me: hello readers! This chapter mostly revolves around the episode 'Metalhead' with a lot of differences. Enjoy!
May 15th… 8:12pm… New York City Rooftops…
Master Splinter had given his sons a lecture about some of the reckless moves they made at the docks from a week ago, from Donnie's first (unsafe) test run of his glider, Mikey's roleplaying as a pirate that nearly got him killed, and Raph climbing up an easily destroyable net with killer enemies at the top. Raph was understandably annoyed that Leo didn't receive any kind of lecture other than to 'you must all do better' from Splinter, although that was directed at all four of them. He also went into a lecture about how fighters can create their own luck, which he pointed out on how the sonic-like cannon sunk into the river when it did and how it failed to destroy all of the docks.
So, imagine their luck now as they surveyed the rooftops and the ground below, only to find a duo of Kraang enter what seemed to be a normal looking building. Lucky, they spotted the Kraang when they did, it had been a while since they last saw them.
"What do you think they're up to?" Raph asked to which Mikey chimed in,
"Ooh! Perhaps they're having a birthday party!" this earned him a slap on the back of his head courtesy of Raph,
"I wasn't asking for YOUR opinion, Mikey!" but Mikey wasn't going to back down yet,
"Dude, don't they have like, a thousand or so alien brains? You'd think at least one of them would have one!" Raph was about to retort, but…
"Guys! How about we just infiltrate that building and find out for ourselves!" Leo barked at them which was also sounding like an order and with that Leo and Donnie leapt of the building they were standing on to go infiltrate the one that the Kraang had just entered. Before they followed, Mikey tried to poke at Raph's head, only for his poking finger to get swatted away and then get a poke to his forehead from Raph, who then walked away to join the other two. Mikey was annoyed but soon followed.
8:14pm… Inside the building…
Even something as quiet as an infiltration can very easily end up turning into a very loud confrontation. Such as the case for the turtles and the Kraang. When the turtles quietly infiltrated the building through an open window, they came across a normal warehouse- like interior; lots of wooden crates, tools… OH! And of course, Kraang Droids with Kraang inside of them. From what the turtles could see, the Kraang were just about ready to test fire a really large version of a Kraang Blaster. Though as the Kraang put it…
"Kraang, is the device that is known as the Kraang Energy Cannon device ready for testing as scheduled?"
"The device that is known as the Kraang Energy Cannon needs that which is known 'final adjustments."
Raph and Mikey didn't get much of that (who could blame them), but from what Leo and Donnie understood, they had stumbled across the Kraang about to test drive a new weapon. This had to be stopped, as there was no telling how destructive that weapon could be.
What followed next wasn't very stealthy- Mikey shouting 'BOOYAKASHA' to announce their arrival didn't help in the slightest. If someone saw the building from the outside (no-one did), they would've seen pink lights flash from the windows along with the sound of laser fire. On the inside, the Kraang were having trouble of shooting swift moving targets. The four ninjas were really starting to get used to being under heavy laser fire, as they ran in circles to avoid the laser fire.
"Keep moving. Don't let them surround you. Failure is not an option." Leo ordered and not wanting that to happen anyway, his three brothers agreed and kept running. Though Donnie felt he had to point something out, even though he too was under heavy fire,
"Technically, failure is always an option…" but Raph ran up beside him and interrupted him,
"You know what else is an option? Slapping you!" that would have to wait however, as they were then running straight towards three Kraang and were firing at them the moment they were seen. Raph and Donnie dodged to the opposite sides of each other, and as Donnie landed and rolled next to some wooden crates, he spotted some Kraang that Mikey hadn't noticed,
"Mikey! On the right!" he shouted and from where and how Mikey was running he just had to question,
"Your right or my right?" it was Mikey's right and just as Mikey caught on, he had to quickly jump and dodge out of the way and as one of the aliens was distracted trying to shoot a very agile Mikey, Donnie took the opportunity to leap at the distracted Kraang and swung his staff at the droid's head with all his might. He swung with the force of a rampaging gorilla, and the result? The droid barely flinched as the staff only moved the head slightly.
"Are you kidding me? I hate this thing!" Donnie announced as he referred to his staff and obviously forgetting that all three of his brothers had better arm strength than him. Otherwise the droid's head would have been ripped from its shoulders with that attack. The Kraang turned to face Donnie and just when Donnie was about to get a face full of laser blast, Raph's sai flew out of nowhere and impaled itself through the droid's head. The droid short circuited as it fell onto the ground and Raph jumped onto the droid and retrieved his weapon. He turned to Donnie,
"Nice work. When we're done here, there's a marching band that needs a majorette!" Raph said as he ran off to fight the remaining Kraang. Donnie was about to make a retort but was suddenly under laser fire again and quickly sprinted off to avoid it.
Leo himself was under laser fire from a single Kraang droid, he raced towards it, with his twin katana ready to slice and dice. The moment he was within slicing distance, Leo was suddenly behind the droid, and the droid was in pieces. The alien squealed as it crawled away.
Raph found himself running towards a wall as for some reason (one he didn't question) the Kraang couldn't hit him even though they had a clear shot at him. As soon as he was in front of the wall, he ran up the wall and then jumped off it, he landed on the offending alien's shoulders and stabbed the droid through the neck with his twin sai. The droid short circuited and fell to the ground with Raph landing on his feet to continue the fight.
"Kraang, the present is being a positive time to be the testing of the energy cannon." One Kraang said to another as it was clear that they weren't going to win this fight with just their current numbers and weapons. The four turtles came together as they were suddenly no longer under fire from the blasters but still saw that the energy cannon that the aliens were initially going to test was now being rolled to and pointed towards them.
"Everyone, stand your ground!" Leo ordered but then the energy cannon powered up and Leo corrected his previous order,
"On second thought, RUN!" the energy cannon fired at this point and the turtles scattered and avoided the blast as it went straight past them and created a large hole in the wall behind them. Thinking about not giving the cannon a single place to fire upon, Leo, Mikey and Raph jumped onto some crates while Donnie stayed on ground level. The energy cannon fired at Raph who barely dodges away it time as the cannon destroyed the crate he was on. Mikey was next as had to jump over the laser blast as it harmlessly left another hole in the wall. Donnie was the next target, but since he was thinking about how the Kraang Droids worked, he barely dodged in time and even though the energy blast left a large hole in the wall behind him, it also destroyed one end of his staff.
"Oh, come on!" Mikey withheld a snicker as he pointed out,
"Dude, your weapon just exploded!" Donnie then took cover from behind a wooden crate as the energy cannon fired again at him.
"How am I supposed to fight advanced alien technology with a stupid stick?" Staff! It was a staff and with the correct training and dedication, even his broken staff could be deadly against these aliens. But he didn't know that. Meanwhile his brothers were having no trouble destroying three more droids with their own weapons. Even Mikey was having no trouble destroying a droid with his not-so-sharp nunchucks. The four brothers were at this point once again together as the Kraang had them cornered with their remaining numbers and the energy cannon as they prepared to fire it.
"Kraang, destroy those who call themselves 'the turtles' who are mutants when that which is the signal that is the signal that is given by me." One Kraang said to another and Leo took the time it was talking and came up with a solution to their predicament. He threw one of his hidden shuriken at a metal beam which ricocheted off the beam and then ricocheted off the forklift's lifter and then embedded itself into its controls. This activated the forklift and it moved of its own accord as it crunched into the Kraang and their energy cannon and ploughed on until had them crushed against a wall. The cannon sparked out and into uselessness as the aliens squealed and crawled out of the now useless droids. Leo and Raph smirked at this sight.
The three of the four brothers climbed out of a window, happy that they accomplished making the Kraang look bad. When they were standing in the middle of the alley behind the building, Raph turned towards Leo,
"Dumb luck." Raph said as he smirked towards Leo and he just grinned as he replied,
"Wasn't luck, my friend. And dumb had nothing to with it." Leo said and it was then that Donnie was climbing out through the same window though for some reason, he was struggling with trying to bring something out with him,
"Hey, give me a hand with this." But since none of the other three could see what he was trying to pull out of the window with him,
"A hand with what?" Leo had to question.
8:16pm… the rooftops…
Most of the time, when someone played an action and adventure RPG, they would come across some fallen loot that they could choose to keep. Gold, useful items etc. However, unlike Donnie, Raph didn't see any value in a broken droid as Donnie had him carry the droid on his shell as they jumped from rooftop to rooftop to head back home with their spoils of victory.
"I'm carrying this thing home for you because, why?" Raph said he stopped on one rooftop and prompting his three brothers to stop as well.
"Don't you wanna know how these things work?" Donnie answered with a question,
"I know how they work; ya hit 'em until the brainy toy surprise pops out!" Raph said as though it were part of a game. Donnie didn't find this amusing,
"That's your problem, Raph. You never think these things through." Donnie said but Raph still didn't see it his way,
"What is there to think about? You hit 'em and you break 'em!" Donnie was about to make a retort but Leo beat him to it,
"Come on, Raph. You know how he gets when technology is on his mind." He then turned to face Donnie, "You're going to want to learn what makes these things tick, don't you?" Leo asked Donnie.
"Exactly, and nothing is going to stop me from doing so."
May 16th… 10:04am… The Lair…
As soon as the four turtles reached home, Donnie had Raph place the broken droid on his work bench. He got a little annoyed when Raph slammed it on the table. The table didn't break but Donnie made no move to yell at Raph for it. He wanted to dive in and learn about the droid by carefully taking it apart, but Master Splinter intervened and said something about 'overworking your mind is a dangerous skill'. He just barely managed to convince Donnie to leave it until the morning.
And so, after breakfast, and a visit from April, Donnie began to tinker with the droid at his work bench.
"Wow, this stuff is lightyears ahead of anything that I've seen." Donnie then pulls out something that resembled a piece of metal with hexagons attached to each other, "Do you know what this is?" Donnie asked April, who was walking across the Lair to sit at the makeshift living room, she hardly acknowledges what it was that Donnie was showing her, but he was so excited that he didn't even notice,
"No."
"Neither do I! But I can't wait to find out!" Donnie said as he got all giddy. He was always like this whenever there was something about science or technology he didn't know about. It would always make him as excited as a school boy when he would immerse himself into learning about it. It was at this moment that Splinter emerged from his room with a new six-foot staff to replace Donnie's destroyed one. When he passed Raph and Mikey, the two placed a bet on how long it would take for this new staff to get destroyed. Of course, they didn't have money to place their bets so instead, they just decided to keep score. When Donnie saw Master Splinter approach him with the staff in hand, his face fell a little,
"With all due respect, Sensei, I can't keep fighting advanced alien technology with a six-foot staff. I was hoping to upgrade my weapon." Donnie said as a request and Master Splinter looked at the staff, contemplating on how upgrading the staff would work,
"Hmm… a seven-foot staff. Interesting." But Donnie corrected him,
"No, I meant using modern technology."
"Ah, a Solar-Powered staff." Spinter said with sarcasm (pretty rare for him), but he knew what his son was implying,
"I'm serious, Sensei."
"I know. And yes, you may upgrade your weapon." Master Splinter said but Donnie was half expecting him to say no and then a lecture on mastering your weapon or something
"That's totally unfair! You can't just say- "realisation hits him, "-wait. Did you just say 'yes'?" Donnie asked,
"Ninjas have improved their arsenal for centuries. We are masters of adaptation." Master Splinter explained which made Donnie very excited about what weapons were running through his brain now.
"That is GREAT! 'Cause with this technology, I will be invincible! What should I make? Electric sais? Multi-shot shuriken? Plasma swords? Hoho! I just gave myself goose-bumps!" Donnie said with a lot of excitement and at the mention of goose-bumps, he dashed towards April and held up his arm for her to check/ flirt (badly), "You wanna feel? Eh?" but even though April thought it was adorable watching Donnie geeking out, she decided to not give him an ego to inflate. Besides, she was busy as she brought her own laptop to work on.
"Pass."
Master Splinter felt the need to give Donnie a bit of advice, and even though he knew at this point it may not be taken seriously with the mindset that Donnie was currently under, he felt it didn't at least hurt to try,
"But remember, technology is a means, not an end. It is you who must prevail in battle, not your weapon." Master Splinter said as Donnie grabbed the broken Kraang droid and his toolkit and proceeded to take apart the droid (carefully). "Combat is not a videogame." Splinter then realised he just made the wrong choice of words.
"That's it! I'll turn combat into a videogame! Thanks, Sensei!"
7:49pm…
"IT'S ALIIIVE!" Donnie suddenly shouted out his Dr Frankenstein expression which caught everyone's attention (minus Splinter). As Donnie's brothers and April walked over to his workbench, a question needed to be voiced,
"What's alive?" Leo asked and he got his answer when Donnie revealed his creation. A short, stocky, robotic turtle. "What is this?" he asked again to which Donnie all but happily answered,
"Brothers, friends… Raphael." Raph scowled at this, "This is the future of Ninjutsu." Donnie said as he announced his creationbut Raph didn't look very impressed,
"I didn't think that the future of ninjutsu would be so short." He said but Mikey thought otherwise,
"Aw, he's so cute!" Mikey said as he approached the robot turtle, and then Donnie pressed a few buttons on a remote control he was holding and then all of the sudden, the robotic turtle had lasers, wings, saws, stunners, missile launcher and a baseball bat (for some reason) appearing on every part of its body. It would appear that Donnie was preparing for a war and not stealth. Mikey was so surprised that he stumbled back onto his shell.
"Still think he's cute?" Donnie said with pride and continued, "I reverse engineered him from the Kraang Droid." Donnie said,
"Ok… why?" Leo asked,
"So, the drone can handle all of the dangerous stuff, while we stay out of harm's way." Donnie explained but Raph pointed something out in his own words,
"Oh, I get it… this is for wimps too afraid to fight!" Raph said as he smirked but Donnie wasn't having any of it,
"No, it's for wimps too smart to fight." Realisation hits him, "-I mean- "but then April approached him,
"Donnie… you know Master Splinter said, 'combat is not a videogame'? Well I'm pretty sure he also meant, 'don't go overboard'." April said but Donnie protested,
"Sensei also said that 'ninjas have their arsenal for centuries, we are masters of adaptation'." April sweat-dropped at this and before she could say anything, Master Splinter suddenly appeared behind them. April was surprised while the other four were just used to this,
"April is right, Donatello. Adapting can give you an advantage. But over adapting can be just as bad as not adapting at all. It will place you in a disadvantage you didn't know you had." Splinter said, "Whilst I agree that it is a marvel of engineering, I feel as though you would be doing more harm than good, despite your good intention." It was then that the Lair's elevator opened up and from it, Casey emerged into the Lair.
"Hey, dudes!"
"Casey? What are you doing here?" Donnie asked and Casey gave a very simple answer,
"Raph invited me over." He said but it only served to confuse Donnie,
"Since when?" he turned to Raph,
"Well…"
Backtrack a few hours…
5:25pm…
Raph knelt before Master Splinter outside his bedroom with his Sensei kneeling in front the door. He was waiting for an answer. He had just asked Splinter about inviting Casey over for the first time. He had been living above at the warehouse for a while now, but even though he knew where the turtles lived, he never once asked if he could come over for a visit. Raph came to the conclusion that someone like Casey wouldn't hesitate to enter their home, but then he realised it was because of Splinter. Sure, Casey knew about their Sensei and father figure but he didn't know what kind of father figure he was. And he was a ninja master; one wrong move and Casey would've had reason to fear for his life.
"I see. Very well then." Master Splinter said after hearing out Raph. Raph smiled once permission was granted.
"Thank you, Sensei!" and with that, he stood and walked to each of his brothers and April to let them all know who was coming over and each had their own responses:
"Alright, Good for you both." Raph groaned at Leo's lack of enthusiasm,
"Cool, dude!" Mikey said as he bounced excitedly on the couch. Raph groaned at his overenthusiasm,
"That's great, Raph. I thought it was strange that Casey wasn't over down here." April said with a smile and Raph didn't groan but agreed with her,
"Yeah. Yeah, sure, whatever." Donnie was so immersed in his project that he didn't even acknowledge what Raph had intended. Raph raised the skin on top of his eye (eyebrow raise but none of the turtles had eyebrows) but if Donnie was going to ignore him, then he will not be blamed for his own actions. But he didn't take any and so, he carried on to the elevator to tell Casey the news.
Back to now…
7:50pm…
"… so, you only have yourself to blame for not paying any attention." Raph said as he finished his explanation but Donnie was feeling so proud of his finished project that he didn't feel the need to feel annoyed at Raph. During Raph's explanation, Casey noticed the robotic turtle standing next to Donnie and waited for Raph to finish.
"So… what's this thing?" Casey asked as he pointed to the robot, and although he was proud to introduce him again, he struggled to come up with a name. Mikey however, did as he finished tapping on the robot's head,
"Ooh! Let's call it Metalhead! Why you ask? Because it's made of metal and it's got a- "Mikey was interrupted,
"We get it…" Leo said nonchalantly.
"This is ridiculous. I don't need a toaster to fight my battles." Raph said toaster. Toaster. Now it's on.
"Alright then. If you think you can my awesome robot, then attack Metalhead. Give it all you got, Raph." Donnie challenged.
"With pleasure." Raph stepped forward whilst everyone else stepped way back. Whether it was because bits of robot were going to go flying in every direction or Raph would go flying everywhere, they didn't want to get hit by either. Donnie pressed a button on his remote control that activated Metalhead's combat mode. Raph retrieved his twin sai from his belt and readied himself to destroy Metalhead.
Raph made the first move, he leapt high into the air and did a series of front flips before pointing his entire body down with his twin sai leading the drop as he aimed directly for Metalhead. Donnie smirked at this, and then moved the joysticks on his remote control, and the response was Metalhead stepping back slightly and grabbed the twin sai just as they were about to coonect. Raph was surprised but before he could do anything else, Donnie had Metalhead slam Raph into the ground a total of four times (he could take the damage) before throwing him across the Lair. Everyone was right to step back in case either debris or Raph went flying.
*SPLASH*
At least Raph didn't hit the hard ground, at least the pool in the middle of the Lair softened the blow. Sort of. Raph took no time to emerge from the pool, and looked ready to blow a fuse.
"I kicked your shell! And I didn't even need to use any weapons! Or the laser cannon." Donnie said with the most pride he has ever had. "Face it, guys. With this thing, I'm invincible." Okay, now he was getting overconfident and borderline cocky. By then Raph had gotten himself out of the water and was now in front of Donnie,
"Oh yeah?" he angled his sai on Donnie's remote and flicked it out of his hand.
"You know what I mean." Donnie defended as the remote skidded across the ground. Donnie chased after it and caught it just as Splinter stopped it with his foot. As Donnie looked up at his Sensei, April could've sworn that he was just standing next to her a second ago.
"Sensei! I was wondering if I could take Metalhead out for a test drive?" Donnie asked and was half expecting a 'no' and a reason/lecture for as to why.
"You may."
"That's totally unfair! You can't just say- "realisation hits him, "-wait, what?"
"You have created this new weapon. We must see how well it performs." Master Splinter said. Donnie was stunned but grateful.
"Really? Well, brilliant! Thanks, Sensei!" Donnie said as he hung his head in a bow.
"But it is a test only. Do NOT take it into combat." Splinter knew it was a futile request but he tried anyway.
"No problem, Sensei." Donnie heeded the request but when Splinter left for his bedroom and out of earshot, April spoke up,
"You're going to take it into combat the first chance you get, aren't you?" April asked,
"Totally!" Donnie said and then giggled. And then Raph remembered that Casey was here,
"So, Casey, any news lately?" Raph asked,
"Besides the usual Purple Dragons, I think I may have stumbled upon a hidden Kraang base today." Casey said which got everyone's attention,
"Really? How?" April asked,
"Well, earlier today, there was a small gas explosion inside a building in town. I check through the window to see if anyone got hurt, but instead of seeing a human, I see a Kraang droid instead!" Casey explained and then Leo went into leader mode,
"Let's check out that building. And Donnie, leave Metalhead here." Leo said and Donnie immediately protested,
"What? No way! Metalhead can totally make mincemeat out of the Kraang!" Donnie argued but Leo was having none of it,
"Donnie, I know how proud you are of this thing, but Sensei said, 'test only'. I'm pretty sure a run in with the Kraang is not going to be a 'test'." Leo said,
"Come on, Leo. I'm literally dying to test this thing! I promise I won't let it into a fight." Donnie argued again and at this rate, Leo was going to get stuck into a pointless argument with Donnie whilst the Kraang would be going who knows what.
"Uh… fine…" Leo said with a defeated sigh, and with that, the three mutant ninjas plus Casey and Metalhead departed the Lair. All the while, Donnie was grinning ear to ear about two things; one, he was going to pulverise the Kraang with Metalhead and show his brothers and Sensei how much of a genius he truly was. And two, (and most importantly) he was going to be (mostly) alone in the Lair with April, his biggest crush.
8:01pm… New York City Rooftops…
The night sky was out, the moon was shining though the city lights prevented the sight of the stars. It was indeed the perfect conditions for the three stealthy ninja turtles to gracefully leap from building to building. Casey wasn't too far behind, just a couple of inches in fact and he was definitely getting better at rooftop running even with all the gear he was carrying. Casey pointed out that they were halfway to where the hidden Kraang base would be, and at the halfway mark, they stopped for a very good reason. Though the city was dark and perfect for ninjas to get around unnoticed, if everyone was honest, it wouldn't take a ninja master to guess that a heavy, clunky and loud robot was lagging behind. Granted, Metalhead could run and jump across rooftops with no difficulty, it left cracks wherever it landed and its running was as loud as an elephant's stomping. Leo felt the need to face-palm as Metalhead re-joined the group.
"Should we double back? I think there's a car alarm you haven't set off!" Leo said and even though it was sarcastic, the implication that it was loud was clearly there. Raph felt the need to crouch next to Metalhead and grinned as he teased,
"I kind of like it. It goes nice with the sirens and cries for help!" but Donnie ignored the teasing. He could still see and hear everything thanks to a live feed he had installed into Metalhead and he could see and hear everything through his laptop.
"Oh, come on, you guys are just jealous, 'cause you're out there in the cold, and I'm in here in the nice warm Lair eating the last slice of Mikey's pizza." And there next to his laptop was a pizza box with one slice left.
"HEY! I had three slices left!" Mikey said extremely annoyed. He wanted Donnie to pay for that but since he wasn't here, he could just leave a huge dent in Metalhead.
*CLANG* OW!
Metalhead was very tough, punching it like Mikey just did wasn't going to do anything to it.
"Donnie, it's not really cold out here, man." Casey said as if to try and deflate some of Donnie's now inflated ego. Didn't work.
8:04pm… outside the hidden Kraang base…
"Here we are, dudes." Casey said as they stood on a building opposite to the one he described.
"Okay, here's what we do; quietly infiltrate the building, find out what the Kraang are up to, then dismantle the plan and then trash the place." Leo ordered and the others agreed.
"Yeah! The Kraang don't stand a chance!" But Leo placed a stop motion in front of Metalhead's face so Donnie could see it too, "What?" Donnie asked,
"Because Metalhead is too heavy and too clumsy, it'll get in our way." Leo reasoned to which Donnie protested again,
"Clumsy?!" he said as he raised Metalhead's arms and unfortunately for Casey who was standing right next to it, his private parts were right where Metalhead's hand practically slammed into. All three turtles winced at the sight. Poor Casey was now scrunched on floor and holding his privates in agonizing pain. As Donnie turned Metalhead's head and saw what he did, all he did was nonchalantly say,
"I did that on purpose to emphasis my point."
"You're not coming Donnie." Leo ordered as the now team of three proceeded to infiltrate the Kraang building across. Donnie listened as his pride in Metalhead took a light blow, but nothing he couldn't bounce back from, but he still stayed put. Casey however was out of commission quite possibly for the entire mission now.
Meanwhile, back at the Lair…
"Whoops. Eheh…"
"That's all you can say, Donnie? Oops?" April asked with slight annoyance,
"Well… can't account for EVERY possibility. Not even Casey's dilemma." Donnie defended,
"Dilemma? Donnie, his 'dilemma' is going to be yours once they get back." April argued back but Donnie was still too prideful,
"Oh, come on, it was just one little thing!"
"…Donnie. Potentially dangerous mission, you put Casey out of commission and your brothers are now a three-man team. Face it, Donnie, you've made a big mistake." April's words had a good amount of bite, and though Donnie was silent, he wasn't going to admit that building Metalhead was a mistake. It wasn't a mistake!
Back on the roof…
"YOU'RE NOT KIDDING!" Casey shouted at Donnie, since he heard the conversation.
"Casey, are you okay?" April asked over the live feed,
"I'm fine, Red. Except that there's a humungous ache on my crotch, my legs are like jelly and I seriously want to stuff Donnie into a punching bag!" that about sums up Casey's feeling towards Donnie at the moment.
"Yeah, he's fine." Donnie said nonchalantly.
8:07pm… Inside the Kraang base…
The three turtles (no thanks to Donnie) crouched on one of the buildings support beams above and in the darkness. From above they could hear the Kraang in a conversation,
"Kraang, is that which is the unstable mutagen ready for the experiment that is the experiment of Kraang?"
"Yes. That which is the unstable mutagen is ready for the experiment that is the experiment of Kraang."
"Kraang, proceed with that which is known as the unstable mutagen to that which is known as the human water supply."
The Kraang then started approaching canisters of mutagen on top of some crates. Most likely also filled with canisters of mutagen.
"Wait, do the Kraang intend to poison the city's water supply with mutagen?" Leo quietly asked from above,
"If they do, the whole city will become a disaster area." Raph concluded,
"There'll be mutants everywhere." Leo said,
"Wow, think of all the friends we could make!" Mikey said.
"-_-"
"-_-"
"Excuse me for being the 'glass half full' kind of guy."
"Anyway… ready to bash some bots?" good one Raph,
"Destroy some droids?" good follow up Leo,
"Clean some closets?" Mikey said.
"-_-"
"-_-"
"…er… um… I mean… crush some Kraang?"
"Let's move…" Leo ordered.
Leo gave the order. And Leo and Raph jumped from the building's support and landed behind a Kraang and before it could react to anything, the two ninjas stabbed the droid in the back with their own weapons. When the now disabled droid hit the ground, Raph spiked the head with his sai and held it on the tip like trophy. Just then, two more Kraang droids appeared before them and before they could power up their blasters, Mikey suddenly dropped down onto them with all mighty "BOOYAKASHA!". How not another Kraang didn't notice that or the loud sounds of Mikey battering the two droids into submission is up for debate later. Mikey's continuous battering of the Kraang was interrupted by Raph dragging him away by the shell like a child away from smashing his/her toys. Unknown to the three that one of the Kraang droids wasn't completely battered by Mikey and was still functioning.
The three turtles stealthily made their way towards a large group of Kraang, Mikey took refuge behind a barrel while his brothers hid behind a crate. Their hiding however was about to become fruitless as the not-so-battered Kraang droid crawled to the turtles and the rest of its group. The turtles turned towards it and the droid pointed to them and their hiding spaces and thus alerted the aliens to their presence.
On the other rooftop…
The sight of pink flashing at the building's window along with the sound of laser fire from inside had indicated that the team of three inside had been caught.
"Why is it with our stealth missions, we always get blasted at anyway?" Donnie asked, mostly to himself. He wasn't wrong, since so far, they haven't had a stealth mission that didn't go sideways. This was starting to become a pattern.
"At least they get some action. In fact, I'm all ready to brawl!" Casey announced and it was true, he was back on his feet (properly). Then all of the sudden, an energy blast erupted from the building and Donnie/Metalhead and Casey were only just barely able to dodge in time.
"AAAGGHH! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! RUN!" Mikey shouted out of the top of his lungs.
Donnie/Metalhead and Casey towards each other and said the same thing, "Let's go!"
Inside the building…
The three ninja turtles were having trouble trying to get close to the Kraang. They were far too many and all of them were firing towards the turtles. They ducked and dodged but as they did so, they were backing up to a cover spot behind some crates.
"Leo! We're running out of- "they ducked behind some crates for cover but they were also literally against a wall, "-room…" Raph said and Leo pointed out the obvious,
"We're trapped!"
"Or maybe, they're the ones who are trapped? Hm?" Mikey said as he peeked over the crate he was hiding behind only to duck back down as a laser shot just narrowly missed his head, "No! It's us!"
The turtles were now at a real risk of getting blasted to death when from out of nowhere, Donnie/Metalhead came crashing down onto two of the Kraang, startling all present. Though the turtles looked a little confused by the landing as Metalhead's arm were awkwardly position above his head,
"What are you doing? What is wrong with your arms?" Leo asked,
"My… hands aren't on my hips?" Donnie questioned,
"No!" Leo answered for him and Raph face-palmed at the stupidity.
"Sorry! Forgot to press B!" Donnie then did that and Metalhead's arms rotated around and now his hands were on his hips. Now if he did that for the entrance he made, it would've been epic. Now it just looked daft.
The Kraang then turned their blasters at Metalhead and all fired upon him. However, Donnie just had Metalhead stand there and take it which resulted in the laser fire having no effect on Metalhead at all. After a few seconds of this, the Kraang stopped firing at Metalhead at looked at their blasters and wondering why that didn't work.
"Now it's my turn! Eat hot laser!" Donnie shouted through the speaker inside and then Metalhead pointed its rapid-fire blaster from his left hand at the Kraang and unlike the aliens, Donnie seemed to be having way too much blasting them. He then had metalhead shoot a rocket fist, it honed it in on whatever Kraang was standing, then when was placed back on its arm, he looked towards Raph who was still taking cover behind one of the crates,
"Hey Raph, how does it feel to be shown up by a toaster?" Donnie asked in a mocking tone. Raph scowled while Leo repressed a giggle. Mikey saw behind Donnie and tried to warn him,
"Burn." Mikey said but Donnie misinterpreted it,
"Yeah, I thought was good one!"
"NO! Burn!" Mikey shouted as he pointed behind Metalhead. And behind him, two kraang were approaching him unarmed. They thought if blasting the robot wouldn't work, then they would try close combat. Donnie caught on to what Mikey was implying,
"Oh! Right." Donnie turned the Kraang behind him and then blasted the offenders with a flamethrower he had in Metalhead's right hand and along with the two offenders, the other aliens that were behind them also got blasted by the flamethrower. As one of the droids lay useless on the ground and powered down it uttered,
"That thing which does violence at Kraang, used to do violence FOR Kraang." And then it powered down into a broken heap before the alien inside popped out and scurried away.
Donnie however was having so much fun blasted the aliens with his rapid-fire laser that he inadvertently sent some laser fire at his brothers who just managed to duck behind the crates to avoid it.
"Dude!"
"Donnie watch the friendly fire!" Leo barked out
"Oops! Sorry guys!" Donnie said but he was having too much fun destroying the Kraang that not only did he not mean it, but as soon as he said that he went straight back to demolishing the Kraang.
"GOONGALA!" there was a sudden bellow from a certain vigilante from inside the building that indicated that Casey had arrived to cause even more mayhem. He couldn't enter through the glass roof like Metalhead could. The height was too great for him, so he had to scale down the building he was on and enter the Kraang infested building from a window on ground level. But now that he was here, he charged at the remaining Kraang (still quite a lot) with his hockey stick and bat in each hand. He had just battered one of the Kraang when Donnie accidently shot some bottles explosive liquid. The blast sent a shockwave throughout the building, knocking back the turtles as their covers were destroyed and Casey was sent flying in the opposite direction. But Metalhead took the full force of the blast and smashed against a support beam. The hit didn't damage the robot much but it did knock its control aerial off, meaning that no matter what Donnie did at the controls in the Lair, nothing would reach Metalhead now.
Back at the Lair…
Donnie's face grew very concerned as the screen on his laptop read 'LOST SIGNAL'.
"No! I lost the signal!" Donnie said with worry and April who stood next to him also grew concerned. It was then that the screen showed a Kraang crawling up Metalhead. "What's that Kraang doing?"
Inside the building…
The Kraang crawled up Metalhead and then sat on its head and wrapped its tentacles around its chin to stop itself from falling off. It got a nasty electrical shock as a result but then tried again and this time, metalhead became active under the control of the Kraang. Donnie knew what this meant; big trouble.
"Uh-oh. Guys, if you can hear me, you might wanna run!" Luckily for Donnie the speaker still worked and his brothers and Casey could hear him, they looked towards Metalhead and saw the Kraang controlling Metalhead and was approaching the turtles,
"The ones that which are called 'turtles', will now be called turtles that are destroyed." The Kraang said through Metalhead and for some reason, Mikey breathed a sigh of relief,
"Phew! I was really afraid at the beginning of that sentence, but then I just sort of lost interest towards…" but Mikey was interrupted when Metalhead pointed its rapid-fire laser at the turtles,
"-okay, now I'm afraid again!"
Back at the Lair…
"AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!" Mikey's scream sounded out the laptop and now Donnie's face paled. Donnie tried pressing more buttons on his controls thinking he could get something, but nothing happened.
"No, no, no, no!" he then went to the laptop thinking he could still try something from where he was, "Maybe I can override- "but Donnie was interrupted when April placed a hand on his shoulder,
"Donnie! I think now is when the games stop." April said which got through to Donnie. He threw the controls against the ground which smashed it.
"You're right, April! My brothers need me!" Donnie said as he ran to the elevator to the surface,
"WAIT!" Donnie stopped when Master Splinter suddenly called out to him and holding Donnie's staff. "Here!" Splinter then threw the staff towards Donnie, who caught it. Donnie looked at it, thinking how he was going to take on Metalhead with a wooden staff. But didn't think too much of it and bowed to Master Splinter in thanks and then proceeded to leave the lair for the rescue.
Back inside the Kraang base…
Luckily for the turtles and Casey, the liquid explosion took out the Kraang droids and estroyed all the mutagen that was sitting around them and so only had to worry about the alien controlled Metalhead. The robot fired its rapid-fire blaster at the turtles, who ducked and ran to dodge. Mikey then threw his nunchucks at the robot and got what he intended for. The chain of the nunchucks caught the blaster and pulled it back and gave the four fighters enough time to surround Metalhead.
"Everyone, aim for the Kraang!" Leo ordered. Although he should've said that since now the Kraang knew what everyone was going to do now. It then activated the booster thrusters on Metalhead's feet and it flew upwards above everyone's heads.
"Did Donnie really have to go overboard in designing this thing?" Casey asked. And the response he got was Metalhead firing its flamethrower at them. The four fighters all jumped back to avoid the flamethrower. They separated and the Kraang saw its chance. It flew to Mikey and slammed its metal fist into Mikey's face. Mikey was sent flying back due to the force of it and landed near a wall on his shell. Raph was next, he tried to stab the alien with his sai but metalhead was too fast and rammed a punch into Raph's plastron, he then grabbed Raph by the arms and threw him onto his front plastron right next to Mikey. Next up was Casey and Leo. They charged at Metalhead but the Kraang responded by flying straight into Casey, winding him, and then threw him into Leo and knocking them back with the other downed turtles. It was then that six more Kraang droids entered the fray to back up the alien controlled Metalhead. They surrounded the three turtle ninjas and Casey,
"Now you will be destroyed." The Kraang said as the four sprang back onto their feet for another round of fighting, "Which one wants to be first to be destroyed by Kraang?"
"No-one!" all turned their attention above as Donnie suddenly appeared from above and landed in between the Kraang and his brothers and Casey. He made quite the entrance too.
"Donnie! Banging entrance, dude!" said an impressed Mikey.
"You guys deal with the droids. I'll handle Metalhead." Thinking that Donnie had a plan for taking down his own creation, the other four listening and scattered around Donnie and Metalhead to fight the droids. As soon as they did, the Kraang droids began to fire their blasters at them.
"It is the maker of the tech, which was the tech that was of the Kraang." The alien said through Metalhead. Donnie spins his staff in a circle while the Kraang readied Metalhead's rapid-fire blaster.
"Come on, give me your best- but Donnie was interrupted when Metalhead suddenly fired at him. He dodged to one side and then the Kraang switched weapons and fired its rocket fist at Donnie. Donnie countered by swinging his staff like a bat and knocked the rocket fist back at Metalhead. The fist connected with Metalhead's face. Donnie rushed in, seeing his chance and swung his staff at the alien on the head, but the alien blocked the attack with Metalhead's hand, and then he fired the rapid-fire blaster at Donnie. He quickly cartwheels and dodges away to avoid the laser fire. After a series of cartwheels, he found himself backed against one of the building's support beams. Donnie readied his staff again as the Kraang stopped firing at him but as he did, he only just then noticed that his staff was broken in half. It must've been broken when the Kraang fired at him and hadn't notice one shot slicing through the staff.
"Not again." Donnie said with irritation and then had to duck behind the support beam as metalhead fired a pair of explosive balls from the eye-sockets. The explosion knocked both back but as Donnie looked at his cover, he noticed the beam was unstable which gave Donnie an idea.
"That might work." He said as he then ran to stand in between it and the alien. "Hey Kraang! The one who is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat!" ? Donnie had said this to provoke the alien he aimed that 'insult' towards,
"The comment that is made by you shows ignorance of Kraang! The ones known by you as mothers…" but Donnie interrupted it,
"Just come get me!" and he got what he wanted. The Kraang fired the ball explosives from its eye-sockets at Donnie, who responded by charging forward with a war-cry. He narrowly dodged the explosive as he charged at metalhead head on and the explosives destroyed what was left to keep the building's support beam up. NOW! Donnie jumped over Metalhead with a front somersault and landed on his feet behind him. Donnie plan worked as the Kraang turned Metalhead around to face Donnie, not noticing the beam falling towards it. Donnie leaped to the side to avoid getting squashed but the Kraang stood its ground, still not noticing the falling beam. Just as Donnie turned to Metalhead, the support beam slammed into Metalhead and picked up a cloud of dust. When the dust settled, Donnie saw Metalhead squashed underneath the support beam, with only its arms and a bit of its left foot sticking out. The alien was squashed along with it as only a few of its tentacles could be seen sticking out. Donnie had won this fight.
"Booyakasha!" he shouted. The other four had also just finished taking out the droids when they heard him shout this.
"Sounds weird when he says it." Mikey commented.
"Sounds weird when you say it." Raph said at Mikey,
"Maybe you guys should switch to 'Goongala'!" Casey added,
"No, Casey. Just… no." Raph said, earning him a scowl from Casey. The four fighters approached Donnie to congratulate him. Sort of.
"Nice job, bro!" Mikey said with a smile,
"Way to go, Donnie." Leo said, proud of his brother's accomplishment. Donnie smiled at the praise he was getting.
"Yeah, not bad. Except for that part where you built the thing in the first place." Donnie's face turned down with annoyance at Raph's comments that didn't stop, "And the part where it broke, and the part where it tried to kill us! And the part- "but Donnie stopped Raph's ranting of him,
"Okay! I get it." Donnie wondered if at this point from now on, his inventions were always going to do more harm than good.
9:27pm… The Lair…
After the turtles bid goodnight to Casey and vice-versa, they decided to try and beat other at the pinball machine, Leo pointing out how close they were to winning. All except for Donnie, who was sitting at his workbench, tinkering with something and looking forlorn. Splinter noticed this and approached him.
"What troubles you Donatello?" he asked and even though Donnie had his shell to him, he turned head to Splinter as to acknowledge him and let out a sigh,
"This was all my fault, Sensei." It seemed that nearly getting his brothers killed weighed heavily on him.
"You are responsible, yes." Though nearly getting his brothers killed was not what Splinter meant and so Donnie understandably misinterpreted it. But Master Splinter continued on, "Responsible for destroying the mutagen…" Donnie turned his whole body around to Master Splinter at this, "…responsible for saving the people of this city, and responsible for defeating advanced technology using only ingenuity, bravery, and a simple staff." Donnie smiled at Master Splinter's praise which allowed his lesson to come through.
"Thanks, Sensei. Maybe you're right." Donnie said.
"I am!"
"I guess with the proper training, there's nothing better than a simple staff." Master Splinter nodded in agreement. Donnie then turned to the thing he was tinkering on. A small rocket attached to a wooden pole. He picked it up a twirled it above his head, "Except a laser-guided, missile launching staff!" he slammed the other end of the staff to the ground that promptly activated the rocket. The rocket let out a beeping noise that caught the turtles' attention. "That's not supposed to that! RUN!" Donnie yelled and at this, his brothers scrambled away from the pinball machine. Master Splinter just face-palmed at this. The rocket launched and headed straight for Donnie's brothers. Luckily, they scrambled enough out of the way and the rocket exploded against the ground. The explosion was small, but still powerful enough to launch the three turtles across the Lair. Mikey landed in the centre pool, Raph landed plastron first on the bridge above it and Leo landed on the edge of the pool. Raph got up and turned to Donnie with a mad look on his face,
"Donnie! Stop trying to kill us with your inventions!" he yelled from the bridge as Mikey got out and Leo stood up. Donnie was downcast again but then Master Splinter placed a hand on his shoulder to get Donnie to face him,
"Donatello, your is brilliant when it comes to science and technology, there is no question about that. But just remember, that the simplest of inventions can go a long way." Master Splinter said and was those words that allowed something to click inside Donnie's inventive mind.
"Simple. Right, of course!" he then rushed back to his next invention.
"Perhaps you should do this after a good night's rest, Donatello?" Master Splinter said but Donnie protested,
"But, Sensei, this next invention should take less than an hour to make!" whatever it was that he was thinking of, he didn't hesitate to start building. Raph tried to approach him and forcefully drag him away, but Splinter stopped him from doing so.
8:04am…
It was early morning practice, and there was no sign of Donnie. Leo offered to get him, but Master Splinter didn't allow this.
"But why, Sensei?" Leo asked,
"Because Leonardo- "enter Donnie from his room, "He has just arrived." Splinter said and as the other three turtles turned to Donnie, they noticed he wasn't carrying another six-foot wooden staff.
"No weapon, Donnie?" Raph asked.
"Actually, I was just getting a feel for my newest creation…" Donnie said and then he pulled out a two-foot long metal baton.
"A baton? Really? That's your latest invention?" Raph asked as though underestimating Donnie for his new weapon.
"Watch this." Donnie said and all eyes were now on the baton. He pressed a hidden switch on the baton and the baton extended out, turning it into a six-foot long metal staff. "This steel baton can extend into a six-foot long steel staff." Leo and Splinter were impressed, Mikey was equally so as shown by his mouth that was now open in an O shape. Raph's face didn't show it but he was also impressed. "…and…" Donnie then pressed another hidden switch and on one end of the staff, a one foot long blade extended out of its hiding spot. Now the staff was a naginata. "…now it's a naginata."
"Impressive, Donatello." Splinter praised.
"The simplest inventions really can go a long way after all." Donnie said and he took this lesson to heart. From now on, his simple inventions can and will save him and his brothers a lot of trouble in future missions.
me: hey there! Hoped you liked it! I liked Donnie's extension staff from the 2014 movie and wondered why neither Donatello from the 2003 or 2012 cartoons had one. So, I thought to give him one here. You can be sure that the other three turtles will have improved weapons later on! Until then!