(TCRI)

Gamelover41592: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. Expect a lot more references and nods to the PS4 game, that thing is a masterpiece and a goldmine of content to use.

Superjoeyf721: The anime style is mainly because I enjoy anime and I think they have amazing soundtracks. It's not surprising you thought of Earth's Mightiest Heroes when you read about Luke Cage and Iron Fist, I used that as a fair amount of inspiration for that. I heard about Keaton doing the voice for Spider-Man in that show before Drake Bell came into the picture, and I get what you're saying, but I still think Bell did a good job. As for a third season of Spectacular, I guess we'll have to wait and see. Making a tribute to the deaths of Kevin Conroy and Jason David Frank is a good idea, I'll have to remember that.

Godzillahero3: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it.

Spectacular Webhead 11: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. Luke Cage and Iron Fist were one thing, but I doubt many people expected Gargan. Harry and Gwen might be on thin ice, but they're not done just yet.

Vfc15650: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. I have plans regarding Gargan being related to Gwen, but you'll see what those are in due time. Since I'm such a fan of the PS4 game and love to make nods and references to it, I figured it was only right to bring in Yuri, especially given what I have planned later on. Peter's got his ways of keeping his identity a secret, but keep in mind that Luke Cage and Iron Fist aren't stupid by any means. Though you may want to look at their last bit of dialogue again.

Athlea Sirius: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. I do read on Ao3 now and then but I don't have an account there, though I do have one for deviantart. Spider-Man should've had some kind of support group from the start, at least in my opinion. The song is called Ft by Funkist, and it's the third intro used for the anime Fairy Tail, one of my favorites.

Heart of Shepard: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. I figured that with Daredevil being a recurring character for the time being, it was only right to introduce some other local heroes into the story, in this case Luke Cage and Iron Fist. As for who else comes in, you'll just have to wait and see.

Guest: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. With all of the villains I was bringing in, and all the ones I plan to bring in, I figured it was only fair to include a few heroes as well. As far as the Avengers and the X-Men are concerned, I wouldn't count them out just yet. Also I'm glad to see you caught onto the reference to the PS4 game, expect a lot of those in the future.

Dimasmagin4: Well keep in mind that MJ has already met the Turtles once, and as for Gwen, well you'll just have to wait and see how that turns out.

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Another night, another chase throughout the streets of New York City.

"Stay on him Leo, my Kraang app is tripping out like crazy!" Donnie and the rest of the Turtles were following after a Kraang helicopter using the newly repaired Patrol Buggy "We can't afford to lose them this time!"

"Yeah, we got that after the first six times." Spider-Man followed after the Patrol Buggy as he swung above them, with following along the rooftops "You sure this time it's actually picking up the power cell? Last time that thing led us to a burrito in a microwave."

"I assume that's an exaggeration?" Daredevil shot him a raised eyebrow.

"I wish, I'm just glad my Aunt May knows about these guys or else we might've both ended up having heart attacks. Also Raphael owes her a new microwave."

"In any case, with the Kraang having the power cell in their possession we can't afford to take any chances to get it back."

"I get that, but at this point we might as well be on a wild goose chase."

"Which is currently cascading over those buildings, and we don't have time to waste."

"I know!" and so he webbed a line to take himself and Daredevil over the building, only to be stopped by one of the Kraangdroids blasting the webline with a laser, causing it to disintegrate and forcing them to land on a webtop and avoid the oncoming barrage of laser blasts being fired at them as the helicopter flew away "Dammit, we lost them again."

"And even more concerning is that now we know for a fact that their blasters are able to dissolve your webbing entirely."

"Oh please, my webs fail like ⅔ of the time anyway. But now god only knows what the Kraang are going to use the power cell for. Speaking of which you've been on it for a few years, you have any idea what they're after?"

"Unfortunately no, the only success I've had with investigating their actions is my efforts to minimize casualties in other states. Beyond that, I haven't been able to track their actions and resources back to its source."

"Well better than nothing, but not a good solution in the long run. Like web slinging when you're trying to catch up with an actual chopper."

"Do you have a solution to that problem?"

"Actually I had been brainstorming with Donnie about making a vehicle of my own, kind of like what the guys have with the Shellraiser. Something along the lines of the Spider Mobile. There were only two real problems we found when we came up with that idea."

"The fact that it limits your mobility and flexibility during travel and draws too much attention to yourself?"

"Make that three problems, two of which you yourself just mentioned. I can't drive. I don't have my learner's permit."

"You don't?"

"Two reasons for that. One, once I got my powers I was just able to web swing everywhere I need to go. Two, it's New York so who the shell needs to drive?"

"Valid point I suppose. Still though, we need a proper course of action to find the power cell and stop the Kraang."

"Well it's not like we really have any leads at this point." Spider-Man then paused at the sound of vibrating and pulled out his Spider Cell "Or maybe we do. Mikey just texted me, we're gonna go and meet up with Leatherhead."

"The mutant alligator that once bonded with the same Symbiote as you?"

"It only makes sense, he's the one that took the power cell from the Kraang, so if anyone were gonna know where to go from here it would be him. You probably shouldn't be there when we ask him about it though."

"Any particular reason?"

"He's not exactly big on trusting new people. Or old people either. He still grabs Donnie by the face and shakes him around like a rag doll. It's actually pretty funny. Mikey and I get along pretty well with him though."

"In any case, if he can give us some insight as to what the Kraang's objectives are, then it's worth looking into. You should go and meet up with him, and then contact me and let me know what you find."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

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(the scene opens up to Peter Parker as Spiderman standing one top of one of the buildings in New York. The scene shifts to the same scene as before but now it shows the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo standing next to Spiderman. Spiderman turns to the audience as he raises his right arm before he shoots out his web from his wrist towards another direction off-screen and begins to web-sling as the TMNT begin to follow him as the title of the fanfic: Along Came Some Turtles appeared.)

Whoa Whoa Whoa...

(The next scene shows Peter Parker standing alone on top of a building, but then he looks back to see the Turtles standing behind him, and he smiles. The scene then transitions to the five of them spending time with their friends and family, all of them having a good time with each other)

Daijoubu ore ga nanman kai mo sakende yaru

Kimi no ashita ga subete kagayaite iru to shinjiteru

(The ext scene shows a past events involving Spiderman's origins (getting bitten by the spider and losing his Uncle Ben) and the TMNT origins (them and Splinter getting mutated, along with flashes of their training to become ninjas) as well with all the important details for each one shown and how they come to be who they are now.)

Yume o kanaeta subete no hito ni kasanariau kyoutsuuten

Akirame nakattatte koto soredake sa maken nayo

(The next scene shows the rooftops of New York city as Spiderman and the TMNT were having a stand off towards the Foot Clan ninjas and mutants. They all stood there in silence as the heroes charged forwards to face their foes)

Mukaikaze ni nagasare kujike sou na toki wa

Kono te nigire TRY TO TAKE A CHANCE mou

Kimi wa hitori nanka ja naize?

(the next scene shows the villains of Spiderman and the TMNT have delt with over the years as the Shredder takes the top of this pyramid of villains.)

Motto motto mae e mae e kimi no ikashita yume akiramenaide (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

Sou naite nai de susume MY WAY ima (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

Kimi o terashiten da hikari (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

Akirame nanka zenbu sutete tsuyosa to hikikae ni mata kizutsuite (Whoa Whoa Whoa)

(The next scene shows the heroes fighting their respective villains with Spiderman handling The Rhino, Doc Ock, Green Goblin, and Venom while the TMNT dealing with Stockman-Fly, Bebop, Rocksteady, Tiger Claw, and the Shredder.)

Demo kimi no massugu na hitomi ni wa

Ima mieru daro hikari

(The next scene shows that the heroes looking battered and defeated but they begin to rise back up as Raphael stood up with a roar as Spiderman shot some webbing towards screen.)

Whoa Whoa Whoa...

(The final scene shows a still image of Spider Man and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ready to face off against their villains once again)

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One trip through the sewers later…

"Well at least we know that this breathing apparatus works." Spider-Man was the first one to rise out of the water, with the Turtles following immediately after and panting heavily "Now if only I can add it into my suit without making it stand out too much."

"Easy fix dude, just practice holding your breath." Mikey gave a triumphant grin "Me and my bros are total champs when it comes to holding our breath."

"I'm pretty sure a good chunk of that was because you kept swimming off to pick up random stuff you saw down there."

"It's like a wise man once said, one man's trash is another man's treasure. You never know what you can find down here."

'Huh. One of those times where Mikey actually has a point. Donnie has managed to build almost all of his tech and gear from stuff he found around the sewers. Maybe I should consider giving that a shot at some point. Wow, am I really so desperate for new gear and tech that I'd resort to dumpster diving in the sewers? Then again, I'm pretty sure I answered my own question.'

"Will you two keep it down, he's right over there." Leo pointed toward where Leatherhead was sleeping in the corner "We have to remember not to alarm him, so everyone make sure that you don't make any sudden moves."

"Which raises the next question: Which sorry sucker is gonna be the one that has to go and wake him up? Anyone wanna put it to a vote?"

"Mikey." came the simultaneous chorus from Leo, Raph and Donnie.

"Good enough for me. Alright gater lover, you're up."

"Works for me, he looks so cute and innocent while he's like that." Mikey gave an innocent grin as he slowly crept forward and tried poking Leatherhead to wake him up "Leatherhead, come on big guy it's time to wake up."

"Grr…" this was when Leatherhead's eyes snapped open, glazed and his pupils turning to slits, and then he immediately moved towards the others and grabbed Donnie by the face as he started to shake him around like a rag doll.

"Wait Leatherhead don't, he's not gonna hurt you! Oh man, the poor guy must be having a nightmare !"

"Probably not the only one by the look of it. Give me a second." Spider-Man promptly leapt into action as he tried to web Leatherhead to a wall, only for him to rip through the webs in a matter of seconds "Oh for god's sake, this is what I was talking about with Daredevil. These things don't even work on people most of the time." and then he had to deal with Leatherhead throwing Donnie into him and sending both crashing into the water.

"Don't worry guys I got this, I know what he likes." Mikey leapt towards Leatherhead and used his nunchucks to bind him long enough to get close and start rubbing his stomach "Take it easy buddy, it's Michelangelo and Peter, and my bros too. Go ahead and turn off the crazy eyes buddy, you're safe here."

"Grr…" Leatherhead let out another roar and bared his claws, only to lock eyes with Mikey, and then the anger subsided as he returned to normal "Michelangelo… Peter?"

"Right over here big guy." Peter pulled himself and Donnie out of the water as he spat some out and started wringing out his mask "Not the worst swim I've ever had."

"My friends… Oh no… I got angry again didn't I?"

"If by that you mean more or less turning into a gator version of the Hulk, then yeah that about sums it up."

"Not to mention you grabbing my face again." Donnie let out a groan "Seriously, what is wrong with my face?"

"Nothing that isn't already wrong with Raphs." Peter promptly ducked to avoid a sai being thrown at his head "And the lack of temper helps."

"I am sorry for my outburst." Leatherhead bowed his head in shame "All of you are my friends, the only ones I can truly trust in this city. That in itself is why I chose to give the power cell to you, so you could protect it from the Kraang.

"...Yeah, this next part is gonna suck, I just know it."

"What do you mean?"

"See here's the thing about that, we've got something to tell you."

"But before we do that, why don't you just go ahead and take a seat why I and my grabable face will take one big step backwards." Donnie then proceeded to back away to the other side of the room "Okay go ahead guys."

"Right, so who wants to do the honors?" Spider-Man took a look around and saw the other Turtles all huddled across the room "Yeah that figures, leave the explanation to the one guy that wasn't there. Well here's the thing big guy, about the power cell. We might have lost it…" he was quick to notice Leatherhead's eyes glaze over and turn to slits again "Lost it to the Kraang, and that makes me all the more grateful I can jump like a kangaroo and stick to walls and ceilings, like this!" he promptly leapt up onto the ceiling as Leatherhead began roaring and thrashing around wildly. And grabbing Donnie by the face.

"No no no NOT AGAIN! HELP!"

"Alright alright fine!" Spider-Man breathed a sigh as he leapt down and pinned Leatherhead to the wall using his superior physical strength "Take it easy big guy, the turtles are your friends remember? Except for Raphael, he's got a stick up his shell."

"Grr… you're… right… I'm sorry…" Leatherhead took a moment to calm himself as he went back to normal, and let go of Donnie's face "There's no doubt in my mind that all of you did all that you could to keep the power cell from the Kraang."

"Right, that's totally what happened. Gonna go ahead and choose not to bring up the fact that I wasn't there for it. So scale of 1 to 10, how freaked out should we be over this?"

"Now that they have the power cell back in their possession, the Kraang will be able to open the portal back to Dimension X, and when it opens…"

"They can use it to bring anything from their home to this world." Donnie finished grimly.

"Things that are so horrible, they terrify even me."

"Which means that we have to make sure they can't open the portal. Can you tell us where we can find it?" asked Leo.

"The scene when I escaped was chaotic, there was fighting and carnage, and then I became bonded with the Symbiote… my memory is clouded, but I do recall this at least." he drew a symbol on the ground, consisting of 7 hexagons "Find this symbol, and you should find the portal as well."

"Good to know." Spider-Man took a picture of the symbol, with Donnie doing the same, though the former then went onto something else "Note to self, rebrand Mutant Spider Suit with a new name: the Spider X Suit. That sounds way better." and then he looked down and noticed the various bits of damage to his suit "And another note, I think it's about time to make some repairs on this thing."

"You could just use some of the materials from my lab." Donnie offered.

"Thanks but I don't have the time, I've got school in a few hours. I'll just borrow some stuff from one of the labs during lunch, what's the worst that could happen? Probably something a lot worse now that I hear it out loud.'

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Another day came, and another school day at Midtown High was in session, lunch break to be more specific.

'Tempting as it is to down some cafeteria food, assuming you can call it food, I've got a fair bit of work to do.' Peter found himself in one the empty science labs of the school, looking over his Spider-Man suit with numerous cuts and bits of damage to it 'Maybe it's time for me to get an upgrade to my materials, one that doesn't come from an evil black puddle of goo from space that turns my oldest friend into one of my worst enemies. Now the only question is how to do it in a way that doesn't end up weighing a ton and I can wear underneath my clothes. Didn't Daredevil say something about-'

"Hey Pete."

"Son of a-" Peter whipped around and found Gwen standing in the doorway to the lab, two cups in hand "Oh hey Gwen. How uh… How long have you been there?"

"About two seconds." she blushed and gave a shrug "Sorry, I didn't mean to sneak up on you or anything. I just came to check on you."

"No it's alright, I was kind of engrossed in what I was doing and you caught me a little bit off guard, that's all." he moved a little bit to the side to cover the suit on the desk "So what do you have there?"

"Just some iced coffee, April told me that you were pulling another late night on an assignment for the Bugle so I figured you could use the pick me up so… What are you working on?" she leaned in to get a closer look, only for Peter to try and block her view.

"It's nothing, just a little side project, you really don't need to worry about-"

"I've seen your internet search history before Pete, nothing you have in here could ever be as bad as-" Gwen cut herself short when she peaked over Peter's shoulder and got a look at what was on the desk, that being his Spider-Man suit, and she immediately backed away and gently set the cups of coffee down on the table "Oh… so that's what you were up to…"

"I- I can explain I-"

"You know this is actually a big relief, I've been wanting to tell you for awhile that-"

"Gwen please, I can explain. It's not that I didn't want to tell you, I always did, but I thought that if word got out about it, then you and Aunt May and everyone I care about would be put in huge danger because of this. I mean your track record alone pretty much speaks for itself, like last year on Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve and that one time at the lab with-"

"Peter Peter, it's okay. I get it." Gwen gently gripped both of Peter's hands in an attempt to calm him down "I'm not upset."

"You… You're not?"

"I mean yeah I'm not thrilled that you didn't tell me, but I get why. What you're telling me does make sense. I mean after all, you're bound to end up in the crosshairs in people find out you're the guy that designs Spider-Man's equipment."

"Yeah…" and then Peter registered what she said "I mean yeah, that's totally it. I guess that excuse is more effective than I thought.'

'Thank you April for letting me in on that. I guess he's not quite ready for me to know I'm onto his secret just yet.' Gwen breathed a sigh as she pulled Peter into a tight hug "I just wish that you told me sooner, I could've helped you with this."

"You'd really do that?"

"Of course. I know I hadn't been there for you for awhile, but I promise you now that I'm not going to make that same mistake again. From this point on I'm here for you. Whatever you need, whenever you need it, just say the word."

"That's… That's really reassuring. Thanks Gwen."

"Sure thing. So is there anything I can do to help?"

"You already are." he grabbed the cup of coffee and downed it in a few gulps "That oughta keep me going for the next few hours."

"Great. Well I'll leave you to it. See you up on the roof for lunch?"

"In a little bit."

"Alright, see you then." and so Gwen took her leave of the lab.

Once she was gone, Peter breathed a sigh of relief 'That was too close. I just got Gwen back as a friend, the last thing she needs is this kind of secret crushing her right now. Anyway back to work on the-'

"Designing Spider-Man's equipment?"

"Son of a-" Peter whipped around and aimed a spin kick on reflex, only for it to be blocked and for him to relax when he realized it was only Hobie in front of him "Oh it's just you. For the love of god what is this, "Scare the crap out of Parker" Day?"

"Nope, Thompson has that lined up for next week. You might wanna keep on the look out for the next few days by the way."

"Duly noted. So what brings you down here?"

"Aside from trying to hear myself think for a few minutes, I heard you had a run in with the Heroes for Hire."

"You've heard of them?"

"Spider-Man isn't the only reason people read the paper. Speaking of which, how are things on that front? From what I know the Foot hasn't been very active lately."

"That's because I haven't heard anything from them since the whole thing with the World Wide Genome Project, and that was just that one chick working for Shredder."

"You mean his daughter."

"He reproduced?"

"That was my reaction too. So if not the Foot clan, what's your focus on?"

"At the moment, trying to take down another organization that's been causing all kinds of hell throughout the city. They've even contributed to the creation of at least two of my enemies over the past few months."

"Any progress on taking them down?"

"Before anything else we have to figure out where we can find them. The only real clue we have is this symbol." he pulled out his Spider Cell and showed the picture to Hobie "I know I've seen this before, but I'll be damned if I can remember where. And before you say anything, we've already ruled out the Olympics about half a dozen times."

"I know where that's from."

"You do?"

"Yep. How about this?" Hobie pulled out his own phone and pulled up a certain image on his phone "This look familiar to you?"

"...Holy crap. I've gotta tell the guys about this. This is gonna be huge."

"And you're gonna need the blueprints to the place if you wanna figure it out, lucky for you I have them right here." he handed Peter a flash drive, earning a raised eyebrow "I did one or two small jobs for them awhile back, nobody got hurt for the record."

"Alright then. I'd better let the guys know once I see them. In the meantime, I've got other things to do." he glanced back at his suit on the desk.

"Good call, I'll leave you to it. And for the record, you really oughta was that thing when you get the chance. Seriously, it smells like something died in there." and so he left.

"Oh come on, it can't seriously be that bad." Peter paused and took a long whiff of his suit, only to immediately recoil and turn away 'I stand corrected, apparently it can smell that bad. Either way I've gotta get these repairs done and fast, and then tonight, me, Daredevil and the guys are heading for Brooklyn.'

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Nightfall came, and the group had reunited to identify their target.

"For the love of pizza, would you guys slow the shell down already?" Mikey and the rest of the Turtles, as well as Daredevil, followed after Donnie and Spider-Man as the two of them bolted across the rooftops "I'm dying here, my pizza break was supposed to be 10 minutes ago."

"You'll get it after we show you what we found, now look!" Spider-Man screeched to a halt on one particular rooftop "If we're right about this symbol, then I think we just figured out who we're really fighting in this whole thing with the Kraang. Donnie you wanna go ahead and do the honors?"

"Gladly, it's right up there." Donnie held up the picture on his T Phone and gestured to their target in the distance "The Techno Cosmic Research Institute, TCRI."

"Yep, those are the ones behind the Kraang plot and the whole alien invasion thing. And a lot of the supervillains I've been fighting."

"And the Olympics!" was Mikey's input.

"Not the Olympics, at least as far as we know."

"I'm still kicking myself for not realizing this so soon." Donnie muttered "To think the enemy was hiding in plain sight this entire time."

"Take it from a voice of experience, the biggest threats are usually the ones that are hiding in plain sight, like Tombstone, Venom and the Green Goblin."

"If that's the case, then I think it's pretty clear what we have to do." Daredevil turned to face the Turtles and Spider-Man "We go in there and we take down that portal, and spare our world the wrath of the Kraang."

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Morning came, and planning was in full swing.

"Okay let's go over the plan here, and just throwing this out there, making sure Mikey doesn't get us blown to bits." Peter glanced over to where Mikey was about to touch a certain device on the counter, only for him to recoil and back away "See stuff like that is why I disagree with the sentiments about you being the stupid one."

"Hey I'm pretty smart, I'm just a party dude." Mikey pouted and looked away, leaving Peter to pat him comfortingly on the back of his shell.

"Anyway, I talked with Hobie yesterday and he gave me a flash drive that contained a set of blueprints for the main TCRI building in Brooklyn."

"I've looked over them pretty thoroughly myself." April laid out the blueprints in from of the others "The bottom ⅔ of the building is just your typical normal office stuff, and as far as I can tell, it's just normal people working there."

"Assuming that they are normal people that is."

"And imagine if they knew who they were working for." and then Leo started doing this "The ones who are working for this place must punch the card that is known as the time card in the clock that is known as the clock of time." he was met with blank stares from the others.

"...I get it!"

"Thank you Peter."

"Hey at least I know I'm rubbing off on you."

"You say that like it's a good thing." Raph grumbled.

"Gonna ignore that. Anyway you said the bottom ⅔ are normal, but what can we say about the upper floors?"

"Well that's just the thing, the top ⅓ is completely blank." April told him "There's absolutely nothing there."

"Meaning that whatever they were building up there, they didn't want anyone outside of the actual organization to know about it."

"Which means that's exactly where we have to go." Daredevil's gaze hardened underneath his mask.

"Easier said than done. First we're gonna have to find a way to get past security in the front, and that's including the fact that we can't let anyone see the Turtles."

"And us confronting a major business organization so recklessly would draw a large amount of unwanted attention towards us as well."

"I don't see how many options we have though." April pointed out "It's not like we can just pack up you guys in a giant box and send it special delivery from the Bugle or something."

"...Peter? Turtles?"

"Oh yeah, I think we're thinking the same thing." Peter gave a smirk "And I think I know just how we're gonna go about it."

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Nightfall came, and the plan was about to be put into effect.

'Okay this is it, no turning back now. Special delivery from the Daily Bugle!" the plan was put into effect in the form of Peter (wearing a hoodie thatcovered most of his face) pushing in a giant box on a hand cart, and he used a single shot of webbing to push open the elevator door and slide the box in 'Just hang tight in there for a little while, I'll suit up and be back in a few minutes to join the fun.' and then he felt his Spider Sense going off 'Assuming that this doesn't turn into a whole thing.'

"Attention." a woman speaking in a robotic monotone grabbed Peter by the arm "I will have to ask you to leave, we are closed right now."

'And it's currently turning into a whole thing.'

"Attention." this was when several Kraangdroids approached him, clad in their human disguises and holding large blasters "The package that was delivered to us by you will not be delivered by you to us because you will be stopped by us before you-"

"Finally make you guys shut the hell up? Sounds like a dream come true." Peter used a burst of strength to free himself of the woman's hold and leapt over the oncoming barrage of laser blasts, allowing him to make it out the door right before it sealed itself shut, and then he promptly took off running towards a nearby alley 'Now to suit up and join the party before the fireworks start to go off in there.'

"Kraang, prepare to destroy the thing that is needing to be destroyed by Kraang." the Kraang then turned their attention to the elevator and pressed the button as they readied their blasters, until…

"KRAANG!" this was when Leatherhead burst out of the box and promptly started going to town on the various Kraangdroids, leaving them to try and contain him, and I'm pretty sure you can imagine how that turned out.

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Meanwhile, with the protagonists…

"Alright bros, we're in." Mikey helped the other Turtles and Daredevil out of the elevator and into the shaft "Still I kind of feel bad about leaving Leatherhead down there to fight the Kraang on his own."

"Given the sound of the carnage, I'm fairly certain that he's the one that we don't have to worry about at the moment." Daredevil told him dryly.

"Sounds about right to me, so how far do we have to the top?" asked Raph, only for the five of them to look up and see how high up it was "Ah. Gotcha."

"Perhaps we should start climbing then."

"Works for me I guess." and so the five of them started scaling along the inside of the elevator shaft, until Raph glanced over at Daredevil "So any advice on how you did stuff like this while you were running around Hell's Kitchen?"

"Well I will admit that the buildings in Hell's Kitchen are usually much smaller than ones like this."

"And the ones that aren't?"

"It usually involved me climbing up numerous flights of stairs, which is known to be fairly tedious. Though at the same time, I find that it is good for cardio."

"Huh. That's kind of convenient."

"I had a difficult relationship with my mentor, but one important lesson he taught me was that I should look for training opportunities in any way I can. Also, why is Michelangelo humming the theme to the Olympics?"

"I figured it seemed appropriate." Mikey gave a shrug.

"I'm not entirely certain how that would be appropriate in this situation."

"You had to be there to get it."

"I understand that much, it's how it pertains to this situation I'm unable to understand."

"That's your big mistake, trying to understand how Mikey's brain works." Raph was the first one to reach the entrance to the elevator shaft and pried the doors open… only to immediately shriek in terror and pry them shut "Half naked Kraang, so many half naked Kraang! I gotta wash my eyes!"

'I can imagine this would be one of those times where I'm actually happy to not be able to see in the conventional sense.' Daredevil's musings were cut short by the sound of the alarm blaring throughout the shaft "That can't be good."

"Alright!" Mikey pumped a fist in triumph "This is awesome!"

"How is the alarm sounding a good thing?"

"It's not, I'm just glad that someone set of an alarm and for once it wasn't me. I call that one a total win."

"I suggest you save the celebrating until after we survive what comes next." Daredevil's claim was immediately met with Kraangdroids opening the doors to the shaft and shooting barrages of lasers at them, forcing them to go on the evasive until Daredevil managed to grab onto one of the Kraangdroids with his billy club and hurl him down the shaft "That's one down."

"I got this one dude! Booyakasha!" Mikey latched onto the other Krangdroid with his nunchucks and hurled him down the shaft as well, but then he let out a groan "Aw crap, I forgot to say that I was gonna see him next fall. Well, next elevator shaft fight anyway."

"You should save the quips and snark for after we focus on the task at hand."

"I know I know, get to the top right?"

"As much as I want to, we have other things to focus on at the moment, such as the group of Kraangdroids that are about to start shooting at us from below."

"Oh. Right." Leo glanced over at Daredevil "What do you suggest?"

"That we subdue them with the direct approach."

"Good enough for me, let's take them down!" and so the five of them brandished their weapons and pounced at the Kraangdroids shooting at them from atop the elevator, easily taking them down with a series of swift blows.

"Evidently they mostly have strength in numbers and advanced technology, but not a great deal in terms of intelligence."

"Yeah we kind of noticed that, but in the meantime, let's go ahead and get inside the elevator where it's safe."

"I wouldn't recommend doing that."

"Oh come on, what's the worst that could happen?" Leo opened the door to the elevator… only to find at least a dozen Kraangdroids staring back at him, forcing him to shut the door as they started blasting at him "I gotta stop saying things like that."

"In case it wasn't clear, that's what I meant when I was saying-"

"Yeah I got it, now let's just do this. Any suggestions?"

"I believe I have one that our other masked friend gifted me with before we came here. Allow me." to that end, Daredevil pulled out something from within his suit, that being a single ninja smokebomb, opened the hatch and dropped it down into the elevator, causing the lights to black out and allowing himself and the Turtles to swoop in and take out the Kraangdroids in a series of swift and decisive moves, all before the lights came back on "Swift and efficient, the best way to get these jobs done."

"Yeah, good to know." Raph let out a groan "So for the love of god, can we please just ride this thing to the top now without anything to get into any more pointless crap?"

"As enticing as that opportunity sounds, I should point out that in the various Kraang facilities I've encountered in other states, they all require a retinal scanner."

"So what do we do?"

"Just hold up one of the droid bodies to the scanner and that will do."

"Works for me." Raph grabbed the severed head of one of the droid bodies and promptly held it up to the retinal scanner.

"That will work too."

"That which is known as access is granted to Kraang." and then the elevator started heading up towards the top.

"It shouldn't be much further now."

"I'm not complaining, this is way easier." Raph breathed a sigh "Finally we've got a chance to catch our breath."

"I hate to be that guy in this situation, but you do recall what Leonardo was saying about not saying things like that right?"

"Hey we beat all the Kraangdroids, what's the worst that could happen?" Raph received his answer as the elevator door opened to reveal an enormous cloud of green gas, leaving the five of them gasping for air "Oh… that…"

"Poison gas… brace for…" and then the five of them were unconscious on the floor.

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One brief poison gas-incuded coma later…

"Brace for… lungs giving out…" Daredevil was the first one to rebound and looked around to find himself and the other Turtles encased in a metal tank "Guys."

"Yeah we know, the good news is that we're not dead yet." Donnie noted dryly.

"The bad news is that we're right in the heart of the Kraang's operation surrounded by poison gas."

"Not to mention god only knows how many Kraangdroids." Leo cringed at the sight.

"Not to be that guy, but I'd rather you not use the lord's name in vain." Daredevil was met with a few looks "I'm Catholic."

"Ah. Either way, it's pretty obvious that we're not in Kansas anymore."

"I thought we were in New York." Mikey was met with a smack upside the head from Raph.

"Save the wisecracks for later, we have more pressing matters to attend do, such as that for example." Daredevil gestured to what lay in front of them "I would have to assume that we're looking at the portal."

"It's so beautiful…" Donnie was left more or less drooling over the sight of the portal, only to compose himself a moment later "Scientifically speaking that is."

"I'm sure it would be a lot more of a sight to behold if it wasn't for the fact that it's being used to invade our world. All the more reason we have to figure out how to destory it before they can use it."

"Hate to break it to you, but that doesn't seem likely. We're stuck in this thing and they've got our weapons way over there." Raph jered a thumb to where one of the Kraang was trying to make use of Mikey's nunchucks, only to hit itself on the head, earning a few snickers.

"Evidently they don't know how to use them, of course that doesn't change the fact that it's still filled with poison gas. This is a new one to me."

"You never dealt with stuff like this in any other Kraang stuff before?"

"Not particularly no."

"So much for being the expert on Kraang stuff."

"To be fair I never said I was an expert on Kraang matters, I only aim to protect people from their actions."

"...Fair enough."

"I think this is what the air is like in Dimension X." Donnie noted.

"Well that's a stupid idea, why the shell would you bother invading a place where you can't even breathe the same stuff that everyone else does?"

"Oh yeah what are these guys gonna do, mutate the whole planet so they can live here and we can't?" Mikey was met with stunned looks from the others "What?"

"I honestly can't tell what scares me more." Donnie muttered "What you just said or the fact that you're the one that said it."

"Wait, what did I say again?"

"Don't you guys get it? Mikey's right."

"That never ends well." Raph grumbled.

"My point is that the Kraang are trying to transform the Earth into something that they'd be able to live on."

"And by extension, making it uninhabitable for everyone else." Daredevil finished girmly "All the more reason why we have to bring them down as soon as we can, starting with us getting out of here."

"Yeah quick question about that, how the shell are we supposed to do that when these guys are watching our every move?" Raph jerked a thumb at the numerous Kraang in their flyers pressed up against the prison.

"The prison itself isn't particularly well-fortified so breaking out of it will be easy, but we do need to draw their attention away for at least a moment."

"Which means we need a distraction, but what?" Leo frowned in thought, only to be met with two Kraang activating a control console and causing the portal to start up.

"I can imagine that the portal would suffice."

"That's definitely not good." Donnie muttered "Once that thing opens up, anything could come through there."

"All the more reason for us to break out of here now. The only question is how best to go about this without drawing their attention to us."

"I think I have an idea for that." Leo turned to the others "Mikey, you said before that you could hold your breath right?"

"Like a turtle do." Mikey gave a wide grin.

"Then you're about to get your chance. Me and the guys are gonna use you as a battering ram to break through the glass and bust us the shell out of here, and then hope that we don't end up passing out."

"Huh. Seems legit, I'm in, so let's do this." Mikey promptly retracted himself into his shell, which allowed Leo and Raph to use him as a battering ram and burst through the glass, while he himself kicked out the two Kraang guarding their prison "Yeah, Booyakasha-" and then he caught himself as the others charged into the fray, while Mikey himself took notice of something on the ground and picked it up 'Hey cool, shiny thing, gonna save this for later.'

'That's the first step down, now for the second step.' Leo and the others watched as a group of Kraang swarmed them in their flyers, which could apparently fire lasers, forcing them to go on the evasive, until they managed to take them down with a single swift blow to each of them, as well as redirecting their lasers to form large cracks in one of the windows.

'Swift and decisive moves, evidently their father taught them well.' Daredevil's gaze snapped up in time to see Raph throwing his billy club to him, which he promptly caught and extended just in time to grab onto one of the Kraang flyers coming at him and subsequently hurl it into one of the windows, shattering it upon impact and sucking out the poison gas, allowing both him and the Turtles to breathe 'Such a small amount of poison gas will dissipate when it reaches the outer atmosphere, so no one outside should be at risk.'

"Okay we're good, now let's get moving." Leo and the others prepared to make a move for the portal, only to be stopped by a bright light appearing in the center of the portal "Okay, that's not good. Get ready guys, something else is coming through."

"Brace yourselves, there's no telling what we might be about to face." Daredevil was proven right when the lights subsided and a large molten rock creature (Traag) appeared, glaring at the group 'It's times like this I wish that Stick trained me to fight more than an evil cult made up of ninjas.'

"Welcome to Earth giant rock man." Mikey cautiously waved at Traag, only for him to roar at them and launch himself forward, forcing the group to go on the evasive.

"Wow, an entity that's made of living molten rock. I just wish that I could get the chance to study him." Donnie went in first and tried to land a blown on Traag with his bo staff, only for him to bounce right off.

"I suggest you save it for after we defeat him!" Daredevil went next and tried to bind Traag using his billy club, only for it to be shattered upon making contact 'Then again, that may turn out to be a bit harder than anticipated.' it was only then that he was met with Traag unleashing a wave of lava from his mouth 'And it just became even harder.'

"Word to the wise guys, watch out for the lava puke!" Raph tried to ricochet off a wall in an attempt to nail Traag in the side of the head, only to end up being caught in his grasp, so he tried to kick him in the face, which did nothing 'Aw crapbaskets.' and then he got thrown across the room, with Mikey and Donnie from being sent flying as well, leaving only two standing as a result.

"This is turning out to be fairly problematic." Daredevil glanced over to Leo "I don't suppose you have a plan? My experience isn't particularly helpful in these kinds of situations."

"I've got one or two of them, so follow my lead!" Leo promptly threw a volley of smoke bombs into Traag's face, earning a roar and a giant lava monster chasing after him, though he was able to dodge a particularly powerful strike, leaving it to punch a hole in the wall "Now trap his legs with your billy club!"

"On it!" Daredevil maneuvered behind Traag and extended his billy club to the point where it could bind Traag's legs "Now what?"

"Leave it to the cavalry?"

"In what regard?"

"BOOYAKASHA!" this was when Mikey and the others pounced forward and landed a solid kick to his chest that knocked him to the ground.

"Oh. In that regard." Daredevil watched as Traag started to get back up like nothing happened, and he quickly glanced over at the other Turtles "As much as I commend the teamwork and use of strategy, I don't think that's going to be very effective in the long run. Do we have any sort of weapons powerful enough to actually damage him?"

"Well I do have one idea." Donnie pulled off the bag from the back of his shell "If we use my set of explosives then that might do it."

"But you reserved those for the portal, if we use them on one then we won't able to use them on the other unless…"

"Unless we take out both of them at the same time." Leo finished for him "I think I know how to make this work."

"I'll trust your judgement then."

"Good. Now then, you have any more smokebombs on you?"

"Only one."

"Then you'd better be ready to make use of it."

"I'm always prepared when it comes to protecting this city." so Daredevil was handed the bag of explosives, to which he threw down the smokebomb and disappeared in a flash, then leapt onto the back of Traag and placed the bag around his neck before returning to the ground "That's the first part of the plan I take it, so how do we maneuver him onto the portal?"

"I… did not think that far ahead." it was then that a loud dinging noise sounded throughout the area "But on the plus side, it looks like we just got some backup."

Sure enough, it was at this moment that Spider-Man swung his way onto the scene, with a very irate Leatherhead following right behind him "Hey guys. Sorry I'm late, I had to find a good place to get changed and then I had to help the Good Dinosaur back here clean up the rest of the Stormtrooper rejects down in the lobby. So what did I miss?"

"The Kraang breath poison gas and wanna turn the Earth into something out of Fist of the North Star, and apparently Daredevil's got a hell of a swing with that club of his." Mikey told him.

"...Good to know. So… anyone got a reference for the giant lava guy? Because I'm trying and for the life me I can't think of-"

"TRAAG!" Leatherhead bolted past the group and pounced on Traag in a fit of rage, throwing him to the ground.

"Oh so we're just charging in, okay I guess that works. So what's the plan?"

"Well if the fight up until now is anything to go by, none of our attacks are gonna have any sort of effect on him." Leo told him "But we got the explosives onto his back and we're gonna take him and the portal out in one shot. We just need to get him there."

"Way ahead of you. Hey Leatherhead-"

"I HEARD!" Leatherhead let out another roar as he grabbed Traag by the leg and threw him onto the portal pad, giving Spider-Man the chance to pin him down using his webs.

"Alright we got him, if you're gonna blow him to hell then do it now!"

"Way ahead of you." and so Donnie pressed the button, engulfing both Traag and the portal in the explosion that followed, earning a series of cheers from the Turtles "Yes it's over, we really did it!"

"Huh, so this is what saving the world feels like." Spider-Man breathed a sigh of relief, but then his demeanor hardened as a familiar sensation going off in his head 'And once again the universe gives me a smack upside the head, and it sure as hell feels like it too. Um guys?"

"Alright boy, time for a high three!" Mikey paused and looked over to see the smoke clear and the portal remain unharmed, despite Traag being blown to pieces "And just like that the high three is cancelled."

"Yeah I probably should've mentioned this, but in my experience, celebrating before the smoke clears usually ends horribly for the good guy. I don't suppose any of you have any more bombs tucked away in your shells?"

"That was the only one we had." Donnie told him grimly.

"Figures." then the Spider Sense started going off again, and he and the others looked over to notice Traag rebuilding himself "And apparently he can rebuild his body because of course he can."

"Well this day can't get any worse." Raph muttered, only to be met with the sight of the portal starting back up again "And it just did."

"Yeah take it from a voice of experience, it can always get worse, especially if something else is about to come through." Spider-Man paused, then glanced over at the others "Sorry about this you guys, but I think I'm gonna have to-"

"TRAAG!" this was when Leatherhead pounced on Traag once again and started clawing away at his face in a rage.

"Leatherhead get out of there, something else is coming through!"

"Not if I can help it!" Leatherhead grabbed hold of Traag and started dragging him towards the portal, though as he did he glanced back at the others "Turtles, all of you… especially Peter and Michelangelo… I wish I had more time to spend with you…"

"Leatherhead what are you doing?" Mikey tried to reach out for him, only for Donnie and Raph to hold him back.

"I'm glad that I had the chance to call you my friends… and that I can entrust it to you to stop the Kraang and spare this world from their wrath. Farewell." and with that, Leatherhead dragged Traag all the way through the portal, releasing a powerful shockwave that sent out heroes flying across the room.

"Leatherhead…" Mikey was the first one to recover from the shockwave and stare at the portal pad, now empty "He really just…"

"He knew what he was doing." Spider-Man patted Mikey on the shoulder "Besides, he ripped through the Kraang and got himself out once, so he can do it again."

"You think so?"

"You know him even better than me. For now though, we gotta get out of here."

"What, we can't just up and leave!" Donnie was quick to protest "With that portal operational, the Kraang are more dangerous than ever. We have to destroy it!"

"You got another way to wreck it jammed into your shell somewhere?"

"Well… not at the moment no."

"Didn't think so. Besides it's like I told you before, if you wanna bring down a really big evil organization, you gotta learn how to play the long game. And right now there's only one thing we can do to make sure we can do that."

"Which is?" Donnie received his answer in the form of several more Kraangdroids arriving on the scene and blasting lasers at them.

"Make sure that we don't get killed."

"In other words, live to fight another day." Daredevil stowed away his billy club as he levelled a glare at the Kraangdroids "But we'll return soon enough. They won't have their way so long as the rest of us are alive."

"Works for me." so Spider-Man webbed a line to allow himself, Daredevil and the Turtles to escape from the scene.

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A short while later, at the Lair…

"Come on guys, pick up…" April was dialing away at her T-phone until she saw the dejected forms of the Turltles, Daredevil and Spider-Man make their way into the Lair "Oh thank god you guys are okay!"

"Welcome home my sons, and friends." Splinter was quick to greet them "Did the six of you find success on your mission?"

"I'm afraid not sensei." Leo breathed a sigh as he sat down next to the others "The portal is still active, and Leatherhead… is gone."

"Yeah, but don't forget that he saved us." Mikey gave small sad smile, and thn held up the shiny thing he picked up earlier "And I found this thing."

"So depending on the perspective, kind of a silver lining." Spider-Man rolled his eyes as he took off his mask, revealing the face of Peter Parker, and it was only then he noticed what Mikey was holding "Wait, where did you say you found this thing?"

"I picked it up in the Kraang base, they got a lot of shiny stuff in there."

"Mikey I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be the Kraang equivalent of a hard drive. You guys know what that means right?"

"I think I do." Donnie's face lit up "If we can decode it then who knows, maybe it can help us to find a way to stop them."

"Or at the very least, figure out what the shell they're after." Peter paused, then breathed a sigh as he pulled out his cell phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Calling my Aunt May to let her know I'm gonna be home late, and then ask MJ to go and check in on her just to be safe. Call it a hunch but I get the feeling we're gonna be in for a long night with this. I've been doing a lot of that lately."

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A few hours went by, and the decoding process was still underway.

"This doesn't make any sense." April glanced over at the others "If the Kraang are doing all of this so they can terraform the Earth, then what would they need your dad for?"

"Well to be fair, he is a scientist." Leo pointed out.

"Yeah but he's a psychologist, he's the kind that studies rats running through mazes." she paused and glanced over at Splinter "No offense."

"I like a good maze." Splinter gave a shrug.

"The point is, my dad wouldn't know anything about what they're trying to do."

"Which raises another question." Daredevil frowned in thought "If they had no actual need for your father, why did they bother to target him in the first place?"

"Call it a hunch, but I don't think they were." Peter poked his head out of the lab and motioned for the others to come in, where he led them to Donnie's computer "Donnie and I were able to use the Kraang processor inside Metalhead to access the information that they had on the storage device that Mikey found."

"A lot of the files were damaged, but we think we found what they were after." Donnie pushed a button and pulled up a set of images, earning shocked reactions from everyone present.

"Yeah. April is the one they're after." that was enough to leave April reeling and Donnie to try and comfort her, while Peter took a long look at the computer 'Yep, looks like things just got a lot more complicated. We're gonna have to be ready, we're in for the fight of our lives…'

A/N:

And thus everything is revealed, and now our heroes are well aware of the Kraang's plans, albeit at a great sacrifice, and now our heroes have fortified their resolve to stop the Kraang's plans once and for all, and spare Earth from their wrath. It's clear to all of them that they're in for a long struggle, but they're prepared to do whatever it takes to finish this fight.

On another note, while Peter Parker gets a few scenes with Gwen and Hobie, I chose to give Spider-Man less spotlight in this chapter compared to the others, and this gave me the chance to give more time to the dynamic between Daredevil and the Turtles, something I plan to continue on in the next chapter.

Now to close out this chapter: I want to take the chance to pay my respects to some of those we've lost this year: First, we lost Kevin Conroy (the man playing Batman in DC animation for decades) to cancer only a month ago at age 66. Next, we lost Jason David Frank, (the man known for playing Tommy Oliver, and pretty much the face of the Power Ranger franchise for nearly 30 years) to suicide at only 49. The world will never be the same without these two icons. But to quote another great actor that's been dead for two years as of August (Chadwick Boseman for those of who who didn't get the hint), death is not the end. They are still with us, as long as we do not forget them.