TMNG (Book 1)

Sage's Gambit

The Lotus Ninjas stood on a building rooftop under the night sky as they watched the Kraang loading up a new weapon into their van from above.

"Well, there it is!" Donna exclaimed as she was looking through her binoculars. "The sub-spacial endopartical disrupter!"

"Is that really good or really bad?" Lee asked.

"It's definitely really bad, especially in the hands of the Kraang." Donna replied as she turned back to her sisters.

"So, what does it do exactly?" Ellie asked.

"The disrupter can desynchronize subatomic resonances which invert polymolecular structures causing them to implode." Donna explained.

Ellie cocked her head with deep confusion.

"Translation: it can make things go boom like a dynamite." Ella said bluntly.

"Technically, it's more like this." Donna corrected. "Shweee! Shoooooo! Pop!"

Lee, Ella, and Ellie stared at Donna in bewilderment.

"It's important to be accurate with very advanced weapons." Donna stated with a smile.

On the other building, Sage was observing the device through her binoculars with Inque and Masque behind her.

"With that endoparticle disrupter in the hands of the Shadow Clan, we'll be truly unstoppable." Sage said. "We'll move on my signal."

"Uh, excuse me? On your signal?" Inque said threateningly. She quickly lashed her right arm around Sage and squeezed her tightly in place. "Listen and listen good. You do what we say and we won't end your life quickly."

"Keep acting like you're the boss of us and I'll finish your heart myself." Masque added with a dangerous grin.

Inque tossed Sage away to the doorway and moved towards the edge of the rooftop with Masque at her side.

"Just you wait, freaks." Sage muttered under her breath.

The Lotus Ninjas and the Shadow Clan warriors crouched on the edge of the rooftop in a line. They jumped down from the rooftop and landed on the street ground at the very same time. They suddenly stared at each other with equal surprise, ignoring the Kraang looking at both teams.

"You have got to be kidding me." Ellie said.

"Kraang? Masque? Inque?" Ella grinned. "Now, this is gonna be fun!"

Inque and Masque charged forward to strike while the Kraang droids began firing neon pink energy blasts from their laser guns. The Lotus Ninjas are now forced to deal with both the Kraang and the Shadow mystic mutants. Inque and Masque were taking down the Kraang droids while attacking the Lotus Ninjas at the same time. Lee was occupied with Inque and Ella was occupied with Masque, leaving Ellie and Donna occupied with the Kraang droids. From above, Sage stood on the top of the building to watch the fight to her amusement. Donna instantly heard the whirring sound that caught her attention and spun around to see one Kraang droid powering up the disrupter in its hands. Her eyes widened wide when she saw the Kraang droid pointing it directly at Ellie.

"Ellie, look out!" Donna shouted.

Ellie turned around and the Kraang droid shot the energy beam at her. Donna quickly shoved her younger sister to the ground, making the energy beam hit a car instead. The beam made the car shrink smaller and disappeared in a pop.

"Whoa!" Ellie exclaimed as she looked at Donna. "You were so not kidding about the weapon, Donna."

As the Kraang quickly shut the van and drove away with the disrupter, the loud sound of police sirens caught everyone else's attention. Inque immediately slithered away back to the building where Sage was standing.