LitShark
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A loud and resonant slam issued through the great meeting hall of the Foot Clan’s Coney Island headquarters, as a thousand or so eager recruits all snapped to attention at the arrival of their legendary Master and Sensei, Master Shredder. The Foot Clan had cells scattered across the East Coast, each filled with more new recruits every month, eager to learn the way of ancient martial arts and to earn their spot among the most notorious gangsters in modern memory. The Foot had many things, money, influence, an overseas drug ring that grossed millions internationally—yet, in the eyes of many, the Foot Clan was still defined by their greatest impediment: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Over the years, the Foot Clan had compiled tomes of information about New York’s most beloved mutants, including their shared origin and known associates. One known associate in particular had her own thick file among the Foot Clan’s intelligence sector, the well-known media figure and professional spin artist April O’Neil of the Channel 6 propaganda machine. In addition to her on-air smear campaign against the ancient and noble Foot Clan, Ms. O’Neil has provided myriad clandestine operations in support of those slimy sewer-dwellers.
It’s no secret that Ms. O’Neil represents the most vulnerable cog in the Turtles’ counter-operations, their Achilles heel, so to speak—but countless prior attempts at leveraging her against them have backfired catastrophically. In some instances, the turtles fought their way out of elaborate traps, in others Ms. O’Neil herself sabotaged the operation from her role as captive, but the results have been the same—failure and dishonor for the noble Foot Clan.
“My beloved brothers and sisters!” Master Shredder called down to the assemblage from his pulpit overlooking the hall, “for too long, we have skulked in the shadows, flinching away from every bump in the night, but I have come here to put an end to that hesitation, once and for all. I have come here to return the might and glory of the ancient and noble Foot Clan—to turn our adversaries on themselves and make our shortcomings into our strengths!”
Kia!!!
The assembled crowd all shouted in unison, thrusting their fists into the air in a unified ovation of support and enthusiasm, then, just as abruptly as it had begun it was over, the soldiers all snapped back to attention to hear the rest of their venerable Master’s speech.
“Our return to glory does indeed grow neigh, brothers and sisters. In the meantime, however, I must ask each of you for your unqualified assistance—something of the utmost importance, which may require a great deal of discipline. I ask this, not because I am afraid—less so because I want any of you to be afraid, but rather because we are SO very close to the future that we all deserve. Our intelligence sector has been working for months on this plan, and I want nothing to interfere with this endeavor. For this reason, I must ask that all of you suspend all operations out of this facility for the next two months—no muggings, no extortions, no drug deals—not even a hand to hand in the parking lot. As of now, the Coney Island Chapter of the Foot Clan is suspended.” a hushed murmur passed briefly through the crowd, causing Shredder to hold up an open palm for silence, “I realize that this may affect you financially, but rest assured, you will be compensated for your cooperation. I do not intend, either, for any of you to sit idle. From now until the end of this operation, each and every one of you is tasked with two vital operations—firstly, to ensure that the existence of this headquarters and this operation remain secret, and secondly to defend the secret of this location with the entirety of your collective might. Nothing is more vital to this plan. For a brief time, you must remain invisible—then, like the true ninjas you all are, we shall strike with speed, precision and accuracy—never to be forced back into the shadows again!”
Kia!!!
From above the long plumes of black smoke resembled broad, crooked, black pillars issuing forth from the windows of the Manhattan courthouse. The blades of the huge, tactical chopper beat at the air as the pilot banked around the smoke and descended. Through the open, sliding door, Shredder looked down at the line of media outlets covering yet another apparent terrorist strike, perpetrated by the Foot Clan.
“There!” Shredder called up to the cockpit, indicating the Channel 6 news truck with the orange flames reflected off of his long, sharpened blades that he wore on the back of each hand, “she’s there! Drop the ropes.”
The matching door on the other side of the helicopter slid open and eight nylon ropes dropped in a perimeter around the three-person news-team from Channel 6. The first hooded Foot Soldier to repel from the aircraft targeted the cameraman, delivering a swift kick to his face before the soldiers feet even touched down. The camera was swiftly stomped into pieces, while the cameraman himself was brutally stomped as well, soon after. The second man to repel down from the chopper dropped down from almost eight feet above the ground, immediately wrapping his martially trained arms around the newscaster, Ms. April O’Neil herself. By the time she had a chance to scream, a third soldier was delivering an uppercut to her sound engineer.
One after another, hooded, trained soldiers repelled down from the chopper, spreading out and assaulting one cameraman after another and vandalizing every piece of equipment they could get their hands on, ensuring that no footage of the capture escaped the scene was a critical component to this part of the plan.
When there were sixteen soldiers spread out among the various news outlets, some of the firefighters on scene pulled their attention from fighting the blaze to try and fight off the soldiers apparently targeting newscasters. More sirens rang out, but the backup of traffic from the bombing prevented further law enforcement from arriving—the police already on scene were all locked in mortal combat with the fierce soldiers, fighting with blades, staves, feet and fists.
“Now!!” Shredder called from the chopper, releasing a harness from inside the cabin.
The soldier who had been holding April in his arms throughout the assault was quickly clipped into the padded harness and a hoop was placed around both his and her bodies by one of his compatriots. Once the harness was around April and the soldier who was clearly responsible for securing her, the one who had secured them both in the harness signaled the chopper. In the same instance, Shredder activated a winch which began to raise both bodies back up to the chopper and the pilot pulled back on the stick, gaining altitude and easily lifting both bodies off of the street.
Soon, the chopper was high above the city and Shredder and the Foot Soldier who hadn’t been left behind were wrestling with April to pull her inside of the large chopper as it sped away from the city, over the Atlantic Ocean.
“Where would you even go, Ms. O’Neil? Please, don’t struggle. I’d rather not have to harm you before we begin,” Shredder said ominously from behind his mask, gripping her slender wrist in one hand and leveling the long blades on the back of his other hand with her throat, “if I wanted to kill you, I already would have.”
Over the years, the Foot Clan had compiled tomes of information about New York’s most beloved mutants, including their shared origin and known associates. One known associate in particular had her own thick file among the Foot Clan’s intelligence sector, the well-known media figure and professional spin artist April O’Neil of the Channel 6 propaganda machine. In addition to her on-air smear campaign against the ancient and noble Foot Clan, Ms. O’Neil has provided myriad clandestine operations in support of those slimy sewer-dwellers.
It’s no secret that Ms. O’Neil represents the most vulnerable cog in the Turtles’ counter-operations, their Achilles heel, so to speak—but countless prior attempts at leveraging her against them have backfired catastrophically. In some instances, the turtles fought their way out of elaborate traps, in others Ms. O’Neil herself sabotaged the operation from her role as captive, but the results have been the same—failure and dishonor for the noble Foot Clan.
“My beloved brothers and sisters!” Master Shredder called down to the assemblage from his pulpit overlooking the hall, “for too long, we have skulked in the shadows, flinching away from every bump in the night, but I have come here to put an end to that hesitation, once and for all. I have come here to return the might and glory of the ancient and noble Foot Clan—to turn our adversaries on themselves and make our shortcomings into our strengths!”
Kia!!!
The assembled crowd all shouted in unison, thrusting their fists into the air in a unified ovation of support and enthusiasm, then, just as abruptly as it had begun it was over, the soldiers all snapped back to attention to hear the rest of their venerable Master’s speech.
“Our return to glory does indeed grow neigh, brothers and sisters. In the meantime, however, I must ask each of you for your unqualified assistance—something of the utmost importance, which may require a great deal of discipline. I ask this, not because I am afraid—less so because I want any of you to be afraid, but rather because we are SO very close to the future that we all deserve. Our intelligence sector has been working for months on this plan, and I want nothing to interfere with this endeavor. For this reason, I must ask that all of you suspend all operations out of this facility for the next two months—no muggings, no extortions, no drug deals—not even a hand to hand in the parking lot. As of now, the Coney Island Chapter of the Foot Clan is suspended.” a hushed murmur passed briefly through the crowd, causing Shredder to hold up an open palm for silence, “I realize that this may affect you financially, but rest assured, you will be compensated for your cooperation. I do not intend, either, for any of you to sit idle. From now until the end of this operation, each and every one of you is tasked with two vital operations—firstly, to ensure that the existence of this headquarters and this operation remain secret, and secondly to defend the secret of this location with the entirety of your collective might. Nothing is more vital to this plan. For a brief time, you must remain invisible—then, like the true ninjas you all are, we shall strike with speed, precision and accuracy—never to be forced back into the shadows again!”
Kia!!!
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From above the long plumes of black smoke resembled broad, crooked, black pillars issuing forth from the windows of the Manhattan courthouse. The blades of the huge, tactical chopper beat at the air as the pilot banked around the smoke and descended. Through the open, sliding door, Shredder looked down at the line of media outlets covering yet another apparent terrorist strike, perpetrated by the Foot Clan.
“There!” Shredder called up to the cockpit, indicating the Channel 6 news truck with the orange flames reflected off of his long, sharpened blades that he wore on the back of each hand, “she’s there! Drop the ropes.”
The matching door on the other side of the helicopter slid open and eight nylon ropes dropped in a perimeter around the three-person news-team from Channel 6. The first hooded Foot Soldier to repel from the aircraft targeted the cameraman, delivering a swift kick to his face before the soldiers feet even touched down. The camera was swiftly stomped into pieces, while the cameraman himself was brutally stomped as well, soon after. The second man to repel down from the chopper dropped down from almost eight feet above the ground, immediately wrapping his martially trained arms around the newscaster, Ms. April O’Neil herself. By the time she had a chance to scream, a third soldier was delivering an uppercut to her sound engineer.
One after another, hooded, trained soldiers repelled down from the chopper, spreading out and assaulting one cameraman after another and vandalizing every piece of equipment they could get their hands on, ensuring that no footage of the capture escaped the scene was a critical component to this part of the plan.
When there were sixteen soldiers spread out among the various news outlets, some of the firefighters on scene pulled their attention from fighting the blaze to try and fight off the soldiers apparently targeting newscasters. More sirens rang out, but the backup of traffic from the bombing prevented further law enforcement from arriving—the police already on scene were all locked in mortal combat with the fierce soldiers, fighting with blades, staves, feet and fists.
“Now!!” Shredder called from the chopper, releasing a harness from inside the cabin.
The soldier who had been holding April in his arms throughout the assault was quickly clipped into the padded harness and a hoop was placed around both his and her bodies by one of his compatriots. Once the harness was around April and the soldier who was clearly responsible for securing her, the one who had secured them both in the harness signaled the chopper. In the same instance, Shredder activated a winch which began to raise both bodies back up to the chopper and the pilot pulled back on the stick, gaining altitude and easily lifting both bodies off of the street.
Soon, the chopper was high above the city and Shredder and the Foot Soldier who hadn’t been left behind were wrestling with April to pull her inside of the large chopper as it sped away from the city, over the Atlantic Ocean.
“Where would you even go, Ms. O’Neil? Please, don’t struggle. I’d rather not have to harm you before we begin,” Shredder said ominously from behind his mask, gripping her slender wrist in one hand and leveling the long blades on the back of his other hand with her throat, “if I wanted to kill you, I already would have.”