At the dump, Michelangelo, skateboarded amongst piles of trash '"Alright! Fifteen and totally extreme! Booyah!" He skated past Leo, Donnie, Raph, NANO and Yuuki who were searching through the trash gathering up some items.
Raphael made a disgusted face as when something red and gooey was stuck in his hand. NANO pointed his finger and laughed at him. Yuuki, silently scolded them, while making a stern face, and they immediately stopped.
"Hey, Don. You don't want something that's so gross that you don't want to touch it right?" Raph asked as he shaked his hand trying to get some of the goop off.
"If it's going to improve the lair. We can use it." Donnie answered as he stood up
Wahoo!" Mikey exclaimed as he skated past
"Why isn't Mikey helping? It's not fair" Raph complained as he crossed his arms
"Raph, would you rather have Mikey happy or Mikey bored?" Donnie asked as Mikey skated past Raph, who had a dead panned look on his face "Right."
Mikey stopped in front of a fire and Donnie pushed up a cart from behind "Hey thanks for the shopping cart guys." Donnie replied as he looked at some of his homeless friends
A man in a red scarf, wearing a dark green jacket and green and red hat stood up "Hope you found some useful items amid the refuse, my friends."
"Sure did, professor." Donnie answered
"Them guys in the turtle suits are back." One man looked at his friend sitting beside him, asked
" Yep. "
"Ever wonder why they dress up like that?"
" Nope. "
The professor walked up to the brothers "Here are some things we've picked up for you. An undamaged circuit board for you sir." He said as he handed Donnie's gift.
"A near mint condition comic book for you my green lad." He hands Mikey a comic book "Last time you said that you were collecting them."
"Thanks professor." Mikey replied, happily
Then, the professor walked up to NANO, who quickly hid behind Yuuki's leg "And for you my little robot friend, a teddy bear!" The robot stared at it in wonder beaming happily then took it from him
"What do you say?" Yuuki looked down and asked
"Thank you!" NANO joyfully exclaimed
The professor made a small chuckle "No problem at all my little friend."
"Here we've got some blankets and warm clothes." Donnie replied as he handed them the man
"One mans refuse is another man's treasure." The professor replied, gratefully "You know, there is a theory that we're all recycled."
"Another theory that's the fifth one today." One of the homeless, complained
" Yup."
"The big bang theory says that all matter has been exploding, then imploding the exploding since the beginning of time. Our very molecules are being recycled." The professor explained.
Raph looked at Mikey, confused, who shrugged in response.
"Did you get any of that?" The blond man asked
" Nope. "
"You know I've just finished a book on the big bang. I'll bring it by later." Donnie replied
"Much obliged Donatello, much obliged." The professor replied as he shook Donnie 's hand
Raph looked around at the homeless people "Hey are there fewer of you than usual?" He questioned
"A lot of guys have gone missing lately. Plus its weird that they don't take their stuff." The blond man answered
"Yup."
" I have a theory about that." The professor pointed out
" Another one? "
"There has been talk...of a terrifying figure that takes us away in the dead of night. His name is whispered in fear they call him...The Garbage Man." He turned towards the brothers and Yuuki and replied ominously
They all laughed, all except for Yuuki and NANO. NANO looked up hugging his teddy bear tightly to her thinking quietly. She had a disturbed expression on her face. (They can't be what my dad mentioned, that he was investigating, could it?) She shook her head shaking off the thought. Raph laughed as he walked back to the Battle Shell with the others "You almost had me going there. The Garbage Man. Geez. Gotta roll guys!"
Donnie stayed behind "Be sure to let me know if your friends show up or if anyone else disappears." He replied to the professor and they shake hands
Then, they drove off in the Battle Shell.
"That was majorly creepy. You think any of it's true?" Mikey commented as he read his new comic book
" What ever it is, if the professor's worried, we should take it seriously. " Donnie warned
"Seriously, huh? Guess that leaves Mikey out." Raph replied as he snickered
" What?" Mikey asked, accusingly
Just minutes after they left. Back at the dump, the professor lectured his friends on another theory "And so we see in conclusion that the space time continuum is -" a sound made him pause. His eyes widened in shock "My word." A bright red light engulfed them. They gasped as a truck crashed through the fence barrowing towards them. The professor shielded his eyes from the bright red light. The others ran away shouting and screaming out in terror. They truck smashed into a dumpster and the dump started to catch on fire as they ran.
The professor looked in shock. Two men tried to climb over a fence, trying to escape. But, they were caught in it's claws at it reached out and grabbed them. It threw them in the back of the truck. As the blond man and his friend ran trying to escape one of them tripped. And the truck captures them too. The professor found himself backed up against the fence as the truck starting driving closely towards him.
"You shall not have me you behemoth!" He declared out
The truck reached out and grabbed the fence wrapping it around the professor
"Monstrosity!" The professor manged to yell out as it dropped him inside. Then it drove off crashing through the fence .
While riding on the Shell Cycle Donnie drove up to the dump. He pulled off his helmet. He looked in shock at the devastation and destruction he saw.
"What the shell? Professor? Are you okay?" He called out. He received no response.
"Professor?" He pulled out his flashlight looking around
"Professor?" He stopped when he saw a small trail of oil on the ground. He reached down and sniffed it "High-grade hydrologic fluid." He followed the trail until he came upon some tire tracks "That's one big tire."
Donatello called his brothers and they arrived and the dump, along with Yuuki and NANO. Leonardo scanned the tracks looking them over. "All i know is that something attacked them. It's really big and really dangerous." Donnie explained.
"Hope they're okay." Mikey replied worriedly
" Don can you do an internet search for police reports?" Leonardo questioned
"Already checked. Nothing on missing homeless. Nobody's noticed or cares." Donnie explained
"Well, except for my dad. " Yuuki commented. The brothers looked her.
"He's been some investigation on his own, off the clock. But, even be wasn't able to find anything. He told me that they left no trace. They would always escape." She explained.
"But there is someone out there snatching our buds!" Raph growled as clenched his hands into fists
"We need to hit the streets." Leo suggested
"It's trench coat wearing time!" Mikey exclaimed as he hopped out wearing a trench coat and hat. But it was too big for him and a little baggy. All of them, except for Yuuki and NANO, put on their trench coats
Yuuki stared at them "You guys look awesome!"
And they took turns asking around the neighborhood.
They walked inside of the lair exhausted. Mikey collapsed on the couch next to Raph. Leonardo put his swords back into their sheaths.
NANO exclaimed out "I saw a squirrel! It was doing like this!" He mimicked.
The brothers looked at the robot in silence, while Yuuki smiled "Anyway, Have you got anything don?" Leo, asked as he leaned in
"Virtually every we've talked to knew someone who had disappeared. I've programmed ain't a marker for each one." Red dots appeared at different locations.
"Whoa, looks like all of the action's done by the docks." Mikey explained as he pointed out
"Then that's our next stop." Leo ordered
At the docks, Mikey stood hovering around a barrel of fire holding his hands out "Can someone explain to me why it's always me who's the bait?" He complained. "Especially, when we're hunting shark?"
"Geez, what a whiner. I almost wish that he would get grabbed." Raph muttered
Leo let out sigh in disappointment "Nothing's happening. Let's call it a night."
Donnie turns back to the screen "Come back, Mikey. We're out of here." He called out.
"Sure -" Mikey paused when a red light flashed on him "Thing? Guys the shark is here and he's humming at me like jaws!" The truck started speeding up towards him.
"Hit it! " Leo ordered Raph. He slammed his foot on the pedal. Before the truck could grab Mikey the Battle Shell slams into it knocking it out of the way. Mikey quickly jumped in through the door.
"It's a garbage truck!" Raph shouted out as he slammed into it "A stinking garbage truck!"
"Garbage Man drives a garbage truck, whats the problem Raph?" Mikey replied. The others weaved back and forward from the fast speed. Raph drives onto a sidewalk and stopped to see the truck still going.
"He's making a run for it!" Donnie called out
" Hit it Raph! " Leo shouted out. Raph drove the Battle Shell chasing after it. The back of the truck opened up and a flamethrower came out. The window is engulfed in flames and Mikey lets out a high pitched girlish scream.
"What is this, twisted metal?!" Yuuki shouted out as she tumbled nearly falling over.
The Battle Shell emerged from the flames and Mikey makes a sheepish laugh "Sorry about the girlish scream." He replied and Raph shakes his head.
"What kind of garbage truck has flamethrowers?! "Raph exclaimed out
"Hurray! We're doomed!" NANO shouted out
" No, NANO that's bad!" Yuuki replied
"I think that robot has a screw loose?" Mikey whispered to Donnie
The Battle Shell catches up to the truck. Raph, growled clenching his hands tightly on the steering wheel. The truck pulled out a saw blade from its side and sliced through Donnie's computers.
He quickly moves out of the way "Whoa!" And falls on the floor along with Mikey , Leo, and Yuuki.
" I don't know about you guys. But I've had enough of this. " Raph exclaimed out. He pressed a button. The Battle Shell boosters came on and he slammed into the truck. It starts to swerve. The brothers and Yuuki and NANO cheered out.
"You like that? Then you're gonna love this?" Donnie puts a hand on Raph's shoulder " May I? "
"Be my guest." Raph answered. Donnie pushed a button and a missile fired directly at the truck. They smiled as it exploded in contact.
" Yeah, look at 'em!" Mikey exclaimed out. But everyone let's out a shout in surprise when the truck comes out unscathed from the blast.
"We need bigger missiles!" Mikey murmured
The truck leaked out oil "Hang on!" Raph shouted We got major oil slick here!" The Battle Shell began to spin out of control, making Mikey nauseous.
" Whee!" NANO raised its hands up enjoying the ride
"If you guys forgot what we had for dinner, I think I'm about to remind you." Mikey moves away and started to throw up. The truck crashes into the dock as it drove and the Battle Shell spun around beginning to stabilizing itself as Raph tried to maneuver it. There was no time for him to hit the brakes they were going to crash.
"Everybody, Hold on!" Donnie warned and pressed a button. A hook came out from the back and patches itself into a post before it could land in the water. Everybody jumped out of the back door. As Mikey landed he noticed something "Look!" He pointed out. The truck lands into the water, sinking. They run up to it, cheering and pumped their fists into the air. Mikey does a little dance
TMNT! What you get is what you see!" He singed
"You know, seriously. You're only embarrassing yourself." Raph, dead panned
"Now let's see who crawls out of this thing." Leo murmured as they look down into the water where the truck crashed into.
Raph pulled out his sais twirling them "I've got a few things to discuss with them."
Then a red light shined from underneath the water.
"What the shell?" Leo muttered as they see that it was moving away towards the place ahead of them.
Back in the lair, everyone gathered around for a meeting.
"So it turns out, that this is the best-run land-fill operation not just in the city but the entire country." Donnie explained
"Best run doesn't mean best. It's just profitable." Leo corrected him
"Come on Leo. What could they really be up to put there? They're right in the middle of the city harbor!" Raph argued
"If business is as good as Don says then anything they want to. A few payoffs in the right hands can go a long way. We need to check this place out." Leo explained
"And if your friends are there then it can't be good." Yuuki softly commented
"They're your friends too, Yuuki." Leo pointed out
Yuuki gave him a surprised look. It was weird for her, to hear those words. That she had more friends to care about. It made her happy.
"Something stinks on that island and it ain't't the garbage." Mikey replied in a German voice.
Raph patted him on the shell "Yeah, keep trying Mikey. Someday you'll get a winner."
"Hey come on. That was pretty good! You think so, don't you little dude?" Mikey whined as he looked at NANO for some help
"Yes!" NANO
" Ya don't do you?" Mikey replied as he made a frown in disappointment
"No!" NANO quickly answered
They arrived from a tunnel near a land fill "Looks harmless." Donnie murmured
"It's quiet maybe too quiet." Leo whispered
"Now see, how does Leo make that line work? " Mikey complained
"Enough!" Leo holds out a hand stopping him
Yuuki looked down at the water below her then back towards NANO who was standing beside her. She stopped the brothers before they could jump in "Wait! NANO can't get wet. They can't swim."
She heard NANO answered "I don't have to swim mommy. I can fly!"
Yuuki raised an eye, confused. What? And the next thing she knew she was grabbed from behind by NANO as they picked her up and flew off, with Yuuki screaming, leaving the stunned turtles behind at what they had just witness.
They quickly jumped into the water swimming after them. They arrived at the land-fill where Yuuki and NANO waited for them.
Mikey stepped into some large goo and made a disgusted face "Ugh! I don't want to know what I stepped in. "
"Mikey, focus!" Raph scolded him. They looked up and saw some search lights and some workers coming. They quickly climbed on top of the garbage pile undetected. Donnie gasped in shock. They see the land fill covered in garbage like a utopia.
"Unbelievable. " Leo murmured
Yuuki felt like she was going to like from the overwhelming smell coming off of the garbage. She noticed something and tapped Donnie shoulder "Look!" She pointed out. The brothers saw their homeless friends doing work around the land-fill, with their feet shackled. One of them fell down and a worker shocked them with stick.
"This is making me sick." Raph muttered, getting ready ready to jump in. Leo pushes him down.
Then something emerges from a pool of Orange goo " Ew, gross!"
The good reveals the truck that they saw earlier. It drove out dumping the people that it captured.
"That's it!" Raph growled
"Hold on, Raph. Look." Leo stopped him
The truck opened up to reveal an overweight man, with stains on his shirt, two moles on the side of his face and also wearing a truckers hat. He laughed evilly with drool coming out from the side of his mouth.
"That is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." Mikey murmured
"Just this once I totally agree with ya." Raph muttered in agreement
"Greetings filth." The man called out to everyone. Then he turned on the microphone "Garbage is power. "
"If that's true then this guy's superman." Mikey retorted
"Before I brought you to this island you were nothing but human garbage. No home no per purpose, no value." His workers shocked the people from behind "But now I have recycled you, given you work, shifting through the refuse that the city has stupidly squandered." The turtles stood up taking their weapons out, tired of hearing him, while Yuuki and NANO remained hidden "To build my fortune , behold the birth of my empire, invisible to the outside world until it's too late."
The professor stood up "I'd rather be a free man living in the streets than be a slave to your stinking empire!" He replied, defiantly.
"Guards! Silence him! Get these ungrateful beats back to work! NOW!" A henchmen shocked the professor from behind
"That's it! Time to take out the trash! " Raph exclaimed. The brothers jumped down.
Mikey sleded himself down the garbage pile "New concept, guys! Garden sporting! Yahoo!"
The workers sees them and charged. Donatello pole vaulted himself into the workers kicking them back, along with Raph.
"Cowabunga!" Mikey boarded him self into a couple henchmans knocking them back. Leonardo cut off the shackles off of the people. They picked up some pipes and chased after the workers.
" This is just like a big action movie ain't it?" The blond man asked while he and his friend watched
"Yep."
Donatello ran up to the professor "Professor! Are you alright?" He helped him up.
" Never better, Donatello. "
"Well it looks like your buddies have the guards pretty much under control." Donnie pointed out as he gestured towards the people who were attacking and chasing the guards
"And may I take this opportunity to encourage you to kick that so-called garbage man's stinking derriere." The professor replied
Yuuki looked towards NANO "Ready to put those powers of yours to work?~" She replied as she smiled
NANO exclaimed happily "Can I?! "
Yuuki nodded " Go nuts."
NANO grabbed some piles of metal in the trash making itself huge then ran down to join the fight, with Yuuki riding on its back. They charged at the Garbage Man.
"What's this? They're sending in freaks? Against me? I'll dispose of this genetic refuse!"
"It's garbage day, fat man! It's time to take your can out to the curb." Mikey replied
"What?!" The Garbage Man demanded in anger
" Uh, how about we take you to the dumpster, smelly boy!?"
Yuuki slapped her forehead "Mikey just stop."
"You! Shut up!" The Garbage Man shouted then threw a claw at Mikey and he dodges out of the way. Leo attacks and jumps on him swinging his swords the Garbage Man backs up knocking Leo to the floor. He moves up the ramp firing missiles and they dodge out of the way, running towards him. The Garbage Man begins to laugh silly and spewed out sewage holding them back.
Donnie throws his staff at one of the pipes " What?" Sewage explodes on him and Donnie grabbed his staff
"You freaks." The Garbage Man sneered then began shooting fire at them. Yuuki nearly ducked in time. NANO shielded her with its body. Yuuki's eyes widen with worry as they screamed in pain.
"Are you okay?!" She quickly shouted out
" I'm okay, Mommy. " They answered
Mikey dodged and slid down the sewage. Raph was covered in it
"Can we finish this?" He asked
" Hey Dude, you gotta hit the showers " Mikey replied
"I will recycle everyone of you into the ground." The Garbage Man exclaimed
"Hey, garbage brain! If you fight as bad as you smell, we are in trouble!" Mikey joked
"I told you to shut up!" He lunges for him and Mikey jumps over him running up the ramp " Grr! Come back here! " Then chased after the turtle.
Mikey found himself cornered as he came to a cliff "No place to run." The Garbage Man came up from behind him
"Now I've got you!" Donnie opened up a panel, behind the man, and try to tinker with it. Leo jumps at the Garbage Man but was knocked back, and landed on top of Donnie, interrupting him. Raphael jumped in and tried to kick him but was knocked back as well. The Garbage Man reaches out and grabbed Mikey with his claws lifting him. He struggled to get out of his grip.
" Mikey!" Yuuki shouted out
The Garbage Man moved towards the cliff preparing to drop him "prepared to get recycled. "
"Put him down freak!" Raph yelled out. Donnie aimed his staff and threw it at the control panel behind the Garbage Man. The machine shorts out and starts to move on its own towards the cliff. Mikey managed to escape and he flips over him landing in front of his brothers. The cliff began to crumble from underneath of him eventually giving out, sending him into the water.
"For sure he can't swim." Donnie explained
" Not in that thing. " Mikey replied
"We gotta a do something." Leo pointed out
"I knew that you were going to say that." Raph answered
"No sign of him here." Leo reports
The brothers jumped into the water to search but couldn't find anything.
" He's gone. "
"He got eaten by a shark. " NANO replied happily replied
As a raft sailed away, all of the homeless people watched as it did.
"What's up professor?" Donnie asked, curiously as to why they didn't go on it to return to the city.
"We voted to stay here. There's food and shelter. The Garbage was right about one thing: people do throw away alot of valuable items. "
"Watch out for him. Something that evil always comes back." Raph warned and Mikey kicked the ground
"See that worked! How do you come up with those?"
"Keep recycling the old one's Mikey. Keep looking for something new." Raph replied as the sun raised up to start a new day.