Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Shredder's helmet: The Kuro Kabuto, a legendary object symbolizing his rule over the Foot clan. Countless people have trembled at the sight of its sinister visage; but tonight it shall be the catalyst to unite our five favorite ninja brothers as they try to survive this wild and crazy tale.
But that's for later. Our story begins down in the lair, where in the privacy of his room, Splinter sorrowfully stares at the picture of his human family, more specifically his daughter. Karai who after finally discovering her true identity as Hamato Yoshi's daughter, Miwa, was tragically ripped away from him once more by the Shredder's forces.
It's been days since and Splinter has left his room once in all that time, just silently mourning for the child now twice lost to him.
"Leonardo, get away from there" Hedwig scolded, having caught the turtle spying on his father. "Splinter needs time."
"I know but I'm worried about him" said Leo. "I keep thinking I should've gone after Karai."
"Believe me, we're all worried about him" the owl mutant said sadly. "But you made the right decision coming home. Kitsune would've brought them back to Shredder's lair and you wouldn't have stood a chance against the entire Foot clan by yourself."
"I know" the blue turtle sighed. "I just hate seeing him like this."
"Just give him time. Now Raphael should be back soon with the pizza; why don't you go join your brothers."
Still feeling guilty about losing Karai, Leo left to join his brothers, leaving Hedwig to watch over Splinter.
"Pizza's here" said Raph, carrying the precious pie into the living room, pulling Harry, Mikey, and Donnie away from the latest episode of Super Robo Mecha Force.
"You only got one pizza" Mikey complained. "I'm like a two pizzas all by myself guy."
"It's not a big deal, Mikey" said Donnie, taking a slice.
As his brothers were enjoying their slices of the delicious pie, Mikey got a devious idea.
"Booyakasha!" he cried, throwing down a smoke bomb. When the smoke cleared the pizza was gone.
"Mikey!" Harry and Raph yelled angrily.
"I cannot believe you did that" said Donnie just angry.
But Mikey wasn't listening for some how he'd lost track of the pizza in the smoke.
"Mikey!" Angered by the loss of their pizza, Harry tackled Mikey, punching him wildly while demanding he bring the pizza back.
"How can you guys fool aroud like this when Karai needs our help?" said Leo, walking into the room.
"Ugh, not this again" Raph groaned. "Look maybe she believes Splinter's her father but she was raised by the Shredder. You think she's going to turn on him just like that?"
"Yes I do. Now am I the leader of this team or not?"
Raph and Donnie traded looks; the purple clad turtle shrugged not really sure what to say.
"More or less" said Raph.
"'More or less'" Leo repeated incredulously. "So I'm only the leader until I tell you to do something you don't want to?"
Once more Donnie and Raph traded looks.
"Ugh fine" Leo groaned. "I'm going to check out Shredder's lair, see if it has any weak points."
"Wait" Donnie sighed, neither of them feeling comfortable with the thought of Leo going alone. "We'll come with you."
"But that doesn't mean we're going in" said Raph. "Harry, stop wailing on Mikey we're going."
Since her imprisonment, Karai has had only one goal in mind: Revenge on Shredder. To that aim she hasn't been sitting helplessly in her cell; over the last few days she's been using a tiny metal disk to file away at the bars, though progress is slow, if nothing else Shredder has instilled a tireless need for revenge in her.
The sound of the dungeon doors opening forces her to abandon her work, positioning herself into a ball as she turns her back away from the bars just as Shredder comes to stand in front of her cell; he had opted to leave his helmet in his throne room, perhaps as a means to reach out to the girl he had raised, not as just the daughter of the Shredder but as the child of Oroku Saki.
"Karai, you must know I never wanted this to happen" said Oroku Saki. "Splinter is your father, yes. But it would've been wrong to allow you to be raised by scum like him. I did what I had to do. What I knew was right. I…I hope someday you will understand that."
Karai sat silently, not allowing herself to be swayed by Shredder's words, now seeing them for what they truly are; the excuses of a man ruled by his jealousy and hate. The instant she heard Shredder leave, Karai removed the file from her mouth and went back to work on the bars.
I understand everything now, Shredder. And when I get out of here I'll do what I know is right.
While Shredder was busy with Karai, unbeknownst to the leader of the Foot clan a strange man was running across his rooftop. The intruder was African American with a very skinny build, with a Mohawk, dressed in Tron suit complete with visors over his eyes.
The Tron looking man knew what he was doing, silently moving across the rooftop and positioning himself right over Shredder's throne room. Turns out his suit wasn't just for looks as his glove was equipped with a laser glass cutter; once he finished creating an entry point he pushed a button on his suits belt activating a cloaking system.
Invisibly the intruder repelled down and made his way to the throne, deactivating his cloak while his visor detected a hidden panel in the chair.
Let's do this like brutish.
Suddenly the doors slammed open as Rahzar and a squad of Foot bots charged into the room. Apparently the thief wasn't as quiet as he thought.
Snap dizzle he remarked, surprised by the dog mutant's appearance. Using his suit's tech, the thief uncovered a hidden panel inside the throne containing Shredder's helmet. Placing his prize inside a backpack he re-cloaked just before Rahzar could catch him.
"Someone's stolen the Kabuto" the dog mutant growled. "I can't see him but I can smell him."
Following his nose Rahzar took a swing at seemingly empty air, feeling a moment of sadistic satisfaction as he felt himself make contact. The thief wasn't feeling as happy, as Bradford's strike sent him crashing into a window panel, hard enough to crack the glass.
Dang he's even worse than Steranko said he was, the thief complained, rubbing his sore chest.
"Foot bots, destroy him" Rahzar ordered, sending the robot ninjas after the thief.
Turns out our thief has his own tricks; his Mohawk suddenly starts to glow as it's encased in a hard light construct. Then using his energized hairstyle, the thief starts throwing the constructs at the approaching Foot bots, making acrobatic maneuvers while doing a bad Michael Jackson impression.
The laser Mohawk proves to be an effective weapon despite its absurdity as it takes down the Foot bots.
Frustrated by the robots' failure, Rahzar charges the thief, who responds by twirling around as he throws wads of goop at the mutant.
"What's that supposed to do" said Rahzar, laughing at the strange choice of weapon. But he isn't laughing long, as the goop lands on his feet, sticking him to the ground. "What?"
"Just a little glue. No hard feelings zombie wolf" said the thief, throwing a razor disk at the window, shattering it with a controlled explosion. "I'm just doing my job."
The thief then makes his escape but not before leaving his calling card, throwing the piece of cardboard into Rahzar's fur, just between the eyes.
"Bradford, what is going on here?" Shredder demands, having been drawn by the sound of the explosion.
"I'm sorry, Master Shredder" Rahzar whimpered, handing over the card. "He…He got your helmet."
Growling in frustration, Shredder rips the card from Bradford's hand learning the identity of the one who dared to steal from him.
Anton Zeck: Master Thief
Not about to let the theft of his helmet pass Back in Shredder's lair the master of the Foot clan has gathered his top henchmen…and Stockman.
"You will find my helmet" he ordered. "Until it is returned you will do nothing else. Nothing!"
"Um…Master Shredder, can't you just get another helmet?" Fish Face said foolishly.
Not one to be questioned, Shredder viciously knocked Xever to the ground, leaving the snakehead mutant to stare fearfully at his master.
"That helmet; the Kuro Kabuto has been the symbol of the Foot clan for over 1,500 years" Shredder explained. "The clan's founder himself, the dreaded Koga Takuza was said to be the greatest ninja in the history of Japan. His skill with the blade was greater than any samurai. Takuza laid waste to warriors and rulers alike. He stole the sacred totems of his defeated enemies and fused them into an alloy stronger than steel. He himself forged the Kabuto and has remained undamaged to this day. I am sworn to protect it with my life and you will bring it to me. Understand?!"
Shredder demanded of Fish Face, holding his gauntlet blades at the mutant's neck.
"Yes Master" Fish Face said fearfully.
Shredder then had his men split up; Fish Face with Stockman and Kitsune. Rahzar with Tiger Claw.
"Do not fail me. I promise you the consequences will be dire."
Out in the city the brothers are racing towards Shredder's lair in the Shell Raiser; though Raph still has his doubts about Karai.
"I'm thinking we might have better luck if we tunnel up from underneath Shredder's lair" said Leo.
"Ooh, what if we tunnel down from above" Mikey suggests. "That'll really confuse them."
"You can't tunnel down from, ugh" Raph groaned, rubbing his temples in frustration. "We're not tunneling from anywhere. We can't do this, Karai was raised by Shredder. She's one of the bad guys."
"Maybe you should give her a chance, Raph" said Harry.
"What, you're siding with Leo now?"
"I'm just saying, people can be more than what others make them out to be. I mean is her situation so different from mine?"
"Yes! You're a ninja first, wizard second. And Master Splinter didn't raise you to be a heartless, lying, killing machine!"
"That's not what I…" Harry's argument was cut short as suddenly the Shell Raiser's proximity alert started going off. Strangely when he checked his monitor, Donnie could only see someone on the infrared screen.
"Leo, hit the brakes" said Donnie. "Hit the brakes!"
Leo hit the brakes hard but it was too late, the Shell Raiser had hit something. Deciding to investigate, they pulled over and piled out of the van.
"What did we hit?" asked Mikey.
"A man. An invisible one" said Donnie. "He only showed up on infrared."
"Is this a Kraang thing?" Leo wondered.
"Maybe it's a wizard" said Harry. "I can't be the only one with an invisibility cloak. Plus, there is that whole camouflage spell thing."
"Either way, we better find him" said Donnie.
While his brothers split up to try and find their invisible man, Raph spotted a backpack lying in the street, gasping in disbelief at what he found inside. But before he could bring it to the other's attention, a familiar chirping told them they had company; a squad of Foot bots had arrived.
"Ok, no way did Shredder know we were on our way" said Harry. "So what's with the Foot bots?"
"I'm thinking it has something to do with this" said Raph, holding out Shredder's helmet.
"Ok yeah that definitely explains it."
"So what's the plan?" Donnie asked, as the brothers stood back to back, surrounded by Foot bots.
"Oh you know: kick, punch, stab" said Leo.
"That's right in my wheelhouse, bro" said Mikey.
Moving as one the brothers charged into battle.
A four armed Foot bot tried took a swing at Raph but the red clad turtle wasn't about to let that pass, easily sidestepping the attack, countering by slamming his fists into the robot's back. But as the first bot went down a second moved into to bring its sword down on him, but Raph saw it coming a mile away, bring his up his sais trapping the Foot bot's blade between their tongs. The two clashed as the Foot bot tried to force its sword free; this ultimately proved futile as with a twist of his wrist, Raph applied enough pressure to snap the sword in half. The Foot bot stumbled back as it processed the destruction of its weapon, leaving it wide open for Raph to finish it with a devastating kick to the chest.
Leo dashed through the swarm of Foot bots, his blades reducing them to a pile of scrap as he passed. While Mikey covered his back knocking back Foot bots with his ever reliable nunchucks.
But they weren't the only pair teaming up as Harry and Donnie found themselves surrounded. Standing back to back Harry and Donnie smirked to each other as the Foot bots charged in; waiting until just the last second, Harry grabbed hold of Donatello and teleported themselves just outside the ring of Foot bots, leaving the surprised robotic ninjas to impale each other.
But no matter how many they defeated more just kept coming.
"Time to go" Leo ordered, as another wave of Foot bots arrived.
"Booyakasha!" throwing a spray of smoke bombs at the robots, Mikey covered their escape as he and his brothers returned to the Shell Raiser, with Shredder's helmet.
But as the brothers made their getaway their invisible man, none other than Anton Zeck had recovered from his introduction to the Shell Raiser. Waking up just in time to see Harry and the Turtles leaving with his loot. Not about to let go of his prize the thief launched a razor disk at the retreating van, tagging it with a tracking device.
Zeck is coming after you, my ectothermic friends.
Of course while Zeck was following Harry and the Turtles, Shredder's forces were tracking him. Though as they moved across the rooftops, Kitsune found herself resenting the master of the Foot clan's decision to separate her from Tiger Claw. It wasn't because she feared for her teacher's safety, it truth it was because she wasn't sure how much longer she could stand listening to Fish Face complain about Shredder's face.
"Xever, enough!" Kitsune ordered.
"What I'm just saying, Shredder's face is gross" Fish Face defended. "I mean come on, he looks worse than Stockman."
"Hey!" Stockman-Fly buzzed.
"Don't get mad at me, you know you look nasty."
"I hate to side with Fish Face" said Kitsune. "But it's true Stockman, your face is disgusting."
Stockman slumped sorrowfully as he had to admit it was true; he wasn't about to win prettiest mutant award.
"Hey speaking of faces" said Fish Face. "Any chance of us ever getting a peak behind the mask?"
"I don't know" said Kitsune. "Do you think you'd make a good stew?"
Xever decided it was a good idea to shut up. While Kitsune once again wished Shredder had let her work with Tiger Claw and wondering if he shared in her frustrations.
Turns out he didn't as Bradford proved to be less annoying than Xever.
"You're not worried about Kitsune, being away from you?" Rahzar asked. It was obvious the duo usually worked their missions together.
"Master Shredder made the right call" said Tiger Claw. "I have trained Kitsune well in tracking. It is how she located Kraang bases, in order to rescue me. She is more than capable."
Rahzar didn't say anymore instead directing his focus on sniffing out the thief's scent.
"The scent is faint but I think he went this way" said Rahzar.
"This way" Tiger Claw corrected, taking a sniff of the air, using his jetpack to reach the rooftops. "He's on foot but he's got *sniff* devices, electric motors, faint whiff of ozone."
"Hmm, you've got a good sense of smell for a cat."
"We are warriors; can't we fight side by side without letting species get in the way?"
"Absolutely" the dog mutant agreed. "Xever is always saying 'oh, Tiger Claw must hate you, because you're a dog'."
"That's ridiculous" the tiger mutant scoffed, leading the way as they followed after Zeck.
"I know, right?"
"Although, I do want to eat him because he's a fish" Tiger Claw admitted.
"Eh, I would eat him just to shut him up" said Rahzar.
"Now you're starting to sound like Kitsune."
*Break*
With Shredder's helmet in hand, Leo was starting to feel optimistic.
"This is perfect" he said.
"Why?" asked Mikey.
"We have Shredder's helmet. We can trade it for Karai" the blue turtle explained.
"You're delusional, you know that" said Raph. "How many times does Karai have to try to kill us before you get she's not on our side?!"
"You're wrong about her, Raph!" Leo snapped.
"Guys!" Donnie yelled, as the proximity alert went off again. "Incoming!"
Suddenly the Shell Raiser was sent rolling end over end as it was struck with an oversized, energy Mohawk curtesy of Zeck. With their ride down and still shaken from the sneak attack the brothers climbed out to get their bearings.
"Is everyone ok?" asked Donnie, to which his brothers all replied yes in their own ways.
"Any idea, what hit us?" asked Harry.
"No but we're about to" said Rahzar as he dropped down on them; Tiger Claw swooped down after him on his jetpack, laying down fire with his energy pistols.
The brothers scattered to avoid the tiger mutant's shots, leaving Tiger Claw's path clear as he made for the helmet. But just before he could reach for Shredder's prized possession, Leo caught the cat man by surprise, kicking him off course.
Raph quickly moved in scooping up the helmet seconds before Rahzar touched down in the alley.
"Don't let them get the helmet" said Leo, as he and Harry positioned themselves between Raph and Bradford.
Coming back around Tiger Claw made another pass for the helmet, eager to rip it from Raphael's cold dead hands. Lucky for Raph, his brothers have his back as Donnie and Mikey teamed up, using the former's staff to fling the orange turtle into the air, right in Tiger Claw's path; setting Mikey up to knock the tiger mutant out of the sky with an axe kick to the head.
But the rough landing wasn't going to be enough to stop Tiger Claw, who quickly recovered, taking a swing at Raphael with his sword. Tossing the helmet to Mikey, Raph brought his sai up in time to block the assassin's blade.
Working together Harry and Leo were able to keep Rahzar pinned, though they both lacked the physical strength to match the dog mutant, their speed and well-practiced teamwork was proving to be a challenge for the Foot clan mutant, as they easily weaved in and out of Bradford's range, moving around each other to cover possible blind spots in either brother's attacks.
Flipping over Leo's shell, Harry had just knocked Rahzar back against the Shell Raiser when, Donnie dropped in, bringing his staff down on the dog mutant's head.
"Come on, let's go" Leo ordered, deciding to continue fighting brought too much risk to the helmet. "Harry"
"On it!" focusing his magic, Harry blasted Tiger Claw away from Raph and Mikey, giving them the chance to join them as they escaped up a fire escape and on to the rooftops. But the brothers didn't get far as Kitsune and Stockman blocked their path, with Fish Face positioning himself above them on a billboard.
"I believe you have something we need" said Fish Face.
"Deodorant" Mikey remarked.
Offended Fish Face dived at the brothers, forcing them to scatter as Mikey tossed the bag containing Shredder's helmet to Donatello, leaving himself free to fight the snakehead mutant.
"For the record, I agree. Xever does smell rather foul" said Kitsune, cutting Donnie off.
"I got you bro" said Harry, knocking the masked kunoichi aside with a flying kick.
"Fine then let's play."
As the two magicals fought it out, Donnie took a moment to take everything in; Raph had taken over for Mikey and was currently wrestling with Fish Face, Mikey had taken position on the snakehead mutant's former perch, clearly taking a moment to find his second wind. Then he heard it the distinct sound of a fly's wings, meaning Stockman was coming after the helmet. Needing both hands to properly handle his weapon, Donnie tossed the helmet to the currently free Leonardo.
"Got it" said Leo, catching the bag. The blue clad turtle was about to take off with the prize when, suddenly he found himself under fire from Stockman's acid loogies. Coming to his eldest brother's aid, Mikey trapped the mutant fly in his kusarigama chain, pulling him away from Leo.
Stockman quickly turned the tables though, as he flew higher into the air, circling end over end building momentum until he sent Mikey flying.
At the same time Fish Face had found himself facing off against both Raph and Donnie, he had just managed to push the red turtle back when suddenly he was knocked painfully to the side as Mikey came screaming onto the scene, landing right on top of the snakehead mutant.
"Watch it, buzz kill!" Fish Face complained, pushing the orange turtle off of him.
"Oh, buzz kill that's totally what we should have called him" said Mikey.
"You know the rules: No renaming mutants unless they mutate again" said Harry, jumping back to join Raph, Mikey, and Donnie as they were boxed off Kitsune and Fish Face.
"Now Stockman" Kitsune ordered.
Following her command, the mutant fly swooped down firing his acid loogies at the brothers, missing every shot.
"Dudes got like a bazillion eyes" said Mikey. "You think he'd be a better shot."
"Oh he did well enough" said Kitsune, tearing the billboard behind with a wave of her hand.
"No!" Leo cried, as the sign crashed down on top of his brothers.
To his relief there were signs of movement under the sign; his brothers were alive. But Fish Face was planning to fix that, skewering his balisword into the sign, hoping to get lucky and stab his pinned down brothers.
Leo quickly brought an end to the game, knocking Fish Face away with a flying kick. But he still had Kitsune to worry about, as the masked kunoichi stood perfectly calm before the turtle, waiting to see if he'd surrender before she tore the helmet away from him.
What do I do? Leo thought desperately. I can't fight Kitsune, protect the helmet and get the guys out. Honestly surrender was starting to look like his only option.
"Just go Leo" said Raph, surprising his brother. "Save Karai, we'll take care of ourselves."
"Oh so all this is for the traitor" said Kitsune, sounding amused. "Well that just means I'll have to try harder"
"Hey Kitsune!" Harry shouted, getting the masked kunoichi's attention. "Check this out!"
Confused about what Harry could possibly do while pinned under the billboard; Kitsune soon learned the answer as the boy managed to telekinetically, throw Fish Face into her. With Harry's use of the summoning charm, clearing his way Leo took off running just as Tiger Claw and Rahzar reached the rooftop.
"You two finish Potter and the Turtles" Tiger Claw ordered Fish Face and Stockman. "We'll get the Kabuto."
With Rahzar, Kitsune, and Tiger Claw gone; Raph smirked to himself as he dropped a smoke bomb catching Stockman and Fish Face by surprise.
We better make this quick.
Leo took off running through the city streets with Tiger Claw and Rahzar closing in on him. He was almost surprised when Kitsune appeared in his way; but what's the point of having a wizard for a brother if you don't learn a few things?
Having long since learned how to tell when even a wandless magic user was about to strike, Leo dodged to the side as Kitsune released a blast wave of energy, leaving it to hitting the approaching Rahzar knocking the dog mutant painfully into the side of a building. Not about to give up after only one missed shot, the masked kunoichi conjured her daggers and launched the deadly blades at the blue clad turtle. Leo quickly reacted, drawing one of his swords and deflecting the daggers back at the witch, only for her to banish them with a wave of her hand.
With a roar Tiger Claw joined his apprentice, charging Leo from behind while Kitsune launched another attack, this time with her usual magically created chains. Thinking quickly the blue turtle threw down a smoke bomb, leaving the chains to pass through the cloud and capturing Tiger Claw by mistake, as Leonardo vanished into the night.
"Where did he go?" Kitsune asked, freeing her teacher.
Tiger Claw sniffed the air, trying to catch Leonardo's scent but to no avail.
"No good. They must've modified their smoke bombs" he said. "I cannot find his scent. We spread out and find him. But first go wake Bradford."
"Yes Sensei."
Once they had gone Leo was safe to leave his hastily chosen hiding place, a dumpster. The stench of garbage had managed to hide his scent but it didn't stop Leo from being disgusted by his choice of hiding spot, it only got worse once he had the misfortune of finding a full diaper on his head.
Ugh nasty. Still with the coast clear for the moment, Leo took off but turns out his troubles weren't over yet as he run straight into well he couldn't tell, it was invisible. For a moment he thought it was one of Kitsune's tricks until he heard what was decidedly a man's laughter.
Turns out Zeck had finally caught up to the turtle and was determined to take back his right fully stolen property, something that wasn't hard for Leonardo to deduce. It also didn't help that while he was invisible the thief could seem to bring himself to shut up, instead he kept calling out his Michael Jackson impressions.
So when Zeck moved in to take back his bag all he got was a foot to the face, as Leo took him down with a solid spin kick, knocking the thief to the ground, the impact shorting out his invisibility tech.
"Guessing you're the invisible man" said Leo, pulling Zeck to his feet. "Nice haircut buddy. Here's your bag."
Leo placed the knapsack in Zeck's hands just as Shredder's forces arrived.
"Have fun with your friends" said the blue turtle, pushing the thief towards the advancing Foot clan warriors…and Stockman; leaving Zeck behind to deal with the consequences while he took off.
"Forget Leonardo" said Tiger Claw. "Get the Kabuto!"
"No, no, no" Zeck panicked, taking off running. He didn't get far as Kitsune cast a summoning charm on the bag, pulling it along with Zeck back towards them. "Just don't mess up my sunglasses ok. They're kind of my thing."
The Foot clan mutants moved in to beat Zeck within an inch of his life, planning on allowing Shredder to make the final decision for the thief's fate. But before they could, they were forced back as an attack helicopter swooped in firing at them.
"Wow to the wow" said Zeck, grabbing on as the copter dropped a ladder for him as it passed over head.
Stockman tried to follow after Zeck but the thief took him out, throwing a flashbang in the fly mutant's face, causing him to crash into a billboard. With his prize in hand Zeck climbed up into the helicopter to meet his client, the arms dealer Ivan Steranko; a largely muscular Russian man, with a diamond studded prosthetic eye. Dressed in a black suit with golden spiked shoulder pads, and wearing a Ushanka marked with a yellow star.
"You gotted the helmet?" Steranko demanded.
"It's my thing" Zeck said casually, holding up the bag. "Of course I got it."
But there was one problem as the Russian criminal felt something was off.
"Why am I smelling the baby poops?"
Taking the bag from Zeck, Steranko opened the bag to find not the Kuro Kabuto but instead a pill of used diapers.
"I going to pop your head like blueberry!" Steranko said angrily.
"You know that's to be expected" said Zeck.
Having fooled everyone, Leo with the Kabuto in hand made his way to Shredder's lair, sneaking into the evil ninja master's throne room. The turtle cautiously looked around the room, searching for a sign of Shredder's presence when suddenly he emerged from the shadows.
"Why does the fly walk into the spider's web?" he asked, taking note of his helmet in the turtle's hands.
"Because all the spider's henchmen are out" Leo replied bitingly.
"Ah, you've come to make a trade."
"The helmet for Karai" the turtle demanded, holding out the Kabuto.
"Very well" with a look, Shredder silently ordered one of his Foot bots to retrieve the captive. "She'll have to be brought up from the dungeons."
"You raised her from infancy and now you lock her in a cell" Leo said in surprise, he didn't think even Shredder could've been so cold. "How can you do that?"
"In any conflict the winner is the one whose prepared to do what the loser is not" the Foot clan leader replied, just as Karai was brought into the chamber with a sack over her head. "Now the Kuro Kabuto."
"How do I know you won't attack me as soon as I give you the helmet?" the turtle demanded.
"Of course I'm going to attack you. Did you think you were getting out of this without a fight?"
Placing the helmet on the ground, Leo drew one of his katana dropping into a stance as Shredder released his gauntlet blades. Suddenly without warning Shredder charged Leo, it was all the turtle could do just to block the master ninja's first strike. Leo tried to counter but Shredder was too fast, driving his elbow into the turtle's chest, followed by a savage kick that left Leo staggering back. But before Leo could right himself, Shredder had already moved behind him, knocking him into the base of his throne's stairs, with a devastating spinning back kick, dropping his sword upon impact.
"Pathetic" Shredder commented, taking in the fear in the turtle's eyes as he realized how still outclassed he was. The Foot clan leader lunged forward driving his gauntlet blade into the stone, just inches from Leo's neck. "But that is to be expected when your sensei is a weak-willed coward like Splinter. You never should've tried to do this alone."
"He didn't" Raph's voice called out.
Shredder turned around to find Raphael holding his helmet with Harry, Donatello, and Michelangelo backing him, their weapons at the ready.
"Guys!" Leo smiled, relieved to see his brothers were fine.
"We couldn't let you have all the fun" said Harry.
"And none of us want to tell Splinter, we didn't try to rescue his daughter" said Donnie.
"Now let's take Shred head down" said Mikey.
Raph got round 2 started, throwing a shuriken at Shredder, but the Foot clan leader simply deflected off his armored gauntlet as he charged forward, demanding his helmet. Raph tossed the helmet to Leo as he drew his sais, blocking Shredder's blades but taking a knee to the gut for his troubles.
Donnie went in next, twirling his bō staff but before he could bring it down on him, Shredder cut the weapon in half with his gauntlet blade, following up with a powerful sidekick that sent Donatello flying.
Shredder moved to land a fatal blow but before he could, Harry joined the battle using his speed clones to try and confuse him as he came at the master ninja from multiple angles. But Shredder was just that a master ninja, and was easily able to block each of his attacks, before reaching his hand out and grabbing Harry by the collar of his shirt.
Harry struggled to escape Shredder's grasp when Mikey and Raph came to the rescue, forcing him to toss the boy aside in favor of dealing with the approaching turtles. Bringing his gauntlet up to block Raph's sai, Shredder countered with a kick to the gut, knocking him back as he brought his second hand up to block Mikey's nunchucks, tossing him aside as Leo circled around, sidestepping the blue turtle's attempt at a sneak attack, countering with a kick to the back.
"You fools really believe you can defeat me?" Shredder taunted.
"No but we kept you busy long enough to get Karai" Mikey explained, as the brothers now gathered by the bound kunoichi.
"You'll never get out of here alive" Shredder growled.
"You want it? Take it" said Donnie, tossing Shredder his helmet.
As expected Shredder easily caught the Kabuto but when he did he was surprised to see one of their smoke bombs rolling out, blinding him as the brothers vanished into the night. With Harry and the Turtles gone, Shredder put on his helmet, chuckling darkly to himself.
With Karai in hand, the brothers made tracks putting as much distance between them and Shredder as possible. It wasn't until the Foot clan's lair was far behind them that they finally felt it was safe enough to stop.
"Thanks guys" said Leo, as they came to stop on a rooftop.
"We had to come Leo" said Raph, offering his fist. "You're the leader, right?"
"Eh more or less" he replied, happily bumping fists with his hot tempered brother. "Now let's get her out of this sack."
But when Leo pulled the sack off, they were met with a cruel surprise. Shredder had fooled them, tricking them into giving him the Kabuto while they ran off with a Karai robot, who's head was a block of C4 with a timer currently counting down.
"I hate him!" Harry screamed, as the bomb went off, blasting he and his brothers into the air.
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