Chapter 9: Trouble Follows
Donnie received the go ahead from April that Kana agreed to come along, Donnie flipped a switch to his right which which lowered the ram to the front of the vehicle, the enemies had already turned their attention to the Shellcharger and started firing guns and mini mounted guns from their vehicles at them, but had no effect whatsoever. "It would take five missiles to break this window you fools!" Donnie giggled as bullets were being deflected off the window in front of him.
Raph rolled his eyes as he fired the mini gun at the tires of all the vehicles, it took a few bullets before most of them popped considering most of the tires on some of their vehicles were also bulletproof, but not as bulletproof as the Shellchargers. "Remind me not be around when Donnie gets too excited to test out something destructive…" Raph stated, Leo only smiled and shrugged and waited a bit before firing the tranqs so none of them would pass out right through the ramming Donnie was about to pull.
Donnie had a wide smile on his face, he was too excited and happy to finally get into action with his new vehicle to be overwhelmed by shyness with the amount of people around. Donnie stepped on the gas as he charged towards the enemies towards Kana's house, he rammed through the vehicles that were blocking the way and most the people that were out had jumped out of the way, he parked as close as possible to the front door which was a few feet in front of it as the Arcane enemies were still firing at them.
April put her phone back in her pocket as the three of them were crouched low incase of stray bullets, she noticed the Shellcharger parked in front and gave the go to Casey and Kana who opened the front door, Donnie opened the side doors for them and waited on them as Leo and Raph were still firing and distracting the Arcane's. April grabbed Kana's hand and led her to the Shellcharger where Casey followed along behind them quickly as they all ran into the vehicle. Kana stood up straight in sudden surprise as she noticed the turtles, Mikey was just relaxing on a chair munching his snacks "Waddup!" he said with a wave.
"Mutants." Kana stated, she wasn't frightened at all. April raised an eyebrow, "So, you do know what mutants are. Guess you really do know a lot." Kana turned and looked at April giving a sigh, "Tell you what, once we lose the Arcane Enigma, I'll tell you all that I know about what you're needing for answers, my thanks and gift to you guys for the help you're providing me."
Donnie pressed on the gas and turned sharply past the Arcane's, avoiding the knocked out one's on the ground and booked it down the street away from them, Raph was unable to shoot some of the tires from some vehicles due to them being blocked by other vehicles. Some of them followed behind, Donnie turned sharply to the left exiting Kana's street from her house, Kana was correct too about more on the way as a dozen more vehicles showed up in front and behind them. Donnie pretty much just kept going and rammed his way through most who didn't decide to turn out of the way, Raph kept trying to shoot most of their tires but these people were smart and kept dodging and weaving as they followed.
"Damn! These guys are smarter than the damn Purple Dragons!" Raph growled angrily. Leo let out a small growl as well disabling the mounted tranq gun as it lowered back down, he walked over to Donnie and flipped a switch above him, the Stealth bike popped up from the floor. "Are you insane!?" April shouted worriedly, "Look, I'm just going to get rid of a few of them with the mounted guns on the bike, they have faster vehicles and will stay on our ass." Leo stated as he put on a bike helmet and got onto the stealth bike. "He'll be fine, I rather save our supplies anyway considering they aren't easy to get, especially the tacked spikes…" Donnie stated with a small sob.
April crouched next to Leo as he turned the bike on with the flip of a switch, "What about your arm? I know it's been hurting you still…" April asked worriedly, "What about it? Not like it'll prevent my driving.." Leo stated with a small confused smile. April gave him an angry annoyed look, "You're more persistent than these Arcane's. Just be careful please…" April sighed and stood, Leo chuckled lightly and activated stealth mode covering the top of the bike to also protect himself from bullets, Donnie pushed a button that lowered the bike and hatch and released him out the back of the Shellcharger.
Leo swerved past the vehicles that still chased the Shellcharger as they really didn't notice the bike until late, Leo was practically already behind all the vehicles, he activated the mounted mini guns on the bike as two guns folded outward and aimed straight. April glanced at one of the monitors that had the view behind them, multiple of the Arcane's were still pursueing them, Leo was right about having to use the Stealth bike, Raph was having trouble shooting the tires as the mounted mini gun was too high up and could only aim so low.
"Doesn't this have side weapons?" April asked. Donnie shrugged, "Just on the left side as the door is on the right, all though the weapon on the side is a flame thrower…" "FlameThrower!? That is so cool!" Casey shouted as he was sitting with Mikey munching on some snacks. April sighed and facepalmed and sat in the passenger seat, "Isn't there anything else we can do?" She questioned looking at all the buttons and switches. Donnie only glanced at her, "Oil slick and tacks are a last resort, just trust Leo and Raph to deal with them. Trust me, even if they can't and the Oil and tacks don't work, I got other ideas." he stated as he made a sharp turn, April shrugged annoyed.
"What is that!?" One of the Arcane men shouted from a vehicle and pointed behind them, "Looks like a bike!?" Another shouted in reply. "With guns on it!" Another Arcane said in shock and fright. Leo gained speed and turned the weapons and aimed for the tires of the vehicles and already started firing and popping some tires before the men could react, Leo was perfectly low and close enough to shoot the tires, so they couldn't dodge and weave out of the way from him. Some of the men turned their firepower at Leo as bullets reflected off the armor of the bike, they noticed it had no effect but continued to fire anyway.
"Leo's taking all the glory!" Raph shouted angrily as he angrily started to fire the gun at the vehicles engines instead of trying for the wheels. Raph was careful when firing though knowing if he shot the engine too much it would explode the vehicle, he shot certain parts of the engine that would cause the vehicle to break down. One of the vehicles flipped over from a popped tire, Leo swerved out of the way as it came barreling towards him.
"Kana, can you guide me here!? I don't know the streets here and don't wanna get us in a dead end…" Donnie shouted frighteningly as each turn he made scared him. Kana knew this place like the back of her hand, she ran and stood behind Donnie and glanced out the window and monitors back and forth realizing where they were and helped guide him.
Leo noticed one of the Arcane men pop up from a vehicle and sit on top of it with a large weapon in hand, he noticed it was a rocket launcher in his hands and aimed at him. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me…" Leo said surprised, Leo pressed on the brakes and swerved out of the way of the fired rocket the man had quickly already fired at him, Leo noticed it took time to reload another rocket so he took advantage of that. Leo used the vehicles around him as shields as he made his way to the vehicle with the launcher, he quickly swerved and made a turn dodging another rocket and turned the bike in a circle and instantly fired the mini guns shooting out the tires of that vehicle. The tires made a loud pop sound and swerved, circling unstably and crashed on the side of the road.
Leo glanced at the Monitor below that had the back view and noticed more Arcane's approaching, Leo growled angrily, "How many of you are there!?" Leo pushed a button that activated Oil Slick, which covered just about the entire street as it would spread to stop the incoming Arcane's, and it worked as they all crashed and swerved into one another. "We can hide in a populated parking lot just down the next street!" Kana said as she pointed, Donnie activated the com, "Leo, can you get them all off of us so we can hide?" He asked. "Sure can." Leo stated upping his speed to gain on them, surprisingly the bike was able to go faster and gain on these vehicles even though it was in stealth mode and slowed down because of it. Leo quickly shot out more tires as he was literally the main reason for taking so many of them out, this pissed the Arcane's off as they all turned their attention to Leo as they agreed to take care of him first leaving just one vehicle to pursue the Shellcharger.
Leo turned on an opposite street leading the rest away, the one vehicle that pursued them moved closer and stayed up on the Shellchargers ass to where Raph couldn't shoot them at all and this angered him as he let out an angered growl. Donnie smirked and pushed a button, releasing some Oil Slick from the back, this caused the vehicle to instantly swerve and turn with how close it was and flip over in the middle of the road. Donnie turned into the parking lot, Kana was right, it was full of fun activities regarding vehicle decorations and full of people and cars, bikes, there was even an old tank here and some old armored cars, it was like a small festival but for vehicles. Donnie drove through disabling all the weapons and raising the ram from the front, this already amazed a dozen people as he did it driving past them so no one would get hurt, he made his way deeper and found a nice spot to park at.
"What about Leo?" April asked worriedly, Donnie flipped a few switches powering off the Shellcharger, "He can handle himself, the Stealth Bike has a tracker on it, he can easily find his way back to the Shellcharger." April shrugged annoyingly, she turned her attention to Kana, "So where are we? And you promised answers." April stated. "We're at a car festival, this happens every once a week, and today is the day for it. So we got lucky, and by the looks of it, if this vehicle entered, it would for sure win." Kana chuckled lightly and pointed at the monitors, everyone was pretty much standing next to each other and they all glanced at the monitors, a lot of people were gathering around the Shellcharger and looking at it, while most would even touch and investigate it. "They can't see us through the window… right, Donnie?" Raph questioned, Donnie nodded, "No, it's a pitch black window on the outside, only we can see out of it from the inside, they can't see us even if they glued their face to it." He stated.
One man outside in the crowd approached the front of the Shellcharger and placed his hands on the hood, Donnie glanced and noticed this as the others were about to start talking for answers, the man was about to lift the hood to check out the engine and this pissed Donnie off, "Oh HELL NO!" Donnie growled angrily, "Keep your filthy paws off the engine!" Donnie flipped the switch above him that lowered the ram that practically did cover the hood, the ram always made a decently loud sound before dropping and this spooked the man as he jumped back as the ram dropped in front, the man was shocked and frightened but everyone else was amazed.
Everyone just stared at Donnie, Donnie glanced at them all with all eyes on him. "What!?" He asked looking at them all, "Anyway, what do you know about this?" April asked, showing her the blueprint again, Kana put her fingers to her chin as she looked at the blueprint, "Well, what do you guys know about it first? So I can get on track here, you said the world is at sake because of it." Everyone looked at each other and then back at Kana, after a few minutes of explaining the situation of all they knew and about Dragor, Kana then knew and understood their situation more clearly and why they needed answers.
Kana shrugged, "This Dragor, his real name is Den Na' Vor, it's what we call his species, look, I don't much about this teleporter as it is centuries old and I've tried researching on it as much as possible, but just couldn't entirely crack it. I know a bit about Dragor though." Kana stated. "Ok… well, do you know why he fears Leo? He said he hasn't been subdued in ages, so we sorta thought he was an extremely rare and very powerful species that can only be overcome by very few." Donnie asked her, "You're right about that actually, he is an extremely rare species from another planet millions of light years away, they are pretty uncommon on his planet though, I don't know how he got here, but clearly he came here for the teleporter and wants to take over earth. So perhaps his planet is dying, not sure. But what I do know about them fearing another is because it is true that there is usually another that can overcome their power, But it could also be because he was weakened." Kana began, "Weakened?" April questioned.
"His pattern and colors, he's a red Den Na' Vor, meaning he gets way more powerful in heated places, and gets weaker in cooler places. You said you were from New York, that's pretty far, but New York is also a cold place, so it's highly possible he was weakened too. But who knows, maybe your friend was able to prevent and hold him back, Dragor doesn't know his own strength, so he doesn't know when he's weakened or powerful, but he is still very strong even in cold areas, so that explains why he seemed afraid, but he also cracked your friends blade, not shatter or snap it when he should've easily been able too even in cold area. A katana is the strongest and sharpest known blade in history, it can literally chop off limbs and slice through a bone, he had his blades crossed together which would add more strength to them, so that it could block his attack easier without being snapped." Kana explained. "Red? His colors were blue..." April questioned. Kana only shrugged, "Yes, but he's a red flame dragon and his main color is blue. Colors don't always mean the same based on element, just because he is blue doesn't mean he is stronger in the cold. We've experimented and spied on him, so we know."
"Guys, we have a problem." It was Leo on the com, "Are you ok!?" April asked worriedly, "I'm fine, I already lost the Arcane's." Leo stated, "What is it then?" Donnie added. "They literally have a tank out on the streets looking for us." He began, "A Tank!?" Raph shouted surprisingly, "Who the hell are these guys!?" He added as he glared at Kana. "I told you, these guys are the worst known cult in history, I already know about your Purple Dragons in New York, but these Arcane's are smarter and more advanced, and armed. Not even cops will mess with them here, and the government can't call in the military to handle them because of the president not allowing it." She stated.
"Oh great!" Raph growled, "So now what!?" He added. "We wait till they stop pursuing us." Donnie said, raising an eye, "Oh, they won't stop. They have eyes everywhere, and now they know what your vehicle looks like, they'll be looking for it specifically." Kana said. "Everywhere!? Then why are we hiding here in such a populated area?!" Raph growled, "Because considering they found me, they'll have ALL their forces after and looking for me, meaning none will be here until later on." Kana stated with a glare at Raph.
Leo pulled into the car festival and he was confused from all that he saw on the monitors as he was still in stealth mode, covered. Leo disabled the mounted mini guns as they folded inward a bit and pointed upward disabling, this amazed people as they glanced at the bike as he drove slowly through all the people to get to the Shellcharger. Leo pulled up to where the Shellcharger was, and it was surrounded by a couple dozen people, Leo growled lowly annoyed, he rubbed on the engine of the bike letting out a large burst of engine sound to spook the people to move out of the way as he slowly made his way to the back of the Shellcharger, Donnie noticed Leo had arrived and activated the hatch to let him in, a lock on popped out from under the Shellcharger and opened the back a bit that only the Stealth Bike could fit into, Leo pulled up into it as people moved out of the way and the Bike snapped onto the lock and was pulled under and closed, people clapped in amazement.
The hatch in the floor raised up with the bike, Leo uncovered the bike and took the helmet off as he got off the bike and looked at the gang, "Of all places…?" he growled lowly. Donnie shrugged innocently as he closed the hatch and lowered the bike, "Can I see your cracked Katana please?" Kana asked Leo as he stretched from having to stay in one position with that bike, Leo only looked at her confusingly but shrugged in agreement as grabbed the blade from the sheath on his back, he flipped the katana and held it by the blade as he had the hilt handed out to Kana who grabbed it and investigated it, she rubbed two fingers across the blade and cracks, "Oh yeah, he could've probably broke the blade if you blocked with just one blade." Kana stated as she was still investigating the sword.
"The teleporter needed materials, I know about the materials that are needed in order to build and operate it, it is true that they aren't from here. But Dragor already has the materials needed, he's just missing one and the blueprint." Kana added as she handed the sword back to Leo. "I knew it!" Donnie said excitedly, April glanced at Donnie then back to Kana, "Do you know where the teleporter came from? We think it's not from his world…" She asked. Kana shrugged, "Like I said, I hardly know anything about the teleporter, but my best guess based on what I know so far is that it's from another world not of Dragors, it's been hidden here way longer than he has, some of the materials have already been found and were placed in museums or research labs, one piece is still hidden, no one knows where it is." Kana said with a sigh wishing she knew more.
"So you already knew about mutants, huh. You weren't frightened to see us, and how do you know about Dragor?" Raph asked, "I came across Dragor a few weeks ago, he's not the first mutant I've encountered, I've came across many others before in my life, even the government here has one helping him that only him and I know about which is a decently larger dragonfly that actually talks, so we sent her to spy on Dragor to get information on him and his sudden arrival." Kana began, "Sudden arrival? How long has he been here?" April asked. "A month, or a little over a month. He's spent his time gathering the materials and looking for the one missing one along with the blueprint you possess apparently." Kana stated.
April smirked a bit, "We have a little spy of our own with inside information, she said Dragor has another way of getting the blueprint… There's more than one?" She asked. "Oh yeah, ever since the blueprint was found, duplicates were made, just like the statues it was found in. So you probably have the original one as it went missing after someone stole it and duplicates stopped being made as researchers found out the teleporter was dangerous as well. So he's probably after a duplicate considering they have the same info as the original and instructions." Kana said with a shrug. "So Dragor most likely already has his hands on the blueprint, anyway we can find the last piece before he does?" Leo questioned Kana, Kana shrugged "Like I said, no one knows where it is or has a clue on how to find it, and that goes for me as well. And I'm sure Dragor is struggling just as much as we are on how to find it."
Leo growled lowly as they had pretty much come towards another dead end, "W-wait, wait! Kana, do you have or know the locations of all the material pieces that have been found?" Donnie asked in sudden realization as he raised a finger, Kana widened her eyes instantly realizing what he was getting at, "Got a map?" She asked him. Donnie instantly opened a small lockbox and pulled out a map of the US and handed it to her, Kana instantly spreaded it on the floor, she pulled out a marker from one of her pockets that she always kept with her and started to circle area's where most the current found materials were located.
Kana pointed to a place on the map with the marker "Here, this is where the final material would be!" she remarked with small excitement. She was somewhat annoyed too how no one thought of this including herself and it frustrated her with how simple it was. Everyone was pretty much hovered over the map and where Kana was pointing, "Mexico City… that's a thirty eight hour drive from here." Donnie said with a small sob.
Leo glanced at Kana, "Will the Arcane's follow us out of San Jose?" Kana shrugged, "Of course they will, they cover all of California, they'll even follow you back to New York and bring more if they knew where you stayed just to hunt you down. They're a ruthless and persistent cult, and they will continue to search for days. Donnie stood up and wobbled over the couch and collapsed on it, "Well I seriously need a nap, I've been awake just about two days and driving twenty four hours straight, Leo you're driving." He stated as he gave a weak wave and turned his back to them all.
Leo moved his look from Donnie back to Kana and crossed his arms as he stood up, "You fine with going along with us, or do you have somewhere we can drop you off safely?" He questioned. Kana stood up and smirked at him, "I am not missing this! I have spent years researching this teleporter searching for the materials and finding out more about it, of course I am coming along! I'm going to help you guys with this puzzle and stop this Dragor, the world is at sake because of him, no? And you need as much information and answers as possible, yes?" Everyone pretty much had smiles on their faces as they all were looking at Kana with grateful looks, Leo smirked and slammed a fist into his hand, "No point in sitting around then, it's time to go to Mexico City for that last Material!"