Everyone in the arena was cheering. "Good morning fellow saurians and guest species" One announcer said enthusiastically "Welcome once again to the Tri-Sports Arena!"
"We got some lineup for this full day of games" Another announcer said. "Should be quite a spectacle for our record attendance here today, Raz."
"Alright, Zed. Lets see this mornings first event."
"Yeah, the alien turtles vs the Spasmasaur. Looks to be exciting!"
"Or over really quickly."
"So" Leo speaks as he stands up "This is the games, huh?"
"I was hoping for something a little Parcheesi-like." Mikey lightly jokes.
"Um, are they expecting us to fight that thing?" Donnie asks.
"No, they're expecting that thing to eat us!" Raph rephrases.
"Well, lets see if we can give it a little indigestion!" Leo shouts as he charges at the monster. It smacks down Leo before he could even touch it.
"Ohh, that's gotta hurt, Raz." Zed said, amusingly. "Those aliens had better come up with a better tactic or this bout is gonna be a short one."
Leo stands up and looks at Donnie, Raph and Mikey. They give a short nod and the four of them charge at once towards the beast, but it knocks them down with a couple swipes. It gets Leo in it's grip. Raph and Donnie jump in to try and kick at it, but the monster grabs them as well and starts to shake the three brothers around.
"Yowza! Id say this bout is just about over!"
"And fans, don't forget to pick up your event program in any arena sales kiosks at only 15..."
The Prime Leader watches from his screen. "Such a pity. It looks as if your friends aren't going to make it." Venus frowns as she watches the match. He steps towards the Fugitoid. "Of course, if you were to agree to build the teleportal device for me, I could stop the match, set your friends free." The robot turns to him.
"I already told you, I wont do it! I cant." The Fugitoid said in determination. The Prime Leader clears his throat. "Well, then lets watch as your four friends are torn to pieces at the Arena." He guides the robot towards the screen. "And know, you could have saved them." The Fugitoid looks in worry. Venus felt sick to her stomach as she continued to watch. She had enough of this.
"Excuse me, I need to step out for some fresh air." Venus replies as she walks away.
"Don't be too long. You'll miss the fun. " Zanramon replies
"This one is just about over fans."
Mikey was the only one who wasn't grabbed by the monster.
"Hang on, bros!" He calls out and charges into the fight.
Mikey jumps onto the monster's back. "Incoming!" He shouts and was about to land in a kick, but the monster smacks him down.
The monster brings Donnie towards its mouth getting ready to eat him.
"Donny!" Mikey shouts.
Then suddenly a rock flies out and hits the monster on the purple spot on its head making it let go of Donnie and Raph. It screams in pain.
Donnie looks around, wondering who did it. Then he sees Venus who was hidden within the crowd. She hid a small sling behind her back. She did it!
Raph tries to counterattack, the monster strikes him away again. Leo breaks free and jumps onto top of the monster's head and starts hitting it repeatedly.
"Wait, Raz, wait a minute! Those little guys are fighting back!"
"Do you think we hurt it?" Mikey asks as they tried to catch their breath.
"Not enough." Leo answers shaking his head.
"The elasticity of its flesh is too resilient!" Donnie said as he blocks the tentacles.
"And its rubbery too!" Mikey adds.
Leo looks back at the giant statue behind them of the Prime Leader. "Guys, we gotta run!"
"No way, I never run!" Raph objects.
"Come on, follow my lead!" Leo orders and they start running. The Monster charges after them full speed.
"Check it out, Zed, I didn't know the Spasmasaur could move that fast!"
"Here comes, ugly!" Mikey exclaims as the monster is gaining on them.
"Now everybody, when I say jump!" Leo calls out as they close in on the statue "Jump!"
The turtles repel off of the wall and it causes the monster to slam into it. "ooo, that's gotta hurt!" The impact causes a vibration that makes the statue topple over and crush the monster. The crowd cheers on for the turtles. "No, that's gotta hurt."
"What?! What an upset!? Unbelievable!"
The Fugitoid dances around happily "Booyah! As the boys would say!" He chuckles. "My friends seem to have broken your statue Prime Leader. So, sorry." The robot replies as the Prime Leader slams his fist on the table. "I want those four off-worlders destroyed! Destroyed, you hear me?!" He demands on his phone. The crowd cheers for the turtles. "No wait, I have an even better idea. Something very cruel." Prime Leader said, smirking.
The four stand still while Mikey waves. He does a dance to entertain the crowd, showing off. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! Who the turtle? Who the turtle? The turtle be me!" Mikey gloats. When he finishes, three Triceratons come flying towards them.
"Look if its about wrecking that big statue, it was all his idea!" Mikey said as he points to Leo.
"What a morning sports fans! First, four off-worlders defeat a Spasmasaur and now they're allowed to be rested to extinction!"
"Not quite, Raz. By order of the Prime Leader Zanramon, these turtles as they are called will be back for a last-warrior standing free for all!"
The Triceratons began shooting lasers at the turtles making them back up. While they were backing up, a trap door opens behind them. "A Spasmasaur is one thing, Zed, but going against our Tri champions is another!" They fall into the trap door and landed into a pile of hay.
"An elevator would have been nice." Donnie said.
"Cant say much about the decor." Leo comments. They notices other different species of aliens were down there with them.
"Or our new roommates." Mikey adds.
"Its just another kind of prison." Raph growls.
"We're in for another fight."
"Exactly, which is why we need to start figuring out another way out of here." Leo points out. Soon a bunch of aliens began to close in on them.
"There's only one way out off-worlder, and you will find it soon enough!" An prisoner said threateningly and laughs menacingly.
"You newbies, will not survive to see tomorrows dawn." A Triceraton said sitting in a corner. "You are now slaves just like the rest of us. The games will be the end for us all."
"Who's Mr. Sunshine?" Raph asks sarcastically
"That is Traximus the mighty undefeated champion of the games." A hairy inmate informs "You will do well to address him with respect!"
A white light flashes blinding the inmates and the turtles as a door opens. A deep voice rings out "Listen up meat!" Everyone looks up to see a Triceraton with a electric whip in his fist. "Tonight, you slaves shall have the honor of fighting for amusement of our beloved, Prime Leader! I want you all to die well and with much aplomb!" Everyone groans and he cracks his whip "Do you hear me, meat?!"
"Yes, Master Gruell!" Everyone, except the turtles, chimes in
"Gruell, nice name." Mikey teases.
"Hmm, I seem to be missing something." Gruell said as he breaks off a piece of his horn and uses it to pick his teeth. "Ah yes, practice dummies! You four turtles will be my new dummies!"
"You calling me a dummy?!" Mikey demands angrily.
"Wouldn't be the first time, Mikey." Donnie teases and the four laughs.
"Silence!" Gruell shouts and cracks his whip.
"You wont be laughing for long, turtles!" Gruell laughs.
The turtles soon found themselves standing in a line facing the other prisoners.
"Shock staff practice!" Gruell shouts. "Remember practice dummies." He cracks his whip. "No hands! Commence!"
The aliens start up the electric staffs and charge at the four, they dodge easily. Raph dodges a attack. "Look Ma, no hands!" He replies, kicking an alien down near Traximus. He smirks. Leo was being attacked by twin aliens. He jumps into the air and dodges their electric staffs making the two aliens shock each other.
Mikey fights off another alien and sweeps his leg, knocking the alien down. Mikey yawns sarcastically.
Donnie jumps over an alien and kicks him down.
"Stop!" Gruell shouts as he steps past the downed aliens and starts to crack his whip. "Enough! Weapons practice with extra rations to any gladiator who can take these four off-worlders down!" He looks over at Traximus. "You too, slave!"
Traximus growls but reluctantly stands up and grabs his ax. The turtles stand back-to-back as they are surrounded by armed gladiators.
"Things look pretty ugly." Leo said.
"That's just Mikey." Raph taunts.
"I'm afraid you must be mistaken, bro, because I was voted most likely to brighten any room with my smile!" Mikey jokes.
"Well, good luck brightening this one." Donnie said, gravely.
The gladiators charge at the four and they all glare. Mikey is being attacked with one with a double-sided mace. He dodges it before knocking the alien back into an rack of weapons. Raph was being attacked by one with an double-sided spear and he easily dodges, before kicking the alien down.
Leo is face to face with Traximus as he raises his ax to him, as he brings it down Leo jumps out of the way. He sees Donnie is being pinned against two and when the aliens began charging at him, Leo quickly pushes him out of the way. When the bigger alien knocks the smaller one down, Leo grabs it's swords it was using and counter attacks the large alien.
"Anybody got a weapon I can borrow?" Donnie calls out as he flips away from an hairy alien.
Mikey faces against an alien with a trident and grabs a pair of maces. "Special delivery for Mr. Donatello!" Mikey said as he knocks the trident out of the aliens hands. The trident flies into the air and pierces the ground. Donnie runs to grab it before blocking the hairy alien's trident as he swings it at him. Another alien comes by, behind Donnie, and knocks him to the ground. While he shakily gets up, the two aliens come up and raises their weapons. Raph sees this and trips the hairy alien and jumps kicking the four armed alien down.
"Stop! Gladiators do not help each other! In the games, the weak deserve no mercy!" Gruell shouts. He swings his whip and Raph intercepted it wrapping the whip around his trident, but also shocking him as well. Raph growls "We look after our own!" He shouts as he tugs the whip from Gruell's hands. Defenseless, the Triceraton tries to run away. Raph uses the whip to catch his foot and makes Gruell fall face first into a purple pile.
Donnie stands up and grabs the trident. He sees the four armed alien charging at him. "This one's on me." Donnie trips the gladiator.
Leo was facing Traximus. The Triceraton charges at Leo, but he swiftly blocks the attack and does a flip kick. He brings Traximus down and stands over him. The dinosaur alien tries to catch his breath.
"Finish me." Traximus said. "It is your right as victor, and you would be doing this slave a favor."
Leo raises his swords and Traximus closes his eyes waiting for the blow. Leo throws the swords to the ground and holds a hand out to the alien. Traximus looks surprise at it, then takes it. The other three brothers gather around the two. They look over to see Gruell pulling himself out of the purple gunk.
"Guards!" Gruell shouts.
The guards come in and surround the five. Reluctantly, they drop their weapons and walk away.
The turtles sat in a corner. Donnie lets out a hiss in pain and rubs his arm.
"Donnie, you okay?" Leo asks concerned
Donnie looks at his arm to see a purplish bruise bringing to form on it. It was also tender to move as well. It must have happened during the fight.
"It's just sprained." Donnie tells him. Leo frowns and looks around. He lets out a sigh. It's not there's a medic to be found in a place like this.
Suddenly, the doors open and a cloaked figure walks in. They pull down their hood, revealing to be Venus. Gruell walks over to her and grabs her wrist pulling her towards his face. She nearly gags at the smell of him. "What did you fall into, a pile of shtako?" She retorts.
Gruell growls "You! Heal the wounded for the next match then get out of my sight!" He shoves her roughly aside and walks away.
She jumps down and looks around then notices the turtles and walks over to them.
"Are you guys alright?" She asks. Then, she sees Donnie's arm and holds out a hand "May I?"
" Um, sure. " Donnie said nervously
She takes his arm and an yellow glow begins to form in her other hand and she places it on top of his injury. The wound begins to slowly disappear and fade until there wasn't even an mark anymore. The brothers stared in shock. Donnie pulls his arm back to find no pain as he moves it.
"What are you, ET?" Mikey asks
She laughs. "No, I just used my chi magic. On my planet, only some could use it." She pauses then looks down. She wishes that he was here. "Like Master Chung I." Venus murmurs sadly.
"Who's he?" Mikey asks. Venus looks up at him and tears start to form in her eyes.
"Mikey, not the right time. " Raph scolds and he slaps him on the back of his head. Mikey whines and rubs it.
Venus wipes her face with her hand "He was my grandfather. He taught me everything he knew. He was kind and wise but also strict. " She said.
"Hearing this, makes me think about Master Splinter." Mikey sighs.
"Is he your father?" Venus asks, curious.
"Yeah, he is a rat! But, an awesome butt kicking ninja!" Mikey exclaims.
"A rat, huh? Curious. I'd figure that he would be a turtle." Venus said.
"YOU!" Venus flinched. They look behind them to see Gruell. He growls "Not them! I meant for you to heal the other prisoners!" Gruell shouts.
"Too late, I already did." Venus shrugs
"Just you wait, when I report this to Zanramon. He'll see to it that you will be severely punished for this." He laughs. Venus eyes widen in fear. The turtles glare as he walks away.
"What's your relation to this Zanramon guy?" Donnie questions as he turns to Venus.
"I'm his bride to be." Venus answers. "Not that I have a choice."
"You always have a choice." Donnie replies. She looks at him surprised. He blushes " I-I mean, why don't you come to Earth with us?" Donnie stammers nervously.
"What?" Venus asks as her eyes widen with disbelief.
" It's a lot nicer than this dump that's for sure. " Raph said.
Venus was stunned. She could not believe what she was hearing. They wanted her to come with them to their home. Earth. She made up her mind and opened her mouth.
"I want to go. "
As Venus left, they stand in line to get some food.
"Take your last meal!" Gruell growls. "I hope you slave trash choke on it!"
"Hey look, Gruell's, serving gruel!" Donnie jokes.
"What is that smell?" Leo questions.
"I hope its Gruell and not the food." Raph jokes. They all laugh but when they make it to the front, Gruell gives them a fake pity look.
"Ha, there's no more food. All gone. My apologies. Move along!" Gruell points to the tables.
The turtles sit at a table with an empty tray and stomachs.
"Man, I'm so hungry even that yellow slop looks good." Mikey groans.
Traximus, who was sitting beside Leo, scoops some of his food and places it into Leo's tray. "Eat. You will need your strength." The other aliens also places some of their's into the other three brother's trays.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Mikey said, chowing down.
"Thank you." Leo replies to Traximus.
"No, thank you." Traximus tells him. "We have been living as slaves for so long, I had almost forgotten what was like to fight for honor and bravery." He looks at Leo.
"I don't mean any disrespect, Traximus, but whats a Triceraton like you doing locked up in here with the rest of us "gladiator slime?" Leo asks.
"Because I believe in the Triceraton Republic, the real Republic. You see, once, we Triceratons valued truth and honor above all things. But, now we have a dictatorship that craves victory and enterprise. Corruption and greed had robbed us all of our noble warrior heritage. I spoke out thus too often and too loudly against our "honorable" Prime Leader and soon found myself here, locked away as a slave. But you and your friends, you have reminded me of honor in battle. And I hope to find a way to repay you."
Mikey licks his plate loudly and holds it out "Seconds would be nice?"
The brother's give him a look.
"What?"
In deep space, Blanque stares at his screen "General Blanque, our scouts searched 142 sectors before we even got a trace of the Triceraton Home worlds. But, finally we have them sighted." A soldier reports. "Good. We leave at once! If the Triceratons get the Fugitoid to build the teleportal device, those horn monsters will use it to destroy us." Blanque looks out from his ship.
"We have to get that Fugitoid back...or die trying."
In the arena, everyone is gathered, cheering for the upcoming fight. Zanramon and Mozar look over the arena. "Would everyone please rise for our glorious Prime Leader Zanramon and the Triceraton anthem?"
Zanramon stands up and raises his hands. He turns towards Mozar "Commander, bring the Fugitoid here. I think we better be able to persuade him to build us his teleportal device if he has to witness the demise of his friends first hand."
Mozar bows to him "As you wish, Prime Leader."
"And bring Venus as well."
"All right meat, prepare yourselves!" Gruell orders below the arena. The gladiators get ready. "Gruell, how 'bout some weapons here?" Raph asks as he steps up to him. "Weapons?" Gruell asks innocently "Why prolong the inevitable? Soon, you will be put out of my misery." He answers, laughing as he points his horn. The four walk past him and into the elevator.
"Farewell, we shall not meet again." Gruell tells them, laughing as the elevator rises.
"I still have some friends in the Triceraton Armed Forces. I managed to get these for you." Traximus explains, pulling off a sheet revealing their weapons.
"Our weapons!" Raph exclaims.
"Your weapons." Traximus confirms, smiling.
"My babies, daddy missed you. Did you miss daddy?" Mikey replies as he hugs his nunchucks and cradled them.
Leo turns to Traximus "We owe you one. " Leo tells him.
"We gladiators look after our own." Traximus answers.
As the elevator stops, they look around as the crowd cheers.
"My fellow saurians!" Zanramon announces. "I am proud to lead the Triceraton Republic and I am also proud to give you this day of games!" The crowd cheers excitedly.
The Fugitoid walks in and Zanramon looks back "Ah, Professor Honeycutt,...Venus, just in time to enjoy the spectacle." The Fugitoid gasps as he looks over the arena. "This is barbaric!"
"Tonight's special event shall be an all gladiators against the four terrapin off-worlders! A fight to the death!" Zanramon announces.
"No!" Fugitoid cries out.
"Yes" Zanramon said with a smirk. "Unless you construct the teleportal device for me?" The robot looks down at the arena then back to Zanramon, silently saying nothing. "No? Then let the games begin!"
The crowd cheers. Down in the arena, the turtles look back at the gladiators. Traximus charges at Mikey and he cringes as the dino raises his ax. Traximus throws it down near Mikey and winks. Mikey smiles at him with gratitude.
"We will not fight!" Traximus yells out. "We will no longer die to amuse the Prime Leader. His time is at an end!"
"What?!" Zanramon questions angrily. "Guards, seize them!"
Triceratons fly down and shoot at the gladiators, separating them from the turtles. A door opens up behind them, as they are backed into it and the door closes "No!" Traximus calls out just as it closes. The turtles and Venus look in shock.
Venus walks over to Zanramon "Stop this at once!" She shouts.
Zanramon glares at her and raises his arm and strikes Venus knocking her down. He growls as he stands over her. Venus yelps as he yanks her long tail of her mask up as she is brought up to his face "Where do you get the gall to betray me?!" He roars. Her eyes widen "I-I don't know what you're talking about?!" She stammers nervously.
"I had Mozar watch your every move. You've been helping those Terrapins!"
Venus said nothing. Zanramon took her silence as an answer "Well since you're so fond of them, especially the purple one. You can watch as they perish, as well!"
He turns to the Fugitoid "This is your last chance!" He growls at the robot "Build me the teleportal!"
"Never!" The Fugitoid answers firmly
"You have sealed their fate." Zanramon said as he turns to the crowd. "Saurians, I give you Monza Ram and his All Star warriors!"
A door opens and four Triceratons armed with weapons come out and stand in front of the four turtles.
"What a treat! The Triceraton All-Star team, lead by our reigning champion, Monza Ram!"
The brothers get into a fighting stance with their weapons drawn out as well as the All-Stars team. "Those four off-worlders don't stand a chance!" Zanramon rings a triangular gong and the fight starts. Leo blocks swords with Monza Ram, before getting kicked. He jumps behind Monza Ram and clashes swords with him.
Another Triceraton wraps a chain around Raph. Raph jumps and leaps onto the Triceraton's head before jumping off. "What a move by that off-worlder!" Donnie blocks staffs with one before knocking him down. "Those guys fight like...like Triceratons!"
Mikey smacks one with his nunchucks before knocking him down. "The crowd has really taking to these shelled off-worlders!" Leo was almost knocked down before swiftly kicking Monza Ram. The crowd is impressed and amazed by them. Fugitoid and Venus look back to see Zanramon very angry. He gives them a thumbs down. The crowd wans't too happy with the Prime Leader's decision as they start to chanting for the four of them to live.
"I don't think hes gonna let us live!" Donnie said gravely.
"Then lets not leave it up to him!" Raph declares. They look up to see hovercrafts with built in cameras above them.
"Mikey, how about a little sling-shot action?" Donnie suggests.
"Gotcha!" Mikey replies.
Mikey holds out his nunchuck to Raph and Donnie jumps onto it and up to the hovercraft. "Your show's been preempted, pal!" Donnie tells the Triceraton before grabbing him and tossing the dino out of the hovercraft. He drives down to pick up his brothers. They hop onto the craft and fly towards Zanramon.
"Guards!"
Triceraton guards came in shooting at the turtles, causing them to fly out of control and crash into the building. They jump down and surround Zanramon, but find themselves surrounded with hordes of guards in front of them and behind.
Leo jumps towards Zanramon and holds his sword towards the leader's throat "Drop your weapons or you'll be looking for a new leader!"
"You'll never make it out of here!" Zanramon said. "You'll be shot down like dogs!"
Raph uses his sai to grab Zanramon by his shirt "Zip it windbag, you're our ticket out of here!"
"Man, I sure hope they're really fond of this Zanramon guy!" Mikey comments nervously as they are surrounded.
"Really, really fond!"