The monsters where closing in on them and Mikey chose this time to say something.
"Um…every turtle and human for themselves" Mikey said
"I don't think they're going to let us leave like that" Bloom said
The blue monster then spit some green acid at them and it melted the wooden floor in front of them.
"That must be the monster that they created those holes in the sewers" Bloom said
"Acid, great" Raphael said with sarcasm
"Alright, all of you take the three on the left" Mikey said
"There are only three Bozo" Raph said
"Oh ok then I'll be odd turtle out" Mikey said
"You're telling me" Raph said with sarcasm
Bloom was about to help them but Leo told her to stand down and that confused the redhead.
"Stand down, we'll probably end up using ninjutsu and we want to test out our new powers" Leo said
"Oh…ok" Bloom said
"Also keep an eye on the chicken over there. He may try to book it" Raph said
Bloom just nodded and the three turtles that were brave enough to face the monsters in battle charged in and attacked.
Leo was facing off against the blue monster and it spat acid at him, which he dodged and hit the monster with his swords. It was a little effective but it only stunned the monster and didn't do any major damage.
Leo saw that it was about to spit more acid at him so now was the perfect time for him to test out his new powers. With hand signs he performed his very first jutsu against his enemy.
"Water style: Water vortex"
Leo unleashed a giant water orb that overpowered the monster's acid and hit the monster, knocking it back against the wall. Leo smirked when he saw this.
"Alright!" Leo said
The monster got up and grabbed Leo and threw him against a metal pole.
"Okay, too soon to celebrate" Leo said with a groan
Raph was facing the rock monster and it was spitting stones at him but he was faster and dodged them. The monster spit more out at him and this made Raph use ninjutsu.
"Earth style: Rock Blizzard"
A bunch rocks came out of the ground and hurled themselves at the monster at high speed and this proved to very effective. Not only did it overpower the rock monster's own rock powers but it got hit by Raph's jutsu and was knocked back against the wall.
"I'm just getting warmed you stone freak" Raph declared
Donnie was facing off against the red monster and it tried to grab him with his giant red claw but Donnie proved to faster and the red monster soon spit out some red bubbles and Donnie responded with a jutsu.
"Wind style: Air bullets"
Donnie created several orbs of wind and they shot themselves at the red bubbles and Donnie's jutsu proved to be stronger and powered through the red bubbles and hit the red monster. It was knocked back against the wall.
The rock monster managed to burrow through the cave's ceiling and was about to drop down on Mikey but Bloom warned him in time.
"Mikey above you" Bloom said
Mikey looked up and performed hit jutsu.
"Lightning style: Double lightning bolt"
Mikey unleashed some lightning from both of him hands and hit the monster and it was knocked back against the wall.
"Ha! Is that all you got?" Mikey asked, clearly taunting the monster.
The rock monster shook its head and got up. It then released some water from its mouth, causing Mikey to scream before dodging.
"Okay clearly not" Mikey said
The heroes decided to retreat for now and hid behind a large metal door but this proved to be futile since they managed to bash right through it. The heroes were now cornered and had no other choice but to fight the savage beasts.
"Just say the word bro" Raph said
"Easy guys, its okay" Leo said
The blue monster got close to Leo and sniffed him before backing away.
"Who are you? The blue monster asked
This shocked everyone except Leo, even Bloom was shocked that this monster could talk because she thought they were mindless beasts they weren't capable of speech.
"We aren't who you think we are" Leo said in response
"Then why do you carry those?" The blue monster asked
The monster pointed at Donnie's bag and the turtle pulled out some crystals and this made them tense.
"Whoa wait a minute, we found these crystals in a cavern where we're staying, that's all" Leo said
"Yeah and just what business of this is yours anyway?" Raph asked
"Those crystals are the embodiment of evil" The monster said
"Embodiment of evil? But they're just crystals, its not like they can harm you" Bloom said
"Grr…Why have you come here?" The monster asked clearly agitated
"Cause one of you ogres were sneaking around our lair and we're here to-" Mikey started before his mouth was covered by Donnie
"We're just here looking for some answers" Donnie said
Leo introduced himself and the others to the monster. The beast then gave an explanation to why they were at the turtle's lair.
"We were drawn to your habitat when your crystals were activated" The monster said
"Gee wonder who could've done that?" Donnie asked with sarcasm
Mikey saw his brother look at him and shrugged his shoulders, pretending that it wasn't his fault.
"Their energy is a sign of danger to us, so we considered you dangerous" The monster said
Bloom now understood why they were attacking them in first place and smiled now that the situation had been solved.
"Well now that everything's been settled how about we call a truce?" Bloom asked
The monsters remained silent but Bloom could somehow sense that they agreed to the truce.
"Though we can usually only sense the crystals' powers deep below" The monster said
"Deep below, you meant there's more of these crystals down there. We just like to find out where they came from so maybe-"Donnie said before being cut off
"No! It is a forbidden place. Something unspeakable dwells below amidst the crystals. There are just some things man wasn't meant to tamper with" The monster said
Mikey was about to say something, but his mouth was covered by Donnie before he could even speak. And the blue monster commented that Mikey was an odd one before moving on.
The monster then introduced itself as Quarry, the red monster was Razor fist, and the rock monster was Stone biter. The monsters couldn't even remember the names they went by when they were human, so they came up with new names for themselves. More monsters soon started to show up and Quarry tried to power the crystal again but it proved to very difficult since the power in the crystal was nearly out.
Donnie then used one of his crystals and this proved to useful and the security system activated, preventing the other monsters from getting through. After a moment, they gave up and went away.
"They're gone" Leo said
"For now, but they'll back, they always come back. And since we're practically out of crystals we're defenseless against them" Quarry said
"Well why don't we just go down deeper in the cavern and get you some more crystals?" Donnie asked
"No! I told you it was a forbidden place" Quarry said
Bloom decided to step in and tried to convince them.
"I understand that you're scared of the unknown down there. But if you have more crystals to keep up that barrier of yours then you'll be safe from them. But if you don't then your very lives will be at risk. If you wish to survive then you need to help us get those crystals" Bloom said
The monsters looked at each other and just nodded.
"Fine, we'll go" Quarry said
Mikey went to Bloom to ask where she got that line from.
"Which movie did you hear that line from?" Mikey said
Bloom sweatdropped when he asked this because he seriously believed that she got that from a movie.
"I didn't get it from a movie Mikey, I just spoke my mind that's all" Bloom said
The monsters and heroes then traveled deeper in the underground before they managed to come across another crystal, which Quarry took.
Mikey then scaled some small rubble and ran back before informing everyone that monsters were coming. Everyone then ran back to the door and when force didn't seem to work Donnie put in the crystal which seemed to open the door and everyone ran inside to get away from the mindless beasts.
There was then a blue glow and Donnie was soon gone.
"He's gone" Mikey said
"No" Leo said with grief
"Donnie!" Raph said
Soon some light blue bolos appeared and captured all the monsters, including Razor fist and Stone biter. The only monster that was left was Quarry.
With no other choice, the others had to run on ahead and made it even further down and saw a giant chandelier of crystals on the ceiling.
"Wow, it's beautiful" Bloom said in amazement
"This is-this is a metropolis a city of the dead" Quarry said with fear
"If there's one thing that scares me more than monster movies it's a city of the dead" Mikey said
"We're not leaving, whatever is haunting this place has made the mistake of snatching one of ours" Leo said
Bloom nodded in agreement. Everyone kept moving but one by one everyone got captured and soon it was only Bloom and Mikey who were left.
"That's it I'm out of here" Mikey said
Mikey tried to run back but Bloom grabbed him by the top of his shell and lifted him up. Mikey was still trying to run but he was only running on air and wasn't going anywhere.
"Oh no you don't scaredy cat!" Bloom said
"But if we stay here then we'll be goners too" Mikey said with fear
Bloom slammed Mikey on the ground, causing him to moan in pain.
"Shame on you, Mikey! They're your brothers, your family and you just want to leave them down here?!" Bloom asked angerly
This was the first time that he saw his friend get angry. But she did have a point. He couldn't leave his brothers down here.
"I guess not" Mikey said shamefully
Bloom smiled that Mikey planned on rescuing his brothers with her. Suddenly another Bolos appeared and was trying to catch them but they managed to dodge the flying weapon. They found a room where a bunch of giant crystals were.
"It's quiet, too quiet. Heh always wanted to say that" Mikey said
Mikey felt a chop on his head.
"Ow! Hey!" Mikey said as he rubbed his head
"Now's not the time to quoting movies" Bloom said as she took the lead
"Aw come on I was just having a little fun" Mikey said
"There's a time and a place to have fun but right now isn't the time or place to be making those little jokes" Bloom said
Mikey was surprised how serious his friend could be. He'll probably never get used to seeing her serious side.
The two of them then saw that the monsters were crystalized and frozen.
"How awful. To be frozen like this" Bloom said
Mikey then saw that there were crystals attached to each crystalized monster.
"Hey maybe removing these will free them" Mikey said
Mikey was about to but a voice stopped them.
"No don't touch them. I'm not through with them yet, the mysterious voice said
The two of them looked up and saw that it was the mysterious entity that's been capturing the monsters down here and Mikey glared at him as descended the stairs.
"Yeah you are!" Mikey said before charging at him.
"Mikey wait!" Bloom said
The figure made it down the stairs and Mikey was there to greet him with a mid-air kick, knocking him down. He turned the figure around and removed his hood revealing a balding man with white skin and hair on the side.
"Alright baldie, where are my brothers?" Mikey asked
The voice of Leo distracted him and Bloom looked over too, to see that it was the three brothers alive and well.
"There you two are we've been waiting for you two" Leo said
The three brothers explained that this man saw how the foot had changed the humans they abducted into monsters and that he was just trying to turn them back to normal.
"So that's why they're in that crystal like state. It's like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, except they'll be turning back into what they previously looked like" Bloom said
The old man then explained their history of the underground and that he was the sole survivor of his race.
"I wish to turn them back to normal so they can help me repopulate the city I call home" The figure said
Leo doubted they would agree to that though since they had lives of their own back on the surface.
"I doubt that, I mean they have lives back on the surface like friends and family. I'm sure they'll want to go back up when they turn back" Leo said
The entity turned back and glared at Leo.
"NO! They will stay!" The entity said
"Well I'm sure they'll be grateful but-" Leo started before being cut off again.
"I refuse to let this city die! There's so much to pass on! They must stay and so must you!" The entity said to the heroes.
Donnie then whispered to the utters on his thoughts about this man.
"Uh I think being down here alone for so long has made him lose his mind" Donnie said
Bloom stepped forward to talk to this figure.
"You can't keep people down here against their will. If they want to leave then you should let them leave. You have no power over them" Bloom said
"Is that what you think?" The entity asked
Then there was an earthquake and some rocks started rise from the ground and they were forced to dodge the attack.
"Is that an earth style jutsu?" Bloom asked
"Somehow I don't think so" Donnie said
Raph tried to hit the entity but the ground grabbed him and slammed him against the wall. More rocks were headed towards him and Raph had to respond with a jutsu.
"Earth style: Mud wall"
A wall of rock appeared and blocked the stones from approaching him any closer.
"Fascinating, you have a similar power, now I know you must stay" The entity said
The other turtles tried to attack but the earth movements proved to make it very difficult to get close to him.
"How we supposed to go on the offensive? All we can do is play defense against his attacks" Raph said
Bloom then charged at him next and the entity saw her coming too and manipulated the earth to stop her too. But unlike the turtles, Bloom had the power to stop it and kicking the floor with super strength, making a crater and this made the earth movement stop.
The redhead then grabbed the edge of the crater and pulled up. She pulled up a giant slab of stone and threw it at him. The old man gasped and ducked out of the way in the time. He looked back to see the slab of rock hit the wall and break apart.
"What ridiculous strength" The entity said with a shaky voice. He looked back and Bloom was in front of him instantly and did a high kick which knocked him back and was sent flying through a cracked wall.
The entity still had his crystal on him but Bloom noticed he dropped his bolos and got an idea. She threw it at him before he could manipulate the earth again. He got caught in it and was transferred over to where the monsters were.
"NO! NO!" The entity screamed before being encased in crystal.
The others freed the monsters and they were able to turn back to normal but the moment they tried to leave the underground they were turning back into monsters and only the power of the crystal moon allows them to remain in their human form. With a heavy heart, the heroes had to leave them down there with the promise that they'll find a cure for them.
