Peter kicked a Kraang in the head. A good enemy to fight, given he was trying to readjust. "So Kraang, tell me you missed the red and blue. I'm representing the good old country your trying to terraform." It was nice to finally swing around in his own skin again.

"The Klyntar has that which is known as vanished! Kraang shall inform the information of what is known as vital information to Kraang! The one known as the man of spider's is know known as the one known as the man of spider's without Klyntar-!" Spidey kicked off the Kraang's head.

"Aww, they missed me." Spider-man chuckled.

"Apparently even they can't handle an emo Spider-Man." Donnie said as he whacked a Kraang. "I'm getting swarmed, can someone else go stop them from getting that diamond lense!?"

"I'm on it Don!" Mikey did a backflip and landed ontop of the Kraang and did a breakdance move, twirling all over the place as several brain bots when flying. "Yo fools! You can't handle the sic beat's imma laying done for you!"

"Raph, keep them busy, I'm going after their escape chopper!" Leo shouted, dicing a Kraang bot as he began running forward.

"You'd think they get more creative than just using choppers all the time! This is like the fifth one we've seen them fly." Spidey noted, smacking two head together three stooges style. "What, could you guys not get valid parking on your space ships and tanks?"

"Kraang has as the man of spider calls validated space of parking for several vehicles of Kraang authoerizatio-" And another one was pierced in the head by Raph.

"I did not miss their attempts at understanding your quips." The hard shelled softie rolled his eyes.

"It's like a child walking for the first time." Spidey grinned {Laser} as he barely got the way out of a blast. "Feels nice not having a giant coat of cold goo over my body…but I feel like I'm one step behind, even though this is my usual limit." He groaned, dodging another laser.

"Steroids, not good man." Mikey nodded seriously. "We'll get you through this Spidey. The withdrawals may be painful, but we'll keep you from becoming one with the ooze."

"No need, the thing is dead and not coming back … unless Donnie kept an extra sample …" Everyone turned to the turtle .

"I swear I burned every sample I had into ash!"

"Okay, we trust you bro." Mikey grinned … before frowning. "Wait, what was I doing?"

"Stopping them from getting the Diamond!" Leo shouted, swarmed by Kraang as the busted but still functional chopper began to lift off the ground. "Spidey, we need a web line!"

"One line coming up!" He slammed a bot into the wall and pressed down on his webshooter….and got empty air. "Another thing I did not miss …" He said as the chopper tried to fly away. "Having to reload my web shooters. Never thought I say this…but I wish I had organic webbing."

"Gross, then you'll be a disgusting mutant like Spider-byte…actually that would probably be an improvement for you, so by all means." Raph snickered with his usual ribbing.

"Nah, I'd rather not spin the bottle on if I'd end up with your looks." And Spidey shot right back without missing a beat while he replaced his web cartridges.

"This feels just right." Leo nodded, and Spidey couldn't agree more. "... So should we chase after the Kraang now?"

"One one way trip on the Spidey express coming up!" He shot at the back rotor, making it spin out of control.

"You know you should probably learn to carry a grapple for situations like this." Donnie suggested.

"Or maybe a backpack full of Spidey stuff." Mikey said with a grin.

"Oh sure, I'll be sure to put it right next to my spider themed lunchbox." He rolled his eyes. "Packed with my spidey themed sandwich I got from my spidey themed restaurant."

"... Well you are hurting for cash." The orange turtle said. "Wouldn't hurt."

"Yeah right, like I can actually make money off being Spider-Man without revealing my identity.."

"Actually there's several ways." Donnie pointed out. "Most notably through the use of shell companies. Just set up a limited liability corporation, run it through said shell companies, and you can have backers pay you for your brand under a business name, no need for identity reveals of any kind. In fact, you can even copyright 'Spider-man' so no one else can own the rights to said name."

"Huh … if the cops don't arrest me for vigilantism, that sounds like a good deal." Spidey nodded.

"There's also something online called 'onlyfans'-"

"Don't even suggest it Donnie." Peter had abbs, but he was NOT eyecandy. And Aunt May would probably have a heart attack if she knew he was 'selling himself' online. "Come on, lets go grab the diamond lens from the wreckage."

"Why are the Kraang robbing jewelry to begin with?" Raph asked. "That doesn't really scream terraforming aliens."

"Just because they're evil monsters doesn't mean they can't look pretty." He quipped as he walked over to the fire.

"On a more scientific note, diamond lenses can be used for a wide variety of ways, most notably drills and or laser concentration." Donnie said, going over his T-Pod. "And thanks to the data I was able to decipher from the drives we got, I might have an idea on what they might be planning. If all goes well, we'll be able to get the jump on them before they even have a chance."

"We could definitely use a win after the alien parasite." Leo said, putting away his blades.

"Upsy daisy." Peter grabbed the diamond lens casing. "I'd say we leave it for the police, but with the lack of a response for a smash and grab, part of me thinks the Kraang made it quiet for a return just in case."

"We can monitor everything from the Shellrasier." Donnie nodded. "In the meantime, it gives a chance to use this little guy." He pulled out something from behind his back….which was a cockroach that looked like it had a tiny metal pack on its back.

"AAAHHH!" Raph screamed, throwing a ninja star that nearly took off Donnie's finger. "KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!"

"Geez, where was that enthusiasm when I got stuck with a blobby alien love monster?" Peter snickered. It felt good to be back.

"Raph, could you stop trying to kill my latest masterpiece!" Donnie shouted, constantly moving around the spyroach as Leo drove the shellraiser.

"IT'S A HORRIBLE DISGUSTING PIECE OF SCUM NOT MEANT FOR THE FACE OF THE EARTH!" Raph shouted as he kept throwing anything he could get his hands on.

"You know between this and aliens, maybe we do have a point about racism." Mikey said offhandedly, before Raph hit him in the head. "Ow!"

"Those abominations are not people! They are the chittering menaces of society!" Raph shouted in rage.

"...He's afraid of cockroaches?" Peter questioned

"Ever since he was a kid." Mikey nodded.

"… And he lives in the sewers."

"There were nights where his screams would keep us up for eight hours straight." Leo shivered. "We've tried for years to get him over it, but nothing works."

"Dumping roaches in my bed wasn't ever going to work in any capacity!" The turtle screamed.

"No … but it was funny." Donnie snickered. "Relax, Spyroach is perfectly tame and reliable. He won't do anything unless I command him to do something ... .so you might want to lay off trying to smash him unless you want to regret it."

Raph growled, sitting down and glaring. "Why do we even need that thing!?"

"Because now we have a mobile camera." Donnie grinned. "Mikey, how close are we to the Kraang warehouse?"

"Turn the corner, and we'll be there in about five minutes on Eastman ave." His little brother pointed to the map.

"Wow, you've gotten the hang of the map already?" Spidey asked.

"It's just like a comic book yo." They grinned. "Still trying to figure out how to flip the page …" Well progress was progress, even if it was by inches and not miles.

"Alright little guy, go on ahead and do your thing." Donnie petted his little precious. "I promise an extra moldy slice of pepperoni for you when you get back." They jumped up, ready to go. Once they stopped, Donnie opened the hatch and let the guy go. "Alright, everyone, eyes on the screen." He said, grabbing his controller.

"Cool, it's like a video game!" Mikey chanted as the monitor lit up. "The world from a cockroach's eyes. It's soo amazing."

"Yeah, yeah, cool, cool, tell me when it's over!" Raph shouted from the back of the van.

"Come on, you can't even see the little guy." Leo rolled his eyes.

"I can see the creepy antenna!" They screamed.

"Maybe I should've gotten bitten by a radioactive Cockroach." Spidey smirked. "It would be WAY too easy to scare him off."

"Don't even tempt fate!"

They watched as it crawled up a scaffolding, leaning in closer as Donnie turned up the volume. "The attempt known as the attempt to steal the thing known as the diamond lens casing in the place known as seventh avenue has resulted in that which is known as failure." One Kraang spoke as everyone high fived.

"This is why Kraang prepared seven attempts at once on multiple locations. For the ones known as the turtles and the man of Spider can not multiply and be in seven places at once."

"Great, they've learned how to count." Leo groaned. "Even if we all spread out, they would've gotten away with at least two."

"Definitely more prepared than usual." Peter muttered.

They watched as … four casings rolled in. "What happened to the other two?"

"A salamandrian attack. It was captured and placed into captivity of Kraang."

"And a masked red humanoid prevented the theft of the diamond lens casing in the place known as Hell's Kitchen."

"Do we know any salamander mutants?" Mikey asked.

"Not that I'm aware of." Peter nodded. "Or other vigilantes for that matter… least we're not the only one's putting a thorn in the brain's side."

"Kraang can work with fewer lenses for the plan that is to be planned to go off the night of tonight." They looked over to what appeared to be some obscure picture of a drill.

"Can you get a closer look?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, give me a sec." Donnie said as he messed with the controls. "Oh shell, this isn't good. They're going to drill a hole into the earth's core."

"So does that mean we get to meet all the dinosaurs and mole people that have been living in the center of the planet?" Mikey asked with a chipper tone.

"No, it means that we've ticked them off so much they think it's gonna be easier to mess with a lava covered city than with us." Donnie corrected.

"Say goodbye to the calm autumn breeze, hello early nuclear winter." Peter winced. "How long is it gonna take for them to make that hole?"

"Depends on the schematics and where they drill … I need to get Spyroach closer." He said, slowly moving it in. "Come on, just a little closer."

"Hurry Don, we don't have much time." Leo said.

"I know."

"I think Raph's about to pee himself." Spidey quipped.

"I AM NOT!"

"Can I get a little peace and quiet?" He growled.

"Oh, I'm better with games, give me!" Mikey tried to grab the controller.

"NO! What I need is for you guys to actually let me work!" He moved his controller out of the way…

Ploop

And they watched the screen as they saw the little guy fall….into a tank of mutagen.

"...Your roach just fell into a batch of mutagen." Leo pointed out.

"That it did."

"...You just inadvertently created a mutant, which is a hybrid of machines and a cockroach." Peter said.

"Yes, I did."

"Both of which are very notable in resilience, stamina, and durability." Peter kept going.

"Yep."

"...Donnie, I am going to ask you this just once." Leo stared into his eyes. "...Are you working with the Kraang? That's twice you've created something that's definitely going to kill us."

"Hey, I may have created this machine, but I did not create it to be evil!" He shouted. "It has absolutely no reason to attack us!"

The screen began flickering, from an adult cockroach, to maggots, to eating. "Um … what are we watching?" Mikey asked.

"... I think we're seeing its life flash before its eyes." Donnie had so, SO many thoughts about this. All the scientific studies that could be done! "It's so horrifying, but so majestic…"

"Are you just going to say that whenever you see technology evolve beyond mortal comprehension?" Spidey asked. "Because this is the second time after the T-Pod."

"Which also was Donnie's fault." Leo said.

"For the last time, it's a cockroach!" Donnie shouted. "It has no reason to be evil!"

"KILL IT!" Raph shouted, before it started looping on everything he did to it. "KILL IT WITH FIRE! KILL IT! KILL IT! KILL-" And then the screen paused on his face, red targeting lines surrounding it, with a label … of threat.

"No, but it has a reason to be mad." Mikey turned to the shivering Raph. "Dude, I'd hate to be you right now."

"No no no no-" Raph shook his head. "Not that, not that not."

"Raph, relax." Leo told his brother. "As much as it hurts us from a moral standpoint, we can just leave it there. The Kraang will take care of it while we stop them."

SHATTER

They turned to see the mutagen tank shatter, as the Spyroach emerged from a larger standpoint. "Unknown threat. Begin firing!" The Kraang all began blasting … as it marched forward, undaunted. It reached a Kraang bot, ripping off its arm, looking over the blaster as multiple scans ran, classifying it as 'tool' and 'weapon'. It made its way over to the front door, pausing, before converting its arm into a chainsaw, cutting through the metal and opening the wall, even as the Kraang shot at it, until it kicked down the shutter … now walking to the Shellraiser.

"It's coming for us IT'S COMING FOR US!" Raph went for the manhole covers. "AGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" And started firing like crazy, pieces of its flesh only being snicked out as it took every single attack in stride.

"Leo, I'd start driving if I were you." Spidey said as they watched the Spyroach tank the manhole covers and keep walking. "Donnie created a Cockroach Terminator!"

"The Roachanator!" Mikey shouted. "Boom! Yeah! My naming skills are back!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGH!" Raph kept shouting and firing.

"We can appreciate it later!" Donnie shouted. "Get us driving now!"

Leo ran the Shellraiser forward, turning every corner he could find in an effort to lose the Roachanator. "Alright, we have an unflinching bug out to kill Raph, and the Kraang are gonna level the city somewhere in lava." Not his best day. "Donnie, I'm gonna need something!"

"I'm busy turning off the return beacon so the Roachinator can't find us!" The turtle shouted. "Peter, look up fault lines in New York City! If they're digging deep they're probably gonna go the path of least resistance!"

"On it!" Peter got on one of the other computers and began typing. "There's about five around here, so just gotta look for the one where most of them cross together."

"It's gonna kill me, it's gonna kill me." Raph muttered in horror, rocking back and forth on the ground. "WHY IS IT TARGETING ME?!" He shouted.

"Maybe it has something to do with the targeting system I built into it, combined with the fact you almost squashed him when it was still unmutated." Donnie speculated. "Hm, the mutagen must've crosswired the programing with his survival instincts."

"So what, it's going to go until the end of time trying to kill Raph?" Spidey asked.

"No … it'll probably kill Raph before then."

"HOW IS THAT HELPFUL!?"

"… Won't have to spend your life in fear?" He offered the olive branch. "Look, I turned off the tracking beacon, so it can't even find you. The Roachinator would have to look all over the city."

"Guys…" Peter paused. "Don't freak out…but my Spider-sense is tingling….and it's coming from underneath the van."

SHINK

They all turned to see a Chainsaw come out from under Peter, as it revved up and began slowly cutting a circle. "WHY DOES IT HAVE A CHAINSAW!?" Raph shouted. "DONNIE! WHY DID YOU GIVE A ROACH A CHAINSAW!?"

"I didn't! It's obviously a part of its mutation!" Donnie took out his bow and sliced it with the edge of his blade, where goopy black oil like blood spilled all over the place. "Although it's quite fascinating how much the organic matter is adapting around the inorganic and vice versa…"

"Not the time!" Mikey shouted as the mutant began carving it up with the Kraang blaster it stole. "Come on Roachanator! Can't you pick another time to kill Raph!? We know it's hard to wait, but we got more important things to do!"

""CCHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTT!" The head of it pierced through, yelling and spitting all over the place.

"AHHHH! GET IT DOWN GET IT DOWN GET IT DOWN!" Raph ran and used his sai to repeatedly stab the bug in the head over and over again, which looked like it was barely grazing it.

The thing pulled out an arm, grabbing the turtle and slamming him into a wall. Soon it got the rest of its body inside of the Shellraiser. "Don't we have anything else!?" Mikey shouted.

"Taser web!" Peter shouted, hitting it with electrical webs … that looked like they did nothing as it moved to point its laser at Raph. "Seriously!?"

"Okay, It's going to be a bumpy ride, but everyone brace for impact!" Leo swerved the Shellraiser, forcing it to roll on its side and tumble, sending everyone on the inside flying out of the van while the roach was stuck inside, still tumbling. "...Eve….everyone….alright?" Not one of his most well thought out plans, but given Raph was about to die…

"My shell feels like it loosened an inch, but I'm generally in one piece." Donnie rubbed his head.

"I'm good …" Mikey groaned.

"Is it gone?" Raph asked, fear still in his voice.

KABOOOM

The Shellraiser burst into flames. "Hopefully…cuz our ride is gone." Spidey said. "...Donnie, given how resilient a regular cockroach is, how much of that durability applies to a mutant one?"

"Well if we're combining it with the metal it merged with and the proportional strength of a man size roach …" Donnie said. "Probably somewhere along the lines of … Rhino."

"CHHHTTTTTT!" A brown claw broke out of the flaming metal and rose from the fire, still armed and ready.

"Sorry buddy; this is gonna hurt me a lot more than it's gonna hurt you." Spidey said as he sunk his first forward.

Crack

… Which resulted in Spidey falling to the ground and clutching his hand. "Definitely feels like Rhino." He cried out in a high pitched voice. "Damn you Symbiote ... you made me used to punching above my weight class."

The thing kicked away Peter, marching to Raph. "AHHHHH!" Raph ran off, jumping over a sign for 'wet cement' and into an alleyway! "I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY I TRIED TO SQUASH YOU!"

"Raph, you're a genius!" Leo called. "Guys, push the roach into the cement!"

"On it!" Mikey grabbed onto its body, trying to push … as he was dragged along. "Harder than it looks!"

Leo ran forward, adding his own weight as he tried to get the creature into the wet cement. "Dang it, why do you have to be so well built! Donnie, next time you make a killing machine, make less impressive!"

"I didn't make it …oh never mind!" The turtle groaned, helping them push it into the ground … and finally succeeding, covering it in the gray mushy liquid. "Goodbye, you gloriously hideous machine hybrid."

"Is it gone?" Raph said as he shook behind a dumpster. "Is it finally over?"

"Locked in cement." Peter sighed. "Alright, we repair the Shellraiser, find the Kraang, and stop them before New York becomes the new ring of fire."

"Good, good, let's get going!" Raph shouted, rushing ahead without looking back.

"... So next time he's out of line, should we just throw cockroaches at him?" Spidey asked.

"Sounds reasonable enough." Donnie nodded.

Mikey checked the map as they finally started getting close. "So what's the plan?"

"We get into the base, destroy the death laser, get out." Leo said as they drove on. "Keep it simple and flexible in case anything goes wrong."

"Now you're thinking like someone who prepared for the worst." Peter smirked. "Murphy's law is one means son of a gun… but Parker Luck is ten times worse."

"I thought it only applied to your luck with girls?" Raph asked, back to his snarky self.

"That's just the tip of the ice berg my roid rage friend. Parker luck is universal and unforgiving." Peter nodded. "It's the bruise that forms every morning when you stub your toe. It's the detention you get for always being late to class, it's the sand in your ears when Marko goes full sandman."

Donnie heard some beeping, checking the periscope. "Um … how consecutively does Parker luck hit?"

"Pretty much on the dot every thirty minutes." Peter stated.

"You're gonna have to move that down to ten." He said, gesturing for Peter to look into the periscope.

"Why, what's the big ide-ooooooh. Ooooh no, that's not good." Spidey winced.

"What, what's going on?" Raph asked worriedly.

"Pop quiz; what happens when an animal sheds its skin?" Peter said.

"It's really gross and slimy?" Mikey guessed.

"True, true…and.." Donnie went on.

"... It gets bigger?" Leo added,

"Bingo, give this turtle a prize!"

Clank

"Chhhbhhjbjht!"

"Now drive like your life depends on it!"

"It's unstoppable!" Raph shouted. "It's never gonna stop!"

"Everything can be stopped!" Spidey shouted. "Donnie, progress on the Gobwebs?"

"I got it in web cartridge form, highly experimental." He said. "I call it shell webs."

"Sticking with a brand, nice!" Spidey grabbed one of his web block thingies. "Leo, how far are we from the base!?"

"One minute until we ram their front doors because I am NOT slowing down with that thing on our back!"

"Got it!" Spidey nodded. "Mikey, Raph, get topside! We're getting a bug off our windshield!"

"Are you out of your mind!?" Raph shouted.

"Yes, but that doesn't change the fact we need Roachanator off our mutated tails!" Mikey said as he got up, looking at the giant white floating bug thing with wings and techno lines covering it's entire body. "Wow … make that Roachanator 2.0!" Definitely got an upgrade. "Wonder if it still has the chainsaw."

Six arms grew out of its side, two of which indeed had spinning blades at the end of it. "Ask a silly question." Spidey chuckled. "Raph, you.."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!" Raph was already firing away at the garbage ball cannon."

"Well, that answers that question." Peter muttered, spinning his web shooter around as he put a green cartridge in. "Shell webs here we go!" He fired at the thing, as a green goo quickly turned solid and hard as it hit the Roachanator 2.0.

"Chhhbhhttttr!" Sparks flew as it tried to saw away at the green gunk, unable to break it.

"Heck yeah, eat crystalized web!" He shouted, firing off a couple of globs at the thing … before the stopped. "What the … trigger jammed … the shell webs hardened inside my shooters!"

"I told you it was experimental!" Donnie shouted. "It's hard to adapt it to the original formula and compressing it to one tiny cartridge!"

"Good luck fighting with no arms!" Mikey laughed as he hit the things face over and over with his sweet nunchuck combo … which did nothing. "Well then, I guess I have no choice but to take out my secret weapon…eat bug b gone!"

"Mikey, do not pull a Baxter Stockman!" Spidey shouted as Mikey sprayed … causing the Roach to stop flying as it fell to the ground, rolling. "Oh you gotta be freaking kidding me."

"Heck yeah! Score one for the mic master!" Mikey shouted. Nothing could ruin this moment!

"Brace for impact!" Leo shouted as the sounds of lasers went off around them. "We're running through the front door!"

"Time to jump!" Spidey grabbed him and Raph as he leapt over the approaching wall, as the van sparked, and only managed to get halfway through. "Never thought I'd say this, but I missed you Kraang." The hero commented as the Kraang inside raised their weapons. "Between the Sinister Seven, this evil goop, an evil terminator cockroach that doesn't seem to …" The sound of buzzing filled the air. "Stop …"

"Spidey…" Raph shivered in fear. "Damn you and your horrible luck."

"Chhhht!" The roach shot out glowing slime balls all over the place. The Kraang began firing at the thing … unfortunately destroying the shell webs and freeing its arms.

"The one known as man of spiders calls the one known as Kraang the term known as imbecile." Spider-Man said sarcastically to the brain guys. "Mikey, give it another dose of Bug b gone-what is our life?"

"Eat spray sucker!" Mikey went for another spray…..and it was completely empty. "What!? Man that's a rip off! One spray and it's empty!? What kind of company makes terrible products like this!?" He checked the back. "Tricorp … yeah, that checks." Roachanator instantly shot a glob of goo at Mikey. "Oh come on, can't I go the rest of the month without being slimmed somehow!?" The black alien was already bad enough!

"Here's to a brawl without webs!" Spidey jumped onto the thing. "Maybe I can't punch you out but … eye poke!"

"CCCCCCHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!"

"Dude, I think you just made it angrier!"

"Really?! I didn't notice!" Spidey shouted as the Roachanator began flying higher. "You and Raph just focus on the drill!"

Raph grabbed onto the goop Mikey was covered in, trying to yank it off as Leo and Donnie were still in the van. "So gross, so gross, so gross." This? This right here was already worse than the symbiote. Giant cockroach mutant wanted him dead!

"Yeah it's gross, how do you think I feel!" Mikey complained, breaking out his arms. "Leo! Donnie! Think you can get the Kraang off our tail!?"

"...We're stuck!" Leo shouted as the van get revving in between the doors of the hideout.

"That thing has three openings, how can't you get out!?" Raph shouted.

"We're only half through the gate and we can't go above or below!" Well, wasn't THAT fantastic!?

"Mikey, start getting them out." He said, finally freeing the guy's legs. "I'll focus on the drill while Spidey deals with …" He shivered. "The Roachanator."

"That's Roachanator 2.0."

"I'm BARELY holding it together right now, don't be pedantic with me!" Raph shouted, shoving his brother off. "HEY ROACHY!" This was going to suck…so…so much. "Remember me! I'm the guy that tried to squash yah when you were tiny and pathetic!"

The roach looked down on him with vengeance that made everything shiver. "Raph, what's the plan here!?" Spidey shouted, still on top of the horrible monster's head.

"Either that thing's durable enough to survive the drill and stop it, or we have a way to put that rejection of nature down for good!" He shouted, running through the hordes of Kraang one after the other. Why was it easier to destroy advanced aliens than it was with bug people? "I'll lure it to the machine, you just keep it in check and jump when I give the signal!"

"So roachy, you have any hobbies other than hunting down turtles? Dating profile? Some conversation material?" They quipped as they tried strangling the maggot. "Just saying, there's a life outside of hunting! Like knitting! You look like the kind of insect that would love a good homemade sweater! With your pale complexion, it's easy to tell you don't get out that much!"

Just ignore it, focus on getting to the drill, to the drill, ignore the evil abomination to all living things. "The turtle shall not stop the plan that is known as the plan of drilling-" He stabbed the Kraang, moving forward.

Raph finally made it to a giant round thing shooting off a red beam straight into the ground. Give this to the Kraang, they knew how to give their giant weapons of mass destruction an easy design to exploit. "Please don't regret this, please don't regret this!" He jumped on the machine and ran across it, and like he had hopped, it began rolling, moving the laser from the spot it had been aiming it to the Kraang on the ground. "Jump!"

"Can't blame me for trying buggy, enjoy your new tan!" The web head shouted, jumping off as the laser hit the Roach mutant … causing it to glow, almost like it was resisting instant destruction the best it could. "You just love not staying down. I know a couple wrestlers who'd love tips!"

"Why won't you just DIIIIEEEE?!" He threw his sai right at the ugly monster's head.

"CHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT!" Goo popped out of the monster as it finally… FINALLY exploded into paste, spiling all over the place.

"Gaaah, I am so glad I wear a mask." Peter groaned. "It was almost in my mouth. I don't know what real spider's find so appetizing about it."

"It's dead….the nightmare's are over, IT'S FINALLY DEAD!" Raph jumped for joy! "MIKEY! IT'S FINALLY DEAD! IT'S FINALLY DEAD!"

"Cool bro, mind if you celebrate as we flee before the Kraang regroup!?"

"The ones known as the man of spiders and turtles shall not escape Kraang!" More lasers fired at them.

"Keep us out or keep us in, start making up your mind guys!" Spidey quipped as he ran to the Shellraiser. "Ooop, before I forget!" He pulled out another webshooter. "Luckily I always make sure to keep a spare….yoink!" He threw a webline into one of the drill's legs, making the still firing lazer go off everywhere, blasting the kraang, itself, and the hideout as a whole into dust.

KABOOOM

"Ah, nothing beats a happy ending." Raph finally let himself relax as they watched the fireworks from a distance.

"So Raph, over your fear of roaches now?" Spidey snickered.

"Shell no, I'm three times as terrified now." He truthfully admitted. "But now I know my fears are completely rational. Donnie, start building a giant laser for the next time a cockroach gets mutated."

"It's not gonna be anywhere as durable as this guy … also won't be evil." Donnie said. "Although the goop is fascinating … maybe if I study it I could form some sort of mutagen understanding and work to a cure-"

"CCCCHHHHTTTT!" The goo groaned as a face formed.

"AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGH!" Raph immediately got his sai and pounded it into squishy paste. "WHY WON'T IT DIE!?"

"That's the thing about the Terminator sequels Raph… they never die… no matter how much we want them to." Spider-man said casually. "We're gonna have to burn the samples Donnie. But look on the bright side, nobody is desperately trying to cure themselves at the moment … except maybe Spider-Byte."

"Still it would be a good idea to cure mutants in general. We wouldn't have to deal with recurring ones like Snakeweed and we'd get to knock fishface and Dogpound back to more manageable humans." Donnie pointed out.

"Fair point. Plus the occasional innocent bystander." The web head nodded. "So, the Kraang are starting to lose it. I thought you said they wanted to terraform?"

"It's possible that they could've been trying to hollow out the planet to make the process easier." Donnie said. "Hollow earth means enough space to fill the planet with mutagen."

"Which makes everyone mutated instantly without any hussle." Leo groaned. "Just great."

"Then we just stop them like always." Mikey grinned. "Boo ya kasha."

True … as long as there were no more cockroaches involved. If it came back again he was gonna scream.

Tombstone stared at Hammerhead. "Report." At the moment, he half expected the Wall Crawler to come crashing through the window to say the deal was off. He's seen Spider-man in action one too many times. The fool was too childish to give up on his ideals, which on some level he respected for the integrity.

"Spider-Man's and those turtles been runnin around town with a giant bug, and stopped an armed robbery."

"I expected as much." Tombstone nodded. "Any news of these 'Kraang'?"

"Not much, buncha mooks takin scientists and high end equipment." His top dog spoke. "Although they apparently all have the same ugly mug and name. Norman Kraangenhoffer" Hammerhead presented several files and pictures of such.

"How peculiar." Either it was a strong family resemblance, cloning, or robotic duplicates. Nothing in this world was beyond comprehension anymore. "Keep an eye out, I don't like when groups are beneath my notice." His entire empire was built on who committed what crimes at any and all given points of time.

"Understood boss." With a bow, they moved away, leaving Tombstone alone. Now what to do about Spider-Man. Even if Osborn stopped the deal, they still had enough villains on rotation to keep their attention away without too much public scrutiny. Sure he had suspicions about Octavious, but Montanna was always a loyal employee. He would sooner blast away his own arm before turning traitor. He was too professional for that sort of business.

"We've heard around the grapevine there's a job opening." With a simple glance at the ceiling, he saw what most people would assume to be Spider-man in his black costume, except bigger, bulkier, and much more sinister looking.

"… People keep breaking in, why don't I lock my windows?" He mused as he watched the thing wall crawled around.

"Maybe because you're interested in what people have to say as they come in." The unknown entity chuckled as it remained there. "So, are you looking to hire another villain? We're good and ready to go."

"To join my business requires a certain level of skill." Tombstone got up and walked towards his pool table. "If you want to prove your worth, you need to accomplish one simple task."

"To squash the Spider?" The figure asked with a wicked glee in their wide toothy smile."

"Good guess." He nodded, firing off a ball, sinking six balls into the hole. "Take him out, and we can talk about a … charitable salary."

"We'll see it done." They moved to the window. "You don't mind if we have some funfirst, right?"

"I don't micro-manage." The villains could be as theatrical as they want. The only thing that mattered was business. They heard them leave, working on their next shot. They really doubted this man could take on the Spider. He didn't doubt his strength and intelligence … but between the obvious desire to make it personal and revenge based, along with the insanity of using themselves in the plural, they'd probably be their own undoing … at most they'd be another body to add to the seven.