Author's Note: Before we begin this chapter, I have an announcement to make.
As you know, October has just begun. Halloween is around the corner. As such, I have begun plans for something to celebrate the big night. Obviously, today on October 6, I have uploaded this week's fanfics. As usual, I will also upload updates on the 13th and the 20th, but I will NOT be uploading anything on the 27th. I need extra time for something special I have planned the following Halloween. I plan on making a big Halloween blowout, several fanfic updates uploaded to celebrate the holiday. I have a few plans for what I want to upload, but I don't know if I'll be able to finish them all in time, so I don't want to announce them just yet. I also may or may not start a brand new fanfic, one that I have been imagining for over a year.
One more thing. After Halloween, I'll be taking the month off from writing all together to rest up and recharge. I'll return to writing at December. I hope you guys can wait that long.
Now that all that's announced, let's get to this story. Any and all comments are welcome.
The sound of energy blasts filled the warehouse as the Kraang were firing their weapons at Spider-Man and the turtles. Thankfully, those heroes were agile enough to not be hit so easily.
"Keep moving!" Leo ordered as he raced across the warehouse. "Don't let them surround you! Failure is not an option!"
"Well, technically, failure is always an option." Donnie pointed out.
"You know what else is an option?" Raph asked. "Slapping you!"
"Hey, Kraang!" Spider-Man yelled earning the attention of all the Kraang, who then aimed their laser guns at him. "Whoa! Take it easy! I just want to say I LOVE your suits!"
The Kraang looked at each other before replying, "That which is known as a compliment which is made by the one known as Spider-Man is worthy of praise which is called thanks."
"You're welcome." Spider-Man said. "Tell me, do they come in men's sizes?"
The Kraang looked at each other again. "Kraang, Kraang believes the one known as Spider-Man is in fact not giving that which is known as a compliment, but is instead giving that which is known as an insult by referencing Kraang's suit with that which is described as a feminine look." They then aimed their guns at him again in preparation to fire.
"Wow. Brains not just on the outside." Spider-Man said. "Oh, by the way, my friends are about to attack."
His warning alerted the Kraang too late. Leo and Raph struck two of them with their weapons immediately disabling them. Donnie hit one of them with his staff, but it bounced off and barely even bothered him.
"Are you kidding me?" Donnie asked as he frustratingly looked at his staff. "I hate this thing!"
The Kraang turned and was about to blast him, but Raph impaled it with his sais to save him.
"Nice work. When we're done here, there's a marching band that needs a majorette." Raph snarked annoying Donnie.
The fight continued as more Kraang arrived to blast at them. Spider-Man jumped over to them and shot webs at five of them before yanking, pulling them forward and tossing them all into a crate. Small Kraang brains quickly scurried out, squealing in panic.
"Kraang," one of the Kraang said to another, "The present is being a positive time to be the testing of the energy cannon."
With their leader's orders, the Kraang proceeded to open up a large door and unveil a new weapon, an industrial-sized laser with a cockpit that was occupied by another Kraang.
"Whoa. Talk about calling in the big guns." Spider-Man said.
"Everyone, stand your ground!" Leo ordered as they all prepared for battle. Of course, their courage rapidly evaporated as the energy cannon started to warm up. "... On second thought, RUN!"
The cannon blasted, but the others jumped out of the way. The cannon shot repeatedly and everyone narrowly dodged in time. Donnie was the last to dodge, but the blast destroyed half of his staff frustrating him even more.
"OH, COME ON!"
"Dude, your weapon just exploded." Mikey pointed out.
"Let's just hope we don't join it!" Spider-Man said, swinging across the warehouse before hiding behind a crate.
Donnie joined him in taking cover, still upset about his broken staff. "How the shell am I supposed to fight advanced alien technology with a STUPID STICK?!"
"Doesn't it have, like, a hidden blade in it or something?" Spider-Man asked.
"Yes, but that's not the point!" Donnie cried. "My weapon CONSTANTLY gets damaged WAY more than the other guy's! It gets broken, bashed, cut up, snapped in half virtually every week! I am at my wits end with this thing!"
"Well, in any case, even without a weapon, we can still do some good. I web 'em up, you knock 'em down?"
Donnie paused for a sec, then nodded as the two came out to help the others.
The heroes kept fighting until the Kraang began to advance forward, moving beside the energy cannon and continuing to blast at the quintet. The aliens soon had them pressed to the wall, ready to deliver the final blast.
"Kraang, destroy those who call themselves the turtles when that which is the signal is the signal that is given by me. But remember to not destroy the one called Spider-Man for…"
The Kraang didn't have the chance to finish. Leo suddenly launched his shuriken at a steel beam, which bounced it off to a forklift. It bounced off one more time and embedded in the control console. The engine roared and the forklift proceeded to drive right into the Kraang crushing them until they popped out of their robot suits and scurried away.
"You know, every time they leave their suits, it never stops being gross." Spider-Man commented as he and his friends exited through an open window. "Still, that was a good shot, Leo."
"Thanks."
"A good shot?" Raph scoffed. "More like dumb luck."
"Wasn't luck, my friend." Leo boasted. "And dumb had nothing to do with it."
They then noticed Donnie was the last one who was exiting through the window, but he was struggling with trying to pull something out with him.
"Hey, give me a hand with this?" Donnie asked.
"A hand with what?" Leo asked.
The answer turned out to be a dormant Kraang suit. Reluctantly, the others helped Donnie pull it out of the warehouse and carry it to the nearest manhole cover.
"We're carrying this thing because why?" Raph asked.
"Don't you want to understand how these things work?" Donnie asked.
"I know how they work." Raph said. "You hit them 'till the brainy toy surprise pops out."
"Donnie may have a point, Raph." Spider-Man said. "I mean, that energy cannon they pulled out was pretty new and powerful. The more we learn about the Kraang, the more prepared we'll be for even more surprises they may have. We don't even know what their endgame is. Studying this suit is a good first step in the right direction."
"See? As a man of science, Spidey understands." Donnie praised.
"Yeah, yeah. Geeks of a feather," Raph grumbled. "Look, the point isn't to try to understand the tech. The point is to smash it up into little bits and pieces so THEY can't use it on US."
"That's your problem, Raph. You never think things through." Donnie stated as he attempted to drop the suit into the sewer entrance. Unfortunately, it was too small and the suit was too big, so it couldn't fit through.
"Was that supposed to fit?" Raph asked in a deadpan tone before giving Donnie an equally dry look. Donnie said nothing as he looked embarrassedly at Raph, back to the suit, and then proceeded to try and kick and shove the suit down the small hole.
After a few seconds of watching the ironic and amusing display, Spider-Man spoke up. "Welp, this has been fun, guys, but I gotta head back home before my aunt chews me out for missing curfew again. I'll catch you all tomorrow though."
"'Kay! See you later, Spidinator!" Mikey waved as Spider-Man swung away, leaving the turtles to figure out how exactly to get their new acquisition home.
The next day, Spider-Man was swinging across New York while taking in the bright, somewhat-sunny day. Already, he had stopped two muggings and a drug store robbery.
"Ah, the Big Apple on a Saturday afternoon. You know, if you do so much work at night, oftentimes, you forget to seize the day."
"Spider-Man! Down here!"
Spider-Man stopped and looked down at a building where a familiar girl called out to him. He quickly spun around and landed next to April O'Neil.
"April?" Spider-Man asked. "What's up?"
"I have a tip on the Kraang." April said.
"You do?" Spider-Man asked. "How?"
"I recently set up a message board online to collect unusual sightings around New York." April explained, walking over to grab her laptop and fire it up. "Videos, messages. I thought it would help us track the Kraang and find my dad easier. Just earlier, I got a video of a gas explosion on Bleecker Street." She showed a video of something walking out of the smoke from the explosion. It was definitely a Kraangdroid.
"Well, how about that?" Spider-Man said. "So the Kraang are on Bleecker, huh? Must have decided to get a new hideout after we busted up the one we found last night."
"I asked the turtles to help, but understandably, they don't want to go out in broad daylight." April said.
"Ah. Nice to be known as the second choice." Spider-Man chuckled. April quirked an eyebrow at him. "Don't worry. I'll go have a look at it. Just give me a bit more info on where this explosion happened."
Per April's direction, Spider-Man swung over to Bleecker Street and discovered an area that looked like it HAD been damaged somewhat by a gas explosion. He then looked around and spotted something else; a lone Kraang droid walking the street, undisguised. Evidently, since the street had been evacuated due to the explosion, it didn't have to worry about being spotted. Spider-Man silently swung and followed the robot to another warehouse nearby, where it punched in a code on a futuristic keypad and entered. As he looked around some more, Spider-Man noticed an open window and snuck in.
"Looks like someone left the window open." Spider-Man whispered with a smirk underneath his mask. "Careful, Kraang. You'll let the spiders in."
With his ninja stealth and wall-crawling skills, Spider-Man crept across the ceiling and stopped when he noticed two Kraang conversing with each other. Quietly, he released a webline and used it to lower himself just enough to hear their conversation and avoid being seen.
"Is that which is the unstable mutagen ready for using in the experiment that Kraang is ready to begin?"
"The unstable mutagen will be tomorrow unleashing in the water supply. Many infected humans will mutation. This is being a good way to perfect the mutagen to the point of perfection."
Spider-Man's eyes widened. He had definitely heard enough. Quickly, he raised himself back up to the ceiling. However, in his haste, he slightly bumped one of the hanging lamps. Wincing, Spider-Man quickly climbed faster, then crawled behind a column, pressing himself against it just as the Kraang looked up, missing him.
"Perhaps this was not being the best place to be choosing for Kraang to be doing the hiding in. That which is known as the hideout of Kraang appears to be that which is known as infested with that which is called vermin."
"Do not be doing that known as telling Kraang that Kraang is that which is known as scared of that which is known as vermin."
The two droids walked away, allowing Spider-Man to breathe a quiet sigh of relief before he crawled back to the open window and swung out from it. Once he did, he looked ahead to a nearby rooftop and saw April waiting for him. He swung over and landed in front of her.
"Did you learn anything?" April asked.
"Nothing good." Spider-Man said. "The Kraang are planning to give all of Manhattan a full-mutation makeover by putting mutagen in the water supply tomorrow morning."
"The water supply?" April gasped. "Oh, no! The others need to be warned!"
"Already ahead of you," Spider-Man said with a nod. "Just stay here and keep an eye on the warehouse. Make sure they don't leave and PLEASE don't engage them."
April nodded and Spider-Man proceeded to head straight to the Lair.
Spider-Man didn't waste any time in heading down a manhole cover in an alleyway and trekking into the sewers. It had honestly gotten far easier to keep from getting lost now since they had marked the right tunnels with secret symbols of webs and turtles that could be shown with a black light Spider-Man kept on hand. Eventually, he stowed the light as he reached the abandoned subway tunnel that led straight down to the Lair. He quickened his pace and soon arrived at the turnstile entrance, leaping over it.
"Guys, you are not going to believe this!" Spider-Man called out right before his Spider Sense started tingling and he stopped just in time before a green mass flew by right in front of him.
"WAAAH!" Mikey yelled as he crashed on top of Leo and Raph on the floor, leaving all of them in a daze.
"Oh yeah!"
Spider-Man looked in disbelief at the turtle pile before the voice of the only one NOT in the pile caught his attention. He turned to see what had likely attacked the others. It looked like a turtle, but it was completely made of metal and much smaller than the others. Donnie stood behind it with a proud smile while holding an RC controller and doing a small victory dance.
"Uh… Okay. Now, I'M not believing this." Spider-Man said in a shocked tone.
"Oh. Hey, Spider-Man." Donnie said. "Check out my newest and coolest invention ever!"
"What am I looking at?" Spider-Man asked.
"Well, remember how I said every time I fight the Kraang, my staff gets busted?" Donnie asked. Spider-Man nodded. "Well, Master Splinter gave me permission to upgrade my arsenal, so I reverse engineered the Kraang suit we found to create this: my newest weapon! A fully-functional combat drone called Metalhead!"
"Cool name, right?" Mikey groaned standing up from the pile. "Named him myself."
"So, what do you think? Pretty neat, huh?" Donnie asked excitedly.
"Well, it's… interesting." Spider-Man said trying to find the words.
Donnie frowned. "You don't like it?" he asked in a voice that sounded disappointed.
"No! No, no, it IS cool. It's just… you traded in your signature stick for a tinker-turtle?"
"Well, it's like you said; the more we learn about the Kraang, the more prepared we'll be for any more surprises they'll have in store. I figure what better way to fight the Kraang than with Kraang tech? So by making Metalhead, I've studied the technology and managed to create something that blows a dumb six-foot staff completely out of the water!"
"This just seems a bit… much, don't you think?" Spider-Man asked.
"I think the results speak for themselves." Donnie said gesturing to his defeated brothers. "I kicked their shells, and I didn't even have to use the laser cannon. With this thing, I'm invincible."
"Oh, yeah?" Raph asked before casually using his sai to knock the controller out of Donnie's hand.
"You know what I mean." Donnie said as he recovered his controller. That's when Splinter walked in.
"You actually allowed this, Sensei?" Spider-Man inquired.
"I did. Ninja have been upgrading their arsenal for centuries." Splinter advised. "It is how we adapt." He then looked down at Metalhead. "Although, even I admit, this is… more unorthodox than I imagined."
"That's another word for it, I guess." Spider-Man said before remembering his real reason for being there. "But anyway, I didn't come for a social call. I got bad news, guys."
"What's up?" Leo asked.
"It's the Kraang again. I checked out April's tip about them and they are DEFINITELY up to no good already. I snuck into their new hideout and overheard that they're going to put mutagen in the city's water supply!"
Leo quickly became concerned. "The whole city will become a disaster area."
"There'll be mutants everywhere." Donnie exclaimed.
Mikey smiled. "Wow. Think of all the friends we can make." Everybody stared at him judgingly. "Excuse me for being a glass-half-full kinda guy."
"We gotta stop the Kraang." Leo said.
Donnie then turned to Splinter. "Sensei, I was wondering if I could take Metalhead for a spin tonight."
"You may." Splinter confirmed.
"That's totally unfair! You can't just…" Donnie yelled before realizing what Splinter said. "Wait, what?"
"You have created this new weapon." Splinter said patting Metalhead. "We must see how well it works. But it is a test only. We cannot risk it jeopardizing your mission. Do not take it into combat."
"No problem, Sensei." Donnie said. He waited until Splinter left the living room.
"You're taking it into combat, aren't you?" Raph asked.
"Totally!" Donnie said excitedly.
"Well, this should be… fun." Spider-Man muttered, wearily eyeing the robotic turtle. "Why do I feel like I'm about to be swinging next to a nuclear reactor?"
Later that night, Spider-Man led the way while the turtles followed him over the rooftops. He stopped swinging and landed on a roof near the hideout where the other turtles landed. Suddenly, they heard the loud noises of gears grinding and metal clanging from the distance. Metalhead was running behind them until he jumped and landed loudly, making a dent on the roof, causing the others to wince and Spider-Man to facepalm. He continued running until he caught up with the others and steam released from the sides of his head.
"Should we double back?" Leo asked. "I think there's a car alarm he didn't set off."
"Seriously, Donnie, you're causing property damage just by walking." Spider-Man groaned. "The Kraang okay, but you do NOT want to tick off the New York landlords. They fight dirty."
"I kinda like it." Raph said patting Metalhead. "It goes nicely with all the sirens and cried for help."
"Oh, come on." Donnie spoke through Metalhead's speaker. "You guys are just jealous 'cause you're out there in the cold and I'm here eating Mikey's last slice of pizza."
"Hey!" Mikey yelled punching Metalhead, only to get hurt instead.
"We can argue with the couch potato later," Spider-Man said. "Look, there's April." He pointed at the next building which he and the turtles leaped to.
"There hasn't been any movement." April informed before noticing a turtle missing. "Where's Donnie?"
A whistling sound was heard and Spider-Man looked up. "Oh. Looks like he overshot his jump. Better move." The turtles moved aside with Leo pushing April back.
"What-" A BOOM erupted and a cloud of dust came up. When it passed, she stared at Metalhead. "What. The heck. Is that?"
"It's Donnie's latest 'brilliant' invention: Metalhead." Leo said.
"You gotta admit, it's stealthier than the REAL Donatello." Raph stated.
There was a moment of silence for a moment until Metalhead let out a megaphone which gave a loud radio feedback, making the others cover their ears. "Oh, sorry, April. I'm still getting used to the controls. Whoops." He retracted the megaphone and spoke in his normal volume. "Megaphone button got stuck."
"Well, while we still have eardrums that aren't bleeding," Spider-Man said rubbing the sides of his head, "We gotta get into that warehouse and destroy the mutagen before it can get into the water supply."
"Let's go!" Leo ordered making a run toward the warehouse.
"Yeah! The Kraang don't stand a chance!" Donnie ordered before Metalhead got stopped by Leo, who held his hand up to him. "What?"
"Donnie, I need you to hang back." Leo said. "Metalhead is just too clumsy. It'll get in our way."
"Clumsy?" Donnie asked moving Metalhead's arms to the sides also destroying a roof turbine. "I did that on purpose to emphasize my point."
"Look, Donnie, Splinter's right. The risk is just too great for you to have fun with this unstable bot." Spider-Man said. "Don't worry though. I'll bust open a Kraang head for you." He left with the other three turtles, leaving Metalhead alone with April, his head hung low.
Looking around awkwardly, April patted Metalhead on the back. "Um… There, there?"
The heroes sneaked into the warehouse through the same window that Spider-Man used earlier. They perched themselves on the rafters in the ceiling looking down at the Kraang, who were packing up several cannisters of mutagen.
"Looks like a Kraang picnic down there." Leo said.
"Too bad they're going to have a little infestation." Spider-Man said.
"Ready to bash some bots?" Raph asked.
"Destroy some droids?" Leo asked.
"Mash some mechs?" Spider-Man asked.
"Clean some closets?" Mikey asked earning confused looks from the others. "Uh, I meant to say crush some Kraang?"
Without another word, Leo leaped down and sliced his katanas to decapitate one of the Kraangdroids without alerting the others. There was another Kraang right next to it, but Spider-Man quickly webbed it up to him and he trapped it onto the ceiling.
"Take a break. You earned it." Spider-Man whispered.
Spider-Man and the turtles continued to sneak further across the warehouse. They stopped behind some crates as they saw even more Kraang loading up more mutagen. They had the element of surprise… until they heard a metal clank behind them.
They turned and spotted a Kraangdroid that fell down behind them. It was the one Spider-Man had beaten up but left on the floor! It beeped loudly while pointing at them alerting the other aliens before collapsing completely. They realized they lost their advantage once the Kraang all pointed their weapons at them.
"Shoulda beat it up harder, Spidey." Raph grumbled.
"Uh… is this not the Metropolitan Museum of Art?" Spider-Man asked nervously. "I really gotta get a new maps app."
The Kraang began firing their lasers forcing the heroes to regroup backwards. There was a lot more Kraang than the last time they fought, and the team was down one turtle, so the odds were overwhelming for the wall-crawler and his reptilian pals. They had no way to fight back.
"Leo, we're running out of room!" Raph pointed out as they were cornered behind a stack of crates.
"We're trapped!" Leo said.
"Or maybe THEY'RE the ones who are trapped!" Mikey guessed. He peeked his head out before nearly getting blasted. He ducked back down with a panicked look on his face. "No. It's us."
"Good attempt, Mikey!" Spider-Man said.
Just then, everyone stopped when they heard the glass shattering above them. They looked up right when Metalhead dropped down from the skylight and landed on some of the Kraang crushing them beneath its feet. Donnie laughed through the speakers while Metalhead's arms were posed weirdly.
"What are you doing?" Leo asked. "What is wrong with your arms?"
"My hands aren't on my hips?"
"No!"
"Sorry. Forgot to press B." Donnie said as he fixed Metalhead's arms to be positioned as he intended.
Metalhead found himself in the center of a circle of Kraang aiming their weapons at him. But although the lasers fired, they were unable to damage him. They weren't even leaving any burn marks on him.
"Now, it's MY turn!" Metalhead's hands changed into lasers. "Eat hot laser!"
Donnie laughed crazily as he wildly shot at the Kraang surrounding Metalhead. He honestly sounded like a hyperactive kid that was winning against an intense action game.
"I believe a power man or mutant was not supposed to wield has been unleashed." Spider-Man said gravely, the other turtles silently nodding.
Donnie then shot Metalhead's other hand like a rocket, which then knocked down several Kraang before returning to his wrist.
"Hey, Raph, how does it feel to be shown up by a toaster?"
"Burn!" Mikey cried out.
"Yeah, I thought that was a good one."
"No, Donnie! He means 'BURN'!" Spider-Man cried out pointing behind Metalhead where two Kraang were closing in.
"Oh, right!" Metalhead then whipped out a flamethrower and sent out a wave of flames across the room.
As Donnie continued to wreck the Kraang with Metalhead, a lone Kraang looked over and observed Metalhead's actions. "That thing which does violent AT Kraang used to do violence FOR Kraang." The suit then shut down, and the Kraang inside its stomach crawled out with a malicious plan in mind.
Donnie's wild shooting started to get out of control after a while. As Metalhead turned, he nearly fired his lasers at his friends. Thankfully, they missed.
"Dude!"
"Oops. Sorry, Mikey."
"Donnie, watch the friendly fire!" Leo warned.
"Remember, the bad guys are the ones with their brain bodies exposed!" Spider-Man reminded.
Donnie wasn't listening. He continued to fire his weapons at the Kraang until he got carried away. A few of his blasts managed to hit a collection of octane tanks which blew up and sent Metalhead flying backwards hitting a steel pillar. As it fell, the antaenna on his head broke off and Donnie lost control of his robot. That's when the stray Kraang made his move.
"No! I lost the control signal! Wait, what's that Kraang doing?"
The Kraang climbed up Metalhead and attached itself on top of his head. It then closed its eyes and got electrocuted before getting a firm grip wrapping its tentacled around him. Metalhead finally turned back on, but his eyes turned purple making Donnie worried.
"Uh, oh! Guys, if you can hear me, you might wanna run!"
Spider-Man and the other turtles watched and stood still as Metalhead finally stood up with the Kraang connected to his head. He turned his purple eyes at the heroes and spoke the Kraang's voice.
"The ones that which are called Spider-Man and the turtles will now be called Spider-Man and the turtles who will SUFFER."
"…Whew." Mikey let out a sigh of relief. "I was really afraid at the beginning of the sentence, but then, I sort of just lost interest towards…"
He stopped talking once Metalhead pulled out his laser hand again, but this time, with the Kraang controlling it, it was now aimed directly at the heroes.
"Okay. I'm afraid again."
"Danger! Danger! Run, Will Robinson!" Spider-Man yelled as he quickly swung out of the way before Metalhead fired. The others ran around the warehouse screaming their heads off while trying not to be destroyed.
"Give him everything you've got!" Leo shouted just as Mikey threw his nunchucks and diverted Metalhead's weapon away from them. He and the others attacked him with everything they had, but nothing was budging him. "He's got to have a weak spot!"
"This always works!" Mikey said before kicking Metalhead right in the area between his legs. However, it did more damage to Mikey than it did for the robot. "Ow! Well, usually."
"Forget the robot, guys!" Spider-Man shouted. "Try going for the Kraang controlling it!"
He shot a web aimed directly at the Kraang, but before it could attach itself to it, Metalhead held out his hand and caught the web in his metal grip. "Oh shell!" He then pulled Spider-Man right to him and hit him with a punch hard enough to make him groan and clutch his chest while laying on the ground. Metalhead then proceeded to beat down the turtles while the other Kraang recovered and joined it by its side.
"Now, Kraang will destroy the ones who are called turtles, but Kraang will spare the one called Spider-Man."
"Spare me?" Spider-Man asked.
"Which turtle wants to be the first to be destroyed by Kraang?"
"ME!"
Donnie dropped in from the broken skylight and landed between the Kraang and the others. He spun his staff around him ready for another fight.
"Donnie, bangin' entrance, dude!" Mikey praised.
"Nice to have you back in the flesh, man." Spider-Man said. "I gotta ask though. How is it that you, the CREATOR of Metalhead, had a hard time controlling him, but the Kraang were so instantly able to master it?"
"Probably because it IS made from their technology." Donnie hypothesized. "But we can discuss theories later. You guys deal with the droids. I'll handle Metalhead."
"Round two, you bloated jellyfish!" Spider-Man yelled out swinging to the droids along with Leo, Raph, and Mikey leaving Donnie alone against his Kraang-controlled creation.
"It is the maker of the tech which was the tech that was of the Kraang."
"Come on!" Donnie yelled spinning his staff again. "Gimme your best… GAH!" He rolled out of the way once the rocket fist was launched at him. He was thankfully able to deflect it back at Metalhead.
Donnie then struck Metalhead with his staff, but it had no effect on him. Metalhead retaliated with a series of blasts that Donnie mad to dodge out of the way. One of the blasts landed a hit, however, but it didn't hit Donnie; it hit his staff which broke into two again.
"Not again." Donnie exclaimed.
Metalhead fired rockets out of his eyes forcing Donnie to dodge again. That's when the turtle noticed a damaged part of the steel pillar. An idea then popped into his head.
"That might work." Donnie said before crying out to the Kraang. "Hey, Kraang! The one who is called your mother wears the boots that are made for combat!"
"The comment that is made by you shows ignorance of Kraang. The ones known by you as mothers…"
"Just come get me!" Donnie dared.
Metalhead fired more rockets which Donnie jumped out of the way from. The rockets hit the steel pillar again, and it started to fall over. Donnie landed on the other side of Metalhead just as the pillar landed right on the latter. Donnie raised his staff with the splintered end facing up so that once Metalhead was struck by the pillar, he would be impaled by it.
And it worked. When everything stopped, Donnie watched as his staff pierced right through Metalhead's body causing it to spark and slowly short out.
"Booyakasha!" Donnie cried out.
"Sounds weird when he says it." Mikey said while the rest of the Kraang were defeated easily.
"Sounds weird when YOU say it." Raph returned.
"That which is the revenge will be had on those who call themselves the turtles and the one who calls himself Spider-Man." The Kraang slid off of Metalhead's head and nearly jumped on Donnie, but Spider-Man swiftly kicked it to the wall and it slid down.
"The one known as Kraang has the appearance of that which is known as roadkill that has been that which is known as run over!" Spider-Man shouted.
In response, the Kraang roared and slithered away. Spider-Man then went to help Donnie up.
"Nice job, bro." Mikey said.
"Way to go, Donnie." Leo said.
"Way to dismantle the situation, buddy." Spider-Man said.
"Yeah, not bad," Raph said, "Except for the part where you built the thing in the first place, and the part where it broke, and the part where it tried to kill us, and the part…"
"Okay, I get it!" Donnie interrupted starting to feel guilty.
"You have the empathy of a gopher, you know that, Raph?" Spider-Man asked crossing his arms.
After the fight at the warehouse, Spider-Man went home to rest up before stopping by the Lair to check up on the turtles. He saw Leo, Raph, and Mikey playing on one of their arcade games and he saw Splinter in the dojo meditating. All of them were too busy to notice him. He also noticed a black spot on the wall. He then headed to Donnie's lab where, sure enough, he caught sight of the turtle with the purple bandana on a workbench looking glumly over the remaining pieces of Kraang tech.
"Hey, Don." Spider-Man said. "How are you doing?"
"Oh. I'm doing fine. Why?"
"Well, I know you must be feeling bad after the whole Metalhead thing."
"Yeah. I was bummed about that for a bit." Donnie admitted. "But Sensei helped me feel better. Now, I'm content with my wooden stick… Well, for the most part."
"Most part?" Spider-Man asked.
"I… may have tried adding a missile launcher to the end." Donnie admitted embarrassedly. "It didn't end well."
"So THAT'S what that black mark on the wall was!" Spider-Man said.
"Yeah." Donnie sighed. "Listen, Spidey, I want to apologize. You tried to make me see that I was going overboard and I was just too wrapped up in the new coolness of Metalhead that I didn't listen. I guess I was trying to overcompensate for the fact that, as more of a scientist, I'm not as strong or tough as my brothers. And me having the only really wooden weapon of the group didn't help." He sighed again. "I suppose I just wanted to prove that my genius could do some real good for our fights. After the T-Pod Incident, I thought I had it figured out, but I guess not. Chalk up another failure."
Spider-Man placed a hand on Donnie's shoulder. "It's cool, dude. I can understand getting caught up in using something new and awesome. You just wanted to feel important to the team. But lemme tell you now that you ARE. To be honest, out of all the turtles here, D, I feel you are the closest to my speed when it comes to stuff like science and tech. You ARE a genius, Donatello. Sure, Metalhead may have gone belly up, but hey, don't toss in the towel because of that. After all, the Wright Bros. failed numerous times at making the airplane before THEY soared, remember?"
Donnie stared at him before giving a gap-toothed smile. "Thanks. I think I really needed to hear that."
Spider-Man nodded before he looked back at the desk. "Is that the remains of the Kraangdroid you were studying?"
"Yeah." Donnie said. "I kinda wasted most of it to build Metalhead. Trying to build anything else out of this stuff could be tricky."
Spider-Man rubbed his chin and stepped forward. "Huh. You know, with the electro-magnetic energy this thing produces, I bet if we combine it with my web-shooters, we could add an electric web function."
Donnie's eyes widened. "By Darwin's beard, that's actually brilliant! Both modern and practical, especially against advanced enemies. And if we collected more Kraang tech, we could make even more gadgets!" Spider-Man looked at him and Donnie chuckled. "Of course, we won't go overboard like with Metalhead. Mainly making ones that help US fight better. Not do all the fighting FOR us."
"Exactly." Spider-Man nodded.
Donnie smiled at his masked friend. "Spider-Man, how would you like to accept the position of lab partner?"
"Well, I would be just HONORED, Dr. Hamato!" Spider-Man said grandiosely. "But if we ever win a Nobel Prize, my name goes first."
Donnie laughed. "We can talk about it."
Spider-Man laughed as well and held out a hand which Donnie clasped and shook. A new partnership had been born.