Kala flies her hotrod in ultra-stealth mode. She runs her cold jets and goes in quietly towards the massive ship.
"Holy canoli! That thing IS colossal!" Donnie whispers.
Kala nods. "What a mess we made."
Donatello presses his helmeted face against the hood of her ship. He gapes at the Kraang Colossal, half of the ship completely gone, dozens of Kraang bots soldering and plugging up the horrid cavity in the ship.
"The docking bay should be located on the other side. Let's go down." Kala guides her ship down and finds the docking bay.
"Let me find the signal and scramble their security cameras first before we land." Donnie says. Once he is done, Kala goes forward. It seems as if the entire area is open to space, but once she goes in, they see a thin force field keeping the cold, vacuum outside. She lands her craft silently and opens the hatch. She and Donnie step down and find the gravity is sufficient for moving around. He checks the atmosphere. "It's breathable air… to Earthlings. I'm afraid you'll have to keep your mask on in here, Kala. Donatello removes his helmet and tosses it back in the ship.
"Go a head and set up the portal, I'll cover you." Kala says.
Donatello lifts up the portal in the air and activates it. He then takes some firecrackers, lights them and throws them inside. Knowing the sound of them could draw Kraang bots their way; Donnie gets his bo staff ready.
…
Mikey, Raph and Leo stroll along the odd hall of portals, looking into some of them with curiously.
"Dude, how can someone survive in a world made completely out of clay?" Mikey asks.
The sound of rapid popping in the distance causes the three ninja's to run, aware of their brother's signal. They reach the door and look in, seeing Donnie and Kala on the other side. Leo sees that Donnie doesn't have his helmet on so, they know that they don't need the oxygen pouches.
Step through the portal and close it back down.
Donatello checks his phone for the directions to the power generator room. He signals them to follow and they quickly get underway.
They meet minimal resistance, only two Kraang bots. Kala and Donnie where right, most of the ship's crew is at the end of the ship, still working on repairs.
Once Donatello hacks into the generator room, they all go in and Donnie does his magic. He licks his lips and cuts few wires. "There, this should case a gas leak in sector eleven. Now for the main power grid."
"As fast as you can, Donnie." Leo whispers.
"I'm on it." Donnie finishes linking his tablet to the Kraang interface.
While the rest stand guard, Michelangelo inches his way next to Kala. "So... how was the ride up here?"
She looks at him strangely, then grins when she sees the slight blush on his face. "It was just fine." She presses her cheek to his and whispers. "I missed you while we were apart."
"Gosh, me to." He sighs. "How about after this mission, you and I go back to the beach?"
After the mission... Kala's smile fades only a little. Had he forgotten their conversation yesterday so quickly? "I would love to, Mikey but..."
"There, I've got it." Donnie detaches his tablet and puts it away. "The whole system will overload and melt down in three minutes." Donatello hits the last button in the sequence and suddenly purple lights flash and a foreboding alarm starts to blare.
Leonardo looks around for only a moment. "Let's move out!" He leads the team at a fast sprint through the blinking corridors, heading straight for the docking bay. They careen around the next corner to find a large group of Kraang bots who immediately start firing their energy guns at them. The turtles fall back, Mikey blocking Kala with his shell.
"Get them!" One of the brainy bots order as they march after the young heroes with guns blazing.
Leonardo and Raphael dodge and block the shots as best they can. "Go and find another way out of here!" Leo calls back to Donnie, Kala and Mikey who run back the other way.
Donatello pulls out his phone, trying to find another route from the blueprint thereon. "OK, twenty more feet and then turn left, we should run into an elevator, take that down two levels, and then it's a straight shot to the docking bay."
"Shoot the intruders who have intruded!" Another group of Kraang bots block their path. They fire at will.
Mikey blocks the shots from Kala with his shell while pulling hard on Donnie's bandana to avoid his head being hit with the death rays.
"Ah!" Donatello yelps. The three teens fall back around a corner and bump into Leo and Raph.
"You guys ok?" Raph asks.
"Yes, but our way is blocked by the Kraang."
"And Mikey almost broke my neck when he yanked my bandana off!" Donnie grouches.
"Hey! I did it so you wouldn't have a hole in your skull." Mikey says. "Look out!"
Suddenly they are surrounded, six Kraang from one side and four Kraang on the other.
"Alright everyone, attack hard and fast. Whoever gets and opening first, that's the way we go. On three."
One, Leo and Raph flash their sharp weapons.
Two, Donnie spins his bo, Kala powers up her ray gun.
Three! Mikey backs up to get a running start at the bot of his choosing when he accidently bumps into a panel that opens up the wall. He topples back and falls down a long chute. No one notices as the sounds of yelling and clanging metal, and severed circuits, and squealing brains, and fists and feet bending and breaking bot parts fill the corridor. Once the last of the pink, ugly brains retreat, the four victorious fighters run towards the docking bay.
"You good Leo?" Raphael asks.
"All good. Kala?"
"Affirmative. Donnie?"
"In the green. Mikey?"
"..."
Raphael comes to a halt and they all smack into each other.
"Where's Mikey!?"
...
"AAAH! Michelangelo tumbles down and out of the chute smacking into something solid, coming to an abrupt stop. "Ugh." He groans, his face lying flat on the cold, hard ground. He sits up slowly, rubbing his tender hide. "Gosh, my neck hurts, my freckles hurt… even my bandana hurts." He goes to wipe and peels his eyes open, seeing that he still has Donatello's purple bandana wrapped around his hand. "Whoa…" He finally looks around, finding himself in a dimly-lit room. To the left he looks out the wall of glass and sees he's landed right next to the docking bay. He stands slowly but still gets a bit dizzy. He backs up into something and turns around to see what he had previously rolled into.
He shrieks like a baby squirrel.
He slaps a hand over his mouth and slides away along the wall while placing Donnie's bandana over his own. But he backs into another and then another. There isn't just one huge, scary thing in the room with him, but four! "W-what in tap-dancing dragons are they?" he whimpers. He calms down, ever so slightly, when the big beings don't respond. "Hmm… I g-guess they're in some kind of hyper-sleep. Thank goodness." He looks through the huge window and sees a big Kraang ship and beyond that, Kala's hotrod. "I gotta get out of here."
Just then the entire ships rumbles and then seems to tilt to one side. The power goes out and another alarm sounds. A hidden speaker in the room crackles to life. "Attention all Kraang! Take positions of battle stations! This ship that is our ship has been compromised. The enemies who are our enemies, known as the Turtles, must be stopped. Commence emergency procedure, which is emergency teleport! And commence reanimation of secret weapon!"
Another rumble knocks Michelangelo t the floor. The lights in the room come up brightly and a glowing, purple computer panel starts to speak in an eerie, electronic voice. "Reanimation of Secret weapons Teenage Mutant Warrior Otots countdown begins now."
Mikey really, really wishes the room had stayed dark. With bulging eyes he slowly lifts his T-phone and takes a picture. Steam fills the room, latches and chains fall to the ground, and four sets of black, glaring eyes open and focus on the little, green turtle.
"Itistimetogo!" Mikey yells.
…
"There's the docking bay!" Leo leads his team passed the large metal doors. They all stop and look around to make sure the area is clear. Leonardo takes out the portable portal device.
"But what about Mikey?" Kala asks.
"We ain't leavin' with out him!" Raphael yells.
"I don't plan on leaving without him, Raph." Leo says.
"And what about that strange announcement the Kraang made? What's their secret weapon?" Raph yells again.
"Perhaps it was their primary reason for coming to your city in the first place." Kala says.
"That's what I'm thinking. Donnie, you get a reading on Mikey's T-phone yet?"
"Uh.. Yes! He's right…"
"Guys! Guys!" runs to them from the other side of the docking bay, flailing his arms. "We gotta get out of here!"
"Mikey!" They shout in return.
"Mikey!" Kala jumps to him, wrapping him in a tight embrace."
With Kala still clinging to him, Michelangelo runs over to Donatello. "C'mon! C'mon! We gotta go before they wake up!"
"Before who wakes up? And why are you wearing my bandana?" Donnie asks.
The floor of the docking bay shift from underneath them and everyone falls. Leonardo gets to his feet first and activates the portable portal.
"Stoooop!" A group a Kraang makes it to the entrance of the docking bay, blasting their guns. Leo, Mikey and Kala dive behind some metal barrels. Donnie and Raph slip behind Kala's hotrod.
"Kala!" Donatello calls over the electrical zips of the Kraang's ray guns. "Got through the portal with Leo and Mikey! Raphael and I will get your hotrod back to Earth!"
"What?!" Raph yells.
Another rumble knocks everyone down, ceasing the Kraang's fire for a moment.
"Let's go!" Leo ushers Mikey and Kala through the portal. Leo walks through and turns back to see his other brothers climb into the little, black, space cruiser. "Donnie!" Leo yells.
Donatello and Raphael look back at him. They nod at each other a 'good luck'. Raphael throws a ninja star at the portal device, breaking it and closing the door, just in time for the Kraang to miss their shot.
Raphael straps himself down in the seat behind his all-too-excited brother who is flipping switches, making the cruiser hum. "Uh, Donnie, you sure you can fly this thing?"
"Positive. Hold on." Donnie Shifts into gear and slowly lifts off the ground. The Kraang continue to shoot at them but their weapons do nothing.
Nevertheless, Raphael checks out his own controls and aims a barrel at the Kraang bots. He taps lightly on the button and disintegrates an entire bot, the pink, squishy brain plops to the floor. "Sweet." The other bots scramble out of the Docking bay.
The emergency lights of the docking bay begin to blink, fading in and out of sight. "It's starting! We have to get away from the ship before it teleports. Who knows where it will end up!
…
Leo, Mikey and Kala run down the psychedelic hallway of portals. The portals display a strange new dimension, each more beguiling than the next. Kala looks into one particular portal and stops in her tracks.
The purple-wearing Michelangelo looks back. "Kala? What's wrong?"
All she does is point.
"What's going on back there?" Leo doubles back and meets them at the portal. "What is it, Kala?"
"It is my home. It is Neutron."
The three teens see the tall, ivory towers. They can tell they were once shiny and beautiful, now crumbling and vacant.
"This was once the greatest city on my planet. My father grew up there as a child… and in the distance are the Kadosh Mountains where my people first met those evil Kraang." Leonardo pauses at the desolate city and smoldering mountains. He then looks at Kala's tightening fists. She is so close to home but can do nothing for them as she is now. He sees himself in her shoes and relents at the thought of New York looking that her war-torn city one day. Leo steps up and places his hand on her shoulder. He reaches up and taps the tip of his katana on the portal device and closes the door. The device lands in her hands. "Let's take I back with us." Leo smiles. "Maybe Donnie can modify it somehow so you and your ship can fly home when this is all done."
She cradles the alien machine in her hands and smiles.
...
Meanwhile, still within the docking bay of the Kraang Colossal Donatello is having a bit of trouble trying to get the cruiser to go forward. He's gotten up and down under control, but the zero gravity, Kraang guns, the teleportation countdown and his ranting brother is doing nothing for his concentration.
"Donnie, when were you gonna tell be you don't know beans about flying a spaceship?"
"I, I though it would be like flying an airplane!"
"Oh, really? Did you forget there ain't no air in space!?" Raphael's face goes completely red.
"Shut it! I'm trying!"
The large ship quakes violently around them, making it ten times as hard for Donatello to get out of the door.
"So Donnie…" Raphael says in an creepy-calm voice. "What happens if the Kraang Colossal teleports and we're still inside?"
"We end up where ever it goes. I could be right over Manhattan, on the moon or millions of light-years away at a secret Kraang military planet." Donatello talks quickly while slowly making his way to outside space with the finesse of a pinball. They finally get out and fly away toward home. "But that's not the worst thing that would happen."
"What would be the worst thing?" Raphael makes the mistake of asking.
"The worst thing would be to actually make it out of the ship, like we just did, but we don't make it far enough to escape the range of the teleportation bubble."
"I see. And what would happen if we don't make it all the way out of the teleportation bubble?"
"Well… remember what happened the Kraang Colossal when I closed the portal on it? The ship got cut in half. So in theory…"
"The back of this hotrod, the part I'm in, could be teleported to Lala land, I'd become a life-long prisoner to a bunch of stupid Kraang or just turn into a space popsicle., depending on where we end up… and you…"
"…Would be stranded in space, slowing turning into a popsicle." Donatello end grimly.
"I see, I see." Raphael is silent for a moment. "At least YOU have a spacesuit."
The control panels start to blink like mad and the teleportation bubble starts to appear. "Oh, no! Raph, we only have ten seconds to get out! What do I do?!"
"What are you askin' me for!?" Gun it! We gotta get home!"
"But we might not make it! You might not…"
The two brothers look at each other and Raphael growls. "Darn it, Donatello! You wanna spend the rest of your life serving' squid to bunch of brains? Or do you wanna see April again?"
For the next five seconds Donatello keeps accelerating. But the calculations going through his head keeps bringing him to the same conclusion… the whole cruiser will not make it out of the teleportation field. Either way, he's not going to see April again… and he's NOT going to risk his brother's life by trying. He'd rather be a prisoner with Raphael.
With two seconds to go Donatello pulls on the decelerators, desperately trying to keep their ship in range.
"Donnie, NO! What are you doin'!"
"Choosing my brother!" A bright light consumes the Colossal Kraang and the little hotrod. "Goodbye, April!"
…
"Has it been ten minutes yet?" The mask-wearing teen whines.
"Casey! We are supposed to open it every five minutes. And no, it's not time yet. Just a few more minutes." April glances at her stopwatch app on her T-phone, beginning to get a little worried. The three-hour timetable is almost up and they haven't heard from the Turtles yet.
"How long do they expect us to wait before we go in after them?" Casey grunts, swinging his hockey stick, hungry for some action.
"Going in after them if something goes wrong was not part of Donatello's Master Plan, however…" She gasps. April looks up at the sky. "Casey… you see that?"
Casey removes his mask, his jaw drops. "I don't think this was part of Don's master plan either."
…
"AAAAH!" Raphael screams.
"AAH! Oh! Hey! We're back in New York!"
"Oh yeah! Good! That's great… Holy chocolate Moses, LOOK OUT!" Raphael points at pieces of the Kraang Colossal falling off… really, really big pieces heading right for them.
"Yikes!" Donatello pushes on throttle, sending the hotrod into a nosedive, barreling towards Central Park, dodging broken panels as large as houses.
"Pull up! Pull up!" Raphael wails.
"Here we go!" Donatello pulls hard on the controls. The nose lifts just enough to skim the treetops, missing the massive, falling metal, and clearing the shadow of the Kraang Colossal.
Both brothers breathe a sigh as the now-maskless turtle steadies their flight. He looks back at his pale co-pilot. "Holy chocolate Moses?" He teases. "Who are you, Robin the boy Wonder?"
Raphael gulps and wipes his brow. "Shaddup! It seemed like an appropriate thing to say sing you were flying like a bat outta heck!"
"Heh, let's meet up with the others on the other side of the park."
As Donatello changes course, Raphael's panel starts to beep. He sees five triangular blips on the screen and they are gaining on them. "That may have to wait, Donnie. We got Kraang fighter jets coming and they're already firing!"
…
Casey and April stand in trepidation, as the Kraang Colossal appears against the hazy, morning sky, tremendous and treacherous, making a horrible booming sound as it collides with the ground at the far end of Central Park.
April's alarm goes off and Casey immediately activates the portable portal.
…
Leo Kala and Mikey continue down the hall of portals when about fifty feet ahead, a new door opens and two rush in and shout at them. "Hurry! Hurry! The Kraang ship is here!"
"It's April and Casey!" Leo leads Kala and Mikey tin a sprint.
Casey and April come out of the portal first. They look up and see a Kraang jet whiz by, being chased by Kala's hotrod, shooting the enemy down. "Whoa, Kala is awesome, huh?" Casey says. April shrugs.
Another Kraang jet spots the teens at the portal and starts to shoot at them.
"Look out!" April shouts. In slow motion April sees the black hotrod shoot down the Kraang jet. It comes falling towards them. April then feels Leo tackle her to the ground. She is then confused when she sees and orange-haired Neutrino and a purple-banded turtle run out of the portal and tackle Casey to the ground. The crashing enemy jet causes dirt and dust to fly into the air. Its wing knocks the portal closed and the device lands close to Leonardo and April. Leonardo grabs the portal device and secures it to his belt. He tries to help April up but she scrambles to her feet and calls out in to the fog of debris. "Donnie! Casey! Kala…! Donnie!" She coughs and calls out in all directions but can't see a thing.
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A/N: Thanks for reading so far. Any comments, rants or raves are appreciated! XD