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Chapter 11:
Past Present
Soon after Karai's fall the Demon Shredder floated to the one place of power - the mayor's home. After crashing through the roof, telekinetically slamming him into a wall, and once the mayor was knocked out the heralds gathered around their leader. After a moment this Shredder was able to create a new castle with an expanding dome, and the more the dome expanded the more New York changed into a demon version of itself. As that was happening someone was outside the 2nd time around antique shop. "According to the tracker the turtles and Mistress Karai are in here." The man said as he pulled out a credit card and tried to unlock the side door.
'What's this?' A cyclist thought as he parked and dismounted. As soon as he spotted a three claw symbol on the man's outfit the motorist body checked him into the wall. "No lousy foot is gonna hurt my pals." The man said to the warrior that he had pinned.
"Please, I did not come here to fight I just wanted to…" The other tried to speak, but was cut off.
"I don't care what you were planning` on doin, but I'm gonna tell April what you were doin." The man said as he pulled out a key to the side door, and walked inside while dragging the other right behind him. The two went up the stairs to the apartment part of the building. "April must in there." The human said and so the two went in that direction. Inside this room the woman in question was still tending to their foe.
"Father, no. The Shredder is…" Karai said in her sleep before jolting upright from the bed, and stopped after taking a look at the one before her along with the room itself. "I…where am I?" The fighter question before the face before her finally clicked. "You! Am I your prisoner?" She demanded with a horse voice.
"No, more like my patient. We weren't too sure if you were gonna make it." The owner of the store said back to the fellow female before her with a raise eyebrow. This was something the daughter to the real evil was not expecting.
"You saved me?" The warrior questioned before groaning in pain when she tried to move her legs. "But why?" She questioned with curiosity in her voice.
"If it were up to me - I might not have." The red head confessed as she sat back down on the bed to continue wrapping her leg. "But four guys I care for very, very much seems to think there's something about you that's worth saving, but if you try anything I'll slam you so fast it will curl your hair, sister." She added, and meant the last part of her statement. The two had a bit of a stare down before a banging on the door caught their attention.
"Yo, April, I found this Bozo around back: trying to break in." Casey said after pushing the door open with the help of the man in question - who fell on the ground as soon as the door was open.
"Oh, mistress. You're alright." Chaplin, the guy trying to break in, said after rising to his feet and saw the woman he was coming for. "We have to get out of here. Out of this city. Maybe even off the planet. The resurrected Shredder has made his move, and there doesn't seem to be any way of stopping him." He informed while helping her off the bed, letting her lean on him, and he walked over to the window to see what he was getting at. "Things are about to get very bad here." He said and that was when the others saw what he meant. Back at the base Splinter had finally decided to confess something to his sons.
"My sons, terrible nightmares have plagued me for sometime now." The rodent said to them in a serious tone.
"Oh, is it the one you have a killer Math test, and you show up late, and you're not wearing your shell." Mikey said and quickly added, "Ow!" The second part was thanks to the slap by the Ancient One behind them.
"Better to be silent and thought a fool than open your mouth and be you." The elderly human said while pointing an accusing finger at the turtle in question. Seeing this as his chance Splinter resumed his tale.
"In the dream: it is always night. The coldest night I have ever felt. The Shredder rides a demon horse through a twisted woods somewhere in Ancient Japan. We are his prey. In the face of his might we can only run. I am helpless to stop him as he slays each one of you, my sons. As he comes for me my Master Yoshi appears, but before he can act the Shredder attacks and…I had hoped the dreams would stop, but instead they are getting worse." He says to them causing purple to look at red, and orange to look at blue out of concern.
"The dream's in Japan, right? Well, this is New York City, so it's all good, right? Right?" Michelangelo questioned, but became nervous when his brothers didn't back him up.
"Hey, April, everything okay?" Leo questioned after activating the shell-cell to get a report from the street level eyes on anything weird.
"No, Leo, it's not. Better get over here right away." The female on the other end said to them. Once their field leader told them what she said to him they all boarded the moving van Battle-Shell and headed to April's place.
"What the shell is that?" Leo questioned as they seemed to be driving toward a purple dome of sorts.
"It is the end of life as we know it." Their father, who was also up front, said to his sons. "The Shredder's dark magic is enveloping the city. Quickly, we must get to April's." Their father added, and wished to see that their human friend was still okay.
"Hit it, Donny." The swords-turtle said causing the driver to level the accelerator. In the carrier portion of their vehicle were the other three members of the group who were wondering what was going on.
"Anybody want to tell me what's happenin?" The aggressive one questioned as he sat in the back, and wondered what was with the bubble and the lead foot.
"The Ninja Tribunal always said that the evil Shredder longed to transform this world into a reflection into his own dark soul. A world full of demons and the undead. The world of chaos and pain." Ancient One explained as they slowly parked right beside the building, and went inside. "So you see the Shredder has begun the dreaded transformation of the city." He finished once all ten were gathered in one room.
"And it's a safe bet he won't stop until he's changed the entire planet." Leo said to the others since that was roughly how Utrom Shredder thought when it came to domination.
"Not without additional energy. The Ancient One and I have meditated on this; we have felt massive fluctuations in the city lay lines." The rodent explained to the others, but the last word seemed to have confused one of them.
"Lay lines?" Michelangelo questioned even though he knew that the others were questioning the same thing.
"Yes, you see: lay lines are hidden conduits of mystic energy that run throughout the planet. They are the essence of the Earth's very spirit." Splinter explained to them as April brought up a satellite view of New York, and then added yellow lines over it.
"An uncommon number of those lines converge in New York. Here. Here. And here." Ancient One said as he walked up to the computer and pressed his finger on three spots. April highlighted those spots with a few keystrokes.
"The keystones." Karai said as she saw the spots of where the elder was pointing to. "Chaplin, tell them what we discovered." She instructed to the grunt beside her.
"When the Mystic Ninja's escaped Karai's control we did a lot of research into their magic and what they've been up to on the sly." Chaplin said before bending down to the computer and pulled out a jump drive connected to a retractable cord from his armor. "We've learned that for decades the Shredder's mystics blackmailed city officials into installing three keystones around the city. One at the Statue of Liberty. One at the United Nations building. One at Manny's Meats in Northern Manhattan - great chops." He said as pictures of those three places appeared on the screen. "These keys are magic amplifiers of solid elemental ectoplasm, but seeing that the keystones are set on junctions of ley lines who ever controlled them would have control over the mystic energies of the whole planet." He added after seeing where the three stones were on the map.
"In our training with the Ninja Tribunal we learned that energy is neither good or evil. If the Shredder could make use of the keystones then couldn't we." Leo said as he gave the four new people a bit of insight on their lessons while they were away.
"Hmm, if we were to access the keystones before the Shredder and focus our energy into them perhaps we could reverse the spell and cripple Shredder in the process." Splinter said back since his son's plan deed seem sound.
"Whatever we're doin we better start doin it, and fast." Casey informed after looking out the window and saw the sphere coming closer and closer as to where they were. With that they divided up, and headed for the spots in three different vehicles.
"Alright we've got three procurement teams - one for each keystone. Now let's sound off to make sure we're all online." Leonardo said as he with Ancient One and Karai sped to the Statue of Liberty in the Sewer Sled.
"Check, Mikey and I are on the way." Raph said as he and his brother sped off on his motorcycle to get to Manny's Meats.
"Don here with Splinter, wish we could give you more data on what these keystones look like, but we just don't have any." The purple turtle informed as he and his father were speeding along in the Turtle Taxi. "However we do know this when we find them we've got to blast them with everything we've got at the same time." He added as a means to give them some good news.
"Roger that Donatello. Chaplin and I are online and ready to coordinate the timing from here." April said as Casey drove the three of them down the road in the moving truck Battle Shell.
"We're at the UN, April. We'll let you know when we locate that keystone." Don said after parking before the building in question, and the two of them left the cab to get a closer look.
"We're almost at the Statue of Liberty, April. We'll call in once we find the keystone." Leo said as he made his way to Liberty Island.
"I am still unsure as to why I am here." Karai questioned trying not to get lost in the joy of the ocean breeze blowing in her hair on their way to the island.
"First and foremost, so that I can keep an eye on you. After what you've done to me and my family I'm not exactly in a trusting mood. Secondly, I've had a dream about you. It made me think that Master Splinter was right when he said that all the Shredder's are connected on some level of energy." He said to her before activating the turbo feature. "I don't pretend to understand it, Karai, but if you can help us fight the demon Shredder then you are going to help us. We are going to need every advantage we can get." He added as they neared the island. The heroes motives did not go unnoticed.
"Do you sense it as well, brothers?" The fire herald questioned after the five of them appeared on the outside of the new fortress. "The reptiles, the old one, and the rat, and that wretched Karai. All approach the keystones. Shall we tell the master?" The fire one added and said the last part with worry.
"And suffer his wrath for disturbing him." The metal one countered.
"Yes, we must deal with them ourselves." The earth one said as he floated near the flaming one.
"Then, let us awaken the Wardens." The red one said; giving in to what his brothers had to say. Down on the streets the angered and comical one were near their stone pillar.
"Alright, we're uptown. We're almost at Manny's Meats." Raph informed before driving into the alley. "Yo, April, we're nearing the third keystone, or at least where it's supposed to be." The red one said after dismounting, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"I've heard of Black Magic, but this is Bleech Magic." The youngest said to the brute of the family as they both held their noses in disgust.
"Whoa! What a stench! More like Manny's Moldy Meats. I think I'm going to go Vegetarian." Raph said as they walked over to a big pile of garbage. "Well, the Ancient One said that if we got close enough we'd feel it." He added, and no sooner than he said that both of their amulets to glow.
"Yeah, and I think it's feeling us too." The comic reader said as one average looking alley pillar showed off some strange writing. "This was a piece of cake. This is going to be so easy." The young one said out of boastfulness before something appeared behind them.
"You and your big mouth!" Raphael shouted as this metal creature appeared before them. They knew by the symbol on his body the creature worked for the Shredder.
"Well, here we are. Now to find that keystone." Leonardo said as he came near the edge of the island. The three dismounted and raced to the base of the statue. "There's nothing here." The eldest son said after taking a quick look around, and saw nothing out of the ordinary. "At least nothing out of the ordinary." He added before seeing his amulet react to something.
"I think you spoke too son, Leonardo." Ancient One said after seeing a pole of stone light up with some strange kanji. "And I think we are about to have company as well." He added as the island began to shake, and from the water came a fire guardian with the Shredder's logo. It struck with a flame move, but the three were able to dodge it.
"That keystone should be around here someplace." Don said as the two of them were running along side a chain rail being held up by stone posts. "I'm guessing this is it." The smart one said as his amulet reacted to the chunk of rock he was standing before. "Now to harness it's energy." He said to his father since that was their plan.
"Hurry, I sense…Donatello move." Splinter said to his son, and stalled to look over his shoulder to see the threat, and was able to push his fellow ninja out of the way of a thrown car.
"Uh…sensei any advice?" The third oldest questioned out of fear as he pulled out Byukko.
"Yes, my son, hit it. Very, very hard." The rodent said to the turtle before the two of them started the fight with this guard. In the moving truck April and Chaplin decided to tell them how much time they had left.
"How are we doing on time, Chaplin?" April questioned as she kept an eye on the seven blips on her screen.
"If my calculations are correct we have one minute 42.5 seconds before the Shredder's dark energy reaches the keystones." He said to her and prayed that his lady friend was doing alright out there.
"That's not long." She muttered before activating all channels. "Guys, guys, we only have a minute and a half to do this. Is everyone in place?" She questioned not knowing that her friends were in the middle of three good fights.
"Yeah, in place and about to be slammed by a Wind Warden." Michelangelo said before the two of them dodged an arm thrust. After sliding on the garbage the fourth brother found himself beside the item in question. "Well, I guess the good news is I'm back to where the keystone is." He said after getting up and walked over to the item.
"Get out of the way!" Raph shouted as he body checked his brother from being slammed by a metal fist.
"Course, the bad news is we're gonna get crushed if we stand still long enough to start the whole magic energy thingie." The child said to their watcher before his rescuer spoke again.
"That's nice. Move!" The red warrior said as he pushed his fellow turtle away as a cycle blew between them. The chucker relied on evasive moves until he stood over the guardian as he was perched on a building.
"The furnace. We have to get past the chest plate and extinguish it's inner fire." Ancient One said as he rode on the turtle's shoulders as their opponent tried to keep them away from the item they sought out. The beast heard them and launched four streams of flames from his shoulders which they scaled the base of the statue for a better chance to stay alive.
"Finishing move time. If I can just get a two second breather." Donatello said as he evaded the claw thrusts from the metal beast behind him. Splinter heard him and decided to do something about it.
"I will distract the beast. Donatello, get ready." Splinter said as he raced off the small over hang, leaped up, and struck at the bolt shaped item at the top of it's head. "Yes, that is right. Over here." The rodent said after leaping off his prey and saw the guardian turned his sights on the mammal. "Donatello, now." The father called out, and the ninja took his shot.
"Byakko, unleash the cleaving wind." The staff wielder shouted and blasted his attack through the metal beast. The two of them then ran off to the keystone before the guard blew up. Back at Manny's red/orange were just finishing up.
"Now, Mikey, give `im your finishing move." Raph shouted to the kin that was still on top of the building.
"Go, go, Inazuma." The comic reader shouted as he ran down the side of the building. With one shot he took out the guard's right arm. Once the turtle landed on some boxes, and their attacker was focused on him the other turtle took advantage of this.
"Give `im shell, Bonrai." Raphael shouted before racing to the creature in disk form, and plowed through the chest plate.
"High three, Raphie-boy." Mikey said to his brother before doing the action. 'Guess he's okay now.' The youngest thought as he thumbed up his brother and realized he used half of Colleen's nickname for him.
"Not good. He's got us cornered." Leo said after they climbed up to the base of her robe, and dodged another flame attack. The creature struck at them with his flat-head themed hands which they were able to dodge. "I am so glad that we have a truce." He said to the woman that just saved his hide.
"Temporary truce." The swords-woman corrected him before turning her sights to their foe, and saw that he was ready for another go at them.
"Gunshin, fight with the fire of the Dragon King." The blue swordsman said as her created a clockwise circle before him, and then channeled the power of his sword through the glowing circle. The blast was successful and the third watcher was taken out, but as they were doing that the dome had expanded even more.
"Guys, hurry. The Shredder's dark energy is going to reach you in sixteen seconds." April sad as she saw the dome's growth hasn't slowed down in the least.
"When I say 'go' pour everything you have into the keystone." Ancient One said as he pulled a stick from the pouch on his belt. The turtle on the other hand lit up with his Tribunal markings. "Go, go: now." He said and with that the two of them channeled all their might into their rock.
"Don, it's almost at the UN. It's now or never. You've got to do exactly as Leo did." She said to the brainy one, and prayed they could activate the second one in time. With that the two of them focused their energy: the walking stick of Splinter, and the mystic bo-staff of Donatello into their keystone causing it to fire a white beam just like the first one.
'Looks like it's working.' The two thought while keeping their focus on the task at hand.
"Mikey, Raph, you're up." April informed the last team. The two heard her and fired beams out of their weapons for the third beam of light. With all three working for good the sphere began to shrink taking the creatures of darkness with it. "You did it! It's working! Way to go everyone!" April shouted and congratulated to her friends.
"What have you done? Something is blocking my power. What is happening?!" Demon Shredder after appearing on the roof once he sensed a sort of disturbance and had a feeling that his heralds did something without asking if it was okay.
"We…we did not wish to disturb you. The turtles…they found the keystones, and…" The earth herald tried to explain before his boss cut him off.
"They discovered the keystones? And you chose not to tell me." The demonic human questioned and shouted causing the five to become even more fearful; especially the fire herald. Their ruler fired a blast of power at the five of them. "I shall punish you later, but first my power is being threatened. This will not stand." He said and focused his dragon avatar beyond the dome, and with it he took control of the keystones, and overrun the city in the blink of an eye.
"Master Splinter, what just happened?" Leonardo questioned after helping the elder back to his feet, and saw that he was standing on a dried up harbor under a dragon-ized version of the Statue of Liberty.
"We have lost this battle. Come, let us regroup. We must find another way to fight the Shredder." The father of the turtle answered back through his headset. Back at the citadel of evil was sitting comfortably at his throne.
"Fools! To think they could actually stand against me. Do they not realize who I am? This city is mine, and soon the world." The former human said with an evil laugh since he believes himself untouchable.