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Chapter 12:
Enter the Dragons, Part 1
"NO!" Splinter shouted as the same message from the Dream Plane called out to him again. The rat looked around and saw that he was in his section of their home with the Ancient One sitting across from him.
"The dream again? You see it while awake now." The elderly man said to the rodent before him.
"Stronger than ever before." The sensei admitted to his old friend.
"With every passing second the Shredder influence spreads. The more the world falls to him the greater his power." Ancient One said back giving the haunted mammal a reason why the nightmare is getting stronger.
"Master Splinter, the guys are about to make contact." April said as she came in through a big hole in the wall.
"Good. Please, remind them to be careful." The father figure said to his daughter figure who nodded to his request and walked away.
"Well, young lady do you think you are ready to rejoin this battle." Ancient One said to the third person in this room.
"I think we should strike at this Demon Shredder. Drain his dark heart of all energy, and leave him lifeless." Karai, the third person in the room, said to the both of them.
"She's ready." The elder said to his pal with a smile on his face since he was now starting to like this fighter. On the surface the four decided to round up the three best forces they've either helped or fought against for the fight to come. The first stop was Earth Protection Force Secret Underground Base which the building covering it disappeared when the Shredder altered New York.
"Our generators are at 15 percent. The last wave of creatures took out two squadrons of commandos." Stockman informed his boss of information his mechanical form was receiving at the moment.
"What are these beasts? What's happening to this city? I require answers, Dr. Stockman." The boss shouted in anger before turning his blaster on the brain he was trying to save before another hole was formed on the dome they were in.
"All I know is that this time, I had nothing to do with it." Baxter said in an honest tone as Bishop and the others continued to keep them out of their base.
"We can't hold them much longer." One of the soldiers said while firing through one of the various holes in the armor.
"The outer shell has been breached." Another soldier said before he and the others started to fire on the spot where a piece of metal was bending inward.
"They're coming in." Another warrior said, and right when a stone soldier had the piece of metal opened a crack he blew up. This caused the ones inside to stare at one another in confusion, and in their confusion another stone Oni tried to get in, but was blown up.
'Time to find out what's going on.' Bishop thought as he rushed over to the big hole in the wall. Saw that the stone creatures have fallen, and then heard a ringing. "I'm listening." The soldier said after picking up the shell themed device, activated it, and placed it on his left ear. The next stop was Purple Dragon Headquarters - which had also been transformed.
"Those undead uglies want a fight well they've got one. Time to break out the heavy artillery." Hun said to his been before opening up a crate and passed some guns to the men that were closest to him.
'Can't believe we need his help.' One of the messengers thought as he snuck in through one of the windows on the roof. The guard on the catwalk heard the window, but only saw a foot.
"Ow." Hun shouted when something hit his head. The leader of the Purple Dragons along with Roughington looked up and saw a turtle fleeing. The blonde haired man looked down at the thing that hit him, and picked it up. "This had better be good." He said on his shell cell and listened to the person on the other end. In another part of the city there were those that fended the weak from these monsters.
'That'll be quite enough of that.' Silver Sentry thought before body checking one of the kappa that were terrorizing some pinned humans. Raptarr picked one up, flew up a bit, and then threw his kappa to the ground.
'Fine, I'm still here. I can still eat these humans.' Another kappa said as he closed in on the fleeing people until he too was struck by a man in a cape. Silver Sentry saw that there were still three more, so he summoned his spear and shield, and took them all down.
"Nobody, Metalhead - look." The angel said as he pointed up at the sky. The two in question turned and saw that it was a circle with two 'T's' in the center.
"The Turtle Titan? Come on." Sentry said before he and Raptarr took flight, Nobody grappled to a building, and Metalhead used his hair into spider legs to get to the destination.
"April, it's Leo." The turtle in question said after leaping on a few buildings and made sure he was safe before speaking on his headset. "Mikey just made contact. After Donatello reports in have him hook up with Chaplin to make sure the mystic-tech weaponry is ready. Things look pretty ugly out here. We're gonna need all the help we can get." He went on before looking down and saw the lower ranked minions walk around the street. "Who's there?" He demanded after hearing something behind him. "No. It can't be. It can't be." He said once the six came closer to him.
'Where is he?' The three thought as they sat in the center of what used to be their second home: the first one was destroyed by Mousers, the second was destroyed by Karai and her men, but they still had a third, but for safety sake they decided to have this meeting in a destroyed lair.
"You guys are never going to believe this, but look who showed up." Leo said once he had arrived before gesturing over to the doorway he came from, and it was then the six walked in.
"Hunter?" Raphael questioned at the sight of the Golden Retriever.
"Exile? Shag?" Donatello questioned with a smile on his face.
"Colleen!" Raph shouted with happiness in his voice.
"Blitz! Muzzle!" Michelangelo said with a big grin of his own. The three raced over to the canines. Mikey and Don shook hands with their supposed falling friends, but Raph did something unexpected…he hugged Colleen.
'This is unexpected, but…it feels so good.' The canine thought as the both of them enjoyed the moment until they remembered where and when they were.
"It's good to see you, red." The angered one said; trying to retain his rank of being the loner among his brothers.
"Yes, it is, Raphy-Waphy." The female fighter countered with a coy smile.
"I told you not to call me that." He said back with anger beginning to form in his throat.
"Then I'll give you a brand new name. One that better suits your winning personality. Yes, from now on let's call you Mr. Scaly-pants." The red furred woman with a big grin on her face.
"Let's not and say we did." The red themed warrior countered.
"Mr. Short-fuse scaly-pants, or Scaly for short." She said back with her smile still present.
"Lady, you seriously ought to stop unless you want to get stabbed." Raphael threatened to her as he went for his mystic weapon.
"Oh yeah, with who's rusty toothpicks, Scaly." She retorted; not worried in the least of his reach for his weapons. Just as the others were going to block this meeting something new happened: Raphael began to laugh.
"Looks like you're the same spitfire as always." Raph said as he continued to laugh since that was one thing he liked about her. She was able to be calm cool and collected against his anger.
"On a different note: how is it that you guys are alive?" Donatello questioned once the tension between the reds were over.
"Like we told, Leonardo, after the fight with the mystics and their demons we each saw a bright, white light." Colleen informed after refocusing on the current question, and not on the hug.
"Which never a good sign…usually." Exile said somewhat confessing that he was scared when he first saw the white light.
"But we woke up in the Tribunal's Monastery." Blitz added which told the four heroes that the Monastery itself was back to one piece.
"We had bruised tails, battered ribs, but, hey, we are still alive and kicking. I have to admit - I would not have predicted that." Hunter said to them as if almost dying was just as run of the mill as being pick pocketed.
"Thanks to the power of the Ninja Tribunal no doubt." Leo said after once again hearing how they were alright. "Speaking of which." He started to say before taking off the mystic sword. "Hunter, I believe this is yours." The swords-turtle said as he held out the sword in question.
"No way, Leo, I gave it to you." The speed hero said back since it was the truth.
"You are the rightful owner. I was only taking care of Gunshin in your absense." The turtle confessed since that was how he saw it ever since the fight with those two beasts.
"You are one cool turtle, Leo." The American canine said before placing the blade on his back. There was a moment of silence, but it was cut short due to a familiar voice.
"Well, lookie what we got here." The voice said which caused the group to take arms and watch as the Purple Dragons walked into this former lair. "We come at a bad time?" Hun questioned even though he really didn't care for an answer.
"You turtles invited Hun. You must be desperate." Stockman said as he rolled in the room in a tank-like body.
"Control yourself, Dr. Stockman. We're here on business." Bishop said while rubbing his hands together since he would relish for some payback on these creatures for nearly destroying his base.
"Speaking of which: I have one little question. What's stopping us from just eliminating you terripin right here and now." The genius said as he turned and aimed the guns on his body at the four in question.
"Us, for one." Sentry said causing all to look up and see the Justice Force on a higher ledge of the building. The white outfitted man picked up and flew down with Ancient One and Splinter.
"Okay, let's get started. We asked you all here because everything going on in this city: the transformations, the monsters. It's all the work of an ancient, resurrected demon - the Original Shredder from the 4th century A.D. His power is growing by the minute. The evil that transformed this city is spreading over the world…the entire world. Whether we like it or not we're all in this together." Leo said to them as he walked to the top of the pile in the center of the room, and stayed there.
"I can see why all you chumps are in trouble, but that doesn't have anything to do with me." Hun said to the other three groups even though that his own men were a little freaked out. "I did okay with the old Shredder, and he was just a tiny, shriveled, prune faced alien bug." The blonde added since he judged by size and not by skill when it came to his foes.
"It doesn't look like those that served the Utrom Shredder are welcome in the New World of the Demon Shredder." Leo said back since he wanted to keep as many forces as possible on their side.
"And I should believe you because…" Hun said while drumming on one of his crossed arm arms.
"Believe him, Hun. I have the scars to prove it." Karai said as she entered through another hole in the wall. In truth after the kindness that the turtles showed her the warrior did not want to be in the place she caused them the greatest pain.
"Karai, herself, has an important role to play in all of this. It seems all that all who take on the mantle of the Shredder unknowingly create a link to the very same ancient and malignant energies we battle today." Splinter informed after he and Ancient One walked up to Karai.
"Karai has inherited that link." The round human explained to the rest of the group.
"And we hope to use this to our favor during the coming battle." Splinter explained that her place will not be on the battlefield, but on the sidelines.
"Karai, you really going along with all of this mumbo jumbo." The muscular thug said since he was still not convinced, and he did not think she was.
"At first I too, thought it absurd, but through meditation I have felt it. The energy link is very real." The warrior woman explained to them in a sincere tone.
"So, what's your plan?" Bishop questioned since he could tell that the creatures of good did have one in mind.
"The Shredder is a tengu - a demon, it's essence has never been destroyed, but it's physical form is vulnerable." Ancient One explained a bit of their plan and let the father figure take over.
"Three artifacts were united to resurrect the Shredder. His helmet, gauntlet, and body. If we are somehow able to separate these three artifacts once again he should be greatly weakened." Splinter said and then let his eldest continue to speak of their plan.
"But first we'll need to get to him. That's where Chaplin and his Mystic-tech weapons come in." The blue swordsman said and looked to the man in question.
"I have been doing some fine tuning since our last encounter. We should be good to go now." The red head man said to all of them while mentally vowing to keep a better eye on the swords-woman before him.
"So, we'll blast through his armies then attack Shredder himself." Leo said as he spoke of another part of the plan.
"And to aid in their attack I will use my link with the Shredder to drain away as much of his dark energy into myself as I can take. Further weakening him." Karai spoke of her role in this plan, and despite her skill level she knew that was her best role since the four were better armed for the fighting.
"It's not going to be pretty: legions of undead ninja, a city full of demons, flying tengu, and the five mystics." Leo said to them causing Casey to take April's right shoulder, and pull her close.
"You must all be prepared for the very worse. We face the Shredder - the greatest evil to ever walk the earth. This will be the fight of our lives." Splinter said and once the plan was given Chaplin, and other Foot warriors started to hand off the guns in question, but Bishop uploaded their power into his battle suit and walked away. The teams surfaced, and approached the stronghold of their foe.
"AAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!" Leo shouted out causing all to charge at the beasts before the stone wall. The turtles used their weapons, Hun used his strength, Chaplin and his men along with Bishop and company, and even the Purple Dragons used the guns.
'This is a great way of relieving stress.' Karai thought as she was using a new sword to chop some zombies down to size. Sentry used a battering ram style. Battling Bernese II saw some flying tengu, and decided to take them out.
'These guys aren't so tough.' She thought after shooting a scatter shot method at her fair share. Pixie used the same move that she used on evil Nano on her group of flying demons.
"Rovers, we don't have to hold anything back." Hunter said to his fellow heroes after unshackling his friend and shouted, "Muzzle `em!" Once that weapon was released the Golden Retriever used his speed.
'I love being Acolyte Road Rover." Exile said as he froze a few zombies with optic blast, and then ground pound with his mystic hammer.
"Let the biting begin." Blitz shouted out as he chomped a couple of times before biting down on a hefty demon's buttocks before immediately releasing and spitting out that taste.
"I told you not to be weird boy." The husky said before going back to work. The shelled wonders saw all of this going on and thought the same thing.
'It's about time they used these skills.' Since these four often used the same weapons when the eight of them were not training. A new battalion of soldiers of the undead appeared before the leather skinned ones, but were blown away when Hunter used the power of Gunshin, and sped away.
"Agent Bishop, we need a door." Donatello called out once the main team got to the wall and saw no opening.
"Doctor." The man in question stated before pointing at the obstruction.
"Once again: my genius used like a blunt weapon." Stockman said since he hated it when his mind was used for combat and nothing else. Still the cyborg complied and using the weapons on his armor blew a big hole in the wall.
"Aw, shell." The chucker said as the same beasts they fought in honor of the Tribunal were barring their way.
"I suggest moving out of the way." The man said to them in a cold way before him and a group of his men charged through the hole and began to open fire. Back at the Turtle's current base April stayed behind to monitor any and all changes on the planet's surface.
"Is this a private party, or can anyone join." A voice said to her, and when she swiveled the chair the red head saw that it was a main member of the family.
"Casey…you didn't go with the others?" She questioned since she knew that the man before her loved to fight as much as Raphael.
"I was about to, but when Leo said someone had to hang around and watch your back while you were stuck here monitoring the satellite feed I thought to myself the only thing I love more than bashing some bad guy heads…is you." He said to her and ended it in a smile since he did not want to feel what Raph felt when he thought he lost Colleen.
"Oh, Casey, you big lug." She said, truly touched by what he said that the two had to hug on it. Back on the front lines the Purple Dragons, Earth Protection Force, Foot Soldiers, and Justice Force were doing great against the lower ranked thugs, but the bodyguards to the main boss (who were watching the fight through a mystic pond) did not like how the fight was going.
"Where is the Shredder? They attack and the Shredder does nothing!" The flame herald shouted in anger at his master's lack on the front lines.
"The Shredder spreads himself too thin. He should destroy the Turtles and Karai instead of playing these games." The metal herald said in anger as well, but then a set of doors open and a voice was heard.
"It is you who will be destroyed, Mystic Scum." Karai shouted at the former allies to Utrom Shredder. "For now we have all our forces arrayed against you." She added even though she had a feeling that they already knew that.
"You are remembering us?" The blue furred one question before slamming his open left palm on the head of his hammer. The five saw the warriors all eleven, Shag and Muzzle stayed on the battlefield, and could not believe it.
"NO! It's not possible! We destroyed you!" The metal one said as he recalled gutting the brown furred one himself.
"Oh yeah, that's right, but now it's time for us to return the favor." The Rough Collie said before she the Doberman, and the Husky called up their avatar.
'Yeah, that's not going to happen.' Michelangelo thought as he saw the earth herald charge at them, but stopped after the orange one blasted him with a powerful blast from Inazuma.
"What?" The boulder muttered as he suddenly felt weaker, but before he could do anything the bear smacked him up against a wall and with one punch from the same animal he became lifeless pebbles.
'My turn.' Raphael thought as he sent his energy through the ground and aimed for the one that summoned those creatures. The fire herald was struck and fled into the pond which immediately doused his flames.
'I shall have some fun too.' Colleen thought as she sent her avatar, the hawk, at him, and with a little talon tussle another one was removed from the field. Water was thwarted by Donatello weakening him, and Blitz's wolf finishing the job.
'That helped get the taste out of my mouth.' The biter thought as he felt his mouth be refreshed due to the water his avatar had. Hunter summoned the flame power of his sword and took out the wind herald. Seeing that he was all alone the metal herald tried to run, but was cut in half by Karai.
"I gotta say: destroying those guys felt good." Mikey said once the last of them had fallen.
"Maybe, but now we have to figure out how to get in there. The Shredder's throne room." Leo said before looking at the big, black doors with the foot logo on them which opened without anyone touching it.
"It won't be necessary to break through. Come right in: I've been waiting." He said to them while casually sitting on his throne. He then stood up, and advanced toward them. "I see before me children and freaks who carry the trappings and weapons of the dragons. Could you be the students of the Ninja Tribunal? You are pathetic! You have no power! You cannot stop me." He said to them despite that eight of them were tapping into their mystic side.
"We will not allow you to have this world, Shredder. It ends here, demon." Splinter called out to the main threat of this planet.
"The only thing ending here, rat, is you." The demonic human said as he began to power up for this battle before him. As the battle raged outside the palace inside the group stuck with their plan.
"Remember, we have to separate the helmet and the gauntlet from the Shredder. No matter what. Let's do this, now." Leo shouted to them before charging at the creature. As he did the others relied on ranged attacks, and they struck in this order: Hunter, Raphael, Exile/Colleen, Michelangelo, Blitz/Donatello. Their concentrated attacks were fending off the creature's power up moment.
"Now is the time, Karai. You must focus your energy, feel the Shredder, sap him of his power." Splinter said to the young warrior as the demon was distracted.
"We will help you." Ancient One said, and with that the two humans followed the rat's lead, and began to focus.
"He must be weakened so that the others can separate him from his helmet and gauntlet." Splinter said while focusing on their part of the plan.
"Weak fools, you are all powerless." Oroku said not realizing that the heroes themselves pulled back their attack once the three began to focus, but he learned of it when he suddenly felt himself getting weak.
'Guess it's working.' The eight thought as they saw all the energy flow into the second woman they brought along.
"You drain my power!" Shredder shouted in rage as he saw his power being absorbed into the imposter. As this was going on Silver Sentry, Stockman, Chaplin, Bishop, and Hun ran into the room in question, and saw what was going on.
"So much for your big boogieman. I thought he'd be scarier. The way you freaks described him." Hun said after the warlord had fallen, and he walked over to the defeated one. The Purple Dragon leader went as far as to kick him a bit while he was down.
"Hun, get out of there. Now!" The second oldest called out as he and Silver Sentry ran up to the man in question after seeing the red eyes open up again.
"What's the big…oh, crud." Hun said but changed it when he felt a fierce grip on his shirt. Not wasting a moment the demon floated up with the thug still in hand.
"Pathetic creature, how dare you!" He shouted before throwing the human to the ground. Because of his dense body the man was able to bounce once which the Acolyte jumped over.
'Take this, monster.' The main hero of the Justice Force thought as he flew up to the airborne threat. The demon caught his charge, squeezed it a bit, and then threw him through the skylight above them.
"Ah, I am pleased. I had worried that assuming control of this world would be boring. Now destroying you all will give me enough of a thrill to keep me amused for centuries, but we require a larger arena." The man said before summoning a massive ball of dark energy.
"Attack! Now!" Leonardo shouted before he and the others ran right at their all powerful foe.
"No, my sons, wait!" Splinter shouted as a tornado was summoned that beckoned all of them away.
"Mistress Karai." The aid of the woman in question shouted to the warrior that was still meditating.
"Chaplin, we have to pull back. Chaplin." Bishop issued to the soldier beside him who was only starring at the latest Shredder.
"We can't leave her." He said back before racing up to the woman he loved; not fearing the twister in the least.
"Chaplin, no!" The endless warrior called out to the inventor. As soon as he tried to reach her the energy surrounding her prevented him of doing so. Bishop saw this and dragged the unconscious man away from the expanding cyclone.
"Did anyone catch the number of that ancient demon that ran us down." Donatello questioned as he and his brothers came to, and saw that they had been relocated to a forest area.
"It has been fun, and it promises to be even more so as I end your lives." Demon Shredder said to them as he was now on a demon horse with a trident in hand.
'This is just like Master Splinter's dream.' The swords-turtle thought as he got ready for their opponent to come to them.