I've been looking forward to this chapter. Let the build-up really begin!
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Breaking Point
The alarm went off Donnie motioned Attila inside as Klunk sat on his shoulder careful not to touch anything as they looked up at the screen to see that Donnie's computer had picked up Baron Draxum having captured several humans and Animals at the Central park Zoo. Including the Rhino Attila, April and Klunk encountered before. "He must be making more Mutants!" Raph deduced. "I say it's high time we kick him out of New York once and for all!"
"Sounds good to me!" Donnie agreed.
"Yeah!" Leo added as Attila backed away they turned to see him trembling. The brothers look at each other.
"Hey it's okay; we'll handle Goat Butt you just stay comfy little man." Raph assured rubbing his shoulder before turning the twins "Mad Dogz! Let's roll!" Raph shouted as they ran out. Attila following as he sat down.
Attila watched them go he hung his head sadly feeling ashamed. "Don't they get tired coddling you? How can you be so pathetic so scared, with how powerful he says you are, you could easily spear head driving Draxum away." A voice in his head told himself. He sighed sitting down as Klunk tried to comfort him.
"It's okay," she muttered as Attila sadly nodded.
X X X
The three snuck in and watched as Draxum had used his vines to lift two Zoo goers and the Rhino and Warthog. Donnie pulled down his goggles suddenly seeing that Huggin and Muggin were pulling at part of the Rhino's exhibit. "Mystic Metal, Draxum wants it too?" he asked quizzically.
As they went to move in Draxum did something they didn't expect. He suddenly swatted the Oozequito away! "Uhhh why did he just do that!?" Leo asked eyes widened in shock. "He just swatted away an Oozequito!" he said hugging Raph's head and pointing with his sword.
"Allow me to distract him with my Multidimensional reflective orb Neutralizer!" Donnie shouted as he tapped a button on his Tech-Bo but out came a disco ball.
"That's a Disco Ball." Leo Deadpanned.
"He's just trying to throw us off!" Raph argued moving them aside. "Let's put our plan into action." The plan being drive away Draxum then get tacos and tell Attila he was gone for good the turtles jumped in. "Hey Goat face: I thought you already had Rhino and Warthog mutants! Or are you just feeling like more?" Raph taunted as Draxum turned to them.
"Well, if it isn't Attila's second rate brothers. I don't believe anyone said anything about me gathering more Mutants. I'm simply moving them out of the way." Draxum corrected sardonically.
At that moment, Huggin and Muggin pulled out something that they had been digging out. "We got it boss!" Huggin shouted as they carried the piece of black metal together.
"Wait!" Raph shouted as Draxum summoned a portal and instantly disappeared with his two Gargoyles.
"Oh well, clearly the sight of my Disco Ball scared him off. You are welcome, you are welcome and the Central Park Zoo is welcome." Donnie boasted pointing at his brothers before gesturing to the entire Zoo.
"Donnie, just because he created Attila doesn't mean they're anything alike." Raph deadpanned.
"What's that psychopath up to now!?" Leo warily asked. "He swatted away an Oozequito and we just found out he's been collecting Mystic Metal like the Foot Clan!"
"If he's searching for Mystic Metal, perhaps we can use one of the pieces we procured as bait. To lure Draxum out; then kick him out of New York." Donnie suggested.
"Brilliant: Time to put operation Kick Goat Butt forever into action!" Raph decreed the three ran off.
"I will scare him with my Terrifying Discotheque!" Donnie declared the three Teenage Mutants unaware of the Magpie that had appeared pecking at the still Oozequito.
X X X
Klunk and Attila were drawing Attila was finally beginning to feel better but the idea of being useless when fighting Draxum still weighed on his mind. He suddenly heard cheerful singing.
"Life for me is perfect! Eat whatever I want. Dance around in my robe." Splinter sang while shaking his hips and zigzagging his arms as the two watched him curiously, "time to lose the Robe!" He sang pulling a bit of his shoulders.
"BAD!" Klunk shrieked.
"MY EEEEYYYESSS!" Attila screamed covering his eyes.
"YOU'RE STILL HERE!?" he asked twisting around in a way that made him yelp, "MY BACK!"
"Ohmigosh! I'm so sorry I didn't mean too I-"Attila begged practically.
"We're good Orange," Splinter muttered pained as he twisted his back a little and sang again. "Yeouch there goes my ba-ack, just a Conga mishap!" He said straightening his spine a couple of times with a thrust. "This should fix it right up," He sang as he finished with a flip. "Oooh he said, all better." He said standing up with ease.
"Whew," Attila muttered in relief.
"Conga, Conga, Con-ga!" Klunk sang dancing along the floor shaking her tail a little as she stepped in a pattern. They suddenly heard April laugh as she had just come in.
"Check you out Klunk," She said picking her up and petting her head.
"Head Pats are nice," she muttered as Splinter and Attila noticed the large orange foot on the black T-shirt that was the center piece of her head undershirt and leggings with yellow shoes. They gasped as images of sinister men and Ninjas then a full on metallic monster entered Splinter's mind with Bebop and Rocksteady entering Attila's. Splinter gasped jumping back in shock. Attila yelped and got into a fighting stance a few feet away from April who gave them a confused look.
"That is a curious symbol," Splinter said thoughtfully not taking his eyes off it.
"You mean the Logo for the shoe store I work at, The Foot Shack?" April asked as she let Klunk down who climbed up on the Recliner to listen in.
"The Foot Shack?!" Splinter said warily before humming. "Perhaps I should drop by, I do love uhhh kickies!" he said quickly thinking of an excuse.
"Kickies?" April asked suspiciously. "You mean shoes?"
"Kids these days, they call them Kickies." Splinter said holding a finger up sagely.
"We do?" Attila asked as Klunk tilted her head.
"Yes you do," Splinter hissed hinting at him to play along Attila nodded quietly. "I will come down today. My uhhh pump sandals have lost their pump!" he shouted kicking his own shoes off and smacking his lips and making a hissing noise wiggling his thumb.
"Nohoho way!" April shouted waving her hands at him. "You are not bugging me my at my new job lookin' this whole situation." She said spinning her pointed finger before it finished off to the side she then wagged it, "nuh uh, bad idea!"
"Okay," Attila resolved. "Time to use the power I have, that Leo said even Draxum doesn't know about!" he declared getting in front of April and mustering the biggest, softest puppy dog eyes he could muster. "PWEEEEAAAAASSEEE?" He asked clasping his hands together and begging. April simply patted his head.
"Nice try but no." she said moving around him once she left he turned to Splinter.
"Splinter we've fought bad guys with that Symbol!" Attila cried as Klunk gasped.
"So you've seen them before, hmmm this is serious….." Splinter muttered.
"What?" Attila asked worriedly.
"I don't want to alarm you Orange. But I believe not only are these Criminals running April's shoe store but they're also part of an Evil Cult."
"OMIGOSH!" Attila screamed as Klunk screeched in horror. "We can't let April be sacrificed to the Evil Blood God Xanadu!"
"First of all was Zethulu. Second that is a fictional Evil God. But what the group I am thinking of serves is something far, far worse…" Splinter warned with narrow eyes.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Attila screamed in horror hands at the side of his head.
"SAVE APRIL!" Klunk screeched her voice cracking.
"Don't worry!" Splinter assured holding up a razor. "We will go right now and blend in seamlessly at April's store!" he said as she shaved himself. Then proceeded to dress up into a pair of blue jeans a pink and grey baseball cap with purple arm bands and a green leaf pattern shirt where the leaves were a darker green. Attila grabbed a pair of large black Khakis followed by a tie dye T-shirt with orange and gold blending as Klunk became a white and brown bucket hat on his head.
"I look good!" Splinter said proud of his work as he patted himself over, "clothes of a teen; Body of a Greek God." He said suavely.
"Greek God?" Klunk asked her thoughts in a cloud bubble going to the large fat drunk Greek God they saw in the movie Fantasia.
"Now remember if anyone asks I am Randall and you are…." Splinter asked waiting for him a bit impatiently with a couple finger snaps.
"Alvis!" Attila decided.
"Okay good let's go!" Splinter said as they rushed out the door and headed to the Manhole to the surface they began to climb. Splinter was panting behind Attila who was already almost half-way.
"Uhhg I'm a Greek God who should've done more than one pull up a yeeaaarrr!" he groaned as he struggled to climb.
"Do you need help Splinter?" Attila asked as he looked down.
"No need cough pant, I'm fine!" Splinter weakly assured. Attila and Klunk passed nervous glances to each other. They then heard the man cover get pulled off, as they began to hear the voices of Leo and the others.
"Let's hurry and get some Mystic Metal to trap Draxum." He heard Raph say.
"Draxum wants it too, maybe to make armor or weapons," Attila thought to himself as he climbed a bit more.
"So how do we bait him out?" Leo asked.
"I've got an idea about that," Raph said, as they suddenly saw Attila and Splinter Climbing.
"Pops, Attila?!" the three asked.
"Hi!" Klunk said from atop Attila's head.
"Whatcha guys up too?" Leo asked.
"Just some father son, kitty-cat time. Maybe you should come with us!" Attila suggested.
"Sorry can't we're on a super important mission to kick Draxum out of New York!" Raph said.
"Don't tell dad about it or that we've found Mystic Metal! He would not be happy. Instead he should think we are having a Normal Mystic Free day!" Donnie declared as they suddenly heard grunting Splinter had caught up to Attila but had slipped and suddenly fell backwards gripping the bar with his feet.
"Boys…" he greeted.
"Dad," they greeted back. There was an awkward silence between them. Attila finally broke it up.
"So…..uhhhh, "Attila muttered nervous about, "Let's go have fun Dad!" he said hinting to move.
"Yes indeed!" he said trying to right himself only for his back to act up, he tweaked it and tried to climb only to fall again but he caught himself before slipping down completely but his back snapped back to normal and he expertly caught himself. He then while singing his song jump climbed the ladder even managing to jump over Attila clearing the Box Turtle easily who then followed after him.
X X X
Raph's idea was sitting Donnie on top of the Turtle Tank and Drive around while calling out on his stereo. "Oh Draxum look at us we have Mystic Metal! Come and Get it!"
"He'll definitely see us right away at this rate." Leo nodded a bit smugly liking how things were going so far.
"I knew this was a good plan! Donnie's not the only genius in the family!" Raph declared proudly. "See him yet Donnie?" he asked.
"No but I do see a terrible misuse of the word Gen- ACH!" Donnie yelped coughing wildly. "I swallowed a bug…I ate it," he muttered his voice a bit weak from the ordeal as he suddenly noticed a large shadow over him and looked up as a giant Mutant Magpie rushed down at him as he yelped.
"Ahh, ahhh Bird, Bird Gia-giant get off!" he stuttered in fear as it looked right at him.
"What's he saying turn left or right?" Raph asked trying to listen to what Donnie was saying.
Leo tried to listen but couldn't quite hear it sounded like Donnie was being disconnected. "I'm not-"The Tank lurched suddenly as they suddenly saw Donnie struggling in the Talons of a giant Mutant Bird.
"SOMETHING'S GOT DONNIE NOT PART OF MY PLAN!" Raph cried in shock as the Turtle Tank raced after them.
X X X
They got off the bus, Attila could see the Shoe Shack ahead its neon orange light beginning to shine with a large Foot on the front on it. He looked at Splinter and sucked in a breath pushing a question he had wanted to know since coming back from Italy. "Uhhh Splinter….if you had….managed….to….save me….what….would….you….havenamedme?! WHATWOULD"VEBEENMYNAME!" he half shrieked as Splinter covered his mouth gently and shushed him.
"Keep your voice down! We're undercover remember?" Splinter hissed. "But I would've called you Michelangelo." He replied unaware of his youngest son getting starry eyes in sheer fan delight. "Although Giovanni is a good name to YIPE!" he shouted as Attila hugged him tightly.
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I'M SO GLAD THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD'VE PICKED!" Attila screamed happily hugging him tightly and spinning him around.
"AHHH!" Splinter Yelped when he felt his back crick hard. His upper half fell back a bit. He sang as he slowly slithered himself up in Attila's arms wiggling his spine before doing an arm thrust up that corrected his back. "Ohhh if you want your name to be Michelangelo, just change it to that."
"I can do that!?" Attila asked in awe as Klunk gasped in shock.
"Of course it's your name," Splinter replied pulling himself out of the Turtles arms and jumping down.
"I'm glad…." Attila said in relief.
"What is wrong with your current name?" Splinter asked quietly.
"Everything," Attila admitted before suddenly they were splashed. "EEEWWWW!" Attila squicked as he shivered at the water.
"BAAAD!" Klunk said shaking herself off and hissing changing back for a few moments.
"Sigh, New York, what a town…." Splinter resignedly said. They then all looked upon the building.
"Attila's not my name anymore…" Michelangelo muttered. Splinter silently nodded squeezing his hand before they walked inside after letting go.
"Inside wasn't that large. It looked like more of the building was in the back. The walls were a simple Dark Gold with red and purple trims with images of Ninja around. Light Electronic music was playing as they looked around Mikey staying close to Splinter.
A Glance at the walls showed the shelves having Shuriken inside of them. A couple of shoes were even hung up by them. There was a teen bored out of his mind at the cash register. The store also had shirts that a couple of customers were looking at. As they went in a bit further. Mikey noticed a large metallic black door with a gold fire ball design on it. In the center with three scaled blades were three large gold colored feet. The door stuck out it felt something ominous behind it as he and Splinter sat down on a bench.
The Rat man had grabbed a nearby pair of shoes and put them on. Mikey grabbed a pair of Orange sandals doing the same. As they sat as suddenly one of the employees approached them carrying a mountain of boxes. April poked her head out. "Hi how may I help- Uhhg!" she gagged at the sight of Splinter's feet as she fell back dropping the boxes. Attila looked at the feet they were filthy with long untrimmed claws he felt himself barf a little as he looked away.
"Attila, Splints! You can't be in here!" April groaned.
"Uhhh you must have us confused with other people!" Splinter replied.
"Yeah, we are Randall and Alvis!" Mikey agreed smiling.
"Average Teenage boys!" Splinter declared as they both dabbed but suddenly all of Splinter's fur grew back all at once. They gasped in shock even Klunk who's eyes appeared on her disguise.
"Klunk too!? You're gonna get me fired!" April hissed.
"But you can't stay here! Your shoe store is run by an evil Cult that serves the worst Blood God ever!" Mikey yelped practically hugging her. "Also my name is Michelangelo now."
"Oh cool we can shorten that too Mikey, Michael and Mike! Now you three gotta go! Mikey there are no Blood Gods! And you Splinter don't look anything like a Teenager!" she snapped at them.
"Hey average teenage boys what kickies ya getting?!" another employee of the store asked as Splinter smiled at April smugly.
"I will take a size six pair of Kickies!" he said pointing out his foot to the manager that ran off.
"Listen apparently the boys have fought with the most evil force to walk the Earth! Hence why my suspicions are strong! Evil is out there! And it is here in this store!" Splinter warned.
"You cannot be serious." April deadpanned. Suddenly Mikey yelped and grabbing both of them pulled them under the bench using all his might to keep them down as two men in black and red uniforms with black wrapping with the Foot symbol on their chest passed. Mikey had recognized them despite the change of clothes.
"It's the flaming Foot heads that are stealing mystic metal and they've tried to kidnap me!" he whimpered his lower lip trembling.
The two had gone across the room and immediately entered the strange vault Mikey had seen. "I must see what's in that vault!" Splinter declared as he rushed across the room and tried to pry it open before Splinter could stop him.
"Security we have someone trying to break into the Mangers office." Said a voice Mikey instantly recognized as one of the other employees grabbed Splinter and tossed him out.
"That was Bebop's voice!" Mikey cried as he grabbed April's shoulders and began pushing her while Klunk became a copy of him and started pulling her out.
"What are you two doing!? Let me go! Don't make me whack you!" April threatened getting angry now.
"But you have to get out of the Evil Shoe store!" Mikey cried.
"Store bad! Store bad!" Klunk added as they managed to pull her out the door. They heard Splinter gasp.
"A Skylight!" he shouted rushing around to try and climb towards it. "It might overlook the secret room!" He shouted back to them.
"No!" April shouted throwing Klunk and Mikey off her and she chased after Splinter. Mikey with Klunk on his shoulder hot on their heels. Splinter jumped up and began climbing, Mikey soon followed.
"Not you too!" April pleaded but the Box Turtle was too focused on climbing to pay attention to her. "Attila!" April slipped as she climbed up to the roof. They weren't aware of Raph and Leo trying to save Donnie from being eaten by a Mutant Magpie.
"It's Michelangelo!" he shouted to her as Splinter pushed on the window only for it to flip around catching all three who fell down. April gasped and looked over where they fell. The three were in a pile Mikey and Klunk on top of Splinter as the Turtle gave her a painful thumbs up with a weak toothy grin.
April took a breath. "Make sure they're okay and get them out! No one has to know! And you don't have to lose your job!" She gasped when she suddenly saw a large Rhino Mutant and a Warthog mutant standing with a bunch of Ninja's.
"Okay maybe a Team Meeting I forgot about….but those mutants…" She muttered nervously as Splinter pulled her down.
"It's Bebop and Rocksteady!" Attila hissed.
"Wait them, they kind of look like those boys from before." April muttered.
"Because that's who they used to be!" Attila replied quietly thinking back to the day when he remembered something. Rocksteady's Tattoo: "Wait Rocksteady has a large Foot Tattoo and he and Bebop were at the Mystic Library with the Flame heads! But they said they were sent to get my and kill Tiger Claw by Draxum…..does that mean Draxum and the Cult are working together!? But Draxum hates humans! Why would he!?"
"They might've have promised him something. Either way, Draxum is being used by The Foot Clan." Splinter explained darkly.
"So the Evil Cult is called The Foot Clan? Is the Blood God named Toe Nail?" April joked still not believing it.
"I don't know maybe!" Mikey whimpered.
"April, please you do not know the great evil these men are capable of!" Splinter hissed as they watched.
Mikey saw Foot Brute wheel something out before the Ninja and two Mutants. He rolled it up next to Foot Lieutenant.
"Behold Warriors of the Foot Clan!" Lieutenant declared pulling off a cover that took forever to come off as both Mikey and Splinter whimpered in fear holding each other as it became more and more undone.
"Too loooonggg!" Klunk complained when the cloth finally came off revealing shiny blue and purple pump sandals.
"Our new Spring Line! Aren't they beautiful!?" Lieutenant asked excitedly.
"Very much so!" Bebop declared.
"Love the colors boss!" Rocksteady added.
"Uhhhh…." Mikey muttered in shock his head practically in his shell as Splinter blinked.
"Pump Sandals, That's a real thing!?" The three stared as April sighed shaking her head.
"I told you guys there was nothing evil about the Shoe Store. Now you gotta go before-"
"Which we will use for tonight's acquisition," Lieutenant replied as everyone got their sandals on while he was unrolling a scroll revealing a scroll with a spiked monster on it with a piece of it in a smaller circle.
"Blood God/Scary Monster!" Mikey and Klunk yelped together.
"Oh…" April muttered.
Splinter gasped pulling himself up a bit as images of destruction filled his head. "NO AAHHG!" he yelped as Mikey pulled him back. "No, I am too old and far too weak!" he groaned at himself.
"For what!?" April asked.
"The Evil that is about to be unleashed," Splinter replied warily clenching his fist.
"The Blood God!" Mikey whimpered.
"Not a Blood God but a Powerful Demon banished five hundred years ago." Splinter replied. "That picture is a piece of the Krystal Yistal! No, no, no," he muttered correcting himself. "The Kaitlin Yatlin, Ah! The Koroi Yoroi! A Mystic Armor that swallowed the soul of the Mad Man who wore it! When he was finally defeated, the armor was scattered around the Globe! For Centuries my ancestors made sure none of the pieces fell into the Hands of the Foot Clan!"
"Those guys!? I really do work at an Evil shoe store?!" April gasped.
"And they serve the worst monster ever!" Mikey moaned confirming this.
"I did not believe the legend either. So I unlike my ancestors was more chillax about my Destiny." Splinter sheepishly admitted rubbing the back of his head. "Instead of protecting Humanity and Yada-Yada, I chose fame and fortune I dated Starlets! Oh that's where I got those names from!" Splinter gasped a light going off in his head. "I raced cars!" he said getting nostalgic. "And I had a good time! A Really, really, really, really, very really good time! Did I mention I had a really good time?"
"Yes," Klunk said flatly as everyone was unaware of Mikey hanging his head a little in the background.
"Yeah got that part," April said flicking his nose in annoyance.
"And while I danced through life, the Dreaded Foot, were regrouping!" Splinter said darkly with regret the entire group unaware that the Mutant Magpie was trying to eat Donnie as he screamed wildly. "Once they collect the armor their Master will be freed!"
"Mind blown this is a Total Game changer!" April stated making a motion with her hands as Klunk gasped.
"And then there will be nothing that can save us!" Splinter hissed warily.
"Maybe there is something! Draxum created me with your DNA to prevent a prophecy of a Human Threat to the Yokai! That must be the Foot! I'll have to finally embrace my Destiny but on my terms!" Mikey said as Leo and Raph who he forgot about alongside Donnie crashed the Turtle Tank into the Magpie.
"Are you sure Michelangelo, you are accepting a treacherous and trying path." Splinter warned.
"I've already been through Hell! What's saving the world? I'll defeat the Foot Clan save innocent humans and the Yokai!" Attila asked himself looking at his hands and gripping them.
"Mikey…." Klunk muttered.
"We've got your back Mikey! No way, we can let them do this!" April cheered as the Foot Ninja began to march out in their pump sandals.
"To the Train Station to seize the Artifact!" Lieutenant declared pointing as they all marched out of the Vault Bebop and Rocksteady holding the door open.
"We have to go deeper under cover! Orange Kitty cat get us Ninja Gi!" Splinter instructed as the two saluted Mikey quickly circled around the line. And grabbed two Ninja and tied them up and hid them away as he grabbed their Gi leaving them in their Underwear as Klunk became a Kunai on Mikey's belt. He quickly bounced back holding up Splinter's. "Good work," Splinter said taking it to change as Mikey quickly got in line. "Don't worry we will April?" he asked looking around the Girl had already left to go after Mikey he grabbed the mask and put it on.
"You will never walk the Earth again!" Splinter Swore.
"Shredder!"
X X X
They snuck outside the air was chilly Mikey shivered a little bit he had to hold still. They couldn't know he was a turtle. Worse the Turtle they tried to kidnap. They heard April come up behind them. "April it is too dangerous! We are going deep undercover to make sure they don't even get one piece of the evil armor. Give our love to the boys." Splinter said to her.
April was already on her phone. "Hey guys your pops and bro love you. And Attila goes by Michelangelo now, do not reply all!" she said as they heard a pop.
X X X
There was a ring as Donnie pulled his head and right arm out of the bird's massive beak to read the text. "Oh Attila changed his name to Michelangelo."
"Okay good to know but that doesn't help us now!" Leo added from the left wing.
"Focus we need to get you and the Metal back so we can find Draxum!" Raph added from the right.
"Yeah, yeah, let's get this bird out of the air! Everyone start pulling feathers!" Donnie shouted as they did so causing the bird to thrash until it was naked and began plummeting out of the air as they did somehow Donnie's Phone was bumped and was dialing April he spun in the air trying to cancel. "Oh no Butt dial!"
X X X
Attila looked at the van nervously. He wished his brothers could be here he flexed his hands nervously as he followed the line of Foot Ninja.
There was suddenly a loud ringing from April's pocket the little song he loved so much. Lieutenant turned towards her and glared. "Employee O'Neil back in the store!" he shouted as April slinked off.
Splinter chortled a little before he and Mikey stood attention. "Hello Boss, new Foot Recruit Randall here: big fan of World Domination."
"Hmmm what about you?" Lieutenant asked glaring at Mikey.
"Oh Uhhh Alvis, love your work!" he muttered.
"Don't forget me Evil Foot recruit June!" said April who had quickly disguised herself as a Foot Ninja. There must have been an extra Uniform inside. The other two smiled nervously as The Foot Leader looked at them suspiciously before pointing his head towards the van.
"Get in!" They sat in and drove the sound of the engine roaring to life before it took off down the road coming to a low rumble as the smell of feet and sweat suffocated the air in the van.
Michael wanted to reach for April or Splinter's hands he was scared. He berated himself for being so. He was willing to do this. He said yes why was he acting so scared, he wanted comfort. He couldn't be selfish now, he couldn't he weak now. He had to face his Destiny whether he liked it or not. He avoided eye contact as Bebop took a breath then sniffed the air. "Does anyone else smell a kind of funky smell?"
"Bro its New York and your nose might as well be the Byakugan." Rocksteady told him.
"I know but I feel like it's right here…." Bebop muttered.
"Oh it's probably nerve stank! Right, Alvis and June?" Splinter asked nudging Mikey.
"Oh yeah, yeah!" April said.
"Oh yeah totally!" Mikey added with a nervous giggle all unaware of what had plummeted out of the sky just then.
Leo groaned as he lifted himself up. "Horaaayyyy," He groaned.
"That would've been great if beating the Mutant Magpie was the mission." Raph muttered rubbing his head.
"Well Segue I detected some Mystic Metal at the train station six blocks from here, so we now know where Draxum will be going." Donnie said as he hovered down on his jet pack from the battle shell.
"Then let's go!" Raph said as he grabbed and he and Leo rushed to the tank.
X X X
"Spread out and search for the piece alert me when you find it!" Lieutenant said as they began to spread out. Attila looked against the walls on the counters of the train station that looked as Elegant as it was old. He noticed center pieces meant for sitting and holding plants but in the center was a clock he noticed that one of the hands look weird.
"That's it!" Splinter hissed. "I'll cover you retrieve the piece."
"I know just what to do!" Mikey said as he and Splinter quietly moved away from each other.
"Look there might be some evil metal over there!" Splinter shouted pointing to the far corner of the station as Mikey hid in the bushes under the clock that was using the armor piece for the hand.
"You heard him everybody, move!" Brute shouted as they all raced the west wing.
Mikey then quickly shimmied up the clock and plucked the strange hand off the face. Then found some scrap metal from nearby.
"What are you up to?" April asked sneaking back over to him...
"I'm making a Decoy so no one notices it gone." he said clutching it tight in his hands and surrounding it with his flames until the metal was a pitch black and he then infused a bit of Mystic energy into it. "Perfect." Mikey hissed.
April noticed the two Foot Mutants and silently pointed them out to Mikey. "Bad Mutants!" Klunk hissed.
"We'll use this for them!" Mikey hissed as he noticed the two go down stairs he then let it drop and it landed nearby on the floor.
"You hear that?" Rocksteady asked. "Sounded like Klunky metal."
"Yeah, and I'm smelling, Mystic energy." Bebop said as they rushed over only to be punched back as Night Watcher picked up the piece.
"You again!" Bebop shouted alerting April and Mikey as they were about to leave. They suddenly heard the three begin to fight Bebop tried to use his brass knuckles to hit Tiger Claw through the visor but he was able to grab him and throw him into his brother who caught him placed him on his head and began charging. Fortunately Tiger Claw was able to roll out of the way.
"Oh no!" Mikey hissed. Rocksteady landed a few powerful kicks that Tiger Claw was hit tumbling back from. He activated his Taser gloves as Bebop unleashed a bunch of Origami soldiers that he quickly burned away with the electricity in his gloves as April and Mikey started quietly thrashing trying to quietly get his attention, both hissing through gritted teeth.
"Stop, stop! It's a fake!" Mikey hissed as Tiger Claw spotted them.
"We have the real piece!" April hissed aggressively pointing at the piece Mikey was holding up. Tiger Claw's eyes widened under the mask. He groaned as he let Rocksteady push him into a nearby McDonald's.
"That was easy!" Rocksteady said as April and Mikey ducked away. Tiger Claw meanwhile began to slink out towards the lower door. The then snuck near the stair well leading up and felt his phone buzz.
"Tiger Claw, are you okay?!" Mikey texted as he and April hovered over the Turtle's phone.
"I'm fine, that actually fooled me I'm impressed. We'll talk later we need figure out how to get the piece out of here!" Tiger Claw texted back.
"We can't leave without Splinter, oh I know I'll tell Brute or Lieutenant that we'll search the perimeter and then once we're outside we can bolt!" Mikey replied.
"I don't know who or what Splinter is, but Good Plan!"
"Wait I want to tell you my new name It's Michelangelo!"
"….I like it."
It was then they heard a huge crash and rushed over to see that Raph and the twins had crashed the Turtle Tank into where they had sent the rest of the Foot Clan. Splinter was on the ground while The Foot Ninja the two had brought had been scattered across the room in crumpled knocked out piles.
"Boss forget, the Turtles we got the piece!" Rocksteady said holding up the shard Mikey made. The Box Turtle quietly passed the piece to April to hold onto as things began to get heated. They needed to Jet now!
"Hand it over Flame Heads! We got a bigger fish to fry with that!" Raph growled.
"Bigger than us!?" Lieutenant gasped in shock as Brute and the two Mutants' went wide eyed. "That hurts!" he growled.
"Well too bad we got what we came for and you lose!" Rocksteady asserted as Bebop sniffed the air a little.
"I'm not sure, this piece smells funny, and it doesn't have a certain scent." Bebop replied.
"What do you mean?" Rocksteady asked.
"Well, this smells like someone charred the metal black with mystic fire and embedded some energy into it. The Dark Armor smells like evil. This piece is a fake!" Bebop declared.
"NO! HOW- Wait what does evil smell like?" Rocksteady asked.
"Believe it or not, wet mold and limes." Bebop replied.
"Ewwwww," Leo groaned as Donnie let out a small wail of disgust.
"It's an acquired scent!" Lieutenant rebutted to the comment sagely. "But this means that there are traitors among us!"
Splinter had begun to crawl away as April and Mikey sweat beads. They stayed hidden as Foot Lieutenant looked around eyeing the Rat. "Randall!" he shouted making the old rat yelp. "Show us you are worthy or you're out of the Foot Clan!"
"Uhh yeah uhhh about that I'm really out of shape! I uh mean for a Teen!" he chuckled rubbing his belly.
"DO IT NOW!" Lieutenant snarled as he Brute, Bebop and Rocksteady glared at him fiercely.
Leo chuckled. "Adorable what is it bring your Ninja Son to Ninja work day?"
"Surprisingly yes, but if you back down now we will let you go in peace!" Splinter warned.
"Please listen to him!" Mikey hissed under his breath.
"Or what you'll kick us in the shins?" Donnie asked as the three burst out laughing.
"You should just go! I'm sure your father and brother (whoever they might be.) Would like you to come home in one piece!" Splinter argued.
"Ha a little run the exact same size as pops is telling us to run home to Daddy and Mikey." Raph joked. They all burst out laughing as Raph choked out how Splinter cracked him up.
Splinter glared. "Okay looks like I have to teach you a lesson!" he growled glaring and standing up straight and motioning for them."
Leo took the taunt stretching a little bit and swinging his arms as he got into a fighting stance. He let out a cry lunging for an attack as Splinter expertly kicked him in the chest then kicked him away off to the side of the room making him drop his Odachi and sending him crashing into the ticket counter defeating him instantly.
"Never underestimate your opponent!" Splinter instructed before straightening himself creaking could be heard. "Even if he does have a bad back!" he groaned under his breath, as Raph suddenly charged at him next.
"Underestimate this!" he shouted going for a punch as Splinter jumped on his fist shouting.
"Never rush in!" he said before whacking him away with his tail. "Red…guy!" he said trying to hide his identity.
Donnie followed suit spinning his moves around but Splinter expertly managed to dodge each blow just as it almost landed. Even Mikey couldn't do that when he fought them. Splinter grabbed Donnie's tech bo and began hitting Donnie in the face with it. "Stop hitting yourself!" he repeated as he did so. When he and Donnie broke away Donnie had summoned a Rocket extension and swung it around and about to swing it down like a hammer.
"Sohcahtoa!" he shouted going for the blow. When the dust clearned Splinter was gone. "What?!" he asked as Splinter suddenly blindsided him tripping him before slamming him into the ground while taking the Tech-Bo from him and using it to hit him away like a Golf ball.
"Who's your Daddy?!" he asked knocking him away.
"Whoa, Splint's is kicking your brother's butts easy! Like Goku easy!" April hissed to Mikey.
"Bad back!" Klunk added from Mikey's shoulder having been tired of being a Kunai.
"He wasn't the Battle Nexus Champion for nothing…." Mikey replied quietly.
"Do not rely on your tech funny one!" Splinter instructed balancing on top of the Tech-Bo but lost the balance hitting the floor as Raph charged in.
"Come on!" he shouted as he began to punch at Splinter who quickly scurried away dodging every punch that resulted in cracks on the floor as he slid under a bench and kicked it into Raph. When Raph caught it and pushed it back he kicked it back hitting him in the head making Raph dizzy.
The twins had come up behind him for a combination attack Donnie going low as Leo went high but he dodged them easy. The two had circled around as Splinter bounced off the wall swinging Donnie's mask around to blind him as he propelled himself off of Leo's shell.
He then blocked a blow from Raph then a couple from Leo knocking the Slider away as Donnie rushed in spinning his Tech-Bo but Splinter dodged it. Leo and Raph came in at the same time as Donnie attempted to strike from behind. But he blocked all three and caused them to go spinning and crash back into the Turtle Tank. Splinter expertly landing on top.
"Thus ended the lesson!" he said before sputtering and coughing and falling back. April was pretty sure that Splints had just gone down half a pant size in that moment the way he was gasping for air as they climbed up to check on him Mikey holding a disguised Klunk in his hand.
"You okay?" April asked.
"Randall!" Brute said happily. "That was amazing."
"Now we can look for the Artifact in peace, spread out!" Lieutenant commanded but suddenly a purple vine started to crawl up around the area followed by more as Attila yelped Klunk screamed and changed into a Rock. It was then the Night Watcher came flying out from now where hitting the ground in a heap.
"Tiger-gasp!" Mikey half screamed covering his mouth.
"What the!?" Splinter gasped as he looked up at vines aiming from above the Turtle Tank as he Mikey and April were knocked off the Tank and sent into the ground Klunk fell a few feet from Mikey.
"Klunk!" he shouted as she changed back involuntarily and shivered the vines cutting into the concrete before they all fell into the ground below everyone groaned as Splinter coughed from behind a nearby Rock as a familiar figure marched forward having blown off the doors from the Subway train he was on.
"Baron Draxum?! I am as shocked as I am repulsed." He said as the Goat Yokai looked down on Klunk who froze in fear. Meanwhile Rocksteady and Brute lifted off Rubble from Bebop who groaned as April snuck over closer to the turtles while Mikey was nearby Foot Lieutenant who slid down a nearby rock having a safer landing them the rest of them.
"Are you mad!?" Foot Lieutenant shouted. "That little Stunt could've killed us!"
"Baron Draxum it's like a bad guy convention!" Leo joked as he and Donnie stood up Raph following.
"Once again my plan worked. Just not in the way I thought." he declared.
"For boys who claim they don't like me you sure are clingy." Draxum responded.
"Too bad Attila's not as Clingy other wise we wouldn't have to grab him." Bebop muttered rubbing his head bringing back their memories of the day they met.
"Wait a minute, are you working for these guys?!" Raph gasped in shock. Draxum smirked at them.
"Actually, we're working together," Draxum replied before frowning and turning to Klunk who was crying. "Except for this little pest" he said using a vine to lift up a rock. "I've been waiting for this moment." He said as Klunk tried to run only to get surrounded by vines.
"Klunk!" Donnie shouted going to rush in however a burst of Red flame came out of nowhere and slashed through the vines and cut the rock as it grabbed Klunk and flew across the room landing near the Turtles as he passed her to Donnie.
"Attila!" Draxum gasped.
"See told you that would work." Foot Brute boasted.
Mikey pulled off his mask and stood his ground. "Draxum leave her be! She's a Yokai she's one of the ones you want to protect."
"Not when she's a corruptive distraction!" Draxum growled. "Making you lower yourself enough to willingly associate with Sewer Garbage! Not even the great Lou Jitsu!?"
"They're my brothers, she's my best friend! Stop insulting them!" Mikey growled. "The Human threat to the Yokai is the Foot Clan! They're using you to revive a Demon that will kill everyone Human and Yokai alike including you!"
Draxum stared at him for a moment before narrowing his eyes. "It's funny how I believe humans over you. You'll say and do anything to avoid a fight like the coward you are!"
"I know, I know I've lied in the past and I'm sorry! But you have to listen to me, I'm telling the truth! There's something else…." Attila said taking. "It's a hard road, but I believe that humans and Yokai can live together!"
"WHAT!?" Draxum hissed venomously.
"It's true I've been watching humans we're not that different. There are good and bad ones they have festivals, culture, art, lives hopes and dreams! We can live together we just have to learn to understand each other! That's I want to believe!" Mikey admitted.
"You…." Draxum hissed shaking in anger.
"Should we do something?" Brute whispered to Lieutenant.
"No it's not wise to get in the middle of Family Squabbles!" Lieutenant hissed back.
"You know why I gave you your name!?" Draxum asked grabbing Mikey's face and forcing him to make eye contact as his claws dug into him Mikey struggled but managed to pull away before glaring.
"I DO KNOW! EVERY DAMNED DAY OF MY LIFE, YOU'VE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW I'M A KILLER! SO I WAS NAMED AFTER A MONSTER! I HAVE ALWAYS HATED THAT NAME! SO MUCH SO THAT I CHANGED IT! MY NAME IS MICHELANGELO! THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHO CREATES!" Mikey screeched.
Draxum slapped him hard across the face before wrapping him up so tightly Mikey could feel the loss of air from vines being wrapped entirely around his head leaving only the eyes free. He also felt vines wrap around his throat and grip his ankles, wrists and torso incredibly tightly. Was Draxum going to kill him? Was he going to die? He wouldn't let go and with every struggle it got tighter as Draxum brought Mikey up to his eye level hatred burning brightly in his eyes.
"Listen well you insipid idiotic weak willed maggot! You were created to destroy Humanity! You were created to serve me! You were created to be a weapon! AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON YOU EXIST AT ALL!" he screamed the words cutting deep as Michelangelo absorbed them. Draxum's cruel words spun in his head like hot knives against his heart and brain as Draxum grabbed Tiger Claw and the Turtles when they attempted to rush.
There was a ding then…."HOT SOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUP!" shouted a voice that suddenly slammed a foot right into Draxum's face making him let go of all of them. He summoned his large clawed weapon and slashed at Splinter who back away but lost his mask in the process. He swung his tail around catching it before throwing Draxum further away from the Turtles. The minute they hit the ground and Klunk rushed to Mikey, Leo and Tiger Claw were right behind her.
"Mikey!" Leo said helping him sit up.
"Michelangelo, kid!" Tiger Claw said getting in his face from over Leo's shoulder as Klunk nudged Mikey.
"Mikey!" she cried to no avail. Michaelangelo just sat there, shuddered breathing staring into space. He wasn't responding.
X X X
Draxum had to block a few blows as Splinter twisted around and landed a kick forcing down his sphere before jumping back and running on the wall to deliver a flaming kick that almost hit Draxum in the chest. "I see it now those moves, that same fire! YOU ARE LOU JITSU!" he shouted to the absolute shock of the two Foot bosses and Mutants who gasped.
"RANDALL IS LOU JITSU!?" Lieutenant shouted in shock.
"LOU JITSU DISGUISED HIMSELF AS RANDALL!?" Brute gasped in shock.
"LOU JITSU IS ALIVE AND WAS MUTATED INTO A RAT!?" Rocksteady screamed surprised.
"THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN SMELLING MAGGOT CHEESE AND BROKEN DREAMS!?" Bebop shouted in shock. "Canned peas for those who are curious." He added.
Leo turned to Donnie desperately. "Donnie, April help me he's not responding!" Donnie pulled down his goggles and scanned Mikey who was very unresponsive.
"His brainwaves are going wild but I don't know what's going on!" Donnie admitted worriedly.
"Oh no…" April muttered wondering scared about what she was seeing thinking of something it could be.
Splinter kicked Draxum away as Bebop sniffed a little. "Her, she's got the Artifact!" Bebop shouted pointing at April as Splinter got in front of them with the Night Watcher who was snarling. Lieutenant unleashed a massive wave of Origami soldiers as Bebop, Rocksteady and Draxum charged.
"There's too many of them!" Raph gasped as Leo swung his sword putting everything he could wants, needs, energy, everything into this next portal.
"Get us home, get us home!" he begged as they all tumbled through the Portal with Donnie pressing the return home command for the Tank which backed away from above as they flew through the intense blue light and found themselves in the living room of the Lair.
"Nice save Leo," Raph muttered as everyone sat up with a groan.
"Is this…the Sewers, I'm both impressed and disturbed," Tiger Claw admitted as Mikey suddenly got up and walked towards the middle of the room his breathing got a bit quick as everyone felt their heart race. Except for Splinter who had tears brimming in his eyes.
"Michelangelo…..I'm so sorry…..it was a mistake to take you with-GAAAH!" he shouted as Mikey had landed a kick in his stomach and sent him flying across the room into the kitchen where he crashed with a loud thud into the island.
"POPS!" Raph shouted as he rushed to his side. Leo suddenly saw Mikey was tearing up the place throwing, chopping kicking and smashing anything that he so much as brushed against. He threw the recliner across the room into the front door he then turned around and smashed the projector and pushed down the do not touch cabinet fire began to spark around his hands and feet.
"MIKEY STOP!" Leo screamed but he wasn't listening he went to rush to him.
"Leo no! He's dissociating stay away!" April shouted as Klunk rushed forward.
"MIKEY! MIKEY!" she shouted trying to climb on him and get his attention. "MIKE- AHH!" Mikey had picked her up she screamed loudly as he slammed her into the ground. That seemed to snap him out of it he gasped in shock and horror as Klunk winced in pain looking up at him with a look of betrayed hurt and fear in her eyes.
"No…..no, no, no, no!" Mikey muttered looking around in horror as he saw Splinter carried out by Raph with a bleeding gash on his forehead and a badly bruised body from what he had done. He saw all the broken stuff. He covered his mouth in horror. But also to hold in the vomit that was not building up.
He backed away as Leo went forward. "Mikey.."
"DON'T TOUCH ME NO ONE TOUCH ME!" he shrieked tears in his eyes as he suddenly slapped Leo hard away. he gasped as Leo held his cheek in pain he vomited before rushing away.
"MIKEY!" Leo shouted as he, April and Donnie raced after him calling his name. The Name he could never have the name he didn't deserve he ran and ran and ran. He thought he heard Klunk call as well but no she would never.
Leo had chased after Mikey screeching his name only to find when he got out into the street he was gone nowhere in sight.
"MICHELANGELLLOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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