Chapter 3: Turtle Temper
The Turtles and Karai were watching a lab from a nearby rooftop. Donnie watched the lab with his spy-scope. "Anything?" Leo asked. "Nothing yet." Donnie said. "This is boring." Venus groaned as she finished her soda and kicked the empty can away, making clattering noises that disturbed Raph. "Venus, when ninjas are on surveillance, they're supposed to be silent!" Karai whispered. "Sorry, sis. I'm just really bored." Venus said as she kicked another can, accidentally hitting Raph. Just then, he grabbed her and flipped her onto a satellite dish, breaking it. "Say it." He said, putting her in a headlock. "Raph, be quiet!" Leo whispered. "Not until Venus says it." Raph said. "I'm not saying it!" Venus exclaimed as she struggled against Raph's grip. "I said say it!" Raph exclaimed. "I am not saying it!" Venus exclaimed. "Say it or else!" Raph exclaimed. "Never!" Venus exclaimed.
"Enough already!" Leo exclaimed. Raph finally let go of Venus as she gasped for air. "We're wasting our time. The Kraang aren't gonna show up." He said with a hint of impatience. "Have a little patience, will you?" Karai asked. "Trust me, guys. They're gonna break into that lab tonight. I have reliable intel." Donnie said. "Intel? You mean, the O'Neils told you. Or should I say…Elena told you." Raph said. "Yeah. His little girlfriend." Karai teased. "She's not my girlfriend! She's a girl who's a friend whose dad got kidnapped by the same aliens who are gonna break into that lab and we're gonna stop them!" Donnie exclaimed. "Or we'll just sit out on a cold roof for no reason whatsoever." Raph said. "Raph's right, guys. I wish something would happen already." Mikey said.
"What the heck's going on up here?" A voice asked. The turtles and Karai turned in shock to see a fat, balding old man with a big nose standing in a doorway. "What're you playing dress-up?" He asked. "No, sir. We were just-" Leo tried to explain until the old man noticed the satellite dish. "Which one of you slimy green ham shanks busted my satellite dish?!" He asked rudely. "Ham shanks?!" Raph exclaimed. "I don't even know what that means." Donnie said. "Me neither. But I don't like it." Raph said. He was about to walk towards the old man, but Leo grabbed his arm. "Let's go." He said. The Turtles and Karai were about to walk away. "That's right, you spineless creampuff! Listen to your mommy!" The old man insulted. "Hey! Watch it, buddy." Raph said, pulling out his sais. "Oh no! I didn't know you had salad tongs." The old man said, mockingly. "Salad tongs?!" Raph exclaimed. He was about to charge at the man, but Leo and Karai grabbed him. Meanwhile, down in the street, the Kraang had arrived as Donnie expected. They were loading Mutagen canisters into their van. "I'm not gonna take this from some greasy, pit-stained slob with a comb over!" Raph exclaimed. "You calling me ugly? Seen in a mirror lately, circus freak?" The old man asked insultingly. "Raph, don't!" Leo exclaimed. "It's not worth it!" Karai exclaimed. "You want a piece of me?" The old man asked daringly. As the Kraang loaded the last canister, they heard the argument and looked at each other.
"When I'm done, a piece of you is all that's gonna be left!" Raph exclaimed as the whole team now held him back. Suddenly, a laser blast was shot past him as his siblings pulled him back. Everyone turned to see the Kraang aiming their blasters at them. "Kraangdroids!" Leo exclaimed. "Holy Toledo!" The old man said in shock. "Way to blow our cover, Raph." Karai said as she and the Turtles got their weapons ready. The Kraang charged up their blasters.
(Intro)
The Kraang started firing. "Scram!" Leo exclaimed as he, Karai and the Turtles leapt into action. The old man ran for the door. As he stopped, he watched the Turtles and Karai use their training to dodge the blasts. "Holy cow. They're some kind of…Kung Fu Frogs." He said as he took out his phone and started recording the fight. Raph dodged the blasts as he ran up to one of the Kraang, knocked its blaster out of it hands, kneed its robot head and slammed it on the roof. Leo flipped around to dodge the blasts and kicked the second Kraang in the head. Karai leapt off a nearby water tower and tuck-and-rolled to dodge the blasts and then back-flipped, kicking the third Kraang in the chin. Mikey flipped over a triangular roof window and then cartwheeled to dodge the blasts, took out his nunchaku and smacked the fourth Kraang in the face with them. The fifth Kraang wielded 2 blasters as it blasted at Venus. But she gave a great leap, summersaulted in mid-air and stomped on the Kraang. Donnie dodged the blasts with some quick spins and whacked the sixth Kraang with his bō staff.
"Keep going, Kung Fu Frogs. This is pure gold." The old man said, getting the Turtles and Karai's attention as the Kraang retreated. "We're not frogs, you idiot!" Raph exclaimed. "Yeah, and it's not Kung Fu! It's an ancient Japanese battle art!" Donnie exclaimed. "Guys, he got us on video!" Leo exclaimed. "He recorded the whole fight!" Karai exclaimed. That made Raph even madder. "Not for long, he doesn't." He said. He charged for the old man, but he slammed the door shut in his face. "I'm gonna make a fortune off of this!" The old man cheered. "Firetrucks on route. 30 seconds." Donnie said, hearing firetruck sirens coming their way. "Let's move." Leo said. "Wait! We need to find that guy and break his phone! And his face!" Raph exclaimed as the team retreated. But as he saw that they were gone, he grunted in anger and followed them.
Later, as they returned to the lair, they received a scolding from Splinter and Shen. "Not only did Raphael alert the Kraang, but you got caught. On video!" Splinter scolded. "What exactly were you thinking, Raphael?!" Shen asked. "Sensei, he was the angriest, nastiest guy you'd ever met." Raph said. "Welcome to New York." Karai muttered. "You should've heard the insults this guy was throwing at us. They were so…insulting!" Raph exclaimed. "Oh, we did not realize he said mean things. Of course. You had no choice but to jeopardize your mission." Splinter exclaimed. Raph did not like that. "Yoshi is right. You are ninjas. You work in the shadows in secret. This becomes difficult if there's proof of your existence. Especially in high definition." Shen explained. "Look, we know where this guy lives. All we have to do is find him and shake him until the tape pops out." Raph said. "Oh, there's no tape. Video phones use flash memory and-" Donnie tried to explain until Raph shut him up with an angry glare and dog growl. "Anger is self-destructive." Splinter said. "I always thought it was others-destructive." Raph said. "Raphael! Stand up." Splinter ordered. Raph stood up.
Later, in the dojo, Raph stood in the center while Leo, Karai, Donnie, Mikey and Venus aimed at him with bows and rubber arrows. "Evade the arrows." Splinter instructed. "No problem." Raph said. "Hajime!" Splinter called. Leo, Karai, Donnie, Mikey and Venus each fired one arrow, but Raph dodged each one. "Yame!" Splinter called as he caught Donnie's arrow with 2 fingers. Everyone stopped. "Again. Except this time, Leonardo, Miwa, Donatello, Michelangelo and Venus…insult Raphael." Splinter instructed. "Wait. Insult…him?" Donnie asked. "Yes." Splinter said. "And he can't fight back?" Donnie asked. "No." Splinter said. "I'm feeling pretty good about this plan." Donnie said. But Mikey went pale. "Hajime!" Splinter called. The 5 of them circled around Raph. "You move like a bloated buffalo." Venus insulted as she fired her arrow. Raph dodged the arrow perfectly. "I do not!" He argued. "And you're always whining. 'Poor me! Nobody understands me!'." Leo said mockingly as he fired his arrow. "Well, you don't understand-" Raph tried to say, but the arrow hit his shell. "And you're always jealous of how Leo's patience and understanding always surpasses your own so-called superiority." Karai insulted, firing her arrow at Raph's shell. "And…Oh! You don't keep your back straight when doing Omote Kote Gyaku! And you're ugly!" Donnie insulted, firing 2 arrows at Raph's shell. "And gassy!" Venus exclaimed, firing another arrow. "Stop it!" Raph exclaimed. "Aw, you talk so tough, but inside, you're just a scared little baby." Leo said mockingly. "Who needs his bottle." Donnie added. "And needs his diaper changed." Venus added. "And needs to be put to bed." Karai added. "What's the matter, Raph? Gonna cry?" Leo asked, mockingly. "I…am not…gonna cry!" Raph exclaimed as more arrows hit him before he fell down.
"Wait. I didn't hear anything from Mikey." Venus said. They turned to see Mikey holding up his bow, still nocked with his first arrow, hesitating. "Michelangelo, you mustn't hesitate. Insult your brother." Splinter instructed. "I…I can't! I won't! You can't make me!" Mikey shouted as he threw down his bow and arrow, crying. Shen walked over and comforted him. "It's alright, my son." She said soothingly. "You know what?! Forget this! This is stupid!" Raph exclaimed as he stood up, slammed down his sais and walked over to Splinter. "Niniku Seishin is the ability to endure insults with patience and humility. You cannot be a true ninja until you master it." Splinter explained. "Him, master humility? Not likely." Venus said, knowing her brother. Raph glared at her threateningly. "Understood?" Splinter asked sternly. "Hai, Sensei." Raph said. "You must get that video back…using reason. Not force." Splinter said.
Later, the old man was talking on the phone while leaving his apartment. "That's right. I swear on my mother's grave that these guys are frogs and they know Kung Fu. Except the little Eastern chick, but she's just as good as they are. You can't tell me that's not worth something!" He explained on the phone. Just then, the Turtles and Karai dropped down around him, surprising him. "I'll call you back." He said, hanging up the phone. "Lay one finger on me, frogs, and I'm calling the cops." He warned. "We're not gonna hurt you." Raph said, trying to hold in his anger. "Then what do you want, freak?" The old man asked. "We got off on the wrong foot last night. Some things were said, and well…we would just like the video back." Raph said. The old man was unconvinced. Leo elbowed Raph. "Please." Raph said. "What're you gonna give me for it?" The old man asked. "Give you for it?" Raph asked. "Well, I figure I got you over a barrel. So, you've got to make it worth my while." The old man said. "I'll make it worth your while. I WON'T TAKE YOUR HEAD AND SMASH IT AGAINST THE-" Raph tried to say until Leo and Karai pulled him back. "Okay, okay. Thank you, Raphael. We will take over." Leo said. "Okay. Let's start over. What's your name, sir?" Karai asked. "Vic." The old man, Vic, said. "Okay. So, Vic, what're you looking for?" Leo asked. "Uh…a cool mil ought to cover it." Vic said. "Mmhmm, mmhmm. A cool mil of what?" Karai asked. "A million dollars." Vic said. "We don't have a million dollars." Leo said. "Isn't there a cheaper price you could give us?" Karai asked. "Would these Canadian quarters I found cover it instead?" Mikey asked. "I could make serious money off this thing. And if you don't wanna pay, I'll hold onto it until someone else does." Vic said. "That's it!" Raph exclaimed as he took Vic's arm and slammed him into the sidewalk. "Hand over the video or so help me, I will kick your hairy butt all the way to New Jersey!" He threatened.
Suddenly, the Kraang, as they loaded a new shipment into their truck, overheard the argument again and shined their headlights on the scene. "Guys, the Kraang!" Leo called. The Kraang got in the van and drove it towards them. "Raph!" Leo and Karai shouted.
The van was about to run over Raph and Vic. "Look out!" Leo exclaimed, helping Raph and Vic out of the road. Just then, the Kraang's delivery truck was about to leave too. "Let's not let this one get away." Leo said. As the truck started to drive away, Raph threw an oil barrel at it, causing it to crash into a garage door. "Well, that was easy." Raph said proudly. Suddenly, several Kraang came out of the back and started blasting. "You were saying?" Venus asked sarcastically. "Ooh-kay." Raph said. The Turtles and Karai dodged the blasts as they charged in. Raph leapt off the wall as he knocked down the Kraang one at a time. Vic attempted to crawl away, avoiding the blasts. Donnie disarmed one of the Kraang and whacked it with his bō staff. Mikey dodged a couple blasts and whacked another Kraang with his nunchaku. Venus jabbed a third Kraang with her tonfas and kicked it in the head. Suddenly, as Vic attempted to flee, a Kraang knocked him into the back of the truck. As Leo, Raph and Karai took down a few more Kraang, Raph saw Vic in the truck. "Oh no, you don't!" He exclaimed as he started to march over to the truck. "Raph, what're you doing?! Get back here!" Leo said as he blocked a Kraang's blaster blade. But Raph ignored him. As he pushed the Kraang back, another Kraang kicked him down and stomped on him repeatedly. "Leo! I'm coming!" Karai cried. But before she could rush over to help, another Kraang hit her head with its blaster, knocking her down. "Raph!" Leo called as he got stomped on.
As Vic tried to get out of the truck, he saw Raph coming towards him. "We got unfinished business!" Raph exclaimed. Vic backed up as he entered the truck. "You give me that phone right now!" He demanded. Suddenly, Vic saw something behind him. As Raph turned around, he saw 3 Kraang climb into the truck. Just then, the truck started up again and started to drive off. "Raph's inside!" Leo called. Raph fought off the 3 Kraang. He jammed one of his sais into the one's blaster, causing it overload and electrocute its robot body, burning off some of its human disguise. As Raph fought off the other 2, one of them grabbed him and prepared to throw him out of the truck. But Raph bit its arm and punched its head, knocking it out. "Let's get out of here!" Raph exclaimed to Vic. "Forget it! You lizards don't wanna buy my video, maybe these guys will." Vic said. "Raph! Get out of there!" Donnie exclaimed, holding out his bō staff for Raph as he and the others chased the truck. But Raph didn't listen and grabbed Vic's arm. "Listen, you idiot, frogs are not lizards, and we're not frogs!" He exclaimed. Suddenly, the damaged Kraang grabbed him and threw him out of the truck, tumbling him into the others. "So long, froggy!" Vic called tauntingly as he cackled before turning to the Kraang. "Thanks for the help, guys. Have I got a deal for you." He said, gesturing to his video. The Kraang remained silent as they stared at him. "So, are you all triplets or what?" Vic asked. The Kraang started to walk up to him.
Meanwhile, the Turtles and Karai recovered from Raph's little tumble. "Nice going, Raph." Leo said. "What did I do?!" Raph exclaimed. "What did you do?! You left the 5 of us in the middle of the fight to yell at somebody!" Leo exclaimed. "Yeah! And thanks to your temper, the guy with the tape-" Karai started to say. "Again, technically it's a flash-" Donnie tried to say. "Not now, Donnie!" Leo exclaimed. "-is now in the hands of the Kraang!" Karai finished. "Exactly! How are we supposed to find them?" Leo asked. Just then, Mikey noticed something in the street. "Hey, what's that?" He asked. It was a black puddle. Donnie walked over and examined it, seeing that there was a trail of it. "It's transmission fluid. The truck's leaking." He said. "It must've been damaged when it crashed." Venus guessed. "Alright! We can follow the trail to their hideout!" Leo cheered. "And then we'll bash some bots." Raph said, pounding his fist. But Leo and Karai glared at him. "What?" Raph asked. "We are going to bash some bots. You are going home." Leo said. "Right now." Karai added. "What're you kidding?! Come on, guys, are we really gonna let Leo and Karai power-trip like this?" Raph asked. "I think Leo's right." Donnie said. "This whole mess started because of you, Raph." Venus said. "You gotta control your temper. Until then, we just can't trust you." Leo said. "It's nothing personal, Raph. Just go home and cool off." Karai said. "Sorry, Raph." Mikey muttered in a sad tone as they walked off to follow the fluid trail, leaving Raph in the streetlight. Raph threw down his sais in anger.
Later, as he returned to the lair, he was ranting off in the kitchen to Spike. "Who do Leo and Karai think they are?! So, what if I got a temper? I'm still the best fighter we've got. In fact, if anything, my anger makes me a better fighter. You understand me, don't you, Spike? Chew on your leaf if you understand me." He said. Spike took a bite out of his leaf. "Yeah, thought so." Raph said. "We understand you too." Splinter said, surprising Raph as he and Shen walked in. "Seriously, you 2 have gotta knock or something." Raph said. "Raphael. Let us tell you a story." Shen said. "Sensei, I'm not in the mood for a story." Raph said. "Spike, chew on your leaf if you are in the mood for a story." Splinter said. Spike took another bite of his leaf. Shen giggled at that. "Very well. When Shen and I were young, we fell in love." Splinter started. "Oh, hey, is it that late?" Raph asked, trying to get out of the story-telling. "Sit." Splinter and Shen said simultaneously. Raph sat down and sighed in disappointment.
[Flashback]
In Japan, at the Hamato home, Yoshi and Shen talked to each other, sharing their mutual feelings of love. "But Yoshi was not the only one who loved me. There was another man who competed for my attention. Oroku Saki." "Shredder." Saki started insulting Yoshi in front of Shen, hoping to claim her love. "One day, he insulted me in front of her. He called me many things." Yoshi felt his anger building up inside of him as it started to rain. "I felt that I could not let those insults go unanswered." Out of anger, Yoshi struck Saki, knocking him down. Saki wiped off the blood from his mouth. Shen comforted Yoshi as they watched Saki walk away. "I lost my temper, and overtime, our rivalry festered into hatred." As they watched him leave, they knew that Saki's heart would further dwell into darkness.
"Until Shredder sought to finish us. All of us." Shredder's forces attacked the Hamato home, setting it afire as he attempted to kill Yoshi. As the building collapsed, Yoshi and Shen held baby Karai in their arms as they watched their home burn. "And we nearly lost everything."
[Flashback End]
Splinter and Shen held each other in comfort. "But…it wasn't your fault. Shredder insulted you. You had no choice." Raph protested. "No choice? I could've chosen to ignore him. I could've chosen to let his words wash over me. Like a river over stone. But I let him anger me. It was I who made his words into weapons." Splinter explained. "And even if he did so, he is still the kind, caring and generous man I love." Shen said. "Yes. That's the choice I made. What choice will you make?" Splinter asked before walking out of the kitchen with Shen following him. Raph put this all to thought as he mentally asked himself the same question.
Meanwhile, the other Turtles and Karai followed the fluid trail. "We're here." Leo said as the trail led them to an abandoned warehouse. "Uh, are we really gonna do this without, Raph?" Mikey asked with doubt. "We can handle it." Leo said. "I don't know. It just feels wrong without having Raph watching my back." Mikey said. "I'll watch it for you, Mikey. How's that sound?" Karai asked. "Sure. That works, I guess." Mikey said. "Great. Let's go." Leo said. They climbed up the side of the warehouse and entered it through the door at the top. Inside were thousands of crates covered in spiders and webs. "Spiders. Why did it have to be spiders?" Mikey asked, disliking spiders. They continued inside, keeping an eye out for the Kraang.
Meanwhile, the Kraang held Vic hostage at a Mutagen generator while they watched the video on his phone. "The image that is the image on the phone is pleasing to the eyes of Kraang." One of the Kraang said. "This is true. Kraang is looking what is known in the Earth term as handsome in this phone." Another Kraang said in agreement. The Turtles and Karai hid behind a big crate as they found them. "Well, you guys drive a hard bargain. I'll tell you what, I'll drop it down to 500,000 and you can keep the phone." Vic said. The Kraang turned away. "Okay, 400,000." Vic said. "This is our fight with the creatures called the Turtles and the girl called Karai." One Kraang said. "The usefulness of this will be proven usefully with the more watching of this." A second Kraang said. "Also, this is being a good image of Kraang." The Kraang holding the phone said as they watched the part of the Kraang with the 2 blasters. "We should be showing the image of Kraang to Kraang." The first Kraang said. Suddenly, Vic's chair was being silently pulled away from the Kraang. Vic looked behind him and saw the Turtles and Karai. Mikey was pulling the chair towards him with a chain. "We're gonna get you out of here." Leo whispered. "What about my phone?!" Vic exclaimed. Karai shushed him. "Don't shush me, face mess! I ain't leaving here without my phone!" Vic exclaimed. The Kraang turned at the sound of him. "Stop the one that needs to be stopped!" One of them ordered. 2 Kraang walked up and aimed their blasters at them. "Stop!" They demanded. "Remind me why we have to rescue this guy?" Donnie asked.
As the Kraang started blasting, Leo drew his katanas and tackled one of them. As Karai and Mikey ran past, Donnie knocked down the second one with his bō staff. Just then, as another Kraang was about to leap at him, he moved to the side as Venus leapt over and kicked the Kraang. As the fight progressed, Vic noticed his phone nearby and tried to roll his chair over to it. But Karai kicked it over to the generator as she fought one of the Kraang. Vic rolled over to the generator as his chair got knocked over by a laser blast. "Got it!" He cheered as he grabbed his phone with a spider on it. Suddenly, a laser blast hit one of the tubes on the generator, causing Mutagen to spill out of it. Vic looked on in horror as the Mutagen was about to fall onto him. He screamed as he was being mutated, causing everyone to stop fighting in alarm. "Kraang, go look at the place where the thing that makes the noise is and tell us what thing makes that noise in that place." One of the Kraang said. Another Kraang walked over to where Vic was in the shadows. Suddenly, the Kraang was knocked back out. The Kraang abandoned its Kraangdroid in fear. Just then, something roared in the shadows. "I don't like the sound of that." Mikey said. Suddenly, Vic leapt out of the shadows, having been mutated into a giant black and red spider with 4 large legs on his head, 6 eyes on his face, 4 more on his chin, short and stubby arms, short legs and great big fangs. "I don't like the look of it either!" Mikey exclaimed in fear.
"What did you do to me?! I'm hideous!" Vic exclaimed. "Oh, and what were you before?" Venus asked mockingly. "Don't worry. The 6 of us can handle him." Leo assured, forgetting that Raph was gone. "Okay, this might be a bad time to point this out, but you sent one of the 6 of us home." Donnie said. "And right now, I wish it was me!" Mikey cried. "This is your fault! I'm gonna rip your heads off!" Vic exclaimed. "Alright, guys, prepare to dish out the mighty wrath of justice." Leo said, going all Space Heroes again. "Seriously, just yell 'get him'." Donnie said, unamused. "Yeah, is that so hard?" Venus asked. "Get-" Leo tried to say, but Vic swatted him with one of his legs. "Leo!" Karai cried as she rushed to help him. Vic grinned sinisterly at the others. Donnie tried to slam his bō staff on him, but Vic blocked it with his legs and pushed him back. Mikey and Venus tried to whack him with their weapons, but he blocked them with his legs. After Leo recovered, he and Karai charged towards Vic from behind. As Vic turned around to attack them with his legs, they leapt over him and slashed his back. "Is that all you got?!" Venus exclaimed. Just then, Vic spat out a glob of spit. As the Turtles and Karai backed away to dodge it, the glob melted through the floor like acid, much to their shock. "Okay, not the answer I was looking for." Venus said.
Vic spat out more acid globs, causing the Turtles and Karai to run away. Vic chased after them, using his new legs to flip over them and cut them off. They ran off again as he spat out more acid globs. As they dodged the globs, Donnie came up behind him and whacked him with his bō staff. But it wasn't enough. As Donnie fell back, Leo and Karai ran up and slashed at Vic with their blades, but he blocked them with his legs and tried to bite at them. Suddenly, Mikey threw an oil barrel into his mouth. He clamped down on it, slightly crushing it. Mikey threw another oil barrel at him, hitting him in the head. Vic spat out the barrel in his mouth and started chasing the Turtles and Karai, attempting to either bite them or stab them with his legs. Just then, as they stopped, they noticed that they were standing on a spot weakened by Vic's acid globs. The floor gave out, causing them to fall down to the lower level. "We're no match for Spider-Bytez." Mikey said as they recovered. "Spider-Bytez?" Leo asked. "That's actually quite fitting for a giant spider with big fangs." Venus said as they stood up. Just then, Vic, now renamed Spider-Bytez, leapt down to the lower level and stood on his head legs, revealing his scary back face to them before summersaulting and roaring at them. They tried to run, but Spider-Bytez kept blocking them. "This bug is fast." Leo said. "Spiders aren't actually bugs. They-" Donnie tried to say, but Spider-Bytez grabbed him and tossed him at the crates. "Playtime's over, frogs!" Spider-Bytez exclaimed, firing another acid glob at their feet. They backed up against the crates as he walked towards them.
"Wow." A familiar voice said. Everyone looked up and saw Raph staring down at them. "I didn't think this guy could get any uglier." He said. "Raph!" Donnie, Mikey and Venus cheered. Raph leapt down to the lower level. "Well, I think you've been punished long enough." Leo said. "Yeah, come and join us." Karai said. "Hey, it's the Kung Fu Frog with the salad tongs." Spider-Bytez said mockingly. "Hey, it's the stupid loudmouth who's about to get his butt kicked." Raph said, readying his sais. Spider-Bytez spat out an acid glob, but Raph dodged to the right. Suddenly, Spider-Bytez started circling the Turtles and Karai, spitting acid globs around them and spat one in Mikey's face. Mikey screamed in pain. "MIKEY! GUYS!" Raph cried as his brothers and sisters fell through the floor to the bottom level. As they recovered, Donnie looked down in horror at what they were standing over. The floor was an entire case of Mutagen. "Uh, let's not fall through this floor, okay?" He asked worriedly. Mikey held his face as he whimpered in pain.
"Dance for me, frog!" Spider-Bytez exclaimed, firing more acid globs at Raph. But Raph leapt back, dodging every single glob. "Watch me turn your friends into frog fries. I'll serve them up with your salad tongs." Spider-Bytez said as he hooked himself with a web and leapt down the hole. Raph growled as he grabbed his sais, hooked onto the web and slid down it until he reached Spider-Bytez and cut the web, causing Spider-Bytez to land on his face. But he recovered and roared in Raph's face. "Aw, Froggy thinks he can stop me. Ribbit-ribbit. What's that, tadpole? You too scared to leap off your Lilypad and get the warts knocked off you?" He said, mockingly and insultingly. But instead of letting the insults fuel the fires of his temper, Raph just took a deep breath and closed his eyes, ignoring every word. "Like a river over stone." He whispered. He smiled and charged in. He dodged Spider-Bytez' legs and started punching and kicking him, making him whimper like a dog. As Spider-Bytez attacked with his legs again, Raph snagged one of them with his sais. Just then, Spider-Bytez spat out another acid glob, but Raph blocked it with the leg. Spider-Bytez recoiled in pain as the acid burned his leg. "That's some Kung Fu, frog." He said. Raph smiled as Leo, Donnie, Venus and Karai joined him. Mikey kept back as he was still in pain. "We're not Kung Fu Frogs. We're Ninja Turtles." He said.
As they charged towards him together, Spider-Bytez attacked with his legs again. Leo blocked them with his katanas. Venus glided on the leg with her tonfa like a zip line before kicking Spider-Bytez in the face. Raph, Donnie and Karai leapt at him as he tumbled and knocked him down hard. "Well, lookie what I found." Karai said, holding up Spider-Bytez's phone. She dropped it at Raph's feet before he stomped on it and broke it. "Oh! My phone!" Spider-Bytez cried as the Turtles and Karai surrounded him. "You guys are gonna regret this!" He snarled before he started climbing back up the Mutagen generator and the Turtles started chasing him. Karai slowly followed as she helped Mikey.
As the Turtles and Karai reached the roof, they watched as Spider-Bytez escaped across the rooftops. "I know a nice black widow that'll be great for him." Donnie joked. "Good job, Raph. Karai and I just wanna say-" Leo tried to say. "You don't have to apologize." Raph interrupted. "Uh, we weren't going to." Karai said. "Oh. Good." Raph said. "Yeah, Raph. You did alright for a bloated buffalo." Venus said. "You know, I'm willing to let that one slide, V. Right now, Mikey needs help." Raph said, gesturing to Mikey, still whimpering as he held his face. "Okay, Mikey, let's just see what we're dealing with." Leo said with comfort. Mikey slowly moved his hands from his face, revealing the damage caused by the acid. His left eye was badly damaged and his face was burned all over. The Turtles and Karai cringed at the sight. "We should get him back to the lair." Donnie said.
Later, after bringing Mikey back to the lair, Splinter and Shen treated his acid wounds. "How's he doing?" Leo asked with worry. "We have treated the wounds as best as we could. But his left eye is badly damaged." Splinter said regretfully. "Ugh! This is my fault. I should've protected him, but I let Spider-Bytez distract me." Raph said, feeling guilty. "Do not blame yourself, my son. Distractions can happen to everyone." Shen said, comforting her son. "Is there a way to fix Mikey?" Venus asked. Suddenly, the crystal that Splinter gave Leo started glowing. Seeing this, Leo walked over to Mikey and held the crystal out in front of him. Just then, the crystal gave off a bright glow and Mikey's body became coated with an aura. When it was finished, Mikey's acid wounds disappeared and his left eye was completely healed. Everyone was shocked and amazed at the same time. Mikey looked at himself in the mirror and saw that his face was all good as new. "Whoa. This is amazing." He said in awe. "How did the crystal do that?" Leo asked as he stared at the crystal. "The crystal's power has finally awakened." Splinter said. "It's true name is the Ametrine of Kikoujutsu." Shen revealed. "That's a very long name." Venus said. "Maybe, but the Ametrine of Kikoujutsu can help us from now on." Splinter said. Leo looked at the Ametrine, wondering what it can do for any situation.
Well, how was that? Raph's temper got the Turtles and Karai in trouble when an old man named Vic recorded them fighting the Kraang. And when they tried to get the video back, Raph's temper got Vic captured by the Kraang, forcing Leo and Karai to send him back home. When they go to rescue Vic, while fighting the Kraang, Vic got exposed to a Mutagen spill and mutated into a giant spider mutant, Spider-Bytez. Raph later comes to the rescue, breaks Spider-Bytez' phone and sends the mutant arachnid running. When Mikey got injured by Spider-Bytez' acid globs, Leo awakened the crystal, called the Ametrine of Kikoujutsu, and heals Mikey's injuries. But what other secrets does the Ametrine hold? What new challenges will the Turtles and Karai face? Leave a review if you want.
