"I've had enough!" Baron whipped his arms up in rage, opening a magenta portal showing the depths of Manhattan's sewers, "If I cannot have them fight in my army, then they are of no use to me." His tentacles flew through the glowing circle, the sinuous branches wreaking havoc, destroying pipes until water was bursting everywhere. Satisfied with his cathartic outburst, he retracted his tentacles and closed the portal.
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"Do you hear that?"
"The sound of rushing water getting louder by the second?" Don asked, "Yes."
Everyone's screams were drowned out by the sudden flood that swept them right off their feet.
Usagi in particular struggled to reach the surface to stay conscious. He felt his hand gripped tight, when he looked up it was Leo.
"Everybody grab on!" Leo was calling out to his brothers, "We can't risk splitting up."
Mikey immediately held onto Raphael, making sure Savage Raph does not make another appearance.
Donatello held onto Leo, who was oblivious to the purple genius' glare towards his brother's hand gripping the ronin's soggy furred paw.
The floodwaters eventually washed them onto a relatively higher area of the sewers. Raph's voice rang out in the dark, "Is errybody alright?? Where are ya?"
Donnie's battleshell produced a flashlight, "We're right here, calm down." he reassured in a cool tone as he walked towards Raph and Mikey while dragging Leo who was in turn pulling Usagi along.
The rabbit gently loosened the blue turtle's grip, "We're fine now, Leonardo-san..." turning to his friend with a smile, "Thank you."
Mikey's voice echoed excitedly in the underground concrete labyrinth, "I see a light over there!" pointing to a dim glow at a far off distance.
Raph nodded, "Might as well check it out."
"We must approach silently," the ronin warned, "We never know if that light means friend or foe."
Cautiously, the group progressed, using their stealth training. Leo sped forward to scout ahead... to find the source of light to be some sort of camp fire.
Revealed by the firelight, they saw the Sando Brothers tying up Akari to a thick wooden pole, getting ready for a very exotic barbecue.
"Sorry, boys! I'm not letting you eat pus-...!"
"LEO!"
"Whaaat??"
"Lez jus' get 'em!" Raph roared as he surged forward, his brothers and Usagi right behind him.
"With what? Fish 'n ladders??" One of the crab mutants mocked, "Wahahahaha-WHOA!" before dodging a swipe of a weird giant hammer.
"My tech-bo is fully-charged this time!" Donnie announced, who transformed it into a massive mallet, a maniacal gleam in his eye, "Let's see whose shells get cracked open!"
The acrobat brothers backflipped out of range. Rolling to a more secure spot, they shot back with their regenerating projectile claws.
Leo and Usagi deflected the claws with their swords, with the rabbit subtly making sure he's not at either side of Leo's portals... just to be safe.
Raph sent a glowing mystic fist sailing through the air, forcing the villain brothers to jump away and split up.
Michelangelo charged forward with his battlecry, "Razz-ma-tazz!" his kusarifundo spinning with a mystic cackle.
Ben groaned as he caught the chain in his pincers, "Ugh, let's get outta here."
"But bro, what about our dinner??" Carl asked, helping him throw the chain off themselves.
"Not worth the trouble, run!"
"Grr, fine!" Carl conceded before they both plunged into the murky sewer water to escape.
As everyone recovered from the fight, the white tiger stared at the rabbit as he approached, "Are you to leave me tied like this?" she asked, still bound to the thick wooden pole leaning against the wall by the fire.
"Why do you keep running away?"
Sadness flashed in her eyes, before she quickly schooled her face back into an emotionless mask, "I do not wish to go home."
The ronin tilted his head, confused, "We will untie you, but you must promise not to run away anymore."
A silent pause, before she nodded, "I will not run away, but I am not going back to the Hakutora clan."
"We will listen and try to understand your predicament to help decide on our next steps," the rabbit responded, his face unreadable as he cut her bonds.
"Great, can we go home now? I'm starvin'!" Mikey interrupted, with arms stretched up and hands behind his head he casually looked up at Akari, "Wouldja join us for dinner? I make a mean deconstructed pizza!"
After Leo got his sword back, Usagi and the Hamatos chased Akari down to the sewers. There they found the Sando Brothers who tied her up for a literal roasting to eat her. Leo has only one thing to say.
Thanks! I'm hoping to have this story happen concurrently with my other story with River and the others :D And bless Raph for being a good older brother.
Thanks! I'm hoping to have this story happen concurrently with my other story with River and the oth
