"Knees higher, Leonardo! Extend, Michelangelo! Raphael, you call that a Koho Tenkai? Because I do not!" Slinter shouted at the turtles as he watched them fumble around the dojo. "Yame!"

The four turtles lined up on their knees in front of Splinter who looked at them all skeptically.

"Hmm. Is there something you want to tell me?" He asked curiously as he stroked his beard.

"Something we wanna tell you? Nope," Mikey said jokingly.

"You all seem tired," Splinter pointed out.

"We're not," Leo denied quickly.

"Wide awake!"

"Fresh as daisies!"

Mikey let out a yawn before falling to the floor.

Splinter hummed as he pulled out a wooden sword. "So you would not object to a little Randori?"

"Well-" Mikey started before he was cut off, getting hit with the wooden sword.

All four turtles were wiped out on the floor and Splinter stood over them with disappointment.

"I hope you have learned, turtles, that truth isn't the only thing that hurts."

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Leo sat in front of the TV while watching Splace Heroes, a huge smile playing across his face.

"Captain Ryan! The rebellion is growing! We have to get off this planet!" Crankshaw cried out on the screen.

"No!" Captain Ryan

"But, Captain-" Slap!

"I said no! We may have started this rebellion by accident, but by the rings of Nebulon, we are going to finish it on purpose!" Captain Ryan shouted with Leo quoting him along with the show.

"Aye, sir!" Crankshaw replied.

"Seen this enough times there, chief?" Raph teased as he read his comic.

"Would you shh! This is the best part!" Leo scolded quickly.

"We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news. We've received shocking footage of an assault on the T.C.R.I office complex in Brooklyn," a newsbroadcast came over the television.

"At last I will have my revenge!" A familiar voice sounded.

"Who- who are you?" A worker in the video asked in fear.

"You'll never know. I'm the thing that haunts your nightmares! I'm the nameless shadow who-"

"Baxter?" The guy asked.

"No!"

"Baxter Stockman?" He asked again.

"NO!" The suit guy shouted.

"Hey, everybody! It's Baxter Stockman!" The guy said to the rest of his coworkers.

"I think his name is Baxter Stockman," Raph said as he crossed his arms, Mikey and Donnie joining to watch.

"Is this because I fired you?" The boss asked.

"That copy machine was already broken when I- I mean, I don't know what you're talking about!" Baxter yelled with a glare.

"How did he upgrade his armor so fast?" Leo asked as he looked at the screen in confusion.

As the video cut, they got a closer look at the power source of the suit and Donnie's eyes widened.

"He has the Tpod?!" Donnie shouted as he loomed over Mikey.

"Oh, um, I might of dropped that during the fight," Mikey admitted with a sheepish smile.

"You dropped it during the fight? Nice going, Mikey!" Donnie screamed, rivaling Raph when he was angry.

"It's your fault!"

"How is it my fault?!"

"You know I can't be trusted with nice things!" Mikey shouted back.

"So the A.I. chip is upgrading his armor the same way it upgraded the Tpod?" Leo assumed as he broke the two up.

Donnie nodded to confirm what Leo had said. "And if it keeps going, there's no telling how powerful he'll get."

"This has gone way too far. Have to tell Splinter about this," Leo said as he looked between his brothers.

"What? That we turned some nutjob into a super villain? Do you know what he'll do to us for that?" Raph shouted at Leo. "I mean, he pounded us into the ground just for being sleepy!"

"Look, we beat Stockman once, we can beat him again. We track him down, grab the Tpod, and get back here before Splinter knows anything," Donnie suggested.

"If my opinion counts for anything, Donnie's right," Mikey spoke up as he laid upside down on the beanbag, reading his comic.

"Hey, thanks, Mikey. But it doesn't," Donnie said with a glare.

"Didn't think so."

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The turtles snuck into Baxter's hiding spot and spied on him as he sat in the middle of the room.

"I'm not Baxter Stockman. I am the Baxman! No, no, I am- I am the Suitinator! Aw, that's terrible! Captain Punch-You-Hard! Why is this so difficult?" Baxter whined.

"I kinda liked 'the Suitinator'," Mikey said, giving away their positions.

Stockman looked up in surprise. "You guys again?"

"All right, Stockman. Nobody wants to hurt you," Leo said calmly as he got ready to fight.

"We don't? Did I miss a meeting?" Raph asked as he looked to his older brother.

"We just want the Tpod," Leo continued, ignoring Raph's comment.

"Give up my source of power? Why? So you can laugh at me again? Throw me in a dumpster?" Stockman glared at the turtles.

"Sounds good to me," Raph said with a grin before sprinting towards Stockman.

Baxter's suit powered up and smacked Raphael out of the air, sending him flying into the wall.

The other three ran all at once, hoping to catch Baxter all together. Baxter replied by sending his arms out to knock bother Mikey and Donnie into separate walls before he glared down Leonardo.

Leo dodged the arm as he charged at Baxter, slicing at his armor to no avail.

Baxter swung at Leo, only for the turtle to chop off one of the armored hands. The scientist merely laughed as a new metal hand formed.

"What the?" Leo looked at the new arm in shock before the old hand jumped on his head, taking him by surprise. "Ow! Get it off! Get it off!"

Leo ran around, not able to see as panic gripped his body. He tried to rip the robot hand off his head as it shot lasers at his brothers.

"Lasers!" Donnie yelped as his bowstaff was shot out of his hands.

Leo cried out in pain as the robot hand send electricity flowing through his body. He started running around again, not knowing what to do.

"Run!" Donnie cried out as the little robot hand on Leo's head kept shooting lasers.

"Hey Stockman!" Mikey shouted as he jumped out from his hiding spot. He sent a chain out from his chucks, wrapping Baxter up in the metal links.

Baxter grit his teeth before the top part of the suit began to spin, taking Mikey with it.

Mikey screamed as he was swung around in circles, holding onto his nunchuck for dear life.

Meanwhile, Donnie and Raph used a sheet of plexiglass to redirect a laser from the robot hand currently still on Leo's head. The laser bounced off some metal on the roof and hit the robot hand, breaking it off of Leo's face.

Leo fixed his mask and looked at his too brothers. "Thanks," he said before looking towards Stockman with a glare.

No one messed with Mikey except for them. This would not stand.

The three turtles grabbed their weapons and attacked Stockman with all they had.

Stockman used Mikey to hit Raph before Leo cut the chain, releasing his baby brother.

Donnie released the blade at the end of his staff and prepared to attack only for Stockman to grab the stick, snapping it immediately.

"Hey!" Donnie complained before jumping back, looking at his broken stick before throwing it to the side.

The two sides charged at each other once more, but Stockman was able to grab all the turtles.

"Oh yeah!" He cheered as he bust through the wall, chucking the turtles into the dumpster in the alley. "Foolish turtles! Did you really think you could defeat me?"

"Well, yeah," Mikey admitted.

"All my life, people have laughed at me. The other kids in school, my co-workers, the woman who fixes the copy machine! How was I supposed to know you don't pour toner in the top? But when they behold the power of this suit, they won't be laughing anymore! They'll tremble in terror!" Baxter started screaming as the suit grew bigger, encasing him whole.

"What's happening?" Leo asked Donnie with worry.

"Stockman and the Tpod. They're...merging. They're becoming one single entity," Donnie explained.

"The Stockmanpod," Mikey said as he stared up at the metal monster.

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Sofia braided her brown hair and pulled it over her shoulder before pulling her hood up.

"Just be careful," Luca said as he walked into her room.

"I always am," Sofia said with a smile as she hugged her uncle.

"I know, but that doesn't stop me from worrying. There's been so many weird things happening and I just want you to be safe."

"Trust me, I'll be okay. This is helping Mr with my training," Sofia replied, pulling back from the hug. "Plus, if worst comes to worst, I've always got my taser and pepper spray."

"That's my girl. Go on. Just don't stay out all night," Luca said with a worried look.

"I know, I know. Don't worry. I'll be fine. See ya later!"

She open the window and jumped out onto the fireescape before leaping to building across the alleyway.

In the back of her mind, she just hoped the turtles would be out so she could see them and maybe find some Kraang droids or something.

She saw a giant robot the next street over and her eyes went wide when she saw Mikey in it's grasp.

"Mikey!" She shouted as she jumped towards him.

The turtle looked towards her and his face brightened.

"Shadow! I'm saved!" He cried out as Sofia slice at the hand that was holding him.

Sofia grabbed Mikey and started running. "What's going on?" She asked as they quickly made their way away from the metal monster.

"The Tpod Donnie made turned that Dexter guy into the Stockmanpod! Now he's after us and I have to get him to the other's!" Mikey said and Sofia nodded.

"Then lead the way!"

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"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Donnie asked as he looked at Leo.

"Like Sensei said. Don't fight the armor. Fight the guy inside. And one thing we know about bad guys, they love chasing Mikey," Leo said with a grin.

"Guys! Stockmanpod's got missiles!" Mirky cried out and his brother's looked to him.

"Shadow?" Leo spoke when he saw the girl running beside his baby brother.

Missiles followed quickly behind the two who were running so the rest of the turtles jumped out of the way.

Mikey ran up a water tower while Sofia jumped up grabbing onto him as he used his chucks to hang from a nearby telephone line. She held onto the orange clad turtle as the water tower exploded below them.

The other three turtles used chains to wrap up the Stockmanpod, pulling the restraints tight.

Mikey and Sofia jumped down to join the fight.

"Now who's trembling in terror?" Mikey taunted before Stockman began to break through the chains.

Mikey instantly regretted speaking as Stockman burst free and grabbed him by the head, throwing him into a nearby wall.

"Mikey!" Sofia cried out as she unsheathed her swords.

"That's it. You're going down!" Raph exclaimed with a glare, pulling out his sais as he prepared to fight.

Leo and Donnie pulled their own weapons before they all charged at the Stockmanpod.

Donnie launched himself up with his staff and began kicking the face of the Stockmanpod before Sofia and Leo began slicing at the legs.

Raph jabbed at Stockman with his sais and jumped on the head of the pod before being thrown off.

"Raph!" Leo's eyes narrowed at the metal man before he and Donnie were grabbed.

Stockman slammed the two turtles together and Sofia grit her teeth.

"Let them go!" She demanded as she ran up and sliced at his arms, cutting them clean off only for new hands to grow in their place.

Leo and Donnie tumbled to the ground before Raph helped them stand.

Sofia stood in front of them with her swords at the ready.

"Any last words?" Stockman taunted as he glared them all down.

"Just one. Bees!" Leo shouted.

"Bees?"

"Beeees!" Mikey came swinging in with a beehive in hand. He jumped up and shoved the hive into the facehole of the Stockman pod.

Stockman started panicking as he tried to get the bees away from him.

"The Tpod!" Leo said as he saw the power source of the Stockman pod.

They each threw an attack at the Stockman pod and he toppled over the edge of the roof.

Leo jumped down and glared at Stockman before stabbing the Tpod, pulling it out of the Stockmanpod.

The others all jumped down as Srockman crawled out of the suit weakly.

"So we'll call it a tie?" Baxter tried.

"Wanna call it a tie, Raph?" Leo asked as his glare turned to a grin.

"Not yet."

The turtles grabbed the man and took him into the alley before dumping him in the trash.

"Now it's a tie," Raph said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"I don't even wanna know how that happened," Sofia said and Leo sighed.

"It's better if you don't," Leo replied and she hummed with nod.

"Well, I just came out for patrol. I got some time on my hands. You guys wanna teach me how to skateboard?"

"Yeah!" Mikey cheered and Leo smiled.

"Sure! We just have to get our boards!" Leo replied.

"Great! I know of a skatepark off of Pike street. When you guys are ready, meet me there!" Sofia said before she jumped up the fire escape.

"Alright, let's go," Leo said before he opened up the manhole cover leading to the sewers.

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"Where are you all off to so fast?" Splinter asked curiously as the four turtles ran towards the exit of the lair.

"We're meeting a friend a skatepark. We're gonna teach her how to skate," Leo explained.

"A friend?" Splinter raised a brow in suspicion.

"Yeah! She's been helping us take down the Kraang!" Mikey exclaimed with excitement. "She's so cool!"

"She's actually a kunoichi, Master. She's incredible!" Leo added.

"I'll admit, she's pretty good," Raph commented with a shrug.

"Be careful of this kunoichi. If she is part of the Foot clan, she could be dangerous," Splinter warned. "I do not want any of you getting hurt."

"We'll be careful, Sensei. I promise," Leo said with a bow.

"Go, have fun. You've earned it," Splinter said and the turtles took off into the sewers.

Splinter thought about what Leo had said about this girl being a skilled kunoichi. He was curious as to who her master was, fearing the worst.