Chapter 6: The Battle Against The Shredder
The nine ninjas have successfully stopped Berg Katse in his scorpion-mecha. With the battle seemingly over, the turtles part ways from the Science Ninja Team but soon after they do, they run into an old foe. It's the Shredder and he's come back for revenge.
"So you survived after all!" said Leo. "But how…?"
The Shredder chuckles. "If you want to know then I will gladly tell you." he said. "My armor was destroyed by that blast but I was simply knocked out. When I came too, I found the body of my Prime counterpart. Fortunately, the members of the Foot Clan also came and found both the body and me. I manage to convince them that I was the Shredder's true spirit and ordered them to enhance the Prime armor to become more like my own. I also ordered them to use their great technology to create a transdimensional portal so that I can travel to my own universe. I thought that since it happened in other universes, it can happen in this one as well and it sure did. Perhaps you know the rest from here."
"Darn! We were so close to getting rid of you!" said Leo.
"And now it's time that I get rid of you!" said Shredder.
Back at the God Phoenix, Ryu notices the turtles meeting with the Shredder. "Hey look!"
"What is it, Ryu?" asked Jun.
"It's those turtle guys. They seem to be talking to somebody. Some freak in armor."
"You're right and they look pretty serious." said Joe.
"Yeah, at little TOO serious." said Jinpei.
"This time, we're gonna stop you for good, Shredder!" said Leo.
"Yeah, you can count on that!" said Ralph.
The Shredder laughs. "Fools! Without the other turtles, you're nothing!"
"We'll see!" said Leo. He then does a jump kick at Shredder but it gets avoided. Leo then attempts to slash at him with his katannas but they're blocked by Shredder's spikes. Shredder then kicks him in the chest, knocking him down. After he gets up, Leo then does a jump kick of his own but Shredder catches it and throws Leo into the other turtles, knocking them all down.
"That's it!" said Raph. "This creep is mine!"
"We gotta work together, guys!" said Donnie. "Come on!" All the four turtles approach the Shredder.
Back at the God Phoenix, Joe, Jun, Jinpei, and Ryu watch as the fight goes.
"They look like they're having a hard time." said Joe.
"You're right. I think we should help them out." said Jun.
"Yeah, they're our friends after all." said Jinpei.
"But what about Ken?" asked Ryu. "He's still inside the mecha."
"I'm sure Ken can take care of himself." said Joe. "We'll let him know when we need his help."
Inside of the Scorpion mecha, Ken continues to look for the hiding Katse, while figting many Galactor members on the way. "Come out, Katse!" he yelled. "It's time to finish this!" He then continues his search.
Meanwhile, back on the rooftop, the Turtles are having no luck against the Shredder. They all lay beaten in front of him.
"Fools! You're no match for me! No matter how hard you try, nothing will change!" said Shredder. Suddenly, a flying figure jumps from the sky and into the Shredder, who barely blocks it. "What is this!"
The figure is Joe, who is then joined by Jun and Jinpei. "We came here to clean away the mess here." said Joe. "That means you."
Shredder laughs. "So the turtles do have allies after all. Fine, I could use a good challenge."
"Guys…be careful!" said Leo as he gets up. "That's the Shredder and he's stronger than you think!"
"So this guy is the Shredder?" said Jinpei.
"Yeah. He was the head of the Foot Clan before Karai took over."
"Just leave it to us for now." said Joe.
"Hm! Go ahead and attack!" said Shredder. Joe rushes forward with a group of punches but they're all avoided. Shredder counters with a kick the chest that knocks Joe back.
"Damn it! He's good! I can tell!" said Joe who quickly gets back up. This time he's joined by Jun and Jinpei and all three start fighting Shredder but are not able to land any successful hits to him, even when they use their weapons. Eventually, he gains the upper hand and knocks away all of three them with his powerful hits.
"We're getting creamed here." said Jun as she gets up. "I don't know how much we can take."
"Yeah!" said Jinpei. "We need big bro's help!"
"Well I'm not giving up!" said Joe. "I still got some left in me!"
"Joe, no!" said Jun. However, Joe ignores her and goes after the Shredder. He jumps and throws more feather shurikens at Shredder but they're merely avoided. As soon as he regains his balance, however, Joe lands a powerful punch to the face, knocking the Shredder back a few steps. He then attempts to punch again but the Shredder dodges and rams his elbow into Joe's stomach. He then follows up with a powerful knee to the stomach before ending with an uppercut that sends Joe into the air. Shredder then grabs his ankle and, with great force, slams him down.
"Joe!" yells Raph. He runs to stop the Shredder who throws Joe into him. They all check on Joe.
"He's unconscious." said Leo.
"Oh no! Joe!" said Jinpei. He then looks angrily at Shredder, who laughs at his enemies. "You're not gonna away with this!" He then charges at Shredder, followed by the turtles and Jun.
Ryu continues to witness the fight from the God Phoenix. He sees his friends fighting a losing battle and realizes that there's no hope for them in this situation.
"They're getting creamed badly." said Ryu. "And Ken still hadn't shown up yet. I gotta let him know anyway." He then calls Ken through his wristband. "This is G-5! Ken, can you hear me?"
Ken, still inside of the Scorpion mecha, responds to Ryu's call. "This is G-1. What is it now?"
"The others are getting their butts kicked pretty badly."
"What! What do you mean? By who?"
"By some freak...in armor! He's beating up the turtles and our team members. Joe is badly hurt and it looks like he's knocked out completely. We need some help Ken. Now would be a good time."
"But…I still haven't found Katse yet! If we leave right now, he might escape!"
"I know you're finding Katse but this is really urgent. It doesn't look good for any of them, not even for Jun or Jinpei. If we wait any longer, it could only get worse."
Ken then looks in anger, as if he's really making a tough decision.
Back at the fight, the heroes are still losing against the Shredder. Now in worse shape then earlier, they now seem to be unable to continue while the Shredder stands strong. "I expected a much better challenge than this. Oh well! Guess I should dispatch all of you then."
"Where's…big bro?" said Jinpei as lays on the ground.
As the Shredder prepares to finish off his enemies, a voice yells "Father!" He turns around and sees Karai.
"Karai?" said Shredder. "What are you…?"
"Father!" said Karai. "Your hatred has taken control over you. Please, open your eyes and see where it has brought you."
"You dare ally with our enemies, Karai? You disgrace the name of the Foot Clan!"
"No father! It is you who have disgraced us and I will stop you if I have to." Karai then takes out her katannas.
"Wait, so that guy is her father?" asked Jun.
"At least that's what she believes." said Mikey.
The Shredder then goes after Karai who remains on the defensive. However, Shredder breaks through the defense and kicks Karai in the stomach, knocking her down. Shredder then approaches, saying "I thought I taught you better than this, Karai." The Shredder then attempts to deliver another blow but it gets interrupted by the flying boomerang. "What? Who's that?" yells the Shredder. Everyone turn to look and saw that it was Ken, standing over the unconscious Joe, who slowly opens his eyes.
"Hey…Ken…you made it." said Joe.
Ken then walks forward to the Shredder as everyone looks at him. "Whatever problems you have with my friends, you can take'em up with me now!"
The Shredder laughs at the comments. "What makes you think you'll fare any better than them?" he said.
"There's only one way to find out. Come on!"
"Does this guy got guts or is he just crazy?" whispered Mikey.
"Fool!" Shredder then launches forward to Ken who "vanishes" with a jump and strikes with a kick as he comes down. The Shredder blocks it, however. He then launches forward at Ken again, with punches and kicks that Ken avoids. Ken jumps over Shredder afterwards. Ken knows he'll have to be swift to be able to hit Shredder.
"You're quick but that's not gonna last long." said Shredder. He then punches Ken who blocks it but still gets knocked back a few feet back. Ken avoids more punches before finally countering with a flip kick to the face. This knocks Shredder back but also made him angrier and he would then respond with a kick of his own, knocking Ken down. Not willing to give up, Ken gets back up and is about to attack again however, a grappling wire ties up one of Shredder's leg. The grappling wire came from Joe's gun. With the Shredder distracted, Ken now takes the opportunity to attack, hitting him with a number of high flying kicks. The turtles then start attacking the Shredder until he falls off of the building, released from Joe's wire.
With the Shredder seemingly out, Jinpei sits down and sighs in relief. "I guess it's finally over, right?" he said.
"Not quite!" said Leo.
"Huh? What do you mean?" said Joe.
"Wait and see!" said Raph. As expected from the turtles, the Shredder rises up again, but this time, he grows in size, just like in the turtles last encounter with him. He grows taller than the building, looking at his enemies.
"Ha ha ha! Did you think that was the end of me, you puny runt?" said the Shredder. "I am the Shredder! There's no way you can get rid of me!" He then raises his fist and slams it on the building, crushing it. Fortunately, the ninjas and Karai manage to avoid the attack. While they hide from the Shredder behind a building, Ryu flies the God Phoenix towards them, telling them to get in, in which they do. Afterwards, they fly into the air, out of the Shredder's reach.
While inside of the God Phoenix, everyone talk about their next attack. "Well, that was close!" said Mikey. "Thanks for coming in for us, Ryu."
"No problem!" said Ryu.
"Good thing he can't fly." said Donnie. "We should definitely use this to our advantage."
"Yeah." said Joe. He then runs over to the Bird Missile button. "I think we still got enough Bird Missiles left. So let's light him up!"
"Right!" said Ryu. He then turns the God Phoenix to face the Shredder. Joe presses the Bird Missile button to shoot three missiles at him but the Shredder dodges them. As they get closer, however, Ryu tries to turn the ship to fly back into the air but the Shredder catches them before they could get too far.
"This is where you all die by my hands!" said the Shredder. He then laughs as he starts crushing the God Phoenix in his hand.
The God Phoenix slowly starts cracking due to the force of the Shredders grip. Everyone soon began to lose their balance. "Oh no!" said Ken. "The God Phoenix can't take too much pressure!"
"Look!" said Donnie as he points upwards at the top of the cracking ship. "Its gonna be crush to pieces if we don't do something!"
"What are we gonna do, big bro?" said Jinpei.
"This is too much to handle!" said Karai. "We'll just have to abandon the ship fast!"
"But there's no other way out of here!" said Ken.
"We're done for!" yelled Mikey.
To Be Continued