Chapter 7
Raphael and Mikey sat in the back of the battle shell whilst April drove them to the bank. Casey was sat in the front with her going over their plan.
"So, we go to the bank to scope out whatever is going on there whilst Leo, Don and Master Splinter spread themselves out on the roof in case of any action."
"Yep." Mikey confirmed, stretching his shoulder blades.
"And if anything happens, they come in and join in with the head bashing, and if it's dead, we move on?"
"Yep."
"Good. Nice and simple. I like a simple pan."
"You guys just be careful," April warned, as usual. Her care for the turtles was plainly evident, but her concern for Casey had certainly increased these past few weeks. "If Leo's right about this, then you need to be extra alert. We don't want another catastrophe like last time."
The guys didn't need telling twice. They could remember it all too clearly. Before they infiltrated the Foot's headquarters and effectively cut the Shredder's head off, April's place had been utterly destroyed (although it had since been re-built thankfully) and Leo had nearly died. But that was a while ago, and although the Shredder had come back, they had since managed to defeat him or escape whenever they came together to fight.
They pulled up outside the bank and Raph caught a flash of purple as Don, Leo and Splinter flew across the roof tops. Mikey and Raph stepped out, expecting to be noticed and darted for the adjacent alley. Casey followed them after speaking with April.
"You be careful too babe. There's an alley three blocks away which should be ok, but if things get ugly then go."
"Casey, Don's tracker will let me know where you are. If you end up moving far off then I will follow you."
Casey frowned at April, knowing that there'd be no dissuading her.
"Ok babe, just be careful."
"I will Casey." April smiled before driving off to the first meeting spot.
The three guys then made their way to the roof of the opposite building and looked out over the bank. Nothing. Nothing at all.
"Case, are you sure you got the right night?" Raph asked his friend. He'd made a similar mistake before.
"Positive. The attack was definitely set for tonight."
"Well, let's just go check out the place." Mikey suggested, and the three of them leapt to the next few buildings to find a narrower gap. The ornate roof was bare of any activity, the hum of cars below providing the only sound of life."
"Maybe Leo was right?" Mikey stated, earning a harsh scowl from his brother.
"Yeah, but there ain't even a distraction. There's nothing here." Casey pointed out.
"And it don't feel like a trap..." Raph considered, when suddenly a group of Foot ninja leapt into view, surrounding the three. "Forget I said that." He growled angrily, before flying into action.
Donatello made his way to his brother on a rooftop a couple of buildings away from the ensuing fight.
"Leo, shouldn't we help them?"
"They can handle a group this size. This is obviously the distraction. Besides," he turned and smiled at his brother. "It gives Raph a chance to vent out his anger on someone else for a change." His smile suddenly faded though when another group of ninjas joined the scene.
"Well, angry or not, all three are gonna have their butts kicked without our help." Donny looked at his brother, who nodded, and they began making their way to the scene.
Raphael, Michelangelo and Casey were making short work of their adversaries, but when the second set came into view, they knew immediately they were outnumbered. They struck hard and fast, and the guys had to switch their tactics from offensive to defensive. Raphael lunged for a soldier who was about to crack Mikey's skull open, but in the landing he was flung into the air vent outlet, denting it heavily. A sword suddenly came into view and Raph just dodged it, steam erupting from the outlet as the blade pierced through the metal. He kicked the soldier away, knocking three others down with him.
His brother's arrival granted a speck of hope.
"So you decided to join the party?" Raph called out, punching a Foot in the chest.
"Can't let you have all the fun, can we?" Donny called back, twisting his Bo staff with immense speed, knocking out at least seven ninjas.
"Leo, any idea what's going on?" Casey hollered, smashing his hockey stick the back of a ninja's knee. Leo swung his swords around him, catching four enemies out.
"I'm not sure yet. Keep your eyes open for anything."
The five continued their fight, but became split up across several buildings, each with their own group to fight. Donatello jabbed and lunged with his staff constantly, but was caught unawares by one soldier and was slammed to the edge of the roof, the raised panel of concrete shattering against his shoulder and shell. Mikey heard the crunch.
"Don!" he cried, and pummelling six Foot ninja out of the way, he leapt across the gap to his brother's location. "Bro, you okay? That noise didn't sound too good." He almost gagged when his brother stood up with his left arm hanging at a very strange angle. "Dude, what's up with your arm?"
"I've dislocated my shoulder," Donny winced, trying to move his arm. "Mikey, remember when Raph did the same thing and I had to push it back in its socket?"
"Yeah..."
"I need you to do the same for me."
"WHAT?! No way bro, I'll only make it worse."
"Mikey, you have to."
"Why?"
"Because we're not alone."
Mikey whipped round and noticed the 15 or so ninja's stood waiting. He immediately stood in front of his brother and leapt in attack. Donny meanwhile used his right arm all he could, turning to protect his left. Between the two of them, they defeated most of them, and in a small lull, Don turned to his brother.
"Please Mikey," he pleaded desperately. "I can't fight with my shoulder like this."
"But it's gonna hurt you!"
"Of course it's gonna hurt! But I'll be fine. Just do it Mikey!"
"Ok," Mikey resigned, grabbing his brother's left shoulder and lower arm firmly. "Ready?"
"Ready." Donatello braced himself for the pain that erupted in his shoulder, trying not to wince for Michelangelo's sake. After a few seconds, they heard a faint pop and the pain diminished. Mikey let go and Donny flexed his sore arm.
"You ok?"
"Perfect. Thanks Mikey."
"Hey, where did everybody go?"
Donny twisted round to see the roof was now empty, along with the one's surrounding them. The sound of metal against metal made them turn eastwards, where they could see two faint green figures fighting.
"Come on, let's go!"
The pair began leaping across the rooftops, splitting up to help each of their brothers.
"Where'd you get to?" Raph asked, pushing his Sais against three soldiers, shoving them back before kicking them to the ground.
"Us? You're the ones who moved." Mikey replied, catching a ninja's sword with his nunchuks and hitting him on the head.
"What are you talking about?" Casey interjected, batting three away with his baseball bat.
Donny was having a similar conversation with Leonardo.
"You've travelled like five blocks from the bank!"
"What do you mean?" asked Leo, trying to push six ninja off him with his katana. Donny sighed before knocking them all out with his staff and pointing towards the bank. He was right. They'd travelled, and Leo hadn't even realised. He looked around to see what surrounded them when a bright red symbol bore into his eyes.
"My sons!" Master Splinter cried out. Leo hadn't even noticed he'd begun to fight. "They are trying to push us back towards the Foot's headquarters!"
"We have to get to the others!" Leo called back, and kicking four ninjas out of the way, he jumped to where his brothers were fighting, Splinter and Don just behind him.
"Guys! I know the Shredder's real plan! He's trying to push us back, into the Foot's headquarters!"
"Well, I don't know about you," Raph called back, slamming into another ninja. "But I'm not in the mood for a friendly visit."
"What makes you think it'll be friendly?" Mikey joked, kicking one out of the way.
"Yeah Raph, it's not likely he's gonna be offering up tea and cake." Casey joined in, whacking through a group of six. The group jumped to the next building.
"Can it Case. We just need to stand our ground." Raph growled as he and Leo ran through another group and jumped across again.
"I think it's a little bit late for that Raph," Donny suddenly piped up. Looming above them was the red three-toed dragon foot that was the Foot Ninja's emblem. They had landed on the roof directly behind the headquarters, and on the edge of the roof stood their adversary clad in metal armour, his spiked gauntlet glinting maliciously in the red glow. The Shredder.
