In Shredder's Lair, Shredder sat on his throne before Newtralizer suddenly appeared and screeched at the Turtles standing across in the hallway, "Here comes a new Challenger!" Vee quipped.
"You got this Olivier!" Naomi called as she and the others cheered as Olly stretched with a smirk.
"Let's see if these upgrades are as good as the Professor promised," Olly said with a smirk as he and the hologram of Newtralizer faced each other and got into wrestling stances.
"FIGHT!" Shredder called as Olly charged first, ducking under a tail swipe from Newtralizer, blocking laser fire with his axe before countering a punch and delivering a jab to the chest and the a spin kick to the face, leaving Newtralizer dazed, "FINISH HIM!" Shredder called, standing up.
Olly focused his Hamato Ninpo, before arching his axe back and throwing it, as it turned into a spinning saw of green fire that sliced Newtralizer in half as Olly stood with a serious expression before catching his axe and giving a smirk, "Fatality. Olivier wins." Shredder declared.
"Show off." Leo said with a smirk as Olly walked up and playfully bump his shoulder.
"Not gonna lie, that felt gooood," Olly said with a smirk.
"Ah, Step aside brother." Alopex said with a smirk as she walked up with her hands on her hips. "Let a real warrior show you how it's done." She said as she got into a ready stance as Tigerclaw appeared as he gave a roar, Alopex kept her smirk. "I am going to enjoy this."
"FIGHT!" Shredder announced as Alopex sped towards Tigerclaw, dodging his laser blasts before she jumped and delivered swift kicks to his face, landing on the floor with a punch to gut and then did a roundhouse kick to the jaw, sending Tigerclaw flopping onto the floor as Alopex landed with a pose as she gave a proud smile as Tigerclaw vanished.
"Substitution, Amoly," Shredder said, raising a hand.
"Nice one, Alopex." Ames said as she and Alopex shared a high-five. "But let me show you what Mikey taught me." She said as she took a stance and Rahzar appeared.
"FIGHT!" Shredder announced as Ames gave a yell as she then punched and kicked Rahzar in the air multiple times before he fell to the ground and Ames did multiple kicks to the back, which made her tired as Rahzar stood up looking dizzy. "Finish him!" Shredder called.
Ames then tied her whip around Rahzar's muzzle, which was attached to a clown head air pump she had. Ames then pumped tons of air into Rahzar's head, inflating it before it comically popped off and Ames grabbed the string with a serious look. "Balloonality. Amoly wins." Shredder announced as fireworks went off behind Ames as she cheered.
"Aw yeah! That's how it's done!" Ames cheered as she rushed up to the others and shared a high five.
"That was an interesting tactic." Naomi said before she gave a knowing smirk. "Did Michelangelo show you?"
"Maybe." Ames said with a slight blush as Mikey gave a sheepish chuckle.
"That was a mediocre battle at best," Raph said with his arms crossed as he and Tal stepped forward to face Bebop and Rocksteady.
"Watch how we do it." Tal said, but then the holo room shut down as she and Raph groaned in disappointment.
"Apologies, everyone. You are needed on the bridge immediately." Honeycutt spoke up on the speaker.
The group rushed up to the bridge where their human friends, the Professor, and Zog were waiting. "What's wrong, guys?" Vee asked.
"We've reached our destination, behold The Tri-Fleet," Zog said pointing forward as they saw the Triceraton fleet ahead. "Glorious is not?" He asked them.
"By glorious, you mean intimidating, then yes." Keno said with a brow. "You know, for a single fleet that survived your homeworld, you Triceratons sure made a big house."
"We did have bigger fleets before the Kraang destroyed our home," Zog said with a clench of his fist.
"Okay, let's get back on topic," Olly said as he turned to the Fugitoid. "Professor, bring up the mothership." He said as Honeycutt did just that as a projection of the Mothership appeared. "Okay, Zog, you know the ship better than any of us. Do you know a way inside for us or where the Triceratons kept the Black Hole piece?"
"If memory serves, the best entry point to the mothership undetected is the auxiliary airlock." Zog said while pointing at the spot cable attached to one of the ships connected to the mothership. "If you use the Stealth Shuttle, you can sneak aboard without setting off any alarms. And with the piece of the Heart of Darkness, they would have put it in the main armory here." He said while pointing at a room the red line showed the way to a red spot.
"I have 99.89% certainty you are correct, Zog." The Fugitoid said. "April, Casey, Keno, and Robyn will remain on the ship with Zog and I and monitor your progress."
"Wha, come on! Again?" Keno said in annoyance.
"Yeah, are you kidding?! We're not getting left behind like a bunch of chumps!" Casey complained.
"He has a point, guys," Robyn spoke up. "We're not as stealthy as the others."
"Well, I'm getting pretty close," April bragged with a grin, not seeing Miwa had snuck up behind her, who gave a smirk before she gave a loud shrieking hiss that made the O'Neil's hair stand up, "AAHHH?!" April screamed in fright, jumping into Casey's arms.
Miwa laughed as did the others while Tal snapped a picture on her T-Phone, "Oh that is so going in the blackmail folder," Tal laughed as April gave Miwa a look.
"NOT FUNNY!" April yelled as Miwa just shrugged with a casual grin and Casey gave a smirk.
"Getting close, huh, Red?" Casey teased with a smirk.
April realized what she did and blushed with an embarrassed smile, "Eh, hehe, Have you been working out, Jones?" She asked sheepishly.
"Okay, okay. Enough." Olly spoke up seriously. "Operation: Infiltrate Mothership is a go." He declared as they nodded.
Soon, the Turtles, Miwa, and Alopex are in the Stealth Ship as they flew off to the Tri Fleet and turned invisible. "Are you sure we're invisible, Donnie?" Jenny questioned her brother.
"Absolutely. Almost completely positive." Donnie sounded sure, but the more he thought about it, the more nervous he became. "Sort-of-ish… uh… no. Nuh huh."
"Don't worry, we've upgraded the cloaking." Tal assured them. "The Triceratons won't know what's coming." She said as they flew closer to one of the airlocks.
"Uh oh, patrol squadron up ahead," Miwa said as some Raptors were flying towards them, but they flew past them. "Okay I don't think they saw us.
"See? We're completely cloaked. Like a turtle do," Tal said with a smug smile.
"Okay, you win." Raph said with a look before they saw the airlock ahead.
"We're coming up on the Airlock, guys," Donnie said to the Professor and Zog.
"It appears unguarded but remain cautious." The Fugitoid spoke up.
"Relax, Fugitoid, we're Ninjas bro." Mikey bragged.
"Wait. Don't go in yet." Zog spoke up.
"Why not, Zog?" Leo asked in confusion.
"You all remember that we Triceratons breathe Nitrogen, correct?" Zog asked them.
"Yeah, why?" Ames asked.
"The Mothership is full of it to replicate our homeworld atmosphere." Zog informed. "If you try and remove your helmets, you might have trouble breathing inside."
"Now you tell us?" Jenny asked with a look.
"Alright team, suit up." Olly spoke as they all put on their helmets as Raph used his space sai to cut a hole in the airlock as they entered the ship. "We're in professor, guide us to the Fragment."
"Head down that corridor and you'll find the passage that leads directly to the armory." Honeycutt informed.
"Okay. Let's go." Alopex said as they rushed down the corridor as fast as they could.
"Aw yeah, this will be easier than stealing pepperoni from a-" Mikey bragged before he jinxed and crashed into the arm of a Triceraton.
"What?" The guard said before turning to the Hamato Teens. "Alien Intruders!" he called as more Triceratons appeared.
"Oh no!" Honeycutt and the others on the Ulixies gasped in worry.
"Aw, Space apples!" Vee complained.
"Capture them!" The first Triceraton said as they started firing at them as they used their weapons to block and dodge the strikes.
"Might I suggest a tactical retreat?" Honeycutt suggested via the comms.
"No way! I'm not running!" Raph exclaimed.
"No time for stubborn pride today, Raph!" Olly called before turning away, "Everyone, back to the Airlock!" He ordered before their path was blocked by more Triceratons.
"That would be a problem!" Naomi called out.
"Bring it on hornheads!" Jenny called as they charged at the Triceratons but were easily smacked down and restrained.
Olly himself was pinned to the wall by the lead Triceraton and growled in defiance, "You want air?" The Triceraton questioned while narrowing his eyes, "Then let us see how much."
The Hamato Teens then had their helmets forced off, exposing them to the Triceraton atmosphere, "No, not my helmet! I need that to breathe oxygen!" Ames called, trying to keep her helmet on before it pulled off and she started coughing and wheezing.
"Oxygen?" The lead Triceraton questioned with a brow, "We Triceratons breath a hardy mixture of Nitrogen and Sulfur." He said as the Hamato Teens were all coughing from the Nitrogen air, struggling to breath.
"What's wrong? Can't handle a little air?" One Triceraton mocked as the Triceratons laughed at Teens suffering.
"Guys…stay calm! Remember…our training!" Olly coughed as they all understood before sitting down and taking meditation stances as they stopped coughing, much to the surprise and confusion of the Triceratons.
On the Ulixies, the Human teens, Zog and Fugitoid watched, "What are they doing?" Zog said in confusion.
"It's Chi-Gung or internal Breathing," Robyn said, recognizing the stance they were in.
"It's a meditative breathing technique, Dariyasa taught us," April explained, "It lets them slow their breath, heart rate and other bodily functions to go without oxygen,"
"We should formulate a rescue plan quickly," Honeycutt said as he typed on his console.
Back on the Mothership, the Triceratons continued to watch the Hamato Teens doing Chi-Gung, one even scratched his head in confusion. "What is going on here?" Mozar's voice was heard as approached and saw the Hamato Teens, "Sargent Zog's Alien allies?" He said in surprise.
"We found them sneaking towards the Armory." The Lead Triceraton explained, "They've been like this for 5 minutes."
"They are oxygen breathers, exposed to our Nitrogen. They cannot possibly be alive," Mozar said, before grabbing Raph's arm to feel for a pulse.
"Get your paws off me, Fossil face!" Raph growled, surprising Mozar and the guards.
"Alive?! But how?" Mozar said in disbelief.
"It's called Chi-Gung, Internal Breathing," Leo answered, still in his stance.
"Our ninja training enables us to slow our internal bodily functions, such as breathing or heart rate to survive the lack of air. At least for a while," Tal explained.
"Hmm, Fascinating." Mozar said in interest, "You may be small but you clearly have the strength of true warriors."
"We have our moments." Miwa said while still in stance.
"Enough of this nonsense, let's see how this Internal breathing works after I do this!" The Lead Triceraton called before he batted the Hamato Teens away, breaking their focus as they started choking on the Nitrogen, "Haha! Now you see how enemies of the Empire suffer!" He boasted.
"Lieutenant Zavrok, enough!" Mozar called as the Triceratons turned to him, "This 'execution' shall not go further."
"But Admiral! These creatures-" Zavrok tried to say before Mozar held up a hand.
"These Terrans have shown to me that they are honorable beings, and as honorable beings ourselves we must treat them as such," Mozar told him strictly before turning to the coughing 12, "Take them away for interrogation, and get me twelve atmosphere converters." He ordered.
"Yes, Admiral." The Triceratons said as they did as they were ordered as they carried the Hamato Teens off.
On the Ulixies, the humans teens were preparing to leave to board the Mothership, "I just recalled the Stealth shuttle and it is ready for you to embark on your rescue," Honeycutt told them.
"Good, now let's go trash some alien scum!" Casey declared before the ship's alarm went off.
"Incoming transmission," Zog said before they answered the transmission and a Triceraton dressed in dark red armor, long horns and cape over his shoulders appeared on the monitor.
"Attention starship Ulixies, this is Emperor Zanmoran of the Triceraton Empire, heed my warning," Zanmoran said before revealing the Turtles, Miwa and Alopex, who had Triceraton tech collars on their necks and were retrained by Triceraton guards, "Your friend that were sent to steal the Heart of Darkness from us have failed and are now in our custody."
The six gasped in worry, "Guys! No!" April called.
"Here is our only offer: You will cease your attempts to stop our crusade to resemble the Heart of Darkness and will not attempt another raid on our glorious mothership if you fail to comply your friends shall be executed!" Zanmoran threatened.
"Please, don't hurt them!" Honeycutt pleaded to the Emperor.
"Then do as I command," Zanmoran said as the Ulixies crew just bowed their heads down in defeat as the emperor smirked, "A wise decision. And to you Sargent, I wanted to thank you personally for the coordinates for the last Kraang Outpost, despite your treachery. When the Kraang are no more I will see to it you are remembered for your work," He promised before the Transmission ended and Mothership teleported out of the area.
"They're gone!" Keno called out while pale, as were the others.
"How could this have all gone wrong so quickly?" Robyn asked in complete horror.
"We gotta go after them!" Casey stated with a glare.
"And how do we do that, Jones?" April questioned. "If we try and follow them, they might kill the others."
"Emperor Zanmoran is known for many things, but upholding deals isn't one of them." Zog said with a serious look. "Our friends won't last long."
"Then we must go after them immediately," Honeycutt said before typing on his console, "Fortunately, the Mothership's size allows its tachyon particle trail to be easy to track but it will take time,"
"How much time?" April asked in concern.
"Hopefully not long before our friends meet a most unfortunate end," Honeycutt said as they all looked worried and hoped that their friends would be okay.
Back on the Triceraton Mothership, a Triceraton prisoner transport arrived at a ship that looked to house a prison. The transport then landed in the prison and the door opened, "Prisoners! Move out!" A guard ordered as the Turtles, Miwa and Alopex, who were stripped of their weapons and usual garb and instead wore black prison bodysuits, stepped out. Tal tried to get a look at where they were before she was shoved by a guard.
"Hey! No one does that to my girl!" Donnie called before he was shoved along with Olly, Vee and Alopex.
"Take it easy! We're moving!" Leo called before he and the others were shoved as well. Mikey and Ames were the last ones before they were shoved as well as they rode on a conveyor belt into the prison.
They then passed a large alien who was being restrained by multiple Triceratons. "Aah! Have mercy! Please! Please! Don't take me to The Games! Anything but The Games! Let me go!" He pleaded before he was shoved into the ship.
"Okay, I'll bite," Miwa said with a concerned look to the Triceraton in front of them. "What are 'The Games'?"
"Pray you'll never find out, Terran." The Triceraton sneered to her before facing forward. "Fresh meat! Ready for processing!" He announced while looking at the Triceraton at the controls.
The Triceraton then pressed a button on his consol as a strange machine lowered down over the Hamato Teens, "Prisoners, step back with your hands up." The second guard ordered as they did just that, but then, some orange energy cuffs appeared on their wrists before the Triceraton on the console pressed a button that forced their hands together.
"What are these?" Naomi called as she tried to pull her hands apart.
"Some kind of supercharged magnetic energy cuffs!" Tal strained before the machine tagged her shoulder with an orange tattoo of some unknown language, "Ow! What the?!" She called, looking at the tattoo.
The others were then tagged as well and before they could ask what they were, they were moved forward as the door opened and a Triceraton opened a cell door and pushed Olly forward as the others walked in. "Inside, alien scum." The Triceraton said to Raph.
"Who are you calling alien, Stinkosaurus? Try looking in the mirror!" Raph snapped as the Triceraton growled and was about to hit Raph. "Ah, ah, ah. Your boss wants us alive." He said with a smirk.
Another guard then clicked a keycard which caused Raph's tattoo to glow and shock him before he fell into the cell, "Raph!" Jenny called, rushing up to him.
"I can make you wish you weren't," The guard said with a smirk before the door closed and Jenny rushed to it.
"Let us out of here!" Jenny demanded.
"Save it Jenny, those walls are solid rock," Donnie stated as he looked around the cell.
"Aw man, I feel naked without my mask," Ames moaned as she felt around her bare face.
"You're not the only one." Mikey said to his girlfriend.
"At least you guys didn't see us when we changed into these things," Miwa said while she and Alopex looked at their bodysuits, which left their arms and legs out.
"Stay focus Ninjas, we'll figure a way out of here," Olly told them.
"And how do we do that?" Raph questioned with a brow.
"I have no idea," Olly said as the others groaned.
A few hours later,
The Prison alarm went off before the prison doors opened as the Hamato Teens and multiple other prisoners walked out, "Move out. Chow time," A Triceraton Guard ordered as the prisoners started walking.
"Finally. I'm so hungry I can't think straight." Mikey complained while rubbing his stomach.
"And here I thought you were just born that way." Raph joked as Mikey gave him a look.
"Oh, a wise guy." Mikey retorted before he bumped into a muscular pink alien, who turned and growled at him as he gave a nervous smile. "Oops."
"No one touches Rinok." Rinok said as he raised his fist, which Mikey flinched back.
"Hey, back off, gruesome!" Miwa called as she was about to attack but Vee and Leo held her back.
"Miwa no!" Vee told the girl, "Whatever these cuffs are, they're suppressing our powers, we gotta play nice until we have a plan," She advised as Rinok gave a laugh and walked off with the prisoners watching.
"Oh, You don't want to mess with Rinok." An alien said to them. "He's the king of this cell block. Your friend is correct to make nice with him." He said as they continued on.
At the canteen of the prison, the Hamato Teens were waiting in line for food, each holding a large bowl. The alien ahead of them pulled a lever as some white sludge spilled into his bowl, "Eugh, what is that stuff?" Alopex said in slight disgust.
"That's how we get food." The alien from earlier said. "Remember, deserts are the main commodity on the inside." He said as he gestured to Rinok, who was slamming his fist as the prisoner gave him his food. "You can use them to buy and sell just about anything."
"No way any chump's getting my dessert!" Mikey said as poured himself some white sludge and immediately started eating it.
"You! Wax detail! I want to see that floor shine!" A guard ordered the alien before Mikey, handing them a brush as they started scrubbing their 'dessert' on the floor.
"Um, why is he cleaning the floor with food?" Ames asked in confusion.
"Uh, because that's not food. The desserts are over there." The alien said with a sheepish look while gesturing to another machine as an alien poured in white sludge. "That's the floor wax dispenser." He said to the machine next to them.
Mikey's eye twitched when he learned this and realized what he just ate, "Floor wax?!" He questioned before his cheeks got puffy and he covered his mouth, "Oh, I think I'm gonna hurl!" He moaned before rushing away and started vomiting in what looked like a trash bin.
"Not off to a good start, are we?" Donnie asked as the others cringed sympathetically at Mikey.
"It will only get worse when they realize your friend just hurled in the salad bar." The alien said as Mikey hurled harder while he just shrugged helplessly.
Naomi then facepalmed herself, "Alright, I'll say it. We are doomed," She sighed tiredly.
On the Ulixies, Casey was practicing some swings and hits with his hockey stick, "Yeah! How do you like that! And that, and some of these too, Freak?!" He called, pretending he was fighting some Triceratons. "Aw yeah, Casey Jones can't be beat!" He cheered before using his stick like a guitar.
"Casey," April spoke up as Casey turned to see April leaning against the door, "The guys are being held captive by the Triceratons who are probably heading for the next fragment and all you're doing is messing around?" April asked with a frown.
"Chillax Red, we'll save the guys and snatch the Black Hole piece faster than you can say 'Goongala'!" Casey declared before slapping a puck around the room before April caught it.
"Casey, what's gonna take for you to take this mission seriously," April asked as Casey sat on a couch.
"And end up with a worryline between my eyes, like you?" Casey asked with grin, "No, no, no. Casey Jones doesn't want an O'Neil chasm."
"Wha, chasm?" April questioned as she rubbed her forehead.
"You know from Geography Class? Valley, gorge, cravus?" Casey listed out with a teasing smirk while skating around April as she gave an annoyed look.
"Figures you learn something." April muttered before she turned to Casey. "And for your information, the only reason I have a chasm is that I actually take the risk of our planet being in danger seriously. That means not starting unnecessary fights, thinking dangerous monsters are 'metal' or stupidly setting off booby traps," April listed as Casey gave a slightly guilty look, "You just don't get Casey. We have a chance to save our entire planet from being destroyed, what we're doing isn't like some hockey game where we can just come back for a rematch. If you can't understand that, then maybe you should've stayed on Earth," She said firmly, not noticing the faint glow on her Aeon crystal.
Casey then turned to her with an uncharacteristically serious face, "You think I don't know that?" He asked April, his tone surprising her, "When I got out into the streets to bust some bad guys' heads, I know that if I mess up, somebody could die. And from what we're dealing with, if we mess up this time, everybody's gonna die." He said, walking up to April.
"Yeah, that's right." April nodded, surprised by Casey's words.
"Maybe all that stuff is too big for a hockey player like me when you're out on the job. Maybe if I pretend everything is awesome or a big joke, I'll be able to do what I gotta do when the time comes." Casey said with a determined look while shouldering his hockey stick.
April was so caught off by Casey's words. "Is that why you're reckless all the time? Because you're scared?" She asked in concern.
"...Yeah." Casey answered and looked away a bit, "Gotta be honest, even when against the Foot or just Purple Dragons I get scared. But like my mom said, 'Sometimes you just gotta stand up and fight, even when the odds are against you or you're all alone, 'cause it's the right thing to do'."
April looked at Casey for a moment, "You never told me about your mom," She said softly.
"Right guess I never found a good time," Casey while looking away with some pain in his eyes, "When my sis and I were still kids, some street punks torched my family's store for not giving up protection money, they warned us not to get the police involved or there'd be big trouble. But mom didn't care, she put everything we had into that store and couldn't let them get away with it." He explained before closing his eyes, "She went to Police station that night…she never made it back,"
April gasped softly, realizing what Casey meant. "You mean she…" She started.
"Those punks made an example." Casey said sadly while fighting back the tears in his eyes. "They were caught and were sent to jail, but some things ya just can't get back. It's why Dad made us move closer to Rosevelt. Since then, I promised myself that I'd always be the one to protect my family, to not let anything stop me from doing the right thing."
"Just like your mom," April said in sympathy.
"Yeah. To be honest, I thought things were pretty peaceful, but after we first met at school, and during the walking Organ monster and with the Foot attacking you, I guess I was wrong." Casey said with a slight frown. "It's another reason why I became a vigilante in the first place. To protect my family and my friends, especially you, April."
April was touched by Casey's words that he does his vigilante for a purpose instead of for fun, "Casey, that's… those got to be the sweetest thing you've ever said." She said.
"Really?" Casey asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I can't really explain it but, I like it," April said with a smile, leaning close.
Casey then gave a small smirk. "So, does that mean I might have a shot with you?" He asked teasingly.
"Maybe so, maybe not," April shot back with a smirk of her own.
"Oh, is that what it's gonna be, huh?" Casey teased with a hand on April's back.
"Keep trying and maybe some Pizza or a movie is waiting for you back on Earth," April said with a sly smirk.
"Then I'll try harder." Casey added.
"But for now, how about we focus on a plan to rescue the others." April said up, getting back on track. "From what Zog said, the others might not last much longer."
Casey shook his head. "Right. Right. I bet the guys are losing it by now." He said.
Back at the Mothership, the Hamato Teens were then shoved back into their cells as it closed and their energy cuffs deactivated as their arms were now separated. "We need to step up our escape plan and get the fragment of the Black Hole Generator. Did anyone get anything we can use?" He asked while Leo checked his pocket.
"I got spoons. What did you guys swipe?" Leo said, pulling out two spoons.
Raph opened his mouth to take out a plastic cup. "I got a cup." He said.
"I got some floor wax," Donnie said as he took out some floor wax.
The others looked at Mikey as he had nothing while he rubbed his chin. "Well, I didn't grab anything from the canteen." He said naturally as the others gave dull looks.
"Mikey, you do know we need anything we can get to get out, right?" Miwa questioned in annoyance.
"Ah, but they didn't check my shell, boi!" Mikey cheered as he dug into his shell, searching for something, "Uh, Action kick unicorman, spare change, spare-spare change, emergency pizza, AHA!" He cheered before pulling out an orange purse with a turtle in an orange mask on it.
The others looked at Mikey strangely. "What is that?" Alopex asked with a weirded out look.
"My Secret Ninja Stealth Pack, Foxy." Mikey answered. "Check it out. I got some lockpits, throwing stars, breath mints, smoke bombs, Pizzaria locations," He listed, pulling out each item.
"Wait, what was the last one?" Tal asked him.
"Pizzaria Locations?" Mikey asked with a brow.
"No. The one before." Tal said to him.
"Smoke bombs?" Mikey asked again.
Tal smiled, "Mikey, I never thought I'd say this but you're a genius!" She declared.
"Yeah, wait, why?" Mikey asked before Tal continued.
"We can use the smoke bombs and the floorwax to help us escape." Tal said with a smile.
"Huh?" The others said in confusion as Tal took a smoke bomb while tearing a small piece of Floorwax.
"Judging by the Floorwax's chemical composition, if combined with the bomb's powder, a little soot and add a little moisture on top," She said before placing the wax on the floor and combining the other elements together before it created a small explosion which surprised them, "Yes! A crude but effective flash bang! I love being right," She boasted.
"I could've come up with that." Donnie said as Tal playfully bumped him.
"Okay so we have something to keep the guards busy while we make a break for it but what about our window?" Vee questioned.
"I've been timing the cellblock gate," Raph whispered. "Once it's opened, there's a five-second delay before the lock resets."
"So once we get past that, we can access the drainage system. That will take us to the exercise yard." Olly said as he drew a plan with the spoon Leo gave him. "From there, we stick to the shadows and scale the outerwall until we get our gear and find a way to the Armory."
"We still need to lift a guard's keycard to get these shackles and tattoos off ourselves." Naomi said to them.
"That's gonna need a distraction," Ames said while rubbing her chin.
"That is something I'm good at," Mikey said with a smirk.
"Then it settled. We go tonight." Olly said with determination.
The next day, at the Canteen, the Hamato Teens were seemingly enjoying their lunch as the guards walked around as Tal secretly brought out a wrap cloth. "Okay. I wrapped the wax smoke bomb in a damp cloth." She whispered as she put some moist on it and attached it to their table. "It will act like a fuse, delaying the chemical reaction by 6 hours."
"Okay, show time, bros." Mikey said as he was about to stand up, but Ames stopped him.
"Wait, Mikey. We've got trouble." Ames said as she gestured to Rinok heading their way.
"Hand it over, weakings," Rinok said as the other prisoners handed over portions of their food as he walked up to the Hamato Teens, "Hand over yours, freak." He said to Miwa.
Miwa stood up and faced him with a glare. "Who are you calling freak, freak?" She questioned as she poked hard on Rinok's chest.
"No one touches Rinok!" Rinok yelled as he whacked Miwa away as she growled.
"Miwa, wait! Don't!" Vee called out, but it was too late as Miwa jumped at Rinok and kicked him down as Olly was about to grab a keycard from a guard, but he moved away before Olly could grab it.
The guards were about to intervene but the leader stopped them. "Wait. This should be good." He said to them as the crowd circled Miwa and Rinok.
Miwa and Rinok glared at each other as Rinok threw some punches, but Miwa quickly dodge them with ease as Rinok looked shocked. "Rinok! Rinok! Rinok!" The crowd cheered as Miwa delivered a double kick, but Rinok grabbed her and slammed her to the table.
Miwa responded but splatter some food on Rinok's face, which caused him to stagger back before Miwa delivered a powerful punch that knocked him to the floor. The crowd gasped before they started cheering. "Terran! Terran! Terran!" They chanted to Miwa as she gave a smirk.
"The admiral was right, these warriors have spunk." The lead guard said, looking impressed. "They'll make prime candidates for The Games." Rinok charged at Miwa, but she jumped on the table as Rinok hit it head first, which made him dizzy before he fell out cold as the crowd cheered Miwa on as she jumped off the table. "I've seen enough!" He announced as he took out his controller and pressed a button, which shocked Miwa. "Take her to solitary!" He ordered.
The Turtles and Alopex looked worried, "This was not part of the plan," Leo said in concern.
Later, at their cell, the Turtles and Alopex revised their plans, "Okay, we can still access the drainage system from the solitary confinement, we'll just need to spring Miwa first," Olly spoke up.
"But how do we get close enough to a guard to swipe his keycard?" Jenny questioned.
"If a prisoner's really sick, they'll have to take him to the infirmary, right?" Leo suggested.
"So if we can trick the guards into thinking we got someone sick, we can take a keycard," Alopex concluded.
Mikey was eating some food from the canteen, "How do we make that convincing?" He asked while munching.
The others all look at each other with smirks before Donnie brings out some more wax from his belt.
Mikey immediately realized what they were planning and got worried, "No, nuh-uh! Ames?" He said in panic, knowing his girlfriend would stop this.
"Sorry, Mikey but we all gotta make sacrifices," Ames said with a shrug and sympathetic smile as she moved over to Mikey and held his head.
"Aw, come on, guys!" Mikey pleaded before they held him down and forced Mikey to eat the floor wax.
"Not gonna lie. I'm enjoying it." Raph said with a smirk.
Outside the cell, the Triceraton guards are walking around with their duties. "Help! Help! Guard! Guards, we need help!" Ames cried out as she bangs on the cell, which got the guards attention as they walked up to the cell. "Help! Come quick! My boyfriend's like, really sick!"
Soon the guard brought out the keycard and the cell door opened to show Mikey groaning sickly from the floor wax he was forced to eat while Ames tried to comfort him. The guard picked up Mikey. "Fools, that trick won't work in here." The guard said to them right before Mikey threw up the floorwax all over the Triceraton's face while the others cringe in disgust.
"Worth a shot." Jenny said with a shrug before the Triceraton whacked Mikey away.
"Disgusting." The guard said with a glare.
At the Canteen, the flash bang Tal put in then went off as it released a huge bang as the alarms went off.
"Code red! Cafeteria! I repeat! Code red! Cafeteria!" The Triceraton on the speaker called as the two guards walked off.
"I will deal with you filth later." The guard growled as he walked off and the door closed.
"Did you grab the keycard, Alopex?" Olly asked.
"I thought one of you would get it." Alopex said in worry.
"Oh Sewerapples," Jenny facepalmed, "Now what do we do?"
Mikey then started coughing before he coughed out a keycard covered in floorwax as it fell to the ground while the others cringe in disgust. "Miwa better appreciate this. And you guys owe me." Mikey moaned while sticking his tongue out.
"Nice save, Mikester," Raph said with a smirk. "Well, is someone gonna pick it up or what?" He questioned.
"Good point," Olly said before turning to Ames, "Ames, pick up the card," He instructed as Ames cringed.
"No way! I'm not picking it up, you pick it up!" Ames retorted, squatting away as the others gave her a look.
"Okay, we'll put to a vote," Olly said with a dull look.
"Ames." They all said, while Mikey stood up and reached his Stealth Bag and walked up to Ames.
"I want a recount!" Ames complained before Mikey gave her some gloves.
"Be grateful I brought gloves." Mikey said as Ames managed to put them on.
"Oh, this is gonna be gross." Ames muttered before she picked up the card by the tip of her fingers. "Ew, ew, ew. Why did we do this?"
"Gross out later, Ames. Press the red button." Donnie said as Ames pressed the red button on the center, which caused the energy cuffs to disappear on everyone's wrists.
"Sweet! We got the cuffs off!" Tal said with a smile. "Now, try and press the blue button. It might get these tags off." She said while gesturing to the tag on her shoulder.
"Okay." Ames said as she cringed and pressed the blue button, which caused all of their tags to come off. "We're free! Now let's go get Miwa!" She cheered as she aimed at the door and their cell opened as they looked out and saw the guards walking down the hall.
"Remember, 5 seconds till the lock reset." Leo whispered.
"Travel in shadows, team," Olly ordered as they rushed off while Mikey wobbled a bit behind as they moved towards the door that was slowly closing. "Move!" He whispered as they all get to the otherside as they turned to Mikey.
"Mikey, come on!" Vee insisted.
"You try moving after losing your lunch." Mikey moaned as he jumped, but missed by an inch before the others grabbed his hand and pulled him in before the doors shut.
"We'll make it up to you with some pizza when we get out of here." Naomi promised.
"Sounds fair." Mikey said as they all rushed down to the cell in front of them as Donnie held the card.
"Now, if I read my alien language correctly, this should be where they're holding Miwa." Donnie said as he used the keycard to open it up, but instead of Miwa, it was just a bunch of cleaning supplies.
"Uh, I think that sign said 'Janitor's Closet', smarty shell." Raph said with a brow.
"Uh, oops." Donnie said with a sheepish look.
"Uh, maybe we should check the second door?" Olly suggested weirdly.
"Hey don't look a gift horse in the mouth," Donnie said, grabbing a broom, "For a Ninja, anything can be a weapon," He quoted.
Naomi then had a thought as she picked up a mop. "Or perhaps…" She said as she then closed her eyes, which the others watched as Naomi's mystic markings appeared as her prison suit was replaced with her mask and gear while the mop turned into her spear as the others gasped in shock. "A little technique, Master Yoshi taught me before we left Earth," She said with a smirk.
"Whoa," Mikey said before smiling to the others, "What are we waiting for?" He asked before taking some brushes tied together before focusing and changed to his gear and Nunchucks. "Yeah, Boi!" He cheered.
Donnie focused his powers as his gear appeared and his broom was replaced with his staff. "Master Splinter was right. Anything can become a weapon. Literally." He said as he twirled his staff.
"Hey, Leo, you still got those spoons?" Raph asked as Leo gave him the spoons as Raph focused his powers and slammed his fists together as his gear appeared and the spoons were replaced with his sais. "Now we're talking!"
Leo then grabbed two plungers, "Not exactly Katanas," He started before he twirled the plungers around as he focused his powers and they turned into his swords while his gear also appeared. "Now they are."
The other turtles then grabbed some cleaning supplies too as they're weapons and gear had appeared, "Now that's more like it," Olly said with a satisfied smile.
"Too bad not all of us can have mystic abilities." Alopex whined with a smirk.
"Sorry, Alopex. But at least you still have your speed." Jenny said optimistically.
They then heard banging on the other door as they walked up to it and Donnie used the card to open it as it showed Miwa, without her tag and cuffs on as she crossed her arms. "What took you guys so long?" She teased with a smirk.
"Something came up." Mikey said before his stomach growled as he rubbed it. "Actually, a lot of something came up."
"Trust us, you don't wanna know." Tal said with a smile and waving her hand.
"Did you bring me a weapon or at least a change of clothes?" Miwa asked them.
"Sorry, Miwa. The clothes we have on because they appeared with our powers." Olly apologized. "But a weapon, Leo?"
Leo nodded and tossed her one of his Katanas, which she caught. "We might not change of clothes, Miwa, but at least I have my speed and you have a weapon." Alopex said.
"Yeah." Miwa said as she swung the katana around.
"Come on. We can access the drainage system this way." Olly said as the Hamato Teens walked off.
In the Triceraton control room, Mozar and some others were overseeing the activity on the ship as Zanmoran approached and they turned to their leader, "Hail, Emperor Zanmoran," The Triceraton declared as Zanmoran turned to Mozar.
"Admiral Mozar, I've just learned that the Terran female put on quite the spectacle in the Prison Canteen," Zanmoran informed.
"Nothing worth your concern, Sire, she has been put into Solitary and will-" Mozar tried to say.
"No you misunderstand Mozar, she and the turtles and Canid intrigue," Zanmoran continued, "Perhaps they will make good Sport for The Games," He suggested.
"The Games?" Mozar asked in surprised. "Sire, they may be skilled warriors, but I doubt they will survive one match."
'I'm counting on that," Zanmoran said with a smirk before leaving the room and leaving Mozar surprised by how the Emperor resigned the Hamato Teens to death.
"Um, Admiral?" A Triceraton said as Mozar glanced to him, "We have a small problem," he said nervously.
"What is it?" Mozar asked.
"The warriors you speak of are not in their cells." The Triceraton informed him while showing the empty cell.
Mozar gasped in shock, "Escaped! But how?!" He exclaimed before hitting the alert, "Guards!" He called.
On the court yard, the Hamato Teens got out of the bottom floor as they rushed out to the wall as they snuck in. "Congratulations guys. We've just made early release." Donnie said with a smirk.
"Now, let's get to the armory and get that frag-" Olly tried to say before the lights shine on them as several Triceraton guards marched towards them, "Aw Shell," He muttered.
"Why does this keep happening?" Miwa questioned in exasperation as the Hamato Teens took into battle ready stances.
"Subdue the prisoners!" The lead guard ordered as one guard pressed his key card but the Hamato Teens weren't shackled or shocked and just gave smirks. The guard was confused and tried again. "I said, subdue the prisoners!" He ordered again, grabbing the guard by the shirt as he frantically pressed his keycard.
"Sorry, pal. But as you can see, no strings on us!" Tal quipped as the Turtles and Miwa took out their weapons with battle yells, the Turtles Hamato Ninpo markings appearing, while Alopex rubbed her legs on the ground to use her speed.
The Triceratons blinked before they all started laughing. "And what are those low class weapons supposed to do?!" One of them called in for amusement. "Tickle us?" He joked.
"Oh, they do more than tickle, buddy." Olly said with a smirk. "Naomi…" He turned to his girlfriend.
"Sure thing, my love." Naomi said as she then summoned a shell shield and threw it at one of the Triceratons, which hit him on the head as he staggered back before Olly rushed in and kicked him back and blocked another one as he sent a fireslash, which sent him flying to a wall.
"Let's kick some Dinotail!" Raph declared with a smirk before summoning his energy giant and charged straight at the Triceratons, knocking them down like bowling pins.
"Strike!" Jenny cheered as she and Alopex ran around the courtyard. "Let's knock these horn heads down!"
"Agreed." Alopex said as she and Jenny then sped around very fast as they knocked each Triceratons they saw down to the ground.
The others then used their weapons and powers to knock them down as Ames used her illusions to confuse them before delivering a strike, Tal used her bow to shoot out their weapons off their grips, Leo and Miwa are teleporting side by side while slashing at the Triceratons before they could react, Donnie is using his mystic tech to attack each Triceratons while also forming a couple of blasters while Vee is using her prediction powers to counteract the Triceratons' attacks before they managed to knock all of them down.
"Hah, no one is a match for our powers." Donnie said before a laser was shot, destroying the tip of his staff as they flinched and turned to the entrance where a squad of Triceratons with blasters came in.
"Everyone get behind me!" Naomi called as she then summoned up a huge shield in front of her as the others got behind her as she did her best to block the laser shots. "I can't keep this up forever!" She strained as the lasers were slowly breaking the shield.
"Set blasters to stun! The Emperor wants them alive!" The lead Triceraton ordered as he reloaded his blasters.
"If we're gonna go down, we're gonna take a piece of them with us!" Olly yelled as the others nodded as they rushed at the Triceratons with yells, but then they were shot down as they groaned on the ground.
"Word from up top," the lead guard said, "These twelve are to be shipped off to Tri-Arena…for The Games," He declared as the Hamato Teens groaned as a shuttle landed and they were picked up.
"So, what exactly are these games?" Mikey questioned as they were dragged to the shuttle.
"For you offworlders, certain doom!" The Triceraton called as they were dragged into a shuttle and flew off to another part of the mothership.
"Well, so much for our escape plan." Miwa said with a look.
"We'll find a way." Olly said optimistically. "Maybe if we go through the games, we can find a way." He said as they flew over a ship attached to the Mothership as they looked out the window and saw a giant creature roaring and fighting a couple of prisoners as they looked in horror as they saw the prisoners being eaten. "Okay, I did say if." He said fearfully.
"You know, all of sudden, I really miss Shredder right now." Mikey said nervously.
"Yeah, I'd rather take him than this." Miwa said fearfully as they flew straight towards the arena, hoping they would find a way to escape or The Games would be the end of them.
So yeah, Arena of Carnage has been changed into a two parter, with both parts taking inspiration to 2003 version of the turtles on the Mothership. The Turtle's ability to change objects into weapons and regain their masks and gear is a reference to Rise of TMNT, and the backstory of Casey's Mother is similar to 2003 Casey's father backstory, since Casey never mentioned his mother in 2012 I could only assume it was because she was no longer around.
Now, can the Turtles survive the games, check out the next chapter to find out.