Hamato Samurai

Episode 17: TCRI

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Continuing where we left the turtles, the Kraang tracked them down and stole back their power cell. They were racing after them in the patrol buggy since the Shellraiser had no power source. Leo tried to make every turn as Donnie read the coordinates of the cell, but the location was inaccurate.

"Stay on him, Leo! My Kraang app's tripping out!" Donnie shouted. "It's picking up the signal from the power cell."

"Again?" Leo groaned. "Last time, that thing led us to a burrito in a microwave."

"Left! Left again!" Leo continued making sharp turns all over the place. Clearly, Donnie's tracker app wasn't up to code. "They're getting away! Right!"

"Look out!" Raph shouted. A semi-truck was coming straight towards them.

"Left, right! Left, right! AH!" Leo and Raph split the patrol buggy just in time for the truck to pass. They almost ran over a hobo, but at least they weren't crushed.

"Woo-hoo! Yeah!" Mikey cheered. "This is more fun than a Shriners parade."

"What're you saying?" Raph asked. "RIGHT!" Donnie yelled. Unfortunately, they turned right into a dead-end alley, and Leo had to make a sudden stop, causing them to swerve so fast that Donnie's phone slipped out of his hand and smashed on the wall. The Kraang's helicopter flew overhead, and now they had no way of tracing them. "We lost 'em."

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Meanwhile, the Kraang droids with the cell had returned to a secret base, which happened to be the aliens' main base of operations. The inside was dimly lit and filled with some sort of gas.

"I suppose Kraang has once again been foiled by turtles and failed to retrieve that which Kraang was to retrieve."

"Kraang is wrong. Kraang has retrieved it. In Kraang's face!"

"The power cell!" The one droid took the cell and placed it in a capsule. It glowed pink, and all at once, power returned to the whole base. This was not good.

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"That's it." Leo exclaimed. "We're going to see Leatherhead."

"Uhh... Leatherhead?" Donnie asked nervously. He was a bit skittish around the mutant gator, considering the last time they crossed paths.

"He's the one who took the power cell from the Kraang; he's the one who might know where to find it."

"He's also the one who likes to grab my face and SHAKE ME LIKE A RAGDOLL!"

"Good times." Sam chuckled. Personally, she was glad to go see Leatherhead. She had done it several times since she and Jason became best friends.

"Zip it!"

"Oh, come on, he's a pussycat." Mikey added. "Who likes to grab your face and shake you like a ragdoll!" Donnie towered over Mikey, giving him a nasty glare. "Right. Let's move!"

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Somewhere in the sewers, the turtles entered a small drainage junction through one of the pools. Since Leatherhead's old subway car was now the Shellraiser, he and Jason had to find a more secure place to sleep.

"Who can hold their breath?" Sam asked the room. "We can!"

"We wouldn't have had to if Mikey hadn't kept swimming off to pick up trash." Raph noted.

"One man's trash is another man's treasure." Mikey said, cuddling the litter in his hand.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's every man's trash."