Chapter 6

Ladybug used her mystically enhanced strength to toss Chat Noir's limp form over her shoulder in a way that should have been impossible for her smaller frame as she and April ran towards the strange vehicle that the monster called the Shredder had just lit up like a Christmas tree with one of those lightning balls. The thing was some weird combination of a subway car and a monster truck. Ladybug noticed that the side hatched was being forced opened from the inside meaning that at least some of April's friends were okay.

She was about to shout this to the redhead when the door slid opened the rest of the way and five beings leap out weapons at the ready. It took the superhero a split second to realize what the four green creatures and one giant rat thing had to be, more mutants working with Hawk Moth. Her arm was already swinging back to smash her yo-yo into the face of the lead turtle creature when April was suddenly blocking her shot.

April's relief at seeing that her Master and the guys were okay had almost caused her to miss the sensation of Ladybug going on the attack. If she had been a split second later Marionette would have floored Leonardo with a strike from her magic weapon. Still April found her eyes shutting as she called out, "No Friends," half expecting to take the hit meant for her team leader.

It took a second for April to open her eyes and notice that Paris' hero had been able to stop her attack in time. With a twist of her wrist the yo-yo had spun off to the side in a way that seemed to defy all the rules of physics April knew. Instead the heroine was giving the red head a strange look from behind her mask. "Their my friends that I said would help." Ladybug's expression didn't change as she looked from April to the mutant ninjas. "Guess I should have mentioned they were mutants as well sorry."

"This has been a very weird day even for me and that saying something," Ladybug said suddenly sounding tired.

The strange little pause that had seemed to fall over the two was broken as movement from the hole the monstrous machine had made caught Ladybug's eye as she saw Casey Jones in full vigilante gear shoot past them heading for the crowd of civilians. She realized he was trying to reach them before the mob of ninjas that was following him could get past him. As she watched he spun around on his roller blades pulling himself to a stop between the innocent bystanders and the charging foes. She herd him shout his peculiar battle cry, "GOONGALA!," as he met the first wave of foes.

She started to move to aid him when suddenly the man-rat was in her and April's mist. When he spoke it was with such dignity and command that Ladybug found herself listening. "Leonardo, Michelangelo, and April take Shredder's forces, Raphael help Casey defend the citizens. Donatello make sure Chat Noir is okay." Ladybug noticed that all five, including April, moved without hesitation following the rat's orders.

The turtles wearing the blue and orange mask shot past her with April close to their heels as they charged the akumas and mutants that were closing in on their little group. The crimson masked turtle let out a snarl of anger as he plowed into the group of ninjas swarming Casey. She gave a little start of surprise as he rammed some kind of three pronged knife into one of the ninja's face, then noticed that instead of blood and gore the wound was sparking like a shorted electrical box.

Great she thought, Now I get to add robot ninjas to list of new things I've had to fight today. She wished her partner was awake for this. Not only could she use the help but he would probably geek out over all this. Her kitten thought he hide his dorkier side but he let it slip enough that she saw it.

The last turtle came up to her, this one wearing a purple mask, and reached for Chat who was still strung over her shoulder. "Let me see him. I'm kind of the team medic.

Ladybug tried to hide it as she gave a start and from the look on the turtle's face she knew she hadn't been successful. She knew from the look he gave her that he thought it was his strange appearance, and any other day truth be told it would be. But what had given Ladybug a start was that she had recognized the terrapin's voice. She had herd it enough coming from the camera Casey Jones had been carrying. This was Donatello, the other part of the love triangle between April and Casey. When the red head had said it was complicated she had been the master of understatement. Setting her partner down a real wave of fear came over her pushing the weirdness of the situation away. Chat was never this still. Even the one time she had found him asleep when they were suppose to be patrolling he still moved and fidgeted. He had once let it slip that in his civilian life he always found himself having to sit still so when he was Chat he always felt a need to move.

Looking up her blue bell eyes meet a pair of brown ones that seemed to take in everything he saw and analysis it. The intelligence she saw there eased her worry a bit. This was the same guy that had been outsmarting a room full of top scientists all day from just what he saw from a camera feed after all. "Please he's my partner." A hand fell on her shoulder. Ladybug was proud of herself for not screaming when she realized it was the giant rat's hand.

"My son is a genius beyond his years Ladybug and my clan, the Hamato, owe both Plagg and Tikki a dept of honor that runs generations deep." At this statement Ladybug saw first pride and then confusion pass over Donatello's face that she was sure was mirrored on her face. How did this mutant from New York know her kawami's name. And who was Plagg? Before either could press the question a shout filled the hall with such force of rage Marinette was sure she could feel it in her teeth.

"YOSSSHHHHHHHHIIIEEE," Shredder stood tall just out of the pitch battle between the two other Turtles and April. His bladed arms raised in challenge as he locked eyes with the rat-man. "Face me you coward."

The comforting father like feeling the rat-man seemed to radiate was suddenly gone replaced with something deadly and focused as he redrew the sheathed sword in his jade cane. The change in the air was so sudden it stopped Ladybug's warning she was about to shout when she realized he was about to attack the Shredder. The warning that she believed the armored villain was now a akuma.

"Donettlo?"

The one word was a command that the purple masked mutant answered unconsciously straightening his posture as he did. This was a side of his father rarely seen even in training. The brothers and their allies had all learned it usually meant someone was about to get their ass kicked. "Hai Master Splinter. I pretty sure Chat Noir is only unconscious. What ever gives him his abilities seems to toughen he up a lot. He should be fine in a few."

Ladybug let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding as Splinter nodded approving. "Hold until Rapheal and Casey get the civilians out safely then we have to get Tentomushi and Kuro Neko out safely. Under no circumstances are the Foot to get either of their Miraculouses." With that he broke into a run.

Donettlo's bo staff was suddenly in his hand. Ladybug took a moment to throw Chat back over her back over her shoulder with a surprise look from the mutant turtle. "Who is Tentomushi and Kuro Neko?" she asked him.

Donettlo looked thoughtful for a second before his eyes widened in surprise and a smile that seemed to make him younger for a moment came across his face. "You guys are. That why this all seemed familiar. I didn't think it was real."

"Didn't think what was real?"

"Ninja bedtime stories," he said as they both turned to see Splinter face his first obstetrical to the Foot's Leader.

Stoneheart.

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Rapheal hit the group of Footbots like a pissed off green wrecking ball. He destroyed five before the machines registered the new threat and fell back. The next instant the mutant was side by side with the sports themed vigilante. "Nice of you guys to show up to the party," Casey said sarcastically as he tripped then shoulder checked a Footbot into it's fellows that were trying to overwhelm him.

"Well you know how traffic is in the sewers under the I9 this time of day," Raphel didn't even stop his attack on the oncoming Footbots as him and Casey fell into to their usual fight banter simultaneously jamming a sai into the guts of one Footbot while taking the eye of another. "But we knew you were probably getting your butt kicked so here we are."

"These wimps didn't stand a chance against the Mighty Casey," the human teen remarked driving his point home by hitting a Footbot so hard it flew backwards like it had been fired from a gun. "I just figured I'd save a few for you guys."

"Right," with that the duo tore into the Foot's forces. Their enemy outnumbered them but the sheer will and savageness the two used to attack forced the robots back. Once again a brief pause happened as the robots computer brains recalculated their strategies and the two teens took a moment to catch their breath.

"Not that I don't appreciate the save Raph but what are we going to do about them," Casey jerked a thumb behind him indicating the civilians that were cowering behind them. Casey knew that the guys being hidden was one of the things that kept them the safe. Now here was not only the guys but Master Splinter out in public beating down the Foot and super villains from France. This was going to lead to trouble Casey just knew it.

The red masked turtle was about to answer when a new voice interrupted their stand off with the Footbots. "What are you guys anyway some kind of superhero like Wingnut?" Raph and Casey turned to see the cutest five year boy they had ever seen looking up at them with wide eyes.

Raph noticed that the Footbots were doing that weird computer modem speak they did. The dumb things were probably trying to figure if the kid was a threat or not. The good news it gave them a second to get the kid back to the group of civilians cowering further back.

Casey who had a big soft spot for kids that he would deny to all that brought it up turned to the kid. "I'm a knight in shiny hockey gear and this is my pet dragon." Raphael could picture the smirk on the vigilante's face under his mask as he addressed the kid.

The kid got a look that very much resembled the ones Donnie would give Michelangelo when he said something extremely stupid. "I'm not just a dumb kid. I know knights wear armor and dragons breath fire. I bet he can't even breath Fire."

Raphael had his own smirk on his face as he turned his attention back to the Footbots who had started to move. Their programing must have told them that a full frontal assault would work best against their two foes. Might have worked considering the robots numbers, except this time he was wearing his flamethrowers.

"CAN'T BREATH FIRE," Raph screamed in mock rage as he made a show of drawing in a big gulp of air. Then he cupped his hands in front of face and shot them forward as he faked like he was blowing the air out of his lungs, and ignited his throwers.

As the first stream of fire hit the lead Footbot the mutant herd the boy let out an impressed, "WOW, he is a dragon." Casey's full on belly laugh followed next.

Raphael put both of them out of his mind as he focused on the task of putting these robot menaces down as fast as possible. Usually a gathering of Footbots this big would have been a fun evening for Raph and Casey. They would take bets on who could take out the most and have the stupid things chase them all over the New York rooftops just for the fun of it. But there was two main reasons he had to take these things down quick and hard.

The first was obviously the innocent bystanders cowering a little behind him. Many things about Shredder's crew set the hotheaded turtle off but the worst was when the manic dragged regular people into their battle. Raphael blamed it on all the lone hero type movies he watched as a kid but he felt that their training demand they protect people. Goons like the Shredder and this Hawkmoth cared nothing for the lives they destroyed.

The second reason was Splinter going full ninja general on them. Very rarely have the brothers seen their father like this. All his dry humor gone replaced by a presence that Raph could easily see at the head of the massive forces that he knew the Hamato Clan once had. Something about the French superheros had set Splinter off and even Raphael wouldn't back talk his father at this moment.

With a focus that would have put even his eldest brother to shame the red clad mutant used his thrower to burn the Footbots down in a cold a calculating manner that was far removed from the passionate way he usually fought. The first volley had caught the center mass of Footbots and consumed them in mere seconds. Donnie had told him that the Footbots frame would probably be able to old up to most of the flames but that the heat should melt most of their wiring and important computer parts. The result was a pile of robot bodies that looked rather disturbing if you didn't know that it was machines that littered the ground.

A small group of the Footbots bolted out of either side of the remains of the comrades trying a flanking maneuver to either get behind Raphael or around him to get Casey and the kid. He moved more on instinct than thought as he raised both his arms out away from him once more releasing the flamethrower's might into the two groups. The Footbots seemed to take a few seconds soaking up the fire before they toppled over. Raphael would have kept up the stream of fire to make sure they were down but his weapons clicked off on their own as they ran out of fuel. He almost used a Japanese word that his father would be surprised he knew but the presence of the little boy in ear shot stopped the curse from leaving his lips as he remembered the major flaw of his homemade weapon. Very small fuel supply.

At least the weapon had done it job and taking out the Footbots and he and Casey could turn their attention back to the Foot Clan's mutant dolts and these Akuma bozos he thought. And of course that was when a trio of Footbots seemed to materialize out of nowhere moving around him and Casey at their top speed heading for their target. A blonde teenage girl away from the rest of the group that was too busy glaring daggers at her phone to see the robotic ninjas bearing down on her.

Raph knew he would never reach the girl in time but him and Casey had a move for this kind of situation. Apparently the human teen thought the same thing because before Raphael didn't even need to call out to him he had skated at full speed to the turtle his hockey stick already pointed at the mutant. Gripping the wooden shaft hard Raphael let out of grunt of effort as he spun Casey around once before launching his friend at the back of the Footbots like a rocket.

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Chloe Bourgeois was not enjoying her trip to America. First of all she couldn't get her Adrien away from the loser squid that he for some reason had been dragged into since coming to school. Then some American weirdos started getting in her way, going so far as to steal the kiss she meant for oldest friend and future boyfriend. Then to add to her aggravation Hawkmoth and some American freaks decided to attack Ladybug who Chloe only could only guess came the U.S. Of A to protect her.

Then she had to push her way through a crowd of cowards so she get clear enough to try to get her phone to work so she can call her Daddy. She needed him to take care of the several problems this trip was causing. Namely the Akumas and Monsters and the major annoyance of the boy named Casey Jones. Mock her will he.

And of course she couldn't get her really expensive phone to work. Alya was the cell phone Akuma again so she bet the blogger had something to do with this just to piss Chloe off. Movement behind her drew her attention and she turned ready to give the mother of all tirades to whoever was foolish enough to interrupt her bad mood.

The sight of three heavily armed ninjas charging her changed the angry words about to leave her mouth to a scream of terror. The lead ninja was reaching for her with the hand that didn't wold a sword in it when a person zoomed past the two behind it and landed a blow to ninja's head with a hockey stick so powerful it tore half of it's head off with a rain of sparks.

The figure did a little hop over what was revealed to be a robot ninja of all things. Chloe noticed that he wore a mix of hockey gear and torn street clothes a second before he scooped her up with his left hand with surprising strength, not losing any of his speed as he started to rollerblading side ways gripping his stick one handed as he met the attack of the next robot ninja.

The next ninja held what Chloe would have once thought of as really big steak knives but thanks to a martial arts movie marathon Adrien had insisted they watch when they were nine she knew were actually called tanto swords. They were like a little brother to a samurai sword.

The robot had one in each hand and moved with quick slashes that looked like blurs of motion to mayor's daughter. Somehow her savior was able to block all the strikes even though he was using a weapon that was suppose to be used two handed with just one. Chloe knew enough about fighting from watching Ladybug and Chat Noir that whoever this guy was he wasn't going to hold off the machine for long.

Almost like fate wanted to prove her right she herd a grunt of pain from the guy as cut seemed to appear out of nowhere on his arm. In a vaguely familiar voice he shouted words in English that Chloe was sure was curse words of some kind as her savior went from defense to offense striking full force at the robot. The ninja caught his stick between it's crossed swords and the two were caught in a struggle against each other. Chloe knew human muscle against robot arms was probably a loser's bet. Panic almost set in for a second before she noticed what was sticking out of the golf bag the would be superhero wore on his back.

She almost climbed up over his shoulder, ignoring the way she felt his body tense even more as some sensitive parts of her body rubbed over his neck and shoulder as she grabbed the handle of one of his two baseball bats. She yanked the sports equipment free, locked eyes with the robo ninja before she brought the bat down on it's head with a satisfying thud.

Chloe hadn't destroyed the robot like she hopped but she had caused it to fall back freeing the guy's arm so he could shift his grip on his stick and slam it into the neck of the ninja with a sickening sound that made her forget it was a robot for a second before it toppled to the ground.

Chloe was about to gush about how she saved them when the third, and forgotten, robot made itself known by lunging for them. A sickle weapon in one hand and the other reaching for the blonde. Time seemed to slow down as the mayor's daughter realized two things. One there was no way Hockey Mask was going to be able to defend against this one, it was too close and coming at them from the wrong direction, and second that meant the thing was going to get her.

The next second she found the side of her cheek pressed into the guy's chest as he turned his back fully to the ninja and wrapped his arms around her. He was going to take the blow for her she realized with a start.

A electronic sounding shriek and the smell of burnt wire came instead of the deadly strike the two were expecting. Chloe and the vigilante both looked back to see the robot hit the ground with two shuriken throwing stars sticking out the back of it's head. Hockey Mask yelled to whoever had saved them both. Chloe recognized only the name Raphael in all the English, but she didn't care at the moment as she couldn't take her eyes off the masked figure. He had been willing to take what could have been a fatal blow for her.

Ladybug and Chat had saved her life on more than a few occasions. But that was in Paris where she was a important public figure, and it was the duo's job to protect the important things in the City of Lights. Part of her always feared her hero wouldn't be so quick to save her if she wasn't the mayor's daughter.

But one thing the smart ass that had insulted her had shown her on this trip was here no one seemed to care how important her daddy was. And yet here was a guy who looked like some sport nut's idea of a superhero that had not only fought for her but hadn't hesitated to almost sacrifice himself for her. And he probably didn't even know who she was.

For once in her life Chloe Bourgeois didn't know what to say.

Then she caught a flash of brown eyes behind the mask as he turned to her and she felt her cheeks redden. She could tell that he was smirking under his mask he addressed her in French. "See I knew you would start to fall for me," he said with a chuckle.

"YOU!?" She shrieked as it clicked in Chloe's mind. The brown eyes and the cocky attitude. The same eyes that had shined in amusement at her outrage in front of a mixed crowd of American strangers and her own useless classmates. Her savior was none other than the street rat Casey Jones. Confusing feelings ran through her thoughts like lightning so she did the only thing that made sense to her at this time.

She punched him in the gut hard.

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Raphael ran up not breaking stride as he plucked his shrunken from the back of the Footbot's head just as the blonde girl laid into Casey with what from the turtle's expert eyes was a pretty damn good punch. Add the fact that it caused Casey to drop to his knees he took as proof that she might just be a natural when it came to boxing.

That was when she caught sight of him and for a second he thought she might use Casey's bat that she still held in a death grip on him. She then noticed the stars he had removed from the Footbot he took down and her stance relaxed. She flipped her long blonde pony tail as she said something that sounded frustrated in French before she stomped off.

Raph shuck his head wondering if all human females were this confusing as he helped his friend to his feet. Made him glad he was in love with an alien. "So that was smooth lover boy."

"She just having a hard time dealing with her lust for the great Casey Jones is all," the teen whizzed through clinched teeth. Chloe's gut shot had knocked the breath out of him.

"Keep telling yourself that Don Juan." Raphael wished him and Jones had the time for him to run through the literal hundreds of Casey-gets-shot-down-by-cute-girls jokes he had in his reserves but this battle was far too serious. "I need you to get these civies out of here then get back here and help us take down these fools.

Even Casey could sense there was something more dire than their usual melees going on here. This fight felt like it had higher stakes than most. The last time a fight he was in with the guys had this kind of feeling about it had been the two times they had tried to stop the Black-hole Generator. So with that he just nodded to his friend as he bladed back to the scared crowd and started leading them through the hole the Shellraiser had made.

Raphael just turned and ran to his brothers' aid at full tilt drawing a sai in each hand.

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Stoneheart's massive fist buried itself up to his wrist in the floor on the spot that Splinter had been standing a mere second ago, but the ninja master was already in motion running up the golem like creature's arm just passing the bend in his elbow before the Akuma registered he had missed. The monster that use to be a boy named Ivan roared his rage at the rat mutant giving Splinter the opening he needed. His hand disappeared in his robes for a second before he pulled out a fist size pouch and tossed it into Stoneheart's open maw. The bag exploded releasing a cloud of pinkish smoke.

Vaulting off the Akuma's shoulder he landed lightly on his feet in front of his former brother just as the sleeping gas in the bag overtook Stoneheart. The stone monster hit the ground with the sound of a rock-slide. "Saki," Splinter snarled in challenge as he flipped his sword into a reverse grip.

"Rat," Shredder snarled as electricity sparked between his fingers menacing. "Decided to try to die like a man with honor?"

"You dare speak to me of honor when you risk all there is by going after the miraculous of destruction and creation. You were raised on the same tales as me, did you forget everything father taught you in your madness."

"That man was not my father," Shredder snarled. "I was just a prize he won in his war against the Foot. He took away my destiny when he announced you as the next head of the clan instead of me, and then you took my joy when you stole Tang Shen from me."

"STOLE!," Splinter shouted in a rare moment of true rage. "She wasn't some treasure you can put on a shelf or an object you could own. You never understood that. You thought of her as some shiny thing you can own and show off like fine clothes. She didn't belong to you or to me."

"I counted myself lucky that she let me follow her on her life's path." Flipping his sword in his hand again he pointed it at the Shredder. "And you in your blind jealousy stole that from me. On top of that you commented the monstrous act of taking my daughter from me. You throw the word honor around a lot for scum who knows not the meaning of the word."

Saki took up a fighting stance as his anger consumed him. "I will beat you within an inch of death. Then I will find my daughter and then have her cut your sons stinking hearts out before your eyes before I grant you death."

Splinter took a breath to keep his own rage from blinding him as he spoke. "I will die before you are allowed to touch Miwa or my sons."

"I agree to your terms," Shredder said as they both attacked.

Author's Notes/ Again I find myself shortening a chapter because I need something to break up this Writer's Block. The next chapter should be the end of part one but that not the end of this tale just yet.

I would like to thank everyone that responded and left kudos. I most apologize to a few of you that I did mean to write back. Unfortunately I'm worse about contacting people than I am about updating.

I hope you enjoy.

PS if the new series does a Teen Titan Go to my turtles I will lose my shit I swear.