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Chapter 8:
New world order, Part 1
As the turtles were snoozing the heralds of the Shredder were inside the Empire State Building, near the top, and focusing on a task. Since their arrival in this state they gathered in this building and began to chant. It was now that their words have done their job: break the seal on the sarcophagus. Once the lid was off the, now skeleton, body of their master floated to the ceiling, gathered back his flesh, muscle and internal organs. Once his body was complete the helmet and gauntlet floated up to him - completing his transformation; when that happen the sarcophagus exploded. "Master." The five said once their master was standing where his coffin once stood.
"At last." The fire herald spoke.
"The Shredder is risen ." The wind herald continued where his friend left off.
"I LIVE! Now let the world tremble!" The mad man exclaimed shouted and ended with an evil laugh. At this time an unexpected wrinkle occurred.
"Help." A woman's voice called out in the city. The blue swords-turtle heard her and was on his way to the source. "Help." The voice called out again, and the turtle tried to push himself faster. "Help me." The female called out to anyone around her.
'Gotta reach her.' Leo thought while wishing he had one of those canine themed things Hunter said that he and his team had, but his feet were going to have to do. Unknown to the ninja the ground behind was starting to crumble away. "Where are you?" He called out before rounding a corner and saw the only woman in the street. "Karai?" He questioned and expected an ambush.
"Help me, Leonardo." She called out to him. He saw the fear in her eyes and voice causing him to realize that she was in genuine peril. He raced to her with his hand stretched out which she did the same, but simply stood there. Before either of their fingers could touch the other an explosion of green fire stopped them.
'It can't be.' He thought with external gasp before seeing the Shredder slay Karai with a single strike. At that instant his city changed into a nightmare; after seeing this all four of them woke up with a start while not realizing that the tribunal markings were glowing.
"What a nightmare." Physical Leonardo said while sitting on his heels. "I dreamed about Karai. She was reaching out to me." He informed his brothers while turning to face them.
"Yeah, that was my dream. The city was cracking up into a million pieces, and then she was at the mercy of the Shredder." Raphael informed his brothers.
"I saw that too, and then New York transformed into a horror show. Worse than the footage Garbageman showed us; almost something from an alternate universe, but worse." Donatello informed while still trying to shrug off what he, Raph, Casey, and April saw that day.
"Yeah, and the Shredder was there. The ancient, big voo-doo Shredder. Acting all king of the world." Michelangelo said to them and then realized something after a while. "Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Are you telling me that we all had the same dreams?" He questioned and could not believe it.
"Hmm, looks like you cumquats are walking the No`uku path." Ancient One, who had come down the stairs soon after the four awoke, said to them after hearing their little conversation.
"Yes, it would seem you are connected to forces beyond time and space through your subconscious." Splinter, who came down with the small human, said to the four before him.
"Uh, in English please senseis?" The youngest questioned since those words were a little over his head.
"Phe, and you four are the hope of the world?" The round one commented and could not believe that they did not understand what he and Splinter said to them.
"Your amulets, your weapons, your training with the Tribunal. It has all connected you to the Shredder in some way." Their father said to them before going deeper into his explanation. "After all that was the Tribunal's goal: was it not? To take the four of you along with Exile, Colleen, Blitz, and Hunter and transform you from Acolytes…into masters. The Ninja Tribunal had hoped to forge you into the perfect warriors. Capable of combating the forces of evil on both the physical and mystical plane. Alas, the heralds of the Shredder put an end to the Ninja Tribunal's plan. All was destroyed and your training never finished. We can only hope that what you've learned already will be enough. After all your nightmares have confirmed what the Ancient One and I have dreaded." Splinter said to them causing the group to recall the moments he spoke of.
"Our meditations have shown us terrible things: the Ninja Tribunal's worst fear come true - we have seen the Shredder brought back to life." Ancient One informed while stroking his beard.
"The Shredder back?" Leo questioned with clenched fists.
"No way." Raphael whispered after hearing the news, and could not believe it.
"And soon he will reshape the world into a dark chaos. It will not be pretty." The ageless human commented to them.
"But first, from what your dreams suggests - he will destroy Karai." Splinter informed them, but that actually made one of the four happy.
"Well, at least we have something to look forward to. Maybe they'll do each other in." Raphael said to them while getting off the couch. The red one knew that his dream self ran out to her, but in reality there were only three ladies he would save willingly: April, Angel, and…the late Colleen, but not Karai.
"Phe, sounds good, but would be bad." Ancient One said to them as if he agreed and disagreed with the angered one. Seeing the confusion the father figure spoke up.
"Yes, there is something here. Something strange. I sense that somehow we must warn Karai. Perhaps even try to rescue her." Their father stated which confused them all even more.
"But sensei she would sooner destroy us." Leonardo said to his father since after coming home to a destroyed lair he had very little respect for the female Shredder.
"And yet your dreams would indicate that she is reaching out to you. We mush not so readily turn our backs on saving a life - even an old rivals." Splinter said back to them, and all of them knew that he was right since they were raised to protect. Back at the Empire State Building Shredder was ready to see the sights.
"Come slaves. Let us venture forth and survey my new kingdom. What a pleasure it will be to hear the screams when I remake the world in my own image. This island is the perfect place to begin. The moats on all sides make it easy to defend." Shredder said after walking out the front door, and floated over the buildings to see the general landscape.
"Master, there is first the matter of the usurper. She who dares calls herself the Shredder." The metal herald said to his master while daring to float a bit closer to his boss while still staying a good distance away.
"Her very existence mocks you. You must first deal with her." The fire herald said to his boss; mainly wanting payback from how she and Utrom Shredder treated them, but sadly he forgot who he was speaking to.
"I MUST?!" He questioned in anger before firing his might at the heralds forcing them to take a knee while wailing in pain. "I must do whatever I please." He shouted to them and ceased the pain factor and just used his magic to keep them knelt.
"Yes, forgive us." The earth herald said while bowing his head.
"Mercy master." The flaming man said with fear evident in his voice. Seeing and hearing this caused their boss to release them from their groveling poses.
"You amuse me. And so by destroying this usurper as well. Once that sport has been savored I will bring a rein of chaos onto this world." Shredder said to them as if he was giving the elemental fiends their first task for world domination.
'What is that?' All that gazed up and saw six strange human shaped creatures coming down from the sky. They ran, screamed, got of their vehicles and did a combination of both.
"I've forgotten what an endless supply of entertainment this world is." Oroku said as he casually made cars and newspaper stands blow up with just a wave of his hand. "What memories this brings back." He said after destroying a statue based off of Atlas, and added, "The fear. The destruction. The agony! I feel truly inspired! Now, let us go give our regards to this Karai." His eyes glowed with malicious intent.
"Sorry guys. Still working out the kinks to the Turtle Taxi." Donatello said to them after making a fast left turn. A turn so fast that they were on the right pair of wheels before falling back to four.
"No problem. I wanted to see my lunch again anyway." Raphael, who was able to get shotgun, said to the driver.
"Remember the plan: we just leave one of shell cells at the Foot building. This is just a drop and go - no fighting." Leonardo, who with Michelangelo was in the back, said to the ones in front, but mostly meant it for the second oldest.
"Right. Then we call Karai up and say, 'Lady get outta town.'" Raphael said with a smile since he didn't mind just drop and dashing from that place. As the three were smiling over their plan the purple one saw something up ahead.
"Whoa!" Don shouted in alarm before slamming on the brakes. His brothers were about to question what was with the lead heel until they looked out the front window.
"Please tell me that's not who I think it is." Michelangelo said to them with fear as he, and the others, watched him blow up things without a care.
"That's exactly who you think it is - the Original Shredder." Leonardo said to the others and became a bit worried about seeing the demon before them, and what he could do with just a fraction of evil might.
"And he's got those Mystics that took down the Tribunal and Rovers with him." Raphael pointed out while balling up his right hand out of rage. The turtle knew that it was a sea snake that took her out of this world, but he also knew that it was these five that summoned those two.
"They're heading for…" Don started to see, and was able to see the building past them and added, "Karai's." He knew that their plan was blown. "It's too late to warn her now. He'll be there in minutes." The smart one said to the team leader who was seeing the whole thing.
"Can we go around. Pass him somehow." Leo said to the driver; determined to save the prodigal daughter to their sworn enemy since he knew that not even Karai deserved the same fate as the Rovers and Ninja Tribunal.
"Maybe. If I clear a path through this wreckage, and I think I have just the thing. Hang on." The driver said before pulling down the visor, which held a hidden console, and pressed a single button. The one button activated the Turtle Taxi's retractable armor.
"Try that way, Donnie." Mikey said while pointing at a spot on the high way after they rammed through a few obstacles.
"Don't be a backseat turtle, Mikey." The driver/convertor said while slapping the extended arm away, and activated another feature. Armor on the wheels that forced the vehicle to drive like a crab.
"You the turtle, Donnie." Raph said to his brother after stopping the crab move, and used a grapple to clear the way for him. The curious one appreciated the brawler saying that about him, but knew that it was hollow compared to who they were up against.
"Uh, guys, I may be the turtle. But he's the Shredder." The wind master said before he and the others watched Oroku blast an on coming car which caused it to catch on fire. 'Good thing I have this.' The driver thought and pressed a button that forced the taxi sign on the roof to turn and launch fire extinguisher foam.
"What an annoying horseless carriage." The demon said as he watched a human run away in terror. It was then he saw a heavier horseless carriage beside him, and lifted it with his magic.
"I'm outta here." The driver of the cement mixer shouted after jumping from his airborne ride, and ran off. The Shredder saw this but was more concerned about punishing the person that was ruining his fun.
"Someone should squash it like a bug." Oroku said before gesturing his hand which caused the truck to float over the yellow carriage. "And I think it will be me." He added after throwing his glowing hand down causing the truck to do just that.
"Aw, shell. INCOMING!" Raphael shouted to the three others after rolling down his window and looked up to see the concrete mixer falling right at them.
"Hang on!" The driver said before using the device that Exile suggested causing them to narrowly avoid being crushed, but they drove into and capsized in a window display.
"Jet engines in the trunk. Never leave home without `em." Don said as he and the others were hanging upside down. The builder pressed a button making the taxi sign on the roof to be used as a car jack of sorts.
"Where's big ugly and evil?" Mikey questioned after they got back on the road.
"He's already forgotten about us." Donatello informed while pointing to the six that were still floating over to a certain sky scraper.
"And he's almost at Karai's. We'll never get past him." Leo said to them and felt as though they had failed to protect another warrior.
"Which means - no warning Karai." Raphael said and felt the same since he knew that not even she deserved this Shredder's kind of torture. It was then that the inventor remembered something.
"Wait. Maybe we still can. Karai has a surveillance van parked outside April's place - remember?" Donatello said to the others since he knew that the daughter to the alien would still be paranoid about that spot.
"Yeah. It's keeping tabs on April's in case we happen to drop by." Mikey said back and knew that was another reason why they didn't visit April once they came back.
"Maybe it's time for a visit." Leo pointed out since he got what his brother was getting at. Using the power of their jet engines the turtles got there in no time at all.
'This is a waste.' One of the two operators thought as he and his friends were keeping an eye on the antique shop ever since they were deployed, and to this day there was no sign or sound of the creatures they were assigned to find.
"What was that!" The other watcher shouted in alarm once their van shook. The two walked to the back doors, opened them, but felt a hand to one of their shoulders.
'That felt good.' Raph, who got out a block before the bump, thought as he knocked them out with a swift motion, and let them collapse on the ground.
"Ha. The classic hit and stun." The chucker shouted after seeing what they did, and was happy that they have done a move he had only seen in movies.
"Hope this is a good idea." The brainy brother said after sitting down, and with a few key strokes brought Karai and her tech team on the screen.
"The turtles? What!" The woman in question questioned after seeing the multicolored men. "You have a lot of nerve of using this line. Your insolence is just one more reason why I will hunt you down." She said after getting over her shock.
"Karai, cut the tough talk for a minute and listen. We're trying to warn you: there's a…" Leo said to her since after the things the four of them had to deal with her boasting meant nothing to them, but sadly he was cut off.
"A what? A ghost coming to get me? A boogeyman? I am fully aware of the old relic that approaches, and I am prepared to fight him." She said; believing that the Utrom tech that her father had lying around was more than a match for mystical evil.
"You can't fight him. You don't understand. You've got to run." Leo instructed to her since ten warriors have fallen because of just the heralds he had very little faith that she could beat their boss.
"He's not just some old relic. He's mister mondo bad evil guy." Michelangelo said while trying to say something Blitz would say.
"A very powerful demon." The staff carrier said; remaining as blunt as possible.
"There aint no way you can take `im." Raphael said to her with an accusing finger. He believed if truly tough women like Chikara and Collen fell to the heralds then she was already dead meat.
"Do you forget to whom you speak. I am the daughter of Oroku Saki. I am the Shredder. And the next time I see you - I will be your doom." She said back to them and slammed her fist on a button that cut the transmission on her end.
"That went well." Mikeey said to his brothers as a way to break the sudden silence in the van.
"Now can we go with my plan." Raph suggested to the other ninjas. They knew what his plan was, but decided to check with their father first.
"Donnie, patch us into the lair." Leo said to the computer expert of the team, and after a few keystrokes they all saw the face of the Ancient One staring back them.
"How do I answer this idiotic contraption?" Ancient One questioned while banging on his screen. The rodent knew that at one point he was like that, but he was able to adapt and enjoy the tech side of Earth.
"You already did, Ancient One." Splinter said causing the man to back up while giving the other mammal an 'oh'.
"Master Splinter, Karai isn't listening. She's going to fight the Shredder." The eldest of the four explained the situation while cutting to the quick.
"Well, that's the end of her." The elderly man said and that was one reason why the tough one liked this human's company, but both of them knew that the kind hearted leaders will not let her fall.
"Then we must try to save her from her own folly. She has some sort of cosmic role to play in all this. I am sure of it." Splinter informed them which told the sons that the two were meditating on this topic while they were out on a drive. "Continue as we planned. We must get her out of there. Ancient One and I will meet you at the appointed place. Avoid confronting the Shredder…and be careful my sons." The rodent added before ending the transmission.
"Avoid confronting the Shredder, he says." Mikey repeated while ending in a groan. As the four got back in the taxi to get to her place the demon in question was already at her front door.
"This is the usurper's fortress?" The demon questioned when he saw that it was just a tall building like all the others that he had seen. "Pathetic." He said calmly after blowing a big hole where the front door was.
'Must defend our mistress.' The fleet of Foot Soldiers thought as they surrounded the six, and tried a group attack. Sadly the demon Shredder created a sphere of slashing energy that took all of them out.
"I expected to find warriors here not school children." The villain stated to the down soldiers before adding, "Go home to your mothers little ninja." The six then floated into the lobby area where they were greeted by metal golems armed with strange, to the demon, weapons. "At last a chance to display some real power." He commented; expected these giants to pose a threat.
"Hold the line, men. These demons must not be allowed to pass." The leader of the group said and opened fire on the one that looked like his old employer.
"This tries my patience." Psycho Saki stated after their barrage failed to scratch him. The demon used a beam move and obliterated all of the metal golems. "Is there no one here that can even present even the slightest challenge." He said while floating past the wreckage.
"He's through our initial defenses, mistress." One of the workers said to his boss as he got readings from the down soldiers, and the destroyed mech suits.
"Deploy the tech ninja with Chaplin's new mystic defense system armaments. We shall attempt to slow him a little." She instructed to the warrior to her left who nodded and ran off.
"Mistress, the mayor is on line three." The soldier to her right said when his friend ran off.
"Connect us." She instructed to the scientists in the control room. After a press of a button a gray haired man with a blue business suit appeared on the screen, and he seemed troubled.
"I can't keep my people back any longer, Ms. Saki. It's mayhem over at your place." He said to her since his phone hasn't stopped ringing - concerned citizens speaking of strange creatures blowing up stuff on their way to Karai Saki's home.
"I will sort out my own affairs, but I need more time. I am counting on you, Mr. Mayor. There will be an extra deposit in your Swiss account." She said back to him, and he seemed happy about that last part.
"Oh…well…take as much time as you need. I'll think of something." The greedy man said to her before hanging up. As her team was making preparations for the upcoming fight the turtles had just drove up to the front, and got out.
"Whoa. This looks worse than your room, Mikey." Raphael commented as they got out of the taxi and saw what damage was caused by the man they were trying to stop.
"Karai's forces have been crushed. Time is running out. Let's move." Their brother said before running into the dense cloud of smoke. As they just got started at the bottom the Shredder had already made it to the main room.
"Karai! It is time to face the one true Shredder." The demon called out before floating past the doorway, and into the room itself. "Back." He instructed to the five that wanted to fight with the Elite Guard before continuing with, "Today's pleasures are mine." He said before enchanting the opponents weapons.
'This is gonna hurt.' The guard thought after their weapons left their hands and were sent flying at their handlers.
"Surrender, and I may spare some of your pathetic lives." He said to the soldiers, but didn't stay for an answer; just kept floating to where he suspected Karai will sit. All of a sudden several beams of blue light actually damaged him. "Parlor tricks. But it won't be nearly enough to stop me." He said after withstanding their attacks with some-what ease.
"Commence containment. Set all ectoplasmic containers to max power." The leader of the tech ninjas said before he and the others fired black/blue goo that seemed to be doing what Chaplin built it for - contain mystical beings.
"Enough!" He shouted after blasting free from his slime cocoon with his dark magic. That same magic also over powered the stealth portion of the tech ninjas suits causing them to fall of the wooden rafters they were sitting on. "Show yourself Karai. NOW!" He bellowed after the last of her forces had fallen.
'This may be trickier than I thought.' She thought after seeing what he could do, but the side that the alien programmed into her resurfaced. "Get me, Dr. Chaplin." She said to the monitor manipulator who simply pressed a button. "Status report, doctor?" She questioned one the com line to the science room was active.
"I'm just making some last minute calibrations to the weaponry mistress." The former fan boy of Stockman said while finishing up a handgun.
"Chaplin, you have had months to prepare. You should be finished." Karai said back to him as he reached for a magnifying monocle.
"This is delicate work. No one's ever tried this magic/tech before. It's taking some time." He said back to her while finishing up the hand gun. In truth he had a feeling that not even his former mentor - Baxter Stockman could master this kind of tech.
"Time, is one thing we do not have." The woman said back to him while putting on the helmet that one soldier has handed to her. "Ready your men and get here. The fight is upon us." She added while walking out of the small room she was in, and into the massage that led to the room he stood in.
"Will you hide forever, Karai!" The demon shouted while looking around and saw nothing more than the soldiers that he had bested.
"I hide from no one, relic. Your time past long ago. Go crawl back into the grave where you belong." She said to him after opening the door that leads to a hidden passage.
"With every word you call upon yourself an ever more terrible fate." The demon said to the damsel; not swayed by her words in the slightest.
"My fate will not be determined by you." She said before taking a stance to show them that she was ready for battle.
"Karai, wait. Don't fight him - run." Leo said to her. Thanks to the demon there were no distractions this time since all, including the clones, were taken down.
"Dispose of those creatures." He said to the five after hearing and seeing four green skinned men run into the room. They did what they were told and cut off the four ninjas from advancing any further. "I have business with the imposter." He added before powering up his malefic might.
'With the training my father gave me; I cannot be stopped.' She thought and charged at the demon Shredder. Near the entrance the four were being held up by five familiar faces.
"Tell me again why saving Karai is such a good idea?" The berserker questioned since he believed due to trying to save her he was just one battle short of meeting the rough collie again.
"To be honest. I'm not sure it is anymore." Leonardo retorted back since he roughly felt the same. The turtle said that he would honor the Golden Retriever with Gunshin which is going to be hard if he too falls at the hand of the heralds.
"Now, acolytes, join your beloved Tribunal in the afterlife,: The metal heralds said as he and his brothers charged at the unknown saviors of New York.