Author Notes: Welcome back to the 6th chapter of "A New Start". As we dive right back into the story, the action intensifies, picking up exactly where we left off. Brace yourself for an epic battle that awaits the brothers, testing their courage and resilience. Will they emerge winners or will their plan fail? Keep reading to find out. Happy reading and see you at the end.
A New Start Chapter 6
The brothers hurtle through the portal, struggling to maintain their balance against its powerful current. They get tossed around until they finally land on the edge of the battlefield. Everyone manages to stagger to their feet, except for Mikey, who tumbles over and collides face-first into the dirt. Donnie helps Mikey rise to his feet before they all stare out into the waiting battlefield, their skin coming up in goosebumps. As they survey the battlefield, the weight of the mission finally sinks in, sending chills down their spines and freezing them to their cores. The fortress looms far in the distance, appearing as nothing but a small building, and from the images they had seen before this, the fortress was massive, and so for it to be this small, means they are pretty far away.
(M) "Dudes, I'm freaking out, we're gonna die out there!"
(D) "Way to boost the motivation, Mikey."
Raph smacks Mikey on the back of the head, causing his foot to slip off the side of the dirt, and go tumbling down the hill. Raph evilly grins back at his brothers, before sliding down the hill after him. Mikey tries to dust himself off, wiping his hand over his tongue to remove the dirt from his mouth.
(M) "What the hell Raph!"
"What? You were acting irrationally, plus now you're distracted by the dirt".
"NO! Now I'm acting irrationally and angry about being covered in dirt."
"That seems like a bonus for you."
"Agh!"
(L) "All right, enough! Listen up. This mission will demand a lot of energy and persistence, but with our teamwork and courage, we can conquer any problem that…"
(R) "Leo, bro, do you always have to do this passionate leader thing? It does nothing for me."
(L) "Fine, Raph, what would you prefer me to say?"
Raph cracks a smile.
"You know?"
Leo follows along, finding a pointed rock to stand on before drawing out his sword and pointing it to the fortress.
"Let's crush some Krang!"
(R) "Better."
(L) "Alright, let's split up and take them out from front to back. Mikey and Don, you guys cover the ones to the left. Raph and I will handle the ones on the right. Once we get to the halfway point, we'll regroup and assess the situation. Remember, use the screen on the circuit killer to locate the laser guns you need to destroy. This keeps things organised."
(D) "Leo you can't just say let's crush some krang and then go on to explain the plan, it should have been the other way around."
(M) "Yeah Leo, even I know that, you explain your really awesome plan first and then you say your super cool catchphrase, try it again."
(R) "Ugh, can't you just say 'get them' before I cut my head off?"
Leo sighs defeatedly.
"Fine, let's get em."
The brothers can slowly feel their adrenaline start to kick in, they exchange intense glances to each other, knowing they all have a vital mission to accomplish. Without uttering a single word, they dash off in opposite directions, determined to complete the mission, after all, the whole world was at stake. Leo and Raph race along the battlefield, their feet pounding into the dirt as they sprint along, their heartbeat ringing around in their ears. Side by side, they match each other's pace, their minds in sync, until Leo nods, signalling to split ways. They branch off to different sections, not looking back, trusting the other knows what to do. Looking down at the screen, Raph's eyes lock onto the blinking marker indicating the location of the first gun – a mere few meters away. His heart pounds in his chest as he realises the danger that awaits him. Fifteen Krang droids stand ready around the gun, powering up their blasters as he approaches. Raph however doesn't back down, he yanks his sai from his belt and charges at the first droid without hesitation, he knows he has to act swiftly and decisively. Calculate every move he makes, before he makes it, he needs to always be one step ahead or this plan will never work. Just as he is about to reach the first droids, a red laser beam is fired from the gun, it narrowly brushes past him as he quickly rolls to the side, missing him by mere inches. The droids open fire on him, and he runs around like a headless chicken, trying to figure out a plan.
(Crap that stupid gun put me off, come on Raph focus, you need to focus.)
Raph thinks about everything he had learned before he got to this point in time, he thinks back to all the maps, holograms and meeting after meeting he had to attend to prepare for this very moment. A conversation with Liz then pops into his mind.
[Earlier that day]
"Hey Raphael, just before you go."
Raph walks over to Liz, stopping a few cm in front of her before leaning up against the wall.
"I forgot to mention this to you earlier when you stormed out of the room, so I'll tell you now. The giant laser guns may be powerful, well not may be, they are very powerful, get hit and you'll die instantly, melt the skin from your bones. However, they have one giant flaw, the power source that is used to power them can easily explode so the droids have to wait 30 seconds before they can fire the gun again. Otherwise, it risks blowing it up. Do with that information as you please, but it is something important to know."
"I'll take that into consideration, thanks Liz."
"Please be careful Raphael, it may not seem like Kanz is after you anymore, but I can assure you, once he wants something, he doesn't give up easily, and while his mind may change here and there, his plan never has. I suspect he has purposefully been letting you get away, I do not know for what reason, but you better watch your back, he's up to something."
"I'll be fine Liz, if he wants me, he's going to have to fight me for it."
[Present moment]
A spark then ignites within him, he knows that if he can survive not being hit by the laser, he has a 30-second window of opportunity to reach the gun and destroy it before it fires again.
(Ok just have to wait.)
Raph continues to run around until the laser is fired, just barely missing him again.
(Now!)
He takes in a deep breath, and in the midst of all that is happening, he starts counting, each second feeling like an eternity. As the droids relentlessly fire at him, he can feel his body move, every single muscle, every part of his body working as one, being in sync with his mind, moving with every single thought he has. He dodges, weaves, and leaps with incredible agility, all the while keeping the count going. He then for some reason remembers something his Sensei had said to him, he had been thinking of his sensei a lot lately, "One's mind may be powerful, but for someone to be truly all-powerful, their body and mind must become one, merging so much into one another that a person simply no longer needs to think."
(Ten, Eleven, twelve.)
He takes out the droids one by one, his heart picking up speed, he has to strike before the time reaches 30, and slowly it approaches.
(Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine.)
Raph inches closer, the time finally hitting 30. The laser is fired again, and even though he had been counting, it still took him by surprise, bits of rock fly up and bounce into him as the laser drills itself into the ground. Even though he is close enough to the laser, he starts up the count again and with a burst of speed, he finishes off the remaining droids before leaping into the laser and finishing off the last droid inside. Raph smashes in the control panel using the droid's head. Over and over again he does this until the control panel is beyond recognition.
"One down…"
Raph glances back down at the screen, his eyes widening at the number. 12 guns remain.
"12 TO GO, HELL NO! I am not doing this twelve more times, there's gotta be a better way to do this."
An idea then pops into his head, a sinister smirk spreading across his face. Swiftly he makes his way to the next gun. Raph pushes himself forward, knowing that the fate of their world rests on if this mission succeeds, he can't help but feel a ton of pressure piled up on his shoulders. Nonetheless, he pushes on, quickly he scans the remaining battlefield, and by scanning the surrounding area he is able to come to the conclusion that the guns are positioned in a way where they are close enough to get fired at, his plan is definitely going to work. So if he could get inside one of these guns, he could turn them against each other, taking them out one by one with their own weapon.
"Perfect. This is going to be good."
Raph inches in on the next gun and for now, decides to execute the same tactics as before, counting down after each fire and taking out the droids to get closer.
(One, two, three.)
He starts up again, slicing and flinging droids around with his sai, all the while dodging both the Krang blasters and the giant laser gun. Soon he closes in until he finally gets inside, the droid tries to run but Raph grabs the droid by the head, yanking him back in and plunging the sai into the suit, it powers down and the krang pops out, running away screaming. Raph pushes the suit out and looks down at the control panel, he hadn't prepared for this confusing array of buttons and levers, the layout didn't even make sense. However this wasn't a new thing for Krang technology, it had always been weirdly designed, but that didn't take away from the fact that it was still annoying.
(Shit, how the hell do you work this thing?)
He glances around nervously, unsure of what to press or move or touch. He takes in a deep breath and begins mashing buttons at random, trying to figure out the function of each and every single one. Some seemed to have a meaningless function that hardly moved anything, while some did absolutely nothing at all. So enough he comes across half a sphere sticking out of the control panel, he moves it slightly to the right and the entire head of the gun moves violently along with it. Raph grabs onto the control panel to stop himself from falling.
"Woah, this thing is really sensitive."
Gradually he figures out how to control it smoothly, aiming it at another gun. He is ready to destroy it but then realises, he has no idea how to fire it, frustration surges through him, he presses every button he can find but none of them seem to fire the gun. He starts pounding his fists on the desk when suddenly a red light from underneath the desk catches his attention, he slowly looks under the desk to find a big red button with the word.
"Fire… ARE YOU SERIOUS!"
Despite the absurd placement of the button he is now determined to put his plan into action. He slams in the button, and within only a few seconds starts up the gun, causing it to fire a powerful beam that obliterates his target, sending it up into a fiery mess.
"This… is… AWESOME! Damn Krang, you sure do have all the cool tech. Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun."
One by one Raph blows them up, sending the krang running for cover against his relentless fire. The numbers on the screen slowly dwindle, but just when he believes he can complete this side, he can't reach the last gun, the beam seems to fall just short of hitting it, instead sending dirt flying up into the air.
"Oh come on, are you kidding me."
Looking down at the screen, the number two flashes up at him, it was almost like it was taunting him. He smashes in the control panel with his sai before looking down at the number as it drops to one, still having that same mocking feeling hanging over him.
"Of course, it wasn't going to be that easy."
He races out of the gun and towards the last standing one, but he doesn't make it very far when suddenly, a menacing force yanks him back, sending him tumbling uncontrollably. Refusing to be thrown around, he jams his sai into the dirt, using them as an anchor to bring himself to a halt. Raph's anger flares up as he finds Kanz standing in front of him, a smug smile present on his face. Slowly but steadily Raph rises to his feet, brushing off the dirt from his shell. They lock eyes, staring into each others souls, imagining ripping each other apart limb from limb.
(R) "You just can't leave me alone, can you? I think you might be a bit obsessed."
"I couldn't make this easy for you, after all, I have to give you payback for breaking the deal."
"Oh come on, you know we never had a deal, and even if we did, you knew I was never going to keep it."
"A deal is a deal, I let your brothers go, and you give me the book, and now you've gone and dragged yourself into something that doesn't concern you."
"You do know why we're here right, to stop you from opening that portal, from destroying Earth."
"Why do you care? The humans treat you like monsters, you should want to destroy them just as much as me, it shouldn't concern you."
"You're planning to invade my home, so it does concern me and I couldn't give a rat's ass what the humans think of me, it's my home, and I'm going to protect it."
"You are too naive Raphael, understand that your world is a planet of disease, we discovered Earth long before humans ever evolved to live there, we had so many plans for this planet but those humans ruined it all, they are the monsters, let us destroy them together."
"You just don't get it, do you?"
"I am struggling to decide what I want to do. On one hand, I can just kill you and be done with it, or… I could use you to hurt your family, and honestly, option two is really calling my name. I always seem to be changing my mind with you, Raphael."
"Are you still going on about this? Honestly, man, move on. It makes you look pathetic."
"That's it, no more games, no more running, here and now I have decided that you will be mine, one way or another."
"Where have I heard that before, plus you actually gotta catch me for that to happen, and well you're pretty slow!"
"AAhh!"
Raph sprints off towards the next gun, he is going to finish this mission even if it means having Kanz on his tail the entire time, but that is easier said than done, as Raph comes to the realisation that this is going to be much harder than he thought it was, because now not only does he have to focus on not getting shot, counting, fighting droids, destroying the guns, meeting his brothers without Kanz hurting them, getting into the fortress, and destroying the gun, he now has to take care of Kanz and fend him off, all the while Kanz is running at him faster than his eyes can keep up. Before he can even reach the next gun, Kanz wraps up Raph's ankles with his whip, yanking him back, and forcing him to fall forward. Raph manages to catch himself with his hands, yanking his feet forward, and untangling them from the whip. He turns to face Kanz, who is already charging at him. Raph blocks his attacks with his sai, sending sparks flying as metal and metal collide, he jumps and slides backwards as he dodges and blocks Kanz's attack. Minutes fly by and Raph can't seem to shake him, he starts to get angry and this is causing him to mess up, and the more he messes up the more Kanz gets to hit him, and the more Kanz hits him, the angrier he gets and the angrier he gets the more he messes up.
(Shit, I'm in a forever looping mess, at this rate there is no way I'm getting past him. I have to calm down, but his stupid smiling face is pissing me off.)
"What's wrong Raphael, you seem to be losing."
"I'm gonna kill you, when this is all over you are going to be begging for me to spare you."
"Raphael this is real life, not one of your fantasies."
Raph's heart pounds in his chest as he struggles to fend off Kanz's relentless assault, Raph has stamina, but Kanz does not. Kanz's punches feel like a sledgehammer hitting his arm over and over again, but he pushes through, his mind races trying to figure a way out. Kanz pushes Raph back and causes him to slip on some loose stones, he slightly staggers to the side to balance himself but Kanz takes the opportunity and pounces on him, pinning him down and reaching for the device. Raph holds him back with his legs and a single arm, but Kanz starts to overpower him, bending his limbs further and further down, his fingers getting within inches of it. Raph can feel his legs slowly giving out, and his sensei's last words to him, echo around in his mind "Please be careful I'm still not sure if…"
"Haven't we already done this same dance over and over again Raphael, I overpower you and you somehow get away, but this time it doesn't end like that, this time you're mine."
"You had been letting me get away, hadn't you, Liz was right, why?"
"A villain never gives away his plan, if only you could see the big picture Raphael."
Raph feels the droid's fingers slowly start to peel off the device, the edges slowly start to peel up.
(Sensei… I'm sorry… I just...)
Raph looks out to the side and finds his brothers hastily making their way over to him, how many times was he going to need them to save him, so taking in a deep breath, he tries to steady his trembling limbs. He looks up and is faced with Kanz's smiling face, he can see in his eyes that he thinks he has won, but Raph can't bring himself to lose, not like this, he was going to go out on his own terms.
"One thing Kanz."
"What?"
"You still fall for it every time."
Raph builds up his frustrations and in one explosive jolt, quickly loosens his legs, causing Kanz to tumble on top of him, and just as quickly he shoots his legs back up, sending Kanz flying backwards. As Kanz goes flying backwards they lock eyes for a split second, shock present on his face, and perhaps even a little amazement. As Kanz stumbles backwards, he stumbles right back into his brothers, who all jump on top of him. Mikey grabs his chains and tries to chain him up, but he isn't going out that easily, he grabs their limbs and chucks them around like dolls. Raph joins in but feels he isn't much help due to his tired state, but nonetheless, he grabs at Kanz, trying to pin him down.
"Give up Kanz, it's 4 v 1, just stop."
"I can't stop, I WILL WIN! Plus this is only a warmup for me."
The brothers try to hold him down, yanking as hard as they can on Mikey's chains, pulling it in all directions to try and contain him but it's no use, the droid's power is just too strong. Once Kanz gets to his feet he yanks the chain with his hands and flings around the brothers as if they were a kite. The centrifugal force becomes too much and their hands slip from the chain, they go flying, smashing into the solid floor. Kanz goes to strike at the brothers until he violently jolts back, a scorch mark appearing on his suit, smoke emerging from the mark. The brothers quickly turn around to find the Krang advancing towards them, they shoot out into the distance at fleeing droids. Raph looks over at the last standing gun on this side and watches as it is blown to bits. The droids continue to fire at Kanz, he tries to dodge them as he flees back to the safety of the fortress but is still hit regularly here and there, causing bits of his suit to be torn off. Kanz runs for his life, knowing he is outnumbered, only momentarily looking back to Raph, he hopes Raph will follow him, and Raph doesn't hesitate to accept his challenge, charging off after him in an angry fit. He doesn't get very far until Leo yanks his arm back, Raph yanks back against him but Leo's hand is firm.
"RAPH, ARE WE SERIOUSLY GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS, YOU RUNNING OFF AND ME HAVING TO FORCE YOU TO STAY? I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE HIM!"
"Leo he's damaged, we can just kill him now."
Leo looks at him with disgust, shaking his head and squeezing tighter on his arm.
"Raph, we don't kill people."
Raph violently rips his arm from Leo's grasp, checking it for any bruising from Leo's tight grip.
"I don't get it, if all those guys get to try and kill us, which they have nearly succeeded in doing in the past may I add, then why can't I try to kill one, why can't I do the same, it ain't a fair fight."
"Exactly TRY, you could try but you would fail, not killing people is what separates us, Raphael. They kill, we don't, they are the bad guys, we are not and Raph nothing is ever fair, nothing is ever easy, nothing is just going to happen, we have to be better than them. I don't know why you can't just understand that."
"Because I'm done just letting these freaks run all over us, they need to be taken down for good, kapeesh?"
"No not kapeesh, God you just do not change do you, how many times have we had this same argument, on this same topic, around this SAME SCENARIO, it's like I'm talking to a repeating loop."
"It's not like I'm going to become a murderer."
"That's not what I'm saying Raph."
(D) "CHILDREN PLEASE, we don't have time for this, we need to keep moving."
(M) "Dudes I'm confused, I thought the Krang were meant to be advancing later."
(D) "They must have seen we needed help, but nonetheless, our plan hasn't changed, so stop arguing and let's get moving, we have a whole other side to clear."
L "Donnie's right, Raph can we just stop for two minutes."
R "Let's just go."
(D) "So same tactic as before or are we switching it up?"
(L) "I think we should keep it the same, it seemed to work pretty effectively, though working as a group would mean more targets for them to hit… maybe let's do this in twos. Mikey you go with Raph and I'll take Donnie."
(M) "Sweet, Michelangelo with the raging bull."
(R) "I may be a raging bull, but you're annoying."
(M) 'Hey, dude mine was a joke, yours was just hurtful."
"Just come on, let's get this out of the way."
(L) "Oh sorry Raph, you have somewhere better to be."
"Leo, you are getting under my skin, for once just keep your mouth shut."
Leo heavily sighs.
"I'm going to be the bigger person and just walk away. All right, all meet up just before the fortress."
"Yeah, whatever, we get it!"
The two groups dash off in their pairs, Mikey with Raph and Donnie with Leo. Leo and Donnie seem to work perfectly together, but Raph and Mikey struggle to find a technique that works, they're continuously running into each other, or getting in each other's way, and at one point Mikey went to pull his numb chucks back and got Raph's sai stuck in his chain, something that had not happened since the very first night they went out.
"MIKEY, this isn't working!"
"Dude I know, what are we doing."
"OK look come over here."
The two dash off and hide in a nearby ditch, beams strike the dirt around them, sending it flying into the air.
"Look Mikey we need a plan."
"Ok how about this, I use myself as a distraction and you take out all the droids."
"So basically get me to do all the work?"
"…Nnnnoooo."
"Mikey that isn't going to work."
"WELL YOU THINK OF SOMETHING THEN, I'm freaking out man."
"Ugh, hang on."
Raph sticks his head out just above the dirt to convey the area, he watches as the droids fire on their location, soon the gun charges up and fires out into the distance at the slowly advancing Krangs. Raph watches as all the droids flinch when the gun is fired, momentarily ceasing their firing.
"OK, I have a plan. When the laser gun fires all the droids seem to flinch away from it, that is our moment to do the most damage, so I say we run around until they fire the big gun and then right after they do we attack, taking out as many as we can."
"Dude there's no way that's going to work."
"Well, do you have anything else?"
Mikey tries to stick his head up but quickly drops back down as multiple beams are fired at him.
"No."
"Ok then let's try my plan, if it doesn't work then we are just going to have to suck it up. On my count, one… two… three go."
Quickly they exit the ditch and start running around, the two still try to take out a few droids while they can, but they're waiting for the laser gun to be fired, the droid inside doesn't seem to be too interested in them, continuing to fire out at the other krang. Suddenly once it is fired, just as Raph had thought, all the droids flinch at the sound, and that is when him and Mikey strike, taking out multiple droids. One by one, minute by minute the droid's numbers slowly dwindle until none are left standing and all that remains is the gun. Raph rushes inside, destroying both the droid and the control panel.
(R) "OK, that seemed to work fine."
"Yeah but it's so slow, we are going to be here forever trying to do this plan."
"Then I guess we just have to be more violent; we need to take out more droids once the gun is fired, look, let's just keep trying it."
"Fine, but if I get shot, I'm blaming you."
"If you get shot that's your fault, Mikey, now let's go."
One by one the guns are slowly destroyed, but the further the two go the easier it seems to get, the number of droids continue to drop at each laser and some lasers don't even have an operator inside, it's almost as if the numbers of droids had been cut back.
(R) "This doesn't feel right, it's too easy compared to before."
(M) "Nah dude, we are just too good for these fools, quit freaking out."
"Mikey there isn't even a droid in this laser gun."
"That's cause they're running away like chickkeennnss."
(I know some things up.)
As the battlefield gradually clears, the brothers start to converge towards each other, meeting up as a group to discuss the final step of the plan. They all look down at their screens to find the number has reached zero.
(D) "We did it!"
The three brothers all high-five in triumph, cheering on the fact that they had cleared the battlefield within a few hours. Raph however doesn't join them, he looks up towards the fortress sceptical at what is happening, he knows something is off, but he doesn't know what.
(D) "Plan one complete and now onto plan two."
(R) "Are any of you even a bit concerned about the difficulty level here, I mean we went from a ten difficulty all the way down to a one, I don't get it, why when we get closer to the fortress would they pull back their numbers, it just doesn't make sense.
(M) "Maybe it's cause you're overthinking it, dude."
"Come on, you're telling me none of you are even a tiny bit sceptical about this."
(L) "Relax Raph, I'm sure you are just overthinking it."
(R) "Don you're the smart one here back me up, use your logic or whatever."
"Not to be mean Raph, but everything the Krang do isn't exactly logical, maybe they just didn't expect us to make it this far."
"That's your answer, am I the only one that is thinking here, it's clear they are up to something."
(L) "Quit worrying."
Suddenly Raph hears his phone go off, he brushes his brothers off and walks a few steps away to pick it up, as he looks down at the screen Liz's name flashes across, he picks up the phone and places it to his ear.
"Liz, what's up?"
"RAPHAEL, you need to hurry and get inside the fortress, the portal, it's complete."
"WHAT!"
Raph's brothers quickly spin around to face him.
"You said it wasn't going to be complete for another five days."
"It was a lie, all of it, they used a hologram to cover up their true progress, they started this two weeks ago, you have to get in there now, there's no time, we are advancing now."
"I don't understand, how did none of you pick up on this."
"Well you didn't either, look it's stupid I know, but we have no time to discuss it, get in there now."
The line falls dead, and the phone slips from his hand, he spins to face his brothers, his face obviously plastered with horror. They look at him concerningly, waiting for him to say something, to say anything, but he's drawing a blank, what is he meant to say, oh guess what the world is going to end because even though we were meant to have five days to stop it, it's already done.
(D) "What is it?"
"The portal is already finished."
(All) "WHAT!"
(M) "No… Liz said we had five days."
"It was a lie, they had covered up their true progress with a hologram, they started building it two weeks ago, they're already finished, we have to get in there now."
(L) "Ok just hang on, stop rushing into things."
"Leo..!"
"RAPH ENOUGH, I'm the leader and you are going to stay here and wait until I come up with a plan, I want no arguing, no back talking, no comment from you, nothing, just stand and wait, learn to have patience."
(R) "Bu…"
Leo places his hand up, shaking his head. Raph falls silent and patiently waits. Leo silently paces for a few seconds, thinking over a plan in his head, until finally, he has one.
"OK, the plan is simple, Liz told me that this fortress is a maze, so we are going to stick together and find a way out into the courtyard, she says that is where they are building the portal. From there, me, Mikey and Raph are going to clear as many droids as we can, giving Donnie a chance to fire at the portal and zap it before it has a chance to start up, there are most likely going to be things that don't go to plan, so make sure you are resilient and ready for anything."
(M) "Why Donnie? I'm way better at video games than him."
(L) "Mikey that doesn't apply to this situation at all."
"Duh, shooting in video games is exactly like real life, my aim is sick."
(L) "Right… Anyway, when Donnie has short-circuited the portal that's when I sweep in, zap the portal away to the black hole and we signal that we have completed our mission. We have come a long way and now we need to do this, no turning back, let's finish this and save our world."
(D) "Leo's right, we have to do this now."
(R) "Leo… please bro I'm begging you, enough with the speeches, let's just get in there and kick some shell."
(M) "Yeah, time to show these Krang what it means to mess with the Ninjas."
The brothers look at each other before plunging into the depths of the fortress, slowly one by one they disappear inside with the sound of the battlefield fading away behind them, and now for the brothers the mission against time has begun.
This is the end of chapter 6, I tried to make the action scenes, well… Full of action and I think it is ok, this story isn't meant to be perfect, it's meant to flow and follow the story in my head, to which I'm not really sure where it goes to now. In regard to how many chapters are left, I don't think many, I just wanted this to be a short one and then I can move onto a longer one, however, I don't want to write a long one that feels like it is dragging on so we will see, I have so many ideas and I can't wait to start writing them, also cannot wait for the release of the new TMNT Mutant Maythem, I really hope they don't ruin it, happy reading and see you next time.
