Note: Credit to Tyroth Darkstorm for his input for this chapter!
Chapter Seventy-Four
Showdown
Back outside, the Knights, and the Hamato Clan continued running across the rooftops until Jack skidded to a halt and gave a howl into the air.
"He's tracked her!" Jun shouted triumphantly.
Tyroth glared and hovered above Jack.
"You sure you got her scent?" he asked.
"I know a scent when I smell one boss!" Jack shouted, "It leads down that way!"
Tyroth patted Jack's shoulder.
"Well done!" he said as he glared ahead.
Raphael ran up next to Jack and signed to him.
'Have you found her? Have you found my baby girl?' he asked desperately with his hands.
Jack tapped his nose.
"I can smell her!" he said, "Follow me!" he then took off towards the river, the others running behind.
Monalisa ran alongside her mate, and Michelangelo looked at Kate and Donatello in worry.
"I hope we're not too late!" he said worried.
"She's a tough girl Mike!" Kate reassured her boyfriend "She's learnt well from all of you and us! She's as smart as her mother, and tougher than her father, in fact! I think she's tougher than me sometimes!"
"That's for sure!" Heather agreed.
"Yet she hasn't been too smart so far!" Sephie said as she leapt a gap with Amber.
"No, but anger can cloud one's judgement!" Amber said, "And Raphael only knows too well!"
Raphael felt his cheeks got hot as he heard Amber say that, but he knew the Marine Iguana was right and he knew Leonardo would agree whole-heartedly.
In fact, he was wishing Leonardo was with them right now, as he knew his older brother was wise, almost on the same level as Splinter and could maybe help Pandora and protect her from Tyroth's wrath.
Despite knowing Pandora had been foolish and had broken the rules, he was ready to protect his daughter and stand in her corner, but he knew she had to pay the price for what she had done.
The red masked turtle was soon brought out of his thoughts when Jack stopped, and they found themselves on a building about two streets away from a heavily guarded warehouse.
"There!" the wolf confirmed pointing and the mutants looked to see the many Yakuza and gangsters on the roof with guns.
"Pandora's in there!" Michelangelo cried loudly to which Donatello clapped his paw over his mouth and Kate and the others shushed him.
"Shhh!" Donatello said, "You want to give us away!?"
He then tapped his earpiece.
"Cam! Stop the Van! We're at the location!"
"Roger that Donnie! What do you want us to do?"
"Stay at your position! And don't budge until we call again!"
"Roger! James and Dahlia are preparing everything just in case!"
"Great! Over and out!"
Donatello then confirmed to Tyroth that Cam, Barry, James, and Dahlia were close by and ready just in case to which the Dragon nodded and he glared ahead at the many guards.
"How are we gonna do this Boss?" Sharky asked.
"Yeah? How?" Percy questioned.
"And how could Pandora have gotten inside with the place so heavily guarded?" Sonia questioned as she looked at how heavily guarded the place was.
"You forget." Michelangelo hissed "She is a trained ninja, and remember when she broke into the Foot Headquarters with Kemeko to save us two years ago?"
Sonia nodded.
"And the Foot Headquarters is guarded with every guard and security camera to boot! Sneaking into a warehouse like that with a few guards, this would be nothing!"
Monalisa agreed.
"We have taught her well to sneak into heavily guarded places, as we have done over the years!"
"Forget the reminiscing guys!" Tyroth growled "We need to get in there, and I think I know a way!"
He lifted his sword Ryujin to his mouth and started to whisper to it in his dragon tongue.
Monalisa looked at Tyroth and narrowed her eyes.
"What are you doing T?" she asked.
"Trust me!" Tyroth said "I've been practising this!" he then held up his arm and threw Ryujin at the rooftop of the building and it spun through the air like a boomerang.
Everyone was silent as they watched, and they soon saw Ryujin glide towards the gunmen, and it decapitated them as it flew past almost like a flying guillotine blade!
"Whoa man!" Michelangelo gasped "That's incredible!"
"The swords alive!" Donatello cried "How….?"
Raphael just stared as did the others as Tyroth watched with a proud look on his face then Ryujin flew back to him all bloodied up and the gunmen lay dead and headless on the roof of the warehouse!
Jun blinked a few times and pinched his arm trying to convince himself he wasn't dreaming.
"Did your sword just glide around on its own?" he asked.
Tyroth nodded then smirked as he opened his wings.
"Come on guys." He said, "Let's make ourselves known now the rooftops guards are disposed of!"
He patted Ryujin.
"Well done my friend," he then felt a vibration from the sword as if it was saying 'Thanks!'
Meanwhile inside the warehouse, Hanako and Pandora were combating against each other and not stopping nor hesitating.
Pandora knew her strength and energy wouldn't last so she had to keep going against the evil Asian woman before her.
She had swung and thrown Mr Swinger at Hanako trying to strike with the Ball as well as the dart end, but Hanako was indeed fast, just like at the Foot Headquarters battle those weeks back.
As well as use Mr Swinger the young hybrid stabbed with her tail blade as well as struck with her claws.
Hanako meanwhile had fought back with her short swords and slashed at Pandora as well as tried to catch Mr Swinger, yet the Hybrid was good with her weapon, so she was unable to catch it.
All the while, Boss Kodama, Kamaru and Valentina watched wondering who would be the first to strike the other down.
Kodama wondered whether to fire a shot at the Hybrid when he got the chance, but he decided against it as he was enjoying the fight, very much like the Underground Fights he had enjoyed watching before in the old school with Kamaru and Valentina and he knew Hanako wanted to deal with this hybrid girl personally.
Pandora threw Mr Swinger towards Hanako again, yet the Asian woman did a twirl and stood behind the hybrid and before Pandora could move, she slashed her down her back and over her shoulder making her cry out in pain and stumble forward!
Hanako smirked as she watched Pandora stumble then fall on her knees breathless.
"Ha!" she smirked then walked over to the hybrid "Silly little girl likes to play with ninja weapons and pretend to be some superhero!"
She then knelt next to Pandora and grabbed the back of her hair before pulling her head up.
"You thought you had a chance! But you got no chance against me, and even if you did succeed, you would have to deal with the rest of us here, and you would die anyway!"
Hanako placed the tip of her blade up to Pandora's throat.
"Now…Pandora, daughter of the turtle Raphael, and the lizard whore Monalisa of the Hamato Clan..." she pressed the tip of the blade to the hybrid's throat causing some blood to appear "You will perish!"
A loud crash was soon heard followed by a roar and Hanako looked over, along with Boss Kodama, Kamaru, Valentina and the other Gangsters, Foot Ninja and Yakuza and they were shocked to see Tyroth appear along with the Knights, Jun and the Hamato Clan!
Tyroth hovered in the air along with the Geckolings, Devina and Heather whilst the others landed on the ground amidst broken glass and plastic.
"Let her go!" Tyroth roared pointing at Hanako.
"Pandora!" Monalisa, Donatello and Michelangelo screamed as they looked at Pandora in Hanako's grasp whilst Raphael just mouthed his daughter's name silently.
Hanako glared.
"How did you…?" she yanked the exhausted Pandora up by her hair and placed her blade at her throat.
"Come any closer and I'll slit her throat!" she shouted.
Sephie reacted quickly and drew a bow and arrow and aimed it for Hanako, yet as she did that Boss Kodama held up his gun and as the gecko fired her arrow Kodoma fired his gun, and the bullet struck the arrow, and it exploded mid-air before it hit Hanako making the gecko cry out in disbelief at how well the Yakuza Boss could aim with his gun!
Hanako yelled out in shock and moved back with Pandora in her grasp and glared at the Dragon and the other mutants.
"Don't you dare make a move! Especially you dragon!" she spat "If any of you move an inch! This filthy creature's throat gets slashed!"
Tyroth gritted his teeth as his mana began to glow in anger, but he motioned with his free hand to tell the Knights and the reluctant Hamato Clan to keep still.
Monalisa gritted her teeth and held up her fans as she watched Hanako as well as saw Boss Kodama and her anger boiled within.
"You tried to hurt my family!" she thought within "All of you will die!"
Tyroth glared keeping Ryujin up in front of him and he could feel the weapon pulsing and vibrating, sharing the same fury he felt seeing the hybrid at the mercy of Hanako.
"Let her go!" he shouted as he pointed Ryujin at the group in front of him and whispered in his dragon tongue.
Hanako just smirked and gripped Pandora's hair painfully as well as pushed her blade against the hybrid's skin.
"Or what?" she asked "At the same time it'll take you to reach me, I will have already ended this bitch's life!"
The turtles and Monalisa were terrified for Pandora, but they kept their weapons up.
Michelangelo was going red in the face, and he wanted to run in there and Kate could see how desperate he looked and was ready to stop him in case he did if it meant Pandora would be killed.
Boss Kodama glowered and he tapped an earpiece he had on and started speaking in hushed Japanese.
Kamaru and Valentina meanwhile stepped back in fear and wondered what to do, they were aware of the almighty dragon as well as his group of mutant fighters and they knew they would be fools to try and take them on.
Boss Kodama took a step towards the criminal couple.
"When you get the chance," he said "Flee with your people, I plan to blow this place sky high! With those freaks within it!"
Kamaru and Valentina nodded and took out her phones to send alerts to their members and associates to evacuate the warehouse as soon as possible.
Tyroth kept his eyes on Hanako, as did the rest of the Knights and the Hamato Clan, but Jun as he stood between Percy and Sarah started to notice that many of the gangsters and Yakuza were looking alarmed as they touched their belts where he could see they had pagers and they were buzzing.
The tiger narrowed his eyes.
"Somethings not right." He muttered and he nudged Sarah, yet the Cheetah was looking forward at Hanako as well as watching Tyroth wondering what he was going to do.
"Not now Stripes!" she hissed.
Jun glared frustrated as he looked at the gangsters and Yakuza as well as Foot Ninja starting to edge away towards the exits of the warehouse, something in his gut telling him something was off, and he felt that whatever was happening meant that the fates of himself and his allies was about to be decided.
Meanwhile, Pandora hung in Hanako's grasp, her exhaustion from the Berserker was started to subside and her fury from earlier was starting to wake her up.
She had heard Hanako's threats, and she had seen Tyroth, the Knights and the Hamato Clan appear from when Tyroth broke through the roof.
She had felt the blade at her throat as well as it's pointed tip pierce her skin and she knew she had to act quickly to free herself as well as kill Hanako.
As Hanako kept the Knights at bay holding her prisoner, Pandora knew she had one shot, and she wasn't going to waste it.
She lifted her tail and positioned it to strike, she wasn't sure where she would strike but it was enough for Hanako to release her, then she could catch her off guard and kill her and give Tyroth, the Knights and her family a chance to fight or run!
Taking a deep breath, she struck with her tail blade and the blade struck Hanako's face from behind as well as sliced some of her hair off!
Hanako screamed in pain and shock and stumbled forward letting go of the Hybrid's hair, and Pandora jumped up and turned to Hanako.
"Round Two! Bitch!" she shouted and clawed her hands.
At the same time, Tyroth, the Knights, Jun and the Hamato Clan were alarmed but they saw the chance to attack!
"TAKE THEM!" Tyroth screamed as he let go of Ryujin letting the sword fly towards a group of Yakuza and Gangsters who ducked as it flew over their heads! And it was then everyone started attacking the nearest Gangsters, Yakuza and Foot Ninja!
Sarah used her speed to race around and knock down several enemies as well as strike with her tonfas.
Heather and along with Devina flew to the upper levels were several gangsters and Yakuza were about to fire down on the mutants below.
"Keep them busy!" Devina said, "Keep their attention on us!"
"You got it!" Heather agreed.
Kate used her whip to strike many who came at them as well as some to tried to escape, Percy hopped everywhere as well as kicked out at anyone who attacked.
Jack and Sharky stood back-to-back to protect each other as they fought a couple of ninjas who came at them.
Amber and Sephie used their daggers and swords respectively to fight anyone who got close, and Donatello and Michelangelo did the same as well as tried to get to Pandora.
Tyroth at the same time watched at Ryujin flew at several gangsters, Yakuzas and Ninjas, decapitating anyone who was unable to doge it in time and he looked towards Pandora and Hanako fighting and narrowed his eyes.
Meanwhile, Boss Kodama gritted his teeth and started shouting orders in Japanese to his Yakuza to start fighting and take down the mutants.
"Kill them! Destroy them!" he shouted as he watched them, then he took out a device and started to type into it.
"Three minutes…." He muttered "Then BOOM!"
Just as he typed in the last commanded, Monalisa and Raphael appeared before him with their weapons drawn.
"Bastard!" Monalisa snarled.
Boss Kodama glared and stuffed the device in his suit pocket before rolling over and jumping up.
"Freaks!" he drawled.
Monalisa held up her fans and went for him, but the Yakuza Boss took out his short katanas and began to fight her and Raphael in close combat.
As he did, he yelled in Japanese to his remaining Yakuza to evacuate the building along with anyone else still standing.
Karamu and Valentina started to run towards an exit to escape, yet Jun saw them and started running towards them.
"Get back here!" he shouted.
Valentina saw him and pulled Kamaru with her to the exit and they ran outside slamming the door before the tiger could get close to them.
Jun slammed his paw on the door in frustration but he decided to chase after them so he could take them both down and as prisoners for information.
Meanwhile Pandora and Hanako continued to fight in hand-to-hand combat, Hanako looked furious as the cut on her face bled but it started to heal up thanks to the healing serums, she had obviously pumped herself up with.
"That healing serum will not save you!" Pandora spat as she slashed with her claws "I will finish you!"
Hanako glowered.
"But not before you! Filthy creature!"
She struck at Pandora again with her sword who leaned back to avoid the blade and she caught it with her palms clasped together before wrenching it out of Hanako's hands and throwing it to the side.
She then stood up and slashed at Hanako's other cheek making her raise her head in pain, then she straightened her fingers and aimed for the evil woman's throat!
As she did that, the metal claws caught Hanako's throat and blood erupted as it was slit!
Hanako gurgled and choked as she did so, and Pandora saw her grasp her throat and fall on her knees.
At the same time, Boss Kodama saw everything!
"Hanako!" he cried then gasped in pain as Raphael's Sai stabbed him in the shoulder and he fell backwards down the set of stairs he had been standing on!
Raphael and Monalisa went down after him and as they did, Kodama gritted his teeth against the pain and wrenched out the sai before pulling the device out of his pocket showing there were sixty seconds left on the clock before the bomb was to go off!
He glared up at the turtle and lizard coming towards him and narrowed his eyes.
Smirking, Pandora licked her lips as she stepped towards Hanako who looked up at her holding her bleeding throat and was gasping for breath.
"You took my father's voice!" she said "You tried to kill my family! You will now pay with your life….Bitch!" she held up her bloodied claws.
"PANDORA!"
The Hybrid heard Tyroth's bellow, and she flinched slightly as she saw the Dragon coming over, he was clenching his fists and his teeth were bared, yet she wasn't going to stop, not now, not when the life was slowly leaving Hanako's eyes.
She stroked over to Hanako and lifted her claws to strike.
"Any last words?" she asked.
Hanako glared at spat out blood before producing a grenade and taking her hand from her bleeding throat pulled the pin.
"See you in Hell!" she snarled as she threw down the grenade!
As she did that Tyroth saw, and his eyes widened in terror.
"NO!" he shouted and reached for Pandora!
Yet as he did, the grenade exploded, and he was blown backwards by it! At the same time another blast was heard, and a bright light invaded his eyes as he was thrown further back and was sent flying several feet until he saw stars! Then he heard a ringing in his ears as all went black…
To Be Continued...