Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Training, an important part of any ninja's life. This is a lesson that Splinter has passed on to his sons since they began their training and tonight it was time to see just how far they've come.
"My sons, you are truly becoming impressive warriors" said Splinter, addressing the boys as they each draw their weapons. "But to grow as a team you must know each other's strengths and weaknesses."
As the boys prepare to face off, Mikey decides to go for a vicious sneak attack, letting out a noxious belch in Donnie's face.
"Ugh! Right in my face." Donnie groans, his eyes turning red from the stench.
"Garlic and clam pizza" Mikey replies, identifying the nasty smell.
"This competition is a free for all" Splinter announces. "Last ninja standing wins. Hajime!"
As soon as the match began Raph didn't hesitate to go after Donnie, whose eyes were still tearing up from Mikey's breath. Slipping behind his brainy brother, delivering a powerful kick to the shell knocking Donnie into the dojo's tree, taking him out of the fight.
"Sorry Donnie it's a ninja eat ninja world" Raph quips before moving onto Mikey, who was laughing at the purple turtle's quick dismissal. But before he could make a move, Leo jumped in the way cutting Raph off with a swing of his swords.
"What're you doing Leo?" the red turtle demanded, blocking Leo's swords with his sais. "I was going for Mikey.
"What part of last ninja standing didn't you get?" Leo retorts, reminding Raph this was a free for all.
"Besides Mikey's mine" said Harry, coming down on his brother from above. But Mikey manages to roll out from under his human brother's attack and counters with a swing of his nun-chucks. Bringing up his tantō to block, Harry plays into his brother's hands as Mikey wraps the chain of his weapon around the blade. But to Mikey's confusion Harry simply smirks despite having his weapon trapped, the reason becomes clear as moments later Raph stumbles back into the orange turtle knocking him off balance and leaving him open for Harry's follow up flying kick to the chest, leaving Mikey flat on his back.
"Aww man" Mikey groans, realizing that Harry had been setting him from the start.
"Distraction, misdirection; powerful weapons in a ninja's arsenal" Splinter lectured, giving Michelangelo a disapproving look once he noticed the turtle was mocking him.
It was now just Leo, Raph, and Harry left in the fight and admittedly he was feeling proud to have lasted this long against his brothers. But Harry knew Raph and Leo weren't going to be that easy to set up.
"Well what do you know, little Harry's growing up" Raph smirked.
"Yeah don't blink or next thing you know, I'll be kicking your butts" Harry replied.
"I wouldn't get so cocky" Leo cautioned. The brothers circled each other, each searching for the perfect moment to strike and eliminate the odd one in. Feeling impatient Raph made the first move, charging at Harry only for the wizard to vanish from sight as he pulled his invisibility cloak from his pocket.
"Show yourself!" Raph demanded, as he and Leo decided to focus on finding their youngest brother, searching for even the slightest sign of his presence. They were starting to wonder if Harry had snuck away when Leo grunted, taking what felt like a punch to the gut.
Trying to counter, Leo swung his swords but only hit air as he heard Raph grunt behind him after taking an unseen blow to the head.
"Is that all you got, magic boy?!" Raph taunted, randomly jabbing his sais in hopes of catching Harry. Knowing that Harry was trying to set them up for a finishing blow, Leo decided to take a calmer approach to dealing with the problem.
Alright think Leo. Harry knows it'll take a lot more than that to take us down. So he's trying to set us up like he did Mikey. Leo's thoughts were interrupted as he heard Raph continue to grunt in pain as Harry landed a few quick blows from under his cloak. He wasn't surprised to see that Raph was clearly starting to lose his temper.
"Argh, come out here and take it like a man!" the hot headed turtle demanded, only to take another blow to the back causing him to stumble before regaining his footing.
Just as I thought, Harry's trying to get under our skin, make us make mistakes. Closing his eyes, Leo tried to focus on sensing his brother's movements. Of course Raph's shouting wasn't making it easy. Focus Leo, focus. Block everything else out and listen. Listen deeply.
Blocking out Raph's tirade, Leo began to focus on the more subtle sounds around the room. Invisibility was a useful ability but it wasn't soundless and all Leo needed to do was focus in on the subtle sound of Harry's footsteps.
His eye shot open as he heard his brother's approach, catching Harry's fist Leo pulled off the invisibility cloak bringing his younger brother back into view.
"Nice try Harry" Leo smirked. Still determined Harry took a swing with his free arm only for Leo to block and toss the younger ninja over his shoulder leaving Harry flat on his back as he's taken out of the fight.
"I was so close" Harry whined, taking a seat against the wall with Mikey and Donnie.
I have to agree. Splinter thought to himself. Harry had used his training well. He minded his surroundings, and used his available resources. But he failed to take into account that Leonardo would be harder to unsettle than Raphael. This along with the blue turtle's greater experience was all the advantage he needed, still Harry was improving at an impressive rate. It might be a good time to step up his personal training.
Putting such thoughts aside for now, Splinter turns his attention to the match between his eldest sons.
"Looks like you've leveled up to the boss fight" Raph quips.
"I'm going to wipe that smirk off your face, permanently" Leo retorts.
Through trash talking Raph makes the first move jabbing his sai at Leo. But the blue turtle steps back to avoid the blade and counters with a swing of his swords. Raph was quick to meet Leo's blades and the dojo was soon filled with the sound of clashing steel.
Even as their weapons clashed, Raph was watching Leo's every move searching for an opening. The opportunity soon presented itself as the red turtle trapped one of Leo's swords in prongs of his sais before knocking the blade out of the blue turtle's hand with a flick of his wrist.
Recovering quickly from the shock of being disarmed, Leo shifted his stance and went back on the attack with his remaining katana. But Raph was quick on his feet stepping just outside of the range of Leo's sword. But Raph soon made a mistake as he jumped over Leo's feint attack to his legs, the second he needed to regain his footing was all Leo needed as he caught his brother by surprise and knocked one of Raph's sais out of his hand, embedding itself in the bark of the dojo's tree.
Raph quickly moved to recover his weapon, moving around the back of the tree for cover. But in doing so he played right into Leo's hands as the blue turtle instead of following after his opponent, jumped off the tree and planted his knee right into Raph's jaw, knocking him to the ground.
"Well Leo won it this time" said Donnie as their eldest brother sheathed his swords and kneeled before Master Splinter. Unfortunately nobody told Raph the fight was over as the hot headed turtle rose to his feet, practically foaming at the mouth.
"Uh oh, he's awoken the beast" said Mikey. Without any warning Raph charged Leo catching him by surprise as he stood up to dodge his first attack only for the enraged turtle to grab him by the arm and elbow him in the gut, before knocking him face first into the ground with a savage punch to the jaw.
"Raph have you lost it!" Harry snapped at his brother, as he Mikey and Donnie moved to check on Leo.
"I-I'm sorry" Raph said weakly, his temper clearing as he realized what he'd done. "I didn't mean to hurt him. It was an accident seriously."
"Ugh, did you guys get the number of that bus" Leo groaned as Mikey and Donnie helped him to his feet.
"We have spoken about this, time and again Raphael" said Splinter. "Anger is a dangerous ally. It clouds your judgement. You need to control it lest it controls you."
"But Sensei, I wasn't angry. I was just…determined to win" Raph argued. Harry and the others gave Raph skeptical looks, clearly they weren't buying it. "What?! I said I wasn't angry!"
Harry, Donnie, and Mikey flinched at Raph's harsh tone prompting the hotheaded turtle to groan in frustration before leaving the lair to clear his head.
"Geeze what's Raph's problem lately?" asked Harry, passing Leo and icepack as he and the remaining turtles move into the kitchen where Hedwig has just finished dinner for the family.
"What do you mean? He's always been like that" said Mikey.
"Yeah I know but I don't know it just seems like his tempers gotten worse lately."
"That might be because of losing Spike" Hedwig suggested, joining them at the table. She had offered to be Raphael's sounding board but unfortunately he just wasn't comfortable with going to his mother figure with his problems. "Raphael doesn't have anyone he feels like he can talk to so all his stress and frustrations builds up."
The brothers traded looks of understanding but Raph had always had an explosive temper. They understood he was still hurting from the loss of Spike but he needed to get his temper under control.
Up on the surface Raph was rampaging across rooftops, letting off some steam and complaining about his brothers.
"This always happens. I'm fine until those guys push my buttons." In a fit of rage Raph throws a shuriken at a nearby antenna, slicing it in two before sitting down with his knees against his chest looking out at the city. "They just don't get it."
Raph's musing comes to an end as he hears the sound of fighting coming from a nearby alley. Moving to investigate he spots the Purple Dragons getting their butts kicked by a new vigilante. From his vantage point Raph could tell the vigilante was dressed in a black hoodie with a skull mask underneath, jeans, body padding, and had baseball bats, and hockey sticks strapped to his back. And currently he was using said hockey stick to viciously pound the life out of the Purple Dragons.
This guy's out of control Raph noted, it was only a matter of time before the vigilante went too far. Time for an intervention.
Fong lay helplessly as the vigilante loomed overhead, fearful of another beating the Purple Dragon leader jumped to his feet and ran for his life leaving his two partners behind. But the vigilante wasn't done yet and dropped hockey puck on ground and started lining up his shot.
"Casey Jones shoots" said the masked teen, taking his shot, knocking the gangster to the ground as the puck smashed into the back of his head. "He scores!" Casey then turns to the other two frightened thugs intending to continue his assault.
"Hey man enough" Sid pleads as he and Tsoi back away in fear.
"But I'm not finished with you two low lives yet." Casey raised his hockey stick and was about to smash it down on their heads when suddenly unseen by the masked teen, Raph sneaks up behind him and disarms the vigilante, falling forward as the ninja turtle uses his shoulders as a springboard and disappears into the shadows.
"What? Who's back there?" Casey questioned nervously, drawing his baseball bat. But all he found was an empty alleyway. "Show yourself."
For whatever reason Raph decided to do just that stepping out from behind a dumpster, revealing himself to the masked vigilante.
"Another mutant?" Casey said in surprise.
"You got a problem with that!" Raph snapped.
"What are you some kind of turtle ninja" the teen laughed, big mistake as Raph's temper was starting to flair.
Taking advantage of the distraction Sid and Tsoi decided to make a run for it. Of course Casey wasn't about to let this happen but when he moved to go after the thugs, Raph grabbed him by the shoulder saying that he'd handle the Purple Dragons. Unfortunately today was the day Raph would meet someone just as stubborn as himself as Casey shoved the turtle aside.
"You know anger is a dangerous ally" said Raph quoting Master Splinter, before pushing Casey back. "Why don't you cool off for a while?"
"That's it lizard. I'm done with you." Casey growled, now arming himself with both his bat and hockey stick. "Goongala!"
Casey came at Raph swinging his sticks like a man possessed but the turtle's years of training keep him one step ahead of the vigilante, side stepping and blocking his every attack. To his credit, Casey was a very stubborn opponent never pausing in his assault on the turtle. Eventually Raph decided enough was enough, using his sais to capture Casey's weapons, he countered with a devastating back kick, sending the teen flying into a wall before dropping into an open dumpster.
Putting his weapons away, Raph turned to leave when a loud banging from the garbage bin told him the fight wasn't over yet.
"You let those muggers go" Casey said accusingly, climbing out of the trash. "You're going to pay for that freak!"
As Casey charged him, Raph swung a punch at the teen's head but to his surprise Casey was too fast and managed to tackle him into a wall. But he wasn't done yet as Casey quickly followed up, swinging his baseball bat at the turtle's head. But Raph was quick to respond and ducked under the bat before leaping away from the teen, while releasing a hail of shuriken on the boy.
Bringing up his goalie's mitt, Casey only had one thing to say as the deadly throwing start imbedded themselves in his glove.
"Ok got to admit, throwing stars are cool."
"Let me show you my sai" Raph replied, brandishing his weapons. Charging each other the combatants the alleyway was quickly filled with the sound of wood hitting steel as Raph and Casey's weapons clashed.
Surprisingly despite having no formal training, Casey seemed to have a talent for fighting as he managed to match Raphael blow for blow. Though the turtle was slowly gaining the upper hand as he started to force Casey back onto the defensive.
But Casey wasn't going down easy, charging Raph with a seemingly straight forward blow to the chest, the masked vigilante catches him off guard, swinging his hockey stick into the turtle's knee. As Raph buckles under the blow, Casey uses Raph's head as a springboard, launching himself into the air, bringing his sticks down hard on the turtle's shell knocking him to the ground.
"Aren't turtles supposed to be endangered?" Casey taunts.
"Only the ones who can't do this" Raph retorts, pushing himself off his back, slamming his feet into Casey's jaw sending him painfully into the ground.
Despite his vision blurring, Casey refused to give up and threw himself back into the fight. But it was clear that Raph now had the upper hand as the turtle's attacks forced him out into the street. But Casey wasn't out of tricks yet, converting his shoes into rollerblades, Casey skated out into the street standing ready to face off against the ninja turtle.
The increase in mobility seemed to even things up for Casey, as Raph was unable to keep up as he skated around the turtle, landing blows with his hockey stick as he passed. This just fueled Raph's temper as once again he was knocked to the ground. Thinking this was his chance to finish things, Casey rolled up and was moments away from bringing his hockey stick down on Raph's head, when suddenly the now royally ticked off Raphael grabbed the stick using it as leverage to flip Casey overhead landing painfully on the hood of a car.
Dazed by the attack, he's left open as Raph pins him down his sai in hand moments away from finishing the masked boy. Casey can only scream in terror as Raph brings down his weapon, stopping just inches from his face.
"What am I doing?" Raph asks in horror, realizing just how close he came to killing the kid. "Maybe I do have anger issues."
As Raph was distracted by his self-reflection, Casey used the opportunity to make use of his last weapon a hidden taser in his glove and promptly delivers a few volts to the turtle. As Raph falls back from the jolt, he's forced to quickly dive out of the way of an oncoming taxi. Bringing his head up in time to see Casey grab onto the passing car, vowing that they'd meet again.
The following weekend, Harry returned to the lair planning to join his brothers in a weekend long Super Robo Mecha Force marathon. But first Master Splinter wanted to speak with his youngest child.
"What's up, Sensei?" Harry asked, following Splinter into the dojo.
"My son, you have shown tremendous growth as of late" Splinter said proudly, Harry just smiled enjoying his father's praise. "Harry do you remember your lesson on the pillars of ninjutsu?"
"Spirit, weapons, wisdom, strength, power, and stealth" the boy recited without hesitation, remembering the lesson from when Master Splinter had first began Harry's training. "You said a true ninja must master them all."
"Yes and it is common for a ninja to specialize in a specific pillar."
"What pillar do you specialize in Master Splinter?" Harry asked curiously.
"I personally lean more towards the spirit pillar of ninjutsu" Splinter replied. "When your body and spirit work as one, you can find yourself pushing beyond physical limitations."
After taking in his father's words Harry nodded his head in understanding. He could remember many times when it seemed that Master Splinter had superhuman strength, such as when he defeated the Rat King with only two fingers.
"So what pillar do I match up with?" Harry asked.
"I have found that you like me show an affinity towards the spiritual pillar of ninjutsu" said Splinter, prompting a smile to come to Harry's face as he was proud to share this connection.
This affinity wasn't a surprise to Splinter as he's seen Harry's fighting style and noted that it had some similarities to his own, emphasizing speed and precision over brute strength. But just because Harry had an affinity for it didn't mean he wasn't a long ways from mastering it but for now Splinter felt it was a good time to start cultivating it.
"So does that mean you're going to teach me how to do that cool, finger poke thing?" Harry asked excitedly.
"No" Splinter chuckled. "You still have much to learn before you can do that. I have a different technique in mind. It is difficult but I believe in time you will master it. Now together."
"Rin. Pyo. Toh. Sha. Kai. Jin. Retsu. Zai. Zen" they chanted together as Splinter led Harry through a series of hand signs.
Meanwhile as Splinter was working with Harry, Donnie was relaxing peacefully on the couch when Mikey dived onto the scene, bumping into his brother as he joined him on the sofa.
"You ready for 48 hours of mega-thrusting, evil fighting, galaxy saving, super sentai action?" Mikey asked cheerfully, spilling his snack all over Donatello.
"I was until you spilled greasy popcorn all over me!" Donnie snapped.
"My bad" said the cheerful orange turtle, picking a kernel off Donnie's face and eating it. As Donnie and Mikey were getting comfortable, Leo was about to join them when he was pulled aside by Raphael.
"Hey, Leo you got a minute?" Raph asked.
"I was going to check out Super Robo Mecha Force" Leo replied but Raph didn't plan for this to take long.
"Cool. Here's the thing deal. Um….I….the thing is" Raph stuttered uncomfortably. "I'm sorry" he whispered.
"What was that?"
"Sorry" but Leo still couldn't quite hear Raph.
"Sorry. Ok I'm sorry!" Donnie and Mikey stared shocked by the idea of their hotheaded brother actually apologizing.
"I thought I had my anger under control. Turns out I didn't. But now I do, seriously."
"He means for now" said Mikey. "I give him ten more seconds. 9. 8. 7."
"What're you saying Raph?" asked Leo. "It's not that you are angry but we make you angry."
"I never said that" Raph argued, but his temper flared as he heard Mikey continue his countdown.
"3. 2. 1."
"Shut up!" Raph yelled, seething in rage.
"Ding ding ding. We have a winner" Mikey joked, adding to his brother's anger. Leo place a comforting hand on Raph's shoulder but the red turtle just knocked it away and stormed out of the lair, ignoring Leo's cries to come back and join them.
"Did you have to antagonize him, Michelangelo?" Hedwig chastised, as she entered the living room after hearing Raphael's latest blow up. "Hopefully he'll come back in a better mood."
Bursting out from the sewers, Raph started raging across rooftops trying to let the night air cool his temper. But he wasn't the only one out tonight as Casey was sitting on a nearby fire escape when he spotted Raph moving across the rooftops.
Deciding to follow from a distance, Casey spotted Raph muttering to himself as he returned to the sewers. Unfortunately Casey wasn't the only one following Raph as a squad of Foot bots had spotted them.
Tailing him from a distance Casey eventually followed Raphael all the way back to the lair where he spotted Leo, Mikey, and Donnie watching TV.
There's four of them Casey thought to himself, the surprises kept coming as he spotted Harry walking into the room. At first he thought the boy might've been a prisoner of some kind except then he noticed that Harry was actually popping a bag of popcorn with his fire fist.
"Finally your magic does something right" said Mikey, accepting the offer of freshly popped popcorn from Harry.
"Oh come on, you're not still busting my chops about the living underwear incident" Harry complained. As the brothers continued to watch TV unaware of their uninvited guest, Casey decided to try and get a better look in case any more surprises were nearby. But as he moved he accidentally knocked against a pile of pizza boxes. His fast reflexes allowed Casey to catch the box but he failed to notice the fork on top of the pile of boxes and was too late to stop it from hitting the ground, the sound of which alerted the brothers to his presence.
The brothers quickly moved to subdue Casey and much to the masked vigilante's frustration it really wasn't that hard as he was quickly caught in the grip of Mikey and Donnie.
"You again" said Raph.
"You know this guy Raph?" Harry asked as Leo pulled of Casey's mask, shocking the brothers briefly as his face was painted to look like a skull.
"Wait, it's just face paint. He's just a kid." said Leo.
"Let go of me you stupid reptiles." Casey demanded, struggling against his captors.
"Hey, I'd watch the attitude. You broke into our home" said Harry. Maybe I can get Prof. McGonagall to come up with something to erase this guy's memories.
As the brothers were dealing with their house guest, April, Hedwig, and Master Splinter exited the dojo discussing the girl's progress in her training as a kunoichi. When to her surprise, April spots Casey fighting with Harry and the Turtles.
"Don't hurt him. He's my friend" said April, prompting the brothers to release Casey. "Casey what're you doing here?"
"A better question is how do you know these freaks?"
"Watch it!" Harry snapped, moving aggressively towards Casey. His temper might not be as bad as Raph's but if there was one thing Harry couldn't stand it was people bad mouthing his family.
"Casey these are the other friends I told you about" April explained, hoping to prevent another fight.
"Wait, so these aren't the bad guys?" Casey questioned.
"No way." April scoffed at the idea before pointing to and naming each of the brothers. "Casey Jones meet Leonardo, Donatello, Harry Potter, Michelangelo, and the one and only Raphael."
"Wait so the turtles are all Italian?" Casey questioned.
"No, I named them after my favorite sculptors and painters of the Italian Renaissance" said Splinter, as he and Hedwig made their presence known. Apparently this proved too much for Casey as he immediately fainted from fear. Luckily April had a fix for that a quickly applied a few good slaps, jarring her friend awake.
"It's ok, Casey" April assured him. "This is Hedwig and Master Splinter. They're cool."
"It's good to meet you" Hedwig greeted.
"You do not have to fear my friend. Rest assured I do not bite" said Splinter, having guessed it was his appearance that scared their guest.
"He's a giant talking rat!" Casey said fearfully
"Big Bad Vigilante's afraid of rats" Raph laughed, getting sadistic pleasure at Casey's expense.
"Just like you and cockroaches" said Mikey, holding said insect up to Raph's face, laughing as his brother freaked out and hid in his shell. The friendly atmosphere was then interrupted as April started rubbing at her temples, her eyes clenched in concentration.
"What is it April?" asked Splinter.
"Sensei, we're not alone" April replied. Her words proved correct as they spotted a squad of Foot bots hiding above them.
"Raph, time to get out of your shell" said Harry, drawing his tantō as the Foot bots descended upon them.
"Raph, you led the enemy right to our lair" Leo accused.
"It's the kid's fault" Raph argued. "He was following me."
"My fault" Casey said resentfully.
"Let's just deal with the Foot bots first" said Hedwig putting a temporary stop to the arguing, fires her feather blades at the robots tearing a handful of them to shreds.
"Booyakasha!" Mikey cried, charging into the closest Foot bot, nunchucks swinging as he knocked the robot flat on its back. Following their lead, the others soon joined the fray as the lair transformed into a battlefield.
"You're the one who did this" Raph accused, as he fought back to back with Casey, slicing through the approaching Foot bots.
"They followed you too dude" Casey argued, bashing his hockey stick into a Foot bots head.
"Don't 'dude' me dude" the red turtle replied mockingly. All around the lair our heroes fought against the intruders. Fighting side by side, Leo and Harry's respective blades sliced through every robot as they moved from target to target, watching each other's backs. Mikey and Donnie were also making use of their teamwork as the orange turtle's kusarigama chains captured a small group of robots, setting them up perfectly to be run through by Donatello's naginata.
April made good use of her training as she held her own against the robot's the bladed edge of her tessen, slicing through the Foot bot's as Hedwig laid down cover fire from above. But the most impressive display was unsurprisingly from Master Splinter as he effortless dealt with robot after robot defeating each in only one or two moves. Even going so far as to punch a Foot bot's head clean off its shoulders. The ninja master finished with his group, knocking the final robot into the air, following up with a flurry of chops and punches too fast for any of the brothers to track. They could only stare in awe as the robot landed in a pile of scrap as Splinter landed gracefully in his fighting stance.
"Stay alert" Splinter ordered, bringing his sons back to attention. "More are coming."
Just as Splinter warned another larger group of Foot bots entered the lair but strangely a single robot had instead decided to stand on top of the arcade machine, its eyes flashing as it scanned its surroundings.
"Hey, he'll give away our location!" Donnie warned.
"Don't let that robot escape" Splinter ordered as they were thrown back into battle, the scanning Foot bot taking the opportunity to make its escape.
"Casey Jones is on it" said the teenager, chasing after the robot.
"Tell Casey Jones, I don't need his help!" Raph said angrily, shoving the teen out of his way as he raced after the Foot bot, Casey following not far behind.
Moving into the subway tunnels Raph and Casey were hot on the trail of the Foot bot when their path was blocked by more the robot ninjas, making it difficult to find the bot containing the location of the lair. Having no other choice the pair launched into battle against the robots hoping to destroy their target in the process.
"If that robot makes it back to Karai, you answer to Splinter!" said Raph, stabbing his sai into the nearest Foot bot's skull.
"The rat?" Casey questioned. As they fought against the Foot bots the masked teen spotted a lone robot that was making a point of staying out of combat. Realizing that this was their target Casey took out a spray can and threw it at the robot, marking it to make it easier to track as they finished off the remaining Foot bots and resumed the chase.
As the chase continued out into the active subway tunnels, Raph and Casey found that despite being made of metal the Foot bot was very fast. In an effort to keep up, Casey switched to his roller blades and started skating along the rails.
But no matter how fast they moved it didn't seem as if they were going to catch the robot. Things got tenser once, Casey noticed the rail he was skating on was starting to shake prompting him to look back and notice that they had trouble coming their way.
"Look out!" Casey cried, tackling Raph out of the way of a moving train, surprising the turtle by the show of comradery.
"Thanks" Raph said sincerely, he was starting to think that Casey might not be so bad. "There he is!" Raph exclaimed, pointing to the robot as it jumped on top of the train. Sharing a determined smirk, Raph and Casey quickly moved to join the robot on top of the speeding locomotive.
With nowhere left to run the Foot bot turned to face Raph and Casey, extending an extra pair of arms as it allowed the rushing air to carry it towards the duo swing its weapons at them as it passed. But Raph and Casey were quick to evade the attack forcing the robot into full on combat.
Now firmly planted to the train the Foot bot charged at the duo, extending a buzz saw from one of its arms, that Raph was quick to evade by jumping over the robot trapping it between them. Despite being the first time they'd fought together Raph and Casey found that they actually worked rather well together as they moved almost seamlessly as they evade the Foot bot's attacks and prodded its defenses. But the robot proved to just as capable as its speed allowed it to evade their attacks until Casey was finally able to hit in the chest, knocking it back and leaving the perfect opening for Raph.
The turtle didn't hesitate as he moved in to finish the fight only for the robot to evade by quickly rolling along Raph's back. Seeing that his partner was in trouble, Casey moved in to help but the robot saw him coming and sidestepped his attack, landing a punch on Casey's back as he passed, throwing him off balance. As Casey struggled to regain his balance the motion of the train threw him overboard but thankfully before he could fall to his death, Raph came to the rescue catching him with his grappling hook.
"Thanks Raph" said Casey, climbing back onto the train.
"We're even" Raph smirked. As Raph and Casey stood ready to deal with the robot once and for all but the Foot bot had other plans. As the train passed under an overhead the robot leaped into the air, breaking through a window, entering a subway station followed closely by Casey.
Armed with his baseball bat Casey kept up his assault on the Foot bot, swinging wildly as the robot continued to block and evade his attacks. Help then arrived as Raph, who had chosen to come around from the side joined the fray but even together the Foot bot proved to be too slippery for them to pin down.
Until the Foot bot finally made a mistake as it moved to sidestep Casey's bat it had unintentionally placed itself right in Raph's sights who took the chance to kick the robot down a flight of stairs.
"I can take this robot down myself" Casey boasted, grinding down the hand railing intending to crush the robot's skull beneath his skates. But the bot was quick to recover as it got back on its feet, just before Casey's skates reached it and once again took off. But Raph wasn't about to let it get away as dropped down to the lower level, took aim, and threw a sai at the Foot bot, pining it to a support beam by the shoulder.
Raph moved to finish the bot off but before he could, the robot escaped by actually tearing off its trapped arm, just managing to dodge the turtle's attack as it took off for the subway exit. For a minute it looked as if the robot was going to make it to the street when in a move straight out of a roller derby, Raph took Casey's arm and slingshot him at the Foot bot. Caught completely off guard the Foot bot didn't have time to react as Casey released his taser and electrocuted the robot, stunning at as it feel down the stairs where a waiting Raphael was quick to finish it off with a sai to the head.
"You're a pretty good fighter Jones" Raph complimented. "Sure you're raw, unfocused, dangerous, crazy, but not bad."
"Thanks" Casey smiled. "You're not so bad yourself….for an amphibian."
Trading a few playful punches Raph and Casey decided to head back to the lair to see if they could help out.
"Please tell me that's all of them" said Harry, slicing a group of Foot bots to shreds. But he shouldn't have relaxed so soon as a final Foot bot rose up behind him. Thankfully, Hedwig and Master Splinter have his back as before the robot could even try anything the owl mutant's feathers pierce its body before Splinter finishes it, running it through with a naginata.
"Now that's all of them" said Hedwig, as the family begins to relax.
"So what happened to Raph and Casey?" asked April. The answer arrived as the two in question walked into the lair, friendly reminiscing over their adventure and surprising the others by their sudden friendship.
"Aww, what's up? No more robots for me and Raph" said Casey, leaning on the turtle's shoulder.
"Woah, ok. What's up with you two?" asked Mikey. "You two now best friends forever or something?"
"I think so, Mikey" said Harry, stunned by the fact that Raph had seemed to find someone as hardheaded as him.
"It's good he found a friend" said Hedwig, thinking this could help Raph deal with his anger.
"It seems you found a new ally, Raphael" Splinter noted, scaring Casey as he approached the pair.
"Yeah, Casey's cool" Raph replied.
"Thank you for helping my family" Splinter said sincerely, this seemed to help as Casey moved out from behind Raph to address Splinter directly.
"No problem rat dude. Wasn't a bad warm up" said Casey, cracking his and rolling his shoulders. "But now it's time to clean the scum off the streets."
"Let's do this" said Raph, giving Casey a playful shove. They then head-butted each other as they started to get hyped over the idea of beating up thugs. As everyone else looked on stunned by the display it was Donnie that voiced their concerns.
"You know what this means don't you?"
"What?" Harry asked.
"Now we have two Raphaels!" Donnie exclaimed, as Raph and Casey charged out of the lair eager to find their next fight.
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