CH:11 Trouble A-Foot

Just as Donny finishes telling us about the sword, all the power goes out and in the pitch black all I hear is three turtle brothers yelling in perfect harmony, "MIKEY!!" Quickly followed by Mikey yelling back, "IT WASN'T MEE!!!" Then to my surprise all four turtles yelling in perfect harmony, "YING!!!"

"HEY! I'm keeping my hands to myself, thank you!" I yell back but not as loud, as I cross my arms and sulk. "Were you guys practicing that or what?" I ask full of sass.

To which a cheerful Mikey says, "We're ol' natural, angel cakes." And I literally hear someone facepalm as a response.

While I listen to them crashing about in the darkness I give a little snicker as I get an idea. "Maybe I'll help you guys out since I'm sooo nice." I state still using all that sass.

I hear a few confused "Whaa?'s" and "What?'s" right before I charge my body with energy making myself glow like a bright ass light bulb.

Mikey falls over a chair with his hands on his eyes yelling, "Don't look into the light! It burns! It burns!" As all the rest just divert their eyes.

"Oh is that to bright? My bad." I say full of sarcasm as I tone down my glow so it dimly lights up the room with a very mischievous grin on my face.

"Well played, squishy" Says Raph as he rubs his eyes.

I smile really big as I say, "Just playing the cards I'm delt." My smile is for nothing as now that I'm a walking light bulb no one will look at me. 'How dare they resist my fabulous glowing smile', I complain in my mind half heartedly, still snickering about my prank.

Master Splinter slowly walks into the lab asking, "Donatello, what is going on?"

Donny replies while checking a few of his machines, "I'm not entirely sure but I think it's a blackout." He says while he scratches his head in confusion.

Then April finally speaks up and points out, "Although the cities backup generators for the sewer should've kicked in by now."

"Hmmm", sensei thinks looking down while he strokes his beard tuff. "This does not seem like a normal blackout. Perhaps you all should go investigate."

With that the four turtles high-three cheering, "Surface action!" and "Alright!" As a big smile grows on my face, I can't help but think of the wonders I'll see.

Once we got to the surface we noticed that there are no lights on anywhere so we climb to the roof of the nearest tall building as April and Casey take off. My eyes almost pop out of their sockets when I finally see the New York skyline. Granted all of the power is still out, so everything is pretty dark. But I have exceptional eyesight and I couldn't believe how far and how much they built in this one city alone. 'I can't wait see it in its glory once the power is back up and running.' I wonder to myself in awe.

"Hey guys, look at the light show!" Says Mikey as he points towards what seems like a shipping yard.

When I looked where he is pointing, I couldn't help but think that it really does look like a light show. There's a bright light blue ominous glow stretching far across the water, with crazy light flashes going off in irregular intervals.

"Looks like the party is over there." Says Raph as he starts to get excited, cracking his knuckles.

Leo speaks up, "Alright remember we're ninjas, we stick to the shadows. Let's go check it out." And with that we start leaping across the rooftops as we head towards the giant malfunctioning strobe light.

As we get closer I could see a huge metal raised platform that is at least a story tall at the end of one of the docks. With what looks to be a giant pulsar cannon, larger than the battle shell mounted to the top.

"Hey guys, I think I see the sword. It's hooked up in the centre of that canon thing. And I think there are only two guys working on it." I say as I start to feel a little bit more hope.

Donny says in shock, "You can see that far?" As he adjusts his glasses.

Leo looks determined as he says, "Only two guys? That just means the rest are hiding."

And the moment he says that a bunch of ninjas jump out of the shadows and surround us, far too many to count.

"I hate it when he is right!" Complains Mikey.

"Ying, flash 'em!" Yells Raph. With this, all the turtles shut their eyes and turn away from me.

That is enough to snap me out of my stupor, and I quickly charge my body with way more energy than the last time creating a practically lethal white blinding light. I held it for five seconds before I dropped it down to a mild glow giving the turtles the advantage of the first attack and keeping enough energy for my own personal advantage.

All the ninjas were literally looking at us when we did this so practically none of them could see anything except for blinding spots.

As we are clearing our way towards the platform I realized that they are using the cannon to amplify the swords locating ability to find something in the river. Just as we start nearing the platform another wave of ninjas comes rushing out of nowhere.

"Do you think they would fall for the same trick twice?" Asked Donny?

"Sorry guys, I don't think I have enough juice for another flash." I say as I'm starting to pant, letting my glow dim a bit more to conserve my energy.

While we are dealing with the second wave of annoyance, I hear an odd continuous "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sound above us. When I look up, I see a strange metal flying contraption hovering over the spot in the water that the sword cannon is blasting.

"Guys they got a helicopter!" Yells Donny as he is sounding worried.

Once we start getting closer to the tower again I started getting dizzy so I cut my power completely, fully relying on my own strength and skills.

"I gotta train more." I mumble mostly to myself. Without my extra strength and speed, the ninjas thought I am defenseless so even more started focusing on me, but little did they know I have five little dagers on each hand. I start using my claws to deflect their swords and striking with a two-finger jab.

"Don't worry angel cakes, I got your back." Says Mikey as he effortlessly lands a backflip right beside me. Using his nunchucks to deflect multiple weapons and punches dealing out just as many in return, they are crazy orange blurrs as he works his skills.

'For someone who goofs around so often he really uses those weapons with great focus and precision.' I think to myself as I'm thoroughly impressed, enjoying a much-needed rest to catch my breath. "Thanks Mikey", I finally managed to pant out.

We finally managed to clear the rest of the ninjas before getting to the tower. As Mikey does another backflip and lands on the last Ninja left on the ground, tearing off the odd red symbol from his chest saying, "Cool! Souvenir!" As he leaps away.

the helicopter has already retrieved whatever it is they were looking for in the bottom of the river and is heading over to pick up the original two ninjas. As one of them grabs the glove to retrieve the sword, all five of us finally get to the top of the tower scaring the crap out of the ninjas. The moron drops the glove but the other one hits a red button on the console with a fist before they both run to the helicopter, grabbing on to the landing bars before they take off.

"Well that was easy." Says Raph with a grin.

"Don't be so sure about that!" Says Donny as he was the first to notice the cannon is starting to overload.

"Can you fix it Donny?!" Mikey asks panicking.

"Probably not", stresses Donney.

"Here, try this!" I yell as I grab the glove and throw it at him.

"Better hurry or we'll be on the evening news." Warns Leo as he notices a news helicopter heading towards us with sirens blaring in the distance.

Donny put on the glove and pulled the sword out of the machine but it still looks like it is going to overload. "C-clear the deck!" He yells as his voice cracks from stress.

While we all were jumping off the platform, Leo uses his swords and starts slashing at the front right corner supports on his way down. As soon as we land on the dock we take off for the shadows of the city as the giant cannon tumbles down into the water and explodes, lighting up the area one last time before all goes quiet just as the news chopper and the cops show up to see nothing.

We walked for a moment longer in the shadows before Mikey spoke up holding the piece of fabric, "I wonder what they were looking for." I look down at the piece of material in his hand and noticed that the Red symbol looks like a fat diamond with the top broken off leaving three points, the middle being the longest.

"I don't know but we should talk about this with Master Splinter." Says Leo, and with that we all took off.

Once we got back to the lair with the sword we immediately looked for Sensei to explain everything that just happened.

"Ah, my sons." Master Splinter says as he looks down at the tattered piece of cloth in his hand that Mikey nabbed while stroking his beard tuff. "I prayed this day would never come but I feel I have no choice but to tell you now." He pauses as he looks up. "I know who these ninjas are, I have always known. They are the Foot Clan and they are led by a man as evil as they come. The Shredder."