Meanwhile, a few miles away, the members of E.V.I.L watched in amazement as Vilgax displayed the power of his new Reality Gauntlet.
"Observe as I now bring life to the lifeless" he said, turning his power on a group of nearby skyscrapers. The buildings turned into a pair of lumbering monsters and ripped free from their supports.
"Not bad" Jack said "but how are a bunch of living buildings going to help us conquer the world?"
"I can do far more than that" Vilgax replied "and once I learn the proper gem sequence, I will possess the power to bend all reality itself to my whims! In the meantime, I am certain our foes will no doubt be here to attempt to stop me. I must prepare a little 'welcoming committee' for them."
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"Are you sure this is the place?" Leo asked Donatello, who was standing mere feet from him.
"Absolutely" the scientific turtle replied "I designed this scanner to pick up traces of any magical energy, and there's a whole mess of it coming from this area."
"Well if this is the place, where's Vilgax?" Ben asked.
"He's obviously hiding" Gwen added "why don't you go Wildmutt and sniff him out?"
"No need" Leo said, "he'll make his presence known soon enough."
As he spoke, he pulled out his katanas, "ready yourselves everyone, they could be anywhere."
"Indeed we could" came the familiar raspy voice.
The heroes looked and saw Vilgax nearby, flanked by the rest of E.V.I.L.
"You know the plan" Leo said, "attack!"
Ben quickly transformed into Fourarms and joined Jake, also transformed, in a frontal attack. Huntsman and Magnacat blocked their path, but they were ready for them.
"Take this, Huntsweirdo!" Fourarms shouted and attempted to punch him with a massive fist. Instead, Huntsman grabbed the fist and stopped it, as if it were nothing.
"Huh?"
"A noble effort, but you're not dealing with the regular Huntsman" he replied and blasted Fourarms with his free hand.
Jake was distracted by his foe's new skills, which allowed him to fall prey to a mallet handed blow from Magnacat.
"Did you think the Gauntlet could not work on organic beings?" Vilgax said "silly fools, I used it to modify my associates. I think you'll find them to be quite a match now."
To prove Vilgax's boasts, Jack suddenly appeared, although he was not the same Jack the monks knew. Instead of a skinny Goth loser, they were facing a massive powerhouse.
"Looks like Jack's been working out" Rai said.
"Either that or he's taken a whole mess of vitamins" Clay added.
"Jack smash stupid monks!" the newly enhanced Jack growled, and sent one of his massive fists towards the pavement. It cracked under the monks, sending them underfoot.
Meanwhile, Fourarms recovered and made his way behind Jack. "You may be bigger now, but I'm pretty sure you're not any smarter" he said, and lifted Jack as high as he could.
"Ha, not so tough now you big…oof!" the alien had little time to celebrate as he was smacked from behind by a lamppost, courtesy of Magness.
"Careful, I want the boy spared" Vilgax cautioned her "his destruction is reserved for me alone."
"Whatever" Magness replied, levitating a manhole cover and flinging it like a Frisbee. Fortunately, Fourarms caught it in mid-flight.
"Here, you can have it back" he said tossing it back to the mistress of magnetism. She was able to stop it mere inches from her, but unfortunately, that left her open to a kick from Sam.
Danny, meanwhile had teamed with Jake to take out the Huntsman and Magnacat.
"You guys go for the Gauntlet" Zick ordered, "I can handle these two."
"And we'll help ya" Rai added "Blade of the Nebula!"
"Orb of Tornami, water!"
The combined powers of the Shen Gong Wu and Zick's Tamer blasts were enough to take out the villains, yet Vilgax seemed unconcerned.
Meanwhile, nearby, Danny was scouting the Gauntlet. "All I need is one clear shot and that Gauntlet is toast" Danny said.
"Unfortunately Daniel, that is one shot you won't be making" Plasmius replied, flying up to block his path.
"Dude, why are you even bothering?" Danny asked, "I always kick your butt, remember?"
"True, but that was before I was enhanced by the Reality Gauntlet" Plasmius replied "you see Daniel, it gave me a unique ability. You remember how my current replicating skill only allows me to make a few copies? Well thanks to the power of the Gauntlet…"
And Plasmius suddenly split into nearly a dozen copies "I have my own little private army."
"Oh crud" was the last thing Danny said before the clones attacked him.
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Back on the battlefield, Leo and his brothers were battling several of Vilgax's drones.
"I don't see what's so tough about these stupid robots" Raph said, as he jammed a sai through one.
"Yeah, I could beat up these things all day" Mikey added, "where's the challenge?"
"You want a challenge?" Weather Vane asked, "let's see if you cold blooded turtles can survive a sudden temperature change!"
Suddenly, clouds began to form in the sky, and it began to snow quite ferociously. "I knew I should've brought my mittens" Mikey replied sarcastically.
"This is hardly the time to joke" Don explained, "if she continues to lower the temperature like this, we, as well as all our allies, will freeze to death."
"That ain't happening" Raph replied, "it's time we change the weather around here!"
Naturally, the impulsive Raph charged towards Weather Vane; "oh come on" she said, "how stupid do you think I am?"
Indeed, she sent a lighting bolt down that nearly fried the turtle.
"Face it, you can't defeat me" she said "and soon, all of you will be destroyed!"
Suddenly, a blast of green energy came from out of nowhere and slammed into her. The turtles looked to the source and saw a little girl, who resembled their teammate Danny, floating nearby.
"You talk too much" the girl replied.
The snow clouds soon lifted and the sun was visible yet again.
"Thanks for the help little girl" Don replied.
"No problem" Dani said, "now if you'll excuse me, I have to help my cousin."
In the next chapter, our heroes dispatch the members of E.V.I.L. but are too late to stop Vilgax from gaining ultimate power. What havoc will he inflict?