Mikey stood proudly at the top of a makeshift ramp, clutching his skateboard with theatrical flair. His siblings—Leo, Raph, Donnie, Yuki, and Ariel—were crouched in a row across the lair floor like bowling pins, heads low and bracing for impact.
"And now, the kid goes for the world record!" Mikey declared in his announcer voice. "He will attempt to jump five mutants!"
"I can't believe he talked us into this," Raph muttered under his breath.
"You fell for his puppy dog eyes," Yuki deadpanned.
"So did you!"
Ariel grinned. "This is gonna be awesome. I call midair disaster!"
"Ya! Booyakasha!" Mikey shouted, launching himself down the ramp.
Just as he picked up speed, a voice rang out.
"What is going on in here?"
Everyone froze.
Splinter stood at the edge of the room, arms crossed and brow raised.
The five mutants sprang up—just in time for Mikey to slam directly into them. A tangled mess of limbs and shells went tumbling across the floor in a heap of groans and squeals.
"How many times have I told you not to skateboard in the lair?" Splinter asked sternly.
"Uh... none?" Ariel said, looking genuinely puzzled.
"I shouldn't have to tell you!" Splinter snapped.
The group untangled themselves and scrambled to their feet, brushing themselves off.
"You're right, Sensei," Leo said quickly. "We definitely should've known better, and we deserve to be punished."
"Some," Yuki added without missing a beat. "We deserve to be punished some."
"And what do you think your punishment should be?" Splinter asked, stroking his beard as he stepped closer to Leo.
"Well, uh..." Leo turned to glance at his siblings—who were all very focused on pretending to look at the ceiling, the floor, or anything but him—then turned back to Splinter. "We should clean up our mess? And, uh... think about what we did?"
"Yeah," Raph nodded quickly.
"Sounds good to me," Donnie chimed in.
"I'm already thinking!" Ariel said, raising her hand.
"I was wrong, deeply wrong," Mikey muttered dramatically.
"That's a solid punishment," Yuki said, nodding.
Splinter narrowed his eyes. "What about being grounded for a week?"
"Oh, I'm not sure that's a—" Leo began nervously.
"I'm cool with the thinking," Mikey said, nodding quickly.
"Really, that's not necessary," Donnie added.
"Maybe next time," Raph said with a shrug.
"Do we really have to?" Ariel whined.
Yuki stepped to the side slightly. "Mikey built the ramp."
Everyone shot her a look.
Splinter raised a brow.
"You're grounded. All of you. For a week," Splinter declared.
A collective groan echoed across the lair.
At that exact moment, the skateboard ramp wobbled—and collapsed with a loud crash, spilling boards, duct tape, and pillows everywhere.
Ariel blinked. "Well, that went well."
Mikey gave a sheepish grin. "Worth it."
Raph was pacing back and forth, muttering under his breath while Leo, Mikey, Donnie, Yuki, and Ariel lounged on or around the couch.
"Gah! This bites," Raph snapped. "I can't believe we're stuck down here for a whole week!"
"Thanks, Mikey," Yuki muttered, arms crossed, glaring at him from the armrest.
Mikey peeked up from his magazine and stuck his tongue out. "I regret nothing."
Just then, Donnie burst into the room, practically vibrating with excitement. "Guys! Guys! You wanna see what I made?"
"This is how bored I am," Raph said, turning to the others. "Yes, Donnie. I do."
"Okay, okay, okay! Remember the other day I was scrounging around that military junkyard?" Donnie asked, eyes wide.
"No," everyone said in perfect unison.
"Well," Donnie went on, unfazed, "I found an incredibly advanced A.I. microchip made from—get this—self-assembled chain-linked copolymers!"
"That's my favorite kind of copolymer," Mikey said casually, flipping a page.
"Mine too!" Donnie replied, beaming. "So I used it to make this."
He pulled out a sleek, high-tech-looking device. It gleamed faintly.
Ariel's eyes lit up. "Ooh, shiny!"
Donnie blinked at her. "Yeahhh... you stay away from this." But his smile widened as everyone leaned in curiously. "This is the most advanced music player in the world. So... who wants to try it?"
"Me!" Ariel said eagerly.
"No," Donnie said instantly.
Ariel pouted and flopped back onto the cushions.
"I do!" Mikey said. "Toss me the T-Pod."
Donnie raised a brow. "The T-Pod?"
"Turtle. Pod. T-Pod," Mikey explained proudly, holding out his hand. "I am so good at naming stuff."
Donnie reluctantly placed the device into Mikey's palm.
"No fair!" Ariel huffed. "I asked first."
"Shut up, Ariel," Yuki and Raph said in unison without looking up.
Raph raised an eyebrow. "You're really gonna plug a military-grade piece of tech directly into Mikey's brain? What if it melts it?"
"It won't," Donnie said smugly.
"You sound a little too confident about that," Yuki muttered.
"I want military tech in my head..." Ariel said wistfully.
"Shut up, Ariel," Yuki said again, clearly over it.
Mikey, already ignoring them all, pressed the button—and immediately screamed.
"What?!" Donnie panicked. "What's wrong?!"
"It's polka!" Mikey dropped to his knees. "Make it stop! Make it stop!"
Donnie sighed and walked over, pushing another button.
Mikey let out a relieved sigh. "Thanks."
Then, without missing a beat, he started dancing to the new beat, totally into it.
Raph groaned. "That's it. I'm outta here."
"Where are you going?" Leo asked. "We're grounded."
"I don't care! I gotta do something or I'm gonna lose it."
"Take me with you," Yuki said, standing up immediately.
Ariel frowned. "You guys are totally gonna get caught."
"Exactly," Leo muttered.
Raph grabbed his skateboard. "Let's find a skate spot."
Ariel crossed her arms. She wasn't half as good at skating as her siblings. "So rude," she muttered under her breath.
"Skate spot?!" Mikey shouted over the music. "I'm totally in!"
"But what's Splinter gonna say?" Leo said hesitantly.
"I don't know what's going on, because they snuck out while I was asleep," Raph said, imitating Splinter.
"I'm in," Yuki said with a smirk.
"I'm not," Ariel said, shaking her head. "You shouldn't go."
"Baby," Yuki muttered without looking at her.
Leo narrowed his eyes. "Real mature," he told Raph, but then sighed. "But I'm your leader. And as your leader... I say nobody's going."
Raph turned back with a smug grin as Donnie and Mikey joined him. "Well, as your followers..." He gestured. "We're going anyway."
Ariel looked over at Leo. "It's okay. I'm with you."
That somehow made Leo feel worse.
"Well, as your leader..." Leo stepped forward, trying to sound official, "I'm going with you. To, uh... lead you. Away from... bad stuff."
Ariel's jaw dropped. "So I'm just gonna sit here alone?! Seriously?!"
"You won't be alone," Leo said quickly. "I'm tasking you with the very important job... of making sure Splinter stays asleep."
Ariel blinked. "...Yay!" she cheered, instantly feeling important.
Then Mikey screamed again and fell over.
"What now?!" Leo exclaimed, rushing over.
"Are you okay?" Yuki asked, brows drawn tight.
Mikey held up the T-Pod dramatically. "It's back to polka!"
"We've gotta get more tunes on this thing," he groaned.
Leo, Raph, Donnie, Yuki, and Mikey dashed across the rooftops of New York, skateboards strapped to their shells. Mikey, unlike the others, cruised on his board, music blaring through his T-Pod as he trailed behind, grinning.
"Hey, Donnie!" Mikey shouted after doing a flip off a ledge. "Thanks for all the new songs!"
Donnie frowned, glancing back. "Wait... what new songs?"
"Keep it down, you guys," Leo hissed, already annoyed as Donnie flipped back beside Mikey, hanging upside down to check the T-Pod.
"It's got thousands of songs... and it's still downloading more. Every second," Donnie said, eyes widening.
Raph appeared next to them. "So?"
"So I didn't program it to do that!" Donnie snapped.
Yuki landed beside Mikey, giving the device a sharp look. "So what you're saying is... this thing's building itself?"
Donnie nodded grimly. "It's that chip. It's rewriting the tech."
"Cool!" Mikey cheered, launching into the air.
"Guys? We're ninja, remember?" Leo called. "We move swiftly and—here's the important part—silently."
Right then, Leo slipped and crashed straight through a greenhouse, into a beehive, then down several flights of stairs—banging, clanging, and groaning all the way to the ground.
The others stood at the edge, watching.
"That wasn't very silent, Leo!" Raph called down with a smirk.
Yuki folded her arms. "Honestly? I thought Mikey would be the first one to wipe out."
The group arrived at the skatepark shortly after.
"Let's grind it!" Mikey shouted.
But they skidded to a stop when they spotted someone.
A man in a pink shirt and awkward-looking metal armor stood nearby, fiddling with a wall.
"Who the heck is that guy?" Donnie asked.
"I don't know," Raph said, narrowing his eyes. "But he looks like he needs a beatdown."
Leo held up a hand. "Hold on. We don't know he's doing anything wrong. He could be going to church."
"This late at night? In battle armor?" Yuki asked dryly.
Mikey kept grooving with the T-Pod. "Maybe he's just a really intense cosplayer?"
Leo sighed and drew his sword. "Look, I decide who gets a beatdown—"
The man suddenly pulled out a torch and began drilling into the wall.
"That guy needs a beatdown," Leo finished flatly.
They all dropped down behind the man. His torch gave out.
"Are you kidding me?" he groaned. He began kicking the wall in frustration. "Stupid shutter!"
"Wow. Kind of sad," Donnie commented.
"Yeah," Mikey agreed. "Do we fight him or get him a hug?"
Yuki shrugged. "Or both?"
Leo stepped forward, striking a pose with his swords. "Halt, villain!"
The man turned. "Halt, villain?" Raph echoed in disbelief. "When did we start saying that?"
"We're heroes!" Leo said, embarrassed. "That's what heroes say!"
The man blinked. "You're turtles! And...a ferret?
"That's right!" Leo declared. "We're the mutants of justice!"
Yuki raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
The man, now revealed as Baxter Stockman, charged with a yell. Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey met him head-on—Mikey pausing only to tuck away his T-Pod and pull out his nunchucks.
They clobbered Stockman with ease, using their boards as weapons for added flair. In the chaos, Baxter smashed a window—triggering an alarm.
Red lights blared. Sirens howled.
All five mutants froze.
They exchanged glances... then immediately picked Baxter up and hurled him into a nearby dumpster.
"You're not the first to throw me in the trash," Baxter groaned. "But I swear—you'll be the last—!"
SLAM.
Raph closed the lid.
Flashing red and blue lights filled the sky. Without hesitation, the turtles grabbed their boards and bolted from the scene.
"All right! We made it home!" Raph announced a little too loudly, grinning as he and the others emerged from the sewer water and stepped onto solid ground.
"Shh! It's 2:00 A.M.," Leo hissed.
"And Splinter's still asleep," Mikey said, trying not to giggle.
"Where's Ariel?" Yuki asked, glancing behind them.
"Probably where she was supposed to be—actually following the rules," Leo said, annoyed.
"Hypocrite," Raph and Yuki muttered at the same time.
Mikey pumped a fist. "Still epic, though! We snuck out, fought a bad guy, and didn't get caught. That's a win!"
Leo crossed his arms. "It wasn't epic. It was a bad idea."
Yuki rolled her eyes. "Then maybe you should've stayed behind with the good kid instead of leading the charge."
"Exactly," Raph said, collapsing onto the couch. "We took out a guy in robo-armor. What's the big deal?"
Five out of the six siblings looked half-dead as they trained in the dojo.
"Knees higher, Leonardo! Extend, Michelangelo! Arms farther, Yuki. Raphael, you call that a Koho Tenkai? Because I do not!" Splinter barked, pacing in front of them.
"Ariel," he said calmly, "excellent form."
Ariel straightened proudly but didn't say anything. She just glanced at her exhausted siblings with a raised eyebrow.
"Yame!" Splinter snapped. The turtles knelt in front of him, avoiding eye contact.
He stared at them, eyes sharp. "Hmm. Is there something you want to tell me?"
"Something we wanna tell you?" Mikey tried, blinking. "Nope. We're good."
Splinter folded his arms. "Ariel has been my best student today."
The group blinked in disbelief.
"Wait, Ariel?" Raph asked.
Ariel shrugged sweetly.
Yuki shot her a look, but said nothing.
"In fact," Splinter continued, "the rest of you seem... tired."
"I'm not," Leo said quickly.
"Wide awake," Donnie nodded stiffly.
"Fresh as daisies," Raph grinned, trying way too hard.
"I've literally never slept in my life," Yuki muttered.
Mikey yawned and then collapsed face-first onto the floor. "...I'm fine."
Splinter raised an eyebrow. "So you would not object to a little Randori."
He pulled out his staff—and proceeded to whack each of the tired siblings, one by one. Except for Ariel, who knelt quietly, untouched and smug.
Yuki winced as she got smacked, then glared over at Ariel. Ariel gave her a tiny finger wave.
Splinter stood over them, calm once more. "I hope you have learned, my students... that truth is not the only thing that hurts."
"Seen this enough times there, chief?" Raph asked, arms crossed. Leo was lying on the floor, eyes glued to the screen as an episode of Space Heroes played.
"Would you shh!" Leo hissed. "This is the best part."
Suddenly, the channel flicked.
"We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news," the anchor's voice cut in. "We've received shocking footage of an assault on the T.C.R.I office complex in Brooklyn."
The screen showed none other than Baxter Stockman—now wearing upgraded battle armor—wreaking havoc.
"At last I will have my revenge!" he screamed.
"Who are you?"
"You'll never know. I'm the thing that haunts your nightmares! I'm the nameless shadow who—"
"Baxter?"
"No!"
"Baxter Stockman?"
"NO!"
"Hey, everybody! It's Baxter Stockman!"
"I think his name is Baxter Stockman," Raph said dryly.
"Is this because I fired you?"
"That copy machine was already broken when I—I mean, I don't know what you're talking about!"
"How did he upgrade his armor so fast?" Leo asked, squinting at the screen.
Ariel tilted her head. "Wait... you know this guy?"
"Keep up," Yuki muttered, arms folded. "We fought him last night. He was pathetic. Guess he leveled up."
Just then, the screen glitched—and the camera panned to something familiar on Stockman's belt.
Everyone turned slowly to look at Mikey.
"...He has the T-Pod?" Donnie said, voice sharp.
"Okay, so, funny story," Mikey said, laughing nervously. "I maaay have dropped it during the fight."
"You dropped it during the fight?!" Donnie snapped.
"Don," Yuki said coldly, "you let him handle tech that advanced. That's on you."
"So the A.I. chip is upgrading his armor the same way it did the T-Pod?" Leo asked, piecing it together.
"And if it keeps adapting, there's no telling how powerful he'll get," Donnie muttered grimly.
"This is seriously messed up," Ariel said, staring wide-eyed at the screen.
"This has gone way too far," Leo declared. "We have to tell Splinter."
"What, that we accidentally turned a disgruntled tech nerd into a walking death machine?" Raph said. "You know what Splinter will do to us for that?"
Yuki narrowed her eyes. "He turned us into pin cushions for being tired. He'll bury us for this."
"Look," Donnie said, standing up, "we beat Stockman once—we can beat him again. We track him down, grab the T-Pod, and get out before Splinter finds out."
"If my opinion counts for anything, Donnie's right," Mikey added, flipping a page in his comic book.
"It doesn't," Donnie said.
"Didn't think so."
Ariel flopped back against the couch. "We'll have fun with that!"
Stockman sat cross-legged on the ground, muttering to himself as he scribbled ideas on a scrap of paper.
"I'm not Baxter Stockman. I am... the Baxman! No, no... I am the Suitinator! Ugh, that's terrible. Captain Punch-you-hard? Why is this so difficult?!"
He groaned, practically whining.
From the shadows, Leo, Donnie, Raph, Mikey, and Yuki appeared, silently flanking him, weapons drawn.
"I kinda liked the Suitinator," Mikey whispered.
Yuki rolled her eyes. "You would."
Stockman finally noticed them.
"You guys again?" he spat.
Leo stepped forward. "All right, Stockman. Nobody wants to hurt you."
Raph scoffed. "We don't?"
Leo shot him a look.
Yuki muttered, "You really need to work on your diplomacy."
"We just want the T-Pod," Leo said firmly.
Stockman's eyes narrowed. "Give up my source of power? Why? So you can mock me? Dump me in the trash again?"
"Honestly, that part was kind of satisfying," Raph said with a grin.
Then—Stockman lunged.
He punched Raph across the room. Mikey and Donnie ran at him next, but he extended his robotic arms, slamming them both into the walls. Yuki charged from the side, but Baxter spun and kicked her into Raph.
Leo leapt in and managed to slice through one of Baxter's claws, but it detached—and latched straight onto his head.
Leo flailed, stumbling around. "What the—GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!"
The claw fired lasers wildly, causing the others to dive for cover.
"Don't run this way, idiot!" Yuki shouted, ducking behind a pillar.
"DUDE!" Donnie yelled. "Get down!"
Mikey popped up from behind a crate. "Hey Stockman!" He launched his chain at Baxter, wrapping it around his waist.
But Baxter just spun in place, flinging Mikey around like a yo-yo.
"Why does he always think that will work?" Yuki muttered to Donnie.
Raph, Donnie, and Yuki ducked behind a piece of fallen machinery.
"What now, genius?" Raph asked.
Donnie pointed. "There!"
They grabbed a discarded mirror panel, holding it up just in time. The laser reflected off it and bounced straight back—hitting the claw on Leo's head and knocking it off.
Leo staggered back. "Thanks."
The others looked up—just in time to see Baxter still spinning Mikey around like a flail. Their eyes narrowed.
They surged forward as a team.
Stockman slammed Mikey into Raph and hurled Yuki by the leg into Donnie. Donnie swung back with his bo—and Stockman snapped it in half.
The mutants charged together, but Baxter grabbed all of them and slammed them into a tangled ball, then strolled toward a dumpster and dumped the entire team inside.
"Foolish mutants!" he declared. "Did you really think you could defeat me?"
"We kinda did," Mikey replied from inside the dumpster.
Ignoring him, Stockman began to monologue. "All my life, people laughed at me. The kids at school! My coworkers! The woman who fixes the copy machine! How was I supposed to know you don't pour toner in the top?!"
As he ranted, his suit began to glow—a deep red pulse.
"What's happening?" Leo said, eyes widening.
Donnie's voice dropped. "Stockman and the T-Pod... they're merging. Becoming one entity."
Yuki frowned. "That is the creepiest sentence I've heard all day."
"I dub it... the Stockmanpod!" Mikey grinned. "Boom. Nailed it."
"Not the time!" Leo snapped.
Yuki backed toward the exit. "Let's bounce."
They ran.
Ariel danced around the common area, playing Just Dance on full blast.
"Whoo! I'm crushing it!" she giggled.
Splinter appeared silently behind her.
"Ariel... where are your siblings?"
She froze mid-move, sweat dripping. "Uh..."
Splinter raised a brow. "Ariel."
She dropped her arms and muttered, "...Gone."
"To the surface?"
She nodded.
Splinter sighed.
"The Stockmanpod's right on top of us!" Mikey screamed as the hulking, glowing mass of upgraded armor came barreling after them.
"Stop calling him that!" Raph shouted. "That name is stupid!"
"Now's not the time to care!" Yuki snapped, already picking up speed.
"Split up!" Leo commanded. "He can't follow all of us!"
"No way! He's gonna follow me!" Mikey said, panic rising in his voice.
"Why would he follow you?" Yuki asked dryly, leaping to a rooftop.
"They always follow me!" Mikey insisted.
"Stop being paranoid and just go!" Leo barked.
They darted in different directions, vanishing into alleys and over rooftops. As expected—Baxter locked onto Mikey.
Mikey screamed. "I TOLD YOU HE WAS GONNA FOLLOW ME!"
The others were long gone, and now Mikey was sprinting down a sidewalk alone.
He spotted a pizza delivery guy stepping out of his car.
"Pizza? All right!" Mikey exclaimed.
Baxter's mechanical voice echoed behind him. "I've got you now!"
Mikey grabbed two boxes from the startled delivery guy. "Oh yeah? Well I've got hot cheese!"
He flung both pizzas straight at Stockman's face.
Splat!
Stockman wiped the cheese from his visor, growling. "Is that the best you've—"
But Mikey was gone.
The team reunited, ducking through a tunnel beneath the city.
"It's dark," Donnie whispered, squinting. "We're right under him. Keep quiet."
"Shh, guys," Leo said, voice low. "You're gonna wake him up."
"I'm not making noise," Mikey whispered defensively. "Shh!"
"Don't tell me to be quiet. You shh!" Raph growled.
"Watch it," Yuki muttered as someone bumped her shoulder. "Step on me again and I'll break your toe."
Suddenly—click.
The lights snapped on.
Splinter stood before them, arms folded, brow raised. Behind him stood Ariel, looking small and guilty in her oversized sweater, eyes wide.
Leo froze. "Ah! Sensei!"
"We're so busted," Mikey muttered.
"Welp," Yuki sighed. "We're dead."
"And where have you all been?" Splinter asked calmly—too calmly.
"Nowhere," Raph said quickly, one sai still sticking halfway out of his belt.
Splinter's gaze shifted to Leo. "How did you get so hurt?"
Leo scrambled to hide his katanas behind his shell. "Oh! That? Um... we were... uh—"
"Hit!" Raph cut in, trying to save it.
"By..." Yuki shot a sharp glare at Donnie.
Donnie blinked. "A..."
"A bus!" Mikey offered way too cheerfully.
"A bus?" Donnie hissed. "Seriously?"
"What was I supposed to say?" Mikey argued. "Meteor? Cow? Flying building?"
"Literally anything but a bus," Yuki muttered under her breath.
Splinter's patience snapped. "Enough."
The room fell silent.
"Tell me exactly what happened."
Mikey finished dramatically, hands flailing. "And then I threw hot cheese in his face and ran away!"
"Whoa! That's actually kind of genius," Ariel said, sitting cross-legged on the floor, clearly impressed.
Splinter narrowed his eyes at her, and Ariel shrank under his gaze, realizing she'd probably just made things worse. She may not have gone topside, but she definitely knew they had.
Splinter turned his attention back to Mikey. "Very resourceful, Michelangelo. But I am still highly disappointed in all of you."
The room went quiet.
"The first rule of being a ninja is: Do no harm... unless you mean to do harm. Then do lots of harm."
The team bowed their heads in guilt.
"You're right, Sensei," Leo said. "We messed up."
Splinter's gaze swept over them. "So what do you think your punishment should be?"
Leo offered, "We clean up our mess."
Splinter nodded. "You must stop this... Stockmanpod."
"But Sensei, that guy already mopped the floor with us!" Donnie said. "And now he's even stronger! How do we stop him?"
"I know!" Raph said, slamming a fist into his palm. "I'll hit him really hard."
"Brute force is not the answer," Splinter replied. "You must rely on your training."
Mikey mumbled, "Pretty sure ninjas never had to fight guys in robot suits."
He looked up and spotted an ancient wall mural—samurai clashing with armored opponents.
"I mean—ninjas always had to fight guys in armor," Mikey quickly corrected.
"Nice save," Yuki muttered, dry as ever.
"What was their secret, Sensei?" Leo asked.
"They understood one thing," Splinter replied. "You do not fight the armor... You fight the man inside."
The siblings exchanged a look.
Mikey broke the silence. "Why are we all staring at each other?"
Ariel shrugged. "Welp! Have fun with that!"
"Ariel," Splinter said warningly. "Unless you want to be punished, I suggest you go with them."
Ariel immediately straightened. "Yes, Sensei..."
Leo, Donnie, Raph, Yuki, Mikey, and Ariel stood in position, eyes scanning the skies.
"You sure this is gonna work?" Donnie asked.
Leo nodded. "Like Sensei said—don't fight the armor. Fight the guy inside. And bad guys love chasing Mikey."
Mikey sprinted across the rooftop toward them. "Guys! Stockmanpod's got missiles!"
Explosions shook the air. The turtles scattered and began wrapping chains around Baxter, yanking him off-balance just as Mikey skidded in next to Leo.
"Now who's trembling in terror?!" Mikey crowed.
But Baxter roared and broke free, lashing out.
Ariel screamed as he grabbed her by the face and hurled her into the wall.
"Ariel!" Mikey shouted in horror.
"That's it!" Raph snapped. "You're going down!"
The team attacked all at once. Donnie vaulted off his bo and kicked Baxter multiple times before slamming down. Leo went for the armor's joints, but it didn't even dent. Raph stabbed in from above, only to get swatted and slammed into Mikey.
"Raph! Mikey!" Yuki yelled, slicing her way through but barely dodging a blast.
Leo and Donnie were knocked down, spun like rag dolls, and tossed aside. Ariel and Yuki caught them mid-fall, trying to keep them upright—but they were clearly outmatched.
Stockman towered over them.
"Any last words?" he sneered.
Leo grinned. "Yeah. Bees."
"...Bees?" Baxter blinked.
"BEES!" Ariel shouted, flinging a beehive directly at his face.
The whole team lined up behind her, eyes glowing white as Stockman screamed in panic, flailing as the bees swarmed his armor.
"The T-Pod!" Donnie shouted.
Leo dove in, slicing it out of the suit. The mech collapsed, and Baxter tumbled out.
"So... we'll call it a tie?" he said weakly.
Leo looked at Raph. "Wanna call it a tie?"
Raph cracked his knuckles. "Not yet."
SLAM! The turtles threw Baxter into the dumpster.
"Now it's a tie," Raph smirked.
"You all showed wisdom and great skill in defeating the Stockmanpod," Splinter said, arms crossed but smiling. "I am proud of you."
"Does that mean we're not grounded anymore?" Ariel asked hopefully, eyes wide.
"Yes," Splinter said... then pulled out a stick.
"...But first, Randori."
The mutants screamed and scattered.