//------------------------------// // 90's Brawl/Mikey's Closure // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Across the Shell-Verse // by Postwarmonkey50 //------------------------------// An hour before the Rangers arrived Meanwhile, back at Angel Grove, Tommy was filling Zordon and Alpha in over what they had just learned. “And that’s the whole story Zordon.” Said Tommy. “Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye!!” said Alpha, “This is truly terrible, Zordon.” “Agreed,” said Zordon, “If what this Roland said is true and this Shredder somehow gained the power to harness into the Dark Grid, then the future of all Rangers could be at risk.” “No kidding,” said Zack, “We already had trouble with Drakkon and his armies when he killed Tommy and tried to take over the timeline to where every single Ranger Team ever existed. No way we’re going through that again.” “We still need to find a way to stop them.” Said Jason, “Our friends, the Turtles and their allies are already gathering, and thankfully they gave us the coordinates to teleport there.” “Very well.” Said Zordon. “Tommy, you, and the others will go with the Turtles and the Rainbooms to assist them in battle. If the Shredder truly is recruiting their enemies, then there’s no doubt that he recruited Lord Zedd and possibly Rita Repulsa to their cause.” “You got it Zordon.” Said Kimberly. “Alpha,” said Zordon, “You will go with the others and assist them in any way you can. I will try to contact the other rangers from across time and dimensions and warn them of a new threat.” “You can count on me, Zordon.” Said Alpha as it walked over to the others. “Go now, and may the power protect you.” Said Zordon. “Let’s go guys.” Said Tommy, allowing them to activate their teleportation devices, allowing them to teleport somewhere else. ********************************************************************************************* A few days after their adventures in the Turtle Power’s world, Roland kept his promise to take the time to train the rest of the Mane 6, but now, both Venus and Obaki were watching them as they were fighting against training robots. But they were also wearing new outfits that would help them, and just like Princess Twilight, her friends have the same weapons as the Rainbooms, whilst the Turtles (minus Donnie), Rainbooms, April, Casey, Karai, Shinigami, and some of their New York friends were watching, as well as some of the students of Canterlot High. Pony Rainbow Dash was using a Naginata Spear and practiced her moves with it. “You know, other me is actually doing a good job at her weapon.” Said Rainbow Dash. Pony Applejack was using a pair of Shuko Hand Claws to slice through a few robots. “Mah counterpart is also really focused on this.” Said Applejack. Pony Fluttershy was taking down a few objects using her Fukedake Blowgun, as well as trying to dance around them. “Oh my, even my pony counterpart looks like she can hold her own.” Said Fluttershy. Pony Rarity used her Kama Sickles to make short work of the training robots trying to attack her. “Oh my, even my counterpart has so much grace in her step.” Said Rarity. Pony Pinkie Pie was giggling and swinging around her own Bakuhatsugama sickle with weight chain as she jumped around and made quick work of them. “Wow, even my counterpart is doing okay.” Said Pinkie Pie. At the same time, Roland walked in to see how they were doing. He stood next to Princess Twilight whilst he was amazed to see how well they were doing. “Wow, they’re really fast learners.” Said Spike “I know right,” said Princess Twilight, “I can’t believe that they’re learning this fast.” Spike couldn’t help but smirk and said “And you’re also jealous that they learned how to cope as fast as you could, right?” He then saw Princess Twilight pouting whilst she crossed her arms, which he couldn’t help but chuckle from that. “Say, where’s the others?” asked dog Spike. “Oh,” said Spike as he filled in his doggy counterpart, “Roland is with Gamer. After their adventures with the other Turtles, the two of them had an idea and they’ve been cooped up at the lab non-stop. Mikey’s also training, but he’s training with Silverbolt and Invictus.” “Really?” said Dog Spike, “But why not with us here?” “Don’t know, they didn’t say much.” Said Spike. “Shine Boy went to Homeworld with the Crystal Gems to see if they can arrange the other Diamonds to gather reinforcements. They’ll be back soon.” Pretty soon, the five out of six of the Mane 6 were done training and panted from the training. “You guys did great.” Said Obaki. “Yeah, you guys learn a lot faster than Princess Twilight did.” Said Venus. “No sweat.” Said pony Rainbow Dash. “Although…” said Donnie, “Why didn’t you let us help train them?” “You mean like you did for Mikey?” said Venus. They were surprised about it at first, with Obaki saying “And we’d rather not have them be mocked instead of letting Jagwar beat them to death.” “Oh, come on!!” said Rainbow Dash, “How the heck were, we supposed to know!!” “And yet you didn’t.” said Casey. Even though it had been a long time ago, what they did to Mikey still haunt them. “I can’t believe you guys would ditch Mikey like that!!” said April. “Yeah yo, what were you thinking?!” said Casey. “He didn’t even deserve that!!” scolded Shinigami. “Mikey constantly rubbed his victory in our faces!!” said Raph. “And you thought it was a good idea of watching him get beat up to death?” said Keno in disbelief. “Guys,” said Flash, gaining the Turtles and Rainbooms’ attention, although, he had a much sterner look on his face, same with the CHS students and the Shadowbolts, “Did you forget that you guys owed him?” “Excuse me, us owe him?” said Rainbow in disbelief. Maud then walked up and had a list, and read “The Krang, Pizza Face, Mom Thing, the Wasp, the Memory Stone, Cozy Glow, and finally the Meanbooms, since he was the only one who believed you were innocent, tried to defend you and clear your names.” “And at least he wasn’t stupid enough to fall for INK CLONES OF YOURSELVES!!” shouted Bulk Biceps. The Rainbooms and Turtles blinked in surprise, and realize he did have a point. “And I thought we were once jerks.” Said Sour Sweet. “Yeah…” muttered Applejack in shame. “Though truth be told,” said Sunset, “Even though we apologized to Mikey and whilst he was recuperating. We…” “We were rejected by everybody.” Said Donnie. “Rejected?” said a confused Princess Twilight. “How?” “Well…” said Twilight, “Shortly after Mikey won, we received…the worst backlash, ever.” ********************************************************************************************* The Rainbooms tried to book their band, but somehow, they kept on being declined and denied of every events. Even Principle Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna had forbidden them of playing in the school and gave them a month’s detention. ********************************************************************************************* Sunset went to her locker and were shocked when the words “Meanset” were written on it. ********************************************************************************************* Fluttershy trying to take care of the animals at the shelter, but they wouldn’t talk to her, nor did they want to face or do anything with her, which left her disheartened. ********************************************************************************************* Pinkie Pie who was constantly rejected and banned from ever throwing parties, even crushed her cupcakes, even Maud forbade her from ever baking in the house ********************************************************************************************* Applejack, who was ignored by her siblings and didn’t want to work with her, Granny, who forced Applejack to sleep in the barn. ********************************************************************************************* Rarity, who people no longer wanted to order any clothing from her and would boycott her business, and every time whenever she showed them, they kept tearing them up, and lose her popularity because of her supposed selfishness. ********************************************************************************************* Rainbow, who tried to catch up with her sports teams, but they all ditched her, even wanted to threaten to remove her captain status. ********************************************************************************************* Twilight, who nearly got dumped by Timber Spruce and didn’t want to do anything with her, with Gloriosa telling her to leave and was banned from coming to Camp Everfree, even Spike didn’t want to talk to her. ********************************************************************************************* Donnie would sometimes visit the Might Mutanimals to help them, only for Leatherhead to grab him by the face and toss him out, even April didn’t want to talk to him. ********************************************************************************************* Raph tried to feed Chompy, but got bitten by the finger every time, Mona didn’t want to spend time with Raph, even Casey didn’t want to go on patrol with him. ********************************************************************************************* Leo, who isolated himself in the dojo and kept beating himself up over not doing anything to convince anyone and didn’t have faith in Mikey when he trained him, and he didn’t want anyone else to bother him, not even Master Splinter. ********************************************************************************************* “It really hurt.” Said Fluttershy whilst she whimpered, “We’ve never dealt with this much cruelty before.” “Yeah,” said Pinkie Pie, “Nobody wanted my parties, nobody wanted Rarity’s dresses, and everyone else…just as bad.” “So, what changed their mind?” asked pony Rainbow Dash whilst she looked at them. “Well, after two and a half weeks, we had enough,” said Rainbow Dash, “So we asked the first group we found.” ********************************************************************************************* “Scootaloo, wait!!” said Rainbow. Scootaloo looked at Rainbow, but then was mad and looked away, same with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom. “I don’t want to talk to you, Rainbow.” Said Scootaloo. “Will you just stop!!” said Rainbow as the rest of the Rainbooms showed up, wondering what was going on. “What’s going on? Why is everyone ditching us?” Sweetie Belle looked sternly and said “You really haven’t figured it out, have you?” Apple Bloom showed them the footage of them ditching Mikey, how he was nearly beaten to death and that they were smiling about it, which shocked the girls. “Wait!!” said Applejack in shock, “Is that…?” “Yeah, of you girls ditching Mikey.” Said Apple Bloom when she placed her phone away. “In fact, every one of our friends from both Canterlot High, half the city and our friends from New York knows!!” said Scootaloo. “Mikey constantly kept…,” said Applejack. “We know!!” shouted the CMC in anger, which surprised the Rainbooms. “Look,” said Twilight, “We didn’t know the fight was set up!! We didn’t even know that Jagwar planned to kill Mikey!!” “Well, y’all should’ve been better than that!!” said Apple Bloom. “Y’all could’ve gotten over it, but y’all didn’t!! It was just like after the Spring Fling!! Ah would’ve thought that y’all would’ve been less stubborn and more honest, but y’all are nothing but a big liar!!” Applejack was shocked by what her sister said. “And you’re no different Rarity!!” said Sweetie Belle, “I thought you were a generous sister, but you’re still selfish than ever before since the Battle of the Bands and during the Sisterhood social!!” Rarity was a little hurt by Sweetie Belle. “And I thought you were loyal Rainbow,” said Scootaloo in disgust, “But from what I’ve seen? You’re no better than Gilda and Lightning Dust, cause you break everything you touch!!” Rainbow was shocked and taken aback by what her honorary sister said, which left her hurt. “But you know what?” said Apple Bloom, “Ah’m actually glad that y’all are being scorned, cause now y’all have earned what Mikey didn’t; karma.” “And all of you definitely had this coming for a long time!!” said Sweetie Belle over not just with Mikey, but with everything else. Both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle left at the same time. However, Scootaloo looked at them sternly. “Mikey was the only one who defended all of you when you got framed because of Sapphire and your ink clones.” Said Scootaloo, “But you guys never believe him, and all of you promised to listen to him. No, you Pinkie promised. And you broke it.” Everyone was shocked by what she said, even Pinkie as her hair deflated, realizing that she broke her own promise. “And until you lot learn never to take things for granted,” said Scootaloo, “We don’t want anything to do with you anymore.” Scootaloo then walked away to rejoin her friends, whilst the Rainbooms stood there, hurt, and heartbroken, that even their sisters had abandoned them, whilst all of them were hurt and realized that they were right. ************************************************************************************************ “We really regretted of what we did to Mikey that day.” Said a disheartened Rarity. “And everyone was right,” said a teary-eyed Pinkie Pie, “We’re horrible friends. To each other and others.” “It took us about a week to get everything squared with the others and made things right with Mikey.” Said a saddened Applejack. “And for everyone to forgive and trust us again.” Said Twilight. “As long as you girls learned your lesson.” Said Princess Twilight. “Indeed,” said Pony Rarity, “We regretted of not listening to Mikey about Cozy Glow, and not trusting Mikey when he told us Bright Eyes is a good pony. Which is why we also wanted to make things right the next time we saw him.” “But we never got the chance to.” Said Pony Fluttershy. “And the next time y’all want to help teach one a lesson,” said Pony Applejack, “Make sure that it doesn’t involve fighting. When we wanted to teach Rainbow a lesson, we staged a few things, but we’d never endanger her or anypony else.” “Oh, don’t blame them,” said Obaki, as some were taken aback by what he said, until… “It’s not their fault they didn’t take things seriously when it counted.” They gasped at that, with Sunset saying “What’s that supposed to mean?!” “You were supposed to be friends.” Said Obaki, “You were supposed to be better than that. It was your job to help those in need, no matter how bad the situations were, one that you lot never took seriously and from the looks of it, one you don’t, now.” “You think it’s just a game to us?!” said Twilight. “What do you think?” said Obaki. “Mikey, constantly rubbed things in our faces.” Said Rainbow. “How did you expect us to react?!” “Like his friend.” Said Obaki, “Ones that would choose to look past that no matter how selfish they were, that’s what heroes do. It’s not about taking care of yourselves; it’s about taking responsibility for others. And if you lot had cared, you wouldn’t have abandoned him, when he needed you the most.” He then glared at them and said “But like I said, you didn’t take anything seriously.” “We were taking it seriously!!” exclaimed Applejack, with the Rainbooms nodding agreement. “Right,” said Obaki unimpressed. “Cocky (surprising Rainbow), whining (Rarity gasping), blubbering (Fluttershy flinching), goofing off, (surprising Pinkie Pie), Twilighting (surprising Twilight), hissy fit (surprising Sunset), and staring into space (pointing at Applejack).” The Rainbooms were shocked to hear what he said to them. “You were supposed to have helped him, but instead you abandoned and turned your back on a friend.” “But…” said Rainbow as she wanted to protest. But then Obaki said something completely unexpected. “The same way you abandoned and turned your backs on Sunset when you guys thought she was Anon a Miss?” The Rainbooms were shocked and taken aback by that statement, even most of the students from CHS, along with the CMC, however, the rest of their friends were just as surprised when he brought that up. “But then again I wouldn’t be surprised,” said Obaki, “Considering you gave birth to her.” “That was our sisters!!” said Applejack. “Indeed!!” said Rarity, “They’re the ones who created it.” “They only created Anon a miss after the way you lot kicked out and ignored your siblings when they wanted to spent time with you and that you could’ve used that opportunity for them to spent time with Sunset so that they could get to know her and befriend her,” said Obaki, who then pointed at Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow and said “The fault lies with you three, just as much as it did to them.” The three were taken aback and speechless over that, which shocked the others when they found out how she was created in the first place. “What…but that’s not fair!!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash. “You neglected your sisters and pushed them away when they wanted to spent time with you, automatically pointed fingers at Sunset when she was innocent and you abandoned Mikey when he needed your help when he realized he made a mistake,” said Obaki, “Tell me, if that’s fair.” However, unknown to them at the same time, Shine Boy was about to enter, but then he heard them arguing, so he quickly hid behind the corner and overheard their conversation. “He’s right,” said Venus, “Besides, it’s Mikey we’re talking about, he couldn’t help the way he was. He only acted that way because he was happy that he actually, won something, even if it was an accident. I mean you seven were supposed to be better than that.” “We just got sick and tired of his bragging.” Said Rainbow. “Oh sure,” said Venus rhetorically, “When someone else brags, it’s all silent stairs. But when you brag, you’re suddenly an expert.” “Because I am!!” said Rainbow before Venus was nose to nose with her, which surprised the Rainbow haired girl. “This coming from a girl who got easily overpowered and captured by a bunch of thugs from the Purple Nightmares and a couple of mutants and supervillains?” retorted Venus. Rainbow winced at that and looked away sheepishly, with Venus looking at both Fluttershy and Pinkie. “And I can’t believe you two of all people didn’t defend Mikey. You defended him before, so why not again? You two were just as bad as your counterparts.” Both Pony Pinkie and Pony Fluttershy winced at this and looked down in guilt, knowing that’s true. “It’s just…” said Pinkie as she was sad, “He was just so mean…” “Not as mean as you were when you called Sunset a secret stealer and took her smile away in front of everyone else in school.” Said Venus, which made Pinkie wince and her hair partially deflated, which confused Shine Boy. “And it felt like he betrayed us when he rubbed in our faces.” Said Fluttershy. “Even what he said was the truth?” said Obaki. Everyone looked at him surprised whilst he said “Mikey’s boasting aside, he did have a few good points about all of you, well minus Leo and Sunset’s situation since what he said was uncalled for and what he said about Raph is true for obvious reasons.” Raph growled at that, but with one poke from behind his neck by Venus, Raph instantly stood stiff as a board and he couldn’t move whilst he almost felt like his bones were going to crack. Obaki walked over to both Donnie and Twilight. “He did have a good point about you two for using your heads instead of your bodies.” Said Obaki, then he looked at Twilight and said “Or do you wish me to remind you of you having the athletic body of a twig, even when you keep getting F+ on your Physical Education grades?” Twilight winced at that, whilst her eye rapidly twitched, for bringing up the one grade she didn’t want to think about. “The reason why you two lost was because you both were strategizing in the middle of the fight.” Said Obaki, “It’s fine if you strategize when you’re in the middle of a battle, but when you’re in a fighting tournament, that’s different.” As the two of them were confused, Obaki looked at both Casey and Keno. “Tell me, you both have seen fighting tournaments, correct?” “Of course, we have.” Said Keno. “Do you think in the middle of a fighting tournament?” “Of course, not yo,” said Casey, “That’s just a disaster waiting to happen. Cause when you think during a fight, you hesitate, and when you hesitate, you’ll end up getting your butt kicked faster than you can say, Pizza.” “Exactly,” said Obaki as he looked at the two eggheads, “When you’re in a fighting tournament, you must first learn about your opponent, and when you do, you strategize on how you fight, and then fight them in the tournament. Cause in a tournament, you won’t have time to think.” He then looked at Scootaloo and asked “Tell me, you watched Top Gun Maverick, right?” “Oooh, I love that movie!!” said Scootaloo excited. “Did he think in the middle of a flight?” “Of course not,” said Scootaloo, “He didn’t do things by the book, because he knows his enemy won’t follow the same rules. That he shouldn’t hesitate when flying.” “And what did he say?” asked Obaki. “Don’t think, just do it.” Said Scootaloo. “It’s kind of the same thing when I play soccer. I try not to think because it interferes with my soccer.” “You don’t think when you play soccer?” asked a confused Sweetie Belle. “Of course not,” said Scootaloo, “Because if I think during a match, I’ll end up hesitating and if I hesitate, I’ll end up making myself an open target that the opposing team will notice and take advantage of. That’s why we plan before, we go in a match.” Obaki pointed at Scootaloo whilst he looked at both Sci-Twi and Donnie whilst saying “And there you go.” Both the eggheads were surprised by this, whilst he said “You clearly didn’t think that part when you were in the tournament. I first watch my opponents fight, then I tried to plan and strategize, and when it’s my turn to fight, then I implement the plan, it’s called being observant. That’s why when you fight, you shouldn’t think, you should just do.” Obaki crossed his arms and said “But then again, when you’re not on the battlefield, you two Eggheads never did think things through in certain situations anyway.” “What’s that supposed to mean?!” said Donnie. Obaki looked at Donnie and said “Remind me again who was the one that made a love potion that affected the Rainbooms, only in a different manner?” Donnie widened his eyes in shock and had an embarrassed look, but not as embarrassed as the Rainbooms when they lightly blushed and looked away. “Uh, what did they do?” asked Slash. “What they nearly did.” Said Obaki, “And I believe you know the term, ahem, ‘Do it like they do on the discovery channel’?” Some did a spit take and were shocked to hear that and looked at the Rainbooms, whilst the latter were red in the face and were greatly embarrassed about it, with Team Shine being surprised and Night Shine suppressed his chuckles. “And then there’s you,” said Obaki when he looked at Twilight. “When you made a chemical that turned you into a monster and shrunk yourselves out of existence?” “I remember that.” Said Amethyst Majesty as he looked at them sternly, “Not to mention I was the one who had to help clean up their messes.” “It…it wasn’t that bad.” Said Twilight. “Not that bad?!” yelled Amethyst Majesty, causing Twilight to cringe. “Wait, what did she do now?” asked Pony Rainbow Dash. “Put it this way,” said Amethyst Majesty, “A while back before Fugitoid came crashing back down on the planet and joined the fieldtrip when Abacus Cinch wanted revenge on the girls, she asked Sunset and Princess Twilight for help. Then they experimented on a mouse by dousing it with chemicals. Next thing you know, it ended up biting them, infecting them with chemicals. And every time whenever they got angry, aroused, or stressed, they end up going all Saddle Rager and trashed the whole science lab, which got out of hand when the mouse bit the rest of the Rainbooms, which turned them into monsters too.” “Wait, that was you three?!!” exclaimed Flash as the Canterlot High Students were shocked to hear this, even the others, with Night Shine struggling to keep it in. “Wait, how did the mouse escape from the cage?” asked Micro Chips. “It didn’t,” said Amethyst Majesty, “They chose to douse the mouse with chemicals outside of its cage.” Everyone gawked at that, with Night Shine laughing a bit. “Wait,” said Donnie, “You ended up experimenting on a mouse outside of its cage? Have you lost your mind?!” “Well, I didn’t know it was going to escape and bite people!!” said Twilight. “You decided to mix chemicals that was highly untested without running a simulation first, then you chose to douse the mouse with the said chemicals outside of its cage when you were supposed to do it inside of it.” said Amethyst Majesty, then said loudly “What did you think was going to happen?!!” Twilight cringed at that, with him saying “And don’t get me started on the shrinking incident before your yacht trip,” said Amethyst Majesty, “Seriously, what were you thinking, drinking the potion, and convincing Sunset to do the same instead of asking her to help keep an eye on you just in case. And then you continued to shrink because of a slight miscalculation. Which, by the way, I told you, you should’ve tested it on an inanimate object first. And you're lucky that Flash found the two of you before things got any worse.” Twilight rubbed her arm in embarrassment, whilst Derpy said “Pff, and people think I mess things up.” which caused Night Shine to laugh extremely hard as he nearly fell over. “And don’t get me started on a certain AI robot you built that nearly killed us all.” Said Obaki. Twilight cringed at that, for that was one event she wished she could really forget. “Why else did you think your parents grounded you and the schools banned you from ever experimenting there again without supervision until you could learn to be responsible?” said Amethyst Majesty, “Cause every time whenever you get your hands on a chemistry set or a piece of robotic machinery, it always ends in disaster!!” “He does have a point,” said Sugarcoat, “You did cause tons of property damage and taxpayer dollars to pay for the damages that you caused that your parents weren’t any proud of.” “She’s right,” said Amethyst Majesty, “What happened in those three scenarios was all your fault you know, you dunce. They told you; you should’ve tested and ran the simulations first. But did you listen? Oh, dear no, not the ‘pretentious genius’ Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight looked down in shame as she began to process this. Venus went over to Applejack as she also felt the same way Obaki did. “You’re not exactly innocent in this either,” said Venus, “Your narrowmindedness and not thinking things through is what kept getting you into trouble in the first place. Not to mention you keep starting fights in the first place.” “Ah don’t start fights!!” said Applejack. “Oh really?” said Venus with a flexed eyebrow and crossed arms, “Remember when you assumed that Rainbow lied to you, and that time when you started the fight with Rainbow and Rarity at the Battle of the Bands? You could’ve tried to talk things through, but instead you bickered like a child, you even held a grudge over little things that you never even considered talking instead of throwing a temper tantrum when things don’t go your way. You’re so narrowminded that you failed to see the bigger picture, and you assumed Sunset was bad again instead of talking things through, it was even written in her eyes. Not to mention, Rainbow wasn’t the only one who was selfish and nearly ruined your friendships, you were just as much to blame, because you let your stubborn pride get in the way. And you complain about Mikey boasting, well what have you been doing whenever you sell your apples and said they were better in front of the Peach family.” “Because they…” said Applejack before she was cut off. “It’s just a bunch of stupid fruit.” Said Venus, which Applejack and a few gasped at that. “And you wonder why most folks didn’t want to buy anything from the market whenever you two sell stuff, because you constantly argue more than anyone, not to mention you constantly debate with the Peach family because of your stupid pride.” Venus then said “You need to learn to use your head more than just brute strength. Otherwise, you’d be no better than the enemies you fight. For are you an Honest person who tries to help others tell the truth, or are you a prideful oaf who tends to act like a mule?” As Applejack tried to process of what she said, Obaki walked up to Rainbow next. “And you’re no different either.” Said Obaki, “Every single time, they tell you not to be cocky and yet how many times did you keep getting your butt kicked!!” “I would’ve won that round!!” retorted Rainbow, “I was just…having an off day.” “Oh, sure,” said Obaki rhetorically, “And how would you have won, by running around in circles, hoping to make him dizzy? It’s a tournament, not a soccer match. See, this is why everybody at CHS has labeled you the cockiest person, because everyone knows you’re extremely competitive, and also a show-off.” She was taken aback by this, whilst CHS’s students nodded in agreement of that statement. Obaki leaned forward with squinted eyes and said “Or do I need to remind you of that contest between you and Applejack about being in the most clubs?” “Well, she started it.” Said Rainbow. “Excuse me?” said Applejack feeling insulted, “Y’all were bragging about being in it more than ah am.” “I wasn’t bragging!!” said Rainbow, “I was telling the truth!! I really am in five clubs. The Soccer Club, the Floor Hockey Club, the Swimming Club, the Basketball Club, and the Volleyball Club!! Why? Because I’m the Captain of every single team in CHS!! I had to join them to inspire new recruits and the current players for future sports!!” “Uh, you do realize that all that is just in the sports club, right?” Said Scootaloo when she pointed a few things out. “And you’re also in the videogame club, and in the fashion…” Rainbow instantly shut her mouth, however, Silverbolt caught on and said “Wait…you’re also in the fashion club?!! Huh…so that’s why you and Applejack had Photo Finish taking photos of you two in that club.” Silverbolt showed them photos of the two of them in fashion getup, which caused everyone to gawk at that what they were seeing. “No way.” Said Raph as he couldn’t believe this whilst he looked at them. “Hey, you promised you wouldn’t say anything!!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash, “Think of my good name and reputation!” Silverbolt looked at her with a flexed eyebrow and said “You’re a lazy narcissistic soccer player, working for a minimum wage at the sports store and writes self-insert fanfiction about you and Daring Do. Good name? Really?” Rainbow blushed in embarrassment whilst she slapped her forehead and muttered “I knew I should’ve kept quiet about it.” “And seriously AJ?” said Obaki when he turned to face her, “When they said, ‘Fencing Club’. It didn’t actually mean an actual fence; it was another fancy word for sword fighting. Even a dead brained monkey would know that!” Applejack winced at that and blushed in embarrassment, remembering how Sunset and the Fencing Club Members chewed her out over bringing an actual fence. “You know,” said Obaki, “When your parents encouraged and cheered you on, it gave you the confidence you needed to play sports, yet overtime you developed an ego and ended up bragging and thinking that you were better than everyone else until it blows in your face. And being a Kunoichi isn’t just about fighting and skills, it’s also about discipline, humility, restraint, and respect. A few things you obviously don’t have.” He even shows her a picture of her using her superspeed whilst fighting. “And from what I’ve seen using your superspeed, even a dead brained monkey can see that you don’t know how to fight.” “What?!” exclaimed Rainbow, “There are plenty of folks out there, who would disagree with you.” “And how many times did they beat you when you kept using the same tactic.” Said Obaki, “Roland and I know about six different speedsters who can fight twice as better than you can, which they made you look like a dancer, and they can do the job twice as better than you can in a world that doesn’t share your same rules.” Obaki squinted his eyes and said “And in that kind of world, kicking a black and white leather ball whilst using soccer tactics as a fighting technique is a joke!!” Rainbow widened her eyes in shock, as if it hit her right in the feels whilst she looks away and down whilst crossing her arms. Venus then went over to Fluttershy, but gently, considering she knows how sensitive she can be. “And I know you didn’t want to fight the panda guy,” said Venus, “But you should’ve put up more of a fight.’ “But…” said Fluttershy, “He’s a panda. He’s…” “Not the same kind of animal that you look after.” Said Venus. “Look, I know you’re a gentle soul and it’s admirable, but not all the animals share your same kind of sentiment. Do you wanna know why the animals follow you constantly?” “Uh, because she’s really kind to them?” asked Spike. “Because of her geode?” asked dog Spike. “No,” said Venus, “Because they see you as the Alpha Male.” Fluttershy blinked in surprise about this, with Venus continuing. “The reason for that was when you interact with them, they felt an attraction to you, meaning they see you as their alpha, their leader. But there will also be others who will challenge the alpha for current leadership. And if you keep getting trampled by animals stronger than you, then they’ll end up treating you like a doormat.” “But…that can’t be true.” Said Fluttershy in worry. “No?” said Venus. She then whistled, causing Angel Bunny, Winona, Opal, and Tank to step forward, even Spike and Ray. She stood on one knee and asked them, “Tell me, do all of you follow Fluttershy because of her kindness, or her ability to understand animals?” Winona barked a bit, with Spike saying “He says no.,” Opal meowed next, with Tank and Angel Bunny speaking in their own language. Spike then says “They said that they follow you because they see you as the Alpha. So, it was kind of your kind nature and also your ability to understand them, that you’re also the only one who understands them and the only one who wants to help them, and that…Angel says that he constantly picked on her because he wanted her to be assertive and be brave like she did when she faced against the Purple Dragons and so on.” Fluttershy was surprised to hear that, with Venus standing up and looking at her. “There will come a time that there will be animals who will challenge you. Cause when push comes to shove, sometimes the cuddle tactics don’t work. When it comes to facing an animal, you have to bare your teeth, to show them that you’re not afraid to stand up for what’s right. So, when the next time you face an animal like opponent, try to stand up to them, to show them that you are strong.” “I’m…not sure I’m comfortable with it.” Said Fluttershy in a worried tone whilst rubbing her hair. “Nothing in life is.” Said Venus. “But remember, not only do the animals follow you because of your kindness, fairness, and your geode, but because they see you as the Alpha Male. And sometimes the Alpha needs to defend them, otherwise someone would get hurt.” Fluttershy looked down a bit to think about it, whilst at the same time, Obaki would have a few words with Rarity. “And you,’ said Obaki, “You wanna talk about Mikey having it coming, after the way you treated him?” “Well, he didn’t have to rub it in our faces!!” protested Rarity. “Even what he said was the truth?” retorted Obaki, “All because you were afraid of a little dirt? I mean, what the heck are you complaining about, ever since you became a Ninja, you got dirty before. Fighting Shredder’s goons, Shredder himself, fought aliens and monsters on different planets and dimensions, even fighting against other enemies along your allies. You constantly complain about a little muck, and yet how many situations did you get over it and not let vanity get the better of you?” Rarity wanted to retort, but looked down and realized he did have a point. “You know, I can’t believe you’d put your own pride an image first instead of your own family and friends.” Said Obaki. Rarity gasped at that and felt insulted. “And don’t take my word for it, take theirs.” He pointed to everyone, who also felt sheepish at that, but knew it was true, Rarity looked a bit down whilst feeling like she got hurt at the same time. Obaki then went to Pinkie Pie. “And you,” said Obaki, “You always goof around and annoy people to death with your constant chattering. Cause maybe if you had taken things seriously, maybe everyone wouldn’t be this cold to you.” “You think I don’t take this seriously?!” said Pinkie Pie incredulously. “Uh, newsflash,” said Obaki, “Ninety percent of the time when you face a crisis, you never, take things seriously, little miss, ‘I wanna constantly throw parties before by thesis got hurt’. And more importantly.” He leaned over and squinted his eyes and said “Remind me again, who was the one stupid enough to take food from a poorly disguised villain that turned you and your friends into toddlers?” “He does have a point, Pinkie.” Said Wallflower whilst crossing her arms sternly because of what happened to Sapphire. “And the indecency that followed!!” said Sour Sweet in a sour tone, but then replied sweetly when she mumbled in an embarrassing tone “And in front of boys no less.” Pinkie looked down a bit with saddened eyes, with Obaki saying, “This is why, I stopped liking the Rainbooms in the first place.” The Rainbooms were taken aback by this, as was everyone else on the ship. “What?” said Rarity, “Why not?” “Yeah, we’ve made sweet music and did everything together.” Said Rainbow. “How come you don’t like us?” asked Fluttershy. Obaki was silent for a few moments. But eventually said, “Okay then, I’ll tell you.” “Oh boy.” Muttered Venus as she held head, knowing where this was going, and what Obaki said in one big breath. “All of you are the worst people I know,” he began, “You constantly point fingers at others and yourselves and assumed that all of them had turned on you, the seven of you have been friends for a long time and constantly watched your backs, and this is how you repay them? And to add insult to injury, you had the gall to blame a few folks that wasn’t their fault to begin with, and you’re sometimes dense, you never pay attention, and when you say that you want to spend time with them, you say ‘Oh, I’ll do it later’ but later never comes. And what really bugs me, is the fact that all of you think you’re the perfect group of friends, when all you lot do is screw up and expect others to fix your mistakes. I mean yeah, sure, I make mistakes just as much as the next guy, but at least I’m honest about it. I don’t go around making a big deal of how everything is perfect in your life and making excuses thinking that you know people, well you don’t, you acted like spoiled brats. Darn it all of you are so pretentious!! And all of you delude yourselves, thinking that your big stars, even though you’re not. And it’s no wonder AK Yearling didn’t bother to write to you girls, even she knows that gaining stardom is not easy. And what I really hate the most, is how you keep saying how friendship is important, how some folks needed friends and that they needed help. Well, what have you all done to help, I work with Roland in many soup kitchens all over the country feeding the poor and befriending folks, never see you over there, you want to help, get off of your high horse. And BTW, having powers doesn’t make you superheroes, oh wait, all of you aren’t superheroes, because you don’t take things seriously. Well, who the heck are all of you to talk down to anyone?! You constantly let yourselves be fooled by misunderstandings, which doesn’t come near as your failure as a friend, how the heck are the friends you met that you never bothered to catch up with them?! And you know what, I could forgive all of that, all of it, if you weren’t a bunch of bores. That’s the worst of it, girls, you’re just a bunch of selfish, stubborn prideful bores.” Obaki let out a breath and tried to calm down. However, the Rainbooms were hurt by the comments, which surprised everyone else too. He immediately turned around and went to the door, but then he stopped near Sunset and looked at her. “And I would’ve thought that you’d help him,” said Obaki, “Considering that you know how it feels for a friend to be abandoned by his own. I mean you do kind of owe him.” “I would’ve helped him…” “And yet you didn’t.” said Obaki when he cut her off. “And why is that, I wonder?” “That’s because…” said Sunset before she was cut off again. “Why,” said Obaki, “Because he was too much of a goofbag to help?” Sunset winced at that, until Obaki was face to face with her and said “And given the fact how many times you screwed up over the years, I wouldn’t exactly call you a good character witness.” Obaki then scoffed and said before walking away, “No wonder Princess Celestia didn’t make you a Princess when she thought you were a failure.” Everyone gasped at that, even Sunset but silent. Soon Obaki left the room, whilst Rainbow on the other hand was fuming. “Who the heck does he think he is?!” said Rainbow, “We didn't deserve that. We're famous heroes!!” “You're also famous jerks!!” said Kevin, which gained their attention as he walked over to the Rainbooms, with him saying “And if you weren't such jerks, maybe your friendships wouldn't have been nearly destroyed and everyone wouldn't have shunned you in the first place!!” Kevin walked towards the door, with half of the Rainbooms feeling bad. “Oh, what, you're suddenly an expert in Friendships and Feelings?!” said Rarity whilst fuming a little. “No,” said Kevin before he turned to them and said, “But I am an expert in boastful, overconfident, selfish, whining, cocky, ungrateful, egotistical jerks.” He soon left with, with Ben and Gwen chasing after him. “He’s not wrong.” Said Night Shine, gaining their attention, “And I should know, I put jerks in their place all the time.” He soon walked away to join them. CHS looked at the Rainbooms and noticed that they looked hurt. They wanted to leave, but they chose to stay, and maybe train them to take their mind off of things, whilst Venus had one last thing to say to the Turtles. “And you three should’ve known better,” said Venus, “Cause word of advice? Stop trying to think you’re better than everyone else. Just focus on helping those in need instead of abandoning them. Cause the old Toretto rule, you don’t turn your back on family.” The Turtles winced at that, for their friend Tony and their friend Dom did tell them that. “Look,” said Raph as he tried to speak “We did it because we thought it was…” “What? Necessary?” said Venus in a cold tone. “Necessary, implies that you didn’t have any other option. What you guys did to Mikey? That wasn’t necessary. And you know it.” She also soon walked away, with the three Turtles lowering their heads in shame. Shine Boy were surprised when he saw this. What Obaki and Venus to his friends had him thinking multiple questions. They learned their lessons, why are they hurting them? Do they want to save the multiverse? Or just watch them fail? Unless… Saving the multiverse WASNT their objective! What if they’re with Shredder and destroying their team from within? No. He couldn’t think that. There’s no proof. Shine Boy looked at a picture of him, Leo, Twilight, and Karai from their hangout. “This doesn’t change anything.” He told himself. “They’re my friends. And always will be. I don’t care what wrong they’ve done. I won’t let those guys put them down and weaken our bond! Even if it means I have to kill myself to help them.” As he walked into the training room to talk to the Rainbooms, Venus realized Shine Boy had overheard them. But it didn’t matter, what was said what needed to be said. So, she continued on to her room. However, at the same time, Roland saw it through his camera phone, which made him sigh, for he figured that Venus and Obaki would act like this again, and they thought what he did would be out of line. ********************************************************************************************* At the same time, after Mikey, Silverbolt and Invictus took a break from training, Gamer and Roland were busy working on their latest project. “I have to admit,” said Gamer, “I was curious of why you asked me to help you with this, but I have to admit, this is pretty ingenious.” “Thanks.” Said Roland as he was adding some finishing touches. “Although…” said Gamer as he was being trailed off. “What?” asked Roland as he took his glasses off. “Okay, two things.” Said Gamer as he revealed what looked like a large enough figurine, “One, I know why you’re building it, but did it had to be so small. Two…why do we need these if the Rangers are going to bring in their Zords?” “To answer your first,” said Roland, “It would be too big and I wanted it to be a surprise. Plus, we’re using the Atom’s shrinking invention to help build this better. And to answer your second, yes, their Zords are amazing, but they keep easily getting their butts kicked, even if they do put up a spirited fight, and from what the Rangers told me, if Lord Zedd’s monsters are that powerful, they’ll need some backup, even if the Rainbooms do have their own Zords, they’ve never faced Zedd’s monsters before.” “True,” said Gamer, “But there’s still one problem we need to solve.” “If the pilots are compatible with one another.” Said Roland. “No need to worry, I got just the six candidates for the job.” “You do, who?” asked Gamer. Before he could answer, within a split second, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers arrived via teleportation, which surprised Roland and Gamer at the same time. “Finally, we made it.” Said Zack, “I thought we’d never get here.” “I thought you’d join us after we told you about the new Shredder?” said Gamer. “We would, but teleportation travel takes a long time to travel.” Said Billy. “And yet, you lot didn’t have any trouble when you teleported to the Justice League’s world?” said Roland whilst crossing his arms with a flexed eyebrow. “Technically, that was an accident when Zedd tricked me into teleporting the fake Alpha to the Command Center.” Said Zack. “Anyway,” said Roland, “I’m glad you lot could make it.” “Wish it was under different circumstances.” Said Trini. “Agreed,” said Roland before he contacted someone over his earpiece. “Grandpa Max, the Rangers are here.” “Alright then, have them meet us at the Command center,” responded Grandpa Max, “We’ll start briefing in a moment.” “Roger that.” Said Roland before looking at the Rangers. “Alright then, let’s go.” ********************************************************************************************* Soon enough, everyone (After the CHS students and Shine Boy cheered the Rainbooms and Turtles up) had gathered at the command center to talk about certain events. “Alright, let’s go over this again, just to be sure.” Said Grandpa Max. “We know that the Shredder has gone to great lengths into recruiting as many of our enemies as possible.” “And build up one large army.” Said Princess Twilight. “And with the information provided by Scootaloo,” said Grandpa Max as he placed his hand on Scootaloo’s shoulder, to which she smiled with pride, “We know that he forced some of our enemies out of the woodwork to work for him.” “Bishop also provided us with some clues,” said Fugitoid as he plugged his finger into the computers and showed them. “Apparently, Subprime and Bixolio weren’t the only ones who were recruited by force. They also captured Tiger Claw, Fishface, Stockman and if I’m not mistaken…” “Even Rahzar.” said Mikey. “But how did he come back?” asked Casey “They found a way to resurrect him.” Said Roland, gaining their attention, “The spy also told us that Shredder recruited a few of Batman’s allies’ enemies, most of them being able to resurrect anyone from the dead via spirit form using powerful sorcerers. Same thing they did with Sombra and the Dark Turtles. The same ones who also captured Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow.” “And no doubt they also recruited the Purple Dragons and Purple Nightmares.” Said Leo. “As for those willingly.” Said Shine Boy, “We know he recruited Lewej, Ripley, Gladitron and they willingly joined their cause, same with Vilgax and every other alien in Ben 10’s rogue gallery.” “Not to mention the Corrupt Gems.” Said Bismuth. “We only managed to get half of them to our side, but the other half were taken before we could get to them.” “So now there’s also another question to everyone’s minds.” Said Leo. “Who else did Shredder recruit or force joined them?” said Raph. “Lord Zedd might be willing to work with the Shredder.” Said Tommy, “And from what Zordon told us, same thing to other enemies of the Rangers from future generations.” “So, let’s go over who might be willing and not so willing to join.” Said Ben. They placed images of both Batman and the Justice League’s enemies. “There’s a chance that the villains would also be willing to join the Shredder.” Said Obaki. “Or paid them,” said Pinkie Pie, “Given how many of their enemies somehow ended up in our world and were paid to kill us.” “Pinkie has a point.” Said Applejack, “Many of them varmints would do anything for money, like the Flim/Flam brothers.” “Dudes, you forgot two other major baddies.” Said Mikey. “Like who Mikey?” asked Gwen. “Hive and Static’s enemies from Dakota.” “Okay, Static’s enemies we know,” said Donnie, “But who’s Hive?” “I read them.” Said Twilight, “Hive is an organization of zealots who blindly follow a madman named Brother Blood. You could say he’s almost equal to one of Batman’s enemies, Ra’s al Ghul.” “What about the Digidestined’s enemies?” said Apple Bloom. “Doubt it.” Said Gamer, “From what Tai and the others had said, they destroyed most of them long ago.” “Unless they find a way to bring them back.” Said Night Shine. “I bumped into the last group of rangers known as Beast Morphers. They mentioned of how their enemies found a way to resurrect Goldar. Especially Lord Zedd when the Dino Fury Rangers fought them.” “So, it’s a possibility.” Said Steven, “Question is, which one?” “Well, if I know Ripley,” pondered Shine Boy, “I seriously doubt he’d revive Devimon again. So, it’s safe to say he’s ruled out.” “I have a few in mind.” Said Roland, “We’ll have to consult this with Izzy and the others when they get here.” “VILE would no doubt join.” Said Sunset. “But last time I heard, ACME captured the entire faculty and their agents.” Said Twilight. “Not exactly.” Said Grandpa Max as he showed them the footage. “When Roland mentioned about Carmen Sandiego and her friends being killed too, I reached out to ACME and told them what he told me. They were stunned at first, but they also showed us that about a few months before you lot went to the Starswirl music festival, ACME captured and sent VILE to prison. Only a month after you went to the music festival, an army of Foot Bots attacked the facility and sprung them from their imprisonment, even gathered all of VILE’s agents and resources. As far as they know, they disappeared.” “When I last time talked to Player, he told me he had been trying to reach Carmen for some time to tell her,”, said Donnie, “But so far they haven’t found her yet.” “What about COBRA?” said Raph. “They were forced to join,” said Patelliday, “From what all of you told us, Cobra Commander is too arrogant to take any sides, or join them, hence why he would stab anyone in the back. Same goes for SKAR.” “SKAR?” said a confused group. “They’re also a terrorist group,” said Roland, gaining their attention as he showed them the holograms of them, “You could say they’re sort of like rivals to Cobra in every way. They only consist a handful of members and have many mercenary groups under their payroll. But their leader, a man known as Iron Klaw.” He showed them a hologram of Klaw, “No one knows what he looks like, but he is rivaled with Cobra Commander in every way. Though where Cobra tends to be open, Klaw is more of a secretive type.” “And I assume you know them in your dimension?” asked Shine Boy. “That I do.” Said Roland, “I fought alongside the GI Joes, but from E Division, or to which Metalhead calls, E for Extreme. And in case you wonder, no, he’s not a robot.” He showed them holograms of the E Division Goes. “These are Ballistic, who later became known as Eagle Eye, Harpoon, Mayday, Black Dragon, Sgt. Savage, Quick Stryke, Metalhead, Freight, and their leader, Lieutenant Stone.” “Huh,” said Rainbow as she crossed her arms and took a good look at them, “You know, I think I heard of them. Nicky once told me that there was a special group that handled another different terrorist division that also gave Cobra a hard time for world domination.” “Then there’s also the Spy Racer’s enemies.” Said Roland. “Wait, what?” said a surprised Sonata, “I thought all of them were beaten the last time we fought them?” “She does have a point.” Said Aria. “Because a lot of them have resources through illegal means.” Said Obaki, “Plus combined with Shredder and the others’ tech, they’ll be twice as dangerous.” “Least we know now who will be on the table.” Said Zack. “Agreed,” said Jason, “If we’re here, that means Lord Zedd won’t be far behind.” “Or Rita Repulsa.” Said Venus, which shocked the others, “Apparently Shredder sprung her from her imprisonment and the two of them are serving under him.” “Okay, this is very bad.” Said Trini in worry. “Agreed.” Said Billy, “We’ll need to try and step up our game.” “Magister Tennyson?” said the Bridge Commander, “We’re about to enter the next world.” “Alright, we’ll be there.” Said Max before turning to the others, “Let’s go.” Everyone left the Command Center and went to the Bridge. ********************************************************************************************** Shortly, everyone who was at the command center had arrived at the bridge, the pilot said “Exiting dimensional jump in three…two…one.” The ship had arrived above the planet’s orbit. “Alright, we’re at the next earth.” Said Max. “According to the thing-a-ma-bob,” said Mikey, “We’re at coordinates 1209, near Earth 1996.” They looked at him surprised, with Mikey said “I watch a lot of Sci-Fi movies and learned a thing or two.” “Uh, dude, you do realize that those are fake whilst this is real, right?” said Ben. “Eh, tomato, temato.” Said Mikey before he rejoined the others. “I have no idea what that means.” Said Roland in a manly accent, causing everyone to look at him in confusion. “Pff, sorry, I couldn’t resist. Anyway, since we’re going over there, who should volunteer to come along and who should stay. Obviously, the Turtles and Rainbooms will go with myself, Venus, Obaki, Amethyst Majesty, Silverbolt and Invictus, but who else will come along?” “Well…” said Ben before he was cut off. “We’ll search for the city on the North side for the Stone.” Said Grandpa Max. “We’ll search the South,” said Steven, “We’ll be able to cover more ground that way.” “CHS’s students can split up and be with both teams. That way they’ll be able to handle any kind of situation.” Said Roland. “Good idea.” Said Grandpa Max, “We could use the extra help we’ll need.” “Can we go with you sis?” asked Apple Bloom. “We never hung out with the Rangers before.” Said Scootaloo. “Plus, you did say we needed more experience.” Said Sweetie Belle. “Same with us.” Said Ace as he spoke for him and his friends. “Alright,” said AJ, “But stick with us at all times.” “Will do.” Said Apple Bloom, until she smirked and said “At least in case y’all need a diaper change.” This caused the former girls turned babies to blush in complete embarrassment. “We’ll never live this down, will we?” said Rarity. “Nope.” Said Rainbow Dash. “Angel,” said Roland to Angel Bridge, Carter, Tiffany, Trisha, Buffy, and Zack, “You guys will be our eyes and ears from the skies. If we run into trouble, you know what to do.” “You got it.” Said Zack. “Alright everyone, to the teleporter,” said Grandpa Max, “We have a mission to do.” Everyone left to the teleporter to their next mission. That was until… “Excuse me, sir?” said one of the Plumbers, gaining their attention the moment they stopped, with one of them looking at Roland. “We found the one you’re looking for.” “Oh?” said Roland. The doors opened and a familiar face came that the Turtles, Casey, and April had not expected, for she resembled that of a fox. “Alopex?!!” exclaimed the Turtles. “Wait,” said Applejack, “This is the one y’all were talkin’ about?” “The very one.” Said Roland. He looked at her and said “Sorry we brought you here. I know the last thing you wanted was to be around different strangers…” “Save it.” Said Alopex, showing no hard feelings, “I know you meant no harm. But when you mentioned Tiger Claw, I couldn’t pass the opportunity to come along.” “Wait, you brought in Alopex?” asked Leo. “I figured we could use all the help we can get on this.” Said Roland. However, Fluttershy walked over to Alopex, which the latter noticed and saw Fluttershy had an apologetic and worried look on her face. “Is there something I can…?” However, she was caught off guard when Fluttershy slowly hugged her, which surprised the fox. “I’m so sorry for what you’ve been through.” Said Fluttershy, “You didn’t deserve any of that. You were just an innocent little girl who lost everything. But you don’t have to be alone. I’m here for you when you need it.” The fox was still taken aback by this, but she found herself hugging Fluttershy and slowly shed a tear as it fell. “And I figured that the Rainbooms and Mane 6 can help her make friends and be more open to others.” Whispered Roland, which surprised the group. “Um…thank you.” Said Alopex when they broke the hug. “If you want to talk about it, I’ll listen. I-If you let me.” Said Fluttershy. “I’ll…think about it.” Said Alopex nervously. “But…would it be alright if I started with you? I’m not sure about the others though.” “I understand.” Said Fluttershy. “Hey there,” said Rainbow, gaining her attention, “I heard you’re fast. I’m fast myself. And if you want, we can always have a race.” Alopex could see her competitiveness, which she couldn’t help but chuckle. “I’ll think about it.” “Alright then, let’s go.” Said Roland, allowing the others to leave to go on their mission. ********************************************************************************************* In the labs of Shredder’s ship, Ripley was monitoring separate bits of data in a container when he heard the door open and a voice, he was able to recognize. “Ah! Ripley! It has been a while!” Ripley didn’t turn around yet he smirked. “Lord Zedd. It’s been a long time.” He then turned around. “Looking as repugnant as the day he touched the Zeo crystal. So, Shredder recruited you too?” “Yes. Shredder promised that he could help me defeat the Power Rangers and due to the constant failures of my henchmen, I accepted his offer. When Goldar told me how Shredder almost destroyed them, I was inclined to accept.” “At least you have minions to blame and your enemies have power coins.” Lord Zedd turned to Ripley. “Ah yes! The warrior of light. So, like Zordon, Zion found a worthy successor. And he’s gathered other teammates. I’d almost consider him child’s play if it wasn’t for the fact that he has harnessed the Shine Power!” “Shine Power? I haven’t heard of that in ages!” The two turned to see Rita walking in. “Repulsa.” Ripley greeted. “It has been a long time, Ripley sweetie! How’s your uncle?” “As cruel as always. Unfortunately, he could not join us in our conquest.” “Too bad. It wouldn’t be the first chance I had to work for him before he turned down my offer, thinking he didn’t need it.” Rita then saw the data in the glass. “What are those things?” “They are bits of data from evil Digimon who were defeated by these brats called the Digidestined.” Ripley explained. “Lewej has collected them from our battle in the Digital World. Unfortunately, I don’t have the data to revive the one called Devimon again. Despite being stronger than before with the mutagen, he failed.” “So, you’re trying to find a suitable replacement for him?” Zedd guessed. “I am preparing for the choosing with Tiger Claw when the time is right.” Ripley sneered. “As much as I hate to take orders from anyone other than my uncle, I will obey the Shredder for now.” Just then, Lewej came up and wrapped her arms around Ripley. “And besides, it’s been fun to create havoc for those Shine twerps, hasn’t it, love?” “Yes.” Ripley smirked as the two laughed maliciously. “You two are so evil it’s very romantic!” Rita laughed while Zedd on the other hand turned away growling. ******************************************************************************************* At the same time, from Shredder’s flagship, Shredder watched from afar as he saw his Foot Bots being prepared. That was, until he grabbed someone with his right hand. He slowly looked and saw that Dr. Stockman looked scared whilst Shredder held onto his shirt. “Do you have something to report?” said Shredder before he released his hand from him. “Uh, yes sir.” Said Stockman as he looked through the manifest, “Your Foot Bots have received their new weapons per your request. And we’ve successfully integrated the other weapons to the Gem Knights and Vilgax’ drones, the same goes for the Krang Drones. The Corrupt Gems are also being equipped for just in case.” “What of the Equestrians?” asked Shredder. “They’re sort of a hardcase sir,” said Stockman, “But rest assured, your Commander Tiger Claw is keeping them in line. If what the two of you did to this Sombra fellow wasn’t enough, nothing will be.” “And the Justice League’s enemies?” “They’re being prepped for future battles sir, and they surprisingly agreed to join your Clan.” “And what of the Purple Dragons and the other factions?” said Shredder. “Though they were hard to convince,” said Stockman, “But thanks to your uh…partners from the Justice League’s universe, they were able to make them accept your offer. Although…” “What?” said Shredder whilst glaring at Stockman, to which the doctor flinched. “Sir, permission to speak freely?” asked Stockman. Though the doctor was quiet, he knew this Shredder was far different than the one he served, so he chose to stay quiet. However, Shredder motioned him to speak. “Though it is a good idea to gather more to your, ahem, arsenal,” said Stockman, “I have concerns for the others, and I speak from experience.” “Such as?” “Well sir,” said Stockman, “Lord Zedd and Rita are powerful, but they have a habit of betraying others. Or at least that’s what the records revealed from what Subprime retrieved.” “Yes, I am aware of what they did to the Machine Empire.” Said Shredder, “However, the ones in this world I was able to make an offer they couldn’t refuse, and they agreed to my demands.” Shredder looked at Stockman and said “Who else?” “There’s also Hive and the villains from Dakota, but they were also willing to join.” Said Stockman as he looked through the list, “Also, I’m surprised you were able to recruit Lex Luthor and the others. Last time I encountered them, they’re not so keen on working with others.” “I know what they’re capable of.” Said Shredder, “I made sure to put them under my control, whether they realize it or not. Even Luthor couldn’t pass an opportunity to travel to different worlds to get what he wants.” “I see.” Said Stockman as he was nervous. “And what of the Digidestined?” said Shredder as he partially looked at Stockman. “Oh, it’s highly unlikely sir.” Said Stockman, “From what Ripley and Lewej told us, they destroyed most of their enemies. Although…” “Although what?” said Shredder as he now fully looked at Stockman. “Well, Digimon are based on data, correct?” said Stockman, “Well, we believe there may be a way to bring any of their enemies back. Although…given some of their reputations, we will need to pick carefully who we will bring back. There are many of them that cannot be trusted and have a way of, well, betraying those around them, like Myotismon, whom if records served, betrayed his own henchman when he wanted to take over both the Digital World and the Real World. The Krang still have records of them if you wish for us to go it over.” “Go over this with my Commander,” said Shredder, “He will pick worthy candidates for the cause.” “Yes sir.” Said Stockman as he looked at the list, “Then there’s also VILE, SKAR and COBRA. Both secret organizations, only problem is, they would rather focus on their own means rather than follow your orders.” “Oh, believe me doctor.” Said Shredder as he produced his claws, “I have ways to make them heel.” “And finally,” said Stockman as he looked over the list of the last potential cohorts. “If you remember the so-called Spy Racers, they also have many enemies and resources.” “We shall bring them in too.” Said Shredder, “And see if you can find that fool who opened the Viper Kai dojo.” “Of course, Shredder.” “My liege.” Said a Foot Bot as it came over and bowed to Shredder, “Lord Zedd and Rita have been brought in per your command.” “Send them in.” said Shredder before the bot bowed and walked away with Stockman following it back to his lab. At the same time, both familiar evildoers walked in. One carrying a staff with a “Z” on top, and the other wearing an outfit that many would think would be going overboard, whilst they were also accompanied by what appeared to be a gargoyle of sorts. “So, this is the ship of the Shredder.” Said Lord Zedd. “And an interesting one at that.” “Just be careful,” said Rita reluctantly, though she was still mad at Zedd for banishing her in the canister, she felt to warn Lord Zedd ahead of time, “This Shredder is not like any we faced in the past. And are you sure you want to only bring Goldar into this?” “I left the others behind to watch our base because I don’t trust them with a mission that would be soon to come, so I will not take any chances.” Said Zedd. The two of them saw Shredder as the said leader turned to them and stared at the two. “So, you must be Shredder.” Said Lord Zedd, “Though I must confess, I never thought I’d meet the man who wiped out all of the Power Rangers in his dimension.” “They were merely obstacles that were in my way.” Said Shredder, “And I’ll gladly do it all again to rid of them.” “On that we can agree.” Said Lord Zedd. “If you too are an enemy of the pathetic power brats, then I will gladly join your side.” “Same here.” Said Rita. “Very well.” Said Shredder, “Feel free to look around the ship to see if there’s anything you need to make your creatures.” “Oh, oh, can I come along.” They looked and saw Cozy Glow waving at them with a smile. “Ugh,” groaned Rita Repulsa, “Why should we even consider adding you into the mix?” “Excuse me?” said Cozy Glow. “Oh, and you’re deaf too.” Said Lord Zedd. “We don’t need a baby coming along, begging for a pacifier when things don’t go their way!!” “I don’t act like a baby!!” exclaimed Cozy Glow in an angered tone. “Oh, really?” said Rita as she showed her the footage of her attitude. Then said to her, “And we rest our case, for everyone has seen the real you.” “A big baby who whines and complains about everything.” Said Goldar. “I am not a baby!!” shouted Cozy Glow. “I am cute, and lovable!!” “You’re a pestering annoyance.” Countered Lord Zedd. “And big offense,” said Rita as she nearly gagged, “But that cuteness is a hideous look for you.” “Besides, we don’t need an immature baby cramping our style.” Said Goldar. “No offense Cozy Glow, but he does have a point.” Said Tirek when he and the Equestrian villains came in. “You can barely keep a straight face without whining all the time.” Said Dark Donnie. Cozy Glow ended up screaming in frustration, until “ENOUGH!!” Shredder grabbed Cozy Glow by the throat and pinned her against the wall and displayed a thousand blades all around him and pointed directly at her. “P-Please Master Shredder!!” said Cozy, “Just give me a chance to prove myself!!” Shredder squinted his eyes as he looked at her, whilst she was quivering in fear. He soon retracted his blades and let her go, whilst she collapsed onto the ground and still quivered whilst looking at him. “You get. One. Chance.” Said Shredder. “And if you fail…I will tear you down. Piece. By. Piece.” Shredder walked away to attend to important matters to attend to, with Cozy still quivering in fear, until Dark Mikey whispered to both Chrysalis and Tirek. “Hey, you two wanna know something?” “What?” said an annoyed Chrysalis. “How come that goat dude didn’t do a much better job at nearly making that filly wet herself than this one did? He’s doing a much better job at it.” Said Dark Mikey. The latter was confused as they looked at one another, with Tirek saying “You know what? He does have a point.” ************************************************************************************************** Within mere moments, at the same time on one of the buildings in New York. The group soon opened their eyes and looked around. “Whoa,” said Mikey, “Where are we?” Raph smacked behind Mikey’s head and said “You dope, we’re…” However, Raph noticed that he looked different this time. Though it gave him a slight sense of déjà vu, he looked like a… “Aw, come on!! Not again!!” exclaimed Raph. “We’re Cartoon characters again!!” Everyone looked at themselves and he was right, they were cartoon characters again. “Didn’t we turn into retro cartoons already!!” said Raph. “Better than today’s animation.” Muttered Kevin over the radio, which Night Shine gave a sarcastic laugh when he heard him. “Not really.” Said Pinkie Pie as she looked at herself, “From the looks of it, we look a bit more different this time, ten years older it seems.” Kimberly looked all over herself. “Does this version of me look big?” Trini looked at her friend, “You look alright to me.” “Huh,” said Billy as he looked at himself, “Now that I see it, we look like we’re in the cartoons of the 90’s.” “That’s because we are!!” Everyone yelped as they jumped back, for appearing right near them, was none other than strange looking creatures. However, Team Shine immediately recognized them. “Oh, you have got to be kidding me.” Muttered Love Shine. “Oh no!! Not them!!” Night Shine twitched. However, Roland also recognized them. “No way. Yakko?! Wakko?! Dot?! Is that you?!!” The said characters gasped and said “Roland!!” They jumped up and gave a big kiss on his face. “We haven’t seen you in ages!!” said Yakko. “You should visit more often.” Said Wakko. “Wait,” said a surprised Princess Twilight as everyone else was baffled, “You know them?!” “He sure does,” said Yakko, “He once came to our world a long time ago. By accident that is.” “He was also in the middle of training too.” Said Wakko. “That’s right.” Said Roland. “Everyone, I’d like you to meet Yakko, Wakko and Dot. Or as they like to call themselves…” “The Warner Brothers!!” exclaimed the two brothers. “And the Warner Sister.” Said Dot. “You could say they’re sort of like Pinkie Pie on a good day.” Said Roland, which surprised them as they looked at the two Pinkie Pies, which the two shrugged their shoulders at. Yakko looked at Roland and said “So, what are you doing here?” “We came here looking for another stone.” Said Roland, then whispered “Earth Prime.” The three of them blinked, with Dot saying “Oooh, so you need some help?” “In a manner of speaking,” said Roland, “But you’ll have to explain things to them. We just got out of a dimension where we helped the turtles from the 80’s.” “Oooh.” Said the latter. The three of them jumped off and spoke to the groups. “Well, welcome to the nineties.” Said Yakko, “Or in this case, Earth 1996, where everything was just starting out, from between us, to folks like Batman, Superman and the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers.” The groups were surprised to hear that. “Wait, there’s a Batman, Superman, and Power Rangers in this world?” asked Gamer. “Well, the nineties were the beginning of a few unexpected surprises.” Said Wakko. “True.” Said the CMC and Rock N Beats, remembering well how the nineties were like. “So, to explain to all of you,” said Dot as she pulled out a random chart from out of nowhere and explained to the surprised latter, “All of you are sort of like in the world where the Turtle Power Turtles came from. And soon, all of you will meet this version of the turtles too.” “Wait,” said Wakko as he also pulled out a chart, pulling out a chart that showed the Rangers in live action, which surprised them, “The Rangers were live-action when they first started out, so how come they’re in animation form?” “Well,” said Dot as she explained like a professor, “You have to remember, even though the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers existed since the nineties in live action, both Batman and Superman also started out in the nineties and they were in animation form, which the Turtles and Rainbooms have visited that Batman before…” She pulled out a book and showed them “Well, according to the story called Equestria Batgirls.” Said Dot, before whispering to the audience and said “Written by Wildcard25, BTW’s.”, before tossing the book away, unaware that it hit Night Shine. “Ow!!” he called out. “But how come these guys weren’t made live-action characters like the Turtles from the 90’s?” asked Yakko. “It wasn’t in the budget,” said Dot, “Plus, Postwar didn’t know how to describe them, considering it’s his first time writing a crossover story.” The three turned to the baffled group, with Dot saying “The point is, in this world, all of you are still in your current forms, just in the form of the 90’s, so that all of you can adapt well in this world.” The groups were completely clueless, with Mikey saying “Oooh, that makes so much sense.” “Yep-a-Rooney.” Said both Pinkie Pies. “And to introduce you lot…” said Roland, before he stopped and said “But you already know Team Shine.” “We sure do.” Said Yakko. “Hi Team Shine!!” said the Animaniacs, causing the latter to mutter. “Wait,” said Leo as he and the others looked at the latter shocked. “You lot know them?!!” “Long story.” Said Team Shine at the same time. “Any who…” said Roland as he introduced the others. “This here is Venus and Obaki, my brother and sister, along with our teammates, Silverbolt, Invictus and Amethyst Majesty. The three kids over there are Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They’re known as the CMC, or the Canterlot Movie Club.” “Oooh, as in a group that watches a movie several times and notices any other details that no one has ever seen before?” said Dot. “That’s right.” Said the CMC. “Over there are the Rock N Beats,” said Roland, “Consisting of Ace, Melody, Patch, Clover, Half-Note, and Sweetheart.” “Pleasure to meet your acquaintance.” Said Wakko as he suddenly had multiple hands appear, surprising them, but shook them nonetheless. “You already know the Turtles and allies.” Said Roland. “You kidding, who doesn’t?” said Yakko, which surprises the group. “Wait, there are versions of us here, too?” said Keno in surprise. “There sure are,” said Wakko, “Or at least from what the fandom had allowed.” “But they don’t have them around.” Said Dot when she pointed at the Mutanimals. “They’re called the Mighty Mutanimals,” said Roland, “That there’s Slash, Leatherhead, Dr. Rockwell, Pidgeon Pete, Mondo Gecko, Mona Lisa, Bandit Raccoon, Ray Fillet, Hokum Rabbit, Alopex, Bebop, Rocksteady and Muckman.” Roland then pointed at the Rangers, “That there’s Tommy, Jason, Trini, Kimberly, Zack and Billy.” “Hi there!!” said the three of them. “These folks are from Equestria.” Said Roland. “That’s Princess Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Blade, Tempest, Sandbar, Gallus, Silverstream, Yona, Smolder, Ocellus, Bright Eyes and Teddy.” “Huh, they look a lot different.” Said Dot, “What generation are they?” “Four.” “Wow, great improvement.” Said Yakko. “And they are Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Adagio, Aria, Sonata, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap.” Said Roland. “They’re also known as…” “HELOOOOOOOO, NURSE!!!” exclaimed the Warner Brothers in excitement. “Eh?” went the said girls. Within a split second, the brothers gave them a big kiss, surprising everyone in the process. After they broke the kiss, some of the girls began to spit, some to wipe their mouths and some to blush heavily. The two of them began to pant like dogs when they looked at them, until Dot came from out of nowhere and smashed her brothers with a mallet. “Boys.” Said Dot whilst rolling her eyes. “No control.” Said Shine Girl in agreement. “I can’t believe we got kissed by a cartoon character.” Said Rainbow Dash. “Who wouldn’t?” said Roland, causing the said girls to look at him surprised, with him then saying “I mean, come on, look at you.” The said girls suddenly blushed at this, but then shook their heads and cleared their throats to focus on the task at hand. “So,” said Roland, “Do you happen to know where we can find the Turtles in this world?” “Not really, since they’re always moving.” Said Dot after she instantly placed her brothers in a briefcase, which baffled them again. “But you can find Master Splinter though.” “Oh?” said Roland as it peaked the others’ attention. “Where?” asked Leo. “He’s busy playing chess with a friend at the park.” The others were surprised, as well as concerned at the same time. “Uh…” went half of them. “His friend’s blind.” Said Dot, which the others now realized. She then also looked at Roland and asked “Say, Roland?” “Yeah?” “Did you make use of that cupcake we sent you?” asked Dot, which shocked the others. “That’s right.” Said Roland. “It came in handy when we interrogate the villain from the 80’s.” Dot laughed and said “No one from the 80’s can stand up to the power of the 90’s.” She then said “Also, did you remember that song you did?” “Yeah?” “Could you…do that again…for old time’s sake?” pleaded Dot. Roland rolled his eyes, but smiled and said “Anything for you Dot.” Roland suddenly threw a smoke bomb, causing three more of him to appear, whilst they were wearing different costumes and shocked everyone. Everyone was surprised by what they saw, with Raph clapping his hands with a smile. “Wow, that was actually pretty good.” Said Raph, which caused the others to do the same. Roland was then back to normal, the spoke to Dot and said “Hey Dot, look, sorry we must cut this short, but we have to go now. We’re not exactly on the clock. But once we have enough time, I’ll come back for a visit. How’s that sound?” “I can live with that.” Said Dot as her brothers mumbled in her suitcase. She then suddenly went over to Pinkie Pie and her counterpart, giving them the same cupcakes, to which they smiled with glee, accepted it, and hid them in their hairs. “See you around, Rolly!!” said Dot. “Ah, you forgot something.” Said Roland. “What?” said Dot. Roland instantly grabbed her and kissed her full on the lips, surprising everyone in the process. The moment he broke it, Dot ended up being giddy and bounced away. Roland couldn’t help but chuckle. “They still got it.” Said Roland. He turned to them and saw they looked surprised. “What?” he said in confusion. “So, she’s the one you got the cupcake from?” said Spike. “That’s right.” Said Roland. “She said she was going to give me one…in exchange that I had to do her a favor.” “What’s that?” asked Jason. “I had to take her on a date.” Everyone gawked in shock. “You dating her?!” said Gamer in shock. “Surprised me too.” Said Roland. “And how was it?” asked a curious Mikey. Roland ended up smiling and said “Surprisingly, I had a lot of fun.” “Eh?” replied everyone. “Yeah, turns out Dot’s not so bad once you get to know her.” Said Roland. “Okay, enough talk,” said Raph, “Can we go already!!” “Keep your pants on dude.” Said Roland. Everyone looked confused at that remark. Raph then replied “I don’t wear pants!!” “Then why are you wearing underwear?” said Roland as he walked over to Raph. “What underpants?” said Raph. “This one.” Said Roland. “What are you…?” said Raph, until he felt a painful tug and shouted “On top of the SPOKEEEEE!!!” And felt something over his head, and to their shock, it was literally underwear over his head, and Roland gave him a wedgie whilst saying “That underwear.” “How the heck did you even wear underwear?!” said a surprised Mikey, “You’re not even wearing anything underneath!!” That was a mistake, cause the moment he said that, everyone suddenly got disgusted and shivered, with Rarity deadpanned and said “Thank you Michelangelo, for implanting an image in my head that I will never get out of my head for the rest of my life.” “Uh, I hate to break up the unrated imagery moments,” said Silverbolt, “But we’re already behind schedule as it is.” “He’s right.” Said Leo, “Come on, guys!!” Everyone soon quickly darted off to find Splinter, as well as hope into trying to find the turtles of this dimension. ***************************************************************************************** At the park, where there was no one in sight, a blind man was playing chess with none other than the Master Splinter of this dimension. “Ha,” said the blind man, “You’ve really gotten better since last time.” “Well,” said Master Splinter, “I have been practicing, and it’s also good to watch you play. You always have been good with the hand of fate.” “I’ll take your word for it.” Said the blind man. “Well, I’d better get home now. My daughter would probably worry about me.” “Be sure to give her my well wishes.” Said Splinter. “Will do.” Said the blind man as he walked away. Splinter chuckled a bit until… “Excuse me, Master Splinter?” Splinter froze for a second, before slowly turning around, and seeing a young man, aka, Roland, standing near him. “Oh,” said Splinter, “Hello young man. Uh…how can I…?” “I know it’s you Master Splinter,” said Roland, “You don’t have to worry. I’m here because…we need your help.” “We?” asked Splinter. And from within a moment, Roland’s team, the Turtles and Allies, the Mutanimals, the Rainbooms and Dazzlings, the Equestrians, the Rock N Beats, the CMC, the Shadowbolts, Team Shine, and the Rangers. Splinter was surprised by not just the people, but the Turtles among them. But they were not his sons. They were different. “Hmmm,” said Splinter whilst he stroked his beard. “Let us talk.” “Not without the other turtles.” Said Obaki, “They need to hear this too.” Splinter was quiet for a moment, then said “Very well. But I shall go with you. I know where they are.” “Lead the way.” Said Venus. Everyone soon followed Splinter, with Mikey whispering, “Huh, you know, maybe it’s a good thing I was taking pictures.” “Pictures?” said Leo in confusion. “Of what, Mikey?” asked Pinkie Pie. “Well think about it,” said Mikey, “Whenever we go to different dimensions, we sometimes meet other turtles every now and then. We know what we look like in Earth 1987 and Earth 2003, as well as the Turtles where their Splinter’s name is Lou Jitsu. So, it might also be important to take notes to see what everyone else looks like. I mean we already saw what we look like in Equestria and our Earth.” “Huh,” said Casey, “You know, he does have a point. My one in the 87 world was lame, and my counterpart at 2003 was awesome, so I’m curious to see what I look like in this world.” “Same here.” Said April. “Yeah, and it would also be good research for both Twilights,” said Mikey, “Like what was the thing you said during Spring Break?” “That it would give us the time to study the physical laws of novel dimension?” said both Twilights. “Exactly.” Said Mikey. “Huh,” said Donnie, “For once, Mikey gave an idea that I actually like.” “Donnie!!” said April. “What? I’m just saying.” Said Donnie. However, unaware to our heroes, someone was following them from behind and chuckling evilly. ****************************************************************************************** They were soon at what appeared to be an abandoned skateboard park, with everything looking quiet around them so far. “So where are they?” said Leo. “Right…there.” Said Master Splinter. They heard loud laughing whilst one was launched in the air with a skateboard before going back down, surprising everyone. They quickly went over and to their surprise, it was this world’s turtles. They saw two turtles that looked like Raph and Mikey, skateboarding whilst trying to compete with one another, with their world’s version of Leo and Donnie cheering them on. “Whoa,” said Casey, “It’s them.” “Wait,” said Rainbow Dash as she squinted her eyes, “Is it just me, or do they look like big guys wearing costumes?” “Glad I wasn’t the only one.” Said Pony Rainbow Dash. “Now that you mention it.” Said Keno, “They do look a lot different. They’re not the same size as you.” “And look,” said Pinkie, “They also have initials, but instead of belt buckles, it’s on their straps.” They all noticed that, with Raph saying “Oh, great.” “Well, at least it’s not belt buckles.” Said Sour Sweet. “And…is that Venus over there?” said Obaki. They all saw another Venus there, watching her brothers fooling around, with her shaking her head at their tomfoolery. “Okay, that’s really freaky.” Said Venus. “And you know, it’s also got me wondering.” Said Mikey. “What is it Mikey?” said Raph in an annoyed tone. “How come there’s a Venus over there, and one with us,” said Mikey, “But when we encountered our counterparts last time, we didn’t encounter another Venus.” The others blinked in surprised, with Donnie asking “You know what, he does have a point.” “Come.” Said Splinter as they walked. They soon stopped close enough, with Splinter tapping his staff on the ground and said “Yamea!!” The turtles stopped and looked at Splinter, whilst Mikey 96 crashed against Raph 96 for not paying attention where he was going. “Mikey!!” shouted Raph 96. “Oh, major wipeout.” Groaned Mikey 96. “Master Splinter,” said Leo 96 as he and the other turtles were approaching, “What are you doing…here?” The turtles of this dimension looked at their counterparts surprised. “Whoa, am I seeing things?” said Mikey 96. “Because I see two of us.” “Whoa, double turtle.” Said Leo 96. Raph 96 looked at the Rainbooms and said “What’s with the broads?” “Broads?!” exclaimed the Rainbooms in shock, until Venus 96 slapped Raph 96 behind the head. “Raphael.” Said Venus 96 sternly, “Where are your manners? Show some respect to the women of the group.” “Whoa,” muttered Casey, “This Venus has a Chinese accent instead of an American one like our Venus.” “My sons and daughter.” Said Splinter, “These people and turtles you see before you, are from another dimension.” “Whoa, another dimension.” Said Mikey 96, “That’s totally rad.” “They are telling the truth,” Said Venus 96, “I can sense their chi from a world beyond our own.” “Hmm,” said Donnie 96 as he squinted his eyes at his counterpart, “Now that you mention it, they do appear slightly shorter, mostly because they are the same size as any teenager.” “And now that you mention it,” said Donnie, “From the look of your size, you’re almost the size of a full adult.” “Their masks look totally different too.” Said Mikey. “Okay, so all that aside, why are you guys here?” said Leo 96. “One word,” said Roland, “Shredder.” “Shredder?!” exclaimed the Turtles, before Leo 96 said “Are you sure?” “Yes, but not the Shredder you know,” said Venus, “But the Shredder from far beyond.” “Hmm, I sense that you have much to tell.” Said Splinter. “Yes, but let us do this in private.” Said Roland. “I think not.” Everyone looked at the top of the hill and saw an entity standing there, with his Z like staff. “Lord Zedd.” Growled Tommy. “That’s Lord Zedd?” said Leo as the others got a good look at him. “Yeah, sure is.” Said Jason. “He doesn’t look so tough.” Said Raph as he readied his sais. “Yeah, let’s get him.” Said Raph 96 as he did the same, causing the two of them to charge towards Zedd. “Guys, wait!!” said Zack as he tried to stop them. Within a split second, Lord Zedd spun his staff, and aimed it at the two charging Turtles, causing lighting to shoot out, striking both hotheaded turtles as it sent them both flying towards their comrades, before crashing near them. “Okay, bad idea.” Groaned Raph. “Ditto.” Replied Raph 96. “Ugh.” Groaned everyone. “Don’t y’all ever learn?” said Apple Bloom. “No wonder the others don’t trust you so much.” Said Scootaloo. “You have a lot of nerve to show up, Zedd!!” said Kimberly. “It’s bad enough you spread your tyranny on our world, but now on others, too?!” said Trini. “We’ll go wherever we wish to destroy your pathetic power brats.” Said Zedd, but then he noticed the Turtles and Rainbooms, before looking at Rita, “So these are the ones that have been causing you trouble?” “They’re the ones.” Said Rita. “It’s true.” Said Goldar, “We never forget the horrible colors anywhere!!” The Rainbooms growled at him, feeling like the exact moment when they beat the snot out of Shredder 87 for what he did. “Well then,” said Lord Zedd, “We’ll just see about that!! You may have bested Rita Repulsa and her monsters, but you have never faced the likes of me and me alone!!” “Hey!!” said Rainbow, “We beat that ugly witch of an empress alongside our friends, and we can certainly beat you!!” Zedd laughed at this and said “Such arrogance, and overconfidence!! And you call yourself the Element of Loyalty, just as the rest of your pathetic friends are unworthy to wield the Elements of Harmony!!” They were surprised that he knew about them, with Zedd saying “And unlike you, my pawns know not when to disobey me.” “Better than the elements be with them, then being a pawn for evil!!” said Shine Boy. “And you must be Shine Boy,” said Lord Zedd, “Ripley told me so much about you, a young brat and his brother, who are unworthy of wielding powers beyond their feeble imagination!!” “We’ll see who is really worthy here!!” shouted Night Shine. “Yes, we shall.” Said Lord Zed before he snapped his fingers. Within a split second, there were many monsters that appeared around them. Some zoo based, some machine based and some alien based, which surprised everyone. “And now for the main force.” Said Lord Zedd, before looking at Rita, “And you can be thankful that I upgraded them to be fierce warriors.” “Ugh, yes Zedd.” Said Rita. Within a split second, both summoned their forces. “Attack out putties!!” shouted both Lord Zedd and Rita. Within mere moment, every Putty in their disposal, along with Foot Bots, arrived and surrounded the lot, taking everyone by surprise. “Whoa,” said Leo 96, “Never saw them before.” “Must be the guy’s earlier monsters before the Space one’s.” said Mikey 96. “We must quickly dispose of them before they hurt innocent people.” Said Venus 96, “Agreed.” Said Tommy before he and his team got into position, “It’s morphing time!!” TIGER ZORD!! MASTODON!! PTERODACTYL!! TRICERATOPS!! SABRETOOTH TIGER!! TYRANNOSAURUS!! Soon, Tommy and the others had turned into their Ranger forms, with half of them surprised to see Tommy’s look. “Whoa, nice suit.” Said Rainbow. “Indeed darling,” said Rarity, “It really works for you.” “Thanks.” Said Tommy. “We’d better contact the others.” Said Roland, then he contacted Zack and said “Zack, you copy, what’s the status of the others?” “They’re under attack.” Said Zack as she and the others watched from the monitors. “Zedd and Rita’s minions are attacking them all over the city!!” Venus looked at the others and said “Looks like we’re on our own.” “Goldar is Zedd’s top henchman! Be careful!” Jason warned. Everyone walked up ready to fight before Night Shine held up his machete. “I’ll deal with monkey butt! You guys deal with the putties and Footbots!” “Say what?” Casey glared. “DONT ARGUE! JUST GO!” Everyone hurried off as Night Shine faced Goldar who laughed. “You think you can defeat me, human? I am centuries older than you! Stronger, faster, all around- “ BAM! Next thing Goldar knew, he was sent flying on his back. As he reconnected his jaw, he growled at Night Shine who cracked his knuckles. “You talk too much.” He hissed as he pointed his machete at Goldar who got up. “You wanna get serious? FINE!” Goldar bellowed as they locked blades. “Everyone, take them down!!” said Leo as all of them charged in different directions. Leo ran around cutting down a few Foot Bots whilst kicking a few Putties away. Donatello used his Bo-Staff to knock back tons of Putties all around him. Raph used his fists to beat the tar out of them whilst Mikey used his nunchucks to even the odds. “You know, in a strange way I can tell the difference between the two putties!!” said Mikey. “Because one of the wears a Z?!” said Raph rhetorically. “That, and that they’re a little stronger than the others.” Said Mikey. Leo punched another Putty and said “Mikey does have a point!! They really do have enhanced strength!!” April ran around using her Tessen Fan and Tanto Katana blade to cut down some foot bots and used her psychic blasts to knock a few putties away. Casey charged and used his photon pucks to disable the Foot bots, whilst he used his hockey stick and taser to beat two of Zedd’s monsters. Karai used her blade to cut them down whilst using he snake form to strangle and contain one of the monsters before Shinigami came along and kicked the monster sideways. Fugitoid used his blasters to blast many of the Putties away whilst Keno backed him up. “You know, Michelangelo does have a point!!” said Fugitoid, “These ones are far more deadly than Rita Repulsa’s monsters!!” “Doesn’t mean we’ll let them win!!” said Keno before he did a split kick. Slash bashed against a few Foot Bots before he and Leatherhead charged and took down one of Rita Repulsa’s large monsters. Dr. Rockwell used his psychic powers to launch many of the putties away whilst Pidgeon Pete used his blasters to give everyone some cover fire. Mondo Gecko rode around in his skateboard to punch at least a Putty or two, whilst Mona Lisa uses her blade to slice down a few Foot Bots before blasting a few putties. “I never thought I’d ever face Lord Zedd and Rita’s armies again!!” said Mona Lisa. “Wait, you fought them before?!!” exclaimed Raph. “Indeed,” said Mona, “There were a handful of races that resisted them!! My people are among them!!” Bandit Raccoon jumped on one of the Foot Bots and disabled it whilst jumping on one of Lord Zedd’s creatures, making it flail around trying to shake Bandit off, only for Ray Fillet to back him up by whacking the monster in the face with his spear, whilst Hokum jumped from behind and kicked it from the back. Alopex used her speed to slice and dice the Foot Bots around her, Bebop used his stealth tech to bash a few bots around, then jumped in the air and used his energy mohawk to slice a few in half whilst shouting “Can’t touch this!!”, with Rocksteady using his hammer and sickle to slice away many of the Putties as Muckman used his garbage to wash the Foot Bots away with a single strike. Sunset ran around and used her Kunai Daggers to slice them, whilst at the same time, jumped in the air and threw them, striking down a few Foot Bots. Fluttershy jumped around and used her Fukedake blowgun to blow a few darts, disabling the foot bots in the process. Pinkie jumped around, using her Bakuhatsugama with weight chain to slice them up whilst throwing her confetti bombs, making the creatures disorient, whilst Applejack used her Hand claws to slice many of them in half. Rarity used her sickles to block and counter attack, whilst at the same time, used her diamond shields as discs and launches them against the Putties. Rainbow Dash uses her speed to zigzag between baddies and uses her Naginata spear to make short with of them, with Twilight using her sickle spear to watch her back, as well as using her magic to lift them up and toss them away. Adagio jumps around, using her Kusanagi sword to block the attackers, whilst Aria watched her back using her tri-baton chuck and Sonata with her Tonabas. Roland darted ahead and pulled out two of his pistols and began to shoot a few of the Foot Bots down, with both Obaki and Venus jumping from his shoulders, as Obaki pinned two Foot Bots down whilst using his wrist blades and Venus performing a tornado move using her bladed Tessen against a few Putties. Silverbolt charged up his Hamato Knuckles and punched many of the Putties away, whilst using his wrist guns to shoot many of the Foot Bots down, with Invictus charging and using his Katana to slice many Putties in the way whilst he pulled out his heavy pistol and blew them to pieces, with Amethyst Majesty using his weapon to make short work of them. Now it was the Equestrian’s turn to fend off their targets. Princess Twilight used her Kamayari sickle spear to make short work of a few Putties. “So, this is what they’re like from Princess Celestia’s description.” Said Princess Twilight, then she turned to the girls and said “Remember your training, girls!! Don’t falter!!” Pony Applejack used her Shuko hand claws to slice them to bits, with pony Rainbow using her Naginata spear to trip and slam a few robots to the ground. “No worries Twi!!” said pony Applejack as she kicked a few robots away. “We got each other’s backs!!” said Rainbow as she jabbed her spear and tossed a random Foot Bot away. Pony Rarity used her Kama Sickles to make short work of a few of Rita’s putties whilst pony Fluttershy used her Fukedake blowgun to blow up a few Foot Bots. “Though I will admit, I am not up for violence,” said pony Rarity, “But I will admit, working out hard does wonders for the body.” “Um, woohoo?” said pony Fluttershy weakly as she didn’t like it either, but she still wanted to support her friends. Pony Pinkie Pie danced around silly with her Bakuhatsugama as she used the chain to wrap and slice the robots at the same time, with Pinkie saying with glee “If being a ninja was this much fun, I would’ve become one years ago!!” Spike and his doggy counterpart continued to distract the Putties and Foot Bots, whilst Starlight used her bow to fire her upgraded arrows, causing many explosions. Starlight suddenly flipped her hair and said “Oh yeah, now that felt good.” Blade sliced the robots left and right, before charging up his sword and destroyed the Putties, with Tempest enjoying beating them up. “I must admit!!” said Tempest as she moved and about, “These Putties are tons of fun to beat!!” “Makes you wonder what would’ve happened if Storm King hired them instead of his usual army!!” said Blade as he covered her. Sandbar ran ahead and pulled out his Tanto blade. He jumped in the air and spun like a ball, slicing a few Foot Bots to pieces before jumping up and delivered a strong roundhouse kick against a random Puttie. Gallus jumped around and delivered a few spinning kicks whilst using his blades to block and slash at many of the Foot Bots at the same time, whilst Silverstream backed him up when she used her double claw staff as a vault pole by jumping over them and used the claw part to slice a Foot Bot in half whilst she spun the staff around to send them flying. Yona darted forward as she used her strength to plough through the Foot Bots as if she were a battering ram whilst using her mace to bash them away, with Smolder jumping from behind and decided to charge in. “Smolder!!” called out Roland, gaining her attention, “Remember what I showed you!!” Smolder remembered and did a firm nod. She then began to spun her Kusari Fudo. She began to send it flying as if it were a rope dart. She bashed one Foot Bot to the other, whilst also doing the same thing with the Putties. Even if it weren’t a knife, she did good work with it. “Wow, nice one Smolder.” Said Sandbar when he backed her up. “Thanks,” said Smolder, “This is actually fun.” Ocellus used her Tessen fan to cut the robots down, with Bright Eyes helping her out using her Nunchucks. Whilst at the same time, her brother Teddy jumped in the air and smashed the robots to pieces thanks to his Hamato Warhammer. As for the Turtles from Earth 1996… “Hello there.” Said Leo 96 as he dodged a few putties and foot bots. “Over here.” He said as he dodged. “Show me what you got.” He said before he dodged and pulled out his swords. “My turn.” Said Leo as he sliced and diced left and right. “With a one!! And a two!!” said Leo as he did a spin kick on the Foot Bots. Donnie 96 dodged a Foot Bot’s hammer and grabbed it and said “Swipe!!”, before coming from behind and said “It’s hammer time!!” He smashed the robot’s head into pieces, whilst he saw three-foot bots coming in at the same time whilst he pulled out his bo-staff. “You like baseball?!” said Donnie 96 before he struck them and said “Strike one!! Strike two!! You’re out of here!! I love that game!!” Raph 96 blocked both Foot Bots and punched both of them in the gut and pulled out their wires at the same time. “Oh, what do we have here.” Said Raph 96, before he grabbed them and spun them around as if it was a heavy wrecking ball. “Batter up!!” Raph 96 threw the Foot Bots against the putties, making them all crash against one another. Mikey 96 goofed around whilst he blew a raspberry at them. “Hey now fellow compadres. Forecast for the day…” Mikey 96 pulled out his nunchucks and began to perform his tricks and swatted as many putties and Foot Bots along the way. “It’s gonna be raining putties with a side of foot!!” said Mikey 96 before he laughed and ventured on. Venus 96 stood there, meditating whilst standing as the Foot Bots surround her. “Wise man once said, when overcome with many negative emotions, one must be still and let it wash over them like a river over stone.” The Foot Bots attacked, causing Venus 96 to move around and dodge them at the same time, before bashing and tripping them all. Once she was done, she dusted her hands and said “Though they said nothing about moving like a playful frog.”, before she giggled. The CMC noticed them fighting. “Huh,” said Apple Bloom, “I was half expecting them to act like the Turtles from the Turtle Power world.” “Yeah,” said Sweetie Belle, “But they goof and fight seriously at the same time.” Scootaloo kicked a robot away, “And from the looks of it, they make fighting look all kinds of fun.” “No argument there.” Said the other two before they got jumped by a few Foot Bots, only for Master Splinter to jump in and help them. “Do not be distracted.” Said Splinter, “For one must be aware of their surroundings, even during battle.” “Hai, Sensei!!” said the CMC before they rushed off to the next group. Ace used some acrobatic skills that he learnt as he jumped in the air before throwing a handful of shurikens, striking down many of the Foot Bots, before he pulled out his 2 sparring batons and began to beat a few Putties along the way. Melody backed him up when she vaulted over him and kicked a Z Puttie sideways, whilst she used her Chakrams to block and slice them. Suddenly, Ace presented her a type of rope, confusing her. “Do you trust me?” asked Ace with a smile, to which Melody smiled too and handed the weapons to him. He began to tie them together and sure enough, created a newly type of rope dart. Melody grabbed it and spun it around like a lasso, causing many of the Foot Bots to be struck down. However, Ace began to feel mesmerized the way she was moving her hips whilst she was doing that. Ace couldn’t help but blush and whistle, gaining her attention as she looked at him with a flexed eyebrow. “Wow,” said Ace, “Who’d thunk that you could move so well.” Melody couldn’t help but blush, and ended up smiling whilst looking away, but quickly shook it off whilst she continues with her fight. Patch charged and used both of her butterfly swords to slice down many of the Foot Bots whilst delivering a double kick against two of Lord Zedd’s putties, whilst Half-Note backed her up using her Tang Sword whilst she acted like she was a samurai at the same time. Sweetheart used her chain claw with precision and ease as she moved it fluently around with her body, whilst Clover Bloom backed her up using her bamboo sword to whack many of the Putties away as if they were moles from whack-a-mole, whilst Lancer used his Naginata blades to charge a few of the bots down and pinned them hard onto the ground. Apple Bloom attacked head on using her Tanto sword as she quickly cut down a few Footbots left to right. Scootaloo backed Apple Bloom up using her butterfly knives and made quick work of the Putties around her, with Sweetie Belle using her fingernail claws, but ended up using Tiger Style martial arts that Roland taught her. She ended up performing the tiger style fighting whilst using her claws. “Whoa, that was amazing!!” said Sweetie Belle, but continued with the fight in order to stay the upper hand of them. Sour Sweet swung her 2 Surujin chains around and easily took down a few Putties, with Sugarcoat using her Chigiriki mace to wrap at least two of the Footbots and threw them against a few more as if they were bowling pins. Sunny Flare jumps over a few putties before she struck down a few Footbots with her Katar Daggers, with Lemon Zest backing her up using her Kanabo Clubs and Indigo Zap skidding on the ground and jabbed her Guandao spear through a few robots as if they were kebabs. Shine Boy vaulted over a few Foot Bots and used his Bo-staff to bash the putties away, as well as delivering a strong roundhouse kick. Shine Girl jumped on a Putty and used her legs to throw one against a few more whilst using her small staff like it was nothing. Gamer drew his sword as the Foot Bots began to attack at full speed, with him standing still as he sliced them left and right. Love Shine punched his way through many of the putties, whilst using his strength to smash the ground, sending many of them flying, whilst Night Shine continued his fight with Goldar. “You’re just a little brat who can’t defeat me!!” said Goldar, until Pinkie suddenly appeared and whispered something in his ear, with Goldar saying “I am far superior than you, Night Shine!!” Suddenly Night Shine had a vein on his forehead and gritted his teeth whilst black flames was generated from his eyes, causing him to dart forward with great speed using his fire, allowing him to use his blade to knock Goldar hard against the wall. “Don’t…ever…call me that.” Said Night Shine through his teeth. Jason charges towards the first few Putties and jumps over them, before he gave them a punch and a kick. A Foot Bot attacked from behind, only for Jason to back kick and roundhouse kick it at the same time. Two more Footbots attacked with their drawn weapons before Jason blocked and double punched them away, before giving a roundhouse kick to a Putty. Jason jumped in the air whilst spinning. The moment he landed; he kicked all three Putties away at the same time. He then saw more Footbots appearing. “Alright, my turn.” Said Jason as he said “POWER SWORD!!” Jason summoned his sword and began to slice and dice through the robots. Trini blocked and delivered a high kick towards one of the Putties whilst she moved backwards. She blocked two Footbots and tossed them away, before she jumped over another Putty and punched it hard onto its Z chest, causing it to explode. She then performed a sweep leg and kicked another Foot Bot away, before she flipped a Putty over and made it crash into another. “Time to kick it up a notch.” Said Trini before she shouted “POWER DAGGERS!!” She summoned two daggers and cut down many of the Foot Bots before she moved to the Putties. Billy fought against his share of Putties and Footbots. He blocked one Foot Bot before kicking it away, whilst blocking a Putty and punched it away. A Foot Bot vaulted over in order to get the drop on him, but Billy kicked it away before it could make a move. He jumped over the fallen Foot Bot and did a split kick at two of the Foot Bots. “Wow, these robots are tough.” Said Billy. “POWER LANCE!!” Billy summoned his lance and took down more Putties and Foot Bots. Kimberly dodged a Foot Bot that attempted to kick her, only for it to kick a Z Putty instead, making it shatter in the process. She kicked the Foot Bot away, punched and kicked Rita Repulsa’s putty away, as well as Lord Zedd’s putty. She then kicked the Foot Bot away. She then saw three of the Footbots taking out their laser bows. She dodged their arrows whilst using her acrobatic skills. She landed and looked straight at them. “Alright then, I can do that.” Said Kimberly. “POWER BOW!!” She summoned her bow and used her own arrows to take them down from afar. Zack on the other hand moved his body fluidly before he made his move. He kicked one Foot Bot away, vaulted over a Putty on the left and punched the one behind it. He punched one Foot Bot away and elbowed another Putty from behind him. As he attempted to kick a Foot Bot, it grabbed his foot, only for Zack to backflip over the one behind him. He jumped in the air and kicked the Foot Bot away, before he used a double kick against Rita’s Putty and Lord Zedd’s putty. He turned around and saw many more Footbots on the attack. “Alright then, time to even the odds.” Said Zack. “POWER AXE!!” Zack summoned his axe and slammed it hard onto the ground, causing a rock wave and sending many of them packing. Tommy on the other hand, summoned his sword, Saba. “Alright Saba, let’s get to work.” “Right you are, Tommy.” Said Saba. Tommy jumped around and gave a few Putties a good kick left and right, whilst blocking a few Footbots that tried to attack him, so he uses Saba to slice them left and right. He jumped over and gave two Footbots a split kick, whilst he grabbed a random Putty and threw it hard against the other. “Grr, this is getting tiresome!!” said Lord Zedd as he used a random blast, sending half the folks away, with Roland crashing against the wall whilst Mikey on the other hand was suddenly blasted a few blocks away. “We’re outta here!!” said Goldar before they teleported away, whilst the rest of their forces scattered. “Aw, crud, they got away!!” said Raph. “But the rest of their forces are scattered.” Said Jason, “We need to make sure the innocent people are safe.” “I’ll head over there with Leo.” Shine Boy spoke up as Leo looked at him confused. “I’m not sure if that’s-“ said Obaki before he was interrupted when Shine Boy shot a small glare at him. “I’m not asking. I’m telling you.” And with that, Shine Boy led Leo away from the group as Obaki wondered what that was about. Roland slowly stood up and looked around, and then remembered whilst looking ahead in shock. “Mikey.” Muttered Roland. But just as he stood up, he groaned in pain whilst grabbing his head and leaning against the wall. He struggled to regain his focus whilst also gave a small cough…causing purple ooze to come out. Once he was done, he slowly looked up. He gritted his teeth and slowly looked up, whilst he suddenly had an angry look on his face, with his eyes briefly flashing red before being back to normal. He turned to them and none of them noticed Mikey was missing. “We’ll need to split up and try to take down any more of Lord Zedd and Rita’s forces.” Said Tommy. “Then let’s go.” Said Leo. Everyone began to split up, however, Roland stopped the Rainbooms. “Wait,” said Roland, “What about Mikey?” “There’s no time,” said Sunset, “We need to…” Roland was suddenly in front of them as he had his sword in his hand, whilst looking at the Rainbooms angrily, which surprised them. “You are going after Mikey.” Said Roland sternly before he thrusted his sword into the ground hard, causing it to crack, which surprised them as he said “And it’s not a request.” “Now see here, darling….” Said Rarity before a random Frisby and threw it against her head, making her wince in pain and shouted “Ow!!” It was revealed Roland holding it, with Roland saying “What was what you said to the others when you saw Mikey getting beat up? Oh yeah, you had that coming.” They were surprised by this, with Roland saying in a very dark tone, “You owe him, remember? The Memory Stone…Pizza Face…” He looked at Sunset and said “…Cozy Glow…” Sunset winced at that, with him looking at the others and said “…and my favorite, the Meanbooms?” Now all the girls winced at that. “You girls owe him, remember, and I’m surprised he didn’t call that in.” said Roland. “Look, we really were sorry, okay?” said a frightened Rainbow, “We didn’t know things like that were going to happen.” Roland however, didn’t share that kind of look with them. “Did you forget the oath you took when you joined the Hamato Clan?” The Rainbooms blinked in surprise by this, with him saying “The Ninja Clans takes their laws very seriously, especially the Hamato Clan. Long ago, they decreed that no matter what happens, whether boastful, arrogant or all of the above, one should help a fellow clan member by guiding him back to the path, and also be loyal to them to a fault.” He took a step forward with his dark look, which frightened Fluttershy as she hid behind Pinkie. “What you did to Mikey,” said Roland with venom in his voice, “You betrayed that very code. What you did wasn’t just dishonorable and unacceptable, it’s also unforgivable. And they punish those who break their laws. Do you wish to know what they are before Master Splinter removed them long ago?” He stooped at least ten steps away from them, but when they saw his angry eyes, they were scared of it. “Punishable by whip…or punishable by death.” The Rainbooms were shocked by what he said, before he pointed at them one last time. “So, I will give you a warning, and only warning.” Threatened Roland in a dark tone. “Uphold the ideals of the Hamato Clan…” Roland placed his hand on his pistol, showing that he wasn’t playing around, “Or there will be consequences.” The Rainbooms were a little startled, with Roland saying “Remember, you lot made a deal with Splinter since the day all of you came and asked him for help. And I’m going to make sure that you lot, honor it.” He suddenly grabbed Sunset by the throat and pulled her close to his face, which shocked the rest. “And the next time you promised to be nice and try to be a better person. I expect to see results.” Said Roland before he let Sunset’s neck go after he pushed her backwards. “R-Roland.” Said Sunset in an uneasy tone, “C-calm down.” “Oh, I am calm.” Said Roland as he stood near them, “And if I’m not calm…” Suddenly, Roland’s eyes went from brown to purple, the whites of his eyes went black, with black veins appearing. “You’ll be the first to know.” The girls were shocked by what they were seeing, with Roland turning around and walking away, leaving them stunned for a few moments from what they were seeing. As soon as he was far enough, he groaned and whined in pain whilst clutching onto his head, before coughing up purple ooze, but in a partial larger dose. He leaned against the wall with his hand against it. You can’t fight me Roland looked up in shock, knowing that voice. You cannot resist me You know that better than most Roland looked around in fear, whilst still clenching onto his head. You made the deal You know you have to pay the piper “Get out.” Muttered Roland. You know, you cannot escape me You know you cannot outrun me For you know the old saying; You think distance will make you feel better But in the end… Roland turned and to his horror, saw what looked at a dead version of himself… I always return His dead self was suddenly in front of him as it screeched like a demon with eyes and mouth glowing very brightly, making Roland suddenly yell in pain as he clutched onto his head. Then he collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily. He looked around and saw everything was normal. But then he saw his gauntlet, beeping, showing that it was close. He then adjusted the power, causing the gauntlet to work overtime. Roland panted himself to calm down, for it happened again. And he couldn’t stop it, and for his anger toward the Rainbooms, it was because it was surfacing…it was coming…he didn’t have long. He needed another solution. He quickly stood up and headed to a different location. He didn’t have time to think, he needed to help the city, fast. ***************************************************************************************** Shine Boy and Leo walked a bit aways before Leo finally spoke up. “What was that all about?” “I wanted to talk to you alone.” Leo froze, knowing the real reason. “If this is about everything Obaki told us, it’s true. I haven’t trusted many of our friends in the past and I’m sorry if you hate me now.” Shine Boy stood before the lead turtle. “I don’t hate you, Leo! This. Changes. Nothing! You are still my friend and nothing will ever change that! But you shouldn’t give in to the guilt! As far back as I have known you, you have shown more open to people who have wronged before. Like when you and Sunset helped Davis when he felt inferior as a leader. Luke told me that. And you accepted Josh and Keramon despite Tai not trusting them and even helped forgive Tai when he saw the errors of his mistake. You’re learning, Leo. There will be parts in our lives where we repeat our mistakes and failures, but by picking yourself up and correcting those mistakes.” “What can I do?” Asked Leo. “Prove Obaki and Venus wrong. Prove you are better than the times you ignored Mikey or scolded Everyone from Fugitoid to the Shadowbolts and that you are the Sensei Splinter made you! And if you feel down, come to me. I can try to help you.” Taking a deep breath, Leo showed a small smile of relief. “Thanks, Shines.” “Hey, we leaders gotta stick together, am I right?” Shine Boy smiled as he and Leo locked hands. “But what about Obaki?” Leo asked. “Let me worry about Roland. You just focus on leading the others. If I find anything shocking, I’ll let you know right away.” “Okay.” Leo nodded. “Cmon. Let’s go back to the others.” ***************************************************************************************** Whilst the others were dealing with the problems all over the city, the Rainbooms were looking for Mikey all over New York. “Mikey!!” shouted Sunset. “Mikey!!” said Twilight whilst she looked around. Pinkie appeared from a random airduct and said “Mikey?!” “Mikey.” Said Fluttershy in a soft tone whilst nearing a duck pond. “Mikey!!” shouted Rarity. “Mikey!!” shouted Applejack. “You Mikester, you out there?!” said Rainbow from near a pizza place cause, come on, it’s Mikey. They heard a loud groan, making them look in the other direction, and it was none other than Mikey, sitting up from what appeared to be a garbage container. “Oh, major wipeout.” Said Mikey whilst he was rubbing his head. “Mikey!!” exclaimed the Rainbooms as they went over to him whilst also helping him out of it. “Are you okay?” asked Fluttershy as she helped him stand. “Yeah, I’ll live.” Said Mikey, but then shook his head and said “But the rest of the city won’t be.” “Whatever do you mean, darling?” said Rarity with a flexed eyebrow. “I saw a bunch of Foot Bots carrying what looked like a bomb that could wipe an entire city.” Said Mikey, which caused the girls to gasp at that. “Where’d they go?!” asked Sunset in worry. “They went that way.” Said Mikey as he got up. “Come on, we gotta stop em!!” “But we need to…” said Twilight before Mikey cut her off. “No time!!” shouted Mikey as he was around the corner, with the others having no choice but to follow him. Soon enough, they arrived at the top of the roof, where Mikey was pointing and saying “There, right down there.” They then saw a large Unit of Footbots guarding a perimeter, with four of them, to the Rainbooms’ shock, were carrying a large bomb with them and made their way to a specific spot before typing in a code. “Oh no.” said Fluttershy in worry. “If that thing goes off, millions of people will get hurt.” Said Applejack in worry. “What’ll we do?” said Rainbow in worry. Mikey on the other hand, watched the whole thing, and looked at every corner, as if his inner strategist was going over it. He looked left and right, and then it immediately clicked. He turned to them and said “I got it!!” “You do?” said the Rainbooms. “Here’s what we’ll do.” Said Mikey as he whispered to all of them of what the plan is. He explained every single detail of what each of them should do. And after explaining everything, he said “So, what do you think?” The girls were surprised by this, though the look on their faces told Mikey a different story, which he suddenly got mad and said “What? My plan won’t work?!!” “Uh, no actually,” said Applejack, “We’ll try it your way.” “You will?” said a surprised Mikey. “It is out best option.” Said Twilight. “And we did Pinkie Promise we’d listen to you this time.” Reminded Sunset. “That’s why I have the ‘You owe me since Pizza Face, Cozy Glow, the Meanbooms and ditching me to face Jagwar, and I’m calling it in,’ card!!” said Pinkie as she pulled out a business card and showed her the exact words of what she had said. The girls were surprised by this, even Mikey was surprised by this, with him taking the card and looked at it, with him looking back at her and said “You don’t miss out any details, do you?” “Nope.” Said Pinkie Pie before she did a smile with a *squee* sound. “Alright Mikey,” said Sunset, “We’ll try things you’re way.” ********************************************************************************************** As the Footbots were busy setting up a few things, one of them felt a pebble against its head, causing the said Footbot and a few others to turn to the culprit. “Hey, ya dummies!!” shouted Mikey, “Bet you can’t catch me!! Nya, Nya, Nya, Nya, Nya, Nya!!!” Within a split second, all of the Footbots, especially the ones that set up the bomb went after Mikey, causing him to run away screaming as they went around the corner. As they ran, the Footbots saw that there were seven paths to be taken. The leader suddenly devised that each would have 25 per group, allowing them to split up in order to find it. ***************************************************************************************************** The first group arrived at their destination. At first, things seemed pretty quiet, until one of them got taken out by a random dart. They looked and saw it was Fluttershy, who was smiling sheepishly at them. “Um, I don’t suppose you’ll come quietly and talk things over?” said Fluttershy. The Footbots aimed their blasters, with her going “Yeep!!” She then suddenly remembered Mikey saying “Close your eyes real tight and fire at least three of your darts at random spots, that way they’ll jump off and hit the Footbots, which will make them shoot at each other.” Fluttershy instantly took out her blowgun, shut her eyes real tight and fired three darts at random places. However, all three darts had it at the precise mark, making them bounce on certain surfaces, causing the darts to pass by at least nine Footbots at their wiring before the darts stopped. The nine Footbots suddenly malfunctioned and began to shoot and beat up the rest before they could have a time to react. Once that was done, the malfunctioning Footbots then went at each other. When that was done, the last one collapsed onto the ground whilst still sparkling. When everything was suddenly quiet, Fluttershy slowly opened her right eye slightly, Fluttershy suddenly blinked in shock. For all the robots were down as they sparkled. “Huh,” said Fluttershy as she said “What do you know, that actually worked.” Suddenly the one robot’s head exploded, making her yelp loudly and shield herself. She looked at the fallen robots and said “Maybe I should get going.” Fluttershy quickly left to regroup with the others. ******************************************************************************************* The next group of Footbots all hurried over to their next target, which was none other than Pinkie Pie sitting playfully and waving her legs as if she was a happy child. “Oh, hi footsies!!” said Pinkie as she waved at them, “Anybody interested in a cupcake?” The Footbots began to shoot, causing Pinkie to yelp and quickly ducked behind cover. “A simple no would’ve sufficed!!” shouted Pinkie. However, she suddenly spotted a random bowling ball in front of her. “Seriously?!” said Pinkie, “Who throws out a good bowling ball?!” She then remembered what Mikey said. “When you find a bowling ball, charge up all that magical mojo into it, make it into a makeshift bomb. Just concentrate really hard and act as if they’re bowling pins.” Pinkie then ended up smiling with glee and grabbed the bowling ball. “Well, I’ve never charged anything up with my powers other than my confetti.” Said Pinkie, “Then again, I did do it to that one apple, but that didn’t count because of Dashie.” Pinkie then began to focus all of her power through the ball. After all the focus that she, ahem, attempted to muster, her power began to slowly surge through the bowling ball. She then smiled with glee and had a determined look on her face. “Hey Footies!!” shouted Pinkie before she appeared and shouted again “Batter up!!” She then rolled the ball as it began to glow brighter and brighter, and the moment it was close enough, the ball exploded, causing the said ball to explode, destroying many of the Footbots in the process. Pinkie was surprised, then began to have a big grin. She giggled with glee whilst jumping like a little schoolgirl. “It really works!!” said Pinkie, “Mikey really came through!! I’m gonna throw him a thank you for a great plan party!!” Pinkie then ran off to join the others. ***************************************************************************************** The next group of Foot were cornered at another part of their destination, until Applejack had appeared. “Alright y’all varmints!!” shouted Applejack, “Let’s do this!!” She attacked the Footbots, and were able to take a few down, but she had to hide from cover again. “Dagnabbit!!” shouted Applejack, “How in tarnation am ah supposed to get past em?!!” She then remembered what Mikey said, “AJ, if you’re near any fire escapes, use your claws to cut the bottom, then they’ll fall on top of em.” Applejack then said “What the hay did he mean by that, there aren’t any…” She looked around and to her surprise, there were plenty of fire escapes all around them. She looked at that, then to her claws. “Well, Mikey said that ah needed to use mah claws.” Applejack then darted towards the first fire escape and cut the bottom, then the next, then the next, then the next. Within a split second, the entire fire escapes from both sides collapsed, causing them to crash on top of the Footbots. When AJ turned around and saw the mess, she whistles whilst impressed and pressed her hat backwards. “Well ah’ll be.” Said Applejack, “Mikey was right. And…” She then looked down and said “Roland and Obaki was right. We should’ve had more faith in him.” She then left and said “Ah failed Sunset before during Anon a miss, and again at the memory stone, and to Mikey with Jagwar. Ah’m not gonna make the same mistake again.” ********************************************************************************************** The next Footbots were looking for Mikey, until they stumbled upon Rarity. “Alright you ruffians!!” shouted Rarity, “Let a lady show you how to truly fight!!” Rarity charged and were able to take a few down, but then hid when they began to fire lasers. “Oh, I remembered when the Footbots we fought only carried melee weapons instead of blasters.” Complained Rarity. Then she spotted a few accessories on the ground. “Why would they throw out such fabulous…” said Rarity before she clicked and remembered what Mikey said. “Rarity, if you see anything that looks like a good piece of accessory, tie them around your sickles. Remember when we fought Captain Boomerang with the Justice League, well you can do the same with this one!!” Rarity then instantly grabbed it and tied the sickles together. Once she was done, it nearly looked like a makeshift boomerang. She then threw it at the Footbots, until it missed. But the moment it did, it suddenly flew back, causing the heads of the Footbots to be sliced off, making them collapse in the process. She instantly caught it and was also surprised by this. “Wow, Mikey was right about one thing, this really is a good piece of accessory.” She then flipped her hair and said “Sorry not to stick around boys, but I’ve got some friends to catch up with.” She soon ran off around the corner. ********************************************************************************************** The next Footbots were looking for Mikey, until they stumbled upon Rainbow Dash. “Alright then, who wants some!!” said Rainbow before she charged with her speed and took them down. That was, until a Footbot grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up. “Man, this is getting very annoying!!” groaned Rainbow, then she blinked when she remembered what Mikey said. “Rainbow, the moment you find any plastic bags, tie them around your shoes to protect them, cause you’re gonna need it to ice skate on robot oil so that you can easily take them down.” Rainbow blushed a bit, but then looked around, noticing no one was looking. So, she did what he said. She quickly got loose and grabbed a couple of bags, then threw a ninja star at one of the Footbots, allowing the oil to be spilled all over the ground. She then tied the bags around her shoes and began to stake. She began to move flawlessly and moved like a ballerina, yes you heard me, a ballerina, whilst she easily dodged their attacks and used her spear as a hockey stick to bash off a few of their heads, and then struck them, allowing her to get a couple of bullseyes. After she was done, she was back on solid ground and looked back, and to her surprise, they actually worked. “Whoa,” said Rainbow, “I can’t believe that worked.” She then took off the bags and saw her shoes were at least clean. “I gotta try this ice-skating thing more often.” Said Rainbow, before she blushed and said “Uh, the hockey part, not the figure skating.” She then used her superspeed to dash on out of there. ********************************************************************************************** The next Footbots were looking for Mikey, until they stumbled upon Sunset Shimmer. “Okay then,” said Sunset as she stood in position, “Time to…” That’s when she noticed a large rope nearby, then she remembered what Mikey said. “Sunset, if you happen to find a large rope somewhere, tie then around your kunai daggers, that way you’ll be able to use them as a rope dart.” “I’ll admit I’ve never did that before.” Said Sunset as she then got worried and felt cornered with the Footbots, “But there’s a first time for everything.” She grabbed the rope and tied them around the ring of her kunai daggers. She then held the rope and began to think. “I always wanted to do this.” Said Sunset as she began to spin the rope with the dagger on it around. She then began to use her newly made rope dagger to swing it around and was able to kill a few Footbots, but then she did a trick with the rope dart that she saw in a movie once, and was able to make quick work of them. Once she was done, she held the rope dart in position. Then she looked at it, stood normally and looked at it. “You know, this isn’t bad.” Said Sunset, “Maybe I could ask Leo if it would be alright if we carried secondary weapons. Cause the rope darts are awesome.” She then folded up her new weapon and ran towards the others to regroup. ********************************************************************************************** The next Footbots were looking for Mikey, until they stumbled upon nowhere, with Twilight hiding behind one of the dumpsters, then she remembered what Mikey said. “Twilight, if you see a large garbage container, use it as a battering ram to take them down, and once you take a few of them down, try to teleport around to strike them down.” “But I don’t know how to teleport.” Said Twilight to herself. “You’re your counterpart aren’t, you, just do it!!” She blinked in surprise, hearing that voice, and tried to think, until… “Don’t think, just do it!” She remembered how what Obaki said echoed in her head, and he was right, for now would be a good time to try. She took a breather and used all her magical might to push the container straight towards the Footbots, allowing it to take down half of them. “Come on Twilight, you can do this.” Muttered Twilight, “I know I didn’t do much of a good job when I first got it, but now I need to use it fully, my friends need me. So just do it, do it, do it.” She then opened her eyes sharply as they glowed. Within a split second, she teleported. She teleported and took down the Footbots one by one, with a slice, with a punch, with a kick and a roundhouse kick. After she was done, she took a breath and relaxed before she looked around and to her surprise, she took down the Footbots. “I…I did it.” Said Twilight, before she had a big smile and squealed in excitement whilst shouting “And I finally teleported!! This is amazing!! I gotta get back to the others!!” She ran back to the others to regroup. ********************************************************************************************** Soon the Rainbooms got together as all of them were relieved that they weren’t hurt. “Boy, that was a close one.” Said Applejack as she wiped the sweat from her brow. “Yeah, I can’t believe Mikey’s plan worked.” Said Rainbow with glee, “This is awesome!!” “Yeah, we really should…” said Sunset before she realized something, “Wait, where is he anyway?” That’s when Twilight clicked and said “Wait, what about…” “The bomb!!” exclaimed the Rainbooms as they ran towards where he was. But the moment they got there, they saw the bomb had fizzled and popped, whilst slowly shutting down, with Mikey sitting on it with a smirk. “Hey Rainbooms!!” “What, huh, Mikey?!” said Twilight in disbelief. “How did you turn it off?!” said Rarity. “Well,” said Mikey, “I could say that whilst we were able to lure all of the Footbots away, I quickly snuck back and looked at the bomb. And after going over it, I realized it uses a strong mechanism and other components to make it work, so after when going over the wires, I realized it was both the red and ground wires and carefully disabled it, thus deactivating the bomb.” Then he got up and walked over to them and said “But then I got bored, so I decided to rip everything out of it. Can you believe that they can make a powerful bomb, but weak sauce in defenses?” Mikey tossed the random stuff he had in his hand, with the Rainbooms flabbergasted over what just happened. “Wha, but…How did you?!” said Applejack. “Well, tech isn’t my thing, remember?” said Mikey, “Donnie does machines, I’m the party dude.” “Huh,” said Rainbow, “You know something, I can’t argue with that logic.” “So, now that we’re done,” said Mikey, “Mind if we head back to the others.” “Uh, sure thing.” Said Sunset as everyone quickly left. ****************************************************************************************** Soon, everyone began to regroup above one of the buildings near the town square, whilst Roland looked at the Rainbooms, and they know the look, which is if he wanted to know if they looked after Mikey, with them nodding. Though he was grateful, he had an apologetic look, to which they noticed. They understood that he was only looking out for Mikey, like any older brother would look after the young, though they were concerned of why his eyes turned for a brief moment red. “What’s the status with the others?” asked Roland. “Grandpa Max reported in that everyone’s cleared the city of Rita and Lord Zedd’s forces.” Said Donnie. “They’re back at the ship for the moment, trying to find if any more of our enemies are hiding, whilst also trying to” “I still can’t believe Rita and Zedd are working together.” Said Zack. “Why’s that a surprise?” asked Leo. “Last we heard,” said Tommy, “After Rita failed on her last battle with us, Lord Zedd was fed up and banished her to space in what appeared to be a container of sorts.” “My money’s on Shredder bringing them together.” Said Jason. “Our thoughts exactly.” Said Shine Boy. “Which isn’t good news.” “How come?” asked Trini. “Lewej and Jewel know Lord Zedd.” Said Shine Boy, “He was able to give them the power and taught them on how to create their own armies, and in return, they would help him with his evil empire, hence why he gained the power and became the monster you know today.” “I heard of Lewej and Jewel.” Said Tommy, “Zordon told us they were the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy besides Lord Zedd and Rita.” “Don’t forget the Machine Empire and Divatox.” Said Pinkie Pie out of the blue. “So,” said Leo 96, gaining everyone’s attention, “Now that it’s all said and done, can someone explain to us what’s going on?” “We’ll be glad to explain everything.” Said Venus. “But not out in the open,” said Leo, “We need to talk somewhere discreet where no one is watching us.” “Agreed,” said Master Splinter, “For when the crane and the monkey plan, they must not let the dangers of other predators overhear them. Come, let us go.” Everyone soon left for the sewers, meanwhile, at another location. “I can’t believe those Power Brats are twice as strong,” said Rita, “Especially with twice the enemy.” “And Lewej wasn’t kidding about Night Shine,” said Goldar, “He truly is a warrior to be reckoned with.” “Well, we will not allow them to stand in our way.” Said Lord Zedd, “Soon, we shall have this world to our knees one way or another.” “Don’t worry Lord Zedd,” said Cozy Glow as she casually flew in, “We can handle them no problem.” Lord Zedd then pointed the tip of his trident at Cozy’s neck, much to the filly’s fright. “See that you do.” Said Lord Zedd, “Otherwise, in case Shredder does not get the chance, then you shall go through me. And I will show you on how the true emperor of all evil works.” Lord Zedd departed with his putties, with Cozy clearing her throat and muttering, “If the turtles could be easily fooled, then the turtles of this world would be fooled no problem.” ********************************************************************************************** At the same time, everyone continued to move through the sewers, with Rarity saying “I must admit, the sewers look a lot different from the ones back in our world.” “Yeah, no kidding.” Said Sweetie Belle, before her face suddenly went green and said “Although…I’m glad none of them have that.” Everyone saw more garbage, dead rats and so on, causing everyone, even the Turtles to feel a bit nauseous of seeing this. Mikey then smirked with a devilish idea, whilst also whispering to Obaki, causing the latter to catch on and smirked the same way. As they walked, they suddenly saw a shadowy figure, that looked like a dragon, roaring in the light, causing half the folks to scream in fright and some armed themselves. Roland then looked behind and did a deadpanned expression, he cleared his throat and shined his own light to reveal the culprits. Which was none other than Mikey and Obaki, making shadow puppets and roaring sounds, whilst looking back at the group shocked. Everyone gave the two different looks. Some glared, some deadpanned, some looked at them with flexed eyebrows and some slowly shaking their heads for pulling a prank at a time like this. The two of them suddenly placed their arms behind their backs and giggled sheepishly and bashfully at the same time. *********************************************************************************************** Soon enough, the lot of them arrived at the 1996 Turtles’ lair. “Whoa,” said Mikey as he looked around whilst also taking pictures, “So this is what our counterparts’ lair looks in this dimension.” “No kidding.” Said Donnie. “Although,” said pony Rarity, “I do wish they could do a better job at cleaning up after themselves.” “Then are you willing to put on a frilly outfit just to clean it?” joked Sugarcoat in her usual tone, which Rarity didn’t know how to respond to that. “It’s not much bros from another dimension,” said Mikey 96, “But it’s home for us.” “Now then,” said Master Splinter as he motioned the 96 Turtles to sit next to him whilst he looked at the others whilst they also sat down and tried to make themselves at home. “Start from the…” “Sorry we’re late guys.” Everyone looked and saw another man and woman walking in. “Yeah, we were just…” The two of them were shocked to see more people in here, with Mikey 96 saying “Hey April, hey Casey!!” The groups looked at the two surprised, especially Casey and April. “Huh,” said Casey, “You know, I kinda like what he looks like.” “The other April’s pretty too.” Said Mikey. “Uh, who are they?” asked Casey 96. “That’s what we’re here to find out.” Said Leo 96, “You two care to join us?” “Yeah, sure.” Said April 96 as she and Casey 96 walked over to their group and faced everyone. “Now then…from the beginning.” Said Master Splinter. Soon the groups began to explain everything to them. ****************************************************************************************** “And that’s why we’re here.” Said Leo. Needless to say, Splinter, April, Casey, and the Turtles of Earth 1996 were completely stunned by the revelation. “Whoa, dudes.” Said Mikey 96, “Major bummer over there.” “Almost sounds like something out of a horror movie.” Said Leo 96. “I have looked into their minds,” said Venus 96, “All of them are telling the truth.” “Indeed.” Said Splinter in agreement, “If what you say is true, then it will be our responsibility to help in any way we can.” “So, what do we need to do to kick Shred head’s butt?” said Raph 96. “First thing’s first.” Said Roland as he showed them a hologram of a certain stone. “We need to find these.” “Hmm, a gateway to the source of all reality.” Said Splinter. “The spirits of the Hamato Masters have told me of this during my travels to the spirit realms. If what you say is true, then we will need to find them as soon as possible.” “And thankfully we can help.” Said Donnie 96, “We got some sweet tech from the Power Rangers.” Everyone was baffled by this, with Tommy saying “Wait, us?” “Not really.” Said Leo 96, “The Space Rangers.” They were confused by this, with Roland decided to fill them in. “Remember when you were confused when the Turtles knew some of you?” said Roland, with the Rangers nodding, “Well, in another dimension, all of you have passed down your legacy to other Rangers. After you lot passed it down, Tommy went to College. And if I had to guess, it implies to this world too.” “That makes sense.” Said Gamer, “If I had to guess, and this world is the same as the other, then the Rangers here became Space Rangers to fight evil beyond the stars.” “And how do you lot know them?” asked Scootaloo. “Cause we met the Space Rangers a while back.” Said Leo 96, “Long story short, one of their enemies came, hypnotized us, and tricked us to be their minions. Thankfully they were able to snap us out of it. They gave us some of their tech to track anything unexpected down.” “If that’s the case,” said Billy, “Then we’d better get started.” “Follow me, fellow compadres.” Said Donnie 96 as he led the geniuses to the lair. “Max, this is Leo.” Said Leonardo as he contacted the others, “We’ve made contact with the Turtles, but we also made contact with Lord Zedd and Rita.” “This is bad, which is why their numbers have been doubled.” Said Grandpa Max. “We’re already trying to come up with some of the tech to help track the stones down.” Said Leo. “We’ll try to work on something on our end too.” Said Max. “We’ll be in contact soon, Leonardo out.” Said Leo before he cut communications and left with the others. ********************************************************************************************** After their meeting, Mikey began to hum his phone ringtone whilst he was about to fetch some supplies for his pizza, until… “Oh, hello Mikey.” Mikey stopped and looked up, and saw Princess Twilight and the others, holding bags of what looked like ingredients for pizza. “Oh, hey, what’s up?” said Mikey. “I was just about to get supplies for pizza. But I see you girls have beaten me to the punch.” “Actually, Sunset and the others asked us to bring the ingredients.” Said Pony Rainbow Dash, much to Mikey’s surprise. “Oooh, are they here?” asked Pinkie when she popped by and saw the bags. Then took them and said “Thanks.” “Also, Mikey…” “Yeah?” asked Mikey as he put his phone away. “We…never had the chance to apologize to you.” Said Princess Twilight. “Huh? For what?” asked a confused Mikey. “I know we said that we apologized and you forgave us since the whole thing with Cozy Glow,” said Princess Twilight, “But…” “But when Bright Eyes took her place, y’all told us she was alright and didn’t sense anything off about her.” Said pony Applejack, “But we ended up ignoring ya, again.” “Indeed,” said pony Rarity, “Because of our own paranoia, we ended up suspecting other students too, which made them quit and leave.” “And I wasn’t any cool for accusing Bright Eyes, just for smiling.” Said Rainbow. “Yeah, seriously.” Said Mikey as he still couldn’t believe it, “And people thought I was the dumb one.” Pony Rainbow winced at that, with pony Fluttershy saying “We weren’t in our right minds. It took Master Splinter to help us realize we made a mistake, and when he showed how his paranoia got the better of him the first night all of you encountered Shredder.” “Oh yeah.” Said Mikey as he rubbed his shoulder, remembering the painful training he went through. “Also,” said pony Rarity, “We learned from Sunset that you lost your trust and faith in not just your brothers and friends from New York, but from both us and our counterparts.” “Yeah,” said pony Pinkie Pie, “I know they accused you of being a goof, but then again that’s what everyone thought about me, of being a goof and not taking things seriously. Both Fluttershy and I should’ve been like our counterparts. We should’ve defended you.” “Though I can’t believe they didn’t help you with Jagwar.” Said pony Fluttershy. “Well, to be fair that one was on me, big time.” Said Mikey. “Still.” Said Princess Twilight, “I don’t know if it will ever be enough. But we just wanted to say…we’re sorry. About Cozy, about Bright Eyes, all of it.” “I don’t accept your apology,” said Mikey, which caused the Mane 6 to look down in remorse, until Mikey smiled and said “Because you girls have nothing to apologize for.” The Mane 6 looked at Mikey surprised. “I know I still have a long way to go,” said Mikey, “I may be a skilled Ninja and somewhat wise, but even I’m not perfect and make mistakes. I’ll probably make more in the future, but that’s all part of growing up. I’ll always be a goofball, but that’s what makes most of us unique. Like you once said, we’re not flawless and we’re a work in progress.” Mikey walked up to Princess Twilight and hugged her, surprising the Princess of Friendship. “So yeah, you’ve got nothing to apologize for.” Princess Twilight couldn’t help but smile and hug Mikey, to which the rest hugged him too. They broke the hug and said “Well, I gotta get going. I’ll see you lot again.” Mikey walked off to join the Rainbooms in the pizza making, with the Mane 6 smiling, knowing that they were able to make things right. ******************************************************************************************** A few hours later, Mikey sat down near a table and looked through his phone whilst humming a very catchy tune. When all of a sudden, Applejack and Sunset brought some pizza and offered the first slice to Mikey, which was surprising. “Figured since y’all are the expert in pizza.” Said Applejack. Mikey tasted the pizza and hummed in approval. “Nice job, girls.” The Rainbooms soon sat around Mikey, with them eating their pizzas. Mikey then asked “So what’s the occasion?” “Oh, it’s just our way of saying thanks for helping us and leading us against Shredder’s Foot Bots.” Said Pinkie. “Oh yeah, cause we’re awesome ninjas!!” said Mikey as he said ninja in a singsong note. “And…” said Sunset as she rubbed the back of her head, “Another way of apologizing.” “Over what?” asked a confused Mikey. “Jagwar.” Muttered Rarity, with Mikey wincing. “Oh yeah, that.” Said Mikey. “Though…to be fair, that was on me.” “But it still didn’t excuse us for abandoning you.” Said Sunset. “And we…couldn’t forgive ourselves if we did.” Mikey looked down, and pondered in thought. Then he said “To be fair…after what happened back then, I wanted to quit the team, but I didn’t.” The Rainbooms were surprised by the revelation, with Mikey saying “Remember when a healer came along and brought me back up to full strength whilst all of you were uh…getting down on the dumps?” “Uh, yeah.” Said an uneasy Applejack. “Well,” said Mikey as he tried to remember, “During my healing, we had a bit of a…interesting conversation.” *********************************************************************************************** Everyone was in the next room, whilst a healer was gently placing him on the healing table, whilst a healer, whilst donning a healing mask, stood over him, with the others watching Mikey, with guilt looks over their faces. “We’ll uh…see you later Mikey.” Said Sunset in a guilty tone as she and the others left. “Are you ready?” asked the healer. “Yeah, I guess.” Said Mikey as he partially grunted in pain. As the healer began his work, he noticed that Mikey was looking miserable. “Are you well?” asked the healer, “Emotionally I mean.” Mikey sighed and said “I can’t believe this. My friends turned their backs on me.” “Well, from what I have overheard from my Daiyou.” Said the healer, “You did constantly boast and rubbed your victory in your friends’ faces. Which in turn left them bitter and annoyed.” Mikey looked down in sadness and realize it “Yeah. But still…” “And to be fair,” said the healer as he cut Mikey off whilst continuing to concentrate on his healing powers, “They didn’t know Jagwar was planning to kill you in order to restore his so-called honor, when it was a tournament, and not a battlefield, or a contest. There’s an old saying, ‘A soldier is focused on the battlefield, but they do not see the dangers from the shadows until it’s too late.’, which means that they didn’t see the dangers ahead until it’s too late. We may be strong, but we are not invincible. It makes one mortal, which is what makes them a warrior, or a hero.” Mikey looked at the healer and said “Whoa, deep bro.” The healer chuckled and said “I may not look much, but I have seen the outside for a long time before I became a healer.” Mikey then sighed in sadness again. “Still, no matter how hard I try, I always screw up, whether on purpose, or unintentional, or when I realized I made a mistake.” “We’ve all been there.” Said the healer. “But what will you do, if you think you’ll just mess everything up?” “I don’t know.” Said Mikey as he was on his back, waiting for the healer to help heal his serious injuries, “Maybe I should just leave. Maybe then I won’t be able to screw things up any further.” “Well, you could.” Said the healer, “Or you can choose to be better.” Mikey looked at him confused and said “Be better?” “Indeed.” Said the healer, “For you are not the only one who went down that path, making a mistake that nearly costed you everything. And you know a certain someone who’s mistake was so bad, he lost everything.” “Wait, do I know someone like that?” asked Mikey confused. “Of course.” Said the healer. “A certain young ninja master from when he was your age, also had an adopted brother. Both of them were inseparable. But then overtime, the adopted one was sunk deep into the darkness. His jealousy over a woman that chose the young master over him, and which turned into hatred when he found out about his birthright. The young ninja master was overconfident, thinking that nothing could beat him and would sometimes boast. In the end…he lost his wife and his daughter was taken.” Mikey gasped with widened eyes, realizing whom he was talking about. “Master Splinter.” Muttered Mikey. “Precisely.” Said the healer. “He was just like you, and in the end, it costed him everything. He could’ve also lived in despair, let the cruelty of life swallow him, could’ve also followed a path of vengeance to avenge the ones he lost. But he didn’t. Do you know why?” The healer looked at Mikey and said “He chose to be better.” Mikey continued to listen to the healer whilst the healer did his job. “He chose to honor the Hamato Clan by surviving,” said the Healer, “And he chose to honor Shen’s memory by moving to America, hoping to start over. But then certain obstacles come in the way, and he and all of you, ended up being what you are. And he tried to teach that lesson to you.” The healer went for Mikey’s legs once he was done with Mikey’s arms. “Your brother Leonardo understood Master Splinter, because he chose to obey. You and your brothers on the other hand. I won’t say much about you, considering what I’ve seen, but look at the others. Donatello, only focuses on the mind, which in turn would weaken his body. Your other brother, Raphael, he constantly lets his anger overtake him for no apparent reasons because of his own insecurities. Which is why, he will never be ready to be a full-on Ninja Master. For he is impatient, hot tempered, and Leo is better than him. When it comes to fighting, they are evenly matched, but Leo has more focus and follows the Hamato’s code, whilst Raph lets his anger blind him until it was too late.” “But I’m not like Master Splinter.” Said Mikey. “Exactly.” Said the Healer, which confused the turtle. “One cannot be like the other. For this is how it always ends. Follow the path of another, and you will end up being your own downfall.” He looked at Mikey and said “Which is why, you and your brothers, must be the Ninjas you choose to be, not those who came before. Who they were, is not who you will be, for you must be better.” The healer then focused on Mikey’s other leg, “Did this happen once before? About fighting like one’s opponent?” “Yeah, it did.” Said Mikey as he remembered. “Raph wanted to fight like our enemies because they don’t hold back and he takes things too seriously. Master Splinter and Leonardo constantly tells him that if we do that, then we’d be no better. As Ninjas, when in times of peace, never forget the possibilities of war. In times of war, never forget compassion.” The healer chuckled, saying “Truly, part of your master’s wisdom lives on.” Mikey smiled, with the Healer saying “And I know a few others too. Remember Batman?” “Hey, how’d you know?” asked Mikey. “Trust me, everyone in the Multiverse knows about that specific Batman.” Said the Healer. “He too underestimated many of his enemies, and he’s somewhat overconfident. But in the end, he always learns from his mistakes, and tried to be better. Not as a fighter, a detective, or a vigilante…but as a human being. And you two have something in common. You may not have his brain, but you have his heart. And through that fierce exterior, no one had cared so deeply about their fellow man, as Bruce Wayne…just as you care about them, no matter how much it hurt.” Mikey was surprised by the healer’s revelation. The healer looked at him and said “Just as you can’t expect your friends to bail you out whenever you make a mistake that could cause them to act this way. That’s the harsh truth about life, you can’t always expect everything to go your way, and nobody can hit harder than life. It’s also about how you get hit, how much you can take, handle it, and keep moving forward. If you want to be who you want to be, you need to be willing to take the hits. Only cowards tend to blame others.” The healer soon focused on Mikey’s chest. “Let me tell you a story, about a man named Nelson Mandela.” Said the Healer. “When he was young, he saw how his country was driven apart, through fear, paranoia, greed and so on. So, like many other youths, he tried his best to fight for the rights of others, to show as people, we have more in common than we realize. But overtime, he was captured and sent to prison. He was in that prison for thirty years, they treated him harshly, called him names, treated him like garbage and so on. But after he was released, he then began to run for office with the help of many others. In time, he became the leader of the country. A lot of folks thought that he would seek revenge on them, but he didn’t. Do you know why?” Mikey listened with interest, with the Healer saying “Because he chose to forgive them.” Mikey was surprised by this. “He was beaten, tormented, abused and many others, but he chose to forgive them.” Said the Healer, “For one, what would be the point. If you let a bully affect your heart, then you will end up becoming a bully and inflict the same pain to the other.” The Healer looked at Mikey and said “His bodyguards thought that he would decline others, but Mandela told them that Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear and anger. That is why, it is such a powerful weapon. And if he had not left his anger, bitterness, and hatred behind, he would still be in prison.” The Healer then said “What everyone else did, they took their anger, hatred and bitterness and created a prison of their own making. Which is why they are trapped like this. Only you can set them free from their own prison.” Mikey felt really moved by the Healer’s words as he looked ahead. He could’ve sworn he saw Master Splinter, who smiled and nodded, showing that the Healer was telling the truth. “How…,” began Mikey, “How do I know it will work?” “You don’t.” said the Healer, “All you can do is try. Nelson tried, and it worked wonders for him and his people in the end. For all it takes, is a single spark of courage, to ignite the flames of hope.” After the healer was done, Mikey stood up and stretched. The Healer presented him his mask, which Mikey watched. “Be what others cannot.” Said the Healer, “Be the Pillar of Forgiveness, and never give up.” Mikey looked at the mask, then smiled with determination and accepted his mask whilst putting it back on. “You’re right.” Said Mikey. “I don’t know what will happen. All I can do is try.” The Healer placed his hand on Mikey’s shoulder, and said “Good luck out there, Michelangelo.” “I will healer dude. I promise.” Said Mikey, before he left to look for his friends. And maybe have a normal talk. *********************************************************************************************** “I took that dude’s words by heart.” Said Mikey with a fond smile, “And I’ve tried to keep that up ever since.” The girls were surprised by this, with Mikey saying “So every time whenever I get chewed out over an accident or that weren’t my fault, I chose to forgave them. Cause what’s the point of staying angry over some things that we never knew were going to happen and were beyond our control.” Mikey looked down with a saddened expression and said “I know I still have flaws, and I’ll probably have more in the future. I just don’t know how to make it work like you girls.” They were taken aback by that statement, with Rarity saying “Whatever do you mean, darling?” “Well, you girls have flaws too.” Said Mikey, “Sunset can sometimes be mean and have a hot head. Fluttershy’s sometimes too scared of her shadow, Pinkie tends to be overbearing and overboard, Applejack can sometimes be more stubborn than a thousand mules, Rarity tends to whine and complain a lot, Rainbow’s ego can be as big as Canterlot City and Twilight can sometimes be a boring egghead…” At first, they wanted to be mad and make a comeback by that statement, until… “And yet look at all of you,” said Mikey, “You make your friendships work, even when you’re different and nobody else can see that. Like Princess Twilight once told Starlight, the very differences between all of you is what makes your friendships strong. And I have to say it’s very beautiful. Cause the way I see it, you’re not friends, cause you’re more than that, you’re like sisters.” They were surprised once more by what he said, which Mikey suddenly had a saddened face. “That’s why I acted that way, cause I also felt important like you girls and my brothers. And at least you girls have each other and accept one another despite your faults, and I look up to you girls more than anything. But me…I just wanted to say…I’m sorry.” The girls were a little surprised by this, but Mikey continued… “I’m sorry I tend to take things overboard. I’m sorry I didn’t do a better job at supporting and helping you girls. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the Meanbooms. I’m sorry that I kept rubbing things in your faces ever since the whole Nexus thing. I’m sorry I didn’t do a better job at being, well, mature…and…” Mikey then shed a tear, which surprised the girls. “I’m sorry I’ll never be as brave as you, or be like you girls. At least you guys have each other, and that’s what really counted. But me?” said Mikey, before he wiped a tear and said “I don’t have anything. I’ll always be a poor excuse of a goofball.” They were surprised to hear this from him whilst Mikey wiped another tear. At first, the Rainbooms felt bad about ditching Mikey and not believing him when things counted. But now…now they felt really terrible. They then realized that what Obaki and Venus had tried to tell them, and now they took it all for granted. Now they understood Mikey a bit more. Applejack walked over to Mikey and sat next to him, same with Fluttershy, who hugged him by his side and shed a few tears too. “Oh, Sugarcube,” said Applejack as she adjusted her hat, “Ah’m sorry. Ah had no idea y’all felt that way.” “We really should have paid more attention,” said Rarity, then looked down in sadness and said “Just like I should’ve paid more attention to my sister.” “Let me guess, Obaki and Venus gave you two a hard time?” said Mikey, which surprised them, with him saying “Shine Boy told me.” “Also,” said Rainbow as she looked down in sadness, “When you bragged about winning the Nexus, I was annoyed that you kept rubbing it in our faces. And I ended up ditching you. And after everyone somehow found out…my parents did the one thing I never thought they’d do.” “On what, grounding you?” said Mikey. However, they saw she was completely silent whilst she looked down, which shocked Mikey and Fluttershy. “Wait, I was just kidding, you were actually grounded?!” “Why is that so surprising?” asked Rarity. “Rainbow’s parents never ground her,” said Fluttershy, “Not even that time she accidentally set her mother’s garden on fire.” “Flutters!!” exclaimed Rainbow in embarrassment “Eep!!” squeaked Fluttershy, which made her hid under the table. “Uh, why did you…?” said Mikey, before he instantly changed the subject and said “You know what, I don’t even wanna know.” “Wise choice.” Said Rainbow. “Anyway…shortly after everyone began to shun us…” ************************************************************************************************ Rainbow came home from school and said “Hey mom, hey dad. I’m…” But when she got there, she saw her parents had stern looks on their faces. “Uh, is something wrong?” asked Rainbow. “Oh, something is wrong.” Said Bow Hothoof as Windy showed Rainbow footage of them abandoning Mikey. “What the…?!” exclaimed Rainbow as she was shocked by what she was seeing. “How did you…?!” “It doesn’t matter.” Said Bow sternly. “Honey, how could you?” said Windy. “Hey, Mikey constantly bragged about being the best and we wanted to teach him a lesson about karma!!” said Rainbow, trying to defend herself. “And you thought letting him get beat up to death was the answer?!” said Bow. “How were we supposed to know something like that would happen?!!” “You should’ve known better honey!!” said Windy. “And from the looks of things, this isn’t the first time you did this to your friends.” “Exactly,” said Bow, “You complained about Mikey bragging? Yet how many times did you brag about being better at something!!” “I am!!” said Rainbow. “Except when it comes to your friends.” Said Bow. “All of you just watched your friend get beaten to death, because you had a grudge over someone else bragging.” “You clearly turned your back on your friend without thinking about the consequences, or the people you would hurt.” Said Windy. “Look, we didn’t know Jagwar rigged the fight, okay?!” said Rainbow, “If we had known we would’ve helped him!!” “And yet you didn’t.” said Bow Hothoof. Who then sighed and said “When we encouraged you to be the best, we should’ve taught you discipline too, but clearly, we were too caught up in excitement to even notice. Mikey was the one who defended you, and yet you took it for granted.” Rainbow was at a loss for words, for this was the first time her parents were talking to her like that. “You clearly let your ego get out of the way without thinking about the consequences, or the people that you'd end up hurting.” said Windy Whistles. “Well I...” said Rainbow, but Bow Hothoof cut her off. “Your actions with your friends nearly costed the life of another.” said Bow Hothoof. “This stops now.” “He's right young lady,” said Windy Whistles, “You are grounded!!” Rainbow was shocked by what her mother had said, “No Daring Do, no afterschool Soccer, only when you're on school time, and your little ego thinking that you're better is done, and you will not say anything otherwise until you learn not to abandon your friends!! Understand?!!” “But, but...,” said Rainbow. “To. Your. Room.” said Bow Hothoof as he pointed at her bedroom. Rainbow felt her eyes watering, then lowered her head whilst walking to her room in defeat. ****************************************************************************************** Everyone was surprised by that ordeal, but not as surprised as Fluttershy were. “Goodness darling,” said Rarity, “I have no idea that your parents would be capable of doing that.” “Yeah,” said Rainbow whilst she lowered her head. “Now that I think about it.” Said Rainbow as she thought about after a few hours of being grounded. “I didn’t get what the big deal was. I kept telling myself that what they said wasn’t true. But then I remember the moment of Mikey bragging about being the best. That’s when the realization hit me, and to my shock. Him boasting…I began to see myself, constantly boasting and realized I made a mistake, which resulted you girls nearly turning your backs on me. I kept seeing myself messing things up over and over. The Spring Fling, the Battle of the Bands, Anon-a-miss, the Memory Stone, the Meanbooms. I turned my back on my friends and they did the same to me.” Rainbow sighed in sadness, “I ended up being a hypocrite. I did the opposite of what I am. I’m supposed to be the loyal one, and yet, I kept being selfish, I was even a jerk to Sunset after we beat her at the Fall Formal.” “Wait, you were? Why?” asked Mikey whilst he was confused. “About…a few weeks after the Fall Formal,” said Rainbow, “Applejack and I kept treating Sunset like dirt, even after we promised Princess Twilight to look after her. Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rarity were the only ones to give her a chance to earn their trust…but we didn’t.” “But let me guess,” said Mikey, “It sounded right on paper, but it still left you and Applejack hurt after what she did?” “Yeah, that.” Said Rainbow as she, even Applejack looked down in guilt. “Though, I’m surprised that Princess Twilight didn’t make you lot Pinkie Promise to look after her.” Said Mikey, “That’s the first thing I would’ve done.” The Rainbooms blinked at that, with Pinkie saying “Hey yeah, you’re right, she didn’t make us Pinkie Promise to look after her.” Sunset face palmed herself, for she couldn’t believe Princess Twilight didn’t think about doing that in the first place. “Also, after I served my grounding, I went for a jog and…I also wanted to give up.” Said Rainbow, which surprised them, “But then I met someone along the way…” ******************************************************************************************* Rainbow continued to jog down the road, but after going as far as she went, she took a few breathers, but then she suddenly took her water bottle and threw it out of frustration. She crouched and held her head, thinking about what she did to Mikey by mocking him, when she was no different. She was nearly left vulnerable and didn’t want anyone to see her nearly shedding a tear. Until… “Rough day?” Rainbow shockingly looked up and saw a random jogger, holding her undamaged water bottle. He walked over to her and handed it to her back. “Uh, yeah, you might say that.” Said Rainbow as she accepted it back. “You wanna talk about it?” said the jogger, “I’m willing to listen.” Rainbow was unsure, but told him the whole story as they stood near the pit stop chairs. After the story, he said “I see.” “Yeah,” said Rainbow, “I know Mikey won out of dumb luck, but he didn’t have to boast and rub it in our faces. We thought that Jagwar wanted a rematch, we didn’t know he was going to kill him. If we had known he was planning to kill him, we would’ve still helped.” “And yet you didn’t.” said the Jogger. “You should’ve helped.” “I know,” said Rainbow, “Would’ve too if he hadn’t boasted so much.” “Hmmm,” said the Jogger, “I seem to remember a certain rainbow haired Athlete who also tends to brag about everything 24/7.” Rainbow looks at him with a glare, with him pulling out his phone, saying “Hey, don’t give me that look, I read what I read on MyStable.com. That and the recent video of you lot turning your backs on him.” Rainbow was surprised of where he heard it, then groaned in frustration as she lowered her head. “Don’t remind me.” Said Rainbow, “Everyone hates me and my friends. I thought the Meanboom thing was bad but…we ended up being no different.” “How long have they hated you?” “Three weeks now.” Said Rainbow. “Two weeks during my grounding. Then after from what Scootaloo and the others told us, and that was a week ago. We’re trying to make things right with Mikey, but no matter how hard we tried, we’re getting nowhere.” “And I assume that you’re getting the same taste of bitter medicine when a certain friend of yours was defeated after you lot stopped her.” Said the Jogger, which surprised her. “Again, on MyStable.” “How much stuff is on there?!!” exclaimed Rainbow. “Uh, you don’t wanna know.” Said the Jogger. “Anyway,” said Rainbow, “When I lost at the tournament, I lost because I got cocky. And when Mikey bragged, I was angry and jealous. And when Jagwar came back and challenged him, I thought it was sweet someone putting him in his place. But we didn’t know the fight was rigged and that he was going to kill him. After we won, we apologized…but somehow everyone else found out and we were scorned by everyone.” “And you ended up being grounded too.” Said the Jogger. “Yeah…,” said a disheartened Rainbow. “But then I realized, him bragging, which nearly got him killed. It…happened to me too a couple of times too, and I got in how many times trouble, and nearly got me and my friends killed. I’m such a hypocrite. Maybe I should just quit.” “Quit what?” asked the jogger. “Quit being a ninja, quit being a soccer player, quit being a band member. And…quit being a friend.” Said a disheartened Rainbow Dash, nearly wanting to shed a tear. “I don’t deserve any friends. Not after all the times I messed up.” The jogger looked ahead and sighed, then looked back at her whilst leaning against a nearby post. “Quit, don’t quit.” Began the jogger slowly, “Be a team player, don’t be a team player.” This gained Rainbow’s attention as she looked at him. “You were taught by a wise man, who tried to teach you not to let your overconfidence get the better of you. And when someone else won, you felt jealous, thinking that the victory should go to you. If you hadn’t won, then that’s fate’s way of saying that you’re not ready to do things on your own, just as your friend’s brother wasn’t ready. Because of his temper and impatience.” He leaned over and said “And the scorn that you are now facing…that is the exact same way one of your friends received when she was reformed because of her past as a bully, if I’m not mistaken.” Rainbow was a little surprised by it, realizing he was right. “I mean take a look at that apple tree over there.” Said the jogger, which Rainbow looked, “It may look ready to bear its fruit, but one thing one should know, is that one can’t force itself to blossom when it suits them, nor bear the fruits it wants before its time.” Rainbow looked at the man as he said “It takes time and patience.”, said the jogger, “There are some things we can’t control. And no matter what you do, for you may wish for a peach or a pear, but you’ll only get an apple. And it will be the way you want it, if you choose to guide it, to nurture, it, to believe in it.” He stood up as he said “Think about it. If you were to trade places with your friend, and if you did win, you too would have bragged. And when the said enemy wants a rematch, and you needed help…well…” Then Rainbow clicked in shock and said “They would’ve abandoned me too. Then I would’ve…” “Precisely.” Said the jogger as he walked over to a lake. Rainbow was stunned for a moment, but chose to follow him. “But, you didn’t. For what happened, happened.” Said the Jogger, “For one meets his destiny on the road it takes to avoid it.” He looked at her and said “And you let your jealousy get the better of you. That’s why it’s considered a sin. But you did not see it. For you see…” He gestured to the water that was making ripples, “Your mind is like the water. When it’s agitated, clouded by anger, jealousy, ignorance, and many others, it becomes murky, and very difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle…” He tapped the water, causing it to be still, and the two of them see their reflection, “The answer becomes clear.” He stood up and said “You may be skilled, but there are some obstacles in the way. One of them, is the thing holding yourself back.” He gestured to the water, and that’s when Rainbow realized; the only thing holding her back, was herself. “And you know,” said the jogger, “You are not the only one who lets jealousy get in the way of family and friends.” Rainbow looked at him confused and said “What do you mean?” “How well do you know your old testaments?” asked the Jogger. She signaled she knows a bit. “See, there was this one boy, Joseph, who was born with a special gift. For when he dreams, it can somewhat predict the future. The father praised him, and gave him a special gift. But the brothers, they grew jealous, resented him, hated him even. He was just an innocent boy, not knowing how things worked. But to them, it felt like he was bragging to them. Then in the end, because of their jealousy, the brothers did the unthinkable.” He slowly looked at her and said “They sold him into slavery.” Rainbow was shocked by that, with the jogger continuing, “He was taken to a faraway kingdom and sold to be a slave. He worked his hardest, but then, during his work, he helped out a Captain of the guard, and was praised for what he did. Then in time, the king had a dream that disturbed him, and thanks to Joseph, the helped saved the kingdom. That was, until his brothers came, wanting grain. But he was angry of what they did. Then he was pretending to not know them. Then during that time, their youngest was there. That’s when the brothers revealed that they didn’t want to make their father suffer, and that they were forced to live with that guilt for twenty years. Joseph was stunned, the shadows in his heart broken. And instead, he forgave them.” Rainbow was again surprised, the jogger looked at her and said “Then there was a man from another country, who tried to fight for the rights of others, but was arrested, placed in a tiny cell for thirty years. He was released and soon became the country’s leader. But instead of hating them, he chose to forgive them, for what would be the point of hating, it never solved anything. But he did say one thing, Forgiveness liberates the soul, that’s why it is a strong weapon. And the poem he once read about not giving up.” Rainbow was confused by this, but the jogger closed his eyes and recited the poem to her. (Jogger) Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning’s of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul. Rainbow was surprised and stunned by what the jogger had said, with the jogger saying “It’s about not giving up. Joseph could’ve chosen to give up and not forgive his brothers. Nelson, the leader, could’ve chosen to give up. Heck, even Mikey would’ve chosen to give up. But they didn’t. Because from one, what would be the point, and two, anger can cloud one’s mind of what’s truly important. Their families and friends.” He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder, saying “There’s also an old saying; Yesterday, is history. Tomorrow, is a mystery. But today, is a gift. That is why, it’s called the Present.” Rainbow felt something stirring in her, as the jogger said “Just because one thing happens, doesn’t mean you should let it affect you. One must learn to be better, to prove that you’re not gonna let something get in the way of that.” The jogger hugged her, surprising Rainbow, with the man say “So do not let what happened in the past affect you. I know how guilt can eat one on the inside. That is why, you must never let the cruelty of life get in the way, become better than the bullies, and show them what you can do.” Rainbow suddenly shed tears and cried in his arms whilst she was hugging him back. After ten minutes, the jogger released her, with her wiping her tears. “Feel better?” Asked the Jogger. “Yeah,” said Rainbow after a sniff or two. “I do. Thanks.” “So,” asked the jogger, “What are you going to do?” Rainbow looked down, then had a determination look on her. “I’m not gonna let my past define me, I’m going to make things right with Mikey, and everyone else.” “That’s the spirit.” Said the Jogger. “I’d better go.” Said Rainbow, but then she smiled and said “And…thank you.” Rainbow soon continued her jog, with a determined look on her face. ******************************************************************************************* “And I tried my best to be loyal ever since.” Said Rainbow, which left the others surprised by this. “Goodness Rainbow.” Said Rarity, “The way the man spoke to you…” “He really did try to help me.” Said Rainbow as she looked at Mikey. “Anyway, when you mentioned about not being us. Truth be told…I always wanted to be like you.” Everyone was surprised by what she said, but none were more surprised than Mikey, “You’re always free. You’re never afraid to be who you are, whether fearful or joyful. You’re really brave enough to be yourself. Something we’re not. That I’m not. I always brag about being brave, and yet how many times did I get my butt kicked? I try my best not to be cocky, but I ended up doing that because I ended up being competitive.” Mikey placed his hand on Rainbow’s gaining her attention and said “I think we can be competitive when it comes to video games. Not combat.” Rainbow chuckled and said “You know what? I’m okay with that.” “And you know what,” said Mikey, “Whenever I hang out with you guys. I sometimes picture you guys as my sisters.” They were a little surprised by this as Mikey said “You’re never afraid to speak your mind and you sometimes try to set me straight. Just…not when it comes to fighting to the death.” They blushed at that, as Pinkie said “And we sometimes think of you as a brother.” “You did save us a few times too.” Said Fluttershy. “And…” said Mikey as he looked down a bit and said “If you want. If I get out of line…I wouldn’t mind you girls trying to talk me out of a few things. I know Venus is my sister in another world. But I feel better whenever I’m with you girls. Faults and all.” The girls couldn’t help but feel touched about this, with Sunset walking over and said “I think we can do that…for our honorary brother.” The girls couldn’t help but hug Mikey, whilst he hugged him back. From around the corner, Roland was smiling, glad to see that the Rainbooms and Mikey formed a special bond. However, he frowned and looked ahead. ********************************************************************************************* Roland watched afar as the Rainbooms and Turtles mocked and abandoned Mikey whilst he filmed the whole thing. ********************************************************************************************* He broadcasted it to all their friends and families from two cities, which in turn shocked everyone by what they saw. ********************************************************************************************* He watched as everyone shunned them for what they did. He then muttered whilst walking away and said “How’s that for karma?” ********************************************************************************************* Mikey left the healer with a smile on his face as he went back to his friends. The healer took his mask off, revealing to be Roland in disguise before walking away. ************************************************************************************************ Roland showed Rainbow’s parents of what she did, which shocked the both, with Roland telling them what they needed to do. At first, they weren’t comfortable with this, but seeing that she developed an ego, they should’ve done a better job at disciplining or restraining her. Later today, after Rainbow was grounded, she sat in her room with her head lowered, thinking about how her actions nearly costed a friend’s life. At the same time, both were outside with Roland, with both of them feeling down. Bow and Windy suddenly looked hurt and lowered their heads, with Bow saying “That was really hard.” “Yeah, I didn't think it would hurt so bad.” said Windy. “It usually does.” said Roland, “But a little tough love will make them better people later.” “You think?” asked Windy. “It worked on you two, didn't it?” said Roland with a smirk, which caused the two to smile a little too. ************************************************************************************************ The jogger watched Rainbow leave with a smile, until he frowned and removed what appeared to be a mask, revealing to be Roland before taking off. ********************************************************************************************* Roland merely shook his head. Though he didn’t approve of Venus and Obaki going behind his back, but Roland on the other hand. He took out what appeared to be a Batarang with a note of instructions on it, and on it was a list of people he was supposed to talk to. He sighed as he looked ahead. “I didn’t want this.” Muttered Roland as he hated it, but he had to, to make sure that this doesn’t happen. He soon walked away and headed towards one of his computers in order to scan the entire city to find what they’re looking for.