you said you were Gatchaman, and now you're G-1?"
"Look, don't worry about the names, okay?" said Ken. "Just call me Ken."
Leo, Raph, and Donnie all walk over to the Science Ninja Team. "Well I think we did enough training…and argument for today." said Leo. "Now we're ready to go search some more."
"Okay. Let's get ready team." said Ken. "Bird-Go!" said the team, in which their normal cloths changed into their Gatchaman outfit. "C'mon everyone, let's go!" The Science Ninjas then head out of the sewer.
"Ha!" said Mikey. "I just love it when they do that!" He then imitates them, saying "Turtle-Go! C'mon everyone, let's go!" He then follows after the team.
"Well that's Mikey for you; always digging the superhero stuff." said Donnie.
"Yeah, yeah!" said Raph. "Sometimes, it's because of him is why I'd rather see the superhero get beaten."
As Leonardo walks out, he stops and turns to his master. "Master, we promise not to let you down." he said. "We'll come through, no matter what."
"That is well said." said Splinter. "Now hurry, son! Do not get left behind." Leo nods and leaves with the others.
Shortly afterwards, during the search, the turtles and the team stop to talk on top of a nearby building.
"I think this time, we should all stick together." said Leo. "I realize that it was a bit too risky to go our separate ways last night. There's no telling who could be out looking at us."
"Maybe you got a point." said Ken. "We're all a team after all so if we go down, we go down together."
"And surely you all will!" said a voice. It was a Foot Ninja, who is then joined by other Foot Clan members.
"Who are these creeps?" asked Ken.
"It's the Foot Ninja Clan!" said Leo. "But what do they want with us now?"
Jinpei looks at the symbol on the Foot Ninja's outfit. "Hey, it's another of those ninja guys from the other night! So is this a revenge thing or something?"
"I don't know what their reasons are but if it means nothing but trouble then I couldn't care less!" said Raph.
"You got that right, Raph." said Joe.
One of the Foot Ninjas start attacking Ken first, who easily dispatches him. The others hold their own against the other Foot Ninjas, making good use of their weapons. Most of them were even outnumbered but still manage to come out on top, especially Leonardo, who managed to take out three at once.
Once they took out a good number of the ninjas, it seemed as though the fight was over. "Yes!" said Jinpei. "We're unstoppable as a team! Take that, low class ninjas! "
"Oh boy!" said Raph. "He's like a mini-version of Mikey."
"Then why don't I shut him up, then?" said a voice. It was the leader of the Purple Dragon gang, Hun.
"Who's Mr. Hulkenstein?" asked Joe.
"It's Hun!" said Leo. "He's the leader of the Purple Dragons. But what does he want with us?"
Hun then jumps into the group, with a ground punch that everyone avoids.
"What do you want with us, Hun?"
"I think you already know, turtle!" said Hun.
"What are you talking about?" said Leo.
"It's you and your new friends!" said Hun. "I don't think I need to explain any further!"
"You guys think it has to do with last night?" asked Mikey.
"I don't know but whatever it is, it ain't making Hun like us at this moment." said Raph.
Raph then attacks Hun with a jump kick in which Hun blocks and counters with a kick his own that knocks Raph away. Donnie attacks him with his bō staff but Hun avoids and respond with a kick to the chest that knocks Donnie back. Hun then turns his attention to Ken, who throws his boomerang at him. Hun not only dodges but catches it at the same time, much to the surprise of Ken. Hun throws the boomerang back at Ken, who dodges it and catches it as it comes back. Joe jumps from behind Ken and throws a few feather shurikens at Hun, who dodges and swaps them away. Not impressed, Joe throws a few body shots at Hun after he lands, ending with a punch to the face. However, Hun isn't fazed by the hits and knocks Joe down.
"Damn it!" said Joe.
Mikey attempts to use his nunchuku on Hun. Hun avoids again, before finally catching one of Mikey's hands, twisting it behind him and kicks him in the back, knocking him into Raph and Donnie.
Ryu then attempts to attack Hun but Hun once again avoids. Ryu and Hun are then caught up in a hand struggle, testing each others strength. "You're pretty strong for a ninja but you lack speed!" said Hun, starts punching Ryu, following with a jump kick to the face.
"Ryu!" yells Ken. He then runs up to Ryu.
"Be careful, Ken!" said Ryu. "He's a lot stronger than you think!"
Hun then turns his attention to Jun and Jinpei. They both use their weapons (yoyos for Jun, bolos for Jinpei), however, neither weapons hit him. Hun walks over, as the two are cornered, preparing to attack them.
"Jun! Jinpei!" yells Ken. He then throws his boomerang at Hun a second time, this time successfully hitting him in the back of head, stunning him. Leo then takes the opportunity to do a double jump kick at Hun, knocking him back. Joe follows with a few more punches to the body, which now seems to be affecting him. Raph follows up with a roundhouse kick to Hun's face.
Now with Hun standing on the edge of the building, Leo and Ken both jump into the air, each delivering a kick to Hun's face, knocking him off of the building. "Crud!" says Hun, as he falls into an open trashcan.
Ken and Leo walk to edge of the building to look at the unconscious Hun. "I wonder what made him attack us all of a sudden." said Leo. "There has to be a reason for that."
"Well it was his gang that we beat the other day." said Ken.
"I think there's something more to it." said Leo. "Either he was after something or someone sent him here."
"Not bad, Gatchaman!" said a voice. Everyone looked to the side on the next building on each side. They see both Foot and Galactor members pointing their guns at them.
"More Foot members!" said Leo.
"And Galactor!" said Ken.
"So those guys in the green are part of Galactor, huh?" asked Raph.
"That's them!" said Joe.
"Now I think it's time we eliminate you and your friends for good!" said the Galactor member. The Foot and Galactor members open fire at the ninjas, who dodges all of the bullets. Raphael jumps into the air and comes down with a fast sai slash that not even the Galactor member saw. He then dispatches the others next to him while Joe takes out the members on the other side with feather shurikens and hard punches, knocking them off the building.
"That takes care of that!" said Raph. He and Joe then return to the center building.
"Galactor and this Foot Clan working together?" said Jun. "How in the world did that turn out?"
"Do you guys know who's behind this Foot Clan?" asked Ken.
"Well currently, their leader is a female fighter named Karai." said Donnie. "Before that, there was this guy named Shredder and he was defeated three weeks ago."
"Yeah." said Mikey. "Shredder was downright evil. He even tried to destroy the entire world, including himself, just to kill us. Even Karai helped us out against him."
"So why would this Karai lady want to come after us?" asked Joe.
"That's what I'm wondering." said Leo. "She's nothing like the Shredder and she's an honorable person too. There's no reason for her come after us, unless this Katse guy's got something to do with it."
"Hey, that's it!" said Ryu. "Katse could be the real reason for all of this!"
"You both got a point." said Ken. "Katse would side with anybody to get at us."
"So in the meantime, what should we do?" asked Joe.
"Well I think I remember where the Foot's headquarter is." said Leo. "Maybe that's where Katse is staying."
"Yeah!" said Jinpei. "Then maybe we can go there and finally put an end to that jerk!"
"Now Jinpei, you must not get too excited." said Jun.
"I wish it was that simple Jinpei but I'm afraid it's not." said Ken.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Jinpei.
"If Katse and his Galactor members have joined with this Foot Clan, then that means we're largely outnumbered. We'll be at a big disadvantage."
"Then lets just get the God Phoenix and nuke that place with some Bird Missiles!" said Joe.
"We can't do that either, Joe." said Ken. "If take out Katse like that, then we'll never get the location of Galactor's base."
"The God Phoenix?" asked Mikey. "What the heck is that?"
"It's a ship that we use to fight against enemy mecha." said Ken. "It's a highly advance ship too."
"Cool! I wanna go for a ride in that thing!" said Mikey. Science Ninja Team looks around at each other, almost as if they're about laugh.
As that's going on, they're being spotted once again by a Foot Ninja. He then calls Karai again, informing her of Hun's failure. Karai then prepares for her next strike.