"General genocides malevolence marauders are no match for...The Justice Force! I'll make fast work of these lumbering tin cans for my name's not Zippy Lad. You arrested ruffians should know better than to tangle with Elastic and Metalhead! It's so strange to be back with the team after being gone so long. I don't know if I can do this. Stainless Steve still keeps his distance. He only ever sees me as Battling Bernice. But we could be so much more. And even though Dr. Dome still has feelings for me, he'd never forgive me if he knew my secret. Steve! Dome! Look out! No!...To be continued? Oh man!"
Mikey was just finished reading his comic book, Splinter was meditating behind him. Mikey immediately scrambles up to look through his collection. "I just gotta know if Battling Bernice survived! And does she end up with Stainless Steve or Dr. Dome?!"
As Mikey searches through the pile, one book hits Splinter from behind. "Michaelangelo..." He warns. He ducks and catches another comic book as it was thrown.
"A ninja's greatest strength is patience and you are quickly trying mine."
"You don't understand, sensei!" Mikey rummages around the messy piles until he finds his Shell Cell. "Now I'm gonna have to call every comic shop in town to find that next issue!"
"I'm trying to meditate, to calm my mind and to quiet my spirit." Splinter said.
As soon as he finishes, a revving noise was heard and Donnie drives in with a purple Shell Cycle with a side car. He stops in front of Splinter.
"Isn't great, sensei? With all this down time we've had lately, I made Shell Cycles for all of us. Wanna try it out?"
"Another time, perhaps," Splinter answered, nervously.
As the rat master tries to return to his meditation, he hears yelling and face palms as Leo and Raph were sparring. Yuuki and Mona watched them as they did cheering loudly. Venus was watching TV, blasting. Donnie is riding around the lair, making noise as he revs. Mikey is talking on the phone asking about issue 137. He tries to talk loudly over Donnie's driving. Splinter rubs his temple.
Having enough, Splinter stands up and whistles. Everyone stopped and turn to him.
"My children, for the next hour, you will practice your ninja silence! Understood?" They all slowly nod at him.
Splinter closes his eyes, thankful for the peace and quiet. But, not for long. It wasn't even a minute until Casey walks in with music blasting from his stereo. The others walk over to him. "Sweet ride! Hey, we should do a road trip!" Casey shouted over the loud music.
Suddenly, Splinter throws his staff, turning off the stereo. "Excellent suggestion."
Everyone gave him surprised looks. The rat master was usually hesitant about the four brothers going to the surface.
"Really?" Leo asked.
"I think it would be good for all of us if you got out of the city for a bit." Splinter quickly answered.
"I can't believe it. No one in this city has a copy of Justice Force #137," Mikey complains as he gets off his Shell Cell.
"You should try my guy, Steve's comics. If the book exists, he'll have it. Course, he's all the way up in North Hampton," Casey answered.
The brothers pause a bit before yelling. "Road trip!"
They arrive at Steve's Comics wearing jackets and helmets. Casey had his hockey mask on. They walked into the store while the four brothers were unsure at first. "We're in luck, guys. It's costume day. You'll blend right in." Casey reassures them.
As they enter the shop, with their jackets off, Raph walks past someone in a large suit wearing an S on the chest. "So what are you supposed to be be? Wait, don't tell me, you're one of the Fantastic Terrapin Warrior Teens," Raph growls in annoyance and Mona walks him away from the man.
Leo is reading a comic book and a flying Silver Century toy flies past him. He ducks and turns to see that it was Donnie piloting it. Casey is watching him. "Hey Casey, spot me some cash? I have to get this."
Yuuki and Venus were looking through some comic books as well.
As Casey searches his pockets, a short grey-haired man walks past him and trips. "Weird-looking dude, even for this room," Casey comments.
Mikey is talking to Steve. "Sorry friend, Justice Force #137 doesn't exist."
"No way! I gotta know what happened to Battling Bernice!" Mikey exclaimed in protest.
Steve pauses before he closes his eyes sadly and shakes his head. "She...didn't make it,"
"What? How do you know?" Mikey asked, confused.
"I remember it like it was yesterday. She sacrificed herself to save Dr. Dome and Stainless Steve. The Justice Force disbanded shortly after that,"
Donnie looks down at his new flying toy. "Boy, this guy takes this stuff seriously," Mikey whispers to him, pointing his thumb at Steve. Suddenly, the door opens and tiny robots with domes on their heads enter. "Whoa."
Yuuki sighs. "Can't we have one day without anything strange going on. This that too much to ask."
Another one crashes through the window near Steve. A customer screams as more crash inside. Customers scream and run out as the robots advance towards the group. They fight the robots. Two of the robots stand in front of an employee and Casey jumps in. "Yo, dude, stand back. A little guy like you could get hurt," The robots jump on Casey, knocking him down. The employees eyes glow bright and his hair separates and is now wearing a red and black suit.
"Get off of me, you little tin cans!" Two of the robots are destroyed by the man's hair and he throws them. Mikey looks as he was wrestling a robot, trying to get his nunchuck back. "Wow, you're Metalhead! Then the Justice Force is real?!" Mikey takes back his nunchuck and throws the robot at Steve, hitting him, accidentally. Mikey screams as Steve rubs his head.
"As real as the saucer on my noggin," Steve said, taking off his toupee revealing a metal saucer on his forehead. Mikey gasps in shock. "And you're the real Stainless Steve Steel!"
Steve nods and more robots fly in. "And those are real Domeoids," He grabs one and tackles it, slamming his head on the Domeoid, destroying it. A crack is heard and he grabs his back in pain. "Whoa, I think I strained something."
Metalhead is fighting the bots with his hair and one of them shocks him. He goes down and they lift him up, flying away. "Metalhead, no!"
Everyone runs outside, chasing after them. But the robots had disappeared. Mikey is helping Steve as he walks him outside. "Who could have done this?" He asked.
"Only one fella I know with the brainpower to run those Domeoids. And that's old Doc Dome himself."
"But...wasn't he one of the Justice Force too?" Mikey asked.
"Doc Dome's always blamed the rest of us for the demise of Battling Bernice. It was only a matter of time before his hatred turned to madness and revenge," Steve pulls out a remote with the initials of JF on it and presses the button. Mikey recognizes it.
"The Justice Force emergency signal?" Mikey asked.
"Been carrying this around for almost 40 years. I never thought I'd had to use it again,"
They arrive at Steve's home which was a huge mansion. Mikey and Raph help Steve stand up.
"I can't believe Dr. Dome would turn evil," Mikey said.
"You can't ignore the facts, Mikey." Steve tells him.
"You'd be amazed at what he can ignore," Raph replied. Mikey shoots him a look.
Donnie, Leo, Yuuki, Mona, Venus, and Casey approach the doors. They are a little hesitant as they see it was open. "Uh, Steve, you leave your door open?" Donnie asked, nervously. Steve shakes his head no and they walk inside, quietly.
An old man in a wheelchair stops them. "Oh man, it's just some old dude," Casey complains.
"Old?" The old man asked then he circles around Casey, fast. Casey is lifted into the air and lands on his butt. "Watch who you're calling old, slowpoke."
Mikey and Raph walks in with Steve. "Awesome. It's Zippy Lad!" Mikey said in awe.
"You're looking well, Zip," Steve commented.
"No, I'm not! I'm a mess just like you," Zippy Lad points out.
"Right here, fellas. Just need to stretch out is all." Mikey and Raph sets Steve down. He lays on the floor, his back cracking. Suddenly a stretched head looks at him. "Did someone say stretch?"
The man shortens his neck but gets stuck. "What's the matter, pops? Not as Joey Elastic as you used to be?" Zippy Lad asked, sarcastically.
"I'll retract eventually. Just takes a little longer than it used to,"
The others stare at them. Mikey, however, was beaming with excitement meeting his heroes. "Are these guys awesome or what?! It's like we're apart of history!"
"Yeah, ancient history," Raph murmurs, crossing his arms and Mikey gives him a confused look.
Leo was reading a book while the others were watching Zippy Lad give Stainless Steve a massage for his back. "Nothing like a super speed massage to work the kicks out of your back."
"Thanks Zippy," Steve said, standing up. "I feel decades younger." His stomach bulges out. "Now we need to figure out how we're gonna stop Doc Dome."
"I've been wondering...why did Battling Bernice quit the team for a year?" Mikey asked, curious.
"Maybe she got pregnant?" Yuuki replied.
Everyone looks at her. "What?" She answered as she shrugs her hands.
"Even if it was, that's impossible," Stainless Steve answered.
"Why?" Yuuki asked.
"Cause if she was, she would've told me! I was close to her than Doc Dome ever was!" Steve shouted.
"Okay, sorry! Forget that I ever said anything," Yuuki said, nervously.
Suddenly, a thump was heard from above. Everyone was on alert.
"Guys, something's on the roof," Leo looks outside a window and jumps to the roof to see Domeoids everywhere. They were climbing on the roofs and walls.
"Here they come!" Leo calls out.
"Let's kick some dome!" Raph exclaimed as he stabs two Domeoids. Mikey runs down the roof and knocks down some robots. Donnie swings his staff like a bat, knocking down the flying Domeoids. Leo stays on the roof, hitting the robots with his swords. Casey smashes the robots with his hockey sticks. Yuuki threw her tessen and it destroyed a Domeoid's dome. Mona picks one up and throws it out of the window. Venus knocked some back as some of the robots came at her.
Steve hits the robots with his forehead and uses his stomach on the last. "This is more like it. Your massage did wonders, Zippy,"
"Fastest hands in the west. Speaking of which," Zippy Lad spins his hands as a Domeoid tumbles down the stairs towards him, destroying it to pieces. Then Domeoids surround his chair. "Hey! Put me down!" He demanded as the robots pick him up, flying out the door with Zippy Lad with them.
"Zippy!" Elastic stretches out after him but he cant' reach far enough and his rolled up and taken away as well. Steve runs out to help them but they were too far away now.
"They're getting away!" Mikey shouts.
"Not for long. I planted turtle trackers on the old guys earlier, just in case," Donnie explained. Raph swings on top of the roof knocking a robot off.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's roll."
They track the robots to a dome lair. But, Domeoids where everywhere on guard.
"Whoa, that's one big mighty dome."
"That's Doc Dome's fortress," Steve confirms.
"Look at all those Domeoids," Leo murmurs.
"We're in luck. Doc Dome isn't controlling them right now. See those flashing blips in their domes? That means they're on automated defense mode. They'll attack anything that moves, that doesn't give off one of those signals,"
"Then we'll have to give off one of those signals," Donnie answered, forming a plan.
Eight Domeoids were walking around until a Silver Century toy flies past them. They chase after it. Donnie leads them to where they are and they destroy the Domeoids.
Later, everyone walk around wearing the Domeoids domes on their heads.
"We look ridiculous," Raph murmurs.
"We'll look even worse if we get our heads bashed in by a hundred Domeoids," Donnie points out as they walk inside. They walk down a hallway but someone was watching them on camera. They came into a room that had pods. Steve walks up to one of them and wipes the fog away to reveal Metalhead.
"Metalhead! Doc Dome will pay for this," Steve growls.
"Now, let's not jump to conclusions. I've read too many comic book stories where things are never what they seem," Mikey said. Steve breaks the prison with his forehead. Smoke comes out and Metalhead opens his eyes. Then an alarm goes off and the place begins to shake.
There was a crash and a large dome robot with someone controlling it inside appears. He had a glowing blue dome on his head. "Cool. Doc Dome!" Mikey said in awe.
"Surrender, Stainless Steve. You and your reptile flunkies may have succeeded in kidnapping the others, but you won't get Dr. Dome without a fight!" Dr. Dome pulls a lever and the giant robot runs towards the group.
"You dare accuse us of your twisted scheme, Dr. Dome? This is your lab!" Steve accuses as he ducks an arm. "Those are YOUR Domeoids!"
Dr. Dome smacks the others, knocking them down. He picks Steve up by his cape. "If you won't admit to treachery, perhaps your captives will!" Dr. Dome breaks the pods freeing Elastic and Zippy Lad.
"Man, what a strange dream," Zippy Lad murmurs before he sees the giant robot in front of him. "Dr. Dome! You traitor!"
"What? No. He's the traitor! Can't you see he's trying to frame me?" Dome argues pointing at Steve.
"Impossible! Only you could have unleashed those Domeoids! They only respond to your telepathic commands," Steve uses his head to break free from the robots grip on him. He jumps out and his team joins him.
"I haven't used the Domeoids in years! All of that federal control was giving me super migraines. And isn't it convenient that you were present for all the kidnappings? You, yourself, were never kidnapped," Dr. Dome points out and the team turns to him.
"Yeah, why is that, Steve?" Elastic accuses.
"Guys, y-you don't really think?..." Steve backs away.
"You could never hide your jealousy! You couldn't stand the fact that Battling Bernice love ME and not you!" Dr. Dome argues as he back Steve up into a shrine of Battling Bernice.
"Are you out of your glass-encased mind?! Battling Bernice, couldn't stand you! She quit the team for a year just to get away from you!"
"Don't you ever say her name," Dr. Dome sneers, raising the robot's foot above Steve. Mikey stands in front of Steve, stopping him.
"Stop! You're friends, teammates, remember? Who saved you from the living volcano? And who cured you of that creeping alien rust? Now, what do say we work together like the Justice Force and find out who's really behind this?" Mikey protests.
Suddenly, robots came in.
"Aha! The Domeoids only glow like that when he's mentally controlling them!" Steve concludes as he stares at Dr. Dome.
"Let's put a stop to this now!" Leo declares as they run towards Dr. Dome, jumping onto the robot. They climb to the dome and Raph breaks the glass. He grabs Dome by the shirt. "Alright, crystal ball, call off your attack bots!" Raph demanded as more robots began to surround them.
"But I tell you, I'm not controlling them! If I was, then my dome head would be red too!" Dr. Dome points out pointing to his blue dome on his head.
"If you're not controlling them, then-then who is?" Donnie asked.
"I am." A voice calls out.
Everyone turns to see a woman walk out. It was Battling Bernice?
Dr. Dome gasps. "Battling Bernice? Alive?"
"How is that possible?" Steve asked.
"Nobody stays dead for very long in comic books," Mikey comments.
"Look closer, Dome. What do you see?" "Battling Bernice" presses. Dr. Dome climbs down from his robot. He smiles as he steps up to her.
"I see the woman I love and just as...young?" He pauses, confused. "Battling Bernice" smirks at him. "You should be older. You're not Battling Bernice!"
"That's right. I'm her daughter, Ananda."
Everyone looks in shock. "Called It!" Yuuki shouted.
"You're lying! I would have known if Bernice had a daughter," Dr. Dome argues.
"She didn't want anyone to know. That's why she quit the team when she did. But you pulled her back in. All of you! And now I will have my revenge on those who took my mother away from me!"
The robot begins to move, but the turtles, Yuuki, Mona, Venus and Casey were still inside. "Not so fast, lady!" Casey calls out as they jump down. Ananda controls the robot and it grabs Leo and Raph. A foot steps down on Mikey.
"Mikey!" Donnie calls out before the other foot traps him as well. Ananda uses the arms to trap Casey between Leo and Raph. The Domeoids grab Dr. Dome. "But, how are you able to control all my robots?"
"I thought you would figured that one out by now..." She takes off her helmet to reveal a dome on her head like his. "Daddy!"
He looks in horror. "That's right. I inherited all of your mental powers. I took control of your lab and your Domeoids and abducted your teammates, knowing everyone would blame you for the kidnappings. Nothing would have been more satisfying to me than watching all of you destroy each other. But now I'll just have to destroy all of you myself!" She uses the Domeoids to charge at everyone. She laughs evilly. They struggle to get free as Dr. Dome tries to regain control of the robots.
"Must gain control," He murmurs and the Domeoids turn blue, letting everyone free. "Oh no you don't," Ananda regains control turning the robots red. Dr. Dome tries again but his dome shorts out and he falls down.
"Face it, daddy, you're old and you're weak," She makes the large robot grab Dr. Dome. The smaller robots began to surround the group.
"Everyone, concentrate your attack on Ananda!" Donnie calls out. Steve breaks the robots with his head. "There's too many of them! We can't get close to her!"
"No, wait, don't concentrate your attack! Let her focus on many directions as possible!" Mikey calls out as he fends off some of the Domeoids.
"Mikey, are you sure?" Leo asked him.
"Trust me," Mikey tells him.
Everyone fights the robots. They are all wildly moving around from place to place that Ananda couldn't focus. "Too many happening at once! I can't control it all!"
The robot holding Dr. Dome falls down in front of Ananda. "No!" There was a loud crash and everyone looks to see the shrine of Battling Bernice destroyed. The robot landed on Ananda's leg trapping her. It shuts down and Dr. Dome gets out from the robot's hand. He walks up to her.
"Here, let me help you, daughter," Dr. Dome uses his powers to make the robot stand up, freeing her. Ananda rubs her leg. "Ananda, look at me."
She turns her head to him. "No one forced your mother back into the Justice Force. She chose this life and she chose to give her life to save others. But you still have one parent who is very much alive," He holds out his hands to her and she takes them. He helps her up.
"And wants to be apart of your life."
The two hug as the others watched them embraced.
The brothers, Yuuki, Mona, Venus and Casey are outside in their Shell Cycles with the Justice Force.
"I can't thank you fellas enough for your help. This could've easily ended in tragedy, but it looks like things will turn out okay," Steve tells them.
"Thanks to these young whippersnappers," Zippy Lad points out, nudging Mikey.
"How did you ever come up with such a clever strategy?" Elastic asked, curious.
"But don't you remember? That's how you defeated the Grim Repo in issue 57, when he took possession of Dr. Dome's brain." Mikey puts on his helmet and climbs on his bike.
"Well, what do you know? Mikey's comic book geekdom turned out to be good for something," Raph comments before they start to drive away. "Hey Mikey," Steve calls out. He tosses something to Mikey and he catches it.
"An official Justice Force super-secret signal device!" Mikey exclaimed. "Consider yourselves honorary Justice Force members," Steve tells him.
Mikey drives off following after the others.
He looks at himself in the comic. "Now that's a satisfying ending!" Mikey flips the book to the cover to reveal The Justice Force, Ananda, and him on it...as issue 137.
"I'll say." Yuuki agreed.