Along Came Some Turtles

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Post Spectacular Spider Man season 2. Peter's life is more or less falling apart at the seems, but meeting some new friends, who just so happen to be mutant turtles armed with ninja weapons, might just be what he needs to turn things around. And a good thing too, given the new threats that are lurking in the shadows. Crossover/ continuation of Spectacular Spider man with TMNT 2012.

30. Monster Hunting

(Monster Hunting)

Spectacular Webhead 11: Hobie usually tells it like it is. Captain Stacy was bound to find out eventually. April is going to have some turmoil going forward. I wouldn't say Shocker is with them, more like he's with Tombstone who's against Shredder and the other crime lords.

Superjoeyf721: Always happy to see another fan of Static Shock. That show deserves so much more credit than it gets.

Gamelover41592: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. April has her… less than compelling moments this season, but I've got plans for that, so don't worry.

Kival737101: Not quite, but you were close. The Spider Slayers were the second and third episodes of the series, the first one was the Lizard.

Godzillaboy2021: Yep, I brought Doc Ock and his goons back in for a reason, and this is just the start of what's in store, and they're building their war chest, so to speak. Plus if nothing else, he sees opportunities and acts on them, like with Alistar Smythe. I took a lot of inspiration from the episodes of The Animated Series, like with a few other things. Plus I got to give some spotlight to the likes of Captain Stacy and Shocker.

5FingerDeathFist: Don't get me wrong, Casey Jones being related to Jessica Jones in some way is an interesting idea. But given her… complicated family tree, I'm not entirely sure how I would go about that. I haven't watched Breaking Bad or the Sopranos, so I'm just going to take your word for it. Though I will say, Jabba and Vizioso, I can totally see it.

TheIrishman1999: Trust me, Captain Stacy and Splinter will have quite the conversation, but also likely have a good understanding of each other. The reveal about Karai will come in due time, but don't overthink the whole situation. Also, a Happy Halloween to you too.

Guest: I've got a few ideas over where to go with Casey in this fic.

Awesomerebel55: Yeah, the 90's cartoon set the standard for a lot of Spider-Man stuff, and the Spider Slayers were no exception. Doc Ock may be a bit temperamental and unstable in his quest to achieve his goals, but he's also incredibly pragmatic. He knows where his focus lies and how to counter certain threats. As for that certain person himself, we've seen that he's quite a master manipulator, so he's definitely got his own set of plans and motives.

C.S. Allen: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. I know what you mean, I'm not really crazy about this version of Silver Sable either, but at least I got to include the Silvermane family and introduce the Spider Slayers. I personally like this version of Casey, though I will attempt to streamline him a bit. Also, my favorite version is from the 2003 series. George was always going to find out about Gwen being Ghost Spider. Spencer Smythe didn't have much of a role in the future of this story, but at least it gave Doc Ock a new ally in his own crusade. I didn't know about the whole robot body with Silvermane, so I can't guarantee anything. Peter making fat jokes about Vizioso on the other hand, that will be glorious.

XaralandoWyattWyatt: George deserves some credit, he's an intelligent man and his powers of observation are pretty high up on that list. We'll see what Alistar Smythe is willing to do in the name of his goals. Also, don't count too much on the Superior Spider-Man, but Doc Ock does have a part to play in this story.

Frosty Wolf: Casey Jones might not have had as much of a character arc as the others, but he still had a purpose in the story. I'm going to assume you're referring to the Velma from the series that shall not be named. Silvermane was a character I had no plans for in this story, but the same can't be said for Alistar Smythe and the Spider Slayers. Tinkerer has a history of working for multiple criminal factions (Chameleon, Master Planner, Big Man, etc), so I don't think it's that much of a stretch. Tombstone is a lot of things, but he's not a coward, especially in the face of rival crime lords. George Stacy is actually a damn good cop, and he's a good dad as well. It's not easy to balance both.

Spartan of Chaos: Gwen has a history of telling people what they need to hear. Also nice job catching the shout out to Ben 10, I didn't think anyone would catch that.

Vfc15650: Having proper training will definitely help Gwen in the long run. I get what you're saying about this chapter, and I appreciate the feedback, but I still think it has some good, like showing George being accepting of Gwen as a hero, and Casey Jones debuting. Unfortunately, Peter won't be back for a little while.

MercWithaMouth1: Depends on which 19 inches.

Pikachu345: Gwen said what she thought April needed to hear, but it's true. April isn't the only one in pain from all of this, and Gwen pointed that out to her. The April clones will still be a thing in that episode, but I've got a more… appropriate idea in mind for the cloning concept as a whole here. Here's a hint, the character I have in mind has already debuted.

Tortugafash2002: Yep, TAS has a lot of memorable characters, with Alistar Smythe being fairly high on that list. We'll see what he has in store going forward. If there's anyone who may have a chance of standing against the likes of a Goblin (barring the Spiders), it would have to be the likes of Doc Ock. Gwen is gradually getting better at learning her powes. Peter did the same thing after all. Don't count on too many new mutant characters or anything, I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.

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A typical morning in the Lair, but in this case, normal usually means chaotic on some level.

"Toast is done!" in this case, it involved Donnie and two of the other Turtles attempting to make breakfast… which involved him using his staff like a baseball bat and hurling the finished toast over at the others.

"I got it!" and to add to that, Leo held up a plate like a baseball mit… only for the toast to miss and hit him in the face, knocking him to the ground, with one piece landing in his mouth "Yeah, I think it might be a little overdone Donnie. How are you coming Raph?"

"Hang tight bros, orange juic is coming right up!" Raph hurled a few oranges into the air and then stabbed through them with his sais… which sent the juices cascading just about everywhere except for the glasses. And into Donnie's face.

"My eyes! It stings!" Donnie found himself running all over the place in a frenzy… which sent him crashing into Leo while he was at the stove, sending the eggs he was making flying through the air… and crashing into Raph.

"What the- Donnie I told you I wanted scrambled!"

"I think we have bigger problems." Leo picked himself up and looked around the wreckage that used to be their kitchen "This place is a disaster."

"Forget about that, we're all freaking starving. Mikey is the one that usually makes breakfast, so where the shell is he? MIKEY!"

"I'm afraid your brother is otherwise occupied at the moment." Splinter made his way into the kitchen… only to pause and look at the mess, then walk out without another word.

"Occupied doing what?"

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Meanwhile, with the wayward Turtle…

"Pretty sure those things ain't supposed to happen around here every day!" Turtle Titan sped his way through the streets of New York on the Stealth Bike, chasing after… a giant tornado that was ripping through the streets and picking up a car filled with people, but he managed to use his kusarigama chain to pull himself over to it and pull the people out, setting them down on a street away from the chaos, before continuing after the tornado 'Times like this that I realy gotta love using the Stealth Bike. I just hope Raph doesn't find out I took it again.' it was then that he heard his T-phone ringing, prompting him to answer it "Aw crap… Hello?"

"Mikey what the shell are you doing? We've been looking all over the Lair for you!"

"Sorry Raph, got roped into doing some early morning stuff. Nothing too bad."

"Better not be, and better not interfere with you making us breakfast."

"I'll do it when I get home, but I kinda got stuff to do right now. And don't worry, I'll clean out the scuffs on the Stealth Bike later."

"You took my bike?!"

"Can't hear you, bye!" and then he hung up 'Never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather get a face full of shell kicking instead of dealing with Raph in a bad mood.'

"Took you long enough to show up!" from within the cyclone came… a smaller cyclone, and on top of it was a guy in green armor with a green helmet, and saw blades on his wrists "I had been starting to wonder how much damage it was gonna take to draw out a new hero that I could use as a punching bag! Now you get to see why Whirlwind is supposed to be feared!"

"The only thing I'm scared of with you is getting stuck inside you and puking. Give me a minute and I'll fix that."

"Big talk you little toad. I can't wait to beat it out of you!" Whirlwind then began using his wind powers to hurl various large objects at Turtle Titan, forcing him to weave around them as the chase continued, and then he summoned another cyclone to envelop him, knocking him off the Stealth Bike in the process.

"Crap, crap, crap!" Turtle Titan wound up crashing through several large objects as he was tossed around the inside of the larger cyclone, until he used his kusarigama chain to latch onto a large truck… and then he saw Whirlwind looking around for him.

"Go ahead and come out Turtle, ripping you out of your shell is gonna be a breeze!"

"Funny, I was gonna say the same thing dude!" Turtle Titan launched himself off the truck and managed to kick Whirlwind straight in the back, landing on him in the process "Here's another one for ya, what dude in a kickass suit has six fingers and ain't afraid to pull the helmet off your head? This guy!" so he grabbed onto Whirlwind's helmet and tried to pull it off, only to end up getting violently thrown off, which left his cheeks bulging "Oh god, I think I'm gonna be sick or something."

"Whatever you do, just try to aim it at him."

"Wha-?" Turtle Titan looked over toward the source of the voice, only to see a quick flash of black and yellow just before was launched back towards Whirlwind, using the chance to rip his helmet clean off, then latched onto it with his kusarigama and backhand him with it, knocking him out cold and causing the cyclone to immediately subside… which left both of them falling to the ground from several stories up, until Turtle Titan opened his eyes and looked up "Oh, hey there."

"Hey." as it turns out, holding onto Turtle Titan was a rather shaely woman with blue eyes and short auburn hair, clad in a black and yellow backless dress over black leggings, and yellow gloves and boots, as well as a set of what looked like antenna over hear ears "Gotta give you some credit where it's due, Whirlwind is annoying but determined. Taking him down that fast is nothing to scoff at."

"Thanks. Hey hold on one second." Turtle Tutan leaned towards Whirlwind's helmet… and then he proceed to puke in it "Um… any chance you can forget that happened?"

"Relax, it's happened to all of us at one point." the woman paused and looked down at him "So I take it you're this Turtle guy that War Machine told us about on Halloween?"

"He talked about me?"

"He mentioned how you saved him from AIM and the Controller, spoke highly of you too, and with him that says a lot."

"Cool. By the way, you're uh… the Ant Girl right?"

"No, but I did consider that name at first. I go by the Wasp, and-" Wasp didn't get a chance to finish before a sudden burst of wind sent both of them hurtling to the ground.

"Oh that is IT!" Whirlwind's cyclone roared back into life as he hurtled toward them in a blind rage, letting a barrage of saw blades fly off his wrists in the process "Playtime is over, and you both DIE!"

"Original as ever Dave. Stand back, I've got this one." Wasp shrunk down and sprouted her wings, then hurtled forward and unleashed a series of yellow energy blasts that shattered the saw blades into pieces, before smugly landing in front of Whirlwind "Seriously Dave, how many times do we have to do this before you take a hint?"

"You… You GO TO HELL!" Whirlwind charged at her in a rage, only to be stopped when Wasp grabbed him by the face and hit him with a blast at point blank range, sending him crashing to the ground in an unconscious heap.

"I'm thinking, nope."

"Woah…" Turtle Titan looked on in awe as he pulled his Spider Cycle right side up "That was all kinds of awesome!"

"Thanks, you had a pretty solid show with him yourself. You ever thought about trying to join the big leagues?"

"I kinda did, but I'm already on a team." Turtle Titan gave a shrug "Me and my bros, we sort of do our own thing in secret. I just… I wanted to do more, you know?"

"Hey trust me I get it, I spent way too much time on the sidelines watching people get hurt, when I had the power to do something about it. We've got the powers and the skills for a reason, and it should be using them to help people. That's what heroes do after all. Plus I like to think we can have fun doing it." it was then that the sound of sirens drew their attention "Looks like the police are finally showing up. How about you go ahead and take off, I'll take care of the cleanup and all that."

"You sure?"

"Call it my way of saying thanks for dealing with him." Wasp gave him a reassuring smile, and then handed him a card "And if you need to get in touch with me or any of the Avengers, feel free to use that."

"Awesome, thanks." Turtle Titan gave a grin as he mounted the Stealth Bike, then bent over and sat Whirlwind's helmet on the ground "You probably don't wanna look in there." and then he took off without another word.

'He puked in the helmet didn't he?' Wasp glanced down at Whirlwind's helmet and recoiled at the stench, then let out a sigh 'Well it's not like I can blame him, he's far from the only one to do that.'

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Around this time, Karai summoned Fishface and Dogpound (the latter of whom was having his own problems with his mutated body, and his longing desire to be human again) to the throne room to track down Baxter Stockman, so that he could maintain the Foot Bot army on a daily basis. They agreed to this, albeit much to their chagrin, considering how their last encounter with Stockman had gone. However, Dogpound also considered using this as a way to get Stockman to make him human again.

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"I can imagine what you're thinking right now." Ghost Spider cast a glance over at Wolverine as the two of them made their way across the rooftops of New York "The old friend I asked you to help me find was possessed by an alien symbiote that turned him into a monster. I get it, that must sound like I'm out of my mind."

"Relax kid, it ain't that much of a stretch for me." Wolverine told her dryly "I've seen an ancient mutant from Egypt rise up after 5,000 years and try to transform the whole freaking planet, and that was before all of the crap with the Phoenix and the Shi'ar. And don't even get me started on all of the time travel shit."

"...You've seen a lot haven't you?"

"I've lived for almost a full freaking century, but most of the weird crap I've seen came from the last 20 years or so. Bottom line, angsty teenager possessed by an alien isn't really that high on my list of weird stuff. Speaking of which, you got something with his scent on it?"

"Acutally I do right here." Ghost Spider reached into her suit and pulled out what appeared to be a ball of black webbing "I've been saving this since the Technodrome, figured if we can analyze it I might be able to find a way to help him."

"The scent ain't that fresh, but it's better than nothing." Wolverine took a long sniff of the black webs, and his gaze hardened "He did come through this way awhile ago. It ain't much to go on, but it's a start. Let's keep moving."

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Meanwhile, with the start of the C plot…

'Looks like things are finally getting started.' Scarlet Spider made his way through a darkened corridor and into a conference room in a certain building, finding a certain someone sitting at the end of the table "Sorry, I know I'm late."

"On the contrary, you're right on time." Subprime waved him off, then looked over to see a certain familiar figure "Dr Warren, so glad you could join us."

"There are few things that I would miss this for." Warren sat down at the table and glanced in between the two of them "I take it that our generous benefactor will be joining us today?"

"He will, after he gets one of our newest recruits settled in. He's flamboyant and eager to prove himself."

"Which means he's also incredibly egotistical. You know I have a distaste for melodrama in our line of work."

"Call it what you will, but he serves his purpose."

"And we all have a purpose to fulfill in this operation." it was then the doors to the conference room were flung open, and a figure with blonde hair and a thin moustache, clad in red and black suit and tie (Mr Roman… for now) made his way into the room "There is much that has be done before our plans can come to fruition. The first of which involves building our ranks, creating our council. To that end, I trust our newest member is settling in?"

"More or less. He's far from as effective as the Tinkerer, but he'll do the job."

"The loss of the Tinkerer is unfortunate, but we've garnered enough of his expertise that his actual presence is no longer required. Speaking of which, we've acquired a new target for our the recruitment process." Roman pressed a button on the table in front of him, and a holographic image appeared before them… revealing a hulking black figure with a white spider logo across his torsto "I believe that Venom will be a fine addition to our ranks."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's known to serve only his own agenda." Warren frowned in thought as he glanced at the image "How are we going to convince him to join? Or are we just going to resort to… more drastic recruitment measures?"

"Patience Dr Warren, we still haven't finished perfecting that member's abilities yet. We need to be cautious and patient, or else this is doomed to failure. But given the history he shares with one certain member of our opposition, I'm sure Venom will be happy to join us. The same can be said for many others that-" Roman cut himself short when he suddenly began coughing in a violent fashion "I… I'm afraid we'll have to cut this meeting short.

"Father, let me help you." Scarlet Spider quickly began supporting Roman as he led him out of the conference room, guiding him down the hall until they reached another room, with walls that were lined up with dozens of pumpkin bombs and razor bats, and at the end of the room was what appeared to be a glass chamber, with several green vials lined up next to it "Scarlet Spider to Goblin AI: Activate gas chamber, sequence 11-18-09."

"I can… handle it from here." Roman slowly made his way into the chamber, and once the door was shut behind him a green gas enveloped the interior of the chamber and him. A few moments passed before it subsided, and he let out a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright now Father?"

"I'll be fine for the moment, but this raises some concerns. I can feel it. These treatments are less effective than they used to be, and our reserves of Globulin Green are nearly emptied."

"It's more than nearly I'm afraid. That was the last from our reserves." Scarlet Spider flinched as he saw Roman turn away from him "I can help you Father. Whatever you need, just let me find a way to-" he cut himself short at the fierce look Roman was giving him, causing him to quickly compose himself "I… I didn't mean to overstep."

"It's fine, I know you mean well." Roman slowly made his way out of the chamber and put a hand on Scarlet's shoulder "But please be careful. Our enemies took everything from me, with the exception of you… and your brother. I don't want the same to happen to you."

"I know. What is it you wish me to do?"

"As much as I was hoping to avoid this, I only have one option to save myself. I need more of the Mutagen. Go and find me more. I can depend on you, can't I?"

"Of course… I won't let you down Father." Scarlet Spider composed himself, and then he made his way out of the room without another word.

What he didn't notice however, was that a small robotic gremlin figure was watching him from afar, courtesy of a certain someone…

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Meanwhile, in the Lair…

"I can't believe this is going so badly." Donnie was less than happy as he searched through one file after another on his laptop "I've gone through up to 17 different chemical combinations, and I still don't have a possible retro-mutagen."

"Which makes 17 things you keep griping about." Raph noted dryly without looking up from the magazine he was reading.

"It wouldn't kill you to at least try to care."

"I care, why do you think I'm still here? Leo and Mikey up and bailed."

"Leo went to go track down another canister, and Mikey is off doing god knows what."

"You can't say I don't contribute, it's more than can be said for them. Or for Mikey at least. So where the shell did he end up anyway? If he's off screwing around like-"

"Hey bros." this was when Mikey made his way into the Lair, albeit in his Turtle Titan suit but minus the mask, with a large box in hand "Sorry I'm late."

"Where have you been all this time?" asked Donnie.

"I got up early and went to do patrol, fought a supervillain, met an Avenger and got a bunch of these things."

"Did you steal a box of pizza pockets again?"

"I only did that once and I put everything back, let it go already."

"Then these better not be more chinese fireworks." Donnie braced himself and looked over at the box Mikey held… and was taken aback by what he saw "Mutagen canisters?"

"Yep, I picked up about a dozen of the while I was out."

"Seriously? How did you do that without my tracker?"

"Gwen actually made her own and let me borrow it, she's off with Wolverine taking care of some personal stuff, but would'd say what."

"Oh god, what did you do?" Raph looked on in what appeared to be apprehension.

"What? Donnie needed more mutagen, so I got it. Plus I met another Avenger, which was totally awesome."

"So what, you just up and went to track it down without us? What the shell are you-"

"Raphael." this was when Splinter made his way out of the dojo "I believe we should be grateful that Michalengelo chose to take the initiative. After all, the less wayward Mutagen canisters are out there, the less likely more people will be mutated."

"...Fine, you're right sensei. Good job Mikey."

"Thanks." Mikey breathed a sigh as he sat down in front of the TV "Had a lot to do though."

"Like going out hunting for Mutagen?" asked Donnie.

"That was pretty lucky actually, I found a bunch of Kraang hoarding them so I beat them down, but apparently they had backup: this one supervillain guy who called himself Whirlwind, but then I met- Hey wait, I think it's gonna pop up." and so he pulled out his T-phone and pulled up a certain news report.

"-at the sight of the battle in the heart of Midtown, where the Wasp of the Avengers has managed to defeat the mutant supervillain known as Whirlwind. Tell me Wasp, do you have any comment on the incident?"

"Truth be told I didn't really do that much, the real credit should go to Turtle Titan. The city is lucky to have someone like him looking out for it."

"Seriously?" Raph shot an incredulous look at Mikey "What happened to the Mikey that just liked to sleep in, watch cartoons and read comic cooks all day?"

"Perhaps one could refer to this as a sign of maturity." Splinter turnd his gaze to Mikey "But I believe there is a deeper reason than that. Michelangelo my son, I sense there is something that you are holding in, which serves as a burden to you?"

"What are you talking about sensei? I'm just trying to do my part." Mikey flinched a bit under the intense look Splinter was giving him, and so he let out a sigh "It's not like I did anything bad this time. I just… I'm trying to do better, you know? You guys keep giving me crap at one point or another about how I'm always goofing off, and… I dunno, maybe you're right. Maybe if I had been a little more focused, serious and all that… I could've helped Peter when he got mutated into that Man-Spider. I could've done something." his face fell at the thought, causing the looks from the others to turn more sympathetic.

"Well if nothing else, having so much more material to experiment will definitely help me with finding a retro-mutagen." Donnie looked down at the box of canisters, then paused and pulled out his T-phone "One thing I've determined from the previous failures is that in order to properly mix the chemical solution: a molecular centrifuge."

"Okay… so where do we get that from?" asked Raph.

"The only place I've ever actually seen a molecular centrifuge was at TCRI."

"But we blew that place up when we took down the Kraang. Is there even anything left up there to grab?"

"I guess there's only one way to find out." Donnie quickly grabbed his weapon, with Raph and Mikey doing the same "Leo's still off tracking that canister, so it's just gonna the three of us this time."

"Are we okay with Leo going solo for that?" asked Mikey.

"He won't be, it's over in Hell's Kitchen so he's probably going to meet up with Daredevil at some point."

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

'Okay, I think I'm using this right.' Leo glanced down at the Mutagen Tracker in his hand as he made his way across the rooftops of Hell's Kitchen… and then he looked down to find a single canister lying on the street below him, to which he leapt down and grabbed it 'Good, a brand new canister in plain sight. I guess I didn't need the guys to help with this after all. Okay then, I guess it's time to-"

"Yoink." a webline suddenly latched onto the canister and yanked it out of Leo's grasp, and onto another nearby rooftop.

"What the-" Leo wasted no time in climbing his way up to the rooftop in question, and got a good look at the one responsible, in the form of Scarlet Spider studying the canister in his hands while fiddling with a web shooter mounted on his wrist 'Great, him again. I can't let him get away with the canister… but if the last fight with him is anything to go by, charging at him in a blind frenzy isn't gonna work either. I guess it's time to put Splinter's training to good use. I'll have to go with misdirection and camouflage. Starting with a distraction.' so he fired a few shuriken at Scarlet Spider from behind.

"What the hell?" Scarlet sensed the danger and managed weave around the attack with ease, though not before Leo was able to hide himself in the shadows "Whatever you're selling, I'll probably just get it on Amazon later like everyone else does!" and then he whipped around at the sound of a thud… only to find a rock behind him, prompting him to move closer in order to investigate "Where are you?"

"Right here!" Leo suddenly burst out from within the shadows, taking Scarlet Spider by surprise and dealing him a swift yet effective slash across the face with his katanas, cutting through his mask and sending him stumbling back, giving Leo the chance to pick up the web shooter that had been dropped and pressed on it, binding Scarlet Spider in a thick layer of webbing, giving Leo the chance to deal him a roundhouse kick to the chest hard enough to send him stumbling off the rooftop, followed by a loud crash "Huh… so that went well." with that in mind, he picked up the canister and looked down at the web shooter "I'd better get out of here before he receivers. So how the hell do I use this thing if I mount it to my wrist?"

"Just put one or two fingers in the palm and jump, it's pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it."

"Oh thanks, that's- Wait a minute." Leo whipped around in time to see Scarpet Spider perched on the edge of the roof in front of him.

"How you doing?" Scarlet then latched onto Leo's shell with a webline, pulled him in close and kneed him in the jaw before finally webbing him up, leaving him to fall to the ground with a loud thud.

"Hey!"

"Good to see you too Turtle man. Thanks for chucking me into a dumpster by the way."

"Enough with the snark Scarlet, why are you after the Mutagen canisters?"

"Decent question. One thing though." Scarlet levelled a glare at Leo "You really should be more concerned about yourself right now. Even without the aforementioned dumpster incident, I'm sure that my benefactors would love to get their hands on you. Believe it or not, you and your brothers have quite the reputation among the criminal underworld."

"Wherever you take me isn't going be enough to hold me, keep in mind that my brothers and I stopped the Kraang."

"Big whoop, doesn't mean you can escape my webs now can you?" Scarlet was met with only a silent glare in response "That's what I thought." and so he turnd around and started picking off pieces of garbage stuck to his suit.

'Great, so much for the successful solo mission. At this rate it might be for the best that the guys aren't here.' Leo scowld at the thought… though as he did he slipped out a small knife from within his shell and began cutting through the webbing, during which he began to buy some time for himself "So how did you get back up here so fast?"

"How do you think? Even without the webs I've still got the wall crawling stuff."

"Good to know. One more thing… Booyakasha!" Leo soon finished cutting himself free, drew one of his katanas from his sheath and pounced at Scarlet Spider, managing to cut one of his web shooters and grab the other one before he could react.

"Dammit!" Scarlet out a low growl as he turned to face Leo, his demeanor hardening under his damaged mask "Okay, I'll give you points for persistence, but it's gonna take a hell of a lot more than that to stop me."

"I think you'll find that there's a lot more in my skill than that." Leo drew his other katana and dropped into a stance… only to falter when something caught his eye "Okay, what in the name of shell is that thing?!"

"Yeah right, like I'm stupid enough to fall for-" Scarlet Spider was cut off by the sound of a loud roar, and looked up… to see a large metal two-headed dragon hurtling towards them "Okay, what in the name of fu-"

"Now you're mine!" as it turns out, on the head of the dragon stood a lone figure clad in green armor and a purple came with a glass bowl over his head (Mysterio), with green smoke bursting forth from above him "Canes videre futurum!" and then the dragon he was riding breathed a large stream of flames in their direction, followed by an explosion.

That proved to be the last thing that either Leo or Scarlet Spider saw before everything went black.

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"Yep, no doubt about it." Wolverine glanced around as he and Ghost Spider crept their way through the interior of a thoroughly wrecked Kraang hideout "The guy came through here, and wasn't taking prisoner." he paused and sniffed the air "And from the looks of it, I'd say he was looking for lunch."

"Lunch?" Ghost Spier looked down and saw what looked like purple-colored blood splattered over a Kraangdroid that had been ripped apart "You mean he… ate them…?"

"That's one theory. The others you'd probably only see in Stranger Things. Either way, he was out for blood with these things. He packs a hell of a punch too."

"Eddie was a tough guy on his own, and now he has a psychotic alien symbiote driving him over the deep end…" Ghost Spider shuddered at the thought "So can you get a read on his scent from here?"

"Give me a second and we'll find out." Wolverine took another sniff "He definitely came in here not long ago, thrashed them and probably went deeper into the base. He didn't wanna leave any survivors of this lot."

"It doesn't make sense to me though… As far as I remember, the only thing Venom wanted was to make Spider-Man suffer… so why go after the Kraang like this?" Ghost Spider knelt down to examine the wreckage… only to suddenly find a webline latched onto her back, yanking her out of the base and sending her crashing into a nearby alley "What the… Oh right, Pete said that the Spider Sense didn't work with Venom.'

"We don't appreciate being hunted like animals." it was then that the hulking form of Venom leapt out from the shadows and landed in front of Ghost Spider, grabbing her by the front of her suit and throwing her into a set of trash cans nearby "Especially not by someone who's trying to copy the damned Spider." he grabbed Ghost Spider by the leg and held her up in front of him.

"I prefer to think of it as being inspired by him, what he stands for." Ghost Spider dealt Venom a kick to the jaw, stunning him long enough to free herself and get some distance "But I didn't come here to fight you."

"Then you shouldn't have come at all, now run along home before we decide to get really mad! You won't get in the way of our mission!" Venom stuck one hand into the ground and let a series of black tendrils hurtle forward.

"And what mission is that, slaughtering people just for kicks?" Ghost Spider weaved her way around the alley to avoid the tendrils, eventually leaping into the air and using her webs to pull herself away from Venom's attempts to grab her, before luring him and leaping back to attack him… by kicking him square in the face and sending him crashing to the ground. Unfortunately, she was grabbed by the leg and pulled down with him.

"The fact that we exist comes with our very purpose. To destroy the ones we hate the most, for the pain they've caused us! The Kraang for taking everything from us, and Spider-Man for rejecting us! As long as we exist, we are poison to all of those who have wronged us! WE ARE VENOM!"

"Yeah, I heard you the first time." Ghost Spider shot a web into Venom's eyes, blinding him and allowing her to deal him a two-legged kick to the face, allowing her to escape his grip, to which she latched onto him with two weblines and tried to yank him forward.

"Right idea, wrong calliber!" Venom ripped through Ghost Spider's webs with ease, then used his own black webline to latch onto her, spin her around and throw her into the dumpster at the edge of the alley, before using more black webs to bind her to it "You should've been smart and stayed away from us, otherwise you wouldn't have to suffer!"

"You'd be surprised what a smart person is capable of in that regard… My Uncle Mac says that people tend to get stupid when they care about someone…" Ghost Spider let out a chuckle, but then her gaze hardened "But I guess the same can apply to hating someone."

"You wouldn't defend those wretches if you knew what they could do, what they have done to us!"

"I know enough!" Ghost Spider took a breath, and then made her move "I know that I have no problems with giving you the Look Eddie!"

That was enough to make Venom freeze in his tracks, and the mask slowly receded to reveal the face of Eddie Brock amidst the hulking figure "G-Gwen?"

"Yeah. It's me."

"But…" Eddie slowly made his way towards her, and then he pulled off her mask, only to see the face of Gwen Stacy underneath "What… How did you…"

"To say that a lot has happened since the last time I saw you, would be an understatement, and I mean a big one."

"This… This is unbelievable…"

"No Eddie, what's unbelievable is what you let yourself become." Gwen's gaze was hard, but also filled with sadness "You were like the big brother I never had, to both me and Peter. Then the next thing I know you're nothing but a hate filled sociopath who wants nothing but to make his friend suffer. He was your friend! Your brother!"

"He is NOT my brother!" Eddie let out a snarl "Our parents died together becuase of them, but I was the one who got the short end of the stick! Without my parents, I spent years alone! Pete was the one who had it all! He had his aunt and uncle, a proper home, friends, a life! He was given everything I dreamt of having, and he squandered it! I was left to suffer alone… and now that I finally have the power to take everything I want, he makes me out to be the monster!"

"He thinks you're a monster because you're acting like one!" Gwen's tone was sharp and filled with a quiet fury that left Eddie taken aback "Pete may not be perfect, he's made mistakes, but he always tries to do the right thing, to help people, to save lives, no matter how much he has to suffer because of it."

"He doesn't know the first thing about suffering!"

"Yes he does, and you're one of the causes of it! You have been for an entire year!" Gwen panted slightly and tried to catch her breath, and then her expression turned soft "I want to understand this Eddie, I really do. So why? Why are you letting yourself become some hateful monster? I know you're hurting, that you've had to go through a lot, but this? This isn't the answer to your problems. This is… evil."

"It's evil if you let someone get away with doing terrible things to you, to stand by and just do nothing in the face of their actions. Pete knows about that first hand. We became Venom so that we could show him what happens to-"

"Peter is gone Eddie." Gwen's voice was soft, but it still came through loud and clear to Eddie, leaving him stricken with shock "The day all of those people went missing, like Dr Connors or Colonel Jameson, it was because of the Kraang. They dropped mutagen all over the city, the canisters mutated them… and Peter got mutated too. Right now there's no way you'd be able to get revenge on Peter, this vengeful crusade against him is for nothing. All you're doing is hating for the sake of hating, against someone who's not even around to receive it. And look at what it's done to you. All of the damage you caused, the people you've put in danger. How much of that has to happen, how many people have to possibly die before you're satisfied?"

"It… It doesn't have to cost any." Eddie looked away uncertainly "All we want is to get what we deserve. What was taken from us. We… I did have a few good things. A job, a future… friends that I cherished… But all of it's gone now… Things have changed… They can't go back to the way they were…"

"Maybe not entirely… but we can try…" Gwen's face fell "I don't know what I could've done to stop you from turning out like this… I'm sorry I couldn't help you Eddie… When I learned the truth about what you became, it broke my heart… Things have never been the same in our lives since then… Please Eddie, stop this… let's try and go back to normal…"

"...Normal huh?" Eddie seemed conflicted for a moment, but then his face once agan receded into the mask of Venom "We lost any chance at being normal when you abandoned us, just like everyone else!" he prepared to bring down one of his giant black claws on Gwen… only to be stopped by a trash can being flung at his face, knocking him to the ground "What?!"

"What the-"

"Truth be told, the heartfelt speech isn't really my thing." this was when Wolverine made his way into the alley "I'm more of a man of action, so how about you take five and let me have a few minutes alone with Ooze- Goo- Whatever the hell his name is."

"Don't mock us you Animal!" Venom was quick to rebound, now mad as hell "We are not a joke to you! We are VENOM!"

"So I've heard. Right now you're just a slimy pain in my ass." Wolverine paused for a moment and looked at Venom "I gotta admit though, this is a new one. I don't think I've tried to stab a living pile of… whatever the hell you are."

"We will make you suffer!"

"Yeah, I'm sure that's how this is gonna go."

"Sounds like you need a lesson in agony!" Venom stalked his way over towards Wolverine, snarling like an animal "How shall we kill you then? Slowly? No, painfully! Even better, both slowly and painfully!"

"...Oh yeah, I thought you sounded kinda familiar." Wolverine looked him up and down "You're that one guy from that news report last year, trying to unmask that Spider kid."

"We are more than that, we are his WORST NIGHTMARE!"

"Big whoop. I'm sure he's real terrified of your ugly mug." Wolverine rolled his eyes and ducked under a sweep of Venom's giant claws, and then he dodged a fist and drew his own claws out of his knuckles, taking the chance to thrust them forward… straight into Venom's chest, in two different spots, and then throw him to the ground with a mighty crash.

"EDDIE!" Gwen was left to look on in horror at the sight.

"Relax, I've been stabbing people long enough to know what I'm doing." Wolverine pulled his claws out of Venom, then went over to Gwen and prepared to cut her free… only to suddenly be grabbed from behind by a set of black tendrils that stabbed him square through the chest, as well as the throat.

"You think you know us." Venom let out a snarl as he lifted Wolverine into the air and drove his tendrils further into him "You don't know anything about us! We've had to endure pain that you can only dream of! And now we finally have the power we always dreamt of, the power to take revenge on the ones who tormented us! Who took everything from us! Who rejected us!" it was then that he threw Wolverine into the wall at the back of the alley and pulled his tendrils out of him "I fucked up Spider-Man, I made his existence nothing but hell, and I'll do it until his last agonizing breath!"

"...Good for you Goo." Wolverine spat out a significant amount of blood as he pulled himself back to his feet "Sorry, the heart is growing back. I just wanna make sure I heard all of that crap right. You wanna brag about trying to beat the crap out of Spider-Man? Pretty sure that kid is only like 12 or something."

"He's 17, he turned 17 in August! And we made his life agony!"

"Big whoop, you made a goddamn teenager sad. I've stabbed the Hulk and literally got ripped in half by him. I had to crawl for miles just to find myself and put myself back together. Might as well face the reality. When it comes to the big picture… you're a fucking joke."

"SHUT UP!" Venom let out a primal roar as he launched himself at Wolverine, only to get a set of claws through the chest and pinned to the ground, the mask of Venom receded to once again reveal the face of Eddie Brock, bloody and bruised "Don't act like you know the first thing about us!"

"I know that without this goo thing you're just a kid that's had a hard life and is pissed off at the world. So look at me when I say this." Wolverine grabbed Eddie by the throat and pulled him in close, uttering only a few simple words "Grow. Up."

"Wh… What?"

"You heard me. You're acting like you're the only one suffering, but I know at least a dozen people that have some stories for you, and I'm pretty sure they all end with "And now they're dead too." And before you start whining about whatever crap Spider-Man allegedly put you through, here's a little thought for you: You think you're the only person that's angry at the rest of the world? You think you're the only person who's felt pain? You think you're the only person who wants revenge?" Wolverine drove a fist into Eddie's chest "Here's a thought for you: I got dragged into god knows what and turned into a fucking monster. They gave me these claws, but they wiped my mind of whoever I was before. I lost everything. My past, my memories. I bet you're thinking that I'd take revenge on them the first chance I got. And you're right, but that's because I'm a monster, and I've got enough in me to judge character and see you're not as much of one as you pretend to be." he pulled back his fist "You think you're better than everyone else, but there you stand, the big man doing nothing but feeling sorry yourself. The bad guys go out there and your blinding rage turns into dust stained with blood, the only real victory you get out of it is that you managed to convince yourself that you're the good guy.

"He… He deserves to suffer!" the face of Venom returned as he slashed Wolverine across the chest with one of his giant claws, sending him crashing into the dumpster next to Gwen.

"Yep… some of them do… I've killed plenty of them in my time." Wolverine spat out some blood and let out a chuckle as he pulled himself back to his feet, but then his gaze turned hard and serious "But then you get to that point, where you ask yourself the big question…" he braced himself for Venom's next charge and drove another claw into his chest "Is this all that you're gonna be? Just some bloodthirsty animal living for revenge, to take his problems and anger out on other people? Or are you gonna grow the hell up and be more?" he drove his claws deeper into Venom's chest, then held his other set to Venom's face "I was the same way. But then a long time ago, I met the person that was willing to give me a chance. He did it for me, and now I'm gonna do it for you." he retracted both of his claws and stood up, leaving Venom sprawled out on the ground "Consider this your chance. Don't screw it up. See you around Goo." and then he turned on his heel and made his way over to Gwen, and with one swift movement he clawed her free of the black webbing "You okay to swing or whatever?"

"Y-Yeah, I think so, but…" Ghost Spider looked over at where Venom lay "We can't just leave him though."

"One thing I've learned over the years, it's a hell of a lot harder to help people that don't want the help. Right now, the only thing you can do is wait until this guy is ready, and then be there for him. Plus for what it's worth, that's probably what your boyfriend would want too."

"But…" Gwen looked back to where Venom supposedly lay… only to find that he had up and vanished.

"As much as I enjoy the option that involves beating the crap out of people, I know that ain't always the best choice. You did what you could for him, whatever happens next is up to him and him alone."

"...Let's go." Gwen wipd away a few tears as she put her Ghost Spider mask on, then leapt up to the rooftops.

All the while, Venom was perched on the rooftop above the alleyway, watching the two of them take their leave, and after that the face of Eddie Brock emerged, but rather than lash out, he was thinking over what Wolverine said 'Is… Is this going to be it for us? Are we just going to secure vengeance on the Kraang and Pete? Or will we… can we… be more?'

"Do not lose sight of our objectives. We became Venom to claim vengeance on Parker for the way he rejected us, and on the Kraang for the hell they have inflicted on us. You remember this, do you not?"

'Yeah, of course I do… but what if… What if we can be more than that?' with these thoughts circling in his mind, Venom swung away into the night.

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"Leonardo? Leonardo, wake up."

"What?" Leo's eyes slowly opened, and he recoiled at the sight of a figure clad in red and black looming over him "Daredevil? What… What's going on?"

"You tell me. I saw what looked like a dragon flying over the city, then an explosion, and then I rushed over here to find you face down in an alley, and in New York that never ends well, for a number of reasons." Daredevil held out a hand to Leo and pulled him to his feet, before using his Devil's Horn to cut him free of the webs binding him.

"Thanks for that. Any chance you could do anything about the migraine I have?"

"I usually make it a point not to carry any painkillers on me. But perhaps I can make it up to you by helping you find the Mutagen canister you came searching for."

"You know about that?"

"Raphael texted me, and that was when I saw your incident."

"Fair enough, so what-" Leo cut himself short when he looked over and saw Scarlet Spider's form lying unconscious in a dumpster, his face obscured "Oh yeah, him. That raises a whole bunch of other concerns."

"I can only imagine that-" Daredevil paused, then suddenly dragged Leo behind the dumpster in question "We have company of the unwanted variety."

"Who is it?" Leo poked his head out briefly to get a look "Is that one of yours?"

"No, it's another one of Spider-Man's rogues gallery. The one called Mysterio."

Sure enough, out on the street Mysterio was surveying a number of Kraang (in human suits) searching through the wreckage "Well, what did you find out?"

"Attention." one of the Kraang made their way toward him "That which is known as the canister has been recovered."

"Good, I can imagine our benefactor will be pleased. Get the canister ready for transport back to the base, unless you need anything else."

"That which is known as confirmation. Is the one who is called the Scarlet Spider that which is known as deceased?"

"We'll have to assume so." Mysterio let out a sigh filled with fake sadness as he held up the torn mask of Scarlet Spider "This is all we could find, we'll have to assume that he perished in the crash. It's such a tragedy too, probalby caused by a mix of arrogane and incompetence on the part of some fool. Send word to Subprime and the Benefactor on this development, I'll stay and try to clear up some of the wreckage.

"That which is known as understood." the Kraangdroid gripped his blaster, and then he and the rest of them took their leave of the scene in one of their vans.

It was only after they were gone that Mysterio snapped his fingers and a cloud of green smoke appeared out of thin air, from which a familiar two-headed dragon emerged and landed in front of him "Yes, this is why I love technology. I have to thank the generous benefactor for letting me test out the Dracodroid in the field. Yes, this will do very nicely for showing why Mysterio is a force to be reckoned with." he threw the Scarlet mask up to the dracodroid, allowing the two heads to rip it apart and devour the pieces "Now go and find what's left of him, and you can get a nice little snack out of it. I look forward to seeing the results." then he snapped his fingers and disappeared in a cloud of green smoke.

All the while, Leo and Daredevil just watched as the dracodroid flew away into the night sky, and the two of them shared a look "Sounds like that guy is a real piece of work."

"Spider-Man told me a bit about him here and there." Daredevil told him "He had a few choice words to describe him as well."

"Hammy being the first that comes to mind."

"That was fairly high on his list, but it says a lot if he's working with the Kraang, as well as this benefactor he spoke of."

"Not that far of a stretch if you think about it, Jackal and Hobgoblin have worked with them before. You think it could be one of them?"

"Possibly, but for all we know it may be someone new. We'll have to be cautious and see where we can gather information." Daredevil paused, then looked over at where Scarlet Spider lay in the dumpster.

"You think we can get him to talk?"

"I know that we can't just leave him here to die, regardless of whatever side he's on. As for him cooperating with us, I speak from experience when I say that can be… tentative, though that's an understatement."

"Well he's all we've got to go on for now, so let's see how it works out." Leo pulled Scarlet out of the dumpster, and then paused as they got a good look at him, specifically at his shaggy brown hair and dark brown eyes "This is the Scarlet Spider? He's… young. If anything he looks like he's around the same age as me and the others."

"Evidently age is no measure of the path you take in life, or the choices you make. Take a look at you and your brothers, or the Spiders."

"Can't argue with that." so with that in mind, Leo crouched down in front of Scarlet… and then proceeded to smack him hard across the face "Wake up!"

"Son of a-" Scarlet bolted up right, only to be stopped by Leo slapping a hand over his mouth and both him and Daredevil shoving him against a dumpster 'What the hell?!'

"Okay here's the deal, you don't like me and my brothers and I can assure you that the feeling is mutual. But apparently Mysterio is trying to hunt you down, and unfortunately the two of us are too good of people to let that happen so- Oh come on!" Leo retracted his hand in disgust and wiped it on Scarlet's chest "Did you have to lick my hand? In case it slipped your notice, we're trying to help you!"

"You haven't given me a reason to believe that." Scarlet received an answer in the form of a loud roar, courtesy of the dracodroid making its way into the alley "Oh. Aw crap, that thing?"

"You know about it?"

"I've seen it in testing, so hold on a second." Scarlet quickly discarded the blue vest he wore, leaving him clad in only the red bodysuit.

"Come on, up here." Daredevil grabbed hold of Leo and Scarlet and used his Devil's Horn to hoist them onto the rooftop before the dracodroid could see them, allowing it to devour the blue vest in their place.

"...Okay, so I believe you now."

"In that case come on, we should get moving before they spot us. Follow me, I know a good place we can hide out from here."

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Meanwhile, with the A plot…

"Looks like they definitely abandoned the place." Donnie took a look around as he and the others made their way into what was left of the top floor of TCRI, finding it still scorched and scattered remains of Kraangdroids all over the place "Which means they probably left their equipment behind too, so point for us. You guys spread out and start looking."

"Got it." so Mikey and Raph started searching their way through the debris, the former being quick to pull out a certain something "Is that centri-fudge thing you wanted?"

"The term is centrifuge and no, that's a microscope. Hold onto it though, you never know what we might need it for."

"Got it. How about this?" he held up another piece of equipment.

"No, that's- actually that one might be interesting. I think… I think you just found the Hobgoblin glider… or what's left of it anyway."

"That good?"

"It's not the molecular centrifuge, but this might- Wait hold on, you guys hear that?" the three of them turned their attention to the source of another voice.

"Yes this is it, this is absolutely perfect!" as it turns out, it was none other than Baxter Stockman, wandering his way around the lab and picking up any stray pieces of equipment he was able to get his hands on "Bioenhancers, DNA catalysts, and so much more! I have everything I need here to create my own mutant army. They'll be powerful, unstoppable, even the Avengers will be left trembling in the face of them! Soon everyone will kneel at the feet of-"

"Dorkster Blockhead?"

"It's Baxter Stockman, how many times to I have to tell you that?" Stockman whipped around in frustration, but it quickly turned into fear at the sight of Raph and the other Turtles looking down at him "What the- Turtles? Here?"

"He's got the centrifuge!" Donnie's gaze fell on a certain item on top of the box Stockman was carrying "Alright no games Storkman, hand that over."

"It's Stockman! And no, I found it first. Mousers, attack!" he quickly sent a barrage of Mouser robots hurtling towards them.

"Let's do this bros, show em what we got!" Mikey whipped out his nunchucks and started to bash the Mousers left and right, with Donnie and Raph doing the same with their own weapons, leaving a number of destroyed Mousers in their wake… only for a loud crash to interrupt the confrontation as Dogpound dropped onto the scene.

"Oh crap, Dogpound too?!"

"Well what do you know, if it isn't the pathetic little weasel Stinkman. Maybe today is good for something after all." Dogpound gave a malicious smirk.

"Hey cool it Dogpound, we called dibs on the guy with the stupid haircut." Mikey and the others were quick to bare their weapons at Dogpound.

"So I get Stinkman and three of the Turtles in one go? Forget having a bad day, this just became a great one for yours truly." Dogpound cracked his neck, then let out a savage roar as he charged at the Turtles, batting them to the ground with his giant arm.

"Time for Baxter Stockman, supervillain mastermind to make his narrow escape." Stockman on the other hand took the chance to try and take off during the chaos.

"You know before this I was having a pretty crappy day, but getting to crack some shells makes it worth my while." Dogpound fended off the attacks of the Turtles, before grabbing Donnie by the bo staff and hurtling him into the others, sending all of them crashing into a pile of broken Kraangdroids. It was only then that he saw Stockman trying to make his escape, and leapt in front of him to cut him off "Good news Stinkman, you're gonna be coming with me." and so he picked up Stockman and slung him over his shoulder.

"Wait please don't, I happen to be extremely fragile!"

"And I happen to not give a crap." Dogpound looked back to see the Turtles charging at him, and so he punched a support pillar, then took off through one of the tunnels.

"Bros get down!" Mikey latched onto both Raph and Donnie with his nunchucks and yanked them out of the way right before the pillar came crashing down, leaving dust and debris scattered all over the place "You guys okay?"

"Yeah we're fine Mikey, thanks." Donnie pulled himself back to his feet and spat out a fair amount of dust "But I'd be beter if they didn't get away with the centrifuge. And if he didn't hit like a bus." and then he fell back to the ground with a thud.

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"That was definitely a close one." Leo breathed a sigh of relief as he, Daredevil and Scarelt came to a stop on a random rooftop "You gotta wonder what standards the Kraang have if they're willing to work with a guy like Mysterio."

"It doesn't really come as much of a surprise when you think about it." Daredevil noted "In spite of his arrogance and… what's the word?"

"Overlydramatic hamminess?" was Scarelt's dry input.

"Yes. In spite of those and his other flaws, Spider-Man himself noted that he's actually quite the noteworthy threat, considering his technical expertise. Why else would he be receruited by the Master Planner?"

"Can't argue with that." Leo paused and glanced out at the rooftop, overlooking Hell's Kitchen with a small sense of awe "Huh. You know I haven't actually been around this part of the city before."

"Not much of a city turtle?" Scarlet shot him a raised eyebrow.

"I mostly just stick to the other side of Manhattan and some of the boroughs. I will say that I've never really gotten the chance to get a look at the skyline. Well except for when I was blown out of the TCRI building and almost died."

"Not the way to get a look at it, but I understand the sentiment." Daredevil gave a small smile as he glanced out at the city "The view of Hell's Kitchen really is something special, really gives you the chance to feel the city and its people. It's one of the reasons why I'm so proud to call Hell's Kitchen my home."

"I can imagine."

"...Okay, I think that's enough of that." Scarlet pulled himself to his feet and began stretching his arms and legs "So yeah, thanks for saving me from the dragon Devil of Hell's Kitchen and… Da Vinci I wanna say?"

"Leonardo."

"Close enough. But I've got places to be, so hasta la vista." Scarlet Spider turned on his heel and webbed a line… or tried to anyway, but found he couldn't "And my web shooters are gone. Okay very funny turtle man, hand them over."

"I don't have them."

"Not in the mood to screw around anymore, hand them over."

"He's right, he doesn't have them." Daredevil held up the web shooters in question, small red devices he held in his hand "I took them off of you while you were unconscious."

"Clever. Now hand them over!" losing patience, Scarlet Spider pounced at Daredevil, only to end up having to chase him down into an alleyway and out onto the street.

"In some cases, people find it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. In my case, this is one of those times." Daredevil rushed his way down the nearly abandoned street, with Scarlet in hot pursuit, until he round a corner into an alley and used his Devil's Horn to hoist himself up onto the rooftop, looking back down at Scarlet once he was up there "Though for the record, I have no need for forgiveness from you."

"Clearly, cause apparently you have no problem being a dick with those things."

"Hold on a minute." this was when Leo finally caught up to the two of them, perched on the building overlooking the other side of the alley "So… you don't have the organic webs either then? You can't use them without those web shooters?"

"Why do people keep asking me that? No, my webs don't come out of my wrist and they don't come out of my ass."

"Alright alright, it's just a question." Leo frowned in thought 'He looks so much like Peter, and his powers are apparently identical. Who the shell is this guy?'

"There's one thing you should probably know about me. Even if I can't shoot webs out of my holes, it doesn't mean I'm powerless." with that in mind, Scarlet Spider ran his way up the wall, landing in front of Daredevil in time to avoid an attack of the Devil's Horn… and then he found a katana pointed at his back "More of that stealth stuff huh?"

"To be more specific, misdirection and camouflage." Leo shot him a smirk, but then his gaze hardened "Now you might want to back down, or else."

"Or else what? I know what the typical modus operandi of a hero is. You talk a big game, you have the skill to back it up, but you don't kill. You don't have stomach to run me through with your swords." he shot him a smirk… but it quickly fell away when he noticed several strands of his hair falling off his head and floating to the ground around his feet.

"Maybe not with most heroes like the Avengers, or even Spider-Man." Leo sheathed one of his katanas "But you don't know the length I'm willing to go to keep my family safe."

'...Well shit, I misread that one big time.' Scarlet was about to say something else, but instead chase to duck, with Leo and Daredevil doing the same, when they saw the dracodroid passing overhead and landing on the street below, with Mysterio mounting it with a familiar canister in hand "So that's his game, Mysterio was after the canister I was looking for."

"Weren't you two supposed to be on the same side?"

"Not my first choice, or any choice really. He's probably just trying to make himself look good in the eyes of the others."

"In that case, we might have an interesting proposition." Daredevil turned towards Scarlet "If you would be willing to accept it?"

"Depends on what it is."

"Evidently none of us want Mysterio to succeed in his mission, albeit for different reasons. My proposal is that we work together and take back the Mutagen canister from Mysterio."

"And what, you really think that I'm gonna let either of you walk away with it?"

"I highly doubt that, but would you rather Mysterio get away with it? Besides, I believe that the old saying is, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"...Fair enough, let's go bash that stupid snow globe into his face." Scarlet Spider shook hands with both Daredevil and Leo "But for the record, this truce is only temporary."

"As most of them are, but we're prepared for whatever you try."

"I don't doubt that, now let's get this over with." and so the three of them took their leave to get started on their new plan.

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Meanwhile, with the A plot…

"Dammit, dammit!" Raph slammed his fist into a wall in frustration "I can't believe we up and let ourselves get beaten by that fleabag! I want a rematch!"

"Take it easy Raph, that's not gonna help us here." Donnie pointed out "Let's focus on the bigger picture here, as in I will need that molecular centrifuge in order to make a retro-mutagen."

"So, easy fix. We charge in there guns blazing, catch that mutt by surprise instead, and then we shove our weapons right up his furry-"

"Language." came the simple reprimand from within the dojo.

"Sorry sensei."

"We can't just charge in there without some kind of plan. See, this is where thinking comes into play with stuff like this." Donnie ignored the low growling coming from Raph "Now then, we have to figure out where Dogpound and Boxcar could be hiding out. The old city dump?"

"They turned that into a retirement home. What about the abandoned nuclear plant?"

"They're rennovating that to turn into a nursery school."

"Damn. What about Bradford's dojo? The Purple Dragon hideout in Chinatown?"

"How about Baxter's old lab?" Mikey offered.

"Why the shell would Dogpound capture Dexter and then take him back to his old lab? That doesn't even make any sense." Raph let out a loud scoff, leaving Mikey glaring holes into his shell.

"Dammit Raph, this is what I'm talking about! I got good ideas, I got stuff to say, but you never take me seriously!"

"Because you taking it seriously involves you screwing around and messing stuff up!"

"Maybe I wouldn't do that stuff so much or think that I gotta prove myself to you guys if you didn't keep looking down on me all the time!"

"Come on Mikey, we don't look down on you." Donnie told him "You're part of this team just like the rest of us."

"Then why the shell doesn't it feel like you think it? When the shell are guys gonna stop treating me lik some kind of stupid idiot that screws up all the time?"

"How about when you stop acting like one." Raph crossed his arms and levelled a glare.

"Alright Raph, that's enough." Donnie grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back as Mikey up and stormed off "I think Mikey's right."

"You really think Dogpound would take Storkman to his old lab? Seriously?"

"Stockman is an annoyance, but he is one of the better evil scientists that the Foot could get their hands on, and I doubt Dogpound would go after him unless they actually needed him for some reason. As for the other thing… I think he might be right about that too."

"Seriously, you bought into that crap?"

"It's not crap Raph. Think about it, for weeks he's been rushing around doing, well pretty much everything. It's not hard to see that he feels responsible for what happened to Peter… kind of like how I feel responsible for what happened to April's dad." Donnie let out a sigh "I think he really is trying to prove something… both to us, and to himself."

"...Aw crap, I'm a dick aren't I?"

"Oh, we've known that for years." Donnie ignored the low growling noise again "Let's just go talk to Mikey and check out Stockman's lab, if that's not it then probably the Bradford dojo or the Shredder's Lair."

"Fine, let's just-" Raph was cut off by the sound of an engine revving, and both of them rushed out of the Lair entrance to see the Stealth Bike disappearing from view "Son of a- That little runt did NOT just steal my bike!"

"Oh don't get so wound up, he's been doing that for the better part of a month."

"WHAT?!"

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"Okay, here we go." Daredevil leapt back onto a certain roof to find Leo and Scarlet Spider waiting for him, with two sacks slung over his shoulder "I managed to scavenge some the parts you wanted from… an apartment nearby, along with a greenhouse I know of. Is this everything you need?"

"Hold on." Scarlet Spider paused and looked through the bag, finding many different kinds of electrical parts spread around the inside "Yep, that should do it."

"What exactly is this supposed to do?" asked Leo

"We're about to go up against a literal robot dragon, I think it's safe to say it's not gonna be taken down with brute force, and even if we maange that somehow, it'll probably lead to the Mutagen canister being broken or lost, then none of us get what we want. So I'm using the stuff he got me over there to make a small electromagnetic pulse, or EMP as you know them, in order to stall the dracodroid."

"Huh. Nice."

"And what about the herbs you needed?" asked Daredevil.

"That's where I come in." Leo accepted the second bag and began working with the herbs it had inside "This is something my sensei taught me once, a recipe for using herbs to create a sleeping powder to subdue enemies, which should subdue Mysterio and the dracodroid and give us the chance to swoop in."

"Huh. That's clever." Scarlet gave a small nod of approval "Old school or not, I guess your teacher really knows his stuff."

"There's a reason why the ancient ways are so feared and respected."

"Because they know how to get crap done, got it. But technology has come a long way since those times, you gotta learn to adapt or get the hell out of the way."

"Ninjas happen to be masters of adaptation, but we don't lose sight of the old ways either. If anything, we hone both and make it our own."

"Interesting point." Scarlet paused and glanced over at Leo "I'm just gonna say it, you're a lot more likable and easy to talk to without Clifford the Big Red Rage Turtle following you around all the time."

"I get that a lot, but Raph is Raph and I've learned to deal with it." Leo returned the glance with one of his own "Though I gotta be honest, barring this whole thing with Mysterio, the only villains I've seen willingly working with the Kraang are Jackal and Hobgoblin. And Snakeweed, but that's kind of our fault, but I'm not getting into that. You don't seem like them."

"Your point?"

"What made you join up with people like them in the first place?"

"I'm not fond of the Kraang themselves, they're more of a means to an end… a business partner to my father and his group." Scarlet breathed a sigh as he began working with the equipment he was given by Daredevil, shaping it into a small device "It's really the only thing I know of, truth be told."

"How so?"

"I may not be able to use organic webbing, but I do have the other powers. The sixth sense that alerts me when danger is close, the ability to stick to solid surfaces. I've always had them, at least as far as I know. Not sure how much that's good for though."

"Meaning what exactly?" asked Daredevil.

"From what my father told me, he was out of the city on a business trip when he found me, hurt really badly and… I couldn't remember anything of who I was or where I came from. He had some sympathy for me and took me in, then he found that I had these powers. He taught me how to use them, how to make those web shooters, said that destiny would have big plans for me if I followed his lead. It's not like I had anywhere else to go, so I did."

"Sounds like you have it all figured out then."

"At least you guys get to make those choices for yourself." Scarlet looked down to see a small kitten rubbing against his leg, prompting him to pet it, before it ran away.

"So… how long ago did you say that was, when your father found you?"

"I didn't say, but it was about… six months ago I guess. Why?"

"Just curious." Leo shared a quick look with Daredevil 'Looks like Peter, identical powers and gear, no memories of his past… But been in the employ of this benefactor working with the Kraang for at least six months. I'd better tell the guys about this when I get home.' it was then that the sound of metallic growling drew their attention, and the three poked their heads over the side of the roof to see Mysterio mounting the back of the Dracodroid with his canister in hand and then taking off into the night sky "Looks like it's go time, so take one of these." he handed a small piece of white cloth to Scarlet, earning a raised eyebrow "Extra masks, you never know when you'll need them."

"Can't argue with that, especially right now." so Scarlet tied the makeshift mask over the bottom half of his face "What's our first move?"

"Once they get hit by the sleeping powder and the EMP, we're gonna have to stay close to make sure no one gets hurt where it lands."

"Got it." Scarlet glanced in between the two of them… but stopped when he saw Daredevil hold out two small red objects to him "My web shooters. Are you serious?"

"I don't think we have time to debate about this." Daredevil stuck the web shooters in Scarlet's hands, allowing him to strap them on "Leonardo."

"I'm on it." so Leo finished mixing the herbs, giving Scarlet Spider the opportunity to latch onto the bundle with a webline and hurl it into the air, enveloping Mysterio and the dracodroid in a large cloud of smoke, to which Scarlet Spider through the EMP device up towards it, emitting the pulse that caused the dracodroid to power down, sending it and the groggy Mysterio hurtling to the ground on the street below with a loud crash "Yes, it worked!"

"No time to celebrate yet, let's move." and so the three of them quickly rushed their way over to the crash site "Now to get our quarry."

"Be silent… interlopers…" Mysterio slowly dragged himself off the dracodroid and tried to surround himself with green smoke and/or summon some of his imp robots… only for nothing to happen "No, this cannot be… Mysterio is a master… of the Arcane Arts… Mysterio cannot be vanquishd so easily…" and that was when he finally lost consciousness and keeled over, which also caused a certain canister to fall out of his grip.

"Yes, the mutagen!" Leo was quick to reach down to grab the canister… only to suddenly find his hand pinned to the ground by a shot of webbing "What the-"

"Good news for you, the hammy pain in the glasshole finally shut up." Scarlet Spider pointed his web shooters at both Leo and Daredevil, keeping the latter at bay "Bad news for you is, that means our truce is over."

"Right… Crap, I didn't think this through. Again. Dammit, that's Raph's thing, I'm supposed to be one of the smart ones.'

"Bottom line, I'm gonna need you to hand over that canister."

"Assuming that you really intend to do this?" Daredevil drew out his Devil's Horn and pointed the end of it at Scarlet Spider "You really intend to take that canister and give it to the Kraang and your benefactor, assuming you don't know what the Kraang intend to do with it? We know what this substance is capable of, how it and its creators can destroy lives. Are you that much like the other villains in this city, one who holds no remorse for who gets hurt so long as you can achieve your goals? What do you say to that, Scarlet Spider?"

"...I'm not in this to screw people over." Scarlet breathed a sigh as he pulled off the cloth to reveal his face to them "I'm doing this to save someone."

"Who?"

"My father. He's not well. He was… in a terrible accident not long before he found me. Some experimental treatments he created have been prolonging the effects of it, in a way to enhance his strength… but it's working less and less with each passing day. He's working on a mutagenic treatment in order to cure himself, and so he's searching for every scrounce of Mutagen he can get his hands on."

"It's supposed to be cure?" Leo glanced at him with uncertainty "Have you actually seen what this stuff does to people?"

"My father isn't like normal men. He's something of a scientist himself actually. If there's any one person that can create a stable antidote from this mutagen, I know it's him." Scarlet's face fell at the thought… right before a familiar sensation went off in his head, and shot of purple energy grazed his shoulder prompting him to remask himself "Son of a-"

"The master of the Arcane Arts… will not be felled so easily…" Mysterio staggered back onto his feet, his vision blurry, and snapped his fingers, enveloping the area in a cloud of green smoke, and when this subsided he was joined by several duplicates of himself.

"So you still have a few tricks up your sleeve then." Daredevil tightened his grip on his Devil's Horn "I guess it's not a surprise."

"I have a backup… generator for things like this… just enough for me to… summon forth my doppelgangers… ot put an end to all of you!" and so he sent his duplicates hurtling towards the group at full speed.

"We'll see about that." Daredevil brandished his Devil's Horn and began fighting off the other replicas of Mysterio one by one, brushing their attempted attacks off with ease, until one of them managed to catch him by the leg "You-"

"I got it!" Scarlet Spider suddenly latched onto the duplicate with a webline and slammed it against the side of a nearby building, causing it to shatter to pieces, revealing the components within the helmet "Mysterio's thing is all about using robots and holograms as the basis of his so-called illusions, so don't hold back with them."

"Now that I can get behind." Leo used one of his katanas to cut himself free of Scarlet's webs, and he began fighting off the robots' attacks, cutting them down when they got close enough to him, cutting one of their heads off with one clean stroke "To be completely honest, I'm pretty sure that Donnie would either squeal over this, or it would ruin robots for him."

"You haven't seen what he's really like under the dome, or heard him prattling on as much as I have." Scarlet rolled his eyes as he ripped apart one of the robots, then latched onto where the real one was kneeling on the ground with a webline, using it to pull himself in and knock him to the ground in an unconscious heap, while simultaneously using a webline to yank off a gauntlet and then crush it in his hand, causing the remaining robots to stop in their tracks "No more magic gloves, no more indetectable gas to bring a guy to his knees at your feet. And no more replicas of your ugly mug." he turned back towards the others… only to see Leo and Daredevil rushing across the rooftops above him, holding a certain canister 'Oh yeah, ninja magic and stuff, they disappear under the cover of chaos. Well played you two.' it was then that the sound of sirens rang through the air 'Great, the police. As tempting as it is to leave this idiot, that probab;y won't make father too happy. I already screwed up hard enough letting that canister slip through my fingers. Dammit, I'm gonna have to do the team player thing here, aren't I?' so with that thought in mind, he slung the real Mysterio over his shoulder and swung away into the night… but not before pressing a button on the dracodroid that caused it to disappear into what looked like a glowing purple doorway, just before the police arrived on the scene.

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Meanwhile, with the A plot…

"Well what do we have here?" as it turns out, Dogpound had indeed brought Stockman back to his lab, and had quite the surprise waiting there for them "A giant tank of mutagen huh? Let me take a wild guess, you plan on making a few mutants for yourself?"

"Um… yes." Stockman was quick to try and save some face as he set down the centrifuge "I was planning to create a whole army of them for us to command! The two of us, just you and me."

"Uh huh. Why don't I feel convinced?"

"So… not that I'm complaining or anything, but why are you keeping me alive?"

"Because this is how Karai wants it, and she's in charge while Shredder is out of town. Believe me when I say this, I still owe you big time for trapping us in your little Maze of Doom."

"You aren't the only one." that was when Fishface showed up on the scene "So it looks like you beat me to the punch and found Stockman, did you?"

"I found him trying to take some Kraang stuff in TCRI, beat the shell out of three of the Turtles as I did, so that was fun."

"Mestizo afortunado. So then why haven't you taken this traitorous lump of flesh to Karai yet?"

"Oh believe me, I plan to. After he turns me human again."

"Que? You mean he can actually turn us human again?"

"Uh… Yes yes, of course I can!" Stockman started lying through his teeth "My intellect knows no bounds, absolutely none whatsoever."

"Good, but our first order of business." Dogpound promptly locked a collar around Stockman's neck, which carried several small tubes of a certain ooze.

"Is this… Mutagen?!"

"Call it what you will, I like to call it insurance. Double cross us or pull any crap like last time and boom, we get to see what you turn into. If I had to guess, I'd say it'll probably be some kind of lowly bug."

What they didn't notice was that Turtle Titan was watching the scene unfold from one of the pillars above them 'I knew it, I knew Baxter was gonna be here hatching a plan and… wearing what I think is a dog collar full of Mutagen? Okay, that's kinda weird.' he pushed that thought off to the side and cast a look around at the equipment below, until his eyes fell on a certain piece of tech Stockman was using 'Bingo, the centrifuge. Now I gotta make sure I can get that thing without them seeing me.' and so he promptly started lowing his kusarigama chain down towards the centrifuge.

"Hold on a minute Insecto." Fishface shot a glare at Stockman "If you're going to make that perro into a human, then I want to be a man as well. I want to live as a man and love as a man, not a fish, do you hear me?"

"Not by choice." Dogpound rolled his eyes as he brushed off the feeling of something poking him in the back… only to see the chain closing in on the centrifuge, and so he grabbed it and used that to yank Turtle Titan to the ground "Fool."

"Yeah, I kinda thought that was gonna go different." Turtle Titan let out a nervous chuckle, but tried to play it cool "How about this, I take the centrifuge thing and get out of here, and the rest of you can listen to Fishface talking about being the new star of Telenovela."

"How about no."

"Telenovela wishes they could afford me." Fishface let out a scoff.

"I'd rather you stay, mainly because I don't want to be the only one who has to listen to any of his crap." Dogpound paused and looked over Turtle Titan "Eesh, and people think that I look ridiculous."

"At least I got a kickass superhero name."

"Whatever. Xever you go ahead and watch Stinkman, this Turtle is one that I want to tear to pieces myself." Dogpound tossed the remote over to Fishface, then pounced at Turtle Titan and let his giant fist fly.

"You can try it you Inuyasha reject!" Turtle Titan leapt off the wall and smacked Dogpound across the face with one of his nunchucks, only to be met with an uppercut fist to the face that sent him crashing into the ceiling, but he managed to grab onto one of the support pillars before he fell 'Okay, that one definitely hurt. For a guy that's supposed to be man's best friend, he hits like a freaking truck.'

"Trust me when I say, I'm going to enjoy this." Dogpound leapt onto one of the support beams and charged at Turtle Titan in a rage.

"That ain't gonna happen Dogpound! Booyakasha!" Turtle Titan dealt Dogpound a series of smacks across the face with his nunchucks, then began retreating across the support beams and dodging every smash attack being thrown his way… until he found that one of the beams was unstable, and then he looked down 'Oh man this one ain't gonna hold both of us, and that big Mutagen tank is right down there. Dogpound hold up, this one is about to come down!"

"Then I'll make sure you go down first!" Dogpound pounced at Turtle Titan and crashed through the support beam, holding onto TT's leg for dear life to avoid falling in.

"There… There can only be one!" seeing that his own grip was slipping, Turtle Titan whipped out one of his nunchucks and smacked Dogpound hard enough to make him let go, sending him crashing into the Mutagen tank below with a mighty splash, while TT himself returned to the ground next to Fishface and Stockman, cringing as he listened to Dogpound's screams of pain coming from inside the tank, until they eventually subsided "Oh snap, pretty sure that dogs hate getting wet."

"Pretty sure you're thinking of cats." Stockman told him dryly.

"Oh yeah. So what happens now?"

"Well I have two theories. One is that if you mutate a mutant, then you get a super mutant."

"And the other?"

"He turns into a pile of goo." this was followed by Dogpound bursting out of the tank, not mutated into a new zombie werewolf look, and subsequently roar in their faces.

"I guess we got a winner." Turtle Titan cringed as he backed away from Dogpound's newly mutated form "Okay take it easy Dogpound, maybe you'll need a day or two to get to know the new you. Big adjustment and all that, right?"

"How about no." Dogpound let out a snarl and let one of his giant new claws grab Turtle Titan by the face and yank him forward "I can feel it… the mutagen coursing through my veins. I feel so much stronger… so much stronger… more powerful than I ever was before! I feel like I'm a real ninja again!"

"Plus you look like you lost a lot of pounds, so that's gotta be good too right?"

"Oh for sure, and to thank you for this, I'm going to make your end swift." Dogpound tightened his grip on Turtle Titan and dealt a slash across the chest with his claws, sending him hurtling backwards and into a wall.

"Crap… Looks like you weren't kidding." Turtle Titan pulled himself back to his feet and wiped some blood from his lip, only to be met with a roar and a barking laugh "Go ahead and growl all you like, you're still just a pasty faced dog."

"Don't ever call me a dog!"

"Fine then, how about Razhar?"

"...You know something, I actually like that name. How about I show you how I like to express my gratitude?" Razhar prepared to charge at Turtle Titan with his claws barred, when…

"Get the shell away from my brother!" a sai hurtled onto the scene to knock Razhar's claw away, courtesy of Raphael as he leapt onto the scene and dealt him a solid to the face that sent him tumbling away "Quick note you ugly mutt, you don't screw with a turtle without getting a good kick in your hole."

"Would've been grateful for that about two minutes ago, but I'll take what I can get." Turtle Titan let out a groan as he helped him to his feet "How'd you know I was here?"

"Donnie tracked your T-phone, plus I had a hunch you were gonna come here. So… I guess you were right and… I guess I'm sor-" Raph was cut off by a kick to the head from Fishface "Okay, ow."

"New plan, scatter!" Turtle Titan and Donnie both leapt out of the way in order to avoid of an attack from Razhar "Yeah, he's got big claws now."

"Among other things. What the shell happened to Dogpound?" asked Donnie.

"Long story short, I kicked him into a mutagen tanker and he turned into the zombie werewolf thing. Plus I named him Razhar to go with the new look, I think it works. Speaking of which, hold up!" Turtle Titan pounced at Razhard and attempted to smack him with his nunchucks, only to miss and get a slash across the chest that sent him crashing into a wall.

"I got him!" Donnie charged at Razhar with his bo staff in hand, only to be grabbed by the face by Razhar and thrown into where Raphael was attacking him.

"Guys!" Turtle Titan leapt back to his feet just in time to see the others get thrown to the ground, and then his gaze fell onto something else by Razhar's feet 'The centrifuge, if I can just get over to it…' thinking quick, he blitzed over and grabbed hold of it… just in time for Razhard to give him a backhand across the face, knocking the centrifuge out of his grip.

"Mikey!" Raph was quick to try and rush over to help him, only to be met with a kick to the back from Fishface, prompting him to turn his sais on him "Oh that's it, it's payback time."

"Believe me tartaruga, I was thinking the same thing." Fishface whipped out his pocket knife, then shot a glare at Stockman "If I were you, I'd stop wasting time hiding like a coward and get my Mousers out here now!"

"R-Right, I'm on it!" thinking quickly, Stockman pulled out a remote control that summoned a group of Mousers onto the scen, forcing Donnie to fight them off.

"You guys take them, I can take Razhar on my own!" Turtle Titan wasted no time in jumping over an attack from Razhar, only to end up on the defensive as he looked around, noticing a massive electrical wire attached to the Mutagen tanker, connected to an outlet in the wall 'And I think I just figured out how to do that. Hey you mangy mutt, if you want me then I say come and get me!"

"I'll gnaw on your bones before you ever knew what hit you!" Razhar charged at Turtle Titan in a blind rage, only for him to duck and leave Razhar to strike the wire in the outlet, eletrocuting him on the spot and causing him to cry out in pain.

"Yeah that's right, you just got shell shocked son! And that's one of the many reasons why you don't mess with Turtle Titan!"

"Save the gloating for later, for now get to high ground, now!" Donnie made the call, which prompted the three Turtles to retreat atop the support beams before he used his staff to turn on the sprinkler system, which ended up electrocuting Razhar, Fishface, Stockman and all of the present Mousers until they fell over in unconscious heaps (or exploded in the case of the Mousers), to which he breathed a sigh of relief "Nice work Mikey."

"I guess, but… Dammit!" Turtle Titan let out a groan of frustration "I gave it everything I had, but we lost the centrifuge."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." Raph gave a smirk and held up the item in question, much to the relief of Turtle Titan.

"You got it?"

"Yep, picked it up while you were playing fetch with Razhar." Raph's smirk widened, but then his gaze softened "We got your back on this stuff Mikey. The whole mutagen thing, April's dad and Spidey… we're gonna figure it all out, okay?"

"...Okay."

"Cool. Now let's get out of here before more of them show up."

"No arguments here." so the three of them left.

It wasn't long after they left that Stockman was woken up by a few taps of a sword… only to wake up and see one pointed directly at him "Oh god…"

"Hey it could be worse." Karai gave a shrug "Anyway rise and shine Stockman, you're gonna be working for me now. That is to say, me and the Shredder. Let's move it."

"...Okay."

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Meanwhile, with the B plot…

"This is… unsatisfying to say the least." Roman levelled a glare at where Scarlet Spider stood in front of him with his head bowed "You've returned with nothing. I found you, I took you in, I nursed you back to health, and this is the thanks I get?"

"Of course not!" Scarlet Spider's head snapped up "I want to help in any way I can, and if you told me how this happened to you in the first place, then I might be able to find-" he was silenced by a razor bat that blitzed past his face, leaving a small graze in his cheek "I… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speak out of turn. I promise it won't happen again."

"See to it that it doesn't." Roman held up a hand to his mough as he coughed some blood and took a moment to compose himself "These outburst are painful… but the only thing that hurts more is watching your failure… You can do better than this Scarlet. I know that you have the potential. Your talents are to be nourished."

"I understand. I won't let you down again." Scarlet bowed his head, then put his new mask on and took his leave of the room without another word… coming across a certain someone as he did so.

"What the-" Mysterio was left recoiling in shock at the sight of him "S-Scarlet Spider? You're alive! I mean, I heard that you encountered some… difficulties in Hell's Kitchen."

"That's putting it mildly. I ran into one of Spider-Man's Turtle allies, along with the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, but a few good samaritans managed to pick me up and help me out, so I could be doing a lot worse. Too bad the same can't be said for you though." Scarlet Spider gave a smirk and walked away, leaving Mysterio seething behind him.

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And now to wrap up the three plots…

"You can't be freaking serious." Raph shot an incredulous look at Leo "You actually teamed up with that smug Webhole?"

"Be fair Raph, it's not like me and Daredevil had a ton of options." Leo gave a shrug, then his face fell "Besides, I… I don't think he's as bad as you make him out to be."

"He kidnapped Spike and ripped my arm out of its freaking socket!"

"Yeah, but he also could've taken me and Daredevil out at any point if he wanted to… but he let us go instead, with this." Leo held up the canister and handed it to Donnie, then let out a sigh "It does seem like everything worked out in the end, the same for you guys. Nice work to all of you, especially you Mikey."

"Thanks bros, but I didn't do it on my own." Mikey let out a chuckle "It was pretty much a team effort."

"Regardless my son, your resolve should be commended." Splinter made his way into the lab to join them "There was a time Michelangelo, when you thought you needed to prove yourself, if not to your brothers then to yourself. However, what you've proven is that you have everything you already needed inside, in your very being."

"Thanks sensei, that… does mean a lot." Mikey gave a small smile, but it quickly fell away when he saw Gwen huddled to herself away from the group, so he quickly went over and sat down next to her "Hey. You doing okay?"

"Honestly… I've been better." Gwen let out a sad sigh "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that your missions worked out tonight. Mine could've gone better though… with Eddie. It feels like he just slipped through my grasp again. I wonder if this is how Pete felt when he couldn't get through to him before. At this point, I gotta wonder… is there even a chance to get him back at all, or is the version of Eddie I know gone forever?"

"I… I don't know what to say about that Gwen… But I don't think Pete would want you to give up hope. And neither do I or the rest of us." Mikey gave her an encouraging grin "But if there's one thing I learned today, it's that we're gonna find a way to bring your friend back, we got a better shot at doing it together."

"That… That is true. Thanks Mikey… really." Gwen wiped away a few tears and quickly wrapped Mikey in a tight hug… followed by a sickening crack.

"Ow, ow, ow!"

"Sorry. I really have to work on that."

A/N:

Not long ago, I uploaded a chapter that focused on a few different plots, featuring the Turtles going on separate adventures and missions. I decided to do a repeat of that idea. In this case, we have three different plots revolving around the missions undertaken by seven characters.

In the first one, pretty much an adaptation of Mikey Gets Shellacne, albeit minus the Shellacne, and instead focusing on showing Mikey's character development so far. Oh yeah, and I got to introduce another Avenger in the form of the Wasp. As far as her characterization goes, think how she was portrayed in Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

The second plot features Leonardo on a somewhat solo adventure, in which he encounters Scarlet Spider and a brief team up with Daredevil, and then the three of them having to fight off a returning member of Spider-Man's rogues gallery, in the form of none other than Mysterio. Also showing some details of the villain working behind the scenes on his own agenda, and some of the allies he has.

In the third and final plot, we got Ghost Spider and Wolverine tracking down Eddie Brock, aka Venom. This also leads to a brief yet entertaining confrontation between Venom and Wolverine, which actually did happen at least once in the comics. It also serves as a sort of kick start to the arc I have planned for Venom over the course of this season.

Now then, before I close out, I have something I want to say. I meant to say this in the last chapter, but here it is. I want to thank all of you for getting this story up to over 500 reviews. Thank you all for your continued support, and here's to 500 more to come!