me: Hello readers! Just to give you a head ups on this chapter, it is largely the same as the episode 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' from the 2003 cartoon. Except this chapter has a few major changes in it. Enjoy!

May 7th… 4:49pm… 2012… Foot HQ… New York City…

Most people would be annoyed with how long it takes for a task to be completed, and they would also be annoyed if the person in charge was also the same person who failed them once before. However, The Shredder wasn't most people. He seemingly had enough patience to tolerate the time it was taking for Dr Stockman to do what he was assigned to do. And with a team of engineers keeping him in the loop on what Dr Stockman was doing, Shredder knew that things were going smoothly. His patience was rewarded today when he got a call from said Dr, and he answered by pressing a button on a remote that lowered a screen monitor from the ceiling, and when it activated, it revealed the image of Dr Stockman in front of a very large cannon like machine.

"Dr Stockman, what's your status on your assignment?" The Shredder asked almost mechanically, which somehow made him look more intimidating. Though Dr Stockman didn't seem to notice,

"Well, as you can see behind me, the machine that you have ordered will be ready. All it needs is that component- whatever it is- to power it." Dr Stockman said, clearly not understanding what the missing component was going to be. But the Shredder seemed to know what this missing component was.

"Excellent. If that it is all." The Shredder then turned off the monitor and it slowly raised back up into the ceiling. The Shredder then turned towards one of his ninjas lurking in the shadows of the building.

"Bring me Chris Bradford."

8:45pm… Abandoned Tunnel Sections… New York City…

It had been days since their encounter with Casey, and since then, the turtles have been busy. Their numerous visits to local junkyards, had given Donnie enough materials to create some new toys for him and his brothers. A broken skateboard, some metal and a few wheels allowed to repair the skateboard for Mikey, a pair of old roller blades that he remade for Raph, a battered bicycle that he repaired for himself and an old scooter that he remade for Leo to use. Once finished remaking and repairing their new toys, Mikey suggested that they take them all out for a 'test drive'. His brothers caught on that 'test drive' meant 'fun time' instead. Not that they objected, in fact, they were all for it.

Mikey was skateboarding at speed down one of New York's many hidden underground tunnels and having the time of his life. "He is the Alpha Dog, the Thrash-miester, the undisputed God of the Half-Pipe!" one BOOYAKASHA later, and he was somehow skateboarding on the ceiling before racing back on the ground.

"Who needs half-pipe, bro? When you've got full-pipe!" Raph said as he was racing just a few feet behind Mikey and bellowed out loud laughter as he was somehow doing the same thing as Mikey- racing on the ceiling before resuming on the ground. Mikey then made a sharp turn at the next corner that lead to the Lair, with Raph following close behind. Meanwhile it was a race for third as behind them, Donnie and Leo were trying to get the upper hand on each other for third, not caring that the four of them had somehow gotten into a race and also not caring that Mikey won the race by entering the Lair first. They were having too much fun with their new toys. Once Leo and Donnie had entered the Lair, fun time was far from over, Donnie had somehow decided to redecorate the Lair with various ramps and curves that were perfect for the four of them now. Donnie raced towards a curved ramp, "Going for aptitude!" Donnie announced as he then took to the air like a BMX daredevil and landed with the skill of one. Leo was next, taking the same curved ramp and doing 360-degree spin in mid-air before sliding on a wooden table and then landing, wheel first on the ground to continue "Going for grind-itude!" Leo announced. It was pretty much fun noise for everyone in the Lair. Well… almost everyone. For one particular rat ninja master however, all he wanted was a nice quiet day. But he knew he never going to get that on any day. Master Splinter exited the kitchen with a tray with a kettle of tea, a teacup and some muffins. He made his way over to his bedroom, being careful not to get in the way of his rowdy sons. "Excuse me, sensei!" Leo said as he raced by Master Splinter who kept the tray of snacks from being slammed into. Once Leo raced by, Splinter let out a sigh. He had then just about made it to his bedroom door when… "Heads up, sensei!" Donnie shouted as he jumped into the air with his bike and Master Splinter ducked down to avoid contact, "I mean down!" Splinter let out another sigh as he then kept the tray up in one hand so he could use his other to open the door. He had just opened the door when… "Hey, thank you, sensei!" Mikey said as he raced by. Splinter had wandered what he was thanking him for, but when he looked down at his tray, he noticed that Mikey had stolen one of his muffins. He would be impressed if he wasn't so annoyed. Maybe karma will catch up them. He entered his room when suddenly the lights when out and the Lair became pitch black.

*CRASH* *BANG* *CRASH* *CRASH* and then four "OW"'s.

Splinter loved karma at this moment, though he had wondered what happened to the power.

"Nice wiring job, Don!" Mikey said with sarcasm, to which Donnie responded,

"I guarantee you, it's not my wiring. Maybe it's a blackout?" Donnie said and then Master Splinter lit up a candle, which illuminated the Lair just enough so he could see the carnage: Leo had landed shell first near the bridge, Raph had somehow face-planted onto the floor next to him, Donnie was lying down on a ramp and it looked as though Mikey had crashed face first into the wall.

"Clearly there is a power failure. I suggest that you investigate, and see if can be fixed." Master Splinter said as an order.

"We're all over it!" Mikey said first as he flipped the skateboard up and placed it between his belt and shell, Raph retracted the wheels on his boots, Leo folded his scooter together and placed it between his belt and shell and Donnie did the same with his bike.

"And take your time if you have to." Splinter said as they exited the Lair. He said this in hopes that maybe they will take their time and he will have more quiet time to himself.

8:58pm… New York City Rooftops…

It was a very rare sight for New York to be without any power. In fact, at this moment almost half the city was without any power. But that wasn't what worried Leo at this point,

"You know, I don't think that Master Splinter meant we should investigate THIS far!" Leo said but his worries were heard by no-one as Raph answered his statement,

"You can be too thorough! Especially when it comes to topside time!" Raph said and as they took another look at the powered down part of the city, at this hour, it was absolutely dark.

"This whole side of town is dark. A sub-station must have gone out." Donnie confirmed which just seemed confuse Leo,

"This isn't right. Shouldn't there be some emergency lights or something?" Leo asked,

"Yeah, it's totally dark down there." Raph said at which point an idea came into Mikey's head,

"Which means, there's only one thing for us to do!" he said and his three brothers knew what it was he was thinking and Raph and Donnie were all too happy to agree.

9:01pm… New York Museum… Ground Level…

"FUN TIME!" Mikey, Raph and Donnie shouted out as grinded along the rails and flipped and span in mid-air, but when Leo slowed to a stop on his scooter, he was concerned,

"Guys, you really think we should be doing this? What if somebody sees us?" Leo said and Raph answered him as he skidded to stop in front of him,

"That's the beauty of it, Leo! No-one WILL be able to see us, it's pitch black!" Raph said as he grinned and Mikey backed him up,

"Get with the program, bro. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to session some surface terrain! Booyakasha!" he said but as he did, Donnie skidded to a stop on front of his brothers with a look of concern on his face,

"Hey guys, check this out!" He said as he pointed to the museum roof. When he and his brothers looked up to the roof of the building they saw two what looked to be ninjas climbing up the walls and entering the museum through the glass roof.

"Are those guys… ninjas?" Leo said,

"Ninjas in New York? Other than us? I thought we were the only ninjas in this city." Donnie said,

"And what are they doing breaking into a museum?" Mikey asked,

"We should investigate." Leo ordered and with that, they followed after the ninjas into the museum.

9:02pm… Museum interior…

The inside of the museum had everything a person would expect to find in a museum; old vases, fossils, banners, an old weaponry. This was just one section of it and as the turtles entered the building, they stayed within the shadows and got a better look at the intruders. They were both approaching a beautiful looking katana that was inside a glass casing. Only one of the two was wearing an all-black ninja garb with a katana sheathed on his back. His face was completely concealed but could see through the yellow eye sockets of the balaclava. The other intruder was much bulkier than his partner and instead of his ninja garb being black all over, his was red with spiked metal shoulder pads, spiked armguards, shin guards and torso guard that extended to a leather flap at the front. The outfit was completed with a metal helmet that completely covered his face. They took another look about to see if the coast was clear and as they did, the turtles got a better look at the one in black. He wore a symbol on the front of his garb and the turtles had recognised it. A red spiked foot like symbol.

"Guys, do you see what I see?" Donnie and all three responded, they all knew what they were.

"The Foot."

(Flashback)

September 23rd… 3:13pm… 2007… The Old Lair…

"Gather around, my sons." Master Splinter said. He had asked them to come to the dojo part of their home and when they did as he asked of them, they were wondering what it was that their Sensei had planned for them. Normally when they told to gather like this, it was because there would be changes to their training routine. However, when Master Splinter began talking, it was clear that it was not the case here and now.

"My sons, you have all made good progress in your training. And I feel it is time you learned of your possible future encounters." Master Splinter said and only waited a few seconds for a response from any of his four 11-year-old sons. As it turned out, Leo spoke first,

"Sensei, do you mean what we might find on the surface?" Leo asked,

"Yes, Leonardo. In time, you will be ready for the surface world and its many wonders. And also, its many perils. We are here now so I can tell about one such peril that I myself have faced many times before. This one such peril is a danger to anyone who crosses them. Another ninja clan that goes by the name 'The Foot'." As he said the name of the clan, Mikey looked a little confused,

"Are they called that because they are a clan of feet?" Mikey's innocent question was answered by snickering from his brothers,

"Nah, Mikey! They call themselves that because it's no hands allowed!" Raph said sarcastically and at this all but Splinter and Mikey were laughing.

"Yame!" Splinter said and after a few short snickers later, the laughter stopped. "The reason as to why they are called 'The Foot', is a mystery to all but themselves. But if you should encounter these foes- and I really hope with all my heart that you don't- do not underestimate them. Ever." The seriousness in which Master Splinter's tone took made all four turtles listen to him intently. "The reasons for their existence is unknown, theirs goals are unknown but one thing is clear: any who they consider an enemy are never seen alive again, and when they are seen again, they are always dead." This statement made all four turtles cower a bit. Mikey latched onto Raph's arm like he just saw a horror scene while Raph, Leo and Donnie shrunk a bit.

"Why are you telling us this now, Sensei?" Donnie asked,

"I am telling this now, because if had told you any sooner, it would have tainted your training. Telling you now as you are now is probably the best time to tell you, as I have faith that the four of you will help each other not to lose sight of why we train together. The stories that I will tell of 'The Foot' will be dark, but these will be just that. Stories. Stories that you all learn from." Master Splinter took a moment to collect his thoughts when Leo raised another question,

"Sensei? If we ever encounter these enemies, how will we know who they are?" Leo said and Splinter answered by first pulling out a piece of paper from his robe,

"You will recognise these foes by the symbol that they all wear. This is that symbol." He then handed out the piece of paper to his sons and on it is a clear drawing of a three toed, spiked red foot.

"Where will we find these creeps?" Raph said as if he wanted to fight them already. Master Splinter gave a slight scowl but answered him anyway,

"You will not find them in this country. And I hope to Kami that they never come to America. But for now, let us resume with the day. We will talk more about this on other days."

(End of Flashback)

9:03pm… Museum interior…

Ever since that day, Master Splinter held nothing back with his stories and experiences with The Foot Clan. Some stories had a nice and happy ending that helped to inspire the turtles to do better in their training to ensure similar endings. Other stories however, kept them up at night. Splinter would always feel guilty about it afterwards but in the end, it had to be done. He had chosen those times in order to make sure that hearing the stories became just another part of their lives and that they can also use his experiences to make sure those bad endings don't happen with them. But there were no guarantees. Even something like the situation that as before them now could bring about a bad ending for this particular experience. Something as simple as the theft of an ancient Japanese sword at the hands of The Foot had to be stopped. The bulkier ninja stood in front of the glass casing and successfully picked the lock which somehow didn't set off the burglar alarms. He then put on a metal glove with The Foot's symbol onto his left hand and then reached into the glass casing to steal the sword. It was at that moment that a shuriken came flying out of nowhere and embedded itself on the edge of the casing.

"Giftshop is on the first-floor boys! But they don't take kindly to shoplifters. And neither do we." Leo said as he and his three brothers revealed themselves from out of the shadows they were hiding in and the two other intruders turned to face them. Though the bulkier ninja was bewildered by the sight of the four mutant turtles, he nonetheless proceeded to steal the sword despite their entrance, but when he tried to reach for the sword again, another shuriken flew out from their direction and embedded itself next to the other shuriken that was stuck into the casing,

"Now before you make off with the goods, you might want to consider a few things: one, you're outnumbered and two, don't let the pretty faces fool you! We're tougher than we look!" Raph said as he appeared to be a bit smug. But that smugness was wiped off his face when at that moment, about a dozen or so ninjas in the same all-black ninja garbs suddenly leapt from the shadows of the museum and surrounded the four turtles,

"And three… we're about to get our butts seriously hammered!" Mikey could have really chosen better words for it but it didn't change the fact that he may have been right. The unit of ninjas closed in on them and the four turtles drew out their weapons for a fight with their newest foes.

One Foot ninja made the first move, he charged at Leo with his staff and Leo responded with charging in then ducking underneath the ninja's swing of his staff and then countered by slicing through the middle with his katana. The ninja was undeterred however as a pair of blades then extended from one ends of the now broken staff. The ninja then attacked again with his bladed weapons and Leo used his shell to block the attack. The block was successful as the blades shattered against his shell and Leo then shoulder tackled the offender in his ribcage which sent him flying backwards and crashed into another Foot ninja. "Phew! Saved by the shell!" Leo commented.

"Check it out! Blades and blades!" Raph announced as he extended his boots roller wheels as he held his twin sai. Raph charged at a group of five ninjas, and one of them also charged at him with a single katana. When the two met, Raph jumped and flipped over the ninja's head as the Foot ninja slashed at where his stomach would've been and the missed attack provided a clean cut across an unfortunate vase. "You break it pal, you bought it!" Raph said and then he raced away from the ninja and said ninja gave chase. The ninja was just behind when Raph slammed a kick into his midsection and sent him flying backwards and he slammed into a conveniently placed Chinese bell.

Meanwhile, Donnie unfolded his bike and raced towards one of the ninjas who held a spear. The moment Donnie and the Foot ninja were in arm's length of each other, Donnie flicked his bike up and the wheel smacked into the ninja's jaw which sent flying across the room and crashing into a conveniently placed Samurai Armor set. Donnie then brought out his staff and "CHARGE!" charged at another Foot ninja with his staff pointed forwards and the ninja also charged at him with a pair of twin sai. The ninja had no answer for Donnie's attack as the staff slammed into his midsection and sent him flying back and crashing into a conveniently placed vase.

Mikey meanwhile was racing towards a group of ninjas on his skateboard with a nunchuck in each hand, grinning all the while, "BOOYAKASHA! Bowling for ninjas!" Mikey said this as he tackled one ninja which sent him crashing into a group of his unit and they ended up in a pile of tangled limbs. Mikey got a little cocky for his own good, as he was racing around on his skateboard and making a 'You can't catch me' noise, a kusarigama chain flew out from the direction of one Foot ninja and wrapping itself around Mikey's left wrist. The ninja pulled on the chain and Mikey was pulled towards him. However, as Mikey came with inches of another attack from the same ninja, he flicked his skateboard forward and it was slammed into the ninja's midsection which sent stumbling onto his back.

Meanwhile, Leo was having a bit of trouble fending off three katana wielding Foot ninjas, "A little help here?" Leo call for help was answered when Raph and Donnie charged in with their weapons and raced to help with their bike and roller blades, they tackled two of the ninjas away while Leo disarmed the third and then launched a spin kick to the ninja's head.

Meanwhile, Mikey extended the kusarigama chain from one of his nunchucks and flung it towards the bulky ninja, who appeared to be the leader of the unit. The bulky ninja responded by allowing the chain to wrap around his right wrist and showed his strength by yanking on the chain and bringing Mikey with it. Mikey had no answer as he was yanked away from his skateboard and the bulky ninja caught Mikey by his throat. As the bulky had the mutant turtle by the throat he could only make one question, "What are you?" he asked before Leo jumped in and slashed his twin katana down and the ninja's arm. The ninja responded by quickly letting go of Mikey's throat and brought his arm back before Leo's katana could slice through it. He then countered by launched a powerful kick into Mikey's plastron and then he grabbed Leo by his wrists and spun around 360 degrees before throwing him in the same direction as Mikey. The result was Mikey crashing into Raph and Donnie and when Leo was thrown in their direction Leo completed the mess of limbs and shells. With the turtles untangling themselves, the bulky ninja used this time to steal the old Japanese sword from the open glass casing using the metal glove on his left hand. With the sword in his hand now, he used hand signals to order his unit out of the museum. His followers obeyed and within a moment's notice, they were escaping the building.

"Double time! They're getting away!" Leo ordered but that order was ineffective as all but the bulky ninja remained. The turtles had to at least prevent the theft of the sword. The bulky ninja set off after his followers but as he did, the four turtles cut him off from his escape route.

"Just put the sword back, Sparky, and we'll call it a draw." Raph said as he spun one of his twin sai in his left hand. The bulky backed up a little and gripped the sword with both hands and to the surprise of the four turtles, the blade of the sword began to glow a bright blue. The bulky ninja looked at the glow of the sword and then at the four mutants in the room, he then pointed the sword at them at then another surprise came as the glowing sword emitted a powerful shockwave that not only propelled the four turtles back and crashing into a wall, but the shock also emitted a laser like sound that echoed off the walls of the entire building. Using the opportunity presented to him, the bulky ninja once again made a break for it. This time without the turtles' interference, he leaped from the ground floor and up to the balcony and then finally climbed to the ceiling where he and his followers escaped through the open glass ceiling windows. The turtles recovered after that and picked themselves up,

"…uh… best two out of three?" Mikey said but Donnie had a bigger question in mind,

"Ow… what was that sword?" he asked as police sirens suddenly echoed outside the building,

"Hold that thought, Donnie. We gotta book!" Leo ordered and not wanting to be on the news, the four turtles escaped from the museum the same way that the Foot ninjas did.

9:22pm… The Lair…

When his sons returned home looking like they had seen better days, Master Splinter face took on a look of worry. His face took on a look a great concern when the turtles told him what happened on the surface. He had no doubt that the Foot were responsible the city's blackout and complete power failure so that they could steal that sword. But it was as he always feared; The Foot had come to America and were in New York.

"We don't know what that sword was, Sensei. But, it is clear that in the hands of the Foot, that thing a very dangerous." Leo said as he finished explaining to Master Splinter but as usual, Mikey had to ask,

"But what do they want with a magic sword?" Mikey asked but Donnie was quick to respond,

"Nope, not magic. Probably more like a self-perpetuating oscillation frequency generator." Donnie said which made his brothers deadpanned and confused by whatever it was he just said,

"Um? In English, Einstein?" Mikey asked to which Donnie answered,

"It packs a shockwave that'll knock you flat on your shell!" he said and at this, Raph brought out his twin sai and was itching to fight the Foot again,

"We gotta go after these creeps!" he said but Master Splinter turned to him with a stern look,

"No! A wise ninja does not seek out a dangerous enemy with a weapon they have no knowledge of." Master Splinter said which caused his sons to look at him with faces of concern,

"But, Sensei… bushido demands that we fight for honour and justice and…- "but Master Splinter interrupted Leo at this point,

"Bushido also demands that you honour your Master's wishes!" he announced before turning around and headed for his bedroom, "I will meditate upon this matter further. Good night, and do not even think about going after the Foot at this time." He said before entering his bedroom and closing the door. Mikey then turned to his brothers looking like he got grounded,

"Under-grounded again…" he said but Donnie had other ideas, and after a second of thinking, he clicked his fingers like he just thought of something, and walked towards his computer at his workbench,

"Where are you going, Brainiac?" although Raph had said this with the intent sounding it like an insult, even he knew that when Donnie had an idea, it was usually a good one… usually…

When Donnie sat at his workbench and typed on his computer, his brothers gathered around him,

"There's more than one way to seek out your enemy." Donnie said as he typed on his computer. Or rather, computers since Donnie had for some reason had five monitors

9:22pm… Meanwhile at Foot HQ…

Even though the Shredder was expecting results from Bradford's latest mission, he still had make sure that he still the undisputed and feared leader of the Foot Clan. So, when he entered the tower shrine, there awaiting him were four Foot ninjas and as he entered the shrine and closed the door, the ninjas bowed approached him and then bowed to him.

Training start…

The four ninjas looked a little nervous about fighting the Shredder because one thing was sure when training with him, it usually ended with said people needing medical attention, however light or heavy the damage. But orders were orders, and one ninja unsheathed his sword and attacked Shredder, he leapt up and slashed downward but the Shredder countered stepping back slightly and kicked the ninja who still in mid-air and sent flying back onto and skidding across the ground. The next ninja swung his kusarigama chain at Shredder who dive rolled out the way and jumped far across the room (no normal human could have covered that much distance- even a trained one), and as another tried to attack Shredder from behind, and he responded by performing a back kick into his stomach before using the same foot to somersault himself forward and fling the ninja into another approaching ninja. It was then that Shredder spotted the bulky ninja from the museum robbery enter the shrine from the shadows, without his helmet on. On his face, he had big brown hair accompanied by a big brown beard, a large nose and blue yes. Shredder noticed that the bulky ninja was carrying a sword on a cushion and covered by a grey cloth and the Shredder knew what it was,

"Ah, Bradford- "he began but he was still in the middle of a workout, "-one moment." He ordered and the bulky ninja he called Bradford stopped approaching. The four ninjas then charged at Shredder and when they were close enough, Shredder kicked one of the attackers in the jaw and knocked him back, the other two got similar treatment, as the one with the kusarigama chain was kicked the stomach and the third was punched in the throat. The two were knocked onto the floor and the third ninja was disarmed of his katana to which Shredder armed himself with, he blocked the fourth ninja's katana swing with the katana in his right hand and countered by launching a roundhouse kick into the attacker's ribs and knocked him to the floor.

Training finished…

That was a walk in the park for the Shredder as he left the four ninjas groaning in pain on the floor and approached Chris Bradford who then kneeled and presented the sword to his Master.

"I trust you bring good news." The Shredder said as he expected as such good news, he was not disappointed as he removed the cloth from the sword. It was the same sword that Bradford had just stolen from the museum. The sword's blade looked to be just like any other but the hilt is what made it stand out; the hilt appeared to have gold swirling around the hilt, the guard also appeared to be gold and spiked upwards with the blade and at the end of the hilt looked to be a gold dragon mouth.

"The Sword of Tengu." Shredder said as he smiled and marvelled at the sword, he then grabbed the sword by the hilt with his left hand, without the metal glove. "Still just as potent, after all these years! And back to its owner." The Shredder said who then pointed the sword to glass casing with his armour inside of it. When he did the sword glowed blue, "And still able to locate other artefacts that share its unique origin. Yes… this sword will help me track those who I've been hunting for all these years!" when Shredder finished marvelling at the sword, Bradford used this chance to voice his concerns about his mission,

"Master, retrieving the sword did not go as smoothly as you predicted." This brought him Shredder's attention momentarily, "We ended encountering the same creatures that confronted Baxter Stockman some time ago."

"I see." Shredder said as his face took on a scowl,

"But they were no match for the sword's incredible power. It was as you said, Master." Bradford said which to satisfy his Master. The Shredder then placed the sword back onto the cushion that Bradford was still holding.

"Bring this to Tech Division. Tell them 'Proceed with the next phase'." Shredder ordered.

11:45pm… The Lair…

Although Donnie said, "There's more than one way to seek out an enemy", it was still taking him a while to do just that. By at which point, Mikey got bored, Raph got impatient (threatening the computer was not going to make it work faster), and Leo waited patiently by going over one of his ninja forms. To satiate his own boredom, Mikey sat on the sofa, snacking on crisps while reading one of his favourite comics. Though at one point, Mikey turned his head in the direction of Splinter's room,

"So, what's with Master Splinter? He's been zoning in there all night." Mikey said with concern and even though Leo was still doing a form, it didn't stop him from talking to Mikey at the same time,

"It must be the reappearance of the Foot Clan. It's got sensei all worried. And probably with good reason." Leo said and in the background, Raph was listening in on the conversation whilst also beating the poor practice dummy relentlessly.

"Enough with this waiting around! I say we head topside, kick ninja butt, take ninja names, and find out the whole ninja story for ourselves!" he then did a few spins and then launched a kick at the dummy's head so powerful that the head was ripped off its shoulder's and went flying into the packet of crisps that Mikey was snacking on. Mikey flinched a little,

"Woah, remind me to never get on your bad side, dude!" Mikey said to which Raph nonchalantly replied,

"Too late."

He then proceeded to try and leave the Lair but Leo jumped in front of him to stop him from leaving,

"Hold on, Raph. No-one goes anywhere without a plan of action." But then a second later, they did have a plan of action,

"Guys, check this out! I hacked into the power company's computer system. Looks like there's another blackout and power failure by the South Street Seaport." Donnie announced and when he did, something clicked in their minds (minus Mikey). A second blackout and complete power failure in a different part of the city in one night? Not a coincidence.

"I smell a rat. And I don't mean Splinter." Raph said and then he proceeded to leave the Lair again with Donnie and Mikey following close behind but once again Leo protested.

"Hold on, guys, Master Splinter told us-" but Raph interrupted him,

"Master Splinter told us not to 'go after the Foot at this time', he didn't say anything about investigating blackouts." That was a bit of a stupid loophole that Raph pointed out, but it didn't stop him or Donnie and Mikey from walking out of the Lair. Donni seemed excited about something,

"Excellent! I have a few new surveillance toys I want to try out." Donnie announced as he walked alongside Raph and Mikey. And Leo reluctantly followed,

"…oh… wait up! It's tough being a leader…" He said as he too exited the Lair. Little did they know that Master Splinter had exited his room and saw them exit. He would be so proud of them… if he also wasn't so worried for them.

11:58pm… New York City Bridge… near the South Street Seaport…

Standing on top of one of the bridges large pillars, the four turtles could see that the area they were in was in total darkness. Just like earlier during the museum robbery.

"Total blackout! Just like earlier tonight…" Raph said, while behind him, Donnie was reaching into a bag that he brought with him,

"But this time, I came prepared." He brought a strange looking pair of tech-like goggles, which Mikey took from his hand and placed them on his face. With the goggles on, Mikey could now see clearly in the dark as if it were daylight,

"Awesome! Total turtles-vision!" Mikey said to which Donnie corrected him,

"Night-vision, actually." He then brought out three more night-vision goggles for himself and Leo and Raph. However, there was still the problem of trying to find out what the Foot were going to do in the area, which Leo pointed out,

"How are we going to survey a large area. The Foot could be anywhere." But Donnie was already reaching behind his back as he answered,

"I came prepared for that too." The other three turtles had noticed that Donnie had a strange contraption strapped onto his shell and when Donnie found what he was looking for, the contraption sounded a *click* before unfolding and extending itself until a glider like device had fully sprouted. It was definitely a glider.

"I've been dying to try this puppy!" Leo picked up on what Donnie meant by this,

"You mean, you haven't tested this yet?" and then Mikey confirmed this,

"Dude, how is he supposed to fly this thing in the sewers or the tunnels?" Mikey said,

"We'll stay in touch with the T-Phones." Leo should have known better than to ask, but he did anyway just to confirm,

"T-Phones? I thought there was only one." To which Donnie answered,

"Leo, it's been days since I made the first one, and it really didn't take me that long to make it. So I decided to make a few more." He handed out three more T-Phones for his brothers to use, which they took without a second thought, "I've worked out the aerodynamics on this glider, it's practically foolPROOOF!" at this Donnie ran and jumped off the bridge and thankfully, the glider did exactly what Donnie had designed it to do and he smoothly glides across the air, "WHOA!".

"Don? Don! Are you okay?" Leo said over his T-Phone, but Donnie was having trouble trying not to crash into other parts of the bridge and everything else. When he got enough space to glide and talk, Donnie answered him,

"Yeah! Yeah! Everything's fine! Just forgot to compensate for the wind drag on my staff. Heh!" eventually though, Donnie was able glide without the worry of crashing into anything, and then he was able to see something at one of the docks,

"Guys? I think I've found the Foot." Donnie said,

"You have? Great, where are they and what are they doing?" Leo asked,

"They appear to be searching for something under the water." He then used his tech goggles to zoom in the large cannon like device that was on the dock. "They have that sword they stole from earlier rigged up to some sort of vibrational cannon. I'm over Pier 16." Donnie said and his three brothers immediately began running towards the pier. Donnie then decided to see if he could get a closer look at the cannon from the air. However, he got too close to the cannon's vibration energy-like beams and completely lost control of his glider, "WHHOOAA!", from atop the bridge, Leo could see Donnie trying to regain control of glider and fail miserably,

"Donnie! What is it?" to which Donnie replied,

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! I'M GOING DOWN!" Donnie shouted through the T-Phone before crashing into the river. Luckily, he didn't splash too hard, in fact the glider had inadvertently took most of the damage. Now submerged, Leo grew ever increasingly worried for Donnie,

"Donnie? Donnie! Are you there? Say something bud!" Leo said as he had just arrived at the entrance to Pier 16 along with Raph and Mikey. In the river, the glider was completely in tatters and though repairable, it was not going to get repaired now. Seconds afterward, Donnie emerged from the water.

"Man, this water really stinks! And this is coming from a turtle who lives underneath the sewers!" relief filled his brothers after hearing Donnie's complaining over the T-Phone and they let out a relived "YES!".

After the confirmation that Donnie survived crashing into the river, Leo, Raph and Mikey continued down the pier and along the way, they would regroup with Donnie at some point. As they closed in on the dock where the cannon was placed and they could see it clearly, Leo spoke to Donnie on the T-Phone,

"I have a visual on the cannon. I only see two guys… but that just means the others are hiding…" this was confirmed as when the three turtles proceeded to head for the docks, a group of Foot Ninjas suddenly jumped from one of the surrounding ships and halted their advance on the dock.

"I hate it when you're right, Leo." Mikey said as he armed himself with his nunchucks. And Leo and Raph did the same with their own weapons and all three sprang into action. Leo used both of his katana to block one ninja's katana swing and then countered by kicking the ninja's abdomen. He then leapt up from where he was and onto the ship where two more Foot Ninja were waiting for him, and just before he landed, he launched a split kick onto the heads of the awaiting ninjas and they stumbled onto their backs as a result. Leo then reacted quickly as another katana came down onto his head and blocked it with both of his katana. He then swung both of his katana in an arch which momentarily made the offender stagger, he used that instance to jump kick the ninja, who could only receive the blow and get knocked overboard.

Meanwhile, Donnie swam from the river and back onto dry land, but a bit further away from the cannon than his brothers. As he began to run to assist his brothers, Donnie was attacked by two Foot Ninja who jumped from a warehouse roof. As they were about to reach the ground however, Donnie swung his staff like a bat at one of the ninjas and swatted him away into the river. He then had to block high with staff as the second ninja landed and swung his katana down, Donnie then countered by swinging horizontally with the staff across the ninja's head and batted with into the same river. He then used the staff to launch himself from the ground and up onto a stationary ship (a different one from the one that Leo was on), and soon found himself attacked by two more Foot Ninja.

When Raph jumped up onto the ship that Leo was on, he made the mistake of climbed up the ship's mast by its net when there were two Foot Ninja at the top of the mast and both were armed with a sickle. One of the armed ninjas, took the opportunity to slash the net with his sickle and just as Raph was about to reach the top, he then started to plummet. He would have surely been seriously hurt if he had hit the deck level, but fortunately, he reacted just in time as stabbed the ship's mast with one of his sai and stopped himself from falling any further. Just in time was right as he was very close to hitting the deck hard, he was just a few feet away from falling flat on his shell. Although he saved himself, he still growled with anger, "Grrrr. Why you…!" the two ninja who were on the mast then met with Raph on the deck below and Raph himself unstuck his sai from the mast and safely landed on the deck to fight the two ninjas.

Whilst all of this was going on, the two Foot who were operating on the cannon had just enough time to complete what they were assigned to do; the sonic-like cannon that was pointed at and blasting the river had managed to separate the river. If a person was looking at it from above, they would have seen a massive whirlpool shaped hole in the middle of the river with the sonic-like cannon keeping it up.

"We found what we were looking for, bring in aerial support." One of the Foot said into his wrist-communicator.

Meanwhile, Mikey was slowly backing up on the deck. And with good reason; in front of him were three Foot Ninja and he was having trouble trying keep his priorities straight. Should he fight them as his brothers were, or shall he do it whilst doing a bit of role-playing?

"Avast, yer scurvy seadogs! Arrrgghh! Shiver me timbers! Blow me down!" role-playing it was and as he backed away from the ninjas and trying to be a pirate, he failed to notice a fourth ninja directly behind him until said ninja thrusted a very powerful kick into Mikey's shell. Mikey let out a pained grunt as the kick launched him forward only to be caught by the three Foot Ninjas. The three ninjas held him down onto his knees by pinning his arms down but Mikey could still move his head and when used it to turn to whoever it was who attacked him from behind, he got a clear view of who it was. It was the same red and bulky ninja that he and his brothers encountered at the museum robbery. Helmet, red ninja garb and all. One second later, the bulky ninja then thrusted a strong punch at Mikey's head, and just as the attack hit Mikey, the three ninjas let go of his arms and the attack launched Mikey forward and didn't stop skidding across the ground until his shell hit the ship's mast. Raph had already moved away from there moments earlier to fight against more foes and so, Mikey was almost alone with the other three being occupied in their own battles. The bulky ninja approached Mikey with a katana in his right hand, and with it, he charged at Mikey with the point of the sword being directed straight for Mikey's head. Mikey could only look up to his attacker and flinched as the bulky ninja came at him. From his position, Mikey would not have enough time to save himself, and just then, Leo and Raph had just about finished their fights only look in horror as Mikey wouldn't be able to save himself in time.

The next moment, everyone stood wide-eyed. Except for the bulky ninja who was lying on his back several feet away from Mikey and glaring at the person responsible. Mikey couldn't quite believe his eyes either but was grateful for his rescuer. It was indeed none other than Master Splinter who stood in front of Mikey, jade cane in hand. Splinter had appeared from out of nowhere and batted away the ninja at the last second before Mikey's would-be impalement.

Even though he was just knocked down by Splinter, the bulky ninja quickly got over the surprise and got back up onto his feet, and ordered the three ninjas to attack alongside him. They charged at Splinter and as they were within attacking distance, the turtles realised that the attackers made a huge mistake in attacking their sensei like that. They once did the same thing during a randori session and they came out of it with bruises all other their bodies. The attackers would learn this the hard way. As two of the black wearing ninjas came close enough, Splinter countered with a swift kick in each of their abdomens and then knocked them away with a strong split kick. Then he simply moved back an inch as the third ninja swung his katana at him, resulting in the attacker missing him completely and earning him a painful bash on the head from Splinter's cane. Then it was the turn of the bulky ninja. Instead of attacking Master Splinter, he had to duck and roll away as Splinter swung his cane at the ninja's head. Splinter wasn't done yet as he then threw some hidden shuriken at the bulky ninja, who react by running up the mast and jumped towards Splinter with the intention swinging his katana down onto Splinter's head. Splinter reacted quickly however by thrusting the head of his cane into the attacker's chest and just as the offender falling, Splinter grabbed the ninja's right ankle and did a 360-degree spin and launched the ninja away and the ninja didn't even fly away as he was instantly smashed against the ship's mast. The moment he did however, it knocked his helmet straight off his head and the moment he hit mast, he was knocked straight out, unconscious. This 'fight' only lasted ten seconds with Splinter the victor.

"Sensei!" his three sons said as they all approached him…

*WHACK* *WHACK* *WHACK* "Ow…"

…and then they were covering the top of their heads and the comically large bumps on them. Master Splinter looked at his sons like they just disobeyed him. Oh wait… they did.

"What did I say about going after the Foot?" Master Splinter said in a stern voice that made his three sons cower a bit but Mikey answered anyway… albeit rather sheepishly,

"...uh… not to… go after the Foot in anyway?" he said at which Master Splinter snapped back,

"Was I not clear when I said that?" he then sighed in relief which also helped put his sons at ease, "I'm just glad that the three of you are alright. Now where is Donatello?" Master Splinter asked at which, Leo answered,

"We're quite sure… but we know he's alright." Leo then handed Master Splinter his T-Phone that still had Donnie on speaker,

Donnie had just finished smacked the daylights out of his two assailants by chucking them into a lifeboat and then undoing the safety ropes, causing them to drop into the river. He then brought out his T-Phone and was about to speak with Leo when…

"Donatello." That wasn't Leo's voice but the unmistakeable sound of Master Splinter. And he didn't sound so happy. Realising why made Donnie as white as a sheet.

"Oh! Uh… sensei! Great to hear from you…! Eheh… so… you're here…?"

"Yes, I am. And I am not in mood for games right now. Tell me the current of status of this mission so far." He asked and got Donnie focused again.

"Right, so… if you guys would turn your attention to Pier 16…" they did so and saw a helicopter with the Foot symbol on its tail hovering above the river, "You will see one cool chopper!"

"So… what's with Barnacle Bill?" Mikey said over in the background as the helicopter in question had a steel cable and claw attachment and it was being used to lift what looked like old suit of broken armour covered in seaweed out of the water that the cannon was opening up.

"Whatever it is, it can't be good." Raph said as the armour was successfully retrieved and the helicopter flew away from the docks.

"We'll regroup at the start of the pier and finish this." Splinter said and with that, all five left from their current positions and raced to the pier. When all five of the mutant ninjas regrouped at the pier, they wasted no time with formality's and raced down the pier and toward the still operating sonic-like cannon. The cannon was at point deactivated by the Foot engineers. With the sonic-like cannon no longer keeping the water separated, the river crashed into each other, creating an enormous splash. The Foot engineers were just about ready to pack up and leave when…

"Now then, boys. There's a matter of some stolen property we need to discuss." Leo said as he approached the engineers who could only gasp in surprise by his appearance. They tried to run around him but…

"Dudes, you really shouldn't be playing with such dangerous toys." Donnie said as he appeared in front of them to block them off. Raph them appeared alongside him, making escape even less likely. Going around the other side of Leo was no option either as Master Splinter and Mikey appeared to block them off. The five ninjas had them completely cornered, but Master Splinter had always taught them that a cornered rat is always dangerous (no pun intended). Case in point, when one of the engineers backed up towards the cannon, he strapped a laser-like weapon to his right hand and fired it at Mikey and Splinter. The two were able to dodge the laser, and as the Foot engineers was shooting at Mikey and Splinter, he didn't notice Leo run at him at his side until it was too late for him. Leo launched a flying kick that landed into the Foot's chest and knocked him to the floor. However, the laser was still active and the Foot accidently blasted the controls for the cannon which also inadvertently activated it. The sword inside sparked to life the laser blast made the entire cannon unstable and it rocked the entire pier. The turtles struggled to find their footing as the pier shook but Master Splinter was undeterred. The controls began to emit smoke like it was overheating which was confirmed when the Foot engineer said it was overloading and that he couldn't control it. But at that moment, the Foot helicopter that flew away from the docks earlier had flown back to help the Foot engineers escape what was now a chaotic scene. The helicopter hovered above everyone and the Foot engineers took the opportunity to jump up and hang onto the railings as the helicopter flew off and away from the pier a second time.

"Their getting away!" Raph shouted but not only was the helicopter too far away now, they also had bigger problems. The unstable and active cannon began to rotate of its own accord, and when it stopped, the cannon was now pointed directly at the docks themselves.

"Raph, I think we have bigger problems!" Donnie made a great understatement as the active cannon began to rip the docks apart. The wooden walkways crumbled and a huge crack was making its way down to the docks warehouses and toward the city.

"Talk about bad vibes!" Mikey punned but now really wasn't the time for that.

"Not funny, Mike!"

"Don, can you shut it down!" Leo asked Donnie rather desperately. And why not. That unstable cannon was ripping apart the docks piece by piece.

"Well… I might be able to disconnect the sword from the accelerator… but crossing the power terminator could result in a feedback loop that might- but Leo interrupted him,

"Donnie, whatever! Meantime let's point this thing away from civilisation." Leo ordered and everyone except Donnie (who was working to try disable the cannon), started to push against the cannon with all their might on one side of it but…

"THIS IS THE POLICE! STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" a police helicopter suddenly flew into view. The five mutants were running out of time.

"Hurry up, Donnie! Before we end up on America's most wanted mutants!" Raph declared,

"I'm almost there…" Donnie attempted to short circuit the cannon by connecting two different wires together. He thought doing so would disable the cannon but all it did was make the cannon even more unstable as it began spinning around uncontrollably. The police helicopter was getting closer and closer and now Donnie had absolutely no way of safely disabling the cannon.

"We gotta steady this thing!" Leo ordered and it was as he said this that he saw a tyre iron discarded on the floor. He picked it up and then approached the spinning cannon. After ducking put of the way a couple of times, he made his way to the middle of the cannon and then without thinking very much, he thrusted the tyre iron in the middle what appeared to be the part that rotated the cannon. It sparked as Leo dashed away. Great, now that the cannon stopped and pointed towards the river again, Donnie had enough room to try a remove the sword, but as he tried to grab it by the hilt, Donnie was literally shocked by sword. He let out a yelp in pain. Leo then spotted another discarded item, it was the very same metal glove with the Foot symbol on it that the bulky ninja used to steal the sword in the first place. He picked it and then passed it to Donnie.

"Try this!" he ordered as Donnie caught the glove. He placed it on his left hand and once again grabbed the sword by the hilt, this time without it electrocuting him, and he safely retrieved the sword. Although, 'safely' was not the right word for it, for as soon as Donnie removed the sword, the cannon made a loud humming noise and given how unstable it already was, Donnie assumed it was going to self-destruct.

"Let's get of here!" Donnie ordered and not wanting to get blown up, everyone made a run for it. However, the pier was too damaged for them to even think about attempting to run on it and the police helicopter would surely see them as it was now closing in on them. Only thing left now was too jump into the river. Which they did and as soon as they did, the five ninjas swam as fast as they could.

They re-emerged at the next stable pier and away from the police helicopter, and just in time too as the pier that held up the cannon could no longer support its weight and crumbled into the river and taking the cannon with it. Donnie assumed correctly as the cannon exploded underwater, thankfully minimising the damage that it mostly would have done if it hadn't sunk into the river.

"Woah, dudes… that was way too close!" Mikey said and with the night's events finally over, the five mutant ninjas swiftly left the docks and into the shadows where no-one will see them. Not even the police who arrived at the last second.

May 8th… 12:31am… The Lair…

With the chaos of the night now behind them, the five occupants of the Lair relaxed a little. There, in the middle of the Lair stood Master Splinter, holding the sword with the Foot's metal glove. Both were the spoils of their success. Splinter kneeled in front of his bedroom and facing his sons who were also kneeling and facing him.

"The design is unmistakeably eleventh century Japanese, but the technology of this sword is definitely not of that era. Clearly there is more to this sword than meets the eye." Master Splinter said as he analysed the sword and then walked to a weapons rack for the lone sword, "Best it remains out of the wrong hands." He placed the sword on the lone rack, intent on making sure it doesn't leave.

12:33am… Foot HQ…

The Shredder was angry. He had just retrieved something that would've given him a huge advantage against his enemies, only to have it stolen from him. He stood in the middle of the shrine and facing the Foot engineers who failed him.

"For a long time, longer than you can possibly imagine, my enemies have managed to elude me, even though it cost them Japan." He then turned to the latest piece of junk that now stood inside a display case to his left, "Here at last, is proof of their presence in this city." And then he turned to the sword display case that would held the Sword of Tengu, "And all it cost ME was The Sword of Tengu!" in a momentary display of anger, he smashed the display case. And then the excuses came,

"Master, please… there were… extenuating circumstances… these five strange creatures… they came from nowhere!" one of the Foot engineers pleaded and even though the Shredder was not impressed, he seemed to know what the engineer was implying. He sat at the table near the back and picked up a photo shot of the five mutants in question that was from the invasion of Dr Stockman's lab.

"Were these the creatures you saw?" he showed them the heat signature photo of the five mutants to the engineers and through there tech goggles, they confirmed that it was the same five mutants from the lab invasion.

"That will be all." The Shredder said calmly which unnerved the engineers but they nonetheless bowed to the Shredder and were about to exit the shrine, when all of the sudden, at the entrance to the shrine, Hun was at the doors and grabbed the two engineers by the throats. The two engineers struggled and when the doors closed behind Hun and sealing off the image from the Shredders view the struggling abruptly stopped.

"Bradford, did you at least learn anything more about these freaks?" The Shredder ordered and on que, the bulky ninja that is Chris Bradford emerged from the shadows of the shrine.

"Yes, Master. The humanoid rat that wore robes had the symbol of your enemies on it." He answered. Although it looked as though he was being battered by Splinter during their fight, he was actually observing his opponent.

"Hmm… further proof of their presence in this city. But why was it not human?" The Shredder pondered this for only a few seconds before decided not to, "Bah! It didn't matter. These freakish thorns in my side must be removed…" The Shredder placed the photo on the table and then equipped his bladed gauntlet that also on the table and stabbed the photo, "…permenantly."

me: hey there! Hope you like Bradford's debut! I decided to go against the 2012 view of him doubling as a celebrity and henchmen and just abandon the celebrity part. Since I'll be honest, I don't we've ever learn how he met The Shredder in the 2012 cartoon. I might do that later on in my works, but that will be much later. Anyway, hope you liked this chapter and hope you stick around for the next update and chapter!