“…Raphael,” asked Karai as she and Raphael restrained Miyoko, “who are they?”
“War and Pestilence,” replied Raphael. “Yes, from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They’re Order’s sisters.”
“…Okay.” Karai seemed to take it in stride.
“Now, War, Pestilence,” Raphael said to the two Apocalypse Horsemen, “explanations?”
“Primordial forces like us,” said War, “cannot be contained without consequences. Once there’s just that little chance of freedom after prolonged imprisonment, the results can be catastrophic and world-ending.”
“If I were freed after being contained,” explained Pestilence, “there would be a plague that would wipe out at least 85% of a planet. War, well, World War III wouldn’t even come close to the devastation that would be wrought on a planet. In Order’s case, everyone would turn to stone.”
“So how do we free her without her going Medusa on us?” asked Raphael.
“Well, thankfully, a Horseman of Flourishment or of the Apocalypse can do that,” said War.
“You just stay out of the way,” warned Pestilence.
“Come on, Raphael Nii-san,” said Karai. “Let’s move Miyoko out of the way.”
“Getting casual, huh?” snarked Raphael as he helped Karai with moving Miyoko away from the door. Once they were clear, War and Pestilence opened the door and had to push their way through the energy Order was putting out.
“ORDER!” called War over the noise. “ORDER, IT’S US! WAR AND PESTILENCE! WE’RE HERE TO GET YOU OUT!”
“ORDER, CHANNEL YOUR ENERGY INTO US!” shouted Pestilence. “THIS PLANET ISN’T READY TO BE PETRIFIED!” The two Horsemen then each grabbed their sister’s hand and drew Order’s energy wave into their bodies. The process was painful, according to their expressions. After a good long while, Order’s eyes started to dim. A little while longer, they were back to normal…as normal as a primordial being’s eyes could be. She collapsed into War and Pestilence.
“Take it easy, sister,” soothed War. “You’re safe now.” Order then slowly looked up.
“…Still wearing that damaged armor, I see,” chuckled Order. War smiled.
“There’s the Order I remember!” she said. She looked outside the cell. “It’s safe!” she said to Raphael and Karai. The two ninjas then cautiously went into the cell. “Raphael, Karai, meet Order.”
“Order and I technically already met,” said Karai.
“So I DID hear you promise to get me out of here,” remarked Order. “Well, it’s a good thing you didn’t do that on your own or it would have been disastrous.”
“Yeah, a Karai statue wouldn’t be good on anyone’s lawn,” snarked Raphael.
“Why are you two here, though?” Order asked her sisters.
“Someone is after your Source,” replied Pestilence. “That person has the Tome!”
“What?! Then I must go home immediately!”
“What about your Source?” asked War. Order then pulled a Crystal Sphere in her colors out from her skirts.
“I always keep it with me,” she explained. “Subspace pockets and all that.”
“What about our friends?” asked Raphael.
“Friends?” asked Order.
“We have a team holding off the Shredder’s forces, but the Tome-user’s forces are coming with Tengu no ken!” explained War.
“…All right, so we beat the Shredder, beat the Tome-user’s forces, party a bit, THEN we go home? That’s the plan?” asked Order.
“That’s the general plan, yes,” replied Pestilence.
“Excellent! Let’s go help it unfold that way!”
Oroku Saki had donned his armor, becoming the Shredder, and was engaged in a duel with Splinter. “It’s bad enough that your family steals my daughter away by poisoning her mind against me, now you would invade my home?!” roared the Shredder.
“You stole her from me first, Saki!” replied Splinter. “She made her own choices when she learned the truth!”
“You and I both know that the truth is malleable!” The Shredder delivered punches and kicks worthy of a master, but so did Splinter. He also incorporated some rat fighting behaviors such as biting. …Not his favorite maneuver, but needs must.
Hiroki, meanwhile, was in his own armor as Kamen Rider Sengoku and trying to grab Tormo. “WATCH OUT WITH THAT TOE-STABBER!!” yelped Tormo as Sengoku swung his sword.
“What are you, Shemp Howard?!” retorted Sengoku. “Well, if we’re gonna be quoting various franchises!” Sengoku then swapped in an ID tag.
“Hanzo Hasashi Steel!” announced his belt. The wardrobe then attached armor pieces that evoked Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. He then fired a rope spear into the goblin’s shoulder.
“GET OVER HERE!” he shouted as he yanked Tormo towards him, pulling the rope spear out in the process. He then decked Tormo right in his nose! Tormo clutched his shoulder with one hand and held his bleeding nose in the other.
“Now I’m mad!” hissed the Goblin. He then drew a wand. “DRASKALDA!” He fired fists made of fire from his wand and pummeled Sengoku with them.
“What kind of nonsense was that?!” yelped Sengoku.
“It’s a special magic language!” retorted Tormo. Just then, Nightbird called up Sengoku.
“Sengoku, we have a problem!” she said. “The Terrorcons are returning to the estate! They have the sword!”
“Because, of COURSE, it’s never easy!” complained Sengoku. “Hold them off as best you can! We’ll aid you when we finish things!”
“You might want to hurry, because-!” The call cut out.
“Nightbird?! NIGHTBIRD?!” Nightbird then ended up crashing through the ceiling, dented and battle-scarred. Rodimus Unicronus then landed near her.
“Well, well, well, Megsy’s little wifey!” cackled the Terrorcon.
“His partner in every way!” hissed Nightbird as she dueled him. The duel then knocked something out of his hand. It looked like a tachi with some sort of brain-like creature with tentacles, two eyes, and a mouth at the end of the handle. Two tentacles wrapped around the entire handle and there were strange symbols that were NOT Japanese human in origin. The Shredder saw the object and goggled.
“…Tengu no Ken!” he whispered. Sengoku and Tormo goggled.
“…That’s what-?!” gulped Sengoku.
“IDIOT!” Tormo shouted at Rodimus Unicronus. “WE DON’T HAVE ORDER YET!”
“Ah, you’re out of order!” came Raphael’s voice. He, Order, War, Pestilence, and Karai arrived.
“And now you have Order!” called the Shredder.
“Oh no, you don’t!” retorted Tormo. “We ain’t surrendering the sword until you personally hand us Order!”
“Bah! You do not dictate terms anymore!” The Shredder threw a smoke bomb, then used the confusion to throw a flashbang grenade at Rodimus Unicronus. It exploded and blinded the Terrorcon. Rodimus Unicronus dropped the sword in the confusion and the Shredder grabbed it! He then unsheathed it and, in the process, unleashed an energy wave that leveled the building and knocked everyone to the ground.