Chapter 6:
AMBUSH!

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE TECHNODROME…

Krang angrily pounded on the blast doors of the Trans-Dimensional Chamber, while the construction continued around him. "You're not the only one who needs to use the trans-dimensional portal, y'know!" he demanded. "Open up! What'd you do—fall in?!"

His complaints were silenced when Karai's fist shattered the faceplate of his robot body, and yanked him from inside. "AAAAGH! MY BODY!" Krang shrieked as the bio-suit toppled to the floor.

"Insolent slug!" hissed Karai. "The Shredder's business is his and his alone! Do not seek to interrupt him again."

As she discarded him like a used tissue, the blast doors opened. And from within emerged the Utrom Shredder, looking like he'd just woken up from a particularly bad dream.

"Father, what is it? What's wrong?" Karai asked, looking from him, to the chamber. "What did you see in there?"

"...Turtles, Karai…" Utrom Shredder groaned, before he regained his composure. "I must have them. Both teams. At once…"

"For…revenge?" asked Karai.

Were he not wearing a mask, one would be able to see the sickening smile on Utrom Shredder's fiendish face. "Whatever else…?" he asked, as his eyes glowed.

"Yes, REVENGE! At last! I knew you'd come through!" declared Shredder. "Together, we shall utterly crush the turtles once and for—WHUP!" he narrowly dodged another blow that Utrom Shredder delivered, which would've knocked him across the room. "Ah…you almost had me there."

"I see your reflexes are still sharp, if nothing else," noted Utrom Shredder, before he turned to the shadows. "HUN! Tonight, you hunt! Find those who did this to you—and bring them to me!"

Hun's fangs gleamed in the shadows. "I'm all over it," he chuckled wickedly. "COME!"

Bebop and Rocksteady stepped forward, each armed with a blaster.

"Now dis," chuckled Bebop. "Is gonna be a blast!"

ELSEWHERE, IN THE LAIR…

The two Donatellos were still working on the Trans-Dimensional Portal Rod, a little while after the others had gone to catch some Z's. The device in question was atop the table, attached to a network of cables.

"Okay—stand back!" Donatello exclaimed, as he pressed a switch. The cables pulsated…the rod crackled, and both Donatellos took cover…as it fizzled out. "I don't get it…that should have worked."

"Should have worked?" blurted Don, exasperated. "That'll never work! That's not a Trans-Dimensional Portal Rod, that's…" he tapped a button on the side, causing the device to shine a bright yellow beam. "...a flashlight."

"Past tense: it was a flashlight," explained Donatello. "Which I put some new parts into. But with a bit more positive thinking, and some extra re-wiring, it'll soon be a Trans-Dimensional Portal Rod! Now, be a pal and pass me a hammer?"

Don glanced at the tool on the nearby table. "All I have is a wrench," he said, picking it up.

"Details, details," Donatello waved him off. "Science isn't all about facts, y'know. Sometimes…it just takes some ingenuity, and a little guesswork doesn't hurt."

As he twirled the wrench in his hand, he began hammering the side of the flashlight, pounding in a loose screw.

Suddenly, a massive tremor shook the lair. The two Donatellos looked at each other.

"What the shell was that?" asked Don.

Then, there was another tremor.

And finally, a massive explosion that blew apart the wall of the lair's entertainment area! As debris shot everywhere, both Donatellos were knocked off their feet.

As the dust settled, in came Bebop, Rocksteady…and Hun, in all his ghoulish glory. He was a massive mutated turtle, with sharp fingernails, and pointy protrusions emerging from his elbows and shoulders. But that wasn't all, folks—he was clad in a black bandana, wearing a black and purple belt with skulls on the sides, a pair of tekko-kagi claws, and on his back was a warhammer. In his left hand, he clutched a battle axe. Altogether, he looked like a twisted perversion of the very idea of a Ninja Turtle.

"TUR-TLLLLES!" Hun roared.

"Oh, no…" Don muttered as he got to his feet.

"How'd they find us?" asked Donatello.

A wicked smile spread across Hun's horrible face. "They followed their nose," he replied as he held up the Scent Analyzer [from 1987—0328: Beware the Lotus]. "Don't you just love their stupid technology?"

"Y'know what they say, the nose knows!" said Rocksteady, chuckling, right before he got hit by Splinter's cane—which was thrown down from overhead.

Standing there were Splinter, Raph, Leo and Mikey, all ready to throw down.

"Who disturbs the sanctity of my home?!" demanded Splinter.

Bebop and Rocksteady, worried, each took a tiny step back and meekly pointed at Hun.

"Don't you recognize me, rodent?" the blonde bruiser bellowed. "Come examine your sons' handiwork!"

All at once, the turtles realized who it was. "...Hun?!" exclaimed Mikey.

With a ferocious roar, Hun pulled out a mace and charged like a bull. Splinter and the turtles leapt away, as Hun swung the mace, which plowed right through the opposite wall.

KA-THOOM!

As the wall crumbled around him, Hun stood amidst the destruction, as though he was being bathed in the ashes. Once it was done, he burst free and smashed through another section of the wall.

Bebop and Rocksteady waved in a legion of laser-blasting robot Foot Soldiers, in an all-out attack.

Quickly, Don vaulted away from the lab, and Donatello ducked with something in his arms, as laser fire blew the lab apart. Amidst the mayhem, he continued his work.

Overhead, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo emerged from their sleeping quarters, when suddenly they noticed the fight going on.

"I might be a little sleepy," said Raphael. "But I can stave it off for a fight!"

Suddenly, lasers blasted the ramp out from under them, bringing them all down into the moat. Hun switched his mace out for his warhammer, which he held up and swung through another wall as he steamrolled through Leo, Splinter, support columns, Raph, equipment, and other such things.

"Alright, fearless leader—" said Raphael. "How do we beat Mister Big Green Wreckin' Machine?"

"At the moment…" Leonardo responded. "...I'm open to suggestions!"

Raphael wiped his head. "Now I know how Custer must've felt…"

Mikey sprang into action, chuks-a-twirling, as he got ready to battle the robots, but they effortlessly dodged his attacks, and smacked him, sending him flying backwards.

"...Robots 2-point-0?" he groaned. "Somehow, I don't think these ones go 'boom' if you hit 'em…"

As the fight raged, Splinter dodged laser fire, raced forward and delivered flying kicks to both Bebop and Rocksteady, knocking them backwards.

"So what's with the new look, gruesome?" asked Raph as Hun tried to smash him. "Couldn't rock your own style, so you became a Teenage Mutant Ninja Ripoff?"

"That mutagen turned me into the last thing I touched—" snarled Hun. "MUTANT TURTLE FILTH!"

"It's not true," Raphael told the reader. "We shower regularly."

At that, both Hun and Raph looked around, confused at who he could be addressing. After a few seconds, Hun let out a roar and charged at the two red-bands, trying to smash them. Luckily, Leo sprang into action and bicycle-kicked Hun backward.

"Why are you here, Hun? What do you want?" he asked, as he charged with Raph and Mikey.

You have no idea what this is about, do you?" asked Hun, as he punched Raph away. "You don't even know…HE'S BACK!"

As Raph and Mikey got to their feet, Leo raised a brow. "He…?"

Hun smirked a sinister smirk. "THE ONE, TRUE SHREDDER!" he bellowed, which made the Turtles gasp in horror.

This time around, Hun lowered his head and started his "charging bull" routine, as he rammed through another support beam. Pipes ruptured, the ceiling began to crack, and other support beams buckled. As he fought off the robo-ninjas, Splinter took notice.

"My sons! We must retreat!" he called. "The lair is—" But he never got to finish, seeing as he was struck in the back by laser fire, knocking him down.

"FATHER!" the Turtles screamed.

Hun strode over to the downed form of the rodent sensei. "Consider yourself lucky, vermin," he snarled. "In any other case, I'd be happy to do a little pest control—but you're still needed for the plan."

"Hang on, compadres!" said Michelangelo as Raphael and Leonardo got to their feet. "We'll go get 'im!"

But as they sprang out to retrieve Splinter, they were beaten back by laser fire, courtesy of Bebop and Rocksteady, as well as the advanced Foot Soldiers.

"...you know, nothing says working smart like falling back," commented Raphael.

So, they headed to the remains of Don's lab, as the lair continued to crumble around them.

As Donatello continued wrenching, he gave the Portal Rod one last firm smack…and then, it sparked, crackled, and glowed!

"As I said before…" Donatello commented. "...EUREKA!"

As the entire roof collapsed, it looked like certain death. But then, hope! A burst of light flooded the area, covering the Turtles completely…

…and then, they re-appeared in an alleyway…but not in the same world!

"What just happened?" asked Leo. "Where's Master Splinter?"

"...I don't know…" replied Leonardo. "But I do know where WE are."

"Huh?" asked Leo as he took a look outside of the alleyway. In the streets were bizarrely-dressed people walking about, and unusual buildings: NINJA PIZZA, NINJA DRY CLEANER, NINJA VIDEO RENTAL, NINJA DENTIST (ow!).

"Rock, dudes!" exclaimed Michelangelo. "We're HOME!"

Sorry for the short chapter, everyone. Trying to finish before Christmas is no small feat. But this and next chapter are when things REALLY start to pick up, trust me!