Summary: Donnie, Donna, and Ekron are taken to the Triceraton mothership.
In Central Park, the escaped humans kept running from the Triceratons, who were firing lasers at them.
Meanwhile, some Triceraton soldiers fired their weapons on Lee, Ella, and Ellie after the illusionary humans had disappeared.
"The humans were fake!" One Triceraton soldier exclaimed.
"It was all their doing!" Another Triceraton soldier shouted as he pointed his finger to the Lotus Ninjas. "Capture them!"
Ella unleashed her fire magic and melted the Triceraton soldiers' blasters before blasting two of them with multiple rays of fire. Ellie conjured a tornado that trapped five Triceraton soldiers and Lee fired blasts of solid water from both hands that knocked the rest of Triceraton soldiers away to the ground.
"These humans are too strong!" One of the Triceraton soldiers yelled. "Retreat for now! Retreat!"
With that, the Triceraton soldiers fled.
"Great job, girls." Lee said with a thumb-up.
"Have you guys seen Ekron?" Ellie asked as she looked around.
"I thought he was with you." Lee replied.
Suddenly, Ellie clenched her head with both hands.
"Ellie, what's wrong?" Ella asked concernedly as she and Lee rushed over to Ellie.
Ellie gritted her teeth as a strange vision flashed in her mind, showing Ekron and Donna being taken aboard the Triceraton Mothership.
Lee gently touched Ellie's shoulder, bringing her little sister back to reality.
"Ellie, are you okay?" Lee asked.
"It's Ekron!" Ellie exclaimed in panic. "Those alien scums took him and Donna to their ship up in space!"
"They did what?! Just wait until I get my hands on them." Ella growled.
"You and me both." Lee agreed. "We need to find a ship and rescue them."
The Lotus Ninjas sprinted through the park.
Back in the United Nations building, the representatives were in a heated debate about their decision with the Triceratons.
"We just can't surrender!" One of the U.N. representatives shouted.
"I will not be threatened!" The other U. N. representative yelled.
The giant screen broadcasted to a live transmission from Zanramon that reached everyone in the city.
"People of Earth, you have delayed too long in handing over the Fugitoid!" Zanramon said ominously. "Your time is up. Now witness the consequences of inaction."
Zanramon's broadcast then shifted to a map of the Earth.
The military officer monitored the current events of the invasion on his laptop.
"An alien asteroid craft has entered the airspace over Beijing!" The military officer reported.
Everyone gasped as they looked at the map of the Earth.
"And there's not a thing we can do to stop them!" The military officer added.
In Beijing, the Triceraton Mothership loomed ominously above the city. People screamed and fled for their lives in panic. Four lasers shot down from the bottom of the ship and pierced the ground as they circled around the city and cut huge trenches into the ground. After the lasers ceased, a long, cylindrical object dropped out of the panel beneath the Mothership. Its claws dug into the ground and shot out a powerful energy beam from the top that expanded into a force shield and enveloped all of Beijing. As the Triceraton Mothership ascended back into space, the entire city of Beijing was uprooted and lifted into the stratosphere.
The United Nations representatives stood in disbelief as they watched Beijing being taken into outer space.
The giant monitor screen displayed Zanramon once more.
"Delay no longer or we shall take your world apart piece by piece until nothing remains. Surrender the Fugitoid or perish." Zanramon demanded.
The Lotus Ninjas sprinted forward until three Triceraton soldiers blocked their way and aimed their weapon at them.
"Stay right where you are!" One of the Triceraton soldiers yelled.
Lee, Ella, and Ellie's fists glowed with magical energy as they glared defiantly at the Triceraton soldiers.
Out of nowhere, two Cristallum soldiers teleported between the Lotus Ninjas and the Triceraton soldiers. They aimed their hands at the Triceraton soldiers and encased them in a triangular crystal. They then turned to face the Lotus Ninjas, who were still ready to fight.
"We're not here to help the Triceration invade your world." One of the Cristallum soldiers explained. "We're here to help you stop them."
Lee, Ella, and Ellie exchanged puzzled looks.
"They did save us, and I'm not sensing any bad aura on them." Lee said. "I think we should hear them out."
"Can you help us rescue our sisters and Ekron?" Ellie asked.
"We definitely need their help to take down those triceratop freaks." Ella added.
"Of course." The other Cristallum soldier nodded. "But first, we need to take you to our leader."
With that, one of the Cristallum soldiers activated a button on her dark gray armored gauntlet. In an instant, they all vanished from Earth.
Back in the Triceraton Homeworld, two Triceraton guards led Donnie, Donna, and Ekron through an ornately furnished throne room.
"Whoa." Donnie muttered.
Donnie and Donna looked around at the impressive statues of Triceratons in battle gear.
Ekron felt scared and nuzzled against Donna.
"It's okay, Ekron. It's okay." Donna reassured as she gently stroked his head.
Donnie, Donna, and the Triceraton guards approached the first set of stairs towards Zanramon, who was seated on his throne with Mozar beside him. Zanramon rose and came down the stairs.
"All hail Prime Leader Zanramon." Mozar announced.
The two Triceraton guards bowed. One of them looked at Donnie and Donna as he held Donnie's bo staff in his hand.
"Kneel before our great leader." The Triceraton guard ordered.
The Triceraton guard nudged Donnie in the back with his own bo staff, forcing him and Donna to kneel on their knees.
"You!" Zanramon exclaimed angrily as he pointed his finger at Donnie.
"Me?" Donnie said in surprise as he pointed to himself.
"Finally, I can make you pay for your past crimes. Helping the Fugitoid escape. Abusing my royal personage by holding me hostage! Disgracing our honored warriors, the Triceraton All-Stars! And-and-and you stole my personal space cruiser!" Zanramon explained furiously.
"Wait, did you really do all that?" Donna asked Donnie.
"Well, I always was an overachiever." Donnie replied with a grin.
"Silence! Tell me where the Fugitoid is and I may make your end a little less painful." Zanramon demanded. "Tell me! Where. Is. That. Robot?!"
"I. Don't. Know!" Donnie answered.
"You defy me?" Zanramon questioned in anger.
"No. The truth is the Fugitoid's not on Earth anymore." Donnie explained. "He's gone, long gone."
"No more lies!" Zanramon yelled.
Zanramon grabbed Donnie by the shoulder and lifted him off the ground.
"Donnie!" Donna exclaimed.
"We know the Fugitoid is here! Tell us where he is or perish along with your friend!" Zanramon demanded again.
Elsewhere, two Cristallum soldiers and the Lotus Ninjas suddenly appeared in the main room of the massive Cristallum airship, which was silently hovering above the Earth's moon and completely cloaked from the Triceratons' radar.
The Cristallum soldiers approached Empress Erin and bowed respectfully.
"Whoa. Where are we?" Ellie asked, looking around the room.
"In my airship." Erin responded. She walked up to the Lotus Ninjas. "Greetings, Earthly lifeforms. I am Erin, ruler of the Cristallum Empire. The Federation has informed us that the Triceratons are on the hunt for the Fugitoid."
"But what do they want from this Fugitoid?" Lee asked.
"The Triceratons aim to capture the Fugitoid, so they can force him to build his teleportal for them." Erin explained. "With it, they will use it to annihilate my empire and the Federation, and seize control of the universe. We must stop their invasion."
"We can help you." Lee offered.
"Yeah, any way we can." Ella nodded.
"As long as we can save Donna and Ekron." Ellie added.
"Thank you." Erin said with a nod. "We need all the help we can get to halt the invasion on your planet."
Back in the United Nations building, Zanramon's face suddenly appeared on the giant monitor screen.
"Do you see? I have proof of your lies." Zanramon spoke. He lifted Donnie up on the screen. "We captured this terrapin creature on your planet. A creature I last encountered on the far side of the galaxy assisting the Fugitoid's escape from the Triceraton authorities." He forcefully slammed Donnie's face against the screen. "His presence on your planet is proof that the Fugitoid is here! Give me the Fugitoid now!"
Zanramon tossed Donnie aside.
The United Nations representatives erupted into chaotic discussions.
"The Fugitoid? The terrapin?"
"What is he talking about?"
"I don't know."
"Fugitoid?"
"The president is sending in the Justice Force!"
"The Justice Force?"
Unbeknownst to the United Nations representatives, a lone woman was engrossed in a phone call at a distant corner of the room. She has a tall, slender figure with fair skin, long wavy black hair, and striking violet eyes. She wore a long-sleeved black blazer with high shoulders, matching black pants, grayish-blue leather high heels, and dark sunglasses on her eyes.
"This is Christine. My team lost track of my targets." The mysterious woman spoke. She listened to a male voice on the other end. "No, no. That won't be necessary. We'll resume our search once we handle the invasion first."
In space above Earth, four members of the Justice Force broke through the force shield and headed towards the Triceraton homeworld. Silver Sentry, Tsumani, Ananda, Chrysalis, and Metalhead were summoned to confront the Triceratons as Earth's final line of defense.
"Ananda, I just received official word. It's up to us now." Silver Sentry spoke through his headset.
"I have Metal Head. And I managed to get Tsunami from Japan and Chrysalis from India to help." Ananda replied.
"Let's make this the Justice Force's finest hour!" Silver Sentry declared.
Silver Sentry charged straight into the Triceraton mothership and smashed a large hole in its side. In response, several Triceraton fighter jets emerged and opened fire on the Justice Force. Ananda launched numerous Domeoids at the Triceraton mothership. The Domeoids began to pound against its protective shield, causing the cracks to form on the glass. But the Triceraton fighter jets quickly swooped in and obliterated the Domeoids with their pink lasers. Metal Head jumped off Ananda's Domebot and landed onto the glass shield as he thrusted his metallic hair to try and break it.
Meanwhile, Tsumani conjured water from his hands and smashed a few Triceraton fighter jets with his water blast. Chrysalis unleashed her psychic telekinesis and yanked one Triceraton fighter jet apart before leaving the Triceraton pilot drifting helplessly in space.
Suddenly, three Triceraton fighter jets zoomed down and one of them blasted Metal Head off the shield.
"Metal Head! No!" Ananda exclaimed.
One of the Triceration fighter jets blasted Ananda off the glass shield with its pink lasers. Although she managed to save Metal Head from the lasers, they both fell back to Earth.
Two Triceraton fighter jets began chasing Tsunami, who quickly turned around and took them out with a powerful water blast. The Triceraton Mothership then unleashed multiple large pink lasers at Tsunami altogether. Tsunami raised a water shield with both hands, but the force of the lasers knocked him back. Chrysalis immobilized two Triceraton fighter jets with her psychic telekinesis. Before she could destroy them, Tsunami crashed right into her and they both plummeted to Earth.
Silver Sentry darted around every Triceraton fighter jet and destroyed them with his incredible speed. When another Triceraton fighter jet fired pink lasers at him, Silver Sentry grabbed it and hurled it into another jet that caused a massive explosion.
Then, the Triceraton Mothership retaliated with more pink lasers at Silver Sentry, sending the final superhero crashing to the Earth.
With that, the Justice Force was defeated by the Triceratons.
The United Nations representatives observed the whole battle on the large monitor screen.
"The Justice Force has been defeated." One of the United Nations representatives announced.
The military general was currently on the phone with the President.
"Yes, Mr. President. The mobile units give us enough for one strike." The military general reported. "Yes. Yes, sir."
The military general hung up the phone.
"I just got the word. Initiate a full-scale nuclear strike against the mothership." The military general informed.
With a press of a button, nuclear missiles from various military bases and ships at sea were launched through the force shield and headed straight for the Triceraton Homeworld.
Back in the Cristallum airship, the Cristallum commander rushed over to Erin and the Lotus Ninjas.
"Empress Erin, the humans have launched nuclear missiles at the Triceratons. But it wasn't enough to take down the force shield." The Cristallum commander reported.
"I see. We need to act now." Erin ordered. "Aurore, send out a fighting squadron to hold off the Triceratons."
"Yes, empress." Commander Aurore nodded.
Erin turned to the Lotus Ninjas.
"Aurore will guide you to our cruisers." Erin said. "Our advanced cloaking system will keep you hidden from the Triceratons, allowing you to get close to their ship."
"Thanks." Lee said.
"Follow me." Commander Aurore instructed.
Commander Aurore and the Lotus Ninjas rushed out of the main room and into the ship dock. Every Cristallum soldier had already strapped inside the space cruisers once the hatch door slowly opened.
"Get in and head for the Triceraton Homeworld!" Commander Aurore shouted as she jumped into a nearby fighter jet. "Good luck!"
Lee, Ella, and Ellie climbed into the nearby space cruiser. Once they strapped themselves, a fleet of Cristallum fighter jets zoomed into outer space.
With an excited smile, Ellie took hold of the space cruiser's steering yoke at the front while Lee and Ella sat behind her with slightly anxious faces.
"Uh, Ellie. Are you sure you can fly this thing?" Ella asked nervously.
"I fly like a hawk in the sky and ride on clouds with the power of wind. Trust me, I can fly this ship." Ella replied confidently.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Lee whispered to Ella.
"I heard that!" Ellie shot back as she turned her head and gave her older sisters an annoyed glare. "Now, hang on."
As Ellie pressed the button, the space cruiser lifted off the ground and blasted forward at incredible speed. Ellie steered and headed straight for the Triceraton Homeworld.
The nuclear missiles exploded on impact, but the force shield held strong without any damage.
"We have a negative impact. The Triceraton force shield stopped the missiles. The alien mothership is untouched!" A military soldier reported over the P.A. system. "Repeat, negative impact!"
The United Nations representatives shielded their eyes against the blinding light of the explosions. Once it faded, they stared at the monitor screen in disbelief.
"That was our last hope. The Earth has lost." The military general murmured as he closed his eyes.
Outside, Casey, April, and the other citizens stared in disbelief at the explosion lighting up the sky.
In the lair, the booming sound of explosions interrupted Splinter's meditation, making him open his eyes in surprise.
In the Crete Fortress, Saldana, Irma, Aaliyah, Phantom, Ryoko, and Izuna gazed at the explosions with shocked expressions.
The tattered Justice Force watched the explosions from a hole in the ground.
At the Shadow Clan mansion, Lady Shade, Kage, Sienna, and Mira also observed the explosions from the balcony.
"What should we do, mother?" Kage asked.
"We do nothing." Lady Shade answered.
Lady Shade's answer stunned her three children.
"Nothing?" Mira repeated as she raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"But why, mother?" Sienna asked in puzzlement.
"Consider it an opportunity to see what these invading aliens can really bring." Lady Shade explained. "When they do, it will be the property of the Shadow Clan."
Sienna, and Mira bowed, but Kage narrowed his eyes skeptically at his mother's words.
Back in space, the Lotus Ninjas stared at the explosions with wide, shocking eyes.
"What the heck was that?!" Ellie exclaimed.
"Looks like it was coming from Earth." Ella replied. "I think they were launching missiles to break the force shield."
"Heads up, girls." Lee said as she pointed her finger forward.
Ellie and Ella turned their heads to see the massive Triceraton homeworld.
"Whoa, that's huge." Ella said with a whistle. "I really hope Donna and Ekron are okay in there."
"You and me both." Ellie agreed.
Multiple Triceraton freighters entered through the opening doorway that led them to the docking bay on the Triceraton Homeworld.
"Look, there's a way in." Lee said. "Ellie, can you fly inside?"
"No problem." Ellie answered confidently. "I got this."
Ellie skillfully maneuvered the cloaking Cristallum space cruiser through the Triceraton freighters and into the doorway.
Ella and Lee high-fived each other while Ellie cheered.
In the cargo bay, the Lotus Ninjas closed their eyes and concentrated on their magic together within the cloaked Cristallum space cruiser.
"Watashi o ōtte kudasai." Lee, Ellie, and Ella casted.
Energies of blue, orange, and red magic surrounded Lee, Ellie, and Ella the spell shrouded them in the essence of invisibility.
The Lotus Ninjas leaped down and landed softly on the ground. With Lee's aura sensing guiding them, they navigated through the hallway. As they ran, they swiftly avoided the Triceraton soldiers. They soon found a corner to hide behind and peered out to see if the coast was clear.
"I really hope Ekron and Donna are okay." Ellie said in worry.
"We'll save them as soon as we find them." Ella reassured. She glanced at Lee. "Have you picked up their auras yet"
"Yep." Lee replied. "They're really close. Let's move."
The Lotus Ninjas darted out from the corner and raced ahead.
To Be Continued…
Watashi o ōtte kudasai – Japanese for cloak me
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