TMNT:
A New Beginning
"Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused."
-Rick Riordan
Chapter 3: Attack of the mousers.
The Lair
4:10 p.m.
Ryan and John now enter the lair, where they see all the gang huddled together around Dons computer. Leo is the first one to notice and greet them. "Guys." Leo walks over to them, and Mikey follows. "Ryan, you, ok?" Mikey asked. "Yeah, just had to get out for a second. Apparently had some steam to blow off." "You and me both." Raph says to him and all turn to him. "Hey Raph. I'm… well… sorry if I snapped at you earlier and- "Ryan starts to say, but Raph cuts him off. "Eh don't worry about it." Ryan smiles and understands that they both were wrong, and this was a nice approach on his end. Leo smiles and is glad things are ok. "Well, glad you're back down here, dude!" Mikey says. "I actually have something for you two." "Wait really?" Ryan asks. "Heck yeah." Ryan and Mikey were now talking on their way to Don's computer, as Leo and John followed closely behind. "You guys, ok?" John nods at Leos question. "Yeah. We're fine." Leo smiled at that even more, and now were gathered around Don's computer, where it showed a news report. "The recent shooting that happened at the department of national defense has left many in peril, but thanks to the involvement of a hooded individual and another wearing a hockey mask, many lives were saved here in the city's most respected and historical monument." A male news caster says and continues on in another story. "In other news, Baxter Stockman has just announced that his newfound city project will be the most important national thing that the city will ever see. Stockman claims his work will change many people's lives and that he has always held them close to his heart. Many others in this city have questioned whether or not his work will-"Don presses the pause button off of his keyboard. "I don't know why, but this guy gives me the creeps every time." Mikey exclaims. "You and me both." April agrees and pulls out her usb drive. "What's this?" "I pulled all his files off his computer in his office." "You broke into his office?" Casey asked her and was surprised. "I told you I didn't trust him." Don puts in the usb and types away on the keyboard, and opens every single file that April gathered. "What in the- ""What is it, Donny?" Leo asks him, and Don answers by opening one of the blueprint files that shows the drawing of a mouser robot. "It's just a stupid mouser." Raph told him. "Yeah, but these stupid mousers aren't just used to capture animals." Everyone now looked at him. "These mousers, according to Stockman's research, if they were given the chance, they could create real problems better than solving it."
Meanwhile
Bank of New York
Up on the surface, people enter the bank to retrieve either money, deposit or even transfer. This bank is heavily labeled with high tech security, and no one could even break into their vault even if they tried. One of the financial bankers receives money from a man, but then hears a rumble from the floor below. It was a short one and was hardly given any notice. Then another rumble from the floor appears, and everyone is now starting to panic. When another rumble happens, they leave the bank as soon as they can. Inside the vault, the floor cracks open, revealing a few metallic small mouser machines. The owner of the bank looks at the security cameras and one of them is seen only with a broadcast signal and a few tiny lights. "What the Hell?"
The owner calls in one of the security guards he has posted. "Frank. There's a problem with one of the cameras in the vault. Go check it out." "Yes sir." "One of the Guards signals the other to check out what is happening in the vault and starts putting in the passcode. Once the vault is open, the two guards look and see the little machines each grab money wads, jewels, or small coins. Another mouser opens the container box in one bite and starts grabbing another handful of coins. One of the guards take notice that in a corner, another mouser is chewing on the camera. "Holy- "Another Mouser runs to a guard, and while he is not paying attention, the mouser leaps up and tries to chew his face. The guard panics and tries to get it off, but the guard pulls out his pistol and begins shooting and manages to damage it. The guards both look at each other and are at ease, but then another mouser leaps and bites onto the one guard's neck who's holding his gun and drags his now dead corpse in the vault. While the other guard is shocked, he starts to try to unholster his weapon drastically and quickly as he can but has difficulty. When he finally succeeds, he turns and sees another mouser leap onto him and before he can shoot, the last thing he sees is the machine ready to munch its next victim. Two police cars finally show up and see everybody panicking as to what is happening. The officers enter the bank, and they meet the Manager, who runs quickly down the stairs. "This way! Quick!" He tells them. "Something happened in the vault." He explains and then begins to type in the passcode. The vault opens and they all see the whole entire vault trashed, and there seems to be a blood trail leading into a big hole that is now formed. "What could've done this?" One of the officers asks the manager, and he does not know the answer to his question, and they continue to wonder what kind of machine would cause this kind of damage.
Meanwhile
The Lair
"All units! All units! We have a code 10-30. Possible double homicide at Bank of New York." Everyone hears the police dispatch from the radio. "We are hearing reports that a massive hole has filled into the Bank of New York's vault. Police and staff are baffled by the daring bank robbery that was fully executed in broad daylight. If anyone has any information, contact the police immediately." "Wait a second." Don notices something and immediately brings the news broadcast to his screen. "Look at this." He zooms in on a set of footprints that is now shown to the gang. "So, am I crazy or is anyone else wanting to take a wild guess of who's behind this?" Mikey exclaims. "Baxter Stockman." John says. "So Jackson steals guns from the department of defense, leading him to send it to Stockman." Don thinks carefully. "Who processes the weapons to develop them into materials into metal parts for his mousers," Leo answers, "and then uses his machines to rob banks." "This must've been his first test." April tells them. "I told you guys that he may have been trouble." Mikey crosses his arms and lets the team know. "That doesn't mean anyone will listen to you, bonehead." Raph tells him. Mikey sticks out his tongue at his older brother.
"This guy is the most well-known scientist in all of New York, who is now working with the purple dragons. He might be crazier than I thought." Don tells them. "It may not just be the dragons." April tells him. "In his office, I saw a note written for him from Hun, and they apparently both work for the same person." "Someone other than Hun is in charge of the Dragons?" Ryan asks her, and she replies with a nod. "I knew it." Leo says silently. "Well, what're we waiting for?" Raph suddenly says and begins to pull out his Sais and twirl them. "I say we head over and shut down Stockman's Mouser Central. For good." "You gotta love those action movie lines." Mikey says sarcastically. "It won't be easy. Stock-tronics is the most advanced scientific building in all of New York. I'm sure Stockman has the whole place rigged with Security tech." "That may be true, but your friend here just so happens to be familiar with technology." Don smiles and begins grabbing and spinning his staff. "You all must be careful. Who knows what else Professor Stockman may be hiding there?" Splinter reminds his students. "Yes Sensei." "Ready for this, Gentry?" Ryan turns to his friend and John acknowledges him. "Always, Caldwell." Ryan scoffs and nods. "Oh wait, I almost forgot." Don suddenly says and turns back to his work bench, where he grabs an item. "I finished it. It took a little bit of time, but the schematic on this thing is fascinating." Don hands the item to John and reveals it to be a modern-day arm bracer with a little metal part attached around it, which is held by straps and small knuckles to hold the bracer on his arm. John looked at it and was amazed at how much effort and time Don put into it. "Wait, is that-"Ryan starts to say as John places the bracer on his right arm on the underside. When he straps it in he lifts up his arm and looks at everyone around him, curiously looking at this bracer Don made. "What's that, John?" Mikey asks, but Ryan answers. "Wait hold on, you want to see this." John bends his wrist, and out comes a small yet sharp blade. John would use this only for defense. "Whoa." Casey and Raph both say. "What exactly is that?" Leo asks him. "A weapon used to conceal and use against our enemies." John tells them, still viewing the blade. "Stockman's not the only genius in the city who can make weapons." He now looks at Don, who is most appreciative of the comment, and John retracts the blade into place, knowing he is now ready for the next mission.
7:00 p.m.
Stock-Tronics
Stockman's office
Baxter Stockman has been viewing his mousers through cameras in his lab, and each one drops jewels, cash and gold coins drop from the mouser's containment page. "Excellent." He exclaims excitedly. A red light now appears on his keyboard and Stockman already knows who it is. He presses the button, feeling unamused. 'What?" The face of Oroku Saki appears on his screen. "Evening, Professor Stockman." "Make it quick. I'm busy." Baxter tells him, and he does not seem rather fond of the interruption. "This call won't be long. I am contacting you to verify that you have fulfilled your end of the bargain?" "Yes. The Mousers have moved on to the next stage and are securing all the funds they have gathered." "I need no explanation. Only a simple yes or no answer is what I require." "Well, if I didn't explain it to you, then your feeble small mind couldn't comprehend what my mousers are capable of. My machines can perform the tasks at hand. As you can see, their test at the bank was successful." "Indeed." Saki's moves a little closer to the screen to have a better look. "Now can you grasp that simple concept?" "Do not presume to much, Stockman. It will be your downfall." Saki says before his camera feed cuts off and leaves Stockman back to his work. "Imbecile." Stockman goes back to his work and lives off the rest of his evening.
Somewhere in the eastern district, a few miles away from Stockman's place.
7:06 p.m.
Purple dragon headquarters, near Stock-tronics
As they arrive at their hideout, Dragonface, the driver and Angel head toward the entrance. "Well, this is it. No backing out now." Angel nodded, but on the inside, she felt something g telling her that this was the wrong place to be, that she wasn't meant for this, but she pushed that part of her thoughts out and continued on. The gang member bangs on the garage door, and another dragon thug opens, and everyone happens to be there. Angel looks around and everyone happens to be staring at her. "What's she doing here?" One of the thugs' whispers to another. As they make their way slowly and then come to a stop, Angel notices that someone is in front of them. "Hey, Boss." Just then, the dragon leader, Hun, looks at the girl and begins to glare her down. "Welcome, Ms. Bridge." Angel looks up at the man and says nothing but is not afraid of him. "She has a lot to learn boss, but I'd say she may have a chance." "You think you have a shot?" "Yeah." Angel says. She was not backing down to anyone. Hun glares at her and steps away and has the attention from the others. "Alright, Listen up! The boss wants some of us to handle the shipment of Stockman's 'project' and deliver it to the hideout, since one of ours failed to do so. I need fifteen of you to be on the lookout. The rest will come with me. Carmine!" Hun glances at Dragonface. "You'll take the fifteen with you to Stockman's place. Also." He looks at Angel once more. "Take the newbie with you. Show her how we run things here in the gang." Angel tries not to show it, but she feels surprised at this. "Alright, dumbasses, lets go!" Dragonface yells. Hun turns to leave to go back to the hideout, and Angel catches one glimpse of him before turning back to the semi-truck. She was given a chance to prove herself to the gang, and she would take that chance.
N.Y.P.D.
One hour later
8:00 p.m.
"Hank, did you find anything?" Alex and Diane both enter the CSI's lab. Hank shushes with one finger very quietly. "This job requires patience, silence, and Manship." Hank says slowly and quietly, as he is using a small clear bottle to pour it into another for one pf his experiments. Alex looks at him confused and Diane silently laughs to herself. "Ah. There we go. That's how we do it up in here." Hank says to himself, truly admiring his work. "Hank." Hank turns to Alex. "Yeah?" "The robbery." "Oh yeah. About that." Hank talks calmly and tries to play it off. "I kind of forgot." Hank." Alex was not playing around with jokes, and he wanted to get answers right there. "I'm kidding. Chill." Hank moves over to his desk. "Jeez, seriously everyone needs to have humor around here." Hank types away at his laptop. "There. The pictures speak for itself." Alex and Diane look over the screen and see the footprints on one side and an examination on the other half.
"I'm sorry, I just have to address this really quick. How the hell did the bank get attacked by a rat? That's like having a fight with Kim Kardashian. A bad experience." "What're you comparing that with?" Diane asked Hank, to which he smiles about. "No clue. I had a cousin who robbed a comic bookstore in Harlem. Barely made it out for five dollars. Great personality, but he wasn't that bright for a high school graduate. He was a smart blockhead." "What else did you find?" Alex asks. "Well, the robbers cut the camera feed, and whoever was in charge knew exactly what they were doing. I couldn't make it 10 seconds in a bank robbery, let alone a comic book robbery." "Hank." Alex says to get his attention. "Right. Well, the footprints here show that it could've been a big rodent or someone dressing up like one, but the way the hole was formed, I think it could've been a lot more." Alex looked at the screen and wondered how they were to figure it out, and where would they find these robbers or "rodents". Just then Hanks laptop pinged with a message, along with a few sets of blueprints of the mousers.
"This is what you're looking for. They're called mousers. Hope this helps!"
-Bostaffrules15
The message also included a transferred file of schematic blueprints. "Apparently they're called mousers." Hank says. "As in, Baxter Stockman's mousers? The ones on the news?" Diane asks. "How's Stockman connected to the robbery? He's the most famous scientist in the city. Famous than my cousin." Alex looks at the screen. "And who's Bostaffrules15?"
Meanwhile
Outside Stock-Tronics.
8:00 p.m.
"There we go. Everything is sent to the police." Don says and puts away his shell phone. He, his brothers were on a rooftop near Stock-Tronics, along with John and Ryan, who are now wearing their gear and weapons. "Dude, is your email name seriously Bostaffrules15?" Ryan asks him. "What? You expect me to use my real name out in the open like that? Have to keep it a secret somehow." Don replies with a smile. "Besides, bo staffs are the best weapon." Everyone shakes their head, but with a smile, especially Leo. "Guys, can we hurry up?" Raph tells them. He was really eager to have a beatdown. "April just needs to get inside the terminal, create an interference with the security cameras so we can have access through the main lab. It's at the Easy." Leo calmly explains to him the plan. "I know what the plan is!" Raph's impatience bursts out. "This is taking too long." "Raph we can't just go barging in there. We can pay a whole lot of attention to ourselves. That guy probably has the highest tech of security in the whole entire city." Don tells him. "Don's right. We need to view our surroundings a little more, to be aware of any danger." Leo explains to everyone. "I don't think that's a problem." John says. Don then continues to call April. "April, are you there?" A clear voice on the other side speaks out, "Yeah, I'm here." "Be careful. The security level this guy has is probably massive. If any of them find out-" "It's ok. I got this."
Meanwhile
Inside Stock-Tronics
April walks into the building and greets the main staff that's still there. She greets a guard who is near the elevator that heads to the terminal projectors. "Hey Max." "April. Working late?" "No, meant to grab something before I head home." "Gotcha." After this encounter, April steps in and pushes the button which leads her to where she wants to go. The elevator doors open, and April walks out to head to the terminal and logs in to her account. She surveys the feed which has eyes on the front door, elevator, back door, and main lab. She interferes with the camera system, which causes every video to have white and black spots. "Okay, I blanked the cameras at that corridor at ten second intervals. Should be clear to go." April starts to head out, but then she sees Stockman coming from his office. "Ms. O'Neil." April felt her heart racing and she stood still at that very moment. "Professor Stockman." "I didn't expect to see you here." Stockman walks towards her. "Well, I forgot to pick up something. I realized it when I got home." "Like what?" April looks for something that she can use, and luckily, her insulated water bottle was right there. "Like that." She quickly grabs and shows him. "Can't leave anywhere without it." She starts to laugh nervously, hoping Stockman will buy her story. Stockman begins to chuckle a little himself. "Yes. I can see that." "Yeah. Well, I should be getting home." April starts to head to the elevator, but Stockman stops her with his hand. "Curiously enough." Stockman says surprisingly. "I just went into my office after you left. It turns out that I misplaced something of mine as well. Something of mere importance." April wonders if he knows. "It happens to be for a client of mine. Something very well thought of." "Well, I'm sure they'll love it." "Oh, I haven't the slightest doubt they will. What concerns me though is when I entered my office, I noticed that something was messed with. Someone had broken in my office." Unknown to Stockman, April had her phone on speaker, but Stockman couldn't hear the other end because of Aprils connected earpiece.
Meanwhile
Outside Stock-Tronics
"Dudes, this is bad." Mikey tells them. "You don't think Stockman knows do you?" Ryan asks the others, but Raph doesn't listen and jumps on the ledge. "What're you doing?" John asks him "I'm going in there. If he thinks he can attack April- ""Wait." Don says. "I'm not gonna just stand here, Don! If that crazy robot guy wants a fight-" "But don't you get it? If we barge in there and set off any alarms, the whole building will be on lockdown, and we won't be able to go after April." As Don was explaining quickly, Leo tapped on John's shoulder and pointed down a few blocks below. "Whatever it is, he has lots of backups." A semi-truck pulls in on the side of Stock-Tronics. Then the car doors and trunk lift of the semi and few members of the purple dragon gang exit. "Great. It's just what we needed." John says. Don walks over to the ledge where they are and examines them closely. "Looks like the one of the gang leaders are here." Dragonface exits the vehicle below and instructs one of the few to keep watch over the vehicle. He goes back to the driver's side, opens the door. "Newbie. Let's get it." Angel listens and puts on her hood. She exits the passenger side and walks with the others. "Who's that?" John notices someone in the hood, unaware that it is a girl. "No clue. Must be a recruit." Don answers as he watches with his binoculars. "We can't wait anymore." Leo suddenly says. "Are you able to bypass the rest of the system?" "No. At least not from here." Don answers.
"Ok. Then we need to be fast. Me, Raph and John will take care of these guys. Don, take Ryan and Mikey with you to the Main lab." Everyone understands. "We'll all meet there." John, puts on his hood, nods at Ryan and jumps down with Leo and Raph. Ryan Runs and flips over to the other side. John lands on the ground of an alleyway where he sees the semi across from where they were. John catches up with the two turtles quietly and kneels down with them. "There's only five of them." Leo counts quietly. "What do we do?" John asks. "What do you think we should do?" Leo turns to him. "Wait you're asking him?" "Yes. I am." Leo answers and glares at his brother. While Raph just scoffs, John listens to Splinters advice and looks around. He notices a few things and concentrates like he did earlier today, and all his surroundings become blue once again. "There are a few guarding the truck, placing the delivery. And there's two on the other side, holding guns. The rest might be inside." "So, we take out the first five. Quietly. Anything else?" John thinks carefully and looks up. He notices an entry way window. "We can head in the open window. See if we can spot the other eleven." "Nice job." Leo acknowledges him and John smiles in gratitude.
Meanwhile, Don, Mikey and Ryan have managed to open an air duct, and they examine the hallway to see if anyone walks by. When they see it's clear, they exit the duct and move silently. "April already cut off the camera feed from here to the main lab. It's very risky still, but as long as we don't make any noise- "When Don says this, Mikey accidently bumps into a table, where there is a head statue of a famous scientist that starts to fall on the ground, but Ryan catches it in time. Both look at Mikey, who smiles sheepishly. "Sorry." Don shakes his head, sighing at his young brother. "Where's this main lab again?" Ryan quickly changes the subject "Few floors down. First, we need to find out where April is. Quietly, please?" Don looks at Mikey with a small grin. "Dude, I can be silent. I'm a skilled ninja." Mikey replies. "It's alright. Everyone messes up." Ryan says, and all three keep on moving. "Hey, thanks." Mikey tells Ryan, who says "you're welcome. Besides, I can be loud at times too." Mikey smiles at that comment. Ryan
Stockmans office
Stockman is now seeking April, who doesn't seem to nervous, but on the inside, she is hoping and praying that he won't see right through her. "Ms. O'Neil. I must sincerely apologize for my inexcusable attitude towards you these past few days, and the accusations. As you know, this project and business meetings have made me… agitated." "I'm sure things are alright." April says. Stockman says, "hmm" and stands up from his chair to walk over to a portrait of Einstein. "Have you ever wondered about the nature of humans, Ms. O'Neil?"
April doesn't answer and continues to glance at her boss. "When we were first created, our minds were so off in another place where it was not fully developed." "You're not referring to the study of Evolution, are you?" April asks. Stockman scoffs. "It's a matter of fact that overtime, we have begun to develop… certain cognitive abilities. A baby first learns to walk at the age of three to four. Then they speak, but to a certain point. After that, they age, and in their younger years they begin to have different perspectives, attitudes and changes of behavior. Studies refer to this process as 'Cognitive dissonance.'" "Yeah, I know what that is." Stockman smiles at her comment. "The nature of humans has always been a tremendous race throughout the nature of science, but do you know what we still lack?" April looks up at her boss, who now casts a look that sends chills inside of her. "Empathy, my dear April. Human nature has stopped developing further and is now even weaker when we first started because they refuse to understand what the world is now. That a new age has begun. The age where mankind will not comprehend, and when I rid this world of the toxic parasites with my technology, these parasites will understand what it truly means to have a savior. To show them what my mind can do at no end. I'll be a god to them all." As he was done saying this, April was in shock. She hardly said a word, and when she was about to speak, she couldn't believe it. "Those parasites you're talking about. You mean 'people'?" Stockman grabs something from his desk, not saying anything. "I did say A path has already been opened, Ms. O'Neil. It just needs someone to show them the door." April couldn't believe it still. Yes, she knew that he may have been trouble, but she never once considered him to be a monster.
Meanwhile
Outside Stock-Tronics
Two thugs are walking back and forth, equipped with guns, while the other three are taking the rest of the boxes out of the truck. A whistle is formed in the far end corner on the other side, so one of the guards walks over to take a look. He sees something shiny on the ground and picks it up. "Huh." He places it in his pocket, starts to walk back to his post, but someone spins him by his shoulder "Hey, dirtbag." The last thing the thug sees at that moment is someone straight kicking him at least a few feet back. The other takes notice cocks his gun and runs over, only to be tripped by someone. The guns further away, and the thug gets back up to hit the one who tripped him, but the mysterious person counters, flips him over and knocks him down, after he was done, Leo walks over to Raph, but the other three spots them and pull out their bats. "This isn't Halloween, freaks." The first thug starts to say, but gets kicked in the back of the leg, while the other starts to attack, but John counter throws him out of the way. He sees the last one running towards him and prepares to defend himself, but the thug falls to his knees, and is shown to have a throwing shuriken in his right leg. John turns around, and sees that Leo was the one who threw it. He looks back at the thug. "Whoa." "Relax, kid. At least he didn't kill him." Raph starts to say. All three of them start to head to the window, and John catches up with Leo. "Hey. Thanks." "Don't mention it. You would've done the same." John looks at Leo with curiosity. "How do you know?" Leo turns to him before he climbs up and smiles. "I just do." He begins to climb, and John follows. Raph holds the window seal open, and Leo is the first one that enters the building. "Ladies first." Raph tells John. "Ha. Cute." John says sarcastically enters through, and Raph forms a small smile behind. All three are on the ledge and what they see is the rest of the Dragons, handling the shipments of what appears to be the materials for Stockmans machines. "That's a whole load of them." "No kidding. Why even have so many?" Raph asked. "April told us that his machines had some weird malfunction to them. That they weren't transmitting well enough." "So, that may have been a cover up to get some heat off of him." "We still need to find out who their main boss is, and why they need it." John told them. "He's right. We can't wait and find out." Leo says.
Leo then signals Raph to move towards the other side to take out the guards, and Raph listens. "Alright. You go over there." Leo points to the corner for John. "On my signal, we all drop down and take them out. Ok?" John nods. "You're the boss." Leo pats John's shoulder and moves him to his position. When John is in position, he looks at Raph and at Leo. Leo raises his hand and closes into a fist, signaling to drop. They succeed and silently take out a few thugs. When they are finished, they move slowly and crouch down towards each other and look around. "There's only a few of them." John says quietly. "Alright pansies!" Dragonface calls out. "Let's wrap this up!" "Who's that?" John asks. "Carmine Daytona. One of Huns 'top dogs' in the gang." Leo answers quietly. "He doesn't look like it." "Yeah, you think you can take him?" Raph asks John. "If I could yeah. But that wouldn't be smart." "Well, no one's here to stop ya, Christian boy." "Quiet. We all need to focus." Leo tells both of them and Raph just chuckles. The thugs are almost done and are already almost in the truck. "Ok, on my signal, we all- ""Nah, we got this." "Raph!" Leo whispers loudly, but Raph doesn't listen and rushes ahead towards the Dragons. "He's always like this?" John asks and jumps out with Leo, who doesn't look too thrilled. "Unfortunately." They all attack the Dragons, and most of them are not aware of the sudden greeting. John uses his sword to fight off two thugs, and Leo is focused on the others who have ak-47 rifles and distracts them with two shurikens, and when it works, he leaps up in the air and double kicks them, and kip ups back up. Raph uses his sais and focuses on Strength to take down the guy next to him and throws the other to a nearby crate. John now faces the new recruit, who shows a little bit of speed and determination. John takes a few punches but doesn't back down. When the new recruit throws another punch, John catches it and pushes his opponent to the wall. Before the recruit can react, John pins his opponent to the wall. John takes off the hood and sees that the new recruit is actually a female. "You're a girl?" Angel looks at the mysterious stranger she heard about last week. "What're you doing here with them?" John asks her, disguising his voice, as he looked into her eyes. "That's classified information." Angel replies and shoves him and then kicks him to the ground, a fighting technique she learned from Casey. Then she runs back to the van and quickly gets into the passenger side. Dragonface shouts "let's go" and the remainder of the Dragons flee. John runs after the van, but is unable to keep up, and sees that the van is moving quickly out of the area. "Hey." Leo calls out to John. "We need to go." "But they're getting away." "We know." Leo pulls out his shell cell and makes a call. "Casey. You're up."
On the other side of town, Casey, on his own motorcycle, sees the van speeding through town, recognizing the Dragon symbol, revs up his vehicle. "On my way." He now proceeds to chase after the van. Leo hangs up the shell cell. "We have our own mission to deal with." As Leo and Raph head towards the door inside the building, John looks back at the encounter with this "new recruit". How can someone so young be able to work with malicious criminals? What was her purpose? "Kid! Hurry up!" Raph calls him out and drifts him back to reality. Leo was right. They have other things to worry about right now.
Meanwhile
Main Lab
Don looks in the corner of the room and sees that it's all clear. He drops into the room and signals the others that it's all good to go. Mikey and Ryan also drop into the room and what they see is most impressive. Don's eyes glow at the sudden technological equipment. "Wow." "Dude, you're drooling." Mikey pointed out, which made Don check his mouth. "No." Mikey chuckled, and Ryan smiled at the occasional moment. Don walked over to one of the chairs and examined Stockman's computer. "Ok. Now April said there were some errors within the machine's internal software. In order to access them…" Don begins typing away, and the files of the manufacturing process and software of the mousers appear on screen. "Bingo." "This guy really keeps tabs on his technology very serious." Ryan says. "No Kidding." "Don continues further. "Ok. Should've done this first, but here are the security protocols. Need to see the inside schematics." Don continues typing further away and when done, he presses enter and camera feed all over the sector shows up. "Here we go." "What the heck is that?" Mikey points to the inside lab where mousers are in line. "Stockman has his machines lined up. To apparently have new orders." "Geez." "Leo. It looks like Stockman is almost ready to move on with his next phase." "How much longer?". Don checks on the screen. "Approximately ten minutes." "We need to move fast." Leo replies back from the earpiece. "Any word from April?" "No. not yet." "Shouldn't we go look for her then?" Ryan asks. "We will. Soon." Ryan looks a but worried. "Hey dude, no worries. She's the fiercest woman we've ever met." Mikey assured him.
Meanwhile
Stockman's office
"April. Wherever you're at, Stockman's planning his next attack. We need you here now." Leo calls from the earpiece, and as April holds up her hand to her ear to listen more, she makes sure Stockman is not paying any attention. "Well, I guess I better be going." "Why, whatever for, my dear?" April had to come up with some sort of excuse. "My friend is sick and I need to um… get some soup." Stockman turns to her behind his desk. "Soup?" "Yeah. He craves food whenever he gets like this." April chuckles to make it more believable. "I shouldn't keep him waiting." "Oh, I don't think you'll be going anywhere, April." April looks up and sees her own boss holding a pistol at her. "I'll need your help in further development of my technology and to understand what they can do." "Professor Stockman." April starts to say, but Baxter isn't having it. "You will help me, or I will exercise my own right to kill you." April looks on at her own boss, and fears that she has no other choice.
Meanwhile
Main Lab
Leo, Raph and John now enter and see the others standing there at the computers and head over. "How much more time?" "Uh, 8 minutes." "We won't have enough time to track it down." Ryan says. "There's always a way. Do you think you can shut it down here?" Don looks at his older brother and shakes his head. "It hurts you even have to ask." Don types away and looks more closely at something he thinks is connected. "Hmm." "What is it?" John asks. "The manufacturing process is stable, but as I said, there's a problem with the internal process." Don points in the far end of the screen. "The internal software is the one that holds these machines together. If it was however destroyed…" "They would bust." John says. Don nods and continues typing away. "That doesn't explain how we can take out all of them at once." At that moment, all the doors around the main lab doors close and the lights turn on. The platform with the computer panel turns on, and everyone looks to see Stockman there on the screen. "Intruders?! Here to steal my secrets, are you? "On Stockman's panel, it shows a heat signature scan, and he I able to identify there are six people in his lab, but four are not normal. "What on earth? Four turtles? This should be genetically impossible." He runs his hands together and thinks softly to himself. "I suppose I have to dissect you to find out more." He presses his code on a keyboard, and a machine enters the lab, as part of Stockman's security protocols. The droid uses an automatic weapon that is installed in its hip and points it straight at the team. "Oh Crap." John says as soon as the droid starts shooting and the team gets separated. John, Ryan and Don are on the right, and Leo, Raph and Mikey are on the other corner on the left. "This guy's friggin crazy!" Raph replies, and all are in cover of the incoming fire. "We need to shut this thing down!" Leo calls out to Don. "If it's like the mousers, it would have to have the same internal software in its system!" "Where the hell do we find it?" As Ryan asks this, the droid begins shooting again, and everyone ducks their heads to avoid the incoming bullets. "Screw this!" Raph runs ahead towards the danger, his anger boiling over him. "Raph!" Leo calls out, but his brother is unable to hear him. "We'll keep him busy!" Leo and Mikey pull out their weapons and run after Raph. Don leads both Ryan and John to the door. "We need to find Stockman." Don tells the two of them. "He must be up in his lab." Ryan says, and Don turns back to the others and sees them fighting the droid. "Look there. We need to shut down all the machines at once. Look for the terminal," Don pulls out his staff, "and find April anywhere in this building. Don runs and does everything he can to protect his brothers. "Let's go." "You know this so reminds me of that Will smith robot movie." "Ryan. Not now." John and Ryan head towards Stockman lab and find April.
(Tmnt 2007 soundtrack fight idea I had in my head and also arrow sounds in this sequence.)
As Don joins his brothers, they dodge incoming attacks the droid is performing upon them. Raph and Mikey flip and ducks over each different table, and Don and Leo take cover over on the other side. "OK. Now what?" Raph calls out. Leo thinks and wonders of a plan. He thinks of something and addresses the others.
As John and Ryan are in an open area, they notice something after they avoid and knock down some security guards. "This place is all to hyped even for me." John was about to answer, but instead heard someone nearby. "How do you think this guy can afford- ""Shh. You hear that?" Ryan pays more attention and listens to that voice. A woman most like. "That sounds like April!" Both run towards the office, and when the sounds grow louder, John kicks in the door, and Ryan readies his arrow, looking around for any other threats. April is sitting with her hands zip tied to a chair, and her mouth is covered with a cloth. "Thank God." John rushes towards her, removes the cloth and cuts the zip ties off. "Took you guys long enough." April says. "Are you hurt?" "No. Stockman pointed a gun at me, but that was it." April walked towards his computer and clicked on the keyboard, allowing the bookcase to open. "OK. That's creepy, but really cool." Ryan says. All three enter the bookcase and the elevator goes. "This is so weird." "Stockman says that his machines are the way to solve everything wrong with the world. He doesn't realize that the world is strong." As soon as April replies, the elevator doors open and April runs towards the tool section, where she grabs a wrench and heads back towards the board. "Step back." John and Ryan look at each other and listen to her. April raises the wrench and begins hitting the control board. As she keeps hitting, the mouser machines come to a halt. "Damn, April. That was… awesome." April smiles at Ryan's compliment. "Thanks. C'mon, I think its time we paid a little visit to Professor Stockman."
Meanwhile
West end district
950 ft away from Stock-Tronics
8:20 p.m.
Casey continues on towards the van as fast as he could. He surely wasn't going to let them get away after everything they put him and his mom through. After the death of his father. All those years ago when he was a kid, he was powerless to do something, now he will stop at nothing until Hun and the rest of the purple Dragons are gone for good. As he chases the van, there is some craziness occurring on the inside Casey is not aware of. "We gotta lose this guy, Man!" A dragon thug shouts at Dragonface. "Well instead of whining, start shooting!" The thug listens as he pulls out a small Sub machine automatic. Casey swerves to both the right and left to avoid being shot at. He looked around the corner and saw an opening and drove on the far side of the street, to avoid upcoming traffic and pedestrians. "Did we lose him?" The thug looks out and sees nothing. "I think so." Dragonface released a sigh of relief. Angel heard a noise on the top of their car, more like a thump. "What was that?" Everyone heard what angel said, and the thumping continued. Casey had landed on the car, unexpectedly. He looks back while laying flat and sees the motorcycle hitting a car and going up in the air. "Man. Raph's gonna kill me." He holds on to the van and prays that he doesn't fall off or get pummeled over. The van comes around the corner and comes to a full stop. "You sure we lost that guy?" "I think so." The others form a brief sigh of relief, but then movement is heard on the top of the van, and they all look up to see the hockey masked vigilante on the roof of the van. "Ya know what I love about this city. The night sky." Casey stands up and grabs a cricket bat. "That's when everyone's safe in their homes. And all you dirtbags out here are lying in the streets." "Huh?" One of the dragon thugs who speaks is confused, and the vigilante clocks him in the head before he can even react with a croquet bat. "Holy Hell." Dragonface runs and tries to grab a nearby gun from the driver's seat, while Casey drops to the ground and attacks the last thug, using nothing but Brute force and hitting him with the tip of the head of his weapon. He notices the other one trying to run off towards the fence and catches up. Casey grabs the ankle of the perpetrator. "Going somewhere?" Angel turns around, her hood falling off, revealing her identity. "Angel?" Casey is surprised at this. Angel kicks him in the stomach and vaults over the fence. At that moment, Dragonface opens fire with the gun he tried to find in the van. Casey takes cover, and the gang leader keeps shooting. "You stay the hell back, ya hear me!" Dragonface keeps shooting until he's near the door of the van, enters and then drives off. As soon as the van is gone, Casey steps out of cover, takes off his hockey mask and turns back to the direction that Angel ran off to. He had many questions he needed answers to, especially now that the little girl he used to watch over when he was a teenager has now decided to join the gang that was responsible for his father's death and destruction of his home.
Meanwhile, back at Stockman's lab
8:22 P.m.
As his brothers were fending off and distracting the machine, Leo leaps to the left side and wall runs, and when he is close enough and uses only one of his swords to cut off the arm that is still using the hand held rifle. He lands perfectly and looks back and sees that the machine is now struggling, but still won't back down. Don uses this as an advantage and leaps on to him, opens the plastic cover on the backside and pulls out every wire of each circuit. He jumps off and the machine malfunctions out of control and explodes. "Go Donny!" Mikey calls out. Up in the lab, Stockman sees the destruction of his work a d has a meltdown. "NOOOO!" He slams his hand on the monitor. "How did this happen?" There are now sounds of someone banging on the door, and then it breaks down, where the Archer and the Nighthawk are now entering the lab. "You're not one of those freaks." Stockman says. "Oops. We forgot to properly introduce ourselves." Ryan replies. Stockman grabs his gun near him but before he can aim it, John grabs him and tosses him over to the other side. "We're the other guys." John looks at Ryan as he is walking towards Stockman, and then he stops and stands over the scientist. "Baxter Stockman." Stockman, feeling his jaw, looks at the black cloaked hood figure standing over him with his fists clenched. "Your creation of your mouser tech ends now." "You idiots." Stockman feels the growing anger and hatred inside his heart. "Do you have any idea what You're doing?" "No, but if you would like to make a complaint, then who cares?" Ryan answers. "We know Aaron Jackson stole guns from the department of defense and gave them to you for scraps so you can use it for your technology. We know of your involvement with the Dragons. There's no use hiding, Doctor." Just then, the windows glass is shattered, and Raph stands to his feet and walks over to where the boys are. He is followed by the other turtles. "What kind of demons are you?" "They're not demons. Now tell us the truth." There was truth to what John was saying. If they were anything like demons, he would've run away. Besides, the demons he's read upon don't even compare to what Stockman thinks is true. "What truth could you possibly hope to hear? These machines I have worked my entire life on, you think you have every right?" "Yes. They do." Someone says behind them, and as April enters the scene, Stockman feels betrayed. "They're with me." "April? You're behind all of this?" "Yes, and I have evidence that will put you way for years, Doctor." "Do you have any idea what my employer will do now?" "The dragons should be the least of your concerns right now." Leo tells him. "Dragons? Ha. They are nothing but meaningless pawns, where they blindly bow down to the man who claims to be a descendant of some old Japanese family." John hears this and slightly opens his mouth. "Descendant?" Stockman stands and types on his computer. Raph sees this and rushes towards him and yanks him by his collar, and rings him to the wall roughly. "That's enough, Doc!" "You're too late, mutant." Stockman glares at them with a grin that would make most feel like a sociopath. "What did you do?" Ryan asks this. "You fools think I don't have any other spares? That's the beauty of what these machines are! They will rip you apart." Sounds of metal feet scurry down the hallway. "April?" Don calls out quickly. April is already on the monitor, trying to override the system. "The system isn't responding." "Good luck trying to escape here—" Stockman was trying to say, but Raphael socked him before he could finish. Everyone looks at him with a questionable look. "He was done." "April now would be a good time!" Don calls out. "I can't. They're unresponsive. He must've changed the code." "We'll hold them off. Keep trying!" Leo pulls out his swords and leads the team to attack the mousers. Mikey is able to swing and twirl his nunchucks at them and manages to hit with ease. Don uses his bo staff to hold off the mousers and smashes at least four around him. While Raph, John and Leo are using their weapons to dismantle and rip apart, Ryan helps them by using almost all of his arrows. "Isn't there a way we can slow them down?" Ryan replies. "It sure would take some form of miracle." Raph says as he continues holding his side. John fends ofd a few more, but unknown to him, another leaps on him. 'Watch out!' John hears the voice in his head again, turns and falls backwards with the mouser in hand, trying to prevent it from attacking further. "I've had enough of this!" He uses his new hidden blade to stab the mouser head, which shuts down automatically. As another run towards him, a shuriken slows it down and Leo runs towards John and helps him back on his feet. "Thanks." "Don't thank me yet." Everyone is now circled around, and no matter what they do, there is just too many. April continues typing as best she can. She can't let her friends die. Not yet.
She is already thinking of a solution. "Well guys. It's been fun." Raph says to everyone. They are getting very tired as the mousers come closer, closer. Then they stop. Everyone looks around the room confused. Leo pokes one of the mousers with his sword and it falls on its side. "They stopped?" Mikey asks. "I think so." "Guys we need to get out of here! Now!" April calls out and they all leap back up to the office. "What happened?" "I wasn't able to shut them down." "Well, I don't know. We're still alive and breathing." Ryan says. "The only way I can stop them was to initiate the overload sequence." "Please tell me that's not what I think it means." John says. "If you think it's the 'detonation' sequence, then yeah." Don answers. "So, in other words… Let's get outta here!" Mikey runs towards the exit. "Wait. We can't just leave-"John turns to get Stockman, but it appears to be that he is gone. "Where- ""Later. Right now, let's get out of here!" Leo assures him. Don grabs April and she wraps her arms around his neck to keep from falling and all jumps up to the entrance they arrived at. After this, the platform explodes and extends to the entire lab. Stockman is running to the nearest exit through the corridors. He goes out the exit door, but then the explosion knocks him down, and he sits up from where he fell and examines his lab in flames. He is filled with anger and hatred. He slams his fist on the ground, but he has too much adrenaline to feel the sting of pain in his hand. Stockman sees the turtles and their friends escape and swears that he will get his revenge on those who have wronged him. Just then, sounds of boots are near him. Stockman looks up and sees Hun standing over him. "Problems, Doctor Stockman?" Whatever emotions he had within, it is now replaced with utter panic and fear. Not of Hun, for Stockman believed him to be a mutt, but the one man he feared the most was Oroku Saki.
The turtles, April, John and Ryan are now standing on the rooftop they were at before. Everyone of them watches as the whole laboratory is in flames. "Holy crap." That is the only thing John manages to say. "No kidding. That was intense." April says. "No worry, guys. The Calvary is here." Mikey points out nearby sirens and firetruck, on their way to the scene. "How did we survive that?" Ryan asks. "We destroyed the mousers. If we hadn't, they would've killed us." Don explains. "So, we won?" Raph replies in confusion. "Not necessarily. Doctor Stockman is still out there. Somewhere." John answers. "Then it's a tie." Mikey answers as he looks upon the fiery blaze. John tilts his head, agreeing with that statement. "I guess." John feels a hand patting him on his right shoulder, where he sees Leo. "I will take it." Leo is the last one to say as they all look upon the scenery in silence before heading back home. Everyone now has more questions than answers, including John. They may have succeeded in their mission, but he had a feeling that this was far from over. He believes that he and the team will encounter Stockman again and will face a higher threat they all hope to be ready for.
As the heroes leap into the shadows once more, a light in the sky Shines brighter than the city. The light forms even brighter, hinting that in the darkness, the light will always be there. Even when we are at our lowest point, the light will guide those who are lost. Everyone in the city looks upon the light and they begin to wonder about it. They believe that it is only a star and that it has a higher rate than any star in the galaxy. Unknown to them, it wasn't just any star. It was a message and a reminder. "May the grace of the Lord be with whom I have chosen for my kingdom."
Stock-Tronics
8:40 P.m.
The fire department has already begun containing most of it twenty minutes ago. All there is now are just ash and smoke. The smell of copper and metal is replaced by the burning wood. Alex kneels over the rubble that is at the laboratory. Looking around for any clues as to what occurred here tonight. Diane walks over to him, eager as well to get some answers. "All the witnesses keep saying the same thing. All they heard was an explosion and anything else they could've had saw was out of the ordinary." Diane lets him know, and Alex picks up another object that was currently left behind. "What's that?" "I am not an expert, but that looks like it could be from Japan." Alex hands her a shuriken, one that is still intact. "So, what? Our vigilantes are ninjas from Japan? I thought they were extinct." Alex looks around and sees another thing nearby and starts to walk towards it. "They really do not stop getting involved, do they?" Alex asks as Diane sees the Dragon bandana on the ground. "The dragons were here." "Which means our science boy isn't the so-called hero he claimed to be." Diane looks at him with confusion. "You think Stockman was working with them?" Alex doesn't answer right away, which brings Diane with her next question. "You think our 'vigilantes' were plotting to exploit his true nature, Stockman disappears, and then, what, there was an explosion? That doesn't make you think?" Alex just shrugs. "Never liked Baxter Stockman that much, anyway." Alex heads back to the car, leaving Diane with more questions about these vigilantes. She did not believe they were dangerous, no, but something doesn't quite add up. One day she and her new partner would find the answers and hopes that she will face Stockman soon. Her fists closed tightly, just even thinking about the name wanted to bring her to the edge, but she contained herself. She did not want anyone to know why she wanted to find this guy, nor her real reason as to what could happen. She had a job to do, and she was going to keep it, no matter what.
The Lair
9:00 p.m.
As everyone gathers around the T.V., The news broadcast covers the story of previous events of tonight. "Authorities are completely perplexed by the sudden destruction of the Stock-Tronics laboratory, and the disappearance of city known scientist, Baxter Stockman." As the news lady keeps on going, everyone lifts up their cups in the air. "Here is to the new team!" Leo is the first to speak. "The New Team" everyone says the same thing. "Hey April. I'm sorry that you lost your job. That must be rough." Ryan says to her. "Hey. It's ok. I think, if I'm being honest here, all of you did me a really big favor." "To be fair, he did hold you at gunpoint." Don assures. "Exactly." April drinks her water, and everyone is taking in what else had occurred tonight. "What will you do now, Ms. O'Neil?" Splinter asks her. "Well, I'm not sure. I was thinking about actually trying to get my Uncle Auggie's shop running again. Figured if you two boys would be willing?" She looks at both Ryan and John with eagerness. "You can count on us." John tells her. Ryan agrees and lifts up his cup. "Thanks, you guys." She looks at the turtles now. "And of course, thank you. All of you. I mean it." "Anytime, April." Mikey says. April could not help but smile at everyone, and that's when she noticed Casey, who was almost lost in thought. "You all right, Case?" Raph asks. Casey looks up and notices everyone looking questioningly at him. "Yeah, I'm alright. I think actually have to be somewhere. "Casey?" April asks, and Casey then turns around. April wanted to tell him something, but now wasn't the time or place. "Just be Careful." Casey turns away slightly, and then looks back to April. He nods and heads out. April wished that he could stay and hang with all of them, instead of seeking revenge or death on the person who killed his father, but she couldn't control him. All she can do is wish for the best. Everyone said bye to Casey, instead of John, who also looked like he was stuck in his mind. Leo notices this. "You alright?" He says it loud enough for everyone to turn and wonder what was on his mind. "Back at the Lab, Stockman said that his employer was a descendant. From a Japanese group." "That 'Descendant' is also in charge of the purple dragons." Leo manages to say, and John nods at that statement. Now a few of them were thinking clearly and examining this. "Wait, you think that this descendant is connected to that guy, um-" "Takeshi Tatsuo." Leo answers Ryan. "Thank you. You think it's the same guy?" "Not likely." "Well, he may have wanted to have worthy successors of his. And that successor would have been taught the exact same way by Takeshi." John explains. "I thought you said that wasn't possible." Raph asks John. John just shrugs. "I could be wrong sometimes." "Whoever that successor is, he seems to be good at recruiting for his criminal empire." Don thinks out loud. "If he also helped Stockman with his machines, we are looking at someone with a whole lot of wealth on his hands." Leo crosses his arms and walks towards the nearby poster board. "We just need to look at the right place then." John says. "I think I may have found one." Don heads over to his computer. "You did?" April asks. "When Leo said that John needed a place to find hidden files or secrets from the Ashikaga period, I started a little digging, and there's a few places that I looked into. One of them just happens to be at a library." Don types away on his keyboard and brings up three files. "How'd you get this?" John asks. "I may have borrowed it from Stockman." "Donatello." Splinter says with a concerned look and a disciplined voice. "Sorry, Sensei, but we are protecting the city and needed answered, so I thought why not?" Leo sighs and smiles at his genius of a brother and shakes his head. "What did you find?" He goes along with it. "There are two places that may or may not fit the description John mentioned." Don clicks on the enter button, and the screen now shows the Columbus library. "Whoever decided to hide these made it clear that they're not noble with their choices. This library isn't the most popular or fancy one in the city, but it contains each historical document and books you may be able to find, whatever you're interested in." "What about the next one?" April asks. Don clicks the next slide available, and it looked very unexpected to everyone in the photo. "Is that a school?" "Midtown public high school." John looks at Don as soon as he says this, and then back to the screen. "It says it's located in forest hill neighborhood of queens. Somehow, they must've gotten it." As John moved in closer, he had heard of Midtown school before, but was it possible? If so, how was it? "I guess there's one way we can find the answers." Everyone understands what he means, except for Raph. "So, let me see your point of view here, kid. You're gonna head to this school, enroll as a student, and find this document to someone who has been dead a long time?" "Yeah. Pretty much." Leo thinks carefully about what John is doing also. "This may not be the brightest idea you can ever have. And I don't even like you that much." "Raphael." Splinter calls out his son's name. "Yeah, but this is the only opportunity we have. Look, Hakigosha sent many assassins to take out Tatsuo, and in that time, Tatsuo learned and had many secrets that we don't even know about. These people were eventually able to find the facts we need. Besides, I'm young and I'm sure I would be able to finish school." Raph just shakes his head. "I'm all for it." Leo says. "Even if they aren't their, I'm sure your parents would be proud of your decision." John smiles and looks back at the screen. He knew they had to be there. He just knew it. He and Ryan would go to school to conceal their identities, find what they need and continue to help their city. "Jonathan." Splinter heads near John to explain his own thoughts. "I appreciate your commitment and dedication to prove yourself. Are you sure of this?" Splinter knew there was no point of asking, for John thought it through. "I am, Master." Splinter placed a hand on John's shoulder. "Do as you must. Finish your education, learn all you can, and be wise young one. I expect you won't forget honing and increasing your skills, however, and to never neglect your training here." Splinter lightly smiles at him, and John bows towards him. "Yes, sensei." Raph heads off to the garage to avoid everyone at the moment. Everyone took notice, and this made want John to talk with him. "I will speak with him." John looked at Splinter as if he was reading his thoughts. "He will come around." John understands and decides to let it go for now. "We'll have some more for you in the meantime." Don told him. "Thanks, Donny." John then turns to Ryan. "See you later?" "Count on it." They give each other knuckles and John starts to head back to April's apartment. "John wait." Leo stops him from leaving. "Yeah?" "You did good out there tonight. I was actually impressed." "Thanks. Really, I should thank you." Leo doesn't understand what he means. "The advice from earlier. I needed to understand what Ryan was trying to tell me and be mindful of what our new lives our like." "That's good to hear." John nods in agreement.
"Up for another piece of advice?" John looks at him and says yes. "Don't ever forget where you came from. That can bring out the very best in you and others will see that. I think that's what Ryan wanted as well." John thinks long and hard about what Leo told him. He nods and goes to shake his hand. "Thanks Leo." Leo does the same. "Of course." "See you later." "Yeah." John heads out and Leo stays where he is, thinking and hoping that he will be alright. Just for his future and everything that comes along with it. 'Do not worry, Leonardo. There will be many trials and obstacles, but he will not be alone.' Leo hears someone talking to him as well. He looked around to see who was speaking to him but there was no one there. Whoever it was, it felt like someone was speaking to him. He would have to find out later, but he decided to listen to it.
O'Neil Residence
9:00 P.m.
Ryan and April just got back from the Lair and had a long night fighting the Dragons and the mouser tech, yet Ryan still has all kinds of energy left to talk a lot to April. "You honestly think that movie is better than anything?" April asks him. "Well, Yeah. If you think about it, its got a love story, great action, and a happy ending." "I'm pretty sure the dark knight has him driving away from the police." "Yeah, but sometimes the hero has to make sacrifices." April just laughs and shakes her head, still reminiscing about earlier events that just occurred. "Are you ok?" April looks at him and forms a small smile. "I am. Thanks to all of you." Ryan is relieved to hear and he would love to talk more about it, but he feels all tired. "I think I'm gonna hit the sack. That fight with those mousers was so rough somehow." "Don't blame you." April calls out and wishes him good night. As Ryan opens the door to his room, he notices John standing there, and something g feels different. He notices the desk is updated with two chairs, and a ps4 is put aside right with the Xbox one. "What is this?" "I think it was missing something before, so I added something to our room. To make it feel like home." John tells him. Ryan looks around and is in awe. This looks almost exactly like his room back in Raton. Like where he felt he belonged to. "You did all this?" Ryan is still in disbelief. "Raton has and always will be home to us. You reminded me of that." Ryan smiles and takes off his coat. "Well, Its still missing one thing." John looks at him confused. Ryan unfolds a piece of paper, and as he hangs it up on the wall, it is revealed that it is a drawing of New York, showing the Empire State Building as the main source. It was perfectly drawn to the core. "Mikey made this as a gift." John had to smile at this as it was most impressive. "Of course he did." John pats Ryan on the shoulder and walks back to the chair. Ryan looks at the drawing one last time and to him, New York was now his home "Are you gonna play or not, Caldwell?" Ryan turns and scoffs at John. "It's on." He grabs a second controller, and it seems to be to good, but Ryan has only one thought. "Midtown High school?" John takes notice of his question. "Do you think there's more to what's going on?" John finally understands. "I don't know." John didn't know the answers, but he will figure out. Little did he know that his path is just beginning.
9:15 P.M.
Roosevelt island
Angel opens her bedroom window, slowly and quietly to not wake Casey's mother. She goes into her bedroom and shuts her window, relieved that she got home safe. Angel believes that she is in the clear, but just then her bedroom light comes on. Caseys Mother, Mrs. Jones is in her bedroom clothes, and she is wearing a robe, where she ties it together and crosses her arms. "Hi." That is all Angel can say. "Where were you?!" Cassandra her voice. Angel has heard this at least too many times. "Nowhere." "Angel Bridge! Don't you even lie to me!" "I don't want to talk about it, ok? I was out. With friends." Angel partially tells her the truth and then proceeds towards the kitchen. "How many times have I told you, you can't go out unless you ask me?" Mrs. Jones says to her, and she does not have any excuses this time. "So, what if I was out with a group of people? I'm here now. Deal with it." Angel bluntly answers her before she takes a sip of milk from the jug. "Angel!" Angel nearly jumps to her core as to how her so called guardian reacted. "I promised your father to his grave that I would keep my eye on you. I have tried everything in power and my time to give you a decent home. I haven't asked for anything from you except your respect and appreciation." Angel has heard this several times. She feels like it will never stop. "I may not be your parent or relative, but I loved your family very much. Me and Casey did. And I believe they would not want you to waste your time or life with God knows whatever you are doing." "How would you Know? Angel snaps at her, "They're gone. I haven't seen them here, and neither have you! Don't you even dare tell me what they would want!" Angel nearly yells at her and is on the verge of tears, but she does not allow herself to continue. "I'm telling you because they did love you. So do I." Mrs. Jones tells her. Angel wipes away a small tear from her eye, hoping that this conversation was over. "I don't want to see on the news your name in some neighborhood either dead or worse." "What's worse than dead?" Angel asks sarcastically as she takes another sip of water, and Mrs. Jones cannot help but sigh. "Oh, trust me." Angel didn't believe her. She couldn't believe her. "That's why I'm sending you back to school." Angel looks at her quickly surprised. "What?" "You'll be attending Midtown High School next week. Casey agrees." And with that, she walks off to her bedroom, and Angel is about to say something back to her, but no matter how much she argues her point, Mrs. Jones has already made up hers.
Agnes obel- Fuel by fire
(Music instrumental starts)
John: Things in your life can change. Even if you don't want them to, they still try to find a way.
Verse 1:
Do you want me on your mind?
Or do you want me to go on?
I might be yours as sure as I can say.
Be gone, be far away.
Raph is in the training area, hitting the punching bag, trying to get his mind off of things. Unknown to him, his older brother is on the far-off corner, examining Rapha training and frustration. Leo thinks carefully on how they all can try to convince him about everything going on.
John: There will be those who may not handle change well and find ways to fight it alone. But others will accept the change.
Verse 2:
Roses on parade, they follow you around
Upon your shore as sure as I can say
Be gone be faraway.
Don works on more of his inventions, but something inside of him is burning, and he feels no peace within his heart. He does not know what it is, but he wipes the sweat off of his face and keeps on working. Mikey sees that and he starts to worry about his older brother. Splinter takes notice in all of his son's quietness around the lair and worries that this means something. He hopes that it will change soon and bring forward the light that has not been seen for a long time.
Pre Chorus:
Like Fuel to fire
John: But even so, people will choose to face it alone, and we may fear what it means, but we have to have trust and faith they will conquer it.
John looks out the window of his new home, wondering if this city can still be saved from the darkness that's been infecting New York from within.
Intermission:
Oh, what a day to choose
Torn by the hours
All that I say to you
Is like fuel to fire.
John: Sometimes, that has to be enough. Whatever life holds in store, there will be times where we may doubt, but we have to believe that it will get better. To face the fire that's spread.
John holds on to his cross and continues to look at the window. He wonders about the endless possibilities out there and wonders if things can truly change. He continues to look out the window.
(Scenery changes to Angels Room.)
Angel looks after a few more seconds, then proceeds back to her bed. She sees one of her pictures standing on the nightstand. It is a picture of her and her family. Where she looks more at the woman in the picture, and then begins to cry. She wouldn't show it to anyone, but she missed her mother so much. She believed no one would be able to understand her pain, and how she longed to find answers she sought for.
Back to Aprils apartment
Ryan is now fast asleep, and John continues to wonder about the vast possibilities of what may come to pass. He starts to finish unpacking his remaining things, including his books
Back to April's Apartment.
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Ryan is now fast asleep, and John continues to wonder about the vast possibilities of what may come to pass. He starts to finish unpacking his remaining things, including his books and pictures of his parents. How he misses them so, but knows that they are up there, watching over him just like always. John notices something off about the picture. More of which what appears in his fathers Jacket. John examines it closely and sees the thing that brought him and Ryan here in the first place. "The medallion." Its seen sticking out, but John recognizes the artifact as it is, Hanging slightly out of his father's pocket. What was it doing there? How did his father know about it? John sits down on his bed, shocked and speechless by what he just saw. Did his father keep it for him? He went back to his unpacked box and pulled out a file. A small file that Ryan or anybody else didn't even know about. It was a police file that had all the information about the accident. It had everything that was related about the case. Time of death, location, and the cars. Maybe there was something in here that he can use. He keeps on reading, but nothing. John thought wonders of his father. He gave him a home, taught him everything like a father should. If his father was connected to the artifact, he had to find out the truth. He needed to get answers, but he would need to do this alone. John didn't want to place this burden on anyone else. For now.
Foot headquarters
10:30 p.m.
"The machines run perfectly well, according to the data I just sent to you, Master Shredder. As you can see here, they operate at a very unique stability." Baxter Stockman Carefully explains to Oroku Saki, with Hun standing there for more orders. "Yet, you allowed these "vigilantes" and "turtles" to meddle with your affair." "It was a minor setback." "It was Failure, Stockman!" As Saki yelled this, both men were surprised at this sudden outburst. Then Saki moved over to his window, to see the view of his city. "These, "vigilantes" already have taken back one part of the city. They've already stopped your development process, and one of mine followers has already failed to see his mission through. What makes you think this will not happen again?" "I'll make my machines stronger. You can guarantee it. With your funding, I can still continue pursuing my research. Ill be back to work on Monday morning." Stockman regains his composure and pride and starts to leave. "No." That was enough to make Stockman turn around and see Hun walk up to him. "If they succeed again, everything we have worked hard for will be undone. And then, it will be your head." "I can assure you it won't be that way." "No. It will not." Hun grabs Stockman, who struggles to get his hand off his shoulder as he is pulling him away. "No! Where are you taking me, you wee-minded brute?! No!" As he continues screaming, Saki looks out the window. A few seconds later, a man in some technological military outfit walks in and kneels before his master. "I take it you have something for me." Saki asks his soldier. The soldier stands and hands him an electronic device. One of the mousers captured this image." Saki views it and sees them. He takes a few seconds and then slashes the screen in half. "These "freaks" are trying to send us a message. They believe they can save this city." Sakai turns back to his seat. "Their ignorance will cost them."
Episode title outro sound.
Hey guys! I'm back. I know it's been a year and a half since I last posted, but I am back and ready than ever. Certain things are still in the way, but I promise this time I'm putting more energy into this story like many others I hope you guys enjoyed this and I will be putting more out there. Thank you so much for being patient with me. The next part will hopefully be added in a month or two months! Love y'all 3000. If you enjoyed this episode, I promise it will be better from here.
