Inside the base, Slash and Newtralizer continued to destroy the Kraang-droids. Newtralizer shot at the enemy with his lasers; knocked them aside with his muscular tail. And Slash swung his mace around violently, flattening any Kraang to the ground who got too close. Finally, Newtralizer spotted what he needed. "A Kraang communication orb. Exactly what I was looking for," Newtralizer spoke aloud. He plugged his wrist tech into the orb and began searching through the information. Slash watched as his partner flicked through several images.
"Want to let me in on the plan?" Slash asked after a moment, becoming impatient.
Newtralizer paused to look at Slash, considering his answer, "In due time."
The turtles, Casey and Kris leapt down into the room strewn with Kraang-droid parts and fallen weapons. "Whoa," Mikey marveled. "It's the Newtralizer. I totally named that guy!"
"Actually, I named him," Donnie corrected.
"Actually, I named him," Mikey mocked, sticking out his tongue and making puppet motions with his hand. Donnie's expression fell into annoyance.
"Hit 'em hard and fast," Leo ordered, reaching up for his katana.
"Except for you, Casey. You hold back," Raph added. The brothers leapt into battle, drawing out their weapons, with Kris flying into action behind them. Casey was left where he stood, jaw dropped in disbelief that his best friend would side line him like that. But anger quickly took over his expression, and determination soon followed. Donatello charged at the Newtralizer, who spun around and whipped his tail into the turtle's side, sending him flying. Leo was behind him with another attack, but the Newtralizer just grabbed him out of the air and slammed him into the ground, followed by a dishonorable kick to his side. Raph came in jabbing his sais at the Newtralizer. Each of his attacks were avoided as the alien newt hopped around him. Newtralizer reached forward to meet Raph's sai attack, gripping the turtle by his wrists and tossing him over the railing to the level below. Slash leapt down to follow and continue the fight, leaving Kris to take the form of a lion and attack the alien. Newtralizer grabbed Kris's jaw, keeping it pried open with his strength. Kris scratched at him with his claws while the Newtralizer's hands were busy preventing Kris's strong jaw from slamming closed around his arm. But it would take more than an Earth lion to trap the alien warrior. Newtralizer lunged his knee into Kris's gut, causing Kris to lose focus and shift back into his human form. The alien grabbed Kris by his shirt and threw him over the rail like the others, before leaping down himself. Kris landed nearby Slash, who started to advance on the mutant teen. Immediately, Don jumped onto Slash's back, holding his bo staff against the tip of his spiked shell to draw his focus away from Kris. Slash grunted at the weight dropping onto his back, and began spinning around in an attempt to throw Donnie off. When it didn't work, Slash reached up and punched him in the head to disorient him before grabbing his shell and tossing him over his shoulder. Donnie hit the ground hard, bouncing off it slightly before sliding to a stop. He looked up when he heard Slash's lumbering footsteps coming towards him.
"Eager for another beat down, Donatello?" Slash threatened, raising his mace high into the air. He stopped walking forward when a hockey puck bounced of his head. He turned his head to see who had thrown it and a second puck hit him in the forehead, causing him to release his anger in a loud roar.
"Leave him alone!" Casey demanded, rolling towards the turtle behemoth on his skates with his hockey stick ready to bring a beat down of its own. But Slash was quicker than Casey had thought. He grabbed the stick and lifted Casey off his feet, swinging him from side to side. He then raised the teen vigilante above his head to swing him around in circles, effectively turning Casey into a human flag.
Raph had just blocked the Newtralizer's weapon with his sais when he heard his friend's groans behind him. "Casey!" he cried out, throwing off the Newtralizer's attack to run to Casey's aid. Slash tossed Casey aside to prepare for Raph's incoming attack. Raph jumped into the air, his strong legs sending him above Slash. But before he came down, Slash activated his teleporter and Raph just landed on the floor where Slash had stood. The towering turtle re-appeared behind Raph, his mace already raised with both hands and a menacing laugh escaping him. He brought his weapon down fast in a batter motion, knocking Raph to the ground with his brothers and Casey. Kris ran over to begin helping his friends to their feet, while seeing their enemies corralled in one spot gave Newtralizer an idea. He pulled out a large disc and Frisbee'd it towards their adversaries. It stuck into the wall just above their heads and began to blink as Slash and Newtralizer teleported away, laughing as they went.
"Holy mackerel!" Donnie cried when he suddenly realized that it was an explosive device. It was easy for the rest of the group to put two together. "Run!" The team followed Donnie's lead, leaping out the nearest window. Casey was the last to exit, and found himself caught on something, unable to fully escape. He looked behind him and realized his hockey stick was too tall to fit through the window. He quickly adjusted it, and immediately fell to the ground. Raph turned, hearing his friend fall. Casey began to raise himself off the ground, but was instantly knocked back down as the explosion rang out behind him. The building they were once in was suddenly erupting with flames. Some of the brick near the top broke away and plummeted to the ground, directly above Casey. The teen looked up at the approaching debris, raising his hand in a futile attempt at protection as he cried out in fear. Raph swooped in to shove Casey out of the way, just as the debris made contact with the sidewalk. The two of them tumbled to the side. Habit and instinct brought Raph back to his feet quickly to deflect a few stray bricks still falling towards them. The street filled with smoke, both from the raging fire and the dust generated from the collapsing building. Leo, Don, Mikey and Kris got back to their feet. Leo looked around for the head count, making sure no one had been badly injured.
"You guys all right?" Leo asked Raph and Casey after walking up to them.
Casey sat up and pushed his mask on top of his head, "Yeah. We're cool."
"Cool?" Raph repeated, anger rising up in his throat. "You would've been flattened if it wasn't for me!" Raph pointed an angry finger at his friend.
"I've done the same for you, Raph!" Casey retorted, getting to his feet and looking down on the turtle.
"Oh, yeah? When was that?" Raph challenged. Casey paused, failing to remember an example. His brows rose in slight worry, knowing he couldn't back down or let Raph win.
"Like, dozens of times," Casey told Raph, spreading out his arms and averting his gaze momentarily.
"If you didn't slow us down, they would've never gotten away!" Raph accused, arms crossed over his chest and a heavy frown set into his features. Casey's eyes grew wide in surprise, not believing what Raph was accusing him of.
"Are you kidding me?" Casey barked, frowning just as intensely as Raph.
"Why? You think this is a joke?" Raph growled back. The two teens glared at each other, their tempers rising to their height.
"You know what, Raph? Forget this!" Casey shoved past Raph, knocking his shoulder into the turtle's with force. "I'm out of here!" He continued to stomp down the street away from the brothers.
"Good. Just go!" Raph called after him, waving his hands in a shooing motion.
"Good. I'm going!" Casey called back, barely turning his head to face Raph.
"Casey, wait! Hold on!" Leo called after him, walking in front of Raph. Casey kept walking. Leo looked back at Raph and gave him a stern look, which Mikey mimicked.
"What?" Raph barked. "If he's gonna act like a baby, I don't want his help."
"Not cool, Raph!" Mikey scolded, getting into his brother's space. "People have feelings, dude. Real, squishy feelings." Mikey squeezed and relaxed his hands a few times, signifying the squishy feelings he was talking about.
"Well, I'm not people!" Raph shot back, before looking down with his heavy frown still occupying his face. He knew what his goofy brother was trying to say and that he was referring to Casey's feelings, but he still felt what he did was right. He didn't want his best friend to be in danger, especially if he may not be able to get him out of it, and angering Casey enough for him to leave seemed like the best way to keep him safe. It didn't make Raph feel good, though. He was just as angry at himself for once again resorting to anger to solve a problem, than he was at Casey for putting himself in dangerous situations. With nothing more the turtles or Kris could do, they snuck out of the area and made their way back to the rooftops.