Amingethia looked up as the door opened. Her henchmen limped through. They were all beaten and bruised.
"You lost." She noted.
They dropped to their knees. "They were strong..." Leonard replied.
"They had mystic powers." Red added.
Amingethia smiled. "Good. I was hoping for this."
"Come again?" Danny asked.
"I said I was hoping for this. Clean your ears out." Amingethia winked, and looked out a boarded up window at the Hidden City. "If they defeated you so easily, that means they can only be the next generation."
"The next generation of...?" Leonard looked up.
"The Hamato Clan." Amingethia brushed a stray strand of red hair behind her ear. "The defenders of the human world from Shredder."
The Mud Dogs shifted uncomfortably. They knew the stories of the Hamato Clan. They had heard legends of what the true Hamato power was.
"But they're turtles?" Red pointed out.
"Yes, yes. I knew they would be." Amingethia nodded, turning back to face her henchmen. "Remember, I worked with Baron Draxum when Lou Jitsu was famous in the Battle Nexus. I was there when his DNA was used to mutate four small turtles of varied species and ages. I witnessed the destruction of his escape." She closed her eyes, and for a moment, could see the bright green flames, and hear Draxum's screams of anger. "I've always known they would return. That Hamato Yoshi would train them to use their power."
"Was this before or after you and Draxum hated each other?" Leonard asked, raising an eyebrow and leaning on a wall. The Mud Dogs had all risen from their kneeling positions, now that they were sure their master wasn't angry at them for failing.
Amingethia chuckled, and held a hand out in front of her, slightly cupped, holding a blue flame in her hand. An image, the symbol of the Hamato Clan, rose from the flame. The symbol solidified into a brooch. "This is what drove us apart. His immorality and my drive for justice..." She carried the brooch to a black wardrobe that stood behind her makeshift throne, and opened the doors, pinning the brooch to her ninja outfit. "I will test their powers myself."
Leonard growled. He was more protective of Amingethia than the others. "You can't. There's four of them and one of you."
Amingethia chuckled again. "Loathsome Leonard of the Blue Mushroom Fields on the North side of the Hidden City. The Hamato Clan may have strong powers, but these are only strong for mortals. Nothing they can do is more powerful than the powers of a demon, let alone the powers I hold. You forget who I am. You forget who my father is."
"I'm not forgetting anything." Leonard growled.
"Yeah, you taught us all our best tricks, remember?" Danny threw in. "Even that wasn't enough."
Amingethia shook her head slowly, smiling. "I taught you everything you know, that much is true. However-" She leapt at the Mud Dogs, knocking them each off their feet one by one. "-I did not teach you everything I know." She waved a hand, and fire crept up her legs and around her body, changing her form, as wind and vines pulled the ninja outfit onto her. In moments, she was a different figure, appearing like a completely normal human, despite the outfit.
"Do not worry about me."