A/N thank you all for the reviews. Here's ch 26 for you. Enjoy and see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 26 The Final Showdown's Half Done

Meanwhile Raph and Leatherhead had broke free of the mechanical claws that had grabbed them and were observing their surroundings. The turtle and alligator saw that they were in a room that looked like it was made of metal. "Where the Hell are we?" Raph wondered. Leatherhead opened his mouth to respond but before he could suddenly the wall once again opened. The duo got into a fighting stance and Raph grabbed his sais. Rocksteady emerged from the wall. "This is pleasant surprise," the rhino cackled. "I get to smash little turtle and alligator too."

"The only thing gettin' smashed around here is you horn head!" Raph shouted, spinning his sais.

"I think not little turtle," Rocksteady mocked, snorting as he prepared to charge at the pair. But they were ready for this and Leatherhead grabbed Raph's wrist and launched him in the air, aiming him directly at Rocksteady's head. Raph aimed his sais at the rhino and landed a direct hit. But that didn't phase the rhino and he grabbed Raph and flung him hard to the ground. But Leatherhead was right there and rammed Rocksteady hard, sending them both crashing into the hard metal wall. Rocksteady rammed Leatherhead with his horn causing a large gash to form on the mutant alligator's side. But this didn't stop Leatherhead. Leatherhead once again rammed Rocksteady and the two went through the opposite wall. Moments later Leatherhead emerged from the dust with his tail wrapped tightly around Rocksteady. Letting out a furious roar Leatherhead flung Rocksteady hard into the ground and continued doing so until the mutant rhino was knocked out cold. Raph was staring at Leatherhead in both shock and amazement as the mutant alligator grabbed a metal beam and wrapped it tightly around Rocksteady's arms.

"That should hold him," Leatherhead said. Then he turned towards Raph and helped him stand. "Are you alright my friend?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm fine," Raph replied. "That was some badass skills there Leatherhead. But you took a Hell of a hit. You sure your good?"

"Thank you Raphael," Leatherhead said with a smile. "I am fine my friend. Now lets go find our other friends." With that the alligator and the turtle left to regroup.

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Meanwhile Mikey and Slash broke free of the metal claws and grabbed their weapons. Looking around they saw that they were in a room that looked like it was surrounded by plastic. The two turtles exchanged looks. But before either one could say anything suddenly they were hit hard from behind. Getting to their feet the pair whipped around and saw Dog-Pound standing there. "Perfect," the wolf snarled, cracking his knuckles. "Time to crack some shells."

"Dream on dude," Mikey growled, glaring at Dog-Pound as he clutched his nunchakus tightly.

"The only thing gettin' cracked 'round here is your spine," Slash snarled, swinging his mace. Dog-Pound sneered, his sharp canines gleaming in the light. Slash and Mikey lunged towards the mutant wolf. But Dog-Pound dodged their attack and grabbed Slash's mace and swung the snapping turtle high through the air. Dog-Pound threw Slash hard into Mikey, causing both turtles to hit the ground hard. A crack was heard and Mikey cried out as his arm was broken once again. But Slash didn't get a chance to help Mikey because Dog-Pound picked the snapping turtle up and dung his sharp claws into Slash's plastron, piercing right through the side. Slash grunted and tried his best not to cry out in pain. Dog-Pound laughed cruelly as he drug his claws downward, making long gashes in Slash's shell. Dog-Pound let out a superior laugh and was about to do more damage. But Mikey had other ideas. The freckled faced turtle grabbed a piece of the metal claw that had been holding them and hit Dog-Pound hard with it. This distracted the wolf and gave Slash a chance to break free. Slash grabbed his mace and hit Dog-Pound hard, knocking him out. Panting the snapping turtle tired Dog-Pound up tight and turned towards Mikey, who was holding his arm close.

"You ok?" he asked as he put some cloth he had found on his cracked plastron.

"Yeah I'll be fine," Mikey declared. "You?"

"I'm good," Slash declared. "C'mon lets get the Hell out of here and find the others." With that the pair of turtles left to find the rest of their group.

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Splinter and Casey hit the floor with a thud. But to their surprise the ground was surprisingly soft. Getting to their feet the human and the rat looked around and saw that the room they were in was more like a cell. "What the.." Casey began. But he was silenced by a mechanical leg shooting through the air, taking down Splinter with it. The leg whipped around and hit Casey as well. Casey rubbed his head and his eyes widened when he saw Fishface directly above him. Casey quickly rolled to the side to avoid being stomped on. Looking over Casey saw that Splinter had been knocked out. But Fishface quickly took advantage of Casey's distraction and hit the teen hard in the back, causing Casey to fall hard to the ground. Fishface then stepped hard on Casey's back, preventing him from moving. Fishface then hit Casey hard with his other legs, landing a direct hit to his wrist. A crack was heard and Casey bit his lip hard so he wouldn't cry out in pain. Laughing cruelly Fishface was about to step fully down on Casey's back, which would snap his spine. But suddenly Splinter came flying in and, using a series of moves, he quickly disabled Fishface's mechanical legs, making it impossible for the purple skinned fish to move. After getting to his feet Casey hit Fishface hard with his hockey stick, knocking him out.

"That'll teach ya you bastard," he growled. Then he sucked in his breath as a stab of pain went through his wrist.

"Are you alright Casey?" Splinter asked, looking at the teen with concern. Splinter took Casey's wrist and examined it.

"I'm fine Sensei," Casey declared, pulling his wrist away. "I've had worse. Trust me."

"Are you sure Casey?" Splinter asked.

"Positive," Casey said with a smile. "C'mon lets find the others." With that the rat and the human left to regroup.

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Several minutes later the group had met up once again. By now they had reached the very back of the building and were searching for any sighs of the Shredder. It wasn't long before they found him. Or rather he found them. Suddenly he swooped in taking the group down in one foul swoop. Most of the group quickly got to their feet. But Mikey, Casey, Mondo and Slash were a little slower due to their injuries. Shredder wasted no time and went in to attack again. Leo, Karai and April got in front. The trio attacked, making sure their attack made the Shredder fall back. Donnie and Dr. Rockwell were waiting with the anti mutagen. Shredder struck, taking down April and Leo. But Karai help strong and she was soon joined by Raph and Leatherhead. Thanks to Leatherhead's strength they were able to make more progress. But this didn't last long. Shredder quickly downed the trio. Splinter, Mikey and Slash were waiting to take their place. But Shredder had other ideas. He picked up Karai and held her by her neck. "She dies!" Shredder boomed, causing the group to instantly stop what they were doing.

"Miwa!" Splinter cried out, his brown eyes wide with fear and worry.

"Weapons!" Shredder boomed once again, motioning for the group to throw their weapons towards him. "Now!"

"No!" Karai shouted. "Don't.." But her cry was cut off when Shredder squeezed her throat tight, cutting off her air. Exchanging looks the group knew they were beat. Sighing they quickly tossed their weapons towards the Shredder.

"Let her go Shredder!" Leo shouted. "Now!"

"You fools!" Shredder laughed cruelly. "I have my daughter now. And she's coming with me! Try and stop us and she dies." With that Shredder took a step backwards to leave.

"No!" the group shouted. Before anyone could stop them Mikey and Casey leapt into action. Despite their injuries the teens quickly grabbed Mikey's nuchakus and using the chain in them wrapped it tightly around Shredder's legs. Pulling as hard as they could they somehow managed to take Shredder to the ground. Shredder released Karai and she quickly got to her feet. Donnie and Dr. Rockwell raced to administer the anti mutagen before Shredder could recover. But they weren't quick enough and Shredder soon broke free. Mikey and Casey went skidding across the floor. Pain shot through Casey's wrist as he stood, holding the injured wrist close to him. The dark headed teen let out a growl and went to join the battle. But the pain in his wrist made him think twice. He looked and saw that Mikey had the same look on his face, as he held his injured arm close. The pair saw that Donnie and Dr. Rockwell had been knocked down. Donnie nearly dropped the anti mutagen but he managed to catch it before it hit the ground. The purple masked turtle saw that Slash and Leatherhead were trying to disable the Shredder without much luck. Shredder the delivered a hard hit to Slash's injured plastron, causing it to crack more. Slash fell to his knees, groaning in pain. This caused Leatherhead to become distracted and Shredder kicked the alligator hard, sending him crashing into Leo, who was coming to help. Leatherhead landed hard on Leo, knocking him out cold.

"Leonardo," Leatherhead cried out, checking on the oldest turtle. "I am so sorry my friend." Just then he heard April cry out his name. Turning Leatherhead saw Shredder coming straight towards him. Leatherhead quickly jumped out of the way and Shredder stumbled and fell. By now Leatherhead was enraged and he charged towards the Shredder, plowing into him sending them both down in a cloud of dust.

A/N well there you go folks ch 26 complete. Hope you all enjoyed it and as always please review.