Chapter 2: One Crazy Night Part 2
After the fiasco with the brain creature that the kids assumed was some type of alien, the kids walked back home and explained to their parents what had happened. At the news that Donatello had been abducted, Shen naturally broke down in tears and Yoshi hugged her tightly. He was about to head for the phone to call the police when Mikey stopped him.
"Dad, wait!" said Mikey, "There's more! The guys who took Donnie and the O'Neil's were alien robots with brains in their chests!"
In response, Yoshi put his hands on his youngest child's shoulders and said, "Michelangelo, I understand that what happened was scary for you, but-"
Before Yoshi could finish, Miwa got her phone out and said, "It's true! I have pictures right here!" after getting the first picture up, Miwa showed her phone to Yoshi.
Yoshi took the phone in his hand and was shocked to see a picture of a man missing part of his face and underneath was mechanical parts and a glowing red eye. Equally shocking was the next one had the man's exposed stomach, which contained what appeared to be a brain with a face. Shen looked at the pictures as well and nearly screamed at what she saw.
"What is this?" Shen asked.
"I'm not sure myself, to be honest," said Miwa, "None of us are. But one thing we do know for sure is that whatever it is that's going on is complicated."
"Believe me, we wanted to call the police," said Raph, "But after we found out about the alien in the robot we rethought the whole idea."
"If we tell the police about this, it's likely they'll think we're crazy," said Miwa.
Shen thought about what her daughter had said and told her, "You make a very good point, Miwa. But now we must figure out how we are to save your brother and the O'Neil's."
"How are we gonna do that when we don't have any leads?" Mikey asked.
"Actually, we do have one," said Miwa, "There was one guy who looked and acted nothing like the others."
"So what?" Raph asked.
Miwa rolled her eyes at Raph and continued, "Odds are he's a human and a hired hand. If we find him, maybe we can get information from him on where to find Donnie and the O'Neil's."
Leo's face lit up at Miwa's idea and he added, "And I have an idea where he'll be."
"Awesome!" Mikey cheered as he pumped his fists, "Let's go there and get him!"
The four siblings were about to leave for the lair to get their gear when their parents stopped them.
"Out of the question!" said Shen, "I will not allow my children to intentionally put themselves in danger!"
"Mom, we have to go!" said Raph, "Donnie's in trouble! Somebody has to save him!"
"You are right, Raphael. Someone does have to save your brother," said Yoshi, "I will go. You four will stay here with your mother where it's safe."
"But, dad, you don't know what the man looks like or the type of vehicle he was driving," said Leo, "Only we know that. You have to let us go."
Miwa approached her Yoshi, looked him right in the eye, and said, "Dad, please, take us with you. You can't do this alone."
Yoshi began to ponder the idea. As much as he wanted to keep his children out of danger, he knew Miwa was right. His children were the ones who understood the situation the best, and only they knew what and who to look for. In that moment, Yoshi knew he had no choice; if he wanted to rescue Donatello, he would need his other children to help him.
"Very well, you may come with me," said Yoshi. The children smiled happily at the news, while Shen looked concerned.
"Yoshi, are you sure about this?" Shen asked in concern.
"Shen, I understand how you feel. I'm worried for them as well," said Yoshi, "But letting them come could be our only hope in saving Donatello."
Shen sighed sadly and replied, "You're right, Yoshi." she then went over to the bookshelf, picked up a picture and looked at it. The picture was of the family at the beach the summer of last year. She focused on the shot of her third son as she said, "Poor Donatello must be so scared right now."
At the moment, Donnie was not scared at all; he was trying to pick the lock of the cell that he, April, and Kirby were currently locked inside.
After the van drove away with them, the men who kidnapped them had taken them to what appeared to be a secret base. When they were brought inside, Donnie took note of the interior. The interior was lined with a metal that he did not recognize. Add that to the fact that there were alien robots walking around just screamed, "Not Normal!"
At the moment, Kirby was sitting helplessly on the cell bench, while Donnie tried to pick the lock and April banged on the window and yelled at the men.
"Hey!" April yelled as she banged on the window, "You can't keep us in here like this! We know our rights!"
"I don't think they care about that, April," said Kirby.
"We can't just sit here! We've gotta do something!" said April.
Donnie looked up from where he was crouched down and said, "I know that, April. That's why I've been trying to pick this lock. But it's difficult seeing as these guys are using advanced technology."
April looked down at Donnie and said, "No offense, Donnie, but I don't know if we can wait for you to pick that lock. We might have to come up with another plan."
"Like what?" Kirby asked.
Both Donnie and April started thinking of an escape plan. Finally, April came up with the idea to fake stomach pain in order for one of the men to open the door and come in the cell. At that point, Donnie and Kirby would sneak up behind the man and knock him out long enough to escape out of the open cell door. So, Kirby and Donnie hid in the corner while April fell on the floor.
"Ah! My stomach! The pain is unbearable!" April screamed in fake agony.
Just like she planned, a man in a suit came into the cell to check on her. Once the man was inside, Kirby and Donnie began quietly sneaking up behind the man to jump him. At the very last second, the man turned around and Kirby froze. Donnie on the other hand charged ahead and attacked him. Donnie began fighting the man in hand to hand combat. Thanks to his years of ninja training, Donnie was able to hold his own for a good amount of time. That is, until the man kneed him in the stomach and then punched him in the face, knocking him to the floor.
"Donnie!" April screamed. Then she glared at the man and yelled, "You'll pay for that!"
April then leapt forward, grabbed the man, and held on tightly. She pounded, pulled, and bit the man, but he was unfazed by any of that. The man ignored April's antics as he walked towards the cell door. Once there, the man grabbed April and put her on the floor before closing the door behind him and leaving.
After the man left, April knelt down and tended to Donnie. To her relief, it appeared as though Donnie would be alright.
She then looked up at her father and said, "I guess we can just sit here."
Donnie looked up at April and weakly told her, "Just give me a minute to rest and then I'll try picking the lock again."
April shook her head and said, "I don't want those guys to hurt you again."
"So what do we do?" Donnie weakly asked.
Kirby let out a sigh and said, "I don't think there's anything we can do."
This news made Donnie frown. He was trapped in a secret alien base and he might never see his family again. Then his face lit up at the thought of his family and he said, "Wait. My brothers and sister are still out there. Maybe they were able to get some help."
"Really?" April asked, "Do you think they can do it?"
"I'm sure they will," said Donnie; though he secretly worried about whether or not they would get there in time.
Meanwhile, Yoshi, Miwa, Leo, Raph, and Mikey were all perched on the roof of a building looking down at the street. By now they had all changed into their ninja gear. Leo's was black with some blue lining, a hood long sleeves, black gloves with wrist guards, a brown leather holster for his katanas, and complete with a blue mast over his eyes. Raph with a similar one to Leo's only it had red lining, a belt for his sai, and a red mask. Mikey's had orange lining, a belt for his nun chucks, and an orange mask. Miwa's had green lining, a belt where she could keep her tessen, and a green mask. Yoshi's was all black with a belt holster for his katana, and a black mask. He had also assigned them each a code name; Miwa was Karai, Leo was Ryu, Raph was Kurogane, Mikey was Naoto, Yoshi called himself Yamato. At the moment, they were waiting for one of the kidnappers to arrive at the building across the street.
"Are you sure he will be here, Leonardo?" Yoshi asked.
"I'm positive, dad," said Leo. And then he pointed to the building across the street and explained, "The logo on that building is the same as the logo on the van that was used to kidnap Donnie and the O'Neil's. The way I see it, if we wait here long enough, the guy that the aliens hired is bound to show up eventually. And when he does, we'll make him tell us where he and the aliens took them."
Mikey beamed as he said, "And then we can go there and save Donnie!"
"Exactly," said Leo.
Raph looked skeptically at his older brother and asked, "Are you sure this is gonna work?"
Leo grinned confidently and said, "Trust me, he'll be here any second."
"Remember what I told you before we left," said Yoshi, "When we confront the man, keep your faces hidden and do not use your real names."
"Right," said Miwa, "Because anonymity and secrecy are two of the most valuable weapons in a ninjas arsenal."
"Yes," said Yoshi, "And, knowledge of our family being ninjas could put us all at great risk."
"Got it," said Raph, as he and his siblings continued to wait for the man to show up.
Raph was starting to regret going along with his brother's plan because they wound up waiting on that roof for two hours. During which time, he, Miwa, and Mikey had to try various activities to keep from falling asleep on the roof. At one point, Mikey had talked them into playing I-Spy.
"Okay, here it goes. I spy with my little I: something beginning with the letter B," said Mikey.
"Bonehead," said Miwa, in a bored tone.
"Nope," said Mikey.
"Blockhead," said Raph, in the same tone of voice as his sister.
"No," said Mikey.
"I give up," said Miwa, still bored.
"Me too," said Raph, also bored.
"Building," said Mikey.
"Oh," said Miwa, as bored as ever.
Finally, Raph got so fed up with waiting that he could not take it anymore. He got up from where he was sitting, walked over to his father and older brother and started yelling.
"We've been up here for two hours!" he shouted, "Let's face it, the guy's not gonna show up!"
"We must be patient, Raphael," Yoshi said, attempting to calm down his second son.
Raph let out a sigh at this and said, "No disrespect, dad, but I think we need a back up plan, because we're not getting anywhere with this one."
Leo turned to face Raph and said, "He'll be here. Just give him a little more time."
At this, Raph groaned and said, "Face it, Leo! This is a waste of time! The guy's not gonna show up!"
Leo looked back at the ground, then he smirked at what he saw and said, "You sure about that, Raph?"
Raph frowned and asked, "He just showed up, didn't he?"
To answer his question, a van pulled up next to the building across the street; the very van that they had been waiting for. At this, Raph muttered to himself that he should have complained two hours ago. After the van parked, the ninjas walked over to the edge of the building and pulled up their face masks.
Leo than stood proudly and said in a tone of voice that matched his Captain Ryan from his favorite TV show, Space heroes, "Gentleman, lady, I have a bold and daring plan. There is no time for hesitation. My orders must be-"
Before he could say anymore, Leo caught Yoshi giving him a stern look. "Leonardo, this is hardly the time to impersonate your favorite TV character," he said.
"Sorry, dad," said Leo, looking dejected. He then caught Raph snickering at him and snapped, "Shut up!"
"Enough!" said Yoshi, "We have to go now,"
The four teens nodded and jumped off the building with their father. They all jump out in front of the man just as he got out of the van and started walking away. He jumped in surprise when he was suddenly surrounded by five ninjas.
"We have some questions for you," said Yoshi, "And you are not going anywhere until they are answered."
"We can do this the easy way, or, my vote, the hard way," said Raph, pulling out his sais to prove his point. His siblings followed suit by pulling out their own weapons.
"Look at this logically, there are five of us and one of you," said Miwa with a slight laugh, "Plus, you appear to be unarmed. What're gonna do?"
The man just stood still for a moment, and then he pulled out a strange looking gun and fired multiple laser shots at the ninjas. The ninjas jumped out of the way just in time to avoid being hit, while the man rushed to the van and drove away.
The ninjas saw this and rushed to the rooftops to pursue him. During their pursuit of the van, the ninjas had to jump across more roofs and dodge more laser fire. The chase ended with Leo throwing a shuriken star at one of the tires, causing the tire to pop and the van to flip over and land on its side.
Yoshi landed next to his eldest son and said, using his codename, "Nicely done, Ryu."
Leo smiled at his father, then turned to the ground and said, "Thanks. Now let's go get some answers."
The ninjas landed on the ground and hid behind a building. Yoshi peaked around the corner to make sure the cost was clear before whispering to his children to sneak around the back of the van.
Following their father's orders, the four teens snuck around to the back of the van. Once there, Raph lifted up the back door, which had been forced opened due to the impact of the crash. When Raph lifted the door, something fell out and rolled over to Mikey's feet. Looking down, Mikey saw that it was a cylindrical canister with some type of green liquid inside.
"Wow," said Mikey, fascinated by the canister. He then picked it up and stared at it and said, "This looks cool."
Leo took the canister from Mikey and examined it as he asked, "What is this?"
Yoshi looked curiously at the canister and said, "I have no idea." then he turned to the man from the van, who was trying to sneak away from them, and said, "But I'm willing to bet our friend here knows something."
Before he could get away, the van driver was grabbed by Mikey. Mikey then started pulling on his face and head as though trying to pull it off. This act shocked his family.
When he was done pulling, Mikey turned to his family and said, "Just wanted to make double sure he wasn't a robot."
Raph rolled his eyes at his youngest brother, while Yoshi walked up to the man and said in a serious tone, "Now, you will answer our questions. Who are you? Who are your employers? Why did you abduct that man and those two teenagers? And what is in this canister?"
The man glared at Yoshi and said, "The name's Snake. And I got nothing to say ta you wack jobs."
Raph grinned under his facial mask and said, "Well, that's 'cause you don't know us yet."
The green masked kunouchi turned to the black masked adult ninja and asked, "Yamato, do we permission to use any means necessary for interrogation?"
Yoshi nodded his head and said to his daughter, "Permission granted, Karai."
"Sweet," said Raph. And then he tossed Snake to Leo and Mikey, who held his arms tightly to keep him from escaping.
Raph and Miwa walked over to Snake and gave him sinister looks as they contemplated what to do. Miwa started pacing back and forth as she talked out loud about her threats.
"Now, what shall we do to make you talk?" Miwa asked. She then pulled out one of her kunai knives and waved it around as she paced and said, "We could see how far I can shove this knife up your butt." this made Snake's eyes widen in shock, "Or we could heat up one of our metal weapons and press it against your skin."
Snake looked at the other ninjas and said, "This girl's evil, ya know that?"
Raph then grabbed the canister from Yoshi and said, "Or we could use some of the chemical bhe was transporting. Find out for ourselves what it is rather than wait for him to tell us."
Miwa grinned under her mask and said, "Oh, I like that one. Go for it, Kurogane."
Raph walked over to Snake with the canister in hand, unscrewed the lid and nonchalantly said, "Funny thing, Snake, I've never seen anything like this before, so I have no idea what it does. But judging by its glow, I would assume it does some pretty unnatural things. It could make you handsome, which could only help you. Or you could end up disgusting and deformed. Or it doesn't do anything at all except make a mess. " Raph then grinned manically under his mask and said, "Let's find out, shall we?"
Raph slowly started tilting the container so that the contents could fall on Snake. Snake's eyes widened in shock as the goo came closer and closer to his face. He for a moment looked over at Yoshi, hoping that the adult would stop this, but Yoshi simply watched what the boy was doing.
Finally, Snake caved and screamed, "Okay! Okay, I'll talk!" Raph pulled back the goo, and Snake continued, "They call themselves 'the Kraang'. They've been grabbing scientists from all over the city."
Leo smiled under his mask at what happened and said, "Well, that worked pretty good."
Raph simply smiled proudly under his mask and said, "Of course it did. Would you want this crud touching you?"
Mikey shrugged and said, "Maybe." his family looked confused at him, then he added, "For all we know it might make me cooler."
Miwa rolled her eyes, then turned back to Snake and glared at him as she asked, "What about the boy? I know they most likely took the girl to keep her father under control, but why did you and these 'Kraang' take that boy? He had nothing to do with them."
"Beats me," said Snake. Miwa held up knife up to his face, scaring him, and he told her, "Okay, I asked the Kraang why they wanted him and they told me he was some kind of genius and that they could use him."
'So that's it.' Miwa thought to herself, 'They must've seen the article about his Science Fair victory last year. Or they've been tracking him.'
Leo then glared at Snake and asked, "What do they want with scientists? And the kid too?"
"I don't know," said Snake, trying to deny that he knew anymore. Raph started shaking the canister of goo, as if threatening to pour it on him again, so Snake told them, "All I know is they're taking 'em out of the city tonight. But I don't know where! I swear, I don't know anything else!"
"Awesome! There's still a chance for us to save them!" Mikey cheered. And then he turned serious as he and his family crowded around Snake.
Leo looked serious as he asked, "Where are they now?"
Reluctantly, Snake led the ninjas to the top of an apartment building where they could get a good view of where they were to go. While Mikey guarded Snake, Leo and Miwa looked through their telescope and binoculars to see what Snake wanted them to see. Not all that far from where they were, was a large triangular shaped building that looked like an army base surrounded by a field of weeds and dead trees.
"You'd think someone would be suspicious about this," said Miwa.
Yoshi simply shrugged and explained, "It has the appearance of being abandoned, so most people assume that it is and have no reason to suspect otherwise or report it to anyone."
"Oh," said Miwa, going back to her binoculars.
As Leo looked through his telescope, he counted the number of identical men, Kraang, all holding laser guns and said, "There's gotta be, like, twenty of them down there."
"Yeah," said Miwa, "And that's just the ones we can see."
Raph grinned under his mask and pulled out his sais as he said, "Alright! An all you can beat buffet!"
Yoshi put a hand on his second son's shoulder and told him, "We cannot blindly rush into a battle. We need a plan first."
"Why?" Raph asked.
Miwa smacked him upside the head and said, "Think for a minute, you dingbat! There are innocent lives at stake here! If screw we this up they're all goners!"
"Then we won't screw it up," said Raph, like it was simple.
Leo sighed and whispered to his brother, "Do I need to remind you how important one of them is to us?"
Raph sighed, knowing Leo was talking about Donnie, and said, "You're right, Ryu. I'm sorry."
"I know how you feel, Kurogane," said Mikey, taking his attention away from Snake. "I wanna beat them up too. We all do."
While Mikey was talking to his brother, Snake was reaching behind his back for something. Yoshi looked at his youngest son to tell him something and saw Snake pull out a hidden laser gun from behind his back. It was aimed right at Mikey's back.
Yoshi rushed towards Mikey and yelled, "Naoto, watch out!"
Just as Snake fired his gun, Yoshi jumped in front of his youngest son and took the shot himself. His children cried out in alarm and rushed to check on him, while Snake got up from where he was sitting and started running away.
"Don't worry about me," Yoshi weakly said as he held his side in agony. "Go after him."
"Will you be alright?" Leo asked.
"Never mind me," said Yoshi, "Go now!"
Leo nodded his head and he and his siblings ran after Snake as he himself climbed down a fire escape. They all climbed down after Snake and chased him through the streets. At one point, they had to split up into two pairs; Mikey with Miwa and Leo with Raph.
Miwa and Mikey ran in one direction, but did not find Snake. Leo and Raph ran another way and did not seem to have any better luck than the first team. Snake was actually hiding behind a dumpster nearby where Leo and Raph were looking for him. He thought they did not know he was there, but they actually did know and decided to act like they did not.
"Oh, great!" said Leo, faking annoyance. "We let him get away!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," said Raph, pretending to be arguing with his brother, "You're the one who split up the team, and that means you let him get away."
Leo glared at Raph and whispered, "You're not helping."
Raph smirked at him and whispered back, "I wasn't trying to."
Leo groaned and said back, loud enough for Snake to hear, "Okay, you want me to come with a new plan, here's one: we go back to the lair, gear up, and at midnight we take Snake's van and drive right up to the gate. They'll think we're him and we'll cruise right in."
"And then we bust some heads?" Raph asked.
"And then we bust some heads," said Leo.
The brothers bumped fists and Raph added, "I love a happy ending."
And with that, the two brothers left to rejoin their father, brother, and sister in order to fill them in on the plan. Snake grinned thinking he had the advantage, and then left to tell the Kraang about the ninjas who were going to arrive at their base at midnight.
Once the family arrived back home, the children had Shen tend to Yoshi's wound while Leo explained they're rescue plan to everyone. The plan was to make the Kraang think they would be driving the van all the way to the gate, when they were really only going to be inside for part of the trip. Once they were at a good enough distance from the base, they would rig the van to drive itself right up to the gate. While the Kraang were focused on the van, they would not notice the ninjas scaling the wall with Shuko.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Shen asked while she treated Yoshi's laser burn.
"I think it will," Leo confidently said.
Yoshi sat up from the couch and said, "No plan ever survived contact with the enemy. It is how you react to the unexpected that will determine whether or not you all succeed."
Mikey looked concerned at his father and asked, "You're not coming with us?"
Yoshi shook his head and said, "No, Michelangelo. The laser weakened me so badly that I will not be able to fight for some time. I'm afraid it is up to the four of you to complete this mission. And in order for you to function properly as a unit, one of you will have to lead in my place."
In response, Leo stepped forward and asked, "Can I be the leader?"
Raph pushed Leo aside and said, "Why should you be the leader? I'm the strongest fighter, it should be me."
"Excuse me?" said Miwa, arms crossed, "I'm the oldest, it should be me."
"No, it should be me," said Mikey. His siblings looked confused, and then Mikey added, "I don't really have a reason, I just think it'll be me."
Yoshi sighed and said, "This is a difficult decision. I will meditate."
Yoshi closed his eyes and appeared to be meditating. Not two seconds later, he opened his eyes and said, "It's Leonardo."
Miwa and Raph looked annoyed at their father's decision, but did not argue with him about it. Now that they had their new leader, the ninjas ran through the entire plan one more time just to be sure they all knew what to do.
Before they left to gear up for their mission, Leo began to worry about what might happen. Yoshi noticed and decided to talk to him.
"Are you alright, Leonardo?" Yoshi asked, "You seem distracted."
Leo sighed and said, "Honestly, I'm really nervous about this mission. There's so much riding on it. What if something goes wrong? What if we lose Donnie?"
"I share your concern, my son. Failure is a possibility that every leader must face," said Yoshi. He then frowned as he remembered his past, "It is something I had to face many years ago back in Japan during my final battle with my enemy, the Shredder.
Many years ago, Oroku Saki, as Shredder was called then, had been my friend and brother. But the love of a woman, your mother, came between us. Shredder could not accept it, and his jealously turned outward in a violent attack. And while he could not defeat me that day, the battle took the life of my father, Yuta, your grandfather, and was I forced to abandon Japan and disappear."
Leo looked up at his father and said, "But that's my point, dad, you lost everything."
"I lost many things that day. My father, my home, even my family name," Yoshi said in sadness. And then, almost instantaneously, he brightened up and said to his eldest son, "But I gained many things as well. Like your brothers. And I also still have you, your mother, and your sister."
Leo smiled, then he looked worried again and asked, "Do you think I'm ready for this?"
Yoshi put his hand on his son's shoulder and told him, "Leonardo, I made you leader for a reason."
"But what is that reason?" Leo asked.
Yoshi removed his hand and answered, "That is for you to discover on your own."
At midnight, Snake waited outside the front gate with several Kraang in human disguises and waited for the ninjas to show up. They all armed with laser guns and ready to start shooting at them.
After Snake assured the Kraang that were going to be there soon, one of the Kraang said to another, "Kraang are those who are coming to this place coming to this place?"
The other Kraang looked at the first and responded, "I lack that knowledge, Kraang. I will inquire of Kraang on that knowledge." the Kraang looked upward and asked, "Do have the knowledge if the ones coming to this place are near this place, Kraang?"
Before the third Kraang could answer, Snake got fed up with the way the Kraang were talking and yelled, "They're ninjas! Call them ninjas! Are the ninjas here?"
Right after Snake said that, a Kraang that was positioned on the wall pointed ahead and said, "There are lights of a vehicle which contain the ones you wish us to call 'the ninjas' coming to this place which you wish us to call 'here'."
"What are you talking about?!" Snake asked.
Right on cue, Snake turned around and saw his van driving very fast up to the gate. He and the Kraang open fired their laser guns at the van in an attempt to destroy the ninjas. Their lasers did no damage to the van and the vehicle did not slow it down either. The came closer and closer and Snake and the Kraang had to dive in order to avoid being hit before it crashed into the gate.
Snake landed roughly on the ground, then looked up just in time to see the strange chemical from before flying towards him. After it hit him, Snake screamed in pain as his body started changing. No one noticed his agonizing screams.
A Kraang went to examine the wreckage, but found that the van was empty. The van was rigged so that it could drive itself up to the gate.
The Kraang turned to the others and said, "The ones coming to this place are not in the vehicle bringing them to this place."
"Then in what place are the ones called 'the ninjas'?" another Kraang asked.
Unknown to the Kraang, the ninjas were nearby and scaling the wall with shuko. While they climbed, Mikey decided to ask siblings a question that had been on his mind for a while.
"Hey, guys, how do you think those 'Kraang' guys knew about Donnie anyway?" Mikey asked.
"I would assume that they got a hold of the article that he was in last year," said Miwa. Mikey still looked confused, so Miwa continued, "Donnie won first prize in last year's science fair and his project was featured in a magazine. I think the Kraang found the article and decided to target him."
"Whoa," said Mikey, "Those aliens really do hunt people, don't they?"
Once they were all inside, the ninjas started sneaking around looking for anything that might help them figure out where Donnie and the O'Neil's were being held. It was difficult ignoring the undisguised robots, but they managed to sneak around undetected.
Finally, Mikey found a locked cell and looked inside. When he saw his immediate older brother, Mikey called to his other siblings, "I've found them! They're here!"
Donnie smiled at the sight of his family, but April and Kirby looked confused about what some kids were doing there dressed up as ninjas.
"Don't worry, I'll get you all out," said Mikey, "Just hang on."
"Okay," said Donnie, "Just be careful not to set anything off."
Mikey simply shrugged and said, "Relax. I've got everything under control."
No sooner did Mikey say that when he looked around the wall for a way to open the call. He found a button on the wall that he assumed opened the cell and pressed it. Unfortunately, he right away found out that the button was not for opening the cell door, but for sounding the alarm.
Mikey cringed and said, "Oh, geez."
"Naoto!" the other ninjas groaned, while Donnie face palmed.
Leo turned to Mikey and asked, "Why'd you have to press that button?"
"I thought it opened the door," said Mikey.
Miwa glared at him and asked, "Did it occur to you that that thing right next to the door is the lock? Or that the aliens wouldn't have made the cell door easy to open if they wanted to hold people captive?"
"Sorry," said Mikey, feeling slightly embarrassed.
Right on cue, Kraang droids came rushing down the hall and started open firing at the ninjas. Leo knew they had no choice but to fight back, but he also knew that they could not leave Donnie and the O'Neil's in that cell. At the same time, he wondered how he was going to get them out when the only one who might be able to pick the lock was trapped inside. That was when he got an idea.
"Think you can pick the lock from the inside?" Leo asked, "I was told you're quite the hacker."
"I tried that earlier," said Donnie, "It was pretty difficult even with my skills."
"Well, try again," said Miwa, "We're gonna hold them off and give you some time to try and figure it out."
"Okay," said Donnie, then he knelt down to try to pick the lock again, while his disguised siblings fought off the Kraang.
April walked up to Donnie and asked, "How exactly do you know these guys?"
"Sorry, April, I'm not allowed to say," said Donnie, still working on picking the lock, "Believe me, if could tell you, I would."
While Donnie was trying to pick the lock, Raph got very frustrated with how slow his brother's progress was going, so he walked up to the outside lock and started stabbing it with his sai. April was about to yell for Raph to stop when the back door opened and three pairs of Kraang droids came into the cell. Donnie stopped his progress to attempt to fight them, but two of the droids quickly overpowered him and held him tightly. The other two pairs grabbed Kirby and April and started dragging them away along with the pair that held Donnie just when Raph finally got the door open.
The ninjas were not going to give up so easily and ran to catch up to the Kraang, while trying to avoid being shot at. They all ran down the hallway until they reached the exit doors. The Kraang tried to chase them outside, but Raph quickly shut the doors and used the severed arm of a droid to bar them shut.
His siblings looked shocked at him and Leo commented, "You are seriously twisted."
"I'll take that as a compliment," said Raph with a smile.
They suddenly heard April scream for help and looked to see her, Kirby, and Donnie being forced to walked across the rooftop towards a waiting helicopter. Knowing that them being loaded onto the helicopter meant they would lose their brother, the ninja teens picked up their pace and headed for the roof.
They suddenly found themselves blocked by a large tree trunk-like leg. Following the trunk upward, the kids found themselves face to face with a giant, snarling, green, plant-like monster with a face like praying mantis. Instead of hands, the creature had lobster claw-like leaves. In the center of its chest, they saw what appeared to be a giant beating heart.
Donnie's eyes widened in shock when he caught a glimpse of it from the roof as he said, "Impossible."
The creature growled angrily at the ninjas and said, "You did this to me with that ooze! Now you're going to pay!"
Leo recognized the voice of the creature and said, "It's Snake! He's turned into a-a giant weed!"
Miwa's eyes widened in shock as she realized something important. "The chemical!" She said, "I forgot to take a canister out before we rigged the van!"
"You think that glowing stuff did this?" Raph asked in shock.
"What else could've done this?" said Miwa.
The creature that was once Snake screeched and snapped his claws at the ninjas. They had to dodge in order to avoid being hurt by his attacks. He did not seem interested in an apology that Mikey tried to give him and just seemed interested in destroying them. The teens fought back with all their might, but it was hard when their opponent regenerated his lost limbs.
During the fight, Leo heard the helicopter preparing to take off and their brother and the O'Neil's being brought closer to it.
Leo turned to his sister and said, "Karai, go! We'll take care of him!"
Miwa nodded Raph gave her a boost to get up to the roof before turning his attention back to the fight against Snake.
"We just need to hold him off until Karai gets back," Leo said to his brothers.
Right after Leo said that, more Kraang came out and started shooting at them.
"While not getting shot at by aliens," said Raph.
"Obviously," said Leo, as he got ready to fight more.
Meanwhile, Miwa finally made it to the roof just as the Kraang started trying to force a struggling Donnie into the helicopter. To save him, Miwa whipped out her Tessen and threw it right at the droids head. The Tessen hit the droid square in the face, causing it to lose its concentration long enough for Donnie to free himself from its grip.
Once Donnie was free, Miwa ran up to Donnie and started looking him over and asking if he was alright.
"I'm okay," said Donnie, trying to assure his sister. He then noticed another Kraang preparing to shoot her and screamed, "Look out!"
Donnie pushed her to the ground before the Kraang fired its laser and saved her from being shot. He then reached over, grabbed her Tessen, and returned it to her. She threw said weapon at the other Kraang and then finished it off by stabbing it with her hidden tanto sword.
Donnie sat up and saw the helicopter taking off with April and Kirby inside, and April was looking at him almost pleadingly. Donnie got ready to charge after the helicopter, but Miwa stopped him saying that she would get them. Donnie wanted to protest, but held his tongue when Miwa reminded him that he was unarmed and that she was sure that him going after the Kraang would only be giving them what they want. Reluctantly, Donnie stayed behind and left Miwa to rescue April and Kirby.
To get to the helicopter, Miwa found a long stick and used it to pole vault herself to the air transport. She grabbed the skid and dangled there as she planned to hijack it from the Kraang. Only problem was the helicopter kept swerving trying to shake her off. Miwa climbed across the skids and tried to get inside when a Kraang came out armed with a laser gun aimed at her.
"Oh, good," Miwa sarcastically said, "For a second there I thought this was gonna be too easy!"
The Kraang shot at Miwa, and she dodged by climbing underneath the helicopter. Thinking quickly, Miwa climbed back over to the Kraang, grabbed it around the neck with her legs, and threw it out of the helicopter. As the Kraang fell, it fired more shots at Miwa, only to hit the helicopter and cause April to fall out.
"Miwa! April!" Donnie screamed when he saw what happened, forgetting that he had to keep his families identities secret.
Luckily, April grabbed onto the skid just in time. As she held on for dear life, April looked directly at the ninja girl in front of her and stared in shock; she could swear she heard Donnie call her the same name as his older sister. However, before she could say anything, April lost her grip and fell towards the earth.
Miwa saw this and launched herself from the helicopter to catch April in midair. Using her ninja training, Miwa caught April and jumped, slid, and rolled down the building for a safe landing for herself and April. Donnie saw this and started making his way down the building to meet up with them.
"Are you okay?" Miwa asked April.
As April caught her breath, she looked up at the helicopter and said, "Dad."
Miwa looked up with her and saw the same thing. Miwa then turned back to April, sighed, and said, "I'm sorry. But it was either let them get away or let you fall."
"I understand, Miwa," said April, "Thank you for trying to save my dad, and for saving me."
Miwa was surprised to hear April use her real name, but did not let it show as she said, "My name is Karai."
"You don't have to lie," said April, "I heard Donnie call out your real name."
Miwa's eyes widened in shock, then she heard her brother coming their way and shot him a glare. Donnie shrank when he saw his sisters glare.
"We'll talk about that later," said Miwa, then she put April down and said, "Don't use my real name here. Or the others."
With that, they all rushed down to the ground just in time to see Leo, Raph, and Mikey leading snake, whom Mikey had renamed Snakeweed, straight towards a power generator with several Kraang shooting at them. Donnie remarked that that was both stupid and brilliant and Miwa could not help but laugh at their antics when taunting Snakeweed and the Kraang, especially Leo's because he did not act silly very often.
The taunting kept up until Snakeweed was right in front of the generator. Leo taunted the Kraang and made them fire at the generator, causing it to explode and fry Snakeweed. The resulting explosion was enough of a distraction to give them time to escape with April and Donnie.
After they left, the Kraang began to speculate that 'the ones called the ninjas' could be a threat to their plans and should be eliminated. At the same time, it appeared that the ninjas had not seen the last of Snakeweed.
On the way home, Miwa had no choice but to tell April that not only was she a ninja, but so were all of her younger brothers, even Donnie. April was surprised at first, but then thought it made perfect sense how they were able to fight so well.
They figured the next best move was to head home and tell their parents what happened, so they returned to the antique store, where Shen and Yoshi were waiting for them. When they walked through the door, Yoshi and Shen were overjoyed to see Donatello with them. Shen was so happy to have her son back unharmed that she walked up to him and pulled him into a tight hug. Yoshi smiled warmly at his third son's safety, and then he noticed that April was with them. Yoshi asked what she was doing there and what happened to her father, so the children began explaining the events of the night.
When the children told them that the Kraang escaped with Kirby, Shen and Yoshi knew they had no choice but to call the police and report him as missing. Miwa, Leo, Raph, and Mikey also changed out of their ninja attire before the police arrived. Unfortunately, when the kids told them the information about the Kraang, the police did not seem to believe it; not even when Miwa showed them her pictures of the Kraang and robot body, they thought it was fake. They figured that the kids were still in shock over what happened and that was why they were claiming aliens abducted Kirby.
They also allowed April to call her aunt to pick her up and let her stay with her. They at first worried about her knowledge about their ninja identity, but felt better when April swore to never tell anyone what she knew. While April called her aunt, Donnie decided to change out of his costume. After April was done with her conversation with her aunt, the Hamato teens decided to talk to her and make sure she was alright.
"Are you gonna be okay, April?" Mikey asked.
April sighed and answered, "I guess so. My aunt said I can stay with her as long as I want, but I'll be a lot better when I track down the creeps who took my dad."
Leo looked upset as he said, "I'm that the police weren't very helpful."
April laughed a bit and said, "I'm not surprised. The police don't usually take people all that seriously when they're told someone was kidnapped by aliens."
"That goes without saying," said Mikey, in disappointment.
"Don't worry, April," said Leo, "We won't rest until we find your dad."
Raph pounded his fists and added, "You can count on it."
April smiled at her friends and said, "Thanks. But it's not your fight."
Miwa put a hand on April's shoulder and said, "Yes, it is. It became our fight when they kidnapped our brother."
"Hey, where is Donnie?" April asked, noticing the absence of the third brother.
"Oh, he's in the bathroom," said Mikey.
Right on cue, Donnie arrived in the living room and said, "Not anymore. I'm done."
April turned around to talk to Donnie and was surprised at what she saw; in the doorway was her friend Donnie in pajamas... and wearing eye glasses. She had never seen him where glasses before, in fact she had no idea he wore glasses at all.
"Donnie?" April asked, "You wear glasses?"
Donnie scratched the back of his head and said, "Oh, yeah. But I usually wear contacts 'cause I like the way they look better."
April smiled and said, "Well, the glasses look good too."
Donnie blushed and asked, "Really?"
"Yeah," said April, "You should where them more often."
Donnie smiled at April's statement about his glasses and was about to reply when Shen came in and told them that April's would soon be arriving, so April should go downstairs to wait for her. April said her goodbyes to the siblings and then went down to wait for her aunt.
After she left, Donnie looked at himself in the mirror and said to himself, "Maybe wearing my glasses more isn't such a bad idea."
Before going to bed, Yoshi took Leo aside to talk with him.
"I am impressed, Leonardo," said Yoshi, "You proved to be an effective leader under the most difficult of circumstances."
"Thank you, dad," said Leo, and then he grinned and added, "And I think I know why you made me leader."
"Oh?" said Yoshi, "Why is that?"
Leo put a hand on his heart as he replied in a heroic tone of voice, "Because you sensed inside of me a great warrior spirit that will forge us into the heroes we are destined to become."
Yoshi was silent for a minute, making Leo assume he answered correctly, and then he replied, "No."
Leo was confused at the answer his father gave him and asked, "Then why did you make me leader?"
Yoshi looked Leo directly in the face and answered, "I made you leader because... you asked."
"That's it?" Leo asked in surprise, "But you seemed so certain you were right."
"As a leader, you will learn that there is no right or wrong, there are only choices," Yoshi explained to his eldest son.
"So you could've chosen any of us?" Leo asked, "Even Mikey?"
I'm response, Yoshi laughed and said, "No. That would have been wrong."
The next day, the teens were getting ready for school when Yoshi noticed something different about one of his sons.
"Donatello, I notice you are still wearing your glasses," he said.
Donnie smiled at his father eknowledging his eyewear and said, "Yeah, I thought I'd wear them to school today."
"Very well," said Yoshi, "But I would advise against wearing them during today's training session; eyeglasses and ninjutsu are not a very good combination."
"Okay," said Donnie, "That's fair."
Before anymore could be said, Shen turned on the TV to the morning news and the family received the shock of their lives when they saw a story about ninjas in New York. The reporter talked about neighbors reporting disturbances and then showed a picture of a ninja star with their family crest.
"Oh geez," said Miwa, cringing a bit.
Mikey beemed as he said, "Sweet! We're gonna be famous!"
"Technically, we're not because you were working behind the scenes," said Donnie.
Yoshi looked sternly at his children and said, "You must be more careful. If anything else went wrong, you could have been identified."
Raph just shrugged and said, "Relax, it's just one local news story. What's the worst that can happen?"
As it turned out, the story did not remain purely local news. The ninja story got picked up but a worldwide news station and traveled all the way to Japan, where was viewed by an old enemy; the Shredder.
When he saw the story, the Shredder recognized the crest and knew it could only mean one thing.
"So, my old enemy is alive in New York and is training ninjas of his own," said Shredder. He then put on his helmet and ordered his men, "Prepare my jet. I need to visit an old friend in New York."
Once his Foot Ninja were gone, the Shredder reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. It was a photo of himself holding a baby wrapped up in a red blanket.
"My son, at long last, you shall be avenged," Shredder said to the picture of his son.