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"Enough if you won't be silent" Karai drew her tantō, holding it high overhead moments away from finishing Leonardo. "Then I'll silence you."
Harry, Raph, Leo, and Mikey were helpless as Karai brought down her blade intent on lopping off, Leonardo's head when suddenly they were saved at the last minute by Tiger Claw of all people; the deadly assassin blocking the princess of the Foot Clan's tantō with his sword inches from the blue turtle's head.
"Master Shredder desires them alive" Tiger Claw explained. "He wants the pleasure of finishing them himself."
"Fine" said Karai, sheathing her weapon. "Let's deal with the rat first."
"Leave him alone, Karai!" Raph growled. "Or you're gonna answer to me."
But Tiger Claw and Karai simply ignored Raphael's threats, turning their attention to the weakened Splinter.
"My sons" Splinter said weakly, pulling out hidden shuriken from inside his. "Go now!" throwing the shuriken at his sons' bindings, Splinter frees Mikey, Raph, Leo, and Harry. "Run" he urged them, taking a kick to the chest from Tiger Claw for his troubles, falling to a lower rooftop, unconscious.
"Splinter!" Leo cried, wanting to go to their father's aid. But knowing that they were currently out matched, Raph grabs his brother by the arm stopping him.
"We got to come back from him, Leo" said Raph. "Move!"
Raph led the way as the brothers took off as Tiger Claw opened fire on them.
"Don't let them escape!" Karai cried, rushing after them.
Tiger Claw's laser fire had the brothers trapped on a fire escape. The tiger mutant rushed to sink his claws into them but just as about to reach his prey, Mikey dropped a smoke bomb, covering their escape as they disappeared into the night.
"At least we still have the rat" said Karai, glaring at the downed ninja master.
Unaware of the danger to his father, Donnie along with Casey and April are running for their lives as the deadly Kraathatrogon chased them through the subway tunnels.
"Run faster!" Donnie screamed, as the Kraang worm grew ever closer.
"We got to slow it down" said April, seeing no way for them to outrun the worm.
Wanting to impress April, Casey volunteered himself for the job and skated back towards the Kraathatrogon, ignoring April's cries to the contrary.
"Eat this!" Casey challenged the worm, throwing a can of spray paint into its gapping maw. For a moment as the worm writhed it appeared as if the unusual choice of weapon had worked, but the Kraathatrogon quickly recovered and resumed hunting its prey, more determined than ever.
With the alien worm proving to be unstoppable it was a welcomed offering of good luck when Donnie spotted a ladder access to the surface. With a mighty leap the purple turtle jumped up onto the ladder, holding his staff out for his friends to grab onto. April was quick to follow Donnie's lead, grabbing onto the turtle's staff and was happily pulled to safety but things weren't looking so good for Casey.
"Jones, the staff!" Donnie urged, holding his weapon out further for the teen.
With the Kraathatrogon closing in on him, Casey forced his legs to skate faster as used his momentum to make one desperate leap to safety but just as his finger's grazed the wood of Donnie's staff the Kraathatrogon struck swallowing Casey whole.
"No Casey!" They cried, but there was nothing they could do as the Kraathatrogon continued down the tunnel.
"He's gone. He's gone" April cried heartbrokenly, leaning into Donnie's chest for emotional support.
"I'm so sorry April. I truly am" said Donnie. Casey might not have been his favorite person; probably didn't help that they were both clearly crushing on the same girl. But Donnie never would've wished him such a fate.
Mourning the death of their friend, Donnie and April climbed up the ladder, surfacing in an alley.
"This is so terrible" April said miserably. "Poor Casey. We have to find a way to stop those Kraang worms once and for al-ah!"
The pair along with the rest of the city were forced to brace themselves as New York experienced yet another earthquake courtesy of The Kraang.
"You're right about that" Donnie agreed. "And we know one man that knows more about The Kraang than anyone."
"Jack Kurtzman" April realized. "Then let's hope he hasn't changed safe houses yet."
As April and Donnie searched for Kurtzman, Harry, Raph, and Leo returned to the lair where Hedwig went to work patching the boys up.
"I can't believe they got Splinter" Harry said dejectedly.
"This is your fault Leo!" Raph accused. "If you hadn't called Splinter, none of this would've happened!"
"I didn't have a choice Raph" said Leo. "It was him or Mikey. I thought-thought Sensei would've taken care of them."
"Well you thought wrong!"
"That's enough Raphael!" Hedwig snapped. "Splinter knew the risks when he decided to leave. Now he's counting on us to rescue him."
"Hedwig's right" said Mikey, jumping to his feet. "We know where they took him, Shredder's Lair. We do this for Splinter! There comes a time brothers, where history is forged like melted cheese. It sticks together as one but is still soft and squishy in the middle. Are you with me?!"
"Well if you're saying let's go save Splinter then I'm in" said Harry, putting his hand in.
"Lamest speech ever but I'm with you" said Raph, doing the same.
"Let's do this" said Leo, joining his brothers. As the boys put their hands in they were surprised when Hedwig did the same.
"As if I could last around here without Splinter" Hedwig joked.
With their mission set Hedwig and the boys prepared to storm Shredder's lair. They all knew that failure wasn't an option; either they left with Splinter or they wouldn't leave at all.
As his family prepared for a rescue mission, Splinter lay helpless in Shredder's throne room, his arms bound in chains, surrounded by his arch enemy's top henchmen.
"Nice work, Tiger Claw" Fish Face praised. "You captured the great Splinter."
"So is the poison going to finish him?" asked Rahzar.
"I must admit; I'm curious about that as well" said Kitsune. "Most men would've expired by now."
"Yes" Tiger Claw agreed. "But the poison has only weakened him. He may be small but he is tough as iron."
As discussion came to an end once Shredder with Karai at his side entered the chamber. Ordering Bradford and Xever away, the leader of the Foot Clan turned his attention to his hated enemy.
"Hamato Yoshi. So it has come to this a wretched rat man waiting to be put out of his misery."
"At least I do not wear a mask; hiding what little humanity I have left" Splinter countered.
"It is because of you that I wear this mask!" Shredder snapped, but Splinter kept his composure.
"All these years you continue to deceive yourself" Splinter's eyes softened as his gaze shifted to his daughter. "And everyone around you."
"You dare" Enraged by Splinter's words, Shredder extended his gauntlet blades. "Now it ends!" he declared, bringing his blades down moments away from ending his greatest enemy's life.
"No Father!" Karai cried out at the last second, causing Shredder to stop his attack, his blades mere inches from Splinter's neck.
"You would stop me?!" Shredder snarled, turning his hateful glare at Karai but she didn't back down.
"You'd kill your greatest enemy while he's poisoned and chained. What about honor? Everything you taught me?!"
"The girl is right Master Shredder" said Tiger Claw.
"Hmm, very well" Shredder relented, sheathing his blades. "Gather the Foot. I shall offer Hamato Yoshi one last fight."
Shredder then left the chamber followed by Kitsune and Tiger Claw. As she moved to follow, Karai couldn't help but glance at the man she was raised to believe was her enemy.
"Why did you help me?" Splinter asked, wanting to believe this was a sign that there was still a sense of mercy inside her despite the Shredder's influence.
"I don't know" Karai said honestly. "Maybe because you look so pathetic."
"You have your mother's spirit. So fierce and yet so scared."
"Never speak of my mother again!" the deadly kunoichi snapped, rage and pain overwhelming the strange feelings of mercy she had felt. "You ruined my family. You ruined all of our lives."
As Karai left, Splinter tried to tell her the truth that it was Oroku Saki that had killed Tang Shen. But in his weakened state his voice fell to a soft whisper before he finally collapsed, the poison draining more of his strength as he fell into a slight delirium whispering to himself the name of his hated enemy.
On the other side of the city, April and Donnie were in luck and had managed to track down Jack Kurtzman. Turns out Kurtzman hadn't lost his touch as an investigator as he had already learned of the Kraang plot, that he had dubbed the Manhattan Project.
Currently April was trying to entertain herself with the tabloids as Donnie and Kurtzman discussed the worms, patiently waiting for them to reach the subject of how to stop them.
"So theses worms are only children. How big are the adults?" asked Donnie.
"Huge. Some are hundreds of feet long" said Kurtzman, unrolling a diagram of the Kraathatrogon on to the table. "The Kraang have been importing them from Dimension X to suck out their mutagen. It's kind of like milking a giant cow."
"Ok we get it, thanks" April said in disgust. "So, how do we stop them?"
"No clue how to stop them. But I know The Kraang ride theses puppies. You see these antennae on its head? They pull them like the reins on a horse."
"Gross."
Watching as Kurtzman started illustrating his point, moving a salt shaker across the table in a bucking motion. The grains of salt falling onto the diagram of the alien worm was giving Donnie an idea.
"Why didn't I think of it before? Salt!" Donnie exclaimed, much to his audience's confusion.
"Salt? What're you talking ab…" April paused as her T-phone suddenly started ringing. Thinking it might be one of their missing members she quickly answered and much to her surprise it was a very much alive Casey Jones.
"Hey, Red" Casey greeted, from inside the belly of the Kraathatrogon. "So I'm kind of trapped inside this giant worm thing. It's cool, I'm alive and stuff."
"You're inside the worm! Wait you get a signal in there" said April, genuinely surprised at both Casey's survival and the fact he could actually make a call from literally inside the belly of the beast.
"Yeah I think it's trying to digest me" said the teen vigilante, getting the redhead back on topic. "Could use a little help."
"Sit tight Casey…err don't go anywhere" April then pulled away from her phone smiling as she happily informed Donnie of Casey's survival.
Back out in the city, Leonardo silently scales the side of Shredder's lair. Positioning himself on top of spire, he makes quick work of the Foot bot guard, using shuriken to take the droid's head off. A second guard doesn't fail to notice the disembodied head of its duplicate but before it can raise the alarms, a cloaked Harry reveals himself, stabbing his tantō through the robot's chest.
Nodding in approval of his youngest brother's use of his invisibility cloak, Leo led the way as they slipped inside Shredder's throne room.
Spotting their father's weakened form laying in the center of the room, Harry and Leo rushed to Splinter's side, relieved to find him still alive.
"Hang on Sensei, we're going to get you out of here" said Leo.
"Harry, Leonardo go now" Splinter demanded, not wanting his sons to risk themselves for him.
But it was too late as the torches lining the chamber erupted to life as Shredder stepped forth from behind his throne. Harry and Leo moved to draw their weapons to face the deadly master of the Foot Clan but before they could their arms were caught in the deadly grip of Tiger Claw.
Leo moved to draw his second sword but before he could, he and Harry found themselves encased in stone up to their necks as Kitsune and the rest of Shredder's top henchmen revealed their presence.
"I knew you'd come to us, Leo" Karai taunted.
"Where are the other turtles?" Shredder demanded, but Harry and Leo remained silent.
Sniffing the air Tiger Claw then confirmed that the boys had come alone. Satisfied, Shredder turned away and cut Splinter free, allowing his hated rival to climb to his feet.
"Then you shall watch the destruction of your master, Hamato Yoshi." Shredder declared.
Harry and Leo struggled against their bindings as it was clear from his wobbling that the poison was still affecting Splinter. But despite the pain of the toxin currently running through his body, Splinter did not back down as Shredder began his attack.
Harry and Leo could only watch helplessly as Splinter battled against the poison and Shredder and much to their terror, he was losing. Shredder was relentless in his assault forcing the weakened Splinter to stay on the defensive as he struggled to evade his attacks. But as Shredder knocked the rat mutant to the ground with a devastating kick to the chest it was clear that it just wasn't enough.
Come on guys Harry thought desperately, subtly using his Blood Vein to weakening his and Leo's prison.
Harry and Leonardo weren't the only ones not enjoying the sight of Splinter in pain. Karai too was finding the one-sided battle difficult to watch. Perhaps it was some long dormant feelings from before Shredder planted his lies inside the girl's head but for reasons that she couldn't explain, Karai could only look away as Shredder grabbed Splinter by his collar, moments away from running his gauntlet blades through the mutant's head.
Suddenly the city was struck by another quake, causing Shredder to drop Splinter as he and everyone else standing struggled to keep their balance. And that's when Splinter saw his chance as the quake caused the glass covering of Xever's tank started to crack. Waiting until, Shredder stumbled on to the glass, Splinter then jabbed his fingers into the crack causing the glass to shatter under Shredder's feet, dropping him into the pool.
Karai gasped at the sight of her father's impromptu dip but before she could say anything the room was once more thrown into chaos as fireworks started going off around them. With their enemies now distracted, Harry finished breaking himself and Leo free as Raph, Mikey, and Hedwig revealed themselves.
"Aw yeah, rescue time!" Mikey cheered, as he Raph, and Hedwig charged past the Foot elite to reach Splinter's side before vanishing in the smoke.
Enraged that he'd been denied the chance to finish his hated enemy, Shredder quickly ordered his men after them.
Down in the subway tunnels Donnie and April now carrying a satchel, have positioned themselves for the turtle's plan.
"Alright this the tunnel" said Donnie, hearing the nearby roars of the Kraathatrogon.
"Great, now what?" April questioned. Adding to her confusion Donnie then began banging his staff against the rails. "Ok, what are you doing?"
"I'm creating a vibration that will attract the worm." Donnie explained but April was skeptical. Those doubts were quickly proven wrong as the Kraathatrogon came charging towards them. "Quick the satchel!"
Opening the bag April was shocked by what Donnie had chosen to pack. "Salt?!"
"Salt's ionic strength can burn through a worm's neurosensory cells. It's like acid" the brainy turtle explained.
"Yeah but salt?!" April exclaimed.
With the Kraathatrogon growing ever closer, April started pitching the salt containers to Donnie, who, using his staff as a baseball bat hit them towards the worm's mouth, only for them to bounce harmlessly off its hide.
"Donnie, we've got a problem" April panicked, showing the now empty satchel.
"Not yet" said Donnie, pulling out the salt shaker he'd taken from Kurtzman's place.
Throwing the bottle towards the Kraang worm, April watched as the shaker broke against the tracks, spreading the salt all over them. Getting the idea, the kunoichi-in-training, drew her tessen and started fanning the salt into the air.
The now airborne salt quickly took effect as Donnie predicted bringing the Kraathatrogon to an end but not before spewing all over him and April, washing them down the tunnel in a wave of vomit. Eventually the wave petered out revealing the thankfully undigested Casey Jones.
"Anybody have any hand sanitizer?" Donnie remarked, shaking the bile off his hands in disgust. Though he quickly felt like vomiting himself when he looked over to see Casey and April hugging each other in relief over the boy's survival.
Rolling his eyes, Donnie stood up to check where they ended up and he definitely didn't like it.
"Um, hate to break up the reunion. But we have big huge giant problems!" he exclaimed, pointing to where they could see Kraang dragging in another Kraathatrogon from Dimension X.
"Yeah that's a big worm" Casey commented, not exactly eager to be eaten again.
"Come on" April said quietly, leading the way as they stealthily approached the Kraang facility.
Taking cover behind part of the mutagen milking machine, the trio watched as the aliens worked on herding the worm through the portal.
"Ok here's the plan" said Donnie. "I'll reverse the polarity on that portal, keeping that thing from getting in. You guys create a diversion."
"What kind of diversion?" asked April.
"Leave that to Casey Jones" Casey declared confidently, adding to Donnie's growing annoyance at the boy's ego.
Creeping out from behind their hiding place, Casey decided it was time to announce himself.
"Yo alien freak job!" he cried, drawing the attention of the chamber.
Kraang1: "It is humans known as humans."
Casey quickly dived for cover next to April as the Kraang started firing on them, never noticing Donnie silently approaching the portal.
"I hope you have a better plan then getting shot at!" April complained.
Shooting April, a toothy grin Casey once again stepped out from behind cover dropping hockey pucks with sticks of dynamite taped to them. Shooting the improvised weapon at the aliens, Casey watched as a Kraang droid effortlessly caught a puck.
Kraang2: "Kraang detects inferior weaponry." Clearly the alien wasn't impressed by Casey's crud design but like they say 'big things come in small packages' as the tiny stick of dynamite went off blasting the droid to smithereens with the other pucks following soon after.
"This is so cool!" Casey cheered, brandishing his hockey stick as he charged the Kraang with April coming up behind him lending her support.
As she smoothly moved from one alien to another it was clear that April had been practicing, taking great pleasure as proved herself to no longer be just the damsel in distress.
With the duo successfully holding back the Kraang, Donnie was able to reach the portal unnoticed and began working on the circuitry. Unfortunately, from the looks of the alien wiring it was going to take the turtle some time.
But time was something they didn't have as the Kraang still had another worm already hooked up to the milking machine.
Kraang3: "Kraang unleash another Kraathatrogon."
April and Casey's confidence took a steep nosedive as they watched the giant worm being unhooked from its harness, unleashing a fearsome roar as lunged towards the teens.
"Look out!" Casey cried, prompting he and April to dive to the side narrowly avoiding being crushed under the Kraathatrogon.
As Casey moved to pick himself off the teen was horrified to find himself staring down the barrel of a Kraang blaster. Moments away from being vaporized he was suddenly saved by April riding the Kraathatrogon!
"Get on!" said April, using the giant worm's antennae to like reins to control the beast. Taking a spot behind April, Casey joined her in causing never before seen chaos as the redhead directed the worm in attacking the Kraang.
"I don't believe it" said Donnie, stunned by what he was witnessing.
"Do your thing Donnie!" said April, as she started directing the worm out of the chamber destroying Kraang droids and other alien equipment in their wake.
Back up on the surface Splinter and the rest of the family slowly moved across the rooftops doing their best to stay ahead of Shredder's forces.
"You were foolish to come for me" Splinter said weakly, leaning on Raphael and Hedwig for support.
"We'd never leave you, Sensei" said Raph.
"That's right, I can't possibly look after the boys by myself" said Hedwig, earning a weak smile from the ninja master.
"Maybe I should try teleporting Sensei home" Harry suggested.
"No" said Leo. "We don't have Donnie with us. We don't want to agitate the poison. Better to just find Splinter somewhere he can rest first."
Setting Splinter down behind a rooftop stairwell Hedwig, Harry, Mikey, Leo, and Raph watched over him concerned for his health as it seemed his breathing refused to calm down.
"I need to rest" said Splinter. "I must get the poison out of my system."
"Drink some water Sensei" said Mikey, passing his father a bottle of water.
Gratefully accepting the offering, Splinter guzzled down as much water as he could to help flush his system.
"Must meditate." Entering a healing meditative trance, Splinter began focusing all of body's energy on removing the poison from his system. In the meantime, it would be up to his family to keep him safe.
"Let him rest" said Raph. "We'll keep a look out for those goons."
Turns out they didn't have far to look as right around the corner Karai, Tiger Claw, Kitsune, Rahzar, and Fish Face were all waiting.
"Found them" Mikey chuckled weakly.
"Attack!" Tiger Claw ordered, starting the showdown. The rooftops fell into chaos as both groups paired up.
Raph found himself facing off against Fish Face, who had brought something new to the party.
"Fancy new weapon, Fish Face" said Raph, eying the oversized switchblade in the mutant's hand. "Let's see you use it."
"I'm going to chop you into tiny chunks and feed you to my piranha" Fish Face threatened, charging the turtle.
Mikey was proving to be a hard target for Rahzar.
"Took slow, Rahzar" Mikey taunted, dodging as the aforementioned mutant fired his claws at him. The Dog mutant growled as he pursed his target intending to rip the orange turtle to shreds.
Skipping their usual banter Leo and Karai just silently clashed blades. Not far from them Hedwig was taking a shot at Tiger Claw.
"I'll enjoy roasting you over the fire" said Tiger Claw, dodging the owl mutant's feather blades, returning fire with laser pistols.
"Enough talk cat!" Hedwig countered, taking to the sky, avoiding Tiger Claw's lasers.
And finally Harry faced off against Kitsune for round 2.
"So the little boy wishes to play again" Kitsune taunted.
"I play to win!" Harry declared, charging the masked kunoichi.
As the battle raged around him, Splinter in his meditative state could still make out what was happening to his family. His mind could picture the battle between Raphael and Fish Face. He felt a moment of pride as he sensed the red clad turtle circle around the snakehead mutant's Balisword to deliver a solid punch to the jaw.
This feeling grew as he pictured the ever chaotic Michelangelo driving Rahzar crazy with his unpredictable movements.
But then that feeling of pride turned to pain and sorrow as he focused on his youngest son. Harry was struggling to against Kitsune; the masked witch's illusions and conjuration skills were making her a difficult opponent for his son to deal with.
But it was Hedwig who was having the toughest time of things. As and owl Hedwig is a predator and using those same instincts has allowed her to hold her own since her mutation. However, Tiger Claw also possessed a killer instinct along with superior strength and speed. With his jetpack also canceling out her aerial advantage, Hedwig was fighting a losing battle.
"The mother bird should never have left her roost" Tiger Claw taunted, knocking Hedwig to the ground with a powerful palm strike to the chest.
Pressing his advantage Tiger Claw moved to finish Hedwig, moments away from digging his claws into her when suddenly a recovered Splinter stood in his way. Blocking the attack Splinter grabbed hold of Tiger Claw's wrist, twisting his arm and throwing the assassin to the ground.
Overjoyed to see Splinter back on his feet the boys gathered around their father basking in his presence before turning back to their now reassembled enemies.
"Now it is time to end this" said Splinter. "Are you ready my sons?"
"Hai Sensei" the boys happily replied, holding their respective weapons at the ready.
"Hedwig will you be alright?" he asked, noticing the owl mutant's injuries.
"I'll be fine Splinter" Hedwig assured him. "Let's just finish this."
And just like that the battle was back on.
Leo and Karai resumed their deadly dance with the turtle swinging his katana at her head only for the kunoichi to roll under the blade. But Karai failed to notice Leonardo's follow up attack, taking a kick to the chest.
"Karai, I don't want to fight you anymore" said Leo, bringing his sword up to block the Foot princess' tantō.
But Leo's words fell on deaf ears as Karai's mind had been too badly poisoned by Shredder's lies. As she pushed to take control of the battle the ground suddenly began to shack beneath them as New York experienced yet another earthquake.
As both sides struggled to maintain their balance, the earthquake sent Karai falling over the side of the roof.
"No!" Splinter cried, turning away from his battle with Tiger Claw to rush to his daughter's aid. But he didn't get far as Tiger Claw took the opportunity to step on Splinter's tail, tripping him.
"You're not going anywhere" said Tiger Claw, drawing his sword. Pressing his body weight down on Splinter, Tiger Claw was moments away from finishing the great ninja master. "You are mine now, Yoshi-san."
Suddenly a rock came from out of nowhere hitting the tiger mutant in the head. Distracted Tiger Claw was caught completely off guard when Hedwig came swooping in, kicking him over the side of the building.
"Now we're even" said Hedwig, sharing a smile with Splinter.
But the crazy night wasn't over yet as all fighting came to a pause when suddenly the mighty Kraathatrogon came bursting out of the ground. The very same Kraang worm ridden by Casey and April.
The only one not frozen at the sight was Tiger Claw, who had landed on a fire escape. Flying back up on his jetpack, the assassin dropped down between Hedwig and Splinter just narrowly missing them with his sword.
Splinter wasted no time and delivered a quick series of punches to Tiger Claws chest before knocking him away with spinning back kick. The impact damaging Tiger Claw's jetpack sent the powerful mutant flying out of control into the mouth of the Kraathatrogon.
"Sensei!" Kitsune cried, turning her gaze to Splinter's back. Conjuring a dagger, the masked kunoichi was intent on avenging Tiger Claw only to be taken completely by surprise as Harry taking advantage of her distraction, tackled her sending them falling into the alley bellow.
"So the little boy wishes to finish the game" Kitsune sneered.
"Bring it on" Harry smirked, sensing that the kunoichi was unbalanced by the defeat of her teacher.
Making the first move, Kitsune lashed at Harry with a conjured chain. On instinct Harry brought his tantō up to block, playing into her hands as Kitsune's chain wrapped around the blade of Harry's tantō.
Activating his Blood Vein, Harry quickly absorbed the magic of the chain causing it to fade away. But this created a brief opening for Kitsune who landed a series of punches on the young ninja, before blasting him down the alley with a burst of magical energy.
Picking himself back up Harry launched a spray of shuriken but they only hit open air as his target was revealed to be an illusion.
"Great thing about alleys" Harry said casually, spinning on his heel hitting Kitsune in the head with a spinning back kick. "There are only so many places to hide."
"I'm through playing with you, boy" Kitsune growled, charging at Harry.
Just as Harry guessed Kitsune's emotions were running wild without Tiger Claw's presence. In a way it was like fighting an angry Raphael…ok it was like fighting Raphael. So it was simple for Harry to turn that anger against her, side stepping and countering every move she made.
Harry couldn't help the smirk on the face as he delivered a powerful punch to Kitsune's mask, cracking it as she fell to the ground.
Just like Master Splinter said "anger clouds the mind"
Magic sparked from Kitsune's arms as she jumped back and began transfiguring the walls of the alley into spikes. In an impressive display of acrobatics, Harry kept one step ahead of the witch's attack before vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
Conjuring a sword, Kitsune spun on her heel bringing her magically created blade up in time to block Harry's tantō.
The two warriors clashed, each struggling to push the other back and take control. Fueled by her rage, Kitsune managed to push Harry back, causing him to stumble back. Pushing her advantage, Kitsune moved to finish Harry before he could recover his footing when suddenly a powerful wind blew through the alleyway, sucking everything along with the Kraathatrogon down into the tunnels below the city.
Struggling to resist the vacuum, Harry was forced to stab his tantō into the ground using it as a handhold. But he couldn't relax yet as Kitsune wasn't through with him yet.
"Seems I have won the game" Kitsune declared, using her magic to steady herself as she stalked towards Harry.
"Not yet" Harry said defiantly. Activating his Blood Vein, Harry let go off his tantō, using the vacuum's pull to boost his speed as he charged the masked kunoichi.
"What?" Caught completely off guard by Harry's maneuver Kitsune wasn't able to defend herself as Harry's Blood Vein hit home.
As with during his battle with Quirrelmort, the Blood Vein markings on Harry spread out over his target. But unlike Quirrelmort, Kitsune too had Blood Vein, allowing her to fight back against Harry's efforts to destroy her core.
Magical energy lashed out around them as the two mutated magicals fought for dominance. The air around them grew suffocating as it heated up with magical energy. Until finally the pressure finally gave out resulting a powerful burst of energy blasting them in opposite directions.
"Ugh" Harry groaned, waking to the smiling faces of Donnie, April, and Casey. "Hey guys glad you're ok."
"Looks like you've had a rough time of it" said Donnie, helping his brother to his feet.
With all members of their group accounted for and no sign of Kitsune, the team reunited on the rooftop where Donnie informed the family what he, April, and Casey had been up to.
"So the earthquakes were caused by giant worms that lived under the sewers" said Raph. "That sounds even worse than giant cockroaches."
"I'm more surprised, Casey and Donnie actually seem to be getting along" Harry whispered to Mikey.
"I'd give it a week" said Mikey.
"I'm just glad you're all alright" said Hedwig.
As he smiled at the reunion of his friends and family, Leo couldn't help but notice the sullen look on Splinter's face.
"You did it Sensei" said Leo, coming to stand by his father's side as they looked down at the investigation of the crater caused by the Kraathatrogon.
"Yes with the help of my family" said Splinter, looking on his family with pride. Today was a day of great personal victory for each of his family members.
"But what about Karai?" asked Raph, as he and the others moved to join Leo and Splinter.
"I still can't believe that evil witch is your daughter" said April, then she remembered her current company. "Err, no offense to your Hogwarts friends, Harry."
"No problem."
"I'm sorry she didn't listen to you Splinter" said Hedwig.
"Perhaps one day she will believe the truth" said Splinter. "But that is her decision. But for now we celebrate."
Unbeknownst to them, Karai had been listening to their entire conversation. Her mind spinning at the possibility that perhaps she didn't know the truth about Hamato Yoshi. After all what reason did he have to lie to his family about Karai's identity. But for now the kunoichi decided to return home to ponder the question.
As for our heroes they hadn't gone far before Harry's T-phone suddenly went off.
"What's up Harry?" asked Leo, noticing the frightened look on his brother's face.
Too stunned for words, Harry simply showed them his phone, displayed on the screen was the chilling sight of a petrified Ron, Neville, Luna, and Hermione. Underneath was text message from the T-phone he had given Ginny:
Hurry Back Potter or the Weasley Girl Dies.
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